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Getting fuckin\' kicked outta my house.
Long Story short, This is my grandma\'s house shes sick right now in the hospital with a stomache problem. My Loving Aunt and Uncle decided a few days ago we were going to have a \'family talk\' today at 8 am.
So the \'family talk\' is basically them 2 just yelling at us, telling my sister, her BF, their baby, and I (and my mom and her BF who aren't here for this) that we need to leave by September 1st. Why the hell did this have to be done at 8am on a Sat. and not a week ago? Why do we even need to discuss this like this anyways, why not just tell us when you told us to come to this meeting?
I don\'t pay rent here but I do whatever anyone asks me to do around the house aside from shit I normally do like yardwork, clean the pool, trash, buy groceries (that I never even eat), etc. I\'ve been doing yardwork around here even when I didn\'t live here. Been doing it for like the passed 5 years, only lived here for about a year.
The \'Family talk\' consisted of my uncle calling us lazy and saying we don\'t do shit or pay rent. I told him; 'how the fuck do you know you are never even here!?'. And he basically called me a liar. He also said that she is not coming home with anyone in the house so if she comes home tomorrow we got to be out today.
Anyways I have a week to get all my shit out of the house and find a place to live. I have $263.01 in the bank, no car (I drive mom\'s BF\'s van). Which is part of the reason why I don\'t pay any rent, I\'m saving for a car among other things like MOVING OUT OF HERE. Which now I cannot do because I\'m gonna have to fucking pinch every penny for food, rent, and other fun things that life requires.
My GF has been a bitch lately and I don\'t know if she would let me stay with her. Even if she does I don\'t know what I\'m gonna do with all my stuff. I had just recently signed up for cable internet contract and Blockbuster online thing too, which I'm going to have to deal with.
As many of you may know I just built a new computer and I had just signed up for the cable internet. My next step in my plan was to save up another $600 and do the deposit on Full Tilt and start playing poker so I could buy a car and move out etc. But this plan has been obviously ruined.
On top of all this my boss has been planning to close down the store I work at since last summer and turning it into something else. This job just makes me enough money to buy basic shit like food and gas with a couple hundred to save every month. So I might be out of a job too.
What perfect timing. Life is great.
UPDATE 10/06/07:
Well right now its actually even more fucked up. I moved into my GF's house with her mom,dad, and brother. I paid 200 for last months rent and am supposed to for every add't month (plus whatever utility goes up, which is like 12 bucks for water and shit).
I didn't want to move in with my gf in the first place and situation has only gotten worse. I hate living with her, but I have to right now. I just got off the phone with her and she was crying saying its over etc. Which is why I say I am 'supposed to pay' that because this month has already started. I am seriously considering taking all my shit and bouncing.
Shes inconsiderate, disrespectful, insulting, stupid, alcoholic (along with all her loser degenerate friends), and a bitch, among other things. And her family dislikes me for whatever reason for the most part because I don't feel the need to socialize with them constantly or some shit. I mostly keep to myself because I think thats how people should be, minding their own business. Its not like I'm a mute antisocial or anything, I just don't care for their company. Which should make perfect sense to my gf because just about every day her mom comes home and starts bitching and nagging everyone in the house about anything. But no instead of her ignoring it or just escaping the drama she gets heavily involved and ultimately starts taking it out on me and blaming me for shit etc. Its like shes one of those ignorant black chicks on Jenny Jones. Oh and I forgot to mention the house its pretty well stuffed full of clutter.
Anyways I'm not getting anywhere financially closer to getting a car (because paying for rent along with other things, I'm effectively stuck).I have about 600$~700$ in the bank. And for whatever reason my gf just stopped giving me rides to work (she still won't explain to me fully why she is doing this other than it was some kind of test to see how I acted when I didn't get my way) how the fuck did she expect me to react, "oh its ok, I'll take 4 buses every day instead". Its not like I want to rely on her or anyone for anything, just right now I fucking need to.
She is just too young and naive I guess, She obviously doesn't understand the concept of grinding everything out herself. Seeing as her family has provided her with everything she has ever needed in her life and especially taking for granted such luxuries as a car etc. My family on the other hand has giving me basically nothing except a roof over my head (which is gone now!). Even just eating is something I have had to do since I was in my early teens. Everything else I have earned on my own.
