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Title: Life's greatest accomplishment/thing you're most proud of in this point of your life...
Post by: XxNemesis29xX on August 04, 2009, 10:03:22 am
So I'm guessing we're all around 20 or so in these forums, many older, many younger, but maybe the average is 20. I recently graduated from UAB and am currently applying to medical school. One of the most, if not the most, feared aspects of the grueling application process is taking the MCAT exam, a test that spans 5 hours, covering Gen. Chem 1 and 2, Organic Chem 1 and 2, Physics 1 and 2, and Bio 1 and 2, all in unfamiliar passage-based format. The test also has a Verbal section and 2 times Essays, all of which tests ones CRITICAL THINKING skills.

I've studied for this test for almost 14 months, spent $3000+ in prep. material, went over 20+ books, a 4 month long live class, tons of online workshops, quizzes, and a million passages, and about 35 practice tests.... I took it, and got a 27/45, in the 60th percentile. It crushed me, and I felt like giving up. But then I had to summon up the strength to retake the test, and after 3 months of 6+ hours a day of studying, I took it, and today, I got my score back... I made a 33, in the 90th percentile.

The tests curve is weird, in that, getting a 30/45 is like getting 80% of the test correct, but it'll still throw you in the 75% percentile or something. It becomes increasingly difficult to score over 30.

Looking back, this has been my greatest accomplishment (yes, even greater than making my game! JK  :woop:​), but of course getting into medical school will overthrow this feat. I can't express how relieved I am about this, the test consumes you... and it has for the past year and more (its the reason why my game's been deadlocked in development in case anyone was wondering). Whenever anyone asked me to hang out, or I wanted to do ANYTHING, I had to have a mini-conversation with myself, on whether its smart to spend time doing this, when I should be studying more. I'm finally free from its chains, and it rocks epicly.

Just so this doesn't turn into a rant, what is something you guys have done that you're most proud of? Your GREATEST accomplishment in the short life we've had so far!
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Post by: Allen Hunter on August 04, 2009, 10:31:12 am
My greatest accomplishment in life is to not give a damn what other people have to say against me, and that I should respond to negative people in a sarcastic/smartass manner to piss them off even more. I haven't reached my peak yet, though. Still working to get there.
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Post by: Summoner on August 04, 2009, 10:45:19 am
In all honesty, I haven't done much, but suppose gradutating from basic training or more realistically, graduating from my tech school and finally actually doing my job in the air force.

it took me over a year of training to get here, and now I'm actually impacting something over here.
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Post by: big ass skelly on August 04, 2009, 11:06:23 am
Can't think of anything at 22 years old someone kill me
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Post by: Frisky SKeleton on August 04, 2009, 11:07:30 am
after reading this topic maybe understanding how normal distribution and percentiles work but i learnt that when i was what 13 or something so i'm not too sure.

actually meeting my savings goal at the beggining of the year was my biggest achievement so far
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Post by: ThugTears666 on August 04, 2009, 11:15:58 am
At this point I'd say I'm working towards the thing that I will be most proud of in life, maybe when I get some work printed in a big magazine or when I graduate or get into post-grad journalism school or whatever . I think in general though, the thing I will be most proud of is whether I have done something truly selfless and brought joy to someone else. It sounds real cheesy but I've been thinking for ages that I would really like to adopt a kid when I'm older. I like that saying that life is defined by whether you have experienced joy for yourself and whether you have brought joy to someone else.


Can't think of anything at 22 years old someone kill me


your my fave at the moment, EVERYONE ELSE STEP YOUR GAME UP  :fogetangry:
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Post by: cinamon87 on August 04, 2009, 12:05:57 pm
I would have to say that my biggest accomplishment thus far has to be giving birth to my baby boy and raising him on my own....
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Post by: The One on August 04, 2009, 01:52:38 pm
my biggest accomplishment in life was realizing and utterly accepting the fact that i'm lazy and living an unhealthy life but despite that there must be something i can accomplish.

