Ya know...

[chaoswolf]

Sometimes being smart isn't as good as I think it is. Wondering to myself why bother making an achievement that is to you a major accomplisment, only knowing that your reward must be postponed until a better opportunity presents itself? Does anyone other than mdlbear understand this? In my opinion, there's nothing more disappointing than achieving an 83% (B-) on a math test, calling home & telling them about this, then being told "wait until a better opportunity presents itself." That really fucking bites!!!!

Why do I bother? Should I even tell them when I get high scores on anything if they're going to hold my reward in front of my face on a stick? Why the fuck do I even bother!?

Comments

[mdlbear]

OK, I'll just crawl back in my goddamn hole then. The fact that I was too drunk and tired to drive safely, busy with something else, pissed off at several people, and unwilling to go out to dinner twice in four days obviously doesn't matter.

FWIW, I do appreciate your accomplishment. Congratulations.

If I'd known...

[chaoswolf]

That you were drunk & all that shit, I might not have been that upset. OTOH, you don't remember what it's like being a teenager with math problems, do you?

Re: If I'd known...

[mdlbear]

My main problems were with history and PE; math was mostly easy. I remember banging out term papers on a manual typewriter and cursing under my breath the whole time -- does that count?

[chershey.livejournal.com]

I remember when I was at Harker, I passed by someone crying by the lockers because they got a "B" on a test. That made me feel bad since I didn't particularly care about my grades. (Of course now, I was disapointed that my GPA fell from a 4.0 to a 3.44 last quarter.)