Update for Everyone III - The Whinge Binge

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Graduated High School last night, worked from 9-5 at AFP. Hit about 150 houses today. Got about five polls from the said houses .

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Yeah, congratulations, man. Any plans now?

Yeah, congratulations, man. Any plans now?

Thanks! I'm going to have to do a year (maybe two, to cut costs for my family) at Tallahassee Community College to catch up on some Spanish credits that I failed early on in High School, and than I am going to transfer into FSU.  I will even be living in a dorm on the FSU campus the first year. I'm hoping my friends from the 2012 campaign will help land me an internship, but the two I've contacted have yet to respond, which is worrisome.

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Sorry for your loss, TDAS. Your family is in my prayers.

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I'm going to Tally tomorrow with a group of AFP activists.

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Some of these AFP people are nuts. SHARIA IS COMING!

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Some of these AFP people are nuts. SHARIA IS COMING!

Maybe now that you have to be in the field with these people, you'll realize the only Prosperity they're interested in is the kind that helps their donors' bottom line and gets the rubes all angry and irate about Muh Terrorists and Muh Welfare/Voter Fraud.

I knew that from the start, and I don't care. AFP is not alone in that by any stretch. I'm interested in just advancing my campaign experience.

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So, on the way back from Tallynasty one of the guys in the van lost his wedding ring and we had to pull over for a solid hour to look for it. I got home at 4:00 AM. The trip was fun but I am not looking forward to the drive up there when I start college in August.

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I just saw that I have three mutual Facebook friends with Mark Foley. Ew.

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So I have some cousins in Pennsylvania who are total f[Inks]s and caused a lot of emotional damage to me when they successfully convinced me that I was autistic a few years back. I worked for three years to erase those memories with my therapist and tonight, in one sentence, my mom accidentally brought back everything which has put me in a rather poisonous mood.

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So I have some cousins in Pennsylvania who are total f[Inks]s and caused a lot of emotional damage to me when they successfully convinced me that I was autistic a few years back. I worked for three years to erase those memories with my therapist and tonight, in one sentence, my mom accidentally brought back everything which has put me in a rather poisonous mood.

God, that's awful. What the hell was wrong with your cousins?

Wish you best.

Thanks, I'm feeling better today. They're just miserable people, I guess.

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I've been thinking of suicide recently.

Oh God, please don't! Talk with your friends, relatives, loved ones. See a psychologist or psychotherapist. They can all help out with whatever problems you have. Please stay strong.

I echo Tony's words here. I too have flirted with suicide from time to time in my life, but it's not worth it. I'll be praying for you, TDAS. I know what depression can be like.

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Good news; today, I toured TCC for orientation and got my classes arranged. I then received a voicemail from the woman who ran the Sister Cities essay contest saying that she had "good news." I never got a chance to call her back, but my essay might be in the national semi-finals. I also was called by the field director of the local AFP branch, and was offered a job as a field associate! Very good day in all regards.

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First day on the job as a Field Associate. Visited 40 houses and didn't get a single poll. The good news is that I am a semi-finalist in the Sister Cities International Essay contest. I lost to a girl from Ireland who apparently won the $1,000 grand prize. But it is still pretty cool that my essay is going on a twelve city tour.

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Tomorrow is AFP's National Day of Action. As a freshly hired Field Associate, I will be working 9-5 walking the streets of Boca Raton, knocking on hundreds of doors in 90+ heat, and will likely only get 10-15 surveys total. Plus I have to drive volunteers around, which makes me nervous.

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Congratulations, I'm glad your happy Bacon! You'll have my prayers and support

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I won second place in Sister Cities International's worldwide essay contest. Now I apparently have to read my essay to the Boynton Beach City Council. I'm trying to get out of that part.

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I won second place in Sister Cities International's worldwide essay contest. Now I apparently have to read my essay to the Boynton Beach City Council. I'm trying to get out of that part.

Lol. Good luck!

I already emailed the lady and told her that I might be out of town. That should give me an enough time to find a way to attend the meeting without having to read it.

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Is it rude to call somebody out on a strawman argument? I called my uncle out on one during a heated debate over Bob Dylan's legacy. He seemed really hurt by it. How else am I supposed to respond to a person who says "I must be wrong, I was only alive at the time" when in fact they were born ten years after the song in question was written.

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While I was doing my job as an AFP field associate, I went to former Miami Dolphins coach Howard Schnellenbergers house. I had no idea he lived in a working class Boynton neighborhood. Nobody came to the door, but the spelling of the name, the age, and the name of his wife all matched according to a quick Wikipedia search.

I met Schnellenberger once before at Hooters several years back. He's a good man, and a hell of a coach.

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I went to Vero to listen to the Dead's last show with my uncle. He went to bed early, but their last song-Attics Of My Life-left me in tears, especially as one of the band members (it was over the radio, I couldn't tell who said it) said "be kind, everyone" as they left stage one last time.

I met Lady Bird Johnson today

Did you call Ghost Busters?

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I start working in the Senate tomorrow, starting with a powwow session with Sen. Blumenthal.

Nice!

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I just discovered that one of my co-workers is unironically supporting Donald Trump in 2016!  My jaw just kind of fell open; I literally didn't know what to say.

My friend is also an unironic Trump supporter. It's hilarious.

My grandmother supported him until the whole Mexican fiasco; she dropped him for Cruz after deciding he was too unpolished. Her friends, alas, are already signed up as volunteers for the Trump campaign once they begin operating in Florida (if they operate at all).

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I've made the very painful decision to try to formally and in a mutually acceptable manner end a friendship that was originally really good and really close but has over the past year and a half or so become really strained and interfered with my ability to live my life. But I haven't talked to the other person in a couple of months anyway, so first I need to get her to respond to the email that I sent her asking to restore contact so that we can actually have a conversation about this.

Any updates on the situation?

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I've made the very painful decision to try to formally and in a mutually acceptable manner end a friendship that was originally really good and really close but has over the past year and a half or so become really strained and interfered with my ability to live my life. But I haven't talked to the other person in a couple of months anyway, so first I need to get her to respond to the email that I sent her asking to restore contact so that we can actually have a conversation about this.

Any updates on the situation?

She responded to the email. We're talking tomorrow; I'm really, really nervous about it.

I'll be thinking of you; I'm sure it will work out fine. Its a hard thing to do, of course.

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I had a dream last night that I met circa 2010 Carly Fiorina while knocking on doors for AFP.