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RelentlessOblivion Grand Master

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I have a hard time imagining anything good about navigating either NYC or DC with limited vision. But' date=' I wish you all the luck in the world, and I'd love to meet up if you do come over.[/quote'] To be fair these are challenges I will face regardless of where I end up in the US. There are tools available to better facilitate navigating various environments and I'm sure the US has some sort of blind welfare organisation I could contact to aid in that department as well. If I'm going to move overseas I can only see it being the US, don't get me wrong the UK and Europe are nice places to visit but I just don't think I could live there, Perhaps what I'll need to do is drop my degree altogether and try to get into an undergrad degree at a university in California.
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Baby girl Zoe was delivered by C-section just after 10 this morning. Mom and daughter are doing well, currently resting. Bandcamp and hangovers can wait.

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Iceni' date=' are you planning to stay in DC after graduation?[/quote'] I'd like to. If my dad does this move, I will almost by default stay in DC. Most of the jobs I'd be interested in are here, so unless grad school proves doable in the short term I probably will try to stick around DC.
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I'd like to. If my dad does this move, I will almost by default stay in DC. Most of the jobs I'd be interested in are here, so unless grad school proves doable in the short term I probably will try to stick around DC. Wow, no kidding! I didn't think you'd actually be coming to Georgetown itself if you were in DC...Georgetown is fairly pleased with its law program and a cursory look at Hoya Career Connection reveals a plethora of entry-level (and above) legal jobs and internships.
Yeah my own research has more or less convinced me Georgetown is the best of my three options if I'm going to take the direct transfer route. I plan to do a little digging on my alternative route and see where that leads before making the decision. This is a monumentally huge decision and I want to explore every avenue available before making a final decision.
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Naah, I'm not so optimistic. It's always something wrong when it comes to me. I can just hope that everything will be okay, hah. Thank you for your support.c:
I'm sorry to hear you feel that way, that's a hard hole to dig yourself out of. As Yobo suggests, it's all temporary; the negative stuff will always pass. I hope you feel better soon.
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Naah, I'm not so optimistic. It's always something wrong when it comes to me. I can just hope that everything will be okay, hah. Thank you for your support.c:
It's for sure easier said than done, but believe in yourself and stuff :) Everyone is going through some hard times sometimes, or something else for whatever reason, but that doesn't mean you have to give up. Stay strong and hopefully everything turns out right :)
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I'm getting more satisfied with my physical appearance. Very slowly though... But better ever than never. But I'm also getting more and more psychically unstable... Again.
That sounds foreboding Sugar Pill, and along with your handle, it makes me think you have a psychiatric problem like depression or bipolar or some such. Forgive me for speculating in public without knowing you. That sort of thing can be dreadful I'm sure, not that I know from personal experience. I sincerely hope that you will be alright, hope you have a good support system.
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I'm sorry to hear you feel that way' date=' that's a hard hole to dig yourself out of. As Yobo suggests, it's all temporary; the negative stuff will always pass. I hope you feel better soon.[/quote'] Well, everything buried me very deep. I'm hoping that it could be bearable. At least...
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Pain is relative yo. Just gotta let yourself create a vacuum where you know that whatever hurls toward you can be deflected and used to your advantage. Took me years to learn, and I even still struggle with it to this day but it does work. Idunno if im the best guy to take advice from BUT my mantra is, nothing less than a shot to the head can kill me, just fuck me up a little bit, and I can always come back and be way more badass than before. Damage is like a tattoo, makes you way more interesting to look at. haha

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Pain is relative yo. Just gotta let yourself create a vacuum where you know that whatever hurls toward you can be deflected and used to your advantage. Took me years to learn' date=' and I even still struggle with it to this day but it does work. Idunno if im the best guy to take advice from BUT my mantra is, nothing less than a shot to the head can kill me, just fuck me up a little bit, and I can always come back and be way more badass than before. Damage is like a tattoo, makes you way more interesting to look at. haha[/quote'] Yeah, I know. I'm struggling but I'm not a weak person. At some point I'll defeat all of that, I know that... But now is just...bad.
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I feel like I wasted my time and money last night seeing 1349 and Necrophagia. Necrophagia played nothing off of their debut, which is the only interesting thing they've done, and the drummer that 1349 had standing in for Frost was abysmal. They were already playing their songs slower for him, and he still couldn't keep up. He kept losing time and skipping notes to make it up, totally changing the cadence of the phrase, and his double bass work was obscenely bad. Maybe he didn't suck outright, but 1349 was well over his playing level. The production was also garbage, those awful drums were at the top of the mix, followed by bass, vocals, and guitar, which was buried throughout most of the set.

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Enjoyable week off so far, in between packing my life into boxes I have managed to spend a few hours on the Xbox and this morning got to go to the waterfront (not as far as the sea) and sit in the sun with my book. Off to visit my grandmother for the day tomorrow and haven't had a single thought about work which already seems a million miles away.

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The year is simply flying by. Really don't feel I've accomplished anything this year which is disappointing given the amount of effort I'm putting into finding work among other things. Oh well such is life. Have my second ever radio interview tomorrow discussing guide dogs and the challenges associated with being a guide dog owner which should be fun.

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