I’m quite good, just saw The War Horse in the cinema and I thought it was really good…and I heard reviews that it was bad and all! I was sad though because I saw that it was based on a book just at the end so I couldn’t follow the pledge that Hank made that you have to read the book before seeing the film (readit1st.com)

Yeah it didn’t say it until the very end…usually they say it at the start, right?! In the opening sequence! I dunno. It was a good film in my opinion, I’d recommend it did make me a bit teary-eyed though..

Hey guys! I turned 18 back in December so I guess I can find a place in this thread I hope to be studying journalism this fall at university! I am from Canada!

How can you be at a between teenage and adult stage, at 19 you are a teenager at 18 you are an adult. see that one year overlap? of being a teenager and an adult or is that just in England?

Wow there are quite a few of us. I’m Elizabeth. I’m 19, most of the way to 20. (Although I hate to be reminded. It makes me think I ought to be an adult by now.) I’m studying Computer Science at a tiny women’s college. (Yes. Really.) I’m applying to study in Iceland this summer. I feel a little alone in that I’m not afraid of living in a box. Just afraid that the job that will keep me OUT of said box could eventually become soul sucking monotony. I’m also afraid because I’m in a long term committed relationship and I could theoretically get married any time. Oh god. Oh god. I’m not nearly grown up enough to get married. And yet it seems like it might only be a few years away. O_O

I’m Penny, a 20 year old canadian girl/woman, in my third year of a ‘Communication & Culture’ degree in the hopes of maybe being an architect? Although that still feels like far too much responsibility for me at the moment. I don’t feel talented enough really to do that. I’ll probably end up a librarian.

Right now I’d prefer to accompany @ernie9224 (Jake) and fall off the grid, live off the land. Simpler life and all that. Although honestly I’d probably use my last dollars to fly to Hawaii first. Sleep on the beach, weave leis to sell to tourists, buy 9 papayas for 2$. Being homeless in Hawaii doesn’t seem like too bad a gig, honestly.

Hi Abbey! Instead of discussing serious topics with 13 year olds, you can discuss the degree of fear you have of having to live out of a box in the near future with us. That seems to be the main unifying factor between all of us college age nerdfighters.

Hey, all! I’m 20 and this would be my 3rd year in college, but I’ve been taking this year off because I still have no idea what I’m going to do. I’ve thought about majoring in music, creative writing, psychology, so on. It seems like everything I have a genuine interest in is an exceptionally poor decision as far as making a living is concerned. So… yeah, hi!

Todd here, 23 and going to BYU studying computer science. Not graduated yet because I took a couple years off to do some other stuff, but I’m hoping to have my degree… sooner than later!

As for growing up and becoming a real boy, the thought is terrifying. I’ve wanted to be a game developer since I was like five. The first game board I ever designed was on cardboard salvaged from a cereal box, and I wrote my first video game design document when I was eight (it was basically just Castlevania). Unfortunately the thought of going out into the workforce and wrangling in a highly competitive field has me absolutely petrified. Anyone else feel that way?

O hey looky here, I fall into this category!

It’s going pretty well, thanks for asking.

I’m Matt, I’m 19 years old and I study Computer Science at university in the UK. c:

I suppose I might fit in somewhere here? Eighteen year old wannabe novelist checking in.

My friends, may i ask why this thread with an awesome potential, since it has the participation of so many nerdfighters (who are made of awesome!!), is kind of forgotten in Your Pants and has no discussion going on? only introductions?

let’s make something, discuss some, create blogs, youtube collabs with people from all over the world many things i leave the idea here
I leave here a link of one of the best magic tricks i ever seen, because of all the show that the magician put around the tricks xP http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/lennart_green_does_close_up_card_magic.html Comment on it or on another topic, let’s bring this thread to life! xD

Btw, Hi there I’m Pedro, but you can call me Peter. I’m 19 and I’m studying Bio-Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, i’m in the 2th year of college. I’m from Portugal, and I hope to make some friends in Nerdfighteria I love Dr. Who, Harry Potter and another nerdy things xD And also love music, to know curiosities, from the daily news to historical and science things, and i’m always in a good mood I’m also thinking to start a collab channel on Youtube somewhere this year with people around my age from around the world, nerdy and funny people to make vlogs and sometimes talk about some topics that they like, from science to some news they saw, always in a fun way kind of like Hank and John do, but in this case making some friends and knowing new people and cultures

Ok, this was a loooooong post, better shut myself up xD

(sorry for any mystakes in my english :s)

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I’m 21, and right now I’m working as a nanny. I’m hopefully going back to school next semester for Deaf Education.

Hey, I fall into this group. Technically, I’m both a teenager and an adult (19 in April), but I feel much more like a teenager. I’m studying at the local community college and plan to join the Marines upon completion of my Associate’s. I even have a job, because I’m far too poor to afford college on federal aid and scholarships alone! I do not feel old enough to have a job. I hate this culture that romaticizes youth and delays the emotional onset of adulthood so much, because it’s partially prevented me from ever taking any responsibility for anything (including the fact that I never take responsibility for anything)!

