(06-07-2015, 10:55 AM)Surge Wrote:

(06-07-2015, 10:53 AM)Segolia Wrote: Nobody got where they are by being complacent. It's a difference in attitude, not in capability, and you aren't going to get anywhere with your attitude.

Well I wasn't getting anywhere before, so I don't see an issue.

(06-07-2015, 11:03 AM)Surge Wrote:

(06-07-2015, 11:02 AM)Sankoro Wrote: Do you want to be an artist or not?
It's fun to wallow in self-pity, but pretty soon you'll be too deep into it and you'll gte pissed off with yourself/

No I think I'll get along fine.

(06-07-2015, 11:09 AM)Segolia Wrote:

(06-07-2015, 10:55 AM)Surge Wrote: Well I wasn't getting anywhere before, so I don't see an issue.

If you really feel that way I don't think anything I'm going to say is going to convince you otherwise. Hell, real world example - coming out of highschool I failed physics. I mean, I straight up failed, not didn't do well by my standards, I literally failed. You think at that point I would have thought I could actually do well at physics? That I could actually do any better than that? No. Well, I then went on to earn a distinction (nearly a high distinction) in the introductory physics course in my degree which covered harder content in a much shorter timespan.

Sure, it's not going to win any awards, I'm not going to become some pHD theoretical physicist any time soon but I went from failing to a pretty respectable result, one that a lot of people would be quite happy with. 

That's not the result of some mystical latent ability or talent - it's because I applied myself and became better through effort. It's something that anyone can do, you just have to actually go out and do it.

(06-07-2015, 11:26 AM)Surge Wrote:

(06-07-2015, 11:09 AM)Segolia Wrote: If you really feel that way I don't think anything I'm going to say is going to convince you otherwise. Hell, real world example - coming out of highschool I failed physics. I mean, I straight up failed, not didn't do well by my standards, I literally failed. You think at that point I would have thought I could actually do well at physics? That I could actually do any better than that? No. Well, I then went on to earn a distinction (nearly a high distinction) in the introductory physics course in my degree which covered harder content in a much shorter timespan.

Sure, it's not going to win any awards, I'm not going to become some pHD theoretical physicist any time soon but I went from failing to a pretty respectable result, one that a lot of people would be quite happy with. 

That's not the result of some mystical latent ability or talent - it's because I applied myself and became better through effort. It's something that anyone can do, you just have to actually go out and do it.

Well everyone has to start and end somewhere, we can't all go out and be the next albert einstein through sheer willpower, we all peak somewhere, I've just peaked lower than where some people have started. There's no point in stressing over it anymore.

(06-07-2015, 11:33 AM)Gonzogonz Wrote:

(06-07-2015, 11:26 AM)Surge Wrote: Well everyone has to start and end somewhere, we can't all go out and be the next albert einstein through sheer willpower, we all peak somewhere, I've just peaked lower than where some people have started. There's no point in stressing over it anymore.

you should really read Prequel: how to make a cat cry, the adventure.

"my best just turns out to be slightly worse than everyone else's average"
http://www.prequeladventure.com/2011/03/prequel-begin/

(06-07-2015, 11:35 AM)Surge Wrote:

(06-07-2015, 11:33 AM)Gonzogonz Wrote: you should really read Prequel: how to make a cat cry, the adventure.

"my best just turns out to be slightly worse than everyone else's average"
http://www.prequeladventure.com/2011/03/prequel-begin/

(06-07-2015, 11:44 AM)Gonzogonz Wrote:

(06-07-2015, 11:35 AM)Surge Wrote:

welp you know the philosophy or whatever.
still though Surge, if you want to do some great stuff in your life, do as the others say.

(06-07-2015, 11:49 AM)Surge Wrote:

(06-07-2015, 11:44 AM)Gonzogonz Wrote: welp you know the philosophy or whatever.
still though Surge, if you want to do some great stuff in your life, do as the others say.

I'm sure life has a lot in store for me but great things aren't included. If they are well then that opportunity hasn't quite presented itself yet.

(06-07-2015, 11:52 AM)Gonzogonz Wrote:

(06-07-2015, 11:49 AM)Surge Wrote: I'm sure life has a lot in store for me but great things aren't included. If they are well then that opportunity hasn't quite presented itself yet.

your choice. but don't expect things to just fall in our lap, you're not stupid, so you'll be fine, you can live a decent life as you are now i'm sure.

