I have no life...

[TheSnail]

Is it just me or do I have no life.
Shits deppresing when you move, so a block of metal (240) is one of my only friends.I understand having a hobbie is cool and all, but since the car is always there, its basically all Ive done in the past two years. I guess its better then my first year moved ( drugs drugs drugs) and all that shit is probably the reason I feel like shit. Anyway, I dont want to become obsesive on 240's, I wake up now and think 240, 240 240, but I would hate to see my self disconected from society, in my house with 240sx paper weights, 240 shaped cookies, and so on. Does any one else know what I mean, or am I just taking crazy pills?

[nightwalker]

loser!!!!!


hahahahaha, just kidding man. Go out and hit on some girl or something

[DRFT]

or just post on here more often....

[TheSnail]

good enough!

[AKADriver]

Moving by yourself is rough, but eventually, things work out.

I had a serious bitch of a time moving away from everything and everyone I knew in Upstate NY to take a job down here by myself. But, I've made the best of it.

Sinking yourself into hobbies is admirable and a great way to meet like-minded people. Don't feel down about it.

[Zoom8112]

theres no point in being down ...

go to your local bar and talk to some chicks

[TheSnail]

yeah, all my friends here are 240 people, my girlfriend is still in NC, To her, I just dont want to seem like a 240 lunatic, and rather a person that just drives and enjoys his car. The thing is, Unless you have money coming out of your ass were you can just buy a finish one, by building the car with your bare hands, with you own broke ass expenses, and create a car that cars of 200,000$ would get the shit stomped out of them, brings some light to the life of someone with no life. I still have a girl, but if I keep it up , it wont be for long. I just need to chill out, or at least not talk 240's to her.

[TheSnail]

yeah I guess I am "dull boy" 240 or I gues 200 is all I got.

[aznpoopy]

go to track events; meet other car people. voila friends who also like cars.

[russian]

na. get yourself a gym membership.

actually get 2. first in a gym where you actually work out (body builders gym)
and second one in the meat market gym, to get hoes. works everytime.

[AutoDestruct]

think about suicide. It's fun Give it a try see if it works for you, and then tell 5 of your friends, and its GaRonTeeeeeed to give you good luck for the next 5 years. It worked for me.
Not only am I the president of the Pennsylvania chapter of the Loser's institution for men I'm also a customer.
You have nothing to lose, just send me 10 bucks if it works for you. Hah.

Serious, I have no idea. My car is my life, it's why I wake up at least. I also am like the guy in fight club and go to different self help groups and try and pick up chicks. Narcotics anonyomous is the best, It's where all the freaks come to chill. Get a shrink, then you can whine and complain, and he or she gets paid to listen so they don't argue like normal people. It's like beating up your old grandmother who's in a wheelchair, easy and fulfilling. I think I am going to give mine a call right now, thanks for the idea. Sure no problem.

Oh yeah that gives me a even better idea. Further develop your latent and dormant split personality. Remember skitzophrentics are never alone! plus then they give you drugs that insurance covers and you feel no guilt when taken them. Plus you don't have to deal some coniving(sp) dealer. Remember that the little colored ones are always the strongest. Ha ha. Being totally insane has its advantages, plus I can still drive. So just keep in mind that I'm out there in the population with all you normal folk's. I'll be seing you.

Read books. Like the Devils Butcher Shop, Lord of the Flies, Nietzche's Anti-Christ, and don't forget the best one of them all chicken soup for the soul. I actually didn't read that last one but I'm sure I would like it, they say its right up my alley. Which confused me because I don't have a personal alley, but if you got one for sale I'll take it off your hands fast. I used to have to go to this one alley all the time to buy my medicine but one day the cops where there and told me they would arrest me if ever came into that whole part of the city again. I was so confused. But now my docter does not practice in that alley he has a nice building with other doctors and many helpful nurses. I think im going insane.

MEDICATION TIME. good bye. Auto.

