Saturday by 1 pm. My parent's aren't getting down here till probably mid to late afternoon on Friday, and we're starting moving everything Saturday morning and then the 7 hour drive home. [yes]

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There are three other roommates - one has already moved out, the second one will be out tomorrow. The third (my roommate in my room) is having her stuff picked up by the movers on Friday morning, and then is leaving Saturday morning, early - and then I'm out of here mid Saturday morning. So I'm kind of waiting to pack up till they're done, as it won't take me too long as I really don't have a lot of stuff. [:)]

That's not too bad, then. Oddly enough the seven hour drive sounds fun to me. I love road trips.

@Ely: So for serious: I've been freaking out as of last semester due to my impending semester on the horizon. I don't know if I told you but I have to carry like maybe 30-40 pounds or more of film equipment for one class next semester. I need a car for that so I can drive from the building where my department is housed to get it and go back to my dorm. Not only that but potential job stuff as well as general off campus film related work. So my brothers and I talked with my dad about getting a used car for me. My moms paying for two right now and my dads only paying for one. My dad will then be paying for the new used car for me and not only will I have a car for next year but so will my older brother who needs it as he'll be using it alot.

Right now we've found a Chevy Cavalier for a decent price which is good. I really think it's a nice price and has decent mileage. Also, it's time I actually have a car of my own.

wow, I haven't been around here in a LONG time.
It's been one of those years for me ^^"

It's not too bad. I can probably pack all in about an hour if I need to. And I normally don't mind road trips, but most of this is all on the 5... -.- Boring straight road with nothing but flat flat flat... through the central valley. Doesn't even make for good pictures. Bleh. I'll make sure my phone is charged, and I'll just read on my phone. [lol] And play words with friends. :P

Welcome back serena yuy! :)

@Cole: Back in the day I chose to buy a new car over going to a four year university and staying in dorms. Cars are definitely a big important thing. Mine is one of my babies.

Maybe you should consider getting a hatchback with how much it sounds like you intend to use your car for hauling.

@Ser: Hehe, well welcome back. XD I started coming back in here because people started talking again.

@Cloud: Yeah, that sounds like driving through Nebraska for me. Nothing but corn and flat. XP

Yeah, it gets old fast - but I have too much stuff to fly home with. Sadly. Or else I would fly home. But hey, I get to see my parents, so that is a bonus - I saw them like a month and a half ago over spring break, but I wasn't home much. [yes]

@Ely: I don't need something big and the car only really needs to last me through college up to a point where I can eventually get a new car of my own down the line. Hopefully new in being not used. Also, since it'll technically be mine would mean that i'll treat it like my baby. As I do with all things I own, I cherish it and make sure nothing bad happens to it.

Also, you still haven't experienced college, Shorty. You never lived in dorms.

@Cloud: Family time is important for sure. I wish I saw a little less of mine, but I'm sure I'd miss them if I only saw them once every few months.

@Cole: Hatchbacks don't have to be big. There are smaller hatchback VWs and Mazdas.

My car was "used" when I bought it but only had 1400 miles on it (it was a demonstrator for car shows). I take such good care of that thing. Like I was saying yesterday with the nightmares--I had nightmares about it getting scratched for a couple of years after I bought it.

Honey, I ain't ever gonna live in dorms. Waste of money if there ever was one. I'm saving to buy a house someday.

I rarely see my family. Since moving down here last August - I saw them for my Birthday, then the month for Christmas, Spring Break and then now. I was alone for Thanksgiving, Easter... Mother's Day. I rarely get to see my family anymore. And I honestly hate it. :/ My roommates all have family close and are ALWAYS going to see them and I can't and I'm the one who gets it shoved in my face that they can go home for the weekend, and I can't. -.-

Honestly though - it's easier for me to live in the dorms - sure it may be a waste of money, but I do not drive... so it's SO much easier for me to live on campus. [gonk]....

@Ely: Hatchbacks are for people with no standards.

I am OCD about things I own so i'm quite sure i'll have dreams about my car and something bad happening to it.

So...what you're saying is...you haven't experienced college?

@Cloud: Yeah, I think there's a fine line between seeing them too much and too little, and I think you're definitely on the "too little" side. I hope they (your roommates) didn't rub it in your face on purpose.

Yeah, I don't blame people for living in dorms, but for me it's a waste of money. I do drive, and while it sucks ASS to drive every day for class, it's a lot cheaper.

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@Cole: Hatchbacks are for people WITH standards who don't want to rent a truck every time they have to haul some shit.

I'm OCD about most things I own, too. Comes from being an only child and never being forced to share. I also just hate it when people don't take care of stuff at all and ruin even expensive things within months. Like seriously. How can people afford to destroy multiple iPhones a year?

So, what you're saying is that you'll be in 60000$ worth of debt by the time you graduate? [whatev]

There are times that I feel like they do do it on purpose - they also seem to rub the fact that ALL three of them have boyfriends and I don't... -.- I've been homesick ever since I moved down here, and I have people that I feel like basically tell me to "Get over it". It kinda pisses me off. I went from living 45 minutes from home, to 7 hours... :/ I'm also 7 hours or so from my brother, but in the other direction - he's in Arizona, my parents are in Northern California. And I'm in Southern California.

I get that it's cheaper, but there is NO way I am EVER driving in LA, and driving in general just scares me like no other - I am 25 and I not have my license. I have people who tell me I should get an apartment, but no - Financial Aid pays for most of housing anyways. [yes] All of my classes and most of housing. I only had to pay rent for May of this semester, and that was it! [yes] I get free utilities, and wifi, so I'm not paying for any of that.... And I don't have to take the metro or anything like that, I just take the tram from the dorms to campus, and walk from there. [yes] It's SO much easier. I have been looking into apartments, and it is so much more in rent a month! [yes] Especially down here where I go to school. [yes]
So because financial aid pays for most of it, I have NO student loans taken out... I will not be in debt... -.- Honestly it depends on how you look at it. :/

As someone who lived in the dorms and also at home at one point I can say I know both.

