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| zoogla |
glad to hear some of the accomplishments in this thread. :)
i'm my good ol' self, and really enjoying the grad school experience; keeping a decent GPA, making great contacts and doing a lot of extracurriculars. Even got my first job in the US! :D.
Eric, dude, that sounds bad. I know you're not one to give up, so keep at that rehab and I'm sure you'll be able to play some sports again (even if they're other than the ones you love most). I tore my left PCL playing cricket (lol). Stupid dive to save a four at the boundary. Saved it (landed awkwardly on my knee), but when I got up my knee totally buckled. This was 2 years ago. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by tubularbills
so yeah, you might want to get yourself checked out. |
Yeah, I was wondering about that burning sensation. Figured I was just eating too much spicy food. Never mind! |
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| zoogla |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
Hey, you also got rid of that nasty ass-disease. |
| quote: | Originally posted by tubularbills
nah, it's still lingering around :/ |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
Oh.
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| quote: | Originally posted by tubularbills
so yeah, you might want to get yourself checked out. |
uh...WTF?
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
Yeah, I was wondering about that burning sensation. Figured I was just eating too much spicy food. Never mind! |
ok, now I seriously need to know what the is going on here. |
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| tubularbills |
| quote: | Originally posted by fayraree
uh...WTF?
ok, now I seriously need to know what the is going on here. |
it's just normal c0r jokes. |
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| EddieZilker |
@ tubular bills - I called it! Nice job, dude!
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
This is less of a case of thinking I'm smarter than someone and more my fundamental inability to compromise. It's by far my largest character flaw, and perversely a point of bizarre pride. It's the reason I haven't got a job, it's the reason I'm almost never in a relationship, it's the reason I'm weighing up whether there's any point in continuing with music journalism. I cannot bring myself to lie, to tell interviewers I'm enthusiastic about something I'm not, to tell someone I'm interested in something I'm not, to tolerate an editorial policy I think is wrong. I would feel like a traitor to myself. It's also probably responsible for my unsympathetic style of debate.
I'm fully aware that being a functioning member of adult society requires selling your soul for the benefits, but at this point I can't do it. |
Holy !
Minus the point of pride and the inability/unwillingness to commit to a girl - which I'll attempt to explain - this is the closest thing I've read which describes my dilemmas.
I've got every reason in the world to find employment from wanting to move out of our current place to having disposable income for music equipment, to being able to pay off some debts, et al. None of them, however, occur with sufficient force in my mind for me to apply at jobs which I know will turn out badly. Not that I haven't tried. I've even applied for work which was, clearly, not going to pan out. As I was doing it I experienced what I can only explain as a visceral disgust.
People who are experienced with drugs talk about body highs in addition to commensurate cerebral highs. This is body disgust or contempt or something; a corporeal revulsion welling in the pit of my stomach which could only occur, otherwise, by the monumental force of will requisite to deliberately stepping into an otherwise avoidable, maggot infested pile of dog , wearing finely tailored pants with low cuffs sliding against the leather of the left-footed $175.00+ Cole Haan about to be imparted with fermenting bits of feted meat, grub husks, partially hydrogenated vegetable by-product, ground roach carcasses and rat droppings.
It is a seething physical aversion I experience, when changing the objective on my résumé to working in a team-oriented retail environment, such as a convenience store, which would allow my to further my customer service skills, improve my leadership abilities, and pursue opportunities for advancement within the organization. It is the disgust I feel when the interviewer asks me, "How are you at multi-tasking?" which almost compels me to blurt out, "multi-tasking doesn't work as well as being able to remain on task without an interruption. There are studies which have conclusively proven that multi-tasking is an adaptive response to the organizational chaos fostered by multi-tasking in the first place." My five year plan? I'd tell you my five year plan but it has nothing to do with the absolutely vacuous reassurance you're looking for about my hypothetical commitment to your thriving door-to-door paper-weight concern.
