Summer's coming!!! What are YOU doing?

[Machias Banshee]

Hey y'all...

I'm just takin a break from homework--*curses evilly*--and just wondered what you collegiated and alike will be doing to enjoy your "vacation".

Unfortunately, I'm only gonna be on for another....oh, wow, less than two weeks. O.o After that i'm *hopefully* going to be getting a full-time position where I"m working...

so what about the rest of yas? :D

[Leo656]

I'll be lucky if I get a single Saturday off, let alone the rest of summer.

Dorms start in summer.

That means I'm gonna be breaking my ass carrying 200-pound furniture up four flights of stairs all day every day for two months so some spoiled rich kid yuppie larva college kids have brand new furniture to hide their weed in.

I HATE them. :evil:

[That Matt Guy]

What break? Summer is just work, work, work and more work for me.

[Cascadia]

This summer will be filled with classes, work, and riding my thoroughbred hunter/jumper whom I show in the state.

[kyabetsu]

WOW!!
LEO!!
you were GRUNGE CREW!!?!?!

uh... that's what MY school called it... but yeah... i worked grunge crew 2 summers in a row. 2 BUFF summers. :lol: i'm little but i've got MIGHTY GENES!! Entire Central American Economies are based on the lifting power of little old latin Grandmothers...

:lol:

but yeah... that job ROCKED, because we had to clean the rooms too... and anything those little rich BRATS left behind just got thrown out. So if you WANTED IT, it was YOURS!

I got a 35 Jazz CD collection and a Discman, a gortex Louisiana State Park Warden's Jacket, a brandnew black mini-fridge, about $60 worth of quarters and loose change, some bookshelves, My PAYCHECK, and mad muscles...

which... i've since LOST over the winter (the muscles)... heh. whatcha gonna do?

but yeah. there's no elevators or airconditioning in the dorm i worked. The furniture was all stored in the basement and there were two buildings of 5 floors each.

oh the memories...


but yeah, this summer i'm headed home to my StepMother's farm and gonna learn to drive a tractor, build roadways through NC WILDERNESS that are well constructed enough to carry heavy farming equipment, help her start up her Labrador Kennel again, and generally get a tan and work outside.

...plow dem's fields... tote that bail... kya, put the GOAT OUT... kya the horsepasture's flooded... kya, go walk the MILE to the MAILBOX and get this week's bills, huh?...

:lol:
it'll be a blast!

[Leo656]

Actually last summer I was fortunate enough not to be part of the team that removed the old furniture. I was part of the crew that had to bring the new stuff IN. So instead of just having gravity help me bring stuff down 4 flights of stairs, i had to fight gravity and bring it UP.

On the good side, I didn't have to handle all the dirty, semen-stained mattresses that were taken out of the dorms (no, I'm not kidding in the least, you college kids are f*cking PIGS). Also on the good side, I DID get to be part of the crew that destroyed the old furniture back at the warehouse. So I got to spend an entire day just smashing the hell out of desks, dressers and wardrobes and throwing the remains in a dumpster. Nothing beats taking a sledge to a desk and reducing it to splinters with the full approval of your boss.

Either way, my cardio is in the crapper right now and I don't know if I can handle 6-8 weeks of that carry-up crap again. Either way, I'm not looking forward to it. Sigh.

[J Legault]

I'll be turning 15 in the summer. Good Games Coming out, I need more GBA games. Sonic Adventure DX, Wario World, etc. I love the smell a fresh watermellow. :P

[Edge]

wanna know what i'll be doing
i'm working at an amusemnt park
ceadar point...man i'm gonna be busy

[Knuckles]

I think I'll be trying this radical new concept called "work." I dunno much about it, but I've heard interesting things. :P Damn adulthood--life was so much easier when I was a kid watching Ninja Turtles...wait...now I'm an adult watching Ninja Turtles. Hmm...my how we've come full circle. :wink:

[Mars-Chan]

School and work. Enough said. :dead: Bleah. :dead:

[ninjapizza]

I plan on seeing a large number of movies. X2, Hulk, Matrix, ect.

[Mars-Chan]

You're going to see X-Men 2 also?!?! ME TOO!!!! :D Logan's my boy! :P
Did you know that in the Hulk movie, the one that originally played TIH is going to make a cameo appearance?

[JameO]

I will probably just enjoying the summer and being glad that school is over for 2 months! PARTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

[Mars-Chan]

:lol: :D

[Tokka-B]

That was pretty disgusting Leo....really, no one needed to hear that

[kyabetsu]

he's got a point though... if you've ever cleaned out dorm rooms after some of these wankers, then you'd TOTALLY know what he's talking about.

Having worked Janitorial Staff, you'd be AMAZED at the sh!t people leave for you to clean up. the following room resulted in a $200 fine for the slob involved, a bonus in my paycheck, and fodder for making posts like this where i can FIRMLY say, WITHOUT hesitation, that college students are some of the most slovenly things on the face of the planet.