[TheSnail]

I agree with Autodestruct, Talking to so your self is normal I dont know why most people think bad about it. The only one I can live with out (auto you probably know what I mean) is argueing with your self. I know It sounds weird, but several times a day, In my mind I put myself in in a situation, where I am talking for both people, anyways what ends up happening is I end up tense and pissed off as if Im about to fight. Plus yelling at yourself doesnt look that good. I think its okay, I dont have a radio in my car but I just have a conversation with myself. I guess I am crazy, but what is crazy, and is it all that bad. They say you are considerd legaly insane after taking 7 hits of acid, Ivr taken double that at once, and probably 70-90 all together. Its cool though, now I have a hell of an imagination, but that also gets me when I try to go to sleep, In less I am drunk, It takes me about two hrs to fall asleep expecialy if I am argueing then my heart is pumping all fast and shit, that shit aint cool, but I guess everything else is fine. Ps: I dont read books, I just go to death at www.deathndementia.com when I need to refuel, If you fear metal corruption stay away.

[aznpoopy]

dude... i'm scared for you. you need a girlfriend or something.

[TheSnail]

Its cool man, I have a girlfriend, she lives in a diff state though, my mind may be different, but in society, I seem the same. Its not like Im going shoot any thing up, I just have to keep myself entertained, you just made me think of something, what if 20years down the road, theise metal abilities ar not enteraining anymore? Would suicide be next? man this sux, I got to go, i got to think about this.

[aznpoopy]

less thinking, more drugs and sex! dr. poopy says it is so. then you'll be a happy individual.

[keepitmovin]

find other hobbies too (girls), sometimes i get tired of the crap box and try to find pleasure in something else (girls) go enroll in school (girls) meet some people and have a beer (with girls)

[Andrew Bohan]

there's always porn too

[DRFT]

i guess you took my advice

[CoasTek240]

actually man, a car is a great hobby to have. Yes you grow attached, and your obsess ( i know i have), but its like any other thing. you need Moderation. Drugs are often an outlet people go to when feeling lost, lonely or confused. I know i have. I love drugs, but cars are better than drugs. You spend a lot of money on both, but you end up with something cool after spending all the money on a car, unlike drugs where you just end up with bad habits, and ailments associated with taking those drugs.
I've been down that road, i'm still dealing with it today. I've pretty much kicked all my drugs from the past....except for my favorite two. I still drink, although i watch myself, and i still smoke pot...although i've been making a honorable attempt to cut back. I've got a Job with the Govt. and its kinda frowned upon to do drugs...lol.
i need to clean up my act and put more effort into work. I find working on my car (which ive recently been making enough money to start modding my car again) helps keep me out of trouble.
You cant get too wrapped up in it though, or youll find it consuming all other aspects of your life.

heres another bit of advice, with some nice segway. Im sure your g/f is supportive or your enthusiasm for cars, but becareful. You could lose her if for a second she thinks you care more about your car than her. I was with a girl for close to 4 years, we were together most of highscool and part of college. we thought we were getting married. I was going to school, playing football, and was thinking about my car the rest of the time. I didnt work much and she paid for most things, b/c i spent almost all my money on my car. She moved 7 hrs away in the same state to attend pharmacy school, while i stayed home and went to school and hung out with my friends and worked on my car. i neglected her. The best thing i've ever had in my life. As you might guess we broke up shortly b4 our 4th ann. she needed to focus on school, w/o having to have her heart broken whenever i forgot bout her or something along those lines.
I dropped out of school and lost my job, and resented my car.
Kinda went on a drug binge. started drinking even more heavily. My p's kicked me out of my house, i moved in with a guy that was a very bad influence on me, in a very bad part of town. i was broke, and whats worse is he tried to kill me. I moved back in with my parents, straigtened up my act for a lil bit, and tried to save money and get my life together. it was tough.
The only thing that saved me was my ex g/f. My friends couldnt break my slump. She told me that i was just too engrossed in my car, and showed me how good of a hobby cars are. We still keep in touch daily now. I pulled my self out of the abyss i was in, found a job that pays great, w/benefits and theyll pay for me to go back to school.

Dude, step back, take a look at things. Do you own your own place, or atleast are living independent of other people? are you in decent health? still breathing? do you have a girl that loves you, even if shes in another state? do you make some pretty badass cars? (ill answer that one for you, YES!)

sometimes just take a deep breath and analyze things, break them down and do it 1 by 1. Its not all that bad.
we only get live once remember, make the most out of it. Find things about life that you love, and hold on to them.

wow, i just spilled my guts on that one. But for some reason this thread just hit a nerve for me and i had to share. hope this helps...

