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Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: action9000 on March 06, 2009, 12:46:43 AM
Here's a simple concept for a game!

Simply post by saying at least one thing about yourself, it can be anything at all!

I got my posts per day back to 3.8 today, thanks to the LBT game project, after being at 3.7 for ages! :p
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Post by: landbeforetimelover on March 06, 2009, 01:11:13 AM
My Favorite Food Is Pizza. :D Dominos!!!  *Drool*
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Post by: Dash The Longneck on March 06, 2009, 06:33:27 AM
A am a huge fan of Cadpig and Alvin and the Chipmunks.
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on March 06, 2009, 07:22:37 AM
I'm a huge fan of 80s cartoon series. Transformers, Thundercats, Ulysess 93, The Mysterious Cities of Gold...you name it. I've seen it ;)
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Post by: Malte279 on March 06, 2009, 08:18:01 AM
The second and third toes on my feet are grown together up to the first joint.
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Post by: Mumbling on March 06, 2009, 11:29:04 AM
I've been a member of the donald duck comics for 9 years now.
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Post by: DarkHououmon on March 06, 2009, 12:17:53 PM
I am a speed artist. I have a tendency of spending relatively little time on a drawing, wanting to get it done as soon as possible. In school, I have been told to slow down and take my time, but I found myself unable to slow down and continued speed-drawing.
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Post by: Kit12 on March 06, 2009, 12:25:50 PM
My LBT collection is incomplete at missing the III and IV movies on DVD, though I have the III on VHS :DD (I've only seen IV a few times, when I catch it on TV actually)
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Post by: Malte279 on March 06, 2009, 12:46:43 PM
^ Member of the Donald Duck comic Iris? Member of a fanclub of Donald Duck comics you mean?
Do you know those comics drawn by Don Rosa? They are plain awesome! :yes

English was the first subject at school in which I got a mark that could have endangered my transfer to the next grade (if it had been at the end of the schoolyear and if I had sucked as much in another subject).
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Post by: Mumbling on March 06, 2009, 12:50:26 PM
Quote from: Malte279,Mar 6 2009 on  06:46 PM
^ Member of the Donald Duck comic Iris? Member of a fanclub of Donald Duck comics you mean?
Do you know those comics drawn by Don Rosa? They are plain awesome! :yes
Hehe maybe of the fanclub :angel I probably have, but I don't usually look at the artist because usually they aren't mentioned at all. Could you give an example?
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Post by: Malte279 on March 06, 2009, 12:56:36 PM
I think the most famous work of Don Rosa is the series whose English title (I think) is "The life and times of Scrooge McDucky" which tells about the youth and the whole life of Scrooge McDuck beginning in the 1870s. As a historian one cannot but love those comics as Don Rosa let so many historical events and characters (among many others Teddy Roosevelt, Wyatt Earp, Jesse James, Geronimo, Czar Nicholas II. appear).
Also Don Rosa's comics are full of references to the earlier comics by Carl Barks.
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Post by: landbeforetimelover on March 06, 2009, 01:28:07 PM
I'm a photoshop master but rarely get to work with photoshop anymore due to my other responsibilities.  I'm really behind with CS4 and barely know how to use it yet.  There are a couple of new tools and I don't even know what they do yet. :bang
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Post by: Spartanguy88 on March 06, 2009, 02:10:52 PM
I'm a utility clerk at a local grocery store; been working there for about a year and a half.

It pays good (7.20 an hour)

I own a cat named Nina; and I live in the glorious cheese state of Wisconsin.
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Post by: Mumbling on March 06, 2009, 02:34:30 PM
Quote from: Malte279,Mar 6 2009 on  06:56 PM
I think the most famous work of Don Rosa is the series whose English title (I think) is "The life and times of Scrooge McDucky" which tells about the youth and the whole life of Scrooge McDuck beginning in the 1870s. As a historian one cannot but love those comics as Don Rosa let so many historical events and characters (among many others Teddy Roosevelt, Wyatt Earp, Jesse James, Geronimo, Czar Nicholas II. appear).
Also Don Rosa's comics are full of references to the earlier comics by Carl Barks.
Oh boy, do I know that one. I remember I loved reading it when getting it from the library when I was about 9 years old.  :yes
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Post by: Littlefoot Fan on March 06, 2009, 04:23:42 PM
I refuse to eat anything after about 3 hours before I go to bed.
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Post by: NeoGenesis005 on March 06, 2009, 08:10:07 PM
:D Love to play Video Games especially Racing Games
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on March 07, 2009, 12:12:05 AM
I sleep like I'm in a coffin: hands over my heart, laying on my back...ya get the idea.  In addition, I rarely make a sound in my sleep.  When I was younger, my mother would actually check me to be sure I was still alive :lol.
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Post by: Amaranthine on March 07, 2009, 12:16:41 AM
I live in a beach town.  :smile
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on March 07, 2009, 01:00:38 AM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Mar 6 2009 on  11:16 PM
I live in a beach town.  :smile
So do I :blink:!
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Post by: 812558 on March 07, 2009, 01:14:59 AM
I have seen so many 80s gun movies i cary a airsoft gun (ak-47) as if their will be somthing in need of shooting :lol
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Post by: landbeforetimelover on March 07, 2009, 01:28:27 AM
I'm a great admirer of furry art (fanart or otherwise).  I don't typically like anything but the clean stuff, but I do have an admiration for some artists who express nudity in moderation if it's part of the art itself.  I also admire furry art that shows actual intercourse so long as no physical parts are shown.  If anything is really shown, is explicit, non-mutual (by one or both parties), or hard in any way, I'm out.  I also don't support inter-species unless the two characters VERY similar (example would be a dog and a wolf or maybe a fox if drawn right).  

I'm very conservative about this sort of thing and I've seen my fair share of horrific furry art, but I'm not a supporter of anything like that.  I'd show some examples if this was in the AM section, but a lot of the images I have are pushing it if you were going to show them to a child of the "appropriate" age to be watching LBT. :p
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Post by: babidikrakenguard on March 07, 2009, 01:56:05 AM
Im a big fan of Villains! Movie Villains, Game Villains, Book Villains..
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Post by: Amaranthine on March 07, 2009, 01:59:18 AM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Mar 6 2009 on  09:00 PM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Mar 6 2009 on  11:16 PM
I live in a beach town. :smile
So do I :blink:!
Nice! 8D

I feel really bad for not being on this site that much lately. :(
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Post by: Mumbling on March 07, 2009, 02:17:00 AM
I've got fake butterflies above my bed. They're moving around really slowly and to me they're relaxing to look at.
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Post by: landbeforetimelover on March 07, 2009, 02:19:37 AM
Even though the Intel Core2Duo beats the AMD Athlon64 X2 and the Core2Quad beats the AMD Phenom X4, I'm still an AMD fanboy. :D I'll pick AMD any day.
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Post by: action9000 on March 07, 2009, 02:21:21 AM
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I've got fake butterflies above my bed. They're moving around really slowly and to me they're relaxing to look at.
Hehe, that's cool. :)

My computer is worth more than my car. :p
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on March 07, 2009, 06:54:58 AM
I am relatively well travelled and love doing it. So far, in my lifetime I've been to:
Spain x5 - Alicante, Torrevieja, Barcelona
Thailand - Phuket Island, Ph-nanga Bay (James Bond Island)
Jamaica x2 - Montego Bay, Kingston
Greece - Athens, Zakythos
Dominican Republic
America x4 - Florida, Sanibel Island (off southern tip of Florida), New York City, New Jersey and toured California, Nevada and Arizona
Italy - Bari, Martina Franca
France - Calais, Paris

I'm still looking to visit Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Canada and more of the Caribbean Islands ;)
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Post by: Dash The Longneck on March 07, 2009, 07:38:22 AM
I work at a movie Theater and love baseball.
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Post by: DarkWolf91 on March 07, 2009, 09:30:23 AM
I've loved every video game I've ever played.
I would probably be a more serious gamer if life didn't keep getting in the way :lol
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Post by: Malte279 on March 07, 2009, 09:40:22 AM
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I'm still looking to visit Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Canada and more of the Caribbean Islands  ;)
Hey Jay, what about Germany? I'm so much looking forward to that one :yes
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Post by: NaNaNa on March 07, 2009, 09:41:10 AM
I'm going to England this spring. Score!
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Post by: Nick22 on March 07, 2009, 05:26:59 PM
Am a diehards sports fan. I love baseball, football, hockey and tennis..
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Post by: NaNaNa on March 07, 2009, 05:37:42 PM
Quote from: 812558,Mar 7 2009 on  12:14 AM
I have seen so many 80s gun movies i cary a airsoft gun (ak-47) as if their will be somthing in need of shooting :lol
John Lennon disapproves of guns

I eat at Subway every day because its shamazing
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Post by: Lillefot on March 07, 2009, 06:02:03 PM
I feel quite poor on telling things about myself at the time.  :oops

I'll start off with something neat though;

I'm going of to ski up in Norway in two weeks, I hope for sun and shimmering snow!  :D
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on March 08, 2009, 09:21:22 PM
Quote from: Malte279,Mar 7 2009 on  08:40 AM
Hey Jay, what about Germany? I'm so much looking forward to that one :yes
Yeah for sure Malte! Germany is on my list of places to visit and hopefully it will all come to fruition soon enough my friend ;)
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Post by: f-22 "raptor" ace on March 08, 2009, 10:56:24 PM
I might be going to the east coast this summer.
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Post by: tempestwheel on March 08, 2009, 10:57:38 PM
I take an engineering class in my high school.
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Post by: Nick22 on March 08, 2009, 11:00:20 PM
I went to Dachau concentration camp in the summer of 2001..
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Post by: tempestwheel on March 08, 2009, 11:00:52 PM
I love the anime/magna Case Closed/Detective Conan
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Post by: Nick22 on March 08, 2009, 11:45:43 PM
I've seen that show too. its reallly cool, although it makes you wonder how they haven't figured out thsat Conan is Jimmy by now..
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Post by: Drake on March 08, 2009, 11:46:27 PM
I have a headache.  :lol
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Post by: Nick22 on March 09, 2009, 12:09:48 AM
Great Drake.. anything else you want to tell us..
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Post by: Mumbling on March 09, 2009, 02:16:13 AM
Quote from: Nick22,Mar 9 2009 on  06:09 AM
Great Drake.. anything else you want to tell us..
 :lol

I'm reading 5 books at the moment. *blames school*
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Post by: action9000 on March 09, 2009, 02:17:12 AM
I have too many projects in mind!
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Post by: Littlefoot Fan on March 09, 2009, 02:18:07 AM
I have never read any book bigger than a goosebumps book :p
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Post by: landbeforetimelover on March 09, 2009, 02:24:50 AM
I haven't had a shower in 3 days because of an issue with the apartment complex's water and I stink! :p  :x
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Post by: Nick22 on March 09, 2009, 08:41:31 AM
thats a bit TOO MUCh info, lbtl.
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Post by: Lillefot on March 09, 2009, 09:54:04 AM
I have a bad habit of easily forgetting things, therefor; I'm trying to get better!  :oops
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Post by: Dash The Longneck on March 09, 2009, 03:35:13 PM
I love Bolt.
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Post by: babidikrakenguard on March 09, 2009, 10:52:16 PM
My favorite villain of all time is Maleficent! :)
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Post by: Kit12 on March 10, 2009, 01:27:13 AM
Quote from: babidikrakenguard,Mar 9 2009 on  09:52 PM
My favorite villain of all time is Maleficent! :)
Ah the one movie I haven't seen in like forever, Sleeping Beauty.

My other favorite movie series is Star Wars (and yes I'm a liker of all 6...not equally, but liker of all on some level :lol)
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Post by: Lillefot on March 10, 2009, 03:49:57 AM
I'm a fan of many things. But I'd guess multitasker would be to overdo it.  :lol  Maybe.
I'll start off with something.

I'm a big fan of music. However, I do not stick to any particular genre.
I listen to everything, though I have little love for modern music.
Slimey, peice of junk that the companies keep barfing out every second!
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Post by: babidikrakenguard on March 10, 2009, 06:05:42 PM
My Favorite game is Legends of Dragoon, followed closely by Kingdom Hearts.
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Post by: Petrie. on March 10, 2009, 07:04:12 PM
I actually use a cell phone for what its meant for--to call people. :p
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Post by: tempestwheel on March 10, 2009, 07:07:29 PM
In My opinion:

Saw rocks,
Star Wars sucks.
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Post by: babidikrakenguard on March 10, 2009, 07:13:44 PM
My Favorite Movies are..

the Lord of the Rings movies
the Star Wars movies
the Harry Potter movies
the Pirates of the Caribbean movies except for movie 3
the Jurassic Park movies
the Resident Evil movies
the Underworld movies
the Land Before Time movies
Many other Disney Movies
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Post by: landbeforetimelover on March 10, 2009, 08:13:41 PM
I'm incapable of eating raw vegetables.  The moment I swallow, they come back up.  I have to juice them in order to eat them.  I don't know why but no matter how hard I try I can't keep a raw vegetable down. :p
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Post by: NaNaNa on March 10, 2009, 08:14:56 PM
A little meaner side of me. When I go swimming, I secretly laugh at the people I pass by who can't swim half as fast
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Post by: DarkWolf91 on March 10, 2009, 08:30:47 PM
I always run everywhere. I just like running. I feel kind of like a jerk when I cut walking people off, but it's fun :p
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Post by: 812558 on March 10, 2009, 09:35:46 PM
I can count cards
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Post by: tempestwheel on March 10, 2009, 09:47:16 PM
I get spoilers for every movie I see ahead of time.
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on March 11, 2009, 05:56:07 AM
I have had a dream of an unknown land as a kid and several years later, I went on holiday and the area was EXACTLY how I saw it in my dream despite never been there before! My weirdest case of Deja vu  :blink:
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Post by: Mumbling on March 11, 2009, 10:57:12 AM
Quote from: Littlefoot1616,Mar 11 2009 on  11:56 AM
I have had a dream of an unknown land as a kid and several years later, I went on holiday and the area was EXACTLY how I saw it in my dream despite never been there before! My weirdest case of Deja vu  :blink:
Nice  :blink:

I hardly ate anything I didnt know as a kid, though I ate everything as a baby  :p
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Post by: landbeforetimelover on March 11, 2009, 04:49:30 PM
I can't stand to see people with buzz cuts.  It just bothers me. :p
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Post by: Nick22 on March 11, 2009, 05:18:04 PM
I don't like it when people have mohawks...
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Post by: Malte279 on March 11, 2009, 06:17:39 PM
I'm one of those people trying not to judge people by their haircut only before I ever talked to them :p
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Post by: Dash The Longneck on March 12, 2009, 09:58:51 AM
I like almost every animated movie known to man. :yes
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Post by: DarkHououmon on March 12, 2009, 10:54:30 AM
I prefer animation movies/shows over live-action movies/shows and a few times I have been confronted by a family member because of this.
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Post by: Mumbling on March 12, 2009, 11:17:53 AM
I have to play as George Bush in a debate about organ donation at school :p
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Post by: Nick22 on March 12, 2009, 11:21:56 AM
That won't be difficult.  Just oppose anything the other guy proposes..
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Post by: Mumbling on March 12, 2009, 11:31:40 AM
Quote from: Nick22,Mar 12 2009 on  05:21 PM
That won't be difficult.  Just oppose anything the other guy proposes..
Yah I know  :DD
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Post by: Nick22 on March 12, 2009, 12:00:04 PM
good luck with that.. :)
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Post by: Mumbling on March 12, 2009, 12:19:37 PM
Quote from: Nick22,Mar 12 2009 on  06:00 PM
good luck with that.. :)
Thanks :)
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Post by: Kor on March 12, 2009, 12:23:16 PM
I'm sure you'll do well.
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on March 12, 2009, 12:36:12 PM
Quote from: Nick22,Mar 12 2009 on  10:21 AM
That won't be difficult.  Just oppose anything the other guy proposes..
PMSL...nice response there Nick!  :lol

I've competed in a national gymnastics competition whilst at uni. Our team came 5th overall :D Not bad considering one team had the UK Commonwealth Champion and British Olympic competitor on their side  :DD
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on March 12, 2009, 12:38:35 PM
I finally have my PIC (Peripheral Interface Controller) to make motors work! I can't wait to make it dance!
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Post by: Nick22 on March 12, 2009, 12:45:28 PM
Nice job Littlefoot! well done! is that the best your team has ever done?
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Post by: Lillefot on March 12, 2009, 04:24:12 PM
I'll be taking the Cambridge.Certificate.Advanced.English (CAE) exam tomorrow and on Saturday. The exam consists of the following parts:

-Speaking
-Listening
-Reading
-Writing
-Use of English

I've been waiting (and preparing) a very long time for this!

(If I fail, I'm considering trying sky diving without parachute :p )
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Post by: landbeforetimelover on March 12, 2009, 04:28:22 PM
I'm being forced to take a careers class at school and it's sooooo boring!  I'm going into business.  Forget working for someone else. :p
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Post by: DarkWolf91 on March 12, 2009, 09:13:48 PM
Me and a couple of guys at school decided to come in the next day with shaved heads. I was the only one with the guts to do it :p
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Post by: f-22 "raptor" ace on March 12, 2009, 10:30:12 PM
I have to take the WASL next week which sucks. Oh well at least it's only the reading WASL I have to take :DD .
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Post by: DarkHououmon on March 12, 2009, 10:34:53 PM
What does WASL stand for?
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Post by: f-22 "raptor" ace on March 12, 2009, 10:39:19 PM
Washington Assessment of Student Learning. here's the wikipedia link for further info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_As...ing#Controversy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Assessment_of_Student_Learning#Controversy)
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Post by: tempestwheel on March 12, 2009, 10:55:53 PM
My favorite non-LBT series is the Japanese magna/anime Case Closed/Detective Conan.
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on March 13, 2009, 05:41:24 AM
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Nice job Littlefoot! well done! is that the best your team has ever done?

Well, despite training for over a decade by that point, that was my first ever gym competition. I'd never competed before so to go to the National University Championships was a great honour :D

Another random LF1616 fact. I've been bumped, bashed, burned, crashed, cut, fallen out of trees, bruised and generally battered black and blue through trips and tumbles throughout my life. Funnily enough, despite all that, I've never broken anything! :lol
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Post by: Nick22 on March 13, 2009, 12:23:19 PM
I bfractured my wrist once trying to playing goalie against my older brother. the shot hit my wrist, it turned , and i screamed in pain. i had never broken any bones before and I haven't since..
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Post by: Amaranthine on March 13, 2009, 07:00:33 PM
^ Ouch. :p Sorry that happened. :(

I have actually felt something, like a spirit or some being touching my hand or hugging me.
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Post by: tempestwheel on March 13, 2009, 07:11:43 PM
I do not eat any kind of pizza besides cheese, or any type of burger besides a plain cheese burger.
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Post by: Nick22 on March 14, 2009, 12:09:54 AM
^ really? Do you believe in ghosts, rat lady? Because I do, i once worked in a resteraunt that was haunted, I never saw anything myself, but some of my coworkers, saw the figure of a woman dressed in the attire of the 1930s upstairs..
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Post by: Amaranthine on March 14, 2009, 01:13:44 AM
I'm not against the idea of ghosts, I just never really seen one myself. So I don't nessicarially believe in ghosts strongly, but at the same time, who's to say that ghosts or other paranormal beings don't exist? :p
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Post by: Nick22 on March 14, 2009, 01:17:40 AM
As was famously stated in Hamlet, "there are more things in heaven and earth , Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy"..
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Post by: Mumbling on March 14, 2009, 08:17:31 AM
As a kid I said hi to anybody passed by, but when someone didn't say hi back I was :( and I can still clearly remember that I wouldn't ever say hi to someone again :p
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Post by: Malte279 on March 14, 2009, 08:32:39 AM
^ Bad decision Iris. Even while there are exceptions of course, many people will greet you in return and keep a more positive view of you in mind than they would without the greeting. I made the experience that a simple hi, or even a mere smile or friendly not can sometimes change the world and be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
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Post by: Mumbling on March 14, 2009, 08:44:46 AM
Quote from: Malte279,Mar 14 2009 on  02:32 PM
^ Bad decision Iris. Even while there are exceptions of course, many people will greet you in return and keep a more positive view of you in mind than they would without the greeting. I made the experience that a simple hi, or even a mere smile or friendly not can sometimes change the world and be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
I was only 5 or 6 when I decided that. I do say hi to most people today, or at last nod. I just remember feeling sad and ignored.
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Post by: Nick22 on March 14, 2009, 11:07:29 AM
you were 6, you probably thought everyone would say hi to you...
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Post by: Amaranthine on March 14, 2009, 11:10:43 AM
Iris! I remember doing that too! I don't remember if I got sad if people didn't say hi back, they usually would, but yes, I remember doing that at 5 or 6 years old. :3
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Post by: Lillefot on March 15, 2009, 07:25:27 AM
Yesterday I finaly went trough the CAE exam. Something I've been waiting for over two years! And I  can tell, it has been bugging me!

I still can't belive it's over with!  :blink:
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Post by: babidikrakenguard on March 15, 2009, 01:35:19 PM
I have just finished reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerers stone. Onto Chamber of Secrets! :p
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Post by: tempestwheel on March 15, 2009, 01:58:41 PM
I think Freddy Krueger is cooler than Darth Vader.
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Post by: babidikrakenguard on March 15, 2009, 05:12:27 PM
I think Maleficent is the coolest villain of all :)
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Post by: tempestwheel on March 15, 2009, 05:23:35 PM
My favorite restaurant is KFC.
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Post by: babidikrakenguard on March 15, 2009, 08:51:15 PM
My favorite restaurant is Outback Stakehouse. Yummy Chicken Fingers/Stake with Hunny Mustard and Lobster tail!
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Post by: NaNaNa on March 15, 2009, 10:04:38 PM
Today I'm frustrated and exasperated from practicing Back in Black so many times and still not getting that solo down to perfection
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Post by: Nick22 on March 16, 2009, 12:17:54 AM
Its not an easy song NaNaNa.. you'll get it..
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Post by: landbeforetimelover on March 16, 2009, 12:28:09 AM
I started doing web design when I was in fourth grade.  By the time I actually took web design in eighth grade, I was so good that I got the entire years work done in a week and a half. :D

On another note, did you know that my LBT website started out as a website advertising my computer repair services?  Yup.  I never imagined it would turn into what it is now.  I hadn't even gotten back into LBT back then.  I certainly didn't think it would turn into a Land Before Time website when I first created it! :lol
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Post by: Nick22 on March 16, 2009, 12:32:01 AM
funny how those things turn out. I hjoined a Packers sports site during the 2003 season, and within 4 months I was helping to run it,and have run it ever since, save for a few months break in between.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on March 16, 2009, 01:17:49 AM
Quote from: Littlefoot1616,Mar 13 2009 on  04:41 AM
Another random LF1616 fact. I've been bumped, bashed, burned, crashed, cut, fallen out of trees, bruised and generally battered black and blue through trips and tumbles throughout my life. Funnily enough, despite all that, I've never broken anything! :lol
 :blink: That makes two of us, Littlefoot1616.

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I have actually felt something, like a spirit or some being touching my hand or hugging me.

Too many times to count :yes.  Yeah, I believe in the afterlife and paranormal phenomena :).

I've been to the follwing states/countries/districts:

*Arizona
*Maine
*Massachusetts
*New Hampshire
*Rhode Island
*New York
*Connecticut
*Michigan
*Ohio
*Pennsylvania
*Kentucky
*Minnesota
*Maryland
*California
*Washington D.C.
*North Carolina
*South Carolina
*Georgia
*Florida
*Virginia
*Nebraska
*Tennessee
*Wisconsin
*New Jersey
*West Virginia
*Vermont
*England (London)
*Belgium (Brussels)
*Netherlands (Amsterdam)
*Germany (Rhine Valley, Munich)
*Austria (whitewater rafted through the Alps)
*Italy (Venice, Milan)
*Switzerland (Lucerne, remote village in Swiss Alps)
*France (Paris)
*Mexico (Grand Cayman, Costa Maya, Cozumel)
*Belize (Belize City)
*Canada (Toronto, Niagara Falls and Kingston)
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Post by: Nick22 on March 16, 2009, 01:20:27 AM
I've been to Germany (Cham, and munchen, also visited Dachau concentration camp
Lake constance on the Autria- Germany border
Czech Republic -Prague
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on March 16, 2009, 01:54:51 AM
A couple of years ago, I asked to have just half an inch of my hair trimmed off, but my instructions were misinterpreted.  So... I ended up with a shaved head :oops.  The blooper happened in a very obvious spot that could not be made inconspicuous, so off it all came.  I don't believe I've worn hats more frequently in my lifetime before that happened :lol.
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Post by: Mumbling on March 16, 2009, 02:13:20 AM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Mar 16 2009 on  07:54 AM
A couple of years ago, I asked to have just half an inch of my hair trimmed off, but my instructions were misinterpreted.  So... I ended up with a shaved head :oops.  The blooper happened in a very obvious spot that could not be made inconspicuous, so off it all came.  I don't believe I've worn hats more frequently in my lifetime before that happened :lol.
Oof. I wouldn't ever want that to happen :p

I'll be a judge at the scouts games this year instead of joining :D
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Post by: action9000 on March 16, 2009, 02:16:23 AM
The two big things that got me into music...

Video games and Disneyland! :D
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Post by: Nick22 on March 16, 2009, 02:21:53 AM
I've gone to DisneyWorld twice, Disneyland.. once..
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Post by: Lillefot on March 16, 2009, 03:37:06 AM
I've only gone on ONE Funfair attraction with a loop.  :lol:
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on March 16, 2009, 06:31:10 AM
I love theme parks and I doubly love rollercoasters but I'm a bit of a wuss when it comes to freefalling rides... :oops  :smile
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Post by: Lillefot on March 16, 2009, 09:17:35 AM
Quote from: Littlefoot1616,Mar 16 2009 on  05:31 AM
I love theme parks and I doubly love rollercoasters but I'm a bit of a wuss when it comes to freefalling rides... :oops  :smile
Join the club on that one Jason!  :lol
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Post by: Nick22 on March 16, 2009, 12:35:41 PM
I like water rides, especially ones that go through dark areas on thier course..
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Post by: Littlefoot Fan on March 16, 2009, 03:08:28 PM
I lost 46 pounds due to a major change in my eating habits. I used to be 170 :p
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Post by: Nick22 on March 16, 2009, 03:59:33 PM
170 is't that big, the most I've weighed was 167.
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Post by: Amaranthine on March 16, 2009, 05:26:33 PM
Um...I really love my life right now. :^.^:
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Post by: Nick22 on March 16, 2009, 05:29:36 PM
thats good.. Its good to love life.. I LOVe my dog Chloe! :)
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Post by: Littlefoot Fan on March 16, 2009, 06:07:18 PM
The weight loss wasn't intentional, I changed my eating habits because of some anxiety issues I had. Regardless, I'm much happier being 124 than 170 :p
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Post by: Nick22 on March 16, 2009, 06:17:30 PM
As long as it was through healthy means. O feel more healthy being in the 150s myself.
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Post by: The Chronicler on March 16, 2009, 07:19:50 PM
As far as I can recall, I have been to these U.S. states:

Vermont (obviously)
New York
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Maine
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia (passed through)
Virginia (passed through)
Tennessee
North Carolina
Georgia (passed through)
South Carolina (passed through)
New Jersey
Delaware (passed through)
Washington D.C.

I have also once been to Montreal, Canada, which was and still is the only time I've ever been outside of the U.S.
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Post by: NaNaNa on March 16, 2009, 07:28:40 PM
I've always wanted to go to Canada, especially Montreal. Whats it like?
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Post by: The Chronicler on March 16, 2009, 07:42:23 PM
That was about four years ago when I went there, so I actually can't say much.
(Besides, I never give much of an opinion on many things, so don't expect me to say much.)
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Post by: Nick22 on March 16, 2009, 08:24:13 PM
I've been to Niagara Falls, its an incredible sight.. :D
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Post by: NaNaNa on March 17, 2009, 06:22:17 PM
I've been there too, but only on the American side. There's a joke around there that the Canadians cheated us and got the better side because they can see the falls a lot better.
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Post by: Nick22 on March 17, 2009, 11:01:04 PM
Yeah the Canadian's sides much better i agree.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on March 24, 2009, 12:25:03 AM
I was born short, went through elementary school being tall for my age, and wound up short at adulthood :blink:.  I was only 13.5 inches at birth, and I was born on time.  I then sprouted and became tall for my age.  Then, at around eleven years old, my height halted at 5'2", which is my present-day height.
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Post by: Lillefot on March 24, 2009, 12:12:28 PM
I'm a big fan of Final Fantasy, but have never played trough whole of FF7, which many people claim to be the best.  :p
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Post by: Nick22 on March 24, 2009, 04:33:33 PM
I was a foot long at birth, and was four months premature. i'm now 5'9, which is shorter than either of my brothers. Had I been born on time, I would have been closer to them in height, and probably wouldn't need glasses either..
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on March 25, 2009, 07:32:39 AM
I was born on a Saturday night but my folks left for the hospital in the early hours of the day before. My elder sister (who was 12 at the time) woke up to an empty flat and a note on the kitchen table saying something along the lines of:

"Gone to give birth to your new baby brother..."

No wonder my sister tortured me for the first few years of my life  :lol  :DD
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Post by: Amaranthine on March 25, 2009, 08:35:59 PM
^ Oh gosh :p :lol

I think it's funny how I just drastically transformed as far as personality and mood goes in the last 16 years. :p I feel like it all happened within a millisecond.
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Post by: tempestwheel on March 25, 2009, 08:43:37 PM
I still like Yu-Gi-Oh.
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Post by: f-22 "raptor" ace on March 25, 2009, 08:51:05 PM
I have a condition called NF.
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Post by: Nick22 on March 25, 2009, 08:51:41 PM
so  do I. the original series not the GX spinoff.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on March 26, 2009, 11:06:44 AM
If anyone has not figured this out by now, I'm a hypersensitive individual :bang.  I find that crying is the best way to get something out of my system, but when one gets in a tizzie over seeing others waste food, that's a bit too much.  I would not have so much trouble with losing my appetite and/or cookies if I were not so daggone sensitive :bang!  Just last night, I was sick for several hours (and vomited repeatedly) after coming across a terrible LBT parody on FF.net.  The author does not even give a warning that it contains pornographic writing :x  :anger!  Okay, I'll stop now 'cuz I don't want to cause a stir over porn :x  :x.  My advice: Don't go anywhere near it, especially if you're still very young :anger  :anger  :x  :x!  Man, all I intended to do was find a reason to roast the sick dude for writing an LBT parody (especially if it sucked, as most parodies do), and now I'm at a loss of words that won't get me banned :bang!
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Post by: Serris on March 26, 2009, 01:20:20 PM
I am a hoplophile.

My height is 5'4" and may not increase any more.
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Post by: Nick22 on March 26, 2009, 02:43:45 PM
what is a hoplophile, Serris?
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Post by: Nick22 on March 26, 2009, 02:44:51 PM
nevermind, its someone who likes collecting and using firearms..
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on March 26, 2009, 05:36:15 PM
I have a strong dislike for sharp objects.
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Post by: action9000 on March 26, 2009, 05:48:04 PM
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I have a strong dislike for sharp objects.
It always kind of bugged me when people carry around knives everywhere "just in case it'll come in handy", even though I guess it does make sense.

I tend to present myself as a rather boring person, whereas in reality I'm just really shy, I guess. :p  There isn't a lot about me that I'm willing to just share with someone new because I feel so odd so often.  It's not nearly so bad here but in the 'real world' I'm very, very quiet.  Guess I just it hard to make myself seem interesting when my interests are either really weird (LBT, or music stuff which takes a day and a half to explain to someone who doesn't know about it, for example :p) or I know so little about the topic that I'm just like ".....". :p
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on March 26, 2009, 09:43:47 PM
I have a random sense of humor and I'm quite slapstick :lol.  One of my dream jobs would be to do standup comedy.  I haven't done any standup comedy since high school theatre and I miss it.
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Post by: Serris on March 29, 2009, 12:07:32 AM
A civilian worker at Picatinny Arsenal has suggested I work there during an open house when I correctly identified a APFSDS round. This was in 8th grade.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on March 29, 2009, 12:22:47 AM
I was quite the prankster when I was younger :lol.
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Post by: Serris on March 29, 2009, 12:26:18 AM
I got in HUGE trouble in 8th grade for being WAY too interested in weapons and military hardware.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on March 29, 2009, 12:43:06 AM
I almost got detention in the sixth grade for writing a story in which a dog bit the bad guy in the junk.  Hey, I grew up watching (and still watch) things like "America's Funniest Home Videos" and "Bloopers", so I did not know there are rules regarding primary school assignments :rolleyes: (daggone First Amendment violators :anger!).  I was attending a Catholic school at the time, and it did not help that the principal was a HUGE religious fanatic :bang.  She told me I should "feel sorry" for those people on those shows.  Like that'll ever happen :rolleyes:.  I've never gotten detention, and was that story worth writing?  Yeah :lol!
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Post by: Nick22 on March 29, 2009, 12:54:07 AM
Serris I cannot believe you'd get in trouble because of your interest in the military and guns... ;)  that was snark, actually I'd be surprised if you didn't get into trouble at somepoint.. ;)
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Post by: Amaranthine on March 29, 2009, 01:12:47 AM
I'm not interested in the military or anything that is related to that, but I know a bit about it due to the people I'm usually surrounded by day in and day out. :p
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Post by: Nick22 on March 29, 2009, 01:27:35 AM
I've had family serve in the military, my paternal grandfather, and my uncle have served in combat. I can't, due to my eyes..
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on March 30, 2009, 12:35:51 AM
I've been told by some that I laugh and smile a lot, almost too much.  I just find a lot of humor in everyday life :lol.  Life without humor would be miserable for sure.  Now, there's a time and a place for being serious, but not all the time :bang.
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Post by: Nick22 on March 30, 2009, 01:32:46 AM
I like to crack jokes, and I like funny movies.. There are times to be serious of course..
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Post by: Amaranthine on March 30, 2009, 01:35:19 AM
I was a Goth wannabe for about four years, until I found a better life and a medicine that helped me get out of that depressing faze. Not that I don't like Gothic stuff now, I just don't get hung up on the stereotypes like I used to. And I'm not as depressed as I used to be.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on March 30, 2009, 01:52:01 AM
I'm not goth in appearance, but I like dark-natured themes in film, music, art, and writing :yes.
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Post by: Nick22 on March 30, 2009, 02:30:49 AM
I'm usually a very positive person, you likes to see the best in people.. sometimes that doesn't pay off..
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Post by: Lillefot on March 30, 2009, 04:21:08 AM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Mar 30 2009 on  12:52 AM
I'm not goth in appearance, but I like dark-natured themes in film, music, art, and writing :yes.
Top that CT!  :yes

I dislike to doing one kind of job twice. I rather push two boulders at the same time and break my arms rather than going twice with one boulder at the time.  :p
I don't know why, honestly!
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Post by: The Great Valley Guardian on March 30, 2009, 05:11:58 AM
I personally like to think positive, especially in a bad situation, and chances are i'll crack a joke or two during such times, but as of right now...especially with my current college issues, I'm seeing one mass bright side, but it still kinda sucks that I may not get my degree after all...and I'm only one class short!
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Post by: f-22 "raptor" ace on March 30, 2009, 10:10:12 AM
I've been accused of liking war because I have an interest in military hardware.
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Post by: Mumbling on March 30, 2009, 10:28:45 AM
I collect PokÈmon cards :D
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Post by: Nick22 on March 30, 2009, 01:15:08 PM
GVG you just have to take that claass the next semester, if they offer it. the important thing is getting your degree...
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Post by: Lillefot on March 30, 2009, 01:16:33 PM
And I collect used Toothbrushes!
They make exelent tools for removing all sorts of rubbish.
With that I can add, I like to clean. However weird that sounds!   :lol
Oh yes, the toothbrushes are only ones that I've used by myself :p
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Post by: Nick22 on March 30, 2009, 01:18:16 PM
rule of thumb is to throw out toothbrusghes after 3 months of use. aafter that, they're no good at brushing teeth anymore..
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Post by: Lillefot on March 30, 2009, 01:22:21 PM
Quote from: Nick22,Mar 30 2009 on  12:18 PM
rule of thumb is to throw out toothbrusghes after 3 months of use. aafter that, they're no good at brushing teeth anymore..
But they hold much more longer for other usage!  :yes
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Post by: Nick22 on March 30, 2009, 01:35:35 PM
that is true.. how long have toothbrushes lasted in regards to scrubbing out tires?
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Post by: Littlefoot Fan on March 30, 2009, 01:50:52 PM
I am an extremely sensitive and insecure person in real life. When people make jokes about me, I pretend that it doesn't bother me and laugh with them, but deep down it eats away at me.
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Post by: Nick22 on March 30, 2009, 02:16:15 PM
You have to gain self-confidence LF. Focus on things you do well.. and derive confidence from them...
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Post by: f-22 "raptor" ace on March 30, 2009, 06:06:07 PM
I just got back from a job interview.
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Post by: Amaranthine on March 30, 2009, 08:27:32 PM
When people call me a 'dork' I sometimes don't know why they would call me such. :p I mean sometimes I do understand, but other times I don't.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on April 03, 2009, 09:36:24 PM
I get titles like "geek" or "nerd," and those actually make me smile. I take pride in being called a geek.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on April 03, 2009, 11:12:25 PM
When I was much younger, many of my peers called me "Radar Ears" 'cuz my hearing's so sensitive :lol.
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on April 04, 2009, 05:14:45 AM
I'm the only one in my immediate family that is long-sighted yet it is not bad enough for me to require glasses. Everyone else in my household wears glasses or contacts.
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Post by: Mumbling on April 04, 2009, 06:08:09 AM
I prefer water to any drink.
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Post by: Chomper on April 04, 2009, 05:43:57 PM
i love mountain dew and i like to run cross country, fish, and paintball, I also have a 91 dodge dakota with a OU bumper plate. :smile
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Post by: Amaranthine on April 11, 2009, 11:42:02 AM
I tend to get protective of those that I love, either they are my significant other, my very close friends(online or RL), or a few family members. I also tend to be protective of those with disabilities, even if I don't know them at all, I just will go for the kill if anyone messes with them. This is due to the fact I have disabilities, so I know what it's like to made fun of or feel inadequate because I don't learn like "normal"(I HATE using that word :x) people do.

Hope I don't get over protective, if I do, well okay, I'll work on not being that way. :yes
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Post by: landbeforetimelover on April 11, 2009, 01:44:25 PM
Psssssst.....I'm....not....human!

JK. :p

My favorite type of processor is AMD Phenom X4.  Intel may give better performance, but I just love AMD so much. :D
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Post by: Compy-Rex on April 12, 2009, 02:19:29 PM
I like flash games and anything with buffalo sauce.
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Post by: Mumbling on April 12, 2009, 02:53:03 PM
Quote from: Compy-Rex,Apr 12 2009 on  08:19 PM
I like flash games and anything with buffalo sauce.
I read: I like flash games with buffalo sauce.

I'm really bad for reading, hehe :p
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Post by: Lillefot on April 12, 2009, 03:02:38 PM
Quote from: Mumbling,Apr 12 2009 on  01:53 PM
I'm really bad for reading, hehe :p
Apparently you spell bad as well. :p
Thank me later!  :lol

Jokes aside.

I fancy interior design! :yes
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Post by: babidikrakenguard on April 12, 2009, 03:15:30 PM
I Sicky-Icky-Wicky :( (I had a temperature at 140.something last night but now it down to 99.0 i think)
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Post by: Mumbling on April 12, 2009, 03:31:33 PM
Quote from: Lillefot,Apr 12 2009 on  09:02 PM
Quote from: Mumbling,Apr 12 2009 on  01:53 PM
I'm really bad for reading, hehe :p
Apparently you spell bad as well. :p
Thank me later!  :lol
Sorry?
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Post by: Lillefot on April 12, 2009, 03:46:17 PM
Nothing Iris, just pulling your leg.
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Post by: Mumbling on April 12, 2009, 03:50:30 PM
Quote from: Lillefot,Apr 12 2009 on  09:46 PM
Nothing Iris, just pulling your leg.
You kind of scared me you know. I feel bad if I think I make mistakes and I cant find them myself. :oops
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Post by: Lillefot on April 12, 2009, 04:00:29 PM
Well, you acctually did. "It's bad at reading".
I'm to blame, guess I overdid it.

To cover up for myself then;

I'm not the person who walks around, correcting people from right to left.
I couldn't.

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Post by: Mumbling on April 12, 2009, 04:01:56 PM
Quote from: Lillefot,Apr 12 2009 on  10:00 PM
Well, you acctually did. "It's bad at reading".
I'm to blame, guess I overdid it.

To cover up for myself then;

I'm not the person who walks around, correcting people from right to left.
I couldn't.
Well yea but I was bad for reading that. Oh well.
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Post by: Lillefot on April 12, 2009, 04:08:45 PM
Quote from: Mumbling,Apr 12 2009 on  03:01 PM
Quote from: Lillefot,Apr 12 2009 on  10:00 PM
Well, you acctually did. "It's bad at reading".
I'm to blame, guess I overdid it.

To cover up for myself then;

I'm not the person who walks around, correcting people from right to left.
I couldn't.
Well yea but I was bad for reading that. Oh well.
Nevermind!
Matter officially thrown into my bin.
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Post by: Vaan360 on April 12, 2009, 05:30:48 PM
Well, I recently learned how to cook...(my first thing ever, rice) kinda lame  :rolleyes
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Post by: tempestwheel on April 12, 2009, 05:34:55 PM
I can only cook pizza, mac and cheese, popcorn, and pop-tarts really.  :DD
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Post by: Vaan360 on April 12, 2009, 05:38:16 PM
You can alredy cook more than me then xD,  the worst thing, was that I almost killed people with my rice, well it was my first time, so no harm done.
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on April 13, 2009, 05:46:01 AM
Being an avid gamer (as most of you know), I have a few codes of conduct I stick to whenever I play a new game:

1. Always attempt a new game on a difficulty setting no lower than normal or medium.
2. I never cheat in order to get me through the game! That means no game guides, passwords, cheat codes, unlimited ammo, level skips or anything like that until I've finished the game at least once. After that, I'll mess about with cheats and the like but never before!
3. Always give online players respect. I never shun newbies, boast about my playing skills or otherwise act unkindly to other players. With this attitude, I've helped 3 randoms from somewhere in the world get through Resident Evil 5 ;)
4. I always aim for 100% completion of a game (if I can). Also, I don't tend to purchase a brand new game until I've completed the last one. (Having said that, I've still got about 5-6 games in my library to finish so guess that'll keep me busy :lol)
5. I'm a strong believer in fair play. It really gets my goat when players boast about accomplishment they've only acquired through glitches or through cheating.  :anger Like permenant speed boosts in racing games or using headshot/aim bots on FPS's.
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Post by: The Dark Patriot on April 13, 2009, 07:04:17 AM
Should have seen my last attempt to cook bacon...I don't think it was even bacon anymore.

I have a five foot long catfish stuffie, as is shown in my avatar.

I also tend to over-analyze everything. I'll spend days looking for new ways to make my work easier, or the same time writing a simple forum post.

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Post by: Vaan360 on April 13, 2009, 06:13:48 PM
Lately, I grew fond of Japonese songs, still dont know much about it though.
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Post by: Explorer on April 13, 2009, 06:16:57 PM
You for Japanese and I for Latin. Such a fascinating language, even though dead, should be more explored! I'm completely into learning it, now, finding the roots of portuguese (and most of the peninsular languages, if you get my lead).
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Post by: Vaan360 on April 13, 2009, 06:43:38 PM
I think its a great idea, and I wish you good luck, since its a hard language to learn.

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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on April 14, 2009, 12:10:01 AM
I like to speed :p.
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Post by: Vaan360 on April 14, 2009, 09:41:51 AM
Although I'm Portuguese, English and Japonese are my favourite languages.
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Post by: Amaranthine on April 14, 2009, 11:01:59 AM
I can't tell if other people are not interested in the topic I am talking about. Or if I am annoying them.

Another thing, I usually skip words in my paragraphs, so it looks like I am writing some other thing when I'm really writing another thing. :p
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Post by: Vaan360 on April 14, 2009, 01:52:41 PM
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Another thing, I usually skip words in my paragraphs, so it looks like I am writing some other thing when I'm really writing another thing. :p

That happens to me a lot(well, not so much now), that was why most of my posts were editated. :lol

Another thing about me is that I love nature.
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Post by: Lillefot on April 14, 2009, 01:57:01 PM
Love for nature! Then we have something in common Vaan! Indeed! :yes
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Post by: Amaranthine on April 14, 2009, 08:10:24 PM
I get sad at random times of the day, like now. I don't have any reason to be sad, alas I am. :(
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Post by: tempestwheel on April 14, 2009, 08:13:58 PM
My handwriting is awful.
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Post by: The Friendly Sharptooth on April 14, 2009, 10:17:55 PM
Hmmm, well since my introduction thread was more of an apology one, this is the perfect place for people to get to know about me personally.

School subjects I've tried:
Subjects I do well in:
Language and Composition
Reading
Creative Writing
Speech
General Mathematics
Vocabulary
Spelling
Mythology
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
and Biology

Subjects I do not do so well in:
Chemistry
Algebra
Psychology
Socialogy
History in general
Art
Geometry
Team Sports
Health
Physical Education
Government
Piano
Computer Skills
and Social Skills

Those are all the subjects I've taken that I can remember for now.

My favorite color is royal purple.

I am 5' 11.5".

I am an assisstant loader at Rural King Supply in Jasper, Indiana.

I became a non denominational Christian at age four.

I love keeping records of most things, having saved every e-mail I've gotten in my entire life, every PM from every forum I've joined, every onlinve conversation I've participated in, and many other things. I thoroughly enjoy visuals, so I have many of the photos in the After Midnight section on my computer's hardrive.

When I play online games with others, or even while going solo, I prefer healing over fighting; I specialize in keeping my allies healed and status ailment free, boosting their abilities, and reviving them when they are defeated. Therefore, I always choose characters that have the highest magic, which typically means the lowest attack and defense, and use white magic, thus the naming of my e-mail address, whitewizard87.

My favorite offline video game genre is RPG, not combinations like action/RPG like Shining Tears for the PlayStation 2, sports/RPG like Mario Tennis for the Game Boy Color, tactics RPG like Final Fantasy Tactics for the PlayStation, something unique like Dramatic/Innovative/RPG like Digimon World: Data Squad for the PlayStation 2, and so forth, although I still like them. They require strategy and no reflexes, with exceptions of games like Final Fantasy, where you have only so much time to decide on a move, or Legend of Dragoon, where "timed hits" or attacks that are increased through precise button pressing, are key elements, and so forth.

My favorite animal is the Brontosaurus, or Apatosaurus as it is called now. If it had to be one that is still alive today though, it would be the Tardigrade.

Although I struggle in understanding simpler concepts, which leads to awkward conversations from several misunderstandings, I notice many minor details many do not. Recently at work, I was asked to load ten, eight foot utility tables, and the department manager of that area pointed to the stack of the tables being referred to. I got there, and ended up just staring at them for a bit, then asked where he said they again, thinking I misunderstood what he had pointed at. So he walked right up to the stack, placed his hand on them, and told me it was these.

At first, I thought maybe I misunderstood the label on them, so I asked him when when the labels say sixty inches, does that mean the whole thing, or a certain part. Now he was confused, and asked what I was talking about. So I told him that he wanted eight foot tables, but the label said sixty inches, indicating five feet. He turned and read the label with a bewildered look, took out his tape measurer, and saw that they actually were eight feet like he had thought.

What had happened was, the manufacturers had placed the wrong label on them, the deliverers didn't notice, the employees that checked them into the store I worked at didn't notice, nor did the manager of that area when he put them on the sales floor, during the days they sat there. I was actually the first one to notice this. Still, when it comes to even simple jobs, explanations have to typically be given numerous times.

I have been diagnosed with Turrets Syndrome, Depression Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, and I will be tested for an Autistic Spectrum Disorder soon. As for the depression, I doubt anybody here noticed such a thing from me, so I acn explain by saying that I was prescribed caffeine pills as a mental stimulus (since I am extremely sensitive to it) and it puts me in a very pleasant, elated, and friendly disposition. I always try taking it before coming in, especially after I posted in the profanity thread. My behavior without that drug can be seen there through my very negative and overly defensive posting in the debate I had with a member there. I feel badly to this day when I think of how I acted there, which I can assure would not have taken place had I been under the influence of my medication. I had only stopped taking it for a bit to help me during my long period of insomnia so I could sleep better; caffeine isn't known to help you relax.

I do not get along with a single family member I live with, consisting of my parents, three brothers, and grandmother. I have some sort of major issue with at least one of them every day for a very long time, so the phrase "I had a perfect a day" couldn't be an honest statement from me for as far as I can clearly remember. "Every" is being used literally; it is no exaggeration. Therefore, knowing what tough times are truly like, I hate knowing someone is having a problem with something and personally doing nothing about it. With my experience with a wide variety of problems, I can usually say something helpful. When someone needs help and nobody can give it, it is a very depressing feeling, so I do whatever I can so that others won't feel that way, at least when I notice; I don't want anybody around me to feel as I do. The RPG class I feel most like is the Geomancer, who becomes connected with his or her surroundings, because whenever someone is feeling badly and I know of it, I feel just as bad.

My frequent apologizing wasn't always a habit. Having little tact in conversations, I would often offend people, only to usually find out much later. When I found out, I would apologize, so I ended up saying how sorry I was very often. Eventually, I started premaking apologies just in case I said something wrong. That way, if I did hurt someone, he or she could know from the start that I meant no ill will because my premade apology would alert others that I wasn't sure if whatever I said was a bad thing to say or not.

I get overwhelmed very easily, so trying to focus on multiple issues that require a lot of it is asking for a serious headache. So unless I'm chatting with multiple people in a single box, giving a single focus at a time, I start to lose it mentally. I have been told by many that I am a very interesting person to talk to, but I need complete focus on just that person to carry such high conversation, as I get distraced very easily. When I was writing my name on a paper in school, someone said the word "milk," and I ended up writng that instead of my name. Once Iwas chatting with the Gang of Five Forum Administrator Malte279. During that time, someone knocked on my door, so instead of writing the response I wanted to before sending it, I actually wrote the word "door."

Ah, this was a good thread idea indeed. For those who may have tried to figure me out, I hope I made your job a bit easier. And like I said in the Asperger Syndrome thread, I am perfectly happy to be what I am, especially since I can't change my personality anyway. Later!
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Vaan360 on April 15, 2009, 03:12:54 AM
That was quite a long list, I prefer saying only some thins about me at a time, not all, but now we know you  better  ;)

Another thing about me is, I cant quite express myself well using words.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on April 15, 2009, 12:12:22 PM
Um, okay, TFS, it's good to be open and stuff, but that was a LOT of info. This is the internet, after all.

I'm a math whiz, but I did fail math one quarter.
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Post by: Lillefot on April 15, 2009, 12:15:22 PM
It's no secret really;

I'm a HUGE fan of Toto99!
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Post by: The Friendly Sharptooth on April 15, 2009, 09:39:24 PM
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Um, okay, TFS, it's good to be open and stuff, but that was a LOT of info. This is the internet, after all.

Well, although I'm sure you have good reasoning for saying so, I'm not quite sure I understand what you mean. Did I say something wrong? How could this information bring any harm? Again, you must have a logical explanation for telling me this, but I would appreciate knowing why that post of mine is being given a red flag.
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Post by: Amaranthine on April 15, 2009, 09:52:34 PM
^ Nothing is wrong with talking about yourself. :) He just means that you gave too much information for a public forum. People can do anything with your information online to harm you. Also in this game, people usually said one thing at a time about themselves.

Little thing about me: I really like this topic, but I wonder if I appear arrogant for talking about myself a lot. I don't mean to, I just like self discoveries. ^_^
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on April 15, 2009, 10:15:28 PM
I laugh whenever I get hurt, not cry :blink:.
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Post by: Serris on April 15, 2009, 10:23:12 PM
I have an extremely powerful "visualization suite" meaning that with words I can form a picture very easily in my head.

Along with that I have a powerful imagination.

Also, it has been suspected but never proven that I may be bipolar.

I have suffered from clinical depression.

I have problems reading people's emotions (can't tell when people are joking or serious)

Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Cancerian Tiger on April 15, 2009, 10:35:21 PM
Quote from: Serris,Apr 15 2009 on  09:23 PM
I have an extremely powerful "visualization suite" meaning that with words I can form a picture very easily in my head.

Along with that I have a powerful imagination.

Also, it has been suspected but never proven that I may be bipolar.

I have suffered from clinical depression.

I have problems reading people's emotions (can't tell when people are joking or serious)
Sound like aspie characteristics :unsure:.

I love animals and being outdoors :yes.
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Post by: Nick22 on April 15, 2009, 10:43:59 PM
I love pets, whebever I see a dog I go over and pet it... :)
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Serris on April 15, 2009, 10:50:34 PM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Apr 15 2009 on  10:35 PM
Quote from: Serris,Apr 15 2009 on  09:23 PM
I have an extremely powerful "visualization suite" meaning that with words I can form a picture very easily in my head.

Along with that I have a powerful imagination.

Also, it has been suspected but never proven that I may be bipolar.

I have suffered from clinical depression.

I have problems reading people's emotions (can't tell when people are joking or serious)
Sound like aspie characteristics :unsure:.

I love animals and being outdoors :yes.
Um, I have never been tested for Aspergers. :unsure:  

Someone has also pointed out that on certain occasions, especially if I am extremely angry or excited, I sound like a newscaster (or less politely, like a speech synthesizer).

I have problems with math especially calculus.

I scored a 600+ on the SAT verbal section...before I entered high school.


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Post by: Amaranthine on April 16, 2009, 02:31:56 AM
^ Awesome! About the SAT score. :)

I want to major in Religion. :yes
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on April 16, 2009, 07:39:32 PM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Apr 15 2009 on  08:52 PM
^ Nothing is wrong with talking about yourself. :) He just means that you gave too much information for a public forum. People can do anything with your information online to harm you. Also in this game, people usually said one thing at a time about themselves.
Exactly. It wasn't a warning for doing something wrong, it was a caring warning. You never want to give away too much info about yourself on the inter-tubes.

I have a huge ego, but I suppress it because I feel that people encountering it would be running for their lives.

^ I don't disagree with the majoring in Religion thing, but I just have one question; why?
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Post by: LBTFan13 on April 16, 2009, 10:31:04 PM
Here's a scary thought. When I was born I had a defect, I don't remember what it was and my parents deliberately forgot about it, but there was a chance I was going to die due to complications. Luckily the doctor found out that it was nothing serious and in fact it was cured after four days. So there was a slight chance I wasn't going to be alive :blink: Thank god I didn't die :huh:
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Post by: Amaranthine on April 16, 2009, 10:35:38 PM
^Wow, well, you definitely were meant to live on LBTFan13. :yes I'm glad you are alive too. :)

xD niceeee about the ego thing I mean. :lol
I guess I would have to get to know you more, but you never really struck me as someone with a big ego. :)

Well, that's definitely a deep question that deserves a deep answer. I love learning about different religions even outside my own. I want to know what were the very first foundations of religion, why was it made, and how does it benefit people today. I want to know what truth is, if there is a truth. I'm simply fascinated with religion. :)
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Post by: DarkWolf91 on April 16, 2009, 10:43:59 PM
Ah, I love reading this thread. Everyone's so interesting :lol
I have a really, really good memory and quite a head for numbers. Math is pretty much my favorite thing ever, and practicing new aspects of mathematics is always super exciting.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Cancerian Tiger on April 16, 2009, 10:52:24 PM
I am an adrenaline-craving, thrill-seeking daredevil.

MWHAHAHAHAHA! :lol  :lol
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Post by: Mumbling on April 17, 2009, 12:46:50 AM
^ I'm not :p
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Post by: action9000 on April 17, 2009, 01:17:06 AM
I like a good mix of being inside and outside.  My interests take me all over the place but I find myself inside more than I'd like because those interests are easier to access. :p
My goal in life: better balance with my activities! :p
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Post by: Nick22 on April 17, 2009, 01:33:34 AM
Darkwolf, I too have a very good memory and have thing for numbers. did you know the biggest prime number is 13 MILLION digits long?
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on April 17, 2009, 05:13:15 AM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Apr 16 2009 on  09:35 PM
xD niceeee about the ego thing I mean. :lol
I guess I would have to get to know you more, but you never really struck me as someone with a big ego. :)

Well, that's definitely a deep question that deserves a deep answer. I love learning about different religions even outside my own. I want to know what were the very first foundations of religion, why was it made, and how does it benefit people today. I want to know what truth is, if there is a truth. I'm simply fascinated with religion. :)
Yeah, I'm really good at suppressing my ego.

Also, your quest for knowledge is a commendable one. It was a deep answer, too. I could also offer my theories as to the formations of religion.

As for a fact about me, I've recently devised a counter-argument to the "cookie cutter" alternative rock bands.
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Post by: DarkWolf91 on April 17, 2009, 08:18:40 AM
Quote from: Nick22,Apr 17 2009 on  12:33 AM
Darkwolf, I too have a very good memory and have thing for numbers. did you know the biggest prime number is 13 MILLION digits long?
Wow, no! I didn't know there was a biggest prime number. I guess I always just assumed that they continued infinitely. That's fascinating!
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on April 17, 2009, 06:38:39 PM
Well, there are an infinite number of prime numbers. Nick, I think you mean the longest KNOWN prime number is 13 million digits long.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Vaan360 on April 17, 2009, 07:54:27 PM
I often wonder how the world would be without me....better.
It doesn't make any difference if I'm here or not anyway.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: lbt/cty_lover on April 17, 2009, 09:14:57 PM
Quote from: Vaan360,Apr 17 2009 on  06:54 PM
I often wonder how the world would be without me....better.
It doesn't make any difference if I'm here or not anyway.
I try not to be hurtful, but that is a load of CRAP. Of course, we are all small compared to the world, but that doesn't mean that we don't make a difference to the world. That is the philosophy of a pessimist, and I don't think that you should feel that way. It's better to be arrogant than have no self-esteem.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on April 17, 2009, 11:39:44 PM
I have only dated twice in my lifetime.  The first guy I dated was when I was still twelve, but that only lasted a couple of weeks before another girl got his attention.  Then, I dated the second guy for two years, starting when I was thirteen.  Reason I broke it off?  After two years, he suddenly felt it was time he got some.  I've never even kissed a guy and STRONGLY believe in not engaging in any form of intimacy (nothing against hugs and kisses, just never kissed a guy) outside of marriage, so I broke it off.  That was when I was fifteen, and I have not dated since.
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Post by: Amaranthine on April 17, 2009, 11:59:58 PM
Quote from: Vaan360,Apr 17 2009 on  03:54 PM
I often wonder how the world would be without me....better.
It doesn't make any difference if I'm here or not anyway.
I used to be that way. I'm sure the more active members of this community remembers me like that when I first came here. I hated life, and it wasn't just some "teenage thing", it was real pain, it was not in anyway superficial. I couldn't really trust anyone, I hated myself for everything I was, I hated the school I was at because it was so FRIGGEN religious and I had no friends there AT ALL. Or at least, I didn't have any close friends. It wasn't until I became a Christian and took anti-depressants, I finally was able to get out of that funk.

I know this is going to be easy for me to say this, but I KNOW it gets better. YOU WILL SEE. We love you here, if you passed, we would be really sad about it. So, please, consider that.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Cancerian Tiger on April 19, 2009, 12:25:32 AM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Apr 17 2009 on  10:59 PM
I know this is going to be easy for me to say this, but I KNOW it gets better. YOU WILL SEE. We love you here, if you passed, we would be really sad about it. So, please, consider that.
She's totally right, Vaan360.  There's a reason behind EVERYONE'S existence, yours included.  Also, you're very much valued here.  Don't ever lose sight of that ;).
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on April 19, 2009, 10:10:07 AM
Well, it seems I'm not the only person here who is willing to bring someone's mood up. Which is a good thing, because that makes this forum all the better.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: LBTFan13 on April 19, 2009, 11:17:55 AM
Whenever I watch movies, especially scary movies, I am never freaked out by blood or graphic violence. Call me crazy, but I guess the reason is because I was exposed to it when I was younger. How may you ask? It was from playing Mortal Kombat obssesively :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

So I guess I have developed a certain level of tolerance for graphic violence.
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Post by: tempestwheel on April 19, 2009, 11:20:41 AM
Quote from: LBTFan13,Apr 19 2009 on  10:17 AM
Whenever I watch movies, especially scary movies, I am never freaked out by blood or graphic violence. Call me crazy, but I guess the reason is because I was exposed to it when I was younger. How may you ask? It was from playing Mortal Kombat obssesively :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

So I guess I have developed a certain level of tolerance for graphic violence.
Same for me, I love slasher movies, and even the really violent parts don't bother me.
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Post by: Compy-Rex on April 19, 2009, 11:25:01 AM
Quote from: brekclub85,Apr 19 2009 on  10:20 AM
Quote from: LBTFan13,Apr 19 2009 on  10:17 AM
Whenever I watch movies, especially scary movies, I am never freaked out by blood or graphic violence. Call me crazy, but I guess the reason is because I was exposed to it when I was younger. How may you ask? It was from playing Mortal Kombat obssesively :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

So I guess I have developed a certain level of tolerance for graphic violence.
Same for me, I love slasher movies, and even the really violent parts don't bother me.
Definetly, I love that stuff. Not in real life though, just in games, movies, etc.
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Post by: Chomper on April 19, 2009, 12:22:25 PM
for me its weird, i dont mind graphic violence *Yay vilolence*, but i just get jumpy in scary movies, and i dont get it, i can watch someone get torn apart in a movie, but before then, i get jumpy.
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Post by: Compy-Rex on April 19, 2009, 12:23:32 PM
Quote from: Chomper,Apr 19 2009 on  11:22 AM
for me its weird, i dont mind graphic violence *Yay vilolence*, but i just get jumpy in scary movies, and i dont get it, i can watch someone get torn apart in a movie, but before then, i get jumpy.
Your exactly right. When the villian is stalking someone or someone is about to be killed, I get sacred. But, when they're being killed, I don't mind.
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Post by: Vaan360 on April 19, 2009, 07:13:56 PM
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I know this is going to be easy for me to say this, but I KNOW it gets better. YOU WILL SEE.

I've heard that more than once, and to be honest, this problem could had just dissapered long, long time ago, but noone backed me up, so I just sank, and I turned out to be what I am.
It's like I've wasted all my life.
If I am to live like this,with this freaking problems, might as well not live at all.

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We love you here, if you passed, we would be really sad about it. So, please, consider that.

Well, Death, is ussualy, something always hard to deal with,and even if I died, the world is huge, its not as if 1 person is gonna make the difference, besides, someone would replace me, and life would go on.
 



Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Amaranthine on April 19, 2009, 08:09:37 PM
Well then maybe you should talk to someone, a proffessional about your remaining depression that lingers. There has to be a hotline where you live or something or rather. Just PLEASE don't do anything to hurt yourself. PLEASE don't.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: lbt/cty_lover on April 19, 2009, 09:56:58 PM
Quote from: Vaan360,Apr 19 2009 on  06:13 PM
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I know this is going to be easy for me to say this, but I KNOW it gets better. YOU WILL SEE.

I've heard that more than once, and to be honest, this problem could had just disappeared long, long time ago, but no one backed me up, so I just sank, and I turned out to be what I am.
It's like I've wasted all my life.
If I am to live like this,with this freaking problems, might as well not live at all.

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We love you here, if you passed, we would be really sad about it. So, please, consider that.

Well, Death, is usually, something always hard to deal with,and even if I died, the world is huge, its not as if 1 person is gonna make the difference, besides, someone would replace me, and life would go on.
What I'm about to say might seem to have the adverse effect of what I want, but you know my intentions, so don't confuse my true intentions with what I say. Please understand that I am trying to help, and anything hurtful I say in the following rant is not fully intentional.

You are just entering a cycle of depression, but don't go in any further. You must be strong, and that philosophy is a bunch of bull. Living with a problem is better than not living. You can do so much while you are alive, and you rob the world of all your potential when you die. Also, "someone would replace you?" That is impossible. No one can replace you because you are unique. You add a certain aspect to the GoF that no other person on the planet can. As for "1 person isn't really going to make a difference," another bunch of bull. One person, along with that person's ideas, can change the world. Look at what Albert Einstein did. He changed the entire field of physics forever. You can't justify suicide to anyone but yourself, and that usually means you are entering a state of psychosis, where you have a loosened grip on reality. If you have thoughts of suicide, talk to someone about it. The people who you tell can help you, especially if those people are your friends. Don't tell your enemies your weaknesses, though. Trust me on this, thoughts of suicide are not good, nor are they helpful. Also, life WILL get better .Just have patience, and things will come full circle and you will be given happiness.

Also, just to cheer you up, here is a fun phrase; "Cogito Ergo Nom." I think, therefore I nom.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on April 19, 2009, 11:44:21 PM
Quote from: brekclub85,Apr 19 2009 on  10:20 AM
Quote from: LBTFan13,Apr 19 2009 on  10:17 AM
Whenever I watch movies, especially scary movies, I am never freaked out by blood or graphic violence. Call me crazy, but I guess the reason is because I was exposed to it when I was younger. How may you ask? It was from playing Mortal Kombat obssesively :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

So I guess I have developed a certain level of tolerance for graphic violence.
Same for me, I love slasher movies, and even the really violent parts don't bother me.
Even real life blood and gore do not bother me.  I had considered careers as a mortician and a medical examiner before deciding on nursing then switching to recreation.  I may even seek a degree in forensics so I can work with a homicide unit as a side career.  The human body and forensics have always fascinated me so much, and with the help of kicka** videogames, scary movies and working as a certified nursing assistant aka caregiver/CNA since I was sixteen, I have grown to not be squeamish.

*BTW, if you're reading this Vaan360, we are here for ya.  PLEASE don't do anything you'll regret :cry.  The pain suicide brings to those who care about ya is very devastating, and believe me, we care about ya here.
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Post by: Amaranthine on May 13, 2009, 10:57:22 PM
I have a hard time reading chat speak and I have a hard time taking the people seriously who write in chat speak.
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Post by: Noname on May 31, 2009, 02:49:17 PM
I dislike loud music at parties.
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Post by: Chomper on May 31, 2009, 03:03:36 PM
i dont like rap music, i prefer classic rock or country
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Noname on May 31, 2009, 03:06:38 PM
I like rap and classical music (odd combination, I know)
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Post by: Amaranthine on June 05, 2009, 03:57:58 AM
I almost got hit by a truck at one point...no joke. Luckily I got out of the way just in time. I think that happened when I was like...ten or something.
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Post by: Noname on June 05, 2009, 04:40:46 AM
I am a Catholic Christian who also follows the philosophy of Plato; the two overlap in most places, but if there is a conflict, the Christian part wins out.
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Post by: Amaranthine on June 09, 2009, 01:48:06 PM
Land Before Time is one of those topics that I think about a lot. I think the things I always think about, all the time, are religion and politics. Those topics are in my head 24/7. Oh, and all animation in general is in my head a lot too.
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Post by: Noname on June 09, 2009, 02:04:57 PM
I am a senior in Fordham University in Manhattan, and I am planning on going to law school... I have yet to take the LSAT, however, but am taking it this coming fall.
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Post by: Serris on June 09, 2009, 11:42:23 PM
Quote from: Noname,May 31 2009 on  03:06 PM
I like rap and classical music (odd combination, I know)
Think that's odd?

Here's what was on my playlist:

Venus: The Bringer of Peace (Classical)(Classical)
Ich Will (Industrial)
One Winged Angel (Movie OST)
Ride of the Valkyries (Classical)
Hells Bells (Hard Rock)
Horse Soldier (Country)
Mars: The Bringer of War (Classical)
Moondance (Symphonic Metal)
Running Man (Electronic Dance)
Nostromo (Psy Trance)
American Pie (Soft Rock)

Yes, I can go from listening to soothing classical piece straight into a grinding, hard industrial piece.

I have no favorite genre: any music I like, I'll listen to.
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Post by: Noname on June 10, 2009, 02:58:54 AM
TPAM should know that that sounds great!   ;)
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Post by: Chomper on June 13, 2009, 02:00:45 PM
i am the work horse of the school, it doesnt matter if i am a junior or not i find myself carrying everything out to the bus, but on the up side people know i'm a good worker so job searches arnt that hard.
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Post by: Noname on June 13, 2009, 02:17:04 PM
I am doing one job at the moment and will be starting another July 1st.
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Post by: Amaranthine on June 13, 2009, 10:00:42 PM
Usually when I think I have forgiven someone of how they offended me or done to me, but I suddenly get mad at them all over again. :anger
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Post by: Noname on June 13, 2009, 10:12:58 PM
I sometimes get mad myself... but after a little while, I realize that whatever it is, it probably wasn't worth getting mad over. I forgive easily...
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Post by: Chomper on June 13, 2009, 11:45:37 PM
i am passive agressive, i can be the hulk in one moment and a mouse the next
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 14, 2009, 01:16:08 AM
I have nightmares every night.  I've been this way since I was eleven, and no possible cause has ever been figured out :blink:.  They're very graphic and vivid, and most of the nightmares are violent, like something out of "Saw" or "Hostel" :x.
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Post by: Noname on June 14, 2009, 01:17:10 AM
I used to have a recurring nightmare about falling of off a roller coaster, but since I stopped being an atheist and became a Christian, this was no longer a problem.
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on June 14, 2009, 06:02:31 AM
I love rollercoaster. I've been on some of the best rollies the world has to offer including Nemesis Inferno (UK), Collossus (UK), Disney's Space Mountain (US/France), Duelling Dragons (US) and The Incredible Hulk (US) to name a few. Saying that, as much of a thrill seeker as I am, I absolutely HATE free falling rides! Like Disney's Tower of Terror and Detonator in Thorpe Park! Screw those for a laugh  :p  :DD
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Post by: Lillefot on June 14, 2009, 02:36:54 PM
Quote from: Littlefoot1616,Jun 14 2009 on  05:02 AM
I love rollercoaster. I've been on some of the best rollies the world has to offer including Nemesis Inferno (UK), Collossus (UK), Disney's Space Mountain (US/France), Duelling Dragons (US) and The Incredible Hulk (US) to name a few. Saying that, as much of a thrill seeker as I am, I absolutely HATE free falling rides! Like Disney's Tower of Terror and Detonator in Thorpe Park! Screw those for a laugh  :p  :DD
Have to agree with you on both of those points Jason.
One of my friends once forced me up into one of the Free fall towers at the amusement parks in the capital. To say; "I have never been so scared before or after" would be too much, but yeah, I was terrified!  :D

Oh yes, now I know what to take you and the guys to once you're here!  :wow
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 14, 2009, 02:54:47 PM
I have a massive fear of heights.
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Post by: Chomper on June 14, 2009, 03:01:44 PM
i have a fear of spiders, ladders, and rooftop and building edges
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Post by: Amaranthine on June 14, 2009, 07:05:59 PM
I really wish I could find someone with views a lot like mine. And I mean in real life and someone my age. :p There is still hoping...but yeah...
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Post by: Noname on June 14, 2009, 07:09:42 PM
I am for responsibility and accountability for all levels of society.  

What views might those be, if you feel like sharing them?
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Post by: metadude1234 on June 15, 2009, 04:33:12 AM
I like star wars, lbt and halo!!!

my fave chars from star wars are: Jango Fett, Boba Fett, Clone troopers, Storm troopers and Anakin Sky-walker, btw; halo 1 is the best halo game in my books  :lol:
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Post by: Lillefot on June 15, 2009, 05:39:30 AM
Haha, yeah; Halo's a great game! Though, I'm not to good at it.
Still, there's a hidden talent that I have in the game, I'm very good at hijacking wraiths. :lol
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 15, 2009, 09:54:10 AM
Racing games are my favorite genre of video games.
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Post by: Noname on June 15, 2009, 12:40:09 PM
I like shooter and space sim games.
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Post by: 812558 on June 16, 2009, 09:07:22 PM
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I have a condition called NF.

is this the one with the tumors or the flesh eating disease.


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Post by: Noname on June 16, 2009, 09:45:46 PM
I like philosophy, especially that of Plato. I am Catholic, too.
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Post by: Jasper on June 16, 2009, 10:29:54 PM
I listen to mostly Rap(real rap) and Reggae. I don't listen to radio no more because they keep playing songs from Soulja Boy, Gucci Mane, Shawty Lo, Kanye West(note I only listen to this one song from him called Love Lockdown), and others I can think of that quote "killed hip-pop". I use to weigh 260 pounds now I'm down to 236 and I'm already past 6'0.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 16, 2009, 11:39:54 PM
I nearly amputated my left index fingertip when I was nine, then nearly amputated my right index fingertip ten years later when I was nineteen :blink:.  Both were by accident.  The first incident happened when a relative was supposed to be watching me but was nowhere in sight.  I was playing with a knife and ended up slamming the blade down on my finger :slap.  The second incident happened when I was helping my mother adjust the lengths of the windowblinds.  Neither of us saw my finger was in the way when she started to cut through the plastic.  The only way I knew anything had happened was 'cuz I felt a SLIGHT squeeze on my finger.  I have a very high pain threshold, and did not feel one ounce of pain from either of these incidents :blink:.
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Post by: Noname on June 17, 2009, 12:12:34 AM
I made a hammer out of steel, but thanks to the "help" of a friend of mine, it has a chip in it... I also know how to operate a lathe, and make a key chain out of steel.
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Post by: action9000 on June 17, 2009, 02:07:27 AM
I have a diploma in Industrial Instrumentation Engineering Technology.
Try saying that 3 times fast! :p
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Post by: Noname on June 17, 2009, 02:08:37 AM
I went to a technical high school (Brooklyn Tech) and got an advanced regents diploma!
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Post by: action9000 on June 17, 2009, 03:02:10 AM
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advanced regents diploma!
I'm looking that up but can't quite figure out what advanced regents means..is that like an honours high school diploma or something?

Anywho,
I like doing so many things that choosing a career is a total nightmare for me! :p
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Post by: Noname on June 17, 2009, 03:11:15 AM
In New York State, it is an honors diploma of the highest kind a public high school can offer.
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Post by: landbeforetimelover on June 17, 2009, 03:21:31 AM
When I eat fettuccine alfredo (which is quite frequently), I put it in the blender for 3 seconds.  It comes out looking like tuna fish and that's how I like it. :lol I tried blending it a bit longer and it came out a liquid.  It tasted like nasty sauce.  I don't think I'll do that again. :p
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Post by: Noname on June 17, 2009, 03:24:24 AM
I have an account on the D&D wiki: http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/User:Noname (http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/User:Noname)
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Post by: action9000 on June 17, 2009, 03:35:06 AM
Sometimes I stay up too late but I'm trying to work on that.  Night all! :p
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Post by: Noname on June 17, 2009, 03:39:37 AM
Me too!
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on June 17, 2009, 06:37:46 AM
Thrice that. I do have a defense for that though. I do work in the only late license pub in the local area so when all the other pubs shut up at like 11.30pm, we're still going on until early hours of the morning (lousy bloody 24hour drinking laws :rolleyes: ).
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Post by: Paradise Bird on June 17, 2009, 08:43:48 AM
I'm a spore artist and a modder.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on June 17, 2009, 08:29:24 PM
I have discovered the awesomeness that is Age of Mythology.
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Post by: Pangaea on June 17, 2009, 10:35:11 PM
I’ve compiled a list of names and brief descriptions of my favorite prehistoric animals. I’ve sort of slacked off on updating the list lately, but even so it contains over 2,000 entries. (On the first day of class for one of the courses I took in my first year of college, every student had to tell the rest of the class a fact about themselves. Having come in slightly late as a result of not being able to find the room, I said something along the lines of, “I know the names of over 1,500 extinct animals, but I can’t remember the number of this classroom!” :lol)
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Post by: landbeforetimelover on June 17, 2009, 10:48:09 PM
More often than not, I stay up waaaaaaaaaay too late and I fall asleep in front of my computer or at my desk.  One time I was in the middle of programming and I fell asleep on the keyboard.  Let's just say I had one heck of a time erasing everything my face had typed. :lol
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Post by: Noname on June 17, 2009, 11:06:21 PM
I go to church every Sunday... so far, I have a 100% attendance rate since my baptism last Easter.
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Post by: Serris on June 18, 2009, 12:13:15 AM
I blinded someone in AP Biology (by accident and it was only temporarily)
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Post by: Pangaea on June 18, 2009, 12:20:36 AM
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I blinded someone in AP Biology (by accident and it was only temporarily)
Yikes! :blink: How did that happen?
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Post by: Serris on June 18, 2009, 12:32:45 AM
Quote from: Pangaea,Jun 18 2009 on  12:20 AM
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I blinded someone in AP Biology (by accident and it was only temporarily)
Yikes! :blink: How did that happen?
We were dissecting a shark and he was standing opposite me and when I cut into the shark, the embalming fluid squirted out struck him in the eyes.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 18, 2009, 12:35:44 AM
Quote from: Serris,Jun 17 2009 on  11:32 PM
Quote from: Pangaea,Jun 18 2009 on  12:20 AM
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I blinded someone in AP Biology (by accident and it was only temporarily)
Yikes! :blink: How did that happen?
We were dissecting a shark and he was standing opposite me and when I cut into the shark, the embalming fluid squirted out struck him in the eyes.
Kinda reminds me of when my dissection partner accidentally knocked the dissection tray over and a dissected starfish, guts and everything, landed on the front of my shirt :x.
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Post by: Pangaea on June 18, 2009, 12:50:49 AM
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We were dissecting a shark and he was standing opposite me and when I cut into the shark, the embalming fluid squirted out struck him in the eyes.
Wow...Remind me to never agree to be your lab partner... :o
I’m only kidding! :p I’m a hopeless klutz when it comes to lab work myself (please don't misinterpret that as me saying you are!). On my first day of Microbiology lab, when the class was practicing preparing bacterial slides, I managed to scald my hand with a wire sampling loop (I don’t remember exactly what the tool was called :bang) that I had just sterilized in a Bunsen burner. The burn wasn’t that bad, but the next day in the lecture hall, the professor came up to me and offered to exempt me from lab work, basing my grade entirely on what I learned from the lectures. I immediately and appreciatively accepted. In retrospect, it was a little sad that I didn’t get a chance to see all of those fascinating microorganisms I learned about under a microscope, but at least I still have all my fingers and hair follicles today. :lol
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Post by: Noname on June 18, 2009, 01:06:13 AM
I once saw a brain in a jar of green-colored alcohol solution... and yes, this was a human brain, not a sheep's brain or something like that... I also saw a Madagascar hissing cockroach. It was very loud for such a small creature.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 18, 2009, 01:54:20 AM
I've never received a traffic or moving violation, but I was in one car wreck as a result of some new driver running a red light <_<.
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Post by: Noname on June 18, 2009, 02:05:32 AM
I have been called for jury duty for the first time ever.
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 18, 2009, 08:41:27 PM
I've never owned a cell phone or made a text message in my life. (Though I've bothered other people's phones for calls.)
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Post by: Serris on June 19, 2009, 07:13:08 PM
I have never used AIM.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 19, 2009, 11:46:03 PM
I was voted "Most Unique" in my 8th grade class mock elections.
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 19, 2009, 11:52:43 PM
In 8th Grade, I was voted "Most Likely to Stay In My Home Town" and "Most Changed Since Kindergarten."
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Post by: Serris on June 20, 2009, 01:54:07 AM
I am a certified EMT-B and I am applying for adult membership for my town's first aid squad.
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Post by: Amaranthine on June 20, 2009, 01:00:41 PM
Quote from: Serris,Jun 19 2009 on  03:13 PM
I have never used AIM.
Me neither. :p
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 20, 2009, 01:11:20 PM
I think horror is the best movie genre.
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Post by: Noname on June 20, 2009, 05:12:30 PM
I was voted "most intelligent" in my middle-school class.
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Post by: Petrie. on June 20, 2009, 07:17:39 PM
You don't want to be riding in my car as I'm driving.  I suffer from trucker's mouth. :p :o
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Post by: Noname on June 20, 2009, 07:24:03 PM
I just had my internet connection repaired. There was a storm in New York City which knocked a lot of reception out, but now it has been fixed, although they had to get the exact number of the apartment in order to really fix it, as there was some confusion as to what apartment was what.
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Post by: Serris on June 20, 2009, 07:52:06 PM
RP related facts about me:

The first forum based RP I ever played was The Spreading Hazard on Furtopia.

The first forum based RP I created was Darwin's Soldiers on Furtopia.

My first RP on this forum was Darwin's Soldiers.

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I survived falling down 8+ wood steps and landing head/face first on a concrete floor when I was 4.

I am capable of biting through chicken bones and crab shells.
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Post by: Noname on June 20, 2009, 07:55:49 PM
I once had a closet door closed on my finger when I was only five, but no bones were broken, amazingly.
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Post by: Amaranthine on June 20, 2009, 08:36:10 PM
Quote from: Petrie,Jun 20 2009 on  03:17 PM
You don't want to be riding in my car as I'm driving.  I suffer from trucker's mouth. :p :o
 :lol I guess that makes the two of us. Except, I don't drive yet, but when I lose in some game on my DS player or someone does something stupid or makes me mad I mouth off badly. :lol:
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Post by: Explorer on June 20, 2009, 08:44:06 PM
I've got serious fear issues with thunderstorms. I don't know why, but I simply can't see or hear a thunder without racing away from a window as fast as I can. <.<
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Post by: Noname on June 20, 2009, 10:23:41 PM
I have a cat. She's a black-and-white tabby.
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 20, 2009, 10:32:25 PM
I like cats, I don't like dogs.
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Post by: Noname on June 20, 2009, 10:36:10 PM
I tutor students in math and reading. I also know a lot about history, government/politics, social sciences, etc.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 21, 2009, 01:21:17 AM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Jun 20 2009 on  07:36 PM
Quote from: Petrie,Jun 20 2009 on  03:17 PM
You don't want to be riding in my car as I'm driving.  I suffer from trucker's mouth. :p :o
:lol I guess that makes the two of us. Except, I don't drive yet, but when I lose in some game on my DS player or someone does something stupid or makes me mad I mouth off badly. :lol:
Three's a crowd :lol.  Except for F-bombs, racial slurs, anything containing the Lord's name, and certain vulgarities.  Anything else is fair game, especially when driving :p.  I have to be careful at home, though, 'cuz my African Grey picks up on all that :rolleyes:.  He just recently started saying, "Ah, screw it!".  That's not the worst he's ever done, though.  I used to watch "The Sopranos" in the same room as him.  Big mistake :bang.
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Post by: Serris on June 21, 2009, 01:27:09 AM
Make that 4.

I usually swear as a result of stupid things done by myself or other people or if I am angry (all three situation occur fairly often and provoke a chain of swearing).

Interestingly, I curse a LOT when I'm working on Twilight Valley. Go figure.

As for what's off limits, I rarely if ever use racial or sexual slurs and I don't use "God" (I am atheist and it doesn't make much sense to add something I don't believe in to a swear word). Everything else is fair game.
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Post by: Noname on June 21, 2009, 01:50:24 AM
I just usually say "damn." I rarely use major profanities.
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 21, 2009, 02:51:54 AM
I have little to no belief in the supernatural.
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Post by: Noname on June 21, 2009, 02:56:45 AM
I'm Catholic.
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 21, 2009, 03:28:45 AM
So am I, but I have my doubts about whether there is an afterlife sometimes.
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Post by: Noname on June 21, 2009, 03:45:42 AM
So, you are lapsed, then? To actually believe in it means to believe in the existence of heaven and hell, as well as the other teachings. Otherwise, calling oneself "Catholic" or "Protestant" without believing in what those titles mean is really hollow. I believe in both.
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 21, 2009, 03:54:09 AM
I guess I should have reworded that.  Sometimes I have doubts about my faith.
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Post by: Noname on June 21, 2009, 03:58:56 AM
Ok. Got it. I used to be an atheist, but I got better.
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 21, 2009, 04:00:16 AM
I'm a light sleeper, and oftern sleep under 8 hours a night, but still can be wide awake the next day.
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Post by: Noname on June 21, 2009, 04:00:56 AM
Me too. I think this might be one of those nights...
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Post by: Dash The Longneck on June 21, 2009, 08:22:38 AM
I love the New York Yankees. ANd tend to worry about just about everything.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 21, 2009, 08:50:32 AM
Quote from: brekclub85,Jun 21 2009 on  01:51 AM
I have little to no belief in the supernatural.
I'm the complete opposite on this one.  I have a very strong belief in the supernatural and the afterlife.
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Post by: Noname on June 21, 2009, 11:38:23 AM
I also love the Yankees... I have yet to go to a game in their new stadium, though.
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Post by: Serris on June 21, 2009, 07:49:03 PM
I am supposedly related to a minor Chinese prince.
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Post by: Dash The Longneck on June 21, 2009, 08:04:34 PM
Quote from: Noname,Jun 21 2009 on  10:38 AM
I also love the Yankees... I have yet to go to a game in their new stadium, though.
(First of all let me just tell you I just have 4 words for you about the new stadium. OH, MY, Fricken, GOD! tHIS PLACE LOOKS EXTREMELY INCREDIBLE. The whole stadium is just WOW. I really think you're gonna love it.)

I am a fan of Sausage Pizza.
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Post by: Noname on June 21, 2009, 08:38:58 PM
I've got to go see a game, then.

I sometimes make lists of things to see how well I can remember them.
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 21, 2009, 08:45:32 PM
Quote from: Noname,Jun 21 2009 on  07:38 PM
I've got to go see a game, then.