PS- My Mom and my aunt have been totally overhauling the house. Totally remodelled kitchen, new windows, new carpets, paint, the works. Meanwhile this whole time the house has been empty and in mine and my sister's rooms nothing. I could have been staying there this whole time with no harm to anyone whatsoever (I would pay the utilities etc and rent if asked for).
My gramma has been through a lot of complications, first it was a stomache thing, then a urinary tract thing, then pnuemonia and a collapsed lung, its been rough. I don't really like to visit people in the hospital because its depressing and shitty, and it makes me think that it makes them think I'm assuming they are on their deathbed or whatever. I just block it out and hope they get better. I did talk to her on the phone and her voice was all fucked up to the point where I couldn't even understand what she was saying.
Anyways, My mom-who has been visiting her practically day and night, said she is really recovering nicely and can come home but is choosing to stay at the hospital for rehabilitation and monitoring. She had to relearn how to swallow and stuff, its really disheartening to think about. She says my gramma really misses me and wants to see me and stuff. Knowing my mom I don't know if shes just making up a white lie or whatever but its kinda confusing, because one minute she wants everyone out then she wants everyone by her side.
I had dinner with my mom yesterday and I said I am sick of my GF etc. She said my gramma would probably be cool with me moving back in for like $100 a month and doing the stuff I normally did (like mowing the lawn, etc).
I dunno, I'll probably go visit my gramma sometime this week and see how she is doing and maybe talk about this. I feel like an asshole though just for the fact that I'm going in hopes of her being healthy enough to discuss such things. I'm still kind of mad at her for the whole fucked up situation in the first place.
EDIT- 10/08/07 My mom's BF said he would sell me the crappy van that I was using previously for (2000$) 500$ up front and 100$ every month until the rest of the 1500$ is paid. I really don't want this POS because its a gas guzzler, bad handling/acceleration, ugly, radio/stereo don't work right, Windows down't work, etc. But Beggars can't be choosers I guess. And its slightly patched up with my gf right now. I'm being extremely nice to her and trying hard as I possibly can to use my 'Thumper Mentality'. + Show Spoiler + If you can't say anything nice..
Its not even what I do so much as what I say. What ever happened to 'Sticks and Stones'?
I can never understand why girls (anyone for that matter) would rather hear endless lies and bullshit instead of the truth.
"Do I look fat?" - her
"Yea you're overweight a bit, you should start running." - me
"I Asked other guys and they said I'm not fat, you such an asshole!" - her
"Yea, of course they would say what you want to hear. They hope to get laid or just 'white lie' so not to hurt your feelings, Duh" - me
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Yea, I can see exactly how this can hurt someones feelings, but why the hell ask the questions if not to better yourself with the constructive criticism? Its like shooting the messenger.
She set her self up for the fall, not me. I'm not the one eating all the fast food and pounding 1000s of Coors light every night.
edit- 10/20/07 So I'm planning on moving out/getting kicked out. I have no where to go and I literally have 4 dollars in teh bank and 10 in my pocket for the next week since I bought the van. I might end up living in this beast for a while.
11-2-07 Stupid fuckin van won't start. I just makes some clicking noise when i turn the key (might be the alternator?). I owe anohter 150$ on it as of yesterday. I owe my gf's mom 200$ for rent unless I move out soon (was planning to). Need to find a new job. Oh yea I got like 170$ in the bank.
Ok the van needed a jump. My mom said it might need a new battery which is like $50 bucks. I still haven't put the car in my name which is more money I don't have. Do I even technically have to do that ? I mean I paid 450$ up front but thats not even 1/4 of the total cost and I don't have any pink slip or papers saying the car belongs to me.
EDIT- 11/18/08 Been a while since I wrote here. Quick rundown of what's going on now;
Was on unemployment for a while then basically I moved back in to my gramma's house in Jan/Feb and found a job with my old employer at a further store under the table and with a raise in pay. I was seriously making a large effort to pitch in around the house with fixing stuff, replacing stuff, etc. I even overhauled the completely-blocked-with-clutter garage. I repacked, recycled, disposed, and carpeted the garage. For some reason everyone slowly started moving back in the house and even my cousin all the sudden showed up and moved in with her shitty smelly little dog. She began to move a bunch of clutter from upstairs into the garage (which was really annoying) and doing half assed outdoor yardwork that I finished multiple times. For whatever reason almost exactly a year from the original kickout everyone was getting kicked out again. Or so I was told, my cousin got to stay (probably because she has nothing to do all day except play guitar and sing around my gramma) while everyone else with lives must move.
