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Young Billy Bob Thorton.
classical_hero
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I was expecting VP, but not in that situation.
JohannaK
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Sling Blade is from 1996, according to wikipedia. Also landed Thornton an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and a Best Actor nomination.
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High Elven ISB Capt & Ghost Agent
Insert generic complaint on reduction of post due to the old one being archived. Also...
Rant: Greek numerals in title!
Rant: Greek numerals in title!
Lohrenswald
世界的 bottom ranked physicist
I have exams in less than a month aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggghhhhnnnnnnnnnnnnfffffffffhhhhhhhhhgggggg
gay_Aleks
from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!
All our teachers decided that by all means we should make presentations.
And present them.
And present them.
So to follow up, I figured out how to reassemble my lawnmower. But the cord I bought was too short. So wouldn't start it. Rather than going back to the store I decided to use some old cord I had that was lighter. After 3 tries I got the machine back together. Started it once. And on the second time I tried to start it, the cord broke again.
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Okay, how many people saw the second bolded part coming as soon as they read the first bolded part?
Okay, how many people saw the second bolded part coming as soon as they read the first bolded part?
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I stand chastised.
Rant: So many troubles. This should be a trouble free time of the semester, but it only seems to be getting worse. And it's not finals, I have that all wrapped up, and I'm not concerned. It's still what I'm going to do for the summer, and I have two plans set out.
Plan A: The original plan. Go live at home for three months and hang around. Don't work (I don't need the money) and instead put my time towards reading and researching for my senior thesis in international relations. Which of course, would heavily involve reading wonderful and interesting history books I don't get to over the course of the regular year. Already have a reading list of around 13 built up. Would be a relaxing, and fun summer.
Plan B: My professor notified me of an on-going project at the university for a traveling museum exhibit. It was to portray Iowa, and Iowans, during the Second World War, and connect the state to the larger global history. I'd do original, archival research (on a POW camp in Iowa of all places!), and have my name attached to the project and exhibit. How cool is that? Great for a resume, and it sounds like a ton of fun! I'd have the option of doing it over the summer, in the spring, or both. The spring would be a class and be more stringent, as opposed to the independent study with a professor I like supervising it. I'd also have a blast reading all those books I don't get to read during the year.
Here's were the trouble lies. I hate living here, in my current conditions. My apartment is awful, I hate my roommates, the most obnoxious being the one who's going to live here over the summer. It's a wholly unhealthy, unacademic environment. And if I were to say even a week longer I'd literally go insane. I'm already at my limit for living here, the drugs, smoke, partying, and alcohol making for a sickening atmosphere.
And so in order to do Plan B, which I'd really like to do, I have two choices. I can either continue living in my apartment, and go crazy and hate myself. Probably flake out halfway through even though I paid for the class. I don't want to do this, I don't want to live here.
Or, I'd go live in the dorms for the summer. Buy a meal plan, and live by myself in quiet harmony. This of course comes with its own problems. It's expensive, and I'm not sure I want to pay it (though I'm also not sure how long I'd be in the city doing research, so that impacts the price). And secondly, I don't know what to do about my rent for my current apartment if I leave to live in the dorms. Would I be able to break contract and not pay for the summer months? Would I forfeit my deposit money? I'm not going to pay both, I wouldn't be able to afford it.
I really want to stay and do research, and attach myself to this awesome project. I just can't stand to live here anymore. I also hate the idea of my living circumstances getting in the way of my academic career. I hate this so much, and I'm at a loss at what to do.
Plan A: The original plan. Go live at home for three months and hang around. Don't work (I don't need the money) and instead put my time towards reading and researching for my senior thesis in international relations. Which of course, would heavily involve reading wonderful and interesting history books I don't get to over the course of the regular year. Already have a reading list of around 13 built up. Would be a relaxing, and fun summer.
Plan B: My professor notified me of an on-going project at the university for a traveling museum exhibit. It was to portray Iowa, and Iowans, during the Second World War, and connect the state to the larger global history. I'd do original, archival research (on a POW camp in Iowa of all places!), and have my name attached to the project and exhibit. How cool is that? Great for a resume, and it sounds like a ton of fun! I'd have the option of doing it over the summer, in the spring, or both. The spring would be a class and be more stringent, as opposed to the independent study with a professor I like supervising it. I'd also have a blast reading all those books I don't get to read during the year.
Here's were the trouble lies. I hate living here, in my current conditions. My apartment is awful, I hate my roommates, the most obnoxious being the one who's going to live here over the summer. It's a wholly unhealthy, unacademic environment. And if I were to say even a week longer I'd literally go insane. I'm already at my limit for living here, the drugs, smoke, partying, and alcohol making for a sickening atmosphere.
And so in order to do Plan B, which I'd really like to do, I have two choices. I can either continue living in my apartment, and go crazy and hate myself. Probably flake out halfway through even though I paid for the class. I don't want to do this, I don't want to live here.
Or, I'd go live in the dorms for the summer. Buy a meal plan, and live by myself in quiet harmony. This of course comes with its own problems. It's expensive, and I'm not sure I want to pay it (though I'm also not sure how long I'd be in the city doing research, so that impacts the price). And secondly, I don't know what to do about my rent for my current apartment if I leave to live in the dorms. Would I be able to break contract and not pay for the summer months? Would I forfeit my deposit money? I'm not going to pay both, I wouldn't be able to afford it.
I really want to stay and do research, and attach myself to this awesome project. I just can't stand to live here anymore. I also hate the idea of my living circumstances getting in the way of my academic career. I hate this so much, and I'm at a loss at what to do.
madviking
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can you not couchsurf at a friend's or sublet a place in iowa city?
MjM
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I'm having alcohol cravings like a mother... Oh well. I can't drink again or my life will spiral out of control once more. 
Rashiminos
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If nothing else I do see a conversation with the apartment's landlord in the near future.
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