[TurDz]

nice to see a different side of you coastek240. one of the first real contributions on this forum.

TheSnail, I agree with everyone else. You shouldn't feel bad at all for the love of your car, just moderate as said above. Good luck with everything man...you have my support through this little internet community.

[biggie]

FYI - 04-02-2004, 04:22 AM

That's a long time ago.

[CoasTek240]

Originally Posted by TurDz

nice to see a different side of you coastek240. one of the first real contributions on this forum.

damn man, thats a lil harsh? You sayin that i dont contribute anything worth while in any of my other threads?...or is this supposed to be a compliment?

Originally Posted by biggie

FYI - 04-02-2004, 04:22 AM

That's a long time ago.

Originally Posted by TurDz

damn!! i hate it when i don't read the dates!

yeah my bad. truth is i didnt even check the date. I was really bored, and i saw this thread at the bottom of the page in the 'similar threads' block. i opened it b/c i guess i was curious, and what theSnail wrote kinda struck a chord with me. I guess my post was a lil theraputic for myself. I was at work, really bored and half asleep from staying up the night before partying.

btw Grant & 2fourDsx, i feel ya man. I was in the same boat. In High School i think i was more known for my 240 rather than being myself. Most of my former classmates that i run into these days ask me how my car is doing rather than if im still with my Ex, or playing football, or how im doing in school (i was very academic oriented, and always made good grades).

I was soo wrapped up in my car and everything related.
I still enjoy it, and it is my hobby. But just that. Something i do in my sparetime. Good stress relief and a fun pastime. Stick with it.

[SilviaSativa]

I'm a little late on this thread but TheSnail I just read your initial post(the only one I read, though I'm gonna read CoasTek240 long post, seemed interesting) and feel like passing a reply read from a personal favorite forum about somebody bored of smoking herbs. Again, not my words, just something that gave me a whole new perspective of life. Enjoy, and please do read it all, it's not THAT long!

Remember how just a gram of ganja would get you blazed for hours as a youth? lol - good times

But now you're prolly not enjoying it as much, it seems routine and boring. Mix it up a little. Try something else.

Forget t.v. - it's an idiot box. If you think ganja is boring, why waste your life staring at silly drawings that people got paid to animate (Family Guy is kinda funny tho) or actors who get paid to talk to you so you don't think about your life?

T.v. is for morons IMO. So is some music, what a scam. There's prolly a guy laying on his bed, smokin a doobie, t.v. on in another room - music playing and he's 'just chillin' - what a waste of life, innit?

Do you find yourself staring at walls?

Like, I'd be inside, i'd have my t.v. on (I hate tv) in one room, music in another, the computer with internet going - and i'd walk around from room to room tokin up. I'd watch a bit of tv, get bored, surf the net, get bored, lay on the bed listening to tunes, get bored, and eventually take a walk to get some fresh air.

It's just a sign you're getting old dude.

Like, t.v. isn't as entertaining anymore. The latest music sounds strange and crappy. Reading a book is out of the question - why bother reading something when you do that all day long on the internet?

I think deep down it's your attitude. From birth you've been spoon fed your days. Like, you go to school then work, always having something to do. However, when you have nothing to do - this is when your personality shines through. For you - you respond by saying 'I'm bored - what to do?' and so do I.

The best things I can think of doing when I feel like that is like;

1. I have a cool new digi cam, I like taking pictures so some days I'll just be taking pictures all day long.

2. Cooking. I enjoy eating food, so I brought a recipe book, got all the ingredients, and started cooking from scratch. I had a great time learning how to bake brownies

3. Painting. I brought some expensive ass oils and brushes, canvas and shit. Came to about £60 - but I painted like a mad man. At the time it was the only thing that kept me from going insane.