So since I was kicked out again I had to move all my shit to my dad's garage that is really far away and look for a place to live while staying at my gf's temporarily (after all I should get a free month here since her mom basically got a free month's rent last January). My friend luckily had his roommate moving out 3 days ago and I took his place. It really worked out pretty perfectly because he lives only 5 miles away from where I work instead of 12-15miles (save lots of time and gas). The rent/bills are a good price (like 650$/m) but its a little over my budget so I don't think I have enough to save up or do extra fun shit with. But hes got nice cable and internet and we have been friends for like 10 years so we can pretty much do whatever we want in OUR house. You wanna fuck her in the middle of the day and be loud?, slam it. Play loud music?, Pump it. Drink and party or play poker any night we want?, Fuck yes.
So I just moved in the other day and am almost done setting up all my stuff. I even bought a Cali-King bed off craigslist for 100$ bucks (uber deal), guy even gave me free ropes and help rigging it to transport it back to my new pad. Gf bought new sheets for housewarming gift (from Mervyn's which is going out of business, so like 60% off. They normally cost like 100$ bucks lol).
Went to my gramma's house yesterday to pick up a few leftovers and i see there are more renovations going on in some upstairs rooms. Shit is ridiculous, family is so obviously fixing up the house to sell and waiting on my Gma to pass. Its so fucked up. But My gramma is either dictating most of it or being persuaded into it (I can't be bothered trying to figure it out). Either way they are assholes.
The only real downside to everything is that my dumb sister drove my dad's car into the boxes that were in the garage and my DVD player fell down and the microchip snapped. So now I have like 600+ DVDs with no player (I could use my computer, but it sucks to do that). That and the paint on the walls is made of steel or some shit, because every thumb tack I try to force in either bends/breaks or will not go in whatsoever. So I can't put up all my pictures and posters and shit.
A couple other minor things to be fixed and setup and I'm good to go. Maybe I should get a second morning job or something. Anyone know how much Best Buy Geek Squad idiots get paid? I could do their job 100% better.
And we have a bunch of old computers we are planning to set up for lan too, sick dope.
EDIT- 11/20/08 I forgot to mention that the old cell phone store I worked at did get closed down in oct/nov last year and I got laid off. That's how I got on unemployment and how I barely squeezed by. My boss has always had another store about 15 miles away but he didn't need any employees at the time. He sold the store to his buddy who has a few restaraunts downtown there, and its really fucking nice remodel. Has huge HD flat screen monitors just for the Menus, jesus.
Anyways, a few months later he called me to fill in for one of the guys at the other store so they could visit family in CO for a wedding or something. A little after that the other guy went on vacation to Turkey (where his family is). Both of these guys were finishing up with their degrees and one of them took off into his career and the other guy has a part time like internship thing. So he takes a few hours every morning and Sundays and I take the rest and Saturdays. But really most of the time he calls me up to fill in his hours and of course I always oblige. So I'm basically working fulltime. I probably make a little over 1k a month under the table.
My job is pretty damn easy too, I basically just browse TL and other shit all day and watch movies and SC games. Every 15 minutes or so I get a window shopper, or some Verizon person who needs help with their bluetooth or whatever. I don't have to work on commission which has its pros and cons. We probably do a new contract/upgrade 5 times a week.
About my gf, we're still together but same thing as the next sentence;
I really like my job but its not something I wanna be doing forever. Still trying to figure that one out.
6/20/09 I now have a 1700 bail I have to post from a fix it ticket 4 months ago that I was under the impression didn't cost anything. That plus the expired registration that cost 161$ (and only lasts until dec), the smog I had to pay for 50$, the tire that was riddled with metal debris for 25$ (which is actually the wrong size and fucks my alignment). Oh and the $50 street sweeper ticket i get every month (cause the SoB comes 8 times a month; I apparently have the dirtiest street in america), Not to mention the 2 other expired registration parking tickets I got (one of which I was parked for literally 5 minutes) which are 60/65 $ each.
With work, my boss put us on legit payroll, so every 2 weeks I get a check now but 60$ of it is gone to the gov't (120/month) . Other guy doesn't take off time as much anymore either so my pay is down to like 800-900$ which is seriously raping me. On a plus not we [my roomie and I] did haggle with charter about switching to fios and they offered us a deal we couldn't refuse. So we save like 50 bucks a month on that bill now and have better internet.
