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Wow. That’s still awesome!
Nimly: First Post?
I’ll repost the story here.
AP Source: Michael Jackson dies in LA hospital
By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY and DERRIK J. LANG – 43 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson, the moonwalking former child star who became known the world over as the “King of Pop” before his life and career deteriorated in a freakish series of scandals, died Thursday, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press. He was 50.
The person said Jackson died in a Los Angeles hospital. The person was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity.
The circumstances of his death were not immediately clear. Jackson was not breathing when Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to a call at his Los Angeles home about 12:30 p.m., Capt. Steve Ruda told the Los Angeles Times. The paramedics performed CPR and took him to UCLA Medical Center, Ruda told the newspaper.
Jackson’s death brought a tragic end to a long, bizarre, sometimes farcical decline from his peak in the 1980s, when he was popular music’s premier all-around performer, a uniter of black and white music who shattered the race barrier on MTV, dominated the charts and dazzled even more on stage.
He was perhaps the most exciting performer of his generation, known for his feverish, crotch-grabbing dance moves, his high-pitched voice punctuated with squeals and titters. His single sequined glove and tight, military-style jacket were trademarks second only to his ever-changing, surgically altered appearance. Over the years, his skin became lighter and his nose narrower.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson, the record-breaking, sensationally gifted “King of Pop” who emerged from childhood superstardom to become the entertainment world’s most influential singer and dancer, and the tabloid world’s most disturbing celebrity, has died. He was 50.
A person with knowledge of the situation says Jackson died Thursday in a Los Angeles hospital. The person was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity.
His death brought a tragic end to a long, bizarre, sometimes farcical decline from his peak in the 1980s, when he was popular music’s premier all-around performer, a uniter of black and white music who shattered the race barrier on MTV, dominated the charts and dazzled even more on stage.
Remember I was talking about fireworks the other day, and silly people shooting off fireworks in June? Well, it wasn’t fireworks, it was a mock battle with tall ships. And I missed it! I found out this morning, and thought, “Oh my god, how stupid of me” but it wasn’t until a few minutes ago that I learned Mother found out minutes after I had left the grocery store where she dropped me off on her way to the country, and she went back in to find me, but couldn’t, so she called my sister and told her to tell me. But she forgot, and I came back in and watched Hornblower, which is poor substitute for actual tall ships. I found that Mother had called my phone and called back to see why, but she didn’t answer, so I never found out until now. It’s funny how disappointing events become so much worse when you find out that had circumstances been slightly different, everything would have turned out nicely. Earlier today I sort of shrugged it off, but now there are tears streaming down my face. And my eyes hurt.
*gives tall ship-shaped chocolate*
Aw, man… I know what you mean. A disappointment that could have been avoided is always so much more painful.
Awww… *gives numerous baby elephants*
aww… I know that feeling *hugs*
11 (oxlin): I always think of it as being so long ago, but when I think about it like that, time seems so much shorter.
15 (Fiddler): Good luck! How short are you getting it cut?
So, the secret service is apparently taking over security for the G-20. I’m assuming that there is no possible way I’ll be having school during the conference.
Ack, that wasn’t supposed to reply there, it was supposed to be at the end of the thread. Comment fail. -sigh-
Awww…that’s such a bummer. You should see me when I’m disappointed. I start punching anything near me. To me, disappointment is even worse than anger, because, well… OK, fine, I won’t depress you anymore…here’s some chocolate and hugs. *hugs and hands over chocolate*
I definitely understand that. It works the other way around, too, and you feel SO lucky… I never would have met M if a lot of things hadn’t happened. If J hadn’t had a tenuous relationship with E… If I hadn’t been posting strangely contemplative suicide poetry … Oddly enough, if I hadn’t been crushing on B…
Your situation’s horrible.
I hate it when it turns out like that. Go listen to Carbon Leaf to feel better?
-A
2- Does anyone know who owns the beetles’ records now?
3- Aww. So sorry.
Spell their name correctly, please. Anyways, I’m pretty sure Paul owns them now. Perhaps Ringo owns some of them.
Hi!
I’m here, but it’s likely to be for only a brief period of time.
At the end of July my mom and I are going to Arizona and New Mexico for vacation! Wooo! (any mbers there?)
I have new penpals from Finland, Thailand, and Indonesia! Woo!
I like writing snail mail letters.
I was on a website and there was a girl who said she likes writing on snails. Her first language wasn’t English, so I know what she really meant. :]
:[ Michael Jackson! Aww.
3-Aw. Bummer. The phrase “A Series of Unfortunate Events” comes to mind.
You know, I never got the issue of Muse with Napoleon or Horatio Hornblower. There are several issues published in the time since I began to recieve Muse that I have never seen, yet I have heard of them often. I assume that this is some problem with the mail system.
Oh my gosh, that is FREAKY! I’m in AZ right now, and my parents and I are going to New Mexico this evening. There are lots of hippies, psychics, and Kokoclones in AZ. Are you going to stop by the Grand Canyon?
4-I think the Beatles own the Beatles records now. It was in his will. Well, Paul owns them, anyway. John and George can’t, obviously, and I’m not sure about Ringo.
Doo doo doo this essay is certainly not writing itself, no matter how hard I glare at the pen. How rude!
I hate it when pens refuse to cooperate.
I thought Apple (the music company, not the computer company) owned them. They used to, anyway.
(4, 6, 8 ) The publishing rights situation is fairly complicated. Though Jackson reportedly made a provision in his will leaving his share to McCartney, he’d already sold half the rights to Sony. There’s a useful discussion on Snopes (snopes.com/music/artists/jackson.asp)
(6) Although John and George aren’t living, their estates still collect income.
3~ That really stinks. *gives ship-geek hug and choklit*
Sorry Robert, that I didn’t get your note about stopping by to say hello today while we were in DC, though I’m not sure we would have made it.
We spent all day in the Wales section of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, and let me tell you, that is somewhere I really want to go now. I wanted to before, but now I really want to go. *sigh* Someday perhaps. I do have a passport now, so that’s all good. :]
Tomorrow I need to get up early-ish. And pack. And get a haircut, hopefully the salon will have a space for me…even though mom isn’t really in favor of me getting a haircut like I want, and since it’s drastic and I’m already a bit apprehensive it’s not exactly helping me feel any better about it.
*sigh*
I want to get something along the lines of a pixie, only a little bit longish and more relaxed and messyish. If anyone’s played with the Yahoo avatars and knows what the “mop top haircut” for the girl’s one is, I like that, maybe just a little shorter…..we’ll see.
ooh I’d go and explore Wales with you. I speak a bit of Welsh too. (Not that they don’t speak English there just that it is more satisfying to speak Welsh.)
It is odd to think that women didn’t have the right to vote at the beginning of the century in which I was born.
2 and 3 – I’m so sorry for both of those things. Boy, this thread has gotten off to a happy start, hasn’t it?
10 – That sounds like a fun festival! What other countries were there?
10.1~ Awesome, let’s go!
12~ The other things at the festival were Latin American music and the power of speech in African American culture. Good stuff, if you’re able I’d highly suggest going.
GAPAs, is it within your powers to change my avatar?
If you want to use a picture of your own for an avatar, go to gravatar dot com. The automatically-generated ravatars are chosen by random, and are not controlled by the GAPAs.
The software assigns them automatically. We can’t change them individually. We are working on another possibility, though we can’t tell when that will be available. If you make any slight changes in your email you’ll get something different. Of course, you might like that one less.
Or, you could change them to the geometric designs we have on MuseAcademy. Those are nice.
