Gong Xi Fa Cai, Xin Ni Kuai Le!texascat018 wrote: and before I forget
Joy: tomorrow is da Chinese new year!
happy Chinese new year to who ever celebrates it!
恭喜发财 , 新年快乐!
Happy Chinese New Year!
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Gong Xi Fa Cai, Xin Ni Kuai Le!texascat018 wrote: and before I forget
Joy: tomorrow is da Chinese new year!
happy Chinese new year to who ever celebrates it!
You get to see your other friends on breaks, too, and the whole time you get to meet new friends. College is definitely a plus!Beagle wrote:Believe it or not, I'm a little terrified of having to make all new friends at college next year, else I'll be sitting in my dorm every night like a lump. I realized the other day that this forum is what comforts me. I'm not worried about growing apart from my friends IRL. I think I'll end up like Sleet where I live just a little drive away from "home" so I'm away from my family (and three of my best friends) but never more than an hour's drive, and when my two friends who are attending college four hours away come home for the holidays, it'll just be a giant family reunion. These two friends are best friends to each other, and they're down to earth. I'm not worried about my IRL friends.
But back to the forums, I find it comforting that I can log in here and it's all still the same, with the same people I've become close to in the past three years, even if they live far away too. XD
I guess what I can offer to you texascat, having moved as often as you did until I came to North Carolina, is that real friends don't forget where they come from. Yes, realistically, distance is one of the most difficult things to cope with, but it doesn't mean it's the end. I have friends in other countries, half of my family has been in the military, and my dad used to be a cross-country bus driver. It's hard and it's scary, but it's not impossible. Aaron (44R0NM10) is one of my best friends (as we normally just use webcam to communicate), and I often wish he lived here so we could go see movies and do stuff together. And I'm going to get the opportunity to do just that this summer, and I could not be more excited.
Hi, I'm the lump you're talking about =PBeagle wrote:else I'll be sitting in my dorm every night like a lump.
my school is like, a few minutes away from the beach. I could go every weekend if It weren't cold, I had people to go with, or I actually liked beaches.Gray wrote:Joy: Will go to beach next week
Winter is the best time to go to the beaches. The cold water is really fun to swim in and feels pretty nice.RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:my school is like, a few minutes away from the beach. I could go every weekend if It weren't cold, I had people to go with, or I actually liked beaches.Gray wrote:Joy: Will go to beach next week
Thank you beagle, I know that it's not the end but, but. it ain't the same. On skype, I can't push my friends on a pile of snow, or go to mcdonald and talk all together with mc chickens what so ever. Coping with that has been done so much that I'm used to it, but not that I like it. what am I saying?... *sigh*Beagle wrote:Believe it or not, I'm a little terrified of having to make all new friends at college next year, else I'll be sitting in my dorm every night like a lump. I realized the other day that this forum is what comforts me. I'm not worried about growing apart from my friends IRL. I think I'll end up like Sleet where I live just a little drive away from "home" so I'm away from my family (and three of my best friends) but never more than an hour's drive, and when my two friends who are attending college four hours away come home for the holidays, it'll just be a giant family reunion. These two friends are best friends to each other, and they're down to earth. I'm not worried about my IRL friends.
But back to the forums, I find it comforting that I can log in here and it's all still the same, with the same people I've become close to in the past three years, even if they live far away too. XD
I guess what I can offer to you texascat, having moved as often as you did until I came to North Carolina, is that real friends don't forget where they come from. Yes, realistically, distance is one of the most difficult things to cope with, but it doesn't mean it's the end. I have friends in other countries, half of my family has been in the military, and my dad used to be a cross-country bus driver. It's hard and it's scary, but it's not impossible. Aaron (44R0NM10) is one of my best friends (as we normally just use webcam to communicate), and I often wish he lived here so we could go see movies and do stuff together. And I'm going to get the opportunity to do just that this summer, and I could not be more excited.
neato! I'll be blessed by your nearer coolness factor!Seth wrote:Joy: Just got my acceptance email for my study abroad in London this summer.
For what it's worth, you can go to college and earn a salary equivalent to or less than minimum wage for the rest of your life. As an example, a door-greeter and overnight cashier at the local Wal-Mart had, I was a bit stunned to learn, attained a BA degree from ATU more than a decade ago.Beagle wrote:That document determines whether I go to college, take out $90,000 in loans, or end up working for minimum wage my entire life.