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Originally posted by Fmr12B:
www.myspace.com
LMAO! 
Former owner of a 1995 Ford Contour GL w/ 2.0L ATX
Proud owner of a 2005 Ford Taurus SE 3.0L V6 Vulcan 
--Looking for Commodore stuff (Drives, Units, Amiga, games, etc)If anyone has any of this laying around and wants it gone, lemme know --
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Originally posted by CSVT1214:
The thing that depresses me the most is that I can check peoples away messages on AIM, and it's the same bums that I was talking about before, that are going on vacations and trips and constant shopping, and everything else you can think of. Because they have mommy and daddy to pay for it all even though they did nothing to work for it, or they are in debt beyond immagination because they just charge everything with no plans to pay it back.
It really bothers me that bust my ass every single day, work hard at everything I do, make good money but yet I can't do half of those things because I have real world commitments to make, bills to pay, etc. The only time I took off from work to actually do something besides just a random sick day, was when I went to SZ. Other than that, I have done nothing, gone away anywhere or done anything to reward myself for over 2 years now. That's why I started a savings and next year, I'm taking a big trip away from here going on a cruise, and reward my hard work for once.
I'm kind of replying directly to your post Tony, and Jared you should listen up too. Check out the thread I wrote in this forum on Sunday regarding my friend who had died. This has for the time being completely changed my outlook on life as it is. He held a full-time job but still went on adventures nearly every single weekend. I got it wrong when I said he drove 18K miles in the past five months in his newer car, it was actually 30K miles (18K since replacing his transmission under warranty). He made fun for himself, most of the road trips with two or three friends (rarely the same ones each time, occasionally with random people he just met) and little more than $50 spent on each trip including gas split between themselves (mostly including camping trips or semi-legal methods of exploring interesting buildings). The more I hear what he did the more I recognize what can truly be accomplished in life despite difficulties such as jobs and money. It might take a little more effort - and initiative to find the right friends - but it's totally worth it if you can have fun along the way.
Jared, I seem to feel that living in Midland is hurting you. I grew up in a smallish town (pop 13K) and despite how much I love it, I couldn't see myself staying forever or I'd go mad. I'm getting out of my hometown starting next week and likely staying out (hopefully moving around a lot, since I've always wanted to, but we'll see!), which will allow me to keep in touch with the *true* friends from high school but also not sink into a this-is-forever kind of rut. Aside from that (which for you may not be able to be changed), however, I believe you should start up the counseling again so you can have someone with more expertise listen and be able to correctly identify your feelings and emotions.
Also - college is just a few weeks away for you, no? Turn over a new leaf. DON'T GET STUCK in the hometown!!! I had several friends who did and eventually dropped out of college to live forever doing their part-time job like CSVT1214's friends did! Even if you commute (I did for 1.5 years) to college, get out, join clubs, make friends, preferably ones that are motivated enough to keep you motivated and happy too. I feel that once you're out there doing stuff you'll be either too busy or having too much fun to be moping about. I had the luxury of living in a dorm my freshman year, and every day I thank God for allowing me the opportunity to make friends that way. Evidently it's rare to stay close friends with nearly your entire first-year dorm floor for all throughout college (and continuous), so I got wicked lucky, but I have several friends who joined fraternities, sororities, a community service coed fraternity (best of them all IMO), and other various clubs which enabled us to all encounter new fascinating and wonderful people very often. Again this will take a bit of initiative at first to actually join clubs or find people, but it will be completely worth it.
Oy this post was way longer than I anticipated. The paragraphs need reorganization but I'm tired (was a long week!  ) so just take this post and try making sense of it since I think there's some good advice in there somewhere.
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