Fuck.

[logansrogue]

Well. I enrolled today at TAFE. I was both stupidly excited and then incredibly nervous, cause I saw my prospective classmates.

They are all:

a) Younger than me
b) Way cooler than me.

Now, I am not going there to make friends. I'm going there to get my career started. But still, it's something that I worry will make my time there difficult. I'm just - daggy, old and uncool compared to these young hip kids. They're where I was years ago and I know I'll never fit in. Oh well.

I'll concentrate on my music.


What year was it?
1992-1996

What were your three favorite bands?
The Beatles, The BeeGees and Regurgitator

What was your favorite outfit?
Hippy clothes. Flares, hippy skirts, roman sandals (oh how I miss them!) and loose gauzy tops (FOOL! The one time in my life I could have gotten away with dressing utterly skimpy, and I was MODEST!!)

What was up with your hair?
Long and healthy and straight and gorgeous and I looked good with it. Nothing was up with it at all.

Who were your best friends?
Bianca and Sam and Emma. :) But for the most part, Bianca. And Meryki was a good friend, too. :) I used to have a friend in year eight called Alesha, or something like that. She was totally nice to me. I spent a lot of time with a bunch of people - Bryony, Estelle (the most graceful person I've known, I think), Kylie.

What did you do after school?
I spent hours practicing my songs in my rooms, and miming music in front of a mirror, practicing my presentation technique.

Where did you work?
I didn't work. I was a student.

Did you take the bus?
No. Oh - sometimes I did, yes.

Who did you have a crush on?
A Trek Geek called Adam (I think his last name was Sparnon) who ended up being totally gay. I don't remember what the heck I saw in him. The most humourous thing was the both of us gazing at Wil Wheaton adoringly together, and me never grabbing a clue that *maybe* he wasn't quite straight. The prick still has my damned Wil Wheaton drawing!!! (I want it back! Bwah!)

Did you fight with your parents?
All the freakin' time. But that happens when you're changing so fast.

Who did you have a CELEBRITY crush on?
Wil Wheaton. LE SIGH! *cracks up*

Did you smoke cigarettes?
Hell no.

Did you lug all of your books around in your backpack all day because you were too nervous to find your locker?
No. I lugged all my books around cause I couldn't be fucked using my locker. My locker was a warp in the space-time contiuum where new life-forms were born of my abandoned home ec pracs and maths books I never used sat and gathered dust.

Did you have a 'clique'?
*snort* No. I hated them and secretly wished they'd let me in them, and when I did get to know the 'popular' kids, realised they were all as frightened and uninteresting as I was.

Did you have "The Max" like Zach Kelly and Slater?
Who?

Admit it, were you popular?
Okay, I'll admit it - everyone thought I was a huge nerd.

Who did you want to be just like?
Drag Queens. I wanted to be fabulous like Drag Queens. Now, Drag Queens want to be fabulous like me. Or I like to think so. *snorts at self*.

What did you want to be when you grew up?
A world-famous singer of amazing ability.

Where did you think you'd be at the age you are now?
Fucking famous and married to some gorgeous rich cunt.

Comments

[likebunnies.livejournal.com]

I always think that slightly older (or even older) students have a better chance at succeeding because they're serious about it all. They want to succeed and aren't just there to be cool and party. You'll do just fine!

And by the way, you are cool so quit it! And beyond that, you are incredibly talented and you know what you want. Best of luck with it all!

[nicoli-dominn.livejournal.com]

Dude, I wish there was still hippie clothing around. I liked it when bellbottoms came back into fashion. But how come the Roman sandals didn't come back? Those are so badass.

And dude, seriously...you are way cool. Just because everyone's younger than you doesn't mean they'll think you're not cool. Hell, I think you're awesome and I'm 17, aren't I? I'll bet that in person, you're even MORE awesome. YOu seem like you have a really fun personality. Seriously. ::HUGS::

[commanderteddog.livejournal.com]

Aw. Don't worry about not making friends.

I'm in my 4th semester of college now. My school is over a 1000 kilometers from home and I knew nobody when I first moved. I was a bit scared because I was older (20) then most of the students (17-18), although I look and act a little young for my age. It just took some time to find people around the college that I clicked with, about a few months (Who knew there were so many MST3K fans up here?). Some of the people I've met I have become really close friends with and others turned out to be total losers. Plus I've met people who I have strange connections with. One friend from the local university used to live 2 blocks from my house and we had never met before.

There's nothing cooler then hoping into a car full of your friends and going on stupid adventures between classes. *grins*

[http://users.livejournal.com/doctor_k_/]

My friend baby_elvis is enrolled in TAFE this year. She's 40. She's been a school teacher for many years, and may even end up as a classmate of former students.

There's also special_trille at TAFE. Not sure of her age, but it's 20 something fer sure.

And it's not like you're old and married and living in the burbs with sprogs...

[pooxs.livejournal.com]

first year at uni, and my best friend jodie was 7years older than me

shes still 7years older than me obviously, but the difference in first year seems much greater.

dont worry, youre way cool, and theyre dumb not to be friends with wonderful you, especially because of all the experience youve had!

[azinazelle.livejournal.com]

Current Music: "I Wanna Suck Famous Cock" by my wild imagination

And where can I download this? ; )

(BTW you are fantastically cool. If they don't want to be your friend fuck 'em)

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

Thanks, dude! *hugs* Amongst people my own age and older, I am cool. But nobody is cool amongst younger kids once they're past 21. Really. It's the nature of the beasties.

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

Thanks, sweety! *hugs* See, you're not one of these people at this school. These are kids that want to be rock stars. You can see it a mile off. And I'm just worried that they'll be so conscious about their image and the state of the industry that they won't see the value in learning from someone older than them. Not that I have much to teach, really.

I hope the younger people at this school are as nice as you are. It'd be a fun time then!

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

No, I'm not. But remember - this is hypercool music students, here. You should see them. They all look like they stepped out of music videos. I never realised how out of the loop I am with my style before I saw these guys. Well. I have my own style-loopage, I guess, that I'm perfectly happy with.

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

Nowhere, yet. But I might write it eventually. LOL!

[likebunnies.livejournal.com]

As a 34 year old, I know that too well! I'm at that age where the kids are embarrassed to have me in the same room. Like they say, youth is wasted on the young.

hypercool

[http://users.livejournal.com/doctor_k_/]

True. Gina's only doing fashion design. Way less cool.

heehehehehhehe

[(Anonymous)]

OMG Nancy! This is getting spooky, you knew Adam! Have I got a picture to show you sometime! ~Jo, Ebbies Jo. (PS, lets karaoke again sometime, maybe you can teach me to not suck ;)

Re: heehehehehhehe

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

How is he these days? (If you know). He did have nice eyes, and I remember everyone gave him the nickname 'Abu' cause he looked like the monkey from Aladdin. BWahahaha. :) And yes - we must karaoke again!

Adam Sparnon

[(Anonymous)]

Who is Nacey? Email me at adamlee@vtown.com.au :-)