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Skyfire

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0 posted 2002-09-18 03:34 PM

Sex
Booze
"Love"

This is what I've learned:

It's okay to sleep with someone you don't know.
It's okay to drink your mind to oblivion.
It's okay to fool around with three guys in one night.

Sleep.
Food.
Money.

This is what I've learned:

It's okay to sleep through your first class.
No one has a problem if you eat straight out of the pot; they do it too.
You never have enough money for what you need.

Class.
Grades.
Term papers.

This is what I've learned:

You don't have to go, but the more you go, the better your mark will be.
Grades are based on exams, and term papers.
Papers are assigned at the beginning of the semester because of the research that goes into them.

Friends.
Don't turn your back, you'll get bitten.
Lovers.
One night stand is all you'll get.
Enemies.
Often turn into the friends you love the most.

That is what I've learned.

I have a lizard, and his name is Jake.

vlraynes
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since 2000-07-25

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Somewhere... out there...

1 posted 2002-09-18 06:31 PM

Rhonda~
This is quite a vent, my friend.
I could feel your pain, anger, and frustration
all the way through it and I just wanted to hug you.
I'm sorry that these are the things you're learning,
and I hope the lessons become more positive with time.
At the risk of sounding cliche', hang in there.
Follow your heart and stick to your beliefs,
and things WILL get better.
Big hugs to you,
~Vicky

"...until you have read the verse on his heart,
you have not truly met the poet.
~vlraynes

Skyfire

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2 posted 2002-09-18 06:55 PM

Thianks Vicky

Those lessons were actually quite surprising to me. *sigh* Oh well. I've learned and maybe next time I'll choose the right kind of friend.

I have a lizard, and his name is Jake.

PoetryIsLife

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since 2001-10-27

Posts 1763
...in my boxers...

3 posted 2002-09-18 07:21 PM

~Titus

"I'll prepare myself, and one day my time will come."
-Abraham Lincoln

[This message has been edited by PoetryIsLife (09-18-2002 07:22 PM).]

cherish
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since 2001-03-25

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swimming in fairy floss...........

4 posted 2002-09-19 04:23 AM

Pretty straight-forward. Sex booze and love isnt always bad if you have the right mind for them. Class is always enjoyable if you're interested and friends will be friends if you all stay true to each other. Just keep your head on straight- you're always going to need food and money- trust me heh...otherwise Will Gates would stop working.

vent away

Are you scared? BOO! Are you now?

anonymousfemale
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since 2000-02-02

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5 posted 2002-09-19 11:20 AM

*loving the name I'm seeing above*

!!!

Rhonda, any institution is a pain in the rear end at the best of times. These life lessons teach us the most valuable things. Use them to your advantage.

Other than that, nice vent/read. Hope things improve for you soon.

~AF~

"No wonder I do not make people comfortable. I am a mirror. I have far too many things to say." - Mouthing the Words

Marshalzu

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6 posted 2002-09-19 04:32 PM

This is an interesting poem that fills me with curiosity and wonder, it's very different to your usual style but I quite like it

Andrew

it’s not your makeup that fades
just the illusion of happiness
that has slowly decayed

Kielo
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since 2002-02-11

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7 posted 2002-09-19 04:56 PM

Ok, I really liked the poem, the style.

Anyway, to what I really wanted to say... Life throws lessons that really suck in at various times. I think its just to see if we're paying attention. I guess we're supposed to learn from them. Maybe that's why they call them lessons...

Anyway, I hope life doesn't deal you too many more lessons, and I hope the rest of your university time goes better... *hugs*

Kielo

Skyfire

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8 posted 2002-09-19 05:25 PM

Aww, thanks you guys! Yeah, I've been making a few mistakes lately and watching people around me make huge mistakes, and it really got to me the other day. Or night, whenever I wrote it. It seems like it's totally okay to hook up, and drink, and do all that bad crap. On the other hand, though, there are some pretty awesome aspects of it, and I think I'm going to write about those aspects next.
Thanks again! *hugs you all*

I have a lizard, and his name is Jake.

NeverSayDie
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since 2001-01-18

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Duluth, MN & Grand Forks ND

9 posted 2002-09-19 06:35 PM

Sorry to hear college is going that way for you. So far I've been having a pain in college for the most part so far. Hope it goes better for you. I sorta just find it easiest to sleep in my spare time.

Local Parasite

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Transylconia, Winnipeg

10 posted 2002-09-20 11:01 AM

First year in university eh?  Same here.

I like what you did with this poem.  The whole "word, word, word -- expansion, expansion, expansion" thing was neat.

I didn't see this poem as being very negative, to be honest.  I might be getting the wrong idea, but I felt more like it was a series of lessons that have been learned, good and bad, about life in university... the different elements of it, and so on.

Interesting how most of the learning occurs outside of the classroom, and even outside of the courses themselves.

Parasite

Learn to place poetry before people
Before you place your poetry before the people.
~Andrey Kneller

Marshalzu

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11 posted 2002-09-26 05:28 PM

Dopey Dope

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Member Patricius

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12 posted 2002-10-12 04:06 PM

I'm in my second year and I've been going pretty good, but I don't see college to be anything like that. I own my university. I know everybody here and I get the respect that I deserve.
I liked the poem, but I disagreed with a few things. I know a lot of people who have thought like you, and the way you wrote the poem. Mainly girls, and one of them being my X-girlfriend.
I think that people who don't know how to live independently or have some self esteem issues usually commit the most mistakes pertaining to drugs/alcohol/and sex.

I'm not judging you though hehe, I'm just saying why I disagree with certain things. I don't want people to think that THAT is college. I don't want people to think that this is the fate that awaits them. It can be good, and it doesn't have to involve any of the evils above (although maybe a little wouldn't hurt

)

Very well written poem Skyfire, I enjoyed it and looking forward to more.

This post has been brought to you by the 'Totally Awesome Society of Puerto Rican Egotistical Sexy Men'.

Skyfire

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13 posted 2002-10-12 04:33 PM

Yo Dope! Dude, I agree that college isn't always like that. I had written this after I had been involved in a particularily stupid night, and was really PO'd about it. Now that everyone's pretty much settled in, there hasn't been as much drinking or drugs or sex. Course, midterms are on right now, so people can't afford to do that stuff. I'm sure that when midterms are over they'll either go back to the booze, drugs, and sex, or they'll stick with studying. I hope to stick with studying. There's only a month and a half till finals, after all.
I still haven't gotten around to writing about the good parts of uni, but I will definately do that soon. If I ever remember to take a study break lol. Good to see you around again Dope!

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