Trenitay Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 Or you could tell people you got in a fight with the Pixie Queen who you eventually defeated with magical Anti-Pixie Dust. Hey now, my mother is huge and don't you forget it. The drunk can't even get off the couch to make herself a vodka drenched sandwich. Octopus suck.
Meshugger Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 I started to read the Watchmen novel that arrived by the mail today. "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy
Enoch Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 Got a big deadline on Friday, so to make sure that I don't miss it, I worked from roughly 9 'til 9 today. Then I came home and poured myself a large glass of Scotch. My boss wants my project around midday on Friday, so the bright side is that all this working late means I can take off for the weekend once I turn it in.
theslug Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 Got a big deadline on Friday, so to make sure that I don't miss it, I worked from roughly 9 'til 9 today. Then I came home and poured myself a large glass of Scotch. My boss wants my project around midday on Friday, so the bright side is that all this working late means I can take off for the weekend once I turn it in. I have a ton of project/exam stuff coming up so I decided I'd ask for a half day on Friday too! Best friends <3 There was a time when I questioned the ability for the schizoid to ever experience genuine happiness, at the very least for a prolonged segment of time. I am no closer to finding the answer, however, it has become apparent that contentment is certainly a realizable goal. I find these results to be adequate, if not pleasing. Unfortunately, connection is another subject entirely. When one has sufficiently examined the mind and their emotional constructs, connection can be easily imitated. More data must be gleaned and further collated before a sufficient judgment can be reached.
Tigranes Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 I am depressed because I got into NYU but I can't afford it. BUT spending money on booze at this juncture would be too much dark comedy, so Walsausages might be the way to go. Let's Play: Icewind Dale Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Icewind Dale II Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Divinity II (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG1 (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG2 (In Progress)
taks Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 i got into several well known engineering schools, too, but opted for UMR due to financial reasons as well. doing well in any school is more important than simply attending a top-notch school (the university i attended ain't no slouch, neither, but we were none too big on grammar apparently). taks comrade taks... just because.
Walsingham Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 I am depressed because I got into NYU but I can't afford it. BUT spending money on booze at this juncture would be too much dark comedy, so Walsausages might be the way to go. That sucks, man. On the plus side you won't turn into a hipster asshat. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Guard Dog Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 I agree with Taks, it really does not matter where you went to school so long as it is accredited. After attending Miami-Dade Community College at night for almost four years I graduated from Florida Atlantic, a small state university in Boca Raton. Very small. My graduating class from the college of engineering was only 37. It has actually gotten a bit bigger since. Unless you are a lawyer or doctor (professions where there I've found there is a certain snobiness and institutional bias) where you got your degree does not matter nearly so much as how well you did academically if you have no other experience or what you have done with your career if you do. "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Guard Dog Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 Got a big deadline on Friday, so to make sure that I don't miss it, I worked from roughly 9 'til 9 today. Then I came home and poured myself a large glass of Scotch. My boss wants my project around midday on Friday, so the bright side is that all this working late means I can take off for the weekend once I turn it in. Has your work changed much with the new admin in town? "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Enoch Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 Got a big deadline on Friday, so to make sure that I don't miss it, I worked from roughly 9 'til 9 today. Then I came home and poured myself a large glass of Scotch. My boss wants my project around midday on Friday, so the bright side is that all this working late means I can take off for the weekend once I turn it in. Has your work changed much with the new admin in town? Not in the least. But that mostly has to do with the nature of the agency I work for-- our job doesn't change depending on who is in office.
Walsingham Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 Personally, I agree that your school doesn't matter too much. But the sad fact is there are always snobs to whom it does matter. Actually, having said that, I think that may be less true as a subject becomes more arty. Photography and psychology spring to mind. A lot of those comes down to style of tuition and emphasis in spirit. However, ultimately who you are will come through after about five years in your profession anyway. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Hurlshort Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 I've always told my students that the single most important thing about a degree is that you actually got it. Whatever school or type of degree it is, the fact is you spent at least 4 years seeing something through to completion. Companies want to know they are hiring someone who can take a project and complete it.
taks Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 I agree with Taks, it really does not matter where you went to school so long as it is accredited. of course, the exception is that the top graduates at the top schools are going to get the best jobs out of the gate, but it means nothing long-term, i.e., after 15 years not many people care where you went to school. taks comrade taks... just because.