No, let’s not change everyone’s avatar for the sake of one person! Ducky, if you don’t like your avatar you should get a Gravatar account.
Okay, problem solved.
In half an hour I’m going o get a haircut.
Hopefully it won’t backfire and be awful……eep. 0.o
Good luck!
Oh, and Ducky, I think you have to register for a gravatar account.
Does anybody þink I should use “þ” regularly? I like it, but some people get confused by ðe symbol.
ȵ
Now, that’s a cool symbol!
Before this loaded, I got a 500 internal server error. ? Is this likely to happen again? Does anyone know anything about this? I went to MuseAcademy but there was nothing there.
Sorry, I don’t know anything about it. All I can say is that 500 Internal Server Errors happen sometimes. Try, try again.
I am here now and it is working.
So, it’s raining, I’m stuck at home, and my brothers are throwing things at my window.
I got a 32 in the ACT! Yay! Too bad it doesn’t count.
*clapclapclap* I got a pretty good score in the ACT test I took. Enough to qualify me for college…. and I’m in 7th grade!
*is scared*
Why did you take it?
I took it because… um… it seemed like a good idea at the time.
To get into CTY camp. I’m going this year.
Me too! And I’m almost thirteen!
I got 35 in the English portion. And 33 in the Science portion. *beams*
Is it true the ACT is way easier than the SAT?
I’ve been studying with this hUUUUUUge book and its driving me nuts
Not necessarily. The ACT tests knowledge, and the SAT tests reasoning.
I don’t remember what my score was on either. The SAT is reeeaaallyy looonnng. I do the SAT question of the day. Sometimes. If I remember. And I haven’t been lately. oh well. Its not like I’m going to takie it again next year. But maybey I will. Hmmmm. I will have to ask Mum about that one. Sorry this Post was so log and rambley but I am finally able to see the reply button because we got new internet.
So my family was raking seaweed out of the lake and onto the beach so we can swim in the later later without it getting in the way, and we had a huge pile at the end. I decided to turn it into a sculpture of Nessie, the Loch Ness (or my lake’s) Monster. It turned out pretty well, I used two largish shells for her eyes even. It’s maybe… 15 feet long? And about 2.5 feet tall on the back. I took pictures, hehe.
I wonder what the people who live across the lake will think… from that distance they wouldn’t be able to see it’s seaweed at first. Hehehe.
I took the ACT twice before it “counted” and just by doing that I know my score improved from it.
Very cool.
I did something like that with seaweed and coconut tree bark at the beach of the Grand Floridian Resort at Disney World.
My hair. It’s short.
But it’s actually not as short as I had originally thought, but it’s not terrible. I like it all right, mom says it makes my head look way round, but it’ll be easy to take care of, which is good.
Now I just need to get used to my hair moving when I do.
Exactly how short?
I need to take the ACT. soon.
Yah nessie!
24.1~ It’s actually a kind of long short haircut, if that makes sense. Layers all over, several inches long. Shorter layers in the back, and longer ones in front that frame my face (they’re longer) and a fringe (bangs) that can be pushed to either side. When it’s pulled to the front emphasizing heavy bangs and rounded curve it looks almost Beatles-ish, even though I’m not a fan. (In my defense it’s because I’ve never actually really listened to them, though I probably should.)
But if any of that made sense, it’s kind of short, a drastic change from mid-back length like it was, but there’s still plenty of hair.
I think I probably should have been a little more firm in having it shorter, but the poor hairdresser just looked terrified of making it too short, so I figured this was good enough and since she didn’t totally understand what I meant I didn’t want to to get scary for both of us.
That’s why I learned to cut my own hair. In the ’80s I wanted crew-cut short with long bangs. I kept telling the hairdresser to cut it like a boy’s and she kept trying to make it “soft.” So I set up a couple of mirrors and got out the scissors.
My hair is longish for a boy, but too short to mistake me for a girl.
Mine’s a little less than shoulder-length, which is about a foot shorter than it used to be.
26.1~ I’m not as intrepid, though I am going to have to trim the bangs myself while I’m sailing. Perhaps I’ll get it trimmed shorter next time.
Crew cut with long bangs? Hmm. I’m sure you could pull it off, but I don’t think I’d go for something that drastic, I’m too much of a wimp.
It was one of my more radical moments. Part of my New Wave finery.
I was very careful and methodical about the cutting. If it had been a disaster, I figured I could cover it up long enough for it to grow out — my hair grows very quickly. Last time I cut it that short wasn’t too long before we met, maybe a year , two at most. (Now I use electric clippers though. Much easier.)
Part Three! Wow, we go through these threads so quickly…
26.1-I would cut my own hair…if I could. (I hate it when the hairdressers mess it all up and turn it into the OPPOSITE of what you want. Especially when you’ve spent ten minutes explaining what you want, and then they bomb it. Ugh.) Unfortunately, I just don’t have the “skill with scissors” if you know what I mean.
Re: Hair: My hair’s quite short now; never longer than my chin. It’s quite nice, because I have to get it cut frequently in order to keep it that way, and I can experiment and then in a month whatever I did is gone. Every time I go to get it cut I do something a little different. A while ago I got a point in my bangs, but it looked bad, so now I have them straight. Last time he straightened my hair, which made it lovely and sleek, but then I washed it and it unstraightened, which is fine by me; now it’s back to normal straightness. The guy who does my hair (he’s a friend of ours) is itching to put color in it, but that would take longer to grow out, and I don’t want to ruin my versatility. So I might just get the very tips of my hair colored black or blond and then it would grow out. I should probably make some kind of appointment; I thought there was going to be a hair party on Wednesday. but when I asked my friend she said she actually had an appointment and knew nothing of a party, so I didn’t go, but I’d still like to.
Hair talk? Until a few days ago my hair went down to about my pectoral area. I decided to cut to shoulder length for a combination of hygienic efficiency and aesthetic appeal.
27.1~ Ah, I see. Care to do my hair too? It would necessitate more frequent visits, but I’d like that also.
29~ If I had my hair cut every month with different things my mom would explode. It sounds like fun for you though, if a friend does it.
30~ “For a combination of hygienic efficiency and aesthetic appeal.” That made me burst out laughing, I must admit.
I’m packing and wondering how in the world I managed to pack two weeks worth of stuff last time in the same duffel. This is for a whole month, but…..sheesh. One duffel, one backpack and a purse. *deep breath* I can do it.
I hope.
I actually got my hair cut today. Nothing drastic, just a few inches of the end. It’s back up to shoulder length. I never want it any shorter than that, because of the necessity to tie my hair back in science labs, which gets a little tricky when it’s too short. (And I have 2 lab science courses each semester next year!)
I’ve managed to find a really good hairdresser. He’s really good at working with curly hair, which is good for me. (My hair is usually an impossible mess of curls. I’m trying to tame it, though not entirely successfully.)
31- Oh, they’re subtly different things. First it was really short, then it was shorter in back and longer in front with a point in the bangs, and now it’s straight bangs and soon-to-be-colored/highlighted-maybe.
Duffel, backpack, purse? Shouldn’t be too hard.
ATTENTION MUSER CRYPTOLOGY PEOPLES
I shall award 50 brain points to whomever can decode this message:
GUR SVEFG GUVAT LBH’YY ARRQ GB XABJ VF GUNG R RDHNYF BAR. FVTARQ P.
The first thing you’ll need to know is that E equals one. Signed C.
It was a shift cipher. I saw that LBH’YY was probably you’ll or she’ll, and you’ll fit. Then it was just aligning A with N and transcribing. Cryptically, it appears to be a hint at another code.
