Cole Parker
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No reputable headhunter works that way. That's a fact. So we've already established he isn't reputable. The company he's working for might be, we don't know that yet, but he's not. You can take that to the bank.Some jobs only require warm bodies. Telemarketing is one. Phone sex practioneers is one, but you have to at least be able to speak well and have some imagination to be good at that. Still, that's a possibility.But in all likelihood, this was a scheme where the suckers, oops, I meant applicants, pay money to get into whatever the scheme is. Anything from Art School (We've seen the drawings you've sent in and our experts all agree, YOU'VE GOT TALENT! Congratulations! Sign here for our 36 week course, by mail.) to door to door selling where you pay for the product and they "support" your sales efforts by encouraging you when you need it, to reviewing videos, giving them your comments and suggestions, then you get to buy the video. Get to. Yeah.Reputable companies don't do this shit. Whether they wear ties or not.C
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Thanks for the reassurance. Joking about it can be a "feeling out" stage, and is frightening. Think more thoughts about that shagging stuff you mentioned. That out to put your mind in the right place.Cole
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You're experiencing what almost all of us go through. At some point we have to mature to the point where we can make out own decisions regardless of the effect they have on others. You keep saying you don't care what your parents feel, but you obviously do. Most of us care what our parents feel. It goes with the territory of being sons. However, that caring needs to be compartmentalized. It cannot be the factor that ultimately sways your decision making. Doing what you know is best for you doesn't mean you don't care that it may be disturbing people close to you. It means you understand the relative importance of your decisions. It means you've grown up.Breaking away from your parents' influence seems to be harder for young people of Asian descent than kids in the U.S., if I can make that generalization. I happen to know many kids with Asian parents. They are brought up to respect their parents and do what they're told, which is obviously a good thing to a point. It becomes burdensome, however, when the parents will not relinquish the control they have enjoyed while their child was growing up.Your culture demands you follow the path your parents have cleared for you, and that makes it tough. That you're planning to confront them is a momentous thing for you to do, and I applaud your courage to do this. Bravo.You might want to tell them that if they love you as much as you think they do, they must realize that you will not reach your ultimate potential if you are not allowed, at the age you have now attained, to made decisions for yourself, to follow your own dreams. The love they have had for you in the past has been focused on you reaching the point in your life you've now successfully reached. You should both be ready for a change in the relationship. If they really do love you, they must now allow you the freedom you need for future growth.This is very hard for Asian parents. But in the U.S., this is what families do.I wish you luck with this. Please know you have the support of everyone here.Cole
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Sorry, I missed all that. I was trying to scratch my left elbow with my left hand. And that led to trying to touch either ear with either elbow. Don't you guys bother to try it, it's just a waste of time.C
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Thanks, guys, for deleting my stuff for me. Although it appeared to still be there. As they say, give a hungry guy a fish, he'll have dinner; teach him to fish, he'll never be hungry again. Or better expressed words to that effect. It would be more useful if someone would tell me how to delete something entirely. I tend to hit the Post New Comment button and see nothing happen, so think I didn't hit it correctly and hit it again, and eventaully two messages show up. It's probably easy to get rid of one--hell, you guys all seem to know how to do it!--but I haven't figured it out yet.And I'm pretty sure we shouldn't be interrupting EC's blog for this!!!!C
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That was just me screwing up again, Trab. My message got posted twice, I tried to remove one of them and couldn't, so did what you see.Computers and I don't mix.C
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Me thinks thou do worrieth too much. You're not only going to pass writing, your score is going to be in a very high percentile of those tested.I've been in a position once or twice to look at the writing skills of today's youth. They are, in a word, atrocious. Your skill is head and shoulders above that of the masses, even those masses who attend college. Your writing is imaginative, creative, and unquestionably of passing quality for whomever is grading the paper. Even if he/she is a pedant who looks to see grammatical and structural rules are being followed more than at what it being said, you'll pass with flying colors.Don't worry about it!C
