realy how old are you

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SANMI

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 2:18 AM

I was just wondering how old are most ,ff, I keep reading how most of you are married or engaged or in high school well me Im going to be 15 any way I have loved firefly since I was 13 in the beginning I got attracted to firefly because of my favrite actor MR Alan Tudyk.
So my real qustion is are any of you in middle school or is it just me and yes I know this is a stupid qustion I just wanted to know.

AURAPTOR

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 2:36 AM

Old enough to be your daddy. (sorry,- no offense meant ) Ok...I'm 39.

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. Worked that out myself. "

VENA

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 2:37 AM

19

College is fun in that whole "My Goddess, Who's flying this thing, and where are we going!!" kind of way

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DELIA

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 3:07 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Vena:
19

College is fun in that whole "My Goddess, Who's flying this thing, and where are we going!!" kind of way

I'm 26, and wait till you hit grad school. I'm not even sure which ship I'm on at this point, let alone who's flying it or where its going.

RKLENSETH

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 3:10 AM

I'm 19 and in college.

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

BLAZINGBUG

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 3:11 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Delia:
Quote:
Originally posted by Vena:
19

College is fun in that whole "My Goddess, Who's flying this thing, and where are we going!!" kind of way

I'm 26, and wait till you hit grad school. I'm not even sure which ship I'm on at this point, let alone who's flying it or where its going.

38 within the week. We're all passengers together, and it's about the trip, not the destination.

"Wacky fun..."

SAMURAIX47

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 3:13 AM

39 and i'm stayin that way!

Jaymes

THATWEIRDGIRL

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 3:20 AM

Getting close to 28. You'd never guess it by looking at me---or talking to me.

www.thatweirdgirl.com

SEVENPERCENT

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 3:51 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Delia:
Quote:
Originally posted by Vena:
I'm 26, and wait till you hit grad school. I'm not even sure which ship I'm on at this point, let alone who's flying it or where its going.

Yeah- 30 here, and I agree totally- And not only that, but the flight's costing me a fortune-

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POETIC4U

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 4:09 AM

I'm almost 21, I guess I should be happy. This whole being an adult thing is hard -- I wish I had a gun and a cargo ship the flies places and shoot whoever gets in my way. Seems a whole lot shinier than what I've got going.

Nadia

"Older men declare war, but it is the youth who must fight and die. And it is the youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow, and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war"
- Herbert Clark Hoover

"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - Martin Luther King Jr.

DELIA

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 4:13 AM

Sevenpercent,

What we need is some sort of frequent studier program -- you know, where you can hand in all the hours in the library or computer lab for some kind of free class session (with a Saturday night layover).

Delia

THEFOP

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 4:13 AM

21, third year university. Which officially means this time next year I have to decide if I'm moving back to my hometown or going elsewhere. And I'll have to find a job. Which is good, because n doing so I will acquire a source of income.

Oh, yeah, and the roommate who introduced me to firefly also made me start sounding REALLY prententious when I talk. Picked up his speech patterns

once the snow got so deep you almost couldn't hear margaret atwood

FOURSKYS

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 4:27 AM

Quote:
I'm 26, and wait till you hit grad school. I'm not even sure which ship I'm on at this point, let alone who's flying it or where its going.

23 here, and in grad school. You've got that one right...

SNEAKER98

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 4:30 AM

18 in college.. and yes, who's flying this thing?

"I do the job... and then I get paid. Go run your little world."
-Malcolm Reynolds

STIZO

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 4:35 AM

20 years old and doin the college thing.
Yay for Software Engineers!

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Conquering the galaxy with terrifying space monkeys, one ship at a time...

SIGMANUNKI

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 4:35 AM

27 and in University... again :( Damn IT industry falling to

Math is good, but, like others, my path in unclear.

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"If you truly love the memory, you must set it free()!" -Me
"Also, I can kill you with my brain." -River

GRIMCHAOS

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 5:22 AM

19 and doin' the whole college thing

JENTLE

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 5:34 AM

27.... I miss school, but it looks like I'm going back - my arms got torn up by working at a computer and after 3 years and 6 surgeries it's time to get retrained!

I think I wanna be a midwife - "Who do you think is in there?"

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Every well-bred petty crook knows that the small concealable weapons always go to the far left of the place setting.

