I won college!! WOOOO

"LappingLuke" (lukeohara01)
12/12/2014 at 13:32 • Filed to: None

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I finally finished! After 4.5 years of seemingly endless slaving, late nights, all nighters, stressing, thinking about quitting and becoming a dentist, wishing I was a duck instead of a human, etc, I finally won college. I can scarcely believe it. In 3 days I'll walk across the stage and get an empty book thing that I don't really understand because I'm pretty sure my degree will be too big to fit in it...but they won't get around to printing it and mailing it to me for about 4 months from what I've heard. In exactly 1 month I will start my new life as LappingLuke the electrical engineer...I'm glad hard work pays off!

Pictured above: hopefully very similar to my near future...please? Who is the patron saint of rare colored 90s BMWs anyway? I need some help to make this happen...

DISCUSSION (48)

For Sweden > LappingLuke
12/12/2014 at 13:35

Quitting school to become a dentist

PushToStart > LappingLuke
12/12/2014 at 13:36

congrats man! Here's to never wishing you were a duck ever again!

LappingLuke > PushToStart
12/12/2014 at 13:36

Thanks! Hell yeah ducks are fucking stupid!!

Jcarr > LappingLuke
12/12/2014 at 13:38

Welcome to the real world.

Kinja'd!!!

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Seriously, though, congrats!

OPPOsaurus WRX > LappingLuke
12/12/2014 at 13:39

dont worry, theres always grad school if you get bored. Congratz man, great feeling isn;t it?

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > LappingLuke
12/12/2014 at 13:39

Congrats, I just did too.

BoulderZ > LappingLuke
12/12/2014 at 13:39

Congratulations! A good degree is difficult to get, can help open a lot of doors, and is yours for the rest of your life. While professional life has it's own irritating bits, they're at least different than what you've had for the last half-decade. And they pay a hell of a lot better. Enjoy!

LappingLuke > Jcarr
12/12/2014 at 13:39

Thanks! I'm excited for the punches to have paychecks stuck on them instead of bills!

Mattbob > LappingLuke
12/12/2014 at 13:40

Nice! another electrical engineer around these parts! BTW, I graduated last year with BSEE and bought an e36 within a couple months of that. weiiird

ttyymmnn > For Sweden
12/12/2014 at 13:40

Kinja'd!!!

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > LappingLuke
12/12/2014 at 13:40

That would be me. But unfortunately I'm only the patron saint of finding them, not buying them.

http://www.m3forum.net/m3forum/showth…

Kinja'd!!!

And congratulations at winning college! This is not the easiest game I've ever played.

ttyymmnn > LappingLuke
12/12/2014 at 13:41

Congratulations! You are now officially unemployed.

ttyymmnn > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/12/2014 at 13:41

Congratulations! You are now officially unemployed.

Tekamul > LappingLuke
12/12/2014 at 13:41

Congratulations!!

But you don't really win until all the loans are paid off.
Also, EEs are the most awesome people in the world!

/EE

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > LappingLuke
12/12/2014 at 13:41

TechnoViolet over Magma?

Why not?

Aaron M - MasoFiST > LappingLuke
12/12/2014 at 13:41

Congrats! Hopefully the year after getting your engineering degree goes better than mine: unemployment, crushing depression and finally throwing my hands up and applying to grad school.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > ttyymmnn
12/12/2014 at 13:42

No, that might actually happen in 2 weeks.

Not joking.

LappingLuke > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)
12/12/2014 at 13:43

I juuuust saw that one a bit ago. I'm not sure how much I love the Dove grey interior but I'm pretty sure most techno cars have Dove inside so I might have to settle...that one is in Vegas but there's one 4 hours from my SC home but idk if it's as good a car yet. The one I posted was for sale this summer with Modena interior swapped in and it was a peeaachhhh! Thanks!!

Jcarr > ttyymmnn
12/12/2014 at 13:44

Hermie doesn't like to make toys!

LappingLuke > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
12/12/2014 at 13:44

That would be 100% of what I want but we both know how hard to find that is. I would easily settle for any other color but Dove inside. Got the inside scoop on any techno on black/magma/mulberry/cloth?? :D

Margin Of Error > LappingLuke
12/12/2014 at 13:45

I'm 23 and still in college :-(

LappingLuke > Aaron M - MasoFiST
12/12/2014 at 13:45

Thanks man! I took a job offer about 8 weeks ago so I'll start 1/12/15. I worked at this place as an intern this summer and had a truly epic time. I'm excited to start!

ttyymmnn > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/12/2014 at 13:46

Well, that would suck. Hoping for the best.

Bryan doesn't drive a 1M > LappingLuke
12/12/2014 at 13:46

Congrats! They like to put EE's through the ringer, don't they? Glad you made it out with your sanity in tact.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > ttyymmnn
12/12/2014 at 13:47

As am I, but my bosses aren't sure what's going to happen after next week.