Ohhhh, I get it now. It’s something that my school is doing involving the summer reading book, The Shadow of The Wind . Here are your 50 brain points!
Ah, thank you very much!
34-Uhhhhhhhh….hints? Please?
Nope. I have no clue what it means.
Where did you find it?
Like my new avatar? It’s my duckling, Millie.
You have a DUCKLING? *jealous/envious*
Actually, I have 13 ducks total, 5 of which are 1-month-old ducklings. We will keep 4 of the ducklings. They are named Zoe, Millie, Molly, and Linda. One of the ducklings is a drake, and we will eat him. The adult ducks are named Bill, Annie, Mandy, Bonnie, Dotty, Dan, Rita, and Lydia. The duckling’s mother is Mandy. Bill is 6 years old, Annie, Mandy, Bonnie, and Dotty are 5 years old, and Dan, Rita, and Lydia are one year old.
EAT him? How can you just EAT him????
They won’t just eat him. Presumably they’ll cook him first.
But… but…
*is vegetarian*
Out of ethical or health reasons?
Because I hate meat… *is strange*
That is strange………….
We are eating him because we already have two drakes. If we kept this one, the drakes would fight over the females a lot. Also,for the breed of ducks I have, ideally approximately 2/3 of the feathers should be white, and 1/3 of the feathers should be black, gray, or brown. This duck is basically 1/8 white. Since we choose the best ducklings for our flock, this one is obviously not one of the best. And duck tastes excellent.
And yes, we will cook him first.
It’s probably good you didn’t give the drake duckling a name, then.
Awwww…that’s so…cute!! I love the avatar!!
Poor duckling…
Re: hair–My last haircut was almost exactly a month ago, and I had 16 inches cut off. My mom cut it (I’ve only been to a “professional” once, when I was really little, and my mom decided that she could do better, so she has cut it since then). This is the first time that I have had short hair of any sort since I was four. It was getting long, and I had been getting increasingly annoyed with it for a few years. It took ages to wash, ages to comb, and I hardly ever wore it down (due to extreme annoyance). So I just decided to cut it all off and donate it. I had no idea short hair was so easy!
My mom cut my hair and donated it too!
I had waist-length hair for a long time. The summer before 7th grade, I donated 15 inches. It was the first time I had had short hair. I was kind of sad, actually, but then realized that I could actually comb chin-length hair.
*has fabulous long hair*
I donated my hair too! To Locks for Love?
*has also donated her hair (to Locks of Love)*
I grew my hair from kindergarten to 7th grade, until one day I went diving and it took me almost an hour to untangle my hair (and it was painful). Two days later, I hacked it off at shoulder length. Now I try to keep at that long or a bit longer. I’ve got a nice cut now, longer in back and shorter in front…
I just realized that I don’t have the vocabulary to talk about haircuts in english, despite being bilingual. I always got my hair cut in Austria… *is embarrassed*
I can never decide if I like long hair or short hair so I become a hair farm of a sort because I’ll grow it out, cut it off, donate it, and repeat that cycle. Right now I’m growing it out. I want it to get really long. The next time I cut it I might want it cut to the tops of my ears.
Short hair is sort of amazing. Incidentally… All of my friends save a grand total of one have gotten their hair cut short recently. I need a haircut, too…
It’s really quite sexy.
-A
I donate my hair to an organization that helps make wigs for cancer patients every few years when it gets long enough. I first got interested in in the program when one of my closest friends developed cancer a few years back. My friends and I decided that we would all try to donate something to some sort of organization that would help cancer patients in the name of our friend. Most of them donated money, but I decided to do something a little different and donate hair. She’s since recovered, but I kept donating. It’s a really great cause.
I just recently started watching this one show called Azumang Daioh.
I was starting to like it, but now I’m scared of it. In the following link to the video, you notice a girl named Osaka who passes out twice, and is wearing pink. When she passes out, she gets up with an evil look in her eye. The second time, she lets out a evil laugh. At 5 minutes and 2 seconds into the video, a character named Chiyo-chan shows a pad with a… HOT PINK BUNNY STAMPED ON IT! AUGH!
Link (delete spaces):
http: //www. youtube. com/ watch? v=C0FnW-09ePo& feature=related
Augh! no, it can’t be happening… nooo….
MWAHAHA, THE HPBs SHALL RULE THE AIRWAVES AND THE INTRANETS, AS WELL AS THE INTERNETS!
You think that’s scary? Try Sailor Moon. The main character’s name is Bunny… you know how in mangas they sometimes have little pictures in the speech bubbles? Well, hers is always a HPB. Not to mention the sign on her door, which says “Bunny’s Room
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I keep my hair pretty short. It’s really thick, and if it gets passed my shoulders, it’s too long to brush properly. I’m growing my bangs out.
My hair is REALLY thick. That’s why I pretty much always have to brush it a lot, especially when it’s long-but by that point, it pretty much always resembles a rat’s nest…sigh.
Oh, and another thing, I haven’t subscribed to Muse in ages. I just vaguely follow it online.
*is pied*
Re: Hair-I donated mine to Locks of Love when I was in 5th grade. I think it was about 10 inches that I donated. My hair was SO SHORT! Like, couldn’t pull it back into a ponytail short. It wasn’t like a boy’s cut, though. I liked it for a while, but then it got really hard to style. I grew it out again and then got some long layers. My hair is almost halfway down my back now. I straighten it because otherwise it’s frizzy, poofy, and REALLY annoying. My hair is also super thick, so straightening it flattens it out a little.
Wow, that’s a booooring post, but oh well!
Oh, and by the way, I’m headed off to summer camp for a week today! By MB! I’ll miss you.
Bye! What summer camp? I’ll miss you too!
It’s a girls only YMCA camp in NH. I can’t say which one or else it will get snipped.
Summer camps tend to be very local, which means that it would probably be snipped.
I know. I just wanted to know the “genre” of the camp.
I donate my hair to Locks of Love too, (I actually just said that in an earlier post, but oh well…) and I’m pretty sure that ten inches is the minimum amount you can donate. Or maybe eight, I’m not sure…
Okay. I’m thinking of cutting my own hair at the end of the summer. I’m going to do something radically different than my usual ‘do, because I recently realized that I have had more or less the same haircut since forever. I figure that highschool is a good place to do something crazy with my hair because I don’t really need people to take me too seriously. What I’m thinking of doing is a Tank Girl- esque haircut. Sort of long pieces in the front beside my face and shaved at the back. I think it would look interesting at the least. I’m just looking for opinions right now. I don’t know if I have the guts to shave off my hair… which is funny because I’ve always said “It’s only hair who cares?” So yeah. I think I’ll probably do it, I just want a bit of input.
Thanks,
Kagcomix
You know, this is sort of random, but I think I have the brightest avatar. When I scroll down the thread, I can distinctly pick out which posts are mine.
To make this not a PoPo, I would love to cut my hair short, but I’m far too lazy to actually do it. I hate long hair, and my hair’s already past my shoulders. I want to get it cut, say, five or six inches. But maybe I’ll wait to donate it to Locks of Love. Thoughts?
Sorry, I keep seeing another post I want to reply too, even though I know I should probably just roll all these comments into one at the end!! Unfortunately, it’s too late for that now, so I apologize. Anyway, regarding your comment on your avatar, I do believe it is one of the brighter ones. Actually, I can only think of one or two others that are that bright…
Regarding hair, I think that you should definitely cut and donate it. It’s a great program (I’ve said that before already, but I’ll say it again…) and short hair is a million and one times easier to take care of then long hair. I mean, it only takes like two seconds to brush, and just a little longer to wash. It’s especially good if you don’t have the time to take care of tangles in the morning-something I HATE dealing with. And there are a bunch of really cute yet really easy styles you can do with it…just a few reasons why you should donate it!!