SEVENPERCENT

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 6:10 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Delia:
Sevenpercent,

What we need is some sort of frequent studier program -- you know, where you can hand in all the hours in the library or computer lab for some kind of free class session (with a Saturday night layover).

Delia

Out of curiosity, what are you in for? Masters program in Literature and Language Arts here- Everyone else welcome to respond also-

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He looked bigger when I couldn't see him.

NORUDDINWAY

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 6:34 AM

21 here, I'm going to college so I can become a network director (no joke). Maybe I will have a say in what gets put on and stays on the air. Great shows like Wonderfalls and Firefly get tossed aside while tripe like Charmed and Enterprise stay on the air... not when I'm in charge.

You only gotta scare him.

Pain is scary.

KINGOFKOINS

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 6:36 AM

18 years old, and wonderfully lost.

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It's sickening how comforting the privacy of the mind can be.
"Bible's broken; contradictions, false logistics. Doesn't make sense." - River
http://stripe.filetap.com

STATIC

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 7:16 AM

I'm 32, going on 19, look 25, fully career-ed (with this irritating little 'side-job' of soldiering), engaged, and guess what? You NEVER figure out 'who's flying this damn thing' until you're on your way out. So my advice is to enjoy the ride. . .even the bumpy parts.

Gorram that made me sound old.

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"Wash. . .we got some local color happening. A grand entrance would not go amiss."

SASJA

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 7:33 AM

32 here, software developer (though my education is BA and MA in Philosophy, with a BSc in both of Computer Science and Physics), married. I think I've always known the right answer to "Who's flying this thing!?" (viz. "Oh right, that would be me"), but that doesn't mean it's easy.

LTNOWIS

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 11:29 AM

I'm 15, but I've been watching the show since I was 13. (Started with the 2nd episode aired)

DELIA

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 11:32 AM

Masters in Library Science. I'm actually really enjoying it, I'm just at the point of the semester where I'm seriously wondering why I left all this work for the last minute.

ZOID

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 11:53 AM

Eldest thus far, I'm 45, a grampa twice over, air traffic control specialist for the past 18 years. Who's flying this thing? I'm not sure, but I doubt very seriously it's any of the pilots I've talked to...

DUCESTECUM

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 11:58 AM

Read all of the responses and just want to say that all of you including the 39 year old are still children! After adulthood one never gets older on the inside, only on the outside (got that from my 90 year old auntie). Anyway, I'm 55 and still flyin'.

And I'm thinkin' you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling

ECGORDON

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 11:59 AM

You're not the eldest anymore, Zoid.

53, and still going strong, just don't know my destination yet.

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

MILORADELL

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 12:38 PM

34, college-edumacated (BA South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, English Lit), married and no kids. It's awesome - double income no kids! Woohoo!!

As to who's flying - nobody. We're sorta' spinning out of control until we hit something, and then we just change direction...

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I know your name, Jackass.

BROWNCOAT1

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 12:46 PM

I am 35 and am a marketing director for one of the largest companies in Richmond.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

CHRONICTHEHEDGEHOG

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 1:02 PM

I'm 20 and a lazy bum.... err, media student.

check out my WIP firefly roleplay system at www.estador.co.uk/firefly

SOULOFSERENITY

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 1:12 PM

21, engaged, and my significant other is the one flying this ship...

______________________

But if your hand touches metal, I swear by my pretty floral bonnet, I will end you.

APEMAN61

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 1:23 PM

I'm a 20 year old college rugby player

"Rule of thumb? Maybe it should be rule of wrist."

ASTRIANA

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 1:27 PM

29 (30 in June), married, my mild-mannered alter-ego does administrative assistant work in Florida, but I'm a real estate investor in disguise. Two furry children, no human ones just yet.

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

KNIBBLET

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 1:45 PM

I'm 42 and manage a construction company.

I have certificates in several disciplines but no sheepskin. Everywhere Uncle Sam sent me, I went to school.
I studied what sounded interesting so, no, I don't have a degree; however I can speak semi-intelligently on 98% of the subjects in the world.
Heck, I still try to take at least one class a year just to keep my brain from rotting in my skull.
As for who is flying this ship through the black ... I tend to think that there's not enough solid matter to out there for us to smack in to for me to worry about.

"Just keep walkin, preacher man."