You can still experience college even if you don't live in the dorms. Granted you're a bit more restricted where you're not going to be on campus in the evenings sometimes for some events they might hold for the students because of various reasons. But, you still can. I lived in the dorms, but it wasn't that expensive at my undergrad university. A year there cost 16k for everything (tuition, room, board, fees, classes). To live on campus there it cost 5k for the year in the dorms. However, my graduate school it was a hell of a lot more expensive to live there. I had to work 20h a week and take 12h of classes just so I could get enough aid to cover all but 100$ of my bills because to live on campus there for the year for me, cost me 10k a year when you added in the fees for living on campus plus my monthly "rent" on my lease.
btw, the year total cost $20k at this school for what I was going for. Yes graduate is different than undergrad, but the housing is still well over the $5k I paid to live on campus at my undergrad.

@Ely: I don't plan on it alot and it'll suffice for now.

They're rich? Like you?

Shorty, I think you're a little jealous of my dorm experiences. Dorms make you social and stuff. Also, you learn skills for the future like breaking into your building at night and stuff...like that.

Dorms don't always make you social - for me, I hide in my room and barely socialize as I hate socializing... Socializing wears me out really fast. [yes]

@Cloud: That's bullshit, girl. I'm chronically single, but so are all my friends. [XD] That's not cool that they rub it in your face at all. But, seems like people will give you shit no matter what you do. I kinda just learned to brush most of it off.

I think we discussed this before, but if there's a good transportation system where you are then it doesn't really matter if you drive. If there were bullet trains or lightrails where I live I doubt I'd drive every day. I'd just sit on the train and read all the way to my destinations.

Yeah, apartments are expensive. I don't know if I can hack it but I think I'll wait to be able to afford a small house or condo before I move out.

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@Cole: Yeah, whatever works for you. [yes] I like having the ability to haul things when I need to. Makes me less dependent on others.

I am in no way rich. We've been through this.

Meh. Not really. My dorms cost 10000 a year and they were disgusting. I doubt that they would've made me social. Probably would've made me hate humanity more. Sorry, there's the pessimistic side of my optimism.

@Ely: So I just checked my GPA for this semester and it fucking dropped like a rock due to how badly things went. Luckily i'm in a safe range for recovery so those summer courses are going to help get me back in the game. Phew.

You're rich in my mind. ;)

10,000?! That's an outrage. Mines half of that. At least next years is anyway.

@Cole: I've been there. The first semester I was at this four year college was the lowest my GPA has ever been. I've worked hard since then and been able to raise it back up.

I also had/have (haven't seen him in person in awhile) a friend who drank too much his freshman year and got put on probation. Luckily he quit and now he's getting As. I'm proud of him. He's in the chem program.

You must have low standards for rich. [lol]

Yeah, now you see why I don't do it. Then there's the tuition that is 7500 a year (more or less).

@Ely: I am within the warning range for my year and i'm limited to 12 credit hours of classes. Good thing I learned spring semester than I needed to schedule better and that it's best to stay at 12 min and make up the rest via summer courses. College is a learning experience. You rise and you fall...over and over again.

I'm luckily i'm not on probation. I'm in a warning zone. My GPA is just barely at where it needs to be to stay in that zone. Hopefully my 3 classes will raise my GPA ever so slightly to the required GPA for good standing.

Shut up, Shorty.

You're homeless.

Yeah, pretty much. I have found that I can only do 12 creds with upper division. When I was doing lower division courses I would do 16 to 18 creds a semester. I did summer school for the first couple years of college, but my father told me off of it because he knew I was getting burnt out and he was right.

So long as you've recognized it now before you have problems you're fine. I think everyone has to get kicked in the ass with their GPA at least once in college.

Lol, I'm not. I have a 1500 square foot basement to myself with a big screen T.V., a Wii, a dart board, and a pool table.

@Ely: It's just this next year is dedicated to rebuilding my confidence in the classroom again as I basically just put myself behind one semester due to life and a list of screw ups. But, it's better during my freshman year than my senior year.

Yeah, I actually expected this to happen. I knew I was going to probably have something screw me up once before my freshman year ended. Give me serious motivation to get out of the gutter.

You're a homeless basement dweller.

Sorry, I got into packing mode - I have most of my stuff on my side of the room packed up. Only took me like half an hour. XDD I've gotten really fast at it. I've done this over 14 times now. [sweat]

Ely: Yeah, it kind of pisses me off. :/ I'm 25 and I have NEVER had a boyfriend. Ever. But whatever... -.-

I don't work either, so I really have no way to afford. My parents are helping put my brother and I through college. [yes]

@Cole: Most people I know do not graduate within four years. Do what you've got to do at your pace. [yes] College was giving me panic attacks so I took some time off this semester.

You can do it. :) Kick school in the ass now. [yes]

And you get sarcastic when you're jealous.

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@Cloud: I had one when I was 18. He broke my heart and I've just been single since. But, for the last couple of years it's been more out of choice than anything. Relationships take a lot of work and they're usually stressful and unstable. They can be nice, too, but I take them pretty seriously so I'd rather be single than date around and continuously deal with BS.

I've worked some in the summers but not during the semesters. I need to find a job for this summer, too.

@Ely: Yeah, I expected that. It's impossible to do 4 years considering that everyone is different and has to pace things for themselves. I expect to be in for at least 5 minimum. I hope not but it's just a prediction.

Yes, and hope that I don't let myself, my family, and my friends down.

I don't believe short people should be allowed to talk now.