Gonna be gone...

[sinkoman]

So, my plan for after highschool is to go to San Francisco, live with my auntie on Telegraph hill, and go to San Francisco Community College for two years, gain residency, then transfer to SFU or some other California school and attend for another two years. Hopefully by then i'll have a positive answer as to what i'm going to do with myself.

I'm going to be shipping off to SF in July to speak with the counsellor and get my classes squared away, then stay till shit starts in august.

But it just hit me last night, that July is two or three months from now...

Two or three months, and i'm pretty much starting over. Square one, i'm not going to be knowing nobody, not going to have a real routine, and none of my friends are going to be there.

Holy shit, two months, and i'm going to have to grow the **** up. It's not like i'm going to a REAL college, so there'll be no getting to know my roomate and stemming off from there, i'm going to ****ing know absolutely NOBODY in the damned city, relatives aside. Two months, and i'm going to have to get another job, and inject some responsibility into my ass.

Nobody to call up and just chill with on lazy sundays, nobody to hang out with at their house trying to figure out what to do on saturday night, nobody to drink or smoke with, nobody...

It'll just be me and my bike.

What the ****...

WHAT THE ****! I DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR THIS SHIT WHEN I WAS BORNED!!!!!

I can barely even fathom the concept, I dunno if i'm ready to actually go through with it. All this talk of how once i'm old enough, i'm getting as far away from this house as possible, but here it is. My chance to get out of here and start over, just like I always wanted, and I dunno if i'm ready to take it...

 

[Raziaar]

Wherever you go, good luck to you man.

Don't forget about us.

 

[sinkoman]

Wherever you go, good luck to you man.

Don't forget about us.

I'll probably start posting here regularly again.

I mean, seriously, I dunno if I can handle just how lonely it's gonna be out there. And I thought shit got lonely here, getting depressed when I end up spending a saturday night infront of my computer.

****, every night is gonna be a lonely saturday night...

 

[Raziaar]

I'll probably start posting here regularly again.

I mean, seriously, I dunno if I can handle just how lonely it's gonna be out there. And I thought shit got lonely here, getting depressed when I end up spending a saturday night infront of my computer.

****, every night is gonna be a lonely saturday night...

Welcome to my world, buddy.

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

I'm always here for you buddy. As are my hands.

 

[Danimal]

Just make some more friends when you get over there, shouldn't be too hard.

 

[sinkoman]

Just make some more friends when you get over there, shouldn't be too hard.

That's what i've been trying to tell myself, but the reality seems pretty grim

It's not like i'm going to a regular college where people congregate at the dorms. I'm going to a ****ing community college.

Every day is pretty much going to be ride my bike to the train station, catch the train to SFCC, go to classes and shit, then just wander around the city till I get bored and go home.

I'm probably just being pessimistic, probably just start frequenting a local skatepark and get to know people there, but the idea of going there and initially just not knowing anybody is just so scary.

I've had to do this before, moved around a lot when I was younger, so I never really stayed in the same school system for more than a couple of years, but in the four years i've been in highschool, i've gotten way to comfortable with the idea that I know who I know, and i'll always know them.

That's what's frightening too. ****, the guys i'm practically related to now, i'll probably only see them a couple of times ever again once I move.

 

[Hobostomp]

Are there no community colleges where you live now?

 

[sinkoman]

Are there no community colleges where you live now?

There are, but I want to get residency to make transfering that much easier.

 

[PJ]

i'm sure you'll make new friends.

its natural to feel very afraid when your life is changing like this, and i assure you it will not be as bad as you describe.

its a bit of paranoia. go along to some night clubs, make some friends.

anyhows, you've got all of us!

 

[Ravioli]

shit is scary, im moving to a another country. However i do know a few people there, but not that well.

 

[dfc05]

Good luck dude, you'll be fine. I hear there's a "bush man" who sits on the wharf with a bush and pops out to scare people passing by. I think Telegraph Hill is right near there. So if all else fails you can go talk to him .

But seriously, San Francisco is an awesome city. I really can't see anyone getting bored out there and it's the kind of place that your friends might like to visit you at.