This seems like the perfect thread for me! I’m 21, Australian… trying to decide whether to go into the real world and find a real job (the prospect of applying for jobs terrifies me) or stay in the education system forever as a graduate student… then maybe a teacher… I still want to do some more travelling before I “settle down”, though. I was in the UK for 5 months last year and I really want to go to the USA and/or Canada! Finding travel buddies might be an issue though… Hmm. Yeah, so I was a history and politics major at uni but I’ve graduated now.
I have a question for you guys… As obviously intelligent, educated folks, don’t you find it irritating that you always have to have ‘experience’ to get jobs that are meant to GET you said experience?

Yay, a me category. I’m twenty and I’m a theatre major and acting/being part of the theatre is what I want to do with my life always. Currently, I’m going to community college because it’s the way I can spend the most time with my dad when he’s on R&R and my name is Nina! I wish I could live in the TARDIS that would be incredibly cool but I will also suffice to just live life to the fullest.

@inmylife228
That’s a complaint I’ve been hearing a lot lately that I don’t actually agree with. Businesses can’t afford to have incompetents tromping around their business until they get the hang of doing whatever work they’re required to do on their own (which could take years, depending on the business), and training costs money.

This also seems to be a problem exclusive to entitled rich kids who both, A) haven’t ever had to work to live before, and B) haven’t got the sense to lie on an application.

Fellow in-betweeners, hooray!

I’m Katy, age 20, and currently taking some time off school. I attended the local community college for 3 semesters with an intent to transfer to Texas A&M as an elementary education major by fall 2012. But about a month before the winter holidays, I realized that I don’t really want to be a teacher – I just wanted to feel like I had a plan. So I’m taking this semester off to work and contemplate what it is I really want to do with my life. Woo hoo identity crisis! o__o

EDIT: @gaypher – I apologize in advance if this comes off as rude or an attack, but please explain how it’s a “problem exclusive to entitled rich kids?” My family is not poor by any stretch of the imagination, but we don’t really have any financial “wiggle room,” either. I recently got extremely lucky to earn a job at a nearby Chipotle after my particular location had about 5 people all quit unexpectedly within weeks of each other. Previous to this job, I was a summer employee at Justice and spent the next several months working my butt off trying to get something to carry me until the holiday season. I couldn’t get anything. Not even at McDonald’s or some other fast food place. And by the time I realized that Justice was lying when they said they would call me back for the holidays (I poked my head in a few days before Christmas, they just hired all new people for the season) it was too late to get a seasonal job elsewhere.

So I don’t really understand how it’s my fault I had only a smidgen of experience. It was not for lack of trying, and excuse me for trusting that the company who DID employ me would keep their promise to bring me – someone they had already taken the time and energy to train – back in for Christmas. And yes, training can be expensive, and it’s time consuming. But at some point, some business is going to HAVE to make the effort to train people, or there will be no way to fill the gap when the current employees inevitably leave.

Also I’m very interested to learn how it’s ever appropriate or a good idea to lie on an application? Just seems like it’s guaranteed to backfire.

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Hey! we have the same last name!

I am looking for a job right now and it is pretty bad with so many places like Books- a- Million, fye, Target,and etc. requiring more experience . This makes it tough to even get hired on at the most basic of jobs. I was lucky enough to apply to a bank that counted every two years of college as a year of experience so I am hoping to hear from them.

Call me Jeremy! Thanks, I hope I get it. You make people buy clothes? Sounds interesting.

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I thoroughly approve of this thread.

Hey, I’m a 20 year old student, trying to get a BS in Aerospace Engineering. I like to watch kung-fu flicks, do urban exploring, and read a lot. Yes, I’m a girl. Glad to see there are other NF’s in my age group!

Hi, I’m Sophie. Surprisingly I’m a 19 year old student at university. I’m studying food science right now.
I’m doing pretty good especially considering its Reading Break here in Canada. A week without econ and chemistry is heaven.

btw. This thread is awesome. I love discussing all that is good and nerdy in this world!

@ayearofmiracles I totally get the identity crisis thing. I’m slowly starting to realize that working with solely science and lab equipment all day may not be exactly what I want to do for the rest of my life. Why does figuring out an ideal career have to be so hard?!

Hi. Just popping in to send everyone a virtual high-five! *puts hand up* *hopes to not be left hanging*

Is there room for another college-ager in here?

I’m 21 and in Denver, CO going to Colorado Christian University, and my only Nerdfighter friend is in D.C. for the semester and I probably won’t see them again since I’m graduating in may. D:

I’m just pretty stoked that YP is finally back! Yay!

Oh good, Nerdfighters my age. I feel like we’re a small minority ._.

I’m Caoimhe, I’m 20 years old and I’m currently a university dropout who just moved to Texas a week ago. I like moving and travelling and seeing new places and people! I think once I settle for a bit I’ll go back to school and I think I want to be a speech/accent/language coach. I WISH I could live off being an artist, but I would literally starve if I tried that.