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You have honored your parents’ memories. This is an admirable thing and an accomplishment you should be proud of. Congratulations, cumstainedjorts. 

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9 minutes ago, MAUFRAIS said:

You have honored your parents’ memories. This is an admirable thing and an accomplishment you should be proud of. Congratulations, cumstainedjorts. 

My therapist told me the same thing, and while I do agree and that's a good feeling, ultimately I did this for myself. This was a very personal thing for me. It's allowed me to reclaim my sleep, my literal dreams. I'm not being hyperbolic here, my sleep has dramatically improved. It feels so good.

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There's never a bad time to chase something that will make you better, and feel better about yourself.  And there's no feeling better than catching that thing you've been chasing.  Congratulations.

And fuck yes, HOOK 'EM.

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Just now, Brisketexan said:

As I understand, the only item we are authorized to send is a wreath.  We have a fund for that.

immac is throwing a party for him. even started a thread !

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15 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

so are we supposed to send you a gift ?

Sounds like he could use a few new pairs of shorts!

Seriously, though, congratulations!

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Just now, C-Man said:

Sounds like he could use a few new pairs of shorts!

Seriously, though, congratulations!

 

what new grad couldn't use some best buy coupons ??

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I don't often use the "hook 'em" rep - I'm not Texan, didn't go to UT; that belongs to all of you and not a guest from Outside. In this case, however, I think it's warranted. Congratulations for making it happen and never giving up - you may have thought you did at times, but in your heart you never did. So, yeah - Hook 'em!

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I read the whole thing; it wasn't too long. That was the best thing I've heard all day. Thank you for sharing and congratulations! Being a graduate of the University of Texas is one hell of an achievement. 

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1 hour ago, CumStainedJorts said:

My therapist told me the same thing, and while I do agree and that's a good feeling, ultimately I did this for myself. This was a very personal thing for me. It's allowed me to reclaim my sleep, my literal dreams. I'm not being hyperbolic here, my sleep has dramatically improved. It feels so good.

Your therapist calls you cumstainedjorts? That sounds like something you should see a therapist about.

But in the meantime, Hook 'em and congrats!

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2 hours ago, CumStainedJorts said:

I have to share with people who will understand how much this means to me, because my folks are dead now and I don't have other family.

Rachel Dratch Snl GIF by Saturday Night Live

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1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

so are we supposed to send you a gift ?

It's cool, I sent him some new jorts. Needs a fresh start with some clean job interview threads.

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Great story. And eerily similar to a situation a family member faces, including the Japanese. Here’s to hoping your success leads to inspiration for them too. 

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4 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

I’m disappointed OP wasn’t written in Japanese

Tldr?  He never mastered the Japanese….  Congrats, that is an awesome story! 

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9 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Cool deal. Imagine if someone had told you about substituting another class for the one you were missing 20 years ago. 

I already knew about that back then, that's what I came to discuss with my counselor when the JPN professor retired and I was stuck. The reason I had that art appreciation course under my belt was because that was my original major's degree requirement, 2 foreign language plus a cultural course. I asked her if we could try to see if the university would let me sub in the cultural course considering the circumstances, and she simply said no. Today, with the benefit of hindsight from actually going through the process, I now know it wasn't actually the counselor's place to tell me no. They advise you, but they don't make the actual decisions. You're supposed to petition to see if it'll count, and the university makes a decision. They'll normally go with whatever the counselor is advising, but it's ultimately not their call. So my counselor straight up telling me no was her being very bad at her job. When my new counselor told me I could take a cultural course, I was locked and loaded ready to go. I remember my hairs on my legs standing up on end when I read her email suggesting it, I was so excited.

I try not to think about the decade+ lost. The job opportunities that passed me up. I can't do anything about that, and concentrating on it will just make me angry. I'm in such a good mood these days that I don't want to ruin my excitement over the future by ruminating the past. I chalk it up to a life lesson and a unique story now, completely at peace with it.

My new counselor was wonderful, btw. She put in a lot of work for me, the entire time she was actively looking for ways to get me my degree. I actually found out I was approved for graduation from her before the university sent notice. I got a buzz on my phone that an email came in with the subject title "You're awesome!" Inside was her congratulating me and telling me that I had done it. I honestly hope I can somehow meet her in May and tell her thanks face to face. She'll always have a special place in my heart going forward, she made a major impact on my future.

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4 hours ago, 4th and 5 said:

Nightmares of helplessness suck. I only had them about waiting tables and law school. 
 

Congratulations and hook ‘em. 

I also have had those kinds of dreams about waiting tables before, haha. What made these so much worse is that they weren't simply nightmares. Normally when you have those dreams, you wake up and are thankful that they were just a dream and it wasn't real. For me, I was waking up to the same nightmare. It was like I couldn't even find peace in sleep, there was no where I could go for respite from the constant shame and disappointment. It was like my own subconscious poking at my most sensitive wound. It really, really sucked, and I'm so glad I haven't had that dream in a while now.

9 hours ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

Your therapist calls you cumstainedjorts? That sounds like something you should see a therapist about.

But in the meantime, Hook 'em and congrats!

Cums for short. "You're killing me, Cums!"

  

6 hours ago, Bevo Num1 said:

So all that could've been avoided if you took Spanish? 

Jk, man. Congratulations!

YES! I actually speak Spanish! I took Japanese because my mom urged me to take a different language, to get something out of the money I was spending at Texas. Very bad decision. When I was doing the rapid-fire minimesters at HCC, I should have just switched to Spanish. By the time I realized it, I was out of money and dead broke.

  

5 hours ago, Sawbonz said:

I’m disappointed OP wasn’t written in Japanese

I do still remember some very, very basic stuff. テレビを見ている. But by JPN3, we're expected to read books and write essays, and I could not do that to save my life.

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Congratulations and I'm happy you found a counselor that cared about you and helped you make it across the line.  People like that are worth their weight in gold. 

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