So I danced with a hot 18 year old girl tonight

[Izulde]

Normally this would be a case of dancing banana time, but I was drunk enough to realize that it doesn't matter anymore. I'm too fucking old. I'm 26, almost 27 and have accomplished very little in my life.

I'm the epitome of a loser.

I could expand more, but really, who gives a fuck? I'm just some random guy on the internet who 90% of you think is queer anyway so it doesn't matter, kind of like how I don't matter.

So yeah and stuff.

[SackAttack]

~Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
Nobody knows but Jesus.~

[Eaglesfan27]

I try not too give too much unsolicited advice, but you might want to get back on your meds and not mix alcohol with them. I hope you feel better soon.

[amdaily]

i so feel your pain :( i;m 23, but life as passed me by as well. all we have is single nights of drunken fun which may or may not just have happened during an alcohol related blac out :(

[Izulde]

on second though, fuck u! rereading this shit, i realized that if you are sober enough to use the word "epitome", you are not drunk rnough to post hete LOL

No, there's different levels of drunkeness. While on a normal night when I drink (the few nights that I do drink) I get drunk enough to achieve a state of motor impairment, tonight I've been drinking hard liquor steadily since around 5 pm. This allows me to transcend the normal state of drunkeness to a higher level, the stage of inebriation where I'm able to perceive truths normally inacessible to me in my sober state.

[amdaily]

Normally this would be a case of dancing banana time, but I was drunk enough to realize that it doesn't matter anymore. I'm too fucking old. I'm 26, almost 27 and have accomplished very little in my life.

I'm the epitome of a loser.

I could expand more, but really, who gives a fuck? I'm just some random guy on the internet who 90% of you think is queer anyway so it doesn't matter, kind of like how I don't matter.

So yeah and stuff.

on second though, fuck u! rereading this shit, i realized that if you are sober enough to use the word "epitome", you are not drunk rnough to post hete LOL

[Izulde]

I try not too give too much unsolicited advice, but you might want to get back on your meds and not mix alcohol with them. I hope you feel better soon.

I went off my medication long enough so that it's passed out of my bloodstream. I don't mix medication and alcohol. The one time I did, several years ago, I felt like such shit the day after that I swore never to mix them again.

[Izulde]

i so feel your pain :( i;m 23, but life as passed me by as well. all we have is single nights of drunken fun which may or may not just have happened during an alcohol related blac out :(

I never black out. I may fall asleep occasionally, but in those instances I'm always consciously aware that I'm falling sleep.

[Eaglesfan27]

I went off my medication long enough so that it's passed out of my bloodstream. I don't mix medication and alcohol. The one time I did, several years ago, I felt like such shit the day after that I swore never to mix them again.

My last bit of unsolicited advice: Many psychiatric medications don't work nearly as well when you restart them if you stop them for a few days for any reason, including taking a break to drink alcohol. Anyway, I really do hope you feel better soon.

[Izulde]

My last bit of unsolicited advice: Many psychiatric medications don't work nearly as well when you restart them if you stop them for a few days for any reason, including taking a break to drink alcohol. Anyway, I really do hope you feel better soon.

Thanks, though you've no doubt encountered bipolar patients in your profession and so you know we're never wholly better. We just have days where the roller coaster is kinder to us than others.

[Izulde]

Yet another situstion with whcih I am all to familoiar. My cat can vouch for me1




Lightweight, I;ve started drinking while still on the job at 4PM EST. it is now 2AM, I am so fucking wasted I see thigns you coudln't even dream of

You'd be surprised at what I can dream of and that's all I say about that.

[amdaily]

I never black out. I may fall asleep occasionally, but in those instances I'm always consciously aware that I'm falling sleep.

Yet another situstion with whcih I am all to familoiar. My cat can vouch for me1


No, there's different levels of drunkeness. While on a normal night when I drink (the few nights that I do drink) I get drunk enough to achieve a state of motor impairment, tonight I've been drinking hard liquor steadily since around 5 pm. This allows me to transcend the normal state of drunkeness to a higher level, the stage of inebriation where I'm able to perceive truths normally inacessible to me in my sober state.

