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Haha yeah well. I dunno. I think plenty of girls want older guys for their money, and to make other girls jealous that they have an older guy who's into them. Don't matter what the truth is. So they can both be happy.
I actually know someone like this, someone Cerceaux and I like to follow on Facebook, but she's gone off the deep-end now and it's pretty sad at this point. She really prides herself (as in, posts long statuses about this) on who she's slept/had relationships with and how rich and/or older they were. She refers to one ex as "my wall street boyfriend" and "Duke lawyer ex" etc. She even posted a video of herself at a steakhouse complaining to management, threatening them saying, "My husband is a lawyer from Harvard!" and "My father is in government!"
I just think it's sad to be asserting yourself by imaginary husbands, imaginary dads, and guys you had relationships with. She's also lied about her age to men so that she was older than she actually was, to make herself more appropriate. She's also cheated on them multiple times too. At one point she said that she dates rich men not for their money, but for their conversation, she wants to learn from them.

Anyway, I'm reading this screenplay for class that I later need to analyze. Our protagonist got the courage to ask out a girl, Nicole, to grab a bite to eat and they're currently at a pizzeria. They're talking about why they're at school now.

Nicole actually goes to Fordham and then she spills the beans saying she doesn't like it because of the people and she thinks no one really likes her XD She goes, "Well, Fordham was Fordham."
I feel as though I'm reading and applying my new film lingo at the same time to certain scenes.

My friend Kimberly is having a going away party tonight and I feel grumpy that it's all the way downtown XD As in, near Chinatown downtown. I'm feeling so lazy... It's at Bar 169 and it's a bar that's been there for over 100 years! It's also inspired by New Orleans, which I like!

But she's leaving for a long time and she quit her job. She's moving to be with her boyfriend in Virginia, who is a hull technician with the Navy, and he's being stationed there for the time being.
Man, I can't imagine moving away like that XD But I'm happy for her because she's always been a good friend and she had a couple of lame-o relationships before this guy so it's great to see her happy. We used to fangirl over one NYU professor (we met in his class) and pretend to be rivals for his love, and she'd get "mad" when he'd ask her about me and bring me up to her. God, it still cracks me up. ::gaku::

A: While he was talking to me he put his hand into a bucket of ice!
K: I HATE YOU!

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I loved our talks after class about class. I think I remember the first time we talked about it lol It was by Union Square. You were trying to describe him and i said he was charming and it totally legitimized how we thought about him.
And you were like "omg this is so embarrassing" and I was like "OMG WE'RE THINKING THE SAME THING" And then magic happened.
omg we're nerds.

He's friends with both of us on Facebook now, if he only knew how often we'd talk about him XD He was actually really nice and charming though, had a British accent, always traveling or riding horses, and we'd have interesting conversations! Kimberly and I went to the Russian Tea Room together too, ate at The Plaza, along with other restaurants around the city, and we rode on the Toys R Us Ferris Wheel too, which is now torn down. She's also been there for me when I was sad, even if it was just over the phone. She's planning on going to law school eventually, woah~

The ELITE SCHOLARS OF CHINA asked me to do a tour of NYU for them, again. XD I'm so glad I can do it this year, haha.
 

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tbh when I read what you wrote, I immediately thought of a former scape member that would fit that bill...
But like, if she's like that why don't you stop following her?
 

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All this LinkedIn talk has made me realise I really ought to update mine, I finally have a profile image now!

Although, I only have ~40 connections, is that bad?
 

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faith wrote:
tbh when I read what you wrote, I immediately thought of a former scape member that would fit that bill...
But like, if she's like that why don't you stop following her?
I don't "follow" her per se but I know her personally so we became Facebook friends and she de friended me once and then re-added me. At this point I don't care and we haven't spoken in years, so I've just kept her there and her posts pop up on my feed XD She was kicked out of NYU, but before that we met on Scholars Weekend and I'd see her on campus sometimes and we'd chat and have mutual friends.

@Crystal: That's not bad! You can always add people you know later and people will find you themselves. :)
 

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^She also seems to legitimately have schizophrenia or some other serious mental illness so it's actually pretty sad that she's self-destructing publicly on the Internet. Hopefully she can get the help she needs before it's too late.

