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[Bella]

Congrats on the Avenger Pent!

As for moving at least you're working toward your goal, I feel my goal is so nebulous it doesn't really count. Mine is like "something something do well in school get your bachelor's degree in computer science or mathematics or both or something else entirely, then start work on your next degree  ... someplace ... sometime in the future ... so you'll be well educated enough to get a job doing ... something ... somewhere ... but you'll have an advanced STEM degree so hopefully you'll be making a lot whatever it is!" I've basically already decided that I'll never be able to hold down a conventional job because I need constant, around-the-clock mental stimulation, and that something in research/problem solving is the only thing I'd find interesting enough to not go insane from boredom doing. "Pay me to solve puzzles", in other words.

Of course I have to do all this through the fog of my own sadness, anxiety and possibly undiagnosed attention disorder, as well as my nearly-mechanical incapacity for faith or belief in any outcome that can't be reasonably predicted, which means it's all a shot in the dark to me.

[Nichi]

I hope something works out :[

I have a bunch of info stockpiled, but I need to find an opportunity to talk to dad, without mom around, to convince him my plan is solid. At the very least, my savings account is back to where it was at the start of the summer, before I had to put tires on the van.

[Chocofreak13]

@bells: you could try teaching. teachers in this state have to take one class every 3 (?) years to keep their license current, but you could be like me and just constantly take classes. :0

@cocks: don't worry. it'll be alright.

[alfonso_rd_30]

Congrats on the Avenger Pent!

As for moving at least you're working toward your goal, I feel my goal is so nebulous it doesn't really count. Mine is like "something something do well in school get your bachelor's degree in computer science or mathematics or both or something else entirely, then start work on your next degree  ... someplace ... sometime in the future ... so you'll be well educated enough to get a job doing ... something ... somewhere ... but you'll have an advanced STEM degree so hopefully you'll be making a lot whatever it is!" I've basically already decided that I'll never be able to hold down a conventional job because I need constant, around-the-clock mental stimulation, and that something in research/problem solving is the only thing I'd find interesting enough to not go insane from boredom doing. "Pay me to solve puzzles", in other words.

Of course I have to do all this through the fog of my own sadness, anxiety and possibly undiagnosed attention disorder, as well as my nearly-mechanical incapacity for faith or belief in any outcome that can't be reasonably predicted, which means it's all a shot in the dark to me.

whatever you choose bells I'm sure you'll get to it...  and I'll be praying for you every day as I pray for myself and hopefully in a decade we'll be on the paths we wanted....

in the meanwhile:

Fact that EVERYONE Must Know

1. in this world (8-4) there are at least 5 people willing to Die for you out of luv
2. the only reason someone can hate you is because you are what they strive for
3. A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone. Doesn't matter if (s)he doesn't know you / doesn't like you.
4. Every night someone thinks about you...
5. For someone you mean the world.
6. you're Like the OS-Tans (Special featuring Unique.)
7. hen you think you've made them biggest mistake of your life, something good will surely come from it.
8. as long as you think you won't get something, you won't get it. if you think you'll get something, it'll come sooner or later.
9. Always remember the praise you get... ignore the bad treatments.
10. If you have a Special someone, Always let him/her know your feelings... you'll feel so much better after he/she knows about it...
11. if you have a great friend, take time to let him/her know how great He/she is.

[Chocofreak13]

12. On Average, Humans are kind of Assholes.

[LeaflameSD]

what

[alfonso_rd_30]

12. On Average, Humans are kind of Assholes.

agreed... but it was a motivational post choco-tan..

[LeaflameSD]

I disagree, but yeah
It's cool I guess

[Chocofreak13]

why you no avatar leaf

[LeaflameSD]

could never really find one that tickled my fancy
using one of the stock OS-tan pics for now

[Bella]

Apparently Stew's park went into lockdown for a few hours today after reports that the raging lunatic who murdered two journalists on live TV was headed their way. (Video about the story at that link, it doesn't show any of the footage from the shooting though, for anyone afraid to watch it.)

He's dead now (shot himself and later died of his injuries) but it's still really scary to think he could have escaped and potentially murdered more people. I'm glad he can no longer hurt anyone although I do wish he could have been put through the gauntlet of the legal system and rotted away in prison.

Apparently he wanted to start a race war or something like that (warning, autoplay video at the link captures the moment of the shooting, you might want to pause that if you don't want to see it). Can humans not be fucking bastards for one second?

[Nichi]

People are shit, yeah :\

[LeaflameSD]

this scares me
how do you go that wrong?

[Bella]

People are shit, yeah :\

Between this and reading an article earlier about ISIS's justification of enslaving women (complete with cheerful, emoji-laden tweets about capturing and buying women and their desire to enslave all women who do not adhere to their religion) I'm basically ready to move to rural Canada to live in the mountains far, far away from any other people.

this scares me

I know it's aggressively cliched, but it feels like so many people are losing their fucking minds these days, either lone-wolf type attackers with political and social agendas (this asshole, the France train attacker, the Charleston shooter) or organized terror groups.

That said, it's NOT statistically accurate (in the US violence is on the decline overall, and worldwide there's been a down-trend of people dying of violence) and I suspect the mass media and closer reporting makes the world look more dangerous than it statistically is.

That doesn't make it any less scary though.

[Nichi]

Indeed; kinda makes me want to hide under my desk and just play Pokémon or something, instead of go outside