I sometimes make lists of things to see how well I can remember them.
Me too.
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Post by: Noname on June 21, 2009, 10:48:58 PM
Sometimes I make lists of cities in certain regions to see if I can remember what things are where... and the names of big companies that are headquartered in certain places... I figure that it is a good memory exercise.
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Post by: Amaranthine on June 21, 2009, 10:53:52 PM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Jun 21 2009 on  04:50 AM
Quote from: brekclub85,Jun 21 2009 on  01:51 AM
I have little to no belief in the supernatural.
I'm the complete opposite on this one.  I have a very strong belief in the supernatural and the afterlife.
My belief on these things is that ANYTHING can happen. I'm a Christian by standard beliefs, but heck...for all I know...there is no heaven at all and there is something there that NO one has ever thought of. And if bible thumper Christians tell me I'm going to hell for thinking and believing that, it's their problem. :p
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Post by: Noname on June 21, 2009, 11:16:51 PM
Well, I believe that we cannot fully KNOW these things... if we did, it wouldn't be faith... that's why we can believe in them without having to see them face-to-face. After all, there would be no virtue in faith if God were right in front of us all the time... if he was, people would only act good out of immediate awe and fear, not out of faith...
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 21, 2009, 11:31:45 PM
Just as Littlefoot's mother puts it: "Some things, you see with your eyes.  Others, you see with your heart."
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Post by: Noname on June 21, 2009, 11:32:47 PM
So very true indeed... and with one's mind. There are also philosophical reasons to believe in God and the soul... just read Plato or Descartes. I've read both of them, and not just for college, either.
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on June 22, 2009, 05:35:01 AM
I've done a little generation backtracking and discovered a little family history dating back to about the 1880s. And I've also visited the house that my grandmother used to live in before she came to Britain. My great grandfather built it himself years ago from loose and scrounded materials he could find. Even after 100 years, it's still standing to this day.
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Post by: Noname on June 22, 2009, 02:07:13 PM
Speaking of which, I've been able to trace my own family's history back to roughly the time of Napoleon, in which they were in Calabria, Italy... at least, on my father's side. My great-grandfather is the oldest one that I know anything significant about, and he was a cloth peddler.
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Post by: Serris on June 22, 2009, 07:54:59 PM
Philosophy is my least favorite subject.

I somewhat like the taste of blood.

Tea can make me rather aggressive (only if paired with low sleep).
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Post by: Noname on June 22, 2009, 08:46:04 PM
I like philosophy, and always did quite well in it in college.
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Post by: Serris on June 22, 2009, 11:25:21 PM
I am very agile and have great balance.

I taught myself the extreme basics of nuclear fusion and fission at age 8.

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Post by: Noname on June 22, 2009, 11:29:49 PM
I am good at basketball, soccer, and tennis, but I don't like tennis all that much?

Were you trained in acrobatics, Serris? I wasn't, but was wondering about that "agile" comment...
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Post by: Serris on June 23, 2009, 12:35:11 AM
I am not trained in acrobatics but I seem to be naturally agile and flexible. Unfortunately, my strength is very low.
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Post by: Noname on June 23, 2009, 12:42:39 AM
My strength is probably above-average, or at least it was in my final year of high school... probably still is...
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Post by: Pangaea on June 23, 2009, 12:57:26 AM
I am very sensitive to loud noises (especially high-pitched ones). For this reason, I can’t stand concerts, boom boxes, fire alarms, or even particularly vociferous dogs.
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Post by: Serris on June 23, 2009, 01:08:44 AM
My strongest senses are hearing, taste and smell.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 23, 2009, 01:14:20 AM
Quote from: Pangaea,Jun 22 2009 on  11:57 PM
I am very sensitive to loud noises (especially high-pitched ones). For this reason, I can’t stand concerts, boom boxes, fire alarms, or even particularly vociferous dogs.
That makes two of us.

I'm easily amused and tend to laugh a lot.  Sometimes, I have terrible bouts of histerical laughter that last at least fifteen minutes before they begin winding down :lol.
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Post by: Noname on June 23, 2009, 01:15:34 AM
I don't really like loud late-night parties, but am getting used to them... I've been to too many not to get at least somewhat used to them... I still prefer some measure of silence at times...
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Post by: Serris on June 23, 2009, 01:23:43 AM
According to an online hearing test (http://www.ultrasonic-ringtones.com/), I can hear up into the 21.1 kHz zone. I'm doubtful though.

However, I dida test and I can indeed hear into the 10-15 Hz range (computer based sound generator from Physics class).
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 23, 2009, 01:43:55 AM
I can somewhat hear into the 22.4 kHz zone.  That's with a fan blowing in the background :blink:.  I definitely hear the 21.1 kHz zone loud and clear.
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Post by: Serris on June 23, 2009, 02:01:27 AM
I downloaded that 22.4 kHz tone and opened it with Audacity... there's nothing there, it's a flat line!

However, the 21.1 kHz does actually have sound and I can hear it... over a noisy computer fan (I need to use headphones as my speakers cannot reach that frequency).

----------------

I can vaguely differentiate people by scent.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 23, 2009, 02:07:30 AM
Strange...I thought I heard somethin'.  Maybe the sound was from a different source :unsure:?  Don't tell me I've got spooks in my house :p.

For some unknown and odd reason, I laugh whenever I get hurt :blink:.
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Post by: Noname on June 23, 2009, 02:38:39 AM
I like "You Tube Poops." Those are funny videos which combine clips from various media in a hilarious way... if done correctly, at least.
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Post by: Pangaea on June 23, 2009, 02:48:24 AM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Jun 23 2009 on  01:07 AM
For some unknown and odd reason, I laugh whenever I get hurt :blink:.
While my memory for the times I have been hurt is relatively poor (not sure if that’s good or bad), I vaguely recall instances in which I have laughed upon receiving an injury as well.
Usually, though, when I get hurt, I make no sound at all initially (I may grunt and groan painfully afterwards). Though often when I stub my toe, stumble accidentally, or receive some other kind of minor injury, I make a sort of surprised squawking noise (I’d make you think there was some undiscovered species of bird in the house :lol), sometimes followed by a string of spontaneously invented meaningless expletives that I could not be accurately reproduced in any written language. :lol
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Post by: Noname on June 23, 2009, 04:22:03 AM
I scraped both my knees and my elbows all before I was out of elementary school.
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Post by: Pangaea on June 23, 2009, 09:19:48 PM
My favorite beverage is Barq’s Root Beer. (I'm drinking one right now. :p)
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 23, 2009, 09:21:51 PM
I hate the sound styrofoam makes.
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Post by: Petrie. on June 23, 2009, 09:53:48 PM
Quote from: Serris,Jun 23 2009 on  12:23 AM
According to an online hearing test (http://www.ultrasonic-ringtones.com/), I can hear up into the 21.1 kHz zone. I'm doubtful though.
Hearing tones means nothing when you're looking at real music.  Play any real music and those high frequences will be drowned out by the midrange because that is what human hearing is naturally most sensitive to.  Just wanted to point that out.

I don't believe its common knowledge that I've bowled a perfect game once in my lifetime - 300. :)  Came close two other times at 289.

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Post by: Noname on June 23, 2009, 11:38:39 PM
I filled out a W-4 form today... for the second time in my life (a certain kind of tax form)
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Post by: Pangaea on June 24, 2009, 12:51:06 AM
Quote from: brekclub85,Jun 23 2009 on  08:21 PM
I hate the sound styrofoam makes.
Me too. I also absolutely despise those little styrofoam packing peanuts. :x (I've got two or three garbage bags full of them in my room from all my eBay purchases. I'd rather reuse them, but so far I've never shipped out anything that needed that kind of packing material.)
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 24, 2009, 01:14:25 AM
I only have twenty-four teeth instead of the average thirty-two.  I have a small oral cavity and consequently had too many teeth in a small space as a kid.  I had one permanant tooth pulled when I was seven, five more pulled before I got braces at eleven, then had my four wisdom teeth pulled at seventeen.
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Post by: Noname on June 24, 2009, 02:50:45 AM
I recently had a dentist appointment... a bit of staining on two teeth, but no cavities...
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Post by: Serris on June 24, 2009, 01:54:38 PM
I am capable of putting my leg behind my head while standing.

I do not swim topless (not modesty related; I lose body heat extremely quickly due to my small size.)

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Post by: Noname on June 24, 2009, 02:14:33 PM
I once made a steel keychain and once installed a keg at a party. No, I'm not THAT technically skilled.
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Post by: Petrie. on June 24, 2009, 04:25:43 PM
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I am capable of putting my leg behind my head while standing

Ow! :o
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Post by: Noname on June 24, 2009, 04:34:55 PM
I have a double-joint in the left index finger.
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 24, 2009, 04:40:11 PM
I have scoliosis
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Post by: Noname on June 24, 2009, 05:02:28 PM
I know a girl who has scoliosis... I don't have it... most men don't get that...
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 24, 2009, 05:04:56 PM
Then I must be a rare case, cause I'm a guy.
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Post by: Noname on June 24, 2009, 05:06:43 PM
The basketball team that I was on won almost every game, but I hardly ever scored for them, whereas I scored an above-average number of times for my soccer team, but we only won like half the time!
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Post by: Serris on June 24, 2009, 05:26:55 PM
Quote from: Petrie,Jun 24 2009 on  04:25 PM
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I am capable of putting my leg behind my head while standing

Ow! :o
Nope. It doesn't hurt at all.
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Post by: Serris on June 24, 2009, 05:32:04 PM
I have problems making eye contact with people. It's better but still there.
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Post by: Noname on June 24, 2009, 05:35:26 PM
I used to have braces, but they are gone now.
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Post by: Amaranthine on June 24, 2009, 07:08:41 PM
Watching something like Dark Shadows usually makes me feel better if I feel really blue. :(
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Post by: Noname on June 24, 2009, 07:54:59 PM
I like certain kinds of sushi, but prefer western food in most cases.
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Post by: ingster on June 24, 2009, 11:10:03 PM
I have a lazy eye on the same side that I write with
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Post by: Noname on June 24, 2009, 11:11:38 PM
I am right-handed and have 20/20 vision.
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 24, 2009, 11:26:05 PM
I love Final Fantasy games.
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Post by: Noname on June 24, 2009, 11:27:18 PM
I like the Halo series.
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 24, 2009, 11:30:55 PM
I like the Klonoa series.
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Post by: Noname on June 24, 2009, 11:53:14 PM
I used to play a game called "Tyrian."
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Post by: Serris on June 25, 2009, 11:04:11 AM
I am extremely nearsighted but have excellent night vision.
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Post by: Pangaea on June 25, 2009, 11:19:01 AM
I am very nearsighted as well. Without my glasses, I can't even read the letters on my keyboard clearly from more than about six or eight inches away. :blink:
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Post by: Noname on June 25, 2009, 01:18:31 PM
I used to eat lots of pizza and bagels for lunch... not on the same day, though!
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 25, 2009, 03:14:29 PM
I like only plain cheese pizza.
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Post by: Noname on June 25, 2009, 03:20:02 PM
I like plain cheese pizza best, but other kinds are good too!
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Post by: Amaranthine on June 25, 2009, 03:22:45 PM
Quote from: Pangaea,Jun 25 2009 on  07:19 AM
I am very nearsighted as well. Without my glasses, I can't even read the letters on my keyboard clearly from more than about six or eight inches away. :blink:
I'm nearsighted also, but I don't think it's too severe. Being the computer for many years is probably what worsened my nearsightedness. Nearsightedness runs in my mom's side, but I think being the computer a lot is making it worse...:p
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 25, 2009, 03:28:44 PM
I don't like diet soda of any kind.

In fact, I don't like variations on various pops. (I like only regular Coke, Pepsi, 7up, Sprite, and Root Beer.)
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Post by: Noname on June 25, 2009, 03:29:51 PM
I don't like diet soda either... it tastes kind of... fake...
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 25, 2009, 03:32:40 PM
The on alternate version of I pop I liked was Pepsi Twist, or lemon Pepsi, but they no longer make it.
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Post by: Malte279 on June 25, 2009, 03:52:11 PM
My second and third toe on both feet are grown together up to the first joint.
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Post by: Noname on June 25, 2009, 04:34:11 PM
I once shot a basketball in the hoop from the other side of the court... very lucky shot indeed. No one tried to block it...
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Post by: Serris on June 25, 2009, 04:39:28 PM
I hit the keyboard extremely hard when I type.
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Post by: Noname on June 25, 2009, 04:41:49 PM
I can type over 60 words per minute... I need to check my WPM to be sure.
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Post by: Pangaea on June 25, 2009, 07:55:27 PM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Jun 25 2009 on  02:22 PM
I'm nearsighted also, but I don't think it's too severe. Being the computer for many years is probably what worsened my nearsightedness. Nearsightedness runs in my mom's side, but I think being the computer a lot is making it worse...:p
Oh great... :blink: If spending time on the computer exacerbates nearsightedness, then I'm in big trouble...

Despite my poor eyesight, I am very visually oriented (I tend to think in pictures as much or more than I think in words). For this reason, I have always preferred books with illustrations or photographs, and watch a lot of movies and TV shows.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 25, 2009, 09:30:57 PM
Quote from: Pangaea,Jun 25 2009 on  10:19 AM
I am very nearsighted as well. Without my glasses, I can't even read the letters on my keyboard clearly from more than about six or eight inches away. :blink:
I'm both nearsighted and have astigmatism.  My left eye is the worse one.  Also, my right eye tends to roll in my head when I'm angry or nervous.  It might be Lazy Eye, but I'm not sure :p.
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Post by: Noname on June 25, 2009, 10:38:45 PM
I used to wear a night brace, but I haven't needed it for a while... years, in fact.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on June 25, 2009, 10:52:23 PM
I've discovered that my favorite Bleach character is Sajin Komamura, captain of the 7th Division of the Gotei 13.
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Post by: Serris on June 25, 2009, 10:53:04 PM
I was (mistakenly) assumed to have something on the autistic spectrum in 8th grade. I can't remember what was specifically diagnosed though. All that I remember was it landed me in special ed for the whole 8th grade. [censored] school psychologist! The odd part, is I did and still do display some traits characteristics of these disorders (as do my father and maternal grandfather). Does this mean they have something on the autistic spectrum. My belief is no and I'm sticking with that belief no matter what anyone says.

I am very sensitive to direct bright light (especially at night)

I hate eating "diet foods"

I like eating ice.

I pick or cut my nails or the skin on my hands if I'm nervous. It can get severe enough that there can literally be pieces of dead skin all over the desk.

I like curry and spicy foods.

I have never needed to get stitches for an injury nor have I ever broken a bone.

I'd rather use rechargeable batteries over normal batteries.

I like the combination of dinosaurs and guns. (Witness the Insane Cafe)

Almost every member of my family wears glasses and is nearsighted to some degree.
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Post by: Noname on June 25, 2009, 10:57:07 PM
I am one of the only members in my family not to need glasses...
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 25, 2009, 11:15:12 PM
Quote from: Serris,Jun 25 2009 on  09:53 PM
I like curry and spicy foods.

I have never needed to get stitches for an injury nor have I ever broken a bone.
 
That makes two of us.

I bite my nails and/or wring my hands together when I'm nervous.

I can't stand cold temperatures as I tend to get cold really easily.  Optimal weather for me involves temps at 90 degrees or higher.
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Post by: Noname on June 25, 2009, 11:16:20 PM
I also enjoy the heat, but 90 degrees... a bit much for me. 80 degrees and I'm good!
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Post by: Serris on June 25, 2009, 11:25:35 PM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Jun 25 2009 on  11:15 PM
Quote from: Serris,Jun 25 2009 on  09:53 PM
I like curry and spicy foods.

I have never needed to get stitches for an injury nor have I ever broken a bone.
 
That makes two of us.

I bite my nails and/or wring my hands together when I'm nervous.

I can't stand cold temperatures as I tend to get cold really easily.  Optimal weather for me involves temps at 90 degrees or higher.
Two more matches. Now, I'm getting nervous.

I can get cold very quickly but sometimes I seem to be insensitive to cold. I'm preferential towards high temperatures (an extreme example: I functioned perfectly well in 116 degree heat <Arizona heatwave>)

On a side note related to the above story, I skipped paying $40 admission to the botanical gardens because the man at the front was sleeping. Sorry bud, high temperatures are not an excuse for sleeping on the job! :lol

I tend to excessively cut or file my fingernails if I'm nervous or for seemingly no reason at all.

I once drank a large soup spoon full of fairly spicy Carribean hot sauce for fun.

I hate wearing formal wear.

I once purposely dripped baby shampoo into my eyes to see if it really was "tear free". What I learned:

1.) Baby shampoo is not really tear free.
2.) Even smart people do dumb things.
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Post by: Noname on June 25, 2009, 11:29:07 PM
I usually don't mind cold weather, as long as it isn't like 10 degrees below zero (Fahrenheit)
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Post by: Serris on June 25, 2009, 11:30:14 PM
I like photography.
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Post by: Noname on June 25, 2009, 11:33:03 PM
I have a brother who likes photography... I used to like lithography, but I really sucked at it...
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 26, 2009, 12:32:53 AM
When I'm sleepy, my humor becomes a lot more random and I laugh at pretty much everything :lol.
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Post by: Noname on June 26, 2009, 12:41:21 AM
I once nearly bowled a perfect game... didn't make it to 300 points...
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Post by: Serris on June 26, 2009, 12:45:04 AM
I once accidentally ricocheted a crossbow bolt off another stuck bolt in the wall and managed to hit the target. This was at an indoor crossbow range in Poland and I was using a replica medieval style crossbow.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 26, 2009, 12:48:16 AM
I once bowled a turkey (three strikes in a row) during a bowling tournament.
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Post by: Serris on June 26, 2009, 12:54:02 AM
I like Nightwish.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 26, 2009, 12:55:02 AM
I have been a fan of the Mortal Kombat games since they first came out.
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Post by: Serris on June 26, 2009, 12:59:25 AM
I don't like M rated games nor R-rated movies that much.

I've only seen 4 R rated movies in my entire life:

The Matrix
Borat
Memento
Copycat
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 26, 2009, 01:01:08 AM
I don't play too many M rated games either.  I can only take so much violence.
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Post by: Serris on June 26, 2009, 01:03:35 AM
I have never played, nor will I ever plan to play an M rated game.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 26, 2009, 01:08:47 AM
I almost joined the Navy upon graduating high school as a means to spare my mother the burden of college tuition.  However, she did not like the thought of me serving in the Iraq war and said we'de figure out a way to get me through school.  I have since been able to work a lot more hours and pay for my education.
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Post by: Noname on June 26, 2009, 01:11:01 AM
I once considered joining the military myself... but found that there was no need to cover my college expenses that way.
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Post by: Serris on June 26, 2009, 01:13:12 AM
I seriously considered working for Picatinny Arsenal in 8th grade.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 26, 2009, 01:13:23 AM
I was considering becoming a Navy nurse, so I still would have served in the Navy regardless.

My generation is the first in the family of which no one has joined the military.  I have a cousin serving in law enforcement, though.
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Post by: Serris on June 26, 2009, 01:17:15 AM
There are 2 medical personnel in my household: EMT-B (me), RN (aunt).
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 26, 2009, 01:19:15 AM
My grandfather was a medic in WWII, my grandmother was a hospital housekeeper, my mother is a hospice social worker, and I'm a CNA.
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Post by: Noname on June 26, 2009, 01:20:16 AM
My great-uncle was in the signal corp in WWII... and he even saw FDR!
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Post by: Serris on June 26, 2009, 01:20:42 AM
My grandfather was a WWII scout.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 26, 2009, 01:23:56 AM
My grandfather was also a CCC boy.
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Post by: Noname on June 26, 2009, 01:25:13 AM
My grandfather was in Calabria, Italy, during WWII.
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Post by: Serris on June 26, 2009, 01:25:41 AM
My great-great grandfather came over to America during the Gold Rush as a prospector.
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Post by: Noname on June 26, 2009, 01:26:09 AM
My great-grandfather on my mother's side was from Poland.
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Post by: Serris on June 26, 2009, 01:33:59 AM
Most of my creativity flows late at night (past 2100) and while listening to metal or trance.

I always use military time.

I have cursed using the NATO phonetic alphabet.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 26, 2009, 01:38:37 AM
I find it easier to write dark-themed stories at night.
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Post by: Noname on June 26, 2009, 01:38:52 AM
I once taught a student who wrote using the Cyrillic alphabet... of course, I don't know Cyrillic, but I taught him to use our Latin Alphabet.
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Post by: landbeforetimelover on June 26, 2009, 01:41:34 AM
I was an aid for disabled students in middle and high school until I moved to Minnesota.  I'm looking for a new program to join at my new school, but it seems there are no student aids for the disabled here. :blink:
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Post by: Serris on June 26, 2009, 01:44:19 AM
I hate normal clocks.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 26, 2009, 01:44:28 AM
I have a very high pain threshold and do not feel nearly as much pain from injuries as I should :blink:.
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Post by: Serris on June 26, 2009, 01:48:57 AM
These are actually my two worst traits and ones that I want to get rid of but I seemingly can't.

1.) I am incredibly blunt. There was one case where someone in my school was really annoying me and I just outright said to his face, "You know what, I [censored] hate you."

2.) I'm not capable of being empathic.
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Post by: Noname on June 26, 2009, 02:02:04 AM
I was told I was empathetic, but I am not sure that is totally true... I once told a teacher to choke on her own $#!+
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 26, 2009, 02:06:04 AM
I unintentionally pegged my second grade teacher with a pencil.  That's alright, 'cuz I did not like her anyway :p.

How did it happen?  Somethin' in my mind told me it was play time, and I hit my pencil so it would sail through the air.  Unfortunately for her, she ended up stopping right in the path of the pencil :lol.
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Post by: Serris on June 26, 2009, 02:10:11 AM
I got sidetracked from writing chapter 22 of Twilight Valley...again.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 26, 2009, 02:11:46 AM
I get aggravated when an author of a fanfic leaves readers at a cliffhanger and never updates again, or at least, for a very long time.
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Post by: Serris on June 26, 2009, 02:16:00 AM
^^^

Same here.

Worst case of it happening: Land Before Time: Remnants - the sequel to one of the first LBT war fics: Land Before Time: War of the Worlds

Falcon88 stopped updating on 11-29-07, right as war is declared. Argh! That was the SINGLE. WORST. PLACE to cease updating.
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Post by: Noname on June 26, 2009, 02:51:36 AM
I like hot dogs.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 26, 2009, 02:57:35 AM
I mind my manners in public but not at home :lol.  Who does, anyway :p?
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Post by: Noname on June 26, 2009, 02:58:32 AM
I sometimes lean back on my seat while typing... I shouldn't really do that; it is bad for the carpet... who cares?  :lol:
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Post by: Pangaea on June 26, 2009, 03:10:39 AM
This is a somewhat late submission to the pseudo-discussion on optimum temperatures:
Maybe it’s because I’m a native-born Minnesotan, :p but I don’t mind cold weather that much (though I can’t abide temperatures lower than 10? Fahrenheit). For that matter, I'm actually not too heavily affected by high temperatures either (contrary to popular belief, it can actually get quite hot in Minnesota during the summer :P:). It's high humidity that causes me problems. Provided I have a little bit of air circulation, I can tolerate 85? F or higher, but as soon as it gets humid, I become as lethargic as a three-toed sloth.
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Post by: Noname on June 26, 2009, 03:13:31 AM
I went to both Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
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Post by: F-14 Ace on June 26, 2009, 03:33:11 AM
Here are some facts about me, though I'm sure most of you already know this.

1. I live in Alabama, but really wish I lived somewhere else.  

2. I am studying to become an electrician at a technical school.

3. Bison are my favorite animal, though I'm sure some of you already know that.

4. ^ I always wanted a bison for a pet (and still do, though it won't ever happen :cry2 ).

5. I was an Eagle Scout.

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Post by: Noname on June 26, 2009, 03:39:27 AM
A giraffe once licked the car I was in... an an animal safari park, In Florida.
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Post by: Serris on June 26, 2009, 09:35:48 AM
I have terrible table manners.
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Post by: Noname on June 26, 2009, 09:37:08 AM
I used to have difficulty chewing with my mouth closed when I was six, until my parents had threatened to not get me the "happy meal." I quickly changed my ways since then... I know... that was 15 years ago...
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 26, 2009, 09:53:13 AM
I love bein' in the water.  Once I'm in, it's pretty hard to get out :lol.
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Post by: Noname on June 26, 2009, 09:54:17 AM
I once got burned a bit by hot wax from a candle.
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 26, 2009, 09:59:48 AM
I love Metal Gear Solid games.
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Post by: Explorer on June 26, 2009, 10:04:49 AM
75%, if not more, of the names I create are either pure Latin or completely random agglutinations of two words from two different languages. I rarely, if even, use names that already exist (exception made for the dead language Latin).
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Post by: Noname on June 26, 2009, 10:05:59 AM
I once took a latin class, back in middle school.
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Post by: Serris on June 26, 2009, 10:31:29 AM
I took 4-5 years of Latin.
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Post by: Noname on June 26, 2009, 10:34:20 AM
I also took a French class for a semester, but didn't like it so I transferred to Latin, then later, Spanish in high school.
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 26, 2009, 10:39:34 AM
"I've only taken Spanish, but I'd like to learn Japanese.
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Post by: Noname on June 26, 2009, 10:41:40 AM
I have a friend who takes Japanese classes.
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Post by: Explorer on June 26, 2009, 11:14:58 AM
I've been called - and am - excessively modest. Which is not always good.
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Post by: Chomper on June 26, 2009, 11:37:05 AM
i am known as the school work horse, i do pretty much everything for just about anyone.
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 26, 2009, 01:30:28 PM
I love Chef Boyardee products.
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Post by: Noname on June 26, 2009, 01:31:47 PM
I can't stand chef boyardee!  :lol
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on June 26, 2009, 04:52:16 PM
I am still trying to find out who I am.
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Post by: Noname on June 26, 2009, 05:13:07 PM
I converted to the Catholic Church, I wasn't born into it.
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Post by: Chomper on June 26, 2009, 06:08:43 PM
i love to fish
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Post by: Noname on June 26, 2009, 06:15:23 PM
I've paddled up the Monongehela river.
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Post by: Pangaea on June 26, 2009, 08:58:48 PM
My favorite order of mammals is the Chiroptera (bats).
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Post by: Noname on June 26, 2009, 09:02:29 PM
I have a pet cat.
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Post by: Serris on June 26, 2009, 11:40:20 PM
I like heavy metal and classical (sometimes at the same time).

I am an avid RP'er.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 26, 2009, 11:45:06 PM
I want to see all seven of America's most haunted places before I die, as well as visit all 50 states (I'm already more than halfway there).  I also want to see all seven continents, including Antartica :yes.
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Post by: Noname on June 26, 2009, 11:45:39 PM
I'd like to see Italy...
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 26, 2009, 11:46:17 PM
I'd want to see Japan.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 26, 2009, 11:46:23 PM
I have been to Venice, Milan, and Lake Como.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on June 26, 2009, 11:46:37 PM
Wow, CT. You really have some awesome goals. Can I travel with you to Asia?
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 26, 2009, 11:48:09 PM
So far, I have plans on traveling to Japan next year.  My mother was stationed in Japan when she first joined the Navy and LOVED Tokyo.  I'm also interested in visiting Tokyo, so we're most likely going next year.  She also wants to take me to see the Vatican sometime.
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Post by: Noname on June 26, 2009, 11:49:11 PM
I've seen the Liberty Bell...
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 26, 2009, 11:51:18 PM
Quote from: lbt/cty_lover,Jun 26 2009 on  10:46 PM
Wow, CT. You really have some awesome goals. Can I travel with you to Asia?
Sure!  I want to see the Great Wall, Beijing, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, India, and Vietnam.  Myanmar, Indonesia, and the Philippines all seem interesting.  However, I've heard those places are too dangerous for Americans at this time <_<.
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Post by: Noname on June 26, 2009, 11:52:17 PM
Myanmar is dangerous. I also would like to see California, or at least, some of America west of the Mississippi.
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Post by: Serris on June 26, 2009, 11:55:02 PM
My favorite trip was to Austria (Vienna and Salzburg) unfortunately, that was also the trip where I nearly landed in the hospital.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 26, 2009, 11:56:17 PM
What in the world happened to ya, Serris :blink:?
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on June 26, 2009, 11:58:51 PM
I'm planning to go to UC Berkeley as my college.
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Post by: Amaranthine on June 26, 2009, 11:59:15 PM
I have more energy at night then I do in the morning.
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Post by: Noname on June 26, 2009, 11:59:33 PM
I nearly went to SUNY Stony Brook, but got into Fordham University instead.
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Post by: Serris on June 26, 2009, 11:59:59 PM
I was trying to get a panorama of Belvedere Palace in Vienna from a stone ledge that was about 7-8 feet high and someone tried to PUSH me off the ledge! Luckily, I was far enough from the edge that I didn't fall over; unfortunately since my back was turned and it was so crowded I didn't know who did it. To this day I am still mad at the person who did that.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 27, 2009, 12:03:26 AM
I'm not much of a mornin' person, but my pups wake me up to feed 'em, along with my African Grey.  He starts to scream my name if I have not fed him yet :lol.  I also have to get up for either work or school, so sleeping in is usually not an option.
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Post by: Serris on June 27, 2009, 12:07:35 AM
I sort of like the taste of blood.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on June 27, 2009, 12:09:47 AM
I think I have finally come to terms with myself as a furry. This has been eating me up for the past few days. I haven't even been able to read! But now it is off my chest.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 27, 2009, 12:18:21 AM
My average on a six-mile run is around 50 minutes.
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 27, 2009, 12:20:31 AM
My best time on a one-mile run is 8:45
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 27, 2009, 12:24:59 AM
I can leg press over 500 pounds.
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Post by: Noname on June 27, 2009, 12:27:12 AM
I can do a similar, if not larger amount... still, not the easiest thing to do in the world...

I ran a mile in under 6 minutes.
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Post by: Pangaea on June 27, 2009, 12:36:23 AM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Jun 26 2009 on  10:59 PM
I have more energy at night then I do in the morning.
Same here. :rolleyes
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: tempestwheel on June 27, 2009, 12:39:34 AM
Quote from: Pangaea,Jun 26 2009 on  11:36 PM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Jun 26 2009 on  10:59 PM
I have more energy at night then I do in the morning.
Same here. :rolleyes
Same here too!
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Post by: Noname on June 27, 2009, 12:40:26 AM
Sometimes me too.
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Post by: F-14 Ace on June 27, 2009, 12:44:18 AM
1. I've spent the night onboard a battleship twice.

2. I really want to visit the Alamo in Texas.

3. Iguanodon are my favorite dinosaurs.

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Post by: Noname on June 27, 2009, 12:45:15 AM
I've once been inside a decommissioned nuclear submarine...
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Post by: Amaranthine on June 27, 2009, 12:45:44 AM
I LOVE CHEEEEEESE!!! 8D
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Post by: Noname on June 27, 2009, 12:47:25 AM
I like Parmesan cheese.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 27, 2009, 12:49:54 AM
I like pepperjack cheese.
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Post by: Noname on June 27, 2009, 12:56:25 AM
I like Mozzarella as well.
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Post by: Serris on June 27, 2009, 01:21:23 AM
I am nocturnal.

My fastest mile time ever is about 7:20

I once managed to fit through an opening about as wide as my foot and just a little taller than my arm (finger tip to elbow) is long.

I do not have visible muscles but I am quite a bit stronger than I look.
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Post by: Noname on June 27, 2009, 01:22:16 AM
I have a deskjet printer.
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 27, 2009, 01:48:39 AM
I hate grapes.
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Post by: Noname on June 27, 2009, 01:50:33 AM
I love red and purple grapes, but hate green grapes.
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Post by: Pangaea on June 27, 2009, 09:31:19 AM
I don't care for purple grapes, but I love red grapes (and, to a lesser extent, green grapes); the smaller, tarter, and crunchier, the better. :yes
(Oh, great; now I'm hungry... :rolleyes)
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on June 27, 2009, 01:36:26 PM
I like grapes. Any flavor, any color. Except brown, rotten grapes. Those make me retch.
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Post by: Noname on June 27, 2009, 04:07:26 PM
I used to like raisins, now I don't, for some reason...
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Post by: Amaranthine on June 28, 2009, 12:46:42 PM
Oh jeez...I <3 grapes.... :P: Any grapes really.


Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Serris on June 28, 2009, 05:16:03 PM
I love grapes.

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Post by: Chomper on June 28, 2009, 05:50:44 PM
i am tired and playing red dead revolver
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Post by: The Great Valley Guardian on June 28, 2009, 07:54:24 PM
I'm addicted to cheesecake.
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 28, 2009, 08:19:49 PM
I'm addicted to strawberry fruit snacks.
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Post by: Noname on June 29, 2009, 01:56:41 AM
I am good at blackjack.
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Post by: The Great Valley Guardian on June 29, 2009, 02:03:25 AM
I drink Root Beer when I'm depressed.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 29, 2009, 02:45:39 AM
I find that I can't eat if and when I'm depressed.
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Post by: The Great Valley Guardian on June 29, 2009, 02:47:40 AM
I'm a procrastinator.
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 29, 2009, 02:48:26 AM
As am I.
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Post by: Dash The Longneck on June 29, 2009, 01:17:18 PM
I couldn't draw if my life depended on it.
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 29, 2009, 01:22:59 PM
Same here, my handwriting's awful.

I love Case Closed/Detective Conan.
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Post by: Noname on June 29, 2009, 01:41:43 PM
The only "art" I am good at is technical drawing.
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 29, 2009, 01:59:09 PM
I love Sonic the hedgehog games.
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Post by: Explorer on June 29, 2009, 01:59:45 PM
I have the bad habit of speaking too fast.
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 29, 2009, 02:08:07 PM
Same here.
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Post by: Pangaea on June 29, 2009, 02:32:35 PM
I have very good handwriting (or so people tell me), but I never got the hang of cursive, so everything I write is in block letters. I am also a relatively slow writer, and prone to making mistakes if I let my mind wander while I write.
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Post by: Serris on June 29, 2009, 03:29:37 PM
I am incapable of drawing.

My name is of Scandinavian origin (No one in my family is Scandinavian)

My parents got my name after they vacationed to Stockholm (Explains above)
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Explorer on June 29, 2009, 03:31:23 PM
I can't concentrate if I don't listen to music, and my creativity drops below zero if I spend more than two days without hearing a single note.
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Post by: Amaranthine on June 29, 2009, 08:11:35 PM
These are the following countries I have been to:

Canada
Ireland
Great Britain
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on June 29, 2009, 09:39:11 PM
I finally decided to say that I'm a procrastinator, too. Man, can I procrastinate. I really should fix that.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 30, 2009, 01:11:09 AM
My first, middle, and last names come from three different origins.  My full name can be literally translated as "Graceful Exalted Vegetable" :lol!
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Post by: Andy-rex on June 30, 2009, 01:59:50 AM
I'm a savant when it comes to writeing storys,But not so much the case when it comes to math.I love animals with all my heart but im not a member of PETA,I enjoy long walks on the beach and hanging out with my friends kevin and jessica.Oh and im a huge fan of T-rex :D
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on June 30, 2009, 04:17:15 AM
Hmm, I have a whiteboard in my room for my math stuff.
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Post by: Alex on June 30, 2009, 11:47:13 AM
I wear a beanie hat with the batman symbol on it 24/7.
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Post by: Noname on June 30, 2009, 12:53:03 PM
I once attended a bar mitzvah and a bats mitzvah... two bats mitzvahs, actually. (not mine, because I never had one.)
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 30, 2009, 01:10:34 PM
I like Lion King 2 a tad bit more than the original.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 30, 2009, 11:19:50 PM
I don't believe in premarital sexual relationships.  Not only am I Christian, but I've also known too many females whose hearts got broken as a result of it.  Too many kids without their daddies, too :(.
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Post by: Serris on July 01, 2009, 12:05:17 AM
I've never had a crush in my entire life.

My "visualization suite" sometimes "activates" involuntarily. (I.E. I start picturing things that are running in my head: RPs, fan fictions, stories, whatever at random.)

For some unknown reason, I start giggling uncontrollably when I have my blood drawn.

I have visible ribs.
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Post by: tempestwheel on July 01, 2009, 12:09:23 AM
Whenever I'm tickled, I start to laugh before the actual tickling begins for some reason.
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Post by: Amaranthine on July 01, 2009, 12:10:45 AM
I wonder if I talk about myself too much sometimes and people end up getting bored of it. I just don't really know where to go to talk about myself where people will ACTUALLY hear me instead of going, "Mm hm, yeah that's great." and not even give what I said a second thought. <.<
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Post by: tempestwheel on July 01, 2009, 12:12:50 AM
My favorite video game genres are kart racing, skateboarding, RPG, party, and adventure.
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Post by: tempestwheel on July 01, 2009, 12:15:15 AM
Fictional violence does not bother in the slightest, though real violence does.
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Post by: action9000 on July 01, 2009, 12:36:39 AM
I'm a bit sensitive to really disturbing images, such as watching someone whom I know is about to die, mainly if it is real or a reenactment of something that was real.

In short:
Graphic safety videos and the show "1001 ways to die" get to me a bit. :p
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Post by: The Great Valley Guardian on July 01, 2009, 02:29:56 PM
I talk to myself in the first and third person...I'm not sure if that counts as weird or not, but I don't think so. :lol
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Post by: tempestwheel on July 01, 2009, 02:34:16 PM
I learned to ride a bike without training wheels at age 8.
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Post by: The Great Valley Guardian on July 01, 2009, 02:38:44 PM
I watched Terminator 2 Judgement day when I was 6!
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Post by: tempestwheel on July 01, 2009, 02:39:50 PM
Fraggle Rock used to scare me when I was a kid, but now, as a teenager, I love it!  :DD
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Post by: Amaranthine on July 01, 2009, 02:40:42 PM
I have a very random and dry sense of humor.
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Post by: tempestwheel on July 01, 2009, 02:44:09 PM
Dogs freak me out
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Post by: The Great Valley Guardian on July 01, 2009, 03:02:25 PM
I own a six foot long snake.
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Post by: tempestwheel on July 01, 2009, 03:03:35 PM
I prefer BowserxPeach over MarioxPeach
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Post by: Noname on July 01, 2009, 10:17:25 PM
I am glad that they are bringing the koopalings back for the new mario game for the wii! About time too... "only" like ten years...
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Post by: tempestwheel on July 01, 2009, 10:25:48 PM
I like the koopalings as well.
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Post by: Noname on July 01, 2009, 10:30:49 PM
I don't own a wii, though...
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Post by: tempestwheel on July 01, 2009, 10:33:02 PM
I might be getting a wii for Christmas.

PS: Sometimes I wish there was a Mario game where you played as Bowser and in the end you wound up defeating Mario.  :lol
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 01, 2009, 10:55:36 PM
I don't mind violent video games and horror films, but I can't stand seeing folks get hurt in real life or in films depecting actual events.
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Post by: Noname on July 01, 2009, 11:11:41 PM
I like space sim and first person shooters.
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Post by: tempestwheel on July 01, 2009, 11:22:21 PM
I love Final Fantasy games.
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Post by: Serris on July 02, 2009, 11:46:25 AM
I understand 4 languages: 2 dialects of Chinese (Cantonese and Taishanese), English and Latin.

I can only speak 1 language fluently (English).

I can speak Latin somewhat well.

As for the 2 Chinese dialects... my command is roughly equal to that of a native speaking 2-3 year old (short sentences, mispronouncing words, etc)
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Post by: Explorer on July 02, 2009, 12:00:34 PM
Despite being portuguese, as well as all of my family, I learned English before even learning the country's native language.
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Post by: Littlefoot Fan on July 02, 2009, 12:06:09 PM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Jul 1 2009 on  02:40 PM
I have a very random and dry sense of humor.
Hah, wow I've been told I have the exact same kind of humor :p
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Post by: Explorer on July 02, 2009, 12:27:56 PM
Quote from: brekclub85,Jul 2 2009 on  02:33 AM
I might be getting a wii for Christmas.

PS: Sometimes I wish there was a Mario game where you played as Bowser and in the end you wound up defeating Mario.  :lol
Can't say you have a MARIO game, but you might want to check Smash Brothers out.  :lol

Anyways, its one of my favorite franchises of Nintendo, and one I believe will never die out, despite how many sequels come out.
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Post by: Lillefot on July 02, 2009, 12:53:38 PM
Recently, I decided to fix my dad's old windsurfing sail, making it usable again.
I've been windsurfing before, but I have forgotten how fun it was.  :)
I still got the hang of it.
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Post by: tempestwheel on July 02, 2009, 01:40:53 PM
I don't play sports often because I get too competitive.
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Post by: Pangaea on July 04, 2009, 11:29:55 PM
I don't play sports ever because I'm no darn good at them. :p (I have horrible stamina, and reflexively flinch whenever I see a ball coming at me.)
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Post by: action9000 on July 04, 2009, 11:32:25 PM
I have pretty horrible stamina too, Pangea.

I want to get more endurance in general someday but I find it so hard to just go for a run randomly by myself or something.
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Post by: Chomper on July 04, 2009, 11:37:16 PM
hate to burst you bubble guys but i have great endurance, comes with being a cross country runner, but i suck at every other sport but i play them anyway for fun.
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Post by: action9000 on July 04, 2009, 11:43:28 PM
I'm too normal for most weird people and too weird for most normal people. :p
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Post by: Chomper on July 04, 2009, 11:44:11 PM
i am considered the go to guy for dinosaur and reptile info in my school
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Post by: action9000 on July 04, 2009, 11:47:50 PM
I wrote a huge tutorial for the music software we used at my high school in grade 12...and I never did get a thing for it, even though I was promised lunch from my music teacher.  :lol
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Post by: Chomper on July 04, 2009, 11:48:48 PM
i've never written software before
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Post by: action9000 on July 04, 2009, 11:56:20 PM
The first time I ate a hamburger was when I was 15.  I refused to eat them until then. :p
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Post by: Chomper on July 04, 2009, 11:59:17 PM
i get made fun of at school alot untill my darker side takes over and then they leave me alone. I've gotten made fun of since 1st grade on a regular basis so its hard to take that when your a little kid and you would be amazed at the transformation of the way they treat me now after i snapped at them, a lot more respect, but i dont mean to make myself look like a beast, for the most part i laugh a little and try not to let it bother me, so most kids still do like me even if i do have a dark side.
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Post by: action9000 on July 05, 2009, 12:12:09 AM
I also tried to scare away kids who gave me trouble, in my younger years.  I...never had much success though.  I guess I just can't be scary. :p
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Post by: Chomper on July 05, 2009, 12:17:11 AM
i find the snarl and stare down works wonders, and in person i'm not really that scarry, but ive been told you can see my sholders start to stiffen and my eyes go a little fiery
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 05, 2009, 12:21:24 AM
It takes a lot to piss me off, but I'll admit I was involved in a few physical altercations growing up.  All but one happened outside of school, and the only in-school one that occured was in preschool.  I slugged a kid 'cuz I wanted to read my favorite book and he would not give it to me.  Talk about me bein' a brat :rolleyes:!  I'm glad I was enrolled in martial arts a couple of years later.  It taught me so much self-control and discipline.  For years now, I've practiced by the rule that I do not make the first strike, for the purpose of fighting is to prevent harm to yourself and not to hurt others ;).  Also, I've never fought like a girl.  I always fought like a boy, fists and wrestling included :p.
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Post by: Serris on July 05, 2009, 01:22:16 AM
I have only fought in elementary school and I fought mostly with kicks. Although there was a case where I used a fist sized piece of blacktop...by throwing it.
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Post by: Alex on July 05, 2009, 01:52:24 AM
Happy to say that besides my brother, I've never fought anyone. Except once. Kid jumped my brother in like 5th grade. We took care of him.

Another fun fact: My brother's name is Joey. He's my twin. Tah dah.
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Post by: Chomper on July 05, 2009, 11:34:09 AM
i have only fought in school once and that was in 7th grade and all i did was one punch, coarse it was also right outside the front door, not exactly well thought out
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Post by: Pangaea on July 05, 2009, 12:16:13 PM
I was relentlessly teased and hassled throughout my elementary and middle school years, but I never dared raise a fist against my tormentors for fear of getting in trouble. :rolleyes I wish I'd been sooner acquainted with the works of insult masters Groucho Marx and Moe Howard; maybe then I would've been able to devise snappy comebacks to those overstuffed baboons (sorry for being unfair to the real baboons :p).
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 06, 2009, 12:16:32 AM
I had a hard time comin' up with comeback statements at that time in my life as well.  I would just "freeze up" mentally and not be able to react by throwing a comeback statement at the individual.  I once grew a pair when I was eleven and made a comeback statement to this female bully on my basketball team.  This is how it went:

Bully: "Your hairdo looks retarded!"

Me: "Not as retarded as you!"

I HATE the word "retard" <_<, so that just made me more upset.  BTW, she was not used to anyone, especially one of the most quiet kids in the school, talkin' back to her, so she shut up :p.  I did pay the price a few minutes later during our scrimmage, when she ran full-speed (I was on the offense) and slammed right into me, sending me ten feet before I slid on the floor.  Considering our different proportions:

Bully: 5'4", 150+ lbs, plus size.

Me: 5'2", 90-95 lbs, size 3.

I was seeing stars :lol.  Oh, well.  I'll never understand why some folks, although they know better, feel they need to bully others to get their point across :rolleyes:.
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Post by: Amaranthine on July 06, 2009, 12:41:13 AM
^Kids can be so mean sometimes... :p :(

I don't like it when people my age, or younger or even older use the word "retarded" in such a free use way. They don't use the correct definition of it and it can offend people who actually HAVE that condition. I REALLY stray away from that word. Especially now that I have a friend who has MR. :yes

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Post by: Noname on July 06, 2009, 12:44:05 AM
I have friends with problems not at all unlike that... or... at least A friend with that problem... my other friends are okay in that department...
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Post by: Amaranthine on July 06, 2009, 01:12:02 AM
Most of my friends have ADD, but to be honest though, I think most of my friends that have "ADD" most likely have an ASD. I guess that's wishful thinking for me though...since I'm really the only one out of my real life friends that has an ASD. If that doesn't mean I'm alone, I don't know what does.. :lol
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on July 06, 2009, 01:20:49 AM
I'm being forced to take a course over the summer. I don't wanna, but I realize the benefits of taking said course so I'll suck it up and take the course.
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Post by: Nick22 on July 07, 2009, 12:09:44 AM
I've been called retarded, even though I was probably one of the smartest kids in the class.. I didn't get into fights, prefering to ignore them by isolating myself..
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on July 07, 2009, 12:50:59 AM
Quote from: Nick22,Jul 6 2009 on  11:09 PM
I've been called retarded, even though I was probably one of the smartest kids in the class.. I didn't get into fights, prefering to ignore them by isolating myself..
I tend to ignore all the other students in my school who aren't in my accelerated classes because most of them are either egotistical, high, idiots, or a combination of the three. The only students I don't ignore that aren't in my accelerated classes are those who I discovered freshman year who were friendly. And shared the same interests as me.

Don't isolate yourself. Find people who share interests, and you'll feel a lot better.
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Post by: Serris on July 07, 2009, 01:04:06 AM
I HATE using the term "retard" as an insult.

2 reasons:

1.) One of my elementary school friends had Downs Syndrome.
2.) My Junior year Honors physics teacher called me a "retard" (and insinuated I have a learning disability - Learning disabled DOES NOT equal retarded!)... in front of the entire class. The entire class completely REAMED him and I transferred out. He is the reason I hate physics.

I like Granny Smith apples.
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Post by: Nick22 on July 07, 2009, 01:06:10 AM
I know that now, of course, but i found that it was an effective mechanism for warding off taunts..
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on July 07, 2009, 11:20:17 AM
I can't wait for school to start again because one of my friends from CTY got transferred into my school.
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Post by: action9000 on July 07, 2009, 10:08:15 PM
I'm very sensitive to cold weather and know for a fact I couldn't work outside full-time because I couldn't handle it.

Sucks, considering I live in Canada. :p :lol
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 08, 2009, 01:14:14 AM
I was a HUGE fan of the original TMNT as a little kid.  I used to have pretty much all the figurines, and I'm not sure where they've gone since :unsure:.  I never really bothered to ask :p.
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Post by: Amaranthine on July 09, 2009, 10:51:05 PM
I've had seizures when I was a kidde, which I think was the reason for my LDs.  <_<
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Post by: action9000 on July 09, 2009, 11:20:05 PM
I love listening to the rain at night.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 09, 2009, 11:40:34 PM
I've had to make dietary changes recently.  For some odd reason, during the past couple of months, I began to feel lethargic (weakness, never felt like I slept), became cranky and had terrible spells of depression, started becoming forgetful in my short-term memory recall, and became more sensitive to cold.  Well, I finally decided I had about as much as I could take and did some research.  It turns out two things were wrong:

*Adrenal Fatigue Syndrome
*Eating the wrong foods for my blood type

So...to make a long story short, I've had to make changes in order to prevent future complications from developing.  My new diet consists of:

*No meats (seafood is okay)
*No dairy products (I use soy products now)
*80% of my diet consists of fruits and vegetables
*20% consists of starches and protein (nuts, beans)
*On top of taking my multivitamin once daily, one omega-3 fish oil supplement twice a day, and one Caltrate (calcium plus vitamin D) twice daily, I now hae to take one vitamin B12 supplement once daily to support my adrenal gland.

I know it sounds weird, but it's what I've been needing for a while now.  I have a lot of energy again, am truly sharp as a tack again, and my moods are pretty stable now (I don't feel like I'm constantly PMSing :p).  I actually adjusted immediately to my new diet.  I've even noticed some loss in weight already (it's been only three days).  As it turns out, my body has a terrible time trying to digest meats and dairy products, which consequently put extra weight on me and made it nearly impossible to lose weight.  Well, I feel much healthier now and positive this will work out very well.

P.S. Veggie burgers and soy "chicken" patties are really good :yes!
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Post by: action9000 on July 09, 2009, 11:49:04 PM
Oh hey, that's great news! :)

I didn't know that one's 'best' diet depended on their blood type.  That's pretty cool!
I should look into this myself, someday.  Thanks for posting! :)


On the topic of eating, I had this disorder until I was 15 or so:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_eating_disorder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_eating_disorder)

It's the strangest thing.  It's not that I wouldn't eat something; it was that I *couldn't* eat it.  If it was forced upon me, I'd just burst out crying. If someone had a gun to my head, I still couldn't have eaten it.  Seriously weird, I'm really glad it's more or less gone now! :D

All the facts in that article are basically true for me: limited to specific brands or smells or textures of food.  Looking back now, I can't explain it but upon reading this article, it's exactly how it felt.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Serris on July 11, 2009, 06:37:44 PM
I once had a phobia of balloons (don't ask).

I HATE math.

I find humor in random things (I.E. I once started cracking up at someone's title)

I have severely cut myself only 3 times in my entire life...and apparently didn't feel much and only noticed (1 with a paring knife while peeling pears, 2 twice by stepping on an oyster shell <It's like stepping on a razor blade>). Luckily I didn't need stitches.

I've never been to the American Midwest.

I REALLY like LED lighting.

I once accidentally smashed a rather heavy door in my school (in 8th grade).

I hated 8th grade.
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Post by: Chomper on July 11, 2009, 06:50:45 PM
i also hate math with a passion

i've bitten through my bottom lip with my canine and front teeth because i slipped on spilt lemonade ( actually i imagine it looked like a looney tunes fall ) i never felt any pain though when i did, and rat-lady might hate me for this, but i have extreamly long canine teeth, i somewhat look like a vampire if i pull my lips back, and kids at school have told me the same thing

i've broken my left arm twice in a row, so every once in a while i will get sharp pains in it

i dont cry when i'm in pain, but i do when i get really pissed and i cant figure out why
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Serris on July 11, 2009, 07:01:41 PM
I prefer veggie burgers to real burgers.

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Post by: tempestwheel on July 11, 2009, 07:40:38 PM
I prefer real burgers to veggie burgers.

I think a majority of my high school classmates are really dumb and immature.
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Post by: Noname on July 11, 2009, 07:43:01 PM
I think that many if not most of my high school classmates were immature... although there are different kinds of immaturity...
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Chomper on July 11, 2009, 08:51:48 PM
Quote from: brekclub85,Jul 11 2009 on  06:40 PM
I prefer real burgers to veggie burgers.

I think a majority of my high school classmates are really dumb and immature.
i think some of mine are also

i also hate spiders with a passion, but i love snakes and reptiles

i also love a good steak with a little bit of blood in it
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Noname on July 11, 2009, 08:52:42 PM
I can't stand blood on my food...
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Post by: Serris on July 11, 2009, 09:13:42 PM
I have eaten blood as a food and I liked it. Granted it was cooked.
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Post by: Chomper on July 11, 2009, 09:24:37 PM
of course serris :lol

i find that the blood gives it a little more taste, the way my dad cooks steaks though is like chewing on charcoal
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Alex on July 11, 2009, 09:29:16 PM
If you think YOUR classmates are dumb, man you haven't been to Sumter County.

Little snippet about myself, then. I have no little phobias like people have (I ain't afraid of anything).
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Noname on July 11, 2009, 09:38:17 PM
My current classmates in Fordham are a lot brighter than the ones in high school...
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Pangaea on July 11, 2009, 10:37:22 PM
Here's one that I hope will earn a lot of :blink: responses:

This April, I visited the Palm Beach Zoo in Florida, where I got to smell a binturong.

For those of you who don't know what a binturong is, it's a tree-dwelling mammal from southeast Asia (also known as a bear-cat), vaguely resembling a shaggy, pointy-nosed, flat-footed, prehensile-tailed black cat (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Binturong_in_Overloon.jpg), which, through some inexplicable (and downright unbelievable) quirk of biology, produces an odor identical to that of buttered popcorn. The keepers brought the zoo's resident binturong out as part of a routine show featuring various animals, during which they asked for a volunteer to come up, pet the binturong, and then sniff their hand and tell the rest of the audience what it smelled like. My brother and I, who had heard what binturongs smell like (we watch Animal Planet and the Discovery Channel regularly) but were eager to verify it for ourselves, practically dislocated our own shoulders raising our hands. :p Unfortunately for us, someone else was chosen, but the next day, I went back to the zoo and attended the show again, and this time, I was selected to come up and smell the binturong (I suspect the keepers may have recognized me from before). When my family came to pick me up afterwards, all of them were eager to smell my hand. :lol As for my personal olfactory review, if I hadn't known that I had just been scratching the back of a giant arboreal fuzzball, I would have thought that I had been digging my hand into a bag of movie theater snacks. The critter really does smell exactly like popcorn.
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Post by: Noname on July 11, 2009, 10:43:29 PM
Wow. The most unusual animal I've ever petted was a Burmese Python...
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Chomper on July 11, 2009, 10:46:54 PM
mine was a baby gator
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Noname on July 11, 2009, 10:50:18 PM
I've seen a baby alligator... or maybe it was a crocodile? In any case, it was in Florida, in an aquarium.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Chomper on July 11, 2009, 10:51:09 PM
gator, crocodile, almost the same thing :lol
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Noname on July 11, 2009, 10:54:31 PM
I ate some alligator once... it was good...
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Chomper on July 11, 2009, 10:56:07 PM
i've had gator jerky before, it wasnt too bad kinda spicy
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Paradise Bird on July 11, 2009, 11:16:17 PM
I like fighting the guys in school
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Noname on July 11, 2009, 11:38:16 PM
I once won in a fight against an idiot who attacked me in the schoolyard in middle school... he did it for no reason, he wasn't really right in the head...
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Chomper on July 11, 2009, 11:41:21 PM
i've only been in a fight a couple times, but when i am i find i have a surprisingly cool head and fight smart, like one kid rushed me and all i really had to do was sidestep and stick my foot out, my friend was beside me and he couldnt stop laughing at the poor guy, i felt sorry for him afterwards but before i tripped him he was calling names at me and said he could kick my butt so i told him to try
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 12, 2009, 12:42:28 AM
Hehe, I always liked to pull pranks, especially on mean kids.  However, I did not have the nerve to carry out anything most of the time.  There was, however, this one time where I accidentally set up the bully I had previously mentioned in here.

When I was in the fifth grade, we had a pep rally one afternoon.  After my best friend and I sat down, I ended up farting. Thankfully, the outrageous noise level of the student body totally drowned out any sound. My best friend then suggested that we move. She did not know I had done that, and man did it smell :x. Anyhoo, after we sat down ten feet away, this girl who was a spoiled brat who got away with anything at home and also a class bully sat down in the spot I had been in! I really despised the way that girl treated us . It was when she yelled, "Eeeew! Who farted?!" and all her friends began to laugh at her that my embarrassment died. I then told my best friend why I was laughing as she was unaware of what had happened, and we cracked up :lol!

I swear, that's one of the greatest pranks I've ever pulled on someone :p.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Serris on July 12, 2009, 12:45:21 AM
My right arm has MUCH more muscle than my left arm.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Nick22 on July 12, 2009, 01:10:39 AM
My left eye doesn't work, but my right eye is actually pretty good in terms of vision..
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Littlefoot1616 on July 12, 2009, 06:15:43 AM
I have a burn on my right shoulder from when I was a toddler. I was scalded by hot water. I was due to have a skin graft but the doctors said it would scar over fine. Guess the doc was right  :D
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Post by: Lillefot on July 12, 2009, 07:42:29 AM
Since the age of five, when I was nearly killed in a drowning accident, I've been scared of moving water (creeks, rivers, white water) at night. It's my kryptonite.  :lol
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Post by: Noname on July 12, 2009, 10:07:06 AM
I don't like most rollar coasters...
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Chomper on July 12, 2009, 10:30:21 AM
actually tiger, i'm in the same boat as you i think of all sorts of mean pranks to pull on bullys but i usually dont have the guts to do so but i finally did to one senior who kept picking on me

i was sitting down at a table with a bunch of my friends when the said bully sat down next to me to talk to a couple of the seniors and when he got up to dump his tray at lunch i told some of the seniors i was half tempted to slid one of my sliced peaches under him, and the seniors who are always up for a good prank told me to do it, so when the bully came back i slid the peach under him right as he sat down and he jumped up and yelled at me and called me some sort of name and all i said was " Dont start with me peaches" and the whole cafateria laughed at him, even the teachers it was great

but other than that and tripping the kid i havent done any other real get even pranks
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Alex on July 12, 2009, 01:15:54 PM
Quote from: Chomper,Jul 12 2009 on  09:30 AM
i was sitting down at a table with a bunch of my friends when the said bully sat down next to me to talk to a couple of the seniors and when he got up to dump his tray at lunch i told some of the seniors i was half tempted to slid one of my sliced peaches under him, and the seniors who are always up for a good prank told me to do it, so when the bully came back i slid the peach under him right as he sat down and he jumped up and yelled at me and called me some sort of name and all i said was " Dont start with me peaches" and the whole cafateria laughed at him, even the teachers it was great
LOL, that was pretty good.

Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Noname on July 12, 2009, 02:30:32 PM
I once punched a bully in the shoulder, and it hurt him...
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Littlefoot Fan on July 12, 2009, 07:03:11 PM
I have never been in a fight in my entire life, and I have never actually punched anybody with the intent of hurting them.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Noname on July 12, 2009, 08:29:26 PM
Tomorrow, it will be one week since my computer had a VERY big virus hit it... it SHOULD be fixed, and this time, for good... whatever caused it, whatever allowed it to get in should be removed from my system, as windows XP will be reinstalled, and all programs that did NOT come with it will be gone, and I will have the very good 2009 version of Norton installed... which they told me would totally block the virus... it was one of the only two guarantees they gave me... the other was that the virus would be removed when I get my computer back...
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Post by: tempestwheel on July 12, 2009, 09:12:36 PM
I'm excited for Final Destination 4 and Halloween 2.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 13, 2009, 01:17:25 AM
Quote from: brekclub85,Jul 12 2009 on  08:12 PM
I'm excited for Final Destination 4 and Halloween 2.
So am I :yes.

I have nearly drowned three times in my life, and yet I still love the water :D.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Dash The Longneck on July 13, 2009, 08:19:00 AM
Quote from: brekclub85,Jul 12 2009 on  08:12 PM
I'm excited for Final Destination 4 and Halloween 2.
Me too! Both of those movies come out in August right?

I love just about every single animated movie that has ever been made.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Amaranthine on July 13, 2009, 11:07:03 AM
My music tastes can vary from symphonic metal to hindi chant music. xD :lol :DD
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Post by: action9000 on July 14, 2009, 01:33:17 PM
I don't like swimming in pools very much because the water stings my eyes and I usually end up getting sick afterwards :p
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Post by: tempestwheel on July 14, 2009, 01:46:06 PM
My favorite fast food place is KFC.
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Post by: Noname on July 14, 2009, 03:18:01 PM
I am typing this during a break from jury duty...
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Amaranthine on July 14, 2009, 08:00:07 PM
The only wine I ever tasted was at communion and I hated it with a passion. :p

I still dun like the taste of alcohol.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: tempestwheel on July 14, 2009, 09:30:12 PM
I like orange juice, but I don't like oranges.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Pangaea on July 14, 2009, 11:34:09 PM
As of today, I'm legally permitted to drink alcohol, but haven't bothered to try any. (I don't much like the smell of alcoholic beverages, so I doubt I'll care for the taste, either.)
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Serris on July 15, 2009, 12:06:08 AM
I am extremely alcohol sensitive.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Noname on July 15, 2009, 12:09:51 AM
I've also tasted communion... it wasn't bad, truth be told... I still hesitate to take it, as I don't like drinking alcohol...
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 15, 2009, 12:53:31 AM
I have a very high alcohol tolerance level.  Strange for someone who only has a drink or two once in a blue moon :blink:.  I've only found out once how much I can actually put away before I even get plastered, and it's somethin' I'll never do again.  Comsuming alcohol and havin' a stomach flu do not mix :x!
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: tempestwheel on July 15, 2009, 09:09:18 AM
I am Not a dog person
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on July 15, 2009, 12:20:13 PM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Jul 14 2009 on  11:53 PM
I have a very high alcohol tolerance level.  Strange for someone who only has a drink or two once in a blue moon :blink:.  I've only found out once how much I can actually put away before I even get plastered, and it's somethin' I'll never do again.  Comsuming alcohol and havin' a stomach flu do not mix :x!
I concur. That doesn't sound pleasant at all.

I finally got my e-mail working again!
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Post by: Ptyra on July 15, 2009, 01:27:25 PM
I want Jeff Smith (the writer, publisher, artist, and creator of Bone) to make a Bone spin-off entirely about Rat Creatures <3
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Post by: raga on July 15, 2009, 04:31:00 PM
Quote
I have a very high alcohol tolerance level. Strange for someone who only has a drink or two once in a blue moon . I've only found out once how much I can actually put away before I even get plastered, and it's somethin' I'll never do again. Comsuming alcohol and havin' a stomach flu do not mix !
I wouldn't think so!  I have a pretty moderate alcohol tolerance, although being 17 years old I suppose I'm not really supposed to know that  :rolleyes:

Something about me.... hmm.... I leave for college on August 20th!
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Post by: Mirumoto_Kenjiro on July 15, 2009, 06:02:32 PM
Here's mine, since we're somewhat talking about alcohol:

I like European Riesling wines.  I often do wine tasting, hence having a pretty good alcohol level.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Ptyra on July 15, 2009, 07:08:13 PM
I'm wondering why everyone is talking about their tastes or distastes in alcohol   :blink: .
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Post by: Amaranthine on July 15, 2009, 08:02:03 PM
^ Cause I started it! :smile :angel

Starting with this post, I'm just a fiend!
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The only wine I ever tasted was at communion and I hated it with a passion.

I still dun like the taste of alcohol.

Then this post:
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As of today, I'm legally permitted to drink alcohol, but haven't bothered to try any. (I don't much like the smell of alcoholic beverages, so I doubt I'll care for the taste, either.)

Then this one:
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I am extremely alcohol sensitive.

Theeeeeen this one:
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I've also tasted communion... it wasn't bad, truth be told... I still hesitate to take it, as I don't like drinking alcohol...

And so on...:lol
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on July 15, 2009, 08:44:16 PM
Quote from: Ptyra,Jul 15 2009 on  06:08 PM
I'm wondering why everyone is talking about their tastes or distastes in alcohol   :blink: .
Same here. I think that it's time for a change in direction!

Spontaneous Led Zeppelin interlude!
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There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure
'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.
In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings,
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it makes me wonder.

There's a feeling I get when I look to the west,
And my spirit is crying for leaving.
In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees,
And the voices of those who standing looking.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it really makes me wonder.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Pangaea on July 15, 2009, 09:49:13 PM
I generally consider myself a lousy conversationalist. I'm usually too shy to attempt to initiate a conversation, and even when I'm not, I often can't think of how to open one. I'm a lot better at inserting myself into already-running discussions through interjections (of course, that brings up the problem of getting a word in without interrupting someone else). And if someone directly addresses me, asks me a question, or otherwise admits me into the conversation themselves, that helps too. :p At any rate, once I do start talking, there's the issue of my frequent tendency to trip over my own tongue, :wacko: forget what I was about to say, :slap and/or forget what I was talking about entirely. :bang And if I can overcome all that without looking like the village idiot, I usually have trouble closing the conversation, because I have difficulty telling when the other person wants to stop talking unless they say so, but am afraid I will appear rude if I terminate the discussion myself.

That's what I love about this thread. Little to no conversational aptitude required! (Though if the other participants are making posts in a similar vein, I’m usually not one to change the subject.) :smile :p
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Post by: Noname on July 16, 2009, 01:49:50 AM
I am a good conversationalist, but I don't get as many opportunities to converse as I might sometimes like...
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Alex on July 16, 2009, 03:36:27 AM
Quote from: lbt/cty_lover,Jul 15 2009 on  07:44 PM
Quote from: Ptyra,Jul 15 2009 on  06:08 PM
I'm wondering why everyone is talking about their tastes or distastes in alcohol   :blink: .
Same here. I think that it's time for a change in direction!

Spontaneous Led Zeppelin interlude!
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There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure
'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.
In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings,
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it makes me wonder.

There's a feeling I get when I look to the west,
And my spirit is crying for leaving.
In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees,
And the voices of those who standing looking.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it really makes me wonder.
LOL

More onto the new topic, I suck at conversing.
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on July 16, 2009, 05:17:16 AM
The three things on my tick list for life (at the moment) is to own:

1. A House
2. A Car (had a driving license for 13 months now and still no car  :bang)
3. A Dog - I love dogs dispite never owning one before! :D So I guess I wont be inviting brekclub over for a friendly chat then  :lol
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Post by: Malte279 on July 16, 2009, 05:40:36 AM
^ I got my drivers licence in March 2004, still don't have a car, but I didn't really need an own car so far either.
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Post by: Noname on July 16, 2009, 08:56:44 AM
I don't own a car either... no need to have one where I live, and it can be very expensive...
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Post by: action9000 on July 16, 2009, 01:04:58 PM
Everything is so far away here that a car is really, really useful.  I completely agree that it is expensive though.  I also receieved my driver's licence in 2004.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on July 16, 2009, 03:47:03 PM
I'm going for my driver's license this summer. I don't drive that much, though.
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Post by: Mirumoto_Kenjiro on July 16, 2009, 03:48:51 PM
^Had mine in 2002.  For two years, I had to drive my siblings around to school. <_<

ANYway...
One of my ancestors is former president Martin Van Buren.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on July 17, 2009, 02:03:18 PM
^ Wow, that is interesting.

I might have mentioned this already, but I have a tradition of wearing my "42" Ringer Shirt that I got from thinkgeek.com every Thursday.
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Post by: Amaranthine on July 17, 2009, 11:06:30 PM
I think about spirituality and religion every day. It's just really important to me. Not one religion in particular, all religions are important to me, but spirituality as a whole is important to me.

Also, I never have been spanked in my life. I always get annoyed when people say, "Oh, that was because you were "good"." :p What BS. It was because spanking just wouldn't work for me anyway. And my parents believe that spanking is the same thing as abuse. So yeah...
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Post by: Noname on July 17, 2009, 11:53:31 PM
I don't believe in abortion, the death penalty, euthanasia, or corporeal punishment... or the material, mental, social, economic, and spiritual conditions which promote these things.
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Post by: tempestwheel on July 18, 2009, 12:02:53 AM
Similar to ratlady, I do believe in a God, just not any particular religion's interpretation of God.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on July 18, 2009, 12:49:51 AM
I'm a Pastafarian atheist. I don't need to believe in the Flying Spaghetti Monster. I know his noodles are there. So I don't believe, which makes me an atheist. However, I do support the Flying Spaghetti Monster, so I'm Pastafarian. (NOTE: Not to offend any religious people here, but when I say I know the Flying Spaghetti Monster is there, that is just my ego speaking).
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 18, 2009, 01:18:35 AM
Quote from: Noname,Jul 17 2009 on  10:53 PM
I don't believe in abortion, the death penalty, euthanasia, or corporeal punishment... or the material, mental, social, economic, and spiritual conditions which promote these things.
Same here.  I don't believe in racism, sexism, or discrimination of any kind.  I also despise domestic violence, child abuse, and animal cruelty with a passion :anger!
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Post by: Alex on July 18, 2009, 01:32:02 AM
Quote from: Mirumoto_Kenjiro,Jul 16 2009 on  02:48 PM
ANYway...
One of my ancestors is former president Martin Van Buren.
That's the coolest thing I've ever heard.
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Post by: Mirumoto_Kenjiro on July 18, 2009, 05:44:36 PM
^He'd be my cousin, 8 times removed.


Hmm...
I've been stung twice by scorpions, and had a close call with a black widow.  Main reason I have arachnophobia...
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Post by: Noname on July 18, 2009, 05:57:42 PM
I was trapped in an elevator once.
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Post by: Alex on July 18, 2009, 06:21:55 PM
Same, except with 5 other dudes. Small elevator. My boss ripped the doors open.
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Post by: Noname on July 18, 2009, 07:17:55 PM
I was also trapped in a bathroom... the doorknob fell off...
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Post by: Amaranthine on July 18, 2009, 07:33:49 PM
I also was trapped in an elevator. with 13 PEOPLE. In NEW ORLEANS. WITH NO EMERGENCY thing in it. o.O It was a miracle we all got our alive.

It's funny too, because I still remember I had a funny feeling going inside the elevator with my parents, but I was also nervous being a large group of people I didn't know. So I really should have followed my instincts, and possibly try to get my parents not to go in.
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Post by: Noname on July 18, 2009, 07:40:29 PM
I once hit my head on the lower section of some stairs... but had no permanent injury as a result...
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Post by: Pangaea on July 18, 2009, 11:32:37 PM
Quote from: Noname,Jul 18 2009 on  06:40 PM
I once hit my head on the lower section of some stairs... but had no permanent injury as a result...
Just once? Amateur! :p I've hit my head on the lower sections of stairs, slanted attic ceilings, the corner of a cupboard (several times), open cupboard doors (also several times), a low living room ceiling (I was jumping up and down), a chandelier, my brother's head (he's got a skull like a Pachycephalosaurus), the headstand of my bed, the wall of my room (since I got rid of the headstand, that's what I've been hitting my head on when I wake up in the morning :p), and the inside of an inverted glass bubble looking into a fish tank at an aquarium, just to name a few things. (No wonder I have memory problems today... :wacko:)
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Post by: Amaranthine on July 18, 2009, 11:40:21 PM
^ Wow, you're like me Pangea. :lol, I've fallen and bumped my head so many times...funny that I'm still afraid of heights and moving elscators.
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Post by: Pangaea on July 19, 2009, 12:06:41 AM
^ Yes, I'm a regular klutz. :lol Not only do I have the depth perception of a myopic rhinoceros, :p but my feet suffer from such a bad case of high arches that I can lose my balance even if I'm standing still. Tripping, slipping, stumbling, fumbling, and falling are frequent problems for me (though I've gotten better at breaking my falls lately), but, as my signature maintains, they are still vastly eclipsed by my vocal clumsiness. :p
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Post by: Noname on July 19, 2009, 12:26:59 AM
I once played pac-man on an original arcade machine... in my grandparent's basement! I also got a job on craigslist with the advice of a friend, and I used to chase pigeons with another friend when I was a child...
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Post by: Nick22 on July 19, 2009, 12:27:49 AM
I teach tennis to inner-city kids..
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Post by: Amaranthine on July 19, 2009, 12:28:18 AM
Ok, well, this doesn't have to do with injuries, in fact, it's something I've had when I was a kiddie and it was the reason for my LDs and who I am today:

I've had seizures when I was a kid like from a baby to 9 years old. Once I had my tegrotol, they stopped and I never had them again.
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Post by: Nick22 on July 19, 2009, 12:48:11 AM
The only injuries I've had was a broken wrist, and two surgeries on my eye..
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Post by: Noname on July 19, 2009, 05:55:04 PM
I have a scar above my right eye...
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 19, 2009, 09:54:41 PM
Quote from: Pangaea,Jul 18 2009 on  10:32 PM
Quote from: Noname,Jul 18 2009 on  06:40 PM
I once hit my head on the lower section of some stairs... but had no permanent injury as a result...
Just once? Amateur! :p I've hit my head on the lower sections of stairs, slanted attic ceilings, the corner of a cupboard (several times), open cupboard doors (also several times), a low living room ceiling (I was jumping up and down), a chandelier, my brother's head (he's got a skull like a Pachycephalosaurus), the headstand of my bed, the wall of my room (since I got rid of the headstand, that's what I've been hitting my head on when I wake up in the morning :p), and the inside of an inverted glass bubble looking into a fish tank at an aquarium, just to name a few things. (No wonder I have memory problems today... :wacko:)
Hehe, here's somethin' we share in common.  Also, I've hit my head on a hanging flower basket (my mother happened to be with me and laughed her a** off, especially when I said, "I just took a geranium to the cranium!" :lol), an iron plant hook sticking out from the fence (I was running by the fence and not paying attention :p), an alarm clock, a coffee table, a sofa (I have a dent in my skull where I hit my head.  Good thing it's not visible), a window, the pavement, ice, a locker door, and many more things than I can keep track of :lol.  A funny one was when I jumped to get into a Ford Expedition (I'm short) and I jumped a little too high and smacked my head :lol.  Oh, and I once got pegged in the head with a glass cieling light cover.  A relative tossed it to me when I was not paying attention, thinking I knew it was coming :lol.
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Post by: Noname on July 19, 2009, 09:58:46 PM
I also walked into a parking meter...
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Post by: tempestwheel on July 19, 2009, 10:02:21 PM
I once walked into my bathroom door frame because the light wasn't one."
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 19, 2009, 10:10:06 PM
I once turned around to respond to a relative while walking through a parking lot and tripped on one of those yellow barriers.  I cleaned pretty much all the skin off my right elbow :x.  Thankfully, I did not need stitches, but I have a lovely scar to remind me of my mishap...
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Post by: Pangaea on July 20, 2009, 01:01:34 AM
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Hehe, here's somethin' we share in common.  Also, I've hit my head on a hanging flower basket (my mother happened to be with me and laughed her a** off, especially when I said, "I just took a geranium to the cranium!" :lol), an iron plant hook sticking out from the fence (I was running by the fence and not paying attention :p), an alarm clock, a coffee table, a sofa (I have a dent in my skull where I hit my head.  Good thing it's not visible), a window, the pavement, ice, a locker door, and many more things than I can keep track of :lol.  A funny one was when I jumped to get into a Ford Expedition (I'm short) and I jumped a little too high and smacked my head :lol.  Oh, and I once got pegged in the head with a glass cieling light cover.  A relative tossed it to me when I was not paying attention, thinking I knew it was coming :lol.
I was alternating between laughing and wincing sympathetically the whole time I was reading that post. :lol

Your story about the Ford reminded me to add the ceilings, doors, and door frames of cars to the list of things I have hit my head on (along with tree branches, fridge and freezer doors, and the undersides of tables :wacko:). Most of the cranial impacts I have received occurred while I was either rising from a sitting, crouching, crawling, or lying position (striking my head on something above me), or while I was walking with my line of vision directed at the ground (to avoid slipping or tripping on things), not noticing that I was approaching the ticket booth to Ouch City. (I'm about 6' 1", which unfortunately appears to be an ideal height for receiving head injuries around my house.) :p
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 20, 2009, 01:24:42 AM
The member closest in age to me here is Action9000.  I was born on July 16, 1986 and Action9000 was born on July 20, 1986 :).
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Post by: Pangaea on July 20, 2009, 03:20:04 AM
Hopefully no one minds me making one more post on the subject of personal experiences with head injuries. :lol It's sort of birthday related, so I could say that it ties in with Cancerian Tiger's last post. :p

My skull was the unintentional recipient of a blow meant for a piÒata at my 8th birthday party (lucky for me the bat was hollow and plastic). It was somewhat ironic (some might even say karmatic), seeing as I myself had decapitated the piÒata a few minutes earlier. :blink:
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Post by: Malte279 on July 20, 2009, 03:34:51 AM
At age 3 / 4 I got electric shocks from a power socket no less than three times!
One should expect a kid to have learned the lesson after the first stroke (obtained by pricking it with bare fingers), but no I was too inquisitive and stupid for that and had to give pricking power sockets with a needle respectively a straw a try as well. Is it not a marvel that I ever reached my current age? :lol
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Post by: Petrie. on July 20, 2009, 08:07:20 AM
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"I just took a geranium to the cranium!"

That would be a custom title (what's below your avatar) in a heartbeat at another board where they sometimes just take stuff you say and make them your custom title.  I don't do that here, but that's too funny to be overlooked. :p

Malte, what has history taught you about electric sockets? :lol
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Post by: Petrie. on July 20, 2009, 08:10:15 AM
Oh yeah, gotta post something about myself.....

If we're putting up incredibly stupid stuff now, I got one.  We had a wood firestove at our old house and on this iron stove we had some weird temperature guage.  Well when I was about seven or so I wanted to see if that really moved or if it was stuck while there was a fire going. :o :o  Ow ow ow is all I got to say. :p
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Post by: Malte279 on July 20, 2009, 12:13:51 PM
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Malte, what has history taught you about electric sockets?  :lol
It has taught me that I can electrocute myself on it and live to tell the story ;)
Hmm... I wonder what happens if I put the key of my door into that socket but before I do that I still need to find out if casting tin is indeed more dangerous than boiling coffee :smile
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Post by: Noname on July 20, 2009, 06:16:08 PM
I once accidently cut myself with a utility knife... I think that is what it was called...
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Post by: tempestwheel on July 20, 2009, 06:20:54 PM
Slasher films are my favorite film genre.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on July 20, 2009, 06:21:00 PM
Wow. What happened to this thread. Everyone is talking about how they have hurt themselves.
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Post by: Pangaea on July 20, 2009, 09:25:38 PM
^ You said the same thing when everyone was talking about their alcohol preferences. :rolleyes :p

I know the tidbits we post about ourselves in this thread aren't supposed to follow any particular pattern, but I think that when people read someone else's post(s), they often get "inspired" to post a fact about themselves in a similar vein, forming chains of mini-topics. If other posters seem to have a subject going, I'm usually not one to break it, though when it comes to conversations, I'm something of a master at setting the topic adrift (usually inadvertently). :p
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 21, 2009, 12:13:50 AM
Somethin' I find strange is how I can run for six miles without one mishap, and yet I can't barely make it through or even out of my house without some kind of mishap (usually tripping) happening :blink:.
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Post by: Noname on July 21, 2009, 12:28:01 AM
I used to take lithography classes, but gave them up when I learned that I had no talent or real interest in them...
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 21, 2009, 12:38:31 AM
Quote from: Petrie,Jul 20 2009 on  07:07 AM
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"I just took a geranium to the cranium!"

That would be a custom title (what's below your avatar) in a heartbeat at another board where they sometimes just take stuff you say and make them your custom title.  I don't do that here, but that's too funny to be overlooked. :p
 
It's in my signature now :p.

I am not squeamish and can tolerate a LOT of nasty sights and smells, but the one smell I can't stand is that of formaldehyde (ya know, the liquid morticians preserve corpses with).  It gives me a migraine and makes me nauseated :x.  During my Human Anatomy and Physiology course, I had to sit next to buckets full of dissected pigs submerged in formaldehyde for three weeks :x.  It was so bad the entire biology building smelled of it.
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Post by: Noname on July 21, 2009, 12:43:09 AM
Wow. And I thought the time I dissected a frog was a bad thing... lol.
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Post by: Pangaea on July 21, 2009, 02:20:19 AM
The only time I ever had to dissect anything was during an Animal Biology class I took in the spring of 2006 as a college prerequisite. While I have a relatively strong stomach, I can't say that I enjoyed cutting apart dead animals (especially with the dull dissecting scalpels we had to use). But, like Cancerian Tiger, it was the smell of the formaldehyde that got to me the most. :x (I think I'm allergic to the stuff.)
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Post by: Noname on July 21, 2009, 08:58:51 AM
I can't stand the smell of formaldehyde myself... I smelled it before... there was a lab once where we saw a partially bisected human brain in a jar of it... ugh.

In other news, my palm pilot crashed and now, when I turn it on, there are all sorts of weird colors around what looks like a smudge... and hitting reset doesn't work...
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Post by: Mirumoto_Kenjiro on July 21, 2009, 11:16:06 PM
^The only thing I ever cut up was a live lobster for cooking school.  I'll never be doing that again.


My favorite bug is a praying mantis.
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Post by: Serris on July 22, 2009, 02:06:51 AM
I am not averse to dissection but the smell of formaldehyde can get me extremely ill (nausea + massive headache + nasal burning + dizziness).

I ate a Thresher Shark for dinner today.

I love seafood.
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Post by: Pangaea on July 22, 2009, 03:39:35 AM
Quote from: Serris,Jul 22 2009 on  01:06 AM
I love seafood.

Me too. I'm especially partial to crustaceans, though I can't stand the thought of selecting a live lobster from a tank to be cooked. Even if they're all destined for the dinner table anyway, I'd feel too much like an executioner. :( (But that's just me; I can understand that large edible arthropods don't elicit the same sympathetic connections in most people. :p)

Quote from: Serris,Jul 22 2009 on  01:06 AM
I ate a Thresher Shark for dinner today.

A thresher shark? :blink: What was that like?
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on July 22, 2009, 05:43:15 AM
I've only ever been to one live concert in my life. At the age of 10, I went to see the late Michael Jackson at Wembly Arena in London back in 1995. It's the only one I've been to so I have to say it was my best one  :D
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Post by: Paradise Bird on July 22, 2009, 08:32:18 AM
I enjoy studying languages.I also like to eat well.........
Snakes
Steamed Worms with Centipede Wine
Monkey Brain
Nasi Lamak
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Post by: Alex on July 22, 2009, 12:20:56 PM
I was born on one of those Friday the 13's. That's about all I got.
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Post by: Amaranthine on July 22, 2009, 03:31:06 PM
I hate when people say, "be a good girl", I just feel weird when people say that, even if it's not directed at me...:p
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Post by: Lillefot on July 22, 2009, 04:58:41 PM
I hate being corrected. I've always had, especially in public.
It varies from subject to subject, and I can accept that I was wrong. I mean, you learn something everyday. But I can't help feeling that it's... an insult
And the anger that emerge from it... holy crap. My vision gets dizzy with it.
And it gets worse when people make fun of me out of it.
Good thing I have the endurance of an angel.  :)
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Post by: gisti87 on July 22, 2009, 04:59:39 PM
Well...

I like classical music.
I like to eat slowly and this annoys some of my friends.
I don't like doing nothing in summer but sometimes I have to.
I have a sister who wants to be a model in her dreams.
Once I would like to fly on an airplane.
I shocked by 220kiloVolts several times, but it did not hurt. I have some own-built Tesla coils.  :smile
I love nature.
I don't have any broken bones.
I hate hard drinks and I don't like coffee.

That's all for now.  :angel
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on July 22, 2009, 05:55:57 PM
Quote from: gisti87,Jul 22 2009 on  03:59 PM
I shocked by 220kiloVolts several times, but it did not hurt. I have some own-built Tesla coils.  :smile
Ergh! Stop confusing me reality!

First I hear that it is the current that kills people when they are electrocuted, then I hear that it is the voltage, now I hear that it should be the current again! Make up your mind, electromagnetism goblins!
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Post by: Amaranthine on July 22, 2009, 06:01:36 PM
Quote from: Lillefot,Jul 22 2009 on  12:58 PM
I hate being corrected. I've always had, especially in public.
It varies from subject to subject, and I can accept that I was wrong. I mean, you learn something everyday. But I can't help feeling that it's... an insult
And the anger that emerge from it... holy crap. My vision gets dizzy with it.
And it gets worse when people make fun of me out of it.
Good thing I have the endurance of an angel.  :)
Ugh...I too hate being corrected. Especially if it's how I say a certain word. I c'mon, some people say "tomato" in different ways and people say "Caribbean" in different ways...so I don't understand why people want to correct me on how I talk...
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Post by: Noname on July 22, 2009, 06:22:31 PM
I also like classical music... and sometimes I eat slowly.
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Post by: Pangaea on July 22, 2009, 08:03:42 PM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Jul 22 2009 on  05:01 PM
Quote from: Lillefot,Jul 22 2009 on  12:58 PM
I hate being corrected. I've always had, especially in public.
It varies from subject to subject, and I can accept that I was wrong. I mean, you learn something everyday. But I can't help feeling that it's... an insult
And the anger that emerge from it... holy crap. My vision gets dizzy with it.
And it gets worse when people make fun of me out of it.
Good thing I have the endurance of an angel.  :)
Ugh...I too hate being corrected. Especially if it's how I say a certain word. I c'mon, some people say "tomato" in different ways and people say "Caribbean" in different ways...so I don't understand why people want to correct me on how I talk...
That's good to know. I'll have to be reeeeeally careful talking to you two. :p As I've already mentioned several times on this forum, I'm a nitpicker by nature and have to force myself not to correct people all the time.
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Post by: gisti87 on July 23, 2009, 03:39:34 AM
Quote from: lbt/cty_lover,Jul 22 2009 on  04:55 PM
Ergh! Stop confusing me reality!

First I hear that it is the current that kills people when they are electrocuted, then I hear that it is the voltage, now I hear that it should be the current again! Make up your mind, electromagnetism goblins!
Well, both of them. Current must be at least 20-50mA, voltage must be at least 50Volts and there's another thing: the frequency. If the frequency is high enough it won't hurt you. Above 5000Hz it's safe I can say as the current can't reach your heart. It's based on the skin effect.

