I could really use everyone's help!- Page 3

[broadwayworld2]

Posted: 12/2/12 at 1:25am

Ltjay889, why don't you take a hike and go pick on someone your own age, instead of Mr. Nick here.

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/2/12 at 1:28am

Lol.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/2/12 at 1:28am

So you spent $20,000 of your tuition money on a vacation in Europe because you were in a "good place financially" and "didn't know" you would want to go to school and now you're "sadly NOT in a good place financially" but you want that $20,000 back?

So you come here, to BroadwayWorld and act as if there is no recession on and we're all in "good places financially" and you mistakenly assume you know how to charm us all into replenishing the money you spent on your vacation or else you'll make us feel so guilty that we're not "helping" that we'll forward your donate-to-ME page on to our FRIENDS?

Oh, for crap's sake.

Welcome to the real world. You know what New York City does with people like you?

New York City chews people like you up and spits them out on the sidewalk in front of Port Authority Bus Terminal, with no bus fare back to Whereverville, USA.

If you want to come to New York City, if you want to go to AMDA, if you want to pursue a career in the arts, you better wise up, kid, and get smart, because you're the opposite of smart right now.

And if you want to enlist the help of other people, take a look at yourself through the lens of your obnoxious behavior in this thread. Learn some humility, first. Then learn some basic charm, for chrissake. And then learn to read a room. At which, so it seems, you stink.

Otherwise, your New York City experience will be much worse than the trouncing you received in this thread.

I'd say good luck, but you need much more than luck, kid. You need to get real.

Updated On: 12/2/12 at 01:28 AM

[Wynbish]

Posted: 12/2/12 at 1:28am

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/2/12 at 1:30am

PJ nailed it. Instead of engaging the troll, I shall applaud PJ.

[cupcake3]

Posted: 12/2/12 at 1:31am

Updated On: 12/2/12 at 01:31 AM

[broadwayworld2]

Posted: 12/2/12 at 1:31am

Nick, stay in there! Rise above all the stink. You can do it.

[cupcake3]

Posted: 12/2/12 at 1:35am

Wow, you sound like Sam Spade, PJ! LMFAO!

[supportivemom]

Posted: 12/2/12 at 1:56am

Standing Ovation for Pal Joey! I couldn't have said it better! Thanks!

[broadwayworld2]

Posted: 12/2/12 at 1:57am

More like un-supportivemom.

[CJ N2N]

Posted: 12/2/12 at 1:57am

More like troll...

[broadwayworld2]

Posted: 12/2/12 at 2:01am

More like... go pick on someone your own age, bully.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/2/12 at 2:08am

Do you live in New Jersey or Dallas?

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 12/2/12 at 6:30am

So, was it the OP.s life long dream to go on a European vacation, or to go to college?

I'm confused, because it must be hard, ya all, to blow the money on the vacation and then realize, the very next year, that you can't afford to go to that college you wanted to go to.

You know, I've been sending money to my sister because she's fighting cancer. Maybe I should stop and help this guy be able to fulfill his dream by furthering his education.

You know, a month after he paid for Europe...

[artscallion]

Posted: 12/2/12 at 8:07am

I feel the same about this as I do those kids that stand at the grocery store entrance asking for donations to buy new uniforms for their team.

When I was a kid and our team or activity needed money, we either went to our own parents or we offered the world something in exchange for a donation. A car wash, a bake sale, selling candy bars, magazines or seeds. We didn't just stand there with our hand out. Now get off my lawn!!!

[After Eight]

Posted: 12/2/12 at 8:49am

"You all know I'm usually one of the first to have fun with things like this"

"Fun." So THAT's what you call it. Kudos. That's the first genuine laugh you've ever provided here.

"but let's be nice here."

That's the second.

So now, because the OP's plight resonates with YOU, everyone here is supposed to refrain from the kind of noxious nastiness you dole out a hundredfold a hundred times a day.

Egocentrism reaches a new level on Broadway World. Beyond the stratosphere.

As for the OP, I hope he gets to realize his dream.

[winston89]

Posted: 12/2/12 at 9:06am

Pal Joey nailed it on the head. So, I applaud him for that.

With regards to the OP, I honestly find it funny that he went to Europe, wasn't smart with his finances regarding college and now is begging for money. Let me just say, that I MAY have felt something for him if he said that he was doing nothing but saving his money and stil came up short. However, the fact that he went on a vacation to Europe right before he would have to pay for college, proves that he wasn't financially careful.

To the OP, grow up and stop feeling so damn entitled.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/2/12 at 9:32am

We live in a world where people are often caught running "Help me, I've got cancer" scams and even *they* go to all the trouble of shaving their heads.

If somebody solicits donations from strangers, by definition any money he gets will not be a "random act of kindness."

[Marianne2]

Posted: 12/2/12 at 9:44am

^ I agree. The other thing is, do we know for sure the OP really would use the money for college? What if he was setting us up to help his drug habit or something? I don't trust people who sign up for an account and this is their first post.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/2/12 at 9:49am

But Marianne, he was a long time lurker.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 12/2/12 at 9:53am

I must have missed that part.

[Jungle Red]

Posted: 12/2/12 at 10:08am

I'm going to butt in here and say that my financial aid only covers two classes per semester. And that's only sometimes. Sometimes I have to pay out of pocket "lab fees". (The Cinematography lab fees are $500. If I ever take Directing 4, it's around $2000.)

To qualify for both subsidized and unsubsidized loans, you have to make a certain amount of money. I accept my max in loans but I don't qualify to get any grants.

I get where the OP is coming from, but maybe he shouldn't have gone on that vacation.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/2/12 at 10:22am

A year ago the OP had not even yet had this dream he is asking strangers to finance. Perhaps he needs to invest more of his own time in making his dream happen. Obviously, he has not even thought of living expenses or anything else. That will probably be covered by another fundraising campaign.
By the way, if somebody is really looking to do acts of kindness, try this

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 12/2/12 at 11:20am

This happened to me a few years ago. I wanted more than anything to go to Emerson in Boston, got in, but could not afford it. It was the first real heartbreak and disappointment of my life, but it had to happen sooner or later. Reality bites.

But I do wish you well.

[Jane2]

Posted: 12/2/12 at 11:31am

The fact that the OP doesn't see anything objectionable with what he's doing, and doesn't get the "entitlement" aspect of it, perfectly outlines the discrepancy I see with a certain generation and those of my own.

He says that "no one here is kind." So, I'm not kind because I don't want to hand money to a perfect stranger who, for all we know, is a scam artist. The net is filled with them.

I've given money to people I know to help pay rent, bills, etc. I knew them and their circumstances to be honest and I was able to help a little.

And no, I wouldn't do the same as you are if I were in the same position. That's not how I was brought up. The universe is not responsible for giving you everything you want. Sometimes you can't have everything you want. (and here I am believing your story and replying to you.) oy.