Kokonilly, no offense, but your avatar bothers me! It’s the wrong colour. See, your name is a beautiful dark purple with curved black accents and a tiny hint of brown. I’ve been meaning to tell you that for a while…
STDP
38- AHHHHHHHH *crazy teenage girl squeal* I LOVE Azumanga Daiho! I have read all four books and watched portions of the anime! It is one of my favorites! *jumps up and down exceitedly*
I’ve donated my hair to locks of love three times now.
Want to know what I just noticed?
‘Atlantis’ is an anagram of ‘Satan lit’
In English. Atlantis is from ancient Greece.
It’s kind of an uncanny coincidence, though.
:idea:You mean the city that sunk under the sea?
Yes. What other Atlantis is there?
In addition to the fictional city that sank under the sea in a story by Plato, Atlantis is also space shuttle and a nice Greek restaurant not far from where I live. They’re both anagrams of “Satan lit,” too.
And then there’s Stargate Atlantis.
There’s a resort in Bermuda call Atlantis.
Any word containing two As, an N, a T, and an S is going to be an anagram of something with Satan in it. And “Atlantis” is also an anagram of “a tan silt,” “taints L.A.,” and “’tis natal” — all of which are thus anagrams of “Satan lit,” too. Uncanny?
Please be quiet Robert. Conspiracy theorists never listen.
Aww, don’t tell Robert to be quiet.
He’s right, after all.
I don’t mind. I usually am quiet — even more so off the blog than on.
Very uncanny!
No, you’re right.
A tan silt! Gosh! Taints L.A.! ‘Tis Natal! These all have very very much to do with Atlantis! *gasp*
Something I’ve noticed playing with Internet Anagram Generators is that EVERY POSSIBLE phrase has at least one embarrassing anagram. I touched on this in my Stephanie Stone/Carmen Sandiego story with “Fat Nerd Phi” coming up when the correct answer was “Pathfinder”.
30- That’s part of why my mom cut my hair!
Something is wrong with the comment bar. Ex.:
Real post:
I hate all fundamentalists… of both theism and atheism
Comment Bar:
I hate all fundamentalistsÌ· 0; of both theism and atheism
48-Yes. Sometimes it throws in 7’s, too. Don’t know why.
My hair’s down to the very bottom of my ribs. I, for one, love having long hair. I don’t ever do things with my hair anyway, and I like the way it looks on me long. I can hide in it. It’s also naturally straight, and the color gets darker/lighter (mostly darker though) every year and when it’s long you can see all the different shades. I get a lot of compliments on it.
My hair was around my chin until 5th grade, when I finally was able to convince my mother I hated it. I grew it out as much as I could with the frequent haircuts she made me have, so it was still only a bit past my shoulders in 8th grade until I decided to grow my bangs out and make the frequent haircuts unnecessary.
Everyone hates me.
No, they don’t! Why do you think that???
Exactly! We don’t hate you! At least I don’t!
Goosnargh – a special Betelgeusian word used when something should be said but speaker does not know what it should be. From H2G2.
And I second RoseQuartz’s question.
I must remember that! Goosnargh!
And no, Catkopelli, we don’t hate you.
Except for meKidding. That was mean. We don’t hate you, Catkopelli! We love you!We all love you!
51 – Why would we hate you?
Hello GAPA. I have a question. Is my account still truly being validated?
It could be that I am not eligible; am I?
Also, what is going on, if you have a minute? I just signed up after reading the thing, but didn’t really understand it.
-A
Got it now, gradster. Sorry, the plugin doesn’t inform us that people are waiting in the queue.
51- Care to explain? I don’t think anyone hates you. *choklit*
Okay, is it just me, or is almost everybody here older than me? It seems that at leats 90% of MuseBloggers are over 13.
*Is 12*
Well, of course. The ‘Blog is for ages about 10 (maybe) to… 20? Parents may not let their youngish kids post, and older people often tend to be more involved in these things. And although the older people may drop off at college, many neophytes probably drop off as well. Note also that MBers tend to be in the smarter/more mature crowd of kids, making them seem older.
What are you doing on the internet at 13?? Go absorb some sunlight while you still can, by the time it becomes mostly deadly radioactive rays you’ll have enough to do on computers anyway.
How old are you? I’m turning thirteen next week.
I’m 12.
I’m 12 too! You’re most definitely not the youngest person on here…in fact, I think there are even a few kids as young as 10 here, although I don’t think there are many. Anyway, don’t feel young!! There are a lot of other 12 year olds!!
No. I’m 13.
Is it just me or is everyone younger than me?
…ahem.
I’m nineteen. I am one of the oldest. (besides the GAPAs) There are a few twenty year olds, Faye Beauchamp is either twenty or twenty-something.
Well, you do turn 7,000 days old tomorrow. A row of zeroes often makes a person pensive.
I think you’re the oldest who posts regularly, though. I haven’t seen Faye in a while, and Grant O. is long gone. Er, congratulations?
55-I’m trying to think of someone who isn’t! Truthfully, though, I’m sure there are plenty of 11-13 year olds on this blog.
SFTDP-
I just lost the game!
Vegetarianism- My brother is one. I am considering it, but gelatin is in everything these days!
Oh, come on. Really?
You just lost the Game? Well, me too.
Wait, you can’t eat gelatin if you’re a vegetarian? I thought that was vegan.
Depends on how serious you are about it. Vegan is animal products such as Honey, milk, eggs, stuff that doesn’t physically hurt animals, whereas gelatin contains horse hooves. No marshmallows, no Starbursts, no Skittles, so much stuff with gelatin or chicken broth in it.
Actually, what makes me mad about Omnivores is when they get really grossed out and tell you to stop when you tell them about what they do to animals to prepare them to eating. If you eat animals, you should know what happens! Don’t live in denial! That stuff ticks me off SO much.
Laffy Taffy has no gelatin!
I’m 18, and I’m a fervent carnivore and specieist who will argue the incoherency of vegetarianism and veganism ’till death.
Nah, not till death, but still, it’s really illogical. I’ll elaborate tomorrow, I’m tired now.
Oh no, not another argument on vegetarianism. We already had that with Cliff Eagle. Please, I beg of you, don’t do it.
But my arguments are GOOD!
Nah, while I am admittedly an unashamed polemicist, I’ll leave it to outraged PETA members to start.
Please please PLEASE don’t judge vegetarians by PETA! They’re nutbars! All vegetarians I know agree!
I know, I was just pushing buttons.
PETA-People Eating Tasty Animals.
Now that I mention it, I can’t seem to find the huge debate about vegetarianism… *shrugs* Oh well. It’s probably better that way.
I don’t know if this really counts as a double post, but if it is, then I’m sorry.
Yeah, do it! I’m always curious about those sort of things.
I really have no opinion on veganism/vegetarianism. It’s your decision, and what you eat is your business. Would you like it if an Indian tried to stop America from eating beef, because it went against their ethics? What someone else does, shouldn’t matter to you.
Ahhhh…. That is a good argument… WHO CARES WHAT ANYBODY ELSE EATS!? Unless of course it’s some eating disorder, and then you have to go to a clinic and get some help for that person. That would be a good reason to…
What was I talking about?
First weekend of summer vacation, first swim in the Atlantic off Long Island, and soon to be first starry night with the summer triangle.
Ah, I love summer when the weather finally improves.