Since we started selling FiOs at work we are supposed to get commissions on that but It's hard as fuck to sell because 90% of the people who come in are local and the network just isn't setup yet. And since the commissions are so low and far inbetween my boss is lagging on paying them out (he agreed to pay half of the sale to the salesman and he keeps the other half) which is anywhere from 50-150. I dunno what the fuck is going on with that.
And to top it all off I'm supposed to have been saving money (something I am actually good at doing) for a vegas trip next week and I can't even afford to buy some gas to drive 30 miles to visit my dad tomorrow for Father's Day. Whoop-dee-doo
I'm thinking about selling my vehicle for a lump of cash and learning to use the Bus again. This mother fucker has been nothing but problems since I bought it.
30- 40$ a month on gas (which is rising), all the yearly bullshit you have to pay for to the DMV (150-200$) , Insurance 50$, Oil changes, part replacements, and fucknig tickets. I've had enough of this fucking racket run by the government.
I'm also thinking about maybe moving out or moving to the couch for less rent. I should probably get EBT(food stamps card) but I dunno how that works because I don't have my name on any bills for anything to prove my income and residence except my phone bill.
9/23/09
fml.
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my life used to be rough, i had a similar childhood... in all honesty life is that way for a lot of people.. when you make it out never look back..
where are you from?
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On October 07 2007 07:56 Nickisonfire wrote:
my life used to be rough, i had a similar childhood... in all honesty life is that way for a lot of people.. when you make it out never look back..
where are you from?
Kind of funny that your sig says the same thing.
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Mmm, i dont really know you, but for some reason i read both of those. Sounds like your life is pretty difficult, and you have alot of stress in it. No matter how hard you work though, there will always be a limit, you wont ever be able to surpass certain brackets in lifestyle. Let me share with you my story, though in much smaller detail, and maybe it might inspire you to help yourself.
Growing up years = shit, parents divorced when i was 5, i moved back and forth between my mom and dad 4 times over 5 years.
High School years = shit, i hate life, hated school, did poorly in grades, etc. I wanted to get the fuck out of Louisiana, so i decided to try and go to school at NAU in flasgstaff, AZ.
NAU= I failed miserably, ironically, i spent all my time playing bw, i think it was BGH games mostly, which is even more pathetic. I got a job at Outback as a busser, i hated it so much.
Flagstaff = decent, i stayed in flagstaff another year after my failure, i got another job as an asst manager at Dominos, paid decently, like 9$/hr, but you worked 60hrs a week, and you got OT, and that was cool, like 800$paychecks or so. Still, i have no friends, i live in an appartment i didnt like, it was one of those quad suite things, where you share the living area and kitchen with 4 rooms. 2 rooms get their own bathroom, basically like a dorm setup, but i didnt care about that, all i did was play bw when i wasnt working.
LA = decent , parents offered to pay for my college if i went back home, so i spent a summer in Shreveport, living with my parents, working at outback as a cook. No friends still, just working, i couldnt get full time, only part time, but i didnt really have any bills, car was paid for, just insurance and gas and food.
College 2nd time= I did decent in the first quater (quarter system ,not semester) 3.2 average, i ditched ALOT though, got into counter-strike at this time. I ended up failing the 2nd qtr, and getting kicked out, since i was on academic probation, from failing at NAU
Shreveport, moved back into my parents house, worked at tony romas as a waiter, i hated it. It was a hick restaurant doing hick food. ugh, anyways, i thought it would be a good idea to go back to college and pay for it myself, with no financial aid, just what i saved up. So, i saved up all spring, for college courses in the summer, took 2 Physics and Pre-Calc, failed both miserably, even though i went to class everyday, and i already passed physics in high school and calculus in high school. So there i was 23, shit college record, no where to go, and living at home. Not as stressful as your situation, true, but... still, i had no where to improve my life, so.. i joined the armed services.
USAF = great, i joined the Air Force, im reasonably intelligent so i did well onthe ASVAB, got a 98% or so, they tell me i get to chose 5 jobs on my dreamsheet, and the AF will chose 1 of those 5, i can say yes, or no even after i sign. They give me 1N5X1 as my AFSC (specialty code). Electronic Intelligence, ELINT. No clue wtf it is, none. So i go to basic, it sucks, but its only 6weeks... Then tech school, where you learn your job. It was ridiculously easy, i aced all the tests. The rules are relaxed alot of tech school, but you still dont have free reign. That lasted about 6mths (9 really cause i had to wait 3 mths to start my classes).
