OT: Linear Moments in Life
January 25th, 2015 at 11:22 AM ^
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January 25th, 2015 at 4:00 PM ^
January 25th, 2015 at 12:46 PM ^
Bummer to have missed that shot, though. Did you watch the Florida game in LA? What happened with the girl you were visiting?
Anyway, that was a fun read!
January 25th, 2015 at 4:14 PM ^
January 25th, 2015 at 4:30 PM ^
Wait, what happened to the girl?
January 25th, 2015 at 7:49 PM ^
Linear moments is a funny name for a story that ends at square one...
January 25th, 2015 at 9:10 PM ^
That really is a cool story, bro. And well written.
I heard some advice from an old guy once that I liked that seems relvant to your story:
In your 20's, risk all you can,
In your 30's, learn all you can,
In your 40's, earn all you can,
In your 50's, lead all you can,
In your 60s, teach all you can.
You did what you did at the perfect time. You will hit a point in your life where you can never do that kind of thing again. As time goes by, you will be more and more glad you did what you did.
January 25th, 2015 at 11:34 PM ^
January 26th, 2015 at 11:00 AM ^
You're still in your twenties, your year in LA taught you useful things that are less useful in Mercer County, and you should be thinking of getting off the mat. If the place looks 'dead end' to you now, what's it going to look like in 20 years? Dust yourself off and jump back in the ring.
January 26th, 2015 at 11:01 AM ^
Oops. Double post.
January 26th, 2015 at 12:09 AM ^
Great story and good for you man! Inspiring stuff to make a life changing decision like that.
January 26th, 2015 at 6:27 PM ^
January 26th, 2015 at 11:50 PM ^
Man you gotta expand on this a little more. I know a year would be too much to type out, but I would love to know major things that happened
January 27th, 2015 at 10:20 AM ^
January 27th, 2015 at 7:29 PM ^
You never know what chance meeting will lead to.
I was living in Detroit & rebuilding a house. A friend & I went to Builder's Square where the old Bel-Air Drive In used to be to pick up a new water heater. He was in the "woe is me" mode, depressed that women didn't like him. I told him it's a numbers game, that if he puts himself out there, blah blah blah. That I get shot down all the time. To prove it, I hit on the checkout girl, who earlier in the week blew off another friend of mine.
She gave me her number.
She ended up moving to NYC a few months later & I visited her occasionally (we eventually grew apart & haven't spoken in years.) When I was in need of a job, I found one a little upstate from NYC. I liked the city, but hated the job. Moved back to Detroit for a few years, but when I found myself out of work moved back to NYC & love it here.
My current job is also due to a chance meeting.
I was working at a radio station running a show. A fill-in host told me she heard about a part-time job, if I was interested. I needed money, so yeah. I got the gig. Eventually I left, but when I needed a job & they had one open up, I returned. It was a lifesaver.
I can't even imagine what my life would be like or where I would be if I had not hit on that checkout girl just to prove to a friend that she would shoot me down.
January 28th, 2015 at 6:11 AM ^
January 28th, 2015 at 9:58 AM ^
Good for you for taking a leap, young man. Do it often enough and you just might discover what you're here for. Sorry it didn't work out but one day it will.
January 28th, 2015 at 9:22 PM ^
and good for you for doing that. you learned alot more in that year than you would have even at our fine school.
i went to california when i was 21, and i don't miss L.A. one bit. glad i went, lots of great things happened (most notably met my beloved mgowife), but i am very glad to be back home.
go blue. and get out of ohio. that's crazy.
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