Going back to topic: I love lemon cakes!  :wow
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Post by: Malte279 on July 23, 2009, 06:03:42 AM
^ I think there is a certain risk about being unable to stand being corrected no matter how constructive the criticism may be. In primary school I was a dreadful crybaby when it came to this. Seriously used to be pushed to tears even at the slightest and very well meant criticism :oops
It is possible to learn taking well meant criticism to heart but not to mood though and put it to good use then. Now I am certainly not an example of a thick-skinned character, but I did learn a lot since then and welcome constructive criticism trying to look at it from as neutral a perspective as I can muster to then decide if it would be prudent to act upon it.

There is a problem that I occasionally have that is in some ways the opposite of the one described above. Sometimes some people treat me like I was some kind of idol. Sometimes I impress people with what I say and I would be a poor liar if I pretended not to like some praise or even admiration for some of the things I do. However, sometimes it can really wear you down if you get too much of it. Also I have come to realize that very often people who admire you too much don't turn out to be good friends. The moment you do or say something that does not fit to the image these people have in mind of you, they'll drop you like a hot potato. I guess it is one of the reasons why, when looking for a soul mate, I hope to find someone of the same eye-level who neither gives nor commands a much higher level of praise or admiration.
Some time ago I added a line to my signature which refers to this problem.
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on July 23, 2009, 07:01:29 AM
Ditto that Malte. I'm not one to just latch onto people and call them "friends". Friendship is a big deal for me and as much as I know quite a range of people, I don't consider them "friends" per se. I have a close knit of local friends as well as in other areas (on the GOF for example :D) but I only class my friends but quality...never by quantity. I was never popular at school and I had a lot of "fair weather friends" that would ditch me at the drop of a hat. So with that I guess I've learned not to be too quick in establishing the label of "friend" until I truly knew what the person is about. Understandably, friends do have their squabbles at times but true friends can see through little things like that and realise what is really important. I have let friends down before (as much as I hate to) but I always reassure them that my loyalty never wavers. I'll make it up to them one way or another ;)
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Post by: Pangaea on July 23, 2009, 08:56:56 AM
A big problem for me is that I’m never sure of how much I can criticize (constructively, of course :p) someone before I start to annoy them, or how much I can compliment someone before I start to sound flattering and insincere. At the risk of sounding braggartish (I always worry that I sound like I’m bragging whenever I say something positive about myself :rolleyes), I’m a very honest person; I don’t like to lie, and when I do I almost always feel guilty about it later. But if I were completely blunt and open all the time, I’d probably get a lot of people mad at me, and that’s something I definitely don’t want. Generally what I do to avoid getting on other people’s nerves when I compliment or criticize them is to offer them a little bit of both, often directly informing them of my sincerity and helpful intentions if I feel my compliments are too gushy or my nitpicking too severe. Of course, I’m always paranoid that my compliments and criticisms are too much, and often I worry that my paranoia itself is irritating to peopleóAaargh! :bang :wacko: No wonder I’m such a lousy socializer! :p
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Post by: Chomper on July 24, 2009, 12:46:37 PM
i have huge canine teeth, so would kind of look like a vampire if i was paler, and i was born a day before halloween
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Post by: Amaranthine on July 25, 2009, 01:21:33 AM
^ Sweet! ^_^
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Post by: Noname on July 25, 2009, 02:44:55 AM
I really don't like most seltzer for some reason... maybe it is the strength of the carbonation?
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Post by: Pangaea on July 25, 2009, 03:26:56 AM
I like seltzer only for its role as ammunition for the Three Stooges. :p :lol
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Post by: Amaranthine on July 25, 2009, 11:14:11 AM
I love extreme opposites for everything for some reason. Like I love sweet characters like Victoria(Dark Shadows) and Ducky, but I also love bad a** characters like Sierra and Barnabus(Dark Shadows)
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 25, 2009, 12:26:46 PM
I am a terribly sensitive individual...pretty much hypersensitive.
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Post by: Pangaea on July 25, 2009, 04:05:56 PM
During a recent dinner conversation, I described myselfóin regards to my aptitude (or lack thereof :p) in social situationsóas “Charlie Chaplin on a skating rink full of banana peels.” :lol
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Post by: Chomper on July 25, 2009, 04:32:42 PM
we all have our little oddetiys we just need to learn to embrace them, me, i can jump from topic to topic with the greatest of ease, some call it random, i just say you cant keep up with me.
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Post by: Noname on July 25, 2009, 05:19:54 PM
I like hard-boiled eggs... especially when they are sliced into those little pieces...
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Post by: Lillefot on July 25, 2009, 06:12:57 PM
I'm a fan of HergÈ's TINTIN.
Gotta love Captain Haddock!  :lol:
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Post by: f-22 "raptor" ace on July 25, 2009, 06:16:44 PM
Quote from: Lillefot,Jul 25 2009 on  05:12 PM
I'm a fan of HergÈ's TINTIN.
Gotta love Captain Haddock!  :lol:
I am also a fan of TINTIN.
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Post by: Malte279 on July 25, 2009, 06:52:58 PM
Count me in to on that one :yes
Hundertausende jaulend und heulende Hˆllenhunde! (Haddock's most favorite utterance in the German version of Tintin (where he is called Tim)).

Rereading some Tintin I found that in some cases Herge has been a bit stereotyping and (in case of Tintin in Kongo) rather uncritical about colonialism. But most of the stories are plain awesome.
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Post by: Noname on July 25, 2009, 06:59:46 PM
I used to like Tintin myself, but had to rethink at least some of it when I learned of its racist connotations... at least, some of the books are racist... although the author later apologized for it...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6294670.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6294670.stm)
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Post by: Serris on July 26, 2009, 09:43:27 PM
I am photosensitive and strong contrast can hurt my eyes.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 26, 2009, 11:51:58 PM
Strobe lights make me feel like I'm about to have a seizure, although I don't have a seizure disorder.
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Post by: Pangaea on July 26, 2009, 11:59:20 PM
I tend to become unbearably irritated by repeated intermittent noises, such as snoring (even light snoring), dripping faucets, beeping alarm clocks, ringing telephones, and chirping crickets.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 27, 2009, 12:25:54 AM
Quote from: Pangaea,Jul 26 2009 on  10:59 PM
I tend to become unbearably irritated by repeated intermittent noises, such as snoring (even light snoring), dripping faucets, beeping alarm clocks, ringing telephones, and chirping crickets.
High-pitched noises hurt my ears.  I get tinnitus (ringing in the ears) from being near a running blowdryer :blink:.  I use earplugs when I use lawn equipment; otherwise, I'm pretty much deaf for a little while after using a lawnmower.
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Post by: Serris on July 27, 2009, 12:26:44 AM
I absolutely hate high pitched sounds. That infamous "Teen Buzz" ringtone (15 kHZ of pain).
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Post by: Noname on July 27, 2009, 12:57:06 AM
I hate certain insects... bees, wasps, roaches. I don't mind ants, ladybugs, flies, fireflies, or ladybugs... I really don't like dragonflies, though... they remind me too much of hornets... and yes, I was stung by a wasp when I was young...
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Post by: Serris on July 27, 2009, 01:09:14 AM
I was SEVERELY stung by hornets when I was about 4.
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Post by: Pangaea on July 27, 2009, 07:22:24 AM
I love dragonflies. :p Not only do they prey on mosquitoes (which are so common here in Minnesota that they’ve been jokingly called the unofficial state bird), they don’t sting or bite, and they’re darned fascinating insects.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on July 27, 2009, 12:14:21 PM
Quote from: Pangaea,Jul 27 2009 on  06:22 AM
I love dragonflies. :p Not only do they prey on mosquitoes (which are so common here in Minnesota that they’ve been jokingly called the unofficial state bird), they don’t sting or bite, and they’re darned fascinating insects.
I think dragonflies look cool.
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Post by: Malte279 on July 27, 2009, 01:31:43 PM
I'm quite fascinated by dragonflies. I wonder why this rather effective four independent wing design was with the exception of dragonflies largely abandoned throughout the course of evolution.
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Post by: Littlefoot Fan on July 27, 2009, 01:51:38 PM
I love trying to walk through really muddy areas, though my parents aren't too happy when I come home :lol:
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Post by: Noname on July 27, 2009, 05:38:35 PM
I used to have sneakers with little lights on them... when I was six and seven...
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Post by: aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) on July 27, 2009, 06:07:59 PM
On average, I replace my non-formal pair of shoes every 2 years.

(Is your fact supposed to link tenuously to the last one posted?)
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Post by: Lillefot on July 27, 2009, 06:13:00 PM
Quote from: LettuceBacon&Tomato,Jul 27 2009 on  05:07 PM
On average, I replace my non-formal pair of shoes every 2 years.

(Is your fact supposed to link tenuously to the last one posted?)
Nope. It works as the title says. Anything between Earth and Heaven.  ;)
Well, almost.
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Post by: Alex on July 27, 2009, 06:36:40 PM
Quote from: Pangaea,Jul 27 2009 on  06:22 AM
Not only do they prey on mosquitoes (which are so common here in Minnesota that they’ve been jokingly called the unofficial state bird)
LOL

I like all insects. I like snakes, who eat the insects. I like the birds that eat the snakes. I like the bears that eat the birds. ... (nothing can eat a bear)
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Post by: Amaranthine on July 27, 2009, 07:47:53 PM
I'm the most sensitive person alive. :p
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Post by: Noname on July 27, 2009, 10:03:39 PM
I have dozens of pencils, but can never find one when I want one...
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Post by: Pangaea on July 28, 2009, 12:33:22 AM
Quote from: Noname,Jul 27 2009 on  09:03 PM
I have dozens of pencils, but can never find one when I want one...
I have the same problem with scissors, tape, plastic bags, and flashlights. :P:
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 28, 2009, 12:44:44 AM
Quote from: Pangaea,Jul 27 2009 on  06:22 AM
I love dragonflies. :p Not only do they prey on mosquitoes (which are so common here in Minnesota that they’ve been jokingly called the unofficial state bird), they don’t sting or bite, and they’re darned fascinating insects.
Dragonflies are cute :).  

Snakes are okay, as long as either I know they're around or I'm holding 'em so they can't bite me.  

I have an INTENSE fear of spiders.
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Post by: Serris on July 28, 2009, 01:10:50 AM
I am not afraid of any animal (except big dogs).

I have wrestled with a small Atlantic Sharpnose shark (~ 1-3 feet long). I will tell you right now, that those things are strong!
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Post by: Mirumoto_Kenjiro on July 28, 2009, 05:41:09 PM
I like all dogs, but I favor medium to large breeds.
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Post by: aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) on July 28, 2009, 08:11:09 PM
I lost at Pong to nobody. Seriously. The opposing paddle just sat there in the middle of its side, blocked three of my hits, and then I barely missed the rebound. My dormmates still remind me.
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Post by: Serris on July 29, 2009, 03:29:08 AM
I look younger than I really am...to the point that someone thought I was 14.
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Post by: Paradise Bird on July 29, 2009, 07:04:13 AM
I'm slightly mutated and look seriously young about 10 despite being 5 years older.
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Post by: Dash The Longneck on July 29, 2009, 10:32:20 AM
I love the 101 Dalmatian series show. And my favorite character from that is Cadpig.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 30, 2009, 12:53:54 AM
From the time I was ten, folks have mistaken me for being at least five years older than I really am.  I'm not sure how much looks have to do with it, but some have have said that it's mainly my maturity level that maks me seem older.  I also have a tendency to use more advanced vocabulary when conversing, so that could another factor in making me seem older than I really am.  Showing signs of puberty at around age seven most likely played an additional role :rolleyes:.
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Post by: Serris on July 30, 2009, 01:19:23 AM
I have  very distinct way of pronouncing '"Atlantic". I pronounce it as: 'Lantic or" 'Lanic. It's usually 'Lanic. I have to force myself to say "Atlantic".
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Post by: Amaranthine on July 30, 2009, 12:18:57 PM
^ I used to have trouble saying certain words because they sounded different to me when it actually was sounded a different way.
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Post by: Dash The Longneck on July 30, 2009, 09:55:56 PM
I went out and spent 30 bucks on the complete set of the 101 Dalmatian's cartoon.
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Post by: Amaranthine on July 30, 2009, 10:35:06 PM
^Where'd you get that? :blink:

I'm not a soup person but I LOVE the Tomato soup at Mollie Stones. :)
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Post by: Noname on July 30, 2009, 10:41:57 PM
I like tomato soup with lots of pepper in it.
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Post by: Mirumoto_Kenjiro on July 30, 2009, 10:42:44 PM
I have the entire Godzilla movie collection.  I don't have much of other kaiju (giant monsters).  My brother has almost the entire animated Disney movie collection. (I can't remember what he doesn't have... :blink: )
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Post by: Serris on July 30, 2009, 11:55:57 PM
Science fiction is my favorite genre.
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Post by: Pangaea on July 31, 2009, 12:16:47 AM
I like science fiction movies and TV shows with creatures in them; aliens, monsters, mythological beasts, and, of course, prehistoric animals. :smile
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Post by: Serris on July 31, 2009, 12:31:33 AM
I have very poor handwriting.
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Post by: Dash The Longneck on July 31, 2009, 10:20:13 PM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Jul 30 2009 on  09:35 PM
^Where'd you get that? :blink:

I'm not a soup person but I LOVE the Tomato soup at Mollie Stones. :)
(ioffer.com http://www.ioffer.com/i/101-Dalmatians-The...boxset-98470915 (http://www.ioffer.com/i/101-Dalmatians-The-Series-12-DVD-boxset-98470915) I have got to warn you now. It was taped off TV so think of it almost like a bootlegged movie except not quite)

I love jelly beans.
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Post by: Serris on July 31, 2009, 10:29:54 PM
I listen to a LOT of electronic music
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Post by: Amaranthine on July 31, 2009, 11:17:30 PM
I only like Red Mill's pancakes where it's gluten free and such. Otherwise, I hate pancakes. :pThey're too sweet for me. :x
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Post by: Alex on July 31, 2009, 11:36:43 PM
Quote from: Dash The Longneck,Jul 31 2009 on  09:20 PM
I love jelly beans.
Who doesn't? :o


I think my favorite word is "snow".
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Post by: f-22 "raptor" ace on July 31, 2009, 11:38:52 PM
I hate it when hollywood makes a cheap, crappy ripoff of any book, tv show, or movie from my childhood.
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Post by: Pangaea on August 01, 2009, 12:08:49 AM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Jul 31 2009 on  10:17 PM
I only like Red Mill's pancakes where it's gluten free and such. Otherwise, I hate pancakes. :pThey're too sweet for me. :x
I'm not picky about the brand of pancakes I eat, but I'm VERY picky about how I eat them. :p I prefer blueberry pancakes with copious amounts of refrigerated maple syrup, cooked so that they are as soft and untextured as possible. If I can’t get blueberry, I’ll settle for plain, with butter or the aforementioned cold syrup.
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Post by: Noname on August 01, 2009, 12:21:31 AM
I like French Toast as much as I like pancakes... and I like both of those with lots of syrup!
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on August 01, 2009, 12:22:25 AM
Perhaps the worst prank I've ever been dealt was when I was twelve.  A relative put Bengay on the toilet paper before someone else would use the restroom, and I happened to be the victim :rolleyes:.
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Post by: Pangaea on August 01, 2009, 12:22:58 AM
For some reason, I tend to feel sick after I eat French toast... :confused
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on August 01, 2009, 12:26:49 AM
I've always loved sweets.  I bet I could outdo both Cera and her father in a sweets eating contest :lol!
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Post by: Serris on August 01, 2009, 12:32:51 AM
According to my parents I was a rather...unusual child:

1.) I apparently never crawled.
2.) I read before I entered preschool (~age 3-4)
3.) I had a very advanced vocabulary for my age (and in some cases still do). Main example my parents gave: "Let's exit." vs. "Let's go." (I used let's exit.)
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Post by: Amaranthine on August 01, 2009, 02:46:37 PM
I'd love to have a friend that's gay. I don't know why, I just think it's cool to know someone that is gay in RL. :) Plus that I'm tired of being around Pro McCainers and and homophobes. :p No offense to anyone here that is pro McCain and thinks homosexuality is bad. :p
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Post by: Noname on August 01, 2009, 03:00:58 PM
I voted for Obama...
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Post by: tempestwheel on August 01, 2009, 03:11:01 PM
I often like sequels more than their originals.
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Post by: Lillefot on August 01, 2009, 05:51:14 PM
I don't know what I wish to work with after college.
But as it looks now, Architect or Graphic designer feels interessting. :)
I think I'll spend my Uni years on that course.
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Post by: Noname on August 01, 2009, 05:52:02 PM
I'm trying to get into law school in a few months... or make that several months, rather...
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Post by: Pangaea on August 02, 2009, 12:39:16 AM
I have virtually no idea of what I'm going to do once I graduate from college. Probably something involving writing. For a long time I've wanted to be an author, but I'm so slow at writing stories that I'll probably need to find something else to supplement (if not provide the bulk of) my income. I've also considered working for some environmental cause, perhaps writing to raise awareness of, and concern for, environmental issues. And since I started reviewing other people's LBT fanfics, I've thought that maybe becoming an editor would be a good choice for me, since I'm so good at nitpicking. :p
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Post by: Amaranthine on August 02, 2009, 02:45:33 PM
I LOVE Simba from the LK! :D He reminds me of myself as a kid to some degree. I actually have a plush floppy Simba that I'm probably going to keep forever. ^_^
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Post by: Pangaea on August 04, 2009, 10:40:24 PM
I talk to myself almost constantly; mostly muttering my own thoughts under my breath, or uttering random words or noises that I like the sound of. Paradoxically, while I like things quiet, it seems that I can't abide total silence. :p
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Post by: Serris on August 04, 2009, 11:02:39 PM
Quote from: Pangaea,Aug 4 2009 on  10:40 PM
I talk to myself almost constantly; mostly muttering my own thoughts under my breath, or uttering random words or noises that I like the sound of. Paradoxically, while I like things quiet, it seems that I can't abide total silence. :p
Same here.

I talk to myself A LOT. Usually it's verbalized thoughts, sometimes I out echo things that I have heard before.
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Post by: Alex on August 04, 2009, 11:06:58 PM
I randomly say movie or tv quotes, even when I'm alone. It's kinda cool.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on August 04, 2009, 11:56:06 PM
Quote from: Pangaea,Aug 4 2009 on  09:40 PM
I talk to myself almost constantly; mostly muttering my own thoughts under my breath, or uttering random words or noises that I like the sound of. Paradoxically, while I like things quiet, it seems that I can't abide total silence. :p
One more thing we share in common ;).

I also randomly quote film quotes, video game quotes, and (occasionally) song lyric quotes :p.
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Post by: Serris on August 05, 2009, 12:06:42 AM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Aug 4 2009 on  11:56 PM
Quote from: Pangaea,Aug 4 2009 on  09:40 PM
I talk to myself almost constantly; mostly muttering my own thoughts under my breath, or uttering random words or noises that I like the sound of. Paradoxically, while I like things quiet, it seems that I can't abide total silence. :p
One more thing we share in common ;).

I also randomly quote film quotes, video game quotes, and (occasionally) song lyric quotes :p.
I also have this trait.

Again, it seems that the 3 of us seem to mirror each other...

Mostly, I quote lyrics and movies, rarely video games.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on August 05, 2009, 12:50:28 AM
I'm quite good at making various sounds.  Just tonight, something about "One Missed Call" reminded me of "The Grudge".  A friend was with me, and they hated the noises made in that series.  So, just to mess with 'em, I did both the cat meow and the loud groaning sounds :p.  Needless to say, I'm the only one that found it funny :rolleyes:.
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Post by: Alex on August 05, 2009, 12:52:59 AM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Aug 4 2009 on  10:56 PM
...and (occasionally) song lyric quotes :p.
Isn't that just like singing to yourself?

(I do that also, death metal growls at random)
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Post by: Amaranthine on August 05, 2009, 11:17:14 AM
I haven't been sick in four years....until last weekend and a bit this week.  :blink:  :o
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on August 05, 2009, 11:48:26 PM
I've been disease-free for a year.
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Post by: tempestwheel on August 06, 2009, 01:54:18 AM
Same here.

I can recite the entire soundtrack of Rocky Horror Picture Show by heart.
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Post by: StarfallRaptor on August 06, 2009, 03:18:26 AM
I have a recorder-like memory, and can probably play a song on the violin after hearing it once, and sing the lyrics after about four times...
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Post by: Pangaea on August 06, 2009, 09:47:29 PM
For someone who can remember enormous quantities of detailed facts about dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, my short-term memory can be pretty pathetic. :rolleyes For instance, on regular occasions I am downstairs (at my computer, watching a movie, or what have you) and I need to go upstairs to get something; I run upstairs, and as soon as I get there, I think, “Now what did I come up here to do?” :slap :bang :wacko
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Post by: Serris on August 06, 2009, 10:20:16 PM
I remember vast amounts of random stuff (like the fact that France gets over 50% of its power from nuclear and the French Superphenix reactor, an advanced liquid metal fast breeder reactor, was shut down sometime between 1997-2006) but I occasionally forget important things.
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Post by: Pangaea on August 07, 2009, 04:33:16 AM
Another ironic fact about me; I'm capable of noticing tiny details (it's remembering them that's the trouble :p) in film, in writing, and on physical objects, but it appears I'm almost equally proficient at missing enormous, blatantly obvious things right in front of me. :wacko: For instance, I'm very bad at noticing address numbers on buildings, and signposts on roads (one reason I don't drive :p). I also seem to have developed a habit of not noticing where my younger brother is; looking around for him; then realizing that he's standing right behind me. :slap
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Post by: The Chronicler on August 07, 2009, 09:01:45 AM
I have a habit of wearing a particular t-shirt for each day of the week. For example, if it's Thursday, I'll wear the blue t-shirt. If it's Monday, I'll wear the black t-shirt that has a yellow stripe across the front. Now that I don't have a school schedule to follow, this habit is actually one of the best ways of telling me what day it is. I'm currently wearing a red t-shirt that has a blue stripe across the front, so that tells me today is Friday.
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Post by: jedi472 on August 07, 2009, 11:08:37 AM
Quote from: The Chronicler,Aug 7 2009 on  08:01 AM
I have a habit of wearing a particular t-shirt for each day of the week. For example, if it's Thursday, I'll wear the blue t-shirt. If it's Monday, I'll wear the black t-shirt that has a yellow stripe across the front. Now that I don't have a school schedule to follow, this habit is actually one of the best ways of telling me what day it is. I'm currently wearing a red t-shirt that has a blue stripe across the front, so that tells me today is Friday.
What happens if a T-shirt for that particular day is in the wash?
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Post by: tempestwheel on August 07, 2009, 12:23:12 PM
My favorite Simpsons character is Ralph Wiggum.
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Post by: jedi472 on August 07, 2009, 01:41:27 PM
I work at a veterinary clinic.
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Post by: Serris on August 07, 2009, 11:09:56 PM
All my "jobs" (volunteer work) has been in the healthcare field.

I am an EMT for my town.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on August 07, 2009, 11:34:25 PM
Quote from: Serris,Aug 7 2009 on  10:09 PM
All my "jobs" (volunteer work) has been in the healthcare field.
Same here. My volunteer work is at a medial library.

Quote from: The Chronicler, Aug 7 2009 on  8:01 AM
I have a habit of wearing a particular t-shirt for each day of the week. For example, if it's Thursday, I'll wear the blue t-shirt. If it's Monday, I'll wear the black t-shirt that has a yellow stripe across the front. Now that I don't have a school schedule to follow, this habit is actually one of the best ways of telling me what day it is. I'm currently wearing a red t-shirt that has a blue stripe across the front, so that tells me today is Friday.
I have something similar to that as well. I have five shirts that I have labelled as "week-day" shirts. One of those shirts has a set day of the week, and I make sure it never is in the wash on that day of the week.
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Post by: thebigdeal on August 07, 2009, 11:37:59 PM
what do you guys know about me so far?
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Post by: Amaranthine on August 07, 2009, 11:39:56 PM
Well, you have to tell us a few things about yourself so we can know. :)
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Post by: thebigdeal on August 07, 2009, 11:44:14 PM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Aug 7 2009 on  10:39 PM
Well, you have to tell us a few things about yourself so we can know. :)
well let's see...

i like anime, cartoons and sci-fi
i am highly energectc
i don't know what this "shouting" is that 2 users have mentioned to me
i'm in love with someone on fanart central
i have a fanart central account and there are some lbt pics that i put up
my favorite lbt sequel is stone of cold fire
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Post by: Amaranthine on August 07, 2009, 11:56:47 PM
Quote from: thebigdeal,Aug 7 2009 on  07:44 PM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Aug 7 2009 on  10:39 PM
Well, you have to tell us a few things about yourself so we can know. :)

my favorite lbt sequel is stone of cold fire
That's my favorite sequel too. :)
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Post by: Serris on August 08, 2009, 12:20:08 AM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Aug 7 2009 on  11:56 PM
Quote from: thebigdeal,Aug 7 2009 on  07:44 PM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Aug 7 2009 on  10:39 PM
Well, you have to tell us a few things about yourself so we can know. :)

my favorite lbt sequel is stone of cold fire
That's my favorite sequel too. :)
And mine.
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Post by: tempestwheel on August 10, 2009, 10:13:00 AM
My favorite LBT sequels are Mysterious Island and Great Day of the Flyers.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on August 11, 2009, 12:35:05 AM
I'm terribly accident-prone, and I've been through probably nearly every slapstick mishap there is :p.  Just today, I opened up the refridgerator and ended up receiving a liquid vegetable oil bath :x.  I guess I did not push the fryer back far enough :rolleyes:.  I personally don't usually care for fried foods, but my mother insists on using a deep-fat fryer 'cuz she likes fried food.  Needless to say, I've got the bump on my head to prove I got pegged by the fryer :lol.  I think I'm gonna find another place for that cursed deep-fat fryer, no matter what anyone else says :idea.
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Post by: Pangaea on August 11, 2009, 01:54:11 AM
^Owww...sorry to hear about that (though I cannot lie that I failed to suppress a chuckle when I read about the vegetable oil bath :oops). I too have repeatedly been booby-trapped by the refrigerators and kitchen cupboards in my house. In some cases I am merely startled by a falling object that ends up missing me (though it usually succeeds in provoking an involuntary surprised squawk that would turn the head of some exotic rainforest bird :lol), but there have been plenty of cases in which I open the door of the tallest cupboard in the house, only to be met with an avalanche of snack food boxes that have been carelessly or hurriedly stuffed in (sometimes by myself :rolleyes). On other occasions, while attempting to clear some space in the fridge, I inadvertently dislodge an opened or loosely sealed container of liquid that subsequently splatters my shirt or soaks my socks. And then there are the dreaded instances in which I have my toes traumatized by a conveniently heavy bottle, can, or jar that falls out of the fridge. In many cases, the offending foodstuffs add insult to injury by creating a mess I am obliged to clean up. And, of course, there are the times when my skirmish with the pantry consists of me simply hitting my head on the cupboard or freezer door. :wacko

I also stub my toes A LOT.
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Post by: Mumbling on August 11, 2009, 03:44:03 AM
I love buying old stuff and selling it for a better price!
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Post by: tempestwheel on August 11, 2009, 11:40:02 AM
I'll admit, I'm not a very patient person.
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Post by: Pangaea on August 11, 2009, 02:52:29 PM
^ Neither am I. :p I'm also a huge procrastinator.
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Post by: tempestwheel on August 11, 2009, 09:54:09 PM
Spider-man is my favorite superhero series.
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Post by: Pangaea on August 13, 2009, 09:24:40 AM
I've posted 42 times in this thread (43, now :p); over 16% of all the GoF posts I’ve ever made.

The following are the emoticons I've used in those posts and the number of times I've used each one (including that last tongue one):
:lol x11
:blink: x6
:o x1
:p x30
:bang x4
:x x 2
:P: x2
:rolleyes x7
:yes x1
:wacko x 7
:smile x2
:( x1
:confused x1
:slap x2
:oops x1

Am I random, or what?
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Post by: Amaranthine on August 13, 2009, 12:14:54 PM
^I use " :p " the most out all of the smilies. Next would probably be " :) ", then " :D ", and then " :P: ".
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Post by: Animeboye on August 14, 2009, 12:13:58 AM
Well let's see. One thing about me some of you may find intresting is that Land Before Time was actually the first movie I had ever seen. And that's something I take a lot of pride in  :lol

My dream is to become a comic writer. I've got quite a few ideas(some of which I posted on my DA account) although the one I'm best known for would have to be my Dragon's World series(Shameless advertising FTW XD!)

I type too much!
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Post by: tempestwheel on August 14, 2009, 12:22:03 AM
I'm still learning to whistle.
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Post by: Noname on August 14, 2009, 12:37:26 AM
Me too. I have hardly ever whistled before in my life... I can snap my fingers very well...
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Post by: Animeboye on August 14, 2009, 09:46:13 PM
I actually can't snap my fingers at all. Yet I can whistle perfectly.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on August 14, 2009, 11:36:29 PM
I can whistle and snap my fingers.
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Post by: Amaranthine on August 14, 2009, 11:51:49 PM
I can snap my fingers, but I was never able to whistle. :p
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Post by: Alex on August 15, 2009, 02:10:25 AM
Same, I can snap, can't whistle though.
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Post by: StarfallRaptor on August 15, 2009, 02:29:12 AM
I am ridiculously addicted to Skittles, due to Immelmann's Concession comic.  And I eat mints a lot, too.
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Post by: Noname on August 15, 2009, 02:46:05 AM
I don't really like Skittles... mints are fine by me, though.
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Post by: Mumbling on August 15, 2009, 03:32:16 AM
I'm bored as heck if I got nothing to do and no one to talk to :p
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Post by: Pangaea on August 15, 2009, 01:23:43 PM
Quote from: Mumbling,Aug 15 2009 on  02:32 AM
I'm bored as heck if I got nothing to do and no one to talk to :p
I hear you there. :rolleyes I get bored EXTREMELY easily. I like to talk, too, so if there's no one around with whom I can converse withóeven if I'm NOT boredóI often find myself uttering random words to break the silence. :p
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Post by: Serris on August 16, 2009, 10:13:07 PM
I drink large amounts of tea every day.
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Post by: Pangaea on August 17, 2009, 04:59:30 AM
I’m a relatively picky eater (though I'm usually willing to experiment and try new things), but when I find a food I like, I eat A LOT of it. Especially pizza.
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Post by: Pangaea on August 17, 2009, 11:58:47 PM
Another food-related tidbit: today I attempted to bake a pie with raspberries I had picked from the bushes around our yard. The pie tasted good, but it was very runny. (I've never been a particularly adept cook. :p)
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Post by: Serris on August 18, 2009, 12:15:16 AM
I have been known to eat dumplings with habanero based hot sauce for breakfast.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on August 18, 2009, 12:22:01 AM
The longest time I've ever gone without sleep happened last year: four days and five nights.  I never felt any sleepiness until I finally slept.  To this day, there is still no known explanation for what happened.  I don't have any conditions that cause sleep deprivation like that, so it remains a mystery :crazy.
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Post by: tempestwheel on August 18, 2009, 12:42:01 AM
I often like sequels more than their originals.
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Post by: Serris on August 18, 2009, 12:45:26 AM
^^^

I believe that was repeated sometime before.

-------------------

I actually enjoy some types of heavy labor.
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Post by: tempestwheel on August 18, 2009, 12:48:16 AM
I can only fall asleep if I'm in a bed.
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Post by: Pangaea on August 19, 2009, 10:55:00 PM
I've been sleeping on a sofa all summer because my room's such a mess. :p (I've been trying to work on that...)
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Post by: Mumbling on August 20, 2009, 01:54:09 PM
I just failed horribly at singing by missing a note AND singing the wrong lyrics :p

Usually it's just either of those haha :angel

Edit: oh, and Alex knows :p
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Post by: Pangaea on August 20, 2009, 11:29:59 PM
It would seem that history has an odd way of repeating itself with me. :p Several months ago, one of my brothers introduced me to an online version of an arcade game called Tetris, to which I quickly became addicted. Then I joined the GoF, which I subsequently spent so much time on that my Tetris obsession was pushed aside. Then, just the other day, my other brother showed me another online game called Dino Run (in which you race a dinosaur against the oncoming cloud of debris ejected by the meteorite). Having spent virtually the whole afternoon playing this new game, I suspect I am now addicted to it. :rolleyes (I can promise you, though, that it's not going to keep me from spending time here. ;))
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on August 23, 2009, 12:13:54 AM
I was almost hit by lightning this evening :o.  I was in my truck, heading to work, when a lightning bolt struck the ground about ten feet to the left of me.  Man, was I lucky :blink:!
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Post by: Mumbling on August 23, 2009, 01:12:06 AM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Aug 23 2009 on  06:13 AM
I was almost hit by lightning this evening :o.  I was in my truck, heading to work, when a lightning bolt struck the ground about ten feet to the left of me.  Man, was I lucky :blink:!
Wow that must've been scary.

I'm used to waking up at 6:30AM again (finally! :p )
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Post by: StarfallRaptor on August 23, 2009, 02:09:18 AM
I'm a major activist, for usually the most trouble-causing things.  And I love it.
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Post by: Noname on August 23, 2009, 02:12:34 AM
I once attended an anti-war rally... although I actually supported the Iraq War at the time (not knowing any better at my age)... now I no longer support it...
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Post by: Pangaea on August 23, 2009, 12:03:15 PM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Aug 22 2009 on  11:13 PM
I was almost hit by lightning this evening :o.  I was in my truck, heading to work, when a lightning bolt struck the ground about ten feet to the left of me.  Man, was I lucky :blink:!
Ho-ly buckets... :blink: :wow I think I might just die of fright if that happened to me. :p I thought I was spooked this morning when I was outside, and was suddenly buzzed by a huge flying bug (a sphinx moth, I think, but one that was big enough to pass for a hummingbird). That was enough to make my heart rate (as well as me physically, almost :lol) skyrocket; imagine how I'd react to a lightning bolt.
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Post by: Amaranthine on August 23, 2009, 12:09:16 PM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Aug 22 2009 on  08:13 PM
I was almost hit by lightning this evening :o.  I was in my truck, heading to work, when a lightning bolt struck the ground about ten feet to the left of me.  Man, was I lucky :blink:!
I'm glad you are okay. Still that IS scary. :o
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Post by: Pangaea on August 23, 2009, 12:38:58 PM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Aug 23 2009 on  11:09 AM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Aug 22 2009 on  08:13 PM
I was almost hit by lightning this evening :o.  I was in my truck, heading to work, when a lightning bolt struck the ground about ten feet to the left of me.  Man, was I lucky :blink:!
I'm glad you are okay. Still that IS scary. :o
Please excuse my apparent insensitivity. I'm glad you're okay, too. :)

On an unrelated note, last night I slept in my own bed for the first time this summer. :P: (My room had previously been too messy for me to do so. :p)
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Post by: Petrie. on August 23, 2009, 08:25:14 PM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Aug 22 2009 on  11:13 PM
I was almost hit by lightning this evening :o.  I was in my truck, heading to work, when a lightning bolt struck the ground about ten feet to the left of me.  Man, was I lucky :blink:!
Woah, good thing you're ok.  :yes  I remember a while back seeing a video of some car that was struck by lightning and the family inside was ok (though the car was dead after a half mile on the highway).  It was on the news.  Apparently, you are truly safer in your car in a thunderstorm than anywhere else.
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Post by: Pangaea on August 23, 2009, 11:00:55 PM
I had my first taste of an alcoholic beverage (some kind of wine whose name I can neither remember nor spell :p) the other day at dinner. As I predicted over a month back (http://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?topic=5975&view=findpost&p=9121593), I hated the taste. :x :P: Waaaaaay too bitter for me.

EDIT: This post itself marks a more significant personal milestone: my 300th GOF post! :DD :p
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Post by: Amaranthine on August 23, 2009, 11:05:50 PM
I had my first sip of beer back in Ireland. It wasn't that great, but I never really liked alcohol anyway. :p
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Post by: Noname on August 24, 2009, 12:14:29 AM
I had my first glass of beer less than a month ago. It was a Budweiser. It wasn't THAT great, but it was a lot easier than drinking red wine.
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Post by: Serris on August 24, 2009, 12:21:41 AM
I have insanely hard bones and my right elbow is seemingly insensitive to pain (I once elbow bashed a steel locker hard enough to leave a small dent but I didn't feel much afterwards.)
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on August 24, 2009, 12:36:25 AM
My bones must be like bricks.  For somebody who has played in high-contact sports growing up, been in a car wreck, fallen down countless times, knocked a Christmas tree down on herself, and has been in almost any slapstick mishap imaginable, I have never broken a bone :blink:.
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Post by: Petrie. on August 24, 2009, 08:30:42 AM
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I had my first taste of an alcoholic beverage (some kind of wine whose name I can neither remember nor spell dino_tongue.gif) the other day at dinner. As I predicted over a month back, I hated the taste. yucky1.gif tongue.gif Waaaaaay too bitter for me.

Depends on what you drink...some are much more bitter than others.  For example, I haven't an acquired taste for Guinness (a dark beer).  Now THAT is bitter. ;)  I prefer the wines and harder liquors over beer.
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Post by: Noname on August 24, 2009, 12:16:35 PM
I had my first drink of wine less than a month ago... but I couldn't finish the whole thing! It was too bitter for me... or whatever the word is...
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Post by: Pangaea on August 24, 2009, 12:29:47 PM
Quote from: Petrie,Aug 24 2009 on  07:30 AM
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I had my first taste of an alcoholic beverage (some kind of wine whose name I can neither remember nor spell dino_tongue.gif) the other day at dinner. As I predicted over a month back, I hated the taste. yucky1.gif tongue.gif Waaaaaay too bitter for me.

Depends on what you drink...some are much more bitter than others.  For example, I haven't an acquired taste for Guinness (a dark beer).  Now THAT is bitter. ;)  I prefer the wines and harder liquors over beer.
It probably won't be the last alcoholic drink I try, but I'm kind of hoping that I don't find one that tastes good to me. :p The trouble with me is, when I find something I like, it usually becomes an addiction for me. (Take LBT, for example, :p or dinosaurs, or trilobites, or bats, or kiwi, or other animals, or root beer, or pizza, or certain books, or rocks and fossils, or Ice Age 3...the list goes on.) It'd probably be bad if I found a form of alcohol I enjoyed so much that I wanted to drink it all the time. :p
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Post by: Mumbling on August 24, 2009, 12:37:53 PM
I doubt that I'll ever drink any alcoholic drink.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on August 24, 2009, 12:41:32 PM
Same here, and I also doubt I'll ever smoke.
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Post by: Mumbling on August 24, 2009, 12:48:59 PM
I won't ever smoke. There's no doubt in that at all.
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Post by: Amaranthine on August 24, 2009, 07:34:26 PM
I love fruit, but I'm not a fan of veggies. :p
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Post by: Pangaea on August 24, 2009, 07:44:42 PM
Quote from: Mumbling,Aug 24 2009 on  11:48 AM
I won't ever smoke. There's no doubt in that at all.
Neither will I. The prospect of flooding my lungs with the carcinogenic fumes of a burning poisonous plant has somehow never appealed to me :p (no offense to any smokers who might be reading this).
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Post by: tempestwheel on August 24, 2009, 07:48:24 PM
I often can't resist getting spoilers for books and movies.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on August 24, 2009, 08:07:26 PM
Do you need any?
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Post by: tempestwheel on August 24, 2009, 08:24:52 PM
Not at the moment. I pretty much have a good idea what all the deaths in Final Destination 4 will be.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on August 24, 2009, 08:33:10 PM
Awww, I like spoiling things for people sometimes, but only for stories/movies I dislike. But I will now spoil EVERY single plot in existence; SOMETHING HAPPENS!
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Post by: Pangaea on August 25, 2009, 12:52:05 AM
Quote from: brekclub85,Aug 24 2009 on  06:48 PM
I often can't resist getting spoilers for books and movies.
Same here. :rolleyes: I'm trying to break that habit, especially when it comes to books, movies, and TV shows that I know (or strongly suspect :p) I'll like a lot.
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Post by: Noname on August 27, 2009, 05:00:51 AM
I like older Space Opera sci-fi features... but with few exceptions, I dislike the more recent ones... probably because the new ones are so pessimistic and dark, and the older ones are usually optimistic.
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Post by: Serris on August 27, 2009, 10:19:44 PM
I once had to take a dresser apart with my bare hands.
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Post by: Noname on August 28, 2009, 12:25:17 AM
I once had to make a chair out of cardboard for a technology class in High School... O.o
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Post by: Serris on August 28, 2009, 03:53:37 PM
I've been gambling since I was 12.
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Post by: Noname on August 28, 2009, 03:57:10 PM
I once had a bad of dried fruit explode on me... seriously.
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Post by: Pangaea on August 28, 2009, 05:18:57 PM
My brother and I once had a bag of graham cracker crumbs explode on us. He was crushing whole graham crackers into crumbs for a cheesecake crust, and I was helping him with a bag full of crumbs that hadn't yet been crushed finely enough. We were both in somewhat of a playful mood at the time, and I came up with the bright idea of smashing up the crumbs by bopping my brother over the head with them. :o :rolleyes Unfortunately, I overestimated the durability of the ziplock bag, and the second time I hit him, the bag popped. Needless to say, the mess was significant. :lol
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Post by: Noname on August 29, 2009, 01:15:54 AM
I started a new site...

 http://s6.invisionfree.com/Fantasy_RP_Board/ (http://s6.invisionfree.com/Fantasy_RP_Board/)

And am the self-proclaimed "Emperor" of it. 10,000 posts there makes one a king!
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Post by: 812558 on August 29, 2009, 01:52:45 AM
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I've been gambling since I was 12.

same here man, same here
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Post by: Noname on August 29, 2009, 01:56:18 AM
I can play a good game of blackjack, but stink at poker. I'm also bad at pool, but good at bowling.
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Post by: Serris on August 30, 2009, 10:27:40 PM
I am decent at pool and bowling.
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Post by: Noname on August 30, 2009, 10:35:50 PM
I once saw a bat in a park... which is atypical for New York City... I also once road my bicycle around a reservoir.
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Post by: Pangaea on August 31, 2009, 12:38:25 AM
A couple of years ago, I caught several glimpses of bats outside my house in the evenings. On my urging, my family bought and set up a bat house, though to my knowledge it has yet to acquire any occupants. :(

I've also held a membership with Bat Conservation International for two years now. :D (In case it's not obvious already, I'm crazy about bats. :p)
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on August 31, 2009, 12:58:08 AM
I did shotput and discus while in junior high and high school track and field.
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Post by: Alex on August 31, 2009, 01:02:42 AM
I'll give y'all an Alex Anecdote.

Long time, few years ago, back when I was a wee lad, I was at the districts middle school (my momma worked there at the time), and they had bats in their gym. I mean like 4 families, like 25 bats. They had aleady caught like 7 of them. Well they were swoopin' around, bein' bats, and one dove at me. I'm talkin' like that dive that Petrie did to pop that bubble Cera was in. It hit me in  my chest, and kept trying to fly forward. End of story, I was caressed by a bat for about 3 seconds. Was kinda cool.
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Post by: Pangaea on August 31, 2009, 04:33:31 AM
^ That is awesome! :wow I'd love to have that happen to me! :lol

I'm guessing it was a recently fledged bat that was still getting the hang of flying and navigating in the air (kinda like a chiropteran version of Petrie, actually :p). Those are the bats that most often fly into people's houses and cause panic.
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Post by: Lillefot on August 31, 2009, 11:53:11 AM
I'll be a graduate in exactly 9 months and 14 days! I can't wait!  :D
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Post by: tempestwheel on August 31, 2009, 12:12:14 PM
I start 11th grade tomorrow.
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Post by: Mumbling on August 31, 2009, 12:42:12 PM
Quote from: brekclub85,Aug 31 2009 on  06:12 PM
I start 11th grade tomorrow.
Me too :)
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Post by: tempestwheel on August 31, 2009, 01:37:19 PM
I want to be an actor when I get older.
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Post by: Noname on August 31, 2009, 03:01:37 PM
I used to do soccer, basketball, tennis, track, and weightlifting.
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Post by: tempestwheel on August 31, 2009, 03:52:39 PM
My best mile time is 8:50
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Post by: Noname on August 31, 2009, 04:45:17 PM
I could run a mile in like 5 or so minutes.
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Post by: tempestwheel on August 31, 2009, 04:47:12 PM
I like Robot Chicken.
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Post by: Noname on August 31, 2009, 05:07:10 PM
I run a pair of clans on an internet game, which is in turn based off of an older PC game, whose sequel is coming out in mid-late September. Confusing, I know. :crazy
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Post by: tempestwheel on August 31, 2009, 05:50:57 PM
My favorite type of mystery stories are "howdunits". (When we know who did it, but that suspect usually has a perfect alibi.)
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Post by: Serris on August 31, 2009, 09:21:27 PM
I once ripped a metal locker door off its hinges. Granted, I had an extra person to help me.
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Post by: tempestwheel on August 31, 2009, 09:26:55 PM
I once accidently pulled on a locked door so hard I opened it up.
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Post by: Noname on August 31, 2009, 10:03:59 PM
I've broken the doorknob off of doors several times.
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Post by: tempestwheel on August 31, 2009, 10:05:39 PM
I once ripped a screen door out of it's place.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on August 31, 2009, 11:58:46 PM
I can run two miles in fifteen minutes.
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Post by: Noname on September 01, 2009, 04:21:09 AM
I run up six stories worth of stairs each day, sometimes more than once!
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Post by: Mumbling on September 01, 2009, 04:42:04 AM
I've got a Winnie the Pooh Agenda... Oh how I hate that bear :angel :p
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Post by: tempestwheel on September 02, 2009, 07:18:55 PM
My favorite newspaper comic is Zits.
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Post by: Noname on September 02, 2009, 07:30:10 PM
I like Dilbert... used to like Garfield, but it got boring.
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Post by: tempestwheel on September 02, 2009, 08:18:15 PM
I like Garfield, as well as Calvin and Hobbes.
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Post by: Serris on September 02, 2009, 09:25:47 PM
I like the old wartime cartoons.
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Post by: Mirumoto_Kenjiro on September 02, 2009, 11:05:19 PM
I went on an amusement park ride when I was underweight for it.  I never saw the ride requirements until I was at the ride itself!  They had a worker ride along to balance out.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on September 02, 2009, 11:08:58 PM
I've been shocked once.  It happened when I was helping my mother connect a modem to the hard drive of her computer.  I was okay, but I nearly lost consciousness.  It was painful :p.
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Post by: Pangaea on September 02, 2009, 11:36:17 PM
“Garfield” is my favorite currently syndicated newspaper comic. I’m also a huge fan of Gary Larson’s “The Far Side”.
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Post by: Noname on September 03, 2009, 01:52:22 AM
I also like "The Far Side."
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Post by: tempestwheel on September 03, 2009, 08:10:33 AM
I like cats way better than dogs.
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Post by: Noname on September 03, 2009, 01:44:09 PM
I have toyed with the idea of owning a dog someday...
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Post by: Pangaea on September 03, 2009, 04:39:43 PM
In my lifetime, my family has owned a cat (who died of old age last November :cry), two dogs (both of whom were fatally hit by cars), two Triops (tadpole shrimp), two or three ant farms, a short-lived colony of sea monkeys, and an indeterminate number of goldfish and tadpoles. Our present menagerie consists of a leopard gecko, a Roborovski hamster, and a kitten. :DD
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Post by: Noname on September 03, 2009, 06:32:50 PM
My first cat died, so we got a second. Not as big as your little zoo, I know.  :lol
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Post by: Alex on September 03, 2009, 10:09:16 PM
We've had around 10 dogs, 6 cats, a fish, 4-5 turtles, three ferrets, 6 ginuie (spelling?) pigs, tens of chickens..I think that's it..
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Post by: Serris on September 06, 2009, 01:36:40 AM
My favorite TV channels are Military History, Military and the History Channel.

Interestingly, the first 2 channels have proven to be useful in writing Twilight Valley.
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Post by: aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) on September 06, 2009, 02:08:09 AM
I'm a fan of Halo and Half Life, despite never having played either game (I don't play video games.) I've read the official walkthrough books and the novel tie-ins for Halo, and watched the video walkthroughs on Youtube for Half Life 1 and 2.
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Post by: tempestwheel on September 06, 2009, 05:44:19 PM
I'm a fan of Comedy Central and Cartoon Network, mainly for the Adult Swim shows like Robot Chicken.
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Post by: The Chronicler on September 06, 2009, 09:00:52 PM
I recently realized that my body probably isn't suited well for being outside (at least not like it used to when I was a kid). Today and yesterday, I helped my family and grandparents at a yard sale. Yesterday, I think I was outside for about a total of five or six hours, but I got sunburn on the backs of my arms, hands, and neck. Today, I decided to spend less time outside and wear my jacket whenever I was outside to prevent my sunburn from getting worse. Even though I often wear my jacket whenever I'm outside, 75 degrees and sunny skies isn't exactly good weather to wear a jacket.
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Post by: Noname on September 06, 2009, 09:30:15 PM
I once saw a B-1 Lancer Bomber at an air show. It was much larger than the pictures made it look.
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Post by: Pangaea on September 06, 2009, 10:14:11 PM
Quote from: The Chronicler,Sep 6 2009 on  08:00 PM
I recently realized that my body probably isn't suited well for being outside (at least not like it used to when I was a kid). Today and yesterday, I helped my family and grandparents at a yard sale. Yesterday, I think I was outside for about a total of five or six hours, but I got sunburn on the backs of my arms, hands, and neck. Today, I decided to spend less time outside and wear my jacket whenever I was outside to prevent my sunburn from getting worse. Even though I often wear my jacket whenever I'm outside, 75 degrees and sunny skies isn't exactly good weather to wear a jacket.
I'm pretty susceptible to sunburns myself, probably because I have such pale skin. I don't usually get them, though, since no matter what the weather is, I always wear the same wardrobe of long pants and turtleneck shirts. :p
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Post by: Noname on September 06, 2009, 10:18:53 PM
I don't sunburn that easily; I have an almost-Mediterranean complexion, darker than my mother, lighter than my father.
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Post by: Alex on September 06, 2009, 11:05:05 PM
I only get sunburns when I go to the beach. :p
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Post by: Amaranthine on September 07, 2009, 01:29:14 AM
I REALLY don't like roller coasters. They scare the pants off me.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on September 07, 2009, 01:46:15 AM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Sep 7 2009 on  12:29 AM
I REALLY don't like roller coasters. They scare the pants off me.
I'm the complete opposite :p.  The bigger, the better!
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Post by: Noname on September 07, 2009, 01:53:45 AM
I've ridden several roller coasters... I can't say I like them all that much...
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Post by: Pangaea on September 07, 2009, 02:58:02 AM
I've only been on one roller coaster in my whole lifeóa small one that was very mild in terms of speed and slopiness (it didn't loop at all)óand you still would have needed a crowbar to pry my eyelids open or my fingers off the bar in front of me during the biggest drop. :p

Of course, that was several years ago; I may not be quite so easily shaken by such an experience today (though I still wouldn't hesitate to classify myself as a "scaredy egg" :p). The next time I get an opportunity to ride one of those things, maybe I'll try it just to find out. Though you still probably won't see me on one of those giganzo roller coasters with the 90? slopes anytime soon.
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Post by: Malte279 on September 07, 2009, 03:24:32 AM
Gustav, Pat, and Jason can tell you stories about roller coasters and me :lol
Really, I am not made for them.
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Post by: tempestwheel on September 07, 2009, 09:47:17 AM
My bike is a 15-speed
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Post by: Noname on September 08, 2009, 06:27:39 PM
I have a bike, but have not used it for some years... it is a mountain bike. I admit that I forget the specifics of it...
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on September 08, 2009, 09:09:22 PM
I got a bicycle earlier this summer, but I don't use it everyday, or at least most days, like I should.  I ride with it set on the highest gears so I can truly get a workout :p.
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Post by: Noname on September 08, 2009, 09:11:53 PM
I also used to do some skateboarding, but was never that good at it. I'm much better at bowling, soccer, basketball, tennis, and track.
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Post by: Paradise Bird on September 08, 2009, 09:42:14 PM
I like to make prank calls
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Post by: Amaranthine on September 08, 2009, 10:41:22 PM
I'm not good with wheels period.

I have yet to practice riding a car, but I just could never get into roller skating, roller blading, skate boards, or bikes. I just am not good with them. :p
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Post by: Noname on September 08, 2009, 10:42:35 PM
I once was mentioned in my high school newspaper as an up-and-coming debater. I eventually ended up on the leadership of the team, but not as # 1... I never really pursued that position, as I had no time for it... but I WAS the leader of a team which designed a city neighborhood in a contest, and my team and I all won $50 gift certificates to Barnes and Nobles.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on September 09, 2009, 12:12:21 AM
I'm not good on a skateboard.  I tried to learn twice, and both times, I nearly ended up with a concussion :crazy.
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Post by: Noname on September 09, 2009, 12:55:14 AM
I once bicycled in the state of West Virginia... and paddle boated on the Monongahela River...
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Post by: Serris on September 09, 2009, 12:59:39 AM
I do not like roller coasters.

I do have a habit of exceeding the speed limit when I drive...sometimes to dangerous levels (80 mph on a 40 mph speed limit straight road or a turn at 40-50 mph [did this when I was toned out to the first aid station])

I once successfully chased down a horse drawn carriage in Krakow, Poland. Granted, it was a rather short dash.
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Post by: Noname on September 09, 2009, 01:02:08 AM
I just saved a bunch of money on....


























Car insurance! No. Seriously, I use Amazon.com to save money on schoolbooks.  :lol
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Post by: Serris on September 09, 2009, 01:18:58 AM
Certain types of electronic music can have an intoxicating effect on me. Granted they are supposed to be like that, but for me it seems to be, well a bit stronger.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on September 09, 2009, 10:29:50 AM
Quote from: Serris,Sep 8 2009 on  11:59 PM
I do have a habit of exceeding the speed limit when I drive...sometimes to dangerous levels (80 mph on a 40 mph speed limit straight road or a turn at 40-50 mph [did this when I was toned out to the first aid station].
I have a lead foot when it comes to driving.  Then again, nobody in my area goes the speed limit anyway :p.  Especially on the expressways.  The speed limit is 55 MPH.  Slower traffic moves at 65 MPH, and those of us who are speed demons go at least 75 MPH.  The best part of all: Cops are driving right along with us and not pulling anyone over :lol.
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Post by: Caustizer on September 09, 2009, 12:44:07 PM
I recieved the "Medal of Meritorious Conduct" from the Governer General of Canada for saving the life of a hiker in my group while out in the wilderness.

The Scouts Canada commisioner brought the award and presented it to us at one of our meetings - it was a great honor!

A few weeks later the Mayor of my hometown also presented us with an award, alongside a WW2 veteran (he got a street named after him just before we went up, which he fully deserved).

...

It's kind of odd being declared a hero of your country for holding a man's broken leg together, but I suppose it was pretty heroic since the 6 of us out there were only kids at the time.

Caustizer.
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Post by: Noname on September 09, 2009, 04:16:12 PM
Wow! You are a real hero for that!

The closest thing I ever did to that was to pull my younger brother back from incoming traffic when he wasn't looking where he was going...
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on September 09, 2009, 04:41:16 PM
That's awesome, Caustizer :yes!  The most heroic thing I've done so far was retreive a ball that belonged to some kids out of a canal for them.  Funny how kids see ya as a big hero for somethin' that minor :yes.
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Post by: jedi472 on September 09, 2009, 04:43:21 PM
Caustizer, you are awesome!
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Post by: Noname on September 09, 2009, 05:46:40 PM
I was held up on people's shoulders for scoring the winning kick of a soccer game in high school.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on September 09, 2009, 05:56:05 PM
I was involved with the following in high school:  

*Student Council
*National Technical Honor Society
*Kiwanis Key Club (Community service, child mentoring)
*Theatre
*Choir
*School Newspaper

Sports I played:

*Track and Field (Sprints, middle-distance runs and relays, shotput, and discus)
*Volleyball (I won an award in my junior year for "Most Digs")
*Basketball (I was okay at it :p)

I wish we had a swim team, but we did not even have a pool :crazy.  I was also involved in my church's youth group and eucharistic ministry.
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Post by: Noname on September 09, 2009, 06:11:34 PM
A partial list of things I've done/been in...

* Internship in Manhattan District Attorney's Office.
* Volunteer for Assemblyman Scott Stringer.
* RCIA for my church (to get baptized)
* Job, for tutoring students.
* Test prep classes for SCI-HI, LSAT
* Member of the high-school debate team.
* Assistant at non-profit organization called "The Door"
* Was also at a YMCA one summer
* Did lithography, hated it.
* Also took three AP classes in High School... giving me college credit.
* Helped out at a Christian school (non-Catholic)
* Was in a chorus long ago


Was on the following sports teams

* Soccer, for two years
* Basketball
* Tennis
* Did some track in high school as well.
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Post by: DualXz on September 09, 2009, 06:22:30 PM
Saved my team during a soccer championship final for defending 3 shoots in row, being the last shoot kinda defended  with my face... :oops
We won the the championship and the medals, I also recieved a medal for being the best goalkepper of the championship.

Good times... shame I left football behind...
At the moment, the only "sport" I'm doing, is Taekwondo, which I love :)
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Post by: Noname on September 09, 2009, 07:02:16 PM
I also programmed a robotic arm once, in high school.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on September 09, 2009, 07:24:20 PM
Quote from: Noname,Sep 9 2009 on  06:02 PM
I also programmed a robotic arm once, in high school.
Nice. I built and programmed an autonomous wheeled breadboard to follow a line.
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Post by: Noname on September 09, 2009, 07:55:55 PM
I also led a team to design a city neighborhood, and some actual urban planners for New York City deemed it to be the best of my class.
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Post by: Alex on September 09, 2009, 10:56:21 PM
I've never done nothin' like that. I'm pretty boring.
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Post by: Noname on September 10, 2009, 01:04:08 AM
I am rarely on the mainland USA, as I spend most of my time in Manhattan island, and used to spend a lot of time in Brooklyn, which is part of an island.
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Post by: aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) on September 10, 2009, 07:54:09 PM
My favorite candies are candy cigarettes and wax bottles, even though I neither smoke nor drink.
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Post by: Dash The Longneck on September 11, 2009, 02:29:14 PM
I actually love Alvin and the Chipmunks so much I bought an Alvin T-shirt.
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Post by: Standard_toaster on September 11, 2009, 04:01:37 PM
When my arm hurts I want to hit somebody.
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Post by: aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) on September 11, 2009, 04:30:32 PM
Quote from: Standard_toaster,Sep 11 2009 on  03:01 PM
When my arm hurts I want to hit somebody.
Wouldn't that hurt your arm more? Or make both hurt?
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Post by: Noname on September 11, 2009, 05:47:59 PM
I used to have an AIM account, but had to close it after it looked like a virus had come through it to infect my computer.  <_<
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Post by: Serris on September 12, 2009, 12:08:05 AM
For some unknown reason, I cannot seem to feel empathy.

Ironically, this seems to be a good quality in an EMT.

I am a fan of the satirical newspaper The Onion. Yes, their articles are (usually) offensive and cross the line but I love their humor.
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Post by: Pangaea on September 12, 2009, 01:39:11 AM
Quote from: Serris,Sep 11 2009 on  11:08 PM
For some unknown reason, I cannot seem to feel empathy.
I have the exact same problem. Apparently it's because I have Asperger Syndrome, which is in fact largely characterized by a limited capacity for empathy.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on September 12, 2009, 01:44:26 AM
I've already mentioned I'm very accident-prone.  Sometimes, multiple mishaps happen to me with a very short time span.  Just a few minutes ago, as I was returning to my spot in front of my laptop, I struck my hand on the desk, tripped over my chair, and ran over my foot with the chair (it has wheels), all in no more than 30 seconds :lol.
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Post by: Noname on September 12, 2009, 02:00:55 AM
I once walked into a parking meter.  :D  Although it wasn't so funny for someone in middle school.
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Post by: Serris on September 12, 2009, 02:41:52 AM
I tend not to use contractions in speech and in forum posts. This has lead to comparisons between me and Spock or Data (both of Star Trek fame).

I walked into a steel girder at the local library and I suffered no injury, despite the impact being rather loud.
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Post by: Noname on September 12, 2009, 02:45:29 AM
I just beat Halo 2 for the first time today.  :D
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Post by: The Chronicler on September 12, 2009, 08:50:42 AM
I've looked at the Matoran alphabet so much that I can actually write anything with those letters (and numbers) without having to look at a guide of any kind.
(As well as being the name of the main population of the Bionicle universe, Matoran is also the name of the language they speak. It's just like English (or whatever language you speak and write) but the letters are drawn differently.)

I would like to show you an example, but I'm not sure if there's a maximum limit on how many images I can put in one post. (There's one image for each letter, unless if someone is willing to copy those letters and put them in one image.)
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Post by: Myrkin on September 12, 2009, 08:59:47 AM
Quote from: Noname,Sep 12 2009 on  01:00 AM
I once walked into a parking meter.  :D  Although it wasn't so funny for someone in middle school.
Something similar happened to me either. I walked into road sign on the sidewalk. Luckily, it didn't hurt so much, but it made me feeling a bit dizzy for a moment. Moral? Always watch out for road sings, even if you are not driving. :D
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Post by: Noname on September 12, 2009, 11:55:22 AM
I used to visit the state of West Virginia over the summer. I went there 17 times...
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Post by: Amaranthine on September 19, 2009, 12:41:43 AM
"Rawr" and "fluffy" are two of my trademark words. :p
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Post by: Noname on September 19, 2009, 01:45:05 AM
I know a lot about ancient Greece, Rome, late antiquity, American history, the Renaissance, and Christianity, among other things.
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Post by: Serris on September 21, 2009, 01:04:18 AM
I know quite a bit about most sciences and medicine.

I tend to yell/curse at my computer a LOT.
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Post by: Noname on September 21, 2009, 01:05:46 AM
I once smashed a plate because my party in an adventure computer game was killed off by a fire elemental... in a graveyard... and they could have escaped... I still know it...
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on September 21, 2009, 01:10:28 AM
Quote from: Serris,Sep 21 2009 on  12:04 AM
I tend to yell/curse at my computer a LOT.
I only do that either if the computer's moving too slowly or if I come across a LBT hatefic.

I have more of a tendency to yell and curse at traffic, especially when someone's doin' a stupid thing like driving under the speed limit in the fast lane :bang.
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Post by: Noname on September 21, 2009, 01:13:05 AM
I believe that computer hackers are no better than terrorists...  :anger
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Post by: Serris on September 25, 2009, 01:25:24 AM
The game Audiosurf can have an intoxicating effect on me.
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Post by: Amaranthine on September 25, 2009, 01:46:49 AM
I hate adds about Teens and acne. Why can't society leave me and my generation alone? :bang It's NORMAL to have acne, but these advertisments make it such a big deal...
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Post by: Mumbling on September 25, 2009, 01:53:08 AM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Sep 25 2009 on  07:46 AM
I hate adds about Teens and acne. Why can't society leave me and my generation alone? :bang It's NORMAL to have acne, but these advertisments make it such a big deal...
Agreed!

I'm doing an experiment called 'The rainbow' for school. We have to recreate a rainbow and find out a lot of physics and mathematics fact for it :p
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Post by: Noname on September 25, 2009, 02:25:45 AM
I have unusual musical tastes... rap music and classical... two music forms that are very, very different, yet I like them both.
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Post by: Pangaea on September 29, 2009, 01:59:59 AM
(Wow...I haven't posted in this thread in over two weeks. :blink: That's gotta be a record for me...)

I have a habit of making lists of things (usually relating to movies, TV shows, books, etc.) for no real reason. For instance, I've made lists for every movie and TV episode of The Land Before Time, of the species of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals that appear in each. (For obvious reasons, Apatosaurus, Saurolophus, and Pteranodon are in every list, and Triceratops and Stegosaurus are in all but one.)

This also happens to be my 500th GOF post. :wow
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Post by: DualXz on September 29, 2009, 02:35:24 AM
I watch Fox a lot!

family guy;simpsons;American Dad, Bones;House; Buffy the vampire slayer(being re-aired, amazing  :yes );Mental and much more, I could just watch it all day :p
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Post by: Mumbling on September 29, 2009, 10:58:27 AM
I dislike pancakes.
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Post by: DarkWolf91 on September 29, 2009, 12:32:07 PM
Quote
I have a habit of making lists of things (usually relating to movies, TV shows, books, etc.) for no real reason.

I do that too!
I usually just list things in alphabetical or chronological order. Once, though, I made a type frequency list for the first three generations of Pokemon, including a second list that cross-referenced for dual types :lol
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Post by: Dash The Longneck on September 29, 2009, 04:23:17 PM
Quote from: Noname,Sep 25 2009 on  01:25 AM
I have unusual musical tastes... rap music and classical... two music forms that are very, very different, yet I like them both.
I do to except it's rap and Broadway show tunes.


I have a playstation 2.
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Post by: LBTFan13 on September 29, 2009, 04:59:17 PM
I have one too^^ just not with me.

I listen to Kelly Clarkson because I like her voice and think she is an amazing singer.
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Post by: Noname on September 29, 2009, 07:52:17 PM
I am an official employee of a contractor that works for New York City and Los Angeles.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on September 29, 2009, 08:42:55 PM
I may have what is known as mirror-touch synesthesia.  That is when a person feels the pain of a person they witness have pain inflicted upon them.  This could be in person, film, a book, etc. and can only happen if the person affected feels empathy for the injured person/character.  It can also happen if the person mentally recalls the injury/pain.  Sometimes, if the injury causes numbness, I feel that too :blink:.  It's really, really weird...
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Post by: Noname on September 29, 2009, 09:06:04 PM
I have relatives on every continent except Africa and Antarctica, including a cousin in Thailand (who is white) and one in Australia.
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Post by: Serris on September 29, 2009, 09:51:16 PM
I have very dark brown eyes but there is a thin, dark blue-grey corona around my irises.
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Post by: Noname on September 29, 2009, 10:07:55 PM
My hair is dark brown, but it is so dark it almost looks black.
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Post by: Pangaea on September 29, 2009, 11:38:04 PM
I'm the only child in my family with brown eyes, as well as the only one who's always had dark hair. (I take after my father in both respects.) While all three of my siblings (whose eyes are bluish, greenish, and/or grayish in color) started out with blond hairówhich, for all of them, has since darkened or is in the process of darkeningómy hair was originally auburn, though it too has browned out over the years. My facial hair still has a reddish tinge to it.
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Post by: Noname on September 29, 2009, 11:41:48 PM
My eyes are green, hazel in fact. My grandmother had the same sort of eyes... not exactly the same, but very close...
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Post by: The Chronicler on October 06, 2009, 08:05:10 AM
Whenever I need to remember something, I have a method that (so far) surprisingly works. Since my room is so neat and organized, I move one item significantly enough that I'll notice it. Then later on, when I notice the moved item, I wonder why I moved it, then I remember what I wanted to remember. Yes, this method does seem rather odd, but it has actually worked for me many times already.
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Post by: Noname on October 06, 2009, 07:06:46 PM
I am technically considered a freelancer under the US Tax code, in addition to my status as a student.
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Post by: Serris on October 06, 2009, 10:17:37 PM
Only 1 known person in my family does not have black hair and intensely dark brown eyes.
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Post by: Noname on October 06, 2009, 10:22:32 PM
No one in my biological family has blond hair and only one has blue eyes.
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Post by: Amaranthine on October 07, 2009, 01:07:59 AM
I used to have REALLY dark eyes, but they have turned more into a carmel color over time.
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Post by: Noname on October 07, 2009, 02:26:31 AM
I can name the headquarters of literally hundreds of corporations, that is, the metropolitan area in which the company is based.
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Post by: DualXz on October 07, 2009, 02:34:36 AM
I always, always, eat cerials for breakfast, any other thing would be to heavy to me at those hours of the morning(me lsleepy :p )
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Post by: Noname on October 07, 2009, 02:41:02 AM
I like raisin bran very much.
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Post by: Pangaea on October 07, 2009, 03:00:55 AM
I no longer use my glasses case for storing my glasses. :p Instead I fill it with pieces of paper so that I can take notes when I need to remember something.
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Post by: Malte279 on October 07, 2009, 04:08:13 AM
My eyes are brown along the inner rim (around the pupil) and green along the outer rim.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on October 07, 2009, 10:50:05 AM
I was born with red hair and light blue eyes.  By the time I reached my first starday, my hair had changed from red to brunette then to blonde for good, and my eyes had developed some dark green in them.  If I wear blue tops, my eyes look more blue, and if I wear green tops, my eyes look more green.  Also, I still have some strands of red hair.
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Post by: Noname on October 07, 2009, 03:05:05 PM
I once built a small wooden ship that was able to float. It was hand-held, so don't think that I made a vessel of any actual size.
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Post by: Pangaea on October 08, 2009, 03:05:15 PM
Yesterday I spent two and a half hours participating in a group effort to remove buckthorn (an invasive plant that spreads like wildfire and outcompetes native vegetation) from my college campus, as part of an event called “Community Day”. I quickly found out that I was virtually useless when it came to uprooting the things (I seem to have little in the way of upper-body strength :p), so I spent most of that time carrying (or, as was more often the case, dragging) plants other people had cut down or uprooted to the main brush pile, and, later on, as other people started to leave, pulling up the smaller saplings and seedlings. Even then, I managed to struggle considerably with the task, and meet my obligatory quota of at least one minorly self-injurious slapstick blunder. :wacko While I suspect my greatest contribution to the endeavor was boosting the morale of the other participants by making them feel like they were doing a good job by comparison, :P: I’m rather proud of the fact that I was one of the last people to stop working. (Though even now, twenty-five-and-a-half hours later, my arms are still aching. :rolleyes)
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Post by: Noname on October 08, 2009, 03:15:14 PM
I once threw a frog into a swimming pool. I "let the frog go free." I think it died in the chlorinated water...  :blink:
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Post by: Belmont2500 on October 08, 2009, 10:00:32 PM
I'm a music fan,epic music that is.
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Post by: Noname on October 08, 2009, 10:09:39 PM
I once attended an HTML class, but it's been so long it is hard to remember all of what I learned in it...
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Post by: Amaranthine on October 10, 2009, 08:11:21 PM
Sometimes when I laugh it sounds like I'm crying.
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Post by: Noname on October 10, 2009, 10:13:41 PM
I can actually eat lemons without suffering from the effects of it being sour... as long as I do it slowly.
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Post by: Serris on October 13, 2009, 02:37:38 AM
I cannot do a split yet I can put my right leg over my head while standing almost completely straight up.
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Post by: Noname on October 13, 2009, 02:46:37 AM
I can make technical drawings of floorplans and buildings, but cannot make animals or humans in a picture look even remotely realistic.
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Post by: Amaranthine on October 15, 2009, 01:54:59 AM
I hate being left out of things, I feel so awkward when people are doing things and I ask their help, but they don't need or want any...I just feel useless at that moment....
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Post by: Noname on October 15, 2009, 02:12:55 AM
I've almost never played baseball, but have played soccer, kickball, volleyball, basketball, track, bowling, tennis, swimming, and several other sports...
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Post by: Pangaea on October 15, 2009, 03:07:49 PM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Oct 15 2009 on  12:54 AM
I hate being left out of things, I feel so awkward when people are doing things and I ask their help, but they don't need or want any...I just feel useless at that moment....
Augh...That happens to me just about every time I'm assigned to do group work in class... :rolleyes I HATE it!
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on October 15, 2009, 11:45:36 PM
I don't like group projects 'cuz it seems I'm expected to do all of the work most of the time.  I'd feel much better about it if everyone was dependable, but figure the odds :rolleyes:.
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Post by: Amaranthine on October 16, 2009, 12:46:29 AM
@CT and Pangaea: The joys of being on the spectrum...:rolleyes :p
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Post by: Noname on October 16, 2009, 02:50:43 AM
I am generally useful in groups, and I am quite good at leading them, based on the success of groups when I have lead...
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Post by: Amaranthine on October 17, 2009, 12:01:02 AM
I'm very sensitive when it comes to sound. I'll listen to something soft and simple and I'll be sobbing like a baby. :lol
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Post by: Noname on October 17, 2009, 01:15:10 AM
I don't mind loud noises as long as I know it is going to be loud; that is, no surprise explosions and the like.
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Post by: Serris on October 17, 2009, 02:33:35 AM
I REALLY HATE weapons control laws. Reason, totally illogical (ANYTHING can be a weapon and you can make your own) and they have not really made significant impact on crime. Worse, they can make perfectly law abiding citizens felons, even if they legitimately defended themselves from a threat.
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Post by: Noname on October 17, 2009, 03:43:35 AM
I agree. When guns are made criminal, criminals will carry guns. Laws which prohibit gun usage reveal a deep distrust of the individual citizen. Some reasonable restrictions and regulations are fine, but the average citizen should, I believe (and the 2nd amendment has been ruled to say), be allowed to own firearms.
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Post by: Pangaea on October 21, 2009, 10:44:01 PM
I am neurotic about conserving electricity. I’m the kind of person who runs around buildings switching off lights (and sometimes computers :p) that people aren’t using.
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Post by: Caustizer on October 21, 2009, 10:52:03 PM
I've only been really depressed twice in my life, and one of those times was when I realised that the characters in LBT all died, faded away into dust and over millions of years ceased to exist entirely, along with every single character in the show.
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Post by: Amaranthine on October 21, 2009, 11:26:12 PM
Quote from: Pangaea,Oct 21 2009 on  06:44 PM
I am neurotic about conserving electricity. I’m the kind of person who runs around buildings switching off lights (and sometimes computers :p) that people aren’t using.
I'm that way too!  :o  :smile
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on October 22, 2009, 12:38:30 AM
Quote from: Pangaea,Oct 21 2009 on  09:44 PM
I am neurotic about conserving electricity. I’m the kind of person who runs around buildings switching off lights (and sometimes computers :p) that people aren’t using.
So am I :blink:.  Also, I'll actually pick through the garbage can to see if my family threw anything that can be recycled away :p.
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Post by: Pangaea on October 22, 2009, 12:53:43 AM
^ That's what I do, too (in public as well as at home). I'm a regular dumpster diver. :p I swear by the three R's (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle), and one of my pet peeves (along with outright littering) is when people throw something in the trash when there is a recycling bin twenty feet away. :rolleyes
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Post by: Serris on October 22, 2009, 01:01:58 AM
Quote from: Pangaea,Oct 22 2009 on  12:53 AM
^ That's what I do, too (in public as well as at home). I'm a regular dumpster diver. :p I swear by the three R's (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle), and one of my pet peeves (along with outright littering) is when people throw something in the trash when there is a recycling bin twenty feet away. :rolleyes
^ Same here.

Most of my pens, pencils and erasers are salvage materials from school along with a few notebooks and a vases and other stuff.

I compost anything that I can.

If I am bored or thinking, I start to press and knead my forehead/eyes.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on October 22, 2009, 01:05:35 AM
I tend to wring my hands together when I'm nervous.
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Post by: Serris on October 22, 2009, 01:07:07 AM
I like hard foods.

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Post by: Pangaea on October 22, 2009, 01:18:50 AM
I have a bad habit of plucking my beard when I'm bored or thinking.

My foremost cogitative habit, however, is pacing. My thought processes seem to function much more efficiently when I'm walking (or maybe it's just me). In any case, I do much of my thinking and brainstorming while strolling around.
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Post by: Malte279 on October 22, 2009, 07:07:05 AM
^ Same here about the electricity bit. I have tumbler switches everywhere in my room so there won't be any electricity wasted on standbye modes when I leave. Admittedly I do not always switch off the laptop though when I am leaving with the expectation to be back in about 20 minutes.
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Post by: SouthPawRacer on October 22, 2009, 07:23:51 AM
I have very limited use of my right hand due to nerve damage at birth. The fact that I'm left-handed is where my username comes from.
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Post by: Noname on October 22, 2009, 01:00:19 PM
I also pace sometimes, especially when thinking. I used to do it more... not sure why I do it less... I still think just as much!  :DD
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Post by: Pangaea on October 30, 2009, 12:56:55 AM
A few more slightly peculiar environmentalism-driven habits of mine that I neglected to share earlier: :p

I reuse disposable cups for as long as I can, collect scrap paper from recycling bins, and constantly nag my family to bring tote bags when they go grocery shopping (or at least reuse paper bags from previous shopping trips).
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Post by: Noname on October 30, 2009, 01:31:42 AM
I just got an updated avatar! XD. I might get a third one if this isn't the right fit.
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Post by: Serris on October 31, 2009, 09:49:43 PM
My strength increases dramatically when I am angry.

How dramatically? Just a few moments ago after anger overloading due to losing my wallet at the doctor's office this morning coupled with some [censored], [censored] who insinuated I was drunk when I made my forum, I nearly deformed a pair of needle nose pliers by squeezing it.
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Post by: Amaranthine on November 01, 2009, 12:18:36 AM
I find myself getting along with most people, though there are a few people I tend to REALLY dislike greatly... <_<
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Post by: StarfallRaptor on November 01, 2009, 01:24:29 AM
I've been know to sleep upside down.  When I sleep at all.
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Post by: SouthPawRacer on November 01, 2009, 09:39:00 AM
Quote from: StarfallRaptor,Nov 1 2009 on  01:24 AM
I've been know to sleep upside down.  When I sleep at all.
How is that possible, if you don't mind me asking? :blink:

Ontopic: I have been writing fanfics since I was 10.
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Post by: Chomper on November 01, 2009, 11:02:22 AM
I've gone to state in Cross Country twice. both times i was in the top 25 out of close to a hundred kids, and i still have one more year to go.
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Post by: Amaranthine on November 01, 2009, 02:48:48 PM
I've always loved cats ever since I was a kiddie. ^^
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Post by: Noname on November 01, 2009, 10:16:39 PM
I have a camera that I can use to make photos and videos on you tube... but I have yet to use it.  :blink:
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Post by: Serris on November 02, 2009, 01:39:42 AM
Under certain conditions, my creativity is flowing at max power but that has the side effect of significantly magnifying ANY emotion I feel.
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Post by: Noname on November 02, 2009, 02:21:24 AM
I HATE disco music. Hate it to the point that I would have gone to Disco Demolition night had I been alive back then...
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Post by: Amaranthine on November 03, 2009, 09:05:58 PM
I dun liek mudkips...or anything Pokemon in that matter...
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on November 03, 2009, 09:30:39 PM
I like to sing in about every vocal style that exists, as well as strange sounding vocals :).  I've been havin' a ball lately with Lady GaGa's "Bad Romance" :smile.
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Post by: Pangaea on November 03, 2009, 09:46:48 PM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Nov 1 2009 on  01:48 PM
I've always loved cats ever since I was a kiddie. ^^
Me too. :smile

Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Nov 3 2009 on  08:30 PM
I like to sing in about every vocal style that exists, as well as strange sounding vocals :).
Singing is one thing you're probably never gonna hear me do. Voice-wise, I'm completely tone-deaf. :oops I can't even hold a note while whistling. :rolleyes
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Post by: Caustizer on November 03, 2009, 10:23:16 PM
I think The Trailor Park Boys is one of the funniest comedy shows on TV.  The latest movie was hilarious.
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Post by: Mirumoto_Kenjiro on November 03, 2009, 11:54:23 PM
I like old b&w comedy shows.  Red Skelton, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Sid Caesar, etc.
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Post by: Pangaea on November 04, 2009, 12:35:48 AM
As if it's not already common knowledge, I'm a huge fan of The Three Stooges. :p

To a somewhat lesser extent, I also like the Marx Brothers (Groucho being my favorite member of the troupe :lol).
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on November 04, 2009, 12:45:29 AM
When I was a little kid, I believed "Jurassic Park" was for real :DD.  I actually had dreams of bein' employed with or even at least visiting Isla Nublar when I grew up :lol.  Just imagine the time my family had with convincing me the dinosaurs are animatronics :P:

Relative: "Anna, do you know what animatronics are?"

Me: "Oh, yeah!  They're robots, like the Ninja Turtles in the live-action movies."

Relative: "Well, dear.  Those dinosaurs on Jurassic Park are animatronics like the Ninja Turtles."

Me: "Nuh-uh!  The Ninja Turtles don't eat humans!"

Relative: :slap

Me: :smile
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Post by: Serris on November 04, 2009, 01:50:26 AM
^^^ Speaking of Jurassic Park, I liked the novel better.

And of course, there are JP references in TWV.
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Post by: Noname on November 04, 2009, 01:54:01 AM
I'd like a dog if I had a yard and enough time and patience for one... and a big yard.
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Post by: Amaranthine on November 04, 2009, 01:56:45 AM
I better study soon. >.>
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Post by: Amaranthine on November 05, 2009, 02:06:58 AM
My taste in music is very diverse. I'll really listen to anything with good lyrics and a great sound. ^^
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Post by: Noname on November 05, 2009, 02:08:21 AM
I have to do two papers this month...
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Post by: Lillefot on November 05, 2009, 08:15:17 AM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Nov 5 2009 on  01:06 AM
My taste in music is very diverse. I'll really listen to anything with good lyrics and a great sound. ^^
Then I belive you and I have something in common.  :)
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Post by: SouthPawRacer on November 05, 2009, 09:15:02 AM
Quote from: Lillefot,Nov 5 2009 on  07:15 AM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Nov 5 2009 on  01:06 AM
My taste in music is very diverse. I'll really listen to anything with good lyrics and a great sound. ^^
Then I belive you and I have something in common.  :)
And SouthPaw makes three. :lol:
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Post by: Noname on November 05, 2009, 02:18:15 PM
Quote from: SouthPawRacer,Nov 5 2009 on  08:15 AM
Quote from: Lillefot,Nov 5 2009 on  07:15 AM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Nov 5 2009 on  01:06 AM
My taste in music is very diverse. I'll really listen to anything with good lyrics and a great sound. ^^
Then I belive you and I have something in common.  :)
And SouthPaw makes three. :lol:
Me too. That makes four in a row.  :lol:
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Post by: Pangaea on November 05, 2009, 05:24:43 PM
Quote from: Noname,Nov 5 2009 on  01:18 PM
Quote from: SouthPawRacer,Nov 5 2009 on  08:15 AM
Quote from: Lillefot,Nov 5 2009 on  07:15 AM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Nov 5 2009 on  01:06 AM
My taste in music is very diverse. I'll really listen to anything with good lyrics and a great sound. ^^
Then I belive you and I have something in common.  :)
And SouthPaw makes three. :lol:
Me too. That makes four in a row.  :lol:
Most of the music I enjoy is from the soundtracks of movies and TV shows (I almost never listen to music on its own), but my musical tastes seem to follow that same sort of pattern. So...number five, I guess. :p
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Post by: Serris on November 05, 2009, 08:07:28 PM
My taste in music is extremely diverse as well.
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Post by: Amaranthine on November 05, 2009, 11:50:08 PM
I'm a very huggy person. ^^
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Post by: Pangaea on November 06, 2009, 12:10:22 AM
I usually shy away from physical contact with other people (except with family members, I only shake hands, hug, etc. if it is requested), but when I do hug, I don’t give bear hugs; I give anaconda hugs. :p

I’m really awkward with handshakes, though. I always end up crushing the other person’s hand and letting my arm flop when my own hand is shaken. :rolleyes
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on November 06, 2009, 01:56:28 AM
Quote from: Serris,Nov 5 2009 on  07:07 PM
My taste in music is extremely diverse as well.
So is mine, though I'm partial to rock, so that makes seven of us :smile.

I flinch and/or stiffen up if I become the recipient of an unexpected gesture of affection, but if I forsee the gesture coming or if I'm the one giving the gesture, then I don't have this reaction.  In general, I'm quite an affectionate individual :).
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Post by: Serris on November 06, 2009, 02:05:02 AM
I do not like being physical contact nor do I like giving it (not even to my own family members).
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Post by: Amaranthine on November 06, 2009, 02:59:21 AM
The latest I probably ever stayed up til was 3 in the morning. :p
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on November 06, 2009, 11:20:15 AM
I once stayed awake for four days and four nights last year :crazy.  Why?  Final papers and final exams :rolleyes:.
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Post by: Serris on November 06, 2009, 03:22:57 PM
Latest I stayed up was 0500 (5:00 AM).

I routinely (now) sleep between 0200 and 0300.
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Post by: Pangaea on November 06, 2009, 06:25:55 PM
I have stayed up all night on numerous occasions (the first I remember being Christmas Eve one year :rolleyes), including several times this past summer. Usually I don’t make it through the day after without napping at some point, though. There was at least one instance this summer that I remained awake all night and went to bed at noon. :p
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Post by: Noname on November 06, 2009, 09:12:44 PM
I have very rarely not slept through a night.
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Post by: Amaranthine on November 06, 2009, 10:03:26 PM
I LOVE singing! ^^

I was even able to hit the high G in choir today. :D
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on November 07, 2009, 02:35:21 AM
Quote from: Serris,Nov 6 2009 on  02:22 PM
I routinely (now) sleep between 0200 and 0300.
Same here :yes.
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Post by: tempestwheel on November 07, 2009, 02:37:39 AM
I'm interested in maybe going to film school after high school.
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Post by: Pangaea on November 07, 2009, 11:07:03 AM
Last night I went to bed at 10 PM, intending to get back up again at midnight to visit the GOF, but instead slept until 4 AM, looked at my alarm clock, and fell asleep again until 8 AM, when I was woken up by a woodpecker tapping on the side of the house. :blink:
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Post by: Amaranthine on November 07, 2009, 11:48:27 AM
^Wow! Hehe, I don't have woodpeckers where I live. ^^ I'm sure that was a bit annoying though. :p :lol

Ever since I met one of my best friends I kept using "^^".
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Post by: Pangaea on November 07, 2009, 12:03:54 PM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Nov 7 2009 on  10:48 AM
^Wow! Hehe, I don't have woodpeckers where I live. ^^ I'm sure that was a bit annoying though. :p :lol
Yes, it was. :lol Fortunately, I love woodpeckers, and provided they don't do any long-term damage to our house, I don't mind it too much. :p

I've seen at least four different species of woodpeckers where I live: downy, hairy, pileated, and northern flicker. (It might actually be five; I think I saw a sapsucker once, too. :unsure:)
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on November 08, 2009, 12:21:01 AM
I like woodpeckers.  They're cute, and they really do not get on my nerves :).  I used to live next door to this guy who would rev his engine several times just about every mornin' (around 6 AM) to get his car started :rolleyes:.  The woodpeckers were music to my ears compared to that :p.
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Post by: Pangaea on November 08, 2009, 01:00:54 AM
I've always especially liked the crested woodpeckers, like the pileated woodpecker, and the (probably extinct :cry) ivory-billed woodpecker. Maybe it's because they vaguely resemble feathered versions of Pteranodon, which has always been one of my favorite pterosaurs. :p
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on November 08, 2009, 10:17:37 PM
I've found the college I am going to. Reed College, in Oregon.
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Post by: Noname on November 08, 2009, 11:42:28 PM
I've never been a big fan of birds... but I do like parrots for their intelligence. I don't ever plan on owning one, though.
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Post by: Mirumoto_Kenjiro on November 09, 2009, 11:17:12 PM
We had a woodpecker for a few years who always tried pecking into one of our roof gutter pipes... :bang
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on November 10, 2009, 12:08:35 AM
Quote from: Noname,Nov 8 2009 on  10:42 PM
I've never been a big fan of birds... but I do like parrots for their intelligence. I don't ever plan on owning one, though.
They can be pretty messy, especially if their cages are not cleaned at least every other day :p.

