Get a 5s! Get a 5s! Get a 5s! Get a 5s! Get a 5s! That is all I
will say about that.
Also, going off of your assessment of support groups - Devin, I
would strongly suggest going for a personal group as well. Yes,
you're at a blind school, and yes, it may possibly be difficult
to get transportation - the key word being difficult here - but
it's not impossible. You admitted that one of your weaknesses is
personal contact. A support group - being a group of people who
join together to help each other - would help you find ways to
overcome that barrier. If you stay online, I guarantee you all
you'll do is sit behind a computer and email and text and it
won't do anything to make your situation any better. It doesn't
matter that you're blind, it doesn't matter that you have issues,
and it doesn't matter that you don't feel comfortable; because
believe it or not, everyone else has issues too. You won't get
that crucial level of connection you need on skype, muds or email
lists.
Ok, I feel like rambling about something for a bit, because I've
rambled about everything else long enough and I want the world to
center around my problems, and my problems alone. Murmrmrm? I
mean, thou shalt not steal, be kind to others, blah blah blah
stupid crap and I don't care. I showed up to my 3:25 class a
couple minutes early, and got into a conversation with a couple
of people in the general area of where I sit. One of our
assignments this month is to find a marketing or advertizing
agency to interview about several various things (I don't know
because I still need to read the assignment) but the professor
strongly advised that we do it in groups of two or three. It just
so happened that I was able to get into a group with these people
at the very beginning of class. This was lucky, because five
minutes later, the professor walks in (late, might I add) and
starts talking about the assignment... and considers it his duty
to shout out, "If anyone would be able to allow Nick into their
group, that would be great." In short, I. Was. Mortified. And it
didn't help that he soundes almost exactly like the actor who
plays Marlin in Finding Neemo.
Anyway, I'm done commiserating... for the moment. Lol.
----- Original Message -----
From: Kaiti Shelton <[email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date sent: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 15:57:34 -0500
Subject: Re: [BTT] Testing 1, 2, 12.
Hi all,
Yeah, I may even talk to my parents and see if I can just get a
5S
over midterm break. I really want to make my 4 last as long as
it
can, but ever since I installed the last upgrade it's gotten into
a
habit of randomly resetting whenever it feels like it. I'll go
to
answer a phone call, or just be waiting for an app to load, or
just
unlock my phone and just get to the home screen after putting in
my
pass code, and it will give me the apple for a minute or two and
reset. It's really annoying, but I've made the phone last for 2
and a
half years, which is better than a lot of other people I know.
*cough
cough, my clumsy sibling who drops hers and cracks the screen
constantly).
I had a really rough semester in the fall. I won't go into
details on
the list, but I found just talking to other people who could just
listen really helped. It sounds like Nick is right in that a
support
group might be what you need. I would advise that you really
look for
an in-person one; I know that it may seem undoable with school
commitments and homework, but honestly school sounds like it is
what
is bringing you down. Sometimes even when we are most stressed
with
other things, we need to make time for ourselves in order to fix
the
other issues. Most support groups only meet once a week or every
2
weeks anyway, so it shouldn't be a huge obligation. And, if the
group
isn't working for you, or the person you're confiding in just
doesn't
seem to get it,, don't be afraid of trying someone new.
I love my BrailleSense. I don't have the perks of dropbox and
youtube
since I got the On-Hand, but quite honestly I think it is the
best
model for me for the time being. It's really nice because when I
go
into a practicum session I can keep it on my person the entire
time,
jott down notes quickly as I go, etc. It's light enough that it
doesn't bog me down, and small enough that it doesn't really get
in
the way, and it has the functionality I need. Of course, I would
like
to have youtube and dropbox built in at some point, and could see
myself getting a U2 in a while, but the On-Hand is great for me
at
this stage of the game.
On 2/10/14, Devin Prater <[email protected]> wrote:
Hmm. Yes, I'll search around.
sent from the braille plus
Nick Cocchiarella <[email protected]> wrote:
Online isn't out of the question, but I'd also strongly recommend
that you google support groups in your area and just see what you
can find.
----- Original Message -----
From: Devin Prater <[email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date sent: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:02:11 -0600
Subject: Re: [BTT] Testing 1, 2, 12.