I don't know her at all though, PE is just a weirdo and keeps sending me screencaps of her posts, because I guess people in law school have that much free time. ::gaku::

I've never used LinkedIn, but I don't have any credentials that potential employers would be interested in anyway so there's no point in making one. ::batsu::
 

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^She also seems to legitimately have schizophrenia or some other serious mental illness so it's actually pretty sad that she's self-destructing publicly on the Internet. Hopefully she can get the help she needs before it's too late.

I don't know her at all though, PE is just a weirdo and keeps sending me screencaps of her posts, because I guess people in law school have that much free time. ::gaku::
OMG I'm laughing at your last comment XD To be fair, she's only been downhill these last couple of months when before it was just about her dating/sex life and general bragging, which she's done for years. So it's not like I'm really reveling in what's going on now.

It's called TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLZ. I never understood why law school is see that way though, but maybe it just depends on the person XD I do extracurriculars, go to events, get good/great grades, still see my friends, did a whole photography program on the side, took acting classes at night, etc. XD AND still talk to Cerceaux on the side. Talking to Cerceaux takes up most of my time.

I see other classmates doing a lot too. My friend Alice, who I really admire, does so much every semester! Her dad abandoned her, and then her mom was deported when Alice turned 18, and Alice took guardianship of her brother and Alice went on welfare and worked her way to get into college and eventually became an investment banker/Vice President at Goldman Sachs for 10 years after getting her foot in the door as a graphic designer.
In law school she actually got pregnant (she got married before law school) and now she's doing all these things in school AND being a mom! Geez, I feel like if she can do it, there's no reason for me not to!

She told me all this right before we did our simulated negotiation this year. I felt amazed!

Anyway, I just bought my ticket for Shanghai! ::squee:: I only ended up paying $40 for the round trip ticket, and I'm happy that just like last time, I hardly have to pay for anything! So I can blow all my money on Three Kingdoms things and Shanghai Disney. ::kisaki::
"Yes, I do need this replica of Zhugey's boots."
"Yes, I do need to go to Disney after class. Every day."
"Yes, I need McDonald's to deliver."
ITS GETTING REAL!!!!!! ^^~
 

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Well, if you don't respect someone it would be better to unfriend them than to screencap their stuff and send it to people...
That's mean PE :P
Or you can unfollow her or not read her posts. That's how I do it.

Actually I'm FB friends with someone I want to get rid of and I kinda don't know what to do.
She makes up stuff about people and then laughs about them behind their backs.
I've seen her do it; I know she does it about me too.
I'm hesitating between just getting rid of her, or sending her a message to say 'No hard feelings, I don't think we're compatible people' and THEN unfriending her.
Cause either way, it'll start a shit storm. How do I minimize the drama??

No hanachan, I'm not getting rid of my FB account.
 

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faith wrote:
Well, if you don't respect someone it would be better to unfriend them than to screencap their stuff and send it to people...
That's mean PE :P
Or you can unfollow her or not read her posts. That's how I do it.
I only send them to Cerceaux, they're all public anyway, and she has a blog with the same things on it XD She made a second account because her first account has 5000 friends on it so I'm afraid my messaging days will stop *sniff*. I don't disrespect her though, I just told you what she was like. She's been like that since I met her years ago in person, I was amazed just the same (and would copy/paste stuff and send them to Flowers), but only now has it gotten out of control because of other issues. So now it's no longer intriguing and an insight to that kind of lifestyle.
Cause either way, it'll start a shit storm. How do I minimize the drama??
XD Just unfriend her, who cares? Why would you keep someone in your life who makes up stuff about you? I would only say to give an explanation if you had a close relationship or you see her somewhat regularly in person.

Anyway, I had an interesting time at Kimberly's party. It was fun until the end though. We were at Bar 169 first and sat around at the bar area. I noticed some men staring at me the whole time and I was like, "Oh boy!"
Kimberly, her boyfriend Andrew, her friend Olivia, and this guy named Hans were there. They were all so nice! Kimberly gave me a huge hug and we reminisced.
We then went to a second bar named Sons of Essex. It was SUCH a cool place, I loved it! It had great 1980s-1990s-early 2000s hip hop and R&B, which means a ton of stuff from my childhood.
We wiggled around to the music and it was a great time. More people joined us and they were all from NYU who took classes with Kim.

