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I think that movie would be amazing haha, I would love to see the finished product, though I hate thinking about raps so much that I'd never want to be apart of the process. not that anyone was asking...

I'm in my last semester of school and one of the classes we take as biz majors is 'service leadership', where the meat of the curriculum is working with a major non-profit to tackle some of their most pressing business problems, whether it be corporate sponsorship or international growth or whatever. but a lot of the class is spent in the classroom trying to "discover our authentic selves" and "create self awareness" and what not. my point is that a lot of the discussions seem to be rap-oriented...we sit in circles, we're encouraged to be "open" (open body position anyone?), we're encouraged to call people out on things that may hinder them as they enter the business world...

my point is, my classmates all seem to think this is an incredible class and are loving the feedback they are getting as they prepare to begin careers. I, however, think the class is a nightmare. the discussions are so closely related to raps (without the yelling and dirt lists of course, but still...) that I become physically overcome with anxiety as we dig deeper into the class. I shut off, am afraid to say anything to anyone, avoid making eye contact so as not to be "indicted", and take every opportunity to skip the class that I can. (I used the recent so cal wildfires as an excuse to miss it 3 times). this is far from who I am...I am normally very outgoing and have skipped maybe 4 classes total in my entire college career before this class. I had thought I had moved past the flashbacks and memories and overall lingering effects of CEDU, but this class has shown me that that is clearly not the case.

bottom line is, raps fucked me in the head pretty badly and I am right there with anyone else that is filled with dread when faced with anything that resembles a rap.

I know what u mean (you Yankees really suck!!)  Like I opted to pay ARod all that money to begin with, right?! :rofl:  

Do you think I'm referring to 'you' personally?  Not at all.
Do you think all ARods actions this season were okay w/me?  Not at all.  
Do you think I'm picking on Tony?  Not at all.

All I meant was cheating is cheating-no matter who's doing it!  
And just 'cause everybody's doing it, doesn't excuse it in any way.
And what I think makes no difference ('cept to me).  It's just that that kind of crap makes me lose interest.

And the national sports figures can cheat and 'roid and whatever else they want:  I still have to vacuum and wash the windows, ya know?
It offends me because they're ruining my entertainment  with all this crap !!! :flame:

hahaha but the difference is, the patriots aren't really apart of me. but the red sox are. my hatred...ok sorry, my disdain for the yankees is disdain for all their fans as well. I don't like the dodgers but I don't have a problem with their fans

you're right though, cheating all across sports is seriously hampering its entertainment value. we pats fans are quick to defend our boys but we weren't too happy about the whole ordeal either.

did you set your clock back?

I can't talk football either (Giants fan in a Cowboy house,    sshhhhh).
Plus, 'you guys' cheated!  Crap like that makes me loose interest and get angry/frustrated, so I just don't bother.
If I want more of those experiences I'll repaint my house, again   ::seg::

wow, that's awfully blatant. first off, I didn't do shit. I hate when people walk up to me and tell me I cheated, as if somehow I've been taking snaps for the patriots on sundays and then repressing the memory by tuesday morning. second, there was nothing illegitimate about that win yesterday. taping signals or not, the 2007-08 patriots are without question the best football team to take the the field in a long time. and you are INSANE if you think the pats were the only team taping signals. that'd be like saying barry bonds is the only guy in baseball who took roids (and taking roids isn't even on the same level as taping signals). no, most of, if not almost all of the other teams were doing it too. it's not like the pats invented the video camera. it's just that eric mangini and the jets have been looking to stick it to belichik for years and they finally caught something and ran with the chance. once that news broke, all the other teams probably stopped taping signals for fear of being outed too.

pats' 2007-08 record when taping signals: 1-0
pats' 2007-08 record when not taping signals: 8-0

I'm sure you'll find a way to say the sox cheated too. francona clearly had to videotape torrealba's signs at the plate in order to win that series, right? that's the only way boston teams win, right?

after no dreams about cedu since leaving, I came across this thread the other day and, sure enough, had one last night. not sure how profound it was though, but it was definitely a bit of a nightmare. I was in my room trying to sew a 1/4 of bubba kush into the collar of my columbia jacket to bring back to campus while the escorts were trying to break down the door. finally one came through the window SWAT style, I ended up at NIBH, and I woke up late for class.

I'm glad I had this dream. helps me realize how stupid it is becoming to be so stuck on those shitty days during my waking hours when my subconscious thinks it's all one big fucking joke.

sorry, make that $33 mil + a year for a-fraud, not $23 mil.

I thought the friendships I made there were the best I'd ever had because when we were there, we were bonded together so strongly against a common "enemy". I would still say one of the friends I met there is the best friend I have, but the rest have gone stale. No matter what you say, we were not that same people there that we are now. And not in the way that everyone changes over time. When I read through my old phase portfolios and restriction notebooks and propheet journals recently, I couldn't remember writing most of it, it felt like a completely different person wrote all that brainwashed bullshit. The real tests of friendship that come with the real world showed just how bullshit most of those friendships were. So yes, I agree almost whole-heartedly with Castle, those friendships may have seemed unbreakable at the time, but I could honestly care less about 90% of those old friends nowadays.

Unfortunately, CEDU left me with a feeling of distrust for anyone who hadn't experienced what I did, so the first few years on the outs became extremely lonely as I realized how bullshit most of my CEDU friendships were. With the closure I've begun to feel over the past few years have come some really great friends, and yes, THESE are the best friends I'll ever have...these friends I truly connected with on my own...CEDU friends just happened to be there at the time.

DEFINITELY stay out of small towns in maine...

....because they all float down here.