Lightweight, I;ve started drinking while still on the job at 4PM EST. it is now 2AM, I am so fucking wasted I see thigns you coudln't even dream of

[amdaily]

Thanks, though you've no doubt encountered bipolar patients in your profession and so you know we're never wholly better. We just have days where the roller coaster is kinder to us than others.


you can't mean that :( i;m an amatuer phscologist and still belive anyne can rid themself of of any mental problem if they just spend enough time on it

[Izulde]

you can't mean that :( i;m an amatuer phscologist and still belive anyne can rid themself of of any mental problem if they just spend enough time on it

See, you never rid yourself entirely of a mental disorder. It'll always be there... the only thing you can learn to do is control it.

[Izulde]

thats is total BS. i cured myself months ago and now focus on curing others

Such is your opinion. We'll have to agree to disagree on this one.

[amdaily]

See, you never rid yourself entirely of a mental disorder. It'll always be there... the only thing you can learn to do is control it.


thats is total BS. i cured myself months ago and now focus on curing others

[SackAttack]

really not thar hard, just a case of physcoanalyzing follwed by self actualization

If there is a more bullshit word in the English language than "self-actualization," I haven't found it yet!

[amdaily]

Such is your opinion. We'll have to agree to disagree on this one.
i can't even do that. i stopped being an alcoholic and a co-dependant through self conuselling last month. if i can do it, so can you.

both are supposedily serious issues but surprisingly overcomable on my regime.

really not thar hard, just a case of physcoanalyzing follwed by self actualization

[Pumpy Tudors]

What the fuck is going on up in this thread?

[MrBug708]

I havent danced with a hot chick in a long time. Kudos to you.

[Izulde]

What the fuck is going on up in this thread?

Timestamp bug from hell.

[Izulde]

I havent danced with a hot chick in a long time. Kudos to you.


Tankies.

[SackAttack]

What the fuck is going on up in this thread?

The server is self-actualizing.

[Izulde]

i can't even do that. i stopped being an alcoholic and a co-dependant through self conuselling last month. if i can do it, so can you.

both are supposedily serious issues but surprisingly overcomable on my regime.

really not thar hard, just a case of physcoanalyzing follwed by self actualization

Alcoholism and co-dependancy are entirely different kettles of fish from something like bipolar disorder.

The first two are behaviour-based, the latter is chemically based.

[33sherman]

The question is, does the chick want TCY2 or FOF2006?

[Izulde]

The question is, does the chick want TCY2 or FOF2006?

I forgot to ask her and she's with one of my pledge brothers down in the basement right now anyway.

[Franklinnoble]

Surprisingly, the timestamp bug makes this particular thread easier to read.

[Chief Rum]

Normally this would be a case of dancing banana time, but I was drunk enough to realize that it doesn't matter anymore. I'm too fucking old. I'm 26, almost 27 and have accomplished very little in my life.

I'm the epitome of a loser.

I could expand more, but really, who gives a fuck? I'm just some random guy on the internet who 90% of you think is queer anyway so it doesn't matter, kind of like how I don't matter.

So yeah and stuff.

Yeah, dude, you should just put an end to it all now. What good are you? :rolleyes:

Sheesh, man, you're 26!!! Do you have any idea how much life is still ahead of you? There's a whole lot of it. But even what there is of it, you shouldn't waste bitching and moaning about the past and what you have (or have not) done so far with your life.

Live every day for that day and the ones ahead. Fuck the past.

[ice4277]

I forgot to ask her and she's with one of my pledge brothers down in the basement right now anyway.

This seems to be a recurring theme with you.

[JonInMiddleGA]

See, you never rid yourself entirely of a mental disorder. It'll always be there... the only thing you can learn to do is control it.

Testify.

[Anthony]

Brokeback Mountain up

[Apathetic Lurker]

Normally this would be a case of dancing banana time, but I was drunk enough to realize that it doesn't matter anymore. I'm too fucking old. I'm 26, almost 27 and have accomplished very little in my life.

I'm the epitome of a loser.

I could expand more, but really, who gives a fuck? I'm just some random guy on the internet who 90% of you think is queer anyway so it doesn't matter, kind of like how I don't matter.

So yeah and stuff.


To fucking old???Almost 27???? Awww,,poor poor you...Go back to the end of the line junior... Wait till you hit 40 ,THEN complain;)

I would give my left Testicle to be "almost 27" again!

[Galaxy]

thats is total BS. i cured myself months ago and now focus on curing others



?

[JHandley]

Lightweight, I;ve started drinking while still on the job at 4PM EST. it is now 2AM, I am so fucking wasted I see thigns you coudln't even dream of

i can't even do that. i stopped being an alcoholic and a co-dependant through self conuselling last month. if i can do it, so can you.



Huh?

[duckman]

It's a little early to have a mid-life crisis.

[Apathetic Lurker]

It's a little early to have a mid-life crisis.


yup

[INDalltheway]

Huh?
Seconded

[Desnudo]

You're 26 and pleding a fraternity? Man, I'd get myself out of that situation asap. Go find a nice off-campus apartment and focus on getting your degree.

[miked]

Jeez, if I were 40 and dancing with an 18 year old I'd be happy. But thanks for sharing your misery with us anyway.

[amdaily]

Huh?

Now that morning has arrived, that is pretty funny :D


Another secret, I'm not really a psychologist either ;)

[SFL Cat]

Heh, hot 18 year olds call me, "Mister."

[DeToxRox]

Being 20 owns, because it means lots of 18 year old girls.

[Honolulu_Blue]

To fucking old???Almost 27???? Awww,,poor poor you...Go back to the end of the line junior... Wait till you hit 40 ,THEN complain;)

I would give my left Testicle to be "almost 27" again!

This word, Apathetic. I do not think it means what you think it means. :)

[Izulde]

I just wanted to say thanks guys for the indirect encouragement. I'll admit that because of the social circles in which I travel, 26 to me seems really old, so that causes me to lose perspective sometimes.

You're 26 and pleding a fraternity? Man, I'd get myself out of that situation asap. Go find a nice off-campus apartment and focus on getting your degree.

As odd as this may sound, the fraternity life helps me immensely. It gives me a social group, networking opportunities for future employment, and provides people that I can turn to outside of my family and the Internet if I'm having problems with things. Without the fraternity, I'd be holed up in that offcampus apartment all the time, never doing anything, never going anywhere, and being envious of people.

Hell, just the fact that I'm in the fraternity gave me the courage to ask this really gorgeous girl to Formal. She said yes and although she later had to cancel due to a very close friend's having a 21st birthday dinner party last night, the fact that a girl that incredible said yes was still a confidence booster. Without the fraternity, I wouldn't have had the balls to ask her, nor would I have had a formal to ask her to.

[Mac Howard]

I just wanted to say thanks guys for the indirect encouragement. I'll admit that because of the social circles in which I travel, 26 to me seems really old, so that causes me to lose perspective sometimes..

Are you serious? 26? Old? :eek:

Just thinking back to what I would be doing now if I were 26. Noooo........... Mac. Don't go there :rolleyes:
.

[Young Drachma]

I just wanted to say thanks guys for the indirect encouragement. I'll admit that because of the social circles in which I travel, 26 to me seems really old, so that causes me to lose perspective sometimes.



As odd as this may sound, the fraternity life helps me immensely. It gives me a social group, networking opportunities for future employment, and provides people that I can turn to outside of my family and the Internet if I'm having problems with things. Without the fraternity, I'd be holed up in that offcampus apartment all the time, never doing anything, never going anywhere, and being envious of people.

Hell, just the fact that I'm in the fraternity gave me the courage to ask this really gorgeous girl to Formal. She said yes and although she later had to cancel due to a very close friend's having a 21st birthday dinner party last night, the fact that a girl that incredible said yes was still a confidence booster. Without the fraternity, I wouldn't have had the balls to ask her, nor would I have had a formal to ask her to.


This is just my .02, because I'm in a similar situation (27 in April...) and while I can't say that I have a lot of the same issues, but I would think that part of feeling "old" is because you're hanging out with so many kids who are under 23. I won't stereotype the fraternity lifestyle (despite wanting to...) but I will say that its really hard to get some perspective.

These kids can't relate to your life, where you are and what your goals might be. In some ways, sure. But it's really a huge disconnect and it makes it really difficult for someone at this age. (Which incidentally, isn't that old.)

My dad always says "you're not old, but not that young either." Which totally means that you just need to keep things in perspective about what you want to do and where you want to be.

I mean, hanging out with girls who are young and stuff might be where you are right now. But as someone who wasn't exactly the social butterfly in HS, it can be alluring to be part of "something". But I would submit to you that there are plenty of other more constructive ways to do that, certainly more than paying to hang out with kids who ultimately aren't in the same place in their lives -- whether it seems that way or not -- that you are.

Here's a thought. If you weren't brothers with these folks (or wearing said letters on your shirts) would these people be the ones that you could hang out with otherwise?

I mean, it's not my business. But this is a public forum, you post here and so, I just figured I'd give my .02, because I can relate.

[Schmidty]

Nobody likes me, everybody hates me,
Guess I'll go eat worms,
Long, thin, slimy ones; Short, fat, juicy ones,
Itsy, bitsy, fuzzy wuzzy worms.

Down goes the first one, down goes the second one,
Oh how they wiggle and squirm.
Up comes the first one, up comes the second one,
Oh how they wiggle and squirm.

Nobody likes me, everybody hates me,
Guess I'll go eat worms

[Blade6119]

Normally this would be a case of dancing banana time, but I was drunk enough to realize that it doesn't matter anymore. I'm too fucking old. I'm 26, almost 27 and have accomplished very little in my life.

I'm the epitome of a loser.

I could expand more, but really, who gives a fuck? I'm just some random guy on the internet who 90% of you think is queer anyway so it doesn't matter, kind of like how I don't matter.

So yeah and stuff.
You could tell her about your amazing Crusader Kings dynasties...those made me like you, maybe it would work on her too :)

[Mr. Sparkle]

Hell, I'm 21 and I feel somewhat apprehensive about dancing with 18 year olds.

[Apathetic Lurker]

Heh, hot 18 year olds call me, "Mister."


funny, I've been called worse:(

[Blade6119]

Being 20 owns, because it means lots of 18 year old girls.
Being 18(19 in 2 days) owns...it means even more 18 yo girls...the dorm is heaven...god i love college

[Apathetic Lurker]

This word, Apathetic. I do not think it means what you think it means. :)

So true ... so true......sigh!

[JeeberD]

This is just my .02, because I'm in a similar situation (27 in April...)

Question. You guys both go to UW...have you ever met? Just curious...

[Young Drachma]

Question. You guys both go to UW...have you ever met? Just curious...

Yeah, I lived in the dorms for about a month or so when I first transferred here last semester and we met because we lived in the same bldg after we realized we both were in the same place.

But since I moved off campus, I only go on campus for classes or to go to work for the most part. Especially this semester since my gf is studying overseas, I have no real reason to hang out there and my friends who do live on campus come to the apartments to hang out since about 8 people in my circle of friends all moved to the apartments at the same time.

I see him around randomly, but usually in passing.

[Izulde]

Question. You guys both go to UW...have you ever met? Just curious...

What DC said. Plus, I transferred to U Wisc-La Crosse after the semester.

[JeeberD]

I don't know why, but I find that to be pretty damn cool...

