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Post by pyroflasher on Sept 5, 2010 13:49:10 GMT -5
About a week ago I started a new life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I've met loads of new people, an entirely different schedule from what I'm used, Oh and I'm semi-living on my room. The point is I've left the nest, and don't intend on returning. So I guess you guys shall be the ones who will hear me vent.
Also feel free to post your vents here as well if YOU are starting a new life.
I find that I am usually the one home alone. I have 3 roommates. 2 gay guys, and one very straight guy. Billy, the first gay guy is very chill, laid back, loves cleaning, but not anyone else's messes. Namely Lee's. He would be the straight guy. He fills nearly every stereotype about straight guys one can imagine, with the exception that accepts gays. Tyler is a drama queen, and also quite stereotypical. He appears confident to outsiders but is always questioning himself to us. I still haven't had any one on one conversations with him so he's still pretty much an enigma to me.
Is it odd that the other's appear to have more of a social life than me. I mean don't get me wrong, I have one. I've met several people who have already become really close to me. First theres Briana, a self described diva and Madonna fanatic. She claim's to be a diva, but she has not proven herself to be vain, nor arrogant. In fact she's quite the opposite of both theses traits. We've had some very deep conversations about those we've encountered. I always go to her when I'm unsure of what I think of someone. Next is Karissa, she's a dancer but definitely not the stereotypical bird that I'm used to (Co-op kids, you know what I'm talking about). She loves roleplaying and MMO's. She is definitely a female geek (which is a good thing). The entire campus actually knows about her already. That would be because she broke her foot on the second night we were here. There was a dance and she was dancing and she landed a jump wrong and yeah. We've had several heart to hearts already, and I've discovered we have very much in common. We've both had very similar experiences involving our siblings, and she's shared some pretty private stuff with me, and I've found I've been able to share similar things with both her and Brianna. And then theres Jared. Honestly he's a first for me. Being bisexual, my relationships with other guys, especially straight guys have always been shaky. I've never had like a best friend, a buddy, a "bro" that also happened to be heterosexual and I felt no "deeper feelings" for. So with Jared I feel I can embrace my "straight side," because I've never really been able to before.
And that I feel is bit much for a first post. I hope I haven't scared you away.
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Post by shadowdeath on Sept 5, 2010 14:26:03 GMT -5
What's the odds of having two gay roommates?
I'm not being mean, just curious.
Or is this like special housing?
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Post by pyroflasher on Sept 5, 2010 14:52:57 GMT -5
No... Art school. All of us are theater kids.
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Post by killerinstinct on Sept 5, 2010 17:43:29 GMT -5
There are more gay people than you think, Alex.
And honestly, you don't need a large circle of friends; if you have just a few friends, but with whom you feel very close, that's more than enough. I don't mean to sound cliche, but... yeah. It's not by having tons of friends and going out every night that you get a "social life".
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Post by daryl1730 on Sept 5, 2010 18:20:21 GMT -5
Will one of you be my friend?  |
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Post by shadowdeath on Sept 5, 2010 19:27:55 GMT -5
I'm sure there's more gay people then I would think, but in the same apartment? What are the odds of that?
And yeah, it's about having close friends. That's what matters. But I would also recommend branching out if possible.
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Post by pyroflasher on Sept 5, 2010 19:43:58 GMT -5
Like I said, Art school. Those places are like gay beehives.
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Post by daryl1730 on Sept 5, 2010 20:17:53 GMT -5
With help from Michael, assuming 10% of the population is gay and 4 roommates, the probability of exactly 2 gay ones is 4.86%.
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Post by shadowdeath on Sept 6, 2010 3:16:42 GMT -5
10% is gay?
Interesting statistic. Where'd you get it from?
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Post by daryl1730 on Sept 6, 2010 4:22:31 GMT -5
Made it up. Vaguely remembered hearing it ages ago.
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Post by killerinstinct on Sept 6, 2010 5:38:21 GMT -5
Actually, they generally say that 10-13% of the population is gay. And it's always been like that. Never understood why, personally...
But your statistic doesn't work so much. Gays usually are in "communities". In short, if you befriend one, you're gonna befriend a whole bunch. So it can be possible to be roommates with several gays.
That, and the art domain is usually filled with them.
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Post by daryl1730 on Sept 6, 2010 14:56:06 GMT -5
(3:51:32 PM) Michael: wait
(3:51:32 PM) Michael: wait
(3:51:32 PM) Michael: wait
(3:51:34 PM) Michael: WAIT
(3:51:37 PM) Daryl: What?
(3:51:39 PM) Michael: ok so
(3:51:47 PM) Michael: that 4.86% chance we got yesterday
(3:51:57 PM) Michael: that's the chance that any given room will have exactly two gay people in it
(3:52:03 PM) Daryl: Yes
(3:52:06 PM) Michael: but we want the chance that you have two gay roommates
(3:52:20 PM) Michael: so that means that the first marble (you) is red
(3:52:29 PM) Daryl: I think Eddie's bisexual though
(3:52:38 PM) Michael: and we need to figure out the probability of two out of the next three are green
(3:52:44 PM) Daryl: So he's like yellow
(3:52:46 PM) Michael: fine
(3:52:48 PM) Michael: but even still
(3:52:55 PM) Michael: you have two gay roommates
(3:52:57 PM) Michael: not including yourself
(3:53:13 PM) Daryl: So just do the same calculation
(3:53:16 PM) Daryl: But with 3 marbles
(3:53:18 PM) Michael: yes
(3:53:21 PM) Daryl: 1000 combinations
(3:53:25 PM) Daryl: 9 of each
(3:53:26 PM) Daryl: 3 tries
(3:53:28 PM) Daryl: 27/1000
(3:53:28 PM) Michael: 27 out of 1000
(3:53:32 PM) Michael: 2.7%
(3:53:45 PM) Michael: your fault, really
(3:53:52 PM) Michael: since you decided to change the question to marbles
(3:53:56 PM) Michael: and screwed it up in doing so
(3:54:12 PM) Daryl: But I was going for the chance of two gay people being in the same room
(3:54:15 PM) Daryl: That's what Alex asked
(3:54:22 PM) Michael: but we want the chance of you getting two gay roommates instead
(3:54:36 PM) Daryl: Oh
(3:54:44 PM) Daryl: He said "What's the odds of having two gay roommates?"