Thank you. I've not thought about that. I don't know of any
support
groups around where I'm at, and don't feel all that comfortable
with
offline stuff, because I'd never have much time for it, with
school
taking up all the week, and the only time I'd have to be free of
it
and be able to do what I want is on the weekdns, so online would
be
the place I'd have to go. An email list would be good, as I'd be
able
to access it anywhere, so I'll have to take a trip to yahoo
groups I
suppose, LOL
On 2/10/14, Nick Cocchiarella <[email protected]> wrote:
Hmm. That kind of sucks. All the same, have you ever thought
about looking into support groups around where you're at? Even
if
they're not always in person? I'm not even talking strictly
about
blindness, but depression in general. If school and life are
getting you down and you're really stumped as to how you're
going
to live out the rest of your life, maybe some sort of support
group can help you find ways to figure it out. Just a friendly
suggestion from one listy to another.
----- Original Message -----
From: Devin Prater <[email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date sent: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 11:12:51 -0600
Subject: Re: [BTT] Testing 1, 2, 12.
I love pizza too! I can eat 7 slices now. Yes, I'm the big fat
205 pound happy cat! And the wifi is down, so I'm not sure when
y'all will ge! flooded with my replies. I'm kinda sad at this
point. I don't know what I'll do with my life. I'm not good at
much. This school hasn't taught me much about independence. I
mean, I'm 19. I'm in the 11th grade. And my gosh this school
hasn't helped much at alldd^the people are like family, because
I'm around them most. But these people try to keeep the school
from being sewed and all, so they can't provide emotional
support. And when I do something wrong, according to them, its
all my fault. Everying is all on me. I'm fat and lazy, stupid
and
all, all because of me. I'm depressed because of my own
inactivity and all. But oh well. Sometimes I just feel like
going
under; just living life mechanically, just going through the
motions, and not caring. Another part of me wants to beee what
all life can give, although the more I live the more that part
dies. No one around me can help. My family simply can't be
involved with me. I don'! see them enough. So I just don't know
what to do, about anything. The walls around my heart are there,
and I have a mask of loving my laziness and all, that keeps
people away from me. I don't mind being alone, or at least
without that many friends around me. I push people away usually.
But online, , put myself out there, usually. I have a voice
online, I can be myself; say what I want. But offline, I can be
yelled at, and all that.
sent from the braille plus
Maya Pureseva <[email protected]> wrote:
Purr, this is mayapur, lol, yes, I'm still alive, working a lot
at school
and as an assistive technology trainer and stuffages. Let's
flood
the BTT
again, those were the days! P.s. and I like pizza. lol.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Devin Prater" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]
To: <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: [BTT] Testing 1, 2, 12.
Meow!
sent from the braille plus
Nick Cocchiarella <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]
wrote:
Wow! You're still in school? For some reason I thought you
graduated a long time ago. Har har. What are you going for?
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeffrey Shockley <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]
To: [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]
Date sent: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 06:37:38 -0500
Subject: Re: [BTT] Testing 1, 2, 12.
Hi,
Not much is up here just busy with school and all that most
wonderfully fun stuff LOL.
Gotta love it right? LOL.
Jeffrey
On Feb 9, 2014, at 11:41 PM, Nick Cocchiarella
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hello, my children.
I know what you're probably thinking. What? Another BTT
message?
I thought I was finally able to get rid of that group thingy
once
and for all!
Well, sorry to disappoint you. Here I am, once again, annoying
you all with my pointless ramble. Why am I torturing you, you
ask? Well, a few reasons come to mind. Firstly, I just wanted to
see who actually responds. Second of all, I somehow managed to
accidentally download every last email I have ever sent using my
gmail account onto my iPhone recently, and among them are
hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of old Btt emails - many of
which I was going through today - and it made me feel a little
nostalgic. Last but not least, I'm a little disappointed in
myself for letting this thing die the way it did, and not let it
possibly evolve or grow into something hugistically huger, like
I
had once dreamed.
So, there you have it. I suppose I could have simply said "heyy
wats up w/ yall how r u doin" and been done with it, but I'm
wide
awake and somewhat in a ranting mood. So please, pardon my
transgression this time around.
Love,
Your subconscious
P.S. I like fried chicken.
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