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[Monkeydog]

AVClub pissed me off because I saw them post that to Facebook and all I saw was Homestar's face and I was like OHMYGOSH NEW HSR, but nope.

[Stars]

Now I kind of want to go rewatch every HSR video. Or at least go buy something from their store that's apparently still open. (I haven't worn my Strong Bad Zone shirt for a while either.)

[Lackadaisy]

Hey look it's the fucking GDT.

 

Well since I tried posting an entire fucking thread about it and the board took a shit on me, here's why I have been gone for two months.

 

I moved to a new town, got enrolled in a charter school, got put a grade behind even if I was a fucking honors student, dad's still out of a fucking job, I left my job, friends, sports, and FUCKING VIDEO GAMES behind on the reservation, we NEVER FUCKING VISIT IT, I feel like a shit, life's a shit, this is my fucking childhood, my dad, mom, and brother are slowly developing this hate for each other with me caught in the fucking middle, and hurr derr there's no fucking sports or anything familiar here, there's no friends, and with all the shit I have to deal with this fucking move...

 

 

Yay this is my childhood memories. Also did I mention half of MY FUCKING FAMILY STILL LIVES BACK THERE?

[Monkeydog]

That sucks. But at least you're here!

 

I'm confused though. You lived on a reservation? Why did you even move if you father has no job? Why did your video games stay? Why were you put a grade behind? Age?

 

But hey, I'm sure we all had shitty childhoods, I know I sure did, if we had wonderful childhoods we probably wouldn't be posting on the internet. It gets better.

[Lackadaisy]

Again, long, long, long, long, long story.

 

Yes, I did live on a reservation. I'm not even Native, but it was because of job reasons before I was born. My dad left for job reasons- he sure as hell wasn't going to find one there. He just assumed there would be jobs for the picking- which was pretty false, but he's got SOMETHING in the works. (Some weird financial advisor for out of work veterans shit, I dunno) I actually feel sad for the guy- after you're 50, it's pretty fucking hard to find a job.

 

Why? Well, at this school, in 7th grade you're taught Algebra 1, Physics, Chemistry, Logic, and Biology. Which is actually pretty simple shit, but I didn't take the prerequisite classes (they start teaching it in 6th) so, well, I was fucked up the ass. Apparently if I wanted to move up into 8th I would have to take all this shit. Also, it doesn't really help your fucking self esteem when you feel like a fucking freak. I never even had any self-esteem.

 

 

So, this was my childhood. Lots of depression, one good fucking year, and then I'm back to this.

 

 

Yeah, it sucks a fuck-ton of dick.

[Anthony Totinos]

It sucks now, but you basically get another year to grow up and prepare before what you do starts to matter to colleges.

 

[Lackadaisy]

And that's not even the entire fucking thing.

 

The entire fucking thing is really long- and since I'm more awake to type it out, I'll shoot.

 

Well, back before the move, shit was fucking fantastic. Why? I was going to be in 8th grade, I was weightlifting with the highschoolers (it was some weird summer program or some shit) and, well, fuck, I actually had friends. See, from ages 7 to fucking 12, I was the social outcast. The child who broke down in tears at random intervals. I guess the whole "crying, depressed, emo shit" thing I had when I was younger was partly because my family wasn't the best family- but who has the best one? Basically, father beat us, I tried to please him because I was young and scared shitless, siblings resented the fuck out of me for that, he got told on by older brother, it stopped, dad was less of a dick but still a dick, I got fat, he made fun of me being fat (something that also applied to siblings) and then my dad got older and realized he was a dick, and pretty much stopped. That all happened gradually thoughout my life. Anyways, I was having a fucking fantastic summer. Even though my dad was out of a job, shit was cheap on the reservation, and I was having it pretty fucking good. Then, dad wants to move.

 

Shit, I need more backround on THIS too. See, he wanted to move even though he didn't have a job because of two things- the schools are SHIT on the reservation, and there's nothing really to do on the reservation. So he assumed a change of atmosphere would be good for him and his two younger sons. His eldest was in college, in the house that he bought him- which was where we were moving, by the way. His daughter and wife would stay at the home on the reservation, because his wife still had her job, and the daughter needed to finish up her senior year. Anyways, we originally planned for state school, and we were just about to fucking enroll-

 

UNTIL HOLY SHIT FANCY CHARTER SCHOOL WOW A++++++++++++++++++ RATING AMRITE!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!

Anyways, he pretty much said "I'm going to give you a choice, but if you choose the state school, I'll be really fucking disappointed."  I pretty much decided "OHEY ERRYTHINGS GON' BE FIINE GON' STILL DO MAH SPORTS AND SHIT AND IT'S A BETTER EDUCATION" and so I went, and I got overviewed for placement into the charter school. My little brother got into his grade. Me, however...

 

Needless to say, I felt like SHIT. Imagine you have this one thing you cling on to, knowing that you're average in everything else, and this thing, you know you're at least above average at it, and you feel good about it! You feel great about it sometimes, sometimes when it gets too tough to go on. Now imagine that support column just being fucking zapped away. Yep. Man, I felt depressed. And since my dad REALLY wanted me to go to the school, and since he reasoned "OH DURR YER TAKIN DEM HIGH SCHOOL COURSE  YOU FINE SON", I fucking went. (Note, like most 13 year olds, I'm an overly-emotional pussy)

 

Anyways, those first few weeks were rough. I felt like a freak, an overgrown fuckup that was put in this strange, alien place. I still do at times, when I can't just forget about where I am. To my father's credit, he sacrificed dickloads to make me happy. Even when I entertained the idea of going back (Those first few weeks were rough with me and my brother, with my brother eventually going back to the reservation), he enrolled me in football (which was a 400$ fee- for THREE FUCKING GAMES since I joined late), his latest effort was enrolling me in a youth weightlifting program (20$ per year), he took me out on hikes, fucking nature walks in which I half-listened to his talks about what book he was reading, his plan for getting a job, etc. I actually fucking bonded with him- which IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. Oh, yeah, did I mention the school is 150$ per fucking month!? And my dad's still out of a job.

 

I'd be lying if I said I didn't have anyone to talk to in school- but the fact is, it's a LOT worse than say, when I was back on the reservation.

 

Another huge issue is the huge fucking rift between my father and my college brother. With my college brother getting Cs in his Pre-Med Major (Note: Like all Asian families, we are expected to get As, ALL THE TIME), his girlfriend and his girlfriend's sister living with us (What, it's the reservation. The sister had a really, really shit life, shitter than most of the people on here.), him and his girlfriend supporting his girlfriend's sister through high school, lots of other shit, lots and LOTS of money issues...

 

Well, shit.

 

Well, after my little brother left, my dad's pretty much broken on the issue. He used to want to make us stay in the school, but since my brother left (Also a cool moment- having your little brother wave a knife at you is both amusing yet scary) he's pretty much like, "FUCK IT, DO WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY, BUT PLS STAY IN THIS CHARTER SCHOOL PLS" So, he gave me a choice. Go back to the reservation, leave my father who I JUST FUCKING BONDED with here with my college brother (Who I also love a fucking lot and who is graduating in two years) and hope they don't kill each other, leave my chance at a better education behind, and pretty much look and feel like an enormous dick for wasting so much money. DID I MENTION I HAVE TO STAY THERE UNTIL I'M DONE WITH HIGH SCHOOL, EVEN IF MY DAD IS STAYING HERE? Or stay here, be a grade behind, probably having to test into 9th- and MAYBE passing it, leaving my friends and what shit I just got behind, leaving my mother, brother, and sister behind, and leaving all MY FUCKING GAMES BEHIND AND MY FUCKING LIFE BEHIND. (lolno sports for me) I mean, shit, if I could have what I wanted, I would've stayed on the reservation for one more year, then would've come back for STATE HIGH SCHOOL- but no, fuck that, even if my dad's going to stay here and there's really no reason my plan wouldn't work. Another issue in the entire fucking thing is that my dad's being a pretty big dick at times to my older (college) brother and to me if I entertain the thought of leaving.

 

So here's my convoluted, confusing explanation as to why I took a shit for four months.

[kspr]

suck it up princess. life's a bitch, and then you die. 

[Donkeymog]

suck it up princess. life's a bitch, and then you die. 

 

Or, if you're lucky, get eaten by a Gyarados.

[Anthony Totinos]

your explanation of why you haven't posted on an internet forum has been registered and found in the wanting. prepare for life as a fail son.

[Monkeydog]

That sucks, but I would say don't look at everything so negatively. I guess we're just all so removed from being 13 that it's all kind of ridiculous to us, especially since some of us also had some pretty shit childhoods. 

 

But I don't know, you're at a new school, you can start fresh, even if it started off oddly. Nobody knows you so you can just take shots at being socially accepted, and if no one accepts you than what difference does it make to now? Plus girls like older guys, and you'll always be older now. So that's a plus.

 

Also looking at your age/birthday, it seems to make sense you're in 7th grade, doesn't it? I'm pretty sure I 13 when I was in 7th grade, so was my girlfriend, and you guys share a two day difference in birthday dates. So you aren't really behind...

[Puffin]

I was 13 when I was in 7th grade and I was held back before then, and it really isn't that bad in the long run. Most people will never even know you're older than them and even when they do find out they likely won't really care.

Also, Monkey's right. Girls do like older guys.

[Donkeymog]

[Lackadaisy]

My jimmies are still rustled- I'll be 14 soon enough.

 

Also, nice Illmatic reference that's totally not overused Kspr.

 

Anyways, I guess I'll stop being such a pussy. Also, I've given up on girls. My face looks like a nice, steaming pile of horse-shit.

 

I realize I must sound like an attention-whore. I probably am.

 

Well- back to normal internet business, no?

[Anthony Totinos]

[in garrison keillor voice]: pleasure 

[kspr]

go to bed, your Fünke

[Stars]

I'm at a radiology student symposium today. Tried going to gfaqs during a break between speakers, and the hospital we're at blocked the site for being "sexually explicit." I don't even.

[Vicious Parker]

No... no... that's accurate.

[Kamau]

I was 13 when I was in 7th grade and I was held back before then, and it really isn't that bad in the long run. Most people will never even know you're older than them and even when they do find out they likely won't really care.

Also, Monkey's right. Girls do like older guys.

 

The only reason I wasn't 13 in 7th grade (I was turning 12) was because I was an October baby. Meaning I met/didn't meet some sort of deadline for enrollment back when first starting kindergarten. But hey, I'm a believer that everything happens for a reason.

 

And hey, if Puffin hadn't been held back then we wouldn't have been in the same grade, and we wouldn't have met and become bffs!

[lazlo falconi]

And MonkeyPro would have been a sadder place.