Not-so-good-and-old "How do you feel" thread

[Tranquillian]

I might be up for a meeting in Stockholm .

 

[rahvin]

five crates apparently full of magazines were waiting for me when i opened the door to my office about twenty minutes ago. they're sitting there just staring at me with their wooden expression (heh), looking gr1m and threatening to overwhelm my peaceful little world where thursdays are spent posting on um and trying to fight the urge to pull a blanket over my head and sleep, or at least haunt a mansion. this is not going to be an amazingly funny day.

 

[Child of Time]

Five crates full of magazines, is that the same thing as five crates full of work? Work is baaaaad for j00.

This Saturday morning, my family and I are flying towards Madrid for a one-week holiday with my cousin who lives there. And won't be at work tomorrow either. :Spin: Just so that you know where I am.

 

[rahvin]

Five crates full of magazines, is that the same thing as five crates full of work? Work is baaaaad for j00.

unfortunately yes. they're also quite dusty/dirty, so i'm gonna have to wash my hands every other minute. plus there are no invoices to be found, so i'll end up stuffing all this crap on some shelves until judgement day.

have a nice trip, cot!

 

[|ngenius]

Unfortunately, I don't have a blanket around to put it over my head and get some sleep. And yes, my day starts without anything to do, what is way better than having several things awaiting for me to get rid of them, but equally boring.

@ChildOfTime: Hey, enjoy your days in Madrid, it is a nice city. You'll notice a big circle above, hung in the sky. We named that thing as "sun", try not to look directly at it, it's pretty bright and shiny.


|ng.

 

[Child of Time]

@ChildOfTime: Hey, enjoy your days in Madrid, it is a nice city. You'll notice a big circle above, hung in the sky. We named that thing as "sun", try not to look directly at it, it's pretty bright and shiny.

Oh, I've seen that thingy here a few times too, actually, but I've never understood what it is.

 

[Miolo]

@rahvin: burn the crates and pretend they never arrived.

@cot: have a nice time in spain.

 

[Wolfman Von Jones]

Well its 3:25 in the morning, Im just eating my first meal of the day (the day being yesterday), and talking to Li about her new job and a child saying "dumptruck".

Nick (Mmmmm Mm)

 

[Caelestia]

nf: slightly embarrassed. i wanted to win tickets to a musical so i rang up for a radio contest, and had to sing "tragedy" on air. i hit all the right notes, but due to nerves (useless li!) i "lacked soul." i get to try again tomorrow

 

[rahvin]

nf: slightly embarrassed. i wanted to win tickets to a musical so i rang up for a radio contest, and had to sing "tragedy" on air. i hit all the right notes, but due to nerves (useless li!) i "lacked soul." i get to try again tomorrow

record & post file, thank you.

 

[Northern Lights]

NF: like hiding from the world. I don't think I was made for it... I have no idea what I'm supposed to do in it, and I hate having to ask myself if every decision I make is the right one, if I really want to do this and that, what I could do otherwise, and so on. I'd rather just know. For example I wish I was exceptionally great at woodwork and such, then I'd have an obvious carreer, I'd become a carpenter. But what do you do if you're only decent at studying and writing? You'll become a dusty academic, dustily rotting away in a dusty room somewhere in a dusty library in a dusty building. You'll read all about the world in books but never see it for yourself.
But I don't know...

 

[rahvin]

in a dusty library in a dusty building.

*cough, cough* :Smug:


aside from the words of encouragement you will surely hear coming from many directions:
some talents - such as an astonishing ability to build ships in a bottle, or play mozart with your armpits - are much more easy to identify than others, such as writing skills. writing skills have to be put into practice, something which requires a thorough selection of medium, technique, purpose... i suppose outstanding abilities in the field are not supposed to surface every time you put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard: there can be that special moment, that special project, when you really squeeze your creativity dry, and this alone can consecrate you to the heights of literature. so i wouldn't assume that you're just an average student with average writing skills: pursue some specific idea you feel convinced of, if not exactly passionate about, and something exceptional might come out of it.
as for never experiencing the outside world directly, i must say that even the most boring scholar is nowadays compelled to travel around outside of her area.

 

[Sunjammer]

Sunjammer: will do, I'm right in thinking that Stockholm is only an hours bus ride away from Uppsala, right?

Yes, that's correct. Shouldn't take more than an hour by bus.

@Tranquillian: Cool. The more, the merrier... or grimmer... or gothier... or...

 

[Tranquillian]

NF: Fucking fine, thanks to something someone sent me in the mail .

 

[The Grand Wazoo]

NF:

Damn essay on (edit: Ancient) Greek epistemology :/

 

[Kovenant84]

NF: Tired. Probability test tommorow. Probably have a quiz later in Electronics too. School sucks.

~Kov.

 

[mousewings]

School sucks.

It sure does. Life sucks as well.

I have an essay due on the 18th and am uninspired to work on it. Also a test on Sunday.

Good luck on your test.

 

[hyena]

@kov, wazoo, mouse: well, good luck with your exams/essays. i'm so glad i don't have any.

@nl: the whole losing chances theme strikes a chord with me. actually, more than one. i personally came to believe that each of us is cut out for a specific set of chances only, and forget the rest: for example, i know i can "live to the fullest" where work is concerned (in the sense that i instinctually know stuff of the how-to-get-ahead sort, i don't have second thoughts when i embark on projects, i am willing to do loads provided i just feel well physically) and this also implies a good bit of traveling, meeting people, seeing different ways of life. on the other hand, i know that i won't ever be so self-assured under the emotional POV, and no matter how hard i try to convince myself that losing chances at, say, sexual intimacy with different people is a loss of life i will not change. i never met someone who is able to consume with passion every aspect of their life, and i guess one should just take note of where the squeezing is possible, understand the reasons, and look for equilibrium.

my, did i get wise.

 

[Siren]

@waz: so what is it about? maybe i can help?

NF: intrigued. a teacher of mine said something very interesting and at the same time weird, and he was also perplexed about it. i'd just love to find out the whys and hows and tell him and impress him. i'm so hyped about this subject. heh.

 

[The Grand Wazoo]

@Siren: seems like you like that guy

Naah, my essay is going okay, thanks
I only have to do the..conclusion and the subjective bit
(My view on the matter, you know..)

NF: Quite good nothing special