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Ed Kolis

October 8th, 2003, 02:40 AM

Yep, I finally hit the big 2-0... got a job... going to get a Gamecube (at Last! I can play SSBM with my bros! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif )...

Now what am I going to do??? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

Renegade 13

October 8th, 2003, 02:44 AM

What's so bad about being a teenager? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif I'm 16, and that seems just fine for now. (Though I sure as hell wouldn't want to be 16 forever http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif )

mac5732

October 8th, 2003, 02:48 AM

When you get to be my age, you dream of being a teenager again, Sigh http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

just some ideas Mac

Loser

October 8th, 2003, 02:59 AM

If I could go back and relive my teenage years, and could only know one thing I know now, I would want to know how little all the things I worried about back then ended up mattering.

High School Grades: nothing
Regard of my Peers: nothing
Youthful Dignity: nothing
The 'Right' Friends: nothing
Escapist Comfort: nothing
Near Limitless Potential in an Environment of Minimal Accountability: Priceless

Of course, I've got a hell of a lot ahead of me now. I still have at least half my life ahead of me (bunk genes), and I'm pretty sure it's the good part.

But, you who are past 'youth', would you want to go back? Do it again, differently? If you could only take one bit of knowledge with you what would it be?

[edit: oh yeah, HAPPY BIRTHDAY ED!!!! forgot that part.]

[ October 08, 2003, 02:00: Message edited by: Loser ]

DavidG

October 8th, 2003, 03:06 AM

Originally posted by Loser:
But, you who are past 'youth', would you want to go back? Do it again, differently? If you could only take one bit of knowledge with you what would it be?
Memo to self if you get timewarped back to Grade 10: When your school closes after grade 10 your female friends go to "Highschool A". Go there NOT the one you chose stupid!!

Ed Kolis

October 8th, 2003, 03:30 AM

Originally posted by Renegade 13:
What's so bad about being a teenager? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif I'm 16, and that seems just fine for now. (Though I sure as hell wouldn't want to be 16 forever http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif )I never said being a teenager was all bad... I'm already starting to feel old http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

Renegade 13

October 8th, 2003, 03:36 AM

Originally posted by Ed Kolis:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Renegade 13:
What's so bad about being a teenager? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif I'm 16, and that seems just fine for now. (Though I sure as hell wouldn't want to be 16 forever http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif )I never said being a teenager was all bad... I'm already starting to feel old http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif <hr /></blockquote>Well, your life is about 25% over now http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif (just to make you feel good about being 20 http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif )

[edit: What does the "OT" mean in the title of this subject?]

[ October 08, 2003, 02:40: Message edited by: Renegade 13 ]

BadAxe

October 8th, 2003, 03:53 AM

See meaning of life thread, and get love as much as you can.

Tigbit

October 8th, 2003, 04:34 AM

Originally posted by Ed Kolis:
Yep, I finally hit the big 2-0... got a job... going to get a Gamecube (at Last! I can play SSBM with my bros! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif )...

Now what am I going to do??? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif You do realize, Ed that people will now expect you to start acting normal...

DON'T GIVE IN!

Fyron

October 8th, 2003, 05:17 AM

[edit: What does the "OT" mean in the title of this subject?] Off Topic (as in, nothing to do with SE4).

Instar

October 8th, 2003, 06:16 AM

Congrats, my turn to hit that number is coming up next summer. I dispute Loser though, to me, grades matter A LOT. Being a serious academic, if anything, they are representative of my inner intelligence. I don't let it dominate me, I have to do a lot of extra-cirricular things to demonstrate other things.

se5a

October 8th, 2003, 06:53 AM

Originally posted by Ed Kolis:
Yep, I finally hit the big 2-0... got a job... going to get a Gamecube (at Last! I can play SSBM with my bros! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif )...

Now what am I going to do??? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif dude! welcome to the other side of the hill!
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

narf poit chez BOOM

October 8th, 2003, 06:59 AM

You do realize, Ed that people will now expect you to start acting normal...

DON'T GIVE IN!
I'm near my mid-twenties.

does anyone hear expect me to start acting normal any time between now and the end of eternity? cause if you do, your delusional. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Kamog

October 8th, 2003, 07:17 AM

The only thing that high school grades are good for is to get into university, and into the program that you want. If you're not going to university or college, the high school grades are't really important. And the marks you get in university only matter when you apply for your first job after you graduate. After that, nobody cares about your grades.

