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on: August 26, 2008, 03:37:25 AM
Well, technically it was not my first day of college, I took 2 summer courses here at UF buuut that felt like high school.  This feels like college. :)

just thought I'd share. :)

I also just challenged my entire floor to beat me at Super Smash Bros. for N64... better go practice haha its been a while.

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Reply #1 on: August 26, 2008, 04:22:04 AM
Well, technically it was not my first day of college, I took 2 summer courses here at UF buuut that felt like high school.  This feels like college. :)

just thought I'd share. :)

I also just challenged my entire floor to beat me at Super Smash Bros. for N64... better go practice haha its been a while.

Good luck and dont forget to sleep
that was my biggest mistake in my first year I averaged about 4 hrs a night and then about 12 to 14 on Saturdays
but that did not work out to well for me grade wise lol

what are you studing anyhow?

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Reply #2 on: August 26, 2008, 07:23:40 AM
Don't forget to actually study!  I know, I'm boring, but you don't want to get a couple of months in and realize you're about to fail.



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Reply #3 on: August 26, 2008, 09:43:19 AM
And don't forget to have fun!

And study every once in a while.

And make new friends.

And enjoy!

And don't forget about us, the old people.... Who will be on here when you need us ;P

Ah, the wonderful time of being a young student... ENJOY!!!!

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Reply #4 on: August 26, 2008, 05:54:21 PM

I also just challenged my entire floor to beat me at Super Smash Bros. for N64... better go practice haha its been a while.

Nobody in my dorm could beat me at Mr. Do! (Yeah, I'm old).

Enjoy college, but like his holiness said - don't forget to study.  It sucks trying to dig out from a GPA hole.

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Reply #5 on: August 26, 2008, 06:18:35 PM

I also just challenged my entire floor to beat me at Super Smash Bros. for N64... better go practice haha its been a while.

Nobody in my dorm could beat me at Mr. Do! (Yeah, I'm old).

Enjoy college, but like his holiness said - don't forget to study.  It sucks trying to dig out from a GPA hole.

Here's the list of college advice I've gathered over two years— Don't sign up for every extracurricular you can and then complain you have no time to do your homework. If you know your major, become friends with a Junior or Senior in that major so they can help you avoid the professors from hell /professors that never seem to cotton on to the fact that you have other classes. Treat college as an education, not a place to network. I'm not saying don't make friends and get to know people, but don't let it overcome the fact that you're there to learn, because if you don't want to be there to learn you're in the wrong place. As someone that has a major in both camps, there are some truths to the Arts/Science major stereotypes, but there are about as many falsehoods. Try to maintain a regular sleep schedule, it helps in the long run.

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Reply #6 on: August 26, 2008, 08:37:18 PM
And don't forget to experiment with drugs!   As they said on South Park, "There's a time and a place for everything, and it's called COLLEGE." ;D 

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Reply #7 on: August 26, 2008, 08:42:03 PM
Have fun and learn lots.  It can be the best of experiences!


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Reply #8 on: August 27, 2008, 01:26:34 AM
ooh joy, i get to experiment with drugs!!!???

I'm taking German, Sociology, Math for Lib Arts majors (low simple math ha), and Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior... tis a biological science.

So far I'm likin all of my classes :)

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Reply #9 on: August 27, 2008, 03:42:13 AM
ooh joy, i get to experiment with drugs!!!???

I'm taking German, Sociology, Math for Lib Arts majors (low simple math ha), and Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior... tis a biological science.

So far I'm likin all of my classes :)


Good!!  (About the classes, not the drugs.)  One of the things you learn in college is to ignore people who try to get you to do foolish things.   ::)

As others have said, have a good time, but study.  Trying to pull a spectacular, come-from-behind-recovery is a dramatic story and all, but like most good stories, it sucks if it happens in your actual life. 

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Reply #10 on: August 27, 2008, 06:28:55 AM
ooh joy, i get to experiment with drugs!!!???

I'm taking German, Sociology, Math for Lib Arts majors (low simple math ha), and Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior... tis a biological science.

So far I'm likin all of my classes :)

Warum mochtest du das machen?



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Reply #11 on: August 27, 2008, 07:22:56 AM
Well I'm not a big drug taker so I can't comment on that, but Uni is the best time to experiment with just about everything. Have fun and do a lot of stuff you've never considered before.

Hope you like the biology and, when you get to it, remember that memorising Krebs cycle and glycolysis sucks for just about everyone and biochem is actually far more fun than that makes it appear.