I was reading the councilor guidelines for the camp I’m going to be helping out at, and there was a hilarious typo:
“Failure to obey protocol will result in EXPLOSION.”
Uh, don’t they mean EXPULSION? Or are they actually going to blow me up if I make a mistake?
I hope it’s the latter option. It would certainly discourage others from disobeying protocol.
You may want to behave yourself…………..
Hi Everybody!! How have you all been? It’s good to be back.
Greetings, o flying one! I’ve been… neutral. The real question, as usual, is: how have you been?
I’m doing well, thank you! It’s good to see you.
I’ve been working on computer issues of late. Now mostly everything seems to be solved, and I should be able to get on more often to “see” everybody!
Shall we have some pie?
Gah. Well, I was supposed to be going to writing camp tomorrow for two weeks, but it’s canceled due to a swine flu. So now I’m left with extreme disappointment and nothing to do for two weeks.
-sigh-
Well, I doubt MB will close due to swine flu, so have some pie. So, writing, you say? How’s about an RRR? *cough*
We just got three new ones! give the GAPAs a few days before they have to click a few buttons and write a short description!
Erm, what? *does not understand*
I’m sort of jokeing about how the gapas alway say they’re to busy to make new threads.
Oh, no, I wasn’t telling her to make a new RRR. I was saying there’s a few new ones she could join *cough*.
Hm, well, if you’re talking about the Fantasy Noir one, isn’t it already closed to the public?
*cough*
Tomorrow I have a violin recital. On Monday I…umm, pack more. And make stuff that I need, then on Tuesday, I bid adieu to the blog and go sailing. But that’s all of three days away, so I have all the time in the world. Ha, right.
I really need to write a thank you letter to Alex. Maybe I could put it of a few more days and put it on a postcard from the ship which would be infinitely better than an email, which I had thought to do. But that means I have to put it of further, oh well. I think I’ll do that, since written notes are better.
I’ll probably end up writing postcards to everyone, but oh well. Might as well be multi purpose, right?
At least my knife got here in time. It’s pretty nice, and it comes with a sheath and all, ready to use once I attach a lanyard. The marlinspike that came with it is okay, I don’t like it as much as the one Mom made, but since it sits in the sheath with the knife and Mom’s doesn’t, I ‘ll probably end up using it this time. Alas.
Today everyone saw me and went through about the same reaction;
)
“Hi Fern! YOUR HAIR!!! It’s cute! It’s short! Nice dress, where’d you get it? Is that a tattoo?” (if they noticed the Welsh dragon on my arm…it’s a rub on temporary one, part of a Smithsonian folkways promotional deal and cool in general.
It was most interesting.
Then there were all the lacrosse jocks that were all over the hotel where we were, oh my goodness, high school lacrosse players EVERYWHERE. I was too busy trying to be invisible to talk to any of them or use one of the pick up lines my friend so helpfully suggested…..
Though it does appear that while I might not be completely invisible, I might just be kind of transparent and blurry on the edges, like a mirage, instead of fully visible. Just a flicker hat someone thinks they’ve seen. *melts into background* [/ramble]
Goodnight everyone, I’m pooped, as you can probably tell by the way I’m writing.
Hello. I finally gained custody of my mom’s iPhone. We left Grand Canyon National Park, and I was very sad to go. There are really only two words to describe the Grand Canyon: gorgeous and huge. It just goes on forever. You’re standing on the rim, and suddenly you realize that a river carved this. It’s simply staggering.
I’m currently in a fancy hotel, staying in a room that apparently Bob Hope stayed in once. Across from us is a room that Shirley Temple stayed in, and down the hall are the Amelia Earhart and F.D.R. suites. I was being all complainy to my mom, saying,”Why couldn’t we have stayed in the Albert Einstein Room, or maybe the Frank Sinatra Suite?” There are also numerous surreal paintinngs that are really creepy.
Oh well, tomorrow we’re off to New Mexico and the petrified forest.
Cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wish I could see the Grand Canyon. My impression of the Great Barrier Reef was similar, though.
As marvelous as the things humans build are, nature still has us beat by leaps and bounds.
I can see the whole of the avatars now, AND the reply button. Which I have probably said before.
Same here!!! Our computer had a virus (thats why I’ve ben gone) and so we had to get new internet that lets me see things!!!!
Me too! The computer was messed up, so it got fixed and, amazingly, I could see all of the avatars as well as the reply button.
I’m going to be away for 3 weeks, so just warning you. Piggy, Nimly is interned to you, to help serve at the H&H. KaiYves, you get temporary possession of my wung points. RoseQuartz shall take over Tithea in the Sci Fi RPG, and Electros, you get to PP in BA. Bye!
I’m touched.
Not that electros is going to read that…Don’t worry, I’ll tell him. Or PP you myself.
Today we visited Amsterdam. I got so tired walking around, I felt dead. We visited Madame Tusaud’s (a wax musuem) and saw a lot of wax people. There were artists, movie stars, people famous to Holland and the world, sports stars, etc. There was some rooms for Dutch history, with wax figures, streets, even a moving boat in a canal! There was a wax Barack Obama which you got your picture taken with when you got in.
Litterboxes. The WORST thing I ever did was learn how to clean one.
Your cat probably thinks it’s the best thing you ever did .
*glurgle* I wish the worst thing was just to clean out a litterbox. I also get to scrape, erm, digested and partially-digested cat food off of a concrete floor from time to time.
Wow, I just came and looked at muse blog with the Safari web browser instead of internet explorer and it looks way better! But Safari is way slower than Internet explorer, so I never use it. Maybe I just need to download the latest edition of IE and it will work. Or I could get a faster computer that can deal with Safari. Anyway, I’m really eager to finally see the bottom half of my avatar!
– Kaiser
Have you tried Firefox?
I just downloaded it, and it works perfectly and isn’t as slow as Safari. Awesome!
Kaiser
68- *has visited Amsterdam as well* I missed Madame Tusaud’s though… I went shopping- they have some really great stores, though coming from America it’s not so spectacular. I ♥ Grachten (*is unsure of the spelling*).
Oh yeah, since I can’t reply to posts, and this computer does not have Mozilla Firefox;
55- I’m younger than you. (11)
I for one would like to hear Alias’s argument against vegatarianism. I am also Omnivorous, but I had never heard any really good reasons not to go vegatarian.
– Kaiser
Ok, my main beef with vegetarianism is with ethical vegetarians. By refusing to condone a gastronomic habit that is entirely natural out of moral concern for animals elevates the animal to a position of importance equal to or greater than other human beings. As an absolute humanist, I find this abhorrent. I find it denigrating to the value of human life.
In addition, from a sociological point of view, it is impossible for a person to claim vegetarianism or veganism without being a hypocrite. Our society exists only because we as humans have managed to assert specieistic dominance over what we now call “animals”. With the exception of certain forms of bacteria and viruses, we are the only species that has managed to expand beyond the carrying capacity of its evolutionary niche and actually upset the self-regulating ecosystem of the planet. Whether this is intrinsically good or bad is irrelevant, as we all live in this society now, and for as much as we may like to moan and complain about it, the fact of the matter is that most of us have shelter, food, and don’t have to keep an eye out for carnivorous predators every time we leave the house. This is because we are a superior species, with superior moral, intellectual and spiritual capacities, and as such it is almost our evolutionary and humanitarian duty to continue eating meat.
Now, animal rights. Animals don’t have rights, because they don’t have responsibilities, nor do they have the potential (unless by very large evolutionary standards) to ever have responsibilities. You want to be a vegan who believes in animal rights? Go spend a day naked in the Amazon, using only your wits and instinct, and see how much the first predator you meet cares about your “rights”.
