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Lady Nyx wrote:

i complain, because... 

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I fully understand that. Believe me. There are some lousy disciplines here which have absolutely nothing to do with I'm going to be doing. I study Physics and Maths and am at the High School of Music - "child phsychology" is hardly a discipline I need to take, but I have to. There are plenty like that. The reason they give is the following: they want the students to have a compreehensive education and develop their intelectual lives as a whole, understanding that the world is not as neatly separated in disciplines as the College schedule.

This pressure is especially strong on us because they fear that we'll leave College as specialized, narrow-minded technicians, without a broader cultural formation. 

I hate humanities. I really do. To the point of having to force myself into reading things in a quasi-monastic way. Luckily, I have been faring quite well especially because of this stressful dedication, but it does take its toll on me sometimes: I eagerly wait for the moment when I won't have to read books with narrative and words anymore. ; -)) 

So it does happen here too. 

But your situation is a bit different. I'd be complaining too - I mean, it's the end of the whole thing, you must be tired already, and some disciplines do demand a lot of our patience. Besides, I think there's something else there: it seems, that's what I understood from what you wrote, that you more or less found yourself in Europe, and having returned to your country has been very hard to you. 

Being, as you are, on your way to finish the whole thing, I'd struggle to wrap it all up as soon as possible too and get that piece of paper that, as you said, people accord, sometimes wrongly so, so much importance to. But this piece of paper is probably going to open up some doors to you and give you the financial support you need to look out for the things you do enjoying working with. It's the material base you need to launch the career you want for yourself, I guess. 

So, ROCK ON, GIRL. It's all going to be all right. And we all like you here. : -)))) 
     

FUCK OFF.

YOUR NOT WORTH IT.

YOUR NOT WORTH IT.

Yara wrote:







Lady Nyx wrote:

i complain, because... 

I fully understand that. Believe me. There are some lousy disciplines here which have absolutely nothing to do with I'm going to be doing. I study Physics and Maths and am at the High School of Music - "child phsychology" is hardly a discipline I need to take, but I have to. There are plenty like that. The reason they give is the following: they want the students to have a compreehensive education and develop their intelectual lives as a whole, understanding that the world is not as neatly separated in disciplines as the College schedule.

This pressure is especially strong on us because they fear that we'll leave College as specialized, narrow-minded technicians, without a broader cultural formation. 

I hate humanities. I really do. To the point of having to force myself into reading things in a quasi-monastic way. Luckily, I have been faring quite well especially because of this stressful dedication, but it does take its toll on me sometimes: I eagerly wait for the moment when I won't have to read books with narrative and words anymore. ; -)) 

So it does happen here too. 

But your situation is a bit different. I'd be complaining too - I mean, it's the end of the whole thing, you must be tired already, and some disciplines do demand a lot of our patience. Besides, I think there's something else there: it seems, that's what I understood from what you wrote, that you more or less found yourself in Europe, and having returned to your country has been very hard to you. 

Being, as you are, on your way to finish the whole thing, I'd struggle to wrap it all up as soon as possible too and get that piece of paper that, as you said, people accord, sometimes wrongly so, so much importance to. But this piece of paper is probably going to open up some doors to you and give you the financial support you need to look out for the things you do enjoying working with. It's the material base you need to launch the career you want for yourself, I guess. 

So, ROCK ON, GIRL. It's all going to be all right. And we all like you here. : -)))) 
     





haha thanks yara, youre such a sweetie!

and yes, i did find myself in europe, and im hoping i DO find a job SOMEWHERE where all this hard work will be worth something and i will be able to do what i really want to do :)


and i had a really good resolution to the day- its bittersweet, actually.
my best friend has been dating this douche of a guy for 8 months- as of today she finally broke up with him! i was going ot break the news to her that he has been SEXTING other girls- not one, but many! she called him out on it, and he was all flustered and stuff. she told him to get help.

but before today, it was left up to me to break the news to her, since im her best friend. not a pressure i wanted in the midst of all this school pressure! but ultamitly, it worked out, and such good timing. and im glad she listened. she knows that i dont tell her things just to fuck up her life, ya know?

so shes single, and she can finally get her life started :) she has her own place now, and she can concentrate on school and work. im really happy for her, even though she had a tough day today. tomorrow is another day!

Ms. Rebel wrote:

FUCK OFF.

YOUR NOT WORTH IT.

YOUR NOT WORTH IT.

You're*

What is the world coming to...
I was talking to a friend recently, and music came up.  I said I'm on a binge of Alice Cooper, and she said...
she said...

Who's she?

