Athenian200
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And yes, my username is still athenian200 on it.
If any of you guys are wondering where I've been, or even still remember me. I've been on a Zelda forum. I didn't leave because of anything specific, I just sort of got bored with this place and got interested in another forum.
The main reason I'm thinking to post here now is that activity on that forum and it's Skype groups are a bit low tonight. I've been having too much fun with some extremely intelligent 15-25 year old ENFPs, INTJs, INTPs, ISTPs, and ISFPs. There's even an ENTP and an ENTJ in there.
Anyway, I'm not sure what the last update I posted about my life here was, so let me start from my last known position.
Okay, you all know I started volunteering at the hospital, right? Well, I eventually got an extra day per week so I go in two days a week, and they give me a lot of work to do now. Some of which involves entering people's SSNs.
I sometimes have so much work that I have to stay 2 hours over, or go in an extra day to get it all done. They give me lunch for free when I'm up there that late, even though they don't have to.
They said there's even a chance they might help me get scholarships or something to go to college if I keep helping them out for a while.
Anyway, at one point while I was working for them, I got a job as an overnight stocker at Wal-Mart somehow. I spent two days in computer-based training, and three days on the job. The training was easy... but the job didn't work out at all. They specifically told me I wouldn't have to lift anything over 25 lbs.
And on the first two days, I did fine, but they were complaining that I wasn't going fast enough. One problem is that they kept assigning me to a different aisle every night, and expecting me to just perform at top speed from day 1 or day 2. On the third day, they asked me to stock these shelves with these boxes of light furniture that were around 40 lbs per box. I couldn't lift them without hurting myself, and they had me so anxious about doing the job fast... that I just quit. Yes, I actually quit. Even though I know it's very unlikely I can get a job better than that one, I think I'd rather be unemployed than work there.
At this point, I am beginning to think I could spend a large chunk of my life volunteering. It doesn't pay bills, but at least it's better than sitting at home all week. The people there are nice enough.
In fact, just today, I started working with a person from Vietnam. For some reason I was able to sort of understand and relate to them. I was able to communicate with them through their broken English better than anyone else, for some reason.
Anyway, let's see. I'm now into a Japanese thing called Vocaloid, thanks to the influence of some new friends. It involves the use of synthesized voices. Here's one of my favorite songs:
[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMDxKRx10mU"]Rolling Girl[/YOUTUBE]
It's so beautiful (and yet somehow tragic) that I cry when I hear it. I'm not quite sure what they're saying, but I don't want to ruin it for myself by looking at an unreliable translation. I prefer to to just imagine what it might mean.
If any of you guys are wondering where I've been, or even still remember me. I've been on a Zelda forum. I didn't leave because of anything specific, I just sort of got bored with this place and got interested in another forum.
The main reason I'm thinking to post here now is that activity on that forum and it's Skype groups are a bit low tonight. I've been having too much fun with some extremely intelligent 15-25 year old ENFPs, INTJs, INTPs, ISTPs, and ISFPs. There's even an ENTP and an ENTJ in there.
Anyway, I'm not sure what the last update I posted about my life here was, so let me start from my last known position.
Okay, you all know I started volunteering at the hospital, right? Well, I eventually got an extra day per week so I go in two days a week, and they give me a lot of work to do now. Some of which involves entering people's SSNs.
I sometimes have so much work that I have to stay 2 hours over, or go in an extra day to get it all done. They give me lunch for free when I'm up there that late, even though they don't have to.
They said there's even a chance they might help me get scholarships or something to go to college if I keep helping them out for a while.
Anyway, at one point while I was working for them, I got a job as an overnight stocker at Wal-Mart somehow. I spent two days in computer-based training, and three days on the job. The training was easy... but the job didn't work out at all. They specifically told me I wouldn't have to lift anything over 25 lbs.
And on the first two days, I did fine, but they were complaining that I wasn't going fast enough. One problem is that they kept assigning me to a different aisle every night, and expecting me to just perform at top speed from day 1 or day 2. On the third day, they asked me to stock these shelves with these boxes of light furniture that were around 40 lbs per box. I couldn't lift them without hurting myself, and they had me so anxious about doing the job fast... that I just quit. Yes, I actually quit. Even though I know it's very unlikely I can get a job better than that one, I think I'd rather be unemployed than work there.
At this point, I am beginning to think I could spend a large chunk of my life volunteering. It doesn't pay bills, but at least it's better than sitting at home all week. The people there are nice enough.
In fact, just today, I started working with a person from Vietnam. For some reason I was able to sort of understand and relate to them. I was able to communicate with them through their broken English better than anyone else, for some reason.
Anyway, let's see. I'm now into a Japanese thing called Vocaloid, thanks to the influence of some new friends. It involves the use of synthesized voices. Here's one of my favorite songs:
[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMDxKRx10mU"]Rolling Girl[/YOUTUBE]
It's so beautiful (and yet somehow tragic) that I cry when I hear it. I'm not quite sure what they're saying, but I don't want to ruin it for myself by looking at an unreliable translation. I prefer to to just imagine what it might mean.
i just came back too.