4. Growing marijuana. This is something that's kept me busy for near on 10 years. I've never tired of it. I'm always improving from the previous grow, learning from mistakes, and always have some decent ganja by harvest

If I was you, I'd throw the t.v. out. Don't watch that shit - it rots your mind dude. Try going minimalist. Remove everything that capitalist America wants you to have, such as a hi-fi, t.v., dvd-player, computer and all that shit and throw it away. Now it will be just you, sitting in silence, in your room with no distractions. This gives you peace to think, ponder, like never before. If you thought you were bored with all that expensive electronic equipment burning your eyes, try living without it. It's like waking up from a dream.

This gives you the incentive to work hard at not being bored with the life that God gives you. It opens your eyes to the beauty of nature and all God given things such as the clarity of water, the strength of the trees, the cool blue hues of the skies. The enchantment of the moon, etc...

You will soon realise you should actually be thankful for still being alive in such a beautiful world.

You have to realise you've spammed your brain.

Bordem is what results from spam. The audio/visual messages from t.v. music internet magazines get merged together into one mass soup for the soul. This sucks ass like you've already figured out. Be more selective.

The mind is what you feed it. If you feed yourself crap from the beginning, such as media, you will become a receiver of info-tainment rather than a producer of it.

Think to yourself, all that time wasted watching and listening, all those 'passive' pass-times, forget that shit. Try doing something productive.

In a sense you've spoilt your sensibilities, your perception of the world. This is why the media is shit. You don't need anything they have to offer. Why whore yourself, your mind and soul, to something as mindless and devoid of soul as Hollywood?

Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror and wondered what the fuck is wrong with me? How can I improve myself? How can I become a better person for me, friends, and family?

Just sitting on your ass watching stupid movies is a bad habit to break.

I enjoy writing as a hobby, which is why I enjoy the internet forums. The mind is like a muscle, if you don't use it, you lose it. Like, everything I learned at school, all the classes I excelled in, I have forgotten. Everything I learned - schwoosh - gone.

However, I did persist in the english language. Writing. I write on OG loads each day - this helps keep my writing skills sharp. I've gotten lax with grammar, vocab, and shit, but I don't do this for the money, I do it to keep a standard.

I never really know what to say to someone who is bored - because when you feel that way nothing really seems fun anymore. But like, when you strip away all the crap out of your life - you start to realise that perhaps there is something more to life than the usual shit, and things change.

peace out

[Twinkie]

daaaaamn...your trippin on some good ass shit. lemme get some of that. "240 shaped cookies" !?

[TurDz]

damn!! i hate it when i don't read the dates!

[Grant]

Originally Posted by TheSnail

Is it just me or do I have no life.
Shits deppresing when you move, so a block of metal (240) is one of my only friends.I understand having a hobbie is cool and all, but since the car is always there, its basically all Ive done in the past two years. I guess its better then my first year moved ( drugs drugs drugs) and all that shit is probably the reason I feel like shit. Anyway, I dont want to become obsesive on 240's, I wake up now and think 240, 240 240, but I would hate to see my self disconected from society, in my house with 240sx paper weights, 240 shaped cookies, and so on. Does any one else know what I mean, or am I just taking crazy pills?

I felt the same way.. which is why I decided to step out of the 240 community.. some people within that crowd were even friends with me for the wrong reason.. sometimes the more memorable moments are not just from your car, but just having fun w/ other people and enjoying life in different ways.. I wish I could travel more, and hopefully that dream will come true one day.

[ZK]

I think cars is a hobby and as long as you treat it as such it is ok. Its the point when your car becomes your life then you know you're in trouble. Get out, go do something, drive the car you work on so hard somewhere. Pick up a new hobby, take classes at community college. You'll find you will feel better when you surround yourself with other people.

I think that's one of the biggest things about American mainstream culture, we are so isolated. Other cultures around the world are a lot more friendly, open, social and focused on groups rather than individuals.

My gf and I broke up about a year ago... I am glad I've had the car to keep me busy and focused on something that I do like and not think about her.

Always remember that people > cars.

[sepulchral]

theres always your left hand and some handlotion

[Sil Beer S13]

wow this is almost a year old.

[MakotoS13]

you are wrong. he went to self help groups to cry.

screw people. finding even a few that will stand by you thick and thin is next to impossible. screw women, they'll leave you for your friends.

machines cannot hurt you and can be controlled.

machines are perfect.