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[Sambuca]

One of these days, I hope to make it pay off similarly. Just a matter of how much school I can a) afford and b) drag this body through at this stage. I did the working-while-going-to-school thing the first time around and I just can't physically handle that, I have to do one or the other or my stamina tanks to the point that I'm doing both very badly. Since I haven't got any rich relations, let alone some with one foot in the grave, that means saving up one class at a time. So we'll see how far I get. I've got a resume that basically *looks* like I've already qualified, so it confuses people, but that stuff is all from when I was a 16 year old wunderkind and hiring me was a novelty and a feather in their cap (CDC, a couple cystic fibrosis centers, etc). These days I'm just another gimp without a "real" (i.e. 9-to-5) day job. Considerably less noteworthy. And now that I'm in my 30s, saying things like "I graduated at 16!" sounds just a little bit sad and desperate.

So, I'm *slowly* working toward saving up for school. I'll get there, it's just a matter of whether I get my CRTT/RRT cert and decide to cut my losses financially and physically, or if I go for the full monty of med school/pulmonology fellow/CF specialty, which is what I've wanted to do since I was about four. I passed a practice MCAT at 13 (see? it just sounds pathetic now, "I used to be a smart person!" ), so mentally, I can do it, everything I need is in my head... it's just a matter of whether I can drag my body through the ridiculously long process. And pay for the privilege.

your only mistake, is when you say that you used to be smart! cuz you still got it, bro!

 

[kelli]

your only mistake, is when you say that you used to be smart! cuz you still got it, bro!

i know, right? i think i am in love with sean's mind ♥

 

[Butch]

i know, right? i think i am in love with sean's mind ♥

Dang it, some guys have all the luck.

 

[Seanchai]

your only mistake, is when you say that you used to be smart! cuz you still got it, bro!

Hahaha. Thanks, Sam. I really didn't believe that for a good long while... being forced out of my dream university did a number on my confidence for several years - they pretty much painted it as "you're not smart enough to go here" rather than what it really was (which, for anyone who hasn't seen that story already, was, "park your wheelchair outside and crawl up the stairs." Funny, that didn't work very well for me.) Anyway, I went away quietly for a while and spent way too much time thinking I must not be smart. But then I had a chance to take an online course being run by the same university... and it was free, so I had nothing to lose... and it was on HIV/AIDS, which I did a little work on back in the day, so it'd be fun to take a refresher... and best of all, I could do it virtually anonymously. It was all post-grad level stuff, so I fully expected to be *lost*, if for no other reason than I was out of practice.

Instead, I ended up with the highest grade in the class. And I asked the professor a question that caused her to respond, "..... I never thought about that and I have no idea what the answer is. Let me contact the CDC and see if *they've* thought of that." Turned out they hadn't, so I accidentally affected HIV/AIDS research in a tiny tiny way.

That was the point when I went "Nah... I still got it." 'S good to be back.

(And astute readers probably have figured out where I went to college, now, but that's okay. I try not to publically "name and shame" unless I'm talking to fellow disabled folks, who need to know that said uni has been sued some 70+ times for ADA violations and couldn't give a monkey's. But I've decided that if ablebodied people figure it out when I'm discussing it, I don't mind.)

 

[opal]

Right there with ya Roonies.. on the TV generation

I used to live in front of that box.. then there was the internet YEAH!
about 7 years ago we gave up cable (ok.. we bought the house and cable doesn't come here)
we tried satellite.. very briefly - didn't like that when a cloud passes by we lost the crap signal we had..so now, what we watch is due to the net.. we watch what we want, when we want, without commercials mostly (TY adblocker)

I use our evening *TV* time to refill my stuff with mvb juice, and clean my battery posts
and vape like a dragon

 

[Uno mas]

My buddy is recommending a RSST Genesis tank. Thoughts?

I have 3, easy to set up, awesome performance and IMO are the best bang for the buck RBA

That said there are added expenses when getting into RBAs, ohm meter or multimeter, wick and wire...

Also I wouldn't consider using one on anything less than an 18XXX mod, besides lookin' goofy the battery amperage wouldn't be there....

 

[roonies]

amen to that ginger sistah!!! not necessarily to living in denial but more like, what I don't know can't hurt me. I cry during the neglected animal commercials....can't take too much hard reality because I feel it all.

sometimes ignorance is bliss and it's better to live in denial. ♥

 

[Uno mas]

Mornin' my most fabulous MBV friends

Slow start for me today, actually kinda nice

Do have some mixin' to get done at some point today though...

 

[Sambuca]

i know, right? i think i am in love with sean's mind ♥

he most definitely raises the property value around here!

