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[NejinOniwa]

I really don't understand the aversion you people have. I mean.
Knowledge IS power, after all. And power in whatever specific form one wishes for is the ultimate desire of any sentient, independent creature.
Not that there aren't other ways to attain it, but high studies is an exemplary way of it - and in great quantity and quality. Truth, while the simplicity of living life outside the barriers of universities and colleges gives one everyday wisdom and common sense, in the end it's all just that - common. Ordinary, normal, what is expected and usual for any human to know. While you might well find yourself equipped to walk most of the beaten paths of life, the chance of making any greater progress in any direction is greatly crippled if you stay reliant only on the common grounds.

Any and all revolutions in any field needs someone to take a first step in a direction nobody ever knew existed before. For that, you need to have something extraordinary - and while you may well have something inside you, you must find it and learn how to tap into it before you can use it to your own gain.
When you do, however, you have power. Over yourself, and your surroundings. And perhaps, if you're lucky, even more.

[Chocofreak13]

mindless ambition is just that--mindless. :\

[Bella]

Nej just made me want to delay going to college even longer.... yeah. =_____=

[NejinOniwa]

You've got it wrong, I'm afraid. Mindless ambition is just that - Ambition.
And if you can gain enough insight to make some sense and plan out of it, then you're in business...

The world may not have gotten that much smaller, but I assure you - its inhabitants have grown a lot greater.

[Pitkin]

Bah, as if I needed to study 12 years of physics to make a difference: just by working in a store I can make someone's day after work a bit better and let them go home with a smile on their face. Don't give a damn about power as long as others just treat me and others with some respect. ^^;

[stewartsage]

I'm not worried in the slightest, I've said the whole time they didn't need to come since I could do it myself.  Reasonably certain that's correct.  Also: My mom had an Omni!  My brother almost did, but he has a 1991 Spirit instead.

Lighter repair time.

[Bella]

I "have" (in that I will get to use it whenever I want when I get my license) a 2002 Saturn L series... I call her Calamity Jane. Since she attracts and survives lots of misfortune. Then when I started taking lessons driving her I started using the nickname Saturn Rocket (because of an inside joke involving cars being inmaneuverable high-speed death-missiles). It's a sweet ride, you wouldn't know it to look at them but Saturns are well-built cars. A shame GM discontinued the line... :/

[Nichi]

I had something interesting happen at work just before I got off; as I was holding the elevator for a lady who works in a different department, she almost called me "ma'am" when thanking me, before noticing who it was and correcting herself. So, without even trying, I got to drop a Bridget on somebody today

@stew: I have a '94 Spirit that I'm waiting on my dad to finish fixing up; which I hope is soon. It's actually going to have the motor out of my old Omni; which lead to me joking about how my car was regenerating...although, it seems to be taking a while (I wish my dad would work on it a little more; I'm not sure how much longer I can stand my '74 Dart)

@Bella: My brother-in-law had an '01 Saturn SC1 when I first met him. That car was badass; being called the Batmobile, regardless of it being silver

[Chocofreak13]

@general populace: i can't shake the feeling that someone i knew used to own a saturn, when i was YOUNG. think it might have been my uncle peter or one of his relatives. :\
my mum's car is a 00' Subaru Outback (silver, falling apart). it gets the job done, but the way she drives it sucks gas and the poor thing's constantly in need of repair (example a few pages back, with that hellish saturday where i spent 10 hours in/near the car). it's the only car she's got right now though, so we muddle through (though i wish she had searched a bit more when we crashed her car in jan. 10').

my dad's truck is a toyota (idk the model). he uses it for work, it has 2-3 seats, and reeks of cigarettes. he used to have a banging around truck, some white truck that looked alot like the one he has now, only from 1985. he retired that one to an automotive program, where the kiddies got to learn about older cars.
his old banging around truck, a big blue ford truck, got retired to maine when i was about 10.

@nej: i've had mindless ambition before, and found it to be one of the most annoying things ever; i had all this creative energy and nothing to put it into. >__<;;

[Krizonar]

The car in the member pictue thread behind us was mine. 2002 oldsmobile bravada.

[Chocofreak13]

everytime i hear "oldsmobile", it reminds me of when i was little and we used to make jokes about how they were "old's mobiles" (for old people). xD

[Nichi]

Aside from my cars, here's the ones I have direct access to that are running:

In the garage, a '66 Dodge truck; which was bought new by my grandpa about a month before my dad was born, and has been in the family since. That truck looks amazing for it's age and still drives perfectly even on it's original engine; which has had nothing done to it aside from the routine maintenance (Changing the oil and such). No air conditioner or heater, but that's because this was a low-end model; unlike my Dart, where it's there but nonfunctional.

Outside, an '08 Dodge Avenger; which took the place of my mom's '90 Toyota Corolla which loved to leave us stranded. It's comfortable and drives well, but I honestly don't care much for it. Also next to it (Or was next to it; since it's getting a new paint job at the moment) is an '88 Dodge Ramcharger; which is a damn good truck, with over 200,000 miles and still running perfectly (Aside from a few odd quirks, but they're minor compared to my Dart). I have many good memories with this truck over the years; we took many long-distance trips in it back in the mid '90s (Back in a time when dinosaurs walked the Earth...on Power Rangers, at least).

[NejinOniwa]

And now for something completely different.

Ladies and gentlemen - BEHOLD, INNUENDO!

[Nichi]

@Nejin: That sounds like the sort of museum one of my sister's friends would have fun at; cracking jokes about how his should be on display there

[Red-Machine]

Oh yes, I walked past that place.