Lenticular_J

Has anyone recommended Merriweather Post Pavilion? I'm getting into AC now. They're chill.

Well, if you're staying in 1st - 2nd gear range, it isn't that tough, because they allow for some chilling out and cruising.

Not really. There are still a good few missing links here and there. Plus, I don't believe abiogenesis. Some random strings of atoms "accidentally" coming together and forming sentience? No, no, no. They're the same for one thing. And for another, God is different to everybody. You're just sounding ignorant of peoples' beliefs. PERSONAL BELIEFS. Blaaah.

That ain't no romantic comedy. It's just a funny-[wagon] movie. I watched Pineapple Express. Again.

Well, my brother gave me a tip that if you're ever going to be late for a class, even two minutes, just go home and think up an excuse. Professors hate being disturbed, even if you're in a lecture hall of five hundred students. Man, I'm fantasizing about going to college now. I need to get back to my school, see how badly it sucks and realize how much longer I'll still be there, and keep my head on the ground. Yeah, I know. My sister and brother both love it there. But, it'd be easier for me to adjust to Houston, because my sister and her husband live there, so if I ever feel overwhelmed, I can just head over there for the weekend or something. I have to disagree about Houston or UH not being cool. But, then again, I've seen like three college campuses. The majority being Texas Tech.

What was the one show with the action figures? I think it might have been on All That! or something, but I don't know. Do you guys remember the Nick magazines? I loved those things. Ah man, now I feel like crying. I can remmber walking into my parents' room and laying on the bed, reading that. Just so calm and at peace, and happy ...

Stevie Ray Vaughn. Shoooom.

I still do the noodle when I'm trying to figure out a hard problem in math. I have a few friends that just get up and do it with me. Loved PB&J. I had a crush on Jelly (she was the girl, right?). Ahh, anthropomorphic bestiality. Nothing better.

College is more crazy drunken one-night stands and orgies, really. High school is more dramatic, though.

Really? The highway is what seems easiest to me, personally. I don't like all the stops-and-gos of city driving. And why do people hate stick shifts so much? As long as you don't get one of the ones whose clutch takes two hundred pounds of pressure to push down, it's easy.

People are likely to respect someone who went through college less than someone who's been shot at, though. Soldiers would make good teachers ... Depends. My dad's CO was planning to court-martial his entire platoon because of the flood that destroyed all their equipment. EDIT: Ah, Kriegs, my dad's told me such horror stories about Parris and his DIs. His friend clogged up a toilet once and had to clean it with his bare hands.

I think it'll be tough to get a shotgun in Abercrombie and Fitch these days. I dunno. I don't think I could help someone kill themselves. But, I dunno. Maybe it's To Kill a Mockingbird. EDIT: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, rather.

I'd think you, living in Southern California, would care more. It isn't vigilantism at all. It's like telling the cops when you see someone shot and killed. Or telling border patrol when you see someone run across the Rio Grande on the internet.

I reckon that'll be plenty for a state school. Did you take the SAT, too? Oh, wait, nevermind. Illinois pretty much just does ACT. But if you're in the top 50% of your class, you should definitely be covered for a state school. Heh, I'm already used to that. Houston is peaceful compared to here. I've never been to Austin though. Good thing Houston is about an hour away from there, Galveston, Dallas, hell, it's an hour or two away from [bleep]ing everything.

If you don't have Live, no, not at all. Even though co-op offline is fun, online is the whole point.

Girls at my school compare breast sizes just while they're walking around. It's kinda wierd. But, you know, whatever floats their boats.