UH... i wouldn't read any further than this if Leo's post offended....






the alltime WORST room that i ever had the misfortune to have to clean: had a pair of milk jugs out on the window sill. Inside them were the separated, desiccated, solids of 7 month old milk. Inside the closet was FULL of old,sweaty, dirty clothes, a trash can that had been buried, STILL FULL underneath all that, loads of papers and notes that had had Cola spilled on them at one point, and a Mosaic of stretched, dried Bubble gum on the inside of the door. The room itself was littered with paper and boxes and horded institute furniture. So much so that there was no sign of the floor, and when we FOUND the floor it was smeared with the small black dots of smashed Mouse droppings. Everything was covered in dust or something sticky. there were towels stretched over the stains on the mattress... STUCK to the mattress by the same stuff that had formed the stains. From the looks of it, this person had never HEARD of using sheets or washing his "towel" covers b/c they were COVERED with Hair. Private hair, if you get my meaning. Stuck with the same stuff that stuck the towels to the mattress and stained the mattress itself. The whole ROOM stank of B.O. It was so thick in the air that you could TASTE it even after you left the room. Then there were the HIDDEN surprises. Like lifting the random TRASH that coated the floor and finding used latex products. Or the used feminine hygenie objects that had NOT QUITE been put into the trash can and were on the floor AROUND the overflowing receptacle--amongst the papers and food trash that cleverly HID them until you had a HANDFULL of them. Or the old HALF a PIZZA hidden BEHIND the drawers INSIDE the Dresser.

now, factor in that this is a dorm room w/o central vents or airconditioning. It's mid-July. The window's have been shut, the room locked for about a MONTH by the time i'd cleaned enough of the rooms on my list to GET to it. So. The day i got there, it was well over 90 degrees in the shade. and the room smelled like a rendering plant.

i wanted to die.

and yes... i used gloves and a mask and bathed in fricking BOILING BLEACH after that.


that is why Leo is SO RIGHT. there are few things grosser than that.

okay. i'm done now.

[Machias Banshee]

Boy, gotta love dorms.. :dead:

I live in a co-ed dorm at the moment. only one hallway of about six has females on it. At this very moment, theyre building a large addition to the female Res. hall. And I"m sorry to say, but I would rather deal here with the guys than a building full of girls.

I mean, we're going from a place that a lil bit of garbage and testosterone (but always has hot water cuz the guys only shower once a week), to a building FULL to the brim with bitchy, estrogen-high teeny-bopper-wannabe drama queens and the 'lovely' smell of feminine hygeine gone to hell (not to mention the fact that you have to get up at 4 AM to get a hot shower!!!)! Its worse than the guys...At least the GUYS flush when theyre done! :x



Boy do i want a single... :dead:

[Jephael]

Is it just me, or did summer seem to have a better meaning when we were kids?

[Machias Banshee]

YES IT DID...!

*sigh* I remember jsut walking through our property, picking blueberries and looking at the robin's nests. Going swimming up at the lake, and watching the sunset reflect off the water. Staying up late with friends and playing "ninja" and "hide from the lights", sneaking through the grass, trying to get the burrs off your shorts, while trying to avoid the carlights. Fishing on the docks, fighting like heck only to see a 6 inch perch...

Going to the amusement park, and being sick from all the sugar and the rides. Sitting in front of your fan all night, and then piling the blankets on when it got cold in the morning. The barbecues with family and friends that lasted long into the evening.

*sigh* i miss it all....

[DarthRaphael]

I voted "Vacation? Phf, yeah right...I hate you kids!!!" - sucks being an adult.

[Machias Banshee]

no kidding... :tsad:

[Tokka-B]

I'd like to know the name of these colleges that are like that...to narrow my search a bit.. :dead: Anyway, there really shouldn't be a reason to go to college...People should just be allowed to get a job at what they are good at, and just leave it at that...in this country it is almost a requirement to go to college pretty much. I am going to miss being a kid... :( :cry:

[Machias Banshee]

:lol: ALL colleges are liike that. And they always clean things out, so you dont have to worry about unusual surprises... :evilgrin:

[Tokka-B]

and thus, I will not go to college. :P

[Nturtle]

Yaaaaaaaayyyy!!! Kids just wanna have fun!!!! :lol:

This summer my cousin is getting married, and since he and most of my family like in India, I'll be in India for a month!!! :o

[Kali]

Um, ew.

Well, this summer looks like mostly work for me. My siblings are going to be home, and my mom's taking extra hours at work, so it's just basically more of the same old stuff. Halfway through the summer I will be laid-off, the place I work does it every year to the part timers. They did it back when I worked 2000/2001 there, they'll do it again this year. Hopefully.