The only argument I could possibly grant credibility to is Jerry Levinson’s. He argues that any entity that can feel pain has the right to not be forced to suffer it. All very well in principle, but the human race has not yet reached the point of humanitarian progress that we can respect this principle among ourselves, and it would be anti-humanitarian to inverse the priorities and concentrate on animals instead of humans first.
However, not all “ethical vegetarians” are vegetarians because of animal rights. Many do not eat meat for environmental reasons, or because most meat in America is highly processed and full of chemicals and hormones, among other substances.
Food Inc, which came out a couple weeks ago, provides an interesting (if basic) view of several food industries in the US, one of them being the meat packing industry. I wouldn’t run out to see it, but maybe if you could find a copy online, you would find it interesting.
55- I’m eleven, twelve in August.
Hola peoples of MB!
I’m currently in Vancouver, where I shall have limited access to the Internet (I’m using my dad’s iTouch). However, I shall try to keep you posted.
I’m going to be gone until this Saturday, so all of the RPGs/RRRs I’m in, take note.
Well, TTFN!
P.S. SFTDP, but I will be unable to log in to the Paleophytethreads during this trip. I sorry.
Where are these paleophyte threads and how do I access them?
See the thread called New MuseBlog Experiment for information.
Registered. Do I now have to wait for an admin to activate my account?
You’re in. Once you log in you should be able to see the other threads.
Great. One question, though: Does wordpress have its own avatar uploading function that was disabled for this particular blog or does wordpress just not do that? It’s just that I’ve grown fond of my Dude avatar from everywhere else. The Dude abides!
WP now uses gravatar.com for all custom avatars.
Hm, I signed up on gravatar but it still isn’t showing the Dude… I’ll have to figure this one out. Thanks.
It’s there. Clear the cache on your browser.
Got it! Awesome, the Dude! Cheers!
I hate to tell you this, FS, but there’s a rule against having recognizable human faces as avatars…. maybe the GAPAs will bend, though. Who’s the Dude?
Eheh, the Dude is well enough known that I don’t think it’d matter. It’s not him if that’s what you were going at.
Have fun in Vancouver, Kokonilly!
When do you officially become a paleophyte? Or have you said this somewhere very obvious and this is another stupid question?
After six months.
44- YAY! So, do you think Chiyo Chan’s Pigtails are really out to rule the world like Osaka claims?
Today was a very good day. I read the Times for the first time in a while, went running, and spent a long time at the library, where I read and re-read a lot of enjoyable books. (If my teachers could have seen me, I’m sure they would wave the stupid summer reading rules)
Summer reading rules?
I love spending a long time at the library! Recently I only spend my time volunteering, but I think I need to go back soon and just sit around and read like you said…sounds very nice.
Oh, Armada…. where are you?
(Yes, I know she just posted.)
It is mentioned in the Rules I’m pretty sure-but I think that the rule only applies to a picture of yourself. Once again, I’m not positive about that so don’t quote me on it.
(76.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.3) Armada, Luckily for him, the face belongs to an actor old enough and distinctive enough even for this GAPA to recognize: Jeff Bridges in the Big Lebowski.
But not for me to recognize….. *has been banned from watching movies since age two* I figured he was an actor, but I didn’t know for sure.
You MUST, if it’s the last movie you’ll ever see, watch the Big Lebowski. The Coen Brothers outdo themselves at every turn.
*will try, once is in college* I’m serious, my parents don’t let me watch any movies. I know, I’ve got a seriously old-fashioned family.
If there really is a rule against faces in avatars (for privacy issues, I presume), that should probably be mentioned in some position of relative importance among the rules, no?
There should be, yes. The GAPAs just haven’t gotten around to it yet, probably.
Uh….
Wait a minute. I thought I just saw that post elsewhere on this page.
Why does Armada have the same avatar as Lady B.?
Refresh your browser. I posted in the wrong place because the Reply buttons weren’t working, then Lady B reposted it in the correct place under my name, and then she changed my avatar back. There’s much confuzzlement going on, you see. (GAPAs–What caused it? Please, tell us?)
*is extremely confuzzled*
Sorry, I don’t understand what’s confuzzling everybody. Are you trying to post replies to another comment and winding up at the bottom? That happens when you’ve exceeded the maximum “depth” of the comment nesting. Or is something else going on here?
Something else is going on. We’re trying to reply to comments which haven’t even had one reply yet and ending up here.
Actually, those comments were replies — they were all attached to my original error — they just didn’t look like it because they shifted to the margin.
Uh…okay. *is confused* I get what’s going on. I just don’t think we’re talking about the same thing.
All the weirdness was part of the same thing.
No, I know. We’re talking about different sets of comments.
Which comments then? Now, I’m confuzzled. I didn’t see anything else.
I was talking about the comments I posted. You were talking about the comments I was replying to, were you not?
No, wait…the other way around. *brain implodes*
I was referring to both. Every comment you made was thrown out of the line-up because they were interpreted as replies to the original error, whether the reply button was working or not. They were all numbered “.1” if I remember correctly.
I think this conversation should be moved off of the “reply” button to avoid this whole thing happening again.
Right, right. Yes.
They didn’t have any numbers at all, as far as I could see.
Actually, it’s fine when I’m alert and remember to reply from the blog. Anyways, both Armada’s and my brains have imploded at this point…..
…thus causing my concern. Lady B, this is an intervention. You’ve been imploding too many brains recently. You’ve gone through, what, three brains in the last month? Four? This just isn’t healthy, and brains are getting more and more expensive. “This is your brain. This is your brain imploded.”
You have a point. If I’m not careful, I’ll go through this batch before the summer crop comes in.
Well, if we even have a summer crop. There’s been a fungus going through that’s just ravaged the fields. Well, luckily last year’s was a good crop–we canned plenty extra, but they’re obviously not as good.
*brain implodes (again)* Since when are we canning brains?
Well, we had to do something with all the leftover ones from last year. What, do you think just throwing them away would be better? There are brainless people in China who would be happy to have those. Or perhaps you’re confused on the terminology–when you can vegetables or brains, you’re actually putting them in jars and sealing the jars. Does that clear things up?
I’m thinking we should go with freeze-dried this year. The reconstituted ones seem to work better, with a lower percentage of implosions.
Well, if you already have a freeze-drier, sure, but I don’t think we can afford to buy a new one–they’re expensive. Has anyone tried vacuum-sealing them and then freezing them? That could work.
Well, the comment box briefly disappeared entirely.
Yes, I briefly closed the thread to comments, hoping to discourage people from posting while I was untangling. Then, of course, I realized I couldn’t fix the comments if the thread was closed. *headdesk*
Weirdness explained: the conversation in comment 76 overstepped the nesting limit. My fault. In moderation space there is always a reply button, with no clue that the limit has been reached. I usually try to keep track, but I didn’t realize this particular conversation had branched off a previous one.
The software bumps all subsequent posts to the bottom of the page, where they will stay, along with any further replies made to any of them. I didn’t want to delete everyone’s comments, so I had to repost all of them one by one, logging in and out each time. (If I tried to repost them while logged in, it still showed my avatar even without my other information, which is why some of you saw Armada’s comment with my avatar. Hence the need to log in and out.)
I thought I’d be able to get the repair work done fairly quickly, but my computer chose that very moment to slow down to a crawl. Sorry about the confuddlement. I think I restored most everything of substance. I did leave out a few “what’s going on” remarks.
Good grief, that sounds like a fairly dreadful job! Especially with the logging in and out and computer slowdown. *Gives virtual chocolate*
What limits the nesting, or do we not know for sure? I’d like to avoid causing the GAPAs such trouble again!