Towards the end, one friend, Susie, had to go and she said goodbye to Kim. Kim and Susie had been roommates for two years at NYU.

Kim started CRYING and I felt sad about it. They hugged and Susie reassured her everything will be great. More people started to trickle out and Kim was getting more emotional. I felt it was awkward because her boyfriend was there, and he's the one she's leaving her friends and hometown for.

I was the last one left and Andrew said he'll go to the bathroom. Awkward. Kim and I wiggled around at my urging and I acted happy and silly. He came back and Kim said they were going to head out so I went off with them.

We stood in front of the bar and she hugged me while crying again. I was starting to feel really sad at this point. I guess it didn't hit me until then that she's actually leaving for at least a year to... Virginia. I also remembered all the good memories we had, whether it was "fighting" over our professor, eating out, talking on the phone, all of that.

She told me to take care of our favorite professor and I said I would, and that he's already in my bed. She laughed and said, "MY LEG!" She told me to stay in touch and I said of course, that there's Facebook! We kept hugging and then *I* started to have the tears roll down my face. So we hugged and cried in front of the bar again.

She found me a taxi because she's nice and I said my final goodbye. Once inside I made a mental note to never be in that position.

I just felt it was the cliche. Woman leaves family, work, and friends for a man she loves to start her NEW life with him. Kim told me they would do long-distance, but I guess not anymore. She's also going to take the LSATs and will hopefully get into a law school in NYC. Then she said, "I know the University of Virginia has a good law school too." And they've been together for not even a year... and he's a technician for the Navy...

Ugh, I don't know.

At least my first Film/TV acting class was great! I learned so much @_@
 

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I had a McDonald's cheese burger last night, which I am blaming for waking me up at 2 am and feeling like death. I don't understand how people can eat food like on the regular, or people who don't drink water.
 

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CrystalAmmunition wrote:
I had a McDonald's cheese burger last night
You have no one but yourself to blame ::meev::

I just spent the weekend up in Boston visiting my sister, and Faith came along too to meet Matilda. It went great, apart from her getting poked in the stomach by grabby little girl fingers ::meev::
 

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I still feel disgusting, I hope my body processes it quickly.

McDonalds here has been doing a lot of rebranding and trying to make itself more 'fancy', is it doing that state-side as well?

Actually, they probably did that a long time ago and are just now doing it here. :P
 

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I still feel disgusting, I hope my body processes it quickly.

McDonalds here has been doing a lot of rebranding and trying to make itself more 'fancy', is it doing that state-side as well?
As a long time McDonald's aficionado, they have been making a McDonald's "fancy" restaurant, but its still in the making. It's you ordering from electronic panels, it having a ton of ingredients for you to choose from, and having the food served to you by waiters with your utensils being the works. There's only one that's currently using this model here in the state, but it was amazing when I went. I hope it becomes more wide-spread.

I don't understand the disgust with McDonald's XD I eat it in moderation (like everything) and it's more of a celebratory meal that I reward myself with after getting something done well. I don't even eat it enough to gain weight as I'm tiny, and I'm exercising and eating healthy stuff. Anyway, I really do think it would be my last meal if I had to choose one. It would be a cheeseburger with extra onions, McChicken sandwich, small fries, and a Coke with no ice. Just heavenly~

I think this Friday I'll get McDonald's. I haven't had it in two weeks so~

While putting together another petition Jennifer took a phone call from someone she knew. She started talking about a woman she knew who apparently is the secret mistress of a rich man. At some point Jennifer said, "I never thought I would know one personally."

Man, Jennifer has some scandalous stories XD We did a presentation in front of the organization today, and it was about monetary sanctions that cause long-term debt for people who committed crimes and then get out of jail. I was totally into it and we got a lot of compliments!

Anyway, filmmaking class is coming up soon and I wrote my first tiny screenplay. It's pretty nerdy, has a cheating wife, references to Goodburger (home of the Goodburger), and a happy ending.

Back to reviewing my screenplay... @.@
 
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the food served to you by waiters with your utensils being the works.

That is what they have been doing in the dedicated McDonalds restaurants here. They've been calling the whole thing 'how very unmcdonalds', here is one of the ads - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhlcKACsxng

There are more pretentious ones, but I didn't feel like combing YouTube for them.
 