(3:54:46 PM) Daryl: Yeah
(3:55:07 PM) Michael: well actually, his question is kind of vague
(3:55:18 PM) Michael: oh
(3:55:20 PM) Michael: no it isn't
(3:55:21 PM) Daryl: I'll just paste this conversation in the thread
(3:55:28 PM) Michael: nevermind
(3:55:31 PM) Michael: didn't see that part
(3:55:33 PM) Michael: yeah
(3:55:33 PM) Michael: I'm right
(3:57:25 PM) Daryl: It's a bad statistic anyways
(3:57:44 PM) Daryl: We'd need a statistic for what percent of men studying theater are gay really
(3:57:58 PM) Michael: probably like 90%
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Post by pyroflasher on Sept 6, 2010 15:02:52 GMT -5
I lol'd at that convo. That made my day. I love your dedication to discover these statistics.
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Post by Cetasaurus on Sept 6, 2010 16:02:31 GMT -5
I lol'd at that convo. That made my day. I love your dedication to discover these statistics. Yeah I was thinking along those lines too. xD |
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Post by shadowdeath on Sept 6, 2010 18:55:12 GMT -5
lol 90%
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Post by pyroflasher on Sept 7, 2010 8:51:49 GMT -5
So I've realized that even getting up at 8:00 is to early. I eat breakfast, take a shower, get dressed and by then it's still only 9. My earliest class is at 10.
Right now I'm sitting in a nearly empty classroom (There is one other student in here) and so I thought you'd like to here my complaints about how I need to get up later. I'm certain the high school kid's are thinking "GEE I WISH I HAD THAT ISSUE. I HAVE TO BE IN SCHOOL FOR 7:30."
Yeah well, you know what children? Work hard and get good grades and then you'll get to contemplate whether 8:00 is to early a time to get up.
I apologize if I sound bitter. I'm actually trying to sound encouraging. But alas, I fail!
Anyways, Labor day weekend is OVER! (I'm excited, something I'd never thought I'd be back in high school about Labor day weekend.) But the reason I am indeed excited is because 2 out of my 3 best friends went home this weekend and I MISSED THEM! I love Briana, but you CAN have too much of one diva. Anyways class is going to start soon so I'm going to stop boring you with random thoughts about nothing. Enjoy your statistics!
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Post by pyroflasher on Jun 9, 2011 18:17:15 GMT -5
lolwow. I haven't written since september. I guess school got the best of me.
But right now I need to vent.
So at my school there is this organization titled Theater Underground supposedly geared towards helping playwrights with new play development. They meet each week, playwrights bring in plays, assign actors, and have their scripts read, and get feedback. You'd think these meetings would be my favorite part of the week. You'd think this club would be PERFECT for me. Alas, no such luck.
The organization is run by three incoming juniors from my major, and they have to be clique-iest people I have ever met. There is the girl, (I'll call her Diana for the purposes of Anonymity), who's a directing focus who is sweet as pie to your face, but is actually ripping you apart with every kind word. There is Braden the extremely effeminate playwright who's worked is fucked up for the sake of being fucked up, with no substance behind it, and then there's cody (yes like the character from Yellow Dress. In fact this kid was the inspiration behind the character) who's a straight douche who is always making snide remarks.
Basically, whenever Braden and cody want's to bring in a play, their work is put in priority. And then the people in their circle of friends showers them in praise.
Someone else brings in a play? (like myself) their work is put on the backburner and when it does get read, Is ripped to shreds, with them pointing out flaws that they themselves are guilty of.
I told them 3 weeks ahead of time that I wanted to bring in a full length play. Cody announces a week ahead of time, and they hold his reading to loud applause. I mean I would understand why they wouldn't want to do two full lengths in a row, but I waited THREE MONTHS for a simple DATE to have the reading, before I decided to just have the reading outside of T.h.U.g. Diana responded with a passive agressive series of IM's explaining while she's happy i'm writing, she wants to avoid having "Two rival groups of playwrights."
If you want to avoid that, stop being so exclusive.
Anyways this all last semester. The Past is past right?
Wrong.
Theater Underground (aka Diana Brayden and Cody) have been put in charge of this years Equinox Festival, the only time a year where student playwrights can actually get there work fully exhibited. I was hoping I would be able to submit a play I've been working on and am very proud of, but nope. They announce that we have to write up a brand new play by July 15th and it has to be "inspired by" a Post secret post card (some website in which people send in their secrets on the back of post cards). These plays will then be subject to a 6 week workshop in which they will be "Reimagined" (creative word to mean that the trio will dig the grubby little hand and change the play to the point where it doesn't reflect the playwrights original vision) something I completely disagree with. If a playwright wants to have their work REIMAGINED, that's up to them. It shouldn't be a requirement for a workshop process, especially one that Is the ONLY yearly oppurtunity for playwights to exhibit their work to the whole university. Actors get many chances for the spotlight each year. Playwrights get one
And this trio is fucking it over for us so that they can get all the praise of a successful Equinox.
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