Does it have to be word for word? If so, then your school is fucking ridiculous. If it's something you wrote, just make out an outline, and when you go up for your speech, just speak out of memory...add new things, omit old things, but get the basic point across. That's how you do a good speech. Not everything written down is supposed to be perfect.

I'm a caretaker/home health aide for an autistic person. 'Cus of HIPAA I can't say much, but gotta say, it's a fun experience. I get attacked a lot though.

Yeah, I hate it...the other morning I jumped out of my bed real quick-like to trip off my alarm (which plays reveille REALLY LOUD until I turn it off) onto my foot that happened to be asleep. My foot kinda went sideways, and my leg continued going down (if you guys know what I mean). This was about a week ago, and my ankle still hurts from it. I'm afraid to start running again lol.

You stupid whore, it's just a backwards robe!

I will have your babies if you figure out where that quote is from.

Smoking is detrimental to your health, but is a life choice. You're not a suicidal idiot for smoking...just someone who disregards your health. Also, if you smoke occasionally, or don't inhale (Say with Cigars or Pipes, like I do) you are still harming your health, but not as much as a pack a day smoker.

While I'm not saying smoking is a good thing (It probably would have been better if it never existed) some people have stress issues that they would never be able to handle without tobacco. I only smoke because I'm going through a divorce, and I probably will stop afterwards...except maybe a cigar once or twice a month. Only for the flavor though...those things are delicious.

I know someone who has an autistic child that probably would have already killed herself had it not been for nicotine/tobacco/etc....so Mr. 13 year old....people don't smoke just to look cool and/or because they're an idiot. A lot get addicted and can't help it...a lot actually can't find anything else to help their problems, and therefore need it. There are many people who were given smokes by their parents or older siblings when they were younger, and became addicted to nicotine, and couldn't stop.

It's very situational. Don't yell at someone for smoking just to look cool, unless you know the person. Then they are a dumbass.

I guess that the Marines are so badass they don't need their corpsmen to stitch them up after combat. :/. Also, the Marines isn't an "army" branch, nor is it part of the army, or even related to the army. It's part of the Navy. Marines are badass, they are a force to be reckoned with, and they deserve respect....but that doesn't mean they're better than one branch over the other.

At 10/26/09 06:17 PM, Diddy wrote: I'd say that a studio apartment is a hell of a lot more appealing to the "ladies" than a trailer.

I think you should go for it :)

Oh, definitely, I know anything is more appealing than this trailer, but I'm trying to think..is a 1br so much more appealing than a studio, that it's worth paying an extra 50-100/mo for? That's what it's really boiling down to right now. I just don't know how the ladies react to a studio, compared to a 1br.

Well, right now I live in a trailer that my dad happens to own. I pay absolutely no rent, just the bills...but it's an extreme fixer-upper. Holes everywhere, needs new windows, bugs everywhere, two holes in the floor that you can't see because of the carpet, but guests almost always fall through (one's right in front of the front door) rotted boards everywhere, and just a general mess. Bad neighborhood too. On top of that, it's just a single wide, one decent bedroom, one very small one, a living area (mixed with kitchen/dining room) and of course a bathroom. Lots and lots of closets.

Well, my dad wants to ditch his house, and move in here. So I'm thinking of either getting into a one bedroom apartment, or a studio. The studio seems perfect for price, but I'm really concerned as to how I'd handle dates/ladies that I would potentially be doing dirty deeds with, and such things like that. Would a place like a studio really be attractive to a lady? Or should I just spring the extra 50-100 bucks a month for a one bedroom? In all honesty, I only really use my main room in my trailer, I sleep on the couch, and just use the rest of the rooms for storage....but I think if I actually had a separate bedroom when I took a lady home, it'd be a lot more impressive. Not to mention, having guests over in a studio may or may not be a bitch.

I really don't know. I figure a lot of newgrounders have experience with studio apartments, so I'm asking here.

At 10/24/09 08:55 PM, reverend wrote: Depending on when/where you got married, why don't you ask for an annulment. If you can't get that I'm sure that most states offer an uncontested divorce option.