Spoiler

It started off with me going to some vacation resort on another planet, which was just like some huge hotel/bar/pool thing on another planet.
For some reason the planet's air turned toxic to humans at night so when it went dark you had to stay indoors.
The area was kinda eh.
The skies were always blue and you could see spaceships and stuff flying over, but the thing was built near a huge downward slope, which lead down to a huge area of flat rock.
Also there were 'vali, despite them being human height, but this is a dream and I'll let this shit slide.
I could see groups of them hanging out but the language was weird, in what I can only describe as a mixture of an Asian language and pigeons cooing.
Plus for some reason there was a machine that would turn you into a 'vali and back to a human for some reason, so I tried it and the machine broke so I was stuck as a bird for the rest of the dream.
At some point I was sat at a bar and a pink and white 'vali guy kept hitting on me.
Also, the lobby for the hotel was a huge, and for some reason people set up weird spherical tents inside it, and there was a huge glass roof where you could see the night sky.

The last two things that I can remember involved a spaceship crashing on the hill by the building, after it let off fireworks for some reason, and me getting angry at an arcade because all the games were terrible.

(06-07-2015, 11:58 AM)Sankoro Wrote: In other news I had some crazy-ass dream last night

Spoiler

It started off with me going to some vacation resort on another planet, which was just like some huge hotel/bar/pool thing on another planet.
For some reason the planet's air turned toxic to humans at night so when it went dark you had to stay indoors.
The area was kinda eh.
The skies were always blue and you could see spaceships and stuff flying over, but the thing was built near a huge downward slope, which lead down to a huge area of flat rock.
Also there were 'vali, despite them being human height, but this is a dream and I'll let this shit slide.
I could see groups of them hanging out but the language was weird, in what I can only describe as a mixture of an Asian language and pigeons cooing.
Plus for some reason there was a machine that would turn you into a 'vali and back to a human for some reason, so I tried it and the machine broke so I was stuck as a bird for the rest of the dream.
At some point I was sat at a bar and a pink and white 'vali guy kept hitting on me.
Also, the lobby for the hotel was a huge, and for some reason people set up weird spherical tents inside it, and there was a huge glass roof where you could see the night sky.

The last two things that I can remember involved a spaceship crashing on the hill by the building, after it let off fireworks for some reason, and me getting angry at an arcade because all the games were terrible.

(06-07-2015, 12:03 PM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote: okay once you noticed human/6ft. tall avali you're definitely in a dream and should wake yourself up

(06-07-2015, 11:58 AM)Sankoro Wrote: In other news I had some crazy-ass dream last night

Spoiler

It started off with me going to some vacation resort on another planet, which was just like some huge hotel/bar/pool thing on another planet.
For some reason the planet's air turned toxic to humans at night so when it went dark you had to stay indoors.
The area was kinda eh.
The skies were always blue and you could see spaceships and stuff flying over, but the thing was built near a huge downward slope, which lead down to a huge area of flat rock.
Also there were 'vali, despite them being human height, but this is a dream and I'll let this shit slide.
I could see groups of them hanging out but the language was weird, in what I can only describe as a mixture of an Asian language and pigeons cooing.
Plus for some reason there was a machine that would turn you into a 'vali and back to a human for some reason, so I tried it and the machine broke so I was stuck as a bird for the rest of the dream.
At some point I was sat at a bar and a pink and white 'vali guy kept hitting on me.
Also, the lobby for the hotel was a huge, and for some reason people set up weird spherical tents inside it, and there was a huge glass roof where you could see the night sky.

The last two things that I can remember involved a spaceship crashing on the hill by the building, after it let off fireworks for some reason, and me getting angry at an arcade because all the games were terrible.

(06-07-2015, 12:05 PM)Sankoro Wrote:

(06-07-2015, 12:03 PM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote: okay once you noticed human/6ft. tall avali you're definitely in a dream and should wake yourself up

I wouldn't say they were 6ft.
More like 5ft.
But because I'm small everything looks big to me.

(06-07-2015, 12:09 PM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote:

(06-07-2015, 12:05 PM)Sankoro Wrote: I wouldn't say they were 6ft.
More like 5ft.
But because I'm small everything looks big to me.

still pretty damn tall for an avali which I think Maximum/average at 3ft.

(06-07-2015, 12:35 PM)Sankoro Wrote:

(06-07-2015, 12:09 PM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote: still pretty damn tall for an avali which I think Maximum/average at 3ft.

Yeah they were freakish giants.
But great freakish giants.