Hahaha. Thanks, Sam. I really didn't believe that for a good long while... being forced out of my dream university did a number on my confidence for several years - they pretty much painted it as "you're not smart enough to go here" rather than what it really was (which, for anyone who hasn't seen that story already, was, "park your wheelchair outside and crawl up the stairs." Funny, that didn't work very well for me.) Anyway, I went away quietly for a while and spent way too much time thinking I must not be smart. But then I had a chance to take an online course being run by the same university... and it was free, so I had nothing to lose... and it was on HIV/AIDS, which I did a little work on back in the day, so it'd be fun to take a refresher... and best of all, I could do it virtually anonymously. It was all post-grad level stuff, so I fully expected to be *lost*, if for no other reason than I was out of practice.

Instead, I ended up with the highest grade in the class. And I asked the professor a question that caused her to respond, "..... I never thought about that and I have no idea what the answer is. Let me contact the CDC and see if *they've* thought of that." Turned out they hadn't, so I accidentally affected HIV/AIDS research in a tiny tiny way.

That was the point when I went "Nah... I still got it." 'S good to be back.

(And astute readers probably have figured out where I went to college, now, but that's okay. I try not to publically "name and shame" unless I'm talking to fellow disabled folks, who need to know that said uni has been sued some 70+ times for ADA violations and couldn't give a monkey's. But I've decided that if ablebodied people figure it out when I'm discussing it, I don't mind.)

i was think of saying, "oh yeah, i skipped a few grades too! but...that's just how many times i cut classes.

i went to a Vo-Tech in Berlin, NH. talk about a god-forsaken paper mill town. we had 3 teachers for Culinary Arts. 2 were just...ach! i couldn't stand them. Dave Libby, the bakeshop teacher was alright, automatic As in there. they had a policy, you could only get the diploma in one year if you were coming back for the second. the other 2 teachers, Lewis and Jones, called me in at the end of the 1st year. they promised to give me my one year diploma, but only if i promised to never ever see them again! easy deal there!

 

[roonies]

I have to admit that the first couple of times I watched Mod Envy it took everything I had to stick with it. I wanted to win stuff, though, so I did. Now I actually look forward to it, but I'm good at tuning out the parts I'm not into while keeping an eye on the chat for my name to come up as the ole' 'winner winner, chicken dinner'!

Your vape this morning sounds sooooo tasty Ms.Kitty!....must try!!! Mine is graham cracker, whipped cream, and lemon goddess in a pro tank2 on my red rocket ship, as my spouse calls it!! (P-thingie to ya'all) It's pretty yummy!

Happy Sunday peoples! It's so cold here. 26 degrees, but sunshiny and bright. The wind will probably make it feel not as nice as it looks....time to break out the layers!! Have a very groovy day everyone!!

Morning, everybody!
I have to agre w/Kelli and Butch....Mod Envy not my cup of tea, either.

Congrats Mia on 4 mos!! (and the twin!)
Congrats to Joie on you're win, too!


Vaping a caramel, coconut, toasted almond concoction this morning.

We're huddled up in the house (stayin warm) coz it's 47 outside AND there's a wind chill!! Brrr

 

[Butch]

I learnd my HVAC trade in the school of life, had an employer who was really good at it, but made me pay for all the parts I used. Makes you learn fast not to make mistakes.

 

[Seanchai]

I learnd my HVAC trade in the school of life, had an employer who was really good at it, but made me pay for all the parts I used. Makes you learn fast not to make mistakes.

Nothing wrong with the school of life. That's where my folks went, and they did a good job with me. They're also smarter than most "educated" people I know. When people come to our house for the first time, they often say, "Do y'all *read* all them books?" Yes we do, many times. Autodidacts rock.

No idea how cold it is here - according to my joints, it's " cold with a chance of rain." Woke up this morning to find it about 55F *inside* the house. Run to the thermostat to see what's wrong with it... answer: some idiot set the automatic programs for A/C but didn't bother to set the ones for heat. So much for my staggering intellect!

 

[Butch]

Nothing wrong with the school of life. That's where my folks went, and they did a good job with me. They're also smarter than most "educated" people I know. When people come to our house for the first time, they often say, "Do y'all *read* all them books?" Yes we do, many times. Autodidacts rock.

No idea how cold it is here - according to my joints, it's " cold with a chance of rain." Woke up this morning to find it about 55F *inside* the house. Run to the thermostat to see what's wrong with it... answer: some idiot set the automatic programs for A/C but didn't bother to set the ones for heat. So much for my staggering intellect!

 

[roonies]

Seanchai, I'm sure I'm not telling you anything you don't already know, but there are tons of people who give money away for those in need for higher education. I don't mean just because of a disability either, but just because they have it and believe in the importance of education. When my 2 kids were going through the KC Art Institute for their bachelor of fine arts degrees, which was very expensive, and their parents (that would be their dad and me) didn't have the money for it, they quickly learned to apply online for anything and everything. They each ended up getting all sorts of grants, scholarships, and just out and out monetary gifts from generous art loving benefactors. My son and his wife ended up receiving fellowships to get their masters at VCU in Richmond, Va. Granted, they still have a heavy student loan debt, but they are making a living in their field, and that's no small task for professional artisits. Doctors, on the other hand, are always going to be in demand. There must be all kinds of trusts and other funds set up across the country to help students heading into the medical field. Like, I said, this is not news to you I'm sure, because you're a smart guy, but I thought I would throw it out there.