STILLSHINY

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 1:54 PM

30, I do tech support for rednecks!
and I love it

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn." --Joss

SLAYERFAITH

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 1:58 PM

I'm 26 and a computer technician in a local college in PA

HATEHATEHATEFOX

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 2:06 PM

Just turned 35, married, one 4 year old daughter. I am a database admin when I'm not watching FF.

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Nothing is ever so profoundly regretted as a kind act.
Robertson Davies

DROKKA

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 2:39 PM

I'm 34 and work for food and a roof. Nothing special. Aiming for perpetual travel though.

d~

CYBERSNARK

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 2:58 PM

24, just finished University (just waiting for the actual graduation ceremony to roll around.

English honours major, but with a semester of Graphic Design from before I got my head on straight. Hoping to go into writing, but currently looking for any job that'll keep me away from Cornwall (i.e., Hicksville, Canada).

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HIGHIRON02

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 3:08 PM

40, I work for as an Engineer Technician for a public works in Northern California. Defender of my country, but only on the weekends. As for flying this thing, I do, but only if this thing you refer to is a UH-1 Huey. I suspect that you (all) are refering to the much bigger picture.

Hey Zoid. If you work for NorCal Tracon, I probably have talked to you.

We got you partially surrounded.

WHOODAHN

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 3:32 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by ecgordon:
You're not the eldest anymore, Zoid.
53, and still going strong, just don't know my destination yet.

Whew!

For awhile there I thought I was the oldest one here, I'm 47 but I look 46.

SPERCUSSIONIST

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 3:37 PM

47, purchasing agent by day, musician by night. Two kids (married daughter, son attending SFSU)and a wife tolerant of my Deacon Blues Syndrome.

ARDEN

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 3:37 PM

24 here, out of college and curiously directionless. It seems as soon as college is done I lost my purpose.

Like to attend graduate school soon, but in which field I'm not quite sure. Either film or theatre direction, I'd like to study both but can't decide which yet.

As for those of you who are in college wondering "who's flying this thing?," wait until you get done with school. It just gets more complicated. I'll pose the question, as so many of you here seem so wisened in the ways of the world: is it normal to lose your direction after college? Or am I just lazy?

You got a wife? All I got is that dumbass stick sounds like it's raining.

ASTRIANA

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 3:41 PM

Nah, I'd say it's pretty normal to lose your direction after college. I know I did for a while, too.

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

RICHARDECHEANDIA

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 4:00 PM

44 and proud of it.

Mal: "Is there blubber?"

AERRIN

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 4:01 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Delia:
Masters in Library Science. I'm actually really enjoying it, I'm just at the point of the semester where I'm seriously wondering why I left all this work for the last minute.

I have a massive love for all people librarian! Was a librarian, come to think of it, who hooked me on FF. It was a very serious consideration for me before I decided to pursue the dream of a History degree.

Speaking of - 23, in my 'year off' as I prepare to enter grad school next fall.

HATEHATEHATEFOX

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 4:03 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Cybersnark:
24, just finished University (just waiting for the actual graduation ceremony to roll around.

English honours major, but with a semester of Graphic Design from before I got my head on straight. Hoping to go into writing, but currently looking for any job that'll keep me away from Cornwall (i.e., Hicksville, Canada).

Hey, I live just down the river! I'm in Kingston. We should find out how many Eastern Ontario Browncoats there are and all go the BDM together! :-)

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Nothing is ever so profoundly regretted as a kind act.
Robertson Davies

ANNIGERRIA

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 4:19 PM

Not a dumb question... the only dumb question is the one you don't ask. I'm old enough to be a grandmother, but I'm not. 50, this year, in Sept.

You've got a great journey ahead of you... savor every minute, make the most of it, blah, blah, blah...

STEAMEDBAO3

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 4:20 PM

I am 26...though most people claim I have the maturity of a 5 year (Yeah and so what if I still play roleplaying games and buy cool anime action figures). Woowho for being a geek. Though in my real-life I am a therapist in PA

God created Mudder's Milk so the Independence wouldn't take over the 'verse.

PALADIN

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 4:24 PM

I am 19, and lost in the woods known as a college undergrad who doesn't know what to do or where to go. As far as who is flying, I am. I just don't know where I'm going. I just hope it will be warm and fun when I get there.