........shit
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Post by: datamanc3r on August 04, 2009, 02:24:25 pm
Being in a serious relationship with a girl for 4 years now.
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Post by: esp on August 04, 2009, 02:38:47 pm
Getting a highly paid job offshore, with more time at home than actually at work.
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Post by: Mama Luigi on August 04, 2009, 03:50:02 pm
Rejecting my Christian beliefs instilled upon me as a child. I now have freedom from all that bs.
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Post by: Strangeluv on August 04, 2009, 04:24:14 pm
Graduating from university, writing a novel I am satisfied with, finishing my RPG Maker game (fuck youuuu!! I am proud  :fogetangry:​), having seven ex-girlfriends (actually that is kind of awful)
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Post by: Evangel on August 04, 2009, 04:26:39 pm
In all honesty, I haven't done much, but suppose gradutating from basic training or more realistically, graduating from my tech school and finally actually doing my job in the air force.

it took me over a year of training to get here, and now I'm actually impacting something over here.

I can't wait for this.  I've been something of an underachiever since high school, and now I finally have something to set my sights on.  Navy's nuclear program is going to be heinous, but I feel very motivated to do it.  If I can tough through those 2 years, I think I'll be hard-pressed to top that.  What is your MOS?
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Post by: King of Spooks on August 04, 2009, 06:00:35 pm
Joining gamingw forums.
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Post by: litearc on August 04, 2009, 06:26:02 pm
Woohoo!! Go Rajhi!!!

Um... anyway, my greatest accomplishment? This is not really an accomplishment, but more a development of a general mindset for self-betterment. I try to learn anything useful (information, philosophy, skills, etc...) from anywhere I can, whether it's other people or myself. Like, over the last month, I've talked with one of my friends here a lot, and almost everday we got into some discussion about our society, culture, global issues and what-not. I also try to stay in shape running (planning on doing a marathon next Jan), guitar, etc... to see what my potential really is.
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Post by: elkalo on August 04, 2009, 06:30:49 pm
went to parris island as a field trip in my ROTC team in high school

and survived

Oh jeezits. that place is horrible :O
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Post by: Marge on August 04, 2009, 06:33:34 pm
Rejecting my Christian beliefs instilled upon me as a child. I now have freedom from all that bs.

What was wrong with it?
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Post by: Evangel on August 04, 2009, 06:36:25 pm
went to parris island as a field trip in my ROTC team in high school

and survived

Oh jeezits. that place is horrible :O

MAGGOT!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzukUXAbx2o
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Post by: datamanc3r on August 04, 2009, 06:36:36 pm
Joining gamingw forums.
Best answer. Ever.
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Post by: Bumblebee man on August 04, 2009, 06:58:52 pm
I climbed a mountain last year. Granted Snowdon isn't exactly a big mountain by any stretch it's still a mountain which I have reached the top of. I don't know if it's the BEST THING about my life but it's probably the best thing I can narrow down to a single event.
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Post by: Carrion Crow on August 04, 2009, 07:14:35 pm
This past year I have pretty much been rid of the depression that plagued me for half a decade and now I am back on track to succeeding at what I do. My next goal is to move out before my parents reach midlife crisis critical mass.
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Post by: pburn on August 04, 2009, 07:21:12 pm
One of the only times when I really felt like I accomplished something, was getting Hideo Kojima's autograph. I know, it sounds sad even to myself, but it was something I really wanted for 4+ years of my life and it was finally within my grasp. When I was younger I seriously had dreams about it. Lining up for 10 hours despite having two hs exams the next day (which i passed). Finally getting it, I was probably the happiest I've ever been for two days.

Second was when I finished high school and got through my awful Christian private school finally, spending a whole day going to graduation parties and just chilling.

