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Damian

I feel like we've all gone off and done a lot of different/new things than previously, and we all haven't talked nearly as much as we used to (at least by way of the 4umz). So what are you lot into these days? We've all probably CHANGED A LOT and all that.

Me, um, I'm in college now. That's a change, right? I'm just a freshman, but still. I'm at the University of Southern California. So I live in Los Angeles now, which is pretty much completely different from 60,000-population-city Tennessee. I'm enjoying being in a big city a lot, though, since I've never lived in one. I doubt I'll stay in LA once I'm done with school, but it's nice for the time being. Lots of things to do, and lots of concerts, more importantly. Very Happy

I'm studying psychology but I put in an application to the music school to try to be a music composition major. And if I succeed at that, then I'd like to do film scoring and/or video game scoring. (Hey, I can hope can't I?) But there's a strong chance I won't get in, I think they take 8 people per year. Still, worth a shot, right? I should be hearing back about that pretty soon, actually. So that's cool.

I'm done typing about myself. Type at me.
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Lester Square · Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 8:45 pm Post subject:

You sound fairly contented Damian, I think I'll have to induce some kind of misery in you at some point! For my own part, I've been consuming a lot of extremely dangerous narcotics and working an extraordinarily dull office job. Not necessarily at the same time.

I did a fairly short stint as a door-to-door salesman which was hilariously inappropriate work for someone like me, whom people wouldn't be any less likely to trust if I was dressed as Satan and wearing a t-shirt saying "I AM OBVIOUSLY LYING TO YOU".

So yeah, that's what university education leads to, I guess. I'm constantly wondering to myself when I'll be going over life's "it's all downhill from here" threshold and am thus obliged to hurl myself into the path of an oncoming bus. You know, for a laugh.
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Izzhov · Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 10:27 pm Post subject:

Well those two posts contrasted greatly! Lester, I bet you could succeed if you had more confidence.

I have so far gotten into 2 out of the 5 colleges I've applied to, and haven't yet heard back from the other 3. I am also starting to be beset by mild senioritis. I'm still getting my work done; I'm just procrastinating it more.
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Ricky · is doing a barrel roll! Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Posts: 443

I've been mooching off of family members and not really knowing what to do with my life and trying to go to school but not doing well when I do, mostly because I don't try very hard. I lose steam after a few weeks. So I be going into the Air Force. Found out last Friday what my job's going to be and when I'm going in- I'm going to do maintenance on big airplanes ("heavies") and I go in to basic training June 22. Maybe they'll make me less of a hoolagin and I'll actually be able to accomplish the things I want to by the end of basic training? It's worth a shot.

I've been working horrible, low-paying jobs to try and pay for school, so I'm looking forward to making $1,700 a month working an awesome job, and having Uncle Sam pay for my college.

I don't like our current use of the military much, and I tried to get in to the Coast Guard, because Coasties do good things. I'm going to be assisting a giant killing machine, so I'll make even by volunteering for Habitat for Humanity or something. You know, like carbon offsetting.

Also, I vote Pants because at Portland Community College (Where I am currently going to school) there is an improv theater group called PANTS. It stands for People Acting Not Too Seriously, and that describes us lot rather well.
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LynkStar · Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 6:51 am Post subject:

I'm currently at uni (which I suppose is new? Got there in September) in Hertfordshire in the UK, studying Music Composition and Technology. Workin' (in theory) on a bunch of coursework at the moment; composing, writing up, the like.
I'm off on a shiny holiday to the USA in 20 days! Very Happy

I'll be gracing the cities of New York, LA and San Francisco with my presence. So yeah hey Damian I'll be in LA in 4 weeks. :] Also to Damian, if your Music Composition course is anything like mine, 1/10 of the course will drop out, 2/10 will disappear never to be seen again, and 1/10 will just turn up once a week. If it's like mine, that is.

Sammich Ultima · Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 4:14 pm Post subject:

lots of people dropped out of the music tech course i was on. i think there was about 70 people to begin with, by the end it was like 40-50.

Damian · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 1:26 am Post subject:

Doctor Phileas Fragg · Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:01 pm Post subject:

I'm in the same boat as El Ornitorrinco but for pending military service. Also I'm probably a decade older than him which is significantly more embarrassing.

But soon I'm going to buy a nice WACOM tablet from a friend for cheap, and maybe then things will turn for better.
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Mike · is a stale Arsecrumpet™ Joined: 18 Oct 2007 Posts: 179

I've been forced by the recession to take a succession of food-industry jobs, which was initially pretty much a mockery of my college degree... But, this has made me uncover a passion for food. I mean, I always loved to cook, but it hadn't hitherto clicked with me that this might be a career move. So currently I am wondering if I ought to go the whole hog and train as a chef and make a Thing of this. I have just this week accepted a promotion to Team Leader (pretty much a bullshit post, but it sounds cool) at my current workplace, and I guess this helps me to recover some confidence about my employability. Since I usually feel that I wouldn't employ myself to lick stamps. (And besides, anybody who knows me well enough to have followed my stupid blogs over the years knows damn' well how little I like the art industry anyway, so, to hell with my degree).
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Cheese Monkey · Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:14 pm Post subject:

I've actually been placed in a semi-good job and have been working for roughly 5 months now. I'd have posted here from work more often if there was more to talk about. Sad

I also have a new place... which is very empty. I need a cat or something...

But yeah. Suffice it to say, I'm in one of those "transitioning" periods in life at the moment. -_-

EDIT: And I know I haven't posted in for-fugging-ever. See my first comment. ROFL Lune

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Lester Square · Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:44 pm Post subject:

dPaladin · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 5:52 pm Post subject:

Well, I was a package handler for UPS starting in September and ending last week when I quit. That is where all my time has been going. I also have a girlfriend, and music school. So yeah, been busy. But I'm returning to my first school, which I didn't like because it was too small. I decided that I would rather go to a smaller, less well-known school for free or cheap than get into horrific debt by going to a larger school that isn't any better.

Also I am on Spring Break.
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Damian · Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:50 pm Post subject:

BUT YOU'RE NOT ON SPRING BREAK ANYMORE

LOL

Anyway. Wow, it seems like everyone's going off and doing their own thing these days. WE'RE ALL GROWING UP
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Upsilon · Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 11:31 am Post subject:

I have a mathematics exam tomorrow.
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