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<div class="quote_poster">Bahir Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">For those of you that know: about how much would you say a normal college, in perhaps California or Florida, costs in the US per year, expenses for living (food, rent etc) included? Big difference living on campus or not?</div>

Well I don't know jack about colleges outside of California but in California the price range is pretty vast. It all kind of depends on where you want to go or what type of school you want to go to, how much financial aid you can get, etc.

Heres some examples pertaining specifically to certain colleges for the 05-06 year (I can get this info for you on any college so just ask and I'll post the info for you):

USD- Tuition: $30,480
Room and board: $10,960
Required fees: $224

Santa Clara- Tuition: $28,899
Room and board: $10,032
Required fees: No data available

UC Santa Barbara (Out-of-State)- Tuition: $17,820
Room and board: $10,577
Required fees: $6,993

UC Santa Cruz (Out-of-State)- Tuition: $17,820
Room and board: $11,571
Required fees: $7,603

UC Davis (Out-of-State)- Tuition: $18,168
Room and board: $11,239
Required fees: $7,593

SDSU (Out-of-State)- Tuition: $10,170
Room and board: $9,849
Required fees: $3,155

CSU Long Beach (Out-of-State)- Tuition: $10,170
Room and board: $6,648
Required fees: $2,864

You can make some generalizations from these examples. Big private schools are very expensive. CSU's are pretty cheap (in comparison). UC's are fairly expensive though I believe theres a lot of financial aid for California residents.
 
The college I wanted to go to (Central Washington) was like 4,000 dollars a year in-state. I don't remember out of state though.
 
Yeah, cost wise it would be best to stay in Sweden, since studying at universites is very cheap. You only have to pay for living costs, litterature and a few other minor things, but since we pay the highest taxes in the world, the rest is taken care of by the government.

The thing is though, I want to see the world, and get away from the winters. I'll definetly be checking for places to study at in Europe, but I need for the education to be in english.

The costs of going to college in the US seems to be very high (not a suprise for me), but I'll be looking around for opportunities. Austraila seems to be a very good option though, much cheaper than the US, and still warm and english-speaking.

I'll be looking around for scholarships too, and for schools that offer divided education (studying for a period of time in one country, and the rest in another).

I still haven't made up my mind about what I want to study, but I have close to a year to make up my mind about what and where.
 
You'll get some sort of financial aid, and probably some scholarship money as an international student. Nobody pays the full 40+K a year.
 
If you have to choose betwen the Simpsons Movie and Rush Hour 3, what would you watch? Me and my friends are leaning toward Rush Hour 3.
 
Why don't you watch both. Pick one to watch first, maybe the Simpsons. After that, instead of exiting, walk to the Rush Hour 3 theater to watch that. You can watch 2 movies for the price of 1!
 
This new Superbad movie looks hilarious, or the cop characters look it at least.

Simpsons was a disappointment. It was still good, better than most comedies, but I just think it had more potential.
 
<div class="quote_poster">Voodoo Child Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">You'll get some sort of financial aid, and probably some scholarship money as an international student. Nobody pays the full 40+K a year.</div>

True. The numbers I gave are definitely higher than what pretty much everyone pays. Those should come down with financial aid and scholarships and whatnot.

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">If you have to choose betwen the Simpsons Movie and Rush Hour 3, what would you watch? Me and my friends are leaning toward Rush Hour 3.</div>

I'd go for Rush Hour 3, though I haven't see neither movie.

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">This new Superbad movie looks hilarious, or the cop characters look it at least.
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Agree.
 
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">I don't know whether or not God exists, but if he does, I believe he invented basketball. It's really food for my soul.</div>

I don't see myself quitting basketball ever. I might be a 90 year old man still playing pick up games.
 
I can't wait to see the Bourne Ultimatum. They're bringing everything back that made the series what it is so far including more original tracks by John Powell.
 
Simpsons was ok...nothing great. I think Rush Hour 3 will be better.
 
