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THE OFFICIAL CALIFORNIA PLUS BOOMER 'N WHISKERS THREAD! (pg. 258)
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| whiskers |
| quote: | Originally posted by fuct4less
thats very philosophical, by your logic. im clueless, and i guess you intended to make the reader feel that way. so in the meantime im going to put on these sunglasses and pretend i comprehend everything you just said: :toocool:
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hehe, it's funny.
my statement about "extensive and intricate" discussions is somewhat ironic, because you kinda get lost in it. i was just trying to answer my friend's question of "do u believe that nothing lasts forever?". i went on a huge tangent about infinity and forever and then i said that he probably didn't want such a huge philosophical statement and he admitted that he didn't lol.
| quote: | Originally posted by fuct4less
nothing wrong with being bashful. i get bitched at all the time by friends and people at school for being too silent. |
weirdest thing ever.
in person i rarely talk, although it depends on who's around, but i still keep pretty much silent (especially in english, i just have nothing to say plus i'm still afraid of my accent)
online i just let loose.
if i'm with someone i pretty much know and am comfortable around, i can just ramble all day long and sometimes i even say really stupid things.
if another person is introduced, whom i don't quite know, you'll notice a major shift in me towards being silent.
if 2 persons i'm not familiar with and one of my friends are around, i'm starting feeling anxious.
3 persons & more along with 1 of my friends - i'm not only feeling social anxiety, i feel like i don't belong in the group.
hm, i wonder if anyone actually carried out an experiment like this, introducing strangers into a group and counting the number of words everyone in the group says or something. |
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| fuct4less |
| quote: | Originally posted by whiskers
hehe, it's funny.
my statement about "extensive and intricate" discussions is somewhat ironic, because you kinda get lost in it. i was just trying to answer my friend's question of "do u believe that nothing lasts forever?". i went on a huge tangent about infinity and forever and then i said that he probably didn't want such a huge philosophical statement and he admitted that he didn't lol. |
hahaha, making your friend feel stupid, tsk tsk. :p
| quote: | Originally posted by whiskers
weirdest thing ever.
in person i rarely talk, although it depends on who's around, but i still keep pretty much silent (especially in english, i just have nothing to say plus i'm still afraid of my accent)
online i just let loose.
if i'm with someone i pretty much know and am comfortable around, i can just ramble all day long and sometimes i even say really stupid things.
if another person is introduced, whom i don't quite know, you'll notice a major shift in me towards being silent.
if 2 persons i'm not familiar with and one of my friends are around, i'm starting feeling anxious.
3 persons & more along with 1 of my friends - i'm not only feeling social anxiety, i feel like i don't belong in the group.
hm, i wonder if anyone actually carried out an experiment like this, introducing strangers into a group and counting the number of words everyone in the group says or something. |
same situation for me (except the accent part), but im also very quiet around people ive been isolated from for extended periods of time. i guess its partially because i see changes in their personallity, appearance, etc and feel alienated around the person. |
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| DaveSaenz |
| quote: | Originally posted by Echo of Silence
Digweed in Houston!! :p |
Mmmmmmm Diggers. I've never seen the man before, but he must have been voted number 1 DJ in the world for some reason...!
Actually the Northern Exposure 2 CDs are probably my two fave that I own! Right now I'm listening to Digweed GU 19 Los Angeles, and it's soooo dark and beautiful. Sometimes I'm in the mood for dark, moody, and sexy, and sometimes I want something melodic... It all depends on my mood at the time, but I usually listen to progressive house, tribal house (like Steve Lawler), and progressive breaks. I used to really be a huge tiesto fan, but he's been so dissapointing lately. I had to moooove on the greener pastures.
| quote: | | lol...yeah, for some reason, I don't think the size of my "jugs" fits into any of YOUR grand schemes. :p And of course, I enjoy the stimulating reads. I think we all do. |
How did we get to talking about jugs again? Enlighten me! ;)
"Jugs" is such a crude and funny word as well....it makes me chuckle.:stongue:
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Dave, in the video that I am thinking of with your Johnny Cash (he's in a chair on the front porch), did he sing "Hurt" or the "Ring of Fire?"
