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fuck naps. i only have a certain amount of hours of life left, i don't want to spend them asleep.
i work 80-90 hours a week. and usually get off and take a nap. so whole swathes of my life are just erased by work/naps. FUCK. THAT.
ShockingAlberto
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Givin' up on your resolution already? For shame!
I have lots of resolutions! Really, stopping one doesn't make that much of a difference. >_>
Nex Superne
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Yeah, I'd steer clear of it. Donating eggs is a far more intrusive process than donating sperm.I think we may know the same girl.The one I know has sold her eggs at least 3 times, and at 10,000 a pop it seems like a lucrative deal. But from what she told me of the process it also sounds scary as shit.
Being a girl is hard.
Oh, people can be depressingly fake anywhere. LA just happens to be the epicenter for that sort of behavior.
As for my hands, I think they're just that dry. I should probably be more conscientious about them.
H. Protagonist: Now, let's look at ShockingAlberto's diet--Wait, what?
ShockingAlberto:
I always manage to keep my resolutions. For some reason I'm good at that :x
Also: The Simpsons, best thing to come out of an Oregonian?
Nah, just the most famous thing.
1st prize!
GameplayWhore
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I might as well have been barren last year had it not been California*. Every girl I met** was either from California or was in California at the time.
In terms of general niceness, I suspect it depends on the region. Oakland didn't have a lot of very outwardly nice people, though I suspect that they're good people in general.
* this word also includes Nevada (Reno and Black Rock City, specifically)
** omnom
clearacell
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I would say Nike is more famous.
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aorange999
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NY people and LA people at a certain level exhibit the same amount of depressingly fake behavior, it's just in NY people don't suffer fools much ie no one pretends to like you if they don't.
@crunched I used to think like you as far as working for corporations but I changed my stance on that and it opened up so many doors for me. I did film incollege wanting to do documentary film couldnt get it going at all so quit and started doing videography. Now having Walmart as a client is a game changer for me. I have a chance to run the production of a feature film, I'm being given a free ticket and expenses to travel overseas and do preproduction of another with a chance at putting the whole thing together. Dream jobs are hard to find you essentially have to build them yourself sacrificing personal integrity along the way if you have to.
H.Protagonist
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They wouldn't want my eggs anyway, but I don't think I could take putting needles into my abdomen or manage the 'harvesting' process regardless.
At least it pays well, I guess.Agreed about LA. There are cool people here, but the majority of random ones I've met here at bars, events, etc, have not left me with a favorable opinion of them.
Thanks for the advice. I do appreciate it.
You're probably right. For the vast majority of people, working for a big business seems the only viable option to make a living. But man, if I go that way it is going to hurt.
I haven't been eschewing corporate work though, really, even if it's not what I've been actively seeking out. I work for a big chain of hospitals, after all. And I know there's money there.
The thing is, until recently I have never really been worried about money. It's only that I'm getting married that reality has hit me. If I was on my own, I would have no problem barely scrounging a living, as long as I was doing something I loved. But having to support someone else changes things.
I still don't love money and have no delusions of getting rich by doing projects on my own, but I find it harder everyday to find freedom without cash. I guess it's pretty naive in hindsight to think that rejecting money will allow yourself to be truly free.
I feel like a ball on a string sometimes, getting flung back and forth. For a while I am hopeful and energized, looking for work and welcoming all opportunities, and then finding none I lose hope and spiral down for a while before resolving to push back into it. I've been looking for a new job for a few months, at least since April. I was actually called back to be an extra for The Avengers, but by the time I got the call I had decided to head back to school and finish up my degree. I missed that opportunity, and I'm not sure yet if I made the right decision. On the one hand, it was only a position as an extra, but on the other it was a chance to meet and network with people.
Good point, I always forget about them being originally created by individuals rather than being some massive company from the start.
Come to Oregon!
Oh, that's probably not the west coast you mean... *sigh*
I had to come back and post about this because it's just weird to me. Some may remember I talked about my old high school French teacher in IRC (and how much I hated the guy, he completely turned me off French for awhile...)
Anyway, he's been accused with sexual abuse by a student now. I hated the guy, but I have a hard time imagining he'd do such a thing.
The mustache is not helping his case any.
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You went to high school in Seaside Lissar? My folks live in Gierhart.
Well, I was there from 8th to 10th grade and after that we moved to Eugene again. We pretty much moved all around Oregon because of my dad's job.
He used to be a fish hatchery manager before retirement. Ever been to one?
ShockingAlberto
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Well, I was there from 8th to 10th grade and after that we moved to Eugene again. We pretty much moved all around Oregon because of my dad's job.
He used to be a fish hatchery manager before retirement. Ever been to one?
Once, a very long time ago. I barely remember it, but I do remember it being cooler than expected.
FallingEdge
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wtf. what do you do for a living? and i hope you get paid extremely well.
I know a lot of people go on school field trips. I used to see my dad showing them around all the time.
If you were there during spawning season you might have seen how they make new fishies. You might think making new fishies would be pleasant: it is not. They bash them over the head and then slice the eggs and sperm out of them, mixing them in a bucket
Fishies get a raw deal.
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I think I probably would have remembered that. 
Yikes
YikesShockingAlberto
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Especially at sushi bars.
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ShockingAlberto
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I'm spending all my creative efforts on this story! Jokes are a casualty.
I'm sorry you're having such a hard time, Crunched.There must be better (or more profitable) ways to make money... Do you have any skills that might lend themselves to freelancer work? If you're any good at writing, a way to score free food at least is to be a food critic for a local paper. It might not earn you much or even any money, but it would pay for your meal and help you build up a portfolio of work. It's creative at least. Copy editing is also a way to earn money on the side. Dog walker?
This matters, right? Cuz I have a crazy portfolio and can't find a job as a critic.
jim-jam bongs
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Lonesome Road for New Vegas is so freaking good. If you appreciate American history and the principles upon which the nation was founded it's a pretty cerebral experience.
What's a diorama?
What's a diorama?
Me too. I swear I'm gonna make the move every winter, and then I just...don't.
ShockingAlberto
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I read this as Uncharted 4 at first.
Then my mind started forming a review of Uncharted 4.
"Good set pieces, but doesn't have the impact Uncharted 2 had. 10/10."
ClassyPenguin
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ha ha ha...truth.
excuse me. i made that sound more drastic than it is. i only work 40-60 hours a week. i was thinking in terms of my pay periods. har har.
Thats the thing, reviews have been pretty solid so far. Should be fun.
Honestly, I hated Underworld 1 & 2. Not even even Kate Beckingsale in a skintight suit can save those movies. Come at me bros!
and sis
That's still entirely too long. Stupid 40 hour work week. On top of that, I'm salary so I don't even get overtime. >.<
You should move to California or Washington!
Same as above!
Or you could move to Proto-West Coast: Oregon
Really though, East Coast is better.
ClassyPenguin
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In your dreams, maybe.
no doubt. i'm dying inside. having one day off a week fucking blows.
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I'd be in for that. Might change it tonight then.
It does matter to have a body of work to show prospective employers, but it is harder now to get gigs like this (which is why I suggested a local paper or something smaller). My friend used to do it just for the free meal. She never got paid anything, but it was fun going out with her and trying all the stuff.
I guess you all exist in my dream then.
I want to see this please.
cuz, let's be real, it's gross. one of the few things on the internet that SHOULD be censored..
toastyToast
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cover your eyes so it's all mouth
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