Well, think about how ridiculous it would be if the replies got down to one word a line. The limitation is really a good thing.
The limit is 10 levels. From your side of the blog, you can’t overrun the limit, as the reply button disappears. However, logged in administrators can always reply. Unfortunately, the software doesn’t provide any internal warnings that the limit has been reached. Maybe the next upgrade will correct that.
What is a “level?” Because comment 76 on this thread has 13 comments below it as nested replies.
Those last four comments are all on the same level. Basically, 91 is a level, 91.1 is a level, 91.1.1, 91.1.1.1, etc., until it reaches 91.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1, at which point the “reply” button will disappear. But, for example, 91.1.2.1.4 is on the fifth level, or 91.4.2.6.3.2.1.1 is on the eighth level.
You can have more than one reply at any given level. They stack up flush left. If you look at the comment numbers, you should be able to see how it works.
And thanks for the chocolate.
I return for as long as Frigidsymphony is here.
Good to see you, agagabagabag! How have you been?
I have been… decent, as ever. I’ve battled many a fierce beast over the internet, and expanded my music tastes. Also… well if i recall correctly what i want to say would be snipped. Part of the reason I left in the first place. One of the reasons i left MB was because I had a major change, and had relied on my fellow mb-ers to relate to and comfort me before. However, i felt alienated because of my lack of freedom in discussing this topic.
Unrelated, but hohw does one reply to a comment?
There’s a reply button on the right side of every comment — if you’re using Internet Explorer, you may not see it, but it is there, just move your cursor in that area until it changes into a hand, then click.
Well this flurry of activity surrounding nesting and layers is interesting, but I have a question of a different nature: Why does our language have both capital and lowercase letters? I really don’t know where to look or ask, a little internet searching brought about the intriguing Alphabet26 (or should I say aLPHaBeT 26?), interestingly housed on the website of a typographer and web designer named Paul Baker, but there seems to be too little discussion of your glyphs these days.
Hi agagabagabag!
Hi… you seem somewhat familiar…
I survived another recital. The singers were pretty scary again this year. *shudders* They can’t sing. And since most of the other kids were younger (there were three other teenagers, and I think I might have been the oldest, but not entirely sure) they were wandering around and making noise and forgetting to take their music up with them, etc. Or letting the dog in to wander up through the isle when I was playing my piece (the Bach double violin concerto) with my teacher. It was pretty funny actually, but I wasn’t the one who messed up, anyway…..it went alright.
I absolutely cannot believe that we’re leaving on Tuesday and that that’s the day after tomorrow. I have pretty much all my clothing packed, except for a few things. My duffel bag is stuffed, and it didn’t seem like that much. Geez.. But now I get to pack all the fun things, like toothpaste and all, whee!
I’ve started on my ditty bag, hopefully I can get it finished before we go….but if not I’ll be able o work on the lanyards while there, even though that’s not ideal. I’ll have it into a bag before I go at least so it’ll be somewhat useful anyway.
Only two more days. 0.o I can’t wait though, even though I’m exhausted and not feeling prepared. I keep telling myself I’ll get up early and have some extra time to write or vacuum my room or something, but when the alarm goes I turn it off and am asleep again before I can remember to open my eyes after blinking.
Of course, staying up late every night doesn’t help at all.
Where are you going, and what is a ditty bag?
I wouldn’t think it would be easy to sleep, in any case. How exciting! Will you keep a journal? We will all be looking forward to hearing about your adventures, but I guess we can be patient enough to let you have them first.
Have fuuuunn! I want to hear all about it when you return.
Have a great time!
Hi Agagabagabag! Welcome back:
The long-named one is back! Well, I hope you will find MB a little better than when you left it. We’ll try our best to help and comfort you. You could try discussing this topic, to see if the GAPAs are more lenient with the snippage. Perhaps even just the little bit of reassuring we could give you would help you. Well, whether you find MB better or worse, welcome back, agagabagabag. I was wondering where you had been for so long.
93-Pffft. Hahaha! I know of what you refer to. C++D told you, yes? I thought you would come back like that.
96.1~ I leave on Tuesday, and I’m going sailing on a tall ship for all of July and the first week of August. A ditty bag is sort of like a sailor’s toolbox, it’s a small circular canvas bag with a lanyard on top that works somewhat like a drawstring. It’s used to carry tools and other small odds and ends that are used regularly, particularly on a ship or boat.
96.2~ I plan on keeping two journals, actually. One will be the same one that I use now, the private record of my thoughts on what I’m doing and life in general that I write in on a fairly routine basis. The second one will probably be just a notebook in which I’ll write what I’ve done and things I’m learning, possibly accompanied by drawings or figures to elucidate entries, though I warn you that I am a very poor artist and may confuse more than enlighten. But I’ll endeavor to do my best.
Then I always carry a notebook as well, where I record all manner of odd things, pictures, information I want to remember, lists, entries almost like a journal, everything. It’s most strange in conjunction with the journal, but it’s the way I’ve operated since I decided to be like Harriet the spy and always carry a notebook. And then when I decided to add a regular journal to that, and, well….but I digress.
So yes, the simple answer would be that I plan to keep track of what I’m doing.
I also started a blog that I hope to be able to update when I get ashore, so whoever wants can follow along. It may work, it may not. Hopefully I’ll get to a computer with internet access at least a handful of times while there. Yes, I’ll stop by MB too if I do.
*looks over long post* *sighs, hands over fees of virtual choklit to longsuffering GAPAs*
99- Way to go…
What’s that supposed to mean?
I don’t think what you said was very polite…
I suppose you’re right. I apologize, agagabagabag.
Goodnight everyone, I’m way too tired to be allowed near a keyboard, so I’ll go sleep now. See you tomorrow!
Hi agagabagabag! Whew, I’m out of practice typing your name. I used to be able to do it really fast. Anyway, welcome back! And this change of yours is intriguing… -comforts despite not knowing what the change is-
Who else thinks they should keep making Hornblower movies? They’re so good…
-vanishes in puff of smoke-
I’m leaving to a place with no computers, so AvalonGirl/Noelani gets my character for the Sci-Fi RPG, and Maple goes to Piggy to serve at the H&H. See everyone in 4 days!
Just wanted to let everyone know now, before I forget- I’ll be leaving on July 3rd (my family is going to St. Louis) and probably won’t have access to a computer for about two weeks. In case I don’t get around to posting before I go, I bid you all adieu!
105-Servus, Sunrunner Bramblewood!
Welcome back, agagabagabag! I believe you left when I was a ‘phyte, so I doubt (or hope you don’t) remember me.
84-The rule is here.
104- You don’t need to tell people if you’ll just be gone for a while. People appear and disappear often. And ask people if they want to PP your character(s)-they may not want to, and it certainly isn’t their job.
106: Where? The link isn’t active.
Here.
Thanks, didn’t see that. I retract my criticism.
Quite all right. You do make a good point that a note should be added to the Rules page. There’s just a lot to catch up with. Several features/capabilities have changed since we reopened the blog after the hack attack, and we’re still finding new ones.
I’ve added one.
Just a question–Does the avatar rule still extend to those 18+? I know the name one doesn’t, but they’re not the same thing.
Jadestone: There’s no exception for avatars except by special dispensation of the GAPAs. Are you talking about FrigidSymphony’s avatar? That’s not a picture of him. It’s from a movie.
I wish I were the Dude. *sigh*
Still, you did say no pictures of anyone, including celebrities. So I guess a better rule would be only celebrities the GAPAs can recognize?
