NationStates Jolt Archive


Life's Stages

Johnny B Goode
22-10-2006, 00:20
I just realized, I can divide my life into stages very neatly.

(1-10) Innocent Johnny

(10) Suicidal Johnny

(11) Bitter Johnny

(12-13) Johnny/Emo Johnny

Can anybody else do that?
Philosopy
22-10-2006, 00:21
I'm in a permenant stage of 'Jeez, life never stops getting harder, does it?' (0-present) :p
Cluichstan
22-10-2006, 00:23
I'm in a permenant stage of 'Jeez, life never stops getting harder, does it?' (0-present) :p

I myself am in a permanent stage of "Fuck you all! I'm having another beer!" :p
Cluichstan
22-10-2006, 00:26
Oh, and "Why the hell aren't y'all on Gabbly (http://gabbly.com/http://forums.jolt.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=1227)?!?"
Ifreann
22-10-2006, 00:27
Of course.

0-now Stephen.


See, easy.
Fartsniffage
22-10-2006, 00:27
(0-20) - Pre-NSG Chris with a life and friends.
(20-23) - Post-NSG Chris with neither
Ifreann
22-10-2006, 00:28
Oh, and "Why the hell aren't y'all on Gabbly (http://gabbly.com/http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=1227)?!?"

Cos firefox hates my laptop, and gabbly hates opera.
Chandelier
22-10-2006, 00:29
0-10 Child, ambitious but naive
11-13 The Invader Zim Phase, more acheivement, still naive, changes in clothing habits to wearing mostly black
14-present(16) The Phantom of the Opera period (which will probably last for much longer than the Invader Zim phase), even more acheivement, still naive, although not as naive as in the first two stages. Still wearing mostly black, although is beginning to conquer more fears and identify still more fears.
Philosopy
22-10-2006, 00:29
(0-20) - Pre-NSG Chris with a life and friends.
(20-23) - Post-NSG Chris with neither

You have NSG friends now. They're much better, and much easier to dump when they annoy you.
I V Stalin
22-10-2006, 00:32
My life -
0-5: Little shit
5-21: Education
21- : Unemployed.
Philosopy
22-10-2006, 00:34
My life -
0-5: Little shit
5-21: Education
21- : Unemployed.

That sounds like me. I took a year wondering what in God's name to do in the real world, then gave up and went back to uni. :p
I V Stalin
22-10-2006, 00:36
That sounds like me. I took a year wondering what in God's name to do in the real world, then gave up and went back to uni. :p
I want to go back to uni. Just can't afford it. :(
Wanderjar
22-10-2006, 00:36
I just realized, I can divide my life into stages very neatly.

(1-10) Innocent Johnny

(10) Suicidal Johnny

(11) Bitter Johnny

(12-13) Johnny/Emo Johnny

Can anybody else do that?

(1-16) Happy Chris
Philosopy
22-10-2006, 00:38
I want to go back to uni. Just can't afford it. :(

:( I was lucky enough to get a scholarship, as there is no way I could have afforded it either otherwise.

I hate the way you get to the end of the academic process and you're just tossed out, with no help or advice as to what to do next. University Careers Centres are quite possibly the biggest waste of time on the planet.
Smunkeeville
22-10-2006, 00:50
0-13 abused smunkee
13-15 alcohol abuse smunkee
15-18 drug abuse smunkee
18-19 rehab smunkee
19-21 pregnant smunkee
21-current sleepless smunkee

hmm......

yeah, I guess I can.
I V Stalin
22-10-2006, 00:52
:( I was lucky enough to get a scholarship, as there is no way I could have afforded it either otherwise.

I hate the way you get to the end of the academic process and you're just tossed out, with no help or advice as to what to do next. University Careers Centres are quite possibly the biggest waste of time on the planet.
Not as bad as Job Centres, though. Nor are they as soul-destroying.
Cluichstan
22-10-2006, 00:58
I want to go back to uni. Just can't afford it. :(

I want to go back to uni, too. Mmm...frisky co-eds... :D
Ifreann
22-10-2006, 01:00
Not as bad as Job Centres, though. Nor are they as soul-destroying.

You can always get a new soul off eBay though.
Johnny B Goode
22-10-2006, 01:00
0-13 abused smunkee
13-15 alcohol abuse smunkee
15-18 drug abuse smunkee
18-19 rehab smunkee
19-21 pregnant smunkee
21-current sleepless smunkee

hmm......

yeah, I guess I can.