By then, I'll have enough saved to slide through the rest of the summer and register for fall classes (seriously, I'm actually gonna do it this time.)

[ninjapizza]

You're going to see X-Men 2 also?!?! ME TOO!!!! :D Logan's my boy! :P
Did you know that in the Hulk movie, the one that originally played TIH is going to make a cameo appearance?

Huh, I did not know that. Thanks for the info. Stan Lee will likley make a cameo appearance as well. He's in just about every other recent Marvel comics movie.

[Cascadia]

College was great for me. I really enjoyed what I was studying. :) I did not want to pass up my college career. It is suppose to be the best 4 years of your life.

[Kid Icarus]

I'm gonna be working for college money. news flash for people here that haven't started looking... ITS EXPENSIVE! :lol: .

I also have to take summer school to tie up some loose credits from this school year so I can get my diploma.

Then i have GenCon in July, which i still haven't saved for ( ^_^*)...

Not to mention the weekly tournaments at the card store i have to run.

But it should be fun. my first job, being done (for a while) with school, lots of card games and videogames to play...

[Reznorite420]

I voted the first option, but more for the reason that I need to get my car insured...

Plus I'm wanting the build my new computer (which, if things go right, the parts in total might not total more than 500 bucks ;) )

[GK Punk]

I voted "Vacation? Phf, yeah right...I hate you kids!!!" - sucks being an adult.

*nods in agreement

yeah really... I hate you kids.. I want to go on a vacation, to somewhere not California... all you kids doing it, have fun...

[That Matt Guy]

If you don't go to college, you better work damn hard to pay for insurance and bills. That crap drains you're pockets.

[Mars-Chan]

Ninjapizza--You're welcome. I do what I can. 8)
Matthew138---I know all too well what you mean with the insurance and bills. Mine keep pilling up each week. :dead:

[HorseTechie]

I voted "Vacation? Phf, yeah right...I hate you kids!!!" - sucks being an adult.
*nods in agreement

yeah really... I hate you kids.. I want to go on a vacation, to somewhere not California... all you kids doing it, have fun...
*lol* My feelings EXACTLY! :dead:

Of course, I'm prolly the only one here who works full time and goes to college part time, at the same time. Thus, summer and winter break only means "Yay! I can finally work on art stuffs and fanfiction that I WANT to do!" It does get depressing just how much freetime my night classes take up.

I soo much miss the free time. Or even the years when I used to be a kid, or when I was back in college even! Fortuantely, I was in the dorms for two years (then rented out an aprtment the last two years). I guess I SHOULD be blessed I hadn't experinced the utter horror of sloppy ass dorm rooms. Wee... *lol*

I think I will take the stinkin-est horse stalls with sawdust that have turned into a pungent wet slop after a long holiday weekend of no-one cleaning them out, than deal with a thrashed "human stall". :lol:

Yeah, my college was one that specialized in equine and pre-vet majors. So when we left on the long weekends, with not many around to clean all the stalls, they just let them go until we got back. They would just dump extra sawdust in there to make it last too. :dead: But that was pretty much how I spent my summers in away from college.

I worked at a camp counselor at a horse back riding camp. Those were defiantley a few of the best years, spending the whole time out in the woods, cooking by the fire, putting up with whiney girls freaking over spiders, and riding horses. *sai* :D

Oh.. but I also love my job now. Xerox awarded me an all expenses paid vacation for hubby and I to South Beach, FL. That's where I'll be next weekend... ahhhh... :D

[azure turtle]

Is it just me, or did summer seem to have a better meaning when we were kids?
Heh... Summer used to be fun. Then things like taxes, work, and school became important issues. :dead: I'll be working this summer, so I'll have some money when I move into an apartment next school year.

[Machias Banshee]

*sighs*

Well, my brother came and took all my stuff...*looks around empty room* Now's all i got is a few outfits, pillow, sheet, and my puter tower....

*sigh*

I'm gonna miss dropping by...i"m not going to be able to do much on here now...i got so many stories to write...maybe just before I leave, I'll stop in again...

[HorseTechie]

Ahh.. good, the chance to up our post counts while Machias is gone! :D *ducks bap*

Aww... you still don't have the means to be online at home again? Man, I guess that means we'll be missing out on your Splinter mush fests each week after each new episode.

[kyabetsu]

aww....http://smilies.crowd9.com/kao/cactus/kiss.gifthen take care, and be safe.

bye bye Machi!!!http://smilies.jeeptalk.org/kao/otn/pmimibye.gif

have a good summer. and if you go anywhere cool on vacation, buy me something. http://66.227.101.70/kao/msroom/m-wai.gif

[Kali]

Aww, have a good summer, Machi! You know we'll miss ya! :D

[GK Punk]

Machi is leaving :cry:

I will miss the silly lizard lady.... :cry:

[Leo656]

I'm gonna miss Machi a lot. I luvs my lizard. :(

[GK Punk]

I wubs her too.. *snuggles the lizard

[Machias Banshee]

aww...*hugs Kali, Kya, Azure, GLOMPS HT GK, and Leo*

I'll miss you all too... :cry:


well, I just got the word from my boss back home...because time got cut, I"m only going to be getting like, only 15 hours a week... :tgrumble: I dont know if i should get another job, or if i should jsut stick with small jobs or something... :tconfuse:

[Kameko]

Assuming I can scrounge up the tuition...

