Nigel's Shiny New Life Thread

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

I have to break up with a guy.

I have a feeling this is going to suck and involve crying.

Well, bring a hanky along for him, then.

He's going to have to bring his own damn hanky.

I really really want to break up with him via text but that would be really rude. I should probably take him out for a beer and try to break it to him easy.

Make sure you have an escape route. I know I hate it when they try to latch on and sob on my shoulder, demanding to know whhyyyyy?!!?! Maybe one of your friends will drive the get-away car.

For sure!

My plan is to do it at a bar and pay cash, so that after I tell him I can bolt. "Sorry, I think you're a great guy but I'm just not feeling it."

Good plan. Good luck!

Thanks.

Gah. He just texted me with an apology for last night. My stomach hurts. I hate causing pain to decent people.

Take some Tums and console yourself with the fact that ending it now saves you the trouble of explaining to your friends why they need to help you haul all that extray-heavy trunk of quiklime to the swamp, in a few months.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I have to break up with a guy.

I have a feeling this is going to suck and involve crying.

Well, bring a hanky along for him, then.

He's going to have to bring his own damn hanky.

I really really want to break up with him via text but that would be really rude. I should probably take him out for a beer and try to break it to him easy.

Make sure you have an escape route. I know I hate it when they try to latch on and sob on my shoulder, demanding to know whhyyyyy?!!?! Maybe one of your friends will drive the get-away car.

For sure!

My plan is to do it at a bar and pay cash, so that after I tell him I can bolt. "Sorry, I think you're a great guy but I'm just not feeling it."

Good plan. Good luck!

Thanks.

Gah. He just texted me with an apology for last night. My stomach hurts. I hate causing pain to decent people.

Take some Tums and console yourself with the fact that ending it now saves you the trouble of explaining to your friends why they need to help you haul all that extray-heavy trunk of quiklime to the swamp, in a few months.

OK.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I just got an email that I'm getting an Oregon Opportunity Grant this fall!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

WHOA

That is NOT what that smily used to be.

[LMNO]

I just got an email that I'm getting an Oregon Opportunity Grant this fall!

WHOA

That is NOT what that smily used to be.

[Freeky]

I just got an email that I'm getting an Oregon Opportunity Grant this fall!

D:  Where did Jebus go?


What is an OOG, Nigel?  I mean, it's obvious what it IS, but what are the qualifying factors, here?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I just got an email that I'm getting an Oregon Opportunity Grant this fall!

D:  Where did Jebus go?


What is an OOG, Nigel?  I mean, it's obvious what it IS, but what are the qualifying factors, here?

I think it's because I'm poor, a single mom, and get good grades. It's not a ton of money; about $1900 for the term, but every little bit is a big help!

[Freeky]

I just got an email that I'm getting an Oregon Opportunity Grant this fall!

D:  Where did Jebus go?


What is an OOG, Nigel?  I mean, it's obvious what it IS, but what are the qualifying factors, here?

I think it's because I'm poor, a single mom, and get good grades. It's not a ton of money; about $1900 for the term, but every little bit is a big help!

Woot!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It's also one of those things where filling out the FAFSA as early as possible helped.

I'm hoping to get other scholarships and grants as I establish an academic record.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

It's also one of those things where filling out the FAFSA as early as possible helped.

I'm hoping to get other scholarships and grants as I establish an academic record.

Hurrah!! $1900 ain't nothin' to sneeze at . . . or maybe it is. It's been awhile since I was in college. But that is still awesome. Apply for every scholarship! Even ones you don't fit the criteria for. You're the Dark Empress, they'll give you the money once they hear the stories.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It's also one of those things where filling out the FAFSA as early as possible helped.

I'm hoping to get other scholarships and grants as I establish an academic record.

Hurrah!! $1900 ain't nothin' to sneeze at . . . or maybe it is. It's been awhile since I was in college. But that is still awesome. Apply for every scholarship! Even ones you don't fit the criteria for. You're the Dark Empress, they'll give you the money once they hear the stories.

$1900 pays my tuition for a whole term; it's pretty great, actually. I also have a housemate for the next three months or so, amd that helps a lot.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Oh, and I registered for Spring classes yesterday!

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

You are like 8 million times more on the ball than I've ever been. I am in awe.

[Placid Dingo]

I havent kept too many tabs on this thread, so sorry if it's been said, but whats your course Nigel? Are you planning to use it to steer you in a particular direction.

It's awesome that you're back at school.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

You are like 8 million times more on the ball than I've ever been. I am in awe.

Ditto. I fell off my ball about ten years ago . . .

. . . and hit my head on the curb. Then it rolled down hill to the river and fell in, where it was eaten by a gar the size of a Buick. The gar got a blockage and died and washed up on the boat ramp where it was smushed by some moron's boat hauler and the ball rolled back into the river, covered in fish bits, to float down to the Gulf where it got coated in oil leaking from a tanker and burst into flames, creating a large area of toxic water, no few dead fish, and a small hole in the ozone layer.

I need to buy a new ball.