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Burger King has these Mac and Cheetos things now... They're basically macaroni and cheese wrapped in a crunchy Cheetos shell. If you've ever wanted to eat the two together, this is pretty much as real as it's going to get. (Or you could just dump a bag of Cheetos in a big ol' pot of Mac and Cheese and get the same thing) A friend ordered it, I tried it, and it won't ever make my top 10 list.

I like the spicy chicken sandwiches, though. Zesty!

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Burger King had table service a long time ago ::meev::
I'd feel uncomfortable if there was a guy like that sitting next to random people and putting their arms around them, asking how they were enjoying their dinner. That first kid does not look excited to have a new neighbor buddying up next to him.
 

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I'd feel uncomfortable if there was a guy like that sitting next to random people and putting their arms around them, asking how they were enjoying their dinner. That first kid does not look excited to have a new neighbor buddying up next to him.
Come on, it was the 90s, a time full of irreverent bad boys who didn't play by society's rules ::meev::

While I was looking up that BK junk I found a Youtube video of some guy who made his own version of those Japanese all-black burgers. He used this recipe:
http://a-nutritionist-mom.blogspot.com/ ... y-bun.html
I'm tempted to try this out. Though I might just make the bread, because when am I ever going to eat an entire pack of burgers XD
 

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CrystalAmmunition wrote:
PureElegance wrote:
the food served to you by waiters with your utensils being the works.

That is what they have been doing in the dedicated McDonalds restaurants here. They've been calling the whole thing 'how very unmcdonalds', here is one of the ads - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhlcKACsxng

There are more pretentious ones, but I didn't feel like combing YouTube for them.
Yeah, my friend and I were talking about how restaurants are so plain here, but abroad they're fancy or have a ton of different flavors (like Oreos and Lays). I can't believe what's only one thing here is the norm in Australia, haha!

So, omg, Shannen kinda likes a new guy in her office and said he's cute. She's trying not to develop a crush on him, so she's been avoiding him, but now they're put together in a project. Oh man, things are HEATING UP! XD

I got great feedback for my baby screenplay XD I'm happy about it! I casted some classmates to read the lines out and my professor read out the screen directions. My classmates and professor said they were hooked and that I made it very strong, especially visually. My professor gave me advice on how to make a certain point clearer and he asked me if I would consider expanding it to be a short, and if I thought about where I was taking this, that I can definitely keep working on it. I had no idea and I didn't know what to say. XD
I wonder how to make conflicts subtle though. I don't think conflicts in a story ALWAYS have to be dramatic, and what I was going for here was putting the dramatic at the start and then diffusing it and making the later conflict to be more subtle and for us to feel hopeful by the end. Just a man's little victory in life, I guess.

My classmates' comments were so interesting XD Christine (who is actually an acting teacher auditing) said that the fact that Edward said nothing to Celia the entire first act and just looked at her, made it extremely sad, as if she's actually cheated on him before, then they mended it, and then she did it again. So she felt terrible for Edward, especially when you saw his looking forward to tonight, that he probably thought everything was great.

I responded, "That's so sad!" XD It was as though I didn't write it myself ::meev:: But it's cool that she started imagining things on her own.

Another girl said the second Act was lovely and what more could you ask for, coffee and a conversation about burgers, that it was all lovely. Brennie was wondering about Edward's ring finger tan line the whole time XD Now I have to write a new screenplay for next week and learn how to shoot it in the upcoming weeks.

I wonder what the consensus is on burping in public. Jennifer burped and then said, "I know, I'm so cute, I wonder why I don't have a boyfriend." I didn't know what to say so I just laughed awkwardly XD

I don't like it when people burp in public like... at work or in class, which I've experienced. (Like one girl burped before class started and one guy burped loudly next to me during a lecture.) I don't know. At home is fine and I don't care if I know you well, but yeah. *strokes beard*
 

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flowersofnight wrote:
Happy Bastille Day to our French contingent!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIxOl1EraXA
Merci beaucoup, flowers!
C'est drôle que vous appeliez ça "Bastille Day" alors que nous on appelle ça le 14 juillet tout simplement.
Voici le moment le plus émouvant des cérémonies de ce matin, d'autant plus chargées d'émotion que c'est le 1er 14 juillet après les attentats du 13 novembre, dont l'onde de choc ne s'est toujours pas dissipée dans le pays.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qngX-xQ-g7s
 
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