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Reply #12 on: August 27, 2008, 09:59:20 AM
ooh joy, i get to experiment with drugs!!!???

I'm taking German, Sociology, Math for Lib Arts majors (low simple math ha), and Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior... tis a biological science.

So far I'm likin all of my classes :)

Warum mochtest du das machen?

Ja, genau, warum studierst du Deutsch?

... and why in the blazes aren't you here in England, you could be one of my students, in fact, I work with chapters in my seminars and in one of my modules I have a chapter on Science Fiction, believe it or not.



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Reply #13 on: August 27, 2008, 12:29:22 PM
Oh yeah, Last important thing.  Always have condoms and use them!!  Otherwise you will end up dead or with a kid.  I don't care who she is, what birth control she claims to be on, or that she claims to be a virgin.  USE THEM!!



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Reply #14 on: August 27, 2008, 02:05:32 PM
Oh yeah, Last important thing.  Always have condoms and use them!!  Otherwise you will end up dead or with a kid.  I don't care who she is, what birth control she claims to be on, or that she claims to be a virgin.  USE THEM!!
or you could just wait until you get married for that... just a thought

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Reply #15 on: August 27, 2008, 02:15:47 PM
kay soooo i just started German... but are you asking why ive chosen german to study?
If so... I am part German, I hate spanish, I want a language, my friend takes german too and he likes it, and ive always been interested a bit in it. (my last name is Lieberman) :)

umm ive been given the condom advice many times and yes i've taken it to heart

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Reply #16 on: August 27, 2008, 02:16:11 PM
Oh yeah, Last important thing.  Always have condoms and use them!!  Otherwise you will end up dead or with a kid.  I don't care who she is, what birth control she claims to be on, or that she claims to be a virgin.  USE THEM!!
or you could just wait until you get married for that... just a thought
ha... hahaha.... hahahahahahahahaha!

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Reply #17 on: August 27, 2008, 02:29:35 PM
Oh yeah, Last important thing.  Always have condoms and use them!!  Otherwise you will end up dead or with a kid.  I don't care who she is, what birth control she claims to be on, or that she claims to be a virgin.  USE THEM!!
or you could just wait until you get married for that... just a thought
ha... hahaha.... hahahahahahahahaha!
Good point. When I got married I had to use condoms. My wife didn't take too well to the Pill.

Needless to say, condoms aren't that great if you don't use them. My daughter's pretty happy about the result though.



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Reply #18 on: August 27, 2008, 02:31:57 PM
Oh yeah, Last important thing.  Always have condoms and use them!!  Otherwise you will end up dead or with a kid.  I don't care who she is, what birth control she claims to be on, or that she claims to be a virgin.  USE THEM!!
or you could just wait until you get married for that... just a thought
ha... hahaha.... hahahahahahahahaha!

That's a good one.



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Reply #19 on: August 27, 2008, 02:51:57 PM
Good point. When I got married I had to use condoms. My wife didn't take too well to the Pill.

Needless to say, condoms aren't that great if you don't use them. My daughter's pretty happy about the result though.

Vasectomy means never having to say you're sorry.  :)

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Reply #20 on: August 27, 2008, 03:28:41 PM
Oh yeah, Last important thing.  Always have condoms and use them!!  Otherwise you will end up dead or with a kid.  I don't care who she is, what birth control she claims to be on, or that she claims to be a virgin.  USE THEM!!
or you could just wait until you get married for that... just a thought
ha... hahaha.... hahahahahahahahaha!
That's a good one.
Whoa man, fail rate on those abstinence pledges is only like 70-80%, and have never been shown to be effective in a causation study. Totally an effective method.

Also â€” since this seems to be turning into an omnibus for college students — STD and AIDS testing is important and usually free for college students, and these days the tests are pretty quick so you don't need to wait for a few weeks.

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Reply #21 on: August 27, 2008, 07:23:36 PM
*shudder* i am NOT looking forward to the day i need a test.  Ive had a blood test once for a checkup or something... i get squeemish a lot upon seeing my own blood (but not for small things, and not allways, and not only my blood) ... i felt HORRIBLE and id rather not repeat that experience.

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Reply #22 on: August 27, 2008, 07:49:30 PM
*shudder* i am NOT looking forward to the day i need a test.  Ive had a blood test once for a checkup or something... i get squeemish a lot upon seeing my own blood (but not for small things, and not allways, and not only my blood) ... i felt HORRIBLE and id rather not repeat that experience.

