Hmmm.Originally Posted by Ahkei
Humpty Dumpty as the man who took his own life to ensure that he took his secrets to the grave?
Can't see any other reason why a king'd want a damn giant egg put back together. Unless he preferred fried to scrambled.
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Hmmm.
Humpty Dumpty as the man who took his own life to ensure that he took his secrets to the grave?
Can't see any other reason why a king'd want a damn giant egg put back together. Unless he preferred fried to scrambled.
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Particularly Laid to Rest's.
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Heart Shaped Box makes my ears bleed.
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Hm. That gives me something like a sort of spec ops spy dude who learned some things he didn't like and suddenly turned anti-government. Might be able to make something of that.
Well apparently Humpty Dumpty was a huge cannon, and it fell off a wall or somesuch, which was why the kings men were trying to put it back together.
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I saw that version of Humpty Dumpty as more of an inventor or philosopher sort who'd stumbled across some tremendous ideas. And didn't want an unready world to discover them just yet. Knowledge is a weapon, knowledge of weapons doubly so.
But yours probably works better.
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Your way sounds more like something I could work with.
Dunno if I'll start just yet. I have a kilo of instant coffee and a full packet of cigarettes here (Yeah, I failed at quitting. I cut down from about 20 a day to about 5 a day, and probably about 10 on weekends, though. :\) so I might try and explore a few more ideas.
No. I'm probably lying. I'm going to procrastinate until 5am and then scribble something out and hope I can make it a page, and go into school tired as a bitch. I just fucking know it.
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Truly the way of the aussie student.
I'm thinking of going to uni once I'm old enough for mature entry.
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Right on.
I went back to school partly because I just like school, and partly because I didn't want the hasle of doing all this other shit to get into to Uni.
I still don't even know what I want to do with my life yet, which isn't a good thing for someone who dropped out of school.
The break was good though. I learned a lot of stuff that I wouldn't have if I had stayed in school.
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Oh yeah, I also regretted never going to school high, or getting high at school, after I dropped out. Now I have another two years.
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Tell me about it. I went from being a straight-A's student, to fucking around and dropping out in the first half of year 11, to bluffing my way through most of a TAFE diploma (eventually flunking out), to a career working security. And after all that I might have finally figured out what I want to do with my life. Not that I'd be able to make a living off of it.I still don't even know what I want to do with my life yet, which isn't a good thing for someone who dropped out of school.
The break was good though. I learned a lot of stuff that I wouldn't have if I had stayed in school.
A shitload of stuff I'd never have even considered if I'd stayed in school. Just not sure if it was really worth alll the crap it came tied to.
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This movie looks good. Into the Wild. My roll call teacher was yabbering on about it and I thought it sounded cool. Only just found it yesterday and it finished downloading just now. Might watch it if I've enough time after this.
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I sort of stopped being top of the class as soon as I hit highschool, only just realising that I should knuckle down when I hit yr 11. Then I realised that chosen my subjects for the wrong reason, and I hated half of them, and couldn't change. So when school came back after first term's holidays I said fuck it, and didn't go back.
Also decided that manual labour is definitely not my thing.
Edit: Also, going back to my original HS was a wise move. there's probably 30 people in my year, and the classes are like five - ten people a piece, as opposed to 300 in my year in yr 11 at the school I started at last year.
Small class sizes really do make a difference for the better.
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I spent years 1-10 putting in the effort needed to get high end scores (not as much as for a lot of other people. I've got a talent for intellectual pursuits but I'm as lazy as a Goanna on a hot rock). Then I kinda realised that all the effort wasn't actually getting me anywhere.
Just in time for Year 11. The first year where giving a damn actually does make a difference.
Last edited by Dr Mario; 3rd-February-2008 at 15:13.
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K - 6 were my shining years. I still remember my motivation, too, ffs.
In kindergarten, this chick was like the smartest in the year, went to Kumon since she was 3 and shit, and owned pretty much everything. So here we are on the floor in kindergarten, and the teacher is asking people to read out words on flash cards. So she got to the word 'limousine' and obviously the teacher assumed noone could read it, and asked her. When she couldn't pronounce it, she instantly told everyone how it was read. I had my hand up the whole fucking time, and I could fucking read it, but the teach didn't give a chance.
That shit really pissed me off, and I strived for years to best her in something. She fucked off to some boarding school in Sydney when we hit year seven, so I guess that was my downfall.
Am I pathetic?
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Oh yeah, she was, and still is a good friend, and she came back about halfway through year 8 and we went out for about a year, but figured it's best we just stay really good friends... She's actually the reason I switched schools after year 10.
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