Yeah, it is an uncontested divorce (At least, I hope so, unless that fucking broad is trying to accuse me of shit). In Florida, I don't think you can get annulments unless it's a really big case...but I do have a strong case imo seeing as how I married her when she was pregnant with someone else's kid, and she's trying to claim I'm the father (no paternity test was done yet, and we had never had sex when she told me she was pregnant).

At 10/24/09 08:07 PM, TiredPaperBoy wrote:

At 10/24/09 07:29 PM, KingPanther13 wrote: Because internet ages are always accurate, right?

No, they are horribly higher than real life.

GTFO

Lol, says an '07 user. I mean, really? Come on.

Usually there's good advice amongst the dumbasses, looks like it's all dumbasses tonight. Oh wel.

No, but really, anyone know anything about this shit? I'd like to ensure that the paperwork will be delivered to me promptly, so I can get myself a lawyer, and make sure that she's not pulling any more funny business than she's already pulled.

Because internet ages are always accurate, right?

For divorce...according to a very well looking advertisement from a law-firm. While I know that my wife is divorcing me soon, I haven't seen any official papers, nor have I been served....how the hell do these lawyers know what's going to happen to me? Anyhow....anyone have any suggestions? If I know that dumb bitch (I do) she probably gave them the wrong address, and is trying to make me default...hah, that'll be fun.

I like the people who insult Seth McFarlane....y'know, he's a hell of a lot more successful than you, because not only is he a billionaire, but he's making this money off of the worst television shows known to man. I'd like to see you make a better (or even shittier show, hell) and make the same amount of money. Go on now. This man's a genius, because he knows how to make a lot of money without putting any effort into his work. Sure, it loses respect, but people still watch it...people still think it's funny, and people still support him. It's just that the more intelligent people start to speak against it.

I've always been the person to give advice to my friends, and even some people who are just acquaintance....I've always given good advice, helped relationships thrive, talked people through stressful situations, hell I'm confident that I even stopped one or two people from killing themselves. It's just what I do...and I've always enjoyed doing it. I may even consider a career in counseling, although I'm studying Computer Science at the moment.

Anyhow, right now I've been having problems so big with my own life that I just can't fix on my own (rule number one from me was to take my own advice, but try not to make new advice for my own situations...always ask other trustworthy people for help) with or without help....I'm very stressed out, I have troubles sleeping, waking up, eating, getting through the day, and stuff like that. Now, two of my friends came to me with a humongous "case"...bigger than I've ever done before....something that normally I would have loved to tackle, but....with all of my shit going on, I'm afraid I may put bias in helping them out, or even worse, give bad advice for once in my so-called career. I don't really care about my reputation, but that would stop me from ever giving advice again. That'd convince me to not study counseling, and continue with Computer Science....

I ask you oh great newgrounds general chat...what should I do? Should I...refer them to someone better than me? Aka, a professional? Should I try and do my best, and just not worry about my problems? Agh....I try and tell people that my problems are taken care of, but they really aren't...they get in the way of me solving their problems, and it seems like I'm worrying more about drama between friends than drama between my own life....am I just way too caring of others, or do I need professional help of my own?

Yeah, /rant, whatever, it's not a journal entry, this is a question/statement to general, not a post about my day or whatever. So please, do what I do best...give me some advice. I don't have anyone to turn to but the internet, and this is the only website that I trust. None of my other trusted advice giving friends can learn about this "case", and even if they could, I don't think they'd be able to help very much. Ugh...they'd probably make it worse. Not just with this "case" either, probably with any others, because I usually use other people for myself, not for people that I would be helping....and if I asked them for advice for myself, it'd just turn into them helping me on this particular "case". Now, you guys know nothing about this "case" other than it's big, it involves two (technically three) of my best friends, and if I fuck this one up, it could mean an ended marriage. Yeah.

At 10/11/09 05:00 PM, Calintz wrote: No, seriously. I am STUCK in WoW it has taken over my life. What the hell do I do now?

Cancel your account, find something else to preoccupy yourself, once your mind gets focused on something else, and you get quests, raids, gear, arenas, talent specs, and whatnot out of your head, it's a lot easier to not play. Trust me, I was addicted so bad that I would often think of specs for my mage and shaman during the day, and what to farm next....once I just dropped it for about a month or two, I came back to it, and learned how to play casually.

