I feel amazing and you should, too.

[bluestarultor]

I'm going to college and will be taking 11 credits at a good school and I'm grateful for them. It was pure luck that the last 4 credits opened up in the very class I needed to open up basically the whole program. I'll be living in Green Bay in the dorms for a pittance of $800 for the entire semester, when an apartment would be no less than $500 a month! I will be able to drive home every weekend to see my family and cat, and I have my aunt and cousins in Green Bay to hang with if we all feel like it on Tuesdays, which I'll have off. My place will have a fridge and stove, I'll have my own private bathroom, and free Internet and cable.

Life's pretty grand right now. What about you guys? ;)

[Torque]

Just moved in with my first long-term girlfriend about a month ago
my(our) rent didn't increase this year
Starcraft 2 doesn't completely suck
My car is fast
My car has new paint
Work signed new contracts guaranteeing that they can never ever EVER fire me without dooming themselves.


Can I get a fuck yer?

[Nique]

I am still employed.

I have cable/internet & landline phone for, as blues says, a pittance.

My rent hasn't gone up since we first moved in February of 2008.

Yeah, hey, you know what? Not so bad.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Managed to make it through finals week and a root canal with my sanity intact, came home to Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, caffinated brownies, Inception, and cinammon roasted almonds.

[Nique]

caffinated brownies

The bounty of the lord?

Seriously what is up with you and these brownies?

[Seil]

I just saw a movie with a wonderful lady friend.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Life's pretty grand right now. What about you guys? ;)


Meh. Fuck all yous and your happy good time lives!

[Osterbaum]

Army, friggin whoop.

[Torque]

Meh. Fuck all yous and your happy good time lives!

Aww, sounds like someone needs a hug!

[Token]

Best friend's been avoiding saying goodbye to me, even though she's moving out of state for college. I was given a black eye due to an alleged friend beating me in the face with a bible because I'm gay. I exploded at another friend the next day, after she crossed a line by making fun of my brother's autism. I can't handle living with said brother right now because he frustrates me with the fact that the only real conversation I have ever had with him is about Super Mario. I feel disgusted with myself for letting myself be frustrated so much by a disabled twelve year old. My family life is a mess, my friends are all avoiding me, and because that isn't enough stress, I start college on Monday. On top of that, I've been spending more time on 4chan than here, which does wonders for my self-esteem.

So yeah, feeling fabulous.

[Pip Boy]

Im starting college soon at Clark College in Vancouver, WA. So are my parents. So is my little brother.

Sounds like the concept behind a really shitty sitcom.

[Terisse]

I own a wrench.
Not just any wrench, though.

The wrench.

The wrench that fits the bike pedal perfectly, so I can finally replace the broken pedal. This makes me gloriously happy.

[bluestarultor]

Army, friggin whoop.

You're going to be getting paid to be a member of one of the most elite military forces in the world and you're probably not even going to be getting shot at! Plus, look at the emblem! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Suomen_Maavoimien_tunnus.svg) That's just plain awesome!

Best friend's been avoiding saying goodbye to me, even though she's moving out of state for college. I was given a black eye due to an alleged friend beating me in the face with a bible because I'm gay. I exploded at another friend the next day, after she crossed a line by making fun of my brother's autism. I can't handle living with said brother right now because he frustrates me with the fact that the only real conversation I have ever had with him is about Super Mario. I feel disgusted with myself for letting myself be frustrated so much by a disabled twelve year old. My family life is a mess, my friends are all avoiding me, and because that isn't enough stress, I start college on Monday. On top of that, I've been spending more time on 4chan than here, which does wonders for my self-esteem.

So yeah, feeling fabulous.

Your best friend can't bear to say goodbye and you're going to be leaving all the jerks in your life in the dust to get an education! Who needs a guy willing to beat your face in over his religious beliefs when you'll be going to school with tons of new and interesting people from all sorts of backgrounds and beliefs? The connections you make in college can and should follow you for the rest of your life! Your new friends will likely be in the same business as you, meaning they can help get you jobs once you all graduate!

And on top of it all, you have NPF to come back to for built-in support!

Im starting college soon at Clark College in Vancouver, WA. So are my parents. So is my little brother.

Sounds like the concept behind a really shitty sitcom.

Think of all the gas money you'll be saving by carpooling with your family! You also get to stay at home if you like, which takes a lot of stress off the load!



Turn those frowns upside-down, people! Life gets better when you focus on what you have! :D

[krogothwolf]

Wait, you're friend used the bible to hit you in the face cause you're gay? Man. What the hell kinda person is that?

Also, of course you get frustrated with your brother, you want to have a normal relationship with him but can't. Get's frustrating. But you still love him and care for him so it's all good in the end! It wouldn't be family if you didn't get frustrated by them.

You know what, I just 2 minutes ago told a Jehovah Witness chick that wouldn't go away that I would be willing to accept her into my orgy loving cult and she walked away disgusted with me. It was great!

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Guess what. Life sucks, then you die.

[krogothwolf]

Guess what. Life sucks, then you die.

Funny, I think Life Rocks! I mean, there's sports to watch, awesome movies to watch, awesome anime's to watch! awesome video games to play! awesome baby to have grow up to be awesome child to be awesome teenager to be awesome adult! awesome wife!

[EVILNess]

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
--William James

[Oron]

Finished the first week of classes at Notre Dame.
Got my season football tickets (fifth row).
In a dorm of guys who respect me for choosing not to drink.
Went to a party last night; got a hot Junior's number with a demand that I let her know if I pass Jazz Band auditions.

Oh yeah.

[batgirl]

I got promoted at work.
I moved out into a decent apartment with my sister.
The asshole paramedic I have on my shift is on vacation this whole weekend.
I'm getting 8 hours of overtime at my dispatcher pay rate this week.
Still have a boyfriend who I love.
Going to Memphis in 2 weeks to visit my family.
Starting awesome paramedic school in October.

On the whole it's a yay.

[Amake]

My study circle group is starting again on Tuesday, so that's fun. A few people there are really loveable, though they are hard to get to know. It's really fascinating to be in a room with so many Asperger's people, everyone aching for human contact, everyone reacting to each other like the negative poles of magnets.

And I'm drawing some groovy comics and writing gloriously and enjoying myself enormously, but that's pretty much constantly the case.

[Specterbane]

I'm still an unemployed college grad.
Still living at home by the grace of my parents after living on my own in college.
And after a nice date with a girl, who also had a good time, decided she'd rather get with an old friend after one meeting.

That being said, self pity's for pussies.

I'll turn this around eventually, and I've still got plenty of friends in the mean time. Congrats on getting to college, Blue (and everyone else for that matter). You've got a lot of hard work ahead of you, but it's all worth it and you'll probably have a great time while you're there. Best of luck.

[Torque]

Bah... Screw college... Trades, now... THAT'S where it's at!
ALso, cheer up every body. every day spent above ground is a good day!

[DarkDrgon]

Managed to whore myself for another months mortgage. go me!

[Aldurin]

Entered my senior year in high school. I'm in this computer class where I actually maintain part of the school website (they use this weird thing called dreamweaver, the instructor won't even teach us HTML). My advanced placement English class looks to be just as painful as last year's AP English. I've got the Calculus teacher who is obsessed with math to a point where normal conversation outside of it is impossible. I learned I get to blow up shit next semester in chemistry, and set shit on fire in the meantime.

I've also got a new backpack with enough space for my books and papers and even a small licorice supply.

And I feel like I might actually go back to coding WML sometime this month.

And Rooster Teeth released a new episode of comic relief for my life.


So far so good, given that I am still alive and not dead by my own will (I wouldn't suicide as I would get writer's block making the note and some of my valuable stuff might go to a family asshole.)

[Nique]

they use this weird thing called dreamweaver

You... don't know what Dreamweaver is?

[Aldurin]

You... don't know what Dreamweaver is?

Yes, I know. But this contraption promotes laziness.

[Torque]

Shit dawgs, arachnophilia be where it's at yo! That shit be all up in my grills!

edit: I am also drinking the worlds most delicious creation since the horse. I call it chocolate milk! And I'll be good god damned if you americans don't have the greatest poptarts ever in your Crazy Grape flavor!

[bluestarultor]

Yes, I know. But this contraption promotes laziness.

Dreamweaver is a graphical means of generating HTML and CSS. You can view the code at any time or even in split-screen.

Personally, when I was building the Mosinee City web site, I did most of the HTML by hand just because for some reason DW tweaked and didn't display things the way the browsers did when I imported something I did in TextPad. But DW has some nice features, like templates, which I used extensively.

It's a great tool because of its hybrid nature.

[TIME BOMB]

just got a gnarly raise at my job and now getting a new weekend job so ill be working 7 days a week. Wait, no thats good cuz ill be making awesome money and will get to move out of the state and go to culinary school! Totally willing to sacrafice any shred of a social life to do this mostly cuz im over all my friends here. Oh and im enjoying a nice arizona ice tea right now.

[Bifrost]

Math's actually enjoyable, I've finally managed to get my English books (which means no more failing!), and so far my crippling social issues haven't caused me to have a freakout session in public. Yay!

Oh, and my mom's got a new job, which is pretty win because that means MOAR FOOD. :D

[Magic_Marker]

Not in school this semester but I've met a few professors in town and impressed them to the point that I have been invited to like three book clubs. It's like school but with none of the grades! Hopefully all this networking will help me as all the liberals in a conservative town seem to know each other.

I have my total existence tax (Shelter, Transportation, Food) down to about Seven Hundred Dollars which is frugal as FUCK.

I continue to get in shape so that when if my job runs out I'll have construction work as a option. More likely I'll learn a trade (leaning towards electrician more and more) once I feel up to the task until I'm a journeyman and then, while I'm making great pay I'll have an excuse to get a worthless BA without all that debt shit.

All told I've gone from being pissed at the road blocks in my way to saying "Fuck yea" every time I pass one.

[Specterbane]

More likely I'll learn a trade (leaning towards electrician more and more) once I feel up to the task until I'm a journeyman and then, while I'm making great pay I'll have an excuse to get a worthless BA without all that debt shit.

A friend of mine from college was an electrician for a while before college. He said the it was a good job but it took a lot of work to keep up with the licencing, but it sounds like you can make that work just fine. In any case, from what I skimmed in this (http://www.articlemanual.com/Article/Top-Five-Tips-to-Learn-How-to-Become-an-Electrician/71212)it might be a good place to start. Best of luck to you.