[Cool Story Bro] About me...

[SuperBeeKay]

tldr

just kidding, dude youre only 23 or w/e, chill

[Deckard]

Eddie, you should go back to school and get a 4 year degree, in my opinion. You're plenty young enough to do it, and regardless of what you end up doing long term, it will help you in your career. It also doesn't hurt one's self-esteem. In today's world, despite the stories of famous billionaires who dropped out of college to start a business, a degree is almost mandatory if you want to be as successful as you'd like to be. If you're really motivated, you could go to school at night and keep working. People do it. Having a woman who loves you makes all the difference, so you've already been lucky. Maybe it's time for you to make your own luck.

[Fatty FatBastard]

Originally Posted by Deckard Eddie, you should go back to school and get a 4 year degree, in my opinion. You're plenty young enough to do it, and regardless of what you end up doing long term, it will help you in your career. It also doesn't hurt one's self-esteem. In today's world, despite the stories of famous billionaires who dropped out of college to start a business, a degree is almost mandatory if you want to be as successful as you'd like to be. If you're really motivated, you could go to school at night and keep working. People do it. Having a woman who loves you makes all the difference, so you've already been lucky. Maybe it's time for you to make your own luck.

I'll disagree with this to a point. When my son has graduated I will see how ready he is. FAR too often it is just the next natural step once you leave high school.

IMO, if your kid wants to start "undecided" he needs to wait. And I say that from experience. Let the kid find out what his passion is, and THEN pay for his expertise on it.

[Deckard]

Originally Posted by Fatty FatBastard I'll disagree with this to a point. When my son has graduated I will see how ready he is. FAR too often it is just the next natural step once you leave high school. IMO, if your kid wants to start "undecided" he needs to wait. And I say that from experience. Let the kid find out what his passion is, and THEN pay for his expertise on it.

Eddie is 23, Fatty, and married. It sounds like he wants to take another step in his career. If it requires going to school, better to go and get it behind him, rather than wait X number of years and then decide to go back to school, at least in my opinion. BTW, I've got a son who's a junior at a university out of state. He's lucky enough not to have to pay for it. Not everyone is that fortunate.

[Invisible Fan]

I decided not to do a tl;dr and read your novel.

Like others have said, you're 23 and ahead of the game. You could go back to college at 30 and still be ahead of the game. I'm almost 29 and thinking about going back to college for another degree.

I don't know whether you're able to take a foot-in-the-pool approach and "just" take community college classes to pursue your interests and career goals. Kids a little younger than you go to JC/CC by force, rather than choice, in hopes of transferring out... only to find a lack of motivation or effort in following through. Looks can be deceiving, the education is just as tough and just as rigorous. It's up to each student to put in their effort and without the fear of wasting thousands of dollars. If you decide to do this, do some research on what credits can be transfered to a University.

Writing is a great resource, and you're in luck of being born in an era where any schmoe with fingers, eyes, and internet access can scramble up a few words and create a devoted following out of it. I'm sure you'll do better. If you're like me, you can check back in 6 months and wonder about the stranger who hacked into your account with the more profane, dull, sublime, and depressing posts you've ever seem. Surprise yourself. Write summaries of the books you've read.

I kinda sorta have ADD too. I can hardly remember details of the books I've read...It's more of a skeleton. As a guy who made A's in English out of deconstructing Cliffs Notes, it's fitting punishment to recall books like a Cliff's Note.

About that topic about your mother. Did you stand your ground with the wedding invitation?

[Fatty FatBastard]

Originally Posted by Deckard Eddie is 23, Fatty, and married. It sounds like he wants to take another step in his career. If it requires going to school, better to go and get it behind him, rather than wait X number of years and then decide to go back to school, at least in my opinion. BTW, I've got a son who's a junior at a university out of state. He's lucky enough not to have to pay for it. Not everyone is that fortunate.

I didn't see his passion for a course. Did you?

Don't go to College just for the sake of it. As you said, he is 23. Did you truly know what you wanted to be at 23? I'm guessing no.

[RKREBORN]