Now im in Denver, CO. Im doing extremely great, i work in a HUGE facility, i dont even do anything with the AF, all of my work is for the NSA, everything. Almost everyone i work with is a nerd/gamer type, all have good work ethics, and love their jobs. There are close to 4,000 employees here, 1/5 of it is military, the rest are \'contractors\' and they make SHIT TONS of money. I met my wife last year here in denver (aurora actually). Got married 3 weeks ago, i work 2 jobs, in the AF, i only work 15days a month, but 12hr days. So the other days, i can do anything i want. I have a Top Secret/SCI clearance for my job, so i can use that for anything as well, i do security for Raytheon, where im at right now actually, i dont talk to anyone, or see anyone, or do anything really, and this is 17$/hr. AF pays me 4000/mth for being E-4 or higher, and 2yrs in service, as well as being married. All in all, i make about 5k/mth (60k/yr)including both jobs. I just bought a 185k house last week. Bought all new furniture, new appliances, new tv. I drive an Audi A4, looking to get a new S4 (same body type, but this has a v8 racing engine in it, its sick fast). Now thats just AF, my contract is up in 1.5yrs, i have TONS of friends who are contractors, probably 12, 4 of which are mid level managers and are already trying to get me to commit to going with them. Its like college athletics, im kickass at my job, i love my job, and i can go above and beyond very easily, and people see that, and want that. So i have about 6 job offers standing, and i dunno, about 12,000 different jobs i can do across the USA with my clearance, background, resume, and reputation. Starting out as a entry level contractor, doing the same thing im doing now, is 70k. Now thats not a huge jump from what i do, but i also work 65hrs a week to get that. So... Yea, im not bragging or talking myself up or w/e. Im just saying how getting a unique job skill and having that military training has catipulted me to a whole new lifestyle, new life, great life.
Id strongly encourage you to join one of the armed forces, and get a job thats tech oriented, most in the AF are. thats my two cents, GL man
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Oh yea, I almost forgot to mention. The things that start most of the arguments are when she[my gf] moves my shit around. Its not like 1 or 2 things here in there it happens A LOT. Shes like a tweeker constantly cleaning. Which is nice if it weren't for the fact that she moves everything all over the place. So when I get home from work and I'm trying to find a pen, or the disc I left on the my computer desk, or whatever its not there and 'she didn't touch it'.
There is some other ongoing argument I am forgetting that always comes up too.
LumberJack, I dont have time to read that now I'll do it later.
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I'm pretty sure Charlie said he couldn't join the armed forces because of some kind of thing, but I could be wrong about that. Either way Charlie, good luck, and that's really rough. Can I ask where you live?
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i probably just missed something, but why do your aunt/uncle decide whether or not you can stay in your grandma's house or not?
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visit your grandma. For real, when you get older, your legacy is all you have, and you are her legacy.
break up with your gf. This is shit 
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Wow. Can only go up from here, eh?
Hope your grandma is going to be fine. Probably you can move back to her place again then.
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I hope things will sort out good for you.
I'm gonna move with my mom and bro in about two weeks, my parents are divorcing. I'm really looking forward to it, they should have done it for like 5-6 years.
Oh, and about your grandma moving your stuff, I'm living with my grandma atm, and I can assure you, she moves my stuff too. I mean she's having a very unique idea of "order", rather than my idea of "organised chaos". Anyway, when I start looking for smth, "she didn't touch it" but it just magically appears after 15-30 mins, but still "she didn't touch it".
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I meant my gf but whatever.
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Yea I tried to join the airforce like 2 years ago. They said I would have trouble joining because A) a criminal record b) screws in my ankle c) no diploma (I have a CHSP-degree thing which is equal to it but they stopped taking those now or something).
So in order for me to even attempt joining again I would have to get like a total of 50 college credits or a diploma. Then I would have to go back and see a army doctor and test my ankle and shit for running etc. (its perfectly fine and normal) but the recruiter told me they don't want cyborgs for the most part, so the doc could still deny me. And then the criminal record thing (its a long story, I basically was in the wrong place at the wrong time and got busted for nothing).
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[B](its a long story, I basically was in the wrong place at the wrong time and got busted for nothing).
guess thats a good story for a blog for another time?