One of these days, I hope to make it pay off similarly. Just a matter of how much school I can a) afford and b) drag this body through at this stage. I did the working-while-going-to-school thing the first time around and I just can't physically handle that, I have to do one or the other or my stamina tanks to the point that I'm doing both very badly. Since I haven't got any rich relations, let alone some with one foot in the grave, that means saving up one class at a time. So we'll see how far I get. I've got a resume that basically *looks* like I've already qualified, so it confuses people, but that stuff is all from when I was a 16 year old wunderkind and hiring me was a novelty and a feather in their cap (CDC, a couple cystic fibrosis centers, etc). These days I'm just another gimp without a "real" (i.e. 9-to-5) day job. Considerably less noteworthy. And now that I'm in my 30s, saying things like "I graduated at 16!" sounds just a little bit sad and desperate.

So, I'm *slowly* working toward saving up for school. I'll get there, it's just a matter of whether I get my CRTT/RRT cert and decide to cut my losses financially and physically, or if I go for the full monty of med school/pulmonology fellow/CF specialty, which is what I've wanted to do since I was about four. I passed a practice MCAT at 13 (see? it just sounds pathetic now, "I used to be a smart person!" ), so mentally, I can do it, everything I need is in my head... it's just a matter of whether I can drag my body through the ridiculously long process. And pay for the privilege.

 

[Miarose]

Mornin' my most fabulous MBV friends

Slow start for me today, actually kinda nice

Do have some mixin' to get done at some point today though...

lucky. i have been awake since 5 am. got my crock pot full of stuffed pepper soup going!

 

[Miarose]

Seanchai, I'm sure I'm not telling you anything you don't already know, but there are tons of people who give money away for those in need for higher education. I don't mean just because of a disability either, but just because they have it and believe in the importance of education. When my 2 kids were going through the KC Art Institute for their bachelor of fine arts degrees, which was very expensive, and their parents (that would be their dad and me) didn't have the money for it, they quickly learned to apply online for anything and everything. They each ended up getting all sorts of grants, scholarships, and just out and out monetary gifts from generous art loving benefactors. My son and his wife ended up receiving fellowships to get their masters at VCU in Richmond, Va. Granted, they still have a heavy student loan debt, but they are making a living in their field, and that's no small task for professional artisits. Doctors, on the other hand, are always going to be in demand. There must be all kinds of trusts and other funds set up across the country to help students heading into the medical field. Like, I said, this is not news to you I'm sure, because you're a smart guy, but I thought I would throw it out there.

I put myself through school as well. Loans, Grants, Scholarships, and working. I believe it makes us 'well rounded'... or insane.

 

[Uno mas]

Morning, everybody!
I have to agre w/Kelli and Butch....Mod Envy not my cup of tea, either.

Congrats Mia on 4 mos!! (and the twin!)
Congrats to Joie on you're win, too!


Vaping a caramel, coconut, toasted almond concoction this morning.

We're huddled up in the house (stayin warm) coz it's 47 outside AND there's a wind chill!! Brrr

I have a vanilla, caramel and coconut DIY that's pretty yummy

Weather channel says its 40 here, stay inside day for us anyway, a fire might be a nice touch...

 

[roonies]

I wanna come hang out at *your* house!!!

Right there with ya Roonies.. on the TV generation

I used to live in front of that box.. then there was the internet YEAH!
about 7 years ago we gave up cable (ok.. we bought the house and cable doesn't come here)
we tried satellite.. very briefly - didn't like that when a cloud passes by we lost the crap signal we had..so now, what we watch is due to the net.. we watch what we want, when we want, without commercials mostly (TY adblocker)

I use our evening *TV* time to refill my stuff with mvb juice, and clean my battery posts
and vape like a dragon

 

[Uno mas]

lucky. i have been awake since 5 am. got my crock pot full of stuffed pepper soup going!

Stuffed peppers = yum-yum

 

[roonies]

I finally fell asleep at 5 am. I got my 4 hrs. and I'm puttzing. Stuffed pepper soup sounds very good and interesting. Care to share the recipe? That would be a new one for this thread wouldn't it? I was just thinking how stuffed peppers sounded really good the other day....but soup....that's taking it to a whole other level! Kudos! I've opted for crock pot queso and chicken enchiladas, from scratch, for us tonight. I want to make that soup of yours soon though if you will share your culinary secrets.

lucky. i have been awake since 5 am. got my crock pot full of stuffed pepper soup going!