0-current cool smunkee

It wasn't all bad.
IL Ruffino
22-10-2006, 01:00
(1-12) Angel Rufferto
(12-14) Drunken Rufferto
(14-16) Stoner Rufferto
(16-16) Emo Rufferto
(16-16) Boring sober Rufferto
I V Stalin
22-10-2006, 01:04
You can always get a new soul off eBay though.
Indeed. (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/The-SOUL-of-MASTER-CLEMENT-DAVID-MURPHY-12-6-1989_W0QQitemZ330041033558QQihZ014QQcategoryZ88433QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) Or I could sell my own soul on eBay, and get at least £7.50 + £6.66 (:D) postage for it.
Zilam
22-10-2006, 01:07
0-5 Only child thomas
5-9 slighty annoyed thomas
10-13 adjusting to parents divorce and remarriage ot other people thomas
14-16 slighty angry thomas
16-17 very angry thomas
18-now less angry, but still mad thomas
Ifreann
22-10-2006, 01:08
0-13 abused smunkee
13-15 alcohol abuse smunkee
15-18 drug abuse smunkee
18-19 rehab smunkee
19-21 pregnant smunkee
21-current sleepless smunkee

hmm......

yeah, I guess I can.

Two years of pregnancy? I thought your kids were further apart than that. I guess you just couldn't say no to Mr. Smunk ;)
IL Ruffino
22-10-2006, 01:11
0-5 Only child thomas
5-9 slighty annoyed thomas
10-13 adjusting to parents divorce and remarriage ot other people thomas
14-16 slighty angry thomas
16-17 very angry thomas
18-now less angry, happy with ruffy, but still mad thomas

fixed
Zilam
22-10-2006, 01:14
fixed

Much better :)
IL Ruffino
22-10-2006, 01:16
Much better :)

;)

I <3 you, Zilambee!
Zilam
22-10-2006, 01:26
;)

I <3 you, Zilambee!

You really know how to make a girl feel special about hereself, don't ya?:p
IL Ruffino
22-10-2006, 01:36
You really know how to make a girl feel special about hereself, don't ya?:p

*fondles Zibubs*
Smunkeeville
22-10-2006, 01:40
Two years of pregnancy? I thought your kids were further apart than that. I guess you just couldn't say no to Mr. Smunk ;)

they are 22 months apart to the day, but when you are nursing it should count as still a little pregnant, I mean my body was still working for the good of the kid, she was still attached, I still felt like crap most of the time........
Undershi
22-10-2006, 02:23
Well, my life can sort-of be divided into sections:

0 - 12: Innocent Undershi

12 - 14: Undershi who was aware of the world's problems, but thought we could handle them.

14 - present: Depressed Undershi who believes Democracy has failed and that liberalism is doomed (but still considers self a liberal).

Guess which event occured when I was 14?
Johnny B Goode
22-10-2006, 03:09
Well, my life can sort-of be divided into sections:

0 - 12: Innocent Undershi

12 - 14: Undershi who was aware of the world's problems, but thought we could handle them.

14 - present: Depressed Undershi who believes Democracy has failed and that liberalism is doomed (but still considers self a liberal).

Guess which event occured when I was 14?

Bush's first or second election?
The Tribes Of Longton
22-10-2006, 03:23
0-4 Crazy little ADHD Tribes
4-11 Cocky little bastard Tribes
11-17 Studious yet suburban-rebellious Tribes
17-present Alcoholic Tribes

Yeah.
Liberated New Ireland
22-10-2006, 03:25
Let's see:


0-2: Baby LNI

3-6: Normal, fun LNI with friends and future

7-8: Downhill slide beginning

8-12: Suicidal, friendless LNI

13-15: Friendless, bitter, angry, occasionally suicidal LNI

16: Depressed, Content with place in the world LNI

17: LNI with no future (according to his family)


It's mostly an inverse proportion between age and sense of self-worth, really :D
Undershi
22-10-2006, 06:26
Bush's first or second election?

Oh, that was his second. The first time, I still had hope for the sanity of the human race... then I figured out we're all a bunch of idiots... or at least that the idiots can be suprisingly well organized...
M3rcenaries
22-10-2006, 06:41
0-8- idealic childhood mercenaries
9-11 optimistic mercenaries
11-14 began to dislike school but still loved life friends mercenaries
14-15 school is much more disliked but still have good friends and a good life mercenaries

So the first 15 years may not have been up to snuff but theyve been damn close :D .
Kinda Sensible people
22-10-2006, 06:49
0-14 Arrogant, stupid KSP
14-16 Pouser Anarchist (AKA Still arrogant and stupid)
16-Present Meh KSP
Kiryu-shi
22-10-2006, 08:44
0-4 Slept alot.
4-9 Made some friends.
9-11 Started to consider myself smart and athletic.
11-14 Stoped thinking of myself of being special, trying to be just average.
14-16 Pretty apathetic, just going through the motions.
now(turning 17 soonish): Contemplation of my future.