When i mentioned songs and said that she is in fact a he, she knew one or two songs, but still didn't know who he was.  No recollection of ever having heard of him.

The last time i felt that socially jolted was a week after Michael Jackson's death when i said to someone (who lives a fairly secluded life) that it was so sad about Michael Jackson and she asked what happened, she had somehow not heard that he had died a week before!

Lady Nyx wrote:


and i had a really good resolution to the day- its bittersweet, actually.
my best friend has been dating this douche of a guy for 8 months- as of today she finally broke up with him! i was going ot break the news to her that he has been SEXTING other girls- not one, but many! she called him out on it, and he was all flustered and stuff. she told him to get help.

but before today, it was left up to me to break the news to her, since im her best friend. not a pressure i wanted in the midst of all this school pressure! but ultamitly, it worked out, and such good timing. and im glad she listened. she knows that i dont tell her things just to fuck up her life, ya know?

so shes single, and she can finally get her life started :) she has her own place now, and she can concentrate on school and work. im really happy for her, even though she had a tough day today. tomorrow is another day!

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Good news. Quite a sad situation she was in, though. Frankly, if I were the one who had to tell my friend such a thing, I don't know how I'd do it - she'd never believe me! I'm afraid she'd take it as a challenge and answer in kind - everytime she met her boyfriend and I happened to be around, she'd regard it as a chance to show her pride and to challenge me: "See, he's NOT what you said...".

Why am I almost certain of that? Because I have no boyfriend. ; -))) You know, for as much as my friends may like me, there'd always be that feeling of: "Because she doesn't date anyone ever since she broke up with Mr. Umbilical Cord, she wants to spoil it for me".  ; -))

Really glad things worked out just fine to her. There are people who get stuck in this kind of situation for god knows how much time.

catqueen wrote:

What is the world coming to...
I was talking to a friend recently, and music came up.  I said I'm on a binge of Alice Cooper, and she said...
she said...

Who's she?

When i mentioned songs and said that she is in fact a he, she knew one or two songs, but still didn't know who he was.  No recollection of ever having heard of him.

The last time i felt that socially jolted was a week after Michael Jackson's death when i said to someone (who lives a fairly secluded life) that it was so sad about Michael Jackson and she asked what happened, she had somehow not heard that he had died a week before!

First, Angeline comes up with "alacrity of mind". Then Cacatua throws a "vitriolic" in her post. Now you naturally toss a "binge" around.
 
Is it a conspiracy to get me to buy a new dictionary or have me learn by heart some Thesaurus? ; -) 

Yara wrote:







Lady Nyx wrote:


and i had a really good resolution to the day- its bittersweet, actually.
my best friend has been dating this douche of a guy for 8 months- as of today she finally broke up with him! i was going ot break the news to her that he has been SEXTING other girls- not one, but many! she called him out on it, and he was all flustered and stuff. she told him to get help.

but before today, it was left up to me to break the news to her, since im her best friend. not a pressure i wanted in the midst of all this school pressure! but ultamitly, it worked out, and such good timing. and im glad she listened. she knows that i dont tell her things just to fuck up her life, ya know?

so shes single, and she can finally get her life started :) she has her own place now, and she can concentrate on school and work. im really happy for her, even though she had a tough day today. tomorrow is another day!

Good news. Quite a sad situation she was in, though. Frankly, if I were the one who had to tell my friend such a thing, I don't know how I'd do it - she'd never believe me! I'm afraid she'd take it as a challenge and answer in kind - everytime she met her boyfriend and I happened to be around, she'd regard it as a chance to show her pride and to challenge me: "See, he's NOT what you said...".

Why am I almost certain of that? Because I have no boyfriend. ; -))) You know, for as much as my friends may like me, there'd always be that feeling of: "Because she doesn't date anyone ever since she broke up with Mr. Umbilical Cord, she wants to spoil it for me".  ; -))

Really glad things worked out just fine to her. There are people who get stuck in this kind of situation for god knows how much time.



thats just it! she was really defensive for him for a while, and i think shes learning if she has to defend him more often than not- its not going to work. but she realized it herself, and im glad she did.

and people think im like....miserable because i dont want to date anyone....some people just arent that needy? im more content without a guy right now. i have a lot on my plate, and i know i wouldnt bother making time for him.

but what im getting at is, i was afraid she would think i was trying to destroy a relationship- because i didnt like her previous man either. but it worked so much better because she realized it herself.

