My college self was lucky enough to get laid--Peyton Place had nothing on the college radio station--but she let it matter too much. I'd tell her, "Yes, sleep with him, but try not to cry so much over him. He has his uses, but heartache isn't one of them."
River: You gave up everything you had. Simon: [Chinese] Everything I have is right here.
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Connie Neil - Feb 19, 2012 5:37:49 pm PST #18289 of 30000
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tommyrot - Feb 19, 2012 5:39:05 pm PST #18290 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
What would be more helpful, of course, is if I sat down with my college-age self and explained for an hour or two about "why your approach to things often doesn't work."
Connie Neil - Feb 19, 2012 6:14:16 pm PST #18291 of 30000
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Oh, and I'd say, "Take math and science courses, really."
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 19, 2012 7:28:32 pm PST #18292 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Hmmm. I don't think I'd have any big life-altering stuff to tell my college-age self to do differently. Maybe "do more upper body strength training while your metabolism is fast and you can pack on muscle." And "don't pay money to go see Mel Gibson movies unless Jodie Foster and James Garner are in them. You'll thank me later."
Typo Boy - Feb 19, 2012 8:33:42 pm PST #18293 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Now that I think of it, all the stuff I'd tell college age me is stuff I told college age me when I was in college. College age me just did not listen.
smonster - Feb 19, 2012 9:16:21 pm PST #18294 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
"Yes, sleep with him, but try not to cry so much over him. He has his uses, but heartache isn't one of them."
Heh. I didn't even sleep with anyone until senior year, and still could have used this advice. Good lord.
I think I would have told college age me, "Do your g-d rehab," but I'm still telling myself that and still not listening.
lisah - Feb 20, 2012 5:36:59 am PST #18295 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
My grandfather went completely blind from macular degeneration.
My grandmother did as well, or if not completely, enough that she couldn't drive or read easily. And she'd already gone deaf in one ear years earlier. Fortunately her hearing in her other ear was fine enough and she loved the books on tape and listening to music. And having conversations. She was fully engaged in what was going on around her up until her death.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 20, 2012 5:55:23 am PST #18296 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
So if I can sneak away from work long enough to see a movie this week, should it be The Secret World of Arreitty, Chronicle, or This Means War?
le nubian - Feb 20, 2012 5:57:20 am PST #18297 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
do not watch the final of the 3. I've not heard a good word about it.
Amy - Feb 20, 2012 5:58:17 am PST #18298 of 30000
Because books.
ita liked it, le nubian. She just saw it this weekend.