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Echo (Chrissy?), I have no idea since I don't watch the Country Music Television channel(CMT), or those kinds of videos. :( In fact, I can't stand MTV either, but they hardly play music videos anymore in the first place haha.
I had great respect for Mr. Cash though, and I also have the same respect for Willie Nelson. My dad told me when he was my age, he used to go to a bar in Austin and see Willie play. Of course you could drink when you were 18 then too hah. I also had a good hippie friend who recently died, who was friends with Nelson.
| quote: | Originally posted by montie
and my dad is an oral surgeon (he's the one who has pulled my teeth). don't go to no dentists. :p
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Of course I had my wisdom teeth extracted by an oral surgeon! Do you think I would just let the local carpenter drill in my mouth? :toothless
And Montie, you're not supposed to put Nair on your genitals lol.:nervous: |
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| whiskers |
| quote: | Originally posted by fuct4less
hahaha, making your friend feel stupid, tsk tsk. :p
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lol, you know, whatever helps me raise my self-esteem... plus it's kinda true... and they don't mind hehe :)
| quote: | Originally posted by fuct4less
same situation for me (except the accent part), but im also very quiet around people ive been isolated from for extended periods of time. i guess its partially because i see changes in their personallity, appearance, etc and feel alienated around the person. |
one of my friends once said, "it's not hard to call a total stranger, it's much harder to call someone you kinda know"
for some reason it's so weird... you know, having conversations with people you kinda knew in the past but didn't speak to in a long time?
basically... i've been friends with this girl for 3 years, she just adored me in a friend-kind-of-way, and it's been 7 months since we even spoke. same with another girl, we weren't really great friends, but she stalked me and even asked me out to senior prom... 7 months now.
one of my best friends, i haven't seen since july. and before that i haven't seen him in a couple months too. the last time we met it just felt like there was something wrong in the air, like we just weren't 'working out' together anymore, in a totally friendly non-gay way. he was away at college and so was i; we talked online though sometimes. i've been planning to call him up but i'm afraid for some reason
and sometimes i wonder, all these 'lost' relationships, should i really be concerned about them? i mean, it's not like it's just my fault, the other people just as well are guilty of not calling ME up, though everyone always thinks it's the other's person's fault... |
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| fuct4less |
| quote: | Originally posted by whiskers
lol, you know, whatever helps me raise my self-esteem... plus it's kinda true... and they don't mind hehe :) |
haha, im taller than most of my friends, so whenever their feeling down about something i always walk shorter, in a midget sort of fashion chanting "self-esteem boost", they always jokingly tell me to shut up during my little midget walks, but you can tell it cheers them up.
| quote: | Originally posted by whiskers
one of my friends once said, "it's not hard to call a total stranger, it's much harder to call someone you kinda know" |
thats very true. its also a very good reason why i hate family reunions.
| quote: | Originally posted by whiskers
for some reason it's so weird... you know, having conversations with people you kinda knew in the past but didn't speak to in a long time?
basically... i've been friends with this girl for 3 years, she just adored me in a friend-kind-of-way, and it's been 7 months since we even spoke. same with another girl, we weren't really great friends, but she stalked me and even asked me out to senior prom... 7 months now. |
i know exactly what you mean. theres two girls in my adv. computer applications class that i was very close to in freshman year, but in sophomore year i had no classes with any of them. very minimal contact with the two. were still on friendly terms, but things just arent the same anymore.
