So I've hit that point...

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So I've hit that point...
Topic Started: Jan 11 2009, 03:27 AM (324 Views)
flumes	Jan 11 2009, 03:27 AM Post #1
CLEVELAND ROCKS! Posts: 2,429 Group: Veterans Member #142 Joined: May 22, 2005	...Where I've realized that I like just drinking "a bit" over being completely trashed. One of the best weekends I've had at Ohio. Really the best. Two killer parties these last two nights. Both frat parties for a frat I'm not in....... Yeah, I'm that good. B) :rolleyes: After being completely trashed last night, which I hadn't planned on doing (stupid shots hit so hard!) and having a great night, but one with some regrets (nothing major, just kissed a not too hot but really not bad chick and acted like a idiot which was the bigger problem) and then comparing that to tonight... Where I was sober enough to actually have some game with girls and had some fun with a not only a great looking girl but also one that was really cool. Basing my trashed versus tipsy decision probably shouldnt go with just two different nights or more simply two different girls.... But overall, it is just more fun to be like I was tonight and sit and laugh at people who are acting like I was Friday........... While gettin money and girls. Now, I know the advantages for you guys aren't that great. I'm sure you would rather sit here and laugh at me blabbing like I was Friday then listening to this garbage rant I'm on tonight..... No worries, I'll still get trashed accidently and maybe on purpose occasionally, just not as much! When I do, I will try to come on here and do some amazing drunk post for everyone.



New Harumf	Jan 11 2009, 09:37 AM Post #2
Bloodthirsty Unicorn Posts: 9,638 Group: Forum Mods Member #177 Joined: October 8, 2005	flumes Jan 11 2009, 03:27 AM ...Where I've realized that I like just drinking "a bit" over being completely trashed. One of the best weekends I've had at Ohio. Really the best. Two killer parties these last two nights. Both frat parties for a frat I'm not in....... Yeah, I'm that good. B) :rolleyes: After being completely trashed last night, which I hadn't planned on doing (stupid shots hit so hard!) and having a great night, but one with some regrets (nothing major, just kissed a not too hot but really not bad chick and acted like a idiot which was the bigger problem) and then comparing that to tonight... Where I was sober enough to actually have some game with girls and had some fun with a not only a great looking girl but also one that was really cool. Basing my trashed versus tipsy decision probably shouldnt go with just two different nights or more simply two different girls.... But overall, it is just more fun to be like I was tonight and sit and laugh at people who are acting like I was Friday........... While gettin money and girls. Now, I know the advantages for you guys aren't that great. I'm sure you would rather sit here and laugh at me blabbing like I was Friday then listening to this garbage rant I'm on tonight..... No worries, I'll still get trashed accidently and maybe on purpose occasionally, just not as much! When I do, I will try to come on here and do some amazing drunk post for everyone. OK, young man, listen. Time for a Harumf lecture. College for too many becomes a training ground for alcoholics, especially freshman year. I was pretty much drunk through my entire freshman year at U of Ill - at the end of my first semester I counted 37 gin bottles empty in my closet, and I mostly drank beer! I ended up with a 2.14 GPA - not a very impressive start. I also ended up with the clap . . . twice. If it had been after 1982 I could have ended up with a lot worse. I also could have ended up a daddy. Being drunk makes you do stupid things. Being pleasently buzzed allows you to have some level of control. It allows you to attend classes in the morning, do homework at night, and not see your liver desolve into a goo. It also keeps you from walking across that seemingly safe frozen river, falling asleep in a snow bank, waking up with a wolf women (you know the ones, you'd rather chew off your arm that's under her than wake her up), throwing up on your bed, etc, etc, etc. Sounds like you are getting the clue, but save the binges for the special occasions - please. It will also keep you from having your eyebrows shaved off, your hand put in warm water while you are sleeping, and being duct taped to a pole naked on a country road. Just some words of caution.



Catholic Europe	Jan 11 2009, 05:11 PM Post #3
Spammer Posts: 9,612 Group: Members Member #4 Joined: December 24, 2003	Just have fun! That's what I do!



Menhad	Jan 11 2009, 11:30 PM Post #4
ET2(IDW) Posts: 2,681 Group: Veterans Member #143 Joined: May 22, 2005	Catholic Europe Jan 11 2009, 05:11 PM Just have fun! That's what I do! :rolleyes: That's all you do... Edited by Menhad, Jan 11 2009, 11:30 PM.



Sedulius	Jan 11 2009, 11:41 PM Post #5
Field Marshal Posts: 4,727 Group: Members Member #427 Joined: March 29, 2008	I would say I drink all the vodka I get a hold of, but I tend to space it out and try to savor it. A bottle usually lasts me a month. I have somehow kept my GPA above 3.4. I have a few "I"s though, and I withdrew from one class. Not a great start being behind in credits, but the GPA keeps the money flowing. But definitely, drinking just a bit is better. It takes the edge off of things. Every now and then its fun to go 10 shots, but not more... I'd say 15 is the limit for me, and that's asking for trouble. Wish I had someone to drink with right now... No. I am not an alcoholic. :D



Ulgania	Jan 12 2009, 12:17 AM Post #6
A better Zarathustra has never rode a horse Posts: 4,041 Group: Members Member #450 Joined: June 3, 2008	I'm pretty sure I'm NSWR's Resident Teetotaler. :lol:



Tristan da Cunha	Jan 12 2009, 01:35 AM Post #7
Science and Industry Posts: 6,792 Group: Veterans Member #86 Joined: November 1, 2004	I teetotaled in college and also flunked more classes than I care to recall.



New Harumf	Jan 12 2009, 09:52 AM Post #8
Bloodthirsty Unicorn Posts: 9,638 Group: Forum Mods Member #177 Joined: October 8, 2005	Tristan da Cunha Jan 12 2009, 01:35 AM I teetotaled in college and also flunked more classes than I care to recall. Well, that was your problem. Not drinking.



Tristan da Cunha	Jan 12 2009, 10:10 AM Post #9
Science and Industry Posts: 6,792 Group: Veterans Member #86 Joined: November 1, 2004	That correlation is strong.



flumes	Jan 12 2009, 03:05 PM Post #10
CLEVELAND ROCKS! Posts: 2,429 Group: Veterans Member #142 Joined: May 22, 2005	New Harumf Jan 11 2009, 09:37 AM flumes Jan 11 2009, 03:27 AM ...Where I've realized that I like just drinking "a bit" over being completely trashed. One of the best weekends I've had at Ohio. Really the best. Two killer parties these last two nights. Both frat parties for a frat I'm not in....... Yeah, I'm that good. B) :rolleyes: After being completely trashed last night, which I hadn't planned on doing (stupid shots hit so hard!) and having a great night, but one with some regrets (nothing major, just kissed a not too hot but really not bad chick and acted like a idiot which was the bigger problem) and then comparing that to tonight... Where I was sober enough to actually have some game with girls and had some fun with a not only a great looking girl but also one that was really cool. Basing my trashed versus tipsy decision probably shouldnt go with just two different nights or more simply two different girls.... But overall, it is just more fun to be like I was tonight and sit and laugh at people who are acting like I was Friday........... While gettin money and girls. Now, I know the advantages for you guys aren't that great. I'm sure you would rather sit here and laugh at me blabbing like I was Friday then listening to this garbage rant I'm on tonight..... No worries, I'll still get trashed accidently and maybe on purpose occasionally, just not as much! When I do, I will try to come on here and do some amazing drunk post for everyone. OK, young man, listen. Time for a Harumf lecture. College for too many becomes a training ground for alcoholics, especially freshman year. I was pretty much drunk through my entire freshman year at U of Ill - at the end of my first semester I counted 37 gin bottles empty in my closet, and I mostly drank beer! I ended up with a 2.14 GPA - not a very impressive start. I also ended up with the clap . . . twice. If it had been after 1982 I could have ended up with a lot worse. I also could have ended up a daddy. Being drunk makes you do stupid things. Being pleasently buzzed allows you to have some level of control. It allows you to attend classes in the morning, do homework at night, and not see your liver desolve into a goo. It also keeps you from walking across that seemingly safe frozen river, falling asleep in a snow bank, waking up with a wolf women (you know the ones, you'd rather chew off your arm that's under her than wake her up), throwing up on your bed, etc, etc, etc. Sounds like you are getting the clue, but save the binges for the special occasions - please. It will also keep you from having your eyebrows shaved off, your hand put in warm water while you are sleeping, and being duct taped to a pole naked on a country road. Just some words of caution. :lol: Thankfully, the few times I've blackout so far I have sooner or later ended up in my room for the night...... My problem really lies in my want for adventure (or girls :unsure: ) late at night. Honestly though, I've learned... And I was smart enough my first quarter to only drink on weekends. 2.9 isn't bad to start things off, could be better, but I will take it considering my mod of 16 boys only had 12 returning this quarter with countless others under a 2.0. :o Just tipsy for me, except for those special times. Edited by flumes, Jan 12 2009, 03:06 PM.



New Harumf	Jan 12 2009, 05:46 PM Post #11
Bloodthirsty Unicorn Posts: 9,638 Group: Forum Mods Member #177 Joined: October 8, 2005	2.9 is NOT a bad start. Not a good start either. Freshman year is the hardest (I think most will agree with me) because you don't really get to take what you want to take, but you have to take these "required" classes. Finish strong, i.e. Junior/Senior 3.5 or up, and you can get into most grad schools! Try to avoid blacking out. As you start to hang with upperclassmen, or if you get your own apartment later on the mischief gets much more intense!! Also, avoid those playing with explosives (like I used to do). We have a real tendency to not be thinking very well when we pack a bomb woth 1.5 pounds of fff black powder while drunk, forget to put in the fuse, and then proceed to puncture the bomb with a nail and hammer to make a fuse hole! :P Luckily, we planted the bomb in the appropriate tree across from our dorm with a good ole cigarette fuse, sat across the street, watched a couple stop under the tree and make out, then move on. Then, boom! The tree split. The cops came. It was winter. Everyone came out of the dorms to see what happened. My room mate played the charge from the "William Tell Overture" full volume out of his window, the crowd yelled, and attacked the Uni police with snowballs, chasing them away! Ah, the memories! I miss higher education.



Rhadamanthus	Jan 12 2009, 06:32 PM Post #12
Legitimist Posts: 12,945 Group: Admin Member #19 Joined: January 13, 2004	At my undergraduate university, we got to take whatever we wanted from day one; no required courses. Also, our first semester didn't count for our GPAs.



East Anarx	Jan 12 2009, 07:13 PM Post #13
Anarchitect Posts: 4,788 Group: Multi Member #210 Joined: January 16, 2006	Romanus Diogenes Jan 12 2009, 06:32 PM At my undergraduate university, we got to take whatever we wanted from day one; no required courses. Also, our first semester didn't count for our GPAs. Where the hell did you go!?



Sedulius	Jan 12 2009, 08:42 PM Post #14
Field Marshal Posts: 4,727 Group: Members Member #427 Joined: March 29, 2008	Esternarx Jan 12 2009, 07:13 PM Romanus Diogenes Jan 12 2009, 06:32 PM At my undergraduate university, we got to take whatever we wanted from day one; no required courses. Also, our first semester didn't count for our GPAs. Where the hell did you go!? Seconded. I'd like to know about this magical college without core requirements.



Paradise	Jan 12 2009, 08:47 PM Post #15
Resident bureaucrat Posts: 2,268 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: December 23, 2003	Siadhail Jan 12 2009, 08:42 PM Esternarx Jan 12 2009, 07:13 PM Romanus Diogenes Jan 12 2009, 06:32 PM At my undergraduate university, we got to take whatever we wanted from day one; no required courses. Also, our first semester didn't count for our GPAs. Where the hell did you go!? Seconded. I'd like to know about this magical college without core requirements. What about the "University of Life"? Seems like something my father would say lol.



flumes	Jan 12 2009, 09:57 PM Post #16
CLEVELAND ROCKS! Posts: 2,429 Group: Veterans Member #142 Joined: May 22, 2005	School of Hard Knocks? NH, your only making me want to play with explosives more with stories like that!



Rhadamanthus	Jan 12 2009, 10:14 PM Post #17
Legitimist Posts: 12,945 Group: Admin Member #19 Joined: January 13, 2004	I attended the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. We had no core curriculum. All you had were your major requirements, a writing requirement (you had to take a certain number of credits with the "W" writing designation) and distribution requirements (Social Science and Humanities majors were required to take a certain number of hard science credits and vice versa). Filling the writing and distribution requirements was completely up to you, as for what courses you wanted to take. The only fixed requirements were those that existed within your major. I was personally a History major and a Mathematics major. I had to fulfil a writing requirement, but almost all History courses are marked as writing-incentive so this was automatic. Also, since History was my primary major, I had to do quantitative stuff for my distribution requirements; the Mathematics major filled those automatically. The only other requirement was the number of total credits we had to fulfill.



New Harumf	Jan 12 2009, 10:23 PM Post #18
Bloodthirsty Unicorn Posts: 9,638 Group: Forum Mods Member #177 Joined: October 8, 2005	No PhysEd?? I had to take 4, countem 4 physical education courses. I took Figure Skating, Bowling, Fencing and Movement!!



Rhadamanthus	Jan 12 2009, 10:41 PM Post #19
Legitimist Posts: 12,945 Group: Admin Member #19 Joined: January 13, 2004	I'm not aware that we even had Phys Ed courses at JHU. I mean we had sports and various athletic clubs, but I don't think we had any such courses and certainly no requirements.



Tristan da Cunha	Jan 13 2009, 12:44 AM Post #20
Science and Industry Posts: 6,792 Group: Veterans Member #86 Joined: November 1, 2004	As I understand Phys Ed courses are generally required only in engineering-oriented schools where the administration fears that students' muscles will atrophy from disuse after spending all their waking hours staring at a CAD console, MATLAB, or WoW.



Sedulius	Jan 13 2009, 11:40 AM Post #21
Field Marshal Posts: 4,727 Group: Members Member #427 Joined: March 29, 2008	Romanus Diogenes Jan 12 2009, 10:14 PM I attended the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. We had no core curriculum. All you had were your major requirements, a writing requirement (you had to take a certain number of credits with the "W" writing designation) and distribution requirements (Social Science and Humanities majors were required to take a certain number of hard science credits and vice versa). Filling the writing and distribution requirements was completely up to you, as for what courses you wanted to take. The only fixed requirements were those that existed within your major. I was personally a History major and a Mathematics major. I had to fulfil a writing requirement, but almost all History courses are marked as writing-incentive so this was automatic. Also, since History was my primary major, I had to do quantitative stuff for my distribution requirements; the Mathematics major filled those automatically. The only other requirement was the number of total credits we had to fulfill. It sounds like a dream come true. I want to go there now... If it's still like that.



Telosan	Jan 13 2009, 02:57 PM Post #22
The Foremost Intellectual Badass Posts: 3,893 Group: Map Makers Member #445 Joined: May 27, 2008	Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. That's where I'm probably going. I've got a scholarship there, but I might go elsewhere.



Sedulius	Jan 13 2009, 03:00 PM Post #23
Field Marshal Posts: 4,727 Group: Members Member #427 Joined: March 29, 2008	Lucky bastard. :lol:



Porcu	Jan 13 2009, 03:04 PM Post #24
"Work is the curse of the drinking classes." Posts: 4,188 Group: Global Mods Member #415 Joined: February 19, 2008	Siadhail Jan 13 2009, 03:00 PM Lucky bastard. :lol: I concur



New Harumf	Jan 13 2009, 03:36 PM Post #25
Bloodthirsty Unicorn Posts: 9,638 Group: Forum Mods Member #177 Joined: October 8, 2005	Telosan Jan 13 2009, 02:57 PM Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. That's where I'm probably going. I've got a scholarship there, but I might go elsewhere. Well, if you are going to be in Baltimore anyway . . . . . . . . otherwise, yech! Baltimore. Not one of my favorite cities. All the inconveniences of the deep south but with cold weather!!

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