Anyways, good luck man.
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Dude,,, seriously, what did you expect from a chick. Don't be in a relationship if you can't take care of it.
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On October 08 2007 11:15 Flying_Llama wrote:Show nested quote +[B](its a long story, I basically was in the wrong place at the wrong time and got busted for nothing). guess thats a good story for a blog for another time? Anyways, good luck man.
Its stupid, and I was stupid for just pleading guilty and my public defender was retarded. The whole judicial system is fucked up too.
There basically was no specific criminal offense for what 'I did' and they just put me down for attempted robbery. Not only does that sound 1000x worse than it actually was it also sounds fucking stupid, how do you attempt to rob someone and get caught?
You have no idea how annoying it is explaining the whole story to people that see the record, and then it probably doesn't even matter (or they may just believe i made it up to sound lessening).
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On October 07 2007 07:56 Nickisonfire wrote:
my life used to be rough, i had a similar childhood... in all honesty life is that way for a lot of people.. when you make it out never look back..
where are you from? Oh, sorry I was born in Bend Oregon, lived there ( & Medford, Grants Pass) until I was 12. All my family lives in Southern California so we moved down to HB in 96'. My house has always been a broken home. In 1999 My dad moved up to Sacramento and I soon followed in 2000. After like 3 years I moved back down to Orange County. I have been staying with friends, and my older sister' apt.s, and my grandma's house back and forth ever since. Huntington Beach, Westminster, Costa Mesa.
I've also been to more schools than there are grades.
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Does your van have internet?
Seriously though, there are about 400 gazillion more proactive things you can be doing in your situation besides bitching on TL.Net. It sucks, sure, but it's your life and hence your mess to clean up. I don't mean to be a dick and make light of anything, but the last thing I'd like to see you do is get in a funk and find yourself in the same shit situation in 5 years. Get your shit together man!
First thing I'd do is pack up the van and move somewhere else. Fresh start for the win.
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Flaccid, There is no where else to move and I have no money as I just got laid off. I am currently applying like mad to jobs and trying to sign up for Unemployment.
I think I'm gonna delete this blog, I don't know why I even put it up in the first place.
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being a waiter/bartender at some bigger place is usually the easiest way to get cash at this age without a degree. try that.
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bumpity bump if anyone cares.
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I remember this thread from a long time ago.
As far as I know the Geek Squad guys get paid a ton.
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Damn brother, that's rough. The most I have to worry about is I have a small assignment due tomorrow which means I won't get to play as much SC as usual :S
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thanks for the update & read, i remember reading this way back when
at least glad you sort of worked out the housing situation, that's always a pain in the ass
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I'm not trolling you anymore.. you got a tough life dude. But I like your attitude. It's refreshing to see a person who has to deal with scary shit/pressure and just keeps plugging along. Nothing emo about this blog too..
Seriously I got respect for you.
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Maybe you could use blu-tack for your posters if thumbtacks don't work?
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Good luck. We're in completely different boats and all I had to worry about is some midterm tomorrow and my employer interview to get my job back(i got fired).
Stay on top of things and work it!
If I were religious I would pray for you, but I'm not. So keep up the good work and make it happen.
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Wow I missed this the first time. Sounds tough for you charlie, I hope everything works out for you in the end. Makes a good read at least, unlike most of the blogs that have been going down lately.
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You're living a crazy life right now. I wish I could help other ways than just reading your blog
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I also had a few other problems with my van but its doing ok now. Still haven't fixed the window lol. Need to hit up a junkyard for a motor or something. I'm not really sure and I don't have time to take my door apart.
Now that I'm situated here at my new place, with next months rent already paid in advance. I feel a lot more content. My gf is totally jocking now that I have my own bachelor pad too, haha. She keeps pointing out how sexy I am.
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man you are such a hard worker it makes me feel lazy
btw, why not get an external drive and some ripping software when you have some cash and then turn all of those DVDs into cash over craigslist or something?
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On November 22 2008 09:15 anderoo wrote:
man you are such a hard worker it makes me feel lazy
btw, why not get an external drive and some ripping software when you have some cash and then turn all of those DVDs into cash over craigslist or something?
Illegal activities using the internet are like a surefire way to go to prison.
For the record I do work hard once I start a task but when I'm on my own time I'm lazy as shit.