Originally Posted by EddieWasSnubbed This thread is going to be a pointless, long read, so don't bother if you're anything other than bored. I've been posting on this board since I was 14. I consider myself to be above average intellect, which I think, at times, leads people to think I'm creepy. My sense of humor is amorphic. At times I'm sarcastic (although people can hardly tell when I'm sarcastic, making them think I'm either dumb or weird), other times I toil in childish humor. I love a good toilet humor-type joke, and sometimes, especially the older I get, I am downright cynical(I find the dark-side of human nature to be one of the most fascinating things in the world). Other times, jokes that I try to make involve multiple layers, and are either not funny, or complex and indecipherable. I'm not a conspiracy theorist (you will never convince me that Lee Harvey Oswald was anything but guilty, and killed JFK by himself), but I think some things conspiracists harp on are wildly fascinating (such as extraterrestrial life). There are many things in life that are unexplainable, but I still try to rationalize everything. Like I said, my personality, and self-described nerdiness makes people think I'm weird, I fear. The fact that I rarely read anything other than non-fiction books, I think also rubs people the wrong way. Growing up, my family didn't really have a ton of money. My parents divorced when I was 12 or 13, and my mom had not held a job since I was about 10. When my parents split, I went to live with my mom. Why? I have no idea. Other than that's where my brother went. My mother had no income other than child support, and whatever money my 18 year-old sister (who was in college full-time, and working at McDonald's nearly full-time) could afford to "lend" her. I've posted about my mom here, before. Although she will not seem like a good mother, I still love her dearly. Like I said, she hasn't had a full-time job (longer than 4 months, maybe) in the past 13 years, at least. She has been a total wreck since her father died. That was extremely hard on her, and I've been able to see this since it happened (I think I was 10). She has many psychological issues, and would probably be a pretty great study for a budding psychologist studying post-traumatic stress disorder (the trauma being losing her father). Neither she, nor my step-dad (which was the household that I lived in from about 13 until I moved out at 20), have held jobs (like I said before) since I lived with them. My step-dad is disabled and gets a disability check each month. That is their only source of income. They are constantly looking for the next get rich quick scheme, and have tried a few things. Last year they sold hot dogs at fairs and such. This year, they might sell decorative black boards at the same fairs (you can laugh, because I did when they told me). They live off of an income of about 10 grand a year. Maybe this is too personal, but I've been hiding from that issue for about 10 years too long, and I want to be open about my past with more people in my life. It feels good just to type that here. I know my parents sound like lowlifes to most of you, but I love them dearly, and they are great people. They have, in large part, help shape my morals and personality into what it is today. I am thankful towards them, but in a lot of different ways, I think than most normal offspring are to their parents. They showed me what it's like to struggle, and even though you may struggle, there are many things in life that you still should take pleasure in. In a way, they helped me live at what I believe will be my low point of life, and since then, I've been appreciative of the little things in life. It's helped my patience immensely. Even though, I'm typing this objectively (or as objectively as one can), I wish that if my parents read this, they would not be upset, but extremely happy to have taught me the way they did. I know that would not be the case with my mom, though. I am 23 years-old. I'm married to the most beautiful person in the world. She is the one person in the world (other than my brother and possibly my sister) that truly understands me. I can let my guard down around her, and she loves me unconditionally for everything I've gone through, and everything that I am. That is an amazing feeling. Sometimes, I feel like there is nothing I can do to truly express how I feel towards her. The passion that I feel is not fully shown by saying "I love you," or waking up two hours earlier than I have to to do little things for her, like get her lunch together for the day, start her car, take our dogs outside so she doesn't have to. I'm not saying that I love her more than anyone else loves anyone in the entire world, but I'm just saying that she means the world to me. There is no way I could imagine life without her. My wife and I, together, at 22 and 23, respectively, own a house, and already make more money, and live more comfortably (in my opinion) than my family ever did. But I feel as though I'm greedy because I want more. My job that I have worked (two years of college) for almost three years basically has me stuck in a range of salaries. I would say middle-of-the-road-type average salaries. But if I stay where I am, I will probably retire making maybe 15 grand more a year than I do now. I don't think that is good enough for me. The crossroads I am at right now, is trying to decide what I want to do about that. I have little to no school loans left, and neither does my wife. Do I want to take on school loans to go back to school for four more years (at least, because I'd be going part-time)? The youth in me says, of course I do. The frugal side of me says, no, I shouldn't because I'm living relatively comfortably now. I just won't be taking any trips to the Bahamas every year where I'm at now. If I were to go back to school, I don't know what it would be for. I have an addictive personality disorder (undiagnosed, unless you consider a self-diagnosis reliable), so I think sometimes it's hard for people that I know to take me seriously when I say I want to do something. They hear me say that I want to get "really into" something, and then that phase lasts a few months, and suddenly I stop. The last thing I did this with was ping pong (I still play, just not as much). The next thing I will be doing this with is healthy outdoor activities, in particular kayaking, and kayak fishing. I think this is the one thing about my personality that bothers my wife the most. This runs in my family, though, and in my opinion, is a genetic thing. I don't drink, mostly because I can't stand the taste of alcohol, but also because I'm pretty sure that my dad's father was an alcoholic and died in his fifties from cirrhosis. This I don't know for sure, and every time I've ever asked my dad, he's kind of side-stepped my question, so I quit asking. Both sides of my family has alcoholics. This sometimes makes it hard for me to meet friends my age. The current school of thought for me would be to try and go back to school to become a medical physicist. There are many reasons as to why I would like this: A.) It would be a way to use my mind to its fullest extent nearly every day at work (something I've really never done) B.) You have to be pretty smart to do this job, and frankly, sometimes dumb people downright irritate me C.) Good money D.)Physics are the one thing in my schooling that I struggled with. I mean, I always made good grades, but it was tough for me to understand it. Something like that would present an extremely healthy challenge for my mind at this point in my life, I feel. If I could do absolutely anything in life, I think I would just write many things for people to read. I would also try and be a singer/songwriter. Unfortunately for me, I lack the hand/eye coordination to really learn an instrument, and I can't really sing all that well, either. I absolutely love listening to music when I'm staying up late at night, though. Sometimes, when I'm by myself doing this, I drift off into my own little existential world. Yeah, that's weird, I know. Sometimes I feel like I have so many thoughts in my head that want to leap out onto a pad of paper that I can't contain them all, or communicate them all. Because of this, I sometimes get nervous around people, and sometimes I have trouble communicating my thoughts in a nature that is understandable. Because of this, I tend to tell long, drawn out stories that people get bored with. The preceding is one of those moments. If you are still reading, I thank you. This type of writing is therapeutic for me, and I would love to actually do more of it. I have these extremely introspective moments sometimes, and I feel sudden bursts and needs to communicate them, but I always feel like there will be no one who cares to read them. In a way, I feel like I could write an autobiography of my brief life so far that would be slightly interesting. At least interesting enough to mildly entertain readers who are bored. I think that makes me a bit narcissistic, though. ANd I'm okay with that. But I can acknowledge it would be a hard sell. Anyways, thank you. It would be cool if others felt like writing some things about themselves, too. I find that interesting to read.