I'll be going to school all summer. :dead:

I'm beginning to think that a summer job would be easier.... :roll:

[The Defibrillator]

I'll prolly be working 25-30 hrs a week, and hangin the rest of the time.

[TMNT is cooler than MOTU]

I'm going on a few vacations and I'll try to get a part-timne job at a local comic shop.

[Skeletoncrew]

Well, I turned in notice at my stinking job...so after May 7th I'll be jobless for awhile. But, I'll be spending 3 weeks in the Greek islands on a history course with my Dad. Then I'll get to spend about a week visiting my grandma in Indiana, and meeting my boyfriend's family in Chicago.

After that...well, I'll have to get a job to pay the rent, and I want to go back to school!

[Machias Banshee]

*cries*


I just tried to go and see mywebsite, so i could see if there was something I could do with it. (the signings I've gotten are very scolding... :oops: )

Well, I logged in, but it wont let me access my site to fix it!!!

*bangs head on desk* I gotta get some of this done! My parents are going to KILL me!

[The Defibrillator]

*cries*


I just tried to go and see mywebsite, so i could see if there was something I could do with it. (the signings I've gotten are very scolding... :oops: )

Well, I logged in, but it wont let me access my site to fix it!!!

*bangs head on desk* I gotta get some of this done! My parents are going to KILL me!

Mine's the only partly nice one!

[Machias Banshee]

No kidding...*sighs* Even the guys are disappointed...(sorry, splinter...)

*sighs* looks like I"m going to have to Start over...

*cries*

[GK Punk]

*snuggles Machi again

aww there there...

[Kali]

Pfft. Like people can snap their fingers and magically all their webpages are updated and done. Hell, I've got the simplest damn layout in the history of the internet, and it still takes me forever everytime I update.

I just realized that I get to spend a week this summer being radioactive. Sweet. :evilgrin:

[Tetsu Deinonychus]

I'm hoping I'll be able to volunteer at an indian reservation with my best friend Sarah.

[Cascadia]

I will be doing the textbook dept. at the campus bookstore. I am also planning on taking the following courses: Calculus 2, Organic Chemistry, Native American history, nutrition, and Russia/USSR history. I am also planning on getting certified in scuba diving. I also ride my horse twice a week.

[Machias Banshee]

*collapses in huge sigh of relief*

I can access my website again! Turns out, My ID got changed a bit, but now I can get to it and fix up my junk...


*looks at to do list* I've got another story done for my homework...another one in the works, ideas for others...

slow but sure... :dead:

[azure turtle]

Aww, poor Machias. Hang tough. You'll be all right. :)

Kali's gonna be radioactive?! I hope that isn't a bad thing...

Looks like I might get a summer job at the local Bank of America. Ah, to be around so much money... Look but no touch. :ohwell:

[Kali]

Kali's gonna be radioactive?! I hope that isn't a bad thing...
Nah, it's all good. *checks off on her fingers* No more cancer; I have an excuse to stay locked away for five days and my family can't come anywhere near me; I get my own personal bathroom; I still get my computer time, my TV and turtle tapes, and drawing/writing supplies; I finally get off this stupid diet and get my meds; and I get to glow in the dark.

Okay, so I won't be glowing in the dark, but that's what the phosphorescent paint is for. :evilgrin:

[Machias Banshee]

:lol: Cool...wish I could make up an excuse to be able to do that.. :P ;) :D

[Mars-Chan]

Work and school. That's all I'M going to be doing. Bleah. :dead:

[Tetsu Deinonychus]

I know what radioactivity is like. I've never had cancer, I just live near T.M.I.

BTW Good luck with the treatment, Kali. Were all hoping for it to work. We'll all be rooting for you.

[Mars-Chan]

*holds up a "Yay Kali!" sign* What can I say? :D

[Kali]

:D Thanks peeps.

[Mars-Chan]

Gee, Kali....can you tell I'm kinda bored? :D

[The Defibrillator]

hope everything goes well, Kali!

[One Radical Dude]

Well, I'll be working, relaxing, working....I'll be going to Southern California in about a few months. I'm going to Anime Expo in Anaheim, and just enjoy my time over there. :tpizza:

[Mars-Chan]

SWEET! Make sure to get a lot of pictures of the Expo!!! :lol: :tlol: