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mchookem

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  1. niece is a junior, taking her to visit UT School of Fine Arts in the spring. she's at a top-tier competitive AISD school, she'll probably end up top 15-28% but has excelled at art, has the pedigree (state competitions, NAHS, etc) and has pushed herself with English and science AP courses. 

    i looked into it, and UTSFA has 'holistic' admissions, portfolio and essay are the key. she wants to give it a shot. my heart would swell. 

    of course, i'm also taking her to atm 😒 i'm paying but i'm trying to be objective. i suspect she's going to hate it anyway 😁

    will also visit UTD and probably UH next fall. she actually has no idea yet what she wants to do. we'll see...

  2. can't UCF schedule some P5 schools for their OOC games? they are clearly dominating their current competition. if they really want to prove themselves, get some big boys on the schedule. they deserve a shot to show what they can/cannot do.

    of course, i guess there's not a lot of benefit in scheduling them...if you win,  you're supposed to, and if you lose you're gonna get embarrassed.

     

  3. with 10-15K armed military at the border and a good portion of the populace heavily armed and stirred into panic over 'invasion'...am i wrong to worry that an errant shot is going to trigger something horrible?

    this is just a terrible idea

  4. 32 minutes ago, Bruh Man said:

    Beto mentioned that he went to King County, Texas despite the county voting 96% for Trump. Apparently it's been labeled "the most anti-Obama" county in the U.S.

     

    that video makes me feel ill

  5. lived alone in west campus my freshman year but moved in with a friend i made in French class sophomore year. 

    she was a liberal goth chick from ohio, a virgin, didn't party, and had never had a close female friend before. she had a chemical imbalance and was obsessed with Disney. like, she wanted to decorate the apartment with Disney shit. pretty much the exact opposite of me and where i came from (think Houston burbs in the 80s). i think i thought she was interesting and it would be neat to live with someone so different. 

    9 month lease off far west...at about month 5 i started coming home and locking myself in my room regularly. just too many differences, got to where i couldn't stand her.

    plus, she had a COMPLETELY psycho cat that would attack unprovoked. she had to have his front and back claws removed, and then he'd still try to climb your leg just using his teeth! she had those filed down as well finally. he'd bat at my bedroom door and make that crazy angry cat sound. she finally had to have him put down.

    i eventually moved out and got another roommate that was great and i shared a bedroom with for 4 years. 

    her feelings were hurt and i kind of felt bad for a few years, she really didn't know how to have 'girl friends'.

    but, 20 years later we're both still in austin and still friends, hang out occasionally. everybody chills with age :)

  6. 41 minutes ago, SuingToGetAMessageBoard? said:

    Damn.  Just realized it’s a black church.  Never mind.  I meant fervent White churchgoers.  

    it may be a black church, but zoom in...lots of gray haired whites in that pic.

    in Tyler of all places, where last fall i saw a "11-8-16 America was saved!' and 'Thank God For Trump' in giant signs on the side of the highway. i have a lot of family in that area, so red.

    may be misplaced, but hope, i have it

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