| quote: | Originally posted by whiskers
one of my best friends, i haven't seen since july. and before that i haven't seen him in a couple months too. the last time we met it just felt like there was something wrong in the air, like we just weren't 'working out' together anymore, in a totally friendly non-gay way. he was away at college and so was i; we talked online though sometimes. i've been planning to call him up but i'm afraid for some reason |
yeah, i know. due to the bad economy and the terrible real-estate market here two of my closest friends moved off about a year ago. one went to a suburb in chicago and the others family moved to phoenix, az. i havent had any contact (other than phone calls and aim convos) with the second one for nearly a year and a half due to him getting arrested for some crime he didnt even commit in october 02. my other friend came over for a week in july, but things obviously werent the same. we had both changed so much that at times we were quite hostile towards each other.
| quote: | Originally posted by whiskers
and sometimes i wonder, all these 'lost' relationships, should i really be concerned about them? i mean, it's not like it's just my fault, the other people just as well are guilty of not calling ME up, though everyone always thinks it's the other's person's fault... |
i usually try not to think of whos at fault, but it does suck to drift apart from friends and loved ones. its always a painful experience. |
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| Emil |
Bleh, I don't feel good. I can't wait for this holiday crap to end. I actually look forward to returning to school.
Emil |
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| whiskers |
| quote: | Originally posted by Emil
Bleh, I don't feel good. I can't wait for this holiday crap to end. I actually look forward to returning to school.
Emil |
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm, no family annoying you, omelets, cooked food without any efforts whenever you need it (just a little walk down the hill that i actually enjoy), 5mbps connection, no parents, no depressing surroundings (my hometown depresses me for some reason), good shower water (doesn't make my hair curl while hometown's does)...
on the other hand there's HW, classes, no friends....
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm |
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| Emil |
| quote: | Originally posted by whiskers
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm, no family annoying you, omelets, cooked food without any efforts whenever you need it (just a little walk down the hill that i actually enjoy), 5mbps connection, no parents, no depressing surroundings (my hometown depresses me for some reason), good shower water (doesn't make my hair curl while hometown's does)...
on the other hand there's HW, classes, no friends....
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm |
Yes, with class I'm gone from home 5 hours of the day. I'm actually studying a subject I enjoy, shocking isn't it? Oh my, I love school!
Emil |
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| whiskers |
| quote: | Originally posted by Emil
Yes, with class I'm gone from home 5 hours of the day. I'm actually studying a subject I enjoy, shocking isn't it? Oh my, I love school!
Emil |
that's good, i'm actually starting to think seriously about switching majors! only i don't know to what.
and don't we all love school? :p |
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| fuct4less |
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its 3:20 am and i think its sleepy time :crazy: |
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| Echo of Silence |
| quote: | Originally posted by DaveSaenz
Published in the January 12, 2004 issue of The Nation
Good News for Women
by Katha Pollitt
There was plenty of gloomy news for women in 2003. American women make just under 80 cents on the male dollar for full-time, year-round work. We lost Carolyn Heilbrun, Carol Shields, Rachel Corrie, Nina Simone and Martha Griffiths. Russia tightened its abortion laws; in Slovakia Romani women were sterilized without their permission; Iraqi women were freed from Saddam but confined to their houses by crime and Islamic fundamentalists. The Globe ran a slutty cover photo of Kobe Bryant's accuser. The New York Times reported that women are having painful and potentially crippling surgery on their toes in order to fit into their Manolos and Jimmy Choos, while in China, where short people are subject to major discrimination, they are undergoing excruciating operations to lengthen their legs. What's the matter with people? Don't answer that.
Still, it's the end of the year, so let's break out the champagne for good news around the world for women in 2003--accomplishments, activism, bold deeds and grounds for hope.
1. Shirin Ebadi won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Iranian feminist and human rights crusader is the first Muslim woman to receive this honor. The ayatollahs are furious!
2. Hormone replacement therapy was further debunked. Instead of protecting you from Alzheimer's, it doubles your risk. The unmasking of HRT is a major triumph for the women's health movement, which has claimed for decades that its supposed benefits are drug-industry hype. You can read all about it in Barbara Seaman's devastating exposé, The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed on Women: Exploding the Estrogen Myth.