[sammy]

Only the educated are free. Go back to school asap but only after you've thoroughly thought out what type of career you want.

Btw, Oswald didn't do it.

[EddieWasSnubbed]

Originally Posted by Invisible Fan About that topic about your mother. Did you stand your ground with the wedding invitation?

We compromised. In the end, it wasn't an issue at all.

As far as JC goes, I live in a city with 4 universities, no community colleges. I did most of my prerequisite-type classes for the schooling that I went though for the career that I'm in now. My guess is that should I start in a bachelor's program, I would have somewhere between 50-80 credits that would transfer. This could be way off, though. I would have to talk to someone.

Like others have seemed to gather from my posts, I don't totally have my mind set on one area of study, but generally, I would like to stay in the medical field. That is my biggest issue - finding out where most of my interest lies.

As far as the career path I mentioned - I've worked with them before. Their job seems interesting. Especially seeing as to how there are different paths you can take with it. The most interesting aspect of it, to me, would be trying to find a job doing research. The amount of ground that will be broken in my generation, in the medical field alone, will be astonishing. To be even a small part of that would be interesting, rewarding, fun, and amazing all at the same time.

[EddieWasSnubbed]

Originally Posted by sammy Btw, Oswald didn't do it.

/swolypost

[Gutter Snipe]

[QUOTE=moestavern19]

Originally Posted by King1 http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread...7&page=7&pp=20 Its a funny story, because I didn't know it was her or who she was at the time I posted it. I didn't even live in Texas at that point. Even funnier, my current girlfriend knows her personally, so I ever meet her, we'll have an interesting conversation I'm sure.

(Sorry to re-thread-jack)

Holy crap, thanks for sharing the amfootball post - some of the funniest stuff I've ever read on the net. What a great response that was to a classic high-maintenance wench. I'm sure she's learned by now that she doesn't quite have the world by the tail - and can probably see the end of the tunnel of having guys fall over her for her looks. (Getting leg-humped by and having to put up with John McClain endlessly probably kills a little bit of your soul over time).

Seeing FFB be the voice of reason in that thread was just weird.

[W22_STREAK]

So you really did get snubbed, Eddy.

By your once-intact family.





I was in the same boat as you, if not worse. Much worse.

Mom and dad divorced when I was 14. OFFICIALLY. Unofficially, who knows, maybe when I was 11 or 12?

That had a MASSIVE affect on me, looking back. Not sure if it affected you at all?

[Invisible Fan]

Originally Posted by EddieWasSnubbed We compromised. In the end, it wasn't an issue at all. As far as JC goes, I live in a city with 4 universities, no community colleges. I did most of my prerequisite-type classes for the schooling that I went though for the career that I'm in now. My guess is that should I start in a bachelor's program, I would have somewhere between 50-80 credits that would transfer. This could be way off, though. I would have to talk to someone. Like others have seemed to gather from my posts, I don't totally have my mind set on one area of study, but generally, I would like to stay in the medical field. That is my biggest issue - finding out where most of my interest lies. As far as the career path I mentioned - I've worked with them before. Their job seems interesting. Especially seeing as to how there are different paths you can take with it. The most interesting aspect of it, to me, would be trying to find a job doing research. The amount of ground that will be broken in my generation, in the medical field alone, will be astonishing. To be even a small part of that would be interesting, rewarding, fun, and amazing all at the same time.

I took courses in neuroscience and ended up astounded at the progress we're making.

Ultimately, research labs weren't my thing, but you'll definitely end up being around cutting edge tech (or maybe lots of roundworms) if you can handle the coursework.

[EddieWasSnubbed]

Originally Posted by Invisible Fan I took courses in neuroscience and ended up astounded at the progress we're making. Ultimately, research labs weren't my thing, but you'll definitely end up being around cutting edge tech (or maybe lots of roundworms) if you can handle the coursework.

I'm not a huge neuroscience person, though. The nervous system is one of the last systems in my line of interests.

I do, however, like psychology.

[Invisible Fan]

It can be psych with a heavier scientific emphasis or something heavily medical such as a path to brain surgery. There's different fields within it and it's probably grown in number the last time I took it.