The Shock of the REAL

FortyTwo

This is a thread for all you college grads out there.

I am just over a year removed from graduating and so far year one of the real has been suck.

-Haven't found a permanent job in my field

-Girl left me, [she is] now dating some guy who writes douchebaggy zombie comic

-Keep getting skunked out of houses (The listings vanish, unaswered emails/ calls, owners changing their minds)

-Father gets remarried to slightly racist prickly woman, whom I just do not like no matter how I try

-Playing phone tag with summer employers, and I need to start working very soon.


So far the real world bites. Hows about you guys, college grads that you are. Or just those dealing in the real world. Regail us with stories of horror and conquest so they might live on in the digital ether for future generations to read, and ponder.

Garlic Bread

I didn't get accepted into school because i applied too late so now I need to pay for health insurance

Jordyn

you're dating a guy who writes zombie comics?

scarlet st.

Don't ever get a DWI

Good luck with insurance is what I'm saying.

bsjezz

after i graduated i travelled. its the best thing to do. you can further delay entering the real world and see the rest of it instead.

after two years of travelling i realised i couldn't get a decent job so i decided to go back and do postgrad work, which is very satisfying, and i'm getting lots of good job interviews

real world is pretty cool these days

FortyTwo

Jordyn wrote: »

you're dating a guy who writes zombie comics?

No, my ex.

It vexes me because, well his comic sucks.

Like its bad.

At first I got it and thought. Oh, shes an artist hes and artist. Okay I get it. But he only writes it, and he can't fucking write a lick. And she even admits that his comic sucks. SO I'm all what the fuck?

ps, i would love to travel. But I don't have the money to travel.

#pipe

I left college with a degree in Graphic Design.
Sat around and half assededly looked for work and lived off unemployment and my girlfriend for 4 months.
Got a good job in the field.
Have been here almost a year with limited drama.
Looking seriously into starting my own design studio with a friend of mine.

Critical

I just moved back in with the folks because my ex lost her job and my shit $10/hr pay couldn't support us both and her kid.

Reality is definitely the suck right now.

MKR

Once I finish college I'm going to find a job with a tolerable balance of pay and ease, live like a hermit for a few years, then invest heavily and wisely until I'm disgustingly rich.

After that? I'll think that far ahead once I finish my degree.

Cogliostro

scarlet st. wrote: »

Don't ever get a DWI

Good luck with insurance is what I'm saying.

Probably shoulda thought about that before you decided to make the idiotic decision to drive drunk...


If you drive drunk you deserve whatever you get (and more... county jail ass-rapings included). :P

Abracadaniel

i just got back from a date

FortyTwo

Dumb Hero wrote: »

i just got back from a date

How'd it go?

Werrick

FortyTwo wrote: »

Dumb Hero wrote: »

i just got back from a date

How'd it go?

I thought it was alright...

naporeon

SH.

Don't make me ruin your shit.

Because I will ruin your shit.

graizur

Unemployed. GED. Emotions are very strong and hard to work through. Bike Mesenger and lots of retail. Friends whome I could trust but I, for some reason don't, and so much hope it hurts. Possibilities out the ears. Dreams which are monkey wrenches with good handles. Writing now and moving on. Choosing friends who believe in me.

Choose friends that, when you moan and talk hopelessness and sorrow and depression, that when you talk those things, choose friends who look at you and say "That's not you. I know you and you are a winner"

Choose friends that believe in you.

Abracadaniel

FortyTwo wrote: »

Dumb Hero wrote: »

i just got back from a date

How'd it go?

i'm not sure.

the police haven't found the body yet

so good, I guess

Cogliostro

oh god emo...

cutcutcutcutcut

Abracadaniel

what did i do this time nap

i took your advice

Cogliostro

Did you hump her?

Critical

Dumb Hero wrote: »

FortyTwo wrote: »

Dumb Hero wrote: »

i just got back from a date

How'd it go?

i'm not sure.

the police haven't found the body yet

so good, I guess

She didn't rip clumps of hair from one of her pets and then try to eat them, did she?

Abracadaniel

nope

Zombiemambo

graizur wrote: »

Unemployed. GED. Emotions are very strong and hard to work through. Bike Mesenger and lots of retail. Friends whome I could trust but I, for some reason don't, and so much hope it hurts. Possibilities out the ears. Dreams which are monkey wrenches with good handles. Writing now and moving on. Choosing friends who believe in me.

