Forks in your road

[Kid Presentable]

The moments where you know there were two (or more) courses of action, and the one you chose got you where you are today. And you can't help but think about what if? Do you ever wonder about what would be if you'd never chosen your path, chosen another?

I came to Perth in 2000 (my second visit to see Ma Duke). I could have gone back to NZ in 2001 and lord only knows what. I expect I would have wound up in jail, rehab or dead. I'm glad I stayed in Perth; met my wife and sorted my shit out. Still, it's crazy to think I have been so close to that other life.

It weighs on my mind to the point not where I'm regretting my decisions, but rather that I'm revelling in imagining the story of the vagrant I could have been. Like those old Marvel 'What if?' comics.

[b i o n i c]

i'd be a cokehead stockbroker.

[Kid Presentable]

i'd be a cokehead stockbroker.

That rules.

[b i o n i c]

and a bad one. i woulda ended up with a bullet in my head or splattered on the sidewalk.

[Kid Presentable]

I imagine the character in my what if would have been a dick like me, but cooler than I am. Cool to a fault. It's like the nerd in me won out and I'm happier this way. I've always been kind of conflicted, and the fork kind of represents which side of me would have won; the destructive one or the insular knobhead.

[hellojello]

It's another point of view
Look at me when I was you
I could never die again
I won't lose another friend

[beastieangel01]

I hate hate hate not knowing which road to choose. Especially when they are about equal, just different. I wish I could know which one will turn out best. But I guess that's life, right?

I'm having that issue coming up for me soon, in fact.

[Bob]

i wonder what would have happened if i'd picked a different law school

i haven't really made any friends here

i've come to realize i don't much like most of these people

though maybe all law students are like this...maybe worse

[hpdrifter]

I don't think you choose these moments, though. I can look back and point to two maybe three specific moments in my life where I only realized what had happened after the fact.

It was later that same night or the next day that I KNEW that I had made a choice. But when I was making it I didn't know I was.

[Teh]

Well, i wonder what would've happened if i'd picked a different university. Maybe if i'd moved out rather than decided to stay close to home.

I'd probably have more fun and worry less about stupid shit.

[Randetica]

forks!

[Bob]

fork off

[DIGI]

and a bad one. i woulda ended up with a bullet in my head or splattered on the sidewalk.

Rock n Roll, dude.

[Yetra Flam]

lol, life options.
still getting it sorted out at the moment. i'll get back to you in a year.

[Bob]

i wonder what would have happened if i'd picked a different law school

i haven't really made any friends here

i've come to realize i don't much like most of these people

though maybe all law students are like this...maybe worse

so i'm beginning to wonder if law school wasn't a horrible choice

as i said, i really haven't made very many friends at law school; i have a close circle, but for the most part i really don't care much for most of the people that i know. they're either too political or too annoying or too nerdy (and that's coming from me for god's sake) or some combination of the three

and the fact that i haven't been making many friends at law school (because i don't like many of these people, be reminded) had got me doubting myself, making me think that i was an unlikeable person, a nerd, etc etc

but the other night i met up with a group of non-law-students and i immediately hit it off with them. it's like i hardly even had to try, all i had to do was get drunk and be myself and i'd had more fun with a group of people than i'd had in a year (i started law school about year ago as of today). but i dunno, at this point, what else am i gonna do? and it's not that i dislike the idea of law as a profession, in fact i kind of like the idea, i have no doubt that this is the kind of thing that i'm capable of doing. i watched a few good men yesterday, i could totally be a trial lawyer

it's just on a personal level, i really kind of hate how isolated i'm feeling, i miss having friends

[Kid Presentable]

^^^Paying your dues, man.

[Bob]

^^^Paying your dues, man.

paying my dues??? you don't know what it's like out there man! i'm the one putting my ass out on the line! and i'm not out of order! you're out of order! this whole freakin system's out of order! you want the truth?!?! you can't handle the truth!!! when you put your hand into a pile of goo that used to be your best friend's face...you'll know what to do!!! forget it kid...it's chinatown!!!

[Kid Presentable]

You've got to go through the rain, to get to the rainbow. Do you know which 'philosopher' said that? Dolly Parton.

And people say she's just a pair of tits.

[mikizee]

paying my dues??? you don't know what it's like out there man! i'm the one putting my ass out on the line! and i'm not out of order! you're out of order! this whole freakin system's out of order! you want the truth?!?! you can't handle the truth!!! when you put your hand into a pile of goo that used to be your best friend's face...you'll know what to do!!! forget it kid...it's chinatown!!!

der, homer says 'you want the truth?' TWICE, not once.

Way to fuck it up :p

Good to see you had a good night out with some new people, thats always fun.