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post 1150919953 10-20-2013, 08:44 AM
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This thread is long, but worth the read, some good input from some good dudes.
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. Thomas Jefferson

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post 1150921153 10-20-2013, 08:48 AM
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The sunscreen guy was better, much better.
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post 1150939113 10-20-2013, 09:47 AM
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How to get out of negative periods in your life as quickly as possible? What steps/actions to take to try and better things
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Originally Posted By tehgosu
How to get out of negative periods in your life as quickly as possible? What steps/actions to take to try and better things
What do you have to concentrate on that is working/good? Focus on what is going right and make extra efforts in that direction. Neg distractions won't seem so weighty then.

You'll make it brah
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post 1150940773 10-20-2013, 09:52 AM
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Repped, thanks!
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Thanks backs
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Screenwriter- u mad brah?
post 1150942573 10-20-2013, 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted By Deenur
Thanks backs
Question, Are you happy with the way your life turned out? Im worried ill be 50 and hate myself for not making the most of my life.
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Originally Posted By mrcarlpedal
Question, Are you happy with the way your life turned out? Im worried ill be 50 and hate myself for not making the most of my life.
I am jacked. I have an amazing wife of 25 years, 3 amazing kids who I would hang out with even if they weren't my kids, and I will finally be in on a movie project next year (screenwriter & producer), a lifetime goal. So Yes!
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. Thomas Jefferson

Screenwriter- u mad brah?
post 1151015933 10-20-2013, 01:10 PM
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BTW I am not completely bashing on liquor. A little bit is OK, but I went WAYYYYYYY overboard.
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Thanks for the advice man
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post 1151017843 10-20-2013, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted By lilbdabasedgod
Thanks for the advice man
Pover t repped
s'all good man
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. Thomas Jefferson

Screenwriter- u mad brah?
post 1151018673 10-20-2013, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted By Deenur
Well guys, I hit 50 years old this year.
I have had good years and not good years. But if I had the opportunity to go back and talk to 20 year old me, and have 20 year old me listen, this is what I would say:

-Figure out early what is important; you cannot do this early enough
-Dont spend so much money on liquor. I could have bought a brand new SUV by now
-Pick a few things and do them well and stick with them, quit chasing random crap
-Select a career you love regardless of the money, cause you never know when you will be kicked to the curb, unless you want to be self-employed.
-You treat people like crap, you will get treated like crap. Expect it, and no cryin
-Eat right.
-Whats outside (aesthetic) is important, but whats more important is who you are inside (no whiteknight, just reality, deal with it)
-Insecure people always have to have someone/something else to blame. Dont be that guy.

(More later, and BTW no amount of rage on your part will change the validity of my words):
Tfw when at 20 years old, you already follow this advice

Am I gonna make it OP?
post 1151019693 10-20-2013, 01:19 PM
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whats your advice on chasing women OP ?
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Originally Posted By Deenur
-Select a career you love regardless of the money, cause you never know when you will be kicked to the curb, unless you want to be self-employed.
wouldnt that mean pick a career based on money. assuming kicked to the curb means unemployed...
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post 1151021103 10-20-2013, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted By extendlol
wouldnt that mean pick a career based on money. assuming kicked to the curb means unemployed...
Yeah. Cliffs:
I worked for a construction supply company for 10 years, set up their estimating dept, went from 60 bids a year to 800, and when he got tired of us, all gone bye bye see ya! He found out he could fire us all and replace us for cheaper.
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Screenwriter- u mad brah?
post 1151022263 10-20-2013, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted By 1crave
whats your advice on chasing women OP ?
Stay true. The chasing game is one of a few results: a kid you didn't plan on, a disease you didn't plan on, a dad with a shotgun you didn't plan on or a heartbreak you didn't think was possible.

Find (with a true approach) a quality woman, and stick with her and she will stick with you (25 years for my awesome wife).
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. Thomas Jefferson

Screenwriter- u mad brah?
post 1151022543 10-20-2013, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted By RihanM
Tfw when at 20 years old, you already follow this advice

Am I gonna make it OP?
Youre gonna make it!
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. Thomas Jefferson

Screenwriter- u mad brah?
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how do i find out who i am and what i'm good at?

where do i go? who do i talk to?

I have no father/family, no gf, no role models for guidance...

the only thing i could have excelled at was swimming, if my parents got me into it early
right now i just want to move to spain and live a mediocre life in the sun <--- look how stupid that sounds
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Originally Posted By Chesso95
how do i find out who i am and what i'm good at?

where do i go? who do i talk to?

I have no father/family, no gf, no role models for guidance...

the only thing i could have excelled at was swimming, if my parents got me into it early
right now i just want to move to spain and live a mediocre life in the sun <--- look how stupid that sounds
Name 3 things that you really like not including sex: go
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Screenwriter- u mad brah?
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Originally Posted By Deenur
I am jacked. I have an amazing wife of 25 years, 3 amazing kids who I would hang out with even if they weren't my kids, and I will finally be in on a movie project next year (screenwriter & producer), a lifetime goal. So Yes!
How?