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"If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of Hell, a level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater." -Book

JAKE7

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 4:30 PM

I'm 36 (37 in Sept.), unattached, and work as a Tech Support rep for a software company.

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MAL: Everybody's makin' a fuss.

CRAZYIVAN

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 4:32 PM

I'm 31. Just dropped out of grad school.

http://www.kycouncilofchurches.org/staff.html#Chris

ELBRONCODELNORTE

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 4:48 PM

I'm 20. I live in the foothills of central California and I would like to major in english.

Not so much.

JUSTDAVID

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 4:51 PM

I'm 38 and still get carded (never get tired of that). Divorced, have a daughter age 10 & son age 15. A couple of years ago I went back to school and finally got an Associates degree in Computer Science, just in time for all the out-sourcing of programmer jobs to other countries(missed it by that much). So now I'm managing a small property management company (how the hell did that happen?)

"Light it."

STILLSHINY

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 5:13 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Arden:
I'll pose the question, as so many of you here seem so wisened in the ways of the world: is it normal to lose your direction after college? Or am I just lazy?

You got a wife? All I got is that dumbass stick sounds like it's raining.

I just live by a simple philosophy. Firefly inspired on my computer intro every morning.

"A captains goal was simple, find a crew, find a job, keep flying"

Helps put it all in perspective, when the cars aren't running right, the coin is low, my stereo is stolen, and I have close friends fighting, and others talking the big D. ....oh and I'm just a little tired. and at the end I'm still flying, not much, but it's enough.

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn." --Joss

LISSA

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 5:22 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by NoRuddinWay:
21 here, I'm going to college so I can become a network director (no joke). Maybe I will have a say in what gets put on and stays on the air. Great shows like Wonderfalls and Firefly get tossed aside while tripe like Charmed and Enterprise stay on the air... not when I'm in charge.

I'll be 18 on May 1st. Next year I'm starting at Boston University, hopefully to eventually make good television. Maybe I'll meet you sometime in the future and you can put my shows on the air;)

~lissa, spwhore

ARAWAEN

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 5:28 PM

33 and planning on returning to school in the Fall. Need that piece of paper that says I can do the things I have been doing for five years.

Arawaen

Um, I'm lost. Uh, I'm Angry. And I'm Armed.

LEAFY

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 5:48 PM

Really, I are 63 years old. Retired electronics technician. Like Shepherd Book, "never married," but old enough to be a gramma.

BRITCHICK

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 5:50 PM

I'm 38. I work in HR for Masterfoods (formerly Mars in the UK, = M&M/Mars in the USA)

Like fireflyfans.net?
Haken needs a new development system. Why not donate?
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=5&t=3283

BADGERSHAT

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 6:14 PM

... um... 22? With about 7 years experience... ?

Yeah, 29... yuck...

--The Hat

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"I like smackin 'em"--Jayne

GHOULMAN

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 6:39 PM

37 and lovin' it.

THEFOP

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 6:43 PM

We've got a good range of ages here. That's cool. Firefly transcends generation gaps

once the snow got so deep you almost couldn't hear margaret atwood

BADGERSHAT

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 6:48 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by thefop:

once the snow got so deep you almost couldn't hear margaret atwood

Who is this Margaret Atwood person?

--The Hat

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"I like smackin 'em"--Jayne

BOURNE

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 7:33 PM

31, married, 'medic-turned-med-student(2 more years and they gotta start payin' me)

who's flying this thing?

was on autopilot last I checked...

STILLSHINY

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 8:08 PM

Tell ya what we need to do. A few months back I started a post to find out where we all were. We need to get a virtual map & pins to mark the homes of all these crazy folk. Anybody know of such a program??? & not just the US but the whole Earth that is.

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn." --Joss

MAY LEE

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 8:11 PM

I'll be 43 on Cinco de Mayo, and while it's alarming that so many of y'all are young'uns it's comforting to see so many folk my own age. :)

Never let an upside-down corset stop you from having a good time.

GHOULMAN

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 8:25 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by BadgersHat:
Quote:
Originally posted by thefop:

once the snow got so deep you almost couldn't hear margaret atwood

Who is this Margaret Atwood person?

--The Hat

lol! Margaret Atwood is a writer. Canadian, her latest book is ORYX AND CRAKE which is speculative fiction. You might have seen The Handmaids' Tale which was a movie based on her book many moons ago.

