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Hmm... words much appreciated. ;P Luka's no older than... seventeen, I believe. Honestly, he was meant to be a /little/ younger, but /that/ territory might be more than a little uncomfortable. Still, (some) sixteen-year-olds look pretty light.... Like dolls, even. With regards to the word... yeah, you might be a little right. Then again, if you've fallen far enough, you might not even care if it's real affection or not... I think Chapter 3 might shed more light? Not that I've forgotten what I've written or anything. ;D

Ehhehheh... Heyya Circle, Thanks. I can agree that direction and purpose would be a plus, but.... Aha, you know, I wrote that like... a forever ago. Bit late, aha. xD Danks for the review, bro. Hopefully, I'll start off with more purpose in later things I write. I honestly just opened Word and let the thing write itself.

“What the fuck, Dad?” “Hey! Language, young man!” Cody rolled his eyes, shaking his head at his father. The two were standing at odds in the Lager’s driveway, watching as a pair of police officers made it clear Luka wasn’t to leave by flanking him as they chatted in whispers. To Cody’s side stood his friends, as well as his and Soren’s mothers. Eric was with Luka, doing his best to broker in a situation he was entirely uninformed about. “Seriously, Dad?” Cody scoffed. He glared at the officer

But rainbow's so ghey! What do you think this is? A site supportive of a homeosexuality? Madness! Love you too, bro.

There's honestly a fair bit of gay anime/manga out there... There's a certain couple search tags or three that you could pop into google along with the word "anime" and find exactly what you're looking for. >_>

Oh, that is lovely. Just brilliant. Too much specialization, a bad thing? Who'da thunk it. Nice to know my "i want a bit of everything" isn't too bad. I'd probably try to squeeze some humanities in as, honestly, I'm kind of interested in those too. I wanted to take Psychology in high school, but didn't really have room between mandatory classes and the classes I wanted to take (those engineering ones). I'm also vaguely interested in Philosophy, and I guess a few extra literature classes wouldn't kill me.... Heh. Aye, I'd probably be up for going another few rounds. Although, wasting thousands of dollars is a terribly frightful concept... Hard to say whether learning things for the sake of learning them is a waste or not. ;P At least economically/in reality, anyway. Knowledge is always good, but breaking your bank? Probably not. Hmm... Aye. Might just take the community college route, if anything just to save money I don't have... Bleh. :T I wonder if there's any Berkeley hippies nearby... Anyway!, thanks folks! I appreciate all your sagely words. ;P

Ahhhh..... hard woooorrkkkk.. D: D: D: D: Just joking. If it's fun (probably would be!), I figure I would just violently throw myself at the thing and beat it with a stick until I'm satisfied. I do it quite often as it stands now... Hmmm... *notes down that, yes, he should apply for community colleges* Thanks AJ. Whoa! That site. It is glorious. Two hours of sheer awesomeness. It seemed a bit "aww shucks" at first, with regards to the demands of the college courses, but, the more I think about it, the more it seems manageable. Thanks for the link, mate. I'll also see if I can find anything about such an association on Google--would be interesting to meet a few. And, yeah, I've heard that college students can be fickle things. I might be similar myself, but I honestly can't think of any other recent interests that I want to do as a career. Maybe if I actually run into it, I'd have that bang of realization(! ;P). Thanks, mates~~

