So, my friend who works at Nissan had his design selected for the next Z car...

[mickill]

....a couple of months ago. A full-scale clay concept of it had to be shipped from San Diego to Japan last year. I was, naturally, very happy for him when he told me how far his design had actually gotten. I really wanted it to happen for him. And when it came down to just his and one other guy's designs, I knew he had it in the bag. He did as well, I'm sure.

I wasn't envious at all. Yet. He worked really hard to get to where he's at in life. He's a very talented artist. But now that his design's been chosen, I'm kinda like, well, I'm not going to be able to top that ever I don't think. I'm still very happy for him -- don't get me wrong -- but a part of me can't help but feel like, come on, man...what's with setting the bar so high?

So anyway, do any of your friends ever do things that make you feel a bit like an underachiever?

I think I want to quit my job.

[b i o n i c]

the present design is fucking hot! his must be ridick

i have a friend who used to be delinquent and is now an actor
i have a friend who i though wouldnt do much and he's now into buying real estate
i have a friend who was the class clown and married a multimillionaire
i used to know someone who was a big asshole and won the lottery

sometimes these make me think that trying is useless

[beastiegirrl101]

My best friend is 2 years younger, a CPA and makes about 40k more than me. She was the valedictorian of her graduating college class, and got an offer a month ago within her company to do international trade and customs..and they moved her to NY with a huge moving bonus. She is so brilliant...but here's me...2 years older and I feel like I have done nothing with my life compared to her.

[mickill]

Yeah, but was she a Hood Hound or whatever you guys were called?

the present design is fucking hot! his must be ridick

i have a friend who used to be delinquent and is now an actor
i have a friend who i though wouldnt do much and he's now into buying real estate
i have a friend who was the class clown and married a multimillionaire
i used to know someone who was a big asshole and won the lottery

sometimes these make me think that trying is useless

It'll be considerably wider. That's all I know, though. And they're calling it the Z500, I believe.

I have an "actor" friend too. And my wife has a friend who won the lottery but doesn't want to touch any of the money yet. And still works. He won something like 20 million.

[beastiegirrl101]

Yeah, but was she a Hood Hound or whatever you guys were called?.

no, she wasn't. I guess thats where we differ, the girls social skills are kinda off.

[Nuzzolese]

My older brother is getting a PHD in Immunology. He's a genius. A SCIENTIST. If I don't have babies soon, I'll never catch up in impressing the relatives.
My exboyfriend used to be a whiny art school drunk. Now he's an actual photographer working with a design group. I've seen his stuff, it looks really professional and "edgy' or whatever. I kind of wanted to call and congratulate him but he'd probably be like "yeah, no thanks to YOU, Loser!"
Hard to believe, but most of my old friends are doing no better than me, or they're just very Christian and they're getting married and starting families.

[Dorothy Wood]

I know the girl who started [a hipstery women's] magazine...she's good friends with cordo's boy. it's weird to see someone you know as the publisher/editor of something. also in the latest issue with amy sedaris on the cover, there's a photo spread in it with these two dudes I know. I was like, "the fuck?"

my old boyfriend just bought a bmw. I told him to die. he's two years younger than me and makes about 10 times more money. he recently asked me to marry him and have his babies via text message though, so I might go ahead and do that and be a housewife. a SUPER AWESOME HIPSTER HOUSEWIFE. meh.

but for the most part, I hang with a bunch of kids who are doing pretty great stuff, but aren't getting recognized for it just yet.

[monkey]

sometimes i feel like my friends are passing me by, theyre all getting their job shit together and they've got all the things i had planned for myself at this point in my life. but then i realize the ways i have grown in that time, in ways they havent. and honestly, i dont envy them as much after that. i have a relationship my hotshot journalist friend is constantly striving and looking for. i have the kind of focus about my life right now that none of my friends have. i KNOW what i want to do with my life, finally. and they're just paying bills, going out every weekend and getting trashed, and trying to figure out why their hot lifestyle isnt making them as happy as they thought it would be at this point. sounds really stupid, but it's like a list of thing people go through, and i feel i went through the list in a different order.

so, get ready when i win my nobel prize in 15 years.

[ET]

I recently found out my graduating class' valedictorian works as an entertainer at a theme park and is homosexual.

That somehow made me feel better about my life.

[abcdefz]

my old boyfriend just bought a bmw.... he recently asked me to marry him and have his babies via text message




Babies by text message?

What'll they think of next.

[Dorothy Wood]

Babies by text message?

What'll they think of next.


ha ha. verra funny. I told him that he should sell his bmw so we can move to Rome and make babies to sell on the black market. then buy two bmw's!

[QueenAdrock]

Yeah, I saw the Valedictorian of the graduating class of '99 in an online mugshot. She got really drunk and started a fight with some girl in Miami. Hahaha.

As for me, I used to be jealous of what my friends did - one did cancer research, which is a really noble thing. Once I got my new job, and realized what I'm doing here, I actually really love it and feel good about myself - like I'm contributing positively to society and our current needs, rather than just pushing around papers in an office. So that's good news! (y)

[mickill]

I have a friend who's been in a few off Broadway musicals. He and his very wealthy investment banker sugar daddy recently moved from their apartment across the street from the Dakota in NY into a nice little flat in London. I'm not as envious of him as some other friends, but still.

