Twenty Somethings

[HybridCrow]

Wabi Sabi sounds like "What's up, Sistah!"

 

[TheCurious]

Um... Wabi Sabi? Is that, like, a trick, to confuse me? Or just a coincidence?

Its been my common greeting for several years now...

wabi sabi is a japanese phrase which attempts to encapsulate the idea from japanese culture that there is beauty in imperfection (to summarize it poorly.)

I think it is a suitable greeting that acknowledges the impermenance and imperfections of living

You can read about it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi

 

[1stClassNiceGuy]

I'm still around.. mostly lurking. Haven't much time or patience for more than that, really. No offense to you guys, of course! I've just had alot going on that hasn't had me in the most talkative moods.

I'll come out of it sooner or later

 

[Munachi]

Its been my common greeting for several years now...

wabi sabi is a japanese phrase which attempts to encapsulate the idea from japanese culture that there is beauty in imperfection (to summarize it poorly.)

I think it is a suitable greeting that acknowledges the impermenance and imperfections of living

You can read about it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi

ah ok
i thought it was playin on part of my real life name... i have a friend who usually calls me sabi...

 

[BXGemini20]

*sighs* I'm a bit depressed that I go back to school after this week. I spent the whole summer with kids and now I only get one week to relax.

 

[HybridCrow]

Ah, don't worry about it. I've been taking classes at my new college since... May I think. Of course, I'm only on my second term and already at academic probation. I had to drop one class because I got so far behind I just couldn't do it. I was doing great in one class, but for some reason I missed an important assignment and ended up failing it. which STILL didn't make sense considering I was at a B in the course. Which left me to only passing one course w/ a C-.

This term just started a few weeks ago, and already I ended up on a bad start... lol. Lately I've been having problems. Mostly from work. They started cutting my hours and giving me bogus write ups. I had my 3rd write up like several weeks ago and it's all been pissing me off lately. So, I'm currently looking for another job because I need to have full coverage insurance on my car because it's on a loan and right now I'm not making enough money to pay for the coverage. I found another insurance company that'll be cheaper, but still not enough for me to pay for.

Anyhow, hang in there. This week's fair week over here, then the kids all go back to school... thank god. I got tired of drunk minors coming in demanding me to make sandwiches when the Subway was closed for the night. Although that won't stop them from coming in on the weekends anyways.

Hopefully it'll be a relaxing week for you anyways.

 

[BXGemini20]

I go back on the 30th. I'm trying to get rid of this cold. Annoying the hell out of me. Been taking Nyquil and drinking nothing but soup. Getting very hungry for real food. I'm about 80% right and I suppose go to dinner with my family today since my sister is heading to her first year of college this weekend.

 

[BXGemini20]

bump out of boredom.

 

[HybridCrow]

For argument's sake, bumpity-bump-bump.

 

[redneckgirl]

Ah, don't worry about it. I've been taking classes at my new college since... May I think. Of course, I'm only on my second term and already at academic probation. I had to drop one class because I got so far behind I just couldn't do it. I was doing great in one class, but for some reason I missed an important assignment and ended up failing it. which STILL didn't make sense considering I was at a B in the course. Which left me to only passing one course w/ a C-.

This term just started a few weeks ago, and already I ended up on a bad start... lol. Lately I've been having problems. Mostly from work. They started cutting my hours and giving me bogus write ups. I had my 3rd write up like several weeks ago and it's all been pissing me off lately. So, I'm currently looking for another job because I need to have full coverage insurance on my car because it's on a loan and right now I'm not making enough money to pay for the coverage. I found another insurance company that'll be cheaper, but still not enough for me to pay for.

Anyhow, hang in there. This week's fair week over here, then the kids all go back to school... thank god. I got tired of drunk minors coming in demanding me to make sandwiches when the Subway was closed for the night. Although that won't stop them from coming in on the weekends anyways.

Hopefully it'll be a relaxing week for you anyways.

I am also in college. I'm working on my law degree, it is very difficult, I fell behind in one of my classes last term (I'm in my 4th term). I passed the class with a D+, but was so upset, I've tried extra hard this term to be sure not to make anything less than a B, an A is better. Good luck, what are you studying?

 

[HybridCrow]

I am also in college. I'm working on my law degree, it is very difficult, I fell behind in one of my classes last term (I'm in my 4th term). I passed the class with a D+, but was so upset, I've tried extra hard this term to be sure not to make anything less than a B, an A is better. Good luck, what are you studying?

I decided "fuck it." I was already wasting money and time with colleges, I decided to stop while I was ahead. I dropped this term's courses, and I should be dropping OUT of the college, but I don't know what the heck's going on with those people I've been leaving messages to.

I was studying Game Art and Design at Westwood Online. I have come to the conclusion that some classes are just not meant to be taken online. For example, art classes. I'm talking classes that require you to draw, sketch, etc. Why do I say this? I say it because you're not getting any face time with instructors especially if they give you a low grade for your drawing assignment because it doesn't look real enough or it's not shaded properly, etc. If this stuff isn't good enough, then face time with the instructor is a good idea, that way you can see what he/she is talking about when you've "messed up".

High School was easy stuff, but college... fucking hard! Despite them telling you to try your best and you don't have to be good at it, and the one piece you spend hours upon hours doing, they give you a low grade and tell you you need to spend more time on it, especially when you were only supposed to spend 30 minutes on it and as I said, you already spent hours upon hours on it.

I decided to get out while I still could and not rack up any more wasted bucks. I should've stayed in High School instead of jumping to a technical school. That way I'd have been able to get scholarships easily. I can't afford college, yet they tell me my mom and step-dad make too much money. Yeah, well, they ain't going to help me pay for college. It's like this, "Once you turn 18, you're on your own." True, I'm living upstairs, but I'm paying (actually key word is WAS) rent, and every now and then I buy my own food even though mom makes enough dinner for everybody. I also run around and pick up step-dad's booze, mom's cigarettes, and despite my outbursts of protest, I still do it anyways.