I adopted my African Grey parrot Howard from a relative who adopted him as a baby.  He was bein' neglected, and my relative decided she did not want him anymore, so I adopted him.  I never thought I'd like a parrot so much, but I've grown very fond of him :smile.  He will be four years old on Veteran's Day ;).
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Post by: Amaranthine on November 10, 2009, 12:34:33 AM
I love birds myself, especially birds of prey. :)
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Post by: Mirumoto_Kenjiro on November 10, 2009, 11:38:47 PM
My most favorite birds are eagles, owls, ravens, & hummingbirds.
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Post by: Amaranthine on November 11, 2009, 01:21:20 AM
I love history, religion, politics, animals, animation, and martial arts. :)
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Post by: Serris on November 11, 2009, 01:26:43 AM
Favorite birds: All birds of prey, Ravens, Crows and Parrots.
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Post by: Mumbling on November 11, 2009, 02:45:45 AM
I'm always hungry late in the evening or early in the morning of lately, sucks :p
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Post by: Amaranthine on November 13, 2009, 12:41:54 AM
I LOVE Amy Winehouse's music! o.O
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Post by: Noname on November 13, 2009, 01:38:38 AM
I like apple pie. Yes, not a profound statement.  :lol
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on November 16, 2009, 12:50:28 PM
I know a lot about home improvement and how to make these repairs.  I also have a pretty good amount of knowledge in automobile repair.
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Post by: Caustizer on November 16, 2009, 02:03:58 PM
I'm pretty sure I must be part wingtail, because I recently took a liking to fish!
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Post by: Noname on November 16, 2009, 04:19:04 PM
I am skilled enough in metalworking to make a hammer, as long as I am given a lathe and some other cutting tools. I am also pretty good with a hacksaw and a milling machine.
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Post by: aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) on November 23, 2009, 09:16:31 PM
I just got vaccinated for Swine flu today :D
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Post by: Noname on November 23, 2009, 10:34:30 PM
My favorite nut is the almond.

I once sawed through a piece of steel in high school.

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Post by: The Great Valley Guardian on November 26, 2009, 04:09:03 PM
I've officially graduated college!

And I do housework in my spare time.
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Post by: Amaranthine on November 26, 2009, 04:25:25 PM
^Awesome! ^^ Congrats! :celebrate :cheers :goodluck

As for me, I'm still in high school. :p I could be in my senior year by now, but I repeated a grade. :p
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Post by: Mumbling on November 26, 2009, 05:06:12 PM
Congrats GVG!

I want to study abroad when I'm finished with highschool :)
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on November 26, 2009, 11:34:19 PM
Congrats, GVG :)!

I have one semester and an internship left to do before I graduate with my Bachelor's degree.  After that, on to my Master's :D!
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Post by: tempestwheel on November 26, 2009, 11:40:35 PM
Congrats GVG!

I will not eat anything besides plain cheese pizza, cheese burgers with just meat and cheese, and tacos with just the meat and cheese, when it comes to those 3 types of foods.
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Post by: Noname on November 27, 2009, 12:07:48 AM
CONGRATS GVG!!

I'm finishing college this May, and am going to law school after that.
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Post by: Pangaea on November 27, 2009, 04:29:29 AM
Good for you, Great Valley Guardian! :DD

I’m presently nearing the end of the first semester of my senior year of college. I have virtually  no idea what I’m going to do after I graduate. :blink:
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Post by: Amaranthine on November 27, 2009, 01:15:06 PM
Over time, I have become less afraid of big crowds, even to the point of me performing in front of them. :)
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Post by: Noname on November 27, 2009, 01:53:34 PM
I once held a Burmese python.
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Post by: Mumbling on November 27, 2009, 05:23:04 PM
I'll be fired in April... They have no money to pay us (those who have my job too, putting books on their shelfs) anymore, so we have to leave.

Kinda sad.
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Post by: Malte279 on November 27, 2009, 08:33:22 PM
Dito on every syllable Iris :blink:
Must be infectious.
Are you talking of the library job? If so that too would be the same thing on my end!
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Post by: Pangaea on November 27, 2009, 08:45:44 PM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Nov 27 2009 on  12:15 PM
Over time, I have become less afraid of big crowds, even to the point of me performing in front of them. :)
I still get very nervous and disoriented around crowds. Not only does being surrounded by people provoke my social insecurities, but I don't like bumping into or brushing up against strangers, which, in a crowd, can be hard to avoid.

Quote from: Noname,Nov 27 2009 on  12:53 PM
I once held a Burmese python.
I did that a couple weeks ago. The keepers said the python weighed twenty pounds, but it felt like it was a lot heavier. :lol

Quote from: Mumbling,Nov 27 2009 on  04:23 PM
I'll be fired in April... They have no money to pay us (those who have my job too, putting books on their shelfs) anymore, so we have to leave.

Kinda sad.
Sorry to hear about that. :(
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Post by: Noname on December 02, 2009, 05:27:27 AM
My job has been slow to get the contract signed with the city that it needs in order to restart work for its employees. This is annoying, but it should be fixed soon.  <_<
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Post by: JitteryDragon on December 02, 2009, 08:00:04 AM
Quote from: Pangaea,Nov 27 2009 on  07:45 PM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Nov 27 2009 on  12:15 PM
Over time, I have become less afraid of big crowds, even to the point of me performing in front of them. :)
I still get very nervous and disoriented around crowds. Not only does being surrounded by people provoke my social insecurities, but I don't like bumping into or brushing up against strangers, which, in a crowd, can be hard to avoid.
I'm a crowd person. I love getting lost in huge crowds, there's something fascinating in being lost in the cloud of thoughts and feelings of so many people as they go about their lives... to wonder who they are, what do they feel? What are they thinking? A mass of human chaos, and I am just one tiny fragment in all that.

Uh... :crazy

Also, I once went crowd surfing at a (metal) concert. Most awesome thing ever  :lol

I've also been in a mosh pit \m/ >.< \m/

... broke a rib, but totally worth it.
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Post by: Mumbling on December 02, 2009, 11:46:42 AM
Quote from: Malte279,Nov 28 2009 on  02:33 AM
Dito on every syllable Iris :blink:
Must be infectious.
Are you talking of the library job? If so that too would be the same thing on my end!
Correct! :exactly

For the first time in a year and a half I got the feeling I did not completely mess up a math test... just partly :p :oops
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Post by: Mumbling on December 04, 2009, 12:12:37 PM
Second post of mine... I was correct! I got a 5.5 which is counted as a sufficient (5.4 would have been insufficient) :p
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Post by: LBTFan13 on December 04, 2009, 12:20:01 PM
The movie The Lovely Bones was filmed in my hometown. If you haven't read the book, it's about a girl who was raped and murdered, but while in heaven she looks down upon her family. At least I'm pretty sure that's what it's about.

Anyway, it's based off a true story, because the girl who was raped was from my hometown. In fact, she was a graduate of my high school. So the movie producers came to a neighborhood near my home and payed one of the families who live on the street to use their house for the movie. They are also modeling the school used in the movie off of our school, so it looks very similar.
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Post by: Noname on December 04, 2009, 06:19:57 PM
I'm taking the LSAT tomorrow... wish me luck.

I'm also preparing to take it again in February, just in case.
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Post by: Amaranthine on December 04, 2009, 11:09:50 PM
I love cheese and diary foods...but whenever I ate a certain amount...I literally feel like mucus is growing in my throat...:x
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Post by: Caustizer on December 04, 2009, 11:53:06 PM
That happens to me too sometimes, though I can't tell whether its a diary cough or a "your getting sick again" cough.
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Post by: Noname on December 05, 2009, 01:04:15 AM
I have over 10,000 posts on the GoF!  :D
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Post by: Amaranthine on December 05, 2009, 01:07:43 AM
^Congrats! :D

I think the greatest people I ever met was either off in some other country or online.
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Post by: Noname on December 05, 2009, 01:16:30 AM
I need to check to make sure my turkey from thanksgiving didn't go bad... I know, not much of a thing about me... I'll add something substantial later. XD
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Post by: Amaranthine on December 05, 2009, 08:35:53 PM
One of my pet peeves is when people use the term "gay" to mean "stupid" as in, "That's so gay!"
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Post by: Pangaea on December 05, 2009, 09:41:36 PM
^ Tell me about it! :rolleyes When I was in middle school, the kids who teased me about my love of dinosaurs would always try to get on my nerves (and often, unfortunately, succeed) by saying, "Dinosaurs are gay!"
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Post by: Pangaea on December 23, 2009, 12:26:40 AM
I'm celebrating the end of my fall semester by reviving a few "dead" Party Room threads. This one hasn't been touched in over three weeks, so...I figured it counted. :p
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Post by: The Friendly Sharptooth on December 24, 2009, 10:50:30 AM
I am able to force start my adrenaline. It's not unheard of. There are some who can. Here is an example of where such people are found: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qi...02041516AAuDIlp (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080402041516AAuDIlp).

I can do it by creating voluntary anger. It's hard to explain. You know how dance lessons over and over can give what's known as muscle memory to duplicate those movements over and over? You could say this is like emotional memory. In less than a minute, I can make myself furious. (Troublesome past.) The thing is though, it's what's known as "double edged sword." I'll try to explain what doing this is like.

You know how credit cards work? You don't haev sufficient funds, so you charge credit, using money that you don't have to pay it off later. Using adrenaline for extended periods causes immense fatigue. It begins while you're still in the mode, and if you suddenly stop yourself, it's quite a shock to your body, as it spent energy it didn't have, and the end result is a bill. If I do it for too long, it becomes difficult to even more for a while. But let's get to the benefits, huh?

If you can do this well enough, you cause an extreme pain reduction. I've done some tests. I've gotten like this, then ran as fast as I could on a road made or loose rocks, not pavement. For over a minute, it didn't hurt at all. Back to the bill thing though, when I stopped and sat down, I felt all the pain I would have felt otherwise all at once. The pain persisted for a while and I had to limp.

Those who've seen picture know I have a small body. Nonetheless, my old boss from the hardware store would tell you I'm the "strongest" loader he's ever had employed under him. It's not that I'm strong, it's what I do to make up for that. They had these six feet tall, one hundred foot long rolls of wire fencing. Even with a partner, we loaders struggle to load them, as they are quite heavy. Well, you can call up who my head loader was, and he'll tell you that I'd get like that, I could load them by myself, one after the other for some time. Also, due to the pain thing, the pressure of the wiring didn't hurt when I lifted alone either.

When I'd stop and see the marks on my arms, I'd sometimes be surprised, since I didn't feel myself getting them while I worked. Depending on how long I'd do such things, I'd be gasping for breath afterwards. The loader was aware I can do this, and at first enjoyed it. However, he's a caring guy, so after seeing how much it'd wear on me, he told me that I am no longer allowed to get like that unless someone was with me.

This state makes me very impatient. I do not think about my actions, but instead hurry to get them done. That make may seem bad in general, but as a loader there, I only had to lift things and, well, load them onto peoples' vehicles, so wasn't much to think about.

It takes less than a minute for me to get very sweaty and for my heart to start racing. It's an exhilarating feeling, both painful and pleasant at the same time. Anyway, just thought I'd mention something else about me.
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Post by: Pangaea on December 26, 2009, 02:52:39 AM
About an hour ago (11:59 PM, to be exact :p), as a last-minute Christmas experience, I had my second taste of an alcoholic beverage: half a shot glass of Irish Cream. My opinion on the flavor of alcohol remains unchanged, however. To me it tasted like a combination of eggnog and mouthwash. :x
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Post by: Mirumoto_Kenjiro on December 27, 2009, 09:50:23 PM
^I'm not wild about liquers either.  What was your first drink?
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Post by: Noname on December 27, 2009, 09:51:24 PM
I can drink champagne, but I don't like more than a sip of regular wine. I'm not sure why that is.  :blink:
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Post by: Pangaea on December 27, 2009, 10:45:27 PM
Quote from: Mirumoto_Kenjiro,Dec 27 2009 on  08:50 PM
^I'm not wild about liquers either.  What was your first drink?
A reeeeeally tiny sip of wine (red, I think) at a restaurant in late August of this year. Even that made me frantic to wash the taste out of my mouth. :lol I don't like foods or beverages with a strong bitter flavor, so alcohol's probably not for me.
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Post by: Serris on December 27, 2009, 11:38:02 PM
My first taste of alcohol was in Poland in Spring 2007. Only the milky cocktail was actually good and I could still taste the alcohol.

I love to cook with liquor and wine but I hate drinking it.
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Post by: Noname on December 27, 2009, 11:43:22 PM
I've never tried white wine. I would like to, though. I've never cooked with alcohol, though.
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Post by: tempestwheel on December 27, 2009, 11:43:49 PM
When it comes to Pepsi and Coke, I only like the original kinds and none of the variations.
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Post by: Noname on December 28, 2009, 12:06:43 AM
I like Cherry coke.
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Post by: Amaranthine on December 28, 2009, 12:09:00 AM
I LOVED that asian coke I tried in Disney World. :wub: I think it was Korean, it had a strawberry, watermelon flavor. ^^
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Post by: Noname on December 28, 2009, 12:14:44 AM
I like vanilla coke too.

(Rat Lady, could we talk on the PM system. I have something to ask about.)
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Post by: Ptyra on December 28, 2009, 01:45:57 AM
While I do like Dr. Pepper or coke, my favorite soft drink if Creme :D .
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Post by: Noname on December 28, 2009, 01:57:16 AM
I like cream sodas. mmm...  :DD
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Post by: Nick22 on December 28, 2009, 02:14:36 AM
regular coke dr pepper and ruby red squirt are my favorite sodas.
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Post by: Noname on December 28, 2009, 02:16:39 AM
I also like Fanta.  :DD
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Post by: Noname on December 28, 2009, 02:54:24 AM
(Rat Lady, you need to allow PMs to get through. When I tried to PM you, it said you had turned those settings off, so no one can PM you. )
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Post by: Amaranthine on December 31, 2009, 01:09:49 AM
I have a bleeding blister right now...Dx
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Post by: Pangaea on December 31, 2009, 05:58:04 PM
Here’s what I personally consider to be one of the most unusual and interesting facts about me:

I have always called both of my parents by their first namesóliterally, ALWAYS. Apparently, when I was learning to talk, I would listen to them address each other by name, and assumed that that’s what I was supposed to call them.

My siblings emulated my habit for a while, but since then they have reverted to calling our parents by the customary titles of “Mom” and “Dad”, leaving me alone to continue this strange habit. :P:

EDIT: My 999th post! :wow
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Post by: Serris on January 01, 2010, 03:48:16 AM
My body temperature is quite low (mid 97 to mid 98 is normal).

I naturally have extremely hard and sharp nails.

I like cane sugar over high fructose corn syrup.
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Post by: Amaranthine on January 01, 2010, 03:54:44 AM
Quote from: Pangaea,Dec 31 2009 on  01:58 PM
Here’s what I personally consider to be one of the most unusual and interesting facts about me:

I have always called both of my parents by their first namesóliterally, ALWAYS. Apparently, when I was learning to talk, I would listen to them address each other by name, and assumed that that’s what I was supposed to call them.

My siblings emulated my habit for a while, but since then they have reverted to calling our parents by the customary titles of “Mom” and “Dad”, leaving me alone to continue this strange habit. :P:

EDIT: My 999th post! :wow
I used to call my parents by their first names too. I think all that had to do with was I didn't hear anyone else calling my parents "mom" and "dad", so I called them by their first names. :confused
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on January 01, 2010, 04:09:41 AM
Quote from: Serris,Jan 1 2010 on  02:48 AM
My body temperature is quite low (mid 97 to mid 98 is normal).

 
My vital signs except for respirations tend to run low:

Temperature: 97.3 degrees Fahrenheit

Pulse (resting): 60-65 beats per minute

Blood pressure: average for me is around 100/60
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Post by: Pangaea on January 01, 2010, 05:32:40 AM
I also apparently have a relatively lower-than-average temperature. (Am I seeing a pattern here? :huh:)

Quote from: Serris,Jan 1 2010 on  02:48 AM
I naturally have extremely hard and sharp nails.
I'm not entirely sure about how my nails compare to other people's, but I suspect that they'd get a pretty high hardness and sharpness rating, too. My fingernails also seem to grow very fast; maybe an eighth of an inch per month. (Tell you what: I'll clip them right now, and when February comes along, I'll tell you how much they've grown. :p)
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Post by: MrDrake on January 01, 2010, 05:34:05 AM
I like pie, pie is good ^^
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Post by: Ptyra on January 01, 2010, 03:33:22 PM
I don't like pie, but I loove quiche (now that we've broken the pattern...)
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Post by: MrDrake on January 01, 2010, 03:55:41 PM
My favourite superhero is Wolverine from Marvel, and Batman from DC.
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Post by: Noname on January 01, 2010, 04:03:33 PM
I like Spider-Man the best of all superheros. At least, until they made him make a deal with the devil. Now, unless they retconned that, it really stinks.  <_<
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Post by: Pangaea on January 01, 2010, 06:43:59 PM
During the family New Year’s celebration last night, I had a small glass of champagne (well, not quite champagne, but a similar, sweeter drink that my parents thought I might like better). Unfortunately, I can scratch it from the list of beverages I’ll be enjoying in the future, as I found the flavor comparable to the gastric acid component of vomit. :x I finished the glass, but quickly switched my New Year’s drink to Sprite. :p

Also, last night, my sister voted me the "least normal-looking" member of the family. :lol
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Post by: MrDrake on January 01, 2010, 06:47:58 PM
lol, poor you XD

I'm a bit of a video game adictiv, I mean, I like playing video games, such fun....especially games like Red Faction that have random destruction :lol:
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Post by: Noname on January 01, 2010, 07:00:24 PM
I was at a party last night with a friend who has the same first name as my brother, but it is spelled in a different way.
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Post by: The Chronicler on January 01, 2010, 07:12:31 PM
It's been about 7 hours since I uploaded the first chapter of my fanfic on fanfiction.net, and so far it has been viewed ten times (Not counting any views I've made myself). Not a bad start in my opinion. :)
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Post by: MrDrake on January 04, 2010, 06:08:38 PM
I'm a SpongeBob fan.....I love that show, even though they are showing repeats, it's just so random and what not, especially with SpongeBob and Patrick ^^

Mr. Krabs: And take that pile of filth out with you *shows Squidward holding up a bag of garbage*
SpongeBob: *gasps* Mr. Krabs, you shouldn't talk about Squidward like that!
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Post by: Noname on January 04, 2010, 10:22:08 PM
I used to like Nickelodeon, back during the "golden days" of the 1990s and early 2000s. Doug, All That, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Keenan and Kel, and a few other shows were the best!
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on January 04, 2010, 10:57:00 PM
Quote from: Noname,Jan 4 2010 on  09:22 PM
I used to like Nickelodeon, back during the "golden days" of the 1990s and early 2000s. Doug, All That, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Keenan and Kel, and a few other shows were the best!
I remember All That. That was like SNL For Kids/Young Adults.
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Post by: Amaranthine on January 04, 2010, 11:18:15 PM
I loved those older shows too. A lot of cartoons nowdays are just stupid. <_<
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Post by: Ptyra on January 04, 2010, 11:31:43 PM
I didn't watch Nicolodeon as a kid...I watched PBS. Ah, "Arthur", "Sagwa: The Chinese Siamese Cat", "Cyberchase"...my brothers and I loved Cyberchase. You'd THINK I'd be better at math after watching it XD
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Post by: Noname on January 04, 2010, 11:43:39 PM
I used to like the "Carmen Sandiego" shows.
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Post by: MrDrake on January 05, 2010, 12:22:26 AM
My favourite comic strips from the newpaper is Garfield.  He's just awesome to me ^^
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on January 05, 2010, 04:25:35 AM
Quote from: Noname,Jan 4 2010 on  09:22 PM
I used to like Nickelodeon, back during the "golden days" of the 1990s and early 2000s. Doug, All That, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Keenan and Kel, and a few other shows were the best!
*SIGH* Those were the days :yes!

I have a weird tendency to laugh whenever I'm in pain from a mishap :crazy.  I actually used to believe I was a masochist for this very reason :lol!
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on January 05, 2010, 05:28:12 AM
Quote from: MrDrake,Jan 4 2010 on  11:22 PM
My favourite comic strips from the newpaper is Garfield.  He's just awesome to me ^^
I'm a fan of the Garfield comic strips but I have to say that my all time fav has to be Snoopy and the Peanuts Gang :D
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Post by: Serris on January 07, 2010, 02:19:25 AM
I know what E. coli smells like (a combination of vomit, bathroom from hell and garbage).
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Post by: Nick22 on January 07, 2010, 02:26:24 AM
I have collected all 12 presidential dollars to date.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on January 07, 2010, 03:10:34 AM
Quote from: Serris,Jan 7 2010 on  01:19 AM
I know what E. coli smells like (a combination of vomit, bathroom from hell and garbage).
I'm not sure if that compares to a cat that's been dead in a garage during a warm month for a month :x.  Seriously, that happened to my family and I several years back.  We were wonderin' what the hell was causin' such a stink in the garage, so we investigated.  And investigated.  And investigated.  Finally, we found a dead cat next to an empty box of chocolate brownies.  Don't ask me why the brownies were out there in the first place :lol.  We were in the process of movin' to a new house.

On the sunject of bad smells, due to workin' as a caregiver since I was sixteen, I've become immune to just about every bad smell there is :blink:.
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Post by: Noname on January 07, 2010, 03:19:02 AM
I know what cat vomit smells like, because until recently, my cat was throwing up a lot. It smells like stomach acid, and fish. At least, in her case.
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Post by: SouthPawRacer on January 07, 2010, 03:41:10 AM
I have a sense of smell that switches on and off. Sometimes I can smell things vividly, other times no matter how hard I concentrate, I can't smell a thing. :blink:
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Post by: MrDrake on January 07, 2010, 03:47:47 AM
I tend to have pretty good hearing.....whenever I want to use it that is :p
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on January 07, 2010, 03:50:52 AM
Quote from: SouthPawRacer,Jan 7 2010 on  02:41 AM
I have a sense of smell that switches on and off. Sometimes I can smell things vividly, other times no matter how hard I concentrate, I can't smell a thing. :blink:
That happens to me occasionally, and it more frequently happens to my sense of hearing.  At random times, my radar ears will all of a sudden become nearly deaf for a few minutes, then return back to normal :crazy.  That once happened with my vision as well when I was younger.  I woke up blind and remained that way for who knows how long.  Considering I had been awakened by a terrible nightmare about a killer in the house, I was not too thrilled about this :rolleyes:.
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Post by: Amaranthine on January 08, 2010, 01:42:11 AM
I love tapioca cold and warm, but chocolate tapioca, it ALWAYS needs to be warm, otherwise...it does NOT taste good at all. :x
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Post by: Mirumoto_Kenjiro on January 08, 2010, 02:34:03 AM
For someone living in the southwest Arizona most of my life, I still have a low tolerance for heat higher than low.
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Post by: Serris on January 08, 2010, 02:40:57 AM
I can tolerate extreme heat quite well but under certain conditions, I can tolerate extreme cold as well.
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on January 08, 2010, 06:41:14 AM
Gimme the heat any time. I can function much better in high heat than I can in the cold. The cold just cripples me. Ironic that now I'm currently under 8inches of snow right now! Someone up there obviously doesn't like me!  :p  :lol
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Post by: SouthPawRacer on January 08, 2010, 07:01:56 AM
I'm Australian, but I hate Australian summers. They absolutely rub me up the wrong way. :x On that note...

Jason, I have a proposition for you: You come down here to Oz, where I'm melting in a pool of sweat DESPITE THE AIR CONDITIONER BEING ON, and I'll go over to Britain to cool off. I want some of that snow! :lol:
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Post by: Pangaea on January 08, 2010, 10:44:05 PM
I previously said on here that my estimated low limit for temperatures was 10? Fahrenheit, but this winter I’ve been going outside in temperatures of 0? F and below, and not minding too much. :blink:

It’s been a while since I’ve experienced really high temperatures (at least, it feels that way), so I don’t know what my limit there is. :wacko I do know that high heat combined with high humidity really kills me.
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Post by: Belmont2500 on January 09, 2010, 12:03:49 AM
I'm a huge bookworm,the school library is my hangout   :D
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Post by: Amaranthine on January 09, 2010, 12:47:30 AM
^ I just recently began to be a bookworm again. Most the stuff I read is online, and they're not even stories. xD
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on January 09, 2010, 01:27:07 AM
Quote from: Pangaea,Jan 8 2010 on  09:44 PM
I do know that high heat combined with high humidity really kills me.
Then don't visit my neck o' the woods in the summer (southeastern Virginia) :o!  I actually have a high tolerance for and like warm weather.  To me, anything below the high 80s starts to feel like winter :lol.
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Post by: Amaranthine on January 09, 2010, 12:33:39 PM
I can't STAND hot weather, :x I like it sunny and warm with a crisp air. :yes
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Post by: jedi472 on January 09, 2010, 01:43:13 PM
I love to read, though lately I've had to much going on to really get much finished.
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Post by: Mumbling on January 09, 2010, 02:14:11 PM
I just got promoted to Content Staff on another forum, means I can update articles and write them myself for their site now (about neopets).
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Post by: tempestwheel on January 09, 2010, 02:21:15 PM
I should be getting my word processor back soon, so I'll be able to continue writing SV 2 soon! :-)
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Post by: Pangaea on January 09, 2010, 02:24:26 PM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Jan 9 2010 on  11:33 AM
I can't STAND hot weather, :x I like it sunny and warm with a crisp air. :yes
That about describes my ideal sort of weather, too.

Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Jan 9 2010 on  12:27 AM
Quote from: Pangaea,Jan 8 2010 on  09:44 PM
I do know that high heat combined with high humidity really kills me.
Then don't visit my neck o' the woods in the summer (southeastern Virginia) :o!
Ironically, I've always been fascinated by tropical rainforests, and for a long time I really wanted to visit one. (I'd still like to, but acquiring a knowledge of the various diseases and parasites that inhabit the tropics has somewhat dulled my enthusiasm for the idea.)
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on January 10, 2010, 02:39:30 AM
I often get random and unpredicted "laugh attacks".  That is, an uncontrollable case of laughter :lol.  As of now, I'm recovering from one.  I have a really HUGE sense of humor, so perhaps that plays a factor :DD.
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Post by: Noname on January 10, 2010, 03:16:37 AM
I like hot weather, but not cold weather. I really hate it when my room is hot enough to make me sweat. That means it is also bad for my electronics.  <_<

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Post by: MrDrake on January 10, 2010, 03:20:33 AM
I prefeer the cold weather over the hot weather myself....although, it's gets really, really cold at times, but to me, it's better than it being too hot.
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Post by: Noname on January 10, 2010, 03:27:04 AM
I like the snow that so often comes with the cold weather. It makes it more worthwhile.  :D
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Post by: MrDrake on January 10, 2010, 03:33:32 AM
We never get snow here, save for Mount Ruapehu....or however it's spelt....that, and other places here and there.
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Post by: Chomper on January 10, 2010, 12:52:23 PM
I was inducted in the National Honor Society at my school this year. :DD
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Post by: Littlefoot Fan on January 10, 2010, 01:53:43 PM
Whenever I'm eating a pop tart/toaster strudel, I always eat around the center.
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Post by: Dash The Longneck on January 10, 2010, 05:33:03 PM
I saw the Squeakquel 4 times.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on January 12, 2010, 03:00:13 AM
I've watched "Jurassic Park" more than 100 times :lol.
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Post by: Pangaea on January 12, 2010, 03:12:43 AM
I saw "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" three times in theaters, but (as with most movies) I've lost count of how many times I've seen it on DVD. :p
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Post by: raga on January 13, 2010, 01:40:10 AM
I've mentioned it somewhere on some obscure thread a long time ago, but I have taken several flight lessons and have personally taken off, flown, and landed an airplane.  I do not have a pilot's licence though.
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Post by: MrDrake on January 13, 2010, 02:26:55 AM
I like seafood, it's just so tasty
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Post by: Pangaea on January 16, 2010, 02:27:01 AM
Quote from: MrDrake,Jan 13 2010 on  01:26 AM
I like seafood, it's just so tasty
Me too, though I’m afraid to eat some kinds of seafood (like shrimp and tuna) because I worry about the sustainability and environmental friendliness of the fishing methods used to catch them. :unsure:
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Post by: Amaranthine on January 16, 2010, 02:38:20 AM
I really don't care for seafood that much. :p Some fish isn't too bad, but ehh I'm the pickiest eater in the world. :p
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Post by: Noname on January 16, 2010, 02:44:17 AM
I like sushi and well-done seafood. Salmon is good too, I think. Never tried bass or perch. I'd like to.
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Post by: Pangaea on January 24, 2010, 04:00:27 AM
Random weird one:

It is no challenge at all for me to rub my stomach and pat my head (or vice versa) at the same time, but only if I’m doing the patting with my left hand and the rubbing with my right. It’s virtually impossible for me to do it the other way around.
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Post by: Noname on January 24, 2010, 04:18:18 AM
I used to like Carmen Sandiego. I still like the old theme song. I have the remake of the original game, too.
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Post by: Serris on January 24, 2010, 06:49:12 PM
I actually did a substantial amount of research for TWV on everything from staff fighting to stone knapping.
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Post by: Dash The Longneck on January 24, 2010, 07:23:22 PM
I love to roeplay different animated movies and shows.
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Post by: MrDrake on January 24, 2010, 07:27:10 PM
I depise Superman with a pasion.  So instead, I rekon that Batman is just awesome :lol:

Like Yahtzee said "Being the most capable fictional character since Jesus" :lol
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Post by: Noname on January 24, 2010, 11:02:56 PM
I vote democratic but am considering a switch to an independent status. Neither party is doing a very good job right now.
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Post by: Serris on January 25, 2010, 12:01:11 AM
I HATE NJ's gun control laws.
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Post by: Amaranthine on January 25, 2010, 12:16:11 AM
Quote from: Noname,Jan 24 2010 on  07:02 PM
I vote democratic but am considering a switch to an independent status. Neither party is doing a very good job right now.
I agree, all of these little nit pick "battles" between the Republicans and Democrats are so silly.  :rolleyes:

I don't think I will choose any political party myself. Not even independent.
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Post by: Noname on January 25, 2010, 01:10:52 AM
I have experience in the fields of education, law, civic service, and a bit of metalworking. I'm also good with history and philosophy.
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Post by: Nick22 on January 25, 2010, 11:15:00 PM
I learned about a lot of places by playing Where in Europe in Carmen Sandiego?
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Post by: Noname on January 26, 2010, 04:14:57 AM
I used to like Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego too.
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Post by: Nick22 on January 27, 2010, 02:12:39 AM
i was the only student in my 8th grade class to correctly identify all the states and their capitals
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Post by: Noname on January 27, 2010, 03:21:05 AM
I make quizzes on Sporcle.

Link: http://www.sporcle.com/user/Aristocles/contributed (http://www.sporcle.com/user/Aristocles/contributed)
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Post by: Amaranthine on January 27, 2010, 01:01:00 PM
I can get pretty anal about how people say things, especially if they are trying to teach me something.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on January 27, 2010, 05:13:39 PM
Quote from: Nick22,Jan 27 2010 on  01:12 AM
i was the only student in my 8th grade class to correctly identify all the states and their capitals
I was one of only five students out of around forty students in a COLLEGE level course to name all fifty states and their capitals :blink:.  This was for extra credit during the final exam for a class last semester.  The point I'm trying to make is that it is both shocking and sad that there are Americans who do not even know this much about their country.  Reminds me of that video about Americans being stupid (I think that was even the title :unsure:).
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Post by: Malte279 on January 27, 2010, 05:31:46 PM
Quote
Reminds me of that video about Americans being stupid (I think that was even the title :unsure: ).
Stupidity is not an American only privilege. We had students in our senior grade incapable of naming the continents or find Germany on a globe. Many here don't know the German "Bundesl‰nder" and their capitals either even though we got only 16 to remember three of which are "citystates" so to speak so the names of the "Bundesland" and its capital would be identical.

To be perfectly honest I must confess that I would be pushed harder to name the German Bundeskanzler since 1948 (and they may stay in office for more than eight years) than I would be to name the US presidents :oops
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Post by: Noname on January 27, 2010, 05:50:09 PM
I can only name about two-thirds of the presidents of the USA. Anything before Woodrow Wilson gets fuzzy.
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Post by: Pangaea on January 27, 2010, 07:03:10 PM
My history I.Q. is extremely low. :p Throughout most of grade school, I considered human history to be quite boring, and most of what I learned (like a worryingly large proportion of the knowledge I acquire :unsure:) was pushed to the recesses of my memory and forgotten. I don’t think I’ve ever learned the names of all the U.S. presidents, and while I can name all fifty states, I can’t remember all their capitals off the top of my head. (If I were to recite the states, I’d probably need to write their names down as I did so, because my short-term memory is so awful that when I list things, I often forget which ones I’ve already used as the list grows longer. :wacko)
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on January 27, 2010, 07:07:50 PM
I do well in about every subject with the exception of mathematics.  If it's any harder than geometry, I'm screwed :bang.  I could barely understand geometry.  To me, more advanced math is like someone speaking to me in Russian :p.
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Post by: Amaranthine on January 27, 2010, 08:43:56 PM
Geometry is SO much easier for me then other types of math.

And when I laugh...I can laugh for LONG periods of time, to the point where I'm out of breath. :lol :lol:
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Post by: Nick22 on January 28, 2010, 12:41:53 AM
I can name all the presidents and their terms.. :)  but them again I'm a history nerd
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on January 28, 2010, 12:44:51 AM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Jan 27 2010 on  07:43 PM
And when I laugh...I can laugh for LONG periods of time, to the point where I'm out of breath. :lol :lol:
Me, too :lol!  I can be on the floor, lookin' like I'm convulsing, my life flashing before me 'cuz I'm not getting oxygen, and I still can't stop laughing :lol!
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Post by: Nick22 on January 28, 2010, 01:08:14 AM
i'm a pretty goof mimic
 i can do a good gollum impression, and a jokrer impression
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Post by: Noname on January 28, 2010, 01:58:06 AM
I can remember long lists of useless things, like corporations and city names in odd places, but strangely can never seem to remember ones in Africa.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on January 28, 2010, 10:53:46 AM
I can do all kinds of stupid laughs: SpongeBob, Patrick Star, psychotic, haunted house ghost, drunken fat dude...to name a few :lol.  

I also know how to do a dolphin's "laugh", Goofy's "Yuh-huck!", Mickey's "Oh, boy!", Woody Woodpecker, Goofy's cry whenever he gets launched (Yaaaaaaaaaaaahoohoohoohoohoooooooo! :spit), Tom & Jerry's Tom Cat's yell of pain, SpongeBob's snail Gary's "Meow", and Roadrunner's "Meep Meep!".

I know how to make a lot of crude sounds and other sound effects, including the whistle sound that goes with Wiley Coyote whenever he falls off a cliff :lol.

I also sound exactly like Bugs Bunny in the episode where he yells to Elmer Fudd, "TURN OUT THAT LIGHT!"  I have that line perfected :p.

I know, I know.  Get a life, right :lol?
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Post by: Amaranthine on January 28, 2010, 02:34:23 PM
^That's awesome! I wish I could do most of the voices you just mentioned. ^^
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Post by: Nick22 on January 28, 2010, 04:05:35 PM
thats really cool Ct. Ehh. Whats up doc.. :DD
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Post by: MrDrake on January 28, 2010, 09:05:51 PM
I can do a rather good impression of the "Oh no" phase in Family Guy that Bruce does, that guy with the moustache....he does it in a feminme way :p
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Post by: Serris on January 29, 2010, 06:40:18 PM
My callsign for my computer science class at my community college is a reference to Darwin's Soldiers.

The story behind this: grades are posted online and due to a quirk of the system, all students can see each others grades. To protect the privacy of his students, the professor allowed students to create a callsign that would be used in place of names in the program.
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Post by: Nick22 on January 29, 2010, 11:38:53 PM
i prefer the 1971 version of charlie and the chocolate factory to the 2005 version
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Post by: Noname on January 30, 2010, 01:10:51 AM
I like the original planet of the apes better than remake.
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Post by: Nick22 on January 30, 2010, 01:13:08 AM
rocky should have stopped at rocky 2. rockys 3 4, 5 and 6 were bad, with 6 being the worst
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Post by: Mirumoto_Kenjiro on January 31, 2010, 04:51:21 AM
I have a strong tendancy to develop writer's block.  So far, I have two game design documents, two fanfiction universes, one TV script, five new potential comic book heroes, and multiple potential professional food articles I have not finished. :bang
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Post by: Pangaea on January 31, 2010, 06:36:48 AM
^ Ugh...sounds exactly like me! :rolleyes One major problem I constantly encounter while writing is that I have an idea or concept that I want to get across, but can't find the word or words to express it. (Would that be considered Writer's Block, or something altogether different? :confused) It doesn't help that I'm a procrastinator as well. :oops I've got a book series, a LBT fanfic, a list of extinct animals, and a number of GOF posts saved on Word documents (including one that I started writing before I even posted my introduction on the forum :wow) that are nowhere near finished. :bang :bang :bang
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Post by: Amaranthine on January 31, 2010, 07:57:15 AM
Sometimes I feel like a foreigner trying to speak my OWN native language. :p

I also have wondered if I was mild retarded and I was just a stupid person in general. :p
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Post by: Pangaea on February 01, 2010, 12:59:12 AM
Not sure if anybody remembers, but at the beginning of the New Year, I shared a tidbit about my fingernails (http://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?topic=5052&view=findpost&p=9159272), stating that I suspected them to grow relatively fast, but wasn't sure exactly how fast. (My estimate was 1/8 of an inchóor 3.33 millimetersóper month.) I promised to cut my nails and record how long they grew by February. Well, the results are in. :p

Turns out my pinky nails grew about 2 millimeters, my index nails about 2 1/2 millimeters, and the rest around 3 millimeters or marginally less. (There was some slight variation between hands, which may be attributable to natural wear and tear on the nails.) So it turns out that, for at least some of my nails, my initial estimate was pretty close. Unfortunately, having done some research, I've also found out that 3 mm per month is the average growth rate for human fingernails. So my nails don't grow unusually fast after all. Oh well.

(Yeah, this has got to be about the most boring entry I've ever posted in this thread. :rolleyes Well, whaddaya expect from a weirdo? :p)

On a side note, my 1,100th post! :smile
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Post by: MrDrake on February 01, 2010, 01:14:09 AM
I wish that I could have a pet fox of my own, as I find them to be oh so cute.
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Post by: f-22 "raptor" ace on February 01, 2010, 01:21:05 AM
I strongly dislike it that the History channel has so many reality tv shows now.
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Post by: Amaranthine on February 02, 2010, 02:59:34 PM
My beliefs tend to be eclectic, meaning mixed, for those of you that don't know what eclectic means, if any of you are curious about my beliefs go ahead and pm me if you want.

I love cheese, but I can only eat it in certain doses, otherwise I get pretty sick.
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Post by: The Chronicler on February 02, 2010, 03:28:38 PM
Many of the TV shows I enjoy watching are on either the History channel or the Discovery channel. I think I would probably also watch shows on the Science channel and the National Geographic channel, but I don't get those two channels at my house. :neutral
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on February 02, 2010, 03:39:23 PM
Whenever I do watch TV, I mostly watch shows that are on Animal Planet, National Geographic, A&E, Discovery Health, and sometimes Comedy Central (Comedy Central Presents :lol).  I also watch "The Biggest Loser".  It reminds me to keep myself in shape :p.
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Post by: Amaranthine on February 02, 2010, 03:44:40 PM
One of my recent favorite tv shows is "Worst Cooks in America". It is hilarious! :lol Sometimes I just wonder what exactly is it in their dishes that these people put in! :x
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on February 02, 2010, 03:52:33 PM
Really?  I should check that out :p.  

I like "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares".  That one really does make me wonder what nasty secrets some restaurants hide behind closed doors :x.
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Post by: Nick22 on February 02, 2010, 05:34:23 PM
i hope there is another season of cities of the underworld on History..
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Post by: Noname on February 02, 2010, 07:33:15 PM
I like watching shows on the military channel from time to time.
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Post by: Ptyra on February 02, 2010, 10:02:13 PM
These days, I only watch Animal Planet when I get the chance.
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Post by: Noname on February 02, 2010, 11:30:35 PM
I like CNN by far as my favorite news network.
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Post by: tempestwheel on February 03, 2010, 11:15:53 PM
I like kart racing games more than realistic racing games.

One of my all-time favorite series, Case Closed/Detective Conan, the 1st time I saw it, it was for a lark but I grew to be addicted to it!  :DD
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Post by: Pangaea on February 04, 2010, 04:14:46 AM
I used to watch A LOT of television (mainly science and nature shows on National Geographic, Animal Planet, The Discovery Channel, The History Channel, and PBS), usually taping them so I could watch them later (which I would then never get around to doing :rolleyes), but in late spring of last year (2009), I became largely apathetic to most of the shows I used to obsessively record, and virtually ceased watching television altogether. If I remember correctly, this was partly because the VCR was a pain to record things with, partly because I just got tired of taping shows when it seemed like I never had time to watch them, and partly because videotapes were accumulating in mountains around the TV set. :p I still try to record programs of interest, but the only series I nowadays make any effort to keep up with are MythBusters andóto a somewhat lesser extentóDirty Jobs (both Discovery Channel programs).
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on February 04, 2010, 10:18:23 PM
I know how to induce powerful adrenaline rushes in myself.  All I have to do is think of something that pisses me off (usually from something that I read).  I can make myself go from calm and easy-going to hyper and in a rage within a minute.  It came in handy when I used to be on the track team, and now I use it whenever I run and I start to feel tired.  It's also useful for other sports ;).
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Post by: Serris on February 04, 2010, 11:23:48 PM
I like watching the Military History Channel, the Military Channel, History International, History Channel and the Food Network.
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Post by: Amaranthine on February 04, 2010, 11:24:27 PM
^Interesting you would talk about that, because I had some adrenaline ruch today myself.

People usually don't realize how I strong physically I can be. I'm about 5.4", but I am able to hold someone much heavier and taller then me back if I need to.
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Post by: Littlefoot Fan on February 04, 2010, 11:30:25 PM
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I know how to induce powerful adrenaline rushes in myself. All I have to do is think of something that pisses me off (usually from something that I read). I can make myself go from calm and easy-going to hyper and in a rage within a minute.
Believe it or not, I can do the same exact thing. But usually it happens by accident. There are some things that get me worked up very quickly if I think about them, so I usually avoid doing it if I can.
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Post by: Noname on February 05, 2010, 03:21:32 AM
I also like CNN international. It's got reports one would never see on other channels.
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Post by: MrDrake on February 05, 2010, 08:07:00 AM
I love horror movies, something others in my family don't seem to like, my mum doesn't like them, my younger sister, well, too young to watch them and my older sister doesn't really like them either.
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Post by: Pangaea on February 05, 2010, 06:46:13 PM
I’ve always been too much of a scaredy egg to watch horror films. :p I’m incredibly high-strung (practically any sudden noise is enough to make me jump) and have never enjoyed the adrenaline rush that comes from being scared. On top of that, most horror genres hold little interest to me, excepting for the ones with creatures or monsters in them (and even that’s a fairly recent development, dating back to my high school years). I remember the first time I watched Alien, I kept fast-forwarding and rewinding so that I knew when the jump scenes would be. I've probably gotten better since then, but horror movies still aren't my thing.
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Post by: Saft on February 05, 2010, 06:50:53 PM
^
Can't watch horror/thriller movies myself.

-I used to like pineapple juice when I was younger..now I hate it.  
-I represented Knowsley in the 2001 Merseyside Youth games in tennis.  Won a silver medal.:)
-Aside from collecting Lion King merchadise..I collect TY beanie babies, Nici key rings and beer bottle caps (they have numbers on them).
-I don't tend to drink but I like PanachÈ.
-I tried coffee...:D
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Post by: Pangaea on February 05, 2010, 07:21:43 PM
I hate bitter-tasting things, so I don’t drink coffee, though I developed something of a taste for cappuchinos over the holidays. :p
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Post by: Nick22 on February 05, 2010, 07:59:53 PM
i love minty candies, candy canes, peppermint ice cream, mint lifesavers etc.
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Post by: jedi472 on February 05, 2010, 09:58:01 PM
I'll pretty much eat any kind of food, to the point where I really don't have a favorite food.
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Post by: The Great Valley Guardian on February 06, 2010, 12:09:43 AM
As for food, I will eat almost anything...except Peanuts, Almonds, Cashews or any type of nut. It's odd because I'm not allergic to any of them.
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Post by: Caustizer on February 06, 2010, 12:15:59 AM
If I was a dinosaur in LBT, I'd probably be either a Wingtail or a Longneck... mainly because I'm an artist and a creator in the extreme, but I tend to draw in straight lines on paper so I suck when it comes to creating pictures  :confused
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Post by: MrDrake on February 06, 2010, 12:18:30 AM
I love tomato juice myself.

Yes, I'm weird like that :p
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Post by: Nick22 on February 06, 2010, 12:25:56 AM
i like both coke and pepsi
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Post by: jedi472 on February 06, 2010, 12:28:04 AM
Despite my username, I am also an avid Trek fan, though I like Wars more.
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Post by: The Great Valley Guardian on February 06, 2010, 12:51:36 AM
I am physically addicted to Cheesecake, Root beer and Pizza. Not necessarily in that order.
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Post by: tempestwheel on February 06, 2010, 01:05:02 AM
My favorite variation on a regular pop was Pepsi Twist, but they don't make that anymore.
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Post by: Littlefoot Fan on February 06, 2010, 02:05:18 AM
I love Mac N' Cheese and make it all the time :smile
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Post by: Pangaea on February 06, 2010, 04:12:34 AM
Quote from: The Great Valley Guardian,Feb 5 2010 on  11:51 PM
I am physically addicted to Cheesecake, Root beer and Pizza. Not necessarily in that order.
Me too, at least with root beer and pizza (though I seldom have both at the same meal). I like cheesecake, but I'm sorta picky about it. :p

EDIT: Actually, I'm picky about root beer and pizza as well (and pretty much everything I eat, really), but while I usually can't stomach a lot of cheesecake even if I really like it, I can eat A LOT of pizza or drink A LOT of root beer at one sitting. (Maybe cheesecake just fills me up faster.)
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Post by: tempestwheel on February 08, 2010, 06:44:01 PM
Over 2 years ago, I wrote a little Final Destination fanfic, and one of the deaths I thought up ended up being nearly identical to one that was in FD4!  :DD
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Post by: MrDrake on February 08, 2010, 07:31:06 PM
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Sherlock Holmes.....at least, I don't think I am  :DD
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Post by: Noname on February 08, 2010, 07:44:11 PM
I liked the New Orleans saints even before they won the super bowl last night.
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Post by: Ptyra on February 08, 2010, 08:32:34 PM
I don't give a darn about who wins or loses football.
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Post by: Noname on February 08, 2010, 08:36:35 PM
I like baseball more, to tell you all the truth.
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Post by: Nick22 on February 08, 2010, 09:13:30 PM
i think baseball should expand their playoffs by giving playoffs spots to the the teams that win the first half, and after the all-star break they start over.
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Post by: Amaranthine on February 08, 2010, 09:39:56 PM
I plan to travel around the world once I am done with school. :yes
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Post by: jedi472 on February 08, 2010, 10:17:59 PM
I really don't have a least-favorite food, since I'm generally OK with everything.
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Post by: Noname on February 08, 2010, 11:03:01 PM
I like Italian food the most. I don't really like German or Thai food. Japanese food is pretty good in my opinion.
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Post by: Nick22 on February 08, 2010, 11:10:11 PM
i'm pretty plain when it comes to food. i like my pizas with cheese, the my subs ham and cheese, and my bread white
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Post by: Noname on February 08, 2010, 11:14:30 PM
I like whole wheat bread. My father inculcated that into me.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on February 09, 2010, 12:03:29 AM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Feb 8 2010 on  08:39 PM
I plan to travel around the world once I am done with school. :yes
Awesome :D!  

As for food, I've gotten so used to healthy food that most junk foods taste gross to me.  Foods that contain a lot of fat give me heartburn, so I usually avoid these foods.  I like spicy food, though.  The spicier, the better :smile.  I'm the only one in my family that likes spicy food; everybody else likes more bland foods :x.  I use a lot of cayenne pepper, tabasco sauce, red pepper, garlic, black pepper, and an occasional handful of hot chilies (mainly habanero, jalapeno, or serrano) in my cooking, so if other family members will be eating what I cook, I have to remind myself to lay off on the spices :lol.
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Post by: Noname on February 09, 2010, 12:24:50 AM
I like salt, but not too many spices. I try to avoid eating too much salt because I know it is bad for one's heart if one has too much of it. I've had lots of spices on Indian food, but I've never tried cayenne pepper. I like crushed red pepper on pizza, though. And basil. Makes me want to go eat pizza right now.   :lol
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Post by: Pangaea on February 09, 2010, 01:15:46 AM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Feb 8 2010 on  11:03 PM
As for food, I've gotten so used to healthy food that most junk foods taste gross to me.
Lucky! :p

I've got a definite sweet tooth, and am fond of moderately spicy foods. As for bitter things, though, the aftertaste I get from grapefruit and cranberry sauce is about my limit. I really have a hard time enjoying any kind of food if it doesn't have a strong flavor, or isn't at least served with something very flavorful.
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Post by: Malte279 on February 09, 2010, 06:05:52 AM
^ I have hardly any idea which food would be considered specifically German, nor do I think many others around here would :lol
What does everyone think is "German cuisine"?
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Post by: SouthPawRacer on February 09, 2010, 06:59:08 AM
Quote from: Malte279,Feb 9 2010 on  05:05 AM
^ I have hardly any idea which food would be considered specifically German, nor do I think many others around here would :lol
What does everyone think is "German cuisine"?
I immediately think of Pumpernickel, Bratwurst and Sauerkraut. Though I have a nagging feeling that one or more of them aren't really German in origin... :p
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Post by: Malte279 on February 09, 2010, 09:49:37 AM
Rest assured that I haven't eaten Sauerkrat very often in my life :p
There is a historic reason though for that clishe. In the German navy around 1900 Sauerkraut was the main provider of vitamin C to prevent scurvy while in the Royal Navy citrus fruits were the vitamin provider of choice. It may also be the basis for naming "Krauts". It is not a particularly frequent dish over here (I haven't eaten Sauerkraut in years I think.
Bratwurst is more common I think. Our junk food response to McDonalds and the like :lol
And as for Pumpernickel, Jason will be able to tell you stories about me trying to convert him from being such a whitebread when he was at my place. It wasn't even Pumpernickel that I was trying to feed to him but just another kind of black-bread. Really, especially in combination with white bread and cheese it is quite tasty and I admit it is something I am going to miss in the lands where most bread is homogeneously white and "grainless" :p
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Post by: Noname on February 09, 2010, 05:23:45 PM
I am a big supporter of the Constellation space program that was essentially canceled by president Obama. I voted for him, and I believe that he has a good heart, but this was, in my opinion, a very bad move.
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Post by: Amaranthine on February 09, 2010, 08:02:27 PM
That's interesting Malte! I have yet myself to try German cuisine, though I kind of already eat it myself. It was the Germans that put cheese and apples together and they taste awesome together! :D

I don't think I'll ever get a permanent tattoo, mostly because my skin is very sensitive and I wonder what would happen to me if I got really old and what would be the affects of it. :p
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Post by: MrDrake on February 09, 2010, 08:48:43 PM
I love chocolate.  I mean, I just can't get enough of it, so tasty, so delicious....so....*starts drooling*
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Post by: Amaranthine on February 09, 2010, 09:14:45 PM
I love chocolate too! Especially triple dark chocolate! The darker the better I say! ;)
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Post by: MrDrake on February 09, 2010, 09:43:34 PM
Curses! Now I want chocolate.....

My favourite kind of flavoured chips are salt and vinager. and second favourite being ready salted.
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Post by: Nick22 on February 09, 2010, 10:54:47 PM
i believe that we spend too  much money on defense...
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Post by: Serris on February 10, 2010, 12:09:47 AM
I love dark chocolate.

I love Thai food.
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Post by: Noname on February 10, 2010, 02:18:21 AM
I think we Americans need to get the budget deficit under control immediately.  :blink:
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Post by: Pangaea on February 10, 2010, 03:55:39 AM
Oy...I can think of stuff to say about bread, and stuff to say about chocolate...:unsure:...I’ll talk about bread first. :p

I prefer not to have a lot of whole seeds and grains in my bread, but at the same time I find plain white bread too bland. (I also hate bread that has that “preservativey” flavor to it. :x) I’m fond of rye bread and Italian bread, as well as certain breads that have something baked into it to add flavor (cheese, garlic, cinnamon raisins, etc.). A couple of weeks ago, I tried some “cinnamon chip bread” from a local bakery, and now I’m addicted to it. :smile
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Post by: Malte279 on February 10, 2010, 04:39:20 AM
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It was the Germans that put cheese and apples together and they taste awesome together! biggrin.gif
That's supposed to be German? I must say I never even heard of this so far.
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Post by: Nick22 on February 10, 2010, 11:49:22 AM
the US has almost never had surpluses. we spend more than we take in, unfortunately. its been that way for decades... Handling the deficit will require raising taxes and cutting spending.. something no politician is wiling to endorse..
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on February 10, 2010, 12:34:15 PM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Feb 9 2010 on  08:14 PM
I love chocolate too! Especially triple dark chocolate! The darker the better I say! ;)
Same here!  Milk chocolate is too sweet in my opinion, and white chocolate does not serve any health benefits :x.

As for bread, I don't like white bread at all, mostly 'cuz it's so processed and it's not good for ya.  Unike Pangaea, I eat mostly breads with seeds and nuts in it.  I like multi-grain, sometimes potato, dark rye, and pumpernickel bread.  I also like cinnamon-raisin bread :smile.
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Post by: Serris on February 10, 2010, 12:55:06 PM
I like the heavy multigrain and whole wheat breads.
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Post by: Amaranthine on February 10, 2010, 10:12:00 PM
Whenever I watch "Everybody Loves Raymond", I can't help but laugh at the similarities between them and my family. :p Not really my intermediate family, but just the drama that goes on within the rest of the fam.
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Post by: Noname on February 10, 2010, 10:16:43 PM
I like apples and peanut butter. I don't know who came up with that idea, but I think it was a good one.  :D
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Post by: Nick22 on February 11, 2010, 12:07:07 AM
i love making smores especially microwaving the marshmallow so it expands to a huge size..
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Post by: Serris on February 11, 2010, 12:50:57 AM
I hate marshmallows.
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Post by: MrDrake on February 11, 2010, 02:21:27 AM
Quote from: Serris,Feb 11 2010 on  05:50 PM
I hate marshmallows.
You and me both, I don't like marshmallows as much myself.

I myself, love Fanta *drools*
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Post by: SouthPawRacer on February 11, 2010, 05:13:57 AM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Feb 10 2010 on  11:34 AM
As for bread, I don't like white bread at all, mostly 'cuz it's so processed and it's not good for ya.  Unike Pangaea, I eat mostly breads with seeds and nuts in it.  I like multi-grain, sometimes potato, dark rye, and pumpernickel bread.
Here in Australia, fully processed white bread is basically non-existent. Visiting relatives from the US have told me that the white bread you can buy in supermarkets in Australia is usually found only in health shops in America... :blink: Over there, the white bread manufacturers bake bread for maximum softness so it's only just cooked - basically still dough. :x That's why it feels like a rock in your stomach, and you don't get any nutritional benefit from it. Over here on the other hand, there are no breads that I know of that are baked in that way, and if there are you'd be hard pressed to find any.

I only just ate a white bread sandwich, and it didn't coagulate or stick to the roof of my mouth at all. Very nice to eat... it actually felt more like wholemeal bread than white... :yes

Oh, and to stay on topic:
-I love Wholemeal bread
-I don't mind Rye Bread (particularly good with cheese)
-I'd rather not have Multigrain
-I tried Pumpernickel once a long time ago... and I swore never to again. :x Sorry Malte... :p
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Post by: Malte279 on February 11, 2010, 05:31:20 AM
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-I tried Pumpernickel once a long time ago... and I swore never to again. :x  Sorry Malte...  :p
Not at all, of the different kinds of dark bread existing Pumpernickel would certainly not be my first choice either (though I may not consider it as bad as you do).
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-I don't mind Rye Bread (particularly good with cheese)
Amen to that :yes
This I think would be my choice ;)
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Post by: Pangaea on February 11, 2010, 08:45:35 AM
I had a sandwich on Pumpernickel bread yesterday. It was pretty good. :smile (The bread part, anyway; I thought the contents were too bland. :blink:)

Now for my postponed dissertation on chocolate: :p

I’m not especially picky when it comes to chocolate. I’m good with most varieties. Of course, if it’s too dark, well...I’ve already said how I feel about bitter-tasting foods. :p

I’m kind of strange, though, in that while I love chocolate, I don’t like to eat large amounts of it, especially if it’s very rich chocolate. The best I can describe it is that my taste buds get tired of the flavor really quickly. I also don’t care much for chocolate ice cream.

And I love marshmallows. :P:
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Post by: Mirumoto_Kenjiro on February 11, 2010, 10:53:01 PM
I never liked American-made bleu cheese.  I thought I never liked any bleu cheese until I tried one from France, and it was awesome!
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on February 11, 2010, 10:55:43 PM
I love marshmallows, too :p.

*Thinks about bag o' mini marshies in pantry downstairs :smile*
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Post by: Noname on February 11, 2010, 11:12:44 PM
I also like smores, as long as the chocolate is good. Otherwise...  :x
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Post by: tempestwheel on February 11, 2010, 11:45:01 PM
I like pizza flavored chips.
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Post by: Amaranthine on February 12, 2010, 01:29:30 AM
I have quite a sweet tooth. :p however I don't care for most American breakfasts. Too sweet in the morning. :x
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Post by: Pangaea on February 12, 2010, 03:25:19 AM
My family has made pancakes for breakfast every Sunday since I can't remember when. :p Often I don't eat them, sometimes as a result of oversleeping, :P: but mostly because I get tired of pancakes easily. As I explained on this thread about six months ago, my pancake preferences (http://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?topic=5052&view=findpost&p=9125577) are very specific. Usually when I do partake in my family's pancake breakfasts, it's only when we have a particular kind of maple syrup around. (I can also be tempted if we have blueberries available.)
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Post by: SouthPawRacer on February 12, 2010, 05:12:17 AM
On the subject of pancakes, have you ever tried them with sugar and lemon juice, Pangaea? It's better than it sounds. Really simple: you just squeeze a bit of lemon juice straight on to the pancake, then sprinkle sugar on it according to taste, and then roll it all up like you would a carpet. It's beautiful, especially with a bit of cream. :smile

I also once tried making pancakes using beaten egg whites as opposed to normal ones. The usual deal when you're cooking with egg whites... whip up the egg whites, prepare the rest of the mixture normally, then fold the whites in with the batter.
It actually turned out really good. The first pancake out of the pan was crunchy on the outside, but lovely and fluffy on the inside. If I hadn't forgotten to add that crucial pinch of salt to the mixture, it would have been perfect. :angel
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Post by: Noname on February 12, 2010, 06:10:32 AM
I like pancakes but rarely eat them. Instead, I eat waffles and oatmeal for breakfast. That's good eating.  :lol
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on February 12, 2010, 12:35:56 PM
I don't really care for breakfast.  I usually have a banana and a glass of soy milk with some Carnation instant breakfast powder (for vitamins, along with my supplements I take), and I often squeeze in a good 'ol strong mug of coffee with French vanilla creamer sometime in the mornin'.
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Post by: Sky on February 12, 2010, 04:26:15 PM
Hmm... I'm eating mostly noodle soup for breakfast. I need something warm to eat to get into the day.  :)
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Post by: Noname on February 12, 2010, 05:43:18 PM
I also eat vitamins in the morning, along with breakfast. I also like bacon, but don't have it as often as I might like.
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Post by: Cyberlizard on February 12, 2010, 06:19:49 PM
I have Aspergers!  One of the first people in my state to be diagnosed with it, actually.  xP
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Post by: Nick22 on February 12, 2010, 06:43:19 PM
i enjoy saving money for a rainy day
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Post by: Noname on February 13, 2010, 01:14:58 AM
I think I'm either a prudent saver, or just plain cheap!  :lol

Seriously, I like to save.
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Post by: Serris on February 13, 2010, 02:22:42 AM
Breakfast for me is usually yogurt. But egg drop soup and pan fried dumplings also make an appearance.
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Post by: Nick22 on February 13, 2010, 02:24:03 AM
while i was in Germany, my breakfast would be musli with yogurt. it was actually pretty good
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Post by: Amaranthine on February 13, 2010, 02:25:25 AM
I don't mind when blood spills, but I turn away when gore, with the guts spilling out comes in view. :x  :bolt
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on February 13, 2010, 07:06:55 AM
I don't have any phobias of any real description but china dolls freak me out! They just looks so creepy...I don't trust them :DD
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Post by: Dash The Longneck on February 13, 2010, 08:03:43 AM
I have a 1 year old poodle mix.
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Post by: MrDrake on February 13, 2010, 08:05:34 AM
I love the rain myself and don't really like sunny days all that much.
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Post by: tempestwheel on February 13, 2010, 09:39:30 AM
I'm not afraid of water and I can swim, I'm just afraid of being so far into a body of water that I can't see land.
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Post by: Amaranthine on February 13, 2010, 12:54:42 PM
I REALLY want to find some swimming pool nearby, I really miss swimming. :(
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Post by: Nick22 on February 13, 2010, 03:10:10 PM
i'm going to start teaching tennis again, next Wednesday in Milwaukee
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Post by: Waluigifan on February 13, 2010, 03:45:33 PM
First time that I post here...

I eat sweets every day (I'm a bit addicted to sweets... I know that it's unhealthy, but it tastes so good... :D).
My BMI is 19.1!
I eat once per day.
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Post by: Nick22 on February 14, 2010, 07:06:05 PM
19.1 is healthy i believe not sure what mine is..
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Post by: Amaranthine on February 16, 2010, 01:26:20 AM
When people say they don't like cats or a certain something I really ADORE. I can't help but take offense of it. :(
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Post by: LBTFan13 on February 16, 2010, 01:30:29 AM
I've listened to If We Hold On Together about 20 thousand times :D  :D  :D
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Post by: Amaranthine on February 20, 2010, 04:37:51 AM
I like making lists of some of my favorite things. It's fun to me for some reason.

I have a case of high anxiety as well as a few other things.
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Post by: MrDrake on February 20, 2010, 05:23:22 AM
Yes, I like to drink, I mean, I can drink roughly, a whole bottle's worth of alcohol that has 13% alcohol value and it can't get me drunk as easily.... :blink: well, I don't think it can anyway, I have been drinking before I was typing this :blink:
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Post by: Amaranthine on February 21, 2010, 01:02:29 AM
I'm single and I'm SOOOOOO happy that I am single!
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Post by: Serris on February 21, 2010, 02:10:43 AM
My BMI is 18.9 to 20.1

The reason it fluctuates so much is that my weight ranges from (110 - 117 pounds).

------------

I have done genetic engineering in my high school biology class.

Nothing major, just trying to get some bacteria to fluoresce. Conjugation for the win.

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Post by: Nick22 on February 21, 2010, 02:15:47 AM
i enjoying watching movies with subtitles in them
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Post by: Amaranthine on February 21, 2010, 01:14:56 PM
I hate it when people think I weigh less then what a really weigh. >.> Seriously people, do I really look that thin? :rolleyes
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Post by: Waluigifan on February 21, 2010, 01:22:08 PM
I tested my blood sugar level for fun. One day it was 59, another day 88. Strange...
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Post by: Malte279 on February 21, 2010, 05:04:18 PM
^ Odd indeed how many non diabetic GOF members turn up with rather low bloodsugar. I am type 1 diabetic and when I was at Patrick's place I tested his and Gustav's bloodsuggar for fun.
Both of them had a rather low bloodsuggar level at which I know some non-diabetics would get shaky. A value of 59 is almost a Hypoglycamia (Unterzuckerung). Do you happen to have done any hard work or sports or not eaten for a good while before comming up with so low a bloodsuggar Waluigifan?
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Post by: Noname on February 21, 2010, 06:26:37 PM
I am currently applying to eight different law schools. I have a good chance of getting into 4-5 of them.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on February 22, 2010, 01:06:31 AM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Feb 21 2010 on  12:14 PM
I hate it when people think I weigh less then what a really weigh. >.> Seriously people, do I really look that thin? :rolleyes
Dude, I deal with the same thing :p.  I'm 5'2" and currently weigh around 140 pounds, but so many folks think I weigh no greater than 120 pounds :crazy.  I look like I'm mostly made of lean muscle mass, though.  I would hope so, with all the exercising and healthy eating I do.

Then again, look at it this way.  At least nobody thinks you're heavier than your actual weight ;).
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Post by: Serris on February 22, 2010, 01:13:13 AM
People usually underestimate my weight (usually off by 5 or so pounds). Then again most of my weight is bone and muscle.

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Post by: Noname on February 22, 2010, 02:37:03 AM
I have mostly bone and muscle myself. I've always been kinda slender.
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Post by: Malte279 on February 22, 2010, 03:59:38 AM
^ Especially when guys are asked to guess a girls / woman's weight they are likely to deliberately guess lower. It can bring people into an embarassing situation to be asked to guess once weight. Personally I am near underweight with 64 kilogramm (128 pounds) while being 186 centimeter (roughly 6 foot 2 inches I think) tall.
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Post by: Waluigifan on February 22, 2010, 12:36:24 PM
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Both of them had a rather low bloodsuggar level at which I know some non-diabetics would get shaky. A value of 59 is almost a Hypoglycamia (Unterzuckerung). Do you happen to have done any hard work or sports or not eaten for a good while before comming up with so low a bloodsuggar Waluigifan?
Hm... I don't know anymore. xD If I would know, which day it was exactly... but I know that it was 10pm at that day.
I eat once per day, and I usually go to a fitness center every day (if I don't have to do something special for school or tests)... and I don't eat anything at school (usually 6 or 8 school lessons). I don't know why my bloodsuggar level was so low... I laughed at it that day, because I felt healthy as always. :lol:

I'll go to the doctor, because I'm suffering from alopecia, I think! :o
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on February 22, 2010, 01:56:45 PM
Quote from: Waluigifan,Feb 22 2010 on  11:36 AM
I'll go to the doctor, because I'm suffering from alopecia, I think! :o
That's a common characteristic of folks with anorexia nervosa and/or malnutrition :o.  Be sure to take care of yourself :blink:.  Which makes me think...

Something about me: My friends and family have always described me as the caring maternal figure in the group.  I tend to look out for everybody I care about ;).  I know I sometimes worry too much, though :bang.
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Post by: Nick22 on February 25, 2010, 04:06:24 PM
ithe most i have ever weighed is 167
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Post by: Noname on February 26, 2010, 02:59:47 AM
I once helped to paint a school in Harlem. That's Harlem, New York, for all those of you from the Netherlands. I've never been to the old Haarlem, although it now has a city's famous neighborhood named after it.  :)
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Post by: Nick22 on February 26, 2010, 03:02:14 AM
did you know that harlem is mentioned in the Elton John Song Mona lisas and Mad Hatters?
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Post by: Pangaea on February 28, 2010, 12:33:20 AM
This morning I went to a "green living conference" (an event featuring speakers and showcases on environmentally conscious living), and spent most of the afternoon reorganizing my (extremely cluttered) room. In the process I learned that my cat, Sasquatch, is terrified of vacuum cleaners. Unfortunately I made this discovery when my dad plugged the vacuum cleaner in while I was holding Sasquatch. All I can say is...ouch. :lol
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Post by: Noname on February 28, 2010, 02:07:42 AM
Just when I thought my schedule was LESS busy, midterms begin, and some job issues come up involving forms that I need to fill out, and the site that I need to get them from isn't working very well, so printing them out isn't currently an option.  :anger

I'll have a lot to do. My artwork and fiction will be delayed again, and I have little time for more videos on you tube. I'm also going to be delayed on this site. By Easter recess, this should have passed, and I'll have time to DO stuff again. XD
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Post by: Serris on February 28, 2010, 02:12:37 AM
I am a bit stronger than my size would suggest and am WAY more flexible than I appear.
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Post by: Noname on February 28, 2010, 02:18:40 AM
I get many of my RP ideas from politics and philosophy, as opposed to just reading myths or following standard tropes in modern fantasy games.
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Post by: Serris on February 28, 2010, 02:26:33 AM
Many of my RP ideas are based off other people's ideas and HEAVILY modified or based off science.
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Post by: Noname on February 28, 2010, 06:01:06 AM
I sometimes reuse character names, partly to illustrate that some names are common in my fantasy setting. For example, "Vaeri" is the name of Rhiga's late mother in the fantasy RP, but I have given the name to an apprentice to an alchemist in a story I have on Deviantart. "Vaeri" is as common a name as "Alice" or "Mary" in the USA.
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Post by: tempestwheel on February 28, 2010, 02:51:22 PM
Whenever I catch a cold, I tend to laugh more for some reason than when I'm feeling fine.
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Post by: Mumbling on February 28, 2010, 04:34:30 PM
I got another extremely bad mark for chemistry, resulting in me failing the year.
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Post by: Pangaea on February 28, 2010, 05:14:18 PM
^ Oh...I'm sorry to hear that. :(

I have something of an obsession with scientific accuracy in regards to the books I'm planning to write. I've been researching the animals I'm using as much I can so that I can portray them as realistically as possible.
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Post by: Noname on March 01, 2010, 03:43:26 AM
I am writing a fanfiction based on land before time-type tyrannosauruses. I know that you have a fondness for accuracy in scientific matters, pangaea. You even called me out on it in a positive review you gave of my story on ff.net!  :lol

Seriously, I think that it is a good thing, though. It can be very hard to separate dinosaur fact from fiction.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on March 01, 2010, 01:13:18 PM
I am generally a good-natured person, but I also have a bad temper that can rear its ugly head if someone or something pushes me far enough :crazy.
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Post by: Waluigifan on March 01, 2010, 01:19:37 PM
I need 12 hours to be well arrested, but I only get less than 7 hours per day because of school. I'm tired the whole day, if I don't get a nap in the afternoon.

One time I almost fell asleep during a lesson. xD
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Post by: Littlefoot Fan on March 01, 2010, 05:37:16 PM
I never ever take naps, no matter how little sleep I got the night before. Even when I'm sick, I refuse to take a nap. I don't know why, but I hate the idea of sleeping during the day. I feel like my inner clock is all messed up, and it's just overall not a good feeling to me at all.
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Post by: The Chronicler on March 04, 2010, 04:05:49 PM
Almost every morning, I check my e-mail and after that take a quick look at online news articles. Very occasionally, I'll come across one that I think would allow for some interesting discussions here. My most recent example being the one about homeschooling.
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Post by: tempestwheel on March 04, 2010, 04:12:04 PM
I like symmetry.  :)
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Post by: jedi472 on March 04, 2010, 04:51:09 PM
I have been described as mellow, though I can't see how I could be considered as such.  :huh:
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on March 04, 2010, 10:26:18 PM
Here is something about me...

I'M BACK!

After who knows how long, I'm back on the GoF.
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Post by: jedi472 on March 04, 2010, 10:33:14 PM
Quote from: lbt/cty_lover,Mar 4 2010 on  09:26 PM
Here is something about me...

I'M BACK!

After who knows how long, I'm back on the GoF.
And it's great to have you back, sir!  :D
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Post by: Malte279 on March 05, 2010, 05:54:58 AM
^ Absolutely :yes
Welcome back with us Austin. It's good to have you here again :)
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Post by: Noname on March 05, 2010, 06:28:41 AM
I've checked my email daily for the last seven years.
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Post by: Waluigifan on March 05, 2010, 01:23:25 PM
2 things I hate most: Math and car driving.
2 things I love most: English and music.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on March 05, 2010, 07:07:25 PM
Quote from: Waluigifan,Mar 5 2010 on  12:23 PM
2 things I hate most: Math and car driving.
2 things I love most: English and music.
That's sad that you hate math. Mathematics can be beautiful sometimes. For example,

(http://www.coolmath.com/fractals/images/fractal21.gif)

On another note, I am a self-proclaimed Renaissance Man.
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Post by: tempestwheel on March 05, 2010, 07:32:46 PM
I like math as well.

I have very healthy blood veins you can clearly see them when you look at my arms.
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Post by: Noname on March 07, 2010, 05:35:10 AM
I once managed to juggle three balls, but not for very long. XD

I can, with practice, juggle two small, round items. I can probably do more with time.
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Post by: jedi472 on March 07, 2010, 02:26:12 PM
Quote from: Waluigifan,Mar 5 2010 on  12:23 PM
2 things I hate most: Math and car driving.
2 things I love most: English and music.
I love all four.
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Post by: Serris on March 08, 2010, 01:47:37 AM
Quote from: Waluigifan,Mar 5 2010 on  12:23 PM
2 things I hate most: Math and car driving.
2 things I love most: English and music.
Somewhat similar.

I UTTERLY hate higher math (and physics) but love biology and chemistry.

I can hold an intelligent conversation about nearly any subject (biology to astronomy to humanities).

BUT I do not consider myself a Renaissance Man.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on March 08, 2010, 02:22:39 AM
I like the adrenaline rush that comes from fear.  That's the main reason I'm into horror films and books :lol.
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Post by: Pangaea on March 08, 2010, 07:20:14 AM
^ I enjoy adrenaline rushes as well, but I don't like being startled, so I get most of mine from books, movies, fanfics, etc. that I simply find exciting.

Today also happens to be my one-year anniversary of joining the GOF. :wow I didn't bother to start a thread for it because (1) there seems to be a consensus that such threads are just a tad frivolous, and (2) it's really not all that significant an occasion, since I didn't actually do anything after I joined for the first 127 days, until I introduced myself in The Welcome Center. :p
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on March 08, 2010, 08:45:31 AM
Yeah, but you've made a lot of contributions since, especially to the "Fanart and Fanfiction" section.  Congratulations on your anniversary, Pangaea :)!
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Post by: Pangaea on March 08, 2010, 02:12:36 PM
^ Thanks. :)

(Just so I’m not spamming the thread with extraneousóif deservedóthank-you notes, I’d better post another fact about myself: :p)

I’m not particularly good at math. I can only do the most basic math problems in my head, and when I do multiplication problems on paper, I tend to write them out as addition problems. For instance, if I were presented with this problem:
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5 x 487
...I would write it out on paper like this:
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487 + 487 + 487 + 487 + 487
:crazy
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Post by: Nick22 on March 08, 2010, 04:19:38 PM
I tend to read extensively.. for example I'm currently reading up on the spanish american war.
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Post by: Serris on March 08, 2010, 04:37:05 PM
I am an avid reader...and writer and RP'er.
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Post by: Noname on March 08, 2010, 08:00:51 PM
I am an avid player of the geography game in the party room.
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Post by: Malte279 on March 09, 2010, 03:48:27 AM
I would love for such games as the geography game to include a little more than just the spelling of the words, e.g. one additional fact about whatever place is named thee.
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Post by: tempestwheel on March 12, 2010, 07:20:21 PM
Twice, when I was about 7 or 8, when I was playing Final Fantasy VII I finally got pas a really hard part for me, but my mom told me that we had to go somewhere (and no save points were nearby), so I secretly left the console on so I wouldn't have to repeat that section
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Post by: Noname on March 12, 2010, 10:02:44 PM
I have contributed several games to the party room, but only a handful go on for any amount of time.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on March 13, 2010, 11:07:00 PM
I just recently found out that I got an acceptance letter from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (That name is IMPOSSIBLE to spell)
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Post by: Alex on March 13, 2010, 11:35:55 PM
I suck at drawing, yet I made a pretty realistic fish for a flash game I'm (slowly) making in photoshop.
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Post by: Caustizer on March 14, 2010, 01:29:21 AM
I'm a bit of a wierd person, in the sense that I gravitate towards the things that I fear the most.  For example, I am absolutely terrified of radiation and have had many terrible dreams about it (either being poisoned by it or otherwise see it causing suffering) yet I recently took a tour of a nearby Nuclear Reactor (radiation suits and all)  to learn how unsafe they actually were.
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Post by: Noname on March 14, 2010, 01:32:22 AM
I like the promise of nuclear power, although I also believe in very tight codes of safety for such power plants.
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Post by: tempestwheel on March 14, 2010, 01:48:53 AM
I collect clothespins for good-luck charms.  :DD
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Post by: Noname on March 14, 2010, 01:50:31 AM
I have a cash box filled with coins, but very few of them are rare. I have a ton of nickels, dimes, and quarters in that box, but all the bills have been since put into the bank.
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Post by: Malte279 on March 14, 2010, 04:39:59 AM
With regard to nuclear energy I am particularly concerned about the unanswered question on what to do with the nuclear waste. Not long ago it turned out that in a dump for nuclear waste over here the kegs of nuclear waste were literally bobbing up and down while corroding in salt water :confused
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Post by: The Chronicler on March 14, 2010, 08:25:18 AM
I support Natural Gas as the best alternative fuel that can be used today. Not only does it burn more cleanly than the other fossil fuels (coal and oil), but there's also plenty of it right here in America, which would allow us to not be so dependent on foreign oil. Also, the technology to use this fuel (at such a massive scale) already exists today, unlike other alternative energy like wind, solar, or "clean coal". (I don't believe in clean coal at all.)
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Post by: Serris on March 14, 2010, 01:00:34 PM
Every TV in my house is an old CRT.

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Post by: jedi472 on March 14, 2010, 01:25:47 PM
Quote from: lbt/cty_lover,Mar 13 2010 on  10:07 PM
I just recently found out that I got an acceptance letter from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (That name is IMPOSSIBLE to spell)
Congratulations!  :D

I'm taking an AP Chemistry course, though I can't manage much more than a C in the class.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on March 14, 2010, 02:39:15 PM
Quote from: Noname,Mar 14 2010 on  12:32 AM
I like the promise of nuclear power, although I also believe in very tight codes of safety for such power plants.
First off, thanks to jedi472. And good luck on the AP Chem. I got a 5 myself, and I was not doing well in my chem class either.

Secondly, to Noname, the only two nuclear disasters, Chernobyl and Three Mile Island, were caused by a violation of the protocol for the operation of nuclear power plants. So the operation of nuclear power plants is pretty safe when the rules are followed.

Thirdly, I feel that nuclear power is the cleanest power source that is currently available, and should be used until fusion has become a viable energy source.
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Post by: tempestwheel on March 14, 2010, 02:39:50 PM
Once I wake up in the morning, I can't fall asleep again till night. I don't take naps.
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Post by: Malte279 on March 14, 2010, 04:07:57 PM
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Secondly, to Noname, the only two nuclear disasters, Chernobyl and Three Mile Island, were caused by a violation of the protocol for the operation of nuclear power plants. So the operation of nuclear power plants is pretty safe when the rules are followed.
Sorry, but you are mistaken there. Undoubtedly Chernobyl was the worst accident in the history of civil nuclear technology and Three Mile Island was one which could have become much worse and got a lot more media attention than many other cases.
For example there was the Kyshtym disaster, in a Russian facility in Mayak in 1957. As much or even more radiation was set free there than even in case of the Chernobyl disaster. The Soviet government was very eager (and mostly successful) to hush up the disaster and prior to 1990 there was no official confirmation for the incident. The main difference to the Chernobyl disaster was that due to the conditions (both of the disaster and the meteorological conditions) most of the fallout and contamination occurred in a comparatively small region around. Due to the hushing up policy over many decades it is impossible to determine how many people exactly died, but to this day a high percentage of people living in the area are suffering from leukemia and other lethal illnesses that can be traced back to exposure to high levels of radiation.
Also in 1957 there was a fire in the British plant at Windscale during which radiation was set free (fortunately in a much lesser degree than in Mayak). On the seven level scale of severity of nuclear disasters (Chernobyl being the only that got rated 7 so far) this one was rated 5. Reluctance from the government to investigate in detail at the time again makes it impossible to determine the exact number of fatalities caused from exposure to radiation set free in the accident, but a 1982 report wrote of at least 40 fatalities that can be directly linked to the accident. Other reports of later times had higher numbers, but due to the initial hushing up and the time lapsed since then it becomes difficult to provide exact numbers.
In 1961 there was an accident in a reactor of the Idaho national Laboratories. Three workers were killed by the radiation and were so contaminated they had to be buried in lead coffins. Most of the radiation was limited to the close surroundings of the place, but even in a distance of 80 kilometers the radiation was more than twice the normal level (and that's a rather lucky outcome).
In 1964 a facility worker in Charlestown / Rhode Island was killed by a lethal amount of radiation. Since it was "only" this one man and no radiation was set free this is basically classified as a "normal" work accident, but it is still one out of many similar cases.
I could go on with the list, but the main point is that there have been quite a number of accidents or near accidents where the worst was only barely prevented. So long things only just turn out to be not quite as fatal as could be we are quite ready to accept the risk. But come the day a nuclear power plant in a more densely populated area fails disastrously we will not be able to pretend that we had no idea of the risk.
But even if we ignore the chance of avoiding the worst case scenario there is still the unsolved problem of what to do with the nuclear waste which radiates for hundreds or thousands or (in some cases) many more years? To this day there hasn't been any satisfactory solution to the problem.

PS: I mentioned the scale from 1 to 7 earlier in this post. This scale is the International Nuclear Event Scale.
7 - Major Accident - one case (Tschernobyl)
6 - Serious Accident - one case (Kyshtym disaster)
5 - Accident with wider consequences (three cases including Harrisburg)
4 - Accident with local consequences (this is the lowest stage of the scale in which people outside the plants may be affected or on which people die. I didn't find a number on how many cases have occurred. Wikipedia lists six cases as "examples" and searching for a number I found reference to other cases not listed on that list of examples so there seems to be a certain casualness about this one.
3 - Serious incident
2 - Incident
1 - Anomaly

Those three last cases apparently occur on such a regular basis that I couldn't find the exact numbers anywhere (though plenty of references to individual cases). Given the fact that all those 4 to 7 cases started out with level 1 anomalies I didn't find this particularly reassuring.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on March 14, 2010, 04:44:01 PM
In response to that, I modify my original statement. Chernobyl and Three Mile Island are the only nuclear disasters that I have heard about. Thanks for the correction.

Also, about the nuclear waste, I have to agree. The one flaw in the idea of nuclear power is the nuclear waste. There have been proposals to store the nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain, but that only applies to the United States. It is possible to sent that waste into the Sun, but the costs associated with that idea are too high to make the idea feasible.

By the way, shouldn't this be discussed in a thread about nuclear power or alternative energy?
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Post by: Pangaea on March 14, 2010, 07:04:21 PM
^ I'm tempted to post my opinions on nuclear power and other alternative energy sources, but I'll save that for the thread you proposed, lbt/cty_lover. :p

I just found out it was Pi Day today. The funny thing is, I didn't realize it was “pi” with no “e”, so I assumed it was an unofficial holiday involving baked goods. :oops :lol
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Post by: Alex on March 14, 2010, 09:00:20 PM
Quote from: lbt/cty_lover,Mar 14 2010 on  01:39 PM
...until fusion has become a viable energy source.
Man, I don't know nothing about any of this, but last year my chemistry teacher told us about some fusion thing that could like power the entire eastern coast (USA) for like a number of years.  :o
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Post by: Serris on March 14, 2010, 09:16:23 PM
Quote from: Alex,Mar 14 2010 on  09:00 PM
Quote from: lbt/cty_lover,Mar 14 2010 on  01:39 PM
...until fusion has become a viable energy source.
Man, I don't know nothing about any of this, but last year my chemistry teacher told us about some fusion thing that could like power the entire eastern coast (USA) for like a number of years.  :o
The only problem with fusion is that continuous net energy gain has not yet been obtained as most of the energy is consumed in the magnets/lasers used to confine/compress/heat the plasma until it fuses.

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Post by: Alex on March 14, 2010, 10:05:33 PM
I see. Doesn't look like it'll happen til they find a better way to confine/compress/heat the plasma. Thanks for clearin' that up.


