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Awe, murr, chear up.

1. That's why I don't play card games often and competitive much anymore.
2. I'm sure you're very romantic, it's probably just dormant <.<
3... Neither can I or any of the people I know >.> it's no big deal.
4. I only passed all my History classes with exact 70's <.< World History being my hardest. Don't sweat that either... unless you're trying to pass all you classes with really good marks, then my words are kind of pointless, but still.
5. Awe, I couldn't even get a girlfriend :*( don't think about this one so much, it isn't as big of a deal as it seems. Still lots of years before you should even worry about that. Like I told someone else, just concentrate on friends.
6. I'm sure you can masturbate perfectly well, right? So there, you can't say you can't do anything right.

Kidding aside >.> considering the first thing that came out was about Magic. I would assume you did horribly in a recent event. Don't let that get you down.... I'll relate to you for a second. Hmmm I would say 5 years ago, maybe more, I started playing Yugi... mainly because I liked the show *shrug* went to a card shop.... started playing Magic.... started getting competetive with that. I formed a group with the more professionals that went to the card shop that had played back in Alpha and Beta. In a few months I had studied and remembered most of all the comprehensive rules, and started advanced deck building, writing down all the probabilities, curve, etc.... I still wasn't that good at it. I had started when 8th Edition came out. I quit and got back into it many times, until Eternal Witness came out, hehehe, that was when I started getting good. I made an extended Crystal Witness control deck that ran rampant at my Card shop,(... hmm I feel like I've told this story too many times) anyway, I made Tooth, and actually was considered top choice by the people in the shop to do the best at States(first set in Kamigawa legal) I was running Tooth.... and I did horrible... I mean... 70 something out of 200... doesn't -sound- bad... to anyone else... but I'm sure you understand.... So here's what I'm getting at if you haven't seen my point yet.

Well, for me, I ended up making my entire life around cards.... it was my justification, my escape.... my reason.... girls didn't like me, life was hell at home... abuse and whatnot... cards were all I thought I had... aside from my friends. I wasn't smart. I only passed my classes with D's..... hell I can't even drive... So I was there with all these cards, strategies, and decks with all kind of ideas and stuff going through my head. I could do -so- well in casual play and local tournaments, but as soon as I go to something that could prove something to myself, I flop... every time.... Every single Yugi regionals that I went to I would slaughter the people in my playtest group consistantly, yet as soon as we get to a regionals, every one else places better than me. It was very discouraging... so I quit playing card games, hung out with my friends.

I kind of got lost >.> of course, that's only assuming this angst is coming from poor tournament results.... something like that -can- make you come down hard on yourself in other topics... shrug it off and keep going.

Oph, I really must say, ouch. >.> I wasn't hit that hard, but I guess only because I never really had a future to rely on anyway. Can't really say much as far as that goes. Just, either keep trying, or start studying? Hrm sorry.... >.> I can't empathize too much here, I never really had a future that relied on much more than just breathing until now.

Hrm, how/why did you two break up? that really sucks.