As a regular blood donor who gets really squeemish at the sight of blood, my advice is - bring a book. It's a lot easier to avoid looking in places you don't want to if you are reading something than if you just try looking away.



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Reply #23 on: August 27, 2008, 08:08:43 PM
Don't know if this is true or not, and if it is, I don't know if it's true outside of Britain:

One thing I heard when I was at college was that taking an AIDS test could increase your insurance premiums, because clearly you're the kind of person who has reason to be worried about contracting AIDS. Therefore, people recommended giving blood, instead; they'll screen you for various nasty diseases (including AIDS) and you find out without ever having actually sought out a test...

Anyone know if there's any truth to that?

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Reply #24 on: August 27, 2008, 08:19:39 PM
The one thing about college health centers is that you can anonymously take the tests.



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Reply #25 on: August 27, 2008, 09:12:09 PM
Our little Bdoomed is growing up!

For some advice from someone who is still in college:
-At the end of class some day introduce yourself to the prof, maybe ask a question about the course material or something tangent to it. Having the prof know you exist is worth its weight in gold when it comes to asking for help/exceptions.
-Use the counseling center, they really have nothing better to do than help you.
-Take 8am and Friday classes. Both you and your teacher will be less stressed out.
-The trick to a good keg-stand is putting your tongue over the spout to allow you time to swallow.
-Plan your classes so that you don't have a whole string of heavy subjects (Math, science, chem, etc) one day, and all your fun classes on another. And if you can, try and have active classes before sedentary ones, like 7:30 Tai-Chi before a 9:00am, you'll focus better.
-Personally I've found that I can't cram for tests, studying the night or morning before a test only confuses things. I'm better off reviewing the material through out the week and whatever sticks, sticks.

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Reply #26 on: August 27, 2008, 09:57:31 PM
:) i just happen to be taking an 8:30am friday class :P

and i wasnt even lookin at my arm!  i knew it would be bad if i did, and it wasnt bad at first, but it just got sooooo terrible.  i got all pale and mehh

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Reply #27 on: August 28, 2008, 12:12:07 AM
Don't know if this is true or not, and if it is, I don't know if it's true outside of Britain:

One thing I heard when I was at college was that taking an AIDS test could increase your insurance premiums, because clearly you're the kind of person who has reason to be worried about contracting AIDS. Therefore, people recommended giving blood, instead; they'll screen you for various nasty diseases (including AIDS) and you find out without ever having actually sought out a test...

Anyone know if there's any truth to that?

I don't know about the UK, but I'm pretty sure that in quite a few US states its illegal for insurance companies to increase their premium because you take an HIV/AIDS test (Indeed, in many states - I know for a fact this is the case in New York - it is a serious criminal offense for a medical facility to tell an insurance company that you took an HIV test unless you give explicit consent). And, as Russell points out, almost all college health centers offer anonymous testing, where even the clinic itself doesn't know your identity.

And you must never, ever, give blood in order to be tested for HIV. Most blood banks in the US are seriously underfunded and have blood shortages. They do a first pass test for everyone, but if a sample comes out suspicious they have to do more tests, which costs money and resources. In other words, donating blood as an HIV test means that you are making the blood banks pay for a service that should be funded by other sources. More importantly, the tests aren't foolproof, especially if you have the virus but have not yet developed the antibodies, which can take a period of several months. If you have HIV and donate blood, there's a non-negligable chance you will infect someone.

Donating blood is a great thing, if you do it for the sake of donating blood. Donating blood in order to determine whether you have HIV is extremely irresponsible.

Anyway, sorry for derailing this thread, but this is a topic I feel about quite strongly...
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Reply #28 on: August 28, 2008, 12:27:29 AM
Our little Bdoomed is growing up!

For some advice from someone who is still in college:

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-At the end of class some day introduce yourself to the prof, maybe ask a question about the course material or something tangent to it. Having the prof know you exist is worth its weight in gold when it comes to asking for help/exceptions.

Absolutely. Students whose names/faces I can recognize will inevitably get better treatment than those I don't. It doesn't even matter if I like the students - even if I really dislike a student, there's still a big difference between someone I can envision in my mind as a person and someone who is just a name on a class list somewhere.

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-Take 8am and Friday classes. Both you and your teacher will be less stressed out.

I guess your teachers are all morning persons, Thaur. I can tell you that if I have to teach an 8am class - or even a 9am class - I'm stressed as hell because I probably didn't have time to go over my notes in the morning and I'm hoping I don't forget what I'm supposed to talk about. My optimal teaching time would be 10am to noon.

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-Personally I've found that I can't cram for tests, studying the night or morning before a test only confuses things. I'm better off reviewing the material through out the week and whatever sticks, sticks.

The same was true of me - or more accurately, I found that I should never study on the day of the test. That would inevitably stress me out and cause me to be confused and make stupid errors.

That said, the fact that you're in college means that you've graduated highschool, and hopefully you went somewhere that allowed you at least some sense of what your personal optimal study conditions are. My advice to anyone starting college would be - go with what you know, but don't be afraid to change habits if the old ones don't work anymore...



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Reply #29 on: August 28, 2008, 12:57:00 AM
yeaaaaaaaaaaaaa ive never been much of a studier... as long as i pay attn in class and write it all down im usually good.  Might have to change that, i duno, ill see.

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Reply #30 on: August 28, 2008, 02:50:36 AM
Our little Bdoomed is growing up!

For some advice from someone who is still in college:

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-At the end of class some day introduce yourself to the prof, maybe ask a question about the course material or something tangent to it. Having the prof know you exist is worth its weight in gold when it comes to asking for help/exceptions.

Absolutely. Students whose names/faces I can recognize will inevitably get better treatment than those I don't. It doesn't even matter if I like the students - even if I really dislike a student, there's still a big difference between someone I can envision in my mind as a person and someone who is just a name on a class list somewhere.

I didn't know you were a professor, do you mind saying what/where you teach?

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Reply #31 on: August 28, 2008, 08:13:44 AM
yeaaaaaaaaaaaaa ive never been much of a studier... as long as i pay attn in class and write it all down im usually good.  Might have to change that, i duno, ill see.

That does not work in college!  That's how I know that you don't want to start playing catch-up.  I never did shit in HS.  Then I decided to hit the ground running by taking 18 credits of math and science for my Engineering degree.  I thought showing up and paying attention would be good enough.  I had to work my ass off to catch up.



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Reply #32 on: August 28, 2008, 09:37:49 AM
I didn't know you were a professor, do you mind saying what/where you teach?

Well, technically I'm a lecturer, which is the UK equivalent of an Assistant Professor in the US. I teach semantics (and neurolinguistics) in the University of York - I don't want to spam this thread with details but you here is my website if you are interested.
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Reply #33 on: August 28, 2008, 12:57:29 PM
yeaaaaaaaaaaaaa ive never been much of a studier... as long as i pay attn in class and write it all down im usually good.  Might have to change that, i duno, ill see.

That does not work in college!  That's how I know that you don't want to start playing catch-up.  I never did shit in HS.  Then I decided to hit the ground running by taking 18 credits of math and science for my Engineering degree.  I thought showing up and paying attention would be good enough.  I had to work my ass off to catch up.


My experience was similar.  I didn't have to work very hard in High School, but quickly discovered that in college courses, information comes at you fast, and the instructors really do expect you to come prepared instead of doing spoon-feeding in lecture.   

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Reply #34 on: August 28, 2008, 02:11:58 PM
yeaaaaaaaaaaaaa ive never been much of a studier... as long as i pay attn in class and write it all down im usually good.  Might have to change that, i duno, ill see.
That does not work in college!  That's how I know that you don't want to start playing catch-up.  I never did shit in HS.  Then I decided to hit the ground running by taking 18 credits of math and science for my Engineering degree.  I thought showing up and paying attention would be good enough.  I had to work my ass off to catch up.
My experience was similar.  I didn't have to work very hard in High School, but quickly discovered that in college courses, information comes at you fast, and the instructors really do expect you to come prepared instead of doing spoon-feeding in lecture.   

I second third the above. I never studied in highschool - it was all simple (except one semester of chem which I nearly failed and then I ended up with a doctorate from a chem dept. go figure) and in hs they go slowly and make sure the whole class is on board. Not the case at Uni. It's not so much that it is intellectually difficult, more that the shear mass of information that you have to assimilate is huge compared to what you are used to. I found the exam time in my first year massively stressful because of the volume of data and also because I had a voice in the back of my head going "this is costing $XXX per semester for tuition and living and I CANNOT afford to have to repeat something".

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Reply #35 on: August 28, 2008, 03:19:43 PM


Just because I like these a lot, and this was vaguely appropriate :)

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Reply #36 on: August 28, 2008, 04:24:31 PM


Most of the time you don't have to choose between college and weed.

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Reply #37 on: August 29, 2008, 06:24:21 AM
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more that the shear mass of information that you have to assimilate is huge compared to what you are used to
it is amazing what you pick up regardless of how you do in the class
I look back over my 3 semesters( at my current school) and the massive amount of information they pack in
most of it I dont even know which class I learned it in...

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Reply #38 on: August 31, 2008, 07:02:10 PM
Gators beat the Warriors 56-10 :D

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Reply #39 on: September 01, 2008, 07:47:12 AM
Ditto the meet-your-professors idea -- even the ones you don't like.  Also, go visit them during office hours.   It wouldn't hurt to meet a student or two in each class, either.   It's insanely easy to meet people in college compared to the "real world" so take advantage of it.  And yeah, a little studying every day beats a lot of studying the night before the exam. 

Now that I am working and still taking classes and trying to study things, I would kill for the amount of time I had to study in college. 



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Reply #40 on: September 03, 2008, 05:55:11 PM
I got drunk for the first time on... Saturday I think it was...
:)
no throwing up no hangover, yay.

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Reply #41 on: September 03, 2008, 08:56:32 PM
Ahhh, now you have truly had your first day of college...



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Reply #42 on: September 03, 2008, 09:48:57 PM
I got drunk for the first time on... Saturday I think it was...
:)
no throwing up no hangover, yay.

Some advice on drinking:

Mixing drinks
-Expensive booze is for tasting, cheap booze is for mixing. Don't make a gin and tonic with Gordon's, and don't make trashcan punch with Bombay Sapphire.
-The key to most mixed drinks is to keep them cold and use less mixer, adding more to taste. Often drinks that taste bad are made too weak, not too strong.

Hangovers
-A hangover is a combination of dehydration and lack of B-12. It can be avoided by drinking water in between drinks (1:1) and/or drinking a bunch of water before you go to bed.
-Sweet drinks and cheep wine give the worst hangovers. This is epitomized by Boons Farm.
-They can be cured best by not getting them. Failing that, several glasses of water, two multi-vitamins, and a couple pain killers are the best I've come up with.

Vomiting
-If you get puking drunk, you're doing it wrong. Booze is expensive enough, you don't need to go wasting it just to embarrass yourself.
-Find someplace appropriate.
-Drinking water will draw out the process, but prevents hangovers and liver damage.

Sex
-Just don't. Beer and penises don't get along. If they're that hot and that in to you it'll still be a good idea in the morning.

You might want to reconsider your drinking habits if:
-If you use "hair of the dog" to cure a hangover.
-If you don't remember what you did the next day. Blackouts mean you're wavering back and forth on the line of serious alcohol poisoning (not epic partying).

There is no such thing as "alcohol abuse". If you don't want the beer, don't finish it. If the drink tastes bad, don't finish it. If someone pours you a shot you aren't ready for, give it to someone else.

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Reply #43 on: September 04, 2008, 01:18:40 AM
The drink always tastes bad.
always.

-If you use "hair of the dog" to cure a hangover.
Am I messing with a son of a bitch?

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Reply #44 on: September 04, 2008, 01:34:57 AM
The drink always tastes bad.
always.
...

Your tastebuds are still too young, which means you're tasting more of it than older people with fewer tastebuds. They're also being thrown this new "alcohol" flavor so it'll be a while before they're used to that enough that you get everything else. 

That said, my entire alcoholic history is limited to wine in moderation and one shot of Jagermeister, so I'm hardly an expert. And, by some measures, hardly a college student.

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Reply #45 on: September 04, 2008, 02:07:42 AM
The drink always tastes bad.
always.
Heradel's right. It took me 3 years before I could stand beer, now I'm quite a fan. On the other hand, I use to like straight Jack Daniels, now I prefer mixed drinks... though that's more to do with a 'falling out' I had than a change in taste buds.

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-If you use "hair of the dog" to cure a hangover.
Am I messing with a son of a bitch?
"Hair of the dog" is a reference to a bit of folk magic that involves keeping some of the hair of a dog that bites you will prevent werewolfism. In drinking terms it means curing a hangover by having more alcohol in the morning.

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Reply #46 on: September 04, 2008, 04:11:06 AM
The drink always tastes bad.
always.
...

Your tastebuds are still too young, which means you're tasting more of it than older people with fewer tastebuds. They're also being thrown this new "alcohol" flavor so it'll be a while before they're used to that enough that you get everything else. 

That said, my entire alcoholic history is limited to wine in moderation and one shot of Jagermeister, so I'm hardly an expert. And, by some measures, hardly a college student.
Jane Fancher was having single-malt Scotch at room temperature in a brandy snifter when I met her and C.J. Cherryh a few years back.
 
I usually have Scotch on the rocks or with soda; I tried it Jane's way once but I'm sure I could have had a better Scotch (only Johnny Walker Black was available; I think that's a single-malt.)

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Reply #47 on: September 04, 2008, 10:25:37 AM
The drink always tastes bad.
always.
...

Your tastebuds are still too young, which means you're tasting more of it than older people with fewer tastebuds. They're also being thrown this new "alcohol" flavor so it'll be a while before they're used to that enough that you get everything else. 

That said, my entire alcoholic history is limited to wine in moderation and one shot of Jagermeister, so I'm hardly an expert. And, by some measures, hardly a college student.
Jane Fancher was having single-malt Scotch at room temperature in a brandy snifter when I met her and C.J. Cherryh a few years back.
 
I usually have Scotch on the rocks or with soda; I tried it Jane's way once but I'm sure I could have had a better Scotch (only Johnny Walker Black was available; I think that's a single-malt.)
Johnnie Walker Black is a blended 12 year old, but nothing to turn your nose up at.
There's a misconception that blended scotches don't taste as good as single malts. The whole 'single malt' thing is elitism. (I don't mean to say you're elitist, taste is taste, just that blended scotches don't get a fair dram.)

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Reply #48 on: September 04, 2008, 01:21:41 PM
Johnnie Walker Black is a blended 12 year old, but nothing to turn your nose up at.
There's a misconception that blended scotches don't taste as good as single malts. The whole 'single malt' thing is elitism. (I don't mean to say you're elitist, taste is taste, just that blended scotches don't get a fair dram.)

You're mistaking me for someone with taste for single-malts.  My preferred whiskey is Johnny Walker Red, which is stated on the label to be a blend (and is cheaper and smoother than Black).  I'm just saying I probably could have picked a better whiskey to try the way JF drinks it (and obviously I could have, since JW Black isn't even the right kind.)

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Reply #49 on: September 04, 2008, 02:24:45 PM
I usually have Scotch on the rocks...
Why would you bother drinking whisky over ice? It's just a waste.

I appreciate that you might not want to taste the stuff, but if that's the case, just drink vodka, or something.

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Reply #50 on: October 08, 2008, 01:51:49 PM
and now i can get tried as an adult for any stupid shit i do!  I'm 18 today!

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Reply #51 on: October 08, 2008, 01:54:25 PM
and now i can get tried as an adult for any stupid shit i do!  I'm 18 today!

And you get to vote in the exciting upcoming election! I hope you are watching the debates and educating yourself so that you can make an informed decision. 

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Reply #52 on: October 08, 2008, 01:55:34 PM
That's the most exciting part! :)

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Reply #53 on: October 08, 2008, 03:11:33 PM
and now i can get tried as an adult for any stupid shit i do!  I'm 18 today!

Happy birthday & happy voting.


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Reply #54 on: October 08, 2008, 03:34:55 PM
Happy birthday, man. Thanks for making me feel like an old fart.


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Reply #55 on: October 08, 2008, 03:59:06 PM
:) no problem

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Reply #56 on: October 08, 2008, 04:18:19 PM
Happy birthday.

Vote.  Unless you're voting for the other candidate.  Just kidding, get out and vote!



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Reply #57 on: October 08, 2008, 05:08:41 PM
You're in a swing state.  Unlike most of us, your vote counts for something.



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Reply #58 on: October 08, 2008, 05:49:01 PM
You're in a swing state.  Unlike most of us, your vote counts for something.

How's Berlin polling right now?

Seriously though,


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Reply #59 on: October 08, 2008, 06:06:58 PM
Got my New Jersey ballot yesterday and mailed it in today.  It doesn't matter.  Obama has a very comfortable lead in NJ.

Berlin is polling 86% Obama 11% McCain. 

Every German I know has been making sure I was going to vote for the last six months.



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Reply #60 on: October 08, 2008, 07:21:53 PM
Got my New Jersey ballot yesterday and mailed it in today.  It doesn't matter.  Obama has a very comfortable lead in NJ.