... This is so true. It's practically impossible for me to decide on something that I know very little in--and I know jack about colleges. Nice to hear I'm not the only person who's terrible with decisions. Thanks for the tidbits; almost everything helps, especially when you've no idea where to really start. The idea to actually talk to people in the field has vaguely occured to me, but... hm... how did you go about approaching them? I don't think any of my current contacts are in the field of civilian architecture (I've a mate in the naval architecture field, but he's kind of... difficult to approach, heh). Did you just, like, hunt them down across the world? Lmao. xD Hmm... I don't really know what I want. I'm a bit too apathetic for that. I just know what I'm remotely interesting in.... A lot of things. Architecture does seem like the biggest contender for "career choice" though. I guess I also want a shiny home, a mate, and a couple offsprings; mayhaps to travel, not be stuck in one place for forever--not in youth, anyway. I was kind of serious when I posted in another thread that I wanna go on a cruiseliner. Pretty out-there and generic, I guess. I'm not really too picky about things (even though I am), I could probably reasonable do anything, and not mind too strongly.... Oh God, I'm terrible. What I have? 150 dollars to my name, a card thats says "go work!", and a number that'll let me do it (yeah, I think I'm really happy about this). Skill-wise, I think I'm good at learning... given a bit of time, I could pick up almost anything. I don't think I'm too terrible at writing, and I'm also comfortable with numbers. Give me a capable computer, a program, and a couple hours, and I could probably use said program to start spitting out amateur work. So, I'm moldable, I guess? Don't know what truly calls me. And I'm honestly not that terrible at dealing with people... I just don't quite like it, aha. I'm also a bit of a perfectionist, liking to get things I do throw myself as close to "super-awesome" as I can get it... until it stops calling me and just turns into a chore... Which happens quite often, really; I haven't written anything in days. As to how this stuff can help me get somewhere...? *looks at you expectantly* I have no idea. Because life looks really, really hard to kick off. But, since I first posted this, I think I've come to a conclusion along the lines of "screw thinking, I'll just throw words at those colleges." 'Fraid this wrecklessness will probably disappear by tomorrow morning though. I'm not sure what you meant though, with "the things you got can get you." ... *facepalms* Sorry for the walls.

TL;DR Version: skip to the bolded. Soooo... I graduated from high school last year. I've spent the last... ten months not doing much of anything serious; the first few were spent vaguely thinking of what I want to do (while evidently roaming and toying around the net). Late in the year though, I found myself dragged into helping someone for monetary reward, an arrangement which ceased about... two-three weeks ago. Most of that money vanished god-knows-where, but some of it transfered into Uncle Sam's hands. In exchange, Uncle Sam threw a few documents at me, including a lisence to work and an SSN. (I immigrated to the United States at the age of 4.) With said tidbits, I've finally found it appropriate to seek higher education. I've filled out the FAFSA, as I've been told that most colleges would require it so they know if I'm eligible for aid or not. I can't drive (I've never really had an interest in learning, mostly because I couldn't do it legally and doing things illegally just... bothers me), though my dad's told me he'll be working with me on that as soon as his car's repaired. I don't have a job at the moment, though I'll probably be seeking one over the next week or so. But, the biggest issue here is what to do about the college. I'm extremely unsure about anything there--in school, I ignored most of the counselors's pushing as I thought I wouldn't really be able to pay for it (I wasn't a citizen or a resident and, at the time, wouldn't have been able to really work to pay for it--I'm not sure if these are legitimate excuses or not, and even if they are... they might still be excuses). So, anyway, I've spent the last couple days somewhat searching for a college, but I'm not sure how I should choose one, or where I'm supposed to turn to for help. Neither am I really sure what I wanna be, and don't really to make any... "wrong" decisions. For the couple year and some, I've been able to say "I wanna be an achitect"--and actually mean it. I took a couple classes (AUTOCAD and a high-school/university course in architecture... thing said it would count for college credits, but... well, it didn't feel like a super-advanced class) in my high school aimed at that field. But, I'm kind of fickle, and I don't know if it's what I really want. I also don't know if I am/would be any good at it, which I think is something that would be a little important in the field. I've looked at a few couple private universites that have architectural programs, but I don't know if it's a... "good" one, for lack of a better word. I'm also not sure if that matters. I've also looked at at for-profit college in San Diego but, again, I'm not sure about anything. I also haven't really considered the public universities, and I'm unsure if I should. A friend has also given me advice that I should start in a community college, as it would be cheaper in the long-run, but I kind of don't like the local ones (lololol), and there's also the whole "everyone and their mother applies to these" part. So, yeah... any words you guys can spare to nudge my extreme indecisiveness? Any advice would be welcomed, but I'm mostly interested in answers for: - What should I look at when choosing a college? - Should I go community for the first two years, or jump straight into a university if possible? - Should I consider the public California universities? - Any suggestions as to what schools I should look into? - How damned, fickle, indecisive and/or dumb am I? - Am I overthinking things? Relevant bits: - My unweighted high school GDP is exactly 3.0 - I've a reasonable interest in Architecture, light high-school grade education in the subject (UC-Architectural Design, my transcript reads); no knowledge as to my skill in it - The schools I've looked up are: Lawrence Technological University (private, non-profit), Woodbury University (private-non-profit); New School of Architecture & Design (private, for-profit); a couple local community colleges - I'd honestly prefer a small school, with small classes; I'm not really a people person - Pretty sure I'm poor; my dad makes less than 20k a year, and he's the main source of the household income... I think... /that/ situation's an utter mess - I think I want to go away-from-home, as said home is kind of shaky, and... just.... I donno, family and all... I apologize for the massive wall of text... I don't know how it resulted. I guess I'm just, really really conflicted about it. Oh God, it's really long!! *hopes someone bothers to read it*

Fixed.