*sigh*

so im doing the worry pace again. every once in a while a pang of real anxiety hits me. i try to go by the feeling that it will all be ok, and things will work out, but i look at how my mom is doing, and i realize that could be me. and i still have a lot more years ahead of me. its the anxiety that i will never be able to get out of here unless i do some illegal things...

im just so worried because i have had no luck in even finding a part time job. people are hiring but they for some reason dont want me. and now im gonna have to go bigger and badder. i want to know that 4 years of hard work was worth my time.

i wont even go to grad school- im so sick of school, and my heart just isnt into it. it would be foolish of me to go in just to 'put off real life' as a lot of my friends are doing. quite honestly, im surprised i made it this far, acedemically, and im content with that.


any ideas for translation jobs? and where to look for these things? i even started looking into travelling, but there isnt much going for it right now :(

Lady Nyx wrote:

*sigh*

so im doing the worry pace again. every once in a while a pang of real anxiety hits me. i try to go by the feeling that it will all be ok, and things will work out, but i look at how my mom is doing, and i realize that could be me. and i still have a lot more years ahead of me. its the anxiety that i will never be able to get out of here unless i do some illegal things...

im just so worried because i have had no luck in even finding a part time job. people are hiring but they for some reason dont want me. and now im gonna have to go bigger and badder. i want to know that 4 years of hard work was worth my time.

i wont even go to grad school- im so sick of school, and my heart just isnt into it. it would be foolish of me to go in just to 'put off real life' as a lot of my friends are doing. quite honestly, im surprised i made it this far, acedemically, and im content with that.


any ideas for translation jobs? and where to look for these things? i even started looking into travelling, but there isnt much going for it right now :(

Glad you and your friend are ok! 
I know some courts need translators, depending on the language.  Other then that, you could maybe contact a publisher?  And because translating (written things at least) can be done at home, you could try companies not in your area.  I know a couple of people who used to translate, one in court and one for a publisher.  But the publisher was a small (tiny!) strongly evangelical Christian company in America - a lot of religious publishers translate lots of short books and leaflets to distribute in other places.  My friend was very badly paid, i think that's partly why he stopped, but there must be good publishers looking for people somewhere.  Is there a writers organisation you could contact in your area that might know how to go about applying? 

damn you Amazon for sending me emails with the latest remastered Ultravox cd's,that was £33 you just made me spend!

JoxerTheDeityPirate wrote:

damn you Amazon for sending me emails with the latest remastered Ultravox cd's,that was £33 you just made me spend!

Beware! May your eyes be filled with fear!

Yara wrote:

 



JoxerTheDeityPirate wrote:



damn you Amazon for sending me emails with the latest remastered Ultravox cd's,that was £33 you just made me spend!

Beware! May your eyes be filled with fear!

the sods know i'm a massive Ultravox fan and tempted me with the 3 latest remastered cd's with bonus rare cds knowing full well that i have the 'breaking strain of a kit-kat' when it comes to things like that and promptly handed over my £33.
i shall just have to think of it as an early birthday treat to myself although that was meant to be one of those record player/tape decks thingys that one plugs into the computer so i can listen to my old 12" records via this thing..

JoxerTheDeityPirate wrote:

 



Yara wrote:



 

 



 



 



JoxerTheDeityPirate wrote:



 



damn you Amazon for sending me emails with the latest remastered Ultravox cd's,that was £33 you just made me spend!



 

Beware! May your eyes be filled with fear!

the sods know i'm a massive Ultravox fan and tempted me with the 3 latest remastered cd's with bonus rare cds knowing full well that i have the 'breaking strain of a kit-kat' when it comes to things like that and promptly handed over my £33.
i shall just have to think of it as an early birthday treat to myself although that was meant to be one of those record player/tape decks thingys that one plugs into the computer so i can listen to my old 12" records via this thing..

This is the present you gave to yourself. But there are still the birthday presents that other people might give you. You can surf the web with a friend and breath a heartfelt sigh: "Oh, this is something I'd like to buy for my birthday. If I had seen it before...damn, I bought the Ultravox remasters already and won't be able to listen to my 12'' records any soon. And I really wanted to". 

ANY sensitive friend would give you one for your birthday. In fact, if I were in Cornwall, I'd hand it over to you myself and arrive at your place in a carriage and have King Arthur himself knight you. I'd even ask him to lend you the Excalibur for a few days so you can show that woman who was your girlfriend in the past where it's at!  

THIS IS MY CONCEPT OF BIRTHDAY. 

^im one step ahead of you as ive dropped more hints than i should about having this record player/cassette player/pc thingy for my birthday,just got to see now if
a] the other half gets it for me when we go away for my birthday 'love-in' in November
or
b] everyone else says " i thought [insert name] would get it for you instead" and no bugger buys it!