No drugs, though I do smoke an occasional cigar...by occasional means I smoked more than I usually smoke in a month over the past few days, but usually it's only like 1-2 a month.

The last couple of days I've had to force myself even to get out of bed. I have great friends that are cheering me up, and partying and whatnot, but the fact that I have no job security, nobody to be with, my car insurance ran out, my electric is about to run out, I can't afford gas to go to any classes, and gagh...I just feel like laying down and not moving. I don't even have health insurance, because even though I'm eighteen, I live on my own, so I can't get it. If I move in with my father, I may get it, but that's literally impossible...his house is condemned.

I know the best thing to do is talk to a doctor or something, and see if they can help me out, because it's not me just moping...I really feel down even when I should be feeling happy. Even when partying, getting laid, anything I just feel down directly afterwards. But I have no health insurance, and I'm not going to wrack up yet another medical bill by going to the hospital.

Can anyone give advice on what to do? I know I have a reason to be down, but not this down....I just want to be able to maintain my happiness whenever it does come, rather than hold it for a little while, then wait for the sadness to kick back in. Gagh...so frustrating.

At 9/20/09 09:18 PM, Chillee wrote:

At 9/20/09 09:09 PM, NeverAgain92 wrote: Because unlike us stupid westerners, we actually count your age from the moment daddy's sperm touches mama's egg. Makes more sense, no?

No, it really doesn't. I'd rather be considered living after I can breathe and eat real food.

Secondly, are you Western or Asian? Because how you said that sentence made no sense whatsoever.

So I guess you are considered living after you are about two years old, so you're actually eating real food, rather than just milk, or baby food....or if you consider baby food real food, then I guess you're considered living when you're about 3-6 months old when you start eating baby cereal and baby food....the in between period where it's just milk you must be dead.

I was driving my dad home from this place that's about twenty miles from where I live, and decided to take the interstate. I was in his car, so naturally "NOOOO, DON'T TAKE THE INTERSTATE, IT'S DANGEROUS!!!" (note, this is a man that goes 30 in 50's) and I saw a turning lane, and said "Too late"....and ended up in the turning lane for the road before the interstate. So, he was pissed off.... "JUST TURN AROUND, GO INTO THAT PARKING LOT, GET BACK ON THE ROAD, AND WAIT FOR THE LIGHT WHARGARBLLL" and I said "fuck that, there aren't any cars behind me, I'm just going to back up, and go back into the highway" to which he responds with a large load of "OMG OMG NO NO YOU'RE GONNA GET HIT YOU'RE GONNA GET HIT".

So I stopped, and waited...and said "ok, Mr. look at me I'm the one driving, since it's your car, I don't give a shit if it gets hit or not. You tell me when to merge. I'm not even going to look behind me." "OK GO NOW, NO WAIT, DON'T GO" so I stop...then "OK, NOW GO!" so I pulled out back onto the highway, to be met by a speeding SUV. "LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE YOU GOT ME HIT YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST TURNED INTO THE LANE AGHHHH WHARGARBLLLL". I facepalmed hard. Granted, I could have avoided that, but after hearing him bitch, I didn't care.

The guy was nice, and didn't call the cops, and my dad told the insurance company that he was the one driving....so I got off free.

Try it once, don't make a habit of it unless you have a job and can pay for it, without cutting into living expenses, and more important things. Once won't hurt, it'll be out of your system in like a week. If you do it more than once, it'll start circulating in your body more. Another tip: Only do it if you're sharing a joint, so you know that they aren't taking anything laced, and also so you save a bit of money :).

It's most likely your internet connection fucking up.

It gives you a wildcard, and a bit of responsibility. Learn how to take care of it. Find a class that's less important, or easy enough that it has spare time in it, and do your homework there. Make a plan to do it as soon as you get home. I don't remember Elementary or Middle school very well, but High School homework I'd almost always be able to complete at school in a computer class, and if not, I'd just do it the next day, after I realize that I only have a day left to get half credit. I still got As and Bs, and rose my GPA by one point in my senior year. Yeah, went from a 2.2 to a 3.2.

It sucks, but when you get a real job, and you have projects to take care of, and deadlines and whatnot, you're not going to just complain about them, and blow them off...you'll get fired.

