What are you reaching for? - Page 3

Lady Cygnet · 08-17-2006, 11:54 PM

1) Well, I'd like to be able to continue to work, in one capacity or another, with children, victims of abuse, and those who have lost children. I also want to eventually have a home and family of my own.
2) At the moment, I work at a hospital, and I'm debating either becoming a certified grief counselor or going to grad school to get a degree in hospital administration. I also help with the church's children's ministry. As for the home and family bit, I'll get there eventually...I hope.

Solid Snake · 08-18-2006, 01:17 AM

1) For me, three things really fill my soul; my writing, the Bible, and my friends, and I cherish all three together, because they more or less complete the grander picture of who I am and who I want to be. Writing is my hobby; a little bit of fantasy and sci-fi, though I do a bit of autobiographical and nonfiction writing too. The Bible is more like a discipline, but it's one that's awfully rich in its rewards. My friends are quite simply my friends, and there's really no way to adequately describe them, except that now that I'm away from them I miss them terribly.

2) Right now, I haven't been immersed in any of these three things; circumstances called me away from my friends, working humdrum jobs back here has ruined my creative zeal to write, and given the losses of both my writing hobby and the interaction with my close friends, I'm losing a bit too much of my soul to invest it back into the Bible. It's kind of sad, but here's to hoping it's all only temporary.

pictish · 08-18-2006, 04:57 AM

I've got a couple of things I like. I'm wondering where I'm going with it all, I guess. No need to worry yet, I'm still a young 'in, so it's not like I have to choose right now.

So, lesse, first up has to be philosophy. I took a year course in it and absolutely loved it, and took it on myself to study logic in my free time. More than that, since I'm off to uni to study it, it looks like studying philosophy and understanding things is just something I wanna do.

Then there's comedy. Believe it or not I'm funny sometimes. To this end, I like writing comedy and I've done a couple of stand up acts before, with a mostly nice reception. I've not performed or wrote much in a while which is ashame. I do intend on writing more though, and if someone was stupid enough to pay me for it I'd love to write more comedy. I'll be trying my hand at writing more while keeping up with a philosophy course.

Aside from all that though, I'd be happy with not being unhappy if that makes sense. I don't need some shockingly amazing career to be happy. A job I like and enough money to get by without having to have everything would be nice enough - if I could pursue other joys in life too.

Anyway, that's enough of that. Good topic.

Mesden · 08-18-2006, 05:43 AM

Getting out of this goddamn hellhole.

**Satan's Onion** · 08-18-2006, 06:08 AM

Gee, but that's a bit ambiguous, Mes. Could you explain it some more?

On-topically speaking, I'd like to be able to write comedy for a living too, maybe as a writer/performer (in my dream world, it'd be in a group of writer/performers a la Monty Python). Haven't written much in years, tho'; something's just sort of missing that needs to be there to make the comedy pour out onto the page. The only ideas I've had are fanfiction, and I have a moral objection to fanfiction (mostly on account of it's no good, with only a few exceptions).

Mesden · 08-18-2006, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Satan's Onion

Gee, but that's a bit ambiguous, Mes. Could you explain it some more?

Oh, excuse me. I was just stating my first and foremost reach.

To get the hell out of Alabama.

Oh, and past that, Financing. I'm set for college, pretty much. (Scholarship and some financial aid) and past that, well, my aunt has her own firm, so I can pull out some experience there, or hell, just work my way into very good pay there.

Just gotta get my CPA first. Then, maybe about a year or two past that, I(By my aunt's estimation) should probably be making in the range of 40,000+ a year, then keep on moving up.

It's a 'boring' job in which I get a lot of free time, easy work, and good money. So, that's what I'm reaching for.

Oh, and a nice husband someday, but not anytime soon.

**Satan's Onion** · 08-18-2006, 06:50 AM

Ah! Okay you do know I was trying to make a little bit of a joke there, right? Sorry if it kind of, erm, failed; my fault for not being explicit enough. Nicely thought out, yours--I'm still at the "start being funny, blahblahblah, and now I'm famous!" stage with mine :p .

Dj_StarChild · 08-18-2006, 03:23 PM

1. It is my hope that eventually, inhibitions, and political correctness will be things of the past, and that words, and ideas rather than actions will not be considered acts of violence. Whether I help in that goal or not doesn't matter. I just want it to happen.

2. I am a jack of all trades and master of none. I am currently attempting to hone my guitar skills. I am hoping that eventually, I will develop some kind of unique sound and ability that is rarely heard, without actually being instructed at all.

3. I would also like for tradition and myth to stop being the basis for current decisions or actions...furthermore, I would prefer that the population of the planet would adopt a philosophy of existentialism, because this other stuff just pisses me off.

4. that said, I suppose that I am in pursuit of an all-encompassing world-view, which I have been piecing together over the last few years out of scientific facts and philosophical doctrines of various thinkers. So far, what I consider to be the most logical choices are not the currently accepted views.

edit: I have no ambitions of living a cookie-cutter "get a job, get a wife, have 2 and a half kids, and then die without having done anything interesting to or with myself," kind of life.

Kerensky287 · 08-19-2006, 12:21 PM

1. I get the feeling that the world's gonna end soon. I mean... with the USA in power, with George W. as their leader, with his overly enthusiastic finger over the Big Red Button... yeah, my intention is to either live to see the day, or stop it from happening. Not sure how it's gonna happen, but it would be pretty awesome...