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Jesus christ, you've done well for the cards you've been dealt man, good luck in the future
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So I wake up this morning and find this on the stove which is 1 foot from the garbage can this morning. I left a little note for my roommate haha
+ Show Spoiler +
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On November 19 2008 14:05 skyglow1 wrote:
Maybe you could use blu-tack for your posters if thumbtacks don't work?
I couldn't find blu-tack brand but I did find a similar product. I don't know if it is a cheaper knock off but a few of my posters fell off the wall. It's weird they stayed up for like a week and a half then just fell off. Then I reapplied and now they are staying. I don't think this stuff is meant to hold posters passed a certain weight. I got one of those really heavy duty thick glossy sc2 posters from Blizzcon and I don't even wanna try to put it up with this shit because regular sized paper posters aren't holding well. Even a little paper I tacked up fell off.
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Wow, dude, suck life at the moment, I read through the whole thing without noticing who the op was, I actually felt compassion, then I changed to page 2 and it was Charlie posting, I'm like wtf, fuck this guy..
j/k  . Hope things get better dude. I was lucky in a way to have the rough waters of my life when I was a lot younger and the experience was shared by my family so at least we had each other. In hindsight I'm glad life wasn't easy growing up, makes me appreciate it so much more now.
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Tough situation you're in there. I really cannot even recall having ever met somebody in a situation like you're in atm. Almost all of my close friends are in college or have other decent jobs, get along with their (mostly) intact family and the biggest problem they have is deciding whether they should go to Monaco or rather Spain for holidays..
How old are you, what education did you get (like what school did you visit)?
Side note: Dump your GF if she's not supportive or at least nice. You need all the support you can get and should avoid people dragging you down.
Side note 2: I know that being honest is the best thing, but if your GF asks you whether you think she's fat or not, try to make your point clear politely!
EDIT: Spelling..
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lol, I have a CHSPE Certification. Which is abbr. of California High School Proficiency Exam which I took junior year of highschool (16) to finish high school early. I went to college for a bit a year later, but It just wasn't for me. I have no idea what I would want to do for the rest of my life and I don't have the money to flip flop around on majors and shit. I'm 24.
I believe in the statement that "it's not what you know, it's who you know", So if I do end up in a good job that I like, then maybe I'll go back to college for the career and move up in the company/field.
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On December 20 2008 10:14 CharlieMurphy wrote:
lol, I have a CHSPE Certification. Which is abbr. of California High School Proficiency Exam which I took junior year of highschool (16) to finish high school early. I went to college for a bit a year later, but It just wasn't for me. I have no idea what I would want to do for the rest of my life and I don't have the money to flip flop around on majors and shit.
I believe in the statement that "it's not what you know, it's who you know", So if I do end up in a good job that I like, then maybe I'll go back to college for the career and move up in the company/field.
Well, it's not all bad then. What particular thing did you dislike in college? Was it more the process of studying or rather the field of study? Because studies can differ enormously, I'd just take a look on some other field of study. Before choosing my field of study, I would just sit in the lectures of the university for half a day during a week (per field of study) usually. This gives you a small insight of how things are going to be. Eventually, I chose law and I am still happy with it.
If you somehow can come to terms with going to college, you should do so, because eventually, you'll be glad you got such a good education.
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It was a community college. So for starters I took random electives to check out things that interested me: Graphic Design/Commercial Art, Helicopter Flying/maintenance, and photography.
Even if I did settle into a field I would have to go here for like 2-4 years taking general ed, then transfer to a better school to finish off the rest of the degree. And most of the people I talk to always say shit like "I didn't need these classes to transfer even though they told me I did" or the degree changes and you need more classes or some fucking bullshit.
Photo was way too expensive for a simple interest. Even with financial aid it doesnt cover the ridiculous costs of the books and film and camera and shit. I dropped it after 2 classes.
Aviation Theory was cool, teacher was ghetto. Basically had no homework but learned a lot about it. Most of the people in the class were already in the field or whatever and were just taking it to meet goals for a certificate (like I would do). Pretty complicated field though and it seemed really stagnated. So I didn't wanna pursue anymore into it. Although I still wanna learn to fly a helicopter some day.
Art 101 was very cool and fun but somewhat expensive and even though I am above average artist I don't see myself meeting deadlines for art in a company and stuff. I draw on my own time when I feel it, I can't force it. Plus I'm very critical of my work and I don't think I compare to a lot of the shit I see in mags like Juxtapose even for the specific styles of art I like (graffiti mostly). Art isn't really a good career to go after unless you are amazing at it imo.