But it's not a source of pride and, personally, I don't think it is caused by pride (in spite of my Cole-Hann vs. Dog metaphor), either. I am not even sure if it has anything to do with 'standards' - simply because if standards were really an operand, I would think I could quickly resolve the dilemma by applying personal standards to my lack of employment, swallowing my pride, and eat the sandwich with a Kool-Aid chaser. |
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| floyd741 |
| quote: | Originally posted by fayraree
uh...WTF?
ok, now I seriously need to know what the is going on here. |
lol I don't even post here much and I get it |
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| zoogla |
| quote: | Originally posted by tubularbills
it's just normal c0r jokes. |
abt transmitting anal diseases between guys? ha ha...oh NOW I get it.
:wtf: |
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| w_ashley |
1. - got scuba open water certified, learned to sail, and finally saw the pacific ocean from most perspectives (from the beach, from the mountains, from the sailboat out a sea, from the air, and from underneath)
2. Got banned from reentry of the USA with threat of felony conviction leading to 10 years of jailtime BUT got to enter my flight from LAX from the do not enter staircase and first to board in VIP style for free. (this could be seen as a great failure but I'll have to take it for what its worth for now. This I will call a success cause I've made so many of the American board members happy in due process. I tried to save $200 and well I pretty much saved $270 by not being able to fly back to Canada - and basically I cost the US federal government I dunno $8000 or so, and they are still saying I'm trying to immigrate to the US (which isn't the case but hell even if I can't ever go back atleast I saved $30 more than I thought I would.. actually I probably saved enough to pay for the I212 not that I'm going to, but the fact I didn't snap and land myself in jail for months or years is an accomplishment.)
3. Got two really great job offers I don't really beleive will actually occur but hell I can maybe pretend like they could, but the fact both of these appeared out of thin air from previous contacts is encouraging, even if I'm just hugely underqualified and it would be a miracle for me to get either of these awsome positions.
4. Not yet happened but it looks like I may end up being able to enroll in all my intended courses for the term - and they occur on two days of the week meaning I'd have 5 days of open schedule each week - if I am on campus. This is an accomplishment cause I actually found 3 courses I want to take that work this way BUT - I don't find out till Monday if I got financing....
5. Am effectively "doing nothing again". And only have three appointments over the next two weeks. |
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| tubularbills |
| quote: | Originally posted by fayraree
abt transmitting anal diseases between guys? ha ha...oh NOW I get it.
:wtf: |
clearly you don't. otherwise you would have mentioned something about your anus being all fired up too. |
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| tubularbills |
| quote: | Originally posted by ********
1. - got scuba open water certified, learned to sail, and finally saw the pacific ocean from most perspectives (from the beach, from the mountains, from the sailboat out a sea, from the air, and from underneath)
2. Got banned from reentry of the USA with threat of felony conviction leading to 10 years of jailtime BUT got to enter my flight from LAX from the do not enter staircase and first to board in VIP style for free. (this could be seen as a great failure but I'll have to take it for what its worth for now.
3. Got two really great job offers I don't really beleive will actually occur but hell I can maybe pretend like they could, but the fact both of these appeared out of thin air from previous contacts is encouraging, even if I'm just hugely underqualified and it would be a miracle for me to get either of these awsome positions.
4. Not yet happened but it looks like I may end up being able to enroll in all my intended courses for the term - and they occur on two days of the week meaning I'd have 5 days of open schedule each week - if I am on campus. This is an accomplishment cause I actually found 3 courses I want to take that work this way BUT - I don't find out till Monday if I got financing....
5. Am effectively "doing nothing again". And only have three appointments over the next two weeks. |
and a boob reduction. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by fayraree
uh...WTF?
ok, now I seriously need to know what the is going on here. |
As if you never got ed by a dude :rolleyes: |
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| w_ashley |
| quote: | Originally posted by tubularbills
and a boob reduction. |
that is the publicist's accomplishment, not my accomplishment |
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