Of course, if you ask me tomorrow, I'll answer completely differently.
Hamilay
22-10-2006, 08:49
0-6: Young Hamilay
6-12: Uninteresting Hamilay
12+: Sarcastic Hamilay
NS join date-present: Evil corrupted liberal atheist Hamilay (Thanks, guys :p )
The Beautiful Darkness
22-10-2006, 08:50
0-6: Young Hamilay
6-12: Uninteresting Hamilay
12+: Sarcastic Hamilay
NS join date-present: Evil corrupted liberal atheist Hamilay (Thanks, guys :p )

Hey, sounds all good to me. :p
Seangoli
22-10-2006, 08:56
I just realized, I can divide my life into stages very neatly.

(1-10) Innocent Johnny

(10) Suicidal Johnny

(11) Bitter Johnny

(12-13) Johnny/Emo Johnny

Can anybody else do that?

1-6 "The Dark Ages", a period of time of which I have completely forgotten, the memories of which exist solely in others, and I have yet to find any complete(or even partial) memories of this period.

6-8: Ignorant Bliss. Life was simple, life was effective. Life was happy.

8-12: Trial by divorce. My parents were divorced(For actually a few years before this), and my family, for many years, went through many hardships, both physical and emotional(Not sure if some have healed yet) due to a near 5 year long custody battle.

12-14 Age of Societal Embrace. Period of time in which I cared only to fit in and become accepted.

14-16: Age of Social Disagreement. Period of time in which I wished to "enlighten" the masses, and spread knowledge, in hopes of creating a "perfect" society.

16-18: Age of Optimism. Hopes and dreams filled my head, exagerrating points to absolute signifigance, and hoping the world would soon change for the better.

18-Present(20): Age of Reason/Pessimism. I have now realized the true ignorance and uncaring of the masses, and realize why the system must be so, much to my own dismay.
Seangoli
22-10-2006, 09:02
Hey, sounds all good to me. :p

Hey, if you're reading this, I'm on Gabbly right about now.
Kyronea
22-10-2006, 09:13
I just realized, I can divide my life into stages very neatly.

(1-10) Innocent Johnny

(10) Suicidal Johnny

(11) Bitter Johnny

(12-13) Johnny/Emo Johnny

Can anybody else do that?
1-13: Complete and total arrogant jackass who thought everyone else hated him because he was a genius.

13-15: A clinging, whiny type of person who was still somewhat of a jackass but a little more sensitive.

15-18: A steadily improving, but still jackassy type, who let himself be completely fooled by a false love.

18-19: Maturation into a true adult, with much more consideration, honesty, and respect for others. Actually makes friends.

19--: Currently still SLIGHTLY a jackass, but for the most part a really great person to be around, finally.
The Beautiful Darkness
22-10-2006, 09:42
Hey, if you're reading this, I'm on Gabbly right about now.

Right back at ya. :p
Pure Metal
22-10-2006, 10:57
I just realized, I can divide my life into stages very neatly.

(1-10) Innocent Johnny

(10) Suicidal Johnny

(11) Bitter Johnny

(12-13) Johnny/Emo Johnny

Can anybody else do that?

probably...

1-5 innocent Huw

5-15 worried Huw

15-20 given-up Huw

18-21 depressed Huw

21 confused Huw
Yootopia
22-10-2006, 13:22
Boredom

0-8 = Bored
9-12 = Super bored
13-15 = Tired and mega bored
16 = Less bored

Level of substance abuse

0-13 = Nothing at all
14-16 = Alcohol and pot

Interest in the fairer sex

0-4 = None
5-8 = Well there is this pretty girl...
9-11 = Getting more interested now
12-14 = Aiee! Hormones!
15-16 = Going steady with my ex
Current level of 16itude = New girfriend. Hurrah.

Political leaning

0-6 = None, really.
7-10 = Bit of a leftie
11-13 = Communism growing in mind as 'a good thing'
14-15 = Yeah! Communism! Woohoo! (no idea about what type, though)
16 = Anarcho-Communism would be nice, shame it'll never work, though.