Ok back on topic. I like to fish.
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Post by: SouthPawRacer on March 15, 2010, 07:08:30 AM
I like eating fish. :p
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on March 15, 2010, 12:00:36 PM
I like to fish and eat fish.  Since I'm the only one in the family with a strong stomach, I'm assigned the duty of cleaning the fish prior to preparation and consumption :p.
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Post by: Mumbling on March 15, 2010, 12:06:54 PM
I get hungry every two hours, next to that I'm usually hungry when I wake up... And with hungry I mean really hungry :P:
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Post by: Serris on March 15, 2010, 02:12:47 PM
I like catching fish and eating fish.
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Post by: Ptyra on March 15, 2010, 02:30:08 PM
I used to like fish when I was little, but I don't any more.
And I can't catch fish worth a darn :lol
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Post by: Waluigifan on March 15, 2010, 04:29:26 PM
I don't understand a word from the music, but I love Russian disco music.  :blink:

I've bought a pirated copy (lol) of the music album "Арсен Петросов Кайфуем" (I can't even pronounce the album title) on a flea market, and since I listened to the whole Album the first time, I can't stop loving it! :lol:
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Post by: Alex on March 15, 2010, 10:19:30 PM
Alright, got some fisherman (and fisherwoman!) on the GOF.

I do not believe Kurt Cobain killed himself.
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Post by: Noname on March 15, 2010, 10:29:15 PM
I never went fishing, although I have cooked salmon before. I really don't like doing that. Removing the scales is kinda odd.  :lol
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Post by: Pangaea on March 15, 2010, 11:07:33 PM
I love eating fish, :p and may have participated in *some* fishing a long time ago, but I tend to get bored and impatient when I have to sit around waiting for a long time, so fishing probably wouldn't be my kind of hobby.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on March 16, 2010, 10:06:49 AM
Quote from: Alex,Mar 15 2010 on  09:19 PM
I do not believe Kurt Cobain killed himself.
It is believed he had Bipolar Disorder and was in a manic state when it happened.  Probably use of drugs contirbuted as well.  His rumored mental status at the time makes me feel he was too impaired to make a sound judgment on a subject as serious as suicide, so I believe it was more accidental than anything else.

I don't believe Michael Jackson killed himself either.  I think his case was a homicide :neutral.
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Post by: Alex on March 16, 2010, 08:30:11 PM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Mar 16 2010 on  09:06 AM
Quote from: Alex,Mar 15 2010 on  09:19 PM
I do not believe Kurt Cobain killed himself.
It is believed he had Bipolar Disorder and was in a manic state when it happened.  Probably use of drugs contirbuted as well.  His rumored mental status at the time makes me feel he was too impaired to make a sound judgment on a subject as serious as suicide, so I believe it was more accidental than anything else.

I don't believe Michael Jackson killed himself either.  I think his case was a homicide :neutral.
Well I'm pretty sure by that time he was under the infuence of heroin like 97% of the time.

Besides that, I think Courtney Love killed him.
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Post by: tempestwheel on March 16, 2010, 08:41:06 PM
I hate screamer videos.  :anger
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Post by: Amaranthine on March 16, 2010, 11:47:08 PM
I <3 vampires. ^^
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Post by: Ptyra on March 16, 2010, 11:51:30 PM
I like faeries alot better than vampires...
LIKE PUCK!
"If we shadows have offended
Think but this and all is mended!"

The mischievous ones are the best X3
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Post by: Alex on March 17, 2010, 12:20:20 AM
I played tennis for like 5 years, but have since stopped. I miss it :(.
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Post by: Noname on March 17, 2010, 12:48:52 AM
I hated tennis so much, I paid $40 to get out of the last two lessons I would have taken.
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Post by: Alex on March 17, 2010, 01:03:04 AM
Well, no one's perfect :p

Well..bowling..I'm not so hot on bowling. Last time I went I was terrible and I almost went backrupt.

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Post by: Noname on March 17, 2010, 01:05:45 AM
Wow. That must have been one BAD score.  :lol

I like bowling, and can bowl over 200, but I have never bowled a perfect game.
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Post by: Alex on March 17, 2010, 07:21:20 PM
Man I had trouble getting to 100. And I looked like a serious idiot while doing it.

Tomorrow..I'm getting a fish tank. Inside shall be Columbian Sharks.
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Post by: Noname on March 17, 2010, 07:26:04 PM
I once saw a jellyfish on the beach, but never shark in the water with me.  :blink:
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Post by: Pangaea on March 17, 2010, 07:32:25 PM
I've never liked playing sports. I'm physically clumsy, not very fast or agile, and poor at anticipating other people's actions. Plus, I tend to flinch whenever I see a ball coming at me. All in all, I'm not the kind of person you'd want on your team. :p

I've gone bowling a few times with my family, but it's not really my thing.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on March 17, 2010, 07:42:59 PM
I've actually held a jellyfish (upside-down, that is :p).  I've also held a sea urchin and a stingray.
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Post by: Serris on March 17, 2010, 08:05:22 PM
I have good balance, fast reflexes. good agility, high flexibility, very low strength and mid to low endurance.
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Post by: Noname on March 17, 2010, 10:10:02 PM
The funny thing is, I am actually quite good at tennis. I just don't like it.
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Post by: Alex on March 17, 2010, 11:30:31 PM
Lol, I think Serris just gave us his Dungeons and Dragons character sheet. :p

One time me and Grungecat tried shuffleboard when we were in Cocoa Beach for a week. I liked it, it was fun. I'm looking forward to retirement.
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Post by: Ptyra on March 18, 2010, 12:51:46 AM
I prefer not to be in a sport. My favorite "sport" is coloring my sketches on photoshop. I should really time myself some day.
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Post by: Serris on March 18, 2010, 01:03:54 AM
Quote from: Alex,Mar 17 2010 on  11:30 PM
Lol, I think Serris just gave us his Dungeons and Dragons character sheet. :p
 
Seriously, those are actually my physical attributes. Even exercise does not change it significantly.

I see fighting as an absolute last resort but I utterly hate fighting fair, in reality and in fiction.

A personal anecdote, in 6th grade, someone challenged me to a fight... I walked away from it, then he hit me from behind and would not let me get away. In response, I hit him a few times in the chest with a fist sized piece of asphalt. My assailant was not armed. I was actually surprised that I "only" got 3 days of detention.
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Post by: Noname on March 18, 2010, 01:15:19 AM
I think I am "balanced" in terms of physical "stats"; I believe I am above-average in strength. My favorite sport is basketball, although it has been a while since I played it.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on March 18, 2010, 01:48:47 AM
I have okay balance, moderately fast reflexes (really fast if I'm startled :lol), somewhat high flexibility, pretty good agility, pretty high strength for a small female, and high endurance.
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Post by: Serris on March 18, 2010, 01:57:31 AM
About the low strength stat: it is low compared to people of similar age but it is a lot higher than my size would suggest. This is due to the fact that people of similar age to me are 3-5 inches taller and 20-60 pounds heavier than me.
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Post by: jedi472 on March 18, 2010, 03:47:17 PM
Quote from: Pangaea,Mar 17 2010 on  06:32 PM
I've never liked playing sports. I'm physically clumsy, not very fast or agile, and poor at anticipating other people's actions. Plus, I tend to flinch whenever I see a ball coming at me. All in all, I'm not the kind of person you'd want on your team. :p

I've gone bowling a few times with my family, but it's not really my thing.
I know what you mean, dude. I'm sort of in shape and only average reflex-wise, so it's almost a bit embarrassing when I see others my age benching 220 or something.
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Post by: Alex on March 18, 2010, 04:40:09 PM
Oh boy, now we're calling them "stats". :o

I've worn a hat every day for the past 4-5 years.
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Post by: Serris on March 18, 2010, 04:51:25 PM
The only hat I wear is a safari hat.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on March 18, 2010, 06:24:23 PM
I like playing frisbee.

Also, I am really enjoying the discussion on energy over on that thread about energy. I haven't debated in a while, and Malte is a formidable opponent.
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Post by: Noname on March 19, 2010, 12:48:33 AM
I only rarely wear a hat, and either is looks really good on me, or really bad. There's no middle ground when it comes to me and hats for some reason.  :blink:
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Post by: Waluigifan on March 19, 2010, 07:51:56 AM
Normally I love horror movies, but the movie I saw yesterday night was so sick and scary that I had to turn it off because I was afraid of getting nightmares of this movie!! (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074486/)

Anyway, horror and splatter movies are still my favorites.

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Post by: Amaranthine on March 20, 2010, 01:14:20 PM
When I get angry, NO ONE can calm me down. In fact, if people tell me to calm down, I'll just get even more mad....:anger
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Post by: Pangaea on March 20, 2010, 05:10:10 PM
I like hats, but I don't often wear them because they tend to make my head itch :p (that, or my head just gets uncomfortably warm after a while). In winter, I usually cover my head with a hood.
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Post by: Alex on March 20, 2010, 06:30:44 PM
I have seen every aired episode of 'Supernatural' at least twice.
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Post by: Waluigifan on March 20, 2010, 06:41:20 PM
I don't know if I'm gay or not. o.O
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Post by: jedi472 on March 20, 2010, 07:29:13 PM
I've got a girlfriend, so I'm pretty sure I'm straight.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on March 20, 2010, 09:21:15 PM
I have a very large collection of mathematics books.
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Post by: Amaranthine on March 20, 2010, 09:23:51 PM
Quote from: Waluigifan,Mar 20 2010 on  02:41 PM
I don't know if I'm gay or not. o.O
Well, you aren't alone in that, I'm not sure if I'm gay, bi, sraight, or anything at this moment. Right now I seem to have strong feelings toward the same sex now....but it might change in the future.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on March 20, 2010, 11:39:29 PM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Mar 20 2010 on  12:14 PM
When I get angry, NO ONE can calm me down. In fact, if people tell me to calm down, I'll just get even more mad....:anger
Same here :exactly.

Even though I have not dated for years, I know I'm straight 'cuz I only feel attracted to guys :smile.
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Post by: Noname on March 29, 2010, 03:22:55 AM
I believe that solar energy has great potential, but we must work much harder and invest much more money into research and development in order to unlock it. Simply building more solar plants is not enough, given their relatively low ability to generate power at present.
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Post by: Pangaea on March 30, 2010, 09:43:11 PM
Yesterday I managed to get myself bitten by a dead turtle. :blink: We were dissecting them in Vertebrate Biology lab, and I was trying to lever the mouth open with a lab instrument, while at the same time I had a finger in its mouth (I can’t remember whether I was actively attempting to push the jaws open by hand, or my finger was simply in that position because of the way I was grasping the turtle’s head). Anyway, the tool slipped out, and the beak snapped shut again...on the tip of my finger. It didn’t hurt that much; about the same as a pinch from a small crayfish (my Vert Bio instructor keeps a tank of crayfish in the classroom, which I have handled :p), though it was a little more painful than I expected. Honestly, I wasn't too surprised by such a thing happening, considering my aptitude for bungling lab work in most every manner possible. :rolleyes:

On the same day, in the same lab, I accidentally snapped the blade off a scalpel (for the second time in the semester :slap) and nicked myself on two fingers of my left hand (possibly on my right hand as well). More evidence of my utter incompetency in regards to lab work. :rolleyes
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on March 31, 2010, 01:02:59 AM
^ :spit  :spit

Hehe, this reminds me of a couple of years ago in a Biology lab when we were dissecting fetal pigs.  See, I randomly get muscle spasms.  I understand Aspies display some symptoms of Tourette's, so my doctor had concluded that to be the cause behind my spasms.  Anyhoo, we were told to carve down the belly of the pig the way an autopsy is started on a human.  As I was beginning to carve, my entire right arm suddenly stiffened up and had a spasm.  This caused me to press down so hard with the scalpel that I pretty much split the pig all the way through, and then almost got my lab partner with the scalpel (he was standing to the right of me) :oops.  When the instructor came by and looked at our pig, his first response was, "What the hell happened to that poor pig?  He looks like he's been attacked by a mass murderer."  Oops :slap.  BTW, I named him Bacon Bits :lol.

Also, in Chemistry class during my junior year of high school, I was holding a test tube above a Bunsen burner while heating the contents, unaware I had the tube aimed at the guy's head to the right of me (geez, there's somethin' about folks bein' in danger if they stand to the right of me :blink:).  Suddenly, the contents exploded in the test tube, and a ball of something hot sailed right by the guy's head :bang.  The dude had an afro, so I'm surprised he still had his hair :lol.
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Post by: Pangaea on March 31, 2010, 10:53:09 PM
^ Okay, so maybe my imagination for laboratorical manifestations of Murphy's Law is pretty limited. (In other words, my statement about my screwing up labs in every way possible was hyperbolic. :oops) Still, lab work is definitely not my fortÈ. If your instructor thought “Bacon Bits” looked like a murder victim, then he would surely diagnose the aftermath of my dissection attempts as the work of a deranged hyena. :p Of course, the real concern is that I'm dangerously clumsy with lab tools. It probably wouldn't be a good idea to stand anywhere near me (to the left or right :P:) when I have a scalpel or other piece of potentially injurious equipment in hand.

In other news, today, in the span of two hours, I checked out seven books from my college library, and another 22 from the local public library. (Five of the latter were on Vikings, five on ravens and crows, five on owls, four on bears, and the other three on miscellaneous subjects. All seven of the college books were Viking-related.)
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Post by: Pangaea on April 02, 2010, 12:41:40 AM
Double post. Phooey. :p

I’m not especially fond of April Fool’s Day. I’m unfortunately rather gullible (I tend to take things literally), and easily embarrassed, so I’m usually not amused when someone pulls a prank on me, especially a cruel one.

That’s not to say I don’t pull April Fool’s jokes, but I prefer to do so in a way that doesn’t hurt anybody (no pranks that I would mind being the victim of). Last year, I baked a lemon cake, and dyed it with food coloring so that it looked like a chocolate cake. Then I served it to my family. Stupidly I told them that it was a vanilla cake before they started eating it (hoping for a three-way psycho-culinary bamboozling: your eyes tell you it’s chocolate, your mind tells you it’s vanilla, your taste buds tell you it’s lemon), before realizing that it would have been an even bigger surprise if they were expecting chocolate, but tasted lemon; two flavors even more disparate than lemon and vanilla :slap (I never said I was a good prankster). Still, the joke worked quite well (and since my dad wasn’t around when I announced the “true” identity of the cake, he ate the cake under the pretense that it was chocolate); it took everyone quite a while to guess what the cake’s actual flavor was. The best part was, everyone thought it was a good joke, and they liked the cake.

I did the same thing again this year, this time with a strawberry cake. (It’s probably going to become a yearly tradition. :p) Unfortunately, most everyone guessed the flavor right away. :rolleyes
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Post by: Serris on April 02, 2010, 01:40:33 AM
I am not fond of April Fools despite the fact that it is VERY hard to fool me.
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Post by: Noname on April 02, 2010, 02:17:07 AM
I do not like April Fools, although I can fool almost ANYONE on MSN in a small way.
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Post by: Amaranthine on April 04, 2010, 09:51:18 AM
Lol, I pulled a pretty bad one on my dad on April 1st. I half expected him to cry. :lol I told him one of his favorite comedians died and mom just played along making a straight face and then I just said, "April Fools". :p
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Post by: Chomper on April 04, 2010, 11:42:03 AM
wow nice rat-lady

i tricked my mom into thinking i broke my leg at our track meet thursday, called her on the phone and faked being in pain... it was great.
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Post by: Alex on April 04, 2010, 02:02:36 PM
You people are terrible. :o

Well this isn't really about me, but the plants in my fish tank are dying. They were $4.99 each.
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Post by: Ptyra on April 04, 2010, 09:44:41 PM
I held THREE babies today! And one of them was probably the most vocal baby I've EVER met :lol ! Maybe it had something to do with just being baptized...she was also extremely wiggly...and drooly
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Post by: Alex on April 04, 2010, 10:24:36 PM
I don't know how many of you are American, and I don't know if any of you will even remember this.

But several years ago, Pepsi and the NCAA had a competition thing to promote College Basketball. On the inside of the cap of the Pepsi product was a name of a university, or college, whichever you perfer. Whoever had a cap of the team that won the NCAA title, won the competition. This was a nation wide thing, of course. Well I actually had the cap of the team that won (Duke took the title that year). But I never sent it in.

Apparently Duke is going into the title game again this year, so that reminded me of my little anecdote there.
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Post by: MrDrake on April 04, 2010, 10:39:17 PM
I don't do any April Fools jokes myself, because they seem to be rather....pointless in the end, fun yes, but thinking of a joke of some sort gets rather annoying.
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Post by: Noname on April 04, 2010, 11:57:39 PM
I downloaded a $6.99 game called "Age of Castles", but I don't know if it works on Windows 7. It installed, but I haven't been able to get it to work.
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Post by: Malte279 on April 05, 2010, 05:25:41 AM
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I don't do any April Fools jokes myself, because they seem to be rather....pointless in the end, fun yes, but thinking of a joke of some sort gets rather annoying.
The fun is the point.
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I downloaded a $6.99 game called "Age of Castles", but I don't know if it works on Windows 7. It installed, but I haven't been able to get it to work.
Uh oh, I'm sorry. I had the game myself and though it worked fine on my old computer it felt like a fraud. After about eight to ten minutes one knew everything that could be found in the game and most of the time there just wasn't anything to do. Much of the graphics had been copied from Age of Empires 2. I hope that you can enjoy the game better than I could.
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Post by: MrDrake on April 05, 2010, 07:23:06 AM
Ah well, granted I don't really see it celebrated around here as much, I mean, no one in my family, as far as I know, does any jokes sort of thing, but ah well, tis all good for me, doesn't bother me in the slightest.
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Post by: Waluigifan on April 05, 2010, 09:19:12 AM
I hate all kind of pranks and/or April fools jokes. It's just not funny to make fun of other persons.

Another fact:
I only was a few days in kindergarten. The kindergarten teacher gone crazy because I cried and screamed the whole time. Then she grabbed and shook me violently because I had to be quiet. After that incident, my mother kept me at home.

I had a few problems in the first class, but all went well.
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Post by: Malte279 on April 05, 2010, 09:32:03 AM
One can have fun with others rather than fun about others. Not every joke goes so much at somebody else's expense. Where there are pranks that don't do any harm or damage I really don't think it would hurt people to give up on taking themselves too seriously and be able to laugh about themselves at times.
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Post by: Pangaea on April 06, 2010, 12:26:56 AM
Some interesting things that happened to me on Easter:

ï For the first time, we had an outdoor Easter egg hunt. (We usually have it indoors, but this year we were worried about what Sasquatch would do with the eggs.) Of the twenty-four eggs hidden, we found all but one of them; we suspect that crows got to it before we did. :lol

ï While outside, my brother and I caught an extremely brief glimpse of a pileated woodpecker flying overhead. We didn’t see it long enough to even identify it, but then it called out and we recognized it. We didn’t manage to get another look at it, but it was nonetheless exciting.

ï Less interesting, but still notable: we had a DELICIOUS dinner of ham with pineapple, crescent rolls, cranberries, and a few other things I didn't eat (like mashed potatoes). It's basically the same meal we have every Easter, but this year it was exceptionally tasty. :smile

ï Our Easter candy included Swedish Fish! :DD (and REALLY good ones, too!)
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on April 06, 2010, 02:06:44 AM
I hardly feel any pain in any part of me beneath the skin :blink:.  Also, the only pain that ever puts me past a two on the pain scale is nerve pain/migraines.  I usually rate myself at a eight or nine on the pain scale when it comes to nerve/migraine pain.

Ironically, my sense of touch is super-sensitive like my hearing.

Talk about a weird nervous system :crazy.
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Post by: Pangaea on April 07, 2010, 01:30:11 AM
I have a rather low pain threshold, but a lot of times when I visibly hurt myself (i.e., cuts, scrapes, bruises, scratches from my cat :lol), I don't notice that I've been injured until quite some time after the injury has occurred. I remember one occasion years back when I was running down a paved trail on a hill, and tripped, breaking my fall on my hands and knees. It hurt, but I got over the pain fairly quickly and soon forgot about it. It was probably at least fifteen minutes later when I noticed that my right pant leg was sticking to my knee. I rolled it up, and found that I had a huge bloody scrape where my knee had hit the asphalt. :x I cleaned it and put a bandage on it, and it eventually healed to the point that I can't see a scar today, but to this day it remains one of the most memorable injuries I've ever sustained, largely due to my amazement at how long I took to notice I had it. (I've also been a lot more careful when running down hills since then. :p)
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Post by: Amaranthine on April 08, 2010, 08:40:14 PM
My passport is going to have to be renewed in ten years.
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Post by: Noname on April 09, 2010, 01:25:03 AM
I am going to be one a few people in my close family to graduate from a private college.
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Post by: tempestwheel on April 10, 2010, 09:43:00 PM
I think the Rainbow Road music in Mario Kart 64 is freakin' beautiful.
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Post by: Nick22 on April 10, 2010, 10:08:52 PM
i used to hold mario kart tournament with my little brother all the time, my favorite characters to play were peach and toad..
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Post by: Serris on April 10, 2010, 10:49:41 PM
I have fairly high pain tolerance but sinus pain is almost instantly crippling.
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Post by: Noname on April 10, 2010, 11:33:27 PM
^

Speaking of which, I've had some of that recently. It is annoying to me, but not really painful. I am over it now.  :blink:
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Post by: Alex on April 10, 2010, 11:39:02 PM
Ok, I'm sorry. I hate the word "fanfic". It just pisses me off for some reason.
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Post by: Serris on April 11, 2010, 02:15:41 AM
I prefer the term SF or science-fiction be used instead of "sci-fi". I NEVER use the word "sci-fi", ever.
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Post by: Pangaea on April 11, 2010, 02:44:30 AM
It mildly irritates me when the term “missing link” is used to describe a newly discovered fossil species that demonstrates an evolutionary transition (such as a feathered dinosaur or “fish” with limbs), because it implies that the species in question is a definitive ancestor of a living species, when it could simply represent a “sibling” of the undiscovered true ancestor. (“Transitional form” is the scientifically preferred term.)
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Post by: Ptyra on April 13, 2010, 06:07:33 PM
Ever since my Latin classes, I've been extremely tempted to say several "V's" as "W's" (as they are said in Latin, since the pronunciation for "V" did not exist). Like, I see Viacom and I want to say it "Wee-a-comb" XD
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Post by: Noname on April 13, 2010, 11:20:32 PM
I'm finally getting back to making pictures of my RP game's main race, the Dracons. Progress will be slow until classes are done for the year, though.
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Post by: Amaranthine on April 14, 2010, 12:01:07 AM
I've been to at least four countries in my life and to 13 states in my life. Not including states I just passed through in the airport.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on April 15, 2010, 03:04:27 PM
I am a true believer in the paranormal, and one of my goals is to visit the seven scariest places in America I saw on the Travel Channel last year.  Next month, when my mother and I take a road trip out to my internship site in Wyoming, I am going to pay a visit to one of these locations for the first time.  Here it is, courtesy of Photobucket pictures I found:

The Waverly Hills Sanitorium in Louisville, Kentucky:

(http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn187/Quirkster_photos/sanitorium.jpg)

And a shot of the infamous Death Chute:

(http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn187/Quirkster_photos/insidechute2.jpg)

I can't convince my mother to go in the joint with me.  She scares WAY too easily :lol.  She took one look at this bay boy online and said, "No *censored* way am I goin' in there!"
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Post by: Malte279 on April 16, 2010, 06:57:01 AM
I am rarely the starter of an MSN chat but I quite like MSN chats, especially when there is a topic beyond small talk.
There are many GOF members whom I would really, really like to get to know better on MSN, but unfortunately they don't have MSN accounts.
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Post by: Waluigifan on April 16, 2010, 11:05:06 AM
I'm a pacifist, I hate everything that has to do with war.

Another fact:
I've had the English version of FireFox on my laptop with a English spelling correction function (I don't know how it did happen). After I've formatted my notebook, I accidently installed the German version, and now I don't have this correction anymore. :( I hope I can install it with an Add-on.

EDIT: YES! YEES! It worked! :D Now I have this function.
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on April 17, 2010, 07:14:42 AM
As an avid video gamer (as you all know), my least favourite types of games are Sport Sims. Games like FIFA, NBA, Madden etc all bore the hell outta me. Cartoony ones like Mario Super Charged Football I'll play coz the surrealism makes it fun (albeit VERY frustrating at times!). I'm all for giving games a go but you will never find a seriously modelled sports sim game in my VG collection. NEVER EVER! :p
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Post by: MrDrake on April 17, 2010, 07:17:46 AM
I don't really watch a lot of anime.  The only ones I've seen and have enjoyed are Pokemon, Digimon, Dragonball Z, Cardcaptor Sakura and Afro Samurai.

The one I despise the most is Naruto, I just can't stand it is all.
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on April 17, 2010, 07:33:43 AM
My fav school subjects were English, P.E and Biology.
My least were History (sorry Malte :oops), Maths and Physics (although I did do rather well in my exams on those subjects)
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Post by: Alex on April 17, 2010, 11:20:03 AM
I'm about 85% sure I'm going to become a complete nerd when DC Universe Online comes out. It just looks so great  :cry
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Post by: MrDrake on April 17, 2010, 06:22:52 PM
Quote from: Alex,Apr 18 2010 on  03:20 AM
I'm about 85% sure I'm going to become a complete nerd when DC Universe Online comes out. It just looks so great  :cry
Oh, you and me both Alex, you and me both.

Like Alex, I too am waiting ever so patiently for DC Universe Online to come out and wil probabally get it for the PS3 as my Laptop wont be able to handle it all too well sadly enough.
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Post by: Noname on April 17, 2010, 07:19:26 PM
Three of four classes that I am currently taking in college are history-related.
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Post by: Alex on April 18, 2010, 12:39:51 AM
Quote from: MrDrake,Apr 17 2010 on  05:22 PM
...ever so patiently...
Yeah, that's a good way to describe it.
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Post by: MrDrake on April 18, 2010, 03:05:32 AM
lol yeah, ever since I had fist heard about it and saw some videos about it online, I've been wanting it ever since XD

Another fact about me, I do wish to go and visit Egypt at some point in time, you know, see the pyramids, the sphyinx and those other places around, like the Valley of the Kings I believe is what it's called.
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Post by: Serris on April 19, 2010, 12:01:11 AM
My favorite types of fan fiction are Dark Fics and humor fics.
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Post by: MrDrake on April 19, 2010, 12:09:09 AM
I love salt and vinegar chips.  And if I have said that once before....you get to know yet again :lol:
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Post by: Pangaea on April 19, 2010, 12:11:20 AM
I prefer fanfictions that are similar in tone, humor, and overall feel to whatever they are originally based on.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on April 21, 2010, 02:29:56 PM
I don't scare easily, but I startle easily :blink:.  

Funny how I can do something like travel overseas alone, skydive, and even sleep under the stars in the wildnerness without fear, yet I jump if I'm sitting at my desk using my laptop in my house and I hear a creaking noise :crazy.
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Post by: Waluigifan on April 21, 2010, 02:44:09 PM
I don't like parties. I've never liked parties. It's just a waste of time.

Another fact:
I was born 6 weeks too early.
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Post by: Pangaea on April 22, 2010, 05:47:04 PM
I don't drink coffee, and have pretty low caffeine tolerance, so on the rare occasions when I drink a heavily caffeinated beverage, my hands tend to be even shakier than usual for several hours afterwards. For instance, it was probably a mistake for me to drink a cappuccino with five heaping spoonfuls of mix in it before setting type for a printing press in my Medieval & Rennaissance studies class today. :slap :rolleyes
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Post by: Dash The Longneck on April 23, 2010, 06:55:06 PM
Up until one week ago I could never do that "Soulja Boy" dance. Please tell me you guys know what I'm talking about.
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Post by: Alex on April 23, 2010, 07:19:47 PM
Well I definitely don't dance, and definitely can't crank dat soulja boy, so don't feel too bad.
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Post by: Dash The Longneck on April 23, 2010, 07:46:56 PM
Quote from: Alex,Apr 23 2010 on  06:19 PM
Well I definitely don't dance, and definitely can't crank dat soulja boy, so don't feel too bad.
It was real easy for me once I watched the step by step moves for like the 15th time.
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Post by: tempestwheel on April 23, 2010, 07:52:39 PM
I'm a bit of a pyrophobe, (Fear of fire) only when it comes to creating fires inb science experiments, though. Otherwise fire doesn't bother me.
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Post by: Serris on April 23, 2010, 10:59:44 PM
My favorite sweeteners are palm sugar and brown cane sugar.
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Post by: Littlefoot Fan on April 23, 2010, 11:14:36 PM
I am so obsessed with anime that I practically idolize characters from them, even though I know they're just fictional. Maybe a bit weird, but god I love anime! xD
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Post by: Noname on April 24, 2010, 03:08:00 AM
I am just the opposite. Unless it is being made fun of, I hate anime! I used to like it, until I realized that most anime shows have little in the way of a good plot, that the art style, while often impressive, was more often repetitive and simplistic, and that it was, if possible, even more heavily commercialized than Western animation, to the point where many anime series are little more than glorified toy commercials.
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Post by: Serris on April 26, 2010, 05:42:18 PM
I am 5'4" but my the length of my outstretched arms is 5'6".
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Post by: Noname on April 26, 2010, 08:24:11 PM
I'm starting to rotate the character in my sig, and will try to have a new one each month or so.
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Post by: MrDrake on April 26, 2010, 09:11:35 PM
I have a terrible fear of heights.  Even standing on a chair can freak me out a bit.....so do not ask me to repair your roof, I will refuse.....that is too high for me.....
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Post by: Noname on April 26, 2010, 10:18:35 PM
I was stuck in an elevator once. I was also stuck in a bathroom when the doorknob fell off.
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Post by: tempestwheel on April 26, 2010, 10:23:32 PM
Quote from: MrDrake,Apr 26 2010 on  08:11 PM
I have a terrible fear of heights.  Even standing on a chair can freak me out a bit.....so do not ask me to repair your roof, I will refuse.....that is too high for me.....
Me too. Subsequently, there are very few thrill rides I'm willing to go on.
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Post by: MrDrake on April 26, 2010, 10:27:17 PM
Odd thing is, I've been on a giant drop before, and did enjoy it, granted, it's not as long as the one in Australia's Gold Coast, I think it's Dreamworld that it's in....that looks far too high for me.

Not to mention, I do like rollercoasters....although after Final Destination 3 as well as a CSI episode as well (can't recall it too much, but a rollercoaster derailment was part of it), um yeah....trust in them has gone down a little bit as well....
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Post by: Noname on April 26, 2010, 10:33:19 PM
I like rollercoasters, but not the once which go upside-down.

P.S. Do you like this new sig picture?
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Post by: Pangaea on April 26, 2010, 10:47:36 PM
^ I think it looks better than the vertically-compressed screenshot of Mo with the (de)motivational poster frame around it.

I'm not so much afraid of heights as I'm afraid of falling from them. :p I'm very unsteady on my feet (so much so that I tend to rock slightly even when I'm just standing, and can even lose my balance), so it's very unnerving for me to stand at the edge of a cliff, a bridge, or the top of a stairway with little between me and a long, injurious or fatal fall. If I'm looking out the window of an airplane, on the other hand, I have little fear of the vast distance between me and the ground.
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Post by: Noname on April 26, 2010, 10:50:20 PM
(Cool. I think my piece is an upgrade from the last one.)

I am going to New York Law school starting in late August.
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Post by: Malte279 on April 27, 2010, 04:18:18 AM
^ As for roller coasters and me I think Gustav, Jason, and Patrick could tell a story from last years trip where among other we visited Lisbergs Park in Gotenburg where I joined them on a roller coaster ride (after my knees had already been softened up quite a bit by a giant swing). Gustav took a picture of me while the train was going up to the highest point of that roller coaster and quite frankly on that picture I look like I was shell-shocked or something. For three days after that my voice sounded like I had sort of lost it on that said roller coaster :oops
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on April 27, 2010, 06:00:18 AM
^ Yeah I remember that!  :DD Bless his little cotton socks he was brave too considering we peer pressured poor Malte to come on with us. I remember one of us say "just let out a scream, it will add to the thrill". Boy did he! Lost his voice for nearly 3 days (if not longer). Probably already mentioned the fact that I'm a huge rolly-coaster fan! :DD Been on some of the best ones in the world including Duelling Dragons (US), The Incredible Hulk Ride (US), Space Mountain (US/France), Collossus (UK) amongst others. Don't like freefall rides though. Having said that, if bullied enough, I'll go on one but I'll scream like a girl! :oops

Oh, another random fact about me. My favourite Disney character is Stitch! ;) Coz he's cute and fluffy (as he states) :p
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Post by: Waluigifan on April 27, 2010, 09:57:43 AM
I've never been on a rollercoaster and I don't want to. Too dangerous.

Another fact:
I don't have a brace anymore, today the orthodontist removed it completely. My teeth look really big! But they look much better as compared with my teeth 4 years prior!!
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Post by: MrDrake on April 27, 2010, 06:29:15 PM
Quote from: Littlefoot1616,Apr 27 2010 on  10:00 PM
Oh, another random fact about me. My favourite Disney character is Stitch! ;) Coz he's cute and fluffy (as he states) :p
You and me both, I too just love Stitch, one of the best cartoon characters around imo ^^

Now, for an actual fact about me, let's see here....oh! I know what....my favourite game series of all time is the God of War series with the Kingdom Hearts series in second place.
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on April 28, 2010, 04:57:58 AM
A brand new fact about me that occurred at 10am yesterday. I'm an uncle again for the 3rd time!  :D My sister gave birth to a baby girl yesterday! Apparently, mum and baby are doing well. They're calling her Jayda. So happy! :DD
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Post by: Malte279 on April 28, 2010, 05:24:26 AM
Congratulations! :D
Man this is awesome uncle Jay :yes
A really happy event :celebrate

I am still in the youngest generation of my family as neither my sister nor any of my cousins (one of whom is older than 30) have any kids yet.
So for the time being I may still be the kid myself I hope :p
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on April 28, 2010, 09:43:47 AM
Congratulations, Jason :yes!

As for me, I love rollercoasters, or anything that gives me adrenaline rushes for that matter :lol.
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Post by: jedi472 on April 28, 2010, 01:21:40 PM
I love roller coasters, too. The one at Cedar Point though, the Maverick, has this inverted drop that I swear permanently addled me! :lol: I'd go again in a second, though!
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Post by: Littlefoot Fan on April 28, 2010, 01:41:24 PM
I never liked roller coasters. Though I've been on a few in my lifetime, I simply don't like or get any enjoyment out of the massive adrenaline rush from them. The only adrenaline rush I actually like is when I'm playing a really scary game where things jump out at you.
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Post by: Amaranthine on April 28, 2010, 10:30:50 PM
I am tired of being told to stop being hard on myself. I'M DOING THE FLIPPEN BEST I CAN WITH IT OKAY?! Jeez...
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Post by: Animeboye on April 29, 2010, 12:58:26 PM
I was born the same day Edward Scissorhands came out.
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Post by: Waluigifan on April 29, 2010, 02:22:16 PM
Marks you can get at schools in Germany:
1 = very good
2 = good
3 = okay
4 = adequate
5 = bad
6 = very bad

When I get a 1 at school, I'll gain 10 euros from my parents, if I get a 2 at school, I'll gain 5 euros from my parents.
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Post by: Serris on April 29, 2010, 05:42:47 PM
I am not fond of rollercoasters.

Most of my adrenaline rushes come from reading thrillers  and coupling them with "epic music" (Preliator, Danger Zone,  The Lord's Prayer <this is a electronic piece by the electronic music group E Nomine>, Schwarze Sonne, Primo Victoria, One Winged Angel <Advent Children movie version>, etc.)
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Post by: Pangaea on April 29, 2010, 07:08:55 PM
Random one: My favorite numbers are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 14, 18, and 42. :p
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Post by: The Chronicler on April 29, 2010, 07:15:30 PM
I consider the number 6 to be my lucky number.
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Post by: tempestwheel on April 29, 2010, 07:46:00 PM
My birthday is the same as Darren Lynn Bousman's, the man who directed Saw 2-4.
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Post by: Alex on April 29, 2010, 10:43:03 PM
Oh oh, I was born on a "Friday the 13th" :D
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Post by: Noname on April 30, 2010, 03:59:07 AM
I was born in the USA, but am of Southern Italian descent, and I have relatives in Milan and Florence farther to the north of Italy.
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Post by: Pangaea on April 30, 2010, 04:09:38 AM
I am very interested in researching my genealogy, though I have not yet had an opportunity to do so. From what my parents have told me, I am of English descent on my maternal grandfather's side, English and Scottish on my maternal grandmother's, German and Swiss on my paternal grandfather's, and Swedish on my paternal grandmother's. (Though I have not verified it, and do not know whether it is even possible, I supposedly have some Viking ancestry.)
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on April 30, 2010, 09:33:19 AM
I am both Caucasian (Irish) and Native American (Cherokee), so this makes me multiracial even though I look like I'm all Caucasian.
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Post by: Serris on May 01, 2010, 02:36:42 AM
I am monoracial (Chinese - of Taishan descent)... yet I look slightly South Asian/Filipino.

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Post by: Noname on May 01, 2010, 03:06:45 AM
^
I honestly had no idea, Serris. Imagine that.

As for me, I have a distant relative in Thailand.
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Post by: MrDrake on May 02, 2010, 03:10:27 AM
I'm a bit of a fan of Dragon Ball Z.  I enjoy the anime series, granted, I haven't seen much of GT or the one that's suppose to be after that.  Seen up to the Baby Saga I believe, when Baby Vegeta becomes the Golden Ape version of a normal Great Ape.  Although, I think it's spelt differently, the word "baby" in regards to the villain.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on May 04, 2010, 02:19:03 AM
I sometimes like to watch random funny YT videos for some good laughs.  They usually center around funny film clips or African Grey parrots cussing :lol.
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Post by: Waluigifan on May 04, 2010, 12:11:43 PM
At 26th June (then my strike on YouTube will be ended), I am going to upload new videos on my YouTube channel again. It will be a ton of music videos, but also Nintendo videos and probably a new YouTube Poop (German) with material which has never been used before!!
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Post by: Amaranthine on May 04, 2010, 07:55:50 PM
I LOOOOVE learning about other languages and just speaking them, it's a lot of fun then just speaking English every single day....
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Post by: Alex on May 04, 2010, 10:02:38 PM
R-Lady reminded me. I wanna learn Russian. :(
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Post by: Waluigifan on May 05, 2010, 08:27:42 AM
I love to listen to music with different languages... I have English, Spanish, Russian and Turkish songs on my MP3 player... but there is no German song. I don't like German songs.
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Post by: The Chronicler on May 09, 2010, 03:06:25 PM
I somehow managed to chip a back tooth while I was flossing last night. It didn't hurt, but I can definitely feel with my tongue the small missing part of that tooth. I put the chipped-off piece in a plastic bag so that I can show it to my dentist at my next check-up.
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Post by: jedi472 on May 09, 2010, 03:25:07 PM
I once freaked the hell out of my sixth grade class when I did a presentation on how it would feel to enter a black hole.
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Post by: Ptyra on May 12, 2010, 06:27:42 PM
^ I guess that's how it would feel to be sucked into a black hole, then XD .

My family is doing a ceiling remodel. Scraping off the "popcorn". Messy, messy, messy, messy. And then we're changing the carpet, which is also quite messy (the carpet, I mean)
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Post by: StarfallRaptor on May 13, 2010, 01:22:24 AM
I am a pipe smoker.  Blame my two best friends for that.  But yeah.
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Post by: Pangaea on May 15, 2010, 01:29:30 AM
By complete accident, I said "oops-eeps" today. :blink: My brother and I were at Barnes & Noble, and he accidentally knocked a book off a shelf. I was standing nearby, and the words just slipped out. I have a habit of uttering improvised variations on common exclamations (even if I'm not the one making a mistake), and probably meant to say something like “oopsie” or “oopsie-doops”, but instead I ended up accidentally quoting LBT. :p

By the way, the song may irritate me, but I kinda like the phrase. :p
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Post by: Serris on May 16, 2010, 06:04:13 PM
I have been told by several people that I can do a VERY convincing teleport illusion.
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Post by: Littlefoot Fan on May 16, 2010, 06:55:56 PM
Quote from: StarfallRaptor,May 13 2010 on  01:22 AM
I am a pipe smoker.  Blame my two best friends for that.  But yeah.
Don't blame your friends for that. Peer pressure is a joke. I have a friend who always tells me he's going to get me laid one day and get me to start drinking. I laugh at him every time and tell him that I will never degrade myself to his level and destroy my life like he has.
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Post by: Pangaea on May 17, 2010, 12:14:20 AM
Today I officially graduated (with honors!) from college with my bachelor’s degree. :smile
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on May 17, 2010, 12:43:57 PM
Congrats, Pangaea :goodluck!

As for me, I have never smoked and never intend to.  I've lost two relatives to lung cancer caused by smoking, and currently my grandmother is battling cancer caused by many years of smoking.  There is no family history of cancer, so that's how we know the smoking did it.

I was a secondhand-smoker as a kid for twelve years, and I hope it never causes me any health problems :neutral.
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Post by: Pangaea on May 18, 2010, 02:35:03 PM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,May 17 2010 on  11:43 AM
Congrats, Pangaea :goodluck!
Thank you, Anna. :^.^:

It’s been ingrained in me from an early age that smoking (and drug abuse in general) is bad, and while I don’t have anything against people who do smoke (though I wish they wouldn’t, for their sake and others’), I would rather never let a cigarette or a secondhand product thereof come anywhere near my respiratory tract. Plus, I can’t stand the smell of cigarette smoke. :x
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Post by: Serris on May 18, 2010, 03:35:12 PM
I was a 2008 semifinalist in the US Biology Olympiad.



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Post by: Alex on May 18, 2010, 07:33:30 PM
I put a little Redbelly bream in my little 10g tank. Pet river fish rule.
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Post by: Noname on May 18, 2010, 11:09:31 PM
I am about to graduate college!
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Post by: Pangaea on May 18, 2010, 11:33:09 PM
Quote from: Noname,May 18 2010 on  10:09 PM
I am about to graduate college!
You too, huh? Congratulations! :smile

In my time at college, I took ten Biology courses and eleven English courses. (I graduated with an English major and a Biology minor.)
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on May 20, 2010, 10:54:52 PM
I've always been considered very strong for my size.  This started to worry my family when I was in elementary school and started getting physically aggressive with bullies who picked on me, so I was placed in martial arts (Tae Kwon Do) and anger management to learn how to safely and positively channel my anger caused by school bullies.  This really made a difference in my life.  I learned a LOT of self-control and discipline, and I have seldomly gotten in fights since, because I follow the rule of not hitting unless the other individual hits me first.

I'd love to get involved in martial arts again to refresh my skills, but right now I don't have much time or money (typical college student :p).
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Post by: Pangaea on May 27, 2010, 05:03:32 AM
Today (technically yesterday, but I'm still awake :p), while walking through the woods, I managed to hit my head on a low-hanging tree branch. :wacko This marks the second time that's happened to me this spring. :P:

On the same trip, I also surprised myself when I jumped over a small stream without getting wet. The section I crossed was narrow (four feet, maybe?), but still, I didn't realize I could jump that far from a standing start. :wow

Boring, yes, but it's all I've got for now. :p
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Post by: Waluigifan on May 27, 2010, 08:27:21 AM
I finally passed the driving test a few days ago, after 2 tries and a payment of 3000Ä. FINALLY it's over, the time with my driving teacher was the worst time in my life, it was terrible!

I got a 1 (best mark) in the subject German and a 1 in the subject English, I'm very happy about that. But I guess I'll get a 6 (worst mark) in Math, I don't understand ANYTHING in Math!!

Tomorrow will be the last school test, then I can relax... till the end of the summer holidays. :D
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Post by: Malte279 on May 27, 2010, 01:46:19 PM
We seem to have a lot in common Walluigifan :)
So  far I was the only one I ever knew whose expanses for the drivers license reached the 3000 Euro mark.
Math gave me a very hard time too in the senior grades.
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Post by: StarfallRaptor on May 28, 2010, 02:49:34 AM
People seem to break my heart on a regular basis.  Either by dying, or by breaking up with me for no apparent reason.  

So I've resigned myself to being a hermit.
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Post by: Waluigifan on May 28, 2010, 12:06:03 PM
Quote
So far I was the only one I ever knew whose expanses for the drivers license reached the 3000 Euro mark.
I've needed 40 hours, the driving teacher my family chose is a hustler! It would have been better if we chose another teacher... but it was too late...

New fact:

I almost collapsed today inside the bus, the air was very very bad..., one or two minutes before we reached the next bus station, I suddenly felt very bad and I became giddy. Fortunately we arrived the bus station at the last second and after 5 minutes of rest at the fresh air outside, I felt comfortable again. There were cool perspiration on my forehead.
That only happened because the busses are always crowded!! -.-
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Post by: WAbam on May 30, 2010, 03:21:09 AM
I accidentally murdered my fish.... I changed his water and it was too warm and he suffocated and died :(
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Post by: Amaranthine on May 30, 2010, 03:38:19 AM
^Sorry about that. :(

Animation is my life. :D
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Post by: tempestwheel on May 30, 2010, 02:14:46 PM
I like Sonic games more than Mario games.
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Post by: Pangaea on June 06, 2010, 03:16:54 AM
Sorry about your fish, WAbam. :(

I continually astound myself with my own absentmindedness. Last night I saw that the paper towel stand in the kitchen was out of paper towels, so I took off the cardboard tube, walked over to the nearest recycling bag (not much more than six steps away for me), disposed of it, walked back into the kitchen (again, I only took about six steps) . . . and immediately asked myself, “Now what was I going to do again?” :confused I’m guessing it took me about a minute to remember that I was replacing the paper towels, and that I was about to go get a new roll. :wacko
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on June 07, 2010, 04:48:10 PM
It's been a while since I posted here, so I need to think of something to say.

Let me see...

Oh! I know! My parents are moving to Arizona while I am going to Troy for college.
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Post by: Serris on June 07, 2010, 11:06:09 PM
I am quite a good climber but I have a mild fear of heights.

My conformation (to use a dogshow/equestrianism term) is apparently well suited for climbing, ballet and gymnastics - long limbs, thin body, high flexibility, surprising strength.
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Post by: Waluigifan on June 08, 2010, 12:31:30 PM
Today I've got my worst mark ever. It's a F (15%) in math (In Germany: 6). Anyway, I'm very satisfied with my marks and my school report is good (ÿ 2,31). :D
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 09, 2010, 12:13:16 AM
I earned the top grade in seventh grade biology (101%) after I got really pissed off at my instructor.  At the beginning of the school year, I had not done as well on a test as I thought did.  My instructor's response when I talked to him about it?  I should not expect myself to do very well in science since I'm a girl :anger!  I sure proved him wrong :p.

BTW, if somebody tells me I can't do something or I'm not good enough, I do my best to prove 'em wrong ;).
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Post by: Amaranthine on June 09, 2010, 01:37:57 AM
^Awesome!!!!! :D

Unfortunately, science was never my strongest point, but I guess it mostly had to do with not really understanding the information I was given. I was always in a mind fog when I was around that age. I mean I COULD get it but not really. :p
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Post by: Pangaea on June 09, 2010, 02:19:06 AM
Yeah, way to go, CT! :smile

I’ve been obsessed with science (particularly biology, particularly animals) for as long as I can remember. I took ten Biology courses during my time at college, and graduated with a Bio minor. The reason I didn’t go for a major is that I probably wouldn’t have been able to take all of the additional courses required for one and still graduate in four years (In retrospect, I suppose I could have just stayed longer, but since I’m not planning to be a biologist, I don’t know if it would have been worth it :unsure:). Additionally, one of the courses the Bio major required was Calculus, which I would have failed miserably at. :p

EDIT: Holy buckets, I just noticed that I not only posted already in this thread about the number of Bio courses I took in college, but the first post is at the top of this same page! :blink: Another sign of my deteriorating memory. :rolleyes
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on June 09, 2010, 03:34:16 AM
Yay! Science peoples. After four years of college, I plan on having a double degree in mathematics and physics with a minor in computer science.
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Post by: The Chronicler on June 09, 2010, 06:42:43 AM
Physics and Astronomy are the types of science that I've always been interested in and did very well in such classes. Geology isn't one of my very strong interests, but I'm still rather good at it.  Biology, on the other hand, I really didn't do that great in that class.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: lbt/cty_lover on June 09, 2010, 04:54:46 PM
In response to your comment, Chronicler, I got interested in physics through astronomy.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Blitz on June 14, 2010, 09:36:07 AM
None of you are aware of this, but on this very day, I was born with a mild form of autism known as Aspergers Syndrome. It's incurable, and I've lived with it my whole life. Due to being born with this disorder, I've managed to take advantage of it and it has molded me into the highly intelligent young man I am today. Not very many who have autism of any form are as lucky as I am.
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Post by: Pangaea on June 14, 2010, 10:03:25 AM
You're in good company. :yes I have Asperger's myself, as do quite a few other members on the GOF (there are some with other disorders on the autism spectrum as well). We even have a thread (http://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?topic=3429) on the subject.

The Aspie traits I personally exhibit most strongly include relatively narrow but very intense interests, obsession over details, awkwardness in social situations, and physical clumsiness, as well as unusually sensitive hearing and touch.
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Post by: Serris on June 14, 2010, 02:13:59 PM
I was recently diagnosed with an "Asperger's Syndrome-like" condition. Apparently, I show strong social awkwardness. Not to mention I have a very strong sense of smell, taste and hearing.

On a side note, just recently I got bored and decided to bend a small piece of narrow steel tubing over my thigh. It is not as hard as it seems; straightening it out required a lot more effort and a pair of leather gloves. Granted, the one time my grip strength has been tested, I exerted over 120 pounds of pressure with my right hand alone and over 170 pounds of pressure with both hands. For comparison, I weigh about 115 pounds.
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Post by: Alex on June 14, 2010, 07:40:39 PM
Everyone gets diagnosed with some kind of autism these days.

Personally, I think these diagnosises are asinine.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Blitz on June 14, 2010, 08:49:04 PM
Oh... well, I didn't know that were others here who have it. Thanks for telling me that Pangaea. It's good to know that I'm not the only one.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Pangaea on June 14, 2010, 09:01:41 PM
Quote from: Alex,Jun 14 2010 on  06:40 PM
Everyone gets diagnosed with some kind of autism these days.

Personally, I think these diagnosises are asinine.
This is a subject for the aforementioned Asperger's Syndrome thread (http://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?topic=3429) (quote me and post there if you wish to respond), but while is certainly likely that several people believe themselves to have Asperger's or other ASDs due to taking an online test (considerably less reliable than a professional evaluation), when in fact that they do not, but there are definitely individuals who are genuinely on the autism spectrum. Furthermore, I have heard that ASD diagnoses may appear to be on the increase because people are more aware of them.


Quote from: Blitz,Jun 14 2010 on  07:49 PM
Oh... well, I didn't know that were others here who have it. Thanks for telling me that Pangaea. It's good to know that I'm not the only one.
You're welcome. I thought the same thing when I came here and found that out. :D (You know, this means that two LBT fans with Asperger's made their introductory posts on the GOF on the same day of the year, two years in a row . . . who'da thunk it? :wow)
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Post by: Blitz on June 14, 2010, 09:17:56 PM
Oddly enough, it sure does. Even I'm a bit surprised by that.  :wow
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: tempestwheel on June 14, 2010, 09:30:26 PM
Because of a birth condition, my left thumb can't really bend.
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Post by: Pangaea on June 14, 2010, 09:36:39 PM
I have double-jointed toes. My big toes in particular can bend back at an almost 90-degree angle. I'm also pretty good at picking things up with my feet. :p
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 14, 2010, 09:38:42 PM
I have scoliosis.
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Post by: Serris on June 14, 2010, 10:34:39 PM
I found out that I have amazing pedal dexterity... I folded and threw a fairly complicated paper airplane using only my feet and I can tie a simple overhand knot using my feet.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 14, 2010, 11:36:22 PM
I get random spells of vertigo ("the room starts spinning").  I think this may have been caused by a car wreck I was in several years ago, for I never had any vertigo-like activity beforehand :blink:.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Alex on June 15, 2010, 12:34:08 AM
I indeed do not have any medical condition that I can brag about. :(
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Nick22 on June 15, 2010, 12:37:10 AM
well blitz you are not alone in having austism and similar conditions.. there are a number of people here , myself included youhave very similar stories as yours..
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 15, 2010, 12:54:01 AM
I once went airborne when goin' down one of those vertical waterslides...and almost crashed into a bridge that stood at least twenty-five feet above the bottom of the slide :blink:.

I also nearly flew out of a rollercoaster car once :p.
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Post by: Pangaea on June 15, 2010, 01:26:00 AM
^ O-kay :o . . . my enthusiasm for trying out a roller coaster or vertical water slide just dropped considerably. :blink:

I don't particularly mind heights (in fact, I rather like the views provided by high vantage points :p), but I have a strong fear of falling from them, so whenever I get close to a precarious precipice (even if I'm just behind a railing overlooking a staircase), I tend to become faintly nervous (the intensity of which increases with the precariousness), and move cautiously.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Malte279 on June 15, 2010, 04:38:15 AM
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I indeed do not have any medical condition that I can brag about. :(
My deepest sympathies to you for that one :lol
The second and third toe of my feet are grown together up to the first joint. When my Dad saw this in hospital he asked a medic if this was bad and if something could be done about it. He was told that there was no problem with that and that it was probably genetic. It was only then that he first noticed his second and third toes were grown together to the first joint as well :p
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Post by: Pangaea on June 15, 2010, 07:54:43 PM
^ Wow! It took him that long to notice?! :lol

The technical term for that condition is syndactyly (fused digits). A little research tells me that you have incomplete simple syndactyly (digits not fused all the way to the tip, and connected only by soft tissue).

My cat has the opposite condition: polydactyly (extra digits). Sasquatch has seven toes on each of his front paws and six toes on each of his back paws, :wow resulting in his abnormally large feet, and, in turn, his name. :p (He apparently had a sister, Yeti, and a brother, Wookiee, who were polydactyl as well, as well as a second sister, Nessie, who wasn't.)
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Caustizer on June 15, 2010, 08:44:47 PM
I used to launch rockets, and had one of them fail to go ten metres due to an underpowered engine, had one travel over a mile and nearly reach sub-orbit, and had one explode in the sky with the rest of the public school watching - the pilot capsule ejected but due to strong winds was never recovered.

I used to race go-karts, and ran at a world championship course wherein I finshed 14th out of 50 drivers.  I raced a grand total of two classes - Junior Heavy and Junior Rotax Supercharges - and I won a single race in both categories

I own a sword in my bedroom, which I take out everytime the coyoties run by my window at night - just in case.

I have jumped off a 30 foot cliff into a deep lake, and witnessed an eight year old child do a backflip while performing the same jump.

I have dove in the Gulf of Mexico and visited a coral reef filled with plants and even small sharks.  The current carried me over a shallow portion, so I was forced to float inches above the barbs to avoid being stung before being carried into deeper water.

I scored my first ever hat trick in hockey (that is 3 goals in one game) in a tournament, so it was never recorded in the league standings.

I attended a Wargames convention using model soldiers of Warhammer 40K and walked away with one of their only three awards - the Sportsmanship Award.

World Renowned proffessor Stephen Hawking is currently teaching the class that I am enrolled for next fall at University of Waterloo.

I was apart of an organization called 'Medvents' and we were credited by the Governer General of Canada as heroes for saving a man's life in the wilderness.  The mayor of our town presented the award to us in person.

My uncle is a pilot, and he took us in a personal flight over top of our house to take pictures last summer.

My proffessor's daughter is the personal secretary of Stephen Harper, the prime minister of Canada.

I have touched a ring worn by Rod Sealing, a famous defenseman on the Canadian hockey team during the '69 Summit Series' between Canada and Russia.

I have touched a plate that was once attached to the Stanley Cup which had Wayne Gretsky's name written on it 3 times.

I had a picture taken with me and Alex Tagliani, a famous Formula One racer.

I played a hockey game on the ice with Paul Coffey, a famous Chicago Blackhawks player.  He shared nachos with me and my best friend.

My family has the privilage of owning a Dodge Viper, and I have driven it 3 times since we bought it (and not crashed it thankfully).

I have watched somebody's house burn to the ground - twice.

My partner at work was a British Soldier... his most notable placement was guarding Rudolph Hess - that is, Hitler's deputy.


...


I think that about covers it for things to know about me  :lol

Caustizer.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: StarfallRaptor on June 15, 2010, 09:01:05 PM
Hmm...lemme see...

-I know more things about anime (Especially Gundam, Inuyasha, and Fullmetal Alchemist) than are probably ever going to be useful

-I currently work a graveyard shift at Kohl's.

-I own more weapons than are probably normal.

-I can use a 6-foot tall katana fairly well

-I tend to hyperfocus on things

-My IQ is 160

-I am Bi, and proud of it

-I am quite happily in a (very) polyamorous relationship

-I love video games

-I have a Super Nintendo Super Scope peripheral, but no Super Nintendo.

-I have an Eagle Scout, a Second Degree Black Belt, and am a Certified Red Cross lifeguard

Ask me if you want to know more.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 15, 2010, 11:14:28 PM
Orange Marmalade used to be my favorite jam, but now it has been replaced with Huckleberry jam.  Yum!  Bears really do have good judgement (they LOVE huckleberries) :smile!
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on June 15, 2010, 11:25:12 PM
Quote from: StarfallRaptor,Jun 15 2010 on  08:01 PM
-I know more things about anime (Especially Gundam, Inuyasha, and Fullmetal Alchemist) than are probably ever going to be useful
Yay! Another Gundam fan.

I usually entertain some of my friends by acting like an Apple fanboy and fanatically defending Steve Jobs.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 16, 2010, 12:01:37 AM
I can imitate Flipper's sound pretty well :lol.

I am just as slapstick as Ducky and Petrie :rolleyes.
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Post by: Pangaea on June 16, 2010, 01:21:58 AM
Due to the influence of the Three Stooges, I probably say “soitenly!” more often than I say “certainly”. :P: Additionally, I have a habit of “n'yuk-n'yuk-n'yuk”-ing when I am amused or pleased with myself. :lol

I'm also not too bad at mimicking Curly's cry of “woo-woo-woo!”. :p
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on June 16, 2010, 03:52:37 AM
I have a habit of going back and singing along to some of my favorite camp songs (American Pie, Stairway to Heaven, Mr. Brightside, Iris, and others).
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: StarfallRaptor on June 16, 2010, 09:05:42 AM
Quote from: lbt/cty_lover,Jun 16 2010 on  02:52 AM
I have a habit of going back and singing along to some of my favorite camp songs (American Pie, Stairway to Heaven, Mr. Brightside, Iris, and others).
Yay!!  I love those songs!
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 17, 2010, 12:40:44 AM
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-I own more weapons than are probably normal.

I read your list in your "Ask Me" thread.  My reaction: :wow

I only possess the following weapons, if they're considered weapons :P:

*BB Gun (left at home in VA)

*Pocket hunter's knife (kept in door of my vehicle whenever I'm not backcountry camping)

*Foldable camping saw (kept in back of my vehicle with my backpacking gear)
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on June 17, 2010, 01:17:09 AM
The only weapon I ever arm myself with is a 20 milliWatt handheld laser. If that counts as a weapon.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Serris on June 17, 2010, 02:19:15 AM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Jun 17 2010 on  12:40 AM
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I own more weapons than are probably normal.
That list amazed me too.

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Theoretically, I am capable of turning almost anything into a weapon.

I also possess a crude flail-type weapon that I made (large rock inside several old sock). It serves as a paperweight.

I once carried two knives with me in my bag or pocket (large Swiss Army knife and Leatherman tool.) I placed them at home them because they were so heavy.

On crabbing trips my family carried a hatchet in the minivan.

Oh yeah, my grandfather has like 6 or more shotguns/rifles in his old house.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on June 17, 2010, 03:08:27 AM
(Note to self: NEVER get on Serris's bad side)

I have learned to read and write fluently in angular runes like the ones on the maps in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Serris on June 17, 2010, 03:12:18 AM
Quote from: lbt/cty_lover,Jun 17 2010 on  03:08 AM
(Note to self: NEVER get on Serris's bad side)
 
Do not worry. I will only use physical violence in defense of myself or others.

In any case, my right arm is far stronger than my left arm.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Pangaea on June 17, 2010, 03:23:03 AM
I seem to have a “hallucinating” nose; every now and then I smell some random thing that isn't there. :blink: For instance, yesterday morning, I thought I smelled vanilla cake batter being mixed in the kitchen upstairs, and right now, as I sit in front of my computer, I smell overripe apples. :confused :wacko :crazy
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Blitz on June 17, 2010, 09:24:15 PM
Quote from: Serris,Jun 17 2010 on  02:12 AM
Quote from: lbt/cty_lover,Jun 17 2010 on  03:08 AM
(Note to self: NEVER get on Serris's bad side)
 
Do not worry. I will only use physical violence in defense of myself or others.

In any case, my right arm is far stronger than my left arm.
I did the exact same thing when I was only 12 years old during my time in middle school. Moving on, my left arm is stronger than my right arm, which means I'm the opposite of you. XD
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Post by: aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) on June 19, 2010, 04:07:39 AM
It's my left arm that's strong. I'm ambidextrous by birth, but tend to favor my left hand after breaking my right arm as a kid. I had to use my left hand for everything, and even when the arm healed I never went back.

Also interesting, I couldn't snap my fingers until I was 18. I learned because Dr. Rodney McKay on Stargate Atlantis had a habit of snapping his fingers three times whenever he came up with an idea, and I started doing the motion to emulate him. Eventually, the snapping just started working.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Pangaea on June 19, 2010, 08:27:54 AM
Sometimes, when I’m making a birthday card or other personalized written greeting, I write part of the heading with my left hand (I’m right-handed), and then thicken the lines to create a unique font. :p
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Post by: Sky on June 19, 2010, 09:12:49 AM
I've actually forgotten my native language which is the philippine language.  :blink:
I come from the Philippines but was born in Austria so German is my strongest language.

I also 'learned' english through watching 'Cartoon Network' all the time when I was a kid.  :p
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 20, 2010, 12:56:11 AM
I have an indentation over the base of my right thumb, and I have had this indentation since I sprained the joint during a volleyball game when I was twelve years old.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: The Chronicler on June 21, 2010, 12:30:06 PM
On this forum, I have a strange habit of having to make posts at rather specific times. In other words, when I write a post, I refuse to actually post it at times like 8:37 or 1:19 or 7:59. I have to to click the "Add Reply" button at times like 3:00 or 5:30 or 9:15. The same goes for PMs. As an example, just take a look at where it says "Posted on..." above this post. (And yes, this often means I have to wait a few minutes if I finish writing my post earlier than I had expected.)
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Alex on June 21, 2010, 01:32:04 PM
Lol @ Chronicler. That's pretty weird :p.

Something about meeee...well let's see..I got two more fishtanks when I moved into my new house. :]
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Serris on June 21, 2010, 11:52:22 PM
I really, really, really, really like heavy music with powerful drums and driving lyrics.

Examples:

Preliator (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q6skxRLnsI)
Dragon Rider (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em42XjJKSX8)
Lachrimae (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA8DiVlK7iw)
Flameheart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQMpRWuT6hk)
Primo Victoria (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrJAwCBbnuc)

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Here is a really, really, really weird tidbit: my parents were originally going to give me the name "James".

I guess that explains why two of my OCs are named James... :p
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Pangaea on June 22, 2010, 01:52:58 AM
Quote from: The Chronicler,Jun 21 2010 on  11:30 AM
On this forum, I have a strange habit of having to make posts at rather specific times. In other words, when I write a post, I refuse to actually post it at times like 8:37 or 1:19 or 7:59. I have to to click the "Add Reply" button at times like 3:00 or 5:30 or 9:15. The same goes for PMs. As an example, just take a look at where it says "Posted on..." above this post. (And yes, this often means I have to wait a few minutes if I finish writing my post earlier than I had expected.)
That reminds me of my habit of liking to post at hour marks, five-or-ten-minute intervals (XX:15, XX:30, etc.), and at times that are palindromes (12:21, 3:03) or contain only one number (11:11, 4:44). I don't know why I do it :confused (and it's not something I obsess over, or put a whole lot of effort into); it's just another one of my weird little quirks. :p
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Post by: Serris on June 24, 2010, 01:56:41 PM
I like martial music.
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Post by: Radel on June 24, 2010, 03:13:42 PM
I don't smell almost anything.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on June 24, 2010, 05:54:43 PM
I have now found a use for an air horn.

(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/toot.png)
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 24, 2010, 06:06:12 PM
I'm almost done with the next Sharptooth Valley II chapter.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on June 25, 2010, 12:15:40 AM
I like to eat deli meats plain. My personal favorite is honeyed ham.
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 26, 2010, 12:51:40 AM
I like to make fake strategy guides for video games I made up.
Possibly my personal favorite "guides" were for a trilogy of games I made up that mixed Ed, Edd, N Eddy with Final Fantasy VII and VIII and played in the style of Kingdom Hearts.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 03, 2010, 12:18:42 AM
I tend to obsess about random things for unexplainable reasons for certain amounts of time.  My most current obsession is eating disorders :blink:.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on July 03, 2010, 11:21:24 AM
I like the retail website thinkgeek.com because they sell some really geeky things.
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Post by: Pangaea on July 04, 2010, 01:02:23 AM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Jul 2 2010 on  11:18 PM
I tend to obsess about random things for unexplainable reasons for certain amounts of time.  My most current obsession is eating disorders :blink:.
That reminds me vaguely of my habit of becoming intensely interested in particular subjects (usually a certain kind of animal) for a length of time, before that interest is supplanted by another. In most cases the interests do not fade away entirely, but I simply become less actively engaged in them (e.g., not spontaneously seeking out further information on the subject).

For instance, I've had a somewhat on-and-off obsession with bears for the past few months; I was very interested in echinoderms (particularly the water vascular system of sea stars) in late January, when we started studying them in one of my biology classes; I had a very brief period of intense fascination with arthropod venom starting a couple of days ago, when I was reading a chapter in a book called Swimming with Piranhas at Feeding Time: My Life Doing Dumb Stuff with Animals that discussed stinging insects; and then there's my love of bats, which has been present, and fluctuating in intensity (sometimes reaching extreme heights), for as long as my memory can recollect.
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Post by: Serris on July 06, 2010, 09:40:44 AM
Quote from: Pangaea,Jul 4 2010 on  01:02 AM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Jul 2 2010 on  11:18 PM
I tend to obsess about random things for unexplainable reasons for certain amounts of time. My most current obsession is eating disorders :blink:.
That reminds me vaguely of my habit of becoming intensely interested in particular subjects (usually a certain kind of animal) for a length of time, before that interest is supplanted by another. In most cases the interests do not fade away entirely, but I simply become less actively engaged in them (e.g., not spontaneously seeking out further information on the subject).
*Facepalm*

Are you two me?

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It should be quite apparent but I happen to like military-related things.
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Post by: Pangaea on July 06, 2010, 06:10:47 PM
Quote from: Serris,Jul 6 2010 on  08:40 AM
Quote from: Pangaea,Jul 4 2010 on  01:02 AM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Jul 2 2010 on  11:18 PM
I tend to obsess about random things for unexplainable reasons for certain amounts of time. My most current obsession is eating disorders :blink:.
That reminds me vaguely of my habit of becoming intensely interested in particular subjects (usually a certain kind of animal) for a length of time, before that interest is supplanted by another. In most cases the interests do not fade away entirely, but I simply become less actively engaged in them (e.g., not spontaneously seeking out further information on the subject).
*Facepalm*

Are you two me?
*POSSIBLE STUPID QUESTION ALERT*

What, do you mean you're exactly the same way? In both habits? :confused

If so, it's not the first time the three of us have turned out to have something in common. ;)
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Post by: Caustizer on July 06, 2010, 07:50:04 PM
My interests change as well, going through a bit of a cycle between story writing, LBT, and computer games/board games.  What usually happens is that during the year I spend most of my time by the computer so I partake in computer games while in the summer I don't have a computer at my work so I engage in board games instead.


Also, I had one of my teeth drilled today.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 06, 2010, 10:29:39 PM
Speaking of interests, under the influence of some of my coworkers, I became interested in and have started learning how to do rock climbing :smile.
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Post by: Nick22 on July 07, 2010, 12:33:08 AM
am considering getting a playstation move..
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on July 07, 2010, 12:40:04 AM
I own and know how to use a slide rule.
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Post by: Sky on July 07, 2010, 08:18:01 AM
I sometimes get freaked out by the term 'furry'. :o
Kinda ironic because I draw them but I like the term 'anthro' much, much better.   :angel
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Post by: Pangaea on July 07, 2010, 08:09:28 PM
Every now and then (especially when I’m feeling tired or absentmindedówhich is unfortunately almost always nowadays), when someone addresses me with a greeting or other phrase that is customarily given in a particular social context, I goof up with my obligatory reply.

Sometimes the slip-ups are reasonable, such as if I’m going to bed at a time when another family member is just starting the day, who tells me “goodnight”, and I say the same thing back; or if I greet someone who has woken up past noon with “good morning”. Other times my response is completely incompatible given the scenario. For instance, after dinner a couple of days ago I was thanked for putting my dish away, and I almost said “goodnight” in return. Oftentimes I realize that I’m mincing my words before I’ve finished the phrase (or, as in the above case, even started it), and correct myself, but there are also cases in which I do not even realize I am saying the wrong thing until I am finished, and either reflect on what I just said or have my mistake pointed out to me by someone else.

A lot of the time it seems like my brain is operating my mouth on autopilot, and stuck in the mode when my reply should be the same words the first person said to me (such as “goodbye” or “good morning”); there have been times when someone has said “happy birthday” to me, and I say “happy birthday” back. :slap :lol And don’t get me started with all the times I’ve said “thank you” instead of “you’re welcome”, and vice versa. :rolleyes
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Post by: Amaranthine on July 07, 2010, 11:12:01 PM
^ I'm the same way Pangaea. It's usually when I really don't feel like socializing with people is when I have echolalia. I used to be that way when I was just starting to talk.
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Post by: tempestwheel on July 07, 2010, 11:46:04 PM
I've worn glasses since 4th grade.
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Post by: Pangaea on July 08, 2010, 12:44:38 AM
Quote from: brekclub85,Jul 7 2010 on  10:46 PM
I've worn glasses since 4th grade.
I think that's about the same time I first got glasses, too. Back then, though, I barely wore them for anything besides looking at the board in class, and carried them around in a case most of the time. Later on I started wearing them more often, like when I watched movies in the theater. Nowadays I almost never take them off during my waking hours, and use my glasses case for storing pieces of paper that I write notes on. :lol
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 08, 2010, 12:55:38 AM
Quote from: Pangaea,Jul 7 2010 on  07:09 PM
Every now and then (especially when I’m feeling tired or absentmindedówhich is unfortunately almost always nowadays), when someone addresses me with a greeting or other phrase that is customarily given in a particular social context, I goof up with my obligatory reply.

Sometimes the slip-ups are reasonable, such as if I’m going to bed at a time when another family member is just starting the day, who tells me “goodnight”, and I say the same thing back; or if I greet someone who has woken up past noon with “good morning”. Other times my response is completely incompatible given the scenario. For instance, after dinner a couple of days ago I was thanked for putting my dish away, and I almost said “goodnight” in return. Oftentimes I realize that I’m mincing my words before I’ve finished the phrase (or, as in the above case, even started it), and correct myself, but there are also cases in which I do not even realize I am saying the wrong thing until I am finished, and either reflect on what I just said or have my mistake pointed out to me by someone else.

A lot of the time it seems like my brain is operating my mouth on autopilot, and stuck in the mode when my reply should be the same words the first person said to me (such as “goodbye” or “good morning”); there have been times when someone has said “happy birthday” to me, and I say “happy birthday” back. :slap :lol And don’t get me started with all the times I’ve said “thank you” instead of “you’re welcome”, and vice versa. :rolleyes
I have had a lifelong problem with "echoing".  I was in speech therapy as a kid, so my speech problem is not nearly as severe as it once was.  It still comes out at times, though.

One thing I do that is echoing-related is that I sometimes repeat the last sentence I just said under my breath, or the last sentence somebody else directed at me :blink:.

Also, when I'm excited, angry, hyper, or feeling any very strong level of emotion, my voice fluctuates in pitch several times while I'm speaking.  My sentence may start out high in pitch and then drop, start off low in pitch and then spike up to a screech in the middle of the sentence, or hit the highest pitch at the end of the sentence.  If I'm really pissed off and yelling for whatever reason (this is very rare for me to get to this point), my pitch remains consistently high and my words begin to slur :p.
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Post by: The Chronicler on July 08, 2010, 02:04:35 PM
Quote from: Pangaea,Jul 8 2010 on  12:44 AM
Quote from: brekclub85,Jul 7 2010 on  10:46 PM
I've worn glasses since 4th grade.
I think that's about the same time I first got glasses, too. Back then, though, I barely wore them for anything besides looking at the board in class, and carried them around in a case most of the time. Later on I started wearing them more often, like when I watched movies in the theater. Nowadays I almost never take them off during my waking hours, and use my glasses case for storing pieces of paper that I write notes on. :lol
Same for me, except I started in 6th grade, and I leave my glasses case by the clock near my bed and put my glasses in it every time I go to bed and take them out when I wake up.
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Post by: Serris on July 08, 2010, 05:28:14 PM
One thing that can occur and people who have seen it occur say it is utterly terrifying is that if I become extremely impassioned about something, my voice becomes flat and monotone with a distinct cadence.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on July 08, 2010, 05:43:16 PM
I am the proud owner of a titanium spork.
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Post by: Amaranthine on July 08, 2010, 09:04:46 PM
I tend to make people cry a lot. :p Especially people of the opposite gender.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 11, 2010, 03:00:34 AM
Quote from: The Chronicler,Jul 8 2010 on  01:04 PM
I leave my glasses case by the clock near my bed and put my glasses in it every time I go to bed and take them out when I wake up.

 
I do this, too, so I don't misplace my glasses :yes.  BTW, I've had to use corrective lenses since I was thirteen years old.

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I tend to make people cry a lot.  Especially people of the opposite gender.

I've done this, especially with my writing.  I tend to have a lot of dark and emotionally intense moments in my writing.  Also, I make myself cry often when I write either a death scene or a scene of characters discussing a deceased character.

Another thing about me, for those who may not already know, is that my biggest fear is dark water.  I've had a couple of near-drowning experiences (basically, the individual falls just short of death from drowning).  I absolutely love to swim, but I get VERY anxious and sometimes panicky if I'm in dark water.

Because of this, I tend to get very upset if I see, hear, or read about somebody having a drowning experience (whether or not they survive), whether it is fiction or nonfiction.  For example, in Out of the Shadows, Cera's fate really gripped me, but it was Ducky's fate (and every swimmer's worst nightmare) that got me the most.  I think that when an individual can honestly say they've been and and done that AND lived to tell the tale, it's more upsetting for them to see others in a similar predicament :neutral.
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Post by: Serris on July 11, 2010, 09:51:54 PM
I am now the proud owner of a black clip knife with a 3-4 inch blade. Which I can deploy (from pocket to hand with blade locked in place) in about 2-3 seconds. %ranted, 8 have been practicing for the past 2 hours.

Now what I really want is an assisted-opening knife (switchblades are illegal where I live, which kinda sucks).

Speaking of which, my entire family is sorta into knives and stuff like that.

I may post a picture of the knife later.
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Post by: Serris on July 11, 2010, 09:53:03 PM
I am now the proud owner of a black clip knife with a 3-4 inch blade. Which I can deploy (from pocket to hand with blade locked in place) in about 2-3 seconds. %ranted, 8 have been practicing for the past 2 hours.

Now what I really want is an assisted-opening knife (switchblades are illegal where I live, which kinda sucks).

Speaking of which, my entire family is sorta into knives and stuff like that.

I may post a picture of the knife later.
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Post by: Noname on July 11, 2010, 11:15:49 PM
^ Switchblades are also illegal in NYC, where I live.

I can't stand Minute-maid.
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Post by: tempestwheel on July 11, 2010, 11:30:39 PM
I don't drink orange juice that has pulp in it.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 11, 2010, 11:48:37 PM
My favorite juices are:

*Berry (cranberry, blackberry, Goji berry, blueberry)
*Pomegranate
*Green Goodness (loaded with potassium and phytophenols that come from green plants and algae)
*Grape
*Orange

On a side note, I like real juice, not that fake sugar-loaded crap such as Sunny D :x.
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Post by: Pangaea on July 12, 2010, 12:58:59 AM
Quote from: brekclub85,Jul 11 2010 on  10:30 PM
I don't drink orange juice that has pulp in it.
Me neither. :p

There's a brand of blueberry pomegranate juice that I'm rather fond of. I also occasionally drink apple juice and apple cider.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on July 12, 2010, 02:21:03 AM
I have 3 small plushies that are in the form of the virus that causes mono. I got it due to a joke that went around at my camp. One person had a large plushie in the form of the virus that causes mono, and me and my camp-mates would pass it around and say, "I have mono! Yay!"

P.S. - I think that this is is the rare occurrence of the utterance of a phrase that makes mono sound like a good thing.
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Post by: Pangaea on July 12, 2010, 03:49:47 AM
^ Are you talking about GIANTmicrobes (http://www.giantmicrobes.com/)? I love those! :smile My oldest younger brother has an E. coli (http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/products/ecoli.html) (we all adore that one), my youngest brother has a Mad Cow (http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/products/madcow.html), and I have a Salmonella (http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/products/salmonella.html) (a birthday gift, as I recall). I've been wanting to collect more for quite some time now, but have never gotten around to it.

Looking at the GIANTmicrobes site, I'm surprised they don't have a plushie of a hair follicle mite (Demodex folliculorum) yet. :blink: I'd definitely like to get the water bear (http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/products/waterbear.html).
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on July 12, 2010, 10:39:18 AM
^Yes I am. They are awesome, aren't they?

I want to get the T4 Virus (http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/products/T4.html) next chance I get, but there are so many awesome diseases I want.
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Post by: Pangaea on July 12, 2010, 03:22:52 PM
Quote from: lbt/cty_lover,Jul 12 2010 on  09:39 AM
I want to get the T4 Virus (http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/products/T4.html) next chance I get, but there are so many awesome diseases I want.
I can't tell if it was intentional, but that was just like your "I have mono!" story (a phrase that comes off as hilarious because, in just about any other context, it would sound very bad). I laughed out loud at that. :lol

While it's not one of my foremost interests, I'm fascinated by microbes and microbiology. I really like looking at scanning electron microscope photographs of…well, anything really (microorganisms, cells, pollen, human-made objects, etc.). I also attended a Microbiology class in college three times (even though I passed it the first time), though that was also largely because the instructor was just so flamin' funny. :lol
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on July 12, 2010, 04:37:04 PM
Quote from: Pangaea,Jul 12 2010 on  02:22 PM
Quote from: lbt/cty_lover,Jul 12 2010 on  09:39 AM
I want to get the T4 Virus (http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/products/T4.html) next chance I get, but there are so many awesome diseases I want.
I can't tell if it was intentional, but that was just like your "I have mono!" story (a phrase that comes off as hilarious because, in just about any other context, it would sound very bad). I laughed out loud at that. :lol
That was not intentional, but that's how the "I have mono!" joke started. Someone just came around with the mono plushie and the hilarity ensued.

After a trying 8 hours of coding, I have finally managed to write a decent BASIC iPhone application.
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Post by: Pangaea on July 13, 2010, 03:33:15 AM
…And in random Pangaea news, tonight my brother mistook me for a moose while I was walking outside imitating Bigfoot. :lol Okay, who's next? :p
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 14, 2010, 12:08:30 AM
Speaking of randomness, I tend to be quite witty, but sometimes others don't get my jokes :rolleyes.

Today was a good example.  When I went into the breakroom,one of coworkers was ranting about how some dude snuck a silent-but-deadly while talking to him at the visitor center desk (the dude's wife blew his cover :p).  My coworker said it smelled like the guy had seriously crapped himself, and those of us who listened to him were telling him witty lines he could've said to the guy.  That's when I piped in, and the following happened:

Me: "Ya should've asked him, 'Sir, do ya have a waffle in the toaster?'"

Others: :huh:

Me ( :unsure:): "Y'all never heard that one before?"

Others ( :unsure:): "Uh...no."

Me: "Ever heard of the Urban Dictionary?"

Others ( :blink:): "No."

Me (thinking: :slap): "It's a nice way of askin' if he has to take a crap."

Others: :blink:... :)... :smile... :lol  :lol

Me: "Check it out whenever you're interested, 'cuz it has all the slang, profanities, and vulgarities in the English language that exist."

Victim of silent-but-deadly: "Vulgarities?!  Woo-hoo!  I'ma check this Urban Dictionary out!"

Me: :rolleyes
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Post by: Serris on July 14, 2010, 01:14:01 AM
Quote from: Serris,Jul 11 2010 on  09:53 PM
I may post a picture of the knife later.
Here are the pictures of my prized knife:

Closed (memory stick for scale): (http://drakon21.webs.com/IMG_4990.JPG)

Open  (memory stick for scale): (http://drakon21.webs.com/IMG_4991.JPG)
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Post by: Nick22 on July 14, 2010, 01:16:14 AM
I am starting to collect the national park quarters..
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Post by: Pangaea on July 14, 2010, 02:34:02 PM
I have a habit of randomly making chicken noises. :lol …And occasionally flicking my tongue in and out of my mouth like a lizard. :p
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 15, 2010, 01:44:27 AM
I like listening to death metal whenever I write fight scenes in a story or RP.  It just gives me that rush :p.  One of my favorites while writing such scenes is Rammstein's "Du Hast" ;).
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Post by: Amaranthine on July 15, 2010, 01:31:57 PM
^Music inspires my writing ideas as well.
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Post by: Serris on July 15, 2010, 01:52:37 PM
I listen to "epic" trailer music, electronic, heavy metal or hard rock when I write.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on July 15, 2010, 03:31:56 PM
I have the most awesome umbrella imaginable; it has a handle that is that of a katana.
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Post by: Amaranthine on July 16, 2010, 12:32:37 AM
^Whoa! That is awesome! o.O :wow

I like to say "liek". :p
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 16, 2010, 12:58:19 AM
I sometimes use foreign language versions of profanities.  And no, I won't post 'em here for obvious reasons (underage visitors and non-English speakers :p).
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on July 16, 2010, 01:11:59 AM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Jul 15 2010 on  11:58 PM
I sometimes use foreign language versions of profanities.  And no, I won't post 'em here for obvious reasons (underage visitors and non-English speakers :p).
Same here.

I have fallen asleep in front of my computer.
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Post by: Pangaea on July 16, 2010, 01:13:13 AM
Instead of swearing, I often spout nonsense words and strings of untranscribable gibberish. :p Other times I use real words that aren’t swear words, like “sheep!” :lol
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Post by: Pangaea on July 16, 2010, 01:22:10 AM
I seem to be prone to coincidences. :p For instance, I was going to post my fact about substitute swear words even before CT and lbt/cty_lover posted theirs. :blink:
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on July 16, 2010, 02:05:51 AM
Quote from: Pangaea,Jul 16 2010 on  12:13 AM
Instead of swearing, I often spout nonsense words and strings of untranscribable gibberish. :p Other times I use real words that aren’t swear words, like “sheep!” :lol
Adding on, I actually do that, to.

My alarm clock can get as loud as 113 decibels. To put that into perspective, a jackhammer is 100 decibels. That's right. My alarm clock is louder than a jackhammer.
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Post by: tempestwheel on July 17, 2010, 08:57:54 PM
My older brother is proposing to his girlfriend tonight!  :)
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Post by: The Chronicler on July 18, 2010, 12:15:35 PM
Since I'll be going to college about a month from now for the first time, my dad bought me a new laptop for me to use while I'm there. I am currently using it right now, and I'm planning to do all of my web browsing on this laptop from now on. It has Windows 7 on it, a system that I have never used before.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on July 18, 2010, 06:37:32 PM
Quote from: The Chronicler,Jul 18 2010 on  11:15 AM
Since I'll be going to college about a month from now for the first time, my dad bought me a new laptop for me to use while I'm there. I am currently using it right now, and I'm planning to do all of my web browsing on this laptop from now on. It has Windows 7 on it, a system that I have never used before.
Oh, nice. Same here for the college thing, except I got a desktop. By the way, where are you going again? You probably mentioned it, but I never saw the post(s).

I'm off to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in a month. I'm at the peak of excitement.
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Post by: The Chronicler on July 18, 2010, 06:45:27 PM
I wanted to stay local, so I'm going to Vermont Tech to study mechanical engineering. I originally wanted to go to a college that offered aerospace engineering, but there weren't any such options nearby enough to where I live.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on July 18, 2010, 07:00:38 PM
WAIT!! You wanted to go into aerospace engineering? That is an awesome major. Personally, I'm going for a math/physics double major with a minor in computer science.
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Post by: The Chronicler on July 18, 2010, 07:30:24 PM
I've always had a fascination for astronomy, and I've always been very good in my math classes, so I figured that I should find a career that combined both of them, and aerospace engineering seemed like an ideal option for me.

One benefit I see for majoring in mechanical engineering is that (I hope) it'll give me more options of which career or job I might be able to get, and let's face it, in this economy people will take a job anywhere they can get one. (After all, I've failed to get a summer job this year for the second time in a row.)
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Post by: Mumbling on July 18, 2010, 09:12:06 PM
I never liked donuts..


I like donuts.

I'm guessing Canada makes better donuts than I've had in Europe :DD
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Post by: Waluigifan on July 18, 2010, 09:26:31 PM
I've created a frustrating Donkey Kong game in the style of the old game for NES and already 5 people downloaded it!

You should play it, it's very funny when you die only because of bugs/glichtes! xD
http://waluigisrevenge.deviantart.com/#/d2uahay (http://waluigisrevenge.deviantart.com/#/d2uahay)
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on July 18, 2010, 10:58:44 PM
Quote from: The Chronicler,Jul 18 2010 on  06:30 PM
I've always had a fascination for astronomy, and I've always been very good in my math classes, so I figured that I should find a career that combined both of them, and aerospace engineering seemed like an ideal option for me.

One benefit I see for majoring in mechanical engineering is that (I hope) it'll give me more options of which career or job I might be able to get, and let's face it, in this economy people will take a job anywhere they can get one. (After all, I've failed to get a summer job this year for the second time in a row.)
Actually, The Consumerist published an article about the ten top-paying degrees, and seven of the ten were engineering, one was economics, one was physics, and one was computer science. So, assuming that you get through college successfully (I have full confidence that you will because math gives people POWER), you'll have a nice career waiting for you. And so will I, for that matter.

I recently bought a NERFô gun online, and I love it.
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Post by: tempestwheel on July 18, 2010, 11:04:05 PM
My brother is getting married in a few months!
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on July 18, 2010, 11:38:55 PM
Quote from: brekclub85,Jul 18 2010 on  10:04 PM
My brother is getting married in a few months!
Congratulations to your brother. I hope he and his wife have a long and happy relationship.

I got the most awesome birthday gift ever this year; a cardboard box covered in duct tape, and the words "Happy Birthday Austin (NOT RELEASING LAST NAME)" written in Sharpie. I'll try to post a picture after I edit the photo.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 19, 2010, 02:05:38 AM
Congrats to your brother and future sister in-law, brekclub85 :goodluck!

I saw a coyote hunt and dig up a rodent for lunch today, and a Red fox came within ten feet of me.  Too bad I did not have my camera with me :rolleyes.

Also, three nights ago, I heard a Gray wolf pack howl around midnight for at least ten minutes :wow.
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Post by: Pangaea on July 19, 2010, 02:50:05 AM
^^^ My congratulations as well. :yes

^ While CT definitely has me beat in the exciting wildlife encounters department, :p we have a robin's nest in one of the cedar trees in front of the house. I've been hearing the chicks calling for food for the last few days. I got a look at them today; they're already feathered and are starting to crowd up the nest, but I can't tell whether their eyes have opened yet. Unsurprisingly, The adult robin that was present made quite a fuss about me being close to the nest, chirping and making occasional swoops by my head, and apparently following me (flying from tree to tree) as I walked away.

I of course did not touch the chicks or the nest, and so far Sasquatch has not done the robins any harm, though I do worry that he might. :unsure:
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Post by: MrDrake on July 19, 2010, 03:06:36 AM
I absolutly adore/love/whatever it is you want to call it, the works of Greek mythology and the likes.  Things like the Chimera, the Hydra that Hercules slew (I forget the Hydra's true name), Medusa, Hell Hounds.....etc, etc.

To me, all of them just intruigue and facinate me quite a bit actually.
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Post by: Pangaea on July 19, 2010, 03:32:33 AM
I was quite obsessed with mythological creatures for a while. (I still am, just to a lesser extent); the same with my two brothers. A couple of days ago we were discussing the Yara-ma-yha-who (http://eobasileus.blogspot.com/2009/04/creature-feature-yara-ma-yha-who.html) from Australian Aboriginal mythology.

P.S. The full title of the Hydra was “the Lernaean Hydra”, because it lived at Lake Lerna, but it didn’t really have a name. (Or maybe it was named, but no one bothered to memorize it because each head insisted on having its own name. :p)
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Post by: MrDrake on July 19, 2010, 03:35:08 AM
Yeah, that's the one.  Was reading about it yesterday, but still could not remember the name of it :lol:

Best mythological creture for me....Bigfoot...nuff said XD
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on July 19, 2010, 09:04:36 AM
I prefer the Loch Ness monster.
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Post by: Amaranthine on July 19, 2010, 11:35:25 AM
^Same here. :)

A lot of my interests are either "too young" for me or "too serious or old" for me. :p I don't care if that is true. I like what I like.
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Post by: Ptyra on July 19, 2010, 01:17:37 PM
I just found our oldest cat in the cedar closet! Poor girl was in there all night :( ! I feel really, really horrible that she was in there so long without any attention >X{
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 20, 2010, 01:59:51 AM
After reading comments about middle school in the "Things You Hate" thread, I felt like posting this one:

In the eighth grade, this dumb broad (to put it nicely :p) told the whole class about my LBT fandom, and I was the laughing stock for about three days <_<.  Plus, this girl one day teased me in English class for being nerdy and "not having a life".  She was one of the cool cats and I was quite the opposite.

After looking her up on Facebook, I can see karma was a true b**** to her.  I'm doing what I want to do in life and getting ahead, and she is stuck in a small town with no college education, two kids born out of wedlock, and no daddy in their lives.

If that was her idea of "having a life", I'd rather not have one, thanks :rolleyes.
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Post by: Petrie. on July 20, 2010, 06:54:39 PM
^ I love karma for that reason. :D :D

I'm going to (attempt) to add a little more domesticity to my life by baking my own bread instead of buying it with all the sugars and preservatives.  I must be nuts...I burn things. :lol
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Post by: Amaranthine on July 21, 2010, 01:11:33 AM
Just some random fact about me when I was kid:

When people would ask me for a little bit of whatever I was eating I would literally give them "a little" bit of something, like a crumb of the food! :lol :DD I wasn't trying to be mean or anything, but I took it as they just wanted a "little bit" of something.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 21, 2010, 01:18:10 AM
I almost posted this under the bullying subject, but I thought it would be better here instead.

As part of my course studies, I had to help mentor at-risk sixth graders.  One day, this kid who had the looks and mannerisms of an Aspie was checking in with our program.  At the same time, these bigger kids who were walking past us started pushing him around (he was small for his age) and calling him a dork and other bad names.  That's when I stepped in and told the bullies to knock off their bad behavior and asked them how they would like it if somebody did that to them.  They looked ashamed, and that's when I continued with how their behavior was mean and hurtful to others.  The kid thanked me after the bullies left, and even asked to be in the group I was mentoring for the rest of the school year :).

From what I understand, the kid was longer picked on by that group after my chat with them.  They probably preyed upon somebody else, but to know I had spared this kid of further harrassment by this group was the best part of it all :yes.
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Post by: Petrie. on July 21, 2010, 07:53:28 AM
^ How nice. :)  Are you planning to be a teacher Anna?
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 22, 2010, 02:39:26 AM
No, I'm actually pursuing a career with the National Park Service (NPS) as a park ranger naturalist/interpeter.  I'm currently doing a student internship with the NPS.  I frequently give talks that educate visitors on various subjects related to history, geology, biology, and outdoor safety, so in a way I do teach others ;).
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Post by: MrDrake on July 22, 2010, 04:16:59 AM
Learnt how to count in binary today so I am rather happy indeed.

I would give an example, but I am still getting used to it, I mean, I can count in it, but it is rather difficult with the higher numbers and on how to count quickly :lol:

But I have learnt the basics of it, as in, 0, 1, 10, 11, 100, 101, 110, 111 :D
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on July 22, 2010, 09:41:08 AM
^Neat. I know how to count in binary, as well.

I recently acquired some buttons with awesome dragon art on them.
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Post by: Pangaea on July 23, 2010, 02:00:06 AM
I have a habit of randomly making chicken noises. :P: :lol

EDIT: Ooh, 2,000 posts! :wow
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 23, 2010, 02:14:17 AM
I like thunderstorms, especially if I have no plans to be anywhere :yes.
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Post by: Pangaea on July 23, 2010, 03:28:04 AM
^ Me too. :yes I enjoy the contrast of being warm and comfortable indoors while the rain beats down on the roof, and being surprised every now and then by a sudden boom of thunder or a flash of lightning. Sometimes I wish we had more storms like that where we live. :rolleyes
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Post by: Noname on July 23, 2010, 03:58:32 AM
I have an account on DA, which is only now starting to become anywhere near as full as I would like it to. I'm also getting better at making pictures of my OC race, sometimes with the aid of a human model pic.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on July 23, 2010, 10:06:10 AM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Jul 23 2010 on  01:14 AM
I like thunderstorms, especially if I have no plans to be anywhere :yes.
Lightning brings me joy to see and thunder brings me joy to hear.

I would feel satisfied with my life if I were to meet Thor or Zeus.
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Post by: inlerah on July 24, 2010, 01:47:59 PM
i am an amazing musician. give me any insturment and i bet that i can play it.
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Post by: Malte279 on July 24, 2010, 02:25:56 PM
Which instruments do you play regularly inlerah? :)
I'm an amateur when it comes to music. I have been playing the keyboard for years but while I can play simple melodies I am no good when it comes to playing with both hands, multiple finger use etc. at a fast pace. I haven't been practicing that one enough. I play the harmonica sometimes (love that instrument for being so easy to take along wherever you go and playable just in between). I also have an Ocarina, but I very rarely use that one.
While I am mediocre on instruments I think I am doing fairly well at humming and whistling melodies on the right tone and have a relatively good memory of melodies which I like (perhaps this is one reason why when it comes to music I don't tend to like the kinds of music which don't have a melody which one could imitate by humming and whistling).
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Post by: Mumbling on August 01, 2010, 04:40:09 PM
I love to snack, but somehow am not putting on any weight :p
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on August 02, 2010, 01:06:45 AM
Quote from: Mumbling,Aug 1 2010 on  03:40 PM
I love to snack, but somehow am not putting on any weight :p
Lucky... <_<
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Post by: Amaranthine on August 02, 2010, 01:46:36 AM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Aug 1 2010 on  09:06 PM
Quote from: Mumbling,Aug 1 2010 on  03:40 PM
I love to snack, but somehow am not putting on any weight :p
Lucky... <_<
I'm actually the same as Iris. Life is interesting when you have a high metabolism. :p
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on August 02, 2010, 01:55:03 AM
I became quite chubby in my teen years and first several adult years, mostly 'cuz I never watched what I was eating AND I did not get enough physical activity to burn off all the calories :rolleyes.  I'm so active now that my daily intake of calories should be around 2800, but I only get up to 2000 calories a day :p.  I just can't imagine eating so many calories :x.
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Post by: MrDrake on August 02, 2010, 01:57:25 AM
Me and my friend just got through beating Professional Mode of Resident Evil 5.....with blasting rocket after rocket after rocket at Wesker till he died......it was funny to watch.....I was hanging on for dear life while my friend fired like 7 rockets at Wesker....and killed him before I got a chance to save myself and meet him for the actual final battle :lol:
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Post by: Blitz on August 02, 2010, 02:34:38 AM
Quote from: Mumbling,Aug 1 2010 on  03:40 PM
I love to snack, but somehow am not putting on any weight :p
It looks like I'm not the only one who has a high metabolism and loves to eat. I'm pretty much the same way. XD  :lol:
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Post by: Campion1 on August 02, 2010, 02:50:16 AM
Quote from: MrDrake,Aug 2 2010 on  12:57 AM
Me and my friend just got through beating Professional Mode of Resident Evil 5.....with blasting rocket after rocket after rocket at Wesker till he died......it was funny to watch.....I was hanging on for dear life while my friend fired like 7 rockets at Wesker....and killed him before I got a chance to save myself and meet him for the actual final battle :lol:
LOL professional mode... Reminds me of beating RE4 on that mode. That game is fun when it's hard.

Speaking of hard, try RE2 on hard.
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Post by: MrDrake on August 02, 2010, 03:23:18 AM
Speaking of RE4...I have never finished the game myself.  I got kind of far, after Salazar's castle....but then I lost the game....

Oh, and RE....I think it was number 1....or number 2....one or the other.....I never got far in it.  I think the game still holds the record for being the fastest way I've died on a video game.  Allow me to shed some light on the situation....I shot something off screen that I thought was a zombie....was an exploding barrel....which ended up killing me :lol:
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Post by: Serris on August 02, 2010, 03:43:20 AM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Aug 2 2010 on  01:55 AM
I became quite chubby in my teen years and first several adult years, mostly 'cuz I never watched what I was eating AND I did not get enough physical activity to burn off all the calories :rolleyes.  I'm so active now that my daily intake of calories should be around 2800, but I only get up to 2000 calories a day :p.  I just can't imagine eating so many calories :x.
I am not super active but my calorie intake should be about 2000-2500... I probably get a little less than 2000 on an average day.

And yes, I have a fairly high metabolism but as a counterpoint, I lose heat very quickly due to my small size.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on August 02, 2010, 09:58:38 AM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Aug 2 2010 on  12:46 AM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Aug 1 2010 on  09:06 PM
Quote from: Mumbling,Aug 1 2010 on  03:40 PM
I love to snack, but somehow am not putting on any weight :p
Lucky... <_<
I'm actually the same as Iris. Life is interesting when you have a high metabolism. :p
Another person with a high metabolism!
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on August 05, 2010, 03:06:18 AM
I get the worst cravings for salt whenever my electrolyte levels drop too low :p.
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Post by: Pangaea on August 05, 2010, 10:15:26 PM
I’m yet another member who’s a nibbler. :p My stomach fills up rather quickly, but it doesn’t take long for me to get hungry again. Sometimes, when I haven’t eaten for a while, I get very strong hunger pangs that make me feel desperate to eat something, but go away after a few minutes. :confused I don’t know whether my metabolism would be considered fast or slow, and I have no clue what my average daily calorie intake is. I’m certain, unfortunately, that I’m not as healthy as I could be, and I’m definitely a little on the flabby side. I did, however, lose about 35 pounds since last June (I wouldn’t be surprised if some of it could be attributed to the fact that I often spend long periods on the GOF, too distracted to eat :p), and have made an effort to eat less throughout the day.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on August 06, 2010, 02:08:27 AM
Okay, now we're so similar it's scary, Pangaea.  I've lost at least thirty pounds since last June as well :blink:.

I'm considered to be in great physical condition, and as of this past month, my body fat percentage is estimated to be around 23% (a marathon runner averages a 20% total body fat percentage).

Yesterday, I did one crazy marathon of a day hike: 27 miles in five minutes under fourteen hours :wow.  I went five miles around a lake, five miles up a canyon, three miles across another canyon, two and a half miles up the side of a mountain and over a divide at 10,700 feet above sea level, down a ten-mile canyon, and then four and a half miles around a lake and back to my vehicle.  It was tough but definitely worth it :D.
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Post by: Ptyra on August 06, 2010, 05:32:11 PM
Now that we're talking about metabolisms...
When I eat out, I have to split a huge burger with someone because I won't eat all of it. And the last time I did eat an entire plate of pasta, I was exhausted! Darn those carbs making me tired!
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on August 07, 2010, 01:17:49 AM
^Too many carbs make me sleepy, too :p.
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Post by: Pangaea on August 07, 2010, 01:23:00 AM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Aug 6 2010 on  01:08 AM
I'm considered to be in great physical condition, and as of this past month, my body fat percentage is estimated to be around 23% (a marathon runner averages a 20% total body fat percentage).

Yesterday, I did one crazy marathon of a day hike: 27 miles in five minutes under fourteen hours :wow.  I went five miles around a lake, five miles up a canyon, three miles across another canyon, two and a half miles up the side of a mountain and over a divide at 10,700 feet above sea level, down a ten-mile canyon, and then four and a half miles around a lake and back to my vehicle.  It was tough but definitely worth it :D.
Aaaaand those are the areas in which the two of us are complete opposites. :p I have pathetic stamina as far as any strenuous activity goes, and am still very much out of shape (There's no way I could have managed the same hike in that amount of time :blink:). I have no clue what my body fat percentage is, but considering that the consistency of most of my body tissue is somewhere between that of a marshmallow and an uncooked chicken breast, I'm pretty sure that it's higher than 23%. :p
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on August 07, 2010, 12:20:10 PM
I've decided to start exercising so that I can be healthy.
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Post by: StarfallRaptor on August 07, 2010, 04:56:23 PM
I am trying to make my own Keyblade.  My own design and everything.  
It's not going well.
 :p  :p
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Post by: MrDrake on August 11, 2010, 02:08:44 AM
I've unlocked all, but for Wesker's second costume in Resident Evil 5 Mercanaries Mode....that prison map is just a pain to navigate and find enough time and ammo to get the 70,000 points required....me and my friend did it with 40,000 odd points....where I was Wesker and he was Jill.....strange team, I know :lol:
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Post by: Serris on August 11, 2010, 02:17:03 AM
Quote from: Pangaea,Aug 7 2010 on  01:23 AM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Aug 6 2010 on  01:08 AM
I'm considered to be in great physical condition, and as of this past month, my body fat percentage is estimated to be around 23% (a marathon runner averages a 20% total body fat percentage).

Yesterday, I did one crazy marathon of a day hike: 27 miles in five minutes under fourteen hours :wow. I went five miles around a lake, five miles up a canyon, three miles across another canyon, two and a half miles up the side of a mountain and over a divide at 10,700 feet above sea level, down a ten-mile canyon, and then four and a half miles around a lake and back to my vehicle. It was tough but definitely worth it :D.
Aaaaand those are the areas in which the two of us are complete opposites. :p I have pathetic stamina as far as any strenuous activity goes, and am still very much out of shape (There's no way I could have managed the same hike in that amount of time :blink:). I have no clue what my body fat percentage is, but considering that the consistency of most of my body tissue is somewhere between that of a marshmallow and an uncooked chicken breast, I'm pretty sure that it's higher than 23%. :p
I am between both extremes.

I am in decent shape (fairly flexible and surprisingly strong but my stamina could use some work)but I am also fairly underweight (5'4" and 106 pounds). Body fat percentage is unknown but I suspect it is below 20% at most as it appears that most of my weight is bone and muscle.
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Post by: MrDrake on August 12, 2010, 03:03:38 AM
I tend to feel more tired than usual.  I mean, I go to bed at around 11:00 or so, sometimes midnight here, wake up at around 9 or so, enough hours to have a good sleep...and yet, i can still feel rather tired throughout the day.

I think I screwed up my internal sleep clock thing at some point in my life :p
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Post by: Nick22 on August 12, 2010, 05:14:37 PM
i weigh about 175, which is about 15 piounds more than i should weigh. i think my sedentary office job has a lot to do with that.
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Post by: Saft on August 13, 2010, 06:56:37 PM
I can not sleep with any light on in the house.  Thus, I have a rountine before I go to bed by switching off the lights...even though someone may be sitting in the living room...which usually get's me into trouble but as much as I try to not do this, I can't help it.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on August 14, 2010, 12:39:39 AM
I can't go to sleep without ensuring all the doors are locked, but I'm sure this habit is understandable and a smart thing to do :p.
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Post by: Amaranthine on August 14, 2010, 12:41:23 AM
I can't go to sleep with music or lights on. The music does have to be a specific type for me to go to sleep. Though sometimes I put Evanescence music on and because I know the lyrics, I sometimes go to sleep to that.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on August 14, 2010, 12:50:54 AM
I have a hard time sleeping with lights on, even light coming from a TV.  I sometimes like to play some yoga music or Native American flute music when trying to sleep.
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Post by: Malte279 on August 14, 2010, 02:40:24 AM
The time before I fall asleep is usually the time spend on thinking of more stories (LBT and other) for me ;)
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Post by: Campion1 on August 14, 2010, 02:50:53 AM
I beat metal gear solid 3 on European extreme. My stats: http://a.imageshack.us/img9/8070/stuff003k.jpg (http://a.imageshack.us/img9/8070/stuff003k.jpg)
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Post by: Sky on August 14, 2010, 11:51:59 AM
^^ At that time I usually think what I should do for the next day. Same thing goes for LBT stuff too. :^.^:
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Post by: Petrie. on August 14, 2010, 01:11:39 PM
I eat vegetables raw, right out of the garden.  People are kinda like, ewww because they're raw but there's no point in boiling away all the vitamins and minerals now. ;)
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on August 17, 2010, 10:39:14 PM
I made a dog excited during one of my programs yesterday.  I was talking about the reintroduction of the Gray Wolf into the Yellowstone ecosystem, and as soon as I picked up a full-grown Gray Wolf pelt for all to see, a dog started barking and would not stop :rolleyes  :lol.  I then proceeded to say, "We have about 200 Gray Wolves in the Yellowstone area, and many more of their descendants come to visit us every year."  This got a good laugh out of everyone, and as soon as I set the pelt back down, the dog shut up :spit.
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Post by: Pangaea on August 18, 2010, 12:04:10 AM
I looooove Cajun seasoning, especially on chicken and seafood. :smile
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on August 18, 2010, 12:05:44 AM
Quote from: Pangaea,Aug 17 2010 on  11:04 PM
I looooove Cajun seasoning, especially on chicken and seafood. :smile
I second that, and Cayenne pepper is awesome too :smile.
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Post by: Amaranthine on August 18, 2010, 12:11:04 AM
I've only tried gumbo once, I don't have any close relatives that live in the south. :p So therefore, we don't really make gumbo or anything like that out here.

The movie "Princess and the Frog" is my current fandom obsession right now. :yes And because of it, I was inspired to know how to cook and be okay with me being a different gender other then a guy.

I still have my moments where I think it would be better if I was a guy...
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on August 18, 2010, 12:19:09 AM
^Cajun food is da schizzo, fo' schizzo :lol!  Seafood gumbo, jambalaya, red beans 'n rice, crawfish pie...now I've got myself droolin' like a bear lookin' through a butcher shop window :lol.
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Post by: The Chronicler on August 18, 2010, 09:00:08 PM
I got a tooth crown earlier today for the first time in my life. The temporary, which I've had for a few weeks, was removed and replaced with a permanent one made of porcelain, which gives it mostly the same color at the rest of my teeth, unlike ones made of gold like my dad has.
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Post by: Malte279 on August 26, 2010, 01:05:23 PM
I prefer emails over PMs by far.
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Post by: Amaranthine on August 27, 2010, 06:37:30 PM
^I prefer pm's myself. It's more personalized then e-mails to me for some reason. :p
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Post by: Pangaea on August 30, 2010, 04:54:35 PM
^ I'm flexible, but I find it easier to communicate using PMs. I don't need to log into a separate account to check them; I'm automatically notified if and when I receive one just by moving to a new screen on the GOF; I can see how many unread messages I have from any page on the GOF; and I can use emoticons! :p :smile :DD
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Post by: Blitz on September 02, 2010, 06:51:15 PM
When I was a kid, I usually wore Pokemon T-Shirts almost every day. I had 3 of them, to be exact. Two of them were white, and the last one was a dark blue color. I was hardly ever seen without wearing them in public. What can I say? I really liked Pokemon a lot back then, so it's safe to say I went that far.  :lol  :DD
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Post by: MrDrake on September 06, 2010, 05:30:54 AM
Me and my other two flatmates, one whom is my sister and the other is my, well, best friend....the three of us are saving up for a trip overseas sometime next year, hopefully in March.

The destination might you ask? Hawaii :D
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on September 08, 2010, 01:07:35 AM
^Sounds fun :smile.

I'm so clumsy and accident-prone I think I just about have Ducky beat :blink:.  It's a wonder I'm still in one piece :lol.
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Post by: Pangaea on September 08, 2010, 02:15:04 AM
I think CT has me beat in the accident-proneness department, but I nonetheless manage to do something clumsy and/or absentminded just about every day. :lol Usually it's along the lines of stubbing my toe, stumbling on the stairs, or forgetting the reason I just walked into a room (or across a room). Then there are the times when I hit myself in the head with the refrigerator door while opening it, knocking my head on the cupboard or the cupboard door (often while putting something into it or taking something out), drop objects on my feet, or lose my balance and fall while walking through a cluttered room. :p

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Post by: Dash The Longneck on September 08, 2010, 08:14:48 AM
I have a crush on practically every girl character in just about every animated show or movie I have ever seen/ I make made up characters making them a couple.
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Post by: The Great Valley Guardian on September 08, 2010, 04:10:52 PM
I've broken a total of four bones in my body over the course of my life, almost all of them on the right side. :DD
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Post by: Adder on September 08, 2010, 08:59:08 PM
Three things:


1) I can be stubborn sometimes

2) My fave foods are Fried Chicken and Domino's pizza (man, I got hungry writing these :lol )

3) For some reason, I like drawing guns on a piece of cardboard, and cutting them out it 2d. I've made an uzi, desert eagle, spas12, mp5, ak47 and m4a1, I'm hoping I can get to a barrett .50.
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Post by: Pangaea on September 12, 2010, 11:53:04 AM
I was thinking about maple syrup, so I thought I’d post about that subject. :p

I've always preferred cold maple syrup on my pancakes (At our house, we have a tradition of making pancakes for breakfast every Sunday morning). Not just room-temperature, but refrigerated. There've been numerous occasions on which I was disappointed because the only syrup left in the house hadn't been put in the fridge. It couldn't have been until a couple of years ago that my mom told me that most people actually HEAT UP their maple syrup before they pour it on their breakfast. :wow :lol
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Post by: Serris on September 14, 2010, 01:24:50 AM
I have recently taken up Kendo as a martial art.
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Post by: Pangaea on September 14, 2010, 01:40:14 AM
On Saturday I got to hold a real walrus tusk. :wow
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Post by: Mumbling on September 14, 2010, 01:45:05 AM
I got 3 side jobs right now. Busy busy ;)
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Post by: Pangaea on September 18, 2010, 12:51:21 AM
If I stay up for much longer, this will be the third time this week that I’ve been awake for twenty-four hours in a row. :blink: No wonder my sleep schedule’s such a mess. :rolleyes
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Post by: Caustizer on September 28, 2010, 01:58:36 AM
I suffer from a mental abnormalty where I can be fond of cute, light movies like the LBT one minute and the next be basking in bloodshed and slaughter in either movies, games, or one of my stories without sensitivity.

Perhaps having a good mix of both makes me a good person, I don't know... but what I do know is that it has produced two entirely opposite stories - Far Away Home and LBT: Future Wars.
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Post by: Malte279 on September 28, 2010, 02:32:54 AM
^ Just how much of a mental abnormality is that anyway? Doesn't the same hold true for very many members of the GOF?
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Post by: Caustizer on September 28, 2010, 02:00:00 PM
^ I don't know I just assumed that it was abnormal to have such a split personality.  Perhaps it is more common then I thought.
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Post by: Waluigifan on September 28, 2010, 02:17:37 PM
Quote
I suffer from a mental abnormalty where I can be fond of cute, light movies like the LBT one minute and the next be basking in bloodshed and slaughter in either movies, games, or one of my stories without sensitivity.

That's me!!! I love "childish" cartoons, but I also like to watch splatter/gore-movies! One day I first watched LBT, and then a movie which is not suitable for people under 18 years. It was... funny xD

But I don't think that this is a mental abnormality.

Something about me:

When I watch movies, I often sympathize with the psychopaths. o.O
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Post by: Dima02 on September 28, 2010, 04:52:00 PM
Quote from: Caustizer,Sep 28 2010 on  12:58 AM
I suffer from a mental abnormalty where I can be fond of cute, light movies like the LBT one minute and the next be basking in bloodshed and slaughter in either movies, games, or one of my stories without sensitivity.
 
:D
Me too... It's sort of like yin and yang... contrast and balance... It makes one a great person.

Something about me:

Like many people on this forum, I'm also really into history. However, I'm typically more interested in Eastern history or American history. (yin and yang... contrast and balance...)
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Post by: Karmarsi on September 28, 2010, 11:03:12 PM
Let's start with something simple~
I'm many races in one - German, Indian and caucasian ( my fiance is Peurto Rican and French! Imagine our kids!! :lol
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Post by: Nick22 on September 29, 2010, 01:02:05 AM
am going to be teaching tennis again soon..  :) this will be the first fall session i wil have taught though..
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Post by: Pangaea on October 01, 2010, 02:38:34 AM
Quote from: Waluigifan,Sep 28 2010 on  01:17 PM
When I watch movies, I often sympathize with the psychopaths. o.O
That reminds me of how I am with monster movies; I'm often sympathetic to the creatures, and feel bad for them if/when they die.
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Post by: Serris on October 07, 2010, 07:42:31 PM
No idea if I mentioned this before but I am an extreme hoplophile and 2nd Amendment rights supporter.

Not to mention, I now carry 2 knives with me nearly all the time (an unbranded one that my grandfather gave to me and a Gerber Paraframe).

Oh yeah, developed a habit of kissing each blade after I wash them.

And I like shirts and jackets that are a little loose.
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Post by: Pangaea on October 10, 2010, 09:33:14 AM
I have hypersensitive skin, which means that I find a lot of clothes to be itchy and uncomfortable. I almost exclusively wear relatively loose clothing made from soft, smooth fabrics. For some reason I’m also more comfortable when more of my skin is covered, so I wear long pants and turtlenecks nearly all the time, even in hot weather.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on October 10, 2010, 09:53:03 PM
*I am very tolerant of hot temperatures but quite intolerant of cold temperatures, though I have been known to adapt quickly to whatever environment I'm currently in.

*My favorite jeans are skinny jeans, and I also like jeggings.

*I wear a size six and a half shoe.

*I have a boyish, T-shape physique, which means I'm widest at the shoulders and I am narrow and straight from the midsection down, a common build in mesomorphs.  Also, my body fat percentage is estimated to be about 23%.
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Post by: Serris on October 11, 2010, 06:49:18 PM
I am very tolerant to high temperatures.

I have recently taken up slinging as a hobby (must be channeling TWV Mr. Bigmouth) and can launch a rock ~50+ feet.  My current sling is merely a strip of cloth and I plan to make a real one soon.
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Post by: tempestwheel on October 11, 2010, 08:43:52 PM
I'm addicted to chewing gum.  :DD
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on October 11, 2010, 10:09:06 PM
I like to collect windchimes and dreamcatchers, and I have a collection of threehorns and Nene Thomas fairy figurines :smile.
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Post by: Noname on October 13, 2010, 05:08:12 AM
I have a BA in Political Science from Fordham University.
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Post by: Waluigifan on October 17, 2010, 03:36:38 PM
I don't believe into an afterlife (I mean in the religious way). When I'm dead, I'm dead.

I'm going to freeze myself when I'm really, really old. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryonics)

Maybe I can life longer after my revival, because of better medical treatment and living conditions.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on October 17, 2010, 08:25:51 PM
^I'm the opposite, being a very strong believer in the afterlife.

I also believe in reincarnation.  Past-life reincarnation, not Hindu-based reincarnation.  I don't believe folks come back as other living things.
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Post by: Pangaea on October 23, 2010, 11:46:07 PM
Today I went to my volunteer job at the aquarium at noon for a two-hour shift, but there were so many visitors today and I was enjoying myself so much (and no one had signed up for the next shift) that I stayed an extra two hours! :p :lol
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Post by: Serris on October 23, 2010, 11:52:32 PM
I once had my eyelids sewn shut.
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Post by: tempestwheel on October 24, 2010, 12:09:39 AM
I've taken a cooking course in both my current and previous years of school.
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Post by: Pangaea on October 24, 2010, 12:18:10 AM
Quote from: Serris,Oct 23 2010 on  10:52 PM
I once had my eyelids sewn shut.
Ooh… :blink: :o :x What was the reason for that?
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Post by: Serris on October 24, 2010, 02:14:50 AM
Quote from: Pangaea,Oct 24 2010 on  12:18 AM
Quote from: Serris,Oct 23 2010 on  10:52 PM
I once had my eyelids sewn shut.
Ooh… :blink: :o :x What was the reason for that?
Sinus surgery. For some reason, my eyes remained open through the procedure.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on October 26, 2010, 12:51:16 AM
I'm a beginner at installing tile.  I've helped with a tile floor, and I am now helping with a kitchen backsplash.  If that goes well, a fireplace could be next :smile.

I've also started cross-stitching again after not doing any for a couple of years.
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Post by: Amaranthine on November 01, 2010, 11:18:32 PM
I prefer super heroes like Hulk, Cat Woman, and Ghost Rider. :)
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Post by: tempestwheel on November 02, 2010, 08:03:55 PM
I like everything I drink to be ice cold.
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Post by: The Great Valley Guardian on November 02, 2010, 08:13:38 PM
I was born four months premature.
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Post by: Pangaea on November 03, 2010, 02:29:03 AM
Here's a random one: whenever I go grocery shopping (except sometimes when I'm just dashing in to get a few specific items), I always turn right as I enter the store and circle it counterclockwise. :confused My best explanation is that I am simply a creature of habit. :p
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Post by: Valeron on November 03, 2010, 10:39:34 AM
Hey, this seems like an awesome place to get to know people. So I think I'll share a bit about myself as well.

I'm a lover of math. I mean, I LOVE math. I will work on mathematics for hours if I'm in the right mood.
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Post by: Malte279 on November 03, 2010, 01:06:03 PM
That sounds like my Dad :lol
He too loves math. Unfortunately I did not inherit that love (at least not for the level of mathematics which they teach in senior grade over here), but his patient explaining and private math lessons sure helped me to pass back then :)
Err... just in case somebody didn't notice so far, my passion is history :smile
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Post by: Valeron on November 03, 2010, 01:10:00 PM
I went to a furry convention last weekend, and it was a blast. I can't remember the last time I had that much fun.
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Post by: Pangaea on November 04, 2010, 12:49:09 AM
I'm terrible at doing math in my head. I've likened it to writing equations in the sand at the tideline of a beach: before I've reached the end of the equation, the waves have erased the earlier parts. :rolleyes It's a real shame; if I had a better grasp of mathematics, I might have been able to pursue a scientific career. :(
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on November 04, 2010, 12:55:18 AM
It was a car accident that got me interested in dream interpretation :blink:.  Seriously, this really happened.  I had a dream about getting in a car accident EXACTLY a month before it happened.  

That's not the strange part, though.  In my dream, the wreck happened at the exact same time of day/night, same intersection, same make of my vehicle and the other vehicle involved, same accident pattern, and same damage to both vehicles :wow.

Too bad I didn't know back then these kinds of dreams really are warnings :neutral.
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Post by: The Great Valley Guardian on November 04, 2010, 01:39:18 AM
As an infant I had to have a heart valve removed, and as a result I now have a scar running from one side of my body to the other in a straight line! I know it's not technically a birth mark, but I count it as one anyway. :DD
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on November 09, 2010, 02:55:32 AM
I don't watch a whole lot of TV, or even movies for that matter :p.
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Post by: Serris on November 09, 2010, 03:29:33 AM
I have been told that I am unusually strong for my size.

I cannot whistle.
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Post by: Valeron on November 09, 2010, 12:51:08 PM
I am extremely psyched right now about the awesomeness of WATER!!!
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Post by: Nick22 on November 10, 2010, 01:18:55 AM
If the high school my mom works at reaches the state championship game in football, I 'm going to it! :)  Thety play in the semifinals this Saturday..
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Post by: Nimrod on November 10, 2010, 05:56:41 PM
I like maths too. Well, more or less :p Doing any sorts of sport or dancing, (playing any sort of instrument), are my favourite hobbies :)
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Post by: Valeron on November 10, 2010, 06:13:57 PM
I love plushies.

In fact, I have... a sperm cell plushie, three kissing disease plushies, and a Tux the Linux Penguin plushie. And I plan on getting my mate a plushie of me and myself a plushie of my mate. Because he loves plushies, too.
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Post by: Amaranthine on November 12, 2010, 01:00:30 AM
More then once, I have been told that I have a pretty good poker face, to a fault.
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Post by: Pangaea on November 12, 2010, 02:18:47 AM
I have a habit of accidentally writing or typing the letter “g” instead of “d” when I'm trying to write or type the word “kind”. :confused
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Post by: Amaranthine on November 12, 2010, 03:55:14 PM
^Somewhat related, but I would always have a hard time in writing, differentiating the "q" and "g" and "b" and "d". It was when I was in middle school that this issue didn't exist very much.
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Post by: Saft on November 12, 2010, 05:31:09 PM
^
I have problems with writing.  I have no motor control with writing instruements and despite the various 'writing therapies'' that I've had over the years, it hasn't really helped my writing very much.

Apparently I have the fondness for wearing clothing on the inside out, basing on the actions of today (I've described it on the How are you feeling thread).

To be serious; I'm interested in ancient history...which I think might be obvious..
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Post by: Serris on November 13, 2010, 01:48:39 AM
I freely admit for my intelligence, sense of humor and creativity I can be very hateful, jealous and outright spiteful.

Interestingly I vary between friendly and not friendly dramatically, sometimes in a span of minutes.
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Post by: Blitz on November 13, 2010, 01:57:12 AM
I can hear things that most people can't, but I'm pretty sure that's common for several people with autism.

I have a rather explosive temper that can be pretty harsh if not kept under control. Also, I found the location of the Dead Sea on a globe by simply spinning it around. I even almost read an entire phonebook and made a call to someone until my mother took it away from me.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on November 13, 2010, 02:46:36 AM
I have a tendency to run into things, and since I usually move at a power-walk pace or faster, this often yields disaster :p.

For someone who can be so smart, like everybody else I am capable of doing some pretty stupid things.  For example, last year I learned why it's a bad idea to run through a house immediately after turning the lights off :rolleyes.
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Post by: Amaranthine on November 14, 2010, 05:08:11 PM
^All people, even the most intelligent people in the world can do some pretty dumb things. :p So I wouldn't feel bad about it. :yes

My first computer was a '98 Toshiba. After that a dell, and now, a mac. :)
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Post by: Blitz on November 15, 2010, 02:24:22 AM
I have a step aunt on my father's side of my family and baby step cousin on my mother's side who both come from Asia. My baby step cousin came from South Korea, and my step aunt came from Laos. In other words, I have a pretty diverse family.
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Post by: Waluigifan on November 15, 2010, 09:49:54 AM
My HP Pavillion dv6000 notebook is broken! After 3.5 years of great work and functionality, I have to say "goodbye" to my laptop. :cry

Fortunately I saved lots of money so I can buy a PC. I'll create my own PC, and it'll be a high-end PC, so I can edit HD-Videos properly.

By the way, I've never really saved money, this is the first time I saved lots of money.
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Post by: Valeron on November 15, 2010, 03:27:08 PM
I don't see the appeal of tight pants. They're uncomfortable.
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Post by: Caustizer on November 15, 2010, 04:18:24 PM
I find that I could look at home anywhere, despite the fact that I am very smart and my family has lots of money.  Being a University student I've met a ton of people that are smarter then me, but I've also noticed that with great intellect comes a major lack of wisdom.

Even the smartest people can be surprisingly dumb sometimes.
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Post by: Nick22 on November 17, 2010, 12:03:41 AM
yes, even the greatest minds fail at some things. einstein, whom we regard as the symbol for unmitigated brillaice, was horrible at math..
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Post by: Pangaea on November 17, 2010, 12:05:09 AM
I feel stupid almost constantly these days… :rolleyes
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Post by: Amaranthine on November 17, 2010, 01:44:38 AM
I have hot hands, so it takes quite a bit of work when I work with foods like chocolate.
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Post by: Amaranthine on November 19, 2010, 12:16:33 AM
I've been mistaken to be a conservative person because I can get quiet in social settings.
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Post by: Nick22 on November 19, 2010, 12:56:10 AM
the vending machine at my moms school gives out dollar coins as change, which both cool and a pain
 when I'm trying to get 4 quarters it gives me a dollar..
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Post by: Amaranthine on November 23, 2010, 11:35:24 PM
When I was little, I could stand very cold temperatures. I even at one point went outside in a the snow with just a t-shirt and pants! :blink: And I didn't feel cold at all. :o

Nowadays, while I can stand colder temperatures then most other people, I definitely am smarter about protecting myself from heat and cold. :p
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Post by: Saft on November 26, 2010, 07:51:05 PM
Since starting university I am finally able to keep to a routine without any spontaenous sudden moments, that disrupt me.  

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Post by: tempestwheel on November 26, 2010, 08:22:50 PM
I recently overcame the fear of watching a particular movie I had for years.
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Post by: Saft on November 26, 2010, 08:46:06 PM
^
It is always good when you can overcome something that gives you a fear.  Unfortuantely I can't say the same, but well done.:)

I collect keyrings...
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Post by: Amaranthine on November 28, 2010, 02:10:06 AM
I hate know it alls.. :p or rather people who rub their knowledge of something in your face purposely to show what "brilliant" people they are. :rolleyes:
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Post by: Pangaea on November 29, 2010, 12:39:45 AM
I often worry about coming off as a know-it-all, because I find so much enjoyment in sharing information and trivia. :unsure: I also have a habit of correcting people who state “facts” that I know are mistaken.
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Post by: Amaranthine on November 29, 2010, 12:42:44 AM
^I don't think you're a know it all if that's what you're wondering.
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Post by: Serris on November 29, 2010, 06:56:49 PM
I have a mild fear of heights that only manifests during climbing exercises.

I have 5 named items:

Nintendo Wii - "Revolution"
Gerber Icon knife - "Big Ike"
Small no-brand knife - "Shorty"
Ipod Touch - "Storm"
Nintendo DS Lite - "Drakon"
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Post by: Nick22 on November 29, 2010, 11:44:09 PM
IU'm a big know it all too, but i have to be in order to do my job right at the radio station.
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Post by: Pangaea on November 30, 2010, 01:51:39 AM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Nov 28 2010 on  11:42 PM
^I don't think you're a know it all if that's what you're wondering.
Thank you for saying that. :)

Not sure if anyone remembers this post (http://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?topic=5052&view=findpost&p=9134392), in which I discussed my experiences with rollercoasters, but it's in need of an update, because this past Friday (on the last day of my trip to Florida), I took the first big rollercoaster ride of my life on the Manta at Seaworld. The only other rollercoaster I'd ever been on, as I remember it, was very small, with only one slope to it that could even be called steep. This one, on the other hand, had the works: it was over half a mile long, went up to 140 feet above the ground, had loop-de-loops, vertical drops, twists, and low-level swoops, and it was a flying rollercoaster, with seats beneath the cars that lifted up so that you were suspended facing the ground during the ride. I was definitely a little concerned that I was biting off more than I could chew with this ride, :unsure: but I decided to follow the MythBusters' motto (“If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing”), and rode in the very front. :p

Surprisingly enough, I actually found the ride rather relaxing. :lol I made some “alarmed Curly”-esque sounds during the ride (“nyah-ah-ah-ah!” and “woo-woo-woo!”), :lol but truthfully I can't say I felt scared (Sometimes I worry that my capacity to feel emotion is deteriorating :blink:). I didn't feel sick at any point either (which had been a major concern of mine, as I had eaten a very large breakfast less than an hour earlier). In fact, I was rather disappointed at how quickly the ride ended, and would have gone on it again were it not for the line and the limited amount of time we had to spend at the park.

There were a number of factors that influenced me to ride the Manta. One was that I wanted to try out a real rollercoaster. Another was that it was free. :P: Even more significant was the fact that the ride (and the design of its frontmost car) are based on a manta ray (I've had an obsession with rays lately :smile). Plus, one of the gift stores sold a lot of Manta-themed keychains that I liked, but it didn't feel right to buy them when I hadn't even been on the ride. :p Afterwards I bought three of them, plus a Manta souvenir coin (The first day I was at SeaWorld, I also got a little plush manta ray with the Manta logo on its wing :DD). I never thought I'd enjoy a rollercoaster so much. :!
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on November 30, 2010, 02:10:00 AM
^That exact same thing happened to me :p.  I was six the first time I went on a roller coaster, and man did it scare the crap outta me :crazy.  I never attempted another roller coaster until I was thirteen, and since then I can't get enough of them ;).  I understand it is common for Aspies to be adrenaline junkies, so my case and your case do not surprise me.  I've always been adventurous and thrill-seeking, so I guess my love of roller coasters was inevitable :DD.

Want a rush unlike anything else?  Try skydiving :smile.
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Post by: Pangaea on November 30, 2010, 02:18:18 AM
^ The weird thing is, I didn't feel a noticeable adrenaline rush. Like I said, I just felt relaxed. :confused

It's not likely that I'll try skydiving, though. :p At least during the rollercoaster ride I was secure in the knowledge that accidents on rollercoasters are extremely rare; you're more likely to be caught in a car accident, if I recall the statistics correctly.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on November 30, 2010, 11:13:34 PM
I get hives outbreaks if I'm under extreme, prolonged stress <_<.
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Post by: Pangaea on December 06, 2010, 12:59:08 AM
I think I've mentioned before that I periodically develop intense interests/obsessions in particular subjects (usually different kinds of animals). I just felt like posting a list of such phases that I have gone through this year:

ï Echinoderms (especially sea stars)

ï Ravens

ï Bears

ï Stingrays

ï Bowerbirds (this is sort of a “mini-obsession”; it's a very recent development, and it's not quite as consuming as most of the other entries on this list, but it's still pretty strong)

ï Platypuses (another one that's just started recently)

ï Struthiomimus with hats, pickle jars, or other objects on their heads. :p (For some reason I find this image hilarious. :lol)

EDIT: I know there's more, but I can't remember all of them right now. :oops
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Post by: Serris on December 06, 2010, 01:09:50 AM
The easiest way to REALLY piss me off is ignore my efforts at doing something or when my super-hard effort yields little to nothing.
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Post by: Nick22 on December 06, 2010, 06:29:37 PM
well serris you're a very good rper. Might I suggest playing and posting where you know your talents will be appreciated- ie here? :D
 i can name all the presidents at their terms in order.. also i have a borderline obsession with coin collecting..
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Post by: Pangaea on December 12, 2010, 10:18:02 PM
More often than not when I engage in a prolonged conversation with someone, the topic gradually changes until we are talking about something completely different from the original subject. (I call it “conversational drift”. :p) An example of this occurred a few days ago: a comment from my brother that I looked like an alien (I was holding my hands in front of my mouth like tentacles :P:) led to a conversation about the flexibility and potential display significance of the tails of dromaeosaurs (raptor dinosaurs), which shifted to a speculative discussion of plausible real-life organisms that could be the basis for certain mythological creatures, and ended with us pondering the evolutionary origins and biochemistry of platypus venom. :lol
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Post by: Serris on December 13, 2010, 07:03:29 PM
I tend to use passive construction in writing "academic essays".
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Post by: tempestwheel on December 13, 2010, 07:11:12 PM
I like to talk about movies with my friends.
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Post by: Nick22 on December 13, 2010, 08:01:14 PM
i am a sports trivia nut.. :)
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Post by: tempestwheel on December 13, 2010, 08:35:15 PM
I have some vegetable allergies.
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Post by: Nick22 on December 15, 2010, 11:31:28 PM
I really really would like to see a 16(or more) team playoff iin college football the Current BCS system doesn't settle thing on the field. apart from the title game, all the others mean absolutely nothing..
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Post by: Pangaea on December 17, 2010, 01:18:16 AM
I have rather large, jagged-crowned teeth. I try to avoid showing them when I smile, because when I do, my grin comes off (in my opinion) as psychotic, maniacal, or downright frightening. :blink:
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Post by: Caustizer on December 18, 2010, 02:58:09 AM
Like pretty much everyone, I am a very messed up person underneath the hard shell I maintain on a daily basis.

The mixture of intelligence and wisdom within me is a volatile concoction that produces random ideas with such frequency that I maintain a mental library of all my ideas both old and new to keep track of them but sometimes even that is not enough and i have to use paper sources.  Possibly the most well known of these ideas are Rise of Storm Tide, Far Away Home, and LBT: Future Wars but there are other ones that are pretty cool too but seperate from the LBT universe.

Others, like the less well known certain 'Ruby story' I did, are alive but undeveloped at the moment awaiting a burst of inspiration to come to life (I recently had the idea of having Ruby's Killer alter-ego working with the Great Valley Dinosaurs to repel a Sharptooth Invasion, since when there are multiple evils running around its always cool to see one side with the good guys).
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Post by: Dima02 on December 18, 2010, 12:03:43 PM
Quote from: Caustizer,Dec 18 2010 on  01:58 AM
Like pretty much everyone, I am a very messed up person underneath the hard shell I maintain on a daily basis.
Welcome to the club, Caustizer :D
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Post by: Amaranthine on December 18, 2010, 10:39:21 PM
I'm obsessed with animation! :D
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Post by: Pangaea on December 23, 2010, 12:56:32 AM
I love pizza, but at the same time I'm very picky about it. :p I prefer plain cheese pizza (though I like green peppers and mushrooms as well), not too brown on top, a breadier crust, and a noticeableóbut not excessiveóamount of sauce that's slightly zingy and doesn't have chunks of tomato in it.
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Post by: tempestwheel on December 23, 2010, 10:46:10 AM
I love plain cheese pizza only
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Post by: Amaranthine on December 23, 2010, 11:01:36 AM
Lulz, everyone loves pizza. :p.

I have three YouTube accounts. :3
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Post by: Blitz on December 28, 2010, 05:26:32 PM
I've just noticed that I can do a really good voice impression of Yami Yugi/Atem from Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series.  :lol
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Post by: Littlefoot Fan on December 28, 2010, 06:00:16 PM
I only listen to music in car rides. It's the perfect time to relax and collect your thoughts.
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Post by: Animeboye on December 29, 2010, 12:27:49 AM
Quote from: Blitz,Dec 28 2010 on  04:26 PM
I've just noticed that I can do a really good voice impression of Yami Yugi/Atem from Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series.  :lol
My friends say I do a good Nappa from DBZ Abridged.
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Post by: WeirdRaptor on December 29, 2010, 12:42:39 AM
On the topic of mimcking voices, I've been told I do a wicked Jim Varney.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on December 29, 2010, 12:15:24 PM
I've been informed numerous times I'm really good at mimicking South Park's Cartman :lol.

Also, when I give my dogs treats, sometimes I imitate the Beggin' Strips commercial voiceover and I sound just like him :spit.  Since I don't watch much TV, I don't have the commercial memorized so I just use bits and pieces ;).

IT'S BAAAACON!
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Post by: tempestwheel on December 31, 2010, 01:48:57 PM
Personally, I'm not into 8-bit video games.
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Post by: Pangaea on February 01, 2011, 12:39:43 AM
I love logic problems! :smile And puzzles in general, for that matter.

EDIT: Wow! Not only is this my first post in this thread in over a month, but it's this thread's first post for 2011! :!
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Post by: Pangaea on February 01, 2011, 12:41:15 AM
(Double-posted by accident, so I'll just post another fact relating to my last one.)

For some reason, I don't care much for word finds, though. :huh:
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Post by: LBTDiclonius on February 03, 2011, 10:29:37 PM
I figured I'd post here. -_-

I can crack my knuckles!
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Post by: Nick22 on February 03, 2011, 10:41:00 PM
i can doi a real good imitation of the Joker :)
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Post by: Pangaea on February 03, 2011, 11:03:47 PM
Quote from: LBTDiclonius,Feb 3 2011 on  09:29 PM
I can crack my knuckles!
The knuckle at the base of my left pinky (little finger) is the only one I can crack audibly, but my youngest brother can crack all his knuckles and several other joints with an ease and audibility that astounds me. :blink:
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on February 04, 2011, 03:03:39 AM
*I have an indentation at the base of my right thumb that has been there since I sprained my thumb while playing a volleyball match when I was twelve years old.

*I have a scar on the right side of my face as a result of being bitten during a fight with my sister when I was five years old.

*I came into the world dead, but somehow miraculously came back to life and I have been healthy ever since.

*To my knowledge, there have been three times in my life where it seems like I died and then came back about thirty seconds later at most :crazy.  The first time was when I was born, the second time was a drowning experience when I was five years old, and the third time was April 2010 when I gave blood for the last time.  All three times, I had no vitals and was unresponsive, and when CPR was about to be administered I came back at the last second each time :blink:.
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Post by: Saft on February 06, 2011, 04:02:23 PM
Not overly outstanding although I dare people to do it ;), i can touch my nose with my tongue.:D

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Post by: Pangaea on February 06, 2011, 10:29:57 PM
^ I can do the same. I have a rather large tongue (probably I why I'm always verbally tripping over it :P:), but my front teeth, which are themselves pretty prominent, get in the way when I try to touch my nose with it, so I can only reach the underside, not the tip. I can also form a straw with my tongue, though I remember reading that this isn't an especially uncommon ability. And I have a habit of occasionally flicking my tongue in and out of my mouth like a lizard or snake. :p
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Post by: LBTDiclonius on February 06, 2011, 10:47:20 PM
I'm double-jointed. I swear, I can touch my thumb to my wrist and can pull most of my fingers backwards farther than they need to.

Oh! I can also do the vulcan peace sign from Star Trek...on both hands...

*Does the sign on both hands* Live long and Prosper! FEAR ME!!!!! :P:
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Post by: LBTDiclonius on February 10, 2011, 01:08:02 AM
Sorry, double post. :oops

This morning, my nail on my little toe of my right foot...came off. :blink:  But, it actually didn't hurt as much as you would think. -_-
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Post by: Amaranthine on February 11, 2011, 11:56:37 PM
I don't really like to admit it, but I AM a romantic. :) But I would rather have someone be brutally honest with me to shoot down my ego rather then sugar everything up in a lie.
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Post by: LBTDiclonius on February 20, 2011, 12:54:06 AM
My cat sparks when my dad touches him. You can actually see sparks coming out of his fur. So, you can call him Sparky! :p
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Post by: ChaoticMistress on February 20, 2011, 12:56:44 AM
I tend to be strange towards others, but I don't care. Because I like what I'm doing, so what if I'm strange! IT's fun! ^^
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Post by: LBTDiclonius on February 20, 2011, 12:58:13 AM
^ tell me about it. :p
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Post by: Nick22 on February 20, 2011, 12:58:45 AM
despite only having 1 working eye i'm actually good at sports..
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Post by: Pangaea on February 22, 2011, 09:32:18 PM
Today my family celebrates “Cheese Day”, a holiday one of my brothers invented as a joke several years back. :P: Basically the celebration involves eating lots of cheese and drinking soda. :p
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Post by: Nick22 on February 23, 2011, 02:54:58 AM
watched the film Amadeus for the first time tonight
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Post by: Salvatore Blackheart on February 23, 2011, 05:06:01 AM
Soy espaÒol odio enfermarme y temo envejecer ja ja ja

i'm just kidding

In my free time, i fix pictures with paint check it

before
http://img689.imageshack.us/i/littlefootwithmother.jpg/ (http://img689.imageshack.us/i/littlefootwithmother.jpg/)

after
http://img135.imageshack.us/i/littlefootmotherpost.jpg/ (http://img135.imageshack.us/i/littlefootmotherpost.jpg/)

i rejuvenate littlefoot's mom with paint program
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Post by: jansenov on February 23, 2011, 09:39:23 AM
I find it easier to write a poem than to recite it. I have a terrible voice, with a span of less than an octave. :oops
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on March 13, 2011, 01:23:34 AM
Before learning I simply have a very high pain threshold, I used to actually believe I was a masochist due to my tendency to laugh my tail off when I get hurt (usually) :rolleyes  :lol.
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Post by: LBTDiclonius on March 13, 2011, 01:26:47 AM
When I lose my voice I sound like a dying loon. :lol
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Post by: Amaranthine on March 13, 2011, 06:02:08 PM
I think fog is beautiful.
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Post by: Adder on March 13, 2011, 07:29:50 PM
I'm becoming a fan of Watership Down, and have seen the movie and all the tv series, but I've had no luck with the books.
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Post by: vonboy on March 13, 2011, 10:38:12 PM
Other than LBT, I'm a huge fan of futurama, southpark, and nintendo games.

I have a lazy eye. I can't tell you which one is the lazy one, because they keep changing. It's very hard for me to focus on one thing with both eyes. a funny thing though is I can control which eye I'm using directly and which one is being lazy. It freaks some people out when I switch my eyes on them like that.
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Post by: Amaranthine on March 18, 2011, 08:39:07 PM
Quote from: Pangaea,Feb 22 2011 on  05:32 PM
Today my family celebrates “Cheese Day”, a holiday one of my brothers invented as a joke several years back. :P: Basically the celebration involves eating lots of cheese and drinking soda. :p
I like it! :smile

Er...I love cheese. :-3
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Post by: Serris on March 19, 2011, 01:10:15 AM
I have no idea if I mentioned this already but I really like knives and assorted weaponry, especially firearms.

I really like science.

My favorite snacks are usually nuts and stuff.
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Post by: Serris on March 20, 2011, 10:58:54 PM
I HATE formal events.
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Post by: LBTDiclonius on March 20, 2011, 11:27:43 PM
I just got a new laptop! :)
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Post by: jansenov on March 21, 2011, 08:23:43 AM
I got a small TV set, a digital receiver and antenna. So, now I can finally watch TV in my rented room ( I don't have a computer there).
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Post by: Pangaea on April 08, 2011, 11:00:27 PM
Wow, it's been weeks since I've posted in here. :!

I tried escargot today! :smile It wasn't bad, though I didn't really care for the texture. I was disappointed that they weren't served in their shells; I would've liked to have kept them as souvenirs. :P: Anyway, I guess I can cross “eat a gastropod” off my list of things to do before I die. :p
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on April 08, 2011, 11:43:00 PM
^If you're ever in Paris, you've gotta try the escargot there.  It is served in the shell (I have one as a souvenir :lol), and it is really good ;).  

After nearly two years of becoming one, I now know the term that best describes my dietary habits: Pescatarian.  I eat seafood, but exclude meats and dairy products from my diet.
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Post by: vonboy on April 17, 2011, 12:54:34 AM
We have a cat called Charlie. It was called Charlie because my sister initially thought it was male, then someone else looked at it and said it was female. We kept it for a year, then we took it to get spayed/neutered. When I got to the vet to pick it up, the vet said he was done, and I took him home an told my sister about it.

So, basically our cat has changed sex TWICE :blink:
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Post by: Serris on April 17, 2011, 01:34:56 AM
I prefer fish and seafood to most other dishes.
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Post by: Pangaea on May 04, 2011, 03:22:23 AM
Here’s a little Pangaean slice-of-life story for ya: ;)

On Saturday, my family saw an article in our local newspaper about a couple who had purchased a bunch of bananas at Wal-Mart, only to discover that it contained a live Brazilian wandering spider (a tropical species with a 4-inch leg span that’s considered to be pretty much the deadliest spider in the world. :blink: For the record, they killed it before it managed to hurt anyone). Our family’s reaction to the article was the kind that you wouldn’t expect from most people, but perfectly normal for us: :P: we fascinatedly began discussing the world’s most dangerous spiders and their habits, and eventually ended up watching a spider-centric episode of the David Attenborough documentary series Life in the Undergrowth while eating bananas flambÈ. :smile :p :lol
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Post by: bushwacked on May 04, 2011, 04:51:14 AM
I love microbiology.

If I'm standing still or sitting down, I constantly jig my leg or drum my fingers - if I don't I feel really uncomfortable. Makes getting to sleep really hard  :rolleyes
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on May 05, 2011, 02:03:00 AM
I have echolalia, and my pitch randomly fluctuates when I speak :p.  Sometimes I'll even speak and my voice will come out really high for a few moments.  This most recently happened this past evening, and I sounded like Ducky :lol.  I should've wrapped it up with one of her catchphrases :p.
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Post by: Serris on May 05, 2011, 09:37:54 PM
I have gotten high several times in my life. No illegal substances were used.
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Post by: Caustizer on May 06, 2011, 05:49:06 PM
I enjoy painting model figures, and one day hope to be a tornado scientist.
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Post by: vonboy on May 06, 2011, 08:26:14 PM
I already showed this in another thread, but I develop little computer games as a hobby.
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Post by: Valeron on May 07, 2011, 11:13:48 AM
I'm planning on moving in with my boyfriend in the coming months. And the good news is that changes in my parents' situation will aid in their support greatly
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Post by: Cyberlizard on May 08, 2011, 02:14:11 AM
I'm a Japan Studies major and this fall I'll be studying abroad in Kumamoto, Kyushu for a full academic year. Fun fact for Pokemon nerds, Kumamoto is what Mauville City is based off of. :p
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Post by: Pangaea on May 10, 2011, 12:11:53 AM
Today I managed to get hit in the head with a ham, explode a pitcher of lemonade in my face (I had added some hot water in the hopes of dissolving the mix better, and while I was shaking the pitcher, I guess the pressure built up to the point that the hinged lid popped open and the lemonade literally blasted out like the contents of an agitated soda can), and drink four different kinds of tea at once, all before noon. :p
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Post by: Strel on May 10, 2011, 12:45:35 AM
Today i managed to hit someone in the head with a ham, plant a bomb in a pitcher of lemonade, AND poison four different kinds of tea, all before noon. (Sorry   :lol )
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Post by: Pangaea on May 10, 2011, 12:51:45 AM
^ This is a factual thread, bub. And please, no upstaging the insane, quirky, slapstick reality that is my life. :p
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Post by: LBTDiclonius on May 10, 2011, 05:21:02 PM
I'm the fastest girl in my class and the third or fourth fastest in my class, that includes both boys and girls. :p
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Post by: bushwacked on May 10, 2011, 06:31:59 PM
Pretty much every part of my hands are double jointed. I can really gross out my friends when I touch just below my wrist with the palm of my hand on the same arm :lol
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Post by: Saft on May 10, 2011, 06:49:56 PM
When the clocks changed during March, I am ashamed to say that I forgot to put them forward.  Luckily it was a Sunday and I did not miss lectures but I was so darn sure that it was in the evening....
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on May 12, 2011, 01:06:38 AM
I have managed to ween myself off of being a sweets addict :p.
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Post by: tempestwheel on May 12, 2011, 08:18:29 AM
I learned my new favorite recipe from a cooking class I took last year.
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Post by: Cyberlizard on May 12, 2011, 12:42:13 PM
I wear an olive green patrol hat with ten small patches I embroidered by hand.  :smile
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Post by: Salvatore Blackheart on May 13, 2011, 11:12:26 PM
I'm a naruhina fan. :smile
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Post by: Serris on May 16, 2011, 06:53:59 PM
I have recently gotten an interest in "living machines". See Pixar's Cars for an example.
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Post by: Pterano on May 17, 2011, 07:57:04 PM
I met Jim Cummings, Sierra's (and many other characters, especially in the Disneyverse) voice actor about five years ago. He was pretty darn amazing, and he did his Darkwing Duck voice for us. It received rather loud applause. :DD
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Post by: Malte279 on May 23, 2011, 05:59:44 AM
A main problem when I am drawing on paper is that I am drawing way to small. If for example I draw Littlefoot, Cera, or Spike in a scale that I like Ducky, Petrie, or Chomper drawn in the same scale would turn out to be too small to allow for the degree of detail that I want to give them. If however I draw them in a scale that allows for all of that detail I end up with the sheet of paper to be too small for the complete motive (and I find Din A3 formated paper to be to unwieldy to work with, not to mention that I don't have a scanner that could cover it). :bang

I very rarely start MSN chats. Usually I prefer for others to make the beginning.
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Post by: kjeldo on May 27, 2011, 02:23:14 PM
I'm also not very into MSN and all those things (Facebook, twitter) Where was the time that we walked to our next door neighbour to ask for sugar or that we wrote a letter and putted in into an legendary bin called the 'mailbin' or brought it to the 'post office'? <_<  aargh, i hate to see technology taking over like that. what is strange because i actually like to use PC's and such.
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Post by: Pangaea on May 29, 2011, 05:37:36 AM
Quote from: Pterano,May 17 2011 on  06:57 PM
I met Jim Cummings, Sierra's (and many other characters, especially in the Disneyverse) voice actor about five years ago. He was pretty darn amazing, and he did his Darkwing Duck voice for us. It received rather loud applause. :DD
Wow. That's pretty awesome. :wow

Quote from: Malte279,May 23 2011 on  04:59 AM
A main problem when I am drawing on paper is that I am drawing way to small. If for example I draw Littlefoot, Cera, or Spike in a scale that I like Ducky, Petrie, or Chomper drawn in the same scale would turn out to be too small to allow for the degree of detail that I want to give them. If however I draw them in a scale that allows for all of that detail I end up with the sheet of paper to be too small for the complete motive (and I find Din A3 formated paper to be to unwieldy to work with, not to mention that I don't have a scanner that could cover it). :bang
I run into those same problems all the time when I'm drawing. :rolleyes And I'm terrible at drawing characters or objects to scale.

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I very rarely start MSN chats. Usually I prefer for others to make the beginning.
I have a hard time initiating ANY sort of conversation. And oftentimes, even when someone else does start a conversation, I don't know what to say in response. These are both major reasons I feel I probably disappoint many people who want to talk to me. :slap
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Post by: Dash The Longneck on June 04, 2011, 06:11:30 AM
I have the same thing you guys have with the whole conversation thing. I can never start a conversation cause I'm always worried about sounding stupid. And even when they start the conversation it's impossible for me to talk with for a while When I am on Windows Messanger or something mostly I' just roleplaying with a friend because I don't want to sound stupid in conversation.
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 04, 2011, 01:15:00 PM
I regularly wear a wristband featuring Boober from Fraggle Rock   :D
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Post by: babidikrakenguard on June 04, 2011, 06:32:34 PM
I..

Roleplay as Davy Jones, Jolly Roger, the Horned King and Maleficent on this one Disney Roleplaying site.. :|

I also roleplay as Gothmog on a few LOTR RP's, but they aren't very active.. :(
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 13, 2011, 12:54:26 AM
Some more about me:

*I play with my hair or wring my hands together when I get really nervous.

*I find the weirdest part of the human body to be feet :blink:.

*If I ever feel like crying, I can't make myself do so.  It just comes when it wants to, not when I want it to <_<.  At least I'm a pro at containing it in public :p.

*I have recently discovered I can pull off Shemp's (from The Three Stooges) "Meemeemeemeemee!" really well :lol.
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Post by: Petrie85 on June 13, 2011, 06:49:32 PM
Even tho I have AIM YIM AND MSN I rare I rarely use them at all. I go on once in a blue moon. But I like to start conversations if I see a person on MSN. And it's okay to be shy sometimes. I can have pretty good talks on Instant Messenger's.
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Post by: Redtooth101 on June 13, 2011, 07:48:38 PM
I rub my hands together when I'm broke lol Habit
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Post by: Amaranthine on June 15, 2011, 02:17:17 PM
I have this tendency to freeze in stressful situations. Like if I am getting yelled at or something, I don't stick up for myself in that moment.
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Post by: Petrie85 on June 17, 2011, 08:20:48 AM
When I'm nerves I tend to shake my leg a lot.
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Post by: Saft on June 18, 2011, 12:12:24 PM
^
Oh gosh yes; also when I am nervous I tend to walk in circles which is rather difficult when legs shake.

because I broke my elbow when I was younger, so basically a good age to break bones as bones aren't fully fused and-
anyway, because I  broke the elbow which was the writing hand, I had to learn how to write with my left.  Nothing much has changed between my writing left and right...since my writing is terrible (spidery) anyway...
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 19, 2011, 11:40:03 PM
I enjoy cooking, and since becoming concerned about what food corporations are putting in their food products, I've been making more and more things from scratch ;).
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 20, 2011, 12:17:46 AM
When I'm nervous, I tend to laugh a lot...
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Post by: LBTFan13 on June 20, 2011, 01:00:18 AM
I am in desperate need of getting back into martial arts. I am so out of shape it's not even funny :lol:
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 20, 2011, 01:22:00 AM
I have recently discovered that drawing floorplans of houses is a great way to relax :blink:.
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 20, 2011, 01:26:28 AM
I like to list things for some reason I can't figure out.... :DD
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Post by: Blitz on June 20, 2011, 01:37:33 AM
I say the word "dude" a lot whenever I talk sometimes.
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Post by: tempestwheel on June 20, 2011, 01:59:22 AM
I like to use the word "dimension" a lot.  :DD
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Post by: Pangaea on June 20, 2011, 02:07:40 AM
Three words that I just have not been able to keep out of my vocabulary lately (with the consequence that I randomly mutter them almost every time I am anxious, frustrated, or trying to think) are "bucket", "chicken", and "ham". :blink: :P: :huh: :wacko :p :lol :confused
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Post by: The Friendly Sharptooth on June 20, 2011, 11:05:38 AM
Whenever I order food, I hate keeping people in the dark about why I ordered the way I did. When I make an uncommon request, it comes with an explanation. Take when I eat at Wendy’s for example.

“I would like the number six, plain except for a tomato. I would like to large size the fries but keep the drink small. For that, I want a coke with no ice. The reason I want no ice is because I have very sensitive teeth. Drinking ice cold drinks feels like tiny daggers in my mouth.”

Or getting pizza from Dominoes’.

“I would like a medium hand-tossed pizza with pepperoni, sausage, green peppers, and roasted red peppers. I do not want the seasoning on the crust because I never eat the crust so your seasoning would only be wasted. I would like one box of breadsticks with extra seasoning because I have a weak sense of smell so I don’t taste things very well, having to dump salt all over my food to even taste it.”

I just have a desire to be understood by people. When people wonder about me, it just doesn’t feel very good. So whenever I can, I explain myself.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 23, 2011, 01:25:49 AM
There are now two other members who share my starday instead of one: 2007excalibur2007 and one of our newcomers, Justin1993 :D.  Out of the three of us, I still remain the oldest :p.

While on the subject, I just now noticed there seems to be a lot of Cancers on the GOF :angel  :lol.
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Post by: Amaranthine on June 23, 2011, 01:45:30 AM
^Interesting you would talk about birthdays and horoscopes m'dear. More and more, I'm having a lot more faith in horoscopes then when I was younger. There's a lot more to the horoscope then what most know. :p
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Post by: trulyfantasticme on June 23, 2011, 02:33:18 AM
I nearly got hit by lightning once. :blink:
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 23, 2011, 02:45:19 AM
Quote from: trulyfantasticme,Jun 23 2011 on  01:33 AM
I nearly got hit by lightning once. :blink:
Same here :o!  I was in my vehicle at a stop sign a couple of summers ago, and this tree just ten to fifteen feet to the left of my got struck all the way down to the ground.  Man was that sketchy :!.
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Post by: Mumbling on June 23, 2011, 02:56:16 AM
I've got a horrible bloodflow in my feet.. They're basically always near-frozen.
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Post by: The Great Valley Guardian on June 23, 2011, 09:21:04 AM
As a child I bit completely through my own tongue.
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Post by: Petrie85 on June 23, 2011, 09:28:20 AM
I often use the word retarded a lot. Not towards people tho.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 23, 2011, 10:50:49 AM
Ever since losing a lot of weight (yeah, forty pounds is a lot), I have found that I get cold really, really easy.  Even in the summertime around here when it's in the 90's at night with an equal number of humidity, and with the windows open and the air off, I still sleep under quilts with socks on.  I do not have any disorders (i.e. hypothyroidism, anemia, etc.) that cause me to feel like this.  It's just my new and improved physique :p.
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Post by: Littlefoot Fan on June 23, 2011, 11:12:44 AM
I don't have a bed in my room. I instead drag a mattress out into the living room every night because out there there is a heater for winter, air conditioner for summer, and a huge tv :P:
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Post by: trulyfantasticme on June 23, 2011, 02:15:51 PM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Jun 23 2011 on  01:45 AM
Quote from: trulyfantasticme,Jun 23 2011 on  01:33 AM
I nearly got hit by lightning once. :blink:
Same here :o!  I was in my vehicle at a stop sign a couple of summers ago, and this tree just ten to fifteen feet to the left of my got struck all the way down to the ground.  Man was that sketchy :!.
At least you were inside a vehicle. I was outside. I wasn't thinking and I was trying to save a couple things from the storm. If it wasn't for the metal whachamacallit on the top of the house, it could have been me that got struck by lightning.  :blink:
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Post by: LBTDiclonius on June 23, 2011, 03:17:02 PM
I cannot multitask to save my life. :p
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Post by: bushwacked on June 23, 2011, 05:37:05 PM
I enjoy drinking cold coffee.
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Post by: Blitz on June 23, 2011, 05:49:18 PM
Quote from: brekclub85,Jun 4 2011 on  12:15 PM
I regularly wear a wristband featuring Boober from Fraggle Rock :D

That's awesome! I wish I could I see it, since I like Boober a lot. :smile



I don't know if I said this before, but I have a plushie of Kermit, my favorite Muppets characters since I was a baby.


Random Fact: I actually used to have a larger plushie of him when I was a kid that my mother had given me when I was a baby, but I ended up losing him though. However, I still remember what it looked like. It was the same size as me at that time as well.  :DD  :D
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Post by: Serris on June 24, 2011, 02:29:48 PM
I have pulled a knife on someone in self-defense. Although to be fair, it was actually directed towards his dog who lunged at me. Luckily the man understood my fear and apologized and hustled his dog away.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 25, 2011, 02:17:21 AM
I have problems with occasional pounding in my ears.  It starts off quiet but then gets louder and louder and could last for up to several minutes at least.  It started when I was sixteen, and I was afraid I was developing some sort of psychosis.  However, as I learned, it turned out to be just a part of tinnitus.  Not sure which is more annoying: the pounding or when my ears start ringing :confused?
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Post by: Amaranthine on June 25, 2011, 02:29:32 AM
^I can relate with ear issues, though mine are more towards the whole thing of keeping them clean and what not....they tend to get waxy. :p

My music tastes vary all across the spectrum. You can find me listening to anything from Hip-hop/rap to Opera. :)


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Post by: Pangaea on June 25, 2011, 02:35:36 AM
I get tinnitus occasionally…and my ears are real wax factories, too. :p It's embarrassing how often I need to ask people to repeat something because I didn't hear it clearly the first time they said it. <_<
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Post by: kjeldo on June 25, 2011, 07:38:08 AM
Quote from: Pangaea,Jun 25 2011 on  01:35 AM
I get tinnitus occasionally…and my ears are real wax factories, too. :p It's embarrassing how often I need to ask people to repeat something because I didn't hear it clearly the first time they said it. <_<
Eh, i also have to ask people to repeat, no shame. -_-

i like to describe myself as cynical, as everybody has a negative personality trait! :exactly
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Post by: Littlefoot Fan on June 25, 2011, 05:11:38 PM
On my mp3 player, I have a folder with all of the songs from the LBT movies. I named the folder "SecretLBTWaitWhat" :lol:
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Post by: jansenov on June 26, 2011, 04:32:44 AM
I invent new words to name sensitive folders and images on my computer and online, so that they are easy to remember, but very hard to guess and consequently, find.
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Post by: Justin1993 on June 26, 2011, 05:59:02 AM
All the names of the files on my computer are in Norse.
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Post by: vonboy on June 26, 2011, 07:09:04 AM
About 6 months ago or something, I had a TERRIBLE habit that I just recently broke. Whenever I used to type, I would NEVER use capitals! Everything was always lowercase.
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Post by: Petrie85 on June 26, 2011, 07:52:02 AM
Quote from: vonboy,Jun 26 2011 on  06:09 AM
About 6 months ago or something, I had a TERRIBLE habit that I just recently broke. Whenever I used to type, I would NEVER use capitals! Everything was always lowercase.
Yes same here. Back when I was thirteen I use to type like that. I typed in all lower case and I used very bad grammar. I use to type like this: how r u 2 day. That I got yelled at by some online friends about that typing so I changed and I have been typing like this ever since. I even do that when I text. I hate when people send me text's that are typed like a moron typed or a 12 year old types. Heck I've seen a 12 year old type like this and I was shocked.
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Post by: Waluigifan on June 26, 2011, 08:16:56 AM
I am working on 6 album releases.
However, it is better to concentrate on ONE album release and not to produce everything simultaneously like I do. After all these releases, I'll concentrate on one album.

I've released 13 albums so far.
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Post by: Pangaea on June 27, 2011, 12:59:33 AM
I used to always hit the “caps lock” key whenever I typed capital letters. The problem with this was that I used to always look at the keyboard when I typed rather than the computer screen, so if I ever forgot to turn off caps lock when I was through using it, everything I typed would be in capitals until the next time I glanced up at the screen. Eventually I learned to type capitals using the “shift” key, but for some reason I later went back to using caps lock. :crazy Now I am once again habitually using shift, and am also trying to train myself to type without looking at the keyboard.
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Post by: Serris on June 27, 2011, 01:09:19 AM
As I mentioned in this topic (http://gangoffive.net/index.php?showtopic=9809&view=getnewpost), I have gotten into slinging and am slowly improving.

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Post by: Malte279 on June 27, 2011, 04:19:45 AM
I think my most frequent typo when typing quickly on MAN these days is typing a = when I mean a ?.
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Post by: MrDrake on June 27, 2011, 07:17:52 AM
I've gotten back into playing Yu-Gi-Oh.  And yes, I've already become a Machine-based duelist.  Planning on obtaining the VWXYZ cards and the Satellite Cannon card as well.
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Post by: tempestwheel on July 08, 2011, 12:54:24 AM
I just reached 10,000 posts!  :)  :DD
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Post by: f-22 "raptor" ace on July 08, 2011, 12:59:00 AM
I am a brony.
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Post by: StarfallRaptor on July 08, 2011, 01:54:32 AM
I dug up my Magic: The Gathering deck recently, and have played it against several people casually.  I forgot how lethal it is.

Also, I play Yu-gi-oh again, thanks to kids in college.  Turns out, I can use a dragon deck that someone loaned me to deadly effect.  Usually.  When it fails, it fails bad.

Also, I have begun to really play airsoft.  

Yeah.  And I'm a brony.  :p
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Post by: Cyberlizard on July 08, 2011, 12:45:54 PM
I'm currently working at a cafeteria to pay off my plane ticket to Japan.  :lol
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Post by: Nick22 on July 09, 2011, 01:40:45 AM
i have big pile of Yugioh cards at home including 2 of the epygtian God cards (which you;re not supposed to play in Duels, but my brother and I don't care  :lol: )
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Post by: Redtooth101 on July 09, 2011, 01:46:35 AM
I got me a Slifer The Sky Dragon  :D

But in other news, I recently graduated!
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Post by: Petrie85 on July 09, 2011, 06:59:54 AM
^ OOC: Did you know there is a yugioh card that is worth 10,000 plus dollars?

I like fatty junk food. Even tho I shouldn't be heating it but I do anyhow.
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Post by: vonboy on July 09, 2011, 07:08:21 AM
I sometimes have great difficulty remembering how to spell apparently simple words, such as "Escape". I just end up spelling them really oddly for some reason, like "Excape" or something, then I bang my head against the wall because the spell checker doesn't even recognize my word enough to give me the one I'm looking for.

It's also funny, because both my parents said I was great a spelling. They would always ask me how to spell fairly simple words like "Continue" or "Potatoe" or something like that. :blink:
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Post by: Petrie85 on July 09, 2011, 07:43:30 AM
Sometimes I like to point out peoples flaws at spelling. I know it's a very wrong thing to do but I sometimes can't help it. And sometimes I also like to give tough love advice to people that I know. And it's wrong but hey the morons in my life need tough love from me.
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Post by: The Chronicler on July 16, 2011, 04:00:17 PM
I have quite a lot a fascinations in nonfiction (science and history), but to save some time, I'll mention them here only one at a time on days when I have the time to post here.

One of my many fascinations is the continent of Antarctica. I'm not exactly sure what it is about it that fascinates me so much, but I'm guessing it might be because, in terms of exploring new places, it's kind of like a bridge between the Americas and the Moon. Antarctica is like the Americas in that it was discovered by oceanic explorers and has been the site of many famous expeditions, and it is like the Moon in that it has no native people at all and the conditions there are so harsh that anybody going there will need to bring a lot of supplies for even basic necessities.

One way I can tell I have a mild fascination in something is that I've at least once spent an entire day on Wikipedia to learn more about it. I can definitely confirm I've been on Wikipedia more than once to read about everything related to Antarctica, particularly the explorations of the early 20th century.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on August 02, 2011, 11:08:01 PM
Everytime I eat, I feel like I'm freezing cold afterwards :crazy.  It could be in the nineties and I'll still feel the need to cover up, even if the food I ate was hot.  I understand this happens in folks with low blood sugar or low blood pressure, an I happen to have naturally occuring low levels of both :rolleyes.
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Post by: Petrie85 on August 03, 2011, 08:51:36 AM
That I really like Science Fiction a lot. And I love to learn about the Solar System. And I love Raunchy Comedy.
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Post by: The Chronicler on August 17, 2011, 05:00:29 PM
Another fascination of mine is Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift.

In fact, my fascination in this is so great that I've grown bored with "the breaking up of the super-continent of Pangaea 250 million years ago to form today's continents" like it's a TV show I've seen thousands of times. What really catches my interest is everything beyond Pangaea, like the super-continent Rhodinia that existed more than 750 million years ago that may have created the biggest ice age in the history of Earth, known as "Snowball Earth".

I am especially intrigued by the future projections of where today's continents will be going, like how the Mediterranean Sea will become a mountain range in 50 million years and that there will be a new super-continent in 250 million years known as Pangaea Ultima.

I guess this is further proof that I'm one of those guys who wants to hear the entire story on everything, not just bits and pieces from the past and present.
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Post by: Serris on August 18, 2011, 10:04:09 PM
I have gotten into ML: FiM art that features military elements... Fits in with my sig.
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Post by: Malte279 on August 31, 2011, 06:17:46 PM
I'm not sure if I mentioned before that my most frequent typo (as anyone who I am chatting with on MSN can confirm) is typing a = instead of a ?
However, I also noticed one almost creepy thing. Whenever I type the word little my fingers are moving on by themselves so I often have to erase when I got so far as to type Littlefo or so :lol
Seriously, whenever I chatted with people for example about the battle of Little Big Horn, you don't know how often I had to correct the first word of that river's name during the chats :p
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Post by: Redtooth101 on August 31, 2011, 06:21:59 PM
I'm a obsolete cat nut  :lol

Sometimes I talk about cars a bit too much though.
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Post by: Petrie85 on August 31, 2011, 08:43:54 PM
I like to laugh at jokes that I shouldn't laugh at.
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Post by: Justin1993 on September 01, 2011, 12:07:20 AM
I don't drink the bottom of a cup. Every time I have a drink, I'll get to the bottom of the cup and pour out whatever is left. I don't know why.
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Post by: Petrie85 on September 01, 2011, 01:17:43 AM
For me I drink the whole cup of whatever it is. Because I don't like to waste it.
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Post by: Justin1993 on September 02, 2011, 08:16:10 AM
Are you saying I'm wasteful?
Since I only ever drink water, I pour whatever is left to a plant in the house. So  :p
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Post by: Dash The Longneck on September 02, 2011, 09:52:53 AM
I have a very big history of roleplaying on to many forums.
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Post by: Petrie85 on September 02, 2011, 10:55:23 AM
No it's your choice if you do that.


I use to role play a lot back in the late 90's. Now not so much anymore. I've Role Played for over 13 years.
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Post by: Justin1993 on September 02, 2011, 11:15:25 AM
I have what I call a "wreck" room in my house. When I get mad, I tend to break things near me, which include cell phones, cups, CDs, games, etc. So I made a room in my house and every week I go buy stuff like glass vases, frames, pottery, anything that shatters. Whenever I get really mad I just take a bat and start breaking stuff. After a while, I'm just doing it for fun  :lol:
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Post by: Allicloud on September 02, 2011, 11:18:50 AM
My LBT Fan OC, Redback the spinosaurus, is now my....whatever the dinosaur equivalent of a fursona is. Yeah, I'm a scaly.

Many of my friends have told me that whenever I'm writing or drawin something, I silently read the text out loud, and you can see my lips moving.

I'm a closet brony.
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Post by: Petrie85 on September 02, 2011, 11:24:47 AM
Wow a waste of money if you ask me. But it's your choice and Money to waste.  


I use to write stories also not anymore tho.





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Post by: Justin1993 on September 02, 2011, 11:27:44 AM
I have a perfectly valid reason and it is not a waste of money. My therapist suggested it to me and it has helped me control my tempers.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on September 02, 2011, 11:11:56 PM
Quote from: Justin1993,Sep 2 2011 on  10:27 AM
I have a perfectly valid reason and it is not a waste of money. My therapist suggested it to me and it has helped me control my tempers.
Indeed, the books on alternative medicine I have recommend it for those who need to let out their anger "audibly" and not just visually.  Personally, I use distance running to keep my temper tamed ;).
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Post by: Petrie85 on September 02, 2011, 11:17:25 PM
There is a lot better way to do it and not costly and a waste of money. When I'm mad I just go for walks and listen to music instead of wasting money on stuff to buy and than break two seconds later.
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Post by: Mumbling on September 03, 2011, 01:47:41 AM
I've been a girl scout since I was 6 years old and am only forced to stop with it in 2012 because I'm moving out of my little town :p
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Post by: Justin1993 on September 03, 2011, 03:37:18 AM
Quote from: Petrie85,Sep 2 2011 on  10:17 PM
There is a lot better way to do it and not costly and a waste of money. When I'm mad I just go for walks and listen to music instead of wasting money on stuff to buy and than break two seconds later.
Yes, but for me a walk and music doesn't cut it. At least, not when I got angry. I mean, I've wasted hundreds of dollars on broken phones, tables, windows, doors. All because my temper is a bit over the top. So, I was presented with an alternative that sounded great. Besides, I spend roughly $40 for the room. And since my temper is more under control, I go in there maybe once every other week. Sometimes more frequent. But to be honest, it's not a big waste of money. It does good for me.

I like to eat tums like they're candies. It says not to eat more than 14 (I think) in a 24 hour period, but I can't help myself. On the plus side, no acid reflux :lol:
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Post by: The Friendly Sharptooth on September 03, 2011, 10:30:45 AM
1. My blood is very diverse. I am Italian from my father’s father, English from my father’s mother, Austrian from my mother’s father, and German from my mother’s mother. Still, I am told I have the most features from the Italian side.

2. In conversations, I have a tendency to avoid spelling some things out. Giving hints, being metaphorical, and so forth is just a lot more comfortable for me in certain topics, and I just feel weird being forthright in some situations. It just isn’t me to say everything in a way that a seven-year-old could interpret it with ease. Things like:

“I am sad. Someone hurt my feelings today, and I did nothing to him. I’m not going over to his place again.”

I find to be really, really awkward for me to say in some circumstances compared to:

“It’s a cruel world when one cannot be kind without injury in return. Now I know where I don’t belong.”

3. I have a very weak sense of taste, so I have to dump seasoning on my food with a passion. There is like this ongoing joke in my life, as nearly every time someone sees me applying salt or something, I get a “Whoa” or some equivalent. When there is enough salt in something for most people to enjoy, than that means there needs to be a lot more for me to like it. When my father cooks and adds salt, he always tells me to taste it before adding more salt. I did at first, years ago, but I learned that there is literally no point. If he actually added enough for me to enjoy it, no one else would be able to. So yeah, if anyone ever meets me in person and we eat something that uses salt, I don’t think I’ll ever be fed the line, “Are you gonna finish that?” Why? ëCause no one would dare touch a food I’ve salted.  :p
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Post by: Justin1993 on September 04, 2011, 07:08:57 PM
I tend to chew...anything. Plastic bottle caps, bottle rings, bottles, plastic pudding cups, wrappers, pens, pencils, paper...the list goes on. Basically, anything plastic, paper, or metal.
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Post by: Petrie85 on September 04, 2011, 08:06:39 PM
I like classical music. I listen to it at night when I want to  just relax.
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Post by: Serris on September 05, 2011, 11:42:32 PM
I have diverse tastes in music.