In the seventh grade, this chick called Jessica S (not putting her last name because of previous psycho bitch girlfriends threatening to sue me for defamation just for saying their last name)...I would always try and kiss her, but then she'd turn to her cheek. Well, I signed up for this one week trip to the Keys, and as I was kissing her on the cheek goodbye, she turned and we actually kissed. It was fairly epic. On the trip I proceeded to feel up another chick...haha, I feel so bad about that now, but then I didn't realize what I was really doing.

That chick ended up being the girl I first frenched, touched, and almost had sex with her, but I pussied out because I didn't have a condom.

At 9/5/09 07:26 PM, SevenSeize wrote: It's not that people are ignoring you, it's just that a large majority of NG BBS users don't work. (They're students.)

I'm an old lady who does work so I'll throw in my 2 cents.

I'd say go ahead and take the short course before testing.

I'm not sure what a CNA's job description covers these days, but I know back in the golden days, they could perform certain labs and take vitals...and those are things you may want a little practice with.

Right now it's just a bunch of nursing home care...bed pans, taking specimens, and etc. I'm only wondering if it's worth taking the short course, because I don't know how much training other people have done, and if it's really that difficult (doesn't seem like it from what I've read).

The course gives practice with all of that stuff, I'm just worried 'cus it costs like 275 bucks, but it seems extremely legit (I can't find any way to disprove it).

And I don't think I'm being ignored, I'm just bumping my post because it was on like page 3 lol.

Ok, I'm going to try and bump this just one more time, and give up.

At 9/5/09 02:23 PM, Sidorio wrote: A few months ago I was thinking about joining the military with an interest in becoming a submariner. I think this thread killed the last of the lingering ideas I had about that.

If you became a squid, you'd barely even see land, let alone get the chance to shoot at someone. Navy basic teaches you how to use mossbergs and pistols, but that's it. You don't even have to qualify with them after basic, unless they changed it.

At 9/5/09 03:19 PM, PuRpLe-KusH wrote: If I was to join any branch of the millitary, Id go with the Air Force so I could destroy from a distance

Not all USAF jobs are kill from a distance, or even kill at all. Unless you wanted to kill, then that's your choice...but the USAF does have land jobs (ala Security Forces, EOD, Pararescue) that are pretty crazy too.

I'm going to bump this, now that there are more people awake, and maybe this'll catch the eye of a CNA. If the mods have a problem with that, then go ahead and lock and I'll make a new thread :).

At 9/5/09 12:52 PM, GiantDouche wrote:

At 9/5/09 12:45 PM, KingPanther13 wrote: Where your point fails is where you assume that everyone in the military goes into an active killing job. My friend who's joining the Marine Corps actually had to fight to become infantry, as they wanted him on intel or something of the sort.

Fair enough. Okay let's say active duty. And many of the people in active duty aren't sociopaths, but those who enjoy it definitely are to an extent. I have a friend who's in the military and he tells me that there are an abundance of sick fucks just like those in these videos who take so much enjoyment out of killing that it's disturbing.

Active Duty doesn't mean you're actively out there, killing people. It just means that military is a full-time job for you. The only time you'd be actively killing, i.e. going out and seeking to kill, or guarding something like military police, or infantry, or recon, spec ops, etc is if your job is to do that. Those jobs only make up about 10% of the military (off the top of my head). Active duty just means you're working every day on base, and getting deployed once or twice a year (and it isn't always Iraq, or even out of the USA for that matter.).

Not to be rude, but try and look up some of these terms before posting the point. Yeah, some sick fucks do join infantry just to kill, yeah some people join infantry wanting to be big and bad, and end up turning into sociopaths, but that doesn't mean joining the military gets this. If you join, you have a choice over what job you want to get, and if they give you an active killing job, you have the right to deny it, and request something else. When you join the delayed entry program (first step to joining the military) you are the one who makes a list of jobs you'd like, not them. If they give you something you don't like, or try shipping you out before you'd like to ship out, and they won't give you a different job/ship date, you have the right to leave. The only time it actually becomes locked in is when you hit basic training.

Where your point fails is where you assume that everyone in the military goes into an active killing job. My friend who's joining the Marine Corps actually had to fight to become infantry, as they wanted him on intel or something of the sort.