So, decidedly... as soon as I get my financial burden settled down and get some money saved up, I will start all over with college and then focus on my assignments more.

 

[BXGemini20]

I'm almost done with college myself. Crow, I co-sign with about college being a bitch. Not thinking about grad school at this point. I'm trying hard.

 

[redneckgirl]

I decided "fuck it." I was already wasting money and time with colleges, I decided to stop while I was ahead. I dropped this term's courses, and I should be dropping OUT of the college, but I don't know what the heck's going on with those people I've been leaving messages to.

I was studying Game Art and Design at Westwood Online. I have come to the conclusion that some classes are just not meant to be taken online. For example, art classes. I'm talking classes that require you to draw, sketch, etc. Why do I say this? I say it because you're not getting any face time with instructors especially if they give you a low grade for your drawing assignment because it doesn't look real enough or it's not shaded properly, etc. If this stuff isn't good enough, then face time with the instructor is a good idea, that way you can see what he/she is talking about when you've "messed up".

High School was easy stuff, but college... fucking hard! Despite them telling you to try your best and you don't have to be good at it, and the one piece you spend hours upon hours doing, they give you a low grade and tell you you need to spend more time on it, especially when you were only supposed to spend 30 minutes on it and as I said, you already spent hours upon hours on it.

I decided to get out while I still could and not rack up any more wasted bucks. I should've stayed in High School instead of jumping to a technical school. That way I'd have been able to get scholarships easily. I can't afford college, yet they tell me my mom and step-dad make too much money. Yeah, well, they ain't going to help me pay for college. It's like this, "Once you turn 18, you're on your own." True, I'm living upstairs, but I'm paying (actually key word is WAS) rent, and every now and then I buy my own food even though mom makes enough dinner for everybody. I also run around and pick up step-dad's booze, mom's cigarettes, and despite my outbursts of protest, I still do it anyways.

So, decidedly... as soon as I get my financial burden settled down and get some money saved up, I will start all over with college and then focus on my assignments more.

I take my classes online also, and yes, I agree, it is harder to do them online. But I love the experience. I wouldn't be able to go to college if it wasn't for the online colleges. I have 2 kids I take care of by myself mostly and if I had to add going to class with everything else I have going on, I wouldn't be able to do it.

I do think that if I were going to a campus, I might have face time with the professor, but my professor's have all been pretty nice and they are understanding that most of us only have a little tiime to spend on our assignments. Right now, I have a 9-12 page paper due and it's been a bitch getting it done, in fact, I just turned in my rough draft and it only had to be 5 pages and it was a bitch finding enough info to put in it, much less the final.

Good luck to you. I really hope you decide to go back. I do know what you mean by not being able to afford it, it can get to be pretty expensive. But I don't work right now and my husband barely makes enough to support us and our two boys, much less paying his child support, therefore, I was lucky enough to get financial aid, without that, I wouldn't have been able to go.

 

[Munachi]

i am back. did anyone miss me? did anyone even notice i was gone?

and i like university. a lot better than i liked school. thing is, i am still too lazy though and don't get my assignments done, hehe.

 

[HybridCrow]

i am back. did anyone miss me? did anyone even notice i was gone?

and i like university. a lot better than i liked school. thing is, i am still too lazy though and don't get my assignments done, hehe.

You were gone? Really?!?! Actually, I hardly pay attention to Lit these days, cause I'm usually working or sleeping.

 

[Munachi]

you should try to sleep at work to save time, then you could post more.

 

[HybridCrow]

you should try to sleep at work to save time, then you could post more.

There really isn't much to talk about on my part. And sometimes I DO sleep at work for a few hours. I sit in the back leaning against the wall and sleep. Of course the doorbell and the freezer always wake me up, so I don't lose time and not get my work done.

 

[Munachi]

happened to me once or twice, i sat down at work, in some hidden corner, for a little break, next thing i know i am asleep...

 

[phdbio]

better than myself i have an office at the school and there is a couch in it. that spells doom. nothing worse than trying to study and get stuff done with a couch staring at you.

 

[Munachi]

oh, i actually, i clean at a hostel - so imagine being tired. really tired. and you make beds. so you sit down for "just a bit"... sooo tempting. but so far i managed to never fall asleep in the hostel beds.

 

[phdbio]

yeah but having slept in those beds you really might not be missing too much. esp. knowing what goes on in them

 

[Munachi]

i didn't understand...

actually i slept there once. but that was because i got confused with my shifts and was there three hours early, so i just went to one room and slept a bit.

 

[HybridCrow]

i didn't understand...

actually i slept there once. but that was because i got confused with my shifts and was there three hours early, so i just went to one room and slept a bit.

I THINK he is referring to the belief that all hostels have a lot of sexual activity, like in the movies.

I'm just taking a guess at what he's talking about to help you understand what he means. Far as I'm concerned, as long as the sheets are changed and the mattress isn't stained, and the pillows are good, a bed's a bed, go to sleep! If you don't think about it at first, or if you know you had sex in the bed, just think of the good times it was and that might help you fall asleep.

 

[Munachi]

ah. well someone wrote on one of the beds "you don't even want to know what i did in this bed last night" - except by now that particular last night is months ago.

and someone peed into a locker today (or yesterday, but it was found today). i got to clean it up. hehe.

 

[BXGemini20]

hey guys! What is going on around here? Haven't been on Lit as much lately as my real life taking up my times. And when I go online I usually don't come around here. Hope everyone is doing ok.