What we actually said was: “the only exceptions would be famous people whose portrait Lady Bunniful has painted. Otherwise, she can’t make out the difference between a celebrity’s face and any random person in someone else’s yearbook,” which I thought would carry that implication. The comment was prompted when I failed to recognize a picture of the actor who played Harry Potter. For some reason, although I have excellent recognition of faces I’ve seen in real life, I have considerable impairment recognizing faces on screen — even some of those I should know, if they change their hairstyle or color or wear a hat. I haven’t actually painted Jeff Bridges, but I’ve seen his Dude persona enough times to recognize it as a graphic image.
I know it amounts to the same thing, but I think it would be less confusing if you said it the other way.
Oh no, I know it’s The Dude. I just had never seen the original post about avatars–all I knew about the rule was that it wasn’t supposed to be recognizable human faces, and I thought it just meant recognizable as in a picture of the person posting. I understand now.
Thanks for the explanation Robert/Rebecca.
Hello all. Sorry for my abscence. Our computer had a virus and I way unable to use the internet (on this computer) for a while. much has happened , but I can’t really remember it all right now so I shall talk about Laser in his box.
I was cleaning my room( I want to paint it) and so I cleared out largeish box that originally contained a fish tank. It was sitting in my kitchen, waiting to be carried into the garage when Laser (my cat)came upon it. There was a hole torn in one of the sides when we got it and he began batting at the flap and reaching his paws through, attacking it in general. Then I decided to put his lemur in the box and play with him through the hole. that was funny. Then I put the box over him. at first he looked out through the hole but after a short while he hid his face. I peered into the hole to seee what he was doing and all of a sudden he poked his little white paw out through the hole, into my face. That was probabbly very boring to you. It was more interesting watching.
my mom found somebody’s drug equiptment (pipe and lighter) in our backyard yesterday. we arent sure whose it was and we were not sure what to do until we remembered that my sister and I recieved a wildlife camera for christmas last year and we were going to set it up but we never got around to it. I’m not sure what were going to do about it now. It’s kind of creepy, because I always thought that our woods(approx 30 by 100 feet) was a safe place. there may be the occasional deer or coyote, but other than that, perfectly safe. eeehhhhhh.
The other day, a garden store near our house was having a big half off sale so we went and bot four tomato plants and some pumpkins and cucumbers and peppers and marigolds and snapdragons. I do like plants.
wow, that was long and probably boring. I’ll just go have lunch now.
I am an idiot.
No you’re not! Porque dices?
No you’re not. I agree with Armada. Unless, of course, you are referring to a particular incident which we don’t know about, in which case you are still not an idiot, you merely did not respond properly, or something. You’re not an idiot in any case.
Back from my first day of helping out at the camp, and it was much easier than expected! There were only 3 kids and they were very well behaved.
So they haven’t blown you up yet?
No, not yet.
Okay, we’re leaving on Wednesday morning instead of tomorrow. That’ll be good, I’ll have a bit more time to pack. As it is I still have to get all the extra stuff, ugh. I should do that now, really. Or tomorrow. *procrastinates*
You know what? Blueberries are the best fruit to pick. They grow on bushes that don’t have thorns, they’re a comfortable height, and they fall off easily when ripe. Lovely indeed. Much nicer than raspberries, which like to grab clothing and stain fingers and turn to mush when pulled off. *sigh* But they’re still good too…….
Oooh, I remember picking blueberries in Quebec and they were delicious! Quebec has the best blueberries, and you can buy little baskets of them in open-air markets, along with maple cones (some of the most delicious things in the world).
AT photography class! They have a ton of Macs. It’s going to start soon, eeee
I have to clean my room. *sigh* But if I don’t mom threatens she’ll do it while I’m gone, which is a thought too frightening to contemplate. So I won’t. I’ll just haul five tons of books out of my room to the library in the barn, throw away all those used tissues, program fliers, notebook papers, broken hairbands, and incredible junk, put my shoes in their box and straighten the bedclothes which will pretty much make my room look empty. I’ve been meaning to do it for ages, but haven’t mostly because of the sheer amount of books that dominate the entire floor and every available crevice. I should clear off the bookshelves too, so I can out the books I’m using on them. *sigh* But that’s going to be even more hauling. Perhaps I’ll go find a wagon to carry them in. I’m not even exaggerating, I probably have hundreds of books crammed in there and I’ll need to take a lot of them down and organize and, and…… *dies*
I’d better go start.
I’m staying at the Cullen House right now, in Forks. We didn’t mean to stay here – in fact, we specifically avoided the Twilight-themed hotel – but we only found out it was the Cullen House as we were driving up. It’s actually very cool, even if you’re not a big Twilight fan.
I’m back from my two-and-a-little-bit weeks of vacation, which I will give a summary of, either when someone asks, or when I get tired of waiting. Or maybe I’ll forget entirely. Actually, I’ll give a brief summary now.
We drove to Wyoming.
It was insanely fun.
There. Complete summary, leaving out the details, which didn’t bore everyone’s pants off. Everyone’s on vacation, it seems. Interesting. I guess it really is summer.
43- Ah. I think your avatar is the only bright yellow one, although Silver Lining and Peace*’s avatars are also rather yellow, but anyway yours is rather distinctive. Mine is distinctive too, I can usually find my posts rather quickly, although I usually use cmd+F instead. I’ll wind down now because I’m rambling.
115- TOMORROW!!!! Are you thrilled and excited!
I’ve never been to Forks. I’ve been to St. Helens, though, where they filmed most of the movie. It was cute, but there was Twilight stuff all over the place.
Okay, first, I just want to say: I’m sorry for bringing this subject up again. Second, I want to say: don’t respond with angry outbursts accusing me of hating Harry Potter, which is what happened last time I brought this up.
Alright. Back to a debate from several months ago that started when I stated that Harry Potter was not literature. I have been thinking about this for sometime, and I am still convinced that I am correct, and I have come to the conclusion of what Harry Potter can be classifyed as: a fad. Obviously, Harry Potter has resonated largely with fans across the globe, but that doesn’t mean it will stand the test of time. The best literature stays fresh and good for decades, and centuries. If, in 100 years, Harry Potter is as popular as ever, I will (possibly) change my opinion, from the grave.
On the blackboard at the marine camp, I drew four sea stars with Beatles haircuts playing instruments and singing “I need a little KELP! Not just anybody’s KELP!”
We got sugar yesterday, and the ten-pound bag of glittering white sugar is staring at me, taunting me like the barrel of sugar in Farmer Boy when all the grown-ups went away. So I decided to bake pound cake and serve it with whipped cream and berries, yum. So all that remains is for me to purchase butter, whipping cream, and berries, and then I can bake! Oh, and does anyone know if hand-whipped cream (not that icky sugary stuff out of a can) deflates if you keep it in the fridge? Because there’s only my sister and me, and we’re NOT going to finish the entire pound cake, so should I whip lots of cream and save it for later, or just whip a little cream and whip the rest whenever we next have cakeandcreamandberries?
Harry Potter is a fad in a way, like the twilight trilogy,i see your point.
I drew a muffin today, completly pointless, but the art teacher said that art must first be defined in simplicity and form , later leading to complication. Are My parent pay ing for a camp where people say some sensless junk?
Alice (120): When I save whipped cream in the fridge it’s good for the next day or two but I’ve noticed it does lose a little volume. It’s still highly edible, though.
122- That’s what I thought.
I didn’t get whipped cream though, because they only had very non-organic kinds, so I bought some non-organic ice cream and butter instead, which is OK for some reason? I confuse myself.