After that I took a couple more art classes, like Freehand drawing, and Graphic design class with adobe photoshop.
The freehand was cool but expensive (like the first) and the teacher was a douche and dropped me half way through the class because there was some basic shading project that we had to have done that I completed but was too unclean around the actual shading so he gave it an F or something. Learned how to draw left handed and without looking at the paper or lifting pen to get some cool results.
The Graphic Design class was a joke, teacher was annoying and young and didn't seem to know how to teach. It was literally impossible for me to sit there and listen to her ramble. Plus I hate photoshop and it didn't help that they used macs. and they wanted you to pay all these lab fees and shit. So I dropped the class. How can I be a graphic designer if I hate the main program?
I hate drawing on computer.
I also took a few other general ed classes like some 1850-1920 US History class, and a Speech class (which was really interesting).And another Art 102 Freehand drawing class, but somehow I didn't register properly so the credits wouldn't have counted, so I dropped them. The Art 102 teacher fucked me over as well. He told me to go get a (I forget what they are called) paper so that I could come in and sit on the first and second days of the class to hope to get a seat when people drop it. And When I came back he said it was the wrong form (even though he had signed it earlier) and that it was too late now. Fucking old piece of shit douchebag.
So that ended my college life.
PS- Another major factor for me not trying to keep at college was that financial aid only covers you if you take a full load of classes. And it doesn't cover supplies you need to buy for classes. Plus it takes like 6 months or something to process and I would have to pay out of pocket (actually my older sister's pocket) until it kicked in. The whole thing just seemed like a scam to me.
Also, I didn't wanna end up like so many (including my sister's husband) who go to law school for 6 + years and then get in a law firm and find out they hate their job. What a waste.
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Lol k, lots of bad experiences there. Have you ever considered studying something more "mainstream" like economics, law, sociology or something natural scientific? Also, as I am unfamiliar with American educational terms, what exactly is a "community college"?
Side note: Have you ever considered to raise a loan in order to pay for your studies?
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I don't want to get a student loan, everyone I know who has one is fucked after college. Just working to slowly repay back the loans. Would especially suck if you didn't like the degree you ended up with. Plus like the financial aid, student loans have requirements like taking a full load of classes etc.
A community college is like a junior college I guess. Not really sure, but its ghetto and cheap. Anyone who graduated from HS can enroll as well.
Google it. Not really sure if I am defining it properly.
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I don't know if you are a "college person" but it sounds to me that you may have been a little more successful if you had more guidance.
Anyway, you ended your blog saying you don't really know what you want to do with your job/future. You don't have any ideas at all, or just ones that aren't realistic?
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well right now I'm just working paycheck to paycheck and playing poker.
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you're tough shit.
respect.
seriously, sounds so rough bro : (
glad you're working hard and trying to make things work
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wow kinda puts things in perspective.good luck man.
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On December 20 2008 12:32 CharlieMurphy wrote:
well right now I'm just working paycheck to paycheck and playing poker.
you need to go to college man. opens up alot of opportunities for you to find what you like. quit poker if you are playing for money, you dont need that kind of action right now. if you do not go to college, then try to improve your people skills. i wish you the best of luck.
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College = Costs money.
Poker = Makes money.
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On December 20 2008 19:57 CharlieMurphy wrote:
College = Costs money.
Poker = Makes money.
College is an investment that allows you to make more money once you get a degree.
Your definition should read:
College=Makes money in the future
Poker=Makes money now
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Of course, but why would i waste money and time I don't have in order to make money later. When I can skip all that and make it now. Most poker players find out about poker while in college and end up dropping out anyways. And yes Rek, I'm doing well so far.
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fuck you bump
edit- About poker update - I had made a decent starting amount playing 5$ Double or nothing SNGs but lost most of it all to cash games. Someone was nice enough to give me 50$ for free to restart and like an idiot I lost most of it to cash (I swear I only isolate vs the fish donkeys but they fucking bad beat my roll every time, bad bankroll management I guess). I still have like 12$ bucks in my account and started playing the 5$ DoN SNG's to which I win/lose every session and just end up losing money to the rake. Lol wtf, too stressed out to play poker anyways. I need to come home and play games and listen to music or else I will explode.
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