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Ah, that's the problem then. I was wearing my 'on the line' glasses.C
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Now I know I'm in trouble. I expect to not know what EleCivil is talking about when he's describing concert behavior and the music. But when Camy's post is just as confusing, I know I'm over the hill.C
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I've just returned from Italy where I saw Europe's answer to high gas prices being driven on the streets of Rome. It isn't quite as cute as the pictured car above, butit is cute and it's in mass production and available over there. Probably not over here. We're not that smart yet.Which brings me to it's name. It's the Smart car.Look at it here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5217861I think EleCivil would prefer the other one, though. It certainly is quirkier.Cole
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I keep reading that the most unprejudiced among us are all colorblind. That being the case, my hair color is immaterial and shouldn't be the source of inquiry. And I think the cop had other things on his mind anyway. And what did the bald guy say when asked about his shiny pate? "Hair today, gone tomorrow."Actually, I'm not bald. But if you are, doesn't that simply prove you've got more testosterone than the next guy?C
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RAD: That might explain why the last time a cop stopped me and had me give him my license, he then asked me to step out of the car and drop my pants. It didn't explain why he then wanted me to bend over. That confused me until the pain started.Cole
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Well, if no one else in interested, I sure am. Jason, what happened? Don't just write that and walk away from it! So you're having a very good time indeed with your friend in the living room (probably not the best choice of rooms, but it was probably just a passion of the moment kind of thing?) and in walks your father. He sees you, gasps, and. . . .I'm waiting for the rest of the story.Cole
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I was thinking this was getting a bit syrupy and wondering why, when it struck me. No Raccoon. No bitter with the sweet, no sharp with the smooth, no caustic wit to pierce the pleasant bubble that's forming here.Enjoy. It won't last long! Cole
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Thanks for IDing him. Now, my only problem is, I don't remember him at all! It's funny because I can recall everyone else in that picture, but not him.My problem is, I didn't see some of the episodes, and I suppose he might not have been in them all. The show was aired or Friday nights here, and I was usually out then, and I tend not to watch a whole lot of TV anyway. Though why I feel the need to apologize is somewhat scary.I did think it was unexpectedly fine writing for a teen show, and wish it had continued. I guess I'm not alone in that.Cole
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Des, you just don't understand the benefits of a pucker prodder of the female persuasion. They are vastly more gentle, and it can become more of a massage than a mauling. Why, you almost look forward to the experience. Almost.But as for plurals and such, since you obviously qualify as an expert, tell me, is it anum anus, or a num anus? I suppose it depends on the doctor.C
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Now wait just a minute here! We were having a perfectly fine and pleasant discussion of a doctor's visit, and we degererated into this? Playing doctor with our cousin? Where's the decorum?<G>I was all set to remark how different it was when I went to doctors and they were all 42 years older than I was, versus going now when I'm about the same number of anum older than they. (What is the plural of anum, anyway? I never took Latin.) The dynamic is indeed different. I have a woman doctor and she younger than I. Well, most people are, but we don't talk about that much. But having a woman check you out is quite startling, till you get used to it. I'm used to it. Well, almost.Des, I'm glad you're feeling better, just because someone spoke kindly to you. Makes me wonder if you needed a doctor at all, or just more frequent visits to the forums here. Would have saved you some money. Think about it.Cole
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Okay, here's where I date myself (No, not that way. I mean make myself passe. Oh, wait, I'm already that.) Which one is Seth Rogan? I liked/disliked Freaks and Geeks. Loved the boys, hated the destructive choices the girl made. Maybe I was supposed to. But I'm wondering who the favorite, Seth Rogan was. The geeky guy, who was done spectacularly, the cute guy who ran around school nude, or the pudgy guy? Or was he the band guy the girl liked?I'm very happy the finances are looking better. I think we all are.C
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Please, Des! That hurts! Premature extraction? Punishing us with puns?I think we need Ele//C's Nova Cane to beat you with.C