One of my friends is going to UCSF and a few are going to Berkeley. I almost went to Berkeley but will be at CMU in Pittsburgh instead. So you're darn lucky, because no one I know is going with me and who the heck will want to visit Pittsburgh?? Nobody!

 

[Darkside55]

Square one, i'm not going to be knowing nobody...

i'm going to ****ing know absolutely NOBODY in the damned city

Fuck you too, then. :flame:

 

[Mellish]

Good luck warding off the gays.

Haw haw haw.

 

[No Limit]

If you are willing to inject some something other than responsibility in to your ass I'm sure you'll make plenty of new friends in San Francisco.

 

[Raziaar]

Fuck you too, then. :flame:

Be his friend Darkside!

 

[Qonfused]

Think of it as a chance to start over.

I find the thought of completely uprooting yourself to somewhere new fascinating. You get to recreate yourself, start over and open yourself up to new adventures.

 

[The Monkey]

Nobody to call up and just chill with on lazy sundays, nobody to hang out with at their house trying to figure out what to do on saturday night, nobody to drink or smoke with, nobody...

Holy shit, your friends have their own houses? All my friends either live in tine one-roomers or with their parents.

Anyway, you should see this as an opportunity to evolve. I moved 300 km last September (albeit with one friend), and I've made tons of friends where I am now. It's not that difficult, just be social and you'll be fine.

 

[Omnomnick]

Good luck with whatever you're going to be doing. Just come back here, ya hear me!!?

 

[Shakermaker]

Think of it as a chance to start over.

I find the thought of completely uprooting yourself to somewhere new fascinating. You get to recreate yourself, start over and open yourself up to new adventures.

This.

And it is not like you're sent to the Gulag or some other god awful place. San Francisco is a nice city. And if you're really gonna live on Telegraph hill you in the heart of it. Fisherman's Warf nearby is very nice. Plus you probably have a view of the Golden gate bridge. That's awesome!

 

[Danimal]

You can hold your fingers close-up to your eyes and pretend your crushing cars in traffic.

That's awesome!

 

[repiV]

Moving is exciting. I moved 200 miles away last summer (doesn't sound like much, but on our quaint little isle that's the other side of the country), and it's the best thing I ever did. Granted, my two best friends lived down here anyway, but I've met most of my other friends here through work, neighbours and bikes.

And as far as I know Americans tend to be a lot more sociable than us reserved Brits so I wouldn't worry about it! It's really rewarding to build a completely new life for yourself, in your own image. You'll have a great time.

It shouldn't be too hard to visit family and friends either, should it? I thought domestic air travel in the US was cheap as chips. For one thing my boss who lives in Spain gets home a lot quicker than I can ride back to London on a Friday night (maybe I'm just not trying hard enough eh).

 

[Unfocused]

Think of it as a chance to start over.

I find the thought of completely uprooting yourself to somewhere new fascinating. You get to recreate yourself, start over and open yourself up to new adventures.

This.

 

[Shift]

I think its fantastic, the only reason i am still here in manchester is because of my band, otherwise I would be shooting off somewhere else in a flash to start over.

 

[jet_porkins]

nobody to drink or smoke with

And you're underage for both? For shame...

 

[Kinslayer]

Think of it as a chance to start over.

I find the thought of completely uprooting yourself to somewhere new fascinating. You get to recreate yourself, start over and open yourself up to new adventures.

THIS.

I can't wait to leave ****ing high school, and get far enough away so I won't see anyone I don't want to see.

Yes, bad memories.

 

[gFrohman]

Leaving high school was easy - there were so many POS's at my school and I was happy to leave.

It's even harder to leave college; you make a lot of good friends (and memories) there.

I'm gonna be graduating in May (woot!) and leaving for grad school - it's awesome, but really sad at the same time.

You'll make new friends, but make sure to stay in touch with the ones you have back home - you'll never know when you'll see them again.

 

[lefty]

You could visit me and darkside.

Hell, I'm goin to the city right now.

 

[Emporius]

Join a gym. Good way to meet people.

 

[sinkoman]

I think it's the whole leaving behind the people I know now thing that frightens me the most.

Figure i'll probably only see them a few times ever again after I move, because I don't really intend on coming back.

 

[gFrohman]

That's the toughest part - do you have something like myspace or facebook or something to still chat with them every once in awhile?