Berlin is polling 86% Obama 11% McCain. 

Every German I know has been making sure I was going to vote for the last six months.

He has a comfortable lead in a lot of places.

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Reply #61 on: October 08, 2008, 07:29:06 PM
Technically speaking, fivethirtyeight.com doesn't show the actual lead a candidate has, but their chances of winning that state, based on various statistical mumbo-jumbo. A 10-point lead probably translates into something like a 90% of the state going to that candidate, so the two concepts aren't that far apart.

http://www.electoral-vote.com/ is a good site for seeing what the actual lead is right now, based on current polls, rather than extrapolating which way a state is moving.

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Reply #62 on: October 08, 2008, 07:49:52 PM
Technically speaking, fivethirtyeight.com doesn't show the actual lead a candidate has, but their chances of winning that state, based on various statistical mumbo-jumbo. A 10-point lead probably translates into something like a 90% of the state going to that candidate, so the two concepts aren't that far apart.

http://www.electoral-vote.com/ is a good site for seeing what the actual lead is right now, based on current polls, rather than extrapolating which way a state is moving.

Actually, FiveThirtyEight has the polls they're using way down on the right side, but Electoral-Vote does a better job of presenting the straight averages in a graphical format, though I wish they had a better way to get to the individual polls and their crosstabs.

RealClearPolitics has a pretty good averaging as well, though some questions have been made and responded to over their choosing process for including and excluding polls from their averages. That said, I remember a week and a half ago looking at the battlegrounds breakout on their front page and seeing that the seven states were split pretty evenly, which is no longer the case. McCain has a single path to victory, and right now things don't look that good for him. The economy doesn't seem like it'll fix itself in the next few weeks, even after the Fed started buying commercial paper, and Obama's and the Democrats always poll better on the economy. Even if things stabilize, McCain's being dragged down by Palin (though less than before the VP debate), and Obama comes out looking like a better leader in the two debates. Plus his ground game has gotten better but still can't match Obama's.

It's not over, but McCain needs some sort of catastrophic event to get close. There are two polls in Virginia, Virginia, that show Obama with a double digit lead.

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Reply #63 on: October 08, 2008, 07:58:41 PM
So bdoomed, how's the girl hunt going?  If the prospects turn out to not be so great this semester, be sure to take Psych 101 in the spring.



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Reply #64 on: October 08, 2008, 08:53:08 PM
and now i can get tried as an adult for any stupid shit i do!  I'm 18 today!

And you get to vote in the exciting upcoming election! I hope you are watching the debates and educating yourself so that you can make an informed decision. 
Um... hasn't the voter registration deadline already passed?
In Virginia it was October 6th.

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Reply #65 on: October 08, 2008, 09:10:43 PM
I think most states you can register before you're 18, as long as you are going to turn 18 before the election date.



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Reply #66 on: October 08, 2008, 09:27:29 PM
I think most states you can register before you're 18, as long as you are going to turn 18 before the election date.

In all states you can register to vote so long as you'll be 18 on election day, and it depends on the state for the day you can register. Idaho, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Wisconsin and Wyoming all allow you to register to vote and vote on election day, other states have different deadlines on when you can register.

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Reply #67 on: October 08, 2008, 09:57:09 PM
yea i'm pre-registered.
Girl Chase '08 is goin well :P

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Reply #68 on: October 09, 2008, 12:32:35 AM
Girl Chase '08 is goin well :P
Chasing is easy.
Catching is hard.

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Reply #69 on: October 09, 2008, 07:27:36 AM
Girl Chase '08 is goin well :P
Chasing is easy.
Catching is hard.

I always set traps and waited.

The best trap was the Mustang I borrowed (stole) from my brother.  That got the highest number, but the lowest quality.



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Reply #70 on: October 09, 2008, 10:27:01 AM
Flowers and chocolate.

The scent of the flowers covers the odor of the drugs in the chocolate.   :-X

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Reply #71 on: October 09, 2008, 11:36:38 AM
Flowers and chocolate.


Trap, trap, trap!!!  If you start off giving her stuff, you just get in shit when you stop or when you haven't done it for a while. 



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Reply #72 on: October 09, 2008, 05:17:26 PM
Trap, trap, trap!!! 