Other than that there isn't much, really the only thing I want is to finally make a short film that I am happy with, but I don't see myself getting on a set anytime soon.
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Post by: The Dude on August 04, 2009, 07:38:53 pm
I guess publishing a book, being mentored by Ty Templeton, learning the fundamentals of animation, and of course Team-Captin.com <3
Definitely my pride throbs for T-C.com and all the characters and stories therein.
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Post by: The One on August 04, 2009, 08:05:57 pm
my greatest accomplishment in life was discovering the internet
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Post by: Mince Wobley on August 04, 2009, 08:09:34 pm
Learning how to make games and play guitar by myself
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Post by: mkkmypet on August 04, 2009, 08:38:06 pm
uhh well i guess the thing i'm most proud of is my art. it's a great accomplishment for me to have improved so much, and i will continue to do that.
i'm proud of learning Python, and my videogame is going well. it'll be a big accomplishment when that is released.
those are the things that i think most influence my future career so i guess that's why i think of them as being important. aside from that... uhhh well i'd say stuff like getting 4.0 GPAs, being with my boyfriend for a year, being in honors and AP classes, etc...
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Post by: mkkmypet on August 04, 2009, 08:41:42 pm
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Post by: Mince Wobley on August 04, 2009, 08:43:58 pm
You were born in panama and brought to US inside a microwave oven mkkmypet
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Post by: Rajew on August 04, 2009, 08:58:06 pm
Mkkmypet is what, 15 now? And has accomplished more in her life than me?
I mean Mark made that joke post about being 22 and still nothing but I'm 19 and can't say I've ever done anything that could be called an achievement or anything that I should be particularly proud of.

I mean the closest thing I guess would be being the "mastermind" between the senior prank at my high school but that got me arrested so it's not really a great achievement!

F...M...L!!!!!

edit:
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Not really a joke post
sorry :(
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Post by: big ass skelly on August 04, 2009, 09:07:34 pm
I mean Mark made that joke post about being 22 and still nothing
Not really a joke post
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Post by: Summoner on August 04, 2009, 10:31:48 pm
I can't wait for this.  I've been something of an underachiever since high school, and now I finally have something to set my sights on.  Navy's nuclear program is going to be heinous, but I feel very motivated to do it.  If I can tough through those 2 years, I think I'll be hard-pressed to top that.  What is your MOS?

My AFSC (thats the air forces version of mos) 1W031, which means Weather Forecastor Apprentice, after I get my a year of OJT it'll switch to 1W051 which will be Weather Forecastor Journeyman.  So yeah, I put out the weather forecasts for bases over here in Europe (Navy, Air Force, and Army).
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Post by: dark_crystalis on August 05, 2009, 02:44:01 am
I guess my biggest accomplishment so far is having a CRC close to 31 and my drum skills. Although, if I get accepted in Norway and into music (which I've been studying my ass off to get into), that'll be my biggest accomplishment by far.
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Post by: Seawed on August 05, 2009, 06:12:20 am
Honestly, nothing. I can't say I have any real accomplishments that I particularly feel proud of.  Even my best grades in school really mean nothing since I'll just leave them behind and they will probably not even get looked at.
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Post by: Farren on August 05, 2009, 06:33:08 am
passing the 9th grade
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Post by: datamanc3r on August 05, 2009, 06:38:25 am
9th grade was nothing. Middle school was a bitch. Everyone was so mean!
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Post by: Cray on August 05, 2009, 06:46:34 am
My first orgy
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Post by: Barack Obama on August 05, 2009, 07:07:46 am
the totality of my life is my ongoing masterwork
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Post by: Barack Obama on August 05, 2009, 07:17:19 am
I'm me
I am fun to be with
cuz im good enough
I'm smart enough
and doggone it, people like me
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Post by: Pulits on August 05, 2009, 07:54:01 am
Surviving a gun shot right trough my chest.
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Post by: Warped655 on August 05, 2009, 09:12:30 am
I wish I had something... :P
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Post by: The Penguin on August 05, 2009, 09:29:17 am
Placing first in three jazz festivals, and second in another, in one year as lead trumpet, and also being able to play a song at graduation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0C_qqV6iYU) that was awesome.  Also being a Salutatorian, with only 2 A-'s in my whole high school career.
All of those accomplished as a senior in high school haha, and I really cannot wait for college.
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Post by: Immakinganaccountk on August 07, 2009, 03:54:16 pm
Can there be a thread for those of us who are worthless, lazy and haven't achieved anything of note thus far?
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Post by: datamanc3r on August 07, 2009, 04:47:55 pm
Why sure! That's the rest of GW, sir!
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Post by: dada on August 07, 2009, 05:19:29 pm
I never got why people are so eager to reach out for special recognition, prizes or specific successes. If you're around the average GW age (21 years I'm guessing) and you have either a steady life or an excellent plan for the future, that's as good an accomplishment as anything.
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Post by: Farren on August 07, 2009, 06:05:26 pm
e'rbody wants somethin' to be proud of and make em' feel different than the herd.
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Post by: Frisky SKeleton on August 07, 2009, 09:24:52 pm
Can there be a thread for those of us who are worthless, lazy and haven't achieved anything of note thus far?

