The Shrine

<div style='font: 10pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Well, it seems I'll be laid up in bed longer than I thought...a month longer at the least. This means once I get back to STL after I have the surgery, I won't be able to go back to work, which means I won't have money to pay for a car or an apartment down in cape, so I won't be able to go back to school next semester. On top of all that, I won't be able to lift ANYTHING heavier than a book for up to 2 months after the surgery, on account of the bar moving and causing me tremendous pain. So I'm basically fucked until...the end of september, and since school starts for most people in august...well I won't be able to go back until january. FUCK. Oh and I'll be on so much painkiller I won't be able to go out and drink on my birthday the week after I get home.

On the good side of things, hey, I'm making a SHIT load of cash so I can buy stuff like Farscape DVD's so I don't have to fucking sit on my ass. I can probably convince my mom to get DSL hopefully, and maybe I'll make enough to buy a better computer to replace this one, which is semi-outdated. Then, once I get back on my feet (literally and figuratively) I can go back to work (hopefully) and make money to buy a decent car and save for an apartment and attend school in the spring.

But still, I hate missing a semester of school. I mean, I know what this surgery is going to accompilsh will be for the rest of my life, but does it have to ruin my present one? Fuck...</div>

<div style='font: bold 14pt "Courier New"; text-align: left; '>Sorry to hear that man, wish u the best there. :-)</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Don't give up just yet, try for a government student loan, usually the policy is that you pay no interest until a year (or something like that) after you've completed studies.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>We're here for ya, Barret! BTW...I think cable is faster than DSL.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Sit tight, you'll appreciate the time off. And if you get bored, there's always the Sine-G-Man soap opera to keep you entertainted :-)</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>Entertainted? Is that like "Entertained and violated" in one? I'm the violator. =8^D</div>

<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Look at the bright side, now you get some time off to play some video games... plus drinking on your 21st birthday is over-rated. I know you've gotten drunk before and I GUARANTEE you that you'll do it again.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Ehh...I'm going for the cheaper of the two.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt Arial; text-align: left; '>I've already got one, and that pays for tuition. I have to come up with the scratch to pay for housing, and I can't come up with 6 months of housing money in one month's time.</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Oh, well the situation is simple then, just work part time while at school, 20 hours a week is a good 200 bucks in American funds, just make sure you get a service job where you can spend spare time studying or playing GBA.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Hmm...this GBA you speak of...it is addictive no?</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>GBA SP is best, if you're working in an office it's thousands of times better than slacking by playing Solitare or something.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>...except no headphone jack</div>

<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>There's an adapter $1.99, if that breaks your pockets you got issues. :P</div>

<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>really? I did not know that-- nice</div>