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Reply #73 on: October 10, 2008, 02:09:01 AM
Two foolproof methods of hooking up:
A) Think of the kind of person you want to be with, then become the person they'd want. [hard]
B) Find things you like doing and do them because you like them, then interact with the people who do those things. [easy]

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Reply #74 on: October 10, 2008, 10:57:19 AM
Two foolproof methods of hooking up:
A) Think of the kind of person you want to be with, then become the person they'd want. [hard]
B) Find things you like doing and do them because you like them, then interact with the people who do those things. [easy]

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Reply #75 on: October 10, 2008, 12:47:35 PM
Two foolproof methods of hooking up:
A) Think of the kind of person you want to be with, then become the person they'd want. [hard]
B) Find things you like doing and do them because you like them, then interact with the people who do those things. [easy]

Big supporter of B.

Is the prey allowed to comment? I support B too, but I think two of the biggest things are:

1. Don't be a prick
2. Be at least halfway interesting, and at least halfway interested in her (and I mean her views, opinions, stories, ideas etc and not just the contents of her pants) which also comes back to: don't be a prick.

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Reply #76 on: October 10, 2008, 01:10:29 PM
Two foolproof methods of hooking up:
A) Think of the kind of person you want to be with, then become the person they'd want. [hard]
B) Find things you like doing and do them because you like them, then interact with the people who do those things. [easy]

Big supporter of B.

Is the prey allowed to comment? I support B too, but I think two of the biggest things are:

1. Don't be a prick
2. Be at least halfway interesting, and at least halfway interested in her (and I mean her views, opinions, stories, ideas etc and not just the contents of her pants) which also comes back to: don't be a prick.

What about the contents of her shirt?



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Reply #77 on: October 10, 2008, 01:55:24 PM
You have to treat women like they're people in their own right; in many respects, they are.

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Reply #78 on: October 11, 2008, 08:44:27 PM
You have to treat women like they're people in their own right; in many respects, they are.
woah woah woah... lets not go throwing around phrases like "women are people" now... that could hurt someone's feelings.

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Reply #79 on: October 11, 2008, 10:02:51 PM
Two foolproof methods of hooking up:
A) Think of the kind of person you want to be with, then become the person they'd want. [hard]
B) Find things you like doing and do them because you like them, then interact with the people who do those things. [easy]

Big supporter of B.

Is the prey allowed to comment? I support B too, but I think two of the biggest things are:

1. Don't be a prick
2. Be at least halfway interesting, and at least halfway interested in her (and I mean her views, opinions, stories, ideas etc and not just the contents of her pants) which also comes back to: don't be a prick.
Hey, this is a two way street here.
Shwankie and I have plenty of female friends who whine about not having a boyfriend. Simple answer is to get a hobby. People like throwing around phrases like "it always happens when you aren't looking" because you're doing something you actually enjoy.
For relationships to work both people need to be whole people. Wanting someone who will 'complete' you is asking for trouble.

...Ok. Owning a mustang doesn't hurt the situation either.

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Reply #80 on: October 11, 2008, 10:34:33 PM
came back to miami on a bus for the weekend and got drunk last nite, did some stuff i semi regret, didnt eat before drinkin, feel sick... FUN!
:P
but i had a good time and nothin is actually bad, i jus regret some small things hahaha

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Reply #81 on: October 12, 2008, 07:23:35 PM
For relationships to work both people need to be whole people. Wanting someone who will 'complete' you is asking for trouble.

Or wanting to be the one completing them for that matter. Which is the usual trap of young women: "I can make them a different person", or "for me they'll change their philandering ways " ;)

i jus regret some small things hahaha

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Reply #82 on: October 12, 2008, 07:35:39 PM
For relationships to work both people need to be whole people. Wanting someone who will 'complete' you is asking for trouble.

Or wanting to be the one completing them for that matter. Which is the usual trap of young women: "I can make them a different person", or "for me they'll change their philandering ways " ;)
Women marry men thinking they can change them. Men marry women thinking they will never change.

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Reply #83 on: October 12, 2008, 11:24:12 PM
Women marry men thinking they can change them. Men marry women thinking they will never change.

The rest of that is, "Both are wrong."

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Reply #84 on: October 25, 2008, 08:34:17 AM
ich bin blau

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Reply #85 on: October 26, 2008, 07:34:25 PM
Was ist los?



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Reply #86 on: October 26, 2008, 08:06:24 PM
ein bischen betrunken :P ;D ::)

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Reply #87 on: October 27, 2008, 02:44:15 PM

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