Post your random thoughts/feelings etc
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theslowesthand
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I have that album, it called "the spaghetti incident". It's most likely due to that i would say. Did you know that? If not, then that certainly is interesting... :thinking:
this_portrait
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If people read the plot summary of my book, I wonder how many would assume it's a metaphor (it's not).
FountainandFairfax
in a VAN down by the RIVER
As I was drifting off to sleep this morning it hit me, "THE SPAGHETTI INCIDENT!" Ha ha.
I'm glad somebody else picked up on it too. :bigsmile:
PugofCrydee
You want to know how I got these scars?
I love celebrating Monday the 28th of March 'fantasy superhero day'.
I celebrate it by doing nothing particularly super hero'ey at all.
I celebrate it by doing nothing particularly super hero'ey at all.
Ithior
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I don't like taking photos but I need a new profile pic (the one I have is 5 years old) so I started taking selfies to find out my best angle. After about ~50 I finally found it. Now I just have to find a good background and wait for a sunny day.
Any background suggestions?
Any background suggestions?
Phoenixx
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I really hate the social aspect of college. It just makes me so... irritated. Not sure why college is even considered an "educational experience" when it's less about learning than it is about being social all the time and sociability gets you farther and joining 20 different clubs looks better than achieving a good GPA.
If I could go back in time 5 years and redo the whole college thing I would. I would've invested in vocational education first. Honestly I'm not even sure if I would've gone to college, or at least not right away. Hell, I'd probably have some sort of career right not if I went to a vocational school over university...
If I could go back in time 5 years and redo the whole college thing I would. I would've invested in vocational education first. Honestly I'm not even sure if I would've gone to college, or at least not right away. Hell, I'd probably have some sort of career right not if I went to a vocational school over university...
Megaten
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Yeah I was just talking about this. It's one big social club. So it doesn't surprise me if some social phobes get into school and freak out.
rumblejaded
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I want ice cream!!
Phoenixx
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^ That's the thing about college though, for me. I don't even feel freaked out half as much as I just go there and feel down right irritated. (I do have my anxious days though, don't get me wrong.) I think it's just the culture of it all. It's like high school, but without the bullies. Or at least my school comes off that way. You have all your cliques, you have the people who gossip about everyone else, you have the select few that suck up to the professor who plays favorites, and you have all the party animals talking about going out every weekend drinking. (How the hell can you afford that????) Meanwhile, the quiet ones are ignored and left in the background. No one knows you, and you don't know them. Then they act baffled when they don't know you but know everyone else.
Oh, and of course professors and administration judge you based on what you're "involved" in. I was recently asked by the head of my major department if I was in any clubs. I told her no, I wasn't. She then went on to tell me that I needed to join something because it'll look good when applying for internships. Honestly, if you're judging me based on what clubs I'm involved in rather than my grades, my GPA, my completed projects and reports in my portfolio, and seeing my level of knowledge and how hard I work education-wise, then you really need to sort out your priorities.
planemo
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For selfies I tend to notice people's bathroom as a background mostly. :bigsmile:
I don't ever take selfies so I can't really say, but maybe a park or some place with greenery. That will bear some resemblance to your current avatar pic, but perhaps you want a complete change.
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Ithior
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I'm keeping this one here, it would be for social networks I guess. I'm 18 yo in the photos I use as my profile pic. I'll try somewhere around my building, plenty of trees and greenspaces in this area. Or I'll just settle for a white background because it's embarrassing to take selfies (even in private, much worse in public).
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Ithior
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A teacher of mine recommended me for an internship. It seems like a good oportunity, specially considering that I can use it for my thesis. I was going to look for an internship like this, but I was going to do it next semester because I still have classes in this one. Now I don't know much about it, but I obviously have started pondering what my problems would be with it. Anxiety issues aside, these are:
I'm not even considering all the anxiety issues this would bring me, specially in what regards my digestive system. Still, I'll try to know more about this. I may have a friend that works there, I'll try to figure out how she gets there everyday. I'll also try to find out when this would start and maybe schedule an interview.
- It's far away. It takes 30 minutes by car, not accounting for traffic.
- The way there is via highway. My car can't take that. It has some issues and it doesn't even have an airbag. I would feel very scared for my life if I had to drive at 120km/h, one hour a day every day without an airbag.
- After working there I'd probably have to head straight to university for 3 hours of class.
- If it starts before June, it would get in the way of group projects. I'm only being evaluated through them and there are a lot of them, and they're all projects in pairs. I can see through my classmates who have jobs that it is not easy to handle.
I'm not even considering all the anxiety issues this would bring me, specially in what regards my digestive system. Still, I'll try to know more about this. I may have a friend that works there, I'll try to figure out how she gets there everyday. I'll also try to find out when this would start and maybe schedule an interview.
this_portrait
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There are so many books I have neglected to read (mostly because of being a student). I'm just now starting to plow through them, and there are more I want to get my hands on.
In other news, I filled up one whole journal with my novel, and now I've begun writing in another (smaller) one. I don't know how many journals it will take up, but according to Word, I'm over a hundred pages, slowly inching towards 150. I'm guessing the whole thing will end up being around 250-300 pages, possibly more. The thought satisfies me.
In other news, I filled up one whole journal with my novel, and now I've begun writing in another (smaller) one. I don't know how many journals it will take up, but according to Word, I'm over a hundred pages, slowly inching towards 150. I'm guessing the whole thing will end up being around 250-300 pages, possibly more. The thought satisfies me.
FountainandFairfax
in a VAN down by the RIVER
That's great, I wish I had the attention span to read, let alone write like that.
My concentration is garbage these days. I bought three books a few months ago and only got part-way through one of them. I used to be a big reader, too.
FountainandFairfax
in a VAN down by the RIVER
The "Complete Knee Replacement Man".
Phoenixx
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^ I know what you mean. My reading habits have been poor too the last couple years, coming from someone who has always been an avid reader. It's sad. :sad: I have several books I've bought over the last few years, wanting to read, yet don't bother because I either don't have time (thanks college) or when I do have the time I don't have the concentration or the energy to even bother. Then if I do manage to start a book, I only get maybe 100 pages in before I have to stop because I either get too busy or I just can't concentrate on it anymore. Maybe once I graduate I'll have much more energy to get through my "to-read" shelf.
Good job with the writing, portrait. :thumbup:
SilentAndShy
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Hoping the visitors who have come, who make me anxious the most, are gone by the time I get home in 3 hrs time. Even considering delaying my departure by getting a later bus to make sure they are gone. Just relieved I'm not at home!