Here's a site.
http://www.cariboo.bc.ca/atwood/

And BTW, I almost sprayed my milk onto the monitor the first time I read thefops' sig line.

SIGMANUNKI

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 8:34 PM

I'll be entering my 3rd year Math at the U of Winnipeg this coming academic year. And my wife is very understanding of some of my... well... I'm a ex-IT guy and a current math student, need I say more

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"If you truly love the memory, you must set it free()!" -Me
"Also, I can kill you with my brain." -River

MCFLY

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 8:54 PM

I'm a 25 year old Electronics tech.

Hack the planet!

SIGMANUNKI

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 9:48 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by McFly:
Hack the planet!

Wow, haven't heard that in awhile

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"If you truly love the memory, you must set it free()!" -Me
"Also, I can kill you with my brain." -River

SHAMBLEAU

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:10 PM

Damn, 63 beats me! 58 here. Nice to see such a range.

shambleau

ZURN

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:36 PM

i'm 35. Married to an amazing woman (puts up with me...). 2 great little boys (6 and 1). Only recently turned onto the Jossverse (last September), and now have seen everything to date (buffy, angel, firefly, etc.).

Just found Firefly last month and bought the DVD set. Immediately became mesmerized and watched the whole thing in two nights. Have since played it at work on the datashow (small open-source development company, so we do stuff like that - company sneak Friday morning to see Kill Bill vol.2), and, of course, now everyone wants to borrow it.

For all of you who feel like you are still searching...don't worry. That's the "normal" adult state. It just gets weirder as you get older. (I mean, really! Hair on your ears. THAT'S weird!)

Fully loaded, safety off. This
here's a recipe for unpleasantness.

GWYNETHH

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:42 PM

51 ouch!

ELLIQUINN

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:43 PM

I'm 43 with a BA in Architecture and some grad school in Historic preservation. I don't do anything with that now - I have 2 kids, one who is autistic and I work part time as an assistant in special ed.
Who's flying this? I'm not always sure but hang on and enjoy the Ride

"Admiral Naismith," said Quinn stiffly, "is not a dwarf. He's nearly five feet tall. And I am not 'in love' with him, you low-minded twit; I merely admire his brilliance."
Quinn defends Naismith's honor
(Lois McMaster Bujold, Ethan of Athos)

CALHOUN

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 11:22 PM

The Earth has revolved completely on its axis 149220 times since I was born.

There is a vestigial mode of time measurement based on solar cycles..

JEWEL

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 11:30 PM

I'll be 34 in about 6 weeks. I manage a tech support department for a software company. Oh, and I still haven't figured out what I want to be when I grow up. I'm still lost in the woods...

ANOTHERFIREFLYFAN

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 11:50 PM

I'm 17.. so on the younger side of browncoats (although I see I'm not the youngest).

BTW, I'd like to chat with other Browncoats (especially ones near my age). Anyone who wants to, my AIM SN is ReptilianSamurai

~AFf

Keep flying

ANOTHERFIREFLYFAN

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 11:52 PM

Cool, I'm 18 one week after you! (May 8th). Looking forward to college.. and leaving behind high school especially.

Keep flying

LISSA

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 11:56 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by AnotherFireflyfan:
Cool, I'm 18 one week after you! (May 8th). Looking forward to college.. and leaving behind high school especially.

sweetness! when do you graduate? i get out of school may 28th and graduate june 6th. i can't wait! it's so exciting:)

~lissa, spwhore

DARKJESTER

Thursday, April 15, 2004 12:08 AM

Just turned 30 ten days... no, wait, ten years ago......
I work in Purchasing for an RV company, college dropout (which I plan to rectify someday!), divorced, with an 11 year-old son.

MAL "You only gotta scare him."
JAYNE "Pain is scary..."

WHEDONESQUE

Thursday, April 15, 2004 12:14 AM

I'm 33, single and work as a critical care travel nurse. The 'cirtical care' part means I take care of the REALLY sick patients, of course. The 'travel' part of the description means that I have finally found a job that fits my nomad personality. I take short-term contracts (usually 3-6 months) at different hospitals around the country (internationally, too). I have just discovered the firefly meetups and look forward to taking advantage of them to get to know firefly fans in whatever city I happen to find myself in.