Choose friends that, when you moan and talk hopelessness and sorrow and depression, that when you talk those things, choose friends who look at you and say "That's not you. I know you and you are a winner"

Choose friends that believe in you.

SE++ is not fit for you to post in

bsjezz

in similar news i just had a really good phone interview for a sweet sounding job

but

phone interview. what kind of aborted recruitment decision is that. lets catch them unawares so we can screen out pretty much everyone arbitrarily, then ask them the same bullshit questions when they come in for reals

lostwords

The real world post-college kinda blows nuts. My commute is an hour and a half one way to a job I'm really indifferent towards and keep just because the money is decent, I haven't met any new interesting people in forever, I only ever go out on the weekends nowadays, feel tired all the time, got too many bills to keep track of, and I really don't know what I'm doing with my life. Wooo real life.

#pipe

Zombiemambo wrote: »

graizur wrote: »

Unemployed. GED. Emotions are very strong and hard to work through. Bike Mesenger and lots of retail. Friends whome I could trust but I, for some reason don't, and so much hope it hurts. Possibilities out the ears. Dreams which are monkey wrenches with good handles. Writing now and moving on. Choosing friends who believe in me.

Choose friends that, when you moan and talk hopelessness and sorrow and depression, that when you talk those things, choose friends who look at you and say "That's not you. I know you and you are a winner"

Choose friends that believe in you.

SE++ is not fit for you to post in

I think you got that the wrong way round tiger.

Jordyn

#pipe wrote: »

Zombiemambo wrote: »

graizur wrote: »

Unemployed. GED. Emotions are very strong and hard to work through. Bike Mesenger and lots of retail. Friends whome I could trust but I, for some reason don't, and so much hope it hurts. Possibilities out the ears. Dreams which are monkey wrenches with good handles. Writing now and moving on. Choosing friends who believe in me.

Choose friends that, when you moan and talk hopelessness and sorrow and depression, that when you talk those things, choose friends who look at you and say "That's not you. I know you and you are a winner"

Choose friends that believe in you.

SE++ is not fit for you to post in

I think you got that the wrong way round tiger.

As long as he stops posting, I couldn't care less which way it should go.

FortyTwo

lostwords wrote: »

The real world post-college kinda blows nuts. My commute is an hour and a half one way to a job I'm really indifferent towards and keep just because the money is decent, I haven't met any new interesting people in forever, I only ever go out on the weekends nowadays, feel tired all the time, got too many bills to keep track of, and I really don't know what I'm doing with my life. Wooo real life.

Love me.

We'll cuddle together to keep warm in the darkness

lostwords

FortyTwo wrote: »

lostwords wrote: »

The real world post-college kinda blows nuts. My commute is an hour and a half one way to a job I'm really indifferent towards and keep just because the money is decent, I haven't met any new interesting people in forever, I only ever go out on the weekends nowadays, feel tired all the time, got too many bills to keep track of, and I really don't know what I'm doing with my life. Wooo real life.

Love me.

We'll cuddle together to keep warm in the darkness

Only if you promise to be the big spoon

FortyTwo

lostwords wrote: »

FortyTwo wrote: »

lostwords wrote: »

The real world post-college kinda blows nuts. My commute is an hour and a half one way to a job I'm really indifferent towards and keep just because the money is decent, I haven't met any new interesting people in forever, I only ever go out on the weekends nowadays, feel tired all the time, got too many bills to keep track of, and I really don't know what I'm doing with my life. Wooo real life.

Love me.

We'll cuddle together to keep warm in the darkness

Only if you promise to be the big spoon

At 6'4"...baby. I'm always the big spoon

Drano

Cogliostro wrote: »

scarlet st. wrote: »

Don't ever get a DWI

Good luck with insurance is what I'm saying.

Probably shoulda thought about that before you decided to make the idiotic decision to drive drunk...


If you drive drunk you deserve whatever you get (and more... county jail ass-rapings included). :P

harsh

Cogliostro

Sorry, but them's the breaks. I've seen too many drunks walk away fine from an accident while we have to peel someone out of their car because the drunk fucking idiot couldn't call a cab and spend the $15 to get home.

You'd feel the same if you had to tell an 8 year old little boy why mommy won't wake up.

FortyTwo

Cogliostro wrote: »

Sorry, but them's the breaks. I've seen too many drunks walk away fine from an accident while we have to peel someone out of their car because the drunk fucking idiot couldn't call a cab and spend the $15 to get home.

You'd feel the same if you had to tell an 8 year old little boy why mommy won't wake up.