Yeah, I'm probably most envious of my friend the cancer research tech. We're pretty much at the same point in our lives now. I guess I did buy a house before him, got married a year sooner and had a daughter a few months sooner than he did. But whenever we talk, I sometimes can't help but think, while he's helping work toward a cure for cancer, I'm helping to make boxes at a box factory. And that's kinda not as great.

[mickill]

No, he said it's pretty much a whole new look, actually. Two words stand out most from how he described it to me:"wider" and "meaner-looking". I guess that's technically three words.

[b i o n i c]

that sounds fucking sweet. is that same design going to go into the infiniti version? the infiniti one is the same as the z but with more luxury, right?

[mickill]

I never actually thought about that. I like the G35 better too, myself. To be honest, he only told me anything before his design was chosen. But now he's not allowed to talk about it at all. He doesn't have pictures of the scale clay model or anything anymore.

[HEIRESS]

I feel like Im doing well but also like my life has already been determined for me and Im like a big pool of stagnant poo

sure itll be cool to be under 30 and part owner of a successful lab in less than 5 years but...

all about the ... right now

Hmmm, yeah we'll see

[TAL]

I don't know anyone who's anything.

[hpdrifter]

One of my friends is in finance and trades stocks all the time. He makes a decent amount of money at it and he owns a new condo which I am insanely jealous of.

I think I am one of the more successful of my friends. That's kind of sad.

[Poster Boy]

I have a friend who is a singer songwriter. I'm really only envious of his prolific ability to write a song or two a day. And have them all be pretty fucking great. He recently recorded a full album which impresses me.

I usually don't feel to shitty when comparing myself to my group of friends cuz I, although I struggle to make them, I do make the movies. It just takes me fucking forever to write them. And I suck balls as a writer. If you gave me a script, I could launch right into making the thing, I just can't write.

People who've mastered every aspect of their craft piss me off.

I used to be envious of people who graduated college, cuz the whole college thing drove me fucking insane to the point of giving up on it. Then I realized a film degree is useless as fuck.

Also all my friends are getting married and I kinda wish I was. But you need a date first.

[b i o n i c]

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now picture that wider and meaner

[Dorothy Wood]

so...like a lamborghini?

[mickill]

Infiniti G35's have nothing to do with Nissan 350Z's.

They use the same Nissan platforms. But yeah, it's basically an American version of the Skyline, not a Z.

[Knuckles]

This thread brings up the question what is "success"?

I don't make a ton of money. (although I am starting a new job in October that makes quite a bit more than I do now(y) )

I'm not famous.

I have not done any big thing to change the world.

But, you know what? I consider myself a success. I've got the best wife anyone could ask for. I've got a little boy who couldn't be any cuter or sweeter. I make enough money to provide my family with everything they need.

I am happy!

[mikizee]

that infiniti looks like one appalling bad looking american car. why do americans take good things and fuck them up and make them look ugly? american cars suck.

[TurdBerglar]

This thread brings up the question what is "success"?

I don't make a ton of money. (although I am starting a new job in October that makes quite a bit more than I do now(y) )

I'm not famous.

I have not done any big thing to change the world.

But, you know what? I consider myself a success. I've got the best wife anyone could ask for. I've got a little boy who couldn't be any cuter or sweeter. I make enough money to provide my family with everything they need.

I am happy!


yeah

happiness equals success

[Bob]

This thread brings up the question what is "success"?

I don't make a ton of money. (although I am starting a new job in October that makes quite a bit more than I do now(y) )

I'm not famous.

I have not done any big thing to change the world.

But, you know what? I consider myself a success. I've got the best wife anyone could ask for. I've got a little boy who couldn't be any cuter or sweeter. I make enough money to provide my family with everything they need.

I am happy!

yes but other people make more money than you do, sooooo

i always worry about working too hard though. you work so hard and you get so far ahead until you find that your time is so valuable that you can't afford to spend it on things you want anymore.

[mp-seventythree]

Most of my friends are either graphic/product designers or are designers in the motor industry (two of them currently work for Nissan), and their jobs seem far more interesting and better paid than mine.

But I love my job, it's quite diverse, I get to spend lots of time outside and I get a lot of time off....and the pay isn't too bad either.

[ampm]

....a couple of months ago. A full-scale clay concept of it had to be shipped from San Diego to Japan last year. I was, naturally, very happy for him when he told me how far his design had actually gotten. I really wanted it to happen for him. And when it came down to just his and one other guy's designs, I knew he had it in the bag. He did as well, I'm sure.

I wasn't envious at all. Yet. He worked really hard to get to where he's at in life. He's a very talented artist. But now that his design's been chosen, I'm kinda like, well, I'm not going to be able to top that ever I don't think. I'm still very happy for him -- don't get me wrong -- but a part of me can't help but feel like, come on, man...what's with setting the bar so high?

So anyway, do any of your friends ever do things that make you feel a bit like an underachiever?

I think I want to quit my job.

It's not like you have the same job. So there's no competition there. Just be the best you can be at your job.

[Maisailana]

happiness=success sounds great, but most people need to sort of enjoy their job and make a somewhat comfortable living in order to be happy.