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This topic sparked something in my head, which led to me writing a fairly long topic on my Xanga (which is rare for me, because usually I just post snippets, jokes, or random images). I've quoted below the stuff most pertinent to this topic. Amanecer can feel free to disagree with me about #8 on the list, but it's my opinion. So here we go.
"1) Ever getting associated with Allison and her friends in 8th grade (she and her friends caused more blows to my self esteem and my state of mind than anyone else), 2) Starting the argument more or less that caused the break up beween Laura and I, 3) Starting the argument more or less that ended Emily and I's friendship (we were such good friends too and I was an argumentative idiot), 4) Not playing a sport at least one year in high school, 5) Not accepting as many offers to go out and do stuff in high school (mainly offers from Ethan and Grant), 6) Taking art over computer science in junior year, 7) Trying to be clever but just being a dork instead (I won't elaborate, but apparently it cost me some points on the social scale), 8) Not applying to Baylor, OU, or OSU, 9) Ever thinking that UTD was actually a competent school, and 10) Choosing UTD over UT due to monetary reasons."
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quote:Ever thinking that UTD was actually a competent school
UTD is extremely competent in computer science and engineering. It is reasonably compentent in the business school, mathematics, and natural sciences. It is not very competent in the arts & humanities department. That's why I'm double majoring- just a major in history would bore me to death. All of the money that goes into UTD comes from the surrounding IT businesses, it makes sense that this is the focus of the school.
*This is my 500th post. *
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Well I was in Arts & Technology initially (that's what was used a second method of persuasion to get me here), and I found it to be rather incompetently run. I think you are right about things like CS, EE, and even business. UTD is fine there. I guess I'm just in the crappy part of the school.
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Regrets? Bunches... there's the personal ones, like wishing I hadn't wasted my time so much in solitary dweebness as a teenager... wishing I'd been better prepared for college... wishing my health was better... but all those are things that I really didn't choose, so even though I regret them, I really can't blame myself for them.
Things I regret the most involve others. My brief, awful marriage that I hate to talk about. Both my mom and my dad dying suddenly, without me getting to say goodbye, without getting to know them better.
One of the ones that I regret the most was my ex-girlfriend's accident. Her hand was caught in a machine and she lost several fingers. Lots of what-ifs there, the biggest being that I would'be stopped by there in another 5 minutes for us to go on a walk together; if I'd gotten there early, the accident wouldn't have happened. The only way I can really deal with that one is to think -- like Amanecer -- about the Butterfly Effect, and wonder whether her losing some fingers then might've prevented her from somehow being in a more serious accident another time. (And, that accident made me -- and many others -- incredibly safety-conscious, and maybe that's prevented other accidents from happening.)
Life's way too short though, so it's better to think of what's ahead...
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Where are all the moderators when you need them? I think most of the forum will agree with me when I say that Amanecer's posts are close to bordering on spam! I mean, come on, 500 posts in 3 years? Ridiculous!
Congrats on your 500 posts Amanecer! Posts: 459 | Registered: Mar 2005
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I try not to regret, because there isn't anything that you can do about it. Also the things you do help shape who you are today. So you would then need to ask yourself how much do I want to be someone else.
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