ZeroAdunn

October 8th, 2003, 07:48 AM

Welcome, I myself will be leaving the age of 20 soon. It is strange, I greated being 20 with a lot less hazza.

When you say you got a job, do you mean you got a new job, or got your first job? As somebody who has been working since he was twelve, I find the thought of you just getting your first job a little odd.

I have to agree, grades only amount to something if you want them to amount to something. They aren't a matter of anything significant, they don't measure anything (and don't give me any crap about they do, the validictorian of my class cited cheating as how she got there) and nobody ever looks at them once you get into college.

[ October 08, 2003, 06:49: Message edited by: ZeroAdunn ]

Kamog

October 8th, 2003, 08:10 AM

One of my co-workers is in his mid-70's and he is a total weirdo. Some people are just weird regardless of their age.

If I could go back and relive my teenage years, I would:

Learn to drive as soon as I was old enough to get a driver's license and not wait until many years later when I got a job.

I would learn to ride a bike and swim early as possible; actually I would have done it before my teenage years. I didn't learn to do these things until about my third year as a university student.

I would have spent more time exercising. I would have done some weight training and played some sports while I was a teenager. It's more difficult to develop physical skills and strength later in life if you haven't done anything while you were young.

I would have spent my school holidays more wisely rather than squandering them by sleeping in every day and watching too much TV.

I would have learned to play a musical instrument.

I would have invested some money early, so that compound interest has time to work.

Loser

October 8th, 2003, 05:44 PM

A friend of mine once answered the "Teenager again bringing just one discovery with you" question like this: I would tell myself to deal coke, not weed.With that he both broken up the pretension of the moment and reminded us that seomtimes one discovery isn't going to be enough to change your life.

DavidG

October 8th, 2003, 05:47 PM

Originally posted by Tigbit:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Ed Kolis:
Yep, I finally hit the big 2-0... got a job... going to get a Gamecube (at Last! I can play SSBM with my bros! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif )...

Now what am I going to do??? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif You do realize, Ed that people will now expect you to start acting normal...

DON'T GIVE IN!<hr /></blockquote>Or more likely you will just start acting normal on your own. Pretty soon you'll know your getting old when you look at a bunch of teenagers and think 'man kids are weird these days' http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

narf poit chez BOOM

October 8th, 2003, 08:56 PM

i already think most of the world is weird. i mean, who has the most fun of any age group? kids. why? because, among other things, they don't restrict their sense of humor with artificial concepts like 'cool' and 'sophisticated'.

DavidG

October 9th, 2003, 12:42 AM

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
i already think most of the world is weird. i mean, who has the most fun of any age group? kids. why? because, among other things, they don't restrict their sense of humor with artificial concepts like 'cool' and 'sophisticated'.Uh yea OK. Think maybe it has something to do with the fact that they get free room and board from Mom and Dad? Tell little Johnny he has to work 10 hours a day to provide for himself I suspect he'd have a little less fun.

narf poit chez BOOM

October 9th, 2003, 02:51 AM

why let the boring parts of your life stop you from enjoying the rest of it?

Tigbit

October 9th, 2003, 04:27 AM

Originally posted by DavidG:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Tigbit:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Ed Kolis:
Yep, I finally hit the big 2-0... got a job... going to get a Gamecube (at Last! I can play SSBM with my bros! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif )...

Now what am I going to do??? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif You do realize, Ed that people will now expect you to start acting normal...

DON'T GIVE IN!<hr /></blockquote>Or more likely you will just start acting normal on your own. Pretty soon you'll know your getting old when you look at a bunch of teenagers and think 'man kids are weird these days' http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif <hr /></blockquote>Then I suppose I'll never get old. I think teanagers are so excruciatingly normal.

DavidG

October 9th, 2003, 12:25 PM

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
why let the boring parts of your life stop you from enjoying the rest of it?hehe you don't. Still it's hard to avoid the boring parts. Unless your one of those people who actually has a job they like so much they prefer weekdays over weekends. But I think they are just a myth. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

narf poit chez BOOM

October 10th, 2003, 01:51 AM

mattress testing, game testing and couch testing.

i'm not sure the Last one exists.

Ed Kolis

October 10th, 2003, 02:52 AM

Originally posted by Renegade 13:
[edit: What does the "OT" mean in the title of this subject?]Off Topic. You know, for a moment, I thought you said, "OT - what does the OT mean in the title of this subject"! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif