Posted by Eyesonly at zeb.zqwdrqsz.com on May 15, 2003 at 07:33:37:
In Reply to: Rant Zone posted by Will Turner, Karaoke King on May 15, 2003 at 05:37:11:
: Will, my main man....
Been there, done that, bought the CD and teeshirt, visited the theme park, had the disease...
Words of wisdom: it's a matter of cool...
1) ALWAYS remember that you are much, much cooler than anyone else in your household.
2) Being the epitome of cool, it is natural that those at a higher temperature will neither understand you or sympathise with the fact that you are a bit different, a bit special.
3) No matter how cool your parents were in their day, things are different these days. In fact, count yourself lucky, the most embarrassing thing for a 20 year old is parents who try to be part of the 20 year old's world - at the 20 year old level. Just be grateful that they view you from the remoteness of their great age and don't suggest going to a rave together (not that I sense you are the 'rave' type - I'm merely trying to be illustrative here!
4) Ignore your younger brother. He is your younger brother and, by defintion, knows nothing.
5) Be seen to be making a good effort at finding a job. This is good for various reasons - it gets you out from under the household feet (looking for the job does this as effectively as actually working!); it gives you some cash (cash = more independence!); you might actually find something you enjoy doing (my son is at uni in Southampton - he has got himself a job on the docks loading/unloading vehicles - he gets to drive everything from Transits to Ferraris!).
6) This isn't supposed to be a lecture - forgive me if I seem to be on a soapbox - I'm not!
7) Hope you feel better adjusted soon - I expect some of this is post exam relief of pressure. I remember the moment I put down my pen at the end of the last exam of my finals. "That's it," I said to myself, "no more exams for me!" - I was wrong, of course... We all went out and got blind drunk that afternoon.....
8) email me for further chat!