LappingLuke > Tekamul
12/12/2014 at 13:49

Thanks a lot!! When I say bills I'm being pretty disingenuous...I'm very, very lucky that my dad put me through school. The only downside is I've had basically no control over my life for the time I was in school (forced to live where he says, forced to drive his car, not allowed to buy a car with internship savings, etc) but I don't take it for granted for one half a second. So I will graduate debt free. Yes EEs are definitely the most awesome!!

Aaron M - MasoFiST > LappingLuke
12/12/2014 at 13:49

Very nice! I had terrible luck with my timing (graduated in 2009- our first job fair was so close to the crash that Lehman Brothers had a booth, but the company didn't exist by the time the fair happened), so it's good to see things are getting better. My summer internship was at a steel mill...in retrospect I'm really glad I didn't get that job.

LappingLuke > Bryan doesn't drive a 1M
12/12/2014 at 13:49

Thanks man! They really do...it was like sitting in a food processor all this time. I'm battered and bruised but I'm not so sure if my sanity is all there! LOL

LappingLuke > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/12/2014 at 13:50

Congrats to you!

LappingLuke > Mattbob
12/12/2014 at 13:50

Great minds think alike right?!

LappingLuke > OPPOsaurus WRX
12/12/2014 at 13:51

I'm so happy its crazy. I can't wait to buy a fun car! hahah

LappingLuke > ttyymmnn
12/12/2014 at 13:52

Only for 31 days after which I will start my first real engineering job! I interned for this company this summer and they offered me a job before I left for school.

LappingLuke > Aaron M - MasoFiST
12/12/2014 at 13:53

Dang that's crazy! My friend worked at a steel mill for two months after graduating before he got an offer in EE and he said it was pretty bad...seems like a running trend.

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > LappingLuke
12/12/2014 at 13:53

I really like the Dove grey. It looks amazing with Technoviolet and clear/white turn signals. But for some reason I like white and grey interiors on some BMWs. I almost got a black e24 M6 with pearl white leather interior instead of the 2002. I know it would have been a pain in the ass to keep clean but it just looked so cool!

And I say that one too. Holy shit I have never seen a cleaner interior on a 17 year old car. Those seats are literally perfect.

Kinja'd!!!

ttyymmnn > LappingLuke
12/12/2014 at 13:53

Outstanding! Enjoy your one-month vacation. After that, there will be no more.

LappingLuke > Margin Of Error
12/12/2014 at 13:53

Nothing wrong with that there. I turned 23 in September and both of my best friend's who graduated in May were 24 and 25.

PyramidHat > For Sweden
12/12/2014 at 13:54

I'm going to run away and join The Dentistry!

LappingLuke > ttyymmnn
12/12/2014 at 13:54

I will certainly try my best. I have on week of actual vacation, the rest of the month will be spent finding a place to live, moving out of my current place and back home, and then moving from home into my new home and hopefully sprinkled with looking at some peachy E36 M3s!

OPPOsaurus WRX > LappingLuke
12/12/2014 at 13:56

do you have somethign picked yet?

Aaron M - MasoFiST > LappingLuke
12/12/2014 at 13:57

My internship was an engineering one so I spent most of it either doing CAD or metallurgical testing...more engineering job than millworker, but pretty boring all in all.

LappingLuke > OPPOsaurus WRX
12/12/2014 at 13:59

I know I want an E36 M3. I reeallyyyy want one in technoviolet but they are hard to find like crazy. The few you find are usually dove grey interior that I hate. If I found a good one with black or tan interior I'd hop right on it. I might settle for a hellrot red or estoril blue on any interior but dove since they are a little easier to find.

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > LappingLuke
12/12/2014 at 14:04

of course I do

LappingLuke > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
12/12/2014 at 14:05

Ommmggggg I gotta figure out how much benjamins I have after graduation to figure out exactly how peachy a car I can buy. Need to sell my Eclipse too...

Mattbob > LappingLuke
12/12/2014 at 14:12

Indeed, I didn't get an M though. Student loans man... Woof. Just a 325i, but it is so fun to throw into corners.

LappingLuke > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
12/30/2014 at 18:15

Hey man if you really know of any good 96-99 cars (no glaring maintenance needed) in interesting colors (not black, silver or white) that someone might be willing to sell or that is for sale somewhere other than BF or M3F that I wouldn't know about I'd definitely appreciate the heads up. Seems like the market is really super thin for winter and I'd like to get into one pretty soon if I can. You can email any leads you might have to oharal@email.sc.edu thanks!

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > LappingLuke
12/30/2014 at 19:47

will do. Sedan or coupe preference?

LappingLuke > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
12/30/2014 at 21:26

Coupes! It's funny I actually see a lot more sedans for sale right now than coupes despite the difference in numbers produced...it's because I want a coupe haha

Tohru > LappingLuke
01/30/2015 at 09:39

Kinja'd!!!