Update for Everyone IV - Hungover

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

I got my eye taken out last Thursday and I'll get a fake one in about a month or so. Good times, good times.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

I got my eye taken out last Thursday and I'll get a fake one in about a month or so. Good times, good times.

oh wow. i hope you're okay (or at least as okay as possible)

Yeah, it's a bit uncomfortable all the time/painful some times, but the swelling should go down over the next month or so before they put in the prosthesis.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Yeah, it's a bit uncomfortable all the time/painful some times, but the swelling should go down over the next month or so before they put in the prosthesis.

Ouch! I'm sorry to hear this. Good to hear you aren't in agony, though. May I ask what happened?

I've always been blind in that eye, and I decided to have it taken out and replaced before I go off to college because overall it causes more trouble than it's worth (what with the increased sensitivity and the pain it can cause).

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Really sorry to hear that, Alfred. Hope it gets better soon.

No, no, this is a good thing (in the long run, of course)! Sucks about the overall eye situation, and the process at the current moment, but in a month or so I'll be much better off than I ever was before.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Really sorry to hear that, Alfred. Hope it gets better soon.

No, no, this is a good thing (in the long run, of course)! Sucks about the overall eye situation, and the process at the current moment, but in a month or so I'll be much better off than I ever was before.

What happened to cause the blindness if you don't mind my asking?

It's called retinopathy of prematurity; the retina detached somewhere in utero and shriveled up.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

I got my eye taken out last Thursday and I'll get a fake one in about a month or so. Good times, good times.

This is good news, no?

Yes, quite.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Got into University of Rochester! Also got my financial aid package, which appears to be about $50,000 a year (my mom teaches there), so the monetary situation is looking good there.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Got into University of Rochester! Also got my financial aid package, which appears to be about $50,000 a year (my mom teaches there), so the monetary situation is looking good there.

I assume that includes tuition and fees?

Yes. I meant the aid is $50,000, by the way, not the eventual price. That's around $20,000 a year, including tuition and fees and everything.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

For a second I thought college in the US was extremely expensive, and then worked out that including my fees I'm taking on 13K debt this year alone

No, it is 3:.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

I got into American U's three-year politics/policy/law program and got a boatload of money from them, so that is looking like a more significant draw.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Cornell financial aid hasn't come in yet, but I feel like it's not going to be too great. For now I'll have to decide on Georgetown vs. Rochester and see what Cornell gives me when that comes. They both gave me the same amount of money, so that thankfully won't be an issue.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

It's incredibly crazy out there folks. We need to cancel classes until we can figure out what is going on.

What??? Why???

Snow, I'm assuming.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

I got a mold taken of my eye socket, which they'll use to create the prosthesis. Also I didn't get too much financial aid from Cornell, but we're trying to get the blind people organization to cough up some money.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Y'all are looking at the captain of the Upstate New York quiz bowl championship team here. We made quiz bowl great again by repeatedly crushing Ithaca High School with our mighty brains and redeemed our loss from last year. That time it was me solo vs. Ithaca's full team with me coming in second; this year it was our full team (sort of) vs. Ithaca's best player with him coming in second.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

I'm in a love triangle with two Spanish boys. It's not as fun as it might sound.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

I think Friday might have been one of the best nights of my life.

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I think Friday might have been one of the best nights of my life.

do tell

Had a great a cappella concert with some of my best friends, and everything went perfectly.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

This thread is boring and is besmirching the good name of Update. If you can't post more interesting things, at least make posts where you inadvertently reveal your real name like this one:

Y'all are looking at the captain of the Upstate New York quiz bowl championship team here. We made quiz bowl great again by repeatedly crushing Ithaca High School with our mighty brains and redeemed our loss from last year. That time it was me solo vs. Ithaca's full team with me coming in second; this year it was our full team (sort of) vs. Ithaca's best player with him coming in second.

Eh, I think it's time y'all got to know me better.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Finished my geometry and earth science Regents on Friday. Now I don't have to go back to school until September.

Oh, man, Regents exams. What a throwback.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Well, it's officially my birthday... now what?

Happy birthday, Ms. Peebs!

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Oh, man, I drove down to college today.

I guess I live here now.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

I'm doing a community involvement program before college officially starts and today was the first full day, so that was nice. We helped an old woman with her yards and she told us about how she used to do ballroom dancing but can't anymore, and then we went down and interviewed some undocumented day laborers about labor and immigration issues, which actually was really fascinating for me personally. Hot as inks, but it was a pretty good day nonetheless.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

I am currently sitting in a dark room and taking copious notes as I watch Shrek.

SOMEBODY ONCE TOLD ME etc.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

I'm going to NC in a few weeks for a voter registration drive with my church, so that'll be fun.

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That sounds exactly as lofty as I presume it is, actually. [/shade at Joseph Campbell]

Check yourself before you Shrek yourself.

Yeah, it's just basic stuff wrapped in fancy language. I think that everyone sees those patterns in literature without actually being taught about them, even if we don't really think about it much

So much to do, so much to see

Fun fact: 'All Star' and 'Midnight City' have only a one-BPM difference.

And All Star has basically the same chords as Imagine.