Musical taste

0-4 = Didn't really have much
5-8 = All manner of badness, such as the Spice Girls... argh...
9-11 = Lame rock
12-14 = Getting more broad, with a slant towards rock, but accepting dance a bit
15 = Strange love of System of a Down... no idea why nowadays.
16 = Just about anything, as long as it's good, but chillout is pretty good in general.
Big Jim P
22-10-2006, 13:45
0 - 35 Single Jim
35 - ? Married Jim
I V Stalin
22-10-2006, 13:52
15 = Strange love of System of a Down... no idea why nowadays.

Nothing wrong with System. I like 'em (and have done since their first album), though the last three albums have been a bit crap.
Demented Hamsters
22-10-2006, 16:33
My life -
0-5: Little shit
5-21: Education
21- : Unemployed.

You stole my life!
Give it back, I order you! Give it back I say!
Gorias
22-10-2006, 16:48
crazy depressed me.
starting alcoholism me.
realises i am god me.
wants murder a bunch of people me.
Whereyouthinkyougoing
22-10-2006, 16:52
(16-16) Boring sober Rufferto
My favourite Rufferto! :)
IL Ruffino
22-10-2006, 17:27
My favourite Rufferto! :)

:D
Infinite Revolution
22-10-2006, 17:36
i can categorise stages of my life into what i've been dependant on or addicted to at the time. at the moment it's probably alcohol and NS, before it was nicotine and NS, before that it was alcohol and cigarettes, before that it was weed, before that it was alcohol and cigarettes, before that it was probably various computer games and food, before that it was probably books although that's never really stopped, before that it was probably religion.
Darknovae
22-10-2006, 17:43
0-4: Little Pancake
4-6: Pancake in England :D
6-7: moving back to US Pancake
7-10: stupid little Pancake
10-11: hyperintellignet top-of-the-class-bullied Pancake
11-12: PO'd Pancake with crap grades
12-13: Po'd depressed, socially inept, stupid conservative Pancake (with bad gradeS)
13-14: still depressed but healing (with bad grades), pre-to-early NSG Pancake
14 1/2: marchin' band Pancake (failing geometry! :mad:)

That's my life stages (guess what happened agaes 10-14)
Toremal
22-10-2006, 17:51
4-6 State compulsary pre-school
6-12 Primary
12-15 - Secondary
15 - Part time job. given up because of my mother's snobbishness. 'Girls like you don't work.'
16-19 - Party time! Running round for my then 26-29 Year old sister Leonie (getting her wedding organised). Meeting my stepparents, being draged off round the world with my real parents. Trying to convince them that I didn't want to live in Malta.
19-26 - Working
27-29 - In Uganda, Congo etc Charity.
29-Present day - charity from home. Writiing (in Luxembourgish).
New Xero Seven
22-10-2006, 17:52
Life is weird.
Toremal
22-10-2006, 17:56
0-4: Little Pancake
4-6: Pancake in England :D
6-7: moving back to US Pancake
7-10: stupid little Pancake
10-11: hyperintellignet top-of-the-class-bullied Pancake
11-12: PO'd Pancake with crap grades
12-13: Po'd depressed, socially inept, stupid conservative Pancake (with bad gradeS)
13-14: still depressed but healing (with bad grades), pre-to-early NSG Pancake
14 1/2: marchin' band Pancake (failing geometry! :mad:)

That's my life stages (guess what happened agaes 10-14)

I'm probably being really stupid, but I looked up Pancake in my Luxembourgish-English/Englis-Luxembourgish dictionary, and it said it was some kind of an edible food, with stuff in it. Am I not catching onto some linguistic nuance here?
Lunatic Goofballs
23-10-2006, 11:10
0-10 Odd Goofball
11-15 Odd, Mischievous Goofball
16-20 Horny, Odd, Mischievous Goofball
21-25 Wild, Horny, Odd, Mischievous Goofball
26-30 Insane, Wild, Horny, Odd, Mischievous Goofball
31-present: Insane, Wild, Horny, Odd Mischievous Goofball with kids. :)

That's about it. :)
Lunatic Goofballs
23-10-2006, 11:23
I'm probably being really stupid, but I looked up Pancake in my Luxembourgish-English/Englis-Luxembourgish dictionary, and it said it was some kind of an edible food, with stuff in it. Am I not catching onto some linguistic nuance here?

Darknovae made the unfortunate mistake in her early days of creating a poll that let us decide what she was: Male, female or pancake.

NSG, being the kind of place it was, declared her to be a pancake.

I voted pancake. Partly out of my desire to have a pretext to cover someone with maple syrup.