My dream is to be in the movie industry because I love movies, I love thinking about making my own movies or helping out in the production of a movie, etc. I know I'm very creative and detail oriented and I wanna use that in my career.

But I majored in engineering and have a 9-5 engineering job... I'm completely out of place with what I really wana do but it earns me good money.

My other dream is to be self employed or do something on the side (anything other than a full time job) that makes me rich so I can retire early and just travel and enjoy life.



So does that count as knowing what I wana do or is this unrealistic wishful thinking? I just have no idea how to get there. How do I pursue what I want? Im already 25 is my life screwed?
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Originally Posted By DafarheezyRises
How?


My dream is to be in the movie industry because I love movies, I love thinking about making my own movies or helping out in the production of a movie, etc. I know I'm very creative and detail oriented and I wanna use that in my career.

But I majored in engineering and have a 9-5 engineering job... I'm completely out of place with what I really wana do but it earns me good money.

My other dream is to be self employed or do something on the side (anything other than a full time job) that makes me rich so I can retire early and just travel and enjoy life.



So does that count as knowing what I wana do? I just have no idea how to get there. How do I pursue what I want? Im already 25 is my life screwed?
Most people love the glamour of movies and have no idea about the hard work. Are you willing to spend 6 months researching and writing a good script and not get paid a dime (spec script). Are you willing to have multiple doors slammed in your face and people be rude to you and you not be rude back?

What do you want to do? write, direct, act, what?
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. Thomas Jefferson

Screenwriter- u mad brah?
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Originally Posted By Deenur
I am jacked. I have an amazing wife of 25 years, 3 amazing kids who I would hang out with even if they weren't my kids, and I will finally be in on a movie project next year (screenwriter & producer), a lifetime goal. So Yes!
Mirin life. Good post OP
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OP is correct.
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Originally Posted By Deenur
Name 3 things that you really like not including sex: go
traveling
politics/the environment
running
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Originally Posted By Chesso95
traveling
politics/the environment
running
Dude
Find a political office that you agree with that is near you, Go volunteer.
You will find a career path in no time.

or

Go to a travel agent near you. volunteer. same result.
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Screenwriter- u mad brah?
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Hey 20 year old me:
I know a 20 something that sits around the house all day long and mopes, complains and criticizes because they went to 4 years of school, and now feel that someone OWES them a job.

DO NOT be that person.
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Screenwriter- u mad brah?
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Originally Posted By Deenur
Most people love the glamour of movies and have no idea about the hard work. Are you willing to spend 6 months researching and writing a good script and not get paid a dime (spec script). Are you willing to have multiple doors slammed in your face and people be rude to you and you not be rude back?

What do you want to do? write, direct, act, what?
Yes I am willing to spend months researching/writing a script without getting paid and getting doors slammed in my face as long as I'm going in the right direction. I have so many good ideas that I visualize in my head... like random action scenes, themes, characters, story outlines, shock scenes etc... I just don't know how to put it on a script or how to present the ideas. Even if I did I would have no idea where to go with it. So yeah, if I did know what to do with it and if I was heading in the right direction... I wouldn't mind any of the crap I get on the way because this would be a hobby for me, not a job. I'll gladly sit for months w/o getting paid to produce something using my imagination.

I just want to be involved in a badass movie. A lot of ideas I've had were inspired from other movies and I always dream about making my own movie by combining some of the best elements of other movies. Being an actor would be amazing... but realistically I don't have the looks for it and I have no acting skills, so I don't think that will ever happen and I'm okay with that. But if I could write or direct a movie that would be good enough because my "job" would pretty much be a hobby.
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Originally Posted By DafarheezyRises
Yes I am willing to spend months researching/writing a script without getting paid and getting doors slammed in my face as long as I'm going in the right direction. I have so many good ideas that I visualize in my head... like random action scenes, themes, characters, story outlines, shock scenes etc... I just don't know how to put it on a script or how to present the ideas. Even if I did I would have no idea where to go with it. So yeah, if I did know what to do with it and if I was heading in the right direction... I wouldn't mind any of the crap I get on the way because this would be a hobby for me, not a job. I'll gladly sit for months w/o getting paid to produce something using my imagination.

I just want to be involved in a badass movie. A lot of ideas I've had were inspired from other movies and I always dream about making my own movie by combining some of the best elements of other movies. Being an actor would be amazing... but realistically I don't have the looks for it and I have no acting skills, so I don't think that will ever happen and I'm okay with that. But if I could write or direct a movie that would be good enough because my "job" would pretty much be a hobby.
Ok make a full plot outline. When you get the script down it will have to be 90-120 pages in screenplay format. But you have to start with the outline. PM me and I will get you a sample script format.

also you can get feedback/input here:
http://forum.obnoxiousbrutes.com/showth...hp?t=147542843
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in for later.
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Good advice right here.
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