As for who is flying this ship, I'm pretty sure it's me. However, the pilot is just one member of the team. I couldn't make it without the rest of my crew (and the various passengers I have flown with throughout the years) and I wouldn't want to.

As for being lost after college, I also experienced that. Thank goodness I found nursing - a career that is challenging, rewarding, and pushes me to grow everyday. I don't think nursing is for everyone, but I do think it is one of the most difficult and most fulfilling careers on the planet.

My humble advice to those who are feeling a bit directionless - move to a new city, take a class you have always been interested in, do some volunteer work, get a 2nd (very different) job, talk to strangers about their careers ... Keep your eyes and your mind open and you will find what you are looking for.

VENA

Thursday, April 15, 2004 12:18 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by AnotherFireflyfan:
Cool, I'm 18 one week after you! (May 8th). Looking forward to college.. and leaving behind high school especially.

Noooo! Once you hit the second semester of college the fun newness falls off and all you want to do is go back to high school. Once I figured out that this is more work than I had ever done in my life, the fun away from home aspect of college went bye bye out the window. I swear to god, on a daily basis I wish I could go back and repeat the fifth grade.

Other than the out of control feeling that impending finals gives you I know pretty much where I’m going…seeing as how not just three days ago I declared my major. WEEEE!!! Go Me!! *is very excited bout this*

Your looking at a future psychologist--in theory, in the future I will be able to discern why it is that we have all fallen so very hard for a simple TV show. For now all I am qualified to say is this: Ohhhh, pretty shiny picture. Picture make sound. Picture good. Foamy.

And who is driving this thing? I’m a psychology major not a philosophy major!

Yep, still 19. unhun, still.

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'Hahaha! Mine is an evil laugh!'

http://stripe.filetap.com/

ECGORDON

Thursday, April 15, 2004 12:27 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Stillshiny:
Tell ya what we need to do. A few months back I started a post to find out where we all were. We need to get a virtual map & pins to mark the homes of all these crazy folk. Anybody know of such a program??? & not just the US but the whole Earth that is.

I frequent a MSN group that has a member map from bravenet. I just emailed the admin there for some info that I will pass on to Haken if he is interested in putting up a member map of Browncoats. Then again, he may be able to come up with something on his own or from another source.

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

THEFOP

Thursday, April 15, 2004 12:41 AM

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Originally posted by Vena:
Quote:
Originally posted by AnotherFireflyfan:
Cool, I'm 18 one week after you! (May 8th). Looking forward to college.. and leaving behind high school especially.

Noooo! Once you hit the second semester of college the fun newness falls off and all you want to do is go back to high school. Once I figured out that this is more work than I had ever done in my life, the fun away from home aspect of college went bye bye out the window. I swear to god, on a daily basis I wish I could go back and repeat the fifth grade.

The fun newness may have worn off, but I have NEVER wanted to go back to highschool. ever. under any circumstances. Even at my drunkest, with schoolwork weighing me down, I don't want to go back to highschool.

once the snow got so deep you almost couldn't hear margaret atwood

MISSOURIFIREFLY

Thursday, April 15, 2004 12:50 AM

I'll turn 20 on Cinco de Mayo. I'm very excited because I'm going to start veterinary school in the fall! Can't wait! There are good things and bad things about both high school and college, but I'd never want to go back. There are too many new opportunities to explore.

MALICIOUS

Thursday, April 15, 2004 1:08 AM

I will be 40 and a half on 5-19-04. I have worked at various credit card banks doing billing disputes for the past 13 years. I have a BA in psych, one kid--18, one husband--48, one dog--8 (his name is Book(er)!!). I don't know why I love Firefly so much and don't want to know. It makes me happy--so much for the psych degree!

Mal-licious

SIGMANUNKI

Thursday, April 15, 2004 1:27 AM

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Originally posted by Vena:
Ohhhh, pretty shiny picture. Picture make sound. Picture good. Foamy.

LOL!!!

That's pretty much it now adays for most people. It's the reason why I think reality TV is so popular. Now all you have to do is prove it. Hopefully you can also prove that it causes a drop in IQ and then maybe we could get a ban on that crap.

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"If you truly love the memory, you must set it free()!" -Me
"Also, I can kill you with my brain." -River

NUR

Thursday, April 15, 2004 1:30 AM

19, engaged, and half way through my Marine Biology degree from the University of Guelph.