I made a thread on SUPERBAD a while back, it looks f'n amazing.
 
Well I had my mates 21st last night, we hired out the VIP room at this top Australian nightclub in our area that we frequent. Wasnt a very exciting night, I basically drank, and had a chat to some people, had a dance with my friend Melissa, and chilled in the VIP a little bit. I didnt really like the VIP that much, like it was good, but I just dont like being put on a pedastool above everyone else, plus when I go out clubbing, I like to be amongst the public, take in the atmosphere etc. The thing I did like though was that in made for a good rally point, there was no worrying about trying to find mates and what not, and I could just go out into the club and do my own thing, but still know that my friends were about. I had alot of fun, was a good night, just nothing out of the ordrinary took place. I was knocking back drinks like there was no tomorrow, I had about 18 or so, wasnt feeling overly drunk (although I can't get stupid drunk no matter how hard I try), I felt invincible, I was even draining drinks I dont like, like Vodka & Soda Water, nothing could stop me, lol. Everyone we were with (there were about 30-35) were chopped as, lol.

Man, my nose was just PISSING blood, I havent had a bleeding nose in like 12 years or somthing, there was blood everywhere
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That was crazy. I think it has to do with this new medication I'm on, for acne. My acne isnt bad, although it just never goes away, it'll linger, then flare up every now and then. This medication sucks all the oil out of your pores, and leaves you with dry skin and lips, and some other side effects include bleeding nose.
 
<div class="quote_poster">NTC Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">
Man, my nose was just PISSING blood, I havent had a bleeding nose in like 12 years or somthing, there was blood everywhere
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That was crazy. I think it has to do with this new medication I'm on, for acne. My acne isnt bad, although it just never goes away, it'll linger, then flare up every now and then. This medication sucks all the oil out of your pores, and leaves you with dry skin and lips, and some other side effects include bleeding nose.</div>

Dude, I have on and off acne as well (its mostly on during the summer, off in the winter), although it's under control for the most part now, but you're on accutane? It will probably end up curing your acne for good (it's usually known as a last resort) but I don't know man, I've heard about it's numerous side effects and that was bad enough. Plus, if you only have moderate acne, I don't think you need accutane. Try an antibiotic topical and it'll work, although you need to keep switching topicals once in a while or you'll get immune to it. But then I'm assuming you've already tried other treatments and they didn't work or something. Best of luck with it though, hope it cures you for good.
 
Godamn, Superbad does look hilarious. The kid from Arrested Development is hilarious as an awkward/nerdy kid.
 
Man..my internet has been really acting up for the past week. It either constantly cuts off and on, or just goes incredibly slow..it's finally starting to get better.
 
LMAO....a Mexican cat who only speaks spanish just came into my office and looked at all of our business cards we had up front and called all the women fat and ugly....he then went on to tell me about this pretty real estate agent that stays near him and how he's tried to hit on her eventhough he's married......customers like that make my day so much better.
 
I'm getting back into rap. The more time I spend home in Memphis the more I get into it. It's because I spend so much time in the mound and the BHZ while I'm here playing ball or smoking out, and man, if I bumped anything other than like Three Six or Mr. Sche, I'd get so much ****. I'm already a target not being black, (the south is still incredibly racist, both ways... especially the crips down here... I got some crazy stories, but this isn't the place for them) so I mean, listening to stuff like Hendrix or w/e wouldn't help - not too many people in the projects listening to Hendrix.

I feel weird typing all straight and listening to rap too, because southern rap isn't like Common and Talib, or any of that. It's just really raw beat-centered music. It's almost like I need to type with a blaccent to be taken seriously about it.
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It's crazy how my tastes change depending on where I am. I was down at Tulane not too long ago in a friend's apartment, and we did nothing but listen to Incubus and 311 all day.

I think funk (and funk-rock) is the genre I like the most consistently though. You can give me Sly and the Family Stone, Red Hot Chili Peppers, or Parliament Funkadelic any time, any place.
 
