Grrrr

[dereves]

I am faced with a dilema. My mother has offered to buy me a condo in Flagstaff and pay for my school on the condition I don't go into the Army. Now at first glance the condo/school plan sounds like the best option, I don't think this but the average person would. It does infact look like the easier road to take. But then you consider that I wouldn'

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[ex_canidae849]

You could forgo the army and take out a loan to pay for school and the condo which would make your mom happy and give you responsibility. Just have her agree to pay back the army all the moneys they paid you and she'll feel better cause she helped and you'll have this responsibility you foolishly crave. :P

Chill Out!!

[pickle_pixie]

Okay I have a couple of ideas for you. I think you should stay in the Army because it sounds like you have your mind set on that but if you don’t go into the Army and go to flagstaff there must be a reason. In any case at least you have the choice! I know that right now it seems like a curse to have the choice but it won't be if you make the right decision for you. So just chill and know that whatever path you take, you had a choice and you were not trapped like a rat, and then just go with the flow. About the school thing, we all get sick of school every now and again! The burnt out taste is on everyone’s plate these days, but the way I deal with it is by being very stubborn. If you put your mind to it, there is no telling what you can do. So just take a weekend off and relax then get back to it. If you can't take a weekend then find some time to just get school off your mind and then it might not be that bad. As far as the girlfriend thing goes, why are you so worried about that now? This is your time to worry about yourself,

Re: Chill Out!!

[dereves]

Thanks for the advice, you are right about the GF thing it just gets lonely in my head sometimes. My mistake about the marriage to your chem book, I just figured it was commonlaw by now. I don't think I'm as burnt out on school as it is me being sick of teachers that use the time I have given to them to teach to push their own philisophical and political ideas, and accusing us of being blind and ignorant for not taking what their theories as absolute truth. I want to learn about Kant, Decartes, Hume, Aquinas, Chardin, Augustine, not how evil Bush is, and how socialism is soooo much better than capitolism. Thanks for being honest, haven't been getting much of that lately.

Much Love,
Dirk

[dypheron]

I recommend that you begin to drink heavily.

Or, realize that the offer of a free condo is only because she doesn't want you to join the Army. Whos needs are really being fulfilled, hers, or yours? Perhaps I'm biased, but I think she's just trying to make sure that you do what she feels you should do. It validates a point I made a few years ago about how even family life is political. Politicians get bought and bribed, family gets bought and bribed.

Hmm. Condo, where you still have to worry about bills, utilities, etc, and finding a job, or the Army, where you have a job, you have a place to live, food, and the only bills you need to worry about are the ones that you run up yourself.

[dereves]

Pretty much what I concluded with a few extra tidbits to make it that much better. Although the politics thing is pretty interesting. Glad to have a bit more validation in my decision.