Those who restrain desire, do so because thiers is weak enough to be restrained.
-William Blake

O my Lord! bestow wisdom on me, and join me with the righteous.
-Qur'an 26:83

http://www.thecherryorchard.com

ARDEN

Thursday, April 15, 2004 1:42 AM

Hey, I'd just like to say thank you to Astriana, Stillshiny, Zurn, Whedonesque, and everyone who gave me a little morale boost on the whole "directionless after college" issue. It's nice to hear that I'm not singular in the way I feel.

It's even better to know that there are such good people out there; the kind who offer advice to virtual strangers out of the goodness of their hearts. Browncoats aren't just devoted fans; they're really good people, and those can sometimes be hard to find.

Thanks again. I can't express how glad I am that I found this site and its boards.

Arden

You got a wife? All I got is that dumbass stick sounds like it's raining.

JASONZZZ

Thursday, April 15, 2004 2:03 AM

this won't make a whole lot of sense but come 20-30 years later it might. My pa told me this once when I was real young in high school and I asked him, he told me, I promptly forgot until last year.

But after 25 years old, you don't really care how old you are and you stop counting - except when everyone older than you and younger than you are getting the promotions - and you say to them "Hey , I know plenty about that". After awhile, your mind feel exactly the same as you were when you were 18-25 - but your body (and the whole world) goes to crap. You don't feel depressed or bitter about it. It just is and you just realize that you haven't changed much, you still want to eat, dance, drink, party and play the same - just your body says "No way, buddy".

So me, I am 25, but who's counting. In my mind, I am always 25 til the day they nail my coffin shut. Then we start counting all over again. ;-)

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FORRESTWOLF

Thursday, April 15, 2004 2:58 AM

Okay, my turn, I guess. Just turned 32 a couple of weeks ago (close to the Captain's birthday!). Married, two kids (2 and 5 years old) - wonderful, too busy, life.

Got the Master's in Aerospace Engineering - never finished the Ph.D. Now I run my own little branch of an aerospace R&D company. Lots of fun - I work with plasma physics, hypersonics, microtechnology, and electric propulsion - yes, I'm a rocket scientist. And when people talk about Serenity's engines, I'm always VERY interested :) My dream? I guess I'd like to build my OWN Serenity...but that probably doesn't make me very unusual.

THEFOP

Thursday, April 15, 2004 3:20 AM

I notice everybody else is saying what university they go to. Well, not be left out, I go to Mount Allison University in New Brunswick. I've got a year left on my History degree.

once the snow got so deep you almost couldn't hear margaret atwood

TOMTBA2004

Thursday, April 15, 2004 3:23 AM

I am really 17, dang, there aren't a lot of young people here are there? not that everybody else is old just i mean older than me.he he he

PEace

DBELL46

Thursday, April 15, 2004 3:31 AM

I'm a 46 year old postal worker from philadelphia.
I'll be 47 on may 8th.

If history is remarkably clear on one point, its
that people don't learn from history.

ORANGERFUL

Thursday, April 15, 2004 3:31 AM

*does the math in her head*

Okay, I'm 23...yeah that seems right. Graduated college last May...American Studies major (which means I can watch Firefly then e-mail my professors and talk about it's cultural relevance)...in-between jobs at the moment... I was working at a radio station but it's just not my kind of thing, so after a year of that I quit now I'm looking for ideas hehe.

METAPHORE

Thursday, April 15, 2004 12:54 PM

Hummm.. well im 32 be 33 on May 5th. (ive seen quite a few people in this thread with Cinco de Mayo birthdays!)
I went to East Tennessee State University and just graduated with a BFA in sculpture. Hopefully ill go in for my masters next year. Until then its watch firefly and relax a bit.

FIREFLYWILDCARD1

Thursday, April 15, 2004 1:51 PM

I'm 22. I'm in my 4th year of college, 3rd year of studying Electrical Engineering and have 2 years left. I go to Capitol College.

EMBERS

Thursday, April 15, 2004 2:02 PM

Calhoun...seriously man...wouldn't that make you about 408 years old?
I mean it has only rotated 19,710 times for me!

GHOULMAN

Thursday, April 15, 2004 3:07 PM

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Originally posted by Jasonzzz:

Heeey, ya think you could leave the large obnoxious 30K+ JPGs on the sycophantic SPACE bbs? Thanx so much.

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