[JeeberD]

Dola-

What DC said. Plus, I transferred to U Wisc-La Crosse after the semester.

Wait...you're not in Wyoming any more?

[Young Drachma]

I don't know why, but I find that to be pretty damn cool...

So do I. It was hilarious.

I was posting on some thread and somehow, he mentioned something about "we" in a college football thread about Wyoming. I was like "you're here too?"

Anyway, long story short I find out randomly that not only was he here, but he was just a few floors up in the same building that I lived in at that time.

I got a good chuckle out of it and told a few friends who know about the board and FOF and thought it was pretty cool, too.

[CraigSca]

Yeah, you're not at Wyoming anymore? You mean you went through all that crap finding a fraternity for just one semester? How come we didn't get a Wisconsin-Lacrosse fraternity thread :)!?

[Apathetic Lurker]

Maybe I will change my name to Apathetically Pathetic Lurker... yeah, thats it... change.... maybe tommorow....or the day after that....

[SackAttack]

Plus, I transferred to U Wisc-La Crosse after the semester.

That's got to be half the problem right there, doesn't it? ;)

[Izulde]

Yeah, you're not at Wyoming anymore? You mean you went through all that crap finding a fraternity for just one semester? How come we didn't get a Wisconsin-Lacrosse fraternity thread :)!?

Because my recruitment and bidding for the UW-L fraternity I'm pledging was that fast. I literally had a bid card before the spring semester even started. :)

The other fraternities I talked to/explored in that period that I was looking at for UW-L didn't impress me nearly as much as the one I'm pledging now does. And I think these guys I can honestly say even if I wasn't in the fraternity, if I met them I'd still be friends with most of them.

[Franklinnoble]

Dude, you're just too old to be in a fraternity. Hell, 26 is too old to be an undergrad, and if you're still in college full time at that age, you'd better be close to having a doctorate degree under your belt.

(then again... I'm a college dropout... feel free to ignore me completely)

[CraigSca]

I have to agree with Franklin. You're kind like "Blue!" :)

[CraigSca]

Because my recruitment and bidding for the UW-L fraternity I'm pledging was that fast. I literally had a bid card before the spring semester even started. :)

The other fraternities I talked to/explored in that period that I was looking at for UW-L didn't impress me nearly as much as the one I'm pledging now does. And I think these guys I can honestly say even if I wasn't in the fraternity, if I met them I'd still be friends with most of them.

Then who were the ones that were getting mad at you when you were lying on the front deck and refusing to party?

[tarcone]

I have to agree with Franklin. You're kind like "Blue!" :)

YOU'RE MY BOY, BLUE!!!!

[finketr]

Dude, you're just too old to be in a fraternity. Hell, 26 is too old to be an undergrad, and if you're still in college full time at that age, you'd better be close to having a doctorate degree under your belt.

(then again... I'm a college dropout... feel free to ignore me completely)

not if he's gone to college now after say the army...

[Franklinnoble]

not if he's gone to college now after say the army...

True... like I said, I'm basically an idiot.

But I still think that he's too old to be in a fraternity, which, in my experience, has always just been an extension of the "cool clique of guys who like to get drunk in high school."

[Desnudo]

True... like I said, I'm basically an idiot.

But I still think that he's too old to be in a fraternity, which, in my experience, has always just been an extension of the "cool clique of guys who like to get drunk in high school."

That's my general assessment of the situation. I felt old at 23 when I graduated and left my fraternity. Personally, I try and imagine pledging at 26 and can't even fathom it. I think there are a ton of alternative social options that would allow you to build a group of friends at age 26. To each his own though.

[finketr]

True... like I said, I'm basically an idiot.

But I still think that he's too old to be in a fraternity, which, in my experience, has always just been an extension of the "cool clique of guys who like to get drunk in high school."

true enough.. i was just saying from the age perspective and being an undergrad. :)

i'm 34 and much like you a college dropout....

as for the fraternity, it also served the purpose of being underaged and getting drunk.