<div class="quote_poster">Voodoo Child Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I'm getting back into rap. The more time I spend home in Memphis the more I get into it. It's because I spend so much time in the mound and the BHZ while I'm here playing ball or smoking trees, and man, if I bumped anything other than like Three Six or Mr. Sche, I'd get so much ****. I'm already a target being light skinned, so I mean, listening to stuff like Hendrix or w/e wouldn't help - not too many people in the projects listening to Hendrix.
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I feel weird typing all proper and listening to rap too. It's almost like I need to type with a blaccent to be taken seriously.</div>

Who's your favorite rapper?
 
<div class="quote_poster">Legacy Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Who's your favorite rapper?</div>

Anything southern, especially Memphis/Mississippi - Three Six Mafia, Al Kapone, Mr. Sche, 8Ball & MJG, Frayser Boy, David Banner, etc.

Most of that is just music that I listen to when I'm in my car though. If you take my subs out, take me out of the projects, and put me in the burbs behind a computer screen like I am now, the kind of rap I listen to is more 90's or lyric-centered stuff like Outkast (their older stuff), Bone Thugs, De La Soul, Tribe Called Quest, Common, Snoop Dogg (his older stuff), Ice Cube, Rakim, Pete Rock, most of Wu-Tang, etc.

It's a situational thing though.
 
ATLiens = the best beat I've ever heard... about to head down to the mound to buy some trees for the week... this is going #1 on my mix...

Simpsons is on... the tv show > the movie...

I think I'm gonna hit up Taco Bell for dinner... I've been working my ass off training for bball when I'm not being a sack on the computer, so I think I've earned some like burritos or something... grilled stuffed burrito ftw...
 
I love Moe's. Are those everywhere or just down here in Florida?
 
<div class="quote_poster">Swish Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I love Moe's. Are those everywhere or just down here in Florida?</div>

The burrito place? They got those down here, but they're all expensive. It's not like it's a classy place or anything, it's just some yuppie store like Starbucks that charges way too much because their target market is the suburban, polo-wearing trust fund crowd.

For me, the hierarchy is -

Taco Bell > my taco's (it's like the only thing I cook that's not chicken or pasta) > Moe's
 
Wow, I thought Common was a cool guy but he is so racist and supports PETA. How lame.
 
Does any one know much about surge protectors? I have one of my TV's and my computer under surge protectors, but I just put them because I needed more plugs to fit in, never knowing what the actually did. Because I heard my cousin talking about them, but didn't ask him any questions.

So, I have a LCD TV in the living room not on a surge protector because I only have 2 wires that need to go in there, so there's no need for extra plugins... so my question is should I put a surge protector in there anyways?
 
I just rolled in from the BHZ and turned on a Democratic presidential candidates debate. Obama fielded a question about his race. Am I the only one who gets annoyed when people make the association between race and hardship?

We're not talking about a guy who is from the projects of Detroit, Memphis, Harlem, or something like that. His father has a Ph.D. from Harvard, he grew up in Hawaii and Indonesia, and he wound up going to two Ivy League schools for college himself.

Now Dennis Kucinich, there's someone who probably struggled growing up. His dad was a truck driver, he went to Cleveland State, and on top of all that, he's ugly, which is something you'll get descriminated against for way before you get descriminated against racially.

Obama's not even a dark skinned black guy. Yes, America's still racist, especially in the south, and being a light skinned black man is definitely easier than being a dark skinned black man, in terms of acceptance into white society. I don't see how Obama's race works as anything but a factor that's in his favor. A light skinned black man from Harvard is going to gain the respect of the white community, while his status as a black man is going to gain the respect of the black community. Then there's the large faction of rich, suburban Stepford wives and trust fund babies who subconsciously like him out of white guilt. I'm not believing this country is beyond racism until a black man from the south can get the nomination.

Point is, when it comes down to politics, Obama's beliefs and goals are nowhere near as for-the-people as Kucinich's.
 
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