Return of the Revenge of the Son of Saying Hi to Josiah!

[Blastotoise]

Hey!

Nothing terrible to report from the the front lines. Everything is still dandy.

[Saber Knight]

Hey.

Was the only first trumpet at pep band today, and the only other trumpet was a friend of mine who I'd just brought to pep band for the first time. Needless to say, my face fell off, and everything where the trumpets had melody was extremely nervewracking oh god why would you let a freshman be in charge of all that

And there's an alum back for the weekend and he's treating us to tacos and drinks so I'm off!

Remember when I didn't drink in high school? Lolz going out every weekend now wheeeeeeee things change life changes people change still don't know if it's for better or for worse.

[Josiah]

Hi! They finally started releasing the Pokémon Adventures Ruby/Sapphire arc in English! Just picked up the first one today (along with a whole lot of other manga).

[Saber Knight]

Hey.

4 hours of indoor drumline rehearsal today why. Carrying keyboards and marimbas and drums up and down a flight of stairs is the worst. My poor out-of-shape arms.

Ugh all I want to do right now is play trumpet but I have to do wooork why work is so stupid.

I also need to hear back as to what my prelim grades were waiting is the wooooorst

[shauni]

Well, my sister is having her baby tomorrow by C section. I'm really excited about it, I'm getting a niece!

[Saber Knight]

Hey.

That's really exciting, Shauni! Both of my sisters are younger than me, so me getting a niece or nephew is not happening anytime soon... but I'm still fairly certain it'll happen before I have a kid, or anything. We'll see where life takes me.

In other news, still doin' my best to get by. Lots of work. Not lots of sleep. Overpriced Ivy League education. Whatcha gonna do?

[grassaquilUV]

Hello, nothing too big going on here, getting back into mixing music, much better than the first few attempts I made. Also Saber, I read the quote you posted a page back, and I can 100 percent relate to that! I have gone through depression (Gr.8 to Gr.10 and it likes to pop up in small amounts to this day every now and again), and I have attempted suicide! People have told me that the hurt that I would cause would be too great for any one person to bear, but they never bothered to ask how I felt, and only ranted on how they and others would feel! I thank you for that quote because it reminded me that people still can see from the perspective and rationale of the person attempting suicide from a rational POV! Thank you again Saber! Also, Shauni! Congratulations of having a nephew! Probably already here while I'm typing this, but congratulations anyhow! So yeah, that's my block of text for the day! See you guys later!

[Silver]

Yeah... both Colly and I are the oldest in our families, and the only ones currently in any sort of serious relationship, but... I'd still put money down that we're going to end up as Aunt and Uncle before Mom and Dad. Which I suppose is a bit of a shame, from the perspective of my poor grandmother; she's wanted to be a great grandmother, well... since she had grandchildren, and I'm certainly not going to be furthering that aspiration. Though, I guess she's got Stevenson for that, at least. I may be older (eight days, big deal), but he's been with his lady for longer than I've been with Colly! So he's already closer than me anyway! I'll be shirking off, then, and leaving it to him while secretly hoping that my younger sister gets over her major attitude problem and settles down with someone... or else finds a guy that'll deal with her and either way move out soon. Very soon. Tomorrow. Please?

Well, anyway! Congrat's to Shauni's sister, hope everything goes well.

[PoisonWing14]

Moi,

Hmm...Now that I think about it, I probably won't be having any kids. I have multiple reasons, but one of them is the simple fact that I have never been good with kids. I can barely maintain my posture around my cousins. I guess it's all part of being an only child. You're so used to being alone all of the time that you sometimes can't stand being around anyone other then yourself.
On a side note, I did always want an older brother. Weird as it may sound, I honestly have. Someone to look up to and learn from. Someone just to listen to me babble on now and again. Someone to be able to hang with and play video games with...
...My gosh, I need to get out more.

Anyway, congratulations to Shauni and her sister!

So, uh...research papers are annoying. That's about it.

Stay radical people! Dif-tor heh smusma.

[Saber Knight]

Hey.

