Update for Everyone III - The Whinge Binge

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I met Lady Bird Johnson today

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I met Lady Bird Johnson today

Did you call Ghost Busters?

IKR

But in real news, today I unfortunately went through the rough equivalent of a break-up.

It hurts terribly (first time ), but I don't think I've come to a full realization of what has happened yet (jeez, I can't wait).

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School begins tomorrow /

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I'm going to a Ted Cruz event tomorrow so I'm wicked excited!!! then I start school on Monday

Luckyyyyyyyyyyyyyy...

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I broke my glasses.

Sorry to hear that.

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Tryouts for the Wilmington Symphony are tomorrow, and I'm ill-prepared.

Made it!

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Maybe you had sex with her?

Seems like the most plausible explanation.

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I have kind of an understanding with this girl I like; she likes me too, but we're not 'together' (yet) because we want to see if our feelings will stay (or, since they'll inevitably cool and change since that's what feelings do, if we'll still want to commit to each other regardless then). I'm happy with the situation, although a little nervous about the future, especially if our feelings don't cool and change in the same direction or at the same time.

The only person I really like at my school is sixteen, which, believe it or not, is way too old.

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Please pray for my new friend Alex. I just literally talked him down from jumping off the fifth floor of my building. He needs all the support he can get. God is alive tonight and he put me there for a reason, but I still fear this guy might do something stupid soon, so I implore you for your prayers.

I'm extremely sorry to hear that; I do hope things work out alright.

I would recommend trying to spend as much time with him as possible, as one of the best ways to brighten someone's day (or life as a whole) is to show them that there are people who care for them. Generally, spending time with other people fosters a great improvement in one's mood over spending time alone.

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Please pray for my new friend Alex. I just literally talked him down from jumping off the fifth floor of my building. He needs all the support he can get. God is alive tonight and he put me there for a reason, but I still fear this guy might do something stupid soon, so I implore you for your prayers.

I'm extremely sorry to hear that; I do hope things work out alright.

I would recommend trying to spend as much time with him as possible, as one of the best ways to brighten someone's day (or life as a whole) is to show them that there are people who care for them. Generally, spending time with other people fosters a great improvement in one's mood over spending time alone.

Yeah, I just texted him. He left his phone at his girlfriends place (who just left him for a gay man, according to him. He seemed pretty messed up and I've been drunk since 4:00 PM) so I won't be hearing from him for a while, but still, I'll try and follow up on him.

The best course of action would probably be to actually be with him in person, as doing so would let you (a) make sure he doesn't do anything like that again and (b) be able to actually talk to him face-to-face, which is often more effective than communicating digitally.

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Is anyone going to the Bernie rally on Sunday in Greensboro?

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Just got back, my life is perfect.

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My aunt with cancer will probably begin receiving hospice care. 

I hope she does alright.

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I have to read eight chapters of Genesis, two of Exodus, one of Numbers, fifty pages of Understanding the Old Testament, Ambrose's sermon against Auxentius (notable for the charming use of 'worse than a Jew' as a term of opprobrium), and Jerome's letter to Eustochium, and I'm not really looking forward to any of it except Genesis.

Quit religion. Then you don't have to

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Apparently some morons in my university went to a frat party wearing blackface. Ugh. Welcome to America, I guess...

In a frat? Not surprising.

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Sympathies towards TDASO4 and Classic.

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READY TO TRUMP

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just successfully got appointed to my first two-year term in a technically relevant but highly arbitrary government position

a child

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upper middle class connected family

lol

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I just got my first college acceptance letter!

Good job!

I have just arrived in good ol' New Jersey to meet the cousins and possibly some of NYC.

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A girl I went to high school with died from an overdose on Friday. I didn't know her or much about her besides her profane rants about Christians, fellow students, and teachers on Facebook and she left the school during Junior year. Still quite sad to see somebody dead so young.

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Update: Finished Salo in it's entirety. I don't know what to say. I'm just in a shocked state. I think I'm just going to pull an all nighter because there isn't going to be any sleep anyway.

D:

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So Friday was the first meeting of the aforementioned irrelevant government committee that I was able to join...

The other people there were more prominent than I thought they would be; the district judge was in charge of the committee and a few local police heads were in attendance as well. It was kind of awkward being the only child in a room full of people 40+ years old, but the inordinate amount of Trump support that I happened to overhear was at least partially soothing. Also present were a few local perennial candidates who I'm guessing only joined the committee to take pictures with the judge (they kept badgering him for a photo until he finally gave in).

We mostly just listened to one of the police heads talk; one of my most vivid memories is the apparently large amount of Snapchat-related violence that has made itself present in the area recently. There was also a rather significant fight between two of the members over nothing really but it was still quite interesting.

bleh

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Snapchat-related violence

wat

Yeah, apparently they're used a lot in gang-related incidents because they cannot be tracked once they get deleted (even deleted texts, etc. can be tracked using servers).

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So the rally went amazing, I asked him a question about religious persecution in the Middle East. Then at the end I had Cruz sign a present for my history teacher which is the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1952 and a NY Times Photographer saw it and snapped a few photos and the Washington Post photographer who was interviewing the guy next to us heard about my present and interviewed us all in all it was awesome. Ted for President

wow