I haven't played it in a while, though. :c

Well, I know that you can major in both of those at UH, that's for sure. You'd have to choose which one though, they're vastly different, and you want a minor that's somewhat related to your major. But, like me, you still have a ways to go. You'll figure it out. I'm pretty decided on UH. I'm about 99.9% sure I have guaranteed a guaranteed acceptance there. Once I take my SAT here at the end of '09, I'll know for sure. All I gotta get is a thousand, and I'm pretty sure that's a low score. I've also just about talked my friend into rooming there. Boring Saturdays can be really productive, I guess. I've calculated a whole lotta stuff, because I'm actually interested. How much money I should save and set aside in the coming years before college, how much flights back here will cost, all sorts of stuff. I've also looked at the dorms I'd likely stay in, and figured out that I definitely gotta send in my application pretty early. 1,100 students can live there (they're the cheapest ones, at 1800 bucks a semester, but they're still pretty nice), out of an estimated 50,000 by the time I'll be a student. So I definitely need to apply for housing early. But, if worse comes to worse, I can stay with my sister. The Houston public transport system is a Godsend. I feel like such a nerd doing this. Plus, it's agitating me, because I already hate high school. Not to mention I might change my mind between now and then. But, it doesn't matter. I've really gotten a whole lot done, which is nice. Likely got a roommate I'll get along with, too. I'd love to get an apartment later on, but I'd absolutely have to get a part-time job. Rent's pretty rough down there. But, anyways, thanks for all the advice guys. Now let's help other people with questions.

I don't get where you're coming from. Guys here hug each other just as a greeting. I'm not even that comfortable with the cool, long handshakes, though.

Well, I reckon I'm starting to look at colleges now. I figure it's a good experience at least, and I'll probably just go for general studies or something. Right now I'm looking towards two schools, both in Houston (which I love): Rice University (private, 40 grand a year tuition). Rice, if I'm lucky and work very hard, I'll be able to cut tuition down to 10 grand a year, which is basically my room and board there. I'm almost positive I'd bet accepted, as I'm in the top 5% in my class and I could probably stay in at least the top 8% my three remaining years of high school. A degree from Rice period would probably be able to snag me quite the snazzy job. However, they don't have any general areas of study, which is all I'm really interested in. I've thought about maybe English or History major, with one of the cooler languages (Italian) being my minor, but, alas, I'm not sure if I could do that. Another thing is that I'd likely have to be a teacher with that, which I don't want. I would like to go to this school, though. I just don't know what I want to do, since this is certainly not the kind of school someone goes to after high school just because they should. This is really higher education. Here's the website: http://www.rice.edu/ The University of Houston (state school, 12 grand tuition): I could get an almost free-ride all my four years, simply by graduating from my high school in the top 15%. I'm also completely guaranteed admission if I either: Am in the top 20% of my graduating class, or in the top 50% with at least a 1000 on my SAT (I think my practice SAT we took, I scored a ... 1470? Well, pretty good). This is very good. I could call this my "safety school". It's a great campus, and looks just like great fun. I'm trying to get my friends interested in going to college in Houston, and since there's absolutely no way most of them would get into Rice, going here would be great. I could also do one of three things that I'm relatively interested in: Major in English literature, and minor in photography with heavy leaning towards magazines and such (I'd love to be a photojournalist for Death+Taxes, or Rolling Stone, or National Geographic or something); major in something, maybe History or Photojournalism, with a minor in Italian studies; OR just do a general degree. I'd love these all, and I'm sure I'll choose when it gets closer. So, I'm kind of in a dilemma. Perhaps by the time I'm mailing applications there in late 2011, early 2012 I'll have decided and worked hard to get into Rice, and find the perfect course for me, or maybe I'll just get something general at UH and eventually (or maybe never) go to Rice to take it to the next level. So. How about you crazy kids. College. This thread can be practically everything college related, funny stories, sad ones, wonderings. Whatever. Just no jagerbombs. I know there was a somewhat college-related thread late last summer, but I find it to be more one person's wondering where to go. This could just be everyone hanging out, playing hackey sack on the quad, and eating all your dorm-mate's food.

I need to see if my dad got anything about that. I doubt it, because he just took his honorable discharge and headed out, but that would cover me for college easily, as long as I grab as much in the way of scholarships that I can.

I had a dream we were all playing on chapter 4 of No Mercy, and you jumped over the tank right there at the end, where there aren't any walls, and the tank punched us all off. I climbed around and then got into the safe room and we had a duel, and you turned into a smoker and I shot you.

Not really, at all. My brother got in the beta. I meant to, but I was lazy. It's really fun, though. It's like a pick up and play version of Battlefield 2.

AHHHHHH. I want to do that. But my parents can never remember what day is April Fool's Day.

I ate STEAK. Yesterday, I ate STEAK. A good two days if any.