Seems a bit slow... but I'd dig, if the line wasn't ridiculously long.

Errr... no... Seeing a bald head does not on it's own throw me into heat.... Frightful question. (For the record, with regards to hair, I'm more attracted to a full head of it. I may or may not have a thing for "emo" people. At least their hair.) What does inexplicably turn you on?

Someone was overcompensating.... That thing's huge, yo! Larger than a freaken supercarrier.... They should totally take that photo. It would be AWESOME. *adds go a cruise liner to his "things to do before dying" list*

“Hey,” Luka muttered. “Hey,” Soren returned. Cody glanced between the two, doing his best to keep a scowl from his face. It wasn’t working. Neither were his attempts to hide it from Soren, who shot him a short, sour look in reply. Luka simply snickered, shaking his head as he closed the motel door behind him. He looked around the motel parking lot; it was silent this early in the day. Of course, it was to be expected, not many people were brave enough to seek companionship while it was bright

Quite welcome! Aye, aye. It's a pretty amazing software. Very useful for hiding larger versions of images--if they exist--and similar makes. It's also useful for stuff like this--finding names. A little scare, when you think about it... *shrugs* We should probably get back on topic...

It looks more like a rook to me. Maybe a Queen. But, aye, Mike, most of the images as of late haven't given it away via the URL. I'm just a tad bit insane, and have an Add-on that lets you search for look-alike images. I've used it to find additional images, which have tended to have names in /their/ URLs. In my defense though, I stopped using it to "win" after the first couple times, instead opting to give hints in the guise of jokes. Apologies if my toy around is diluting the game. Also, I absentminded searched up your and Zombie's avatars while I was typing this, and found the results amusing: Zombie's designer is quite popular, while yours is quite cute.

Google has an image search function? Errr, aside from the actual image search? Gahhh... I mean, I didn't know you could take an image and then search for information on it via Google. I used TinEye. But yes, I'm a dirty, lawless criminal... who uses his criminaling for good and public service. 8D WORSHIP MY SELFLESSNESS. O_O Plox. Anyway, I think I'll actually let the guy who posted the image play his role.... Sorry for the temporary usurption, brah.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllll........... I'm insane, aren't I? Also a mason.

Utterly Finnished, even. Guy's a musician, I think.

I am a huge pottymouth. Like, the biggest ever. In the last thirty minutes, I've had to actively decide against throwing the F-word and and the B-word and the S-word and and and and and... yeah. A few days ago, I saw what /real/ overkill was. That person, my god, they came across as a raving, screeching, psychopath. Made me opt to curtain my cussing. As for cussing in the stories... they're just words. Noises we developed with our fleshy meat parts. Sure, we gave them negative meanings, but... grapefruitn, that's no reason to frown and condemn, is it? At least, not in literature... especially when used appropriately. I've written lines for characters that throw "harlot", "female canine", even "fornication" around like candy. Then there's a classy little man who's only used the F-word once ("Fuck procedure!"), when he was telling another guy to screw the law and just arrest a couple dozen people.

AWWWEEESSSOMMEE!! I knew violence was an acceptable solution! *goes find his childhood bat* Anyway, answering question: I don't often pay mind to people who scream and push and foam at the mouth. More often that not, they're after bringing someone down, as Louis was kind enough to point out. Such people are best left unattended.

I hereby revoke your Internet privileges. On a related note, I always thought this was a monitor they were about to execute. Moments ago, I discovered it was a printer. It all makes sense now...

Ascalon, Israel

Uuuhhh...... Uuuuuuhhhhhhhhhh...... Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...... Because it's dumb. Maybe even tasteless. All I could find though. Was your yesterday enjoyable and fulfilling? Why/why not?

Is it weird and/or racist that I thought he was Russian? Guy's Czech, though.... and shares a name with a keyboard layout. 'Fraid I can't quite make these hints funny. Forgive me, for I failed you. Q_Q