theslug Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 (edited) Probably the third scariest and second dumbest thing ever in my life happened to me today. So I've just completed my accounting exam and I'm walking from school to my car, which since my school has horrible parking in this particular section is located in front of some ghetto slum apartments about 3 blocks away. So I'm strolling thinking everything is grand, I'm pretty sure I did well on the test, when I hear a faint yelling gesture of "Hey you!!?!?" behind me. I continue walking, who the hell would want anything to do with me right? Wrong, dead shiv in the abdomen bleeding to death in the ghetto wrong. I eventually turn around and see a very intimidating and strange looking black man heading towards me. He's wearing a black leather jacket that isn't zipped up and lacks a shirt underneath, so it's just bare chest and near six pack abs. I immediately regret stopping. As soon as he catches up to me he introduces himself and goes into an elaborate story about how his wife is 6 months pregnant and how she was in the hospital but everything fine but now he has to get back home or something. I'm scared right now and he can tell. He keeps reassuring me that he's legit and shows me his license. I explain to him that I can't take him to his destination becuase I don't live out that direction (when in reality I do) but he really presses it and I inevitably, against all reason and logic let him in my car. Well I suppose some logic went into it. Since he wasn't wearing a shirt or any loose fitting clothing I could tell he was unarmed unless it was a knife which would have to be pretty small to be concealed. Not to mention he was a pretty small guy. I'm only 5'8 but he might have been 5'6 and about 20 - 30 pounds lighter than me. Once I got in the car I could tell exactly what was up. The guy was obviously a drug addict. I agreed to drop him off about 5 minutes away in an area I knew was open and crowded and what not but he kept asking for money for a fare. Luckily I only had 3 dollars in cash on me and let him out. But I haven't even gotten to the scary part yet. While I'm driving, he's asking me about how much tail I'm pulling down and then he lets out an F the police even though there's none around and then he reminds me that he needs money for a fare and then he's like "Yeah man you gotta get the psy dawg....yeah.....man when I was 15 I got raped by 9 girls. They ran a train on me." And I laughed becuase it was like yeah lol....and he's like "man different time back then without all this suing and stuff......it hurt....." and that's when I was worried I might get stabbed becuase I guess he got like rape raped and not just like 9 girls performing sexual acts on him in a friendly type way. I basically laughed in his face about some child hood trauma he went through. But in the end I'm fine, my car smells a little funny and I'm out 3 dollars and some loose change. But lesson learned. Edited March 26, 2009 by theslug There was a time when I questioned the ability for the schizoid to ever experience genuine happiness, at the very least for a prolonged segment of time. I am no closer to finding the answer, however, it has become apparent that contentment is certainly a realizable goal. I find these results to be adequate, if not pleasing. Unfortunately, connection is another subject entirely. When one has sufficiently examined the mind and their emotional constructs, connection can be easily imitated. More data must be gleaned and further collated before a sufficient judgment can be reached.
Meshugger Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 I go to work by bike. "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy
Musopticon? Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 1/10 of the BA thesis writing done. 4425 words left, ahihii! kirottu said: I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden. It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai. So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds
Hurlshort Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 *theslug almost got raped* You should learn how to blow someone off better. Maybe learn how to say "no English" with a french accent and shrug your shoulders.
Shryke Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 decided to change my avatar after almost 4 years when your mind works against you - fight back with substance abuse!
theslug Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 *theslug almost got raped* You should learn how to blow someone off better. Maybe learn how to say "no English" with a french accent and shrug your shoulders. Yeah I know but I'm way too timid socially and kind of a push over but I am getting better. The thing was he just caught me off guard. I was in my usual aloof, withdrawn state when he popped up. Unfortunately it was like two seconds after that I realized I could have just said I was getting a book from my car or something and had to return to class. But w/e, the guy was harmless and if worse came to worse I could have struck him in the windpipe then tried to gouge his eyes out. Or drive into oncoming traffic. There's always that option. I think I'm going to choose a different parking space from now on. I used to park in a plaza across the street but after a semester and a half I finally got a little flyer thing that warns of being towed away so I just followed what everyone else does and park throughout the streets nearby. There was a time when I questioned the ability for the schizoid to ever experience genuine happiness, at the very least for a prolonged segment of time. I am no closer to finding the answer, however, it has become apparent that contentment is certainly a realizable goal. I find these results to be adequate, if not pleasing. Unfortunately, connection is another subject entirely. When one has sufficiently examined the mind and their emotional constructs, connection can be easily imitated. More data must be gleaned and further collated before a sufficient judgment can be reached.
Calax Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 decided to change my avatar after almost 4 years ... I liked the old one... this one looks like cammy from street fighter 2 Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off.
Enoch Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 I am currently working late again, and they are testing the freaking fire alarm system in the building. This is not helping my deadline-dread.
Shryke Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 decided to change my avatar after almost 4 years ... I liked the old one... this one looks like cammy from street fighter 2 *geek mode on* it's Eron the Relentless from Magic the Gathering when your mind works against you - fight back with substance abuse!
theslug Posted March 27, 2009 Posted March 27, 2009 (edited) ROfl I thought it was a tranny cammy as well. Edit: Enoch, it sounds like you need an assistant. Edited March 27, 2009 by theslug There was a time when I questioned the ability for the schizoid to ever experience genuine happiness, at the very least for a prolonged segment of time. I am no closer to finding the answer, however, it has become apparent that contentment is certainly a realizable goal. I find these results to be adequate, if not pleasing. Unfortunately, connection is another subject entirely. When one has sufficiently examined the mind and their emotional constructs, connection can be easily imitated. More data must be gleaned and further collated before a sufficient judgment can be reached.
Tigranes Posted March 27, 2009 Posted March 27, 2009 I'm back, but I had very nice sausages instead of walsausages, so I'm not sure if it did anything. Mostly I wanted to live in NY as well as go to NYU. When you spend 11 years in Wellington, New Zealand, you realise that certain parts of your personal development are crying out for a Big City . Not to mention that for my degree (Media) NYU *is* good. Cliches are not always cliche. I'll probably turn to a Canadian university, which are less stupid with the money, and maybe make the jump after for work or PhD. I'm only 21 so there's plenty of time. I agree with you guys that the specific skills you pick up and experiences you get on the way are important. My aim is to look at things like conferences and published work, as well as more independent projects, since I already have work experience in the field. Also, theslug continues to put me off living in the yoo ess. Let's Play: Icewind Dale Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Icewind Dale II Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Divinity II (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG1 (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG2 (In Progress)
Shryke Posted March 27, 2009 Posted March 27, 2009 (edited) When you spend 11 years in Wellington, New Zealand, you realise that certain parts of your personal development are crying out for a Big City . hey what's wrong with wellington? i've been here for like 3 1/2 years and it's been awesome Edited March 27, 2009 by Shryke when your mind works against you - fight back with substance abuse!
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