Am I really in the minority?

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by markolas

It was certainly the low point for me, and I have no idea what it's meaning was, other than to show me that I really did not belong in the family or regional culture that I was born into.

i think that is meaning enough. isn't it a blessing that you figured out that in order to be happy, you had to move somewhere else? i mean, you could have just stayed there and killed yourself.

[JazmenFlowers]

Originally Posted by carrie721

i think that is meaning enough. isn't it a blessing that you figured out that in order to be happy, you had to move somewhere else? i mean, you could have just stayed there and killed yourself.

oh snap. that's awesome. and totally true.

why don't we have our own Sirius radio show already?

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

oh snap. that's awesome. and totally true.

why don't we have our own Sirius radio show already?

word.

[markolas]

Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

you and I are so much alike. the South sure is something. especially the deep, Delta South.

I can't remember if I ever asked you if you've been to Shreveport. I seem to remember strandinthewind saying he had, and he kind of backed up my opinion that it's awful.

Originally Posted by carrie721

i think that is meaning enough. isn't it a blessing that you figured out that in order to be happy, you had to move somewhere else? i mean, you could have just stayed there and killed yourself.

It is, and I probably would've killed myself if I had stayed there another six months. Have I ever told the story of how I left?

[JazmenFlowers]

Originally Posted by amber

Dude, you missed the mop.

lmfao. oh, to have video of that!

Originally Posted by amber

If you have truly repented, you wouldn't make fun of people's clothes. It must be the gay blood in you.

it was/is more critiquing.

Originally Posted by amber

Deer? That's pretty brutal, baseballs are just like bigger rocks. I can't believe you played that. That is just an excuse to throw rocks at someone, really. We only did that when we got in fights. Why would you even play that? Did you guys not have mitts? Or just didn't know how to use them?
They should have picked you as a thrower, I would think you could run okay, but probably not throw for ****.
Okay, I'll stop now. I was a bit of a bully in my young years...until just now....

actually, I can't do either very well.

Originally Posted by markolas

I can't remember if I ever asked you if you've been to Shreveport. I seem to remember strandinthewind saying he had, and he kind of backed up my opinion that it's awful.

nope, never been, but I believe you. lol.

[michelle2677]

I hated high school. I had my 10 year reunion last june and i didn't go. Why would I? I see everyone I care to see.

high school is so small, and you don't realize that until you get out of it. Everyone and their little cliques, and I never really fit in. I had friends, don't get me wrong, but I never really opened up until after I graduated. I was also in band so that didn't help although I have to say, I miss being in band ...and band camp

high school HAS to be hard. NOw, I just go to work, and come home. Then, I went to high school, studied, ALSO went to work. It's double duty. I hated it. I also hated college. But you didn't ask about that

basically anything that requires me to study and interferes with my sleeping ritual, I ain't down with

[DrummerDeanna]

Originally Posted by michelle2677

I hated high school. I had my 10 year reunion last june and i didn't go. Why would I? I see everyone I care to see.

high school is so small, and you don't realize that until you get out of it. Everyone and their little cliques, and I never really fit in. I had friends, don't get me wrong, but I never really opened up until after I graduated. I was also in band so that didn't help although I have to say, I miss being in band ...and band camp

high school HAS to be hard. NOw, I just go to work, and come home. Then, I went to high school, studied, ALSO went to work. It's double duty. I hated it. I also hated college. But you didn't ask about that

basically anything that requires me to study and interferes with my sleeping ritual, I ain't down with

YOu were in band?? What did you play??


See...I was a cool kid in the band, I was on the drumline! ha..that got a gal a lot of clout in high school

And Carrie, don't you dare get a show on Sirius - it has to be on public radio

[ontheEdgeof17]

Man, I'm young. I have yet to have my 10 year Reunion. That's not until 2010.

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

See...I was a cool kid in the band, I was on the drumline! ha..that got a gal a lot of clout in high school

i was on the drumline too! i played snare. look out, bitches.

oh, and it sucked. i was placed on snare as a freshman, which was prestigious, but being a 14 year old girl on a squad with 4 18 year old guys? that sucked. i never want to hear about anyone's itchy balls ever again. ever.

And Carrie, don't you dare get a show on Sirius - it has to be on public radio

but can npr handle me and jaz? i think we might get fined.

[DrummerDeanna]

Originally Posted by carrie721

i was on the drumline too! i played snare. look out, bitches.

oh, and it sucked. i was placed on snare as a freshman, which was prestigious, but being a 14 year old girl on a squad with 4 18 year old guys? that sucked. i never want to hear about anyone's itchy balls ever again. ever.



but can npr handle me and jaz? i think we might get fined.

I was also placed on the snare line as a freshman! And that was like the first time that had happened for a girl at my school Luckily though there was a good mix of male and female...no itchy balls talk. Though the dude I stood next to smelled like a combo of B.O., cigarettes, bad cologne and pot.

Gawd I loved snare...I miss it.

Originally Posted by This one time at band camp

yup I played the flute. no american pie jokes please.

Well, you yourself brought up band camp

[michelle2677]

Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

YOu were in band?? What did you play??

yup I played the flute. no american pie jokes please.



her name was michelle, and my mom got me a t-shirt that said "and this one time...at band camp"

[amber]

Originally Posted by michelle2677

yup I played the flute. no american pie jokes please.



her name was michelle, and my mom got me a t-shirt that said "and this one time...at band camp"

I played flute, too. And alto sax, as you know, the fingerings are the same. Alto sax was better, and while I was like, 4th chair flute, I could be first chair alto sax.

Originally Posted by Jazmaster

"dude, you missed the mop"

I want that on my tombstone.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by michelle2677

high school HAS to be hard. NOw, I just go to work, and come home. Then, I went to high school, studied, ALSO went to work. It's double duty. I hated it. I also hated college. But you didn't ask about that

basically anything that requires me to study and interferes with my sleeping ritual, I ain't down with

See, I kinda hated college. High school was sooo easy for me(and yes, I was taking college prep classes), that, 95% of the time, I could do-almost nothing-, and skate with B's. Getting all A's might've cut into the party schedule a little too much. College was SUCH a financial strain for me(I worked, sometimes TWO jobs, while attending full time), that I think that's the main reason I don't think fondly of college. I had to work my ASS off in college.

[estranged4life]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

See, I kinda hated college. High school was sooo easy for me(and yes, I was taking college prep classes), that, 95% of the time, I could do-almost nothing-, and skate with B's. Getting all A's might've cut into the party schedule a little too much. College was SUCH a financial strain for me(I worked, sometimes TWO jobs, while attending full time), that I think that's the main reason I don't think fondly of college. I had to work my ASS off in college.

which is why as soon as I finished my 2 year Drafting/Civil Engineering degree (I had a headstart since I was already enrolled while the rest of the Senior class of '88 were still in high school. Btw, I received an Associates in Applied Science) I immediately enrolled in Tech.School for another degree program - Quality Control/Non-Destructive Testing (Associates in Applied Science - Minor in Mathematics)

I worked the whole time I attended college/Tech.School and had much more a good time than I ever did in high school. I paid all the loans off minus one - so I am happy to be financially free of that burden.

[jannieC]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

College was SUCH a financial strain for me(I worked, sometimes TWO jobs, while attending full time), that I think that's the main reason I don't think fondly of college. I had to work my ASS off in college.

I really struggled in undergrad too, so I know the feeling. I went back to school when I was 28 and worked full time while being a full time student. It was really a nightmare. I actually love graduate school, though. It's like a whole new world- classes I actually enjoy and have interest in (except Research Methods, of course).