I do on occasion, but I so rarely have an excuse. :)
Ifreann
23-10-2006, 11:29
0-10 Odd Goofball
11-15 Odd, Mischievous Goofball
16-20 Horny, Odd, Mischievous Goofball
21-25 Wild, Horny, Odd, Mischievous Goofball
26-30 Insane, Wild, Horny, Odd, Mischievous Goofball
31-present: Insane, Wild, Horny, Odd Mischievous Goofball with kids. :)

That's about it. :)

Somehow I imagined you being mischevious much earlier.
Monkeypimp
23-10-2006, 11:32
1-10: Loud, violent monkeypimp with few friends.
10-12 Loud, violent monkeypimp with less friends
12-13 Loud, less violent and imergence of comical Monkeypimp, more friends.
13-14 Getting better
14-16 Loud, funnier, drinking, smoking up and hooking up with girls Monkeypimp
17-19 Same as above, but smarter and doing less well at school. Lazier.
Present: Drunken man whore at university like every other 20 year old male.
Lunatic Goofballs
23-10-2006, 11:34
Somehow I imagined you being mischevious much earlier.

Yes, but mostly by accident. I didn't really get into intentional mischief until I was old enough to get a chemistry set. :)
Delator
23-10-2006, 11:36
0-5: Minnesota Delator...lived there and loved it, at least the bits I remember.
5-6: Moving Delator...moved to this shithole, and I still hate it.
7-12: Carefree Delator...made new friends, life was simple, and it was good.
13-17: Emo Delator...let's not go there, shall we?
18-20: College Delator...this one's kinda hazy, let's just say this period didn't last as long as intended.
20-22: Job-hoppin Delator...employment is good, I tend to like it anyways.
22-Present: Insomniac Delator...full time employment, part time student stuff...I don't sleep a lot. I've gotten used to it.

That about covers it. :p
Luipaard
23-10-2006, 11:49
0-8 cant remember
8-9 innocent, very very very innocent
9-14 picked on unhappy suicidal phase :sniper:
15-18 happy :D had bf for ages, work was easy (oh get my A levels results ;))
18 went to uni!!!!!!!!! and found the real reason its suppoded to regress you:
18 cant remember ;)
Swilatia
23-10-2006, 12:25
I do not remember, and do not care to remember this type of stuff.
Swilatia
23-10-2006, 12:27
0 - 35 Single Jim
35 - ? Married Jim

oh come on. is marital status the only thing you ever think about?
Philosopy
23-10-2006, 12:34
Not as bad as Job Centres, though. Nor are they as soul-destroying.

Now this is true. If I have just one piece of advice to give you from my screwed up, mess of a 'gap year', it's whatever you do, don't get caught in the JobCentre system. You get sucked in, and it becomes harder and harder to break out. Seriously - any old crappy job will always be infinitly better than wasting away there.
I V Stalin
23-10-2006, 12:44
Now this is true. If I have just one piece of advice to give you from my screwed up, mess of a 'gap year', it's whatever you do, don't get caught in the JobCentre system. You get sucked in, and it becomes harder and harder to break out. Seriously - any old crappy job will always be infinitly better than wasting away there.
Nah, I want a job I'll be happy in. I'd rather screw my life up waiting for a job that I like (and I've found a lot, just they've never wanted to employ me) than screw my life up by getting a job I hate. I keep getting told that I shouldn't be so picky...usually by people who are in jobs that they hate. :rolleyes:
Philosopy
23-10-2006, 12:52
Nah, I want a job I'll be happy in. I'd rather screw my life up waiting for a job that I like (and I've found a lot, just they've never wanted to employ me) than screw my life up by getting a job I hate. I keep getting told that I shouldn't be so picky...usually by people who are in jobs that they hate. :rolleyes:

Well, when I say crappy job I was thinking more of just general shopkeeping type stuff, bar work, waiting, etc. Something that will give you money, get you out the house and give you the freedom to still look for proper work.

The longer you're not doing anything, the harder it becomes to find something. That's what I meant by the 'JobCentre trap' - if you do get interviews, you're always on edge for that killer question: "so, what is it you've been doing for the last x months?"

The JobCentre is useless for people like us - it's not really designed for graduates. The people in them only know how to deal with people who are either a) wanting to do anything that pays minimum wage b) are never going to get a job and are just stringing the system along for their benefit 'pay'. You sound a lot like me from this time last year, and all I can say is honestly, don't get stuck in the rot.

Doing something will always be better for you in the long term than doing nothing, if for no other reason than the fact that employers will want to know you've not just been sitting around waiting for a job to come up - that shows that you potentially won't stick with anything that doesn't interest you.