2. I do a pretty good job of surviving right now... I mean, I get bored once in a while, but then I get distracted by Dawn of War or Snakes on a Plane or something. In fact, it was Starcraft most recently...

I don't really want to live a boring, repetitive life, but there's a very high chance that that will happen. Still, one can hope!

Mesden · 08-20-2006, 06:47 PM

This is the most belated thing evar,

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Originally Posted by Satan's Onion

Ah! Okay you do know I was trying to make a little bit of a joke there, right? Sorry if it kind of, erm, failed; my fault for not being explicit enough.

Oh, I know it was a satirical joke. I just kind of hinted at getting it by throwing in Alabama.

Because, it's Alabama.

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Nicely thought out, yours

Why thank you! Just trying to make life an easy ride!

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--I'm still at the "start being funny, blahblahblah, and now I'm famous!" stage with mine :p .

Hey, you gotta start somewhere! It's not like this is some bitch-off of who's gonna have a better life!

...or is it?

08-18-2006, 01:17 AM	#22
Solid Snake Erotic Esquire Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 5,563	1) For me, three things really fill my soul; my writing, the Bible, and my friends, and I cherish all three together, because they more or less complete the grander picture of who I am and who I want to be. Writing is my hobby; a little bit of fantasy and sci-fi, though I do a bit of autobiographical and nonfiction writing too. The Bible is more like a discipline, but it's one that's awfully rich in its rewards. My friends are quite simply my friends, and there's really no way to adequately describe them, except that now that I'm away from them I miss them terribly. 2) Right now, I haven't been immersed in any of these three things; circumstances called me away from my friends, working humdrum jobs back here has ruined my creative zeal to write, and given the losses of both my writing hobby and the interaction with my close friends, I'm losing a bit too much of my soul to invest it back into the Bible. It's kind of sad, but here's to hoping it's all only temporary. __________________ *WARNING:* Snek's all up in this thread. Be prepared to read massive walls of text.

08-18-2006, 05:43 AM	#24
Mesden There is no Toph, only Melon Lord! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Inside of a box inside of a smaller box Posts: 4,310	Getting out of this goddamn hellhole. __________________ I can tell you're lying.

08-18-2006, 06:08 AM	#25
Satan's Onion Swing You Sinners! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: 4th Street Posts: 2,666	Gee, but that's a bit ambiguous, Mes. Could you explain it some more? On-topically speaking, I'd like to be able to write comedy for a living too, maybe as a writer/performer (in my dream world, it'd be in a group of writer/performers a la Monty Python). Haven't written much in years, tho'; something's just sort of missing that needs to be there to make the comedy pour out onto the page. The only ideas I've had are fanfiction, and I have a moral objection to fanfiction (mostly on account of it's no good, with only a few exceptions). __________________ Good evening, ladies. Please enter and be tained .

08-18-2006, 06:50 AM	#27
Satan's Onion Swing You Sinners! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: 4th Street Posts: 2,666	Ah! Okay you do know I was trying to make a little bit of a joke there, right? Sorry if it kind of, erm, failed; my fault for not being explicit enough. Nicely thought out, yours--I'm still at the "start being funny, blahblahblah, and now I'm famous!" stage with mine :p . __________________ Good evening, ladies. Please enter and be tained .

08-18-2006, 03:23 PM	#28
Dj_StarChild Monty Mole Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 791	1. It is my hope that eventually, inhibitions, and political correctness will be things of the past, and that words, and ideas rather than actions will not be considered acts of violence. Whether I help in that goal or not doesn't matter. I just want it to happen. 2. I am a jack of all trades and master of none. I am currently attempting to hone my guitar skills. I am hoping that eventually, I will develop some kind of unique sound and ability that is rarely heard, without actually being instructed at all. 3. I would also like for tradition and myth to stop being the basis for current decisions or actions...furthermore, I would prefer that the population of the planet would adopt a philosophy of existentialism, because this other stuff just pisses me off. 4. that said, I suppose that I am in pursuit of an all-encompassing world-view, which I have been piecing together over the last few years out of scientific facts and philosophical doctrines of various thinkers. So far, what I consider to be the most logical choices are not the currently accepted views. edit: I have no ambitions of living a cookie-cutter "get a job, get a wife, have 2 and a half kids, and then die without having done anything interesting to or with myself," kind of life. __________________ Eat poo, guys. Last edited by Dj_StarChild; 08-18-2006 at 03:25 PM.

08-17-2006, 11:54 PM	#21
Lady Cygnet Hasn't changed her avatar in years Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Beyond Thunderdome Posts: 1,234	1) Well, I'd like to be able to continue to work, in one capacity or another, with children, victims of abuse, and those who have lost children. I also want to eventually have a home and family of my own. 2) At the moment, I work at a hospital, and I'm debating either becoming a certified grief counselor or going to grad school to get a degree in hospital administration. I also help with the church's children's ministry. As for the home and family bit, I'll get there eventually...I hope.

08-19-2006, 12:21 PM	#29
Kerensky287 Just That Good Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,426	1. I get the feeling that the world's gonna end soon. I mean... with the USA in power, with George W. as their leader, with his overly enthusiastic finger over the Big Red Button... yeah, my intention is to either live to see the day, or stop it from happening. Not sure how it's gonna happen, but it would be pretty awesome... 2. I do a pretty good job of surviving right now... I mean, I get bored once in a while, but then I get distracted by Dawn of War or Snakes on a Plane or something. In fact, it was Starcraft most recently... I don't really want to live a boring, repetitive life, but there's a very high chance that that will happen. Still, one can hope!