Sorry to hear you've been through depression, Grass. It's not a good time. I've never been quite suicidal myself, but I have a friend who's attempted before, and a few others who nearly did. It really is such a great quote... sometimes it's hard for people who have never really experienced what depression can do to you to understand the mindset of a depressed person. Good to hear you're mostly through it, though!

As for me, still doing my best to hang in there. My depression doesn't appear to be fully back or anything, but it's been a bit rough, and I'm hoping counseling next week will make me freak out a bit less. Had a bit of a moment last night when my friends were remarking on how fast the semester is going by and I was realizing how much of it I was spending depressed and I then hated myself for wasting my time in college (where I had been so happy first semester) being depressed and how I wasted months of high school depressed and then I hated myself for not being able to make myself happy because the stuff I'm going through really isn't that bad and I don't have a right to feel as awful as I do sometimes and ugh. Also made me sad because there are so many seniors I'm not at all ready to say goodbye to and I will miss terribly next year.

Saber, stop making older friends MAKE FRIENDS YOUR OWN AGE gosh darn it

And for that matter, you should stop making out with people older than you... Yeaaaah... or you should stop making out with people and get into a relationship with someone first yeeeeahhh....

[Josiah]

Hi! Congrats, Shauni!

I've never been especially depressed. At least not for any notable length of time. But, despite the way my mom will go on and on about how I'm a pessimist (I'm not, I'm a realist), I tend to adapt to things remarkably quickly and have a bit of a knack for finding ways to keep myself entertained and more or less happy. But yeah, I've known some people. In some cases, medical issues like chemical sensitivities, moldly environments, or food sensitivities can actually contribute to it. Sometimes dealing health problems can make a bit difference.

As for kids... I want kids eventually. I'll also note that a lot of people who originally don't want kids change their mind as they get older (not talking about myself, just in general). My brother is the one with the girlfriend though, and once I am in a serious relationship I don't think I'll be in a big rush to have kids anyway, so it may be a while.

[Saber Knight]

Hey.

So I'm training to be an EARS counselor (basically a peer counselor type thing) and I'm going through a weekly training thing and today's training thing is about interactions with LGBTWTFBBQ people and my ex (also an EARS counselor) is a guest speaker. I'm not sure how to react to this situation...

BUT ANYWAYS I don't really have anything else to contribute so bye!

[grassaquilUV]

Hey guys, not typing in Bio, but taking a break from Bio homework (hooray for procrastination!) So, nothing big as usual! So, let's see: Thank you Saber for your support! It really means a lot! I know you and I had a small (yet fun) spat at the beginning about your singing (probably just as bad now ), but the support is greatly apperciated, and I know I'm singling out Saber here, but I truly want to thank you all for just everything you've done! I'm not sure I could have survived it without! (Even if I did disappear for a while, I was sorting things out). Anyways, this discussion has me motivated just to do a brain-dump of everything that I feel is wrong with my life, so I can fix it to the best of my ability. I feel putting it here would be best, because I don't want to worry my other friends to just come out of the blue with everything I see wrong with my life, and you guys would know I'm just doing a brain-dump, so the question is: What thread would be best for that? I thought rant thread would be the best, but I wasn't sure, so can you guys direct me to the best thread for this? I would much appericate it! I feel it would help a lot with the last bit of my depression!

Anyways, that's enough out of me! Have an awesome day!

[Silver]

You wanna know where you should post that, Grassaquil? The oft-overlooked community board. It's a sticky in this section, so don't worry that the last post was over two years ago...

[Saber Knight]

Hey.

Grass, go for it, bro. I mean, I'm training to be a counselor for a reason; I love talking to people and helping people. I believe there is no greater joy in life than helping others. Talking is also wonderful. As part of EARS training, we break into triads (one person is the issue giver, one person a counselor, and the other gives feedback) on a weekly basis and do mini counseling sessions that last about 5-10 minutes. I've found it's wonderfully refreshing to talk about some of my less-severe problems to people... it helps prevent them from growing into severe stuff, y'know?

Also, you should totes sign this petition to have a national marching arts day. Because marching band has been the greatest thing in my life for the past five years and it deserves to get more recognition because programs all over are falling apart as time goes on and they should not and stuff.