You never know - There might be others in the same situation, into the same things! It's worth the risk.

And over the forums, I've always had good conversations with you. ANd we shall prove this on the Devy tour.

Yep, although... I don't often do much talking at gigs (unless between bands obviously), more flailing my hair all over the place

Where abouts are you in this country anyways? Not that it bothers me how far I'd be travelling to see Dev...

My only friend close by has just OD'd.

As far as I'm aware, he's called an ambulance, but I can't get hold of him, so I have no idea where he might be.

I actually don't know how to react to this.

If you know what hospital he's in, give 'em a ring. Because your not family I don't think they can give you a response on his condition only if he's there.

I don't know how to react either, sorry if this is unhelpful.

Sorry, Amber. Hope he pulls through.

Sorry to hear that, Amber. What has he OD'd on? How did you come to hear about it?

Hope you've heard from him/the hospital by now, seens how its been most of the day since you posted. Hope things are okay

He's okay. He's had a mental health check, and they've given him some medication, and told to rest for a few days.

I think it was more a cry for help - 40 pills of paracetemol and prozac.

And I found out through Facebook, which was pretty gnarly. Hopefully though things will pick up in due time. He's heading to mine tomorrow, help clear his head a little with any luck.

Thank you guys for the messages. I don't know what I'd do without you guys!

[EphelDuath666]

that is good news, Amber! Glad your friend is OK! And it's good that you're there for him!

He's okay. He's had a mental health check, and they've given him some medication, and told to rest for a few days.

I think it was more a cry for help - 40 pills of paracetemol and prozac.

And I found out through Facebook, which was pretty gnarly. Hopefully though things will pick up in due time. He's heading to mine tomorrow, help clear his head a little with any luck.

Thank you guys for the messages. I don't know what I'd do without you guys!

Seems like you're going through a major rough patch in life...Be strong!

Thats good to hear I'm sure some councelling with Dr. Amber will do him great

I'm sure some councelling with Dr. Amber will do him great

I'm getting jealous to OD guy.

Hahaha. Only in the HDF can it go from "I hope that dude is okay" to "I wish I was that dude." xD

And thank you again guys. There's some rough patches, but some great things going on too, so I think I'll go focus on those.

Me. Been a bit of a fool over the years not ever having a job. I've always just seen them as "for the money" which I never felt I really needed during school. Sure it would've been nice, but I was too stubborn to give up my weekends. Now I'm at Uni, I wish all of the "It'll look good on your CV" actually drilled into my head. Now I'm writing a CV in preparation for my placement year, and its crap. Especially with industry caring more about your work experience than qualifications.

Now I look like a lazy arse who won't work hard, which is totally wrong. One of the reasons I never got a job was actually being worried it'd get in the way of my studies (geeeeeeek). I've always worked hard, but at least my grades and stuff show it, to an extent.

Ergh. I want to be 5 again.

[swervedriver]

Me. Been a bit of a fool over the years not ever having a job. I've always just seen them as "for the money" which I never felt I really needed during school. Sure it would've been nice, but I was too stubborn to give up my weekends. Now I'm at Uni, I wish all of the "It'll look good on your CV" actually drilled into my head. Now I'm writing a CV in preparation for my placement year, and its crap. Especially with industry caring more about your work experience than qualifications.

Now I look like a lazy arse who won't work hard, which is totally wrong. One of the reasons I never got a job was actually being worried it'd get in the way of my studies (geeeeeeek). I've always worked hard, but at least my grades and stuff show it, to an extent.

Ergh. I want to be 5 again.

For your placement they're not really going to care either way. And if they do put a lot of value on having little work experience, just explain them the reason you just mentioned. If they still don't want you then you weren't going to have a good/useful time during your placement anyway.

Doing something just so "it'll look good on your CV" is the wrong motivation for doing it. Mine is pretty bare, and yet so far I've somehow been able to convince people that I'm good enough for the job they want me to do. Apparently, because I don't know what I did that convinced them but it seems they see something in me that I don't. Aaand we're back on-topic with self-esteem issues, wooo.

Me. Been a bit of a fool over the years not ever having a job. I've always just seen them as "for the money" which I never felt I really needed during school. Sure it would've been nice, but I was too stubborn to give up my weekends. Now I'm at Uni, I wish all of the "It'll look good on your CV" actually drilled into my head. Now I'm writing a CV in preparation for my placement year, and its crap. Especially with industry caring more about your work experience than qualifications.

Now I look like a lazy arse who won't work hard, which is totally wrong. One of the reasons I never got a job was actually being worried it'd get in the way of my studies (geeeeeeek). I've always worked hard, but at least my grades and stuff show it, to an extent.

Ergh. I want to be 5 again.

For your placement they're not really going to care either way. And if they do put a lot of value on having little work experience, just explain them the reason you just mentioned. If they still don't want you then you weren't going to have a good/useful time during your placement anyway.

Doing something just so "it'll look good on your CV" is the wrong motivation for doing it. Mine is pretty bare, and yet so far I've somehow been able to convince people that I'm good enough for the job they want me to do. Apparently, because I don't know what I did that convinced them but it seems they see something in me that I don't. Aaand we're back on-topic with self-esteem issues, wooo.

Yeah, you make a good point. Thanks for the reassuring words.

[Octillus]

I literally can't get a single one of my friends to go to the dev show with me tomorrow night, after my brother flaked... FOR FREE.


My friends fucking suck.