Guess I should reintroduce myself!

Well guys, I know I used to hit the forums hard all day and night, but since February I've barely managed to post. However, life has finally turned a couple corners in the right direction and have more and more free time to do as I please. Which means more down time back at the greatest forum on the Web with some of the coolest people out there.

For those wondering why I was gone? Simple. I was pushing myself too hard to accomplish other peoples dreams for me. That included Vet school among a long list of them. However, I never really wanted any of it, and over the summer I started taking business classes just out of need for more hours. Well, I fell in love with small business management and business law/ethics. Sadly all those long hours at PetCo to pay off A&M for a biomedical science degree is mostly of little use now since business school needs only so many science classes, I chalk it up to a learning experience. Which works, because even though that pushes back my graduation date by a fair bit, I am in debt to no man and finally feel like I'm working towards MY future. So, even though I still got to pay the bills and take the classes, I have managed to remove a bunch of burdens on my time and energy and can now focus on MY interests. So... I'm smiling now!!! :D

Rock on wit cho bad self Ben.

Glad to hear thangs is goin well!!!

Glad things are looking up Ben, good to hear from ya!

Welcome back Ben!!! So are you still at A&M? My college plans are taking me there when I graduate, looking forward to it!:D

Yea, I'm still at A&M for the moment, I'm awaiting to hear as to whether I'll be able to transfer to the business school here before looking elsewhere. I have pretty decent grades, but mays is not so simplt to transfer into.

btw patty... my lifelong passion has made a dramatic re-emergence recently in an interesting way. I have always been a good drawer, in fact, back in HS I made top 50 in the texas visual arts scholastic event for my age group. However I havn't been able to draw for some time now as I have been WAY to busy to find time, or to clear my head long enough to do so. But the other day one of my friends was looking at getting a certain tattoo when I proceeded to tell him I could design him something along the same lines, but WAY cooler. Needless to say 45 minutes after I found a sharpie and managed to convice him I wasn't going to draw obcene things on him... he was showin off himself to his tattoo artist who is now training me how to use a tattoo machine so I can make my friends sketch permanent one day. Guess I'll have to actually get a tattoo before I tattoo someone else though... lol :P

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btw patty... my lifelong passion has made a dramatic re-emergence recently in an interesting way. I have always been a good drawer, in fact, back in HS I made top 50 in the texas visual arts scholastic event for my age group. However I havn't been able to draw for some time now as I have been WAY to busy to find time, or to clear my head long enough to do so. But the other day one of my friends was looking at getting a certain tattoo when I proceeded to tell him I could design him something along the same lines, but WAY cooler. Needless to say 45 minutes after I found a sharpie and managed to convice him I wasn't going to draw obcene things on him... he was showin off himself to his tattoo artist who is now training me how to use a tattoo machine so I can make my friends sketch permanent one day. Guess I'll have to actually get a tattoo before I tattoo someone else though... lol :P

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Dude there you go!!! Start on your legs LOL

Good to see you again, Ben. And Good for you!! Sometimes people never figure that out. Took me over 19 years... and changing your entire 'future' is not easy. Good luck with the new major!

Welcome back Ben.

I am glad to hear that you are happy. When it comes down to it, you have to make sure that you are happy with where you are. Otherwise it will make you miserable. You sound like you have found something you really enjoy, and thats what matters.

Kudos!

Now, how about that rescue dog? You still have her?

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Good to see you again, Ben. And Good for you!! Sometimes people never figure that out. Took me over 19 years... and changing your entire 'future' is not easy. Good luck with the new major!

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THANKS! In retrospect I wish I figured this out sooner, it would have saved me a ton of money (even more than switching to geico :O), but then again... Better now than 10 years from now!:cool:

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Welcome back Ben.

I am glad to hear that you are happy. When it comes down to it, you have to make sure that you are happy with where you are. Otherwise it will make you miserable. You sound like you have found something you really enjoy, and thats what matters.

Kudos!

Now, how about that rescue dog? You still have her?

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Yeah, I still have baby the pitbull. She's doing so well, still attacks anyone entering the apartment in baseball caps, but then again, she'll go up to random strangers now and let them pet her. The more I look at her the more I think she looks like a T-rex. She has a HUGE head for her body. I guess she has a pitbull head and a boxer body, but I'm amazed she doesn't topple over from balance problems! lol. I really need to get a new camera because I' love to post new pictures of her. Also, her eating problems are gone now and she'll eat whatever she can find!!! She's the best running partner I've ever had.

Sweet Ben. I was so hoping you still had her. I remember her story from day 1.

I am so glad to hear she got to stick around. I would definitely love to see pics of her.

Sounds like she is doing awesome.

My shar pei pitbull mix has just the opposite problem. Her head is small, but her body is really bulky, she kind of reminds of the shrunken head thing lol

Yea, she's a hos. Makes me think of the T-rex from "Meet the Robinsons"... I have a big head and little arms!!!

I would love to see pics of the shrunken head dog!

Way to go Ben! Nice to see you back and on the right track!

Thanks Diana

Hello Ben! My name is still Melanie! Nice to re-meet you! :P Glad things are going well!

Hi Melanie! I believe I have met you before... you seem familiar in some way... :P

What?!??? U were gone????? :rolleyes::P:rofl:

Glad to hear that things are looking brighter for you.

Yeah, it's the s***s to spend the time, money and effort/hard work, to start over, but you're lucky you've discovered it NOW, instead of later!!!!!

Congrats to you.

So, with the changes, are U no longer starring w/the buzz haircuts???? :D (R U still in military training?)

As for the tatt, can't wait to see what you've finally decided on. < I remember your tattoo post and the subsequent discussion. > :)


Welcome back.


RuLyn

It's funny... at first I wasn't really sold on getting a tattoo at all, but since I've been doodling again, I'm working on a full back and shoulder piece just for me. I need a camera to take pics to show what I've come up with so far, but the centerpiece of my back is going to be an angel with no halo, and one broken wing. I know fallen angels are not that uncommon as far as tattoos go. But this one has a very sentimental meaning to me. My parents and I havn't really gotten along in quite some time, but since my mom first heard that song by trent tomlinson, she's called me her angel with no halo. But unlike most tattoo's, this one is not about the details. But actually the lack there of. I want it to look like a Japanese calligrapher painted it on my back with a thick black brush. So far I'm quite excited about getting it done, but I know ultimately I'm going to have to rely on the skill of the tattoo artist to put it from paper to skin. I mostly got the idea after looking at the image in the link below, and thought the calligraphy style would be amazing.

http://wunschpunsch.deviantart.com/a...attoo-83109334

Then in similar style I'm going to have an ouroboros (for infinity) on one shoulder, and then some sort of gemini design on the other. What I'm working on now is finding a way to artfully tie it all together. But I want the whole thing planned out before a drop of ink finds it's permanent home.

More people need Gemini tats! :D Sounds like a cool idea, Ben!