I agree with you on that one

Cogliostro

anyway, sorry. that kind of shit is something that sends me into an instant rage.

Moving on... Fourty-Two.. what do you do for a living? Why's your dad marrying such a cunt-lick?

Zombiemambo

#pipe wrote: »

Zombiemambo wrote: »

graizur wrote: »

Unemployed. GED. Emotions are very strong and hard to work through. Bike Mesenger and lots of retail. Friends whome I could trust but I, for some reason don't, and so much hope it hurts. Possibilities out the ears. Dreams which are monkey wrenches with good handles. Writing now and moving on. Choosing friends who believe in me.

Choose friends that, when you moan and talk hopelessness and sorrow and depression, that when you talk those things, choose friends who look at you and say "That's not you. I know you and you are a winner"

Choose friends that believe in you.

SE++ is not fit for you to post in

I think you got that the wrong way round tiger.

No, SE++ is pretty much the bottom of the barrel, so to speak

Graizur would be better off on livejournal

FortyTwo

Cogliostro wrote: »

anyway, sorry. that kind of shit is something that sends me into an instant rage.

Moving on... Fourty-Two.. what do you do for a living? Why's your dad marrying such a cunt-lick?

I'm a social studies teacher, secondary. A vice-principal told me I have to wait for someone to retire or die. I have had a couple long-term sub positions, but haven't been able to latch on full-time anywhere. Something could break this month though.

As for my Dad, I have no fucking idea. She seems to have a problem with the entire continent of Asia. From middle to far east including the subcontinent. Like its fucking weird.

Geebs61

In the last 4 months, My girlfriends car broke down, due to an oil change wherein no oil was put in it. Then my car broke down, I dont know why. It turns over, but just wont start. And now the battery is too dead to do anything really. I lost my job. I was laid off, After spraining my ankle, and never heard back again. Turns out someone else was hired for my position. My girlfriend lost her job, because "her and the boss just dont mesh well." Her boss was a hyper Christian republican, and she is very much neither. I never went to college, well I went for a semester, but it's not really my thing. (I tend to daze off in traditional learning facilities. I work much better on my own.) So I have no real verifiable credentials for anything. I am fully trained for A+. MCSE, and CCNA certifications, but can not afford the testing necessary. That and the job market in Salem, Oregon, is very sparse to say the least.

This is just the past 4 months. I dont even want to get into whats gone on the last 4 years.

So I have no money, no cars, and seemingly no hope. The real world has been shitting on me for some time now.

tech_hunter

Geebs61 wrote: »

In the last 4 months, My girlfriends car broke down, due to an oil change wherein no oil was put in it. Then my car broke down, I dont know why. It turns over, but just wont start. And now the battery is too dead to do anything really. I lost my job. I was laid off, After spraining my ankle, and never heard back again. Turns out someone else was hired for my position. My girlfriend lost her job, because "her and the boss just dont mesh well." Her boss was a hyper Christian republican, and she is very much neither. I never went to college, well I went for a semester, but it's not really my thing. (I tend to daze off in traditional learning facilities. I work much better on my own.) So I have no real verifiable credentials for anything. I am fully trained for A+. MCSE, and CCNA certifications, but can not afford the testing necessary. That and the job market in Salem, Oregon, is very sparse to say the least.

This is just the past 4 months. I dont even want to get into whats gone on the last 4 years.

So I have no money, no cars, and seemingly no hope. The real world has been shitting on me for some time now.

Unless you have to pay your girl friend for sex I would say things could be worse.

Cogliostro

Dude... head down to the Sheriff's office. Apply for a 911 dispatching job. The burnout rate is very high, and it's really good money. Just don't let the job get to you. My aunt was a dispatcher in Salem, and in Polk County. I'll see if I can get her to tell me the person you should talk at.

You'll have to go through training (which you get paid for) and a probationary period (which you also get paid for) but it's damn good money, long hours.

Geebs61

My aunt is also a 911 dispatcher, or was last I knew. She was the first female sheriff, I cant remember which county. But she stepped down because she got a lot of shit for being a female in that position.

mackingtheknife

why don't you go on the real world

IHasABucket

I just graduated in May, starting my first job this coming Monday.

Going to be busy as hell, required to complete a master's degree while working full time, but they're paying for it so I can't bitch too much.

I will be stuffed into a conference room until I complete training and am "upgraded" to a cubicle.

Really a good deal all in all though. Pays the bills and at least I'm not building bombs for Lockheed Martin, which was my other choice. Couldn't handle that shit on my conscience.