http://www.gamingw.net/forums/index.php?topic=10315.0
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Post by: Evangel on August 07, 2009, 09:34:07 pm
Whoa!  saw that coming from a mile away.  i can achieve a lot on certain drugs, though.
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Post by: Frisky SKeleton on August 07, 2009, 09:36:10 pm
could
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Post by: Evangel on August 07, 2009, 09:42:46 pm
did
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Post by: SupremeWarrior on August 07, 2009, 09:57:09 pm
I'm 19 and so far nothing...
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Post by: Frisky SKeleton on August 07, 2009, 10:31:52 pm
did

I can't wait for this.  I've been something of an underachiever since high school, and now I finally have something to set my sights on.  Navy's nuclear program is going to be heinous, but I feel very motivated to do it.  If I can tough through those 2 years, I think I'll be hard-pressed to top that.  What is your MOS?
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Post by: Evangel on August 07, 2009, 10:37:17 pm


i can play some bitchin' guitar solos when i'm high!
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Post by: mkkmypet on August 07, 2009, 10:41:56 pm
i can play some bitchin' guitar solos when i'm high!

or at least, it seems that way at the time...
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Post by: Sarevok on August 07, 2009, 10:56:08 pm
Plucking up the courage to jump out of a plane at 9500 feet without anyone attached to me, using a parachute made by the lowest bidder that had been packed in under 10 minutes.
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Post by: Evangel on August 07, 2009, 11:09:34 pm
man i could never trust a parachute.  i just imagine all of these comically horrific things happening.  ripping the cord and it just snaps off.  ripping the cord and a picnic blanket and silverware fly out.
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Post by: datamanc3r on August 09, 2009, 05:28:24 pm
Ripping the cord and an anvil pops out of your backpack, and for some reason you defy physics and fall faster because that's usually what would happen in a typical Wile E. Coyote cartoon. Also, you never die but leave an Evangel-shaped hole on the ground with a puff of smoke.

Yeah, I wouldn't trust parachuting either. How the hell do you look down from that airplane and just *decide* to jump?
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Post by: Faust on August 09, 2009, 06:59:55 pm
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If you're around the average GW age (21 years I'm guessing) and you have either a steady life or an excellent plan for the future, that's as good an accomplishment as anything.

Totally. There's a great deal of younger adults without that at the moment, especially in my country.

I'm in my mid twenties and a professional with a nice salary and fuckloads of holidays. I'm happy with that, even if I'm not winning any awards and shit.

ALTHOUGH MAYBE PLEASE I WILL WIN AN AWARD?!?!

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Post by: Immakinganaccountk on August 10, 2009, 01:39:42 am
Plucking up the courage to jump out of a plane at 9500 feet without anyone attached to me, using a parachute made by the lowest bidder that had been packed in under 10 minutes.

 I don't know if you wrote this anywhere, but how much did it cost you? I heard it was expensive, just curious.
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Post by: pburn on August 10, 2009, 02:00:07 am
I don't know if you wrote this anywhere, but how much did it cost you? I heard it was expensive, just curious.
Don't worry about that bro, he works for Sega and regularly attends GW Canada meets.
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Post by: `~congresman Ron paul~~ on August 10, 2009, 04:01:53 pm
Can't think of anything at 22 years old someone kill me

oh god this
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Post by: `~congresman Ron paul~~ on August 10, 2009, 04:02:45 pm
i'm pretty good with women and i haven't flunked out of college yet i guess

i am definitely a much more tolerable person than i was 2 years ago which is pretty alright i suppose??
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Post by: Faust on August 10, 2009, 05:02:21 pm
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i'm pretty good with women and i haven't flunked out of college yet i guess

i am definitely a much more tolerable person than i was 2 years ago which is pretty alright i suppose??

