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Heya guys. I've been blogging quite a bit here, but some of the material doesn't seem to be a correct fit for the TL blogs section. So I've launched my own personal blog. With a post a day to keep the stress away, I hope it will find some sort of success ^^
Although I'll be crossposting everything that is relevant here, it would be cool if you guys could follow my other blog  (located at http://froadac.blogspot.com )
Again, listening to the Star Trek Film Score.
I highly recommend you at least check it out. Apart from the movie being excellent, I find myself listening to it like all the time tt
But that aside I figured it was time to officially launch this blog of sorts. Although I think I'll be blogging daily on various topics, I thought my first post would best be to express a sort of internal conflict that many people have.
But I probably exemplify it more than most.
As many of you know, my parents are often overbearing, and at times draconian. My mom will go on long useless tangential rants about my inability to do anything productive. She will tell me that because I didn't sleep at 11:00 she literally feels like killing me. But more so than any of this annoyance, my major conflict over the last couple years has admittedly been between myself, how I am perceived, and my parents.
Ever since my surgeries occurred, I have admittedly not done as well in school as I would have liked. My GPA is still a bit over 4.0, and I'm not really that satisfied with it. But the only reason it really upsets me so much is my mom contends that I do not care. But even this is not the real conflict.
The real conflict is between how my peers treat me, and how my parents treat me. Heck, even how my teachers treat me. Although my mom won't let me get a driver's license, let me go to a LAN in Berkeley, or be away for dinner EVER, at school I am treated with a lot of respect. People come to me with their questions, liken me to widely liked people in the classes before us.
Next year I will be the president of the second largest club on campus. I'll be dealing with the most money of any club on campus, and I'll be managing around 60 individuals.
But I still lack the ability to drive or be out of the house?
Another deep contradiction that I have fought over is the fact my parents often cite my gross immaturity. Although there are indeed moments where I have made seriously poor judgements, I would like to think my judgements are pretty accurate. I am indeed an administrator on the English language Wikipedia, which bears a ton of responsibility. Apart from the responsibilities of being one of 800 active administrators, I also am a member of the OTRS team, which deals with a variety of legal complains, as well as requests for copyright permission. Yes. So immature.
But in the end I need to reconcile these differences. Even though my mom has no friends, yet insults my lack of sociality, and others talk to me as some sort of highly competent person at school that I may or may not be, it comes down to me to reconcile the differences. Whether it be by improving my physique by lifting weights, ignoring my mom's comments, or really addressing my own lesser faults, I must address my contradictions.
Also can't figure out whether to get a SteelSeries Kinzu, razer mouse, or MX 518
Also looking at a New Steelseries Siberia In-Ear Stereo Earset
  
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Saying it is beating a dead horse, but you'll probably be super happy in college. Sounds like your best bet is to become financially independent as soon as possible, which shouldn't be too hard if your academics/extracurriculars are as good as they sound.
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I saw the blog title and almost expected that you wouldn't mention your parents...oh well.
Being a Wikipedia administrator is very impressive; far more so than being able to drive or spend the night away from home in my eyes.
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Um...if you're so grown up, why do you need your mum's permission for a drivers license?
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On May 18 2011 16:57 Dhalphir wrote:
Um...if you're so grown up, why do you need your mum's permission for a drivers license?
Because he isn't 18 and probably still lives at home I'd guess.
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Yup ^^
Nextb log won't metion parents.
I promise.
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I misread the thread title as "Froadac's Contractions" and was like, "Holy shit, Froadac had a baby?"
Unfortunately, my intent to congratulate you on your new child has been smothered. All I can say now is I've often felt the same way about my parents. You'll just have to deal with contradictions and double standards until you're living on your own.
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Haha.
At least you didn't read it as "Froadac's Contractual obligations" or something long those lines.
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While from your side of the story, it does sound like your parents are being unfair, I am always wary of taking one side of the story as fact in blogs such as this, and will gently remind you that while many people aged 14-17 think of themselves as mature, they very rarely actually are.
When I was 16 or 17 I thought I was super fucking mature. I was doing all sorts of "adult" stuff like going to debate clubs, holding intelligent arguments with my parent's friends at dinner parties. But looking back now at the age of 22, some of the things I said, thought, and did absolutely blow me away at how immature I was.
It is an EXTREMELY typical attitude of teenagers (I had the same attitude) to believe that they are misunderstood by their parents, and to believe that they are truly mature/responsible/trustworthy/unique/whatever.
You may be the exception here, don't misunderstand this as an attack on you. But it is extremely likely that your parents just see aspects of you that you don't see for what they are. Introspection is something that is very very difficult.
I hate to say this next bit, as it makes me feel old as fuck and makes me realise that oh god I'm one of the old farts lecturing "dem youngun's", but when you have gained a few years, I think you will find that you gain some perspective on this matter.
That said, denying you a drivers license is something I've never heard of being done, perhaps things are different here in Australia but parents are usually pretty keen for kids to get their license here so they don't have to keep driving them around to various commitments, and the only people who don't get their drivers licenses the second they are the appropriate age are those kids who are too lazy to do it themselves, not due to parental permission not being given.
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Yeah, point taken.
My mom keeps on saying "you are so immature you leave me no choice but to deny the drivers license which makes me drive you to appointments, poor me" =/
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MX518 for sure. And as I've said time and again, your mom sounds crazy.
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Liking your blogs so far!
Word of caution: my kinzu just died on me yesterday. It has been 2 years and I think it was a good run for such an excellent 30$ mouse. Just giving you an idea how long it would last. My 50$ razor krait lasted me 1 year only. I have a logitech mx310 (or whatever its called). I have used it the longest and that still works. I dont like the shape for SC though.
As for headset (remembering your old thread), i somehow ran into the headphones thread and decided upon getting headphones instead of a gaming headset. I dont feel like i really need a gaming headset. Just got a nice set of entry level headphones and bought a 10$ clip-on mic.
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Yeah, meh.
Could you take a picture of the kinzu next to a ruler? I can't seem to figure out how big it actually is. And no stores near me have it :/
I can't find an mx518 either, but best buy should have one in stock. I'll go this weekend.
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Hmm. The MX518 is a different kind of mouse though in terms of the shape. You dont grip it the same way as the kinzu. When I first got the kinzu, my initial impression is that the mouse is really low. Its also quite small. Therefore, you really only hold it with your fingers. The material is very nice though and there is a slight rubbery feel to it. This is a kind of mouse thats good wrist control (snapping wrist real fast, easy to lift up the mouse if be needed)
If you're looking something like a mx518 though, you want a mousepad that has easy glide, as generally you dont even want to lift up a mouse of this size in BW/SC2. Another thing to look into is the G500 for a similar shape/feel. I have heard great things about it.
ill try to take some pictures when i get home. The length of the mouse wont suprise u as much as the height though. It was lower than I thought initially before buying it .
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The MX518 sensor has prediction that you can't turn off. It's also bulky with an awkward shape - you have to palm it so don't consider it if you're a fingertip player.
"Although there are indeed moments where I have made seriously poor judgements, I would like to think my judgements are pretty accurate." <-- you always give us your side of the story, since we've read like 50 blogs where you come off like baby-superman, descended from Krypton, adopted by Cinderellas step-mother - just out of curiosity it'd be fun to hear a story where this "seriously poor judgement" shines through.
Anyways, do you know which college you'll end up at yet? As always i'll end on that note: you'll be quite the happy camper at campus i'm sure.
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Haha Thrill. I'll blog about that next time round ^^
I'm a Junior still 
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