My Ipod has everything from Goa Trance, to Classical-style to Industrial Rock.
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Post by: Nick22 on September 06, 2011, 12:10:12 AM
I have tajken to playing minigolf on occassion. i can't play actual golf (vision and motor skills issues0 so minigolf for me, is better..
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Post by: Petrie85 on September 06, 2011, 12:22:35 AM
I hate sports.
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Post by: Littlefoot Fan on September 06, 2011, 09:50:58 AM
I broke my wrist when I was like 7 by trying to surf down the side of a bunk-bed while sitting in a bucket :slap

I love exploring and will willingly walk through any kind of area, whether it be a swamp or a bunch of bushes with jagged sharp branches.

I can't stand kids (there, I said it :p), until they reach the age where they can successfully communicate with you and understand what you are saying.

I love to hang out with people who are very quiet and mellow.

One of the funnest things for me to do is to sit back and philosophize about life. I love talking about things like human perception and the universe.

I spend more time tweaking a game then I do playing it.

When I get really mad, I tend to just suppress it and hold most of it in until it fades away, which I know isn't always the best thing to do, but it works.
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Post by: Petrie85 on September 06, 2011, 11:02:04 AM
I like fried squid
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Post by: Justin1993 on September 06, 2011, 12:03:30 PM
I eat Tyson chicken nuggets while they're still frozen.

I don't like hot foods. I mean temperature wise.

I don't like sports, but noncompetitive activities such as urban acrobats are my favorite past times.

I blackout when I get head rushes. I once cut the side of my face on the corner of my counter cause I fell during one of my blackouts. Happens regularly.

From 2nd to 7th grade, I was the spelling bee champ at my school. I got held back 5th grade so that's a total of 6 years in a row.




 
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Post by: Petrie85 on September 06, 2011, 12:30:26 PM
I was never held back in school. I passed all grades with flying colors.
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Post by: LBTDiclonius on September 06, 2011, 05:15:22 PM
I name inanimate objects. I named one of my Saxophones William and the other Saxophone Roger. I also named my toy Parasauropholus Roger as well, and a toy truck I named Roger. I also name a lot of things Roger. No idea why, I just...do. :p
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Post by: f-22 "raptor" ace on September 06, 2011, 05:17:18 PM
I had a knife fall on my head during a power outage once.
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Post by: Petrie85 on September 06, 2011, 07:52:39 PM
Lucky you're still alive.
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Post by: f-22 "raptor" ace on September 15, 2011, 09:59:42 PM
Yeah I'm lucky it wasn't the bladed end that landed on me.
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Post by: Serris on September 18, 2011, 04:09:19 AM
In middle school, I earned the rather unusual nickname of "Zarrelion".

Explaination: A girl on the cross country team was also an equestrian and she said that I remind her a lot of her Thoroughbred horse (who was also named "Zarrelion"). Specifically she cited that I was a runner (cross country), skinny with long limbs, tan skin/black hair and "spooky" temperament.

Needless to say, I only let her use that nickname.
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Post by: MrDrake on September 18, 2011, 05:46:26 AM
I'm, in a sense, afraid of horse.  Mainly for the fact that if I walk behind them....that they'll give me a good old boot to the face.  And not to mention I don't like riding them either.  Tried it when I was a kid, got scared when it started trotting and haven't really ridden a horse since.

I think I'll keep it that way too :unsure:

And yes, I am 23.  23 and afraid to ride horses :(
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Post by: Petrie85 on September 18, 2011, 07:23:14 AM
I still like some kid shows I watched growing up.
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Post by: LBTDiclonius on September 19, 2011, 09:50:34 PM
I can annoy my parents REALLY easily. The secret...sing T.G.I.F (Last Friday Night or vice versa, whichever way you like) really loudly.
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Post by: Petrie85 on September 19, 2011, 11:32:55 PM
Likes Pickles a lot.
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Post by: LBTDiclonius on September 22, 2011, 05:14:53 PM
I now know where the middle finger comes from! :lol
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Post by: Justin1993 on September 22, 2011, 05:35:19 PM
I apparently know how to mix spices. I just wowed some of my friends with a mixture of garlic powder, pepper, sea salt, honey and lime on some pork chops.  :D
I have to admit, they were delicious. The only bad thing is, I forgot to write down the amount I used for each :(
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Post by: Petrie85 on September 22, 2011, 08:12:06 PM
I like to cook sometimes.
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Post by: Pangaea on September 22, 2011, 10:45:50 PM
I have been baking A LOT of muffins lately. :P:

To elaborate: In the past several months I've been trying my hand at various recipes from a cookbook-in-progress that my former college will be publishing for their centennial (I've been helping out by organizing and proofreading the recipes), and recently came across an excellent recipe for plain muffins with additional instructions on how to make several flavor variations. So far I've done blueberry muffins, lemon poppyseed muffins (these actually weren't included in the recipe, so I improvised them myself! :smile), carrot-raisin muffins, apple muffins (last night I made a batch with three different kinds of apples! :D), and a couple of chocolate chip and plain muffins alongside some batches. So far the poppyseed and apple muffins are most popular with my family.
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Post by: Nintendoofah64 on September 22, 2011, 11:10:38 PM
I have a lot of Mario action figures and plushes
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Post by: Serris on September 22, 2011, 11:47:45 PM
I can attest that when people say "in real life there isn't anybody who talks like in any particular movie or show or whatever", they are full of s---.

Why? Because I was point blank told by a foreigner (Hong Kong) that I sounded like I had walked off the set of The Sopranos. Okay, I admit that I do have a fairly strong New Jersey accent.

Oddly enough, my mom says I have a VERY slight Southern/Texas drawl as well.  This may come from the fact that my best friend's mother is Texan and I spend quite a lot of time in the South.
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Post by: Nick22 on September 22, 2011, 11:50:22 PM
i've been told that i have an english accent
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Post by: Petrie85 on September 23, 2011, 05:57:10 AM
I bake also.
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Post by: Serris on September 23, 2011, 11:10:30 PM
I generally loathe the genre of fantasy. In particular, I HATE the genre of high fantasy (Lord of the Rings, etc.)

I do LOVE thrillers and harder science fiction and especially military science fiction.
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Post by: Belmont2500 on September 24, 2011, 12:05:21 AM
Quote from: MrDrake,Sep 18 2011 on  04:46 AM
I'm, in a sense, afraid of horse.  Mainly for the fact that if I walk behind them....that they'll give me a good old boot to the face.  And not to mention I don't like riding them either.  Tried it when I was a kid, got scared when it started trotting and haven't really ridden a horse since.

I think I'll keep it that way too :unsure:

And yes, I am 23.  23 and afraid to ride horses :(
I can understand why someone would be afraid of horses, for me its the other way around. After all, the advantage of rising a horse is that you never feel lonely.

P.S. Never refer to an animal as 'it', its kind of speciest(yes, that is an actual word).
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Post by: f-22 "raptor" ace on September 24, 2011, 12:43:10 AM
I've been asked if I was born in England since I've been told I have an accent.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on September 24, 2011, 01:02:32 AM
I speak like a Southerner, and this is reflected in my character in the "In The Land Before Time" RP.  However, my mother is from Michigan and I spent ages nine through seventeen living in the Chicago area and in Michigan, so I also have a bit of a Northern sound as well.  Many pick up right away that I'm from the South originally, but some have also asked me if I'm from Wisconsin or somewhere around there :blink:.  I've even gotten comments by folks saying they can't pinpoint what part of the country I'm from 'cuz I sound like I speak in multiple dialects.

I also love baking :smile.  My next baking goal is to make a pumpkin pie from actual sugar pumpkins instead of canned pumpkin.
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Post by: Petrie85 on September 24, 2011, 05:31:29 AM
I take the easy way out and buy the canned pumpkin. It's a pain to peel pull the stuff out and mash. All you do with canned pumpkin is open the can and dump into a bowl.
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Post by: Serris on September 24, 2011, 04:15:24 PM
Quote from: Belmont2500,Sep 24 2011 on  12:05 AM
P.S. Never refer to an animal as 'it', its kind of speciest(yes, that is an actual word).
*Iron Headdesk*

Yeah, I am extremely suspicious of people that mention speciesism with regards to real world animals or don't use "it" with regards to animals. Mainly because most of those people I met are completely f---ing insane.

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On a side note, I love choral music, especially the ones with the powerful choir (Duel of the Fates, Red Alert 3's Soviet March, etc.)
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Post by: ChaoticMistress on September 24, 2011, 04:57:36 PM
I'm obsessed with reading large amount of literature and the majority of it came from reading fanfiction and role-playing...  :lol
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Post by: MrDrake on September 24, 2011, 09:51:25 PM
Quote from: Belmont2500,Sep 24 2011 on  04:05 PM
P.S. Never refer to an animal as 'it', its kind of speciest(yes, that is an actual word).
Yeah, I know what you mean.  I only say it without realizing it, as I usually, if ever, never do mean it.  Heck, I have a cat as it is, well, not with me, she's back at my mum's place and all, and I don't even refeer to her as an "it" either.
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Post by: Malte279 on September 25, 2011, 03:46:03 AM
^ How about simply using it so long the gender is unknown? There is nothing "specieist about that. It is what we do when refering to a human child too whose gender we do not know, isn't it?
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Post by: ChaoticMistress on September 25, 2011, 11:00:29 PM
((Please excuse any improper grammar, I currently don't have any access to Microsoft Word.))

Strangely, I'm okay with sharing my real name and my personal information (however, I only answer in vague descriptions) throughout the internet. Yet, I become suspicious and sometimes even paranoid, when somebody outside of school asks me random questions out of the blue. And I will most likely shy away and become reluctant to answer, even if I'm acquainted with the person already. I think it's mostly due to me being a self-conscious individual, and for the fact that I get embarrassed and often nervous around people I barely know. I usually don't mean to do so and I am quite a friendly person when you give me an opportunity to show it. But, I just can't help doing so and it's hard for me to open up to anybody unless given a certain amount of time. And most times it's mind boggling and even annoying when I want to be included in several activities, and whenever I want to voice out my ideas... My mind decides to go blank when doing so...

So most times, I often try not to say too much during class. But since I act on pure impulse, I tend to nearly blurt out my answers when asked a question by others, without thoroughly thinking out my words. Sometimes even stumbling and repeating several words while speaking, and it's quite aggravating since most of my peers cannot understand me and cannot take me seriously.

As you can see, it's not something that a thirteen-year-old like me wants to put up with everyday... >.<
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Post by: LBTDiclonius on September 25, 2011, 11:08:31 PM
^ Ditto on that my friend, ditto on that...
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Post by: ChaoticMistress on September 30, 2011, 12:44:40 PM
(Sorry, for the late reply... DX)

You can say that again my friend, you can say that again... :(

...

Anyway, I'll give out a more generic and happy fact about myself now! :smile

I like chocolate ice cream... Yeah, I know that was a horrendously lame fact and statement... :lol:

But, as you can see (look and compare my last post)... I don't have a whole lot to say today, and generally just want to act childish.   :lol
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Post by: The Chronicler on September 30, 2011, 03:50:15 PM
Another of my interests: I have a mild interest in the history of ancient civilizations, such as Sumeria, Babylonia, and Carthage. This was very likely influenced by how often I used to play the computer games Civilization III and Civilization IV.
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Post by: Petrie85 on September 30, 2011, 05:38:59 PM
I like music with a ton of vulgar and other words in them.
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Post by: MrDrake on October 01, 2011, 12:29:55 AM
I find Pac-Man to be a rather difficult game.  I can never get that far into the game whenever I play it >.>
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Post by: Petrie85 on October 01, 2011, 10:27:41 AM
Secret Of Mana is my favorite Role Playing Game ever.
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Post by: jansenov on October 01, 2011, 11:35:33 AM
I sometimes don't eat because I'm bored with eating. There's not a single activity that won't bore me after doing it for some time, but a brief pause is often enough for me to recover.
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Post by: trulyfantasticme on October 01, 2011, 05:05:49 PM
I was once nearly struck by lightning.
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Post by: Petrie85 on October 02, 2011, 02:30:00 AM
I've walked in many Lighting Storms and never got hit once.
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Post by: Justin1993 on October 08, 2011, 06:25:39 AM
Here are a few strange things about me:
I refuse to use a public bathroom if there are people in it. Something about other people hearing me.... :neutral
I am not affected by sugary foods, caffeine, pure sugar or any kind of energy drinks, even though I have ADHD. However, I tend to get extremely energetic after eating fruits  :p
I think my pain receptors might also be connected to the region of the brain that is laughter. Anytime I get hurt, I tend to laugh for about 5 minutes straight afterwards. It's strange, even to me. :huh:
I woke up one night and all the lights were off in the house, but I could see. Everything had a kind of tinge to it, almost like everything was illuminated by moonlight. I'm not saying I can see in the dark, but that was the closest I got to it.
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Post by: Petrie85 on October 08, 2011, 07:51:44 AM
I f this meeting ever happens I tend to snore really loud that is what my family told me.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on October 08, 2011, 10:51:23 PM
I discovered today that it is possible to smash your finger in between swinging doors :blink:.  Thanks to me being accident-prone :rolleyes.

I don't snore, but I do sleeptalk.  Annnd I've been told I can get pretty vulgar in my sleep at times :oops.  I guess me swearing at bad guys in my nightmares comes out in my sleeptalking :confused.
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Post by: Nintendoofah64 on October 08, 2011, 11:17:07 PM
I have 9 Nintendo 64 consoles each a different color

1. The standard black
2. Translucent black
3. Red
4. Orange
5. Jungle green (the one that was bundled with Donkey kong 64)
6. Blue
7. Purple
8. Pikachu model
9. Toys r us gold edition
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Post by: ChaoticMistress on October 09, 2011, 12:07:30 AM
For every fandom I know and support, there is always at least one pairing/coupling that I will willingly support. =3
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Post by: Pangaea on October 10, 2011, 01:24:31 AM
Yesterday (Saturday) my family and I attended the 50th Annual Bayfield Apple Festival in Wisconsin. We spent the better part of the day there, mostly walking around looking at the different booths, buying food and souvenirs that grabbed our interest. One of the highlights was seeing a glassforming demonstration (I was thinking of the "creator" wingtails in Caustizer's story Far Away Home as I watched :lol); afterwards I bought several glass art pieces (mostly miniature sculptures): a sea anemone pendent, a leaf, an Italian carnevale-inspired bird mask, a turtle, a seahorse, and a tiny little dog bone. When we were done at the festival, we visited a local orchard to pick our own apples (Cortlands, to be precise). The most memorable event that happened there was when my youngest brother was implementing the method of shaking the tree to knock apples down, and one particularly large one dropped off and hit him on the head :o :spit (Yeah, sometimes it feels like I live in a cartoon :lol). My brother made a sound like "ehhhhh…", slumped forward to the ground, rolled over on his back with the apple clutched in his hand, and marveled at a windblown leaf. :lol Fortunately, he was only mildly dazed, and he took his revenge on that nefarious fruit before dinner. :p We left some of our harvest with him at his dorm, but we still returned home with over 42 pounds of apples.
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Post by: ChaoticMistress on October 10, 2011, 01:34:22 AM
I just made a new art thread called... "My new art thread..."

Yeah, I'm not so good with picking creative titles. XD
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Post by: Petrie85 on October 10, 2011, 08:14:06 AM
I can't draw at all.
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Post by: kanganix on October 10, 2011, 08:51:55 AM
Well this is interesting topic

so i play computer and arcade
well Photoshop in adobe a couple of times
I draw I lot
i love computer not i that i really love it
and making friends is my specialty
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Post by: bushwacked on October 10, 2011, 09:39:01 AM
I find it hard to read groups of numbers, so if I have to dial a phone number somebody else has to read it out loud for me.
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Post by: Petrie85 on October 10, 2011, 10:23:46 AM
I like to watch certain kids show.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on October 11, 2011, 12:04:54 AM
I am easily amused and laugh a lot :lol.
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Post by: Amaranthine on October 11, 2011, 12:47:57 AM
Quote from: Petrie85,Oct 10 2011 on  06:23 AM
I like to watch certain kids show.
I find a lot of joy in most kids shows, even shows that are shown nowadays not for my generation.

BTW: This is my 6,666th post.  :angel :lol
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Post by: Dash The Longneck on October 17, 2011, 06:47:22 PM
1.I have actually been thinking of buying a Friendship Is Magic T-shirt online.

2.I can't draw my way out of a paper bag.
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Post by: Nintendoofah64 on October 17, 2011, 09:58:34 PM
I just got my 3DS yesterday.
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Post by: tempestwheel on October 17, 2011, 10:08:54 PM
Sometimes I feel I should just give up writing..... :unsure:  :(
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Post by: Petrie85 on October 21, 2011, 06:04:04 AM
Has just became a fan of Strawberry Shortcake Berry Bitty Adventures. And I'm damn proud of it. It's actually a good show. I've seen six to seven episodes. And I'm also a Brony as well.
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Post by: bushwacked on October 21, 2011, 09:22:14 AM
Apparently I have exactly the same voice as my dad.
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Post by: PanickyPetrie14 on October 21, 2011, 10:39:49 AM
I'm sometimes lazy...  :smile
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Post by: Cyberlizard on October 21, 2011, 12:43:18 PM
I like sake.  And I am currently typing this under the influence of 600ml of sake as a personal experiment.  xD;;;;;  Man...  I can't believe I am able to type this well...  It's been two hours since I've consumed all of it though...  I think I might be sobering up.  I have not seen double yet, and if I were to let myself reach such a stage...  The stuff I would be typing now would be complete gibberish.
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Post by: Petrie85 on October 21, 2011, 04:28:49 PM
Is happy that no member made fun of me for liking that the show I mentioned.

Is very lazy at home sometimes. I make sure I clean but I'm to lazy to.
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Post by: Serris on October 25, 2011, 10:53:24 PM
I had a habit of crossing over terms from the equestrian world and applying them to people. This was due to excessive research for one of my furry stories. I stopped when people were getting upset.

Unfortunately, it kind of has returned with research for the Insane Cafe Pony Arc. And this time, I stopped caring if people get upset. Mainly because it rarely happens and I don't see why we can't use the same terms that horse breeders use. I mean, reproduction and inheritance work almost the same way in all mammals.

On that note, I occasionally display equine-like behavior (weaving, stomping at flies, spooking, etc.)

Yeah. I'm a bit of a CloudCuckooLander. Deal with it.
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Post by: Caustizer on October 26, 2011, 12:45:03 AM
One of my favourite ways to inspire myself to write is to pull up a text program like Microsoft Word and resolve myself to write whatever garbage comes into my head in regards to the story I can muster.  Usually by the time I get past 2 paragraphs it starts to look really good.  A day later, I read over the entire thing again, edit it using my magic senses, and then if I am satisfied I post it.

Easy as pie... the only hard part is getting people to review it so you know your story is being followed >_<
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Cancerian Tiger on November 06, 2011, 12:01:04 AM
I will eventually have to get my driver's license and passport photos changed.  My driver's license photo is of me when I was eighteen, and my passport photo is from when I was twenty.  Well, not only do I look nothing like what I used to look like, but I actually look YOUNGER than in my driver's license photo :blink:.  Because of this, I have been repeatedly accused of using a fake I.D and therefore need to show two forms of I.D just to prove it's real :p.  Even my expired military I.D photo, which is of me when I was twenty-one, looks nothing like me.  In fact, somebody once accused me of using my mother's I.D when it is actually mine :blink:.  Funny how looks change over time.

BTW, I used to never get carded.  Now, I can't even buy a bottle of wine from the store I work at without a coworker checking my I.D :DD.  I'm twenty-five, but most people say I look like a teenager.  Whatever I'm doing is working in my favor ;).
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Post by: The Chronicler on November 12, 2011, 08:36:31 PM
For my next (and last) semester of college, in addition to four required classes for my engineering major, I'll be taking a class on the history of Vermont (I have to take five classes, and the fifth is one I have to choose from a list of classes that will be available). I'm definitely interested in learning more about the history of my home state, so I figured taking a real class on it would be better than just reading about bits and pieces on Wikipedia.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on November 12, 2011, 10:48:04 PM
I recently tried a persimmon for the first time.  Yum!

I also like grapes.  The darker, the better :smile.
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Post by: trulyfantasticme on November 14, 2011, 12:44:41 AM
I AM A BANANA!!!!  :lol just kidding.

Believe it or not, folks, I nearly got hit by lightning once. The lightning strike barely missed me. I've been scared to death of lightning since then.  :blink:
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Post by: Justin1993 on November 28, 2011, 03:03:07 PM
-There are two common ailments I have never dealt with in my 18 years of life: strep throat and cold sores.
-I am the only one in my family who can't recreate a stereotypical Mexican accent.  :p
-My mother's half of the family are from Europe. She said that we have French, Spanish, Italian, and German descendants. I never knew!  :!
-When I was 8, I had a Jurassic Park related dream that occurred every night for 2 months. My dream was based on the book rather than the movie. I read it first. Not once did the events in the dream change.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Cancerian Tiger on November 29, 2011, 12:35:54 AM
I, too, have never dealt with strep throat or cold sores.
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Post by: Littlefoot Fan on December 02, 2011, 12:05:02 AM
I think I got strep throat once as a kid, because I remember my throat hurting so much it was hard to swallow, and I had to go to the hospital. I can't STAND cold sores, I don't get them often, but if I feel one coming on I carry around a tube of blistex for like a week and attack it :p
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Post by: Pterano on December 02, 2011, 12:46:00 PM
Ugh... yeah. I get mouch ulcers a lot, usually because I accidentally bite myself when eating. I have unusually sharp canines, and they seem to be poorly positioned so that I always end up biting myself at least once every two weeks. It's really quite annoying. :p Cold sores though, I don't get as often. I used to get them alot, and I heard they can be brought on by stress, but I've been pretty stressed lately and haven't had a major one in... years now if I recall. So that's a good thing. :yes

I've also had strep throat twice. Once as a kid, and once about six years ago. It really sucks. Sore throats are the one thing I can't stand about being sick. I'll take almost any other symptom, but I hate having pain when I swallow. :p My sister almost died from it in fact, because she didn't finish her prescribed dose of anti-biotics, and it got so bad that her tonsils had to be taken out after it kept recurring over and over again.
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Post by: Cyberlizard on December 02, 2011, 01:42:56 PM
I'm a moderate drinker.  Every Friday night or weekend I have one or two drinks.  I usually grab a glass of sake, schnapps, whiskey or Bailey's.  I hate the taste of beer regardless of brand, same with gin.
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Post by: Waluigifan on December 03, 2011, 05:07:35 PM
I've released 23 music albums: 7 in 2010, 16 this year. I am going to release the last music album for this year shortly after Christmas.
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Post by: bushwacked on December 03, 2011, 07:53:43 PM
When I get really excited about something while I'm talking, my voice starts cracking, even though I'm 18  <_<
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Post by: Amaranthine on December 03, 2011, 11:57:44 PM
I recently found out by looking at the tumblr pony confessions that while I love MLP, it could never have the same affect on me as Land Before Time or Lion King did.
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Post by: Serris on December 04, 2011, 01:47:20 AM
I rarely get sick.

Despite having a strong interest in the military/weaponry, I do not wish to enlist. And even if I did, I have several disqualifiying conditions. Although in 8th grade I was told by a civilian worker at Picatinny Arsenal that I should work there.

Oh and I want to go to the Knob Creek machine gun shoot at least once in my life. Heavy weaponry? Yes please!
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Post by: Dr. Curzon on December 25, 2011, 11:18:54 PM
I get hyper after drinking iced tea, which is my fave drink. I don't like eating junk foods, as well as fast foods (except for fried chicken :)) and chocolate and also soft drinks.  :x
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on January 25, 2012, 12:35:28 AM
I learned recently that I have a great-aunt in my ancestry who was telekinetic, aka able to move objects with her mind.  However, she scared herself so much that she eventually stopped doing it for fear it would create evil, like in Stephen King's "Carrie".

Another thing about me is that my hair and eyes are naturally multi-colored.  My hair is mostly blonde with some brunette and red strands, and my eyes are green-blue.  Depending on the top I'm wearing, they may appear entirely blue or entirely green :blink:.
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Post by: Serris on January 26, 2012, 09:40:10 PM
A good percentage of my school supplies are scavenged.
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Post by: Malte279 on February 01, 2012, 10:08:04 AM
I am rarely the starter of chats on MSN, but please don't misunderstand this as disinterest in chatting.

I prefer writing with a fountian pen over writing with a ball tip pen (at least in case of most ball tip pens I have used so far).

In have been mispronouncing the word "movie" for years and seriously need to work to get rid of the wrong pronounciation. All along I have been pronouncing it like there was a j in it. "Mjiuvie" < something like that :lol
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Post by: The Chronicler on February 03, 2012, 09:45:16 PM
Seeing Bruton's actions on Thursday reminded me of what I consider to be my biggest blunder on the internet. -_-

It happened back in 2004, not long after I had joined BZPower.com, the largest Bionicle fan forum. There was one fanfiction that I really liked reading and commenting on. (A bit of background info, due to the large number of people who typically comment on fanfiction there, writers are required to create two separate topics: one for the story alone and one for all of the comments and feedback.) At one point, it had been weeks since the writer had posted another chapter, so I quickly lost patience and wanted to know what was taking him so long. I even dropped an F-bomb in one of my posts (censoring only the second letter because it's a vowel). I received a warning and I quickly apologized for getting carried away with my actions. Not long after that, the writer decided to close the review topic and create a new one, due to everyone's impatience making a mess of things in the old topic. I wasn't the only one responsible for such bad behavior, but I never denied that I was part of the problem, and I felt very guilty about it for a long time. :cry

That incident is the only time I have ever cursed in any online response (post, email, etc.). I certainly didn't want to risk going though that again, and I still don't, which is why, no matter how angry or frustrated I get, you will never see me use profanity online. I guess for some people, some lessons just need to be learned the hard way. (Though in Bruton's case, it seems some people need to learn such lessons harder than other people. <_< )
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on February 03, 2012, 11:55:33 PM
I like thunderstorms, and if there is one at night, I leave the blinds open so I can see it.  Unlike many, I sleep really soundly during thunderstorms :p.
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Post by: Serris on February 04, 2012, 03:57:56 AM
I noticed my accent is changing significantly.

Apparently my relatives are noticing that I now have an unusual hybrid accent - Southern (specifically VA dialect) with strong NJ.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Justin1993 on February 04, 2012, 09:14:40 AM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Feb 3 2012 on  10:55 PM
I like thunderstorms, and if there is one at night, I leave the blinds open so I can see it.  Unlike many, I sleep really soundly during thunderstorms :p.
As do I. It's the reason why I installed a skylight in my bedroom. :D
Also, I can sleep through just about anything. I once slept through my niece and nephew jumping on me.
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Post by: StarfallRaptor on February 05, 2012, 08:46:10 PM
I'm a very, very good faker.  Probably in part due to my autism, I really don't actually feel very many emotions, but I can certainly act the part.

Also, I love plushies.  I have way, way too many of them.

And to top it off, I also am apparently attractive enough to make many question their sexuality.
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Post by: Justin1993 on February 10, 2012, 11:34:11 AM
I just found out some interesting news from my great grandmother on my father's side. According to her, we have Aztec descendants. I'm not sure if it's true, but my dad's side of the family originates from Mexico so it might be possible.
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Post by: LBTLover1 on February 11, 2012, 01:20:28 PM
I'm adopted from Guatemala.

Just like StarFall, I like plushies.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Cancerian Tiger on February 22, 2012, 02:28:08 AM
Quote from: StarfallRaptor,Feb 5 2012 on  07:46 PM
I'm a very, very good faker.  Probably in part due to my autism, I really don't actually feel very many emotions, but I can certainly act the part.

 
I'm quite the opposite.  I'm probably one of the world's most terrible liars, and honest to a fault.  I tend to not sugarcoat anything and yet be diplomatic at the same time :p.

I am now officially interested in making purses and handbags out of duct tape, and selling them :lol.
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Post by: tempestwheel on February 22, 2012, 02:36:15 AM
I really have no interest in getting tattoos or piercings
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Post by: Malte279 on February 22, 2012, 06:09:44 AM
^ Neither do I.
These days I'm sometimes rediscovering a certain fondness for acting. During last saturday's meeting with friends for a pen and paper RPG in which I was the conductor (the one who presents the world and all other characters to the players) I acted as a greasy old hag with a crush on one of the unwilling player characters, a little boy whose parents (also played by me) tried to sell him while he was eager enough to get away that he just made a getaway after he was not sold, a huge giant blacksmith with an affection for dwarves, a sly slave trader, the leader of a caravan, the clumsy looking servant of the caravan leader who always pretends to be a numb dimwit around people when in fact he is a rather sharp minded person... the list goes on. In any case me and my friends had a good time that day :lol:
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Post by: Serris on February 25, 2012, 07:17:18 PM
Turns out that I'm not too bad at pistol shooting for a first timer.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on February 28, 2012, 12:41:21 PM
^I would probably be interested in learning how to use firearms if I ever get over my daggone fear of them :p.  I know they're good for defense and all, but the thought of using something that could very likely kill a person scares me too much :confused.

I just recently discovered I may have to eventually have my right rotator cuff replaced.  Over the past few months, I've been starting to experience signs of early rotator cuff deterioration, and several people I work with have had the procedure done, so I'm pretty sure that's what it is :neutral.
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Post by: Pangaea on March 01, 2012, 01:59:26 AM
I have an odd habit of reflexively saying "ow" or "ouch" when I'm not hurt, usually when I bump into things, knock something over, or perform some other act of clumsiness, especially when it results in a loud noise. Those things tend to make me flinch, and my involuntary exclamations of nonexistent pain tend to come hand-in-hand with such reactions.
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Post by: vonboy on March 01, 2012, 02:25:19 PM
I tend to do that too, Pangaea. Also, I grunt over-the-top like when I get up from sitting down, or do other actions that shouldn't need such a grunt, but I mostly just do it for fun.
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Post by: Dr. Curzon on March 02, 2012, 05:03:34 AM
When I notice a quality that my friend has, and someone says that quality, which is often negative, I start coughing in purpose.  :D
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Post by: Serris on March 03, 2012, 01:36:53 AM
I like industrial music and heavy metal but I do not consider myself a Rivethead or Metalhead.
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Post by: Bruton the Iguanodon on March 03, 2012, 01:56:40 AM
I'm having a piano adjudication next week!  :D

I'm playing "Claire De Lune" and Rachmaninav's "Prelude in C".  ;)
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on March 04, 2012, 02:36:19 AM
Quote from: Pangaea,Mar 1 2012 on  12:59 AM
I have an odd habit of reflexively saying "ow" or "ouch" when I'm not hurt, usually when I bump into things, knock something over, or perform some other act of clumsiness, especially when it results in a loud noise. Those things tend to make me flinch, and my involuntary exclamations of nonexistent pain tend to come hand-in-hand with such reactions.
I have a tendency to do that, too.  Only difference is, if I cause a mess (break something, spill something, etc.) or if I feel any pain from what happened, the "Ow" or "Ouch" is followed by "S***!" :p  :lol.  At least I manage to keep that part under wraps at work and in public places ;).

I also seem to have a really strong sense of smell for a human :p.
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Post by: Dr. Curzon on March 09, 2012, 09:15:31 AM
I cackle, giggle and laugh a lot in private. Mainly so people won't think I'm crazy.
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Post by: DarkHououmon on March 09, 2012, 10:05:24 AM
Quote from: StarfallRaptor,Feb 5 2012 on  07:46 PM
I'm a very, very good faker. Probably in part due to my autism, I really don't actually feel very many emotions, but I can certainly act the part.
I'm the exact opposite. I feel a lot of emotion, but I don't tend to show them. I find it difficult, to be honest. I look very...flat I guess the word is, with little expression changes. I don't look like I get excited over anything. But in reality I do.

To be honest, I don't think autism causes one to feel less emotion. In fact, what it does, from what I read, is make it harder to express it.

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^I would probably be interested in learning how to use firearms if I ever get over my daggone fear of them dino_tongue.gif. I know they're good for defense and all, but the thought of using something that could very likely kill a person scares me too much dino_confused.gif.

Not sure how much you need to worry about that, CT. From what I heard, a lot of people actually survive gun shot wounds due to the body being very resilient. The bullet would need to hit either the cerebellum or the heart, both of which are small targets. Anywhere else, and there's still a good chance of survival if the person gets medical help as soon as possible, so unless the person is shot out somewhere that's vacant and deserted, they have a good chance of survival.

If I heard right, chances of surviving a gunshot is 95% if you get to a doctor. And yes it's possible to survive multiple gunshots. I've heard of a guy who took 20 bullets and survived, and another person survived with even more.
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Post by: Justin1993 on March 15, 2012, 11:03:16 AM
WARNING : This might make some people uneasy.
I have a habit of biting the corner of my lip (inside the mouth) until I'm biting into the flesh. I don't even stop biting then. I keep on even though it hurts. I then suck the blood out of the wound. I spit the blood out. When the blood flow slows, I bite more to keep it flowing. I scare myself when I do it because once I start, it's hard to stop. It's a cycle that can last 30 minutes. :unsure:
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Post by: Serris on April 29, 2012, 01:05:58 AM
I am a huge supported of the Second Amendment.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on April 29, 2012, 10:26:50 PM
In the past couple of weeks, I've noticed my dreams shift from disturbing and often violent to calm and seemingly prophetic, like they go along with what my gut instinct is telling me :blink:.
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on May 02, 2012, 04:00:39 PM
I always wake up every morning with a tune in my head and I'm normally shocked to find myself inadvertently humming or whistling it to myself. Some songs have included songs I'd NEVER listen to given the choice or I generally can't stand.
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Post by: Serris on May 03, 2012, 02:58:55 AM
I am well noted for having a very foul mouth. And I frankly don't give a f---.
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Post by: Dr. Curzon on May 03, 2012, 11:48:19 PM
Sometimes I don't bother turnin on the electric fan, even if it's a warm day.
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Post by: Mirumoto_Kenjiro on May 04, 2012, 01:43:16 AM
For some reason, I never drink plain water from the tap or out of the bottle.  IF I ever had to drink it, I always add a flavoring to it.  Other than that, I only drink soda, sports drinks, juice, and milk.
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Post by: Malte279 on May 13, 2012, 05:42:44 PM
I have kind of a "favorite typo". For some reason I very often miss the key when I mean to type a ? and instead end up typing =. Many who chat with this will be familiar with those odd = oftentimes when I ask a question ;)
One other thing I noticed while typing is that I may be into LBT just a little too much. I notice that very often when I type the word "little" (recently I typed it often while preparing a presentation on the battle of Little Bighorn) I end up typing "littlefoo..." or something like that before I can stay my fingers :p
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Post by: The Chronicler on May 15, 2012, 09:00:19 PM
When it comes to writing fanfiction, here's how I would describe myself as a writer:

If writing a story is like building a house, then I am confident in my abilities as the architect and the carpenter; I can come up with a great design and build a structure that serves its function. The tasks that come after that, I'm a little uncertain on what I can do there. I'm convinced that I can do a good job with the basics (building the floor, walls, roof, doors & windows, plumbing, and electrical wiring), but I doubt I can make it seem like a real finished product (the type of floors/carpet, what color to paint the walls, what kind of appliances and furniture to place inside).

Hopefully, that analogy will make it easier for others to understand why I prefer to have a co-author work with me on many of my ideas. (My LBT/Bionicle crossover series will be my only solo project because, among many other reasons, I'm almost certain I'll never find someone who is as much of a fan of both as I am.)
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Post by: LBTDiclonius on May 15, 2012, 10:50:51 PM
I used to think my assistant principal was a spy, or some sort of double agent. He just looked so shifty when I first saw him. Well, I know better now. XD :p
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Post by: Blais_13 on May 21, 2012, 10:49:10 AM
While i'm trying to think out a solution to a problem I like to walk around,or walk somewhere.I don't like sitting while I am trying to solve something,or wait for something.
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on May 21, 2012, 04:50:47 PM
When I answer the phone to someone I know, I often say "yeppo" coz I'd imagine that's how Yoshi would do it.... (I'm such a nerd sometimes  :oops  :lol )
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on May 22, 2012, 09:20:15 AM
I seem to be a magnet for venomous spiders lately, especially black widows, brown recluses, and wolf spiders.  Let's hope I never get bitten by any of those.  My closest call by far has been finding a brown recluse in my coffee cup :x  :x.
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Post by: Belmont2500 on May 22, 2012, 05:28:38 PM
Arachnophobes  :rolleyes:

I had an encounter with a Black Widow yesterday, she wasn't hostile since I didn't do anything to scare or anger her, instead I just observed and even talked to her a bit.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on May 23, 2012, 03:37:05 PM
Quote from: Belmont2500,May 22 2012 on  04:28 PM
Arachnophobes  :rolleyes:

I had an encounter with a Black Widow yesterday, she wasn't hostile since I didn't do anything to scare or anger her, instead I just observed and even talked to her a bit.
If they're in their environment, like spinning a web in a tree, I don't mind them. In fact, I like to watch them.  Only when they come into my environment do I get worried, but I find something to pick them up with and return them to the outdoors ;).  I don't like killing bugs simply 'cuz they got lost and entered my territory :p.
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Post by: Serris on June 10, 2012, 09:54:16 PM
I prefer non-lethal interventions with bugs (catch and release or chase out).
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Post by: The Chronicler on June 21, 2012, 08:25:15 PM
I seem to have a tendency to drool a lot, particularly when I'm asleep in my bed or simply tired. I find this to be quite a nuisance. It's been particularly annoying this past week, because I had my wisdom teeth removed, which means there was often some blood in that drool, but at least the bleeding seems to have finally stopped by now.

...and I just drooled on my pants again. <_<
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Post by: StrutEggStealer on July 03, 2012, 01:19:26 PM
ONE THING?! just one? Oh, gosh, what ONE thing can I share?! I have a discombobulated personality, which one thing can I....

lol, I like to talk, A LOT! in the chatty, friendly way, as well as in the Seriously-I-Just-Can't-Shut-Up-Way. I do not mean to be annoying... I just like to chat^^
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Post by: Pangaea on July 09, 2012, 04:51:13 AM
Whenever I replace a roll of paper towels, I can never resist taking the cardboard tube from the last roll and repeatedly bopping everyone in the vicinity (including myself) on the head with it. :p :lol
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Post by: LBTLover1 on July 09, 2012, 10:19:11 AM
When I was a wee lad, I switched countries to live with another family...in other words, I'm adopted from Guatemala.
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Post by: Ptyra on July 09, 2012, 12:44:34 PM
I've been doing fanart since I was eight.
Connected to that, Ptyra is my oldest OC .
Here she is, well over twelve years ago
http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/190...ake-d56n0jt.png (http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/190/1/a/do_zee_tiiiiime_warp_by_bat_snake-d56n0jt.png)

She'd be horrified now.
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Post by: Littlefoot Fan on July 09, 2012, 09:14:25 PM
I had a really disturbing dream 2 nights ago. There was a dingy, dark, musty, narrow stone passageway and at the end was the dead rotting corpse of some girl strung up against the wall screaming. I really don't know what else to say, other than I think I've been playing a bit too much silent hill lately :blink:
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Post by: FreckledOne on July 10, 2012, 04:28:56 PM
The other day I was discarding some books, and due to the influence of MLP:FiM I kept misreading the stamp as saying "Discorded" instead of "Discarded".   :slap  :lol
It just shows you how my brain works.
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Post by: Serris on July 19, 2012, 11:07:05 PM
I have a near absolute hatred of math.
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Post by: Belmont2500 on July 20, 2012, 08:31:45 PM
Quote from: Littlefoot Fan,Jul 9 2012 on  08:14 PM
I had a really disturbing dream 2 nights ago. There was a dingy, dark, musty, narrow stone passageway and at the end was the dead rotting corpse of some girl strung up against the wall screaming. I really don't know what else to say, other than I think I've been playing a bit too much silent hill lately :blink:
I had just played Silent Hill 1-3 back to back last night and didn't have any disturbing nightmares. This post just screams irony doesn't it?
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Serris on July 20, 2012, 11:03:33 PM
I consider myself a transhumanist.
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Post by: Blais_13 on July 24, 2012, 06:08:52 PM
I can't understand when people complaining about nightmares haunting them,becose actually i can't remember if i had even one nightmare in my whole life.The last time I wanted to have a nightmare becose i thought it would be intresting i dreamed about a train powered and driven by dragons  :lol  :crazy    Oh,I dont have nightmares I cause them  :p .
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Post by: EggStealerGirl on July 31, 2012, 12:47:23 AM
I've been a long running fan of MLP before Friendship Is Magic first aired.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on August 01, 2012, 09:45:34 PM
For some odd reason, my dreams tend to become very gory and violent around a full moon, and in at least one of them, I turn into a werewolf and howl at the moon :blink:  :crazy  :spit.  Crazy, huh?
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Belmont2500 on August 02, 2012, 03:57:06 PM
I tend to mimic the movements and traits of certain animals(mostly foxes) at various times.
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Post by: tempestwheel on August 11, 2012, 04:07:45 PM
This week marks the one-year anniversary of me getting my first job
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Post by: Fyn16 on August 11, 2012, 06:49:49 PM
I'm a Cadet Fourth Class at USAFA.

Which I guarantee you is not as fun as everyone might think...

But I still think it's pretty awesome. I also have a complete obsession with cheese. I'll choose it over practically any food in the world, especially if it's extra-sharp Vermont White Cheddar.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on August 17, 2012, 05:06:49 AM
I like to try different foods when I visit different places.  Who doesn't :p?

Moving out to the desert has introduced me to a couple of interesting local delicacies, like prickly cactus pear (really good for kidney health ;)), REALLY hot salsa called Viper's Venom (made from jalapeno, habanero, and santake peppers...never heard of a santake pepper before :lol), and perhaps the strangest thing I've eaten since fiddleheads...scorpion :wow, encased in a blueberry sucker.  The scorpion itself tastes like hazelnut expresso, with lots of crunch and protein :lol.  Blueberries and hazelnut expresso...muy interesante :crazy  :p  :lol.
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Post by: Littlefoot Fan on August 17, 2012, 11:06:30 AM
I just had a dream last night that me and my friend went to prison, but the "prison" was in my attic... :blink:
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Post by: Ptyra on August 22, 2012, 02:49:46 PM
I like to get criticism on my fanfictions...otherwise, I start losing ideas! Such as with my present Doctor Who fanficiton...I really, really, REALLY need a good ol' critique of it, bounce ideas off, etc. etc...
*Stares down my "favorite critic on this site"*
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Post by: The Chronicler on August 22, 2012, 07:36:18 PM
I just got a new pair of glasses today. :)

I first started wearing glasses about ten years ago. (I forget when exactly, but I do know that I started needing them in school by the end of 2002.) Despite the fact that I had needed new lenses a few times since, I've had the same exact style of frames for them all, until today. I currently have three frames in that style, but by now they've all become slightly warped, meaning that none of them fit perfectly like they used to. Unlike previous times, I couldn't just ask for another of those frames because they don't make them anymore, so I had no choice but to pick out a new set of frames for my latest lenses.

Throughout the week, I looked through three stores to find something that closely resembles the old ones I had used. I was literally about the leave the third place without being sure about any of my options when I finally did find a style that looked very close to the old ones I had. (Proof of this was right after I got the new glasses, I asked my sister and she confirmed that, at first glance, it was hard to tell the difference.)

The new kind of comfort is going to take some getting used to, but at least I now have a pair of glasses that actually sits perfectly straight on my face. :)
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Fyn16 on August 22, 2012, 10:41:09 PM
I found out yesterday why some people call USAFA "The Zoo." Here's a little background: 4th-Class Cadets (like me) are required to run on the outside marble strips of the Terrazzo, a big concrete square in the middle of the campus to get from place to place, and we have to turn at 90 degree angles at all times. Tourists seem to find this very interesting, and enjoy watching us from the "Class Wall," which towers above the Terrazzo, and it's a popular spot for tours. Anyway, I was running back from the Cadet store the other day, and I happened to hear a tour guide on the class wall as I ran past. The talk went something like this:

"And if you look down and to your left, you'll see a Fourth-Class Cadet running the marble strips. They are required to do this at attention, in addition to making 90 degree turns at all times. This has been a tradition since the Academy started..."

Sounds just like being in a zoo. Now I know how the average trained chimp feels... :p
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Post by: StarfallRaptor on August 24, 2012, 02:17:28 AM
Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash is my MLP best pairing.
Probably because the love of my life and I resemble them personality wise.
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Post by: The Dark Patriot on August 24, 2012, 04:31:11 PM
I enjoy bad weather. The area in which I live is one of the driest in the country, so I love wandering about when rain or snow comes around.
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Post by: StarfallRaptor on August 26, 2012, 12:28:54 AM
I just bought an E-cig.  Not so much for the nicotine, but more for the sake of preventing me from biting my nails/pencils/pens
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Post by: Ghostfishe on August 27, 2012, 12:37:01 PM
Ah, I chew my nails too, although I'm finally trying to stop (or at least do it less). I used to not care, but then I realized it was causing me to grind my teeth in my sleep. Not chewing my nails means I wake up in the morning with far less soreness in my teeth and jaw muscles, which has been really nice.

I have several "good" fanfic ideas for different fandoms (mostly Star Wars and a few Sonic the Hedgehog fics, but I even had an older LOTR one), but none are finished. I can come up with an intriguing premise to start with, and usually end up writing about 30 pages' worth. But I can almost never think up a good ending, so after a while I'm left clueless as to how to proceed. :rolleyes:
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Post by: Serris on September 16, 2012, 09:48:38 PM
One thing I want to do before I die is have a psychedelic trip.
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Post by: LBTDiclonius on September 29, 2012, 03:41:16 PM
I am a huge One Direction fan. :)
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Post by: EggStealerGirl on September 29, 2012, 10:00:10 PM
I'm on the Autism Spectrum.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: The Anonymous Person on October 02, 2012, 06:24:54 AM
Quote from: EggStealerGirl,Sep 29 2012 on  09:00 PM
I'm on the Autism Spectrum.
So am I.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Serris on October 05, 2012, 05:19:15 PM
Quote from: The Anonymous Person,Oct 2 2012 on  06:24 AM
Quote from: EggStealerGirl,Sep 29 2012 on  09:00 PM
I'm on the Autism Spectrum.
So am I.
You're not alone.

There's at least six people here on the autism spectrum.

I myself have Asperger's Syndrome.

------------

On a side note:

http://amberchrome.deviantart.com/ (http://amberchrome.deviantart.com/), Pixar's Cars, and http://www.furaffinity.net/user/renegadepit/ (http://www.furaffinity.net/user/renegadepit/) are the three reasons that I find living planes really interesting.
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Post by: Pangaea on October 21, 2012, 12:17:52 PM
I hugged an alligator yesterday. :smile

It was at a Halloween event at my local zoo, where several privately owned show animals had been brought in for visitors to view (and, in some cases, pet), including a few hundred hissing cockroaches, some giant Peruvian cockroaches, an African bullfrog, a snow corn snake, a gray-banded kingsnake, three species of tarantula, a desert tortoise, and an estimated fifteen-year-old female American alligator. She was only about four feet long and her jaws were taped shut, she was being supported by her handler, and it wasn't my first time touching an alligator, but nonetheless, I got to put my arms around a live crocodilian for the first time ever, and I loved it. :DD Plus, I couldn't resist the opportunity to be able to say the above sentence. :lol
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Ptyra on October 21, 2012, 02:08:43 PM
Quote from: Serris,Oct 5 2012 on  03:19 PM
Quote from: The Anonymous Person,Oct 2 2012 on  06:24 AM
Quote from: EggStealerGirl,Sep 29 2012 on  09:00 PM
I'm on the Autism Spectrum.
So am I.
You're not alone.

There's at least six people here on the autism spectrum.

I myself have Asperger's Syndrome.
 
Me also...a whole bunch of us here are. I'm pretty sure Pangea is Aspie too. So that's...five. Five of us here are on the Autism Spectrum.

On the other note, I have REALLY vivid dreams when I take melatonin. They're really weird--I mean REALLY weird. But they're cool at the same time

I've held an alligator too :) ...but that was in 2000.
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Post by: Pangaea on October 21, 2012, 03:45:47 PM
Quote from: Ptyra,Oct 21 2012 on  01:08 PM
I'm pretty sure Pangea is Aspie too.
I can confirm that. :yes
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Bruton the Iguanodon on November 23, 2012, 07:19:06 PM
I recently got my first girlfriend!      :yes
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Post by: Serris on December 08, 2012, 10:53:05 PM
Batman Beyond is the reason I love industrial rock.
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Post by: Nick22 on December 09, 2012, 12:43:44 AM
Batman BNeyond was a great sequel ti Animated series.. pity they dont show it much..
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Post by: Ptyra on December 21, 2012, 02:54:43 AM
My favorite teachers are usually Shakespeare geeks or old enough to be my father...or both. Heck, they sometimes remind me of my father from time to time if they're older. Usually in persona or ability to fill my head with historical knowledge. If I have a WWII question, I sometimes turn to my dad.

I had a substitute professor for the first day of one of my college classes who reminded me of one of the best teachers I ever had, who had to leave to become an assistant principal at a school that needed his guidance more than my school did. He was something of a teacher for college prep and occasionally gave us lectures on Shakespeare. And they were bloody awesome. Sometimes it was for speech or critical thinking or history. I'm considering taking that professor's intro to sociology class.

I guess he was the one who gave me a greater appreciation for it. So, when we read Othello in my Senior year, we'd already discussed it in that prep class as Freshmen. And I could think "Behold, Iago, the other of the big SOBs besides Richard III"!

But yeah...if you want to be a teacher I like, you have to blow my mind with critical thinking and psychology/sociology, Shakespeare/literature, be like my dad, or all of them.
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Post by: Serris on December 24, 2012, 01:02:20 AM
My contempt for gun control or any weapons restrictions is absolute.

My favorite science is biology.

Despite being a Northerner, I have been mistaken for a Southerner because of my accent and my views.
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Post by: Nick22 on December 24, 2012, 10:24:01 PM
none of the rights grabted by the bill of rights are absolute, there are limits to them.. the first amendment does not protect shouting fire in a crowded room, and when the second amend,emt was passed the world was a very different place. i dont mind granting the right to own guns, but restrictions are necesary. required training, limiting of ammo, and the like. there are places where guns should not be permitted, churches, football stadiums and national parks.
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Post by: Petrie85 on January 01, 2013, 03:13:16 PM
As you can see I'm a brony and very proud of it. I don't give a damn if people make fun of me for it. My favorite colors are blue,black,white, I love junk food way to much. I love animation with a passion. I love mostly 80% animation movies and shows. 20% live action.
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Post by: The Anonymous Person on January 04, 2013, 07:52:09 PM
Nobody knows much about me? Alright, I'll explain what I can...

As I have said a few times already (including this thread), I am on the autistic spectrum disorder list, and honest to god's sake, I'm happy to live my life like this!

My favorite color is brown, the same color of everyone's favorite food. WHERE'S THE CHOCOLATE WHEN YOU NEED IT MOST?!  :lol

I have an odd passion for collecting vintage items, such as vinyl albums, 8-track tapes, VHS tapes, hats, posters, and so forth. This is mainly because I have a very strong taste of appeal to nostalgia. As you can tell, I am also a very strong music lover who loves almost any type of music. Some of my favorite artists include: The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks, Bee Gees, Lionel Richie, Barry Manilow (therefore making my grandfather, a Manilow hater, jealous), Ronnie Milsap, Led Zeppelin, Shania Twain, Jackson 5, and many others.

I am forming a band entitled "The Dinosaurs" that I am hoping to cover the songs from The Land Before Time, among others (P.S. I will go into further detail about it in the future. Stay put!).

I have always had a passion for children's shows, especially cartoons. I especially love the educational shows, which still cling on to my heart today (ex. Bear in the Big Blue House).

I absolutely hate having to go into arguments (I HATE yelling!), perverted subjects, and conversations with moronic kids who don't even know what I'm talking about. I'm now in high school, and there are still people there that are just immature that I can't stand! Good thing I'm one of the students who likes to do my best every single day, therefore, I'm almost always on the honor roll.  :D

That's all I can care to think about for now. And like I said, I'm happy to live my life like it is! I just wish every day would be a happy one, and if that wish comes true, I'll be in La-La land every day from then on.  :lol  Later!
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Post by: Petrie85 on January 05, 2013, 06:45:20 AM
Yay than you and I are gonna be enemies The Anonymous Person because I love being immature and I also love saying adult jokes that are raunchy and filthy. And I also sometimes like getting into fights but not really. I try to avoid then. And I like mild racist jokes as well. I bash polish,Irish people the most since I am both of those nationality's. And nor do I care if people say racist jokes around me since I just ignore them and or laugh witch is very wrong to do.
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Post by: RainbowGirl 39 on January 22, 2013, 10:49:08 PM
I have Aspergers Syndrome
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Post by: Jrd89 on January 23, 2013, 01:47:21 AM
Quote
I have Aspergers Syndrome.

Yeah, I have Asperger's Syndrome, too. (my social skills.) I'm a very quiet/shy person out in public.

You're not alone, Rainbowgirl 39.  There's plenty of other GOF members who also have Aspergers Syndrome, too.
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Post by: StrutEggStealer on January 23, 2013, 08:14:47 PM
Ehh, I am an Early Childhood Education major, and I fit right in with preschoolers, as I often act like a big child
I'm disorganized!! *facepalms*
Was homeschooled *quietly cheers*
Never been in a relationship...
I'm the epitome of the definition of NERD: an intelligent, but single-minded person obsessed with a non-social pursuit or hobby
I love animals, especially the misunderstood misfits: dinosaurs, corvids, bats, weasels, canids, etc.
I prefer watching CG or animated movies to most of the crap put out today :p I love the fantasy genre, most of all.
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Post by: RainbowGirl 39 on January 23, 2013, 08:52:03 PM
Jrd89 I have social problems too I talk to my family but shy to other people
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Post by: Mirumoto_Kenjiro on January 23, 2013, 10:39:24 PM
I remembered the first dog I ever wanted was a Borzoi, though I wasn't sure what kind of dog it was until I was 15.  When I was little, I wanted a dog just like Boris, from Disney's Lady & the Tramp.  At 15, I found out Boris was a Borzoi.  The only other breeds I ever liked as a child were a Siberian Husky (my grandmother had one) and a St Bernard (also from Disney cartoons).
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Post by: The Anonymous Person on January 23, 2013, 10:48:06 PM
I have a very bad habit of biting my nails, along with my lips, which has been going on for as long as I can remember.

I am both tidy and disorganized in certain areas, because we have so much stuff that we might wanna get rid of some of it.

I have an "Adobe Audition 1.5" studio programmed on my computer, where I often record bits and pieces and things.

My favorite pair of headphones are the Sony MDR-G45 headphones.

As an adult, I would like to become a singer/musician/voice actor/occasional conductor. That's show biz for me!   :lol:

I have been in the school band since 6th grade, playing percussion. I have also been in the school choir from 5th grade up until 8th grade. I am hoping to eventually join the school's select choir as a bass (tenor...maybe, but I prefer bass).

I have been in the following high school musicals:

Beauty and the Beast (backup singer and dancer)
The Music Man (again, backup singer and dancer, as well as a newspaper reader on the train scene)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Grandpa George)

I will also be in Seussical! this year as General Genghis Khan Schmitz, the crazy-for-war character of the show.

More on me to come some other time.
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Post by: StrutEggStealer on January 24, 2013, 11:05:27 AM
Quote from: The Anonymous Person,Jan 23 2013 on  09:48 PM
I will also be in Seussical! this year as General Genghis Khan Schmitz, the crazy-for-war character of the show.
I've always wanted to see Seussical! I need to get on the musical bandwagon, there are so many plays I want to see
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Post by: RainbowGirl 39 on January 26, 2013, 03:33:21 PM
I like to write and draw
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Post by: RainbowGirl 39 on January 26, 2013, 03:34:25 PM
I rock and flap my hands alot
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Post by: LBTDiclonius on January 26, 2013, 10:12:36 PM
Quote
I will also be in Seussical! this year as General Genghis Khan Schmitz, the crazy-for-war character of the show.

Hey! I was in Seussical a few years ago! I was the Mayor of Whoville. It's a really fun play indeed.  :)
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Post by: Serris on February 14, 2013, 10:51:46 PM
I'm a Libertarian and strong 2A supporter.

I also have a very foul mouth. Comes from reading a lot of military SF and chatting with my friends.
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Post by: Nick22 on February 15, 2013, 12:10:59 AM
it shows up in your stories Serris, which are very good by the way.
 i am a big supporter of raising the minimum wage and indexing. if the minimum wage had been indexed in 1970, it would be over 10.50 an hour now.
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Post by: Petrie85 on February 15, 2013, 06:20:25 AM
Let's see I don't get offended by racist comments jokes and words. I think racism is funny actually. No I'm not a racist at all. I love Black coffee and I love sexual adult humor and jokes.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on March 04, 2013, 02:13:28 AM
Just when I thought I've seen some pretty weird things, tonight I narrowly missed getting a refrigerator thrown at me :blink:.

I was on the first floor of my housing unit starting my laundry.  After I started the washer and began to head for the stairs, down comes a fridge bigger than me with some glass in it, followed by my neighbor who is probably one of the biggest alcoholics I've ever known.  He was drunk off his arse and launched a fridge down the stairs, supposedly getting rid of it.  I'm just glad nobody got hit :crazy.
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Post by: Ptyra on March 04, 2013, 03:19:15 AM
Well, that certainly is weird.

As for me, I've noticed that when my dad's not home (he's on contract work in Iraq), his cat (who he raised by hand last year) seems to always want to come to me for attention. Maybe it's because I come home earliest, but even when there's a bunch of people around, she still jumps up on my lap/shoulder/gets in the way of the keyboard.
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Post by: Pangaea on March 04, 2013, 03:31:04 PM
Quote from: Petrie85,Feb 15 2013 on  05:20 AM
Let's see I don't get offended by racist comments jokes and words. I think racism is funny actually. No I'm not a racist at all.
I'm the complete opposite. I can't stand racism, and racist jokes and portrayals of racial stereotypes make me extremely uncomfortable.

At the same time, human diversity (both physical and cultural) is quite interesting to me, though it can't hold a candle to my fascination for non-human species.

Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Mar 4 2013 on  01:13 AM
I was on the first floor of my housing unit starting my laundry.  After I started the washer and began to head for the stairs, down comes a fridge bigger than me with some glass in it, followed by my neighbor who is probably one of the biggest alcoholics I've ever known.  He was drunk off his arse and launched a fridge down the stairs, supposedly getting rid of it.  I'm just glad nobody got hit :crazy.
Yikes! :blink: Glad you're okay. I hope you or somebody else called someone to deal with that wacko (professional help, perhaps?).
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Post by: Simba King Of Pride Rock on March 04, 2013, 03:48:15 PM
Any sort of carnivorous dinosaur is my favorite dinosaur species.
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Post by: Pangaea on March 04, 2013, 04:18:50 PM
I used to be obsessed with theropods to the exclusion of almost all other dinosaurs, but over time I've developed a fascination with most of the dinosaur family tree, even the ones I once considered "boring", such as sauropods and basal ornithopods. All the new data on dinosaurs that has come about in the last several years and the resulting changing portrayals in paleoart have definitely helped.

On an utterly random note, the word "walrus" has been inextricably stuck in my head lately. :P:
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Post by: somerandomfangirl on March 04, 2013, 06:11:53 PM
Huh, how strange. There was a walrus on the news today. It had been spotted on one of the Scottish Islands, which was a very rare sight since from what I heard Walruses don't travel that far south very often at all. :unsure:

As for me, not much has been happening to me lately. Something happened to our water yesterday and all of the tap water started coming out really, er, yellow looking. My brother went to get some water, and then soon after he came back it started running clean again, so now we've got two huge bottles of water sitting in the fridge. :lol

To be honest, I actually have a real interest for sauropods. I'm not entirely sure why, unless it has something to do with the longnecks being my all time favourite characters from the LBT series. I've also developed more interest for carnivorous dinosaurs now too. :DD
I'm also hardly ever one to hold grudges against people, and it's very hard to get into my bad books. If it's just a one off thing that upsets me, and either the person has apologised or it's just something small that can be put aside, then I'll still try to make up with them. Saying that, there is somebody in there, but it's just that one person, and boy have they persistently annoyed me. :anger

And then for some reason Google Chrome blocked me from coming into this page, saying that there was Malware on it or something. :blink:
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Post by: Simba King Of Pride Rock on March 04, 2013, 06:13:23 PM
I collect movie soundtracks.
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Post by: Cyberlizard on March 04, 2013, 08:20:25 PM
I'm a major foodie, specializing in East Asian cuisine, specifically Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

I spent the 2011-2012 school year studying abroad in Japan.  Which was an amazing experience that I wish would never end...  I plan to return after graduating university through the JET program as an English teacher.

I'm saving money to build a fursuit... Scalysuit might be a better term.  xD

In a week I'll be going to my first ever furry convention.
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Post by: StrutEggStealer on March 05, 2013, 05:08:21 PM
I am totally NOT assertive. I probably won't even go back for a refund if I'm overcharged at the bloody grocery store!
I smile and laugh a lot... a lot. Not because I'm laughing AT something, I like to think of it more as sympathy laughing :)
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Post by: Nahla on March 13, 2013, 03:41:18 AM
I like horses.

I'm random

I'm odd

I'm a teen

I'm a girl

I'm an Australian

I don't ride a kangaroo to school.

Nahla speak in third person now.


Nahla likes writing stuff

Nahla become poet now.


Nahla needs to be more serious.


Nahla has doctor named Dr. Bumwiggler.



Nahla stop now,Nahla reamain mystery.
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Post by: StrutEggStealer on March 13, 2013, 05:55:54 PM
A bit TMI for you to still remain a mystery, Nahla :DD lol
just kidding and whaaaat you don't ride a roo to school? Whyever not?!
And I can't imagine you keeping a straight face ever for your yearly checkup :lol
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Post by: Nahla on March 13, 2013, 06:00:52 PM
Because emus are cooler and faster,I ride an emu.
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Post by: StrutEggStealer on March 13, 2013, 08:32:12 PM
Oh, I agree, yes :DD
Where do you get your emus? Are they air-mail-able? Bc that would be epic to arrive at school atop an emu.
"Yeah, it's mah emu, ftw."
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Post by: Pangaea on March 14, 2013, 01:46:18 AM
Quote from: StrutEggStealer,Mar 13 2013 on  04:55 PM
whaaaat you don't ride a roo to school? Whyever not?!
I can't imagine a ride on a kangaroo would be very comfortable. At the least, you'd probably get carsick (roosick?). :p

And both emus and large kangaroos have the potential to kill or seriously wound you. Those feet and claws are not to be messed with… :blink:

Quote from: Nahla,Mar 13 2013 on  05:00 PM
Because emus are cooler and faster,I ride an emu.
Emus are awesome. :D

I've had the opportunity to pet emus a couple of times. Their plumage feels coarse on the surface, but if you reach deeper down, you can feel the bases of their feathers, which are soft and downy. And the hairlike feathers on their heads are fuzzy. :DD

Once, a long time ago, an emu at the zoo tried to eat my Crackers 'N' Cheese. :lol I was standing there holding the package, and he came up and started pecking at it. Unfortunately for him (and fortunately for his health :p), it still had the plastic film on top, and I backed away from him before he could break through it.
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Post by: StrutEggStealer on March 19, 2013, 08:23:56 AM
Quote from: Pangaea,Mar 14 2013 on  12:46 AM
Once, a long time ago, an emu at the zoo tried to eat my Crackers 'N' Cheese. :lol I was standing there holding the package, and he came up and started pecking at it. Unfortunately for him (and fortunately for his health :p), it still had the plastic film on top, and I backed away from him before he could break through it.
A giraffe tried that trick on me a few times at the zoo. I kept moving, and he would follow me.
Dangit, critter! This is people food! :rolleyes

I actually watched an emu-capture by Discovery's The Turtle Guy. This thing (the bird, not the guy) was about six feet tall, and whenever it was wrangled, it kicked and pecked, ripping a guys shirt in the process. It took about ten minutes until they finally had it on the ground, and then another five till they had it restrained. The bird was pecking and kicking the whole time :o
I had to laugh, though, because the guys were describing it like a Velociraptor: "It'll come at you fast, and you ain't got no chance of gettin' outta the way." The music was pretty funny, too, all dramatic for the chase scenes.

Animals are (frightening, out to get us) funny :lol
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Post by: Mumbling on March 19, 2013, 10:39:57 AM
I like chocolate... A lot.

So I'm making a chocolate cake right now! :D
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Post by: StrutEggStealer on March 28, 2013, 11:33:59 AM
^I like eating a lot :)
will you share that chocolate cake?.... Please?

I'm also a total sucker for mushy, say-it-athousand-times, never-give-up, bleak-outlook-on-things songs like Gym Class Heroes' The Fighter, The Script's If You Could See Me Now, ANYthing by Keane, since their songs are almost all so meloncholy :(
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Post by: Amaranthine on March 28, 2013, 11:43:39 AM
My brain processing speed is like that of a 70 year old, despite my chronological age being 50 years younger than that. I think this explains why I have a hard time coming up with spontaneous conversation and just being able to work at a fast pace.
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Post by: RainbowGirl 39 on March 28, 2013, 10:49:16 PM
I'm catholic
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Post by: Serris on March 29, 2013, 01:17:23 AM
I will be doing an internship at UMDNJ this summer. Biological research at its finest!

I am a biology major and a biochemistry minor.
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Post by: StarfallRaptor on March 29, 2013, 02:19:01 AM
... I live my life in a state of perpetual depression with occasional breaks.
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Post by: DarkHououmon on March 29, 2013, 09:41:22 AM
I am hoping to go back to college soon and will be taking a course on programming. If all goes well, I may be able to produce games and applications of my own, if I have the time and patience to do it by myself that is.
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Post by: LoyfeCycleProtector on March 29, 2013, 10:40:59 AM
I just got a lab position at my university, and it involves field work! I'm so excited!  :lol
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Post by: RainbowGirl 39 on March 30, 2013, 12:01:37 PM
I like pasta alot
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Post by: Ducky123 on March 30, 2013, 02:27:04 PM
I like birds, especially parrots ;)
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Post by: StrutEggStealer on March 30, 2013, 09:34:02 PM
That sounds exciting, Loyfe, congrats!!
Ehh well, I get all giddy and happy around the holidays, just like a child :) What can I say, it's the festive aura around me that makes me I want to jump around and hug random people and fill them with cheer... that or end up getting arrested O_o
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Post by: The Anonymous Person on March 31, 2013, 04:34:50 PM
The things I got for Easter (besides lots of candy, of course):
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Post by: Mr Wonk on March 31, 2013, 07:24:41 PM
Quote from: StrutEggStealer,Mar 30 2013 on  08:34 PM
That sounds exciting, Loyfe, congrats!!
Ehh well, I get all giddy and happy around the holidays, just like a child :) What can I say, it's the festive aura around me that makes me I want to jump around and hug random people and fill them with cheer... that or end up getting arrested O_o
Oh no then how would you be able to hug people if you where handcuffed. :cry

Something about me well... I like trains. I'm not joking I really do. :lol
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Post by: StrutEggStealer on April 01, 2013, 11:42:57 AM
Darn those police! Can they not see I'm in my happy mode, now? :o

Aha! Trains!! :D Have to agree, they're appealing in their own special way
Easter went well - the sermon started out with a reflection of the happenings of Good Friday - the full happenings - monumental moment O_o
and of course, candeh :3
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Post by: Malte279 on April 01, 2013, 02:46:41 PM
I very rarely am the one to start an online chat, but that does not mean I am not enjoying a good chat and like being asked for a chat when there is something to talk about :)
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Post by: The Chronicler on April 01, 2013, 10:02:03 PM
I don't like eating leftover food of any kind, even if it's been in the fridge for just one day. Let's just say I had a few bad experiences... :x
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Post by: The Anonymous Person on May 11, 2013, 06:27:57 PM
(Bumping the thread, just 'cause!)

I am very analytical when it comes to music. Naturally, on a song with multiple instruments, if I listen closely, I hear all the instruments and know quite a few of the notes by ear. However, I'm sort of like Paul McCartney or Phil Collins in a way, as in I've never been an expert at reading or writing music in any way. Naturally, I am a percussionist in the high school band. I can easily play music for things like bass drum, snare drum, cymbals, even timpani, but only once in a while will I play mallets. Even though I love mallets dearly, I'm no quick music reader. It takes me a while to play things on 'keyboards' (which is what mallets are collectively called).

I have also been crazy about musical instruments for quite a while, whether it's a keyboard, a guitar, a bass, strings, woodwinds, horns, percussion...anything, really! Lately, I've had an obsession with them!
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Post by: Ducky123 on May 12, 2013, 07:44:37 AM
I play the keyboard/piano(whatever you call it) as well. I think I'm quite good though I should practise more often :angel
I could play some percussion as well I guess... but my parents wouldn't like the noice :lol
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Post by: Cyberlizard on May 14, 2013, 01:21:02 AM
I know somebody who graduated from my campus film department years ago and went to work on The Princess and the Frog.  Her middle name is "Evangeline."  And she's the daughter of my old piano teacher.   :p
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Post by: chaosdestruction on May 14, 2013, 02:32:42 AM
I really want a lightsaber.


I can't STAND leftover pizza; I mean, if it's fresh I love it, if it's been in a microwave... ugh! :x
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Post by: Serris on May 24, 2013, 01:56:24 AM
I have an extremely strong immune system.
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Post by: Ducky123 on May 24, 2013, 07:47:51 AM
same here :D I'm never really ill... just get the cold from time to time...

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Post by: StrutEggStealer on May 24, 2013, 11:34:29 AM
I graduate today :3
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Post by: Pangaea on May 27, 2013, 11:04:13 PM
Quote from: StrutEggStealer,May 24 2013 on  10:34 AM
I graduate today :3
Congratulations! :! :celebrate

As of today, I've decided that I prefer wearing suspenders over belts. :P:

EDIT: What I meant was that I like wearing one as an alternative to the other, not wearing both at the same time. :lol
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Post by: Pterano on May 28, 2013, 12:58:14 PM
I have NO patience. I really want to get things "out of my system" so to speak, like right now for example. I'm TRYING to get registered for my tour director certification classes in November, BUT... no one's picking up at the phone at the academy. >_> This is making me rather impatient as I'm ready to go and sign up.
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Post by: StrutEggStealer on May 28, 2013, 01:36:33 PM
When the weather gets nice, I just shut down, really it's hard to get me to do anything. I just want to be Blob XDD
also I draw and/or write when I'm stressed... quite stressed as of now because of an unfair parking ticket!
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on May 31, 2013, 12:22:44 AM
I like to stargaze :).
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Post by: Ducky123 on June 01, 2013, 08:50:14 AM
I reached 6 posts per day today and this is my 900th post  :lol
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Post by: Petrie85 on June 01, 2013, 10:41:16 AM
I love anime movies even tho I haven't seen the show behind them, I loved season three of Berry Bitty Adventures, 95% of shows and movies are animation based, I love coke Blak even tho it's discontinued.
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Post by: Justin1993 on June 01, 2013, 07:27:37 PM
Here's something I've noticed: I have more energy and motivation when I'm wearing my shoes.
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Post by: Petrie85 on June 01, 2013, 07:44:40 PM
I've held on to a job for ten years now.
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Post by: Serris on June 05, 2013, 12:27:02 PM
As of now, I don't just play a scientist in my RPs, I am one!

Yes, I'm doing research in UMDNJ!
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Post by: FreckledOne on June 21, 2013, 09:15:00 PM
I have freckles everywhere, even on my eyelids. Any wonder why I chose my username?  :p
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Post by: Path Light on June 23, 2013, 01:50:56 AM
I am a fan of Extreme Dinosaurs, Transformers Prime, Sonic Underground, Land Before Time (13 films and TV show), Dino Squad, Sabrina's Secret Life, Street Sharks, Power Rangers and Sabrina the animated series.
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Post by: Amaranthine on June 23, 2013, 11:22:52 AM
I am something of a social recluse, going off doing my own thing, not bothering anyone. And when I do go out I find myself mostly observing people and seeing how they tick. I like to get a sense of where I am and what type of people I am around before I do or say anything.
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Post by: somerandomfangirl on June 26, 2013, 05:12:53 PM
While Air Crash Investigation has made just about everyone I know go off planes, it's had the complete opposite effect on me and has caught my interest in becoming a pilot. :!

Also, I have a bad habit of saying "I just realized...*insert something here*" in a lot of my conversations.
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Post by: The Anonymous Person on June 29, 2013, 07:54:55 PM
(Let my 500th post...commence! With the 500th post, my icon is finally the character who is one of the reasons why I love LBT in the first place. And no, I'm not stealing from MurMur, either.)

My "re-discovery of LBT" date was June 25th of last year. Only days later did I find these forums. I explained everything else on the "Tell Your Story About LBT" thread, which I posted days after I joined here.
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Post by: MurMur on June 29, 2013, 07:56:16 PM
Welcome to our club of Petries, The Anonymous Person. I'm sure you'll like it. :)
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Post by: Blitz on June 29, 2013, 11:06:02 PM
Quote from: FreckledOne,Jun 21 2013 on  08:15 PM
I have freckles everywhere, even on my eyelids. Any wonder why I chose my username?  :p
I have freckles on my nose and hands.
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Post by: Justin1993 on July 31, 2013, 02:29:53 PM
When I get mad, I clean. Every now and then, I purposefully anger myself to clean the house more thoroughly. :p
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Post by: metadude1234 on August 01, 2013, 01:02:19 AM
I'm incapable of feeling physical pain, I love drawing
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Post by: LoyfeCycleProtector on August 01, 2013, 01:12:04 AM
If I see a spider or a fly in my house, I try to catch it in a bottle and release it unharmed. I do that with any animal with one singular exception: mosquitos.
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Post by: Mumbling on August 01, 2013, 05:23:52 AM
Quote from: LoyfeCycleProtector,Aug 1 2013 on  07:12 AM
If I see a spider or a fly in my house, I try to catch it in a bottle and release it unharmed. I do that with any animal with one singular exception: mosquitos.
Squish all the mosquitos!

I used to buy and resell old disney toys/plushies :)
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Post by: Petrie85 on August 02, 2013, 11:39:43 PM
I thought Equestria Girls Movie was actually pretty good. And I enjoyed the music in it.
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Post by: StrutEggStealer on August 05, 2013, 08:12:58 AM
I can play (some of) Somewhere Out There, Marry the Mole, and some of Star Wars and LOTR themes on my violin... which is why it sounds like I'm watching three movies at once whenever I play it^^
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Post by: Tails_155 on August 06, 2013, 08:14:47 PM
I own over 100 signed CDs by bands and aritsts I like.

I own the president's autograph.

I have a tub full of various memorabilia from comedians, artists, and other semi-famous to famous people's signatures and just general memorabilia.

I've performed poetry readings at least a dozen times.

I have given out at least 3 autographs.

I have read part of my fanfic, which is longer than the third Harry Potter book, at a convention.

Uh... I dunno... I could brag a lot, if you wanted to be bored to death about things I find special.
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Post by: StarfallRaptor on August 15, 2013, 02:18:21 AM
Hmm...here we go.

I have a sheet of paper signed by the President.

I have been kicked out of, and then reinstated into, the Eagle Scouts

I now no longer sleep in a bed, instead I've moved to a futon folded up in a closet.  

I have many, many plushies.  

I am an avid participant in both NERF wars and Airsoft combat.

I am now working on a pair of costume armors for odds and ends.
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Post by: Nick22 on August 15, 2013, 02:24:11 AM
i do scorekeeping for 5th-8th grade basketball at my local town.
 if i win the lottery, i'm going to do three things with it
 1. buy up land for conservation purposes
 2. try and get some of my stories made into a movie
 3 set up my family nicely for the rest of thier lives..
i enjoy reading ghost stories.
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Post by: LBTDiclonius on August 29, 2013, 01:24:08 AM
I tend to have loud, spontaneous twitches.
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Post by: StrutEggStealer on August 29, 2013, 03:36:59 PM
Hm, while I enjoy reading, I cannot focus for my life on a book without reading aloud :p
...which is why I prefer Audio books :lol
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Post by: The Anonymous Person on August 29, 2013, 04:34:54 PM
^I'm the same way, especially with children's books. Though I rarely do listen to audiobooks...
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Post by: rhombus on August 30, 2013, 12:34:35 AM
When I am trying to solve a problem, read a book, or perform any intellectual activity, I have to walk around.  I suppose this is why I enjoy hiking so much!
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Post by: bushwacked on August 30, 2013, 10:44:31 AM
I really hate balloons. If I'm in the same room as one, I start getting really uncomfortable because I'm worried it'll pop.
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Post by: Justin1993 on August 30, 2013, 07:32:39 PM
Quote from: bushwacked,Aug 30 2013 on  09:44 AM
I really hate balloons. If I'm in the same room as one, I start getting really uncomfortable because I'm worried it'll pop.
I do the same thing. I especially hate when someone starts squeezing one. :unsure I don't know what it is, but the thought of balloons popping close to me makes me really nervous.
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Post by: bushwacked on August 30, 2013, 07:48:57 PM
Quote
I do the same thing. I especially hate when someone starts squeezing one. :unsure I don't know what it is, but the thought of balloons popping close to me makes me really nervous.
Yeah, especially that SQUUEE noise when their hands are rubbing over them  :o Balloons are evil, evil creations!
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Post by: Ducky123 on August 31, 2013, 12:47:59 PM
I use them as a weapon against my sister, cousin etc... :lol
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Post by: Justin1993 on August 31, 2013, 01:07:57 PM
Quote from: Ducky123,Aug 31 2013 on  11:47 AM
I use them as a weapon against my sister, cousin etc... :lol
You're evil! :lol
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Post by: StrutEggStealer on September 02, 2013, 02:16:44 PM
I used to have this irrational fear of stepping on dried grass, which is why I was always last in a race and why I always cringed whenever we were told to go outside :lol

C'mon! Dried grass can be painful!
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Post by: bushwacked on September 02, 2013, 05:57:56 PM
Quote from: StrutEggStealer,Sep 2 2013 on  01:16 PM
I used to have this irrational fear of stepping on dried grass, which is why I was always last in a race and why I always cringed whenever we were told to go outside :lol

C'mon! Dried grass can be painful!
Hey, at least two of us don't like balloons, so there's no judgement here  :p I used to be scared of bugs in the grass when I was little, so I can see where you're coming from
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Post by: StrutEggStealer on September 03, 2013, 06:42:37 AM
^ lol the summer I saw Arachnophobia the movie I was terrified of going outdoors XDD
Insects and spiders and grass, oh my!! :o
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Post by: Serris on September 18, 2013, 08:38:34 PM
I walk around a lot.

I consider myself and my family "Enhanced Humans" because we wear glasses to correct severe nearsightedness. Two family members have had cateract surgery and I have had surgery to enhance my breathing.

My sense of smell plays almost as large a role in my life as my sense of sight.
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Post by: Justin1993 on October 14, 2013, 05:14:54 PM
I can't yell with my normal voice. If I try, I either sound monotone or my voice breaks.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on October 14, 2013, 07:25:04 PM
Quote from: Justin1993,Oct 14 2013 on  04:14 PM
I can't yell with my normal voice. If I try, I either sound monotone or my voice breaks.
If I yell, my voice gets really high and it's hard to understand what I'm saying :lol.  Another reason why, for me anyway, staying calm during an argument helps get the point across better :p.  I rarely find myself in arguments because I hate them, and they usually solve nothing.  Debates are another story ;).
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Post by: LBTDiclonius on October 14, 2013, 07:34:15 PM
My father called my Hector once.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on October 15, 2013, 05:20:49 PM
I've had the pleasure of experiencing night terrors.  Thankfully, I have only had a handful of them in my lifetime, and the last one I had was almost two years ago.  The last time I ever had one, I woke up to find I had trashed my room in my sleep: pillows thrown around, the lamp knocked over, random items found thrown in different areas, and a nightstand knocked over.  I was missing one sock and my pajama pants.  To this day, I don't know what the hell happened in my sleep :crazy  :p  :lol.  I know I was having a nightmare about violently murdering somebody and then having them for dinner a la Hannibal Lector :x.

I once had a funny one, too.  In my dreams, I went to do a front kick on a bad guy, and then push off and do a backflip just like the martial arts pros :p.  Next thing I knew, I found myself awake, in a somersault position, with my right foot stuck on the headboard :lol.  Worse, I could not reach to release my foot, but I was too embarrassed to get my family's attention so I figured it out eventually :lol.

The silly things some people do in their sleep.  I woke up about three weeks ago to find myself dancing just like I was in my dreams :spit.
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Post by: Justin1993 on October 15, 2013, 09:24:55 PM
That reminds of the times I used to fall when I fell in my dreams. I remember dreaming about walking by a small pond and falling in. When I hit the water, I woke up on the floor, having fallen from the top bunk. Then there was this one time when I was sleeping on the couch in the living room and I ended up switching couches while asleep. :lol: Or the multiple times I fell asleep in class and had dreams of falling, I'd end up banging my upper body against the top of the desk; sort of like a massive twitch. It happens on other occasions to, always when I lay on my front.

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Post by: rhombus on October 17, 2013, 11:17:24 AM
Although I always complete any assigned tasks well before any deadline, my work habits are very inconsistent.  I always seem to alternate between several days of procrastination and several hours of working at a fevered pace.  This used to cause me trouble when I was in high school, but I have since learned that if I pretend that the deadline is a couple of days before it actually is, then I will still complete my work ahead of schedule.
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Post by: The Anonymous Person on October 23, 2013, 01:54:10 PM
Earlier today (as in an hour and a half ago), I had stapled my thumb during math class. I am now at home recovering.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on October 23, 2013, 06:03:47 PM
Quote from: The Anonymous Person,Oct 23 2013 on  12:54 PM
Earlier today (as in an hour and a half ago), I had stapled my thumb during math class. I am now at home recovering.
Ouch :blink:!

That reminds me of a time back in the fifth grade, when someone I thought was a friend started making fun of me over my LBT fandom.  I got so P/O'd at her I slammed my hand on my desk, forgetting there was a pair of scissors in my path (we were in art class).  I had a pretty nasty gash from that :crazy.
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Post by: Justin1993 on October 23, 2013, 06:06:18 PM
Quote from: The Anonymous Person,Oct 23 2013 on  12:54 PM
Earlier today (as in an hour and a half ago), I had stapled my thumb during math class. I am now at home recovering.
That reminds me of an incident in fifth grade, I don't remember what the class was doing, but I started rubbing my finger on the back of a scissor blade in though. I ended up switching over to the blade and gouged my thumb. It was like a little pool for my blood, and it bled a lot.
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Post by: The Anonymous Person on October 23, 2013, 07:25:12 PM
^^Those two incidents were probably worse compared to what happened to me. It was a very minor incident really; the staple did go through my thumb, but not very deep, thankfully. I went home early because of it, and when I did get home, with the help of my dad's pliers (and a little peroxide), I pulled the darn staple out myself. It's sore for the moment, but it should be fine by tomorrow. Hope I won't be infected...

EDIT: Man, I was starting to sound like Petrie for some reason.
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Post by: The Chronicler on October 24, 2013, 07:55:52 PM
For the last three or four years, I've been obsessed with washing my hands and keeping them clean. I was never really a germaphobic until after I graduated from high school, and I can't exactly remember why I suddenly changed my ways. (My best guess is that I sort of realized: I'm done growing up, so that means my immune system won't be getting much stronger than it is now, so it's time to stop pushing my luck.)

As a child, I never washed my hands, except right after using the bathroom to go number two. These days, even so much as touching the floor with one finger is enough to make me want to wash my hands as soon as possible. This is also one of the reasons why I always wear my jacket whenever I leave the house, because I can use the sleeves of my jacket to grab things I otherwise wouldn't even dare to touch.
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Post by: Justin1993 on November 26, 2013, 09:38:14 AM
I just realized this. When temperatures are high (above 70? F) outside, I dress heavy. When temperatures are low, I dress light. I feel cooler when I'm wearing layers in heat and warmer when I wear less clothes when it's cold.  :blink:
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Post by: Serris on November 27, 2013, 05:14:26 AM
I am much stronger than my size would suggest.
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Post by: bushwacked on November 27, 2013, 04:36:09 PM
^ Aw, I'm not that big, and extremely unstrong  :p
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Post by: The Anonymous Person on January 02, 2014, 10:17:07 AM
Some of you may know that I am a collector of vinyl LPs. Having recently finished counting, I have a total of 491 LPs as of June 2013 (counting duplicates and 10" albums, but not including any blank album covers I might have).
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Post by: Serris on April 14, 2014, 04:26:58 AM
There is a picture of me that dates back to ~2000 and it just screams "cyberpunk".

What is it? It's a picture of me in Hong Kong. I was standing on a balcony with a set of clip-on mirrorshades, a loose fitting silver windbreaker.

I have to find the picture but if I can, I may post it up.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on April 19, 2014, 12:22:27 AM
I have yet to see the movie "Frozen", but after something recently happened at work, I think I'll have to see it.

So, part of my job is to dress up in the fashions of the 20's and 30's and lead living history tours of a castle (yes, I get paid to dress up and play in a castle :smile).  Anyway, as I was meeting my group and making introductions, this little girl could not take her stare off me as soon as I said my first name.  As it turns out, this girl is six years old, has Asperger's Syndrome, and her "best friend" happens to be the character Anna from "Frozen".  Her mother told me my looks matched the character, and her daughter thought I was that Anna since in her eyes I had the name, looked "princess-like", and lived in a castle.  Even my long braid looked similar :lol.