Those achievements pale into insignificance compared to winning an award.

AN AWARD FOR GREATNESS!

You could be as intolerable as you like if you had an award. Like it'd be expected of you.
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Post by: Hundley on August 13, 2009, 08:38:28 am
i don't really have a singular accomplishment to speak of, but i am the most proud of who i have become, and continue becoming every day. that's really corny and stupid, but it's more or less the truth.

ALTHOUGH MAYBE PLEASE I WILL WIN AN AWARD?!?!
;_;
i would give you an award for A+++ DUDE ONE OF MY FAV. IN THE UNIVERSE but i do not think this will impress many people. i could be wrong though! you should print this post out and give it to your next potential employer. maybe they will see that the man in my avatar is wearing a tie and come to believe that i am HIGH OCTANE BUSINESS GURU and someone to be trusted, even though i am clearly not to be trusted!

wait, i am already indirectly making fun of the intellect of these people you would be showing this to. maybe they will be impressed that you HAVE ACCESS TO A PRINTER and were able to use it without ELECTROCUTING YOURSELF?????
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Post by: XxNemesis29xX on August 13, 2009, 08:59:56 am
I have never smoked or drank or done any drugs, not even pot or heck, not even HOOKAH! I haven't LIVED, but then again, I don't know what I'm missing so can I really be missing anything? Life's good.

Maybe that's an accomplishment to brag about, but I'm sure many here will rave that's nothing to celebrate!
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Post by: Mongoloid on August 13, 2009, 09:10:55 am
I've taught myself to play about a dozen instruments, and play in a pretty well known band, and yet still, my greatest achievement remains my son, Eric Jr.
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Post by: big ass skelly on August 13, 2009, 11:25:59 am
I've taught myself to play about a dozen instruments, and play in a pretty well known band, and yet still, my greatest achievement remains my son, Eric Jr.
Make him a GW account :)
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Post by: ATARI on August 13, 2009, 01:27:23 pm
i forgot to mention i once had a foursome
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Post by: fatty on August 13, 2009, 01:42:49 pm
I have never smoked or drank or done any drugs, not even pot or heck, not even HOOKAH! I haven't LIVED, but then again, I don't know what I'm missing so can I really be missing anything? Life's good.

Maybe that's an accomplishment to brag about, but I'm sure many here will rave that's nothing to celebrate!
sublimal joke about satan It's not really much of an achievement in pretty much the same way that not beating the crap out of somebody that annoys you is not an achievement.
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Post by: Faust on August 13, 2009, 04:13:56 pm
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you should print this post out and give it to your next potential employer

I am printing it to put into my CEPD as we speak!!!! I'm sure that I will make Head of Department with such a fine recommendation!

You can always trust guys in suits. I wear a suit every day to work, but am like only one of three staff members who do so, the others being in the senior leadership team. I am clearly BUCKING FOR PROMOTION!

Also I look stupid in just a shirt and tie :<
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Post by: Kaworu on August 13, 2009, 08:26:47 pm
I haven't achieved anything real. And the only thing I'm proud of really is my first album. I guess I'll have that sense of achievement after I've got my degree and put on a show or something. Who knows?
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Post by: Swordfish on August 14, 2009, 10:12:31 am
ummmm currently, going to university i guess.
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Post by: Barack Obama on August 14, 2009, 01:19:50 pm
I have never smoked or drank or done any drugs, not even pot or heck, not even HOOKAH! I haven't LIVED, but then again, I don't know what I'm missing so can I really be missing anything? Life's good.

Maybe that's an accomplishment to brag about, but I'm sure many here will rave that's nothing to celebrate!

hey you... yeah you!

tell me about the last time you had sex. tell me all about it.

did you wear a condom?
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Post by: Sarevok on August 14, 2009, 09:16:09 pm
I don't know if you wrote this anywhere, but how much did it cost you? I heard it was expensive, just curious.

Like 450 canadian bucks or so...