3. Antiwar activism got a feminist edge. The Lysistrata Project saw 1,029 productions of Aristophanes' hilarious, bawdy comedy performed all over the world on March 3. Code Pink took on Bush--and Schwarzenegger--with nervy humor.
4. Barbara Ransby's moving and invaluable Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision illuminated a behind-the-scenes heroine of the civil rights struggle. As Ransby showed, there are other, more egalitarian ways to move forward than by playing follow the leader.
5. A Department of Education commission rejected energetic efforts to water down Title IX, the main legal vehicle promoting equality for women's athletics in schools; the Supreme Court didn't overturn affirmative action.
6. Some movies had leading female characters who were not wives, girlfriends, prostitutes or assassins: Whale Rider, Bend It Like Beckham, Sylvia, Mona Lisa Smile. Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation got raves. Older women were beautiful and sexy in Swimming Pool, starring the ever-fabulous Charlotte Rampling, and in Something's Gotta Give, where 57-year-old Diane Keaton gets to choose between grumpy-old-man Jack Nicholson and boy toy Keanu Reeves.
7. One in four people in Ireland saw The Magdalene Sisters, the movie that exposed the lifelong virtual consignment to hard labor in convent laundries of Irish girls who fell afoul of the church's harsh double standard of sexual morality by, for example, being raped.
8. Afghan women set the gold standard for courage with major conferences in Kandahar and Kabul to push for women's rights in the new constitution. At the loya jirga, 25-year-old delegate Malalai Joya electrified the world when she accused the mujahedeen who control the assembly of destroying the country in the early 1990s.
9. In Lawrence v. Texas, the Supreme Court struck down sodomy laws criminalizing gay sex. The Massachusetts Supreme Court, headed by a woman, ruled that the state Constitution required that gays should be able to marry.
10. Amina Lawal, condemned to death by stoning by a Nigerian Sharia court for having sex out of wedlock, was set free on appeal.
11. Prodded by an ACLU lawsuit, Michigan stopped drug-testing welfare recipients (only 7.8 percent came up positive, by the way--the same as at your office) as well as applicants.
12. Jessica Lynch showed herself a real heroine by refusing to go along with the propaganda parade.
13. Seventy-eight-year-old Essie Mae Washington-Williams confirmed longstanding rumors that she is the daughter of racist Senator Strom Thurmond and his family's 16-year-old black maid, Carrie Butler. That Strom died at 100, reputation intact, definitely proves that God does not exist.
14. In New York, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the 2001 ruling in Nicholson v. Scoppetta that child services can't take away the children of battered women.
15. Louise Glück, who has written poems that are burned into my brain, became Poet Laureate, only the ninth woman to hold the post in the past sixty-six years.
16. Desperately poor women in Nigeria's Niger Delta staged militant demonstrations--including stripping--against Shell, demanding that the company employ locals and share the wealth with the community. They won!
17. An FDA panel gave the thumbs-up to making emergency contraception an over-the-counter drug. Teen pregnancy, still too high, has hit a historic low.
18. Under heavy attack from women, DaimlerChrysler abandoned its sponsorship of the Lingerie Bowl, a pay-per-view Super Bowl halftime event involving models playing full-contact football in their underwear. Turns out women buy cars too.
19. Lieut. Gen. William "Jerry" Boykin, who thinks Allah is an idol and that God put Bush in the White House, quoted his ex-wife as follows: "I don't love you anymore, you're a religious fanatic, and I'm leaving you."
20. The Dixie Chicks survived. Pro-war crowds stomped on their records, Clear Channel refused to give them airplay and Christopher Hitchens called them "f**king fat slags." But they're still singing to sold-out crowds, and they're still great.
Hoping you are the same,
Happy New Year!
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20040112&s=pollitt |
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| whiskers |
| quote: | Originally posted by Echo of Silence
Published in the January 12, 2004 issue of The Nation |
WHOA, ARE YOU FROM THE FUTURE???????????? |
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