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Happy birthday <3

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I failed my driving test again. (2nd time)

Half of the serious mistakes I've ever made were during my tests. I just keep running into difficult situations at the wrong times.

At least I learned from it. If I would have made the same mistake under different circumstances, I might have caused an accident. (I steered left while the car behind me had just done the same, and he had accelerated. So I almost bumped into him. I saw him in the mirror, but I didn't realize he was that close/fast.... I know, that's really my bad.)

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Gotta always be shoulder checking.

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I was. All the time. I just didn't respond to what I saw. Lesson learned.

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Why no license yet? What prevented you from driving earlier in your life?

A bit personal, but between school which always keeps me busy, I've been dealing with some family drama. My two Grandpas both have cancer and are in the hospital, and both of them could die at any time as their health could easily take a turn for the worse (although they are both fighting and could conceivably hang around for a few more years, so keep those fingers crossed!). That is expected when you flirt with the mid-80s. This is not particularly surprising and is normal family drama. My mom suffers from a somewhat modern and rare psychological disorder, Schizoaffective disorder. She has Psychosis which encompasses delusional symptoms and bipolar symptoms (periods of mania and depression), and she hears auditory hallucinations. Her Psychiatrist is not 100% sure what caused the disorder....it happened after she gave birth to me, at least with my dad around. Postpartum depression (the baby blues) is common in many women after childbirth. A rare form of Postpartum depression is the extreme case that encompasses Psychosis. It is presumed that my mother has had brain damage all her life given the severity of her symptoms. She even had an MRI at one point because they assumed the severity of her disease might be the result of a brain tumor. My mom's symptoms include auditory hallucinations, periods of mania and depression, inability to sleep, detached emotions, false perceptions of reality....all pretty heavy stuff. She has been on Risperidone which is an anti-depressant I believe. It has a lot of BAD side effects, many of which were bothering my mom. So sometime before the summer this year she asked her psychiatrist if she can try weening off the medicine so she did not have to deal with the side effects. And she has not been stable since.

None of this is too jarring as my mom has been through this 3 or 4 times just in my short lifetime. What sucks is she refuses to speak or talk with her parents. So my grandpa who is in the hospital, near-death (he's better now, fortunately, he had Pneumonia, he has leukemia, and he had water in his lungs/heart, and he had a blood clot that could have been fatal had my grandma not acted quickly and got him to the hospital after his leg swelled up)...my mom won't talk to him, or visit. She won't talk to my grandma, and in fact is going on 3+ months of not seeing or talking to her parents. We're trying to get her back on the Risperidone, but if any of you have dealt with psychotic or delusional people you know they have a tendency to not want treatment/help, a tendency to NOT take their meds, and other fun stuff. She's been institutionalized in a hospital before but we're hoping it doesn't come down to that. At the same time it would be shitty if her dad died while she was mentally ill.

So yeah. That stuff is definitely a little bit stressful. That on top of looking at grad schools, the GRE, and just graduating.

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I was never into driving.

You have to understand the Dutch situation. We're all packed together. Driving across the country takes a maximum of 3 hours. I go around town by bike. I take public transport to visit places farther away. There was never any need to be able to drive. I knew I couldn't afford a car anyway.

But because I'm no longer a student, the free public (national) transport is forfeit. Being able to drive will be useful.

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While in the elevator with my mom, some guy said that we looked like we could be twins....

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I hate my job.

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Happy Birthday!

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Lol.

I once asked a colleague student if his girlfriend was his mother. Even thouh she looked a bit old, I don't know why I said that out loud. :(

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So I get to work today, and find out that one of my bosses died on Wednesday, but nobody found her body (in her room, in her bed) until this morning at 1am. That put a damper on the work day.

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Blech. :( How did she die and how old was she?

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They're not 100% sure yet, but they said most likely a heart attack, because she was just sitting in bed with a book. And I believe she was 62, or 63.

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Finding a 5 days dead woman sitting in bed reading a book... Stuff for a horror movie. :unsure:

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That would be the most boring horror movie.

"Oh my god, Johnny...what could have done this"

"It appears she died of...natural causes"

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!

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Well not just that. Put it in a scenario where a small girl comes home in the house that was perfectly fine 2 hours ago. I don't know, I don't usually do movies. ;)

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My Xbox died today.

GAAAAAAAH!

I don't think I can afford to replace it until April...and I just got 4 new games for it.

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We'll start PS3-ing it up.

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I have to put my dog down today.
:(

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I'm sorry to hear that, I know how it feels. :(


I got turned down for a job. Now I just have 1 or 2 other things going...

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I'm so sorry. :(

Had to do that to my first dog...and now my current one doesn't have very long left.

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Aww, poor Conner.
Ill always remember the time a toy was tied around my neck and he dragged me across the floor.

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Yeah, he was a great dog.

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Yesterday I got 4 stitches in my jaw. A few hours after my wisdom teeth were removed. The wounds kept bleeding, so that's when they decided to stitch it.

I didn't get another sedation, so I felt everything. :( Let me assure you: it hurt terribly.

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An Olympian died today on the luge track.:(

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I got a speeding ticket today :(

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How fast?

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73 mph in a 55 mph zone. I had my car on cruise control at around 75 mph, and I was following the flow of traffic from a 65 mph zone to a 55 mph zone, and it seemed like every other car around me noticed the cop, so they lowered their speed, and I just stood out easily for the cop to go after.

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Me, Typhoid, and my brother were involved in a car accident last night when some dude rear ended us.

Nobody is seriously hurt but Sean's back is pretty messed up now/again.

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I'm 80% sure I've got a pretty bad concussion too, dude.
I can't get to the doctor until tomorrow, but everythings confusing, frustrating, bright and fast. It's like I'm dreaming with a constant headache.
Fuck my life.

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Get someone to take you to a hospital, stupid.

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I dont need to go to the hospital for a back injury and concussion. Im not dying.
Im going to the doctor tomorrow, so if he says otherwise I'll go.

It would be funny if I went to the hospital though, because I'm completely covered on medicare I do believe, so going to the hospital would cost me absolutely nothing - and I literally just signed up for a think through my bank that says any day I'm in the hospital my back would pay me 100 dollars as compensation.

I could profit from this.:lol:

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Well, I went to the doctor today for a re-evaluation.
And it turns out it's not good.
My lower back is completely chewed to shit.
I have 'severe spacing issues' in my lower spine, which my doctor said is not only really bad, but really strange for someone my age, accident or no accident.
On top of that the concussion syndromes aren't subsiding; and I was told that it's highly advised that I don't play sports for the rest of my life, as another concussion could not be 10 times worse, but put me into a coma.

Having to change your entire lifestyle before you're 23 = awesome.

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:( I'm sorry to hear that man...

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This isn't a negative thing really, I just found it funny - I looked up the guy who caused the accident's name on Facebook, and he's friends with the girl that used to live with me.

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My dog died.

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I'm sorry to hear man, one of my cats was run over and killed on Saturday.

I got four dogs, I'm not happy thinking about when they get older.

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Just went through this recently myself. It was way tougher than I thought it would be. Sorry for your loss, man.

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Today at work the scaffolding I was working on fell out from under me.

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So what?