Anyway, she looked unconvinced when her mother told her I am not that person, and she even looked sad.  I then got her attention and told her, if she wanted, I could take the place of her friend for the next hour and take her on a tour through my castle.  I don't think anything could've made this girl's day better, and after the tour the girl told me she knows her friend is imaginary, and that she may one day have to let her go so she can do things like go to the movies with her friends or even meet a nice boy, but that she knows where she can always find a "real Anna" if she ever gets lonely.  I thought that was the sweetest thing, and old soul-like coming from a kid that young.  I told her in response that, no matter what she decides to do in her life, to always stay true to herself and the right friends and even right "prince" will  come along :).

That is certainly an encounter I will never forget, and I hope the same goes for this sweet little girl :DD.
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Post by: CeraTheRed on April 19, 2014, 12:31:28 AM
I am allergic to bees and milk. The two times (that I can remember) I've been stung, I only swelled up bad, but I've been careful not to get stung again, just in case I DO have a more severe reaction. I'm also allergic to dairy, but I can handle certain things like yogurt and cream cheese, but not things like Ice Cream, Cheese, or Milk. We never knew that until the last move when a pharmacist told my dad.
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Post by: Ducky123 on April 19, 2014, 08:59:06 AM
That's a sweet story :) Haven't seen Frozen myself, I'll probably watch it as soon as it is shown on TV.
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Post by: LBTDiclonius on April 22, 2014, 09:22:43 PM
^Watch Frozen. Oh my God, just watch it right now. It's SO good. I've watched it four times and it's just so asdfghjkl I cannot even.

I've dyed my bangs twice now. The first time was red, and now it's purple on the top, pink, then red. I also have really short hair.
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Post by: bushwacked on April 23, 2014, 02:13:58 PM
If I eat something that's too hot (as in, spicy hot) I sometimes get a nosebleed.

I've never been in a fight in my life.

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Post by: StarfallRaptor on April 24, 2014, 01:46:58 AM
^
Do keep it that way, if at all possible.

Every fortune teller I've ever talked to can't read anything about my future, all of them saying something about my lacking a soul...
Eh, so be it.
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Post by: jansenov on April 24, 2014, 05:41:12 AM
^That just means you're not susceptible to psychological suggestion

My skin is more resistant to agressive chemicals than that of most other people. I always worked without gloves in the lab.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on April 25, 2014, 11:27:08 AM
Quote from: StarfallRaptor,Apr 24 2014 on  12:46 AM
^
Do keep it that way, if at all possible.

Every fortune teller I've ever talked to can't read anything about my future, all of them saying something about my lacking a soul...
Eh, so be it.
As someone who is very spiritual, I have to say they BS'd you.  Every living being has a soul.  I would never trust anyone who claims they can tell my future for a price.  The ones who can help with these matters without asking for payment are the true helpers.

Have you ever done your natal birth chart?  It can be done online without a price.  You just need to know your full name, exact location of birth, date of birth, and exact time of birth.  Birth charts are perhaps the most accurate future readings in existence.  Mine has been extremely accurate thus far :wow.

Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: The Anonymous Person on May 09, 2014, 05:41:09 PM
Recently, after many years of biting them off, I have finally grown a full set of fingernails.
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Post by: I am the Great IB on May 09, 2014, 10:31:57 PM
Damian Wayne is my favorite Robin!
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Cancerian Tiger on May 10, 2014, 11:35:48 PM
Quote from: The Anonymous Person,May 9 2014 on  04:41 PM
Recently, after many years of biting them off, I have finally grown a full set of fingernails.
Me, too!  I've finally managed to break my awful nail-biting habit :x.

I have driven the Route 66 :).
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Post by: Serris on May 22, 2014, 04:17:43 AM
I am completely unashamed to admit that I am very politically incorrect.
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Post by: bushwacked on May 22, 2014, 05:03:13 AM
Standing under trees makes me very, very uncomfortable.
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Post by: Ducky123 on May 23, 2014, 02:54:53 AM
I'm not sure if I wrote that here already but...
... I have a strong passion for weather, climate and everything related to that. In particular, thunderstorms and all other phenomena accompanying these :smile
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Post by: jansenov on May 23, 2014, 07:56:12 AM
*double post*
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: jansenov on May 23, 2014, 08:01:23 AM
I am a temperamental person. Not in the sense that I can't control my feelings, but in the sense that I have a thing for complex, irreducible order. I love things (objects, animals, plants) that are useful, but also have the urge to make them beautiful as well. I dislike music of the Classical period , but I like the Romantic and Modern styles. I have a preference for traditional Celtic, Germanic and Slavic art over ancient Greek or Near Eastern art. I view the world as an infinite string of connections between things that is in a process of endless arrangement, like an incredibly complex machine bulding itself.
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Post by: The Anonymous Person on May 31, 2014, 08:09:18 PM
So far in my high school life, I have not been very active extra-curricular wise, or at least that's what I think of myself. During my first two years of high school, I have participated in band (in which I play percussion), the school's musicals, Select Choir (as a bass), and for a short time, a local percussion ensemble. More recently, I have been inducted into the school's chapter of the National Honor Society.

During my next two years, I plan on being far more extra-curricular involved. Beside some of the events mentioned above, I also am thinking about participating in the following:
And although I have never really been into sports, I am considering...
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Post by: The Anonymous Person on October 13, 2014, 10:46:21 AM
Quote from: The Anonymous Person,May 9 2014 on  04:41 PM
Recently, after many years of biting them off, I have finally grown a full set of fingernails.
Unfortunately, I have since gone back to biting them.  <_<

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Post by: Ducky123 on October 16, 2014, 08:35:58 AM
When I was twelve years old, I bet with one of my classmates that I'd get a girlfriend prior to turning 18... Well, I lost that one :lol
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Post by: Justin1993 on October 19, 2014, 11:34:24 PM
I have been soap-free for almost half a year now. I haven't stop cleansing. I just don't use soap to do it anymore.
I was diagnosed with ADHD, bipolar disorder II, and ODD as a child. My ODD didn't grow with me, but my ADHD and bipolar disorder did.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Littlefoot fan 1990 on November 21, 2014, 11:37:24 AM
I listen to a wide variety of music. There are so many artists and bands I like that it's hard to name them all; so I'd be here all day making a list of my favorite artists and bands.

Kids in elementary school used to think of me as stupid until I got to about grade 7. As I grew older, I realized that kids can be cruel and ignorant when it comes to learning disabilities. I didn't know that I had Asperger's Syndrome until I was about 11.

Thinking back to my childhood; I wish I could have stood up to those kids who called me stupid.

I'm really scared of wasps and kids used to tease me about it. Luckily for me; it didn't last too long.

I am an avid Land Before Time fan and have all the movies on DVD. I used to have them on VHS; but, I got rid of them.

 :(  :bang  :bang  :x  :p
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Post by: The Anonymous Person on November 21, 2014, 08:39:07 PM
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I listen to a wide variety of music. There are so many artists and bands I like that it's hard to name them all; so I'd be here all day making a list of my favorite artists and bands.

Same here, although I probably mentioned quite a few of them on here already.

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Kids in elementary school used to think of me as stupid until I got to about grade 7. As I grew older, I realized that kids can be cruel and ignorant when it comes to learning disabilities. I didn't know that I had Asperger's Syndrome until I was about 11.

Thinking back to my childhood; I wish I could have stood up to those kids who called me stupid.


Honestly, I was the opposite. Sure, I remember occasionally being picked on during elementary and middle school, but I was quite acclaimed by teachers and classmates for my skills and excellent memory. As for me, I did not know about autism (and for that matter didn't know I had it) until I was about 12.

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I'm really scared of wasps and kids used to tease me about it. Luckily for me; it didn't last too long.


I was stung by a bee at the age of 7 at the elementary school playground during recess. Since then, I've been scared to death of them, though marching band has gotten me a tad adjusted to them...

Needless to say, I guess you and me are quite alike in a number of ways.  :yes
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Post by: Zimba on November 26, 2014, 05:21:53 AM
Ok...now to let you know about me...

How about something none of you would of guessed?

I'm not actually 'native' Australian-may I tell you my story? Not sure if a full story would go here..but I'll tell you anyway.


I'm actually from Sweden. My mother was Australian though she moved to Sweden in her teenage years,my father lived in Sweden his whole life.

I was born in Sweden and lived there until I was 13,my mother wanted to return to Australia again as her parents moved back there,my father was also sick of Sweden so we packed our bags and headed down under.

At first I kinda hated Australia,much different from Sweden. And it was confusing with the timezones.

Day was now night and night was now day..sesh. Not to mention the seasons were in 'reserve order'.

Luckily for me I already knew English,such my mother still spoke it in our swedish home,plus I took an English class at school,so speaking the language was no problem for me,it was fitting in.

I got to have a month to settle in to my new country before I attended Australian school for the first time,again it was different.

The Australian schooling system is much different from any part of Europe or even America,all 'highschool' is one school.

There is 12 'years' + Kindergarden

K-Year 6 is called 'primary school' and year 7-year 12 is Australian highschool..took me a while to get used to that.

To help me get friends in Australia,I signed up for horse riding lessons,I always liked horses but since I lived in Stockholm,which is the largest city in Sweden,we had no where to keep horses.

Anyway,I started learning to ride but didn't really speak to anyone. Though one day at school I saw a girl walk past and I realized I saw her at the stables the previous weekend,I realized 'oh cool there is a horse rider here'  called out to her..she either didn't hear or decided to ignore me..that person turned out to be none other then GOF member Nahla..dang Nahla being a snob to me..kidding.

I got made fun a lot for a while...yeah sucked to be me..until I did end up making friends with the snob..err..sorry Nahla ( :D)

Nahla said,and I quote..ask her yourself she said this..even ask her.

"Don't worry,Sarah..we can be outcast losers together"

Perfect line to start a friendship is it not?


Anyway..I bet you're bored reading about me so....

And yes,my real name is Sarah..so you guys can call me that from now on..or just keep on calling me whatever you's been calling me.
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Post by: somerandomfangirl on January 23, 2015, 07:06:09 PM
Well, right now I've been appointed as my Air Cadet squadron's official photographer! I've been out getting some stuff for my camera so I can practice getting some really good shots. I've still gotta go out to places and practice taking some photos (Birmingham isn't really the most interesting of places to live in, I'm more of a countryside girl), but I'm hoping that we will get some news posted online soon, because our website's been abandoned for over 5 years now. :wow

It's just a case of getting everyone to participate. Last time I tried getting a photo of us all as a group, everybody ran off to home. :anger

And on top of that, I really want to be a Corporal right now because the cadets are completely disrespectful and out of control and our current NCOs either join in or aren't being listened to because they're quite, well, 'weak'. I'm getting sick of the bad attitude there. It's making me consider either moving or just cutting cadets altogether. :/

And right now I've just thought of some really tragic story ideas. I'm such a depressing person. :lol
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Post by: Midnight on January 23, 2015, 07:44:03 PM
Ok, what can be said about Midnight?

I'm the kind of person who canNOT watch a soccer match in peace... I normally spend the whole match going nuts (not something that I'm particularly proud of :lol).

I waste so much energy that I usually take a nap after the matches :exactly
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Post by: chomperrules1993 on January 25, 2015, 12:34:24 PM
I would like to be a voice actor someday.
I have also written numorus hip hop songs (which has NO CUSSING whatsoever)
I am a nice guy and a huge Everlast and Mc Serch fan
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Post by: Ptyra on January 25, 2015, 07:04:16 PM
I've been fostering some kittens since the week before Christmas, revived at two weeks old. The boy was adopted by friends of my family, and I just have the two girls now. The girls who are a little needier than the boy, and one of them is a big groomer. I named them after the characters of Little Shop of Horrors. Seymour, Audrey, and Twoey.

Christmas time is a weird period for kittens to be born and they got separated from their mother. I just hope my family doesn't have another kitten storm by the time spring rolls around, and I REALLY hope to get this darn carpet out of my room around my birthday.

One thing I've learned about myself from raising kittens: I am NEVER EVER putting carpet floors in my own household. Maaaaybe a rug. But not over the whole floor. Tile and wood. It's a horror show enough to clean up kitten messes on carpet, it's gonna be worse with kids. Also, it increases my affirmation of eighteen years that I am not bottle feeding my kids. Again, hard enough with kittens, harder with kids. (And I don't mean the goat kind of kid =P ).

And finally, I'm on my last semester of community college and about to get my Associate of Arts! Might do a few more classes in graphic design while I get a job (maybe even get an Associates in Graphic Design), but my personal end goal is to move to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Been there twice and I love it. I want to get out of my parents' house and out of Texas before 2020. Even if it's 2019. That counts.
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Post by: LittlefootAndAliTogether on January 25, 2015, 07:22:00 PM
Quote from: Serris,May 22 2014 on  02:17 AM
I am completely unashamed to admit that I am very politically incorrect.
Me too.

Also, Cera and I share a certain fear, we both are uneasy around lightning.  (It came from having a paper route during too many severe thunderstorms and also watching storm stories and seeing people get hit and also a morbid fear that I won't die, but get nerve and mental damage and not be me anymore.)  Also, as I'm wearing glasses, I'm afraid I'm going to get struck in the face.

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Post by: LittlefootAndAliTogether on January 25, 2015, 07:23:34 PM
Quote from: Littlefoot fan 1990,Nov 21 2014 on  09:37 AM
I listen to a wide variety of music. There are so many artists and bands I like that it's hard to name them all; so I'd be here all day making a list of my favorite artists and bands.

Kids in elementary school used to think of me as stupid until I got to about grade 7. As I grew older, I realized that kids can be cruel and ignorant when it comes to learning disabilities. I didn't know that I had Asperger's Syndrome until I was about 11.

Thinking back to my childhood; I wish I could have stood up to those kids who called me stupid.

I'm really scared of wasps and kids used to tease me about it. Luckily for me; it didn't last too long.

I am an avid Land Before Time fan and have all the movies on DVD. I used to have them on VHS; but, I got rid of them.

 :(  :bang  :bang  :x  :p
I didn't know till I was 12 I think.  Yes, I had my fair share of bullies too.  However, being pretty smart got me high grades and so I was admired.  When I went to college though and didn't appear so smart anymore, I kinda got down on myself.
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Post by: LittlefootAndAliTogether on January 25, 2015, 07:26:24 PM
Quote from: Justin1993,Oct 19 2014 on  09:34 PM
I have been soap-free for almost half a year now. I haven't stop cleansing. I just don't use soap to do it anymore.
I was diagnosed with ADHD, bipolar disorder II, and ODD as a child. My ODD didn't grow with me, but my ADHD and bipolar disorder did.
I have ADHD too and probably OCD.  Don't have bipolar disorder.

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Post by: The Lone Dragon on February 02, 2015, 09:48:19 PM
I like Dragons
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Post by: LittlefootAndAliTogether on February 02, 2015, 10:19:42 PM
I like mongooses and penguins.  I collected penguins during my Happy Feet craze.  I must have about 40.

I have a few mongooses too.  Those are harder to find.

(I collect the stuffed animal kind for both.  Actual mongooses are kinda illegal to bring in and I haven't brought down the EPA and such yet so I still can't bring in actual ones.)

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Post by: ThunderClaw on February 10, 2015, 12:39:01 AM
Quote from: The Lone Dragon,Feb 2 2015 on  08:48 PM
I like Dragons
Well you and I are dragons so that's not all that surprising  :DD

(yeah... no sadly Im not dragon irl  :cry but on line I can be one  :smile )
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on February 28, 2015, 02:03:59 PM
I get nightmares if I follow the news too much.  For example, I have terrifying dreams about fighting IS if I read too much about their latest antics.  I haven't even seen the beheading videos because I refuse to.  I'd never sleep again, or at least for a very long time.  I try to limit exposure to the news and only choose which headlines seem okay to read about.

BTW, I refuse to call IS "ISIS" because the Egyptian goddess Isis was like the Greek goddess Athena in many ways.  A goddess associated with love and justice should not share a name with the spawn of Satan.
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Post by: LittlefootAndAliTogether on February 28, 2015, 02:29:27 PM
I'm Chomper obsessed and spend hours on end trying to find a way for him to live permanently in the Great Valley.  I think my "Time of Choosing" two part series finale theater films should do it.  (If LBT ever has a theater movie again, Chomper MUST be in it.)
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Post by: Dalekdino on February 28, 2015, 04:01:50 PM
As some of you may know I'm British. I've been a dinosaur fan since the age of 3, and a Dr who fan since 6. Also some interesting self trivia I thought I'd share which fellow dino nuts may like.. I live in Lancaster the same town in England where Sir Richard Owen, the man who came up with the word dinosaur, and brought us the natural history museum was born.
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Post by: Amaranthine on March 17, 2015, 08:57:58 PM
I like many different types of humor, but my speciality seems to go into the dry/dark/quirky side of the spectrum Just things that are thoughtful, terrible, weird, yet brilliant.
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Post by: LittlefootAndAliTogether on March 17, 2015, 09:24:32 PM
By that type of humor, that's dark yet funny, do you mean like Shaggy cutting the cheese when he's in the suit of armor and alerting the monster to his presence and also causing a flame on a torch to shoot out around the gas?
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Post by: DarkHououmon on March 17, 2015, 09:45:08 PM
I think farting is classified as potty humor, not dark humor.

Back on topic, I am an amateur animator (not very skilled in the department so don't expect anything too complex from me) and did do some simple animations before. I had managed to do a music video animation, but it's unfortunately lost forever. I did do two random animations for the first time in a long time.
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Post by: LittlefootAndAliTogether on March 17, 2015, 09:48:37 PM
Is this dark humor:

Atto and Nigel had finished talking to the Longnecks. They returned and came across Littlefoot and his friends. They stared at Chomper, for they had never seen a Sharptooth before. "I've never seen a creature like that before." said Atto. "My neither." said Nigel. "What kind of Leaf Eater is that?" said Atto.

"It's not a Leaf Eater." said Littlefoot. "What is it then?" said Nigel. "Something you don't believe exists." said Littlefoot. "A way to get Mr. Threehorn to behave?" said Atto. Littlefoot laughed hard. Cera frowned at Atto and Littlefoot. "No, Atto, a Sharptooth." said Littlefoot.

"Hello there." said Chomper. They could see his long pointed teeth when he spoke. Their eyes also moved to his clawed hands and feet and the razor sharp edges attached to the back of his feet. They turned and stared at his red eyes. Their mouths fell open.

"Look, Littlefoot, I know we've been a pain to you at times, but please, tell your friend here not to eat us. We'll be really good!" pleaded Nigel. "Chomper here doesn't eat Leaf Eaters like us." said Ali. "Chomper? It has a name?" said Atto in shock.

"Yes, Littlefoot named me that." said Chomper. "I don't taste good! Eat Atto here! He's more your type!" said Nigel in a panic. "No, eat Nigel. He's more filling!" said Atto, his eyes open in terror. "I'm not eating either of you." said Chomper.

"But Sharpteeth are supposed to rip us apart and pick their teeth with our bones." said Atto. "Ew! Imagine picking my teeth with something as yucky as your bones." said Chomper. Littlefoot's friends laughed. Atto and Nigel looked terrified.

Chomper obviously isn't going to harm them, but they are terrified and his comment ˆf "Ew!  Imagine picking my teeth with something as yucky as your bones." is what I was wondering if that was dark humor.  The rest was just provided for context.  

It was also a joke based on something Hyp said in film 3 to the effect of "By the time you guys move that rock, those Sharpteeth will be picking their teeth with our bones."  It was to suggest that no Sharptooth would actually do that and that Hyp had been a bit odd.  (Humor at Hyp's expense too.)

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Post by: DarkHououmon on March 17, 2015, 10:00:45 PM
Here is an example of dark humor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlozEKPYBPo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlozEKPYBPo)

To best summarize, dark humor usually takes things that are scary or disturbing, such as death and violence, and presents it in a humorous way.
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Post by: StrutEggStealer on March 18, 2015, 12:55:01 PM
Quote from: Rat_lady7,Mar 17 2015 on  07:57 PM
I like many different types of humor, but my speciality seems to go into the dry/dark/quirky side of the spectrum Just things that are thoughtful, terrible, weird, yet brilliant.
I've always been fascinated with that side of the humor spectrum. Whereas my humor tends to lean more towards the wry/witty/generally spunky side. It's like "Too much happiness, I'm surprised my brain hasn't exploded yet" :3

Well, I never really discovered this until recently, but I really, really love Planaria flatworms! :lol:
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on March 18, 2015, 07:42:19 PM
I like all kinds of humor.  I'm just naturally slapstick due to my accident proneness.  I'm also very good with deadpan humor, where the stunned reaction you get out of the other person is the most hilarious part😉.
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Post by: LittlefootAndAliTogether on March 18, 2015, 09:44:47 PM
So, are you more likely to like, say, Ducky's aunt being a Bigmouth in more than just species name and the kids talking to her and she first talks about what they are interested in "When she first met a Sharp Beak" and things like that, but later she starts to go on and on about how her father raised them, how she gathered stuff to build her first nest, and things like that, to where the kids are really bored and Littlefoot is worried that he's gonna be so bored that he's gonna die of boredom and be prematurely reunited with his mother, and then the kids talk to her and distract her while other kids sneak away, until Ducky is just left and Ducky talks to her and sneakily walks away, and Ducky's aunt just keeps talking, even though nobody is there?


Or, would you like it when Littlefoot and Rhett were, trying to see who is cooler or whatnot, would have a farting contest, but would overdo it and cause an avalanche (they were in mountainous areas and also in their teens) and Ali would groan at both of them and say "Men!" and shake her head?

Or would you prefer that Spike would fart in a cave and some Sharpteeth nearby would wonder if they did it?  


Or are you thinking of where some kids would talk to an older, and nice of course, Chomper, and say "Don't Sharpteeth rip us apart and pick their teeth with our bones" and Chomper would reply "Ew!  Imagine picking my teeth with something as yucky as your bones!" and the kids would be alarmed, while Littlefoot and his friends, who knew Chomper was just joking around, were laughing at them?

Or are you looking for a situation where Littlefoot and Ali would be married, their kids would ask how the two met and fell in love, Littlefoot would reply that he married her as she was his third cousin and that he would have married his second or first cousins, but that they got eaten by Sharpteeth, and Ali would tell him to cut it out before she fed him to the Sharpteeth and Littlefoot would say "Geez Ali, can't you take a joke?"?
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Post by: DarkHououmon on March 18, 2015, 11:05:15 PM
Two things.

1. Why are you asking this? You seem to be a little obsessed with asking about sense of humor, and I don't know why. Is this for your stories?

and

2. This is getting a bit off topic. This thread is for stating facts about yourself, not interviewing people on what they would find funny. Please make a separate topic about this and state why you are curious to know this stuff.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: StrutEggStealer on May 22, 2015, 07:41:07 PM
I tend to be one of two extremes: really disorganized and "just don't care" or "HOLY SHOOT I GOTTA GET THIS STUFF DONE RIGHT NOW!"
Actually, I can say that for a lot of things about my personality... weird... O_o
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Post by: CeraTheRed on May 22, 2015, 09:41:16 PM
Quote from: StrutEggStealer,May 22 2015 on  06:41 PM
I tend to be one of two extremes: really disorganized and "just don't care" or "HOLY SHOOT I GOTTA GET THIS STUFF DONE RIGHT NOW!"
Actually, I can say that for a lot of things about my personality... weird... O_o
Okay, that is weird, cause I'm pretty much the same way.
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Post by: Simba King Of Pride Rock on May 22, 2015, 09:48:15 PM
I enjoy writing crossover fan fiction.
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Post by: The Anonymous Person on May 22, 2015, 09:54:23 PM
I lately have been doing quite a bit of music composing and arranging, mostly acapella style stuff.
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Post by: The Lone Dragon on May 23, 2015, 05:34:01 AM
I play hockey (ground not ice). I have ever since I was 11. I play as goalkeeper and recently I've earned the respect of my new club that I'm playing for. I love the sport and I am really good at goalkeeping. I have received the coaches award on multiple occasions and have been in the final a few times (and on the bottom of the ladder as well)

This was the first sport where I learned to lose gracefully without going into a rage. I had a very bad temper especially when it came to losing but now that is a thing of the past.
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Post by: The Anonymous Person on September 19, 2015, 02:06:24 PM
I'm debating on majors in college right now, something in either music or film...
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 05, 2016, 12:43:10 AM
I find it strange how scary movies usually unfaze me and working around blood and gore is no issue here...

...but put on ID Discovery and I've got the creeps after a couple of episodes :blink:.  I don't know if it's because they're true stories or what :sducky.
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Post by: ADFan185 on June 05, 2016, 06:14:34 AM
Same here a lot of horror movies don't bother me at all. But when I watched a 2001 episode about spiders once that creeped me out. What creeped me out was when Brazilian Wondering Spiders hide in banana boxes and travel to the USA.
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Post by: Cancerian Tiger on June 07, 2016, 01:59:13 PM
I just noticed a new fanfic on FF.net written by someone whose human character has my first name.

FYI, I'm not IrmaAguaGirl on there, in case anybody was wondering :p.
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Post by: jorrdy12 on June 07, 2016, 02:04:41 PM
What should i tell about myself?

Will this do?: My favorite colors are black, red (blood red), dark blue, neon green.

The best is ofcourse are the combination of:
Black & blood red
Black % dark blue
Black % neon green.
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Post by: ADFan185 on June 07, 2016, 02:41:03 PM
My favorite colors are blue black and white
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Post by: retrorobby on June 15, 2016, 11:19:22 AM
One of my hobbies is collecting retro video games and consoles.
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Post by: Justin1993 on September 20, 2016, 09:22:56 PM
I have this habit of refusing contact with friends because I feel I've overstepped a boundary or have done something to annoy them when I've done nothing at all. I will refuse to strike up a casual conversation and if they try, I usually brush off their attempt or just don't answer. I think it's an attention seeking mechanism my brain does instinctually. I don't even know why and there doesn't need to be a trigger, at least not one that is identifiable. I swear my brain has a mind of its own.  :lol  :unsure:
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Post by: ADFan185 on September 21, 2016, 03:31:07 AM
I do the sane thing I to don't contact any of my old friends. Since we had a bad relationship back in the day. But now I moved on and found a new gang to talk with in my life.
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Post by: Littlefoot505 on February 02, 2018, 04:42:05 PM
I learned how to fix a car before I learned how to drive one.
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Post by: LeventeII on February 02, 2018, 08:25:21 PM
My favorite singer is Falco.
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Post by: Sneak on February 03, 2018, 04:37:50 AM
My favorite game is... Submachine.
*falls on the kneels and worships*
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Post by: vonboy on February 03, 2018, 07:25:16 AM
I'm 28, and I've never used a credit card.
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Post by: LeventeII on February 03, 2018, 09:43:19 PM
I played "Bloody Trapland", a very hard Jump and Run game, within 4 hours trough.
Title: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Sneak on May 07, 2018, 06:53:08 AM
Currently afraid of flight, heights, speed.
Formerly afraid of spiders, darkness, lightnings, loud noises, dentists, dogs.
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Littlefoot505 on June 30, 2018, 12:12:23 AM
My family somehow has no recollection of me seeing LBT as a kid (and not much fondness of me being into it now)
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Sergeant Burker on June 30, 2018, 02:03:49 PM
I have three concepts for animated shows, all existing within the same universe.
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: zero-point on October 31, 2018, 12:06:14 PM
The top of my right ear is pointy. :p
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Metro717 on October 31, 2018, 02:20:17 PM
I upload videos onto YouTube, mostly Transportation-related ones.
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: StardustSoldier on April 21, 2019, 02:53:19 AM
Both my biological mother and father have divorced, re-married, and divorced again.
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Anagnos on April 23, 2019, 08:30:20 AM
I'm quite good when it comes to dropping phones constantly, so if anyone needs help with that, call me.  ;)
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: StardustSoldier on April 23, 2019, 12:07:53 PM
On the topic of phones, I held off on getting a cell phone for a really long time, as I used to have an aversion to the idea of owning one. But finally, in April of 2017, I caved in and got one... and now I love it.  :DD
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: ImpracticalDino on April 28, 2019, 09:36:41 PM
Quote from: StardustSoldier on April 23, 2019, 12:07:53 PM

On the topic of phones, I held off on getting a cell phone for a really long time, as I used to have an aversion to the idea of owning one. But finally, in April of 2017, I caved in and got one... and now I love it.  :DD

I too was reluctant on getting my own phone and held off on it until I thought I was ready or "of age" to receive one. Yeah, I didn't want to become one of those people who look at their phones 24/7 and use social media all the time. In fact, I don't have any social media accounts except like Youtube and Google, and those I use infrequently. On the other hand, this computer I'm using has consumed my life. Half of the time I'm at school and the other half on this computer. I do sometimes have infrequent time periods where I don't use the computer at all, so at least that's something.
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: StardustSoldier on April 29, 2019, 09:13:06 AM
Quote from: ImpracticalDino on April 28, 2019, 09:36:41 PM
Yeah, I didn't want to become one of those people who look at their phones 24/7 and use social media all the time. In fact, I don't have any social media accounts except like Youtube and Google, and those I use infrequently.

I don't think that's a bad thing at all. With Facebook in particular, you're not missing much. :P

Quote from: StardustSoldier on April 21, 2019, 02:53:19 AM
Both my biological mother and father have divorced, re-married, and divorced again.

Related to that, after my parents divorced for the second time, my father very quickly entered into another major relationship and is currently living with his new girlfriend. By contrast, my mother has vowed to remain single for the rest of her life.
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Anagnos on May 02, 2019, 04:21:24 AM
I sometimes like to postpone what I need to do during the day, I keep telling myself that I will start in about an hour. Then before I know it, it's past midnight and I'm too tired to start doing anything anymore. And then the next thing happens the following day.  :lol
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: ImpracticalDino on May 02, 2019, 04:59:18 PM
Quote from: Anagnos on May 02, 2019, 04:21:24 AM
I sometimes like to postpone what I need to do during the day, I keep telling myself that I will start in about an hour. Then before I know it, it's past midnight and I'm too tired to start doing anything anymore. And then the next thing happens the following day.  :lol
Procrastination really sucks, doesn't it? Don't worry, I'm a huge offender of that. :lol: Although, I still somehow finish assignments that I start on the last second. Sometimes, I really push myself and get break past that procrastination barrier. It feels very satisfying to finish something early, knowing you had just freed up your schedule for free time. :D It's like a huge weight on your shoulders has been released.
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Anagnos on May 03, 2019, 08:38:02 AM
^I usually do my school work very well and with care though, but sometimes I just get those days that I can't make myself get up from my bed to do anything productive, so I just spend the day like that. Luckily, it's gotten a lot better lately.  :)
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: StardustSoldier on May 03, 2019, 07:09:26 PM
Oh yes. I have that problem as well. Nice to know I'm not the only one. ;)Cera

Like today, for example. I want to get something done, but I went out for a walk with a friend earlier this afternoon, and once I came back home I felt tired and sluggish and unmotivated. And I still do.
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Anagnos on May 04, 2019, 03:06:15 AM
^I was supposed to start on my work again yesterday after finishing my driving lesson, but that didn't happen. So, today's the day.  :bestsharptooth
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: ImpracticalDino on May 04, 2019, 04:08:00 PM
^Well, I was supposed to start a Social Studies project which I said I was gonna start today, but I slept in late today and I had to go shopping with my parents. And for some reason after all is said and done, I'm here wasting time on the LBT forum. :P
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Anagnos on May 05, 2019, 04:15:37 AM
^You can never waste time on the forum.  :DD
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: StardustSoldier on May 05, 2019, 03:30:40 PM
Agreed.

Although I should really get some work done here. :lol
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: ImpracticalDino on May 05, 2019, 04:04:00 PM
Well, whoop de doo! I still haven't done a single ounce of work on my project yet. Ugh, and once I become an adult I will have actual responsibilities to attend to and I'll have even less free time to do what I wish. :(petrie
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: StardustSoldier on May 05, 2019, 05:40:50 PM
Oh, it's not so bad. Becoming an adult and all the responsibilities that come with it can definitely be daunting, but it only comes one day at a time. And there's a lot of other freedoms that you get to enjoy as well.
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: ImpracticalDino on May 05, 2019, 06:02:11 PM
^Yeah, that's true. I'd be free from school, from the supervision of parents, have my own place to live and get whatever I want with the money I have. I can travel, cook, play, the possibilities are endless. Oh, and also post on the LBT forum. :P

I would also have a job that I would love to have, being a Marine Biologist! I hope I could specialize with orcas. :DD They're so majestic, playful, curious, and also very huge and powerful, as they're the apex predators of the oceans. Their social hierarchy and family relations are such a sight to see. :wub
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Anagnos on May 06, 2019, 03:34:35 AM
Well, guess what? I haven't done any of my work yet, but today I will for few hours, they're in good shape already, and I don't think I have much hurry with them.  :)
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: ImpracticalDino on May 06, 2019, 07:18:46 PM
Oh, sure you will. Just like you said you would the past couple of days. ;)Cera

Dang, the school year passes by so quickly! My math and science classes are in regents review mode, yep yep yep! I can feel the year 2022 coming closer and closer! :duckyhappy
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Anagnos on May 07, 2019, 04:24:44 AM
These three years of my education have seemed to pass by quickly as well. Almost feels like it was yesterday when I began my studies. I'm gonna miss my school, though. These years that I've spent there will be stored in my memory for a long time after I have graduated.  :)
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: ImpracticalDino on May 07, 2019, 09:05:23 PM
Quote from: Anagnos on May 07, 2019, 04:24:44 AM

These three years of my education have seemed to pass by quickly as well. Almost feels like it was yesterday when I began my studies. I'm gonna miss my school, though. These years that I've spent there will be stored in my memory for a long time after I have graduated.  :)

You know what's weird? You'd normally think that Kindergarten or Elementary would be the best school years for a person, right? Well, for me it's kinda the opposite. I feel like Middle School and High School (even though I'm only a Freshman) are the best experiences for me. Well, I think I have a reason for that. You see, back then I was less serious about grades and didn't work that hard. Also, I would always complain about school, hating it, ect. But then start of Middle School was completely different. I was more motivated, willing to work hard and always do my best, and just overall better as a person. Moreover, I had much more friends since Middle School and had much more fun socializing and interacting, still into High School. And yep, I got into all honors classes since 7th grade and continuing. I will be taking 2 AP classes next year and more AP the rest of the years. Obviously, without awesome, experienced, and fun teachers I probably would've never had this spark in me in the first place. At worst, they were only just boring.

I can't remember too much from Kindergarten (very adorable, fun, and innocent times though!), and as for Elementary, the experience is nothing compared to my later years. That's not because of the teachers, but because of my vague outlook on it. It was a neutral experience, I guess.

Don't be get me wrong though. I still dislike school and joke about it being a "prison," a lot actually.  :P
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Anagnos on May 08, 2019, 07:23:15 AM
^I feel you, I wasn't really into school myself when I was younger, and neither am I now really, but I'm definitely more mature about it than I used to be.  :)
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Flathead770 on May 10, 2019, 01:39:23 PM
I've always enjoyed school, both primary and post secondary. Even with all the stress and anxiety with grades and financials during my physics degree it was still a lot of fun learning though and might end up going back to school here at some point.
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: ImpracticalDino on May 10, 2019, 08:50:42 PM
Hmm, I'm a bit curious though. Is the first two years of college is actually repeating/or similar to what you learned in high school? I heard something like that online somewhere. If so, shouldn't all years be dedicated to the career you choose?
Yeah, I do realize that some people still haven't chosen a career option when they're in college, so obviously they would need to take general classes.
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: StardustSoldier on May 10, 2019, 09:14:37 PM
That's what I did when I went to college. For my first year I just took General Studies, before going into Multimedia Production in the following years.

I never found any of my college years repetitive of what I learned in high school, but that may have depended on the classes I took. I do know that my college offers upgrading, which is specifically designed around high school-esque courses for those who never graduated from high school.
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Anagnos on May 11, 2019, 03:51:28 AM
I kind of told one soul about this on Discord, but sharing it with everyone else doesn't really hurt and I would like to see if there are others who like this sort of thing. So, I like to spray very hot water on my skin while in the shower, and of course, that can be very damaging to the skin. I just can't help it, it feels so... good.

Does anyone else do this or am I just weird?  :p
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: ImpracticalDino on May 11, 2019, 01:37:16 PM
Quote from: Anagnos on May 11, 2019, 03:51:28 AM

So, I like to spray very hot water on my skin while in the shower...

Spray...? Spray?! You're in the shower, so why not just blast yourself with a torrent of hot water? Don't you have a shower head to do that? Spray seems very underwhelming. :lol

Also, you know how when you just turn on the shower, very cold water comes out of the shower head before turning to warm water a few seconds later? Sometimes I do it, sometimes I don't, but I put my entire body under the torrent of freezing water. My reasoning is that the warm water would feel much more warm and therefore more comfortable and better if I subject myself to the cold at first.
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Flathead770 on May 11, 2019, 03:48:25 PM
Some things can be a bit of a repeat of high school, but not exactly, at least in terms of physics. First year, first semester calculus for example is fairly similar to a high school calculus course so if your high school offers the class I'd recommend you take it. Even if you don't do so great in it it's a great learning experience to help prepare for post secondary. First year physics courses can also cover the same topics as well but feel more problem solving in nature and may introduce some calculus as well. By 2nd year though it felt like it was all pretty much new.
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: ImpracticalDino on May 11, 2019, 04:22:55 PM
Thanks for all the input guys, I appreciate it. :DD

I'm planning on taking some AP classes starting in 10th grade, and more AP classes in 11th and 12th grade. It'd give me a lot of college credit, save me a lot of money, and provide an overall challenge for me.

The thing that is also great is that there are some honors classes in my high school that give college credit too, as much as 6! :o For those classes, it operates like a normal class except you pay a fee at the end for the college credit! While those credits are offered by a certain college, they certainly can be transferred for other colleges I've heard.

As a matter of fact, my school has both Pre-Calculus and Calculus, both of which are offered as honor classes and give college credit.

I have a goal. An ambitious goal. At least 30 college credits before high school is done with. It's going to be a very difficult challenge, but I know I won't have to take ALL AP classes to obtain my objective.
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Anagnos on May 12, 2019, 05:15:18 AM
Quote
Spray...? Spray?! You're in the shower, so why not just blast yourself with a torrent of hot water? Don't you have a shower head to do that? Spray seems very underwhelming.

Oh, I'm sorry, I meant to say either blast or pour the water on me. My bad.  :bang
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: StardustSoldier on May 12, 2019, 09:33:24 AM
I have a step-brother who died a few years ago from a drug overdose.
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Flathead770 on May 12, 2019, 09:59:59 AM
Quote from: StardustSoldier on May 12, 2019, 09:33:24 AM
I have a step-brother who died a few years ago from a drug overdose.
That's rough, sorry to hear that.

@ImpracticalDino
Sounds like a plan! What are you thinking about taking in post secondary? (Hint: Physics is the best! :p ) Great to see your school offers calculus as well! From looking at the context I guess I can already figure it out that the AP courses are the harder versions of the subjects (what does AP stand for? Advanced something? :p ). In Canada back when I was in high school we just used -1, -2 to specify. So  grade 10 english had either english 10-1, or english 10-2, with 1 being the better one to take (though for the more specific science courses like physics there was only the 1 course)
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: ImpracticalDino on May 12, 2019, 01:44:26 PM
Quote from: Anagnos on May 12, 2019, 05:15:18 AM

Oh, I'm sorry, I meant to say either blast or pour the water on me. My bad.  :bang

I can sort of sense that hint of sarcasm in the post you wrote, but that's perfectly fine! :D
Don't worry, I sort of knew what you meant at first, but it just seemed so weird. :lol:

Quote from: StardustSoldier on May 12, 2019, 09:33:24 AM

I have a step-brother who died a few years ago from a drug overdose.

Well, that escalated quickly. Wow, my condolences. :(

@Flathead770
Actually, I haven't really thought about that yet. Also, the term "post secondary" is unheard of to me, but then again so is "primary" and "secondary," although I do live in America. I've never heard of people who refer to elementary, middle, or high school like that.

AP stands for Advanced Placement, and it's basically lets you do college work and curricula in high school in for the opportunity to earn college credit beforehand. At the end of every AP class, there's an AP exam. You are scored on a scale of 1-5. Getting a 3 or 4 would get you qualified for college credit by most colleges, but a 5 is the most optimal. Apparently the AP program is in both the United States and Canada according to Wikipedia, but you've never heard of it until now.

For more information, see this Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Placement) article about AP, and to visit the official website, click here (https://ap.collegeboard.org/).

By the way, could you tell me more about how school works in Canada?
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: StardustSoldier on May 12, 2019, 01:50:10 PM
It's okay. Sorry for dumping that onto you guys so suddenly. xP
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: ImpracticalDino on May 12, 2019, 02:03:34 PM
Quote from: StardustSoldier on May 12, 2019, 01:50:10 PM

It's okay. Sorry for dumping that onto you guys so suddenly. xP

Don't worry about it. And besides, Anagnos did mention that he sprayed hot water on himself. ;)
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Flathead770 on May 13, 2019, 07:47:08 PM
@ImpracticalDino
Ah ok, thanks for the info! I've heard AP be tossed around before and have always assumed it's the equivalent of a harder/better course to take. That's interesting that it is also in Canada. Never seen it here in Alberta at least.

As for primary and secondary I guess they usually don't get tossed around a lot. Post secondary is just a more generic term to refer to any further education above the mandatory amount, whether it is a college, university, trades and such.

I imagine school in Canada isn't all that different. For me in Alberta I had Elementary from grades 1-6, Jr. High for 7-9 and High School for 10-12. I've heard this varies for different provinces but French was mandatory for me in grades 4-6 (never bothered to continue after that though haha). I've mentioned that there's different levels for subjects you can take in my previous post, with the harder ones being the ones generally required for post secondary. Grade 10 science is consolidated into one course but branches out into Bio, Chem, and Physics for grade 11 and 12. The grading system is represented by a % instead of a letter grade and is scored on an absolute scale (unlike a relative scale like a bell curve common in university)

Another fun fact is that I've never really heard of what year you're in by freshman, sophomore, junior, senior. It's always just the year number (so I would just say I'm 1st year instead of a freshman)

Not sure if that's the answers you were looking for. Let me know if you had anything more specific then that! :smile
Any oddities that stick out from your system?
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: ImpracticalDino on May 13, 2019, 10:45:27 PM
@Flathead770
In my school district for a very long time until four years ago, it would be split up into this: 1st to 4th grade for elementary, 5-6 and 7-8 for middle school (I really had no clue why it was like that), and 9-12 for high school. There are like four elementary school buildings (I think), two middle school buildings that are within walking and viewing distance of each other, and a high school in the district. Then, right in 4th grade, the same year I was supposed to be graduating, there was a slight change. Elementary school was now 1-5, and middle school was 6-8. Not sure how I felt about it then, but thinking about it now, I would be grateful for that. Fast forward to today, and my school district went into a great overhaul. Due to the huge amount of students joining the district, they've decided to make every elementary school building, including the kindergarten one, serve as K-6. So now, middle school would just be 7-8, and high school well, unaffected once again.

It seems that generally in the United States, elementary is K-6 (sometimes K-4, K-5, or K-8), and middle school is 7-8 (occasionally includes sixth, ninth, and fifth grades too). Paraphrased from Wikipedia.

During middle school starting 7th grade, there was this sort of Language Exploratory Class or Program thing going on. It was where you take both Spanish and French (respectively and in no given order) for one quarter. And so, you get to choose what language you want for next year and going into high school. If you got into honors french for your last middle school year, it would count as a high school credit given that you pass it. Speaking of honors, there was also Algebra and Earth Science that I took as well. Both of them give one high school credit each, given that you pass the class and the regents that go with it. Easy, I'll say.

As for 9th grade, you should at this point be taking Algebra and Earth Science, given that you weren't taking that the previous year because you weren't in honors. But since I'm ahead of the game, I'm currently enrolled in Living Environment (Biology) and Geometry. Of course, there are regents for those as well, which I'm studying for at the moment.

In 10th grade, I'll be taking Chemistry and Trigonometry/Algebra II. After that, I'm basically done because I would've met the criteria of 3 credits for the subjects of Math and Science required for graduation. English and Social Studies require all four years, and there are other miscellaneous classes and things needed for the earning of a high school diploma.

If you've made it this far, thank you for reading this unnecessarily long essay I wrote. :lol
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Flathead770 on May 14, 2019, 12:35:53 AM
Haha no worries. It's pretty interesting! Our math courses were never so fancy with their titles. They were always just called math :p All the high school level math courses were called Pure Math 10, 20, 30 (for grade 10,11,12) and Math 31 for calculus. For those who just needed to take math to graduate took the Applied Math classes.

Seems a bit unfortunate that there was so much change with the grades while you were in school but you've seemed to have come out on top, though I'm not seeing any Physics in there unfortunately :lol
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: ImpracticalDino on May 14, 2019, 05:17:04 PM
@Flathead770
Um, wow okay then. Do they tell you the specific type of math you'd be doing when you get in the classroom, because "Math" is vague. It could be any varieties of Math I specified in my previous post. And besides, the fancy titles are pretty cool and spices up things a bit. Also, that four lettered word denotes one thing to me: Mental Abuse To Humans, or M.A.T.H. I don't really despise math, it's just that it can be very frustrating at times, and I like to joke about it a lot. :lol

The first change in the grades I honestly didn't mind, and it actually seemed to make sense. But now with every elementary school building including the kindergarten building being converted to K-6, I'm like, wow... okay then, that's a big change. :wacko

To address your concern with my school not having Physics...well don't you worry! It does have Physics, and there's an AP class for it too! If you're wondering how many AP classes my high school offers, here's the list for them.

AP In English Composition and Literature
AP in English Language and Composition
AP Spanish Language H
AP Computer Science
AP Chemistry & Lab
AP Biology & Lab
AP Physics B & Lab (Your favorite course!)
AP World History
AP US History And Government
AP US Government And Politics
AP Psychology
AP Computer Science Principles
AP Computer Science A

Of course, those are just the courses with AP in the title. There are many other classes that give college credit, like I've said in a previous post. Also, sorry about some of the weird course names again, just typing it how it says it. :P I know you didn't ask about it, but I thought it'd be interesting information to share with you. I can't believe just how many AP courses my high school provides, wow! I'm not so sure, but I think other schools are more fortunate than others when it comes to the amount of AP courses that are offered for a specific school.
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Flathead770 on May 15, 2019, 12:36:37 AM
Hmm they might! Can't remember honestly. But it was usually an assortment of things like algebra, trigonometry, factoring, logarithms based on whatever level it was. So there would be several units broken up within the course with a unit exam at the end of each. I mean, if you're planning on going to university for anything science related you would probably just take all the required math classes anyways so I never really had a problem with it. With that method there was only ever 1 math class per year (except if you wanted to take calculus as well. Funny enough, my last semester in high school was 3/4 math as we had a 4 block system. First block alternated between Orchestra and a spare, 2nd was Physics 30, 3rd was Pure Math 30, followed by Math 31 [both math courses were in the same room with the same teacher :lol ])

Well I wasn't worried that your school didn't have Physics as much as the fact that you hadn't taken Physics yet :p

That's a fair amount of AP courses! I don't think any of them really sound all that weird and seem pretty standard to me.
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Anagnos on May 15, 2019, 03:41:57 AM
And my deadline for my work is approaching. I've worked hard with this one, so I hope that I'll pass, but we'll see that tomorrow. Today I'll edit it a little more (time to finally be productive). Wish me luck!  :)
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: ImpracticalDino on May 15, 2019, 06:29:14 PM
Quote from: Flathead770 on May 15, 2019, 12:36:37 AM

Well I wasn't worried that your school didn't have Physics as much as the fact that you hadn't taken Physics yet :p

Physics... I would most likely oblige to that recommendation of Physics if I had room in my schedule, and I do actually, but most likely for my senior year of high school though. Oh, and it'd be AP Physics I would take. :P Is physics really the best course to take, like you said?

I am taking Pre-Calculus and Calculus by choice even if I didn't take anything science related. That college credit is tempting, ya know? But I do know it would help me with other science related topics, so it'd be a win-win for me. Also, the future career that I want to pursue is Marine Biology! In 11th grade I am planning to take AP Biology and then in 12th grade I am planning to take this "Project Advance Biology & Lab" course as part of the Syracuse Project Advance Program. Basically, qualified students get to enroll into this program and take introductory Syracuse University courses for college credit. That gives 8 college credits, which shocked me. Of course I'm taking those classes as it would further help me understand general biology and its concepts so I could be one step further to being a Marine Biologist.

Quote from: Anagnos on May 15, 2019, 03:41:57 AM

And my deadline for my work is approaching. I've worked hard with this one, so I hope that I'll pass, but we'll see that tomorrow. Today I'll edit it a little more (time to finally be productive). Wish me luck!  :)

Oh no! My essay is due tomorrow! :cry
Oh, and Good Luck on passing whatever you're trying to achieve! :yes
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Flathead770 on May 16, 2019, 12:24:10 AM
I personally found physics to be a lot of fun so that's why I joke about how it's the best haha. Marine Biology seems like a cool choice though! Best of luck on your journey!

Quote from: Anagnos on May 15, 2019, 03:41:57 AM
And my deadline for my work is approaching. I've worked hard with this one, so I hope that I'll pass, but we'll see that tomorrow. Today I'll edit it a little more (time to finally be productive). Wish me luck!  :)
Good luck!  :smile
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Anagnos on May 16, 2019, 06:36:54 AM
Quote
And my deadline for my work is approaching. I've worked hard with this one, so I hope that I'll pass, but we'll see that tomorrow. Today I'll edit it a little more (time to finally be productive). Wish me luck!

I've done it! All 180 credit units in my studies have been accomplished. Now there's only about 2 weeks left of school and then holidays!  :celebrate
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: ImpracticalDino on May 18, 2019, 02:07:20 AM
Quote from: Anagnos on May 16, 2019, 06:36:54 AM

I've done it! All 180 credit units in my studies have been accomplished. Now there's only about 2 weeks left of school and then holidays!  :celebrate

Congratulations, I'm happy for you! I would assume you would do things that involve LBT during the holidays, mhmm? :p

Speaking of which, this week was my last full week of school! Next week is four days, the following week is three days, followed by four days. Then basically all half days for finals and/or regents.
Summer vacation, here I come! Sophomore year, I'm ready for you! :^^spike
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Anagnos on May 18, 2019, 10:58:24 AM
I'm more than ready for a vacation. Few more days of work and school, then I'm free!  :)
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: ImpracticalDino on May 18, 2019, 03:32:24 PM
Quote from: ImpracticalDino on May 18, 2019, 02:07:20 AM

Summer vacation, here I come! Sophomore year, I'm ready for you! :^^spike

The only problem now is that...I have summer assignments for the two AP classes I'm taking in Sophomore year. While I didn't receive them yet per say, I heard that I'll have to do something like that. :( Also, I did plan to take health class in the summer to free up a slot in my schedule.
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Flathead770 on May 18, 2019, 03:51:19 PM
Congrats to the both of you!

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The only problem now is that...I have summer assignments for the two AP classes I'm taking in Sophomore year. While I didn't receive them yet per say, I heard that I'll have to do something like that. :( Also, I did plan to take health class in the summer to free up a slot in my schedule.
I've never taken summer classes before but it can be a good idea as it allows you to focus on a small amount of classes at one time along with reducing the load in the year to come as you have mentioned. Best of luck with them! :smile
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Post by: ImpracticalDino on May 18, 2019, 04:28:20 PM
It's so strange to think how much things actually change in such a short amount of time, not just for people personally, but even in the environment around your front yard and neighborhood. Roads used to be rough, now they're smooth and still are today. Neighbors have been moving out, trees have been cut down, and less people are seen outside now. As a matter of fact, the tree in our front yard had to be cut down recently because it died suddenly for some reason. The leaves started falling off one day even though it just blossomed its flowers and leaves recently. Honestly, I was kind of sad to see it go. We're now trying to look for a tree to purchase and replace the felled one. But yeah, don't we all have a longing for the things that once were? Life can change in an instant and its short, so that's why we should Carpe Diem, or seize the day. Hehe, it's a Latin phrase I learned in English class this year. I love that expression. :DD
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Post by: ImpracticalDino on June 01, 2019, 08:43:32 PM
It was pretty awesome but tiring day for me. I got to go to my friend's house today for around five hours, and he tutored me on how to swim. I learned fast apparently and got most of it down. Obviously this is only the beginning, but hopefully I'll become a very fluent swimmer pretty soon. :)

Swimming may be the safest sport, but it sure does drain the life essence out of you so easily. I was only practicing swimming techniques and I already felt a bit tired. Just imagine doing swimming for 50m or 100m! I'd be dead! :(
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Post by: Flathead770 on June 02, 2019, 01:21:04 AM
Yeah swimming can be very tiring! I haven't done any serious swimming in a long time (actually haven't even really gone swimming in general in quite a few years). I imagine that's why swimming is the first thing that is done for a triathlon. I doubt people would want to swim in an endurance contest last. :p

As for myself, my parents were up to visit for the day on their journey south and we did some shopping for some outdoor related things. Got myself a new tent so I don't have to use a second hand one that's sorta broken as well as some proper hiking shoes for the couple hikes I'm planning this summer. Got some bear spray as well just in case.
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Post by: ImpracticalDino on June 02, 2019, 11:35:33 AM
Quote from: Flathead770 on June 02, 2019, 01:21:04 AM

As for myself, my parents were up to visit for the day on their journey south and we did some shopping for some outdoor related things. Got myself a new tent so I don't have to use a second hand one that's sorta broken as well as some proper hiking shoes for the couple hikes I'm planning this summer. Got some bear spray as well just in case.

That's great, keeping in touch with nature and experiencing the wonders of it. I was also thinking of going camping for myself in the near future or so. It would be something that's fun I hope, and I get to try something new as well.
As for that bear spray, hopefully you won't have to use it, because that animal will suffer the effects of it! :( Besides, shouldn't backing away slowly from the bear work too if you happen to encounter an unfriendly bear?
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Post by: Flathead770 on June 02, 2019, 08:02:43 PM
Generally acting as big as possible and not running if it looks like its aggressive (or if it tries to intimidate you to run by standing up). Backing up slowly can probably be another method too. The spray is for worst case scenario though (and is probably only effective at uncomfortably close range anyways)

Yeah camping can be a lot of fun! I used to go a lot as a family back when I was younger. Would want to go more frequently but finding the time between friends can be fairly difficult.
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Post by: ImpracticalDino on June 02, 2019, 08:31:28 PM
Hmm, interesting to know for that first method. I thought that just escalates the situation, since acting as big as possible is a sign of a challenge and not backing down. But then again, for other animals that method works, so I'm not sure.

Thanks for the reinforcement that camping is fun! Hopefully I'll have the same experiences as you do. :)
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Post by: StardustSoldier on June 04, 2019, 10:06:01 AM
Random trivia about me: I'd have a unibrow if I didn't repeatedly shave it.
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Post by: Anagnos on June 04, 2019, 10:43:37 AM
When it comes to shaving my beard, I can be quite neglectful. I don't usually like having a beard, so I just shave it off. :p
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Post by: Flathead770 on June 04, 2019, 06:29:42 PM
Quote from: ImpracticalDino on June 02, 2019, 08:31:28 PM
Hmm, interesting to know for that first method. I thought that just escalates the situation, since acting as big as possible is a sign of a challenge and not backing down. But then again, for other animals that method works, so I'm not sure.

Thanks for the reinforcement that camping is fun! Hopefully I'll have the same experiences as you do. :)
Well possibly haha. But if a bear is unfamiliar to humans it's doing that mostly to see if you'll run away. If the bear is with its cub well I'm probably dead no matter what haha. But yeah, I think backing away slowly works unless the bear starts taking serious interest in you. This is just stuff that I've heard though so don't take my word on it.

Hope you get the chance to go camping though!

Quote from: StardustSoldier on June 04, 2019, 10:06:01 AM
Random trivia about me: I'd have a unibrow if I didn't repeatedly shave it.
I'm in the same boat. I'm also really lazy when it comes to shaving my beard. I usually get around to it after about a month :p
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Post by: StardustSoldier on June 04, 2019, 06:40:38 PM
I tend to be pretty consistent with shaving off my facial hair. I prefer being clean-shaven just because I don't like the way facial hair looks on me. I think it can look good on some guys; just not me. I don't quite get around to it every day, but every few days... if nothing else because then it starts itching and irritating my face. It serves as a good reminder that way. :yes
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Post by: ImpracticalDino on June 04, 2019, 07:15:26 PM
For me personally, I have a pretty decent mustache for my age. No beard yet. I would most likely shave my beard but not my mustache. If the mustache gets too uncomfortable or long, that's where I draw the line most likely.
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Post by: Anagnos on June 05, 2019, 04:52:04 AM
Mustache's sure are quite cool. I have been thinking about growing one. :p

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I don't quite get around to it every day, but every few days... if nothing else because then it starts itching and irritating my face.

Yeah... that sounds very familiar. Annoying. :anger
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Post by: StardustSoldier on June 05, 2019, 03:03:37 PM
Yes. We can unite in the club of irritating facial hair stubs. :anger

Although it's probably worse for me because I've seldom ever had a consistent moustache or beard in my life. Whereas I imagine if one were to grow it out more often, the itchiness probably wouldn't be so bad.
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Post by: ImpracticalDino on June 05, 2019, 04:32:23 PM
It seems like I won't be having any breaks this summer. Let's see, all the summer assignments I have are for AP Psychology, English, Geometry, and AP World History. Wow, I think it's a bad idea to procrastinate at this point. ::)
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Post by: StardustSoldier on June 05, 2019, 06:40:14 PM
I remember when I was in Grade 7, midway through the semester there was a teacher's strike and classes got cancelled for at least two weeks. It was awesome at the time. But then once it ended, we ended up having a lot more homework than usual because we needed to get caught up.
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Post by: ImpracticalDino on June 09, 2019, 04:54:42 PM
^I've learned that suddenly having days of no school because of something is good in the short term (instant gratification), but bad in the long term (days of no school may be taken away if there's too many closings, more work, etc.).

I didn't really realize until recently, but the release date for the original Land Before Time movie is on November 18th, which happens to fall on the same day as my birthday. :wow
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Post by: StardustSoldier on June 09, 2019, 04:58:57 PM
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^I've learned that suddenly having days of no school because of something is good in the short term (instant gratification), but bad in the long term (days of no school may be taken away if there's too many closings, more work, etc.).
Yep. That about sums it up. My Grade 7 self learned that the hard way.

And wow! Lucky you. That's an awesome day to have a birthday.
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Post by: ImpracticalDino on June 15, 2019, 09:36:37 PM
Practiced more swimming today, specifically kicking. I felt like I was dying just kicking back and forth across the pool. So exhausting, it is, it is! :(
It'll get easier, I know it will once I build up stamina overtime. I'll thank myself and my friend later in the future for learning how to swim. It'll all be worth it. :)
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Post by: Anagnos on June 16, 2019, 05:19:12 AM
^Yes. Practice makes you better. I remember that my mom always used to say you'll learn over time when I couldn't drive a bicycle or even a car. And guess what? Now I can do both of them. It's good that you have someone who can teach you to swim, because learning by yourself doesn't work for everyone. :)
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Post by: ImpracticalDino on June 24, 2019, 08:26:41 PM
One moment where I said something so stupid was when me and a friend were solving a math problem together, and during one of the calculations, I said,

"Oh! 1/4th of 25 is 5!" :facepalm

Um...so yeah. There are too many moments to describe where I think too quickly and say something stupid. :oops
Hehe, it happens to the best of us though. ;)

Another thing about me is that my love for classical music can be attributed to a mobile game known Piano Tiles 2, which that friend also introduced me to.
I also sung out loud with the chorus of You'll Play Your Part, albeit at a low voice. Very powerful words indeed. :)
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Post by: StardustSoldier on August 12, 2019, 09:41:18 AM
My brother's birthday is September 8th and mine is September 10th. We were both due on the 7th, but he was one day late and I was three.
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Post by: OwlsCantRead on August 12, 2019, 11:47:02 AM
Surprisingly good at being a presenter/speaker... although I'm an introvert and rarely talk within people outside of my circle of friends.
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Post by: The Chronicler on August 12, 2019, 07:25:06 PM
Last month, I heard about a contest happening on the Lego Ideas site. Here's the contest page (https://ideas.lego.com/challenges/a289cd61-c960-4364-a1a8-42da645a4fe6?query=&sort=top#/?query=&sort=top), where you had to create something that could fly from the Moon to Mars, and the prize being offered is a bunch of space-themed Lego sets. I was already interested in getting most of those sets for myself, so to have a chance to simply win all of them and a few others was something I just couldn't resist, so I created an account, used Lego Digital Designer to create my entry for the contest, and submitted it. Unfortunately, there are so many other better entries (and with mine getting virtually no attention at all), I have to admit my chances of winning this contest are very slim. Still, I don't regret making the attempt, and since the winners have yet to be announce, I suppose you just never know what'll happen. (Here's the link to my entry (https://ideas.lego.com/challenges/a289cd61-c960-4364-a1a8-42da645a4fe6/application/9aff0f3b-55da-41b5-a745-f3030d400773), so you won't have to scroll through hundreds of others to find it.)
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Post by: ImpracticalDino on August 23, 2019, 01:45:45 AM
Is there something wrong with me? (No, nothing medical if you're wondering) Like, I would take the tiniest sip of water and I would start choking like crazy. Perhaps a slight exaggeration, but it happens pretty often though.
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Post by: LeventeII on August 23, 2019, 05:24:54 AM
You are not alone, haha. That happens to me also very often! And I already thought something would be wrong with me. Good to hear that I'm not the only one  :p This happens to me with the first sip of water which I take. It's especially annoying if it happens during school time.
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Post by: Anagnos on August 23, 2019, 07:35:17 AM
I don't think I've ever run into that before, but I do have to say that when I'm drained from a long walk or such and I need a sip of refreshing water, I tend to drink too much at a time, which causes some kind of a chocking to occur. My throat hurts and I feel a bit dizzy, but that's usually it.
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Post by: StardustSoldier on September 15, 2019, 07:25:49 PM
Quote from: ImpracticalDino on June 15, 2019, 09:36:37 PM

Practiced more swimming today, specifically kicking. I felt like I was dying just kicking back and forth across the pool. So exhausting, it is, it is! :(
It'll get easier, I know it will once I build up stamina overtime. I'll thank myself and my friend later in the future for learning how to swim. It'll all be worth it. :)
Do you still like to swim?
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Post by: ImpracticalDino on September 15, 2019, 09:05:52 PM
I never really said I liked swimming, and I still don’t know if I actually do. You see, I wish I could go into a pool, preferably a decent/big sized one where I could practice swimming more efficiently. And also, the pool must be readily available for me to go into at any time, and not just an occasional occurrence. Obviously, without a swimming pool at home, it’s not really possible, and by joining a swimming team at school, it would really take up too much time after school for anything else (as a swimming session is 6 days a week, and it could literally range from 2.5 to 3.5 hours plus the time it’ll take to get home from riding the bus). If I do that, basically I can say goodbye to any free time I have outside of school, since I’ll be doing that, plus all the assignments and studying that comes with 2 AP courses and my honors classes.  When I’m in the pool for once, I do practice and I am getting the hang of it, but it’s just very tiring and tedious. I need to gain more stamina, but once again I always feel the wall pretty quickly because of how short the length is. I don’t want to turn around constantly as it means interrupting my motion of swimming to start again. So yeah, this is my basic dilemma at this point. I could enjoy swimming, but at this moment, not really.
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Post by: StardustSoldier on September 17, 2019, 12:10:30 AM
I used to take organized swim lessons. After several years I lost my interest in it and so I eventually stopped, and I didn't do much swimming again for a long time. In recent years however, I've discovered that I still enjoy swimming casually. I may have mentioned before that my aunt and uncle have a lovely swimming pool in their backyard. Maybe Cera or the other dinos could go live there if things ever get too crowded in my apartment.
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Post by: StardustSoldier on September 23, 2019, 08:00:57 PM
My cat is meowing at me right now.
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Post by: ImpracticalDino on September 23, 2019, 08:37:55 PM
I’ve been reading Godzilla/My Little Pony fanfictions recently. I’ve already completed one entire story, and I’m in the middle of reading its sequel. The actions and behaviors that Godzilla does in those fanfics I read are just so adorable and heartwarming to be honest, and his background story in the first fanfic really made me sympathize with him.

I also tried searching for crossovers between LBT and those two franchises, but there weren’t really much and the stories were short. Then again, I only searched on the fanfiction website and perhaps there’s more out there.
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Post by: ImpracticalDino on October 01, 2019, 08:42:32 PM
^For anyone interested...

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic - Our Friend, Godzilla (https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9756980/1/My-Little-Pony-Friendship-Is-Magic-Our-Friend-Godzilla) and its sequel The Curse of Pony Tale Island (https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11855158/1/The-Curse-of-Pony-Tale-Island). It is made by Writer of the Storm (https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2697198/Writer-of-the-Storm).

Happy Reading! :)
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Post by: Mumbling on April 29, 2020, 07:13:27 AM
I like drawing smiley faces on dusty surfaces to give myself a kind reminder that they need to be cleaned soon.

(https://i.imgur.com/bPr2sEh.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/mQmLret.png)
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Post by: Enchanted-Valley96 on April 29, 2020, 07:51:31 AM
I was born premature at 24 weeks and was put in an incubator for the first few months of my life

One of these:

(https://c8.alamy.com/comp/PT4895/empty-infant-incubator-in-an-hospital-room-nursery-incubator-in-hospital-PT4895.jpg)
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Post by: LittleDas75 on September 05, 2020, 01:38:50 PM
My dream job is being a Paleontologist.
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Post by: Sharpely on September 08, 2020, 12:08:08 AM
I'm very close to becoming a certified web developer  :cerahappy
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Post by: StardustSoldier on February 17, 2021, 09:42:54 AM
^Congrats! :)
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Post by: LittleDas75 on March 15, 2021, 02:34:39 AM
I have Autism ADHD and Asperger's.
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Post by: Mumbling on March 15, 2021, 04:11:41 AM
My go-to dinner is pizza  :yum
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Post by: chomper94 on July 31, 2021, 01:38:26 PM
Someday I want to become a independent game developer.  Which is why I’m taking computer technology when high school starts!
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Post by: Mumbling on August 01, 2021, 01:23:16 AM
Quote from: chomper94 on July 31, 2021, 01:38:26 PM
Someday I want to become a independent game developer.  Which is why I’m taking computer technology when high school starts!

Do you have an idea for a game in mind?
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Post by: chomper94 on August 01, 2021, 09:06:56 AM
Quote from: Mumbling on August 01, 2021, 01:23:16 AM
Do you have an idea for a game in mind?

Well, this is where I would say my game idea.

IF I HAD ONE!
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Post by: Compsognathus on August 02, 2021, 05:59:51 PM
In my room, there is virtually always a mess.
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Post by: Mr. Clubtail on August 03, 2021, 11:40:33 AM
I have a DeviantArt account and is known as Badpiggieslover123.
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Post by: Compsognathus on August 11, 2021, 02:07:52 PM
I use public transport a lot, and when travelling larger distances, I always prefer to travel by train, not bus.
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Post by: StardustSoldier on August 17, 2021, 01:37:06 PM
I'm 31 now and I've never properly learned how to drive.
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Post by: Compsognathus on January 05, 2022, 01:26:37 AM
I like kebab food.
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Post by: SammyTheSpiketail on February 12, 2022, 11:21:06 AM
I was born left handed. Meaning that left hand is my dominant hand.
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Post by: GreyLizard226 on March 26, 2022, 01:16:13 PM
I draw a little every day.
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Post by: HotelValleyfornia on April 02, 2022, 07:30:06 PM
I really like spicy food. I'm currently gnoshing on some spicy BBQ Pringles. :yum
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Post by: ManOfWar GT on April 02, 2022, 10:15:12 PM
i want to be a storytime animator.
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Post by: The Chronicler on April 10, 2022, 07:20:16 PM
I've been watching NASCAR races for almost as long as I can remember. It was a major influence on my childhood back in the late 1990s (my favorite car back then was the #6 driven by Mark Martin). I somewhat lost a little interest in the late 2000s and early 2010s, but as of the last few years, I've regained enough interest to watch every single race each weekend. (Among the currently active drivers, my favorite is Chase Elliott in the #9 car.)
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Post by: HotelValleyfornia on April 11, 2022, 12:52:13 PM
I collect travel books. I've always wanted to travel the world and even though I'm pretty low on money, these books help me imagine what it'd be like.
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Post by: Mouse-a-saur on April 14, 2022, 07:45:58 AM
I'm double-jointed in both arms  :rhett_smile
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Post by: HotelValleyfornia on April 14, 2022, 12:01:00 PM
My top 3 favorite songs are:
1. The Last Firstborn - Celldweller
2. Dakota - Stereophonics
3. Ghost Love Score - Nightwish
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Post by: chomper94 on April 20, 2022, 05:22:04 PM
I will admit, I was embarrassed by my early posts in the forum back when I first joined this forum.  Back then I was childish, but I think I’m not into that early phase anymore.

There might still be times where I make a post that’s very childish, but I’m not that type of person anymore lately.
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Post by: HotelValleyfornia on April 20, 2022, 05:24:53 PM
I can't stand the heat. I get along much better in the colder seasons. Heat just takes a toll on my body and mind. :areyouserious
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Post by: Mouse-a-saur on April 21, 2022, 08:53:21 AM
Quote from: HotelValleyfornia on April 20, 2022, 05:24:53 PM
I can't stand the heat. I get along much better in the colder seasons. Heat just takes a toll on my body and mind. :areyouserious
My heat tolerance is abysmal, unless I'm mascoting lmao.  :ChomperEww
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Post by: chomper94 on April 22, 2022, 07:14:42 PM
I use this as my alarm sound when it’s time to wake up:
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Post by: Mouse-a-saur on April 24, 2022, 07:49:57 AM
Quote from: chomper94 on April 22, 2022, 07:14:42 PM
I use this as my alarm sound when it’s time to wake up:
LOL!

Fellow custom alarm/tone user. I have the page-turning sound effect from the Teddy Ruxpin books as my text message alert sound.  :ChomperPOG
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Post by: HotelValleyfornia on April 24, 2022, 08:29:07 AM
I'm kinda sorta addicted to caffeine :bestsharptooth Not coffee (I've barely had it) but soda like Coke and Pepsi :ChomperYummy
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Post by: ManOfWar GT on April 24, 2022, 12:15:56 PM
I LIVE near a ghetto :)
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Post by: Compsognathus on April 25, 2022, 06:38:44 AM
I would be very happy, if I never had to ever visit dentist again.
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Post by: HotelValleyfornia on April 25, 2022, 09:33:43 PM
Quote from: Compsognathus on April 25, 2022, 06:38:44 AM
I would be very happy, if I never had to ever visit dentist again.

Gonna share my own dentistry detail...

I have had a root canal once. It's not as bad as the movies make it out to be :p Much better than the unbearable tooth pain I had beforehand :Chomp
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Post by: Compsognathus on April 29, 2022, 06:22:11 AM
I use a lot of delivery shopping.
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Post by: HotelValleyfornia on April 29, 2022, 03:48:10 PM
I've had troubles with a twitchy eye in the past. It's nothing too troubling, but it's a thing that happens to me a lot for some reason :thinking
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Post by: chomper94 on May 02, 2022, 05:27:03 PM
I very recently got myself a Twitter and Reddit account (seen on my signature).
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Post by: HotelValleyfornia on May 02, 2022, 06:44:51 PM
The Giant Desert Centipede is my favorite animal. Video under the spoiler for the squeamish!
Spoiler: ShowHide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiWHCX-HVqk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiWHCX-HVqk)
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Post by: LittleDas75 on November 08, 2022, 11:18:43 PM
I have mild autism.
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Post by: 00not_nathan00 on November 09, 2022, 03:22:48 AM
Im from New Zealand
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Post by: ManOfWar GT on November 09, 2022, 08:46:45 PM
I'm live in Missouri.
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Post by: Ptyra on December 20, 2022, 08:40:32 PM
Checking in on everyone after a long absence! Can't promise I'll stick around too much, but Longing set in
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Post by: Amaranthine on July 16, 2023, 06:33:15 PM
I've worked in non-profit shelters ever since I was ten. All volunteer work.
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Post by: Amaranthine on July 17, 2023, 05:38:13 PM
I've had staminia issues since I was a little kid and not one single doctor back then bothered to check on that.
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Post by: ManOfWar GT on July 17, 2023, 10:55:57 PM
I used to be a geometry dash creator until I lost interest. I might go back one day.
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Post by: FallenTreeStar on September 27, 2023, 04:29:58 AM
Parts of adulthood still scare me.
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Post by: Mumbling on September 27, 2023, 07:17:18 AM
I got braces when I was 28 years old.
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Post by: ImpracticalDino on April 18, 2024, 02:18:35 PM
Bloons Monkey City is my most played game on Steam. (740+ hrs!). Bloons TD Battles is my most played mobile game.
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Post by: The Chronicler on April 18, 2024, 07:22:22 PM
My most played game on Steam is Civilization V. How much total gameplay time? 2,314.2 hours... :neutral Yeah, let's just say I have a very good reason why I've refused to even consider trying Civilization VI (though I will soon start playing the Civ V spinoff game, Civilization: Beyond Earth, as I feel like that game is modest enough that I could probably not spend much more than two or three months on it).
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Post by: ImpracticalDino on April 19, 2024, 10:50:46 AM
My most listened song this year is "Real Love" by The Beatles. :wub

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax7krBKzmVI
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: Mumbling on April 20, 2024, 12:10:08 AM
My memory is very fragile. I can rewatch an episode of a show that I've literally seen last week and I won't remember that I've already seen it. I can reread books and reexperience them entirely. Some things do stick in my brain better than others, or I might recognize things about halfway in, but in general it's no good. Along with this I also seem to have a terrible recollection of faces, so watching TV with me is always a challenge. My colleagues are now telling me things like "this is the same guy we saw at the family dinner earlier", to help me understand the context of things. It's really quite interesting, and at least I do remember important things like who I am, what I do and who the important people in my life are, but it's definitely a challenge.
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: ImpracticalDino on April 21, 2024, 01:19:28 AM
I set pretty high standards and expectations for myself, usually trying to set the bar high for my goals. I'm luckily not as obsessed with it as I used to, up to the point where I'd rather just retreat in my shell and start collapsing when the going gets very rough and I don't meet the expectation that I set. These days, striving for high achievement (and perfect, if possible, school GPA) is what I still do, but I definitely will not overdo myself and take care of my mental health. It should be a priority taken seriously for everyone. Number one priority, even!
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: 00not_nathan00 on April 22, 2024, 12:33:05 AM
I have the Sabrina The Teenage Witch Boxset it cost me $150 NZD. :rhett_ohsnap
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: ImpracticalDino on April 22, 2024, 09:36:28 AM
My favorite snack to eat is probably sour cream & onion chips. :yum
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: RainbowFaceProtege on April 23, 2024, 02:29:36 PM
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Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: ImpracticalDino on April 23, 2024, 09:44:19 PM
Quote from: RainbowFaceProtege on April 23, 2024, 02:29:36 PM
Quote from: ImpracticalDino on April 21, 2024, 01:19:28 AM
I set pretty high standards and expectations for myself, usually trying to set the bar high for my goals. I'm luckily not as obsessed with it as I used to, up to the point where I'd rather just retreat in my shell and start collapsing when the going gets very rough and I don't meet the expectation that I set. These days, striving for high achievement (and perfect, if possible, school GPA) is what I still do, but I definitely will not overdo myself and take care of my mental health. It should be a priority taken seriously for everyone. Number one priority, even!

I’ve always been exactly the same way and have only recently started realizing how perfectionism has harmed me. It’s good that you’re finding a better balance for yourself at a younger age!

Yeah... Mo-o-o had experienced the lowest point of that strain for perfectionism, and that was in the beginning of 10th grade where my academic grades had pretty much crashed for that year. Just wasn't trying, and was absent a lot. Mo-o-o was definitely biting a lot mo-o-ore than he could chew, but yet was too stubborn at first to lay back and take things easier. Big mistake. But luckily, it was also the same year that Mo-o-o had joined the Gang of Five and had already made quite amazing, loving Mu-u-ud Bro-o-others that helped support me during those times. <3 <3

I've vowed since then to try and prioritize my mental health first, even when Mo-o-o wants to strive for the highest far reaches of the stars. Well, to be fair, Mo-o-o still tends to do-o-o that, but at least the fishy is mo-o-ore self aware of his limits and when to take it easy.

I hope yo-o-ou can also find it in yourself to sometimes take a step back and take it easy mo-o-ore as well, Mu-u-u-ud Bro-o-other!!! :smile

It's such a big relief when you let go such feelings of perfectionism, realizing that it is okay to make mistakes, and it is in those mistakes that you can learn and grow as an individual from them. Plus, it's nice to share those mistakes to hopefully let others learn from them and not have to learn the hard way themselves!
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: RainbowFaceProtege on April 30, 2024, 03:19:01 PM
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Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: RainbowFaceProtege on May 01, 2024, 01:43:32 PM
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Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: ImpracticalDino on May 01, 2024, 11:19:14 PM
Quote from: RainbowFaceProtege on May 01, 2024, 01:43:32 PM
I’ve always been curious about the possibility of life beyond Earth, so SETI (https://www.britannica.com/event/SETI) research fascinates me. When it comes to UFO/alien sightings, though, I’m definitely a skeptic—but I enjoy reading about supposed encounters anyway, haha! Just NOT online where everything goes downhill into weird conspiracy nonsense really fast. I like the simple/classic UFO rumors from decades ago!

Seriously, though, can people just face the fact that Roswell, everyone’s favorite, got a good, hard debunking back in the 90s? :lol https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/18/us/wreckage-in-the-desert-was-odd-but-not-alien.html

Mo-o-o-o have really been thinking about what you said here, rainbow. I've sometimes thought of the same thing as you, "Is there really life like us beyond the mysterious beyond?"

Ever since this rainbow swimmer first pondered this question, I always thought "Well...of course! There should be!"

Like, I'm thinking there is no way that we are special, the only place in the universe to have life. And as Mo-o-o learned mo-o-ore about the basics of astronomy, and the awesome things that astronomers have discovered over the past decades...Mo-o-o still thinks the same way.

Like can you believe it? There used to be a time where exoplanets, aka planets found outside of our solar system, was nothing more than just a theory! A theory that should be super duper obviously correct, but unfortunately without the technology to properly find them back then, nobody would know the answer for sure. But then... a huge groundbreaking discovery in 1995, where an exoplanet dubbed 51 Pegasi B was found orbiting around a star similar to ours! And it doesn't even end there...it was a planet of similar size to Jupiter, but literally somehow orbiting quite close to its sun, basically being a "Hot Jupiter" type planet.

Also, remember Kepler 22b? Yeah, that Earth-like planet discovered for like...quite a long while at this point. The fact that there are earth-like planets like Kepler 22b should provide a very strong basis that there is literally extraterrestrial alien life out there. And if we are gonna be real with ourselves, we are literally aliens as well in this vast and endlessly expanding universe to those other lifeforms out there, wherever they may be lurking! And this isn't calling you out Mu-u-ud Brother, but Mo-o-o will say that those that think that there is no such thing as aliens or other intelligent life out there is quite naive. And now that the fishy mentions that... I'm curious why nobody mentions trying to find life in general...doesn't have to be "big brain" like the humans that we are right now that have evolved from monkeys. But then again...it would be much easier to find intelligent life first since they can send out any sort of transmission or signals. If we somehow had telescopes that magically zoomed past the atmosphere of an earth-like planet, then all of that would be moot anyway if we could directly see what types of life inhabited those planets, if any.

As for the UFO/alien sightings thing...never really cared about them lol. And besides...Mo-o-o feels like the concept is quite outdated anyway. Imo, we should have the foresight to know that if aliens were to actually travel to distant planets, they would use a traveling vehicle that is much mo-o-ore efficient than a traveling saucer disk, is the fishy right, Rainbow?!? :lol :p

And while Mo-o-o do full heartedly will say that the government can and will lie/keep secrets from the public, the Roswell incident seems to be fairly debunked as far as Mo-o-o can tell. Were there lies? For sure. Aliens? Doubt. :thinking
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: RainbowFaceProtege on May 02, 2024, 03:07:02 PM
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Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: ImpracticalDino on May 05, 2024, 11:06:03 PM
Quote from: RainbowFaceProtege on May 02, 2024, 03:07:02 PM
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And this isn't calling you out Mu-u-ud Brother, but Mo-o-o will say that those that think that there is no such thing as aliens or other intelligent life out there is quite naive.
Oh, I didn’t mean to imply that I don’t believe alien life exists—I just don’t think it’s visiting Earth. I do believe there are people out there who really have seen strange things, but saying alien visitors and their spaceships are the reason for such phenomena seems like a stretch. That explanation falls more into the category of mythology/folklore than logic/facts, though I do think it’s a lot of fun to imagine (you know me)…
 :rainbowwave

All go-o-od, Mu-u-ud Brother! Mo-o-o would've mentioned that regardless of what Mo-o-o thought you were implying, but thanks for clarifying though. :)
And yeah, Mo-o-o agree with yo-o-ou on that fully. And like I said, they should have more efficient means of travel than a flying saucer disk if aliens did visit us, I'd imagine! :p

Quote from: RainbowFaceProtege on May 02, 2024, 03:07:02 PM
As for the scientific effort to detect alien life—well, that’s a whole other category. To me, the scientific Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is not only worthwhile but necessary to our understanding of science as a whole. I mean, I couldn’t agree with your thoughts more. The way I’ve always seen it, there isn’t even a question of whether life on other planets exists. The more we explore space, the more we find that the circumstances which led to life evolving on Earth aren’t particularly rare elsewhere, as shown by the examples you mentioned. Going further, I don’t find it hard to believe that life with a level of intelligence similar to ours could exist out there. In fact, it seems quite egotistical to me how some people think humans are the only intelligent forms of life in existence. We live in a universe that’s incomprehensibly vast and filled with far more unknowns than knowns—what makes us so sure we’re alone? “What limited thinking,” indeed!

Yep, yep, yep! Our Earth ain't as special as some may think, and we as a species shouldn't be too special either! It's sad, the amount of egotisticalness humans can have. Some of them could really use a go-o-o-od humbling in the grand scheme of things. And well, this fishy ain't surprised, some even still think humans are separate from animals apparently... :rolleyes

Quote from: RainbowFaceProtege on May 02, 2024, 03:07:02 PM
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I'm curious why nobody mentions trying to find life in general...doesn't have to be "big brain" like the humans that we are right now that have evolved from monkeys.
On the topic of less advanced extraterrestrial life, I will say that there was quite a stir in the 90s over a meteorite from Mars, ALH 84001, that supposedly showed fossil evidence of microscopic life. This was later concluded to be inaccurate, but the claim caused a lot of excitement in the scientific community at the time.

All this being said, the question is when and where will we confirm the existence of alien life, and will our own species even survive long enough to do so? I suppose, as Neil deGrasse Tyson put it, “There are times, at least for now, when we must be content to love the questions themselves.”
 :rainbowThinking

Was there ever talk about microscopic life or something being possible in the leftover traces of water on Mars despite the atmosphere being stripped away like, long long time ago? That would be something quite interesting to Mo-o-o-o as well. :olittlefoot
And also, personally I don't think it should be too far-fetched for microscopic life like that to possibly hitch rides on meteorites and perhaps land on planets...and adapt/flourish with the right conditions. :rainbowThinking

Nice words of wisdom from Tyson. :DD

However, knowing all of the selfishness, greediness, division, hate, and crime that currently still plagues our world a lot to this day unfortunately, Mo-o-o have his doubts if we can survive long enough as a species. Really really hopeful for a better future, but I'm not holding my breath. It really feels like to me, that greediness, planned obsolescence, and corruption are the top three biggest factors of why technology doesn't seem to be advancing as fast as it used to.
Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: RainbowFaceProtege on May 15, 2024, 04:08:30 PM
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Title: Re: Tell us something about yourself!
Post by: ImpracticalDino on May 15, 2024, 05:01:19 PM
Quote from: RainbowFaceProtege on May 15, 2024, 04:08:30 PM
Yes, one has to wonder why flying saucers, quite a blatantly unusual-looking aircraft to be “secretly” investigating another planet with, would be an advanced alien race’s go-to vehicles. Truly, they probably wouldn’t be very efficient! The U.S. government once tried to develop a real-life saucer-shaped aircraft (the Avrocar), but it didn’t perform very well and the project was cancelled. So I guess it’s no wonder the aliens’ flying saucers always crash-land in those stories! :p That being said, I have a couple model flying saucers sitting on the desk in front of me as I type this, anyway. :DD

Welp, that fiction couldn't become the reality that the U.S government was hoping for. Well...perhaps for the best, as you were saying, since those flying saucer disk vehicles always crash-land onto other planets! But wait... they always crash-land, yes...and always onto Earth, yes (which will happen because our stories will center around our home planet, of course...). Though, the point I'm making with this is that the aliens are usually quite successful at traveling with their saucer disk aircrafts, only crashing and ruining their spaceship when they attempt to land on other foreign planets. So essentially, the only problem for the aliens is their landing trajectory, always leading to unfortunate crashes. :(
So while in reality the flying saucer disk wouldn't work well in the first place, it seems in our fictional stories, aliens are just super bad at landing their flying spaceship. They need to hire actual alien space pilots, Mo-o-o would say. :lol

And well... what any self-respecting protege of the rainbowfaces would not have some alien memorabilia? :OhYou

Quote from: RainbowFaceProtege on May 15, 2024, 04:08:30 PM
There has indeed been speculation about whether past or present microbial Martian life could be possible as a result of the traces of water found there, and I would love to see that discovery happen someday! The implications would be amazing!
:)littlefoot

Yep, yep, yep. Mo-o-o would be excited to know about that as well. Though, I'm wondering as well when astronomers will discover evidence of life that used to roam on Mars, not just microbial life found in remaining water. Since from what I've learned/heard about Mars, it should've been a habitable planet for life to be sustained before its atmosphere was completely stripped by the solar winds from the sun. Which unfortunately, was due to the weakening of its magnetic field a very long time ago.
:ChomperOhNo