Quote Originally Posted by daihashi
Flying Imam.. you live in houston?

Historically hurricanes always dodge us and even when we catch the dirty side of storms it is not that bad. If you live on the north side of I-10 you usually don't have a whole lot to worry about. Even living south of I-10 isn't that bad.

The only hurricane to hit Houston in the last 25 years is Hurricane Alicia. Something about this place just steers hurricanes away. Besides Ike is so unpredictable right now I'd say we won't have any real certainty where it's going to land until Thursday evening.

If you don't mind me asking, why did you quit smoking?
true what u said about them dodging us. I just cant help being overcautious though got a some conservative genes lol
i live near cypress/tomball area, i know its pretty far from sea, but a cat 4 within 90 miles of here will have at least tropical storm force winds as i heard in tv today and they DO expect it to become cat 4.

Well, i have tiny lil car, im more afraid of flooding. and the backside winds. there is a tree right by the wall i sleep under and i can tell 80+ mph winds will make this tree or at least its branches fall, in which direction? idk!

and not having electricity is really a bugger for me, i feel like a plant without light lol

and as for your question, i answered it fully elsewhere, so im just gonna copy/paste, dont feel like typin it again. click n read.

Quote Originally Posted by flyingimam
Me? in military? u must be jokin! lol however, i dont mind having stewie's type of world domination ideas!! :jointsmile:

no but seriously, I became a daily and heavy smoker for about 2 years from 04 to 06 and in that time as u might imagine, i kinda missed lots of other parts of my life due to this newly found obsessive behavior. long story short, i fell with the wrong crowd n stuff and kinda left school doin min wage job and living the young/single person happy/party life.

Then I got back to school in the same status and got suspended due to bad grades for 1 semester and that was what burst my bubble , i came to my senses, cut all the crappy people from me and just quited smoking, and swore to leave it that way until i get my BS degree with as many As as i can.
So I'm trying really hard to stay on my promise, and although an occasional smoke here or there wont hurt, i know my obsessed ass will be wanting more after getting in bed only once!

so i kicked it as a "habit" and would like to keep it that way until i can get a real life and job.

plus: due to what i did for 2 years and what i planned to do afterwards, I'm on a very limited budget right now provided by my family for basically gas and school and thats it! I dont even work, but I'm taking like 18 credits as a sophomore this semester and have had a steady flow of mainly As and some Bs as grades comin on my record since then. also I cant grow in my family's residence. so as u see, i'm better off not smoking now, until i get my degree find a job, find a secure way to beat my drug tests, and start making bigger $$$ so i can OWN a place of my own. long way to go and a rough one, but I'm already in it and must finish it! u can say i myself admitted myself to my family's rehab lol and accepted the terms to get thru this phase of my life!

50 more credits to take and I intend to do it as fast as I can, taking 21 credits next semester perhaps and getting as many mini-mesters and summer classes as possible to be done hopefully by jan 2010 or at latest in by summer 2010. get hired on the spot with $60k plus a year the first year and i will be set!