..so about 20 US dollars
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Post by: Ragnar on August 15, 2009, 01:19:02 am
I've made like 150 tracks or something

and I made an EP that got rejected from Dramacore.com assumedly because it was too hardcore
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Post by: Barack Obama on August 15, 2009, 12:58:46 pm
for real the only thing i'm really proud of is graduating college and marrying my wife. everything else is complete shit

i guess i'm a pretty good son to my folks cuz I spend more time with them than anyone I know spends with their parents(whos not living with them at least).
Title: Life's greatest accomplishment/thing you're most proud of in this point of your life...
Post by: Sredni Vashtar on August 15, 2009, 08:32:12 pm
So the first two years of college i fucked around and was generally irresponsible and didn't take engineering very seriously, and as such, even though I've done quite well in the last two years, my GPA is very low, and no company wants to give me an internship (which is important because in the actual job market, relevant experience is WAY more important than GPA, but it's hard to get it without having a good one). I know that I know my stuff, and can perform well in any task given to me, but that one number basically makes my resume not get a second look.

So at the start of this summer, I was desperate to have any kind of engineering experience, and was made aware of a long-running project, started by a very respected and powerful professor in the precision metrology department at my uni. This professor was looking to hire two undergrads for the summer to work on a certain kind of microscope (atomic force microscope if anyone's interested) that usually costs about $40k-90k, that he was trying to have designed and built for under $2000, so that high school classrooms could expose their students to engineering etc. Basically a project drawing worldwide interest, and a very, very good thing to have your name associated with. Well, I sent this professor my resume, but he had pretty much hired two undergrads immediately, and didn't have room to hire one more.

So, I volunteered this entire summer, working the same hours as the paid students (20h/week), working on this microscope and maybe having a good reference for future applications.

Cue mid july, the grad student pulls me aside and says the professor's impressed with my ability, and the progress I've made on the project, and is dipping into funds he had set aside because he (of his own volition) wants to pay me to work on this project through the school year. He apparently also wants me to have a serious conversation with him about grad school, and he would do what he could to pay for my tuition and books, and give me a monthly stipend for myself.

It is pretty fucking radical, and I honestly cannot believe I managed to impress such a powerful guy enough to WANT to put me on payroll and put me in grad school.

On a different note, i upped my parkour training, and finally pulled this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wch428eJsYc#t=01m33s) off.
Title: Life's greatest accomplishment/thing you're most proud of in this point of your life...
Post by: bonzi_buddy on August 15, 2009, 08:52:13 pm
So the first two years of college i fucked around and was generally irresponsible and didn't take engineering very seriously, and as such, even though I've done quite well in the last two years, my GPA is very low, and no company wants to give me an internship (which is important because in the actual job market, relevant experience is WAY more important than GPA, but it's hard to get it without having a good one). I know that I know my stuff, and can perform well in any task given to me, but that one number basically makes my resume not get a second look.

So at the start of this summer, I was desperate to have any kind of engineering experience, and was made aware of a long-running project, started by a very respected and powerful professor in the precision metrology department at my uni. This professor was looking to hire two undergrads for the summer to work on a certain kind of microscope (atomic force microscope if anyone's interested) that usually costs about $40k-90k, that he was trying to have designed and built for under $2000, so that high school classrooms could expose their students to engineering etc. Basically a project drawing worldwide interest, and a very, very good thing to have your name associated with. Well, I sent this professor my resume, but he had pretty much hired two undergrads immediately, and didn't have room to hire one more.

So, I volunteered this entire summer, working the same hours as the paid students (20h/week), working on this microscope and maybe having a good reference for future applications.

Cue mid july, the grad student pulls me aside and says the professor's impressed with my ability, and the progress I've made on the project, and is dipping into funds he had set aside because he (of his own volition) wants to pay me to work on this project through the school year. He apparently also wants me to have a serious conversation with him about grad school, and he would do what he could to pay for my tuition and books, and give me a monthly stipend for myself.

It is pretty fucking radical, and I honestly cannot believe I managed to impress such a powerful guy enough to WANT to put me on payroll and put me in grad school.

On a different note, i upped my parkour training, and finally pulled this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wch428eJsYc#t=01m33s) off.
that's really good to hear Sredni. that's excelent!! i'm glad to hear your life is turning out fine.

also don't really want to post to this thread. i think the reason is pretty obvious!