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[COLOR=Navy]From what I've seen on X Play, you can use your head to break boards in the martial arts game. You can also use your head to clean a dirty window and also to keep balloon's in the air in the game as well. I also saw on the show that you can make your own 80's music video, and pop bubbles as well. How stupid is that?[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]When I was 14, I joined this survival competion one weekand. It was in the middle of January and we had to camp in the woods. I remember I was shivering in my sleeping bag those two nights. Not only that, on Saturday, we had to hike all over the woods. I remember walking 21 miles that day. Not only that, I and four other people had to do certain things like, pull a HumV 15 feet up a hill, and make our own arrows out of resources from nature and shoot them at a target. We also did some climbing and other physically draining activities. It was tiring, but fun all the same[/COLOR].

[COLOR=Navy]OOC: Sure...drug abuse is allowed. Gene: If I catch you smoking on my ship , I'll kick you off the next place we visit. Let's get going before it gets too late. I want to visit an old friend of mine. Aisha: That Alek guy? Gene: Naw, another old friend of mine. My friend Jim hawking. Aisha:Jim!?! We're going to see Jim?!?! Gene: Yep. I need to talk to him about Hazanko. I want to see if he knows anything about Hazanko that we don't. Aisha: Ahh Gene, Aisha, and Elleny made their way to the gate where the Outlaw Star was stationed. The man in charge there to get money from people who station their ships walked towards Gene. Man: It'll be 30 wong. Gene, with a innocent face that looks like he's covering up a secret: Here you go, sir. Gene handed him an envelope and he ran up the ramp of the ship and flew the ship out of there as soon as possible. The man opened the envelope, and came screaming after Gene: You Cheap scape, you piece of shit! Get back here! An IOU message fell to the floor. By the time that the man realized that he was cheated, it was too late. The Outlaw Star already left. Gilliam: Hello Gene. May I ask what took you so long? Gene: Shut up! Let's go to Jim's. Now! The controls came to life as the ship made it's way to Jim's. [/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy][i]Ugh! How can I not worry about what Trix is going to do. She is the most obnoxious person on the planet. [/i] Laura quietly imitated what Trix said aloud. "I just thought I'd tell you that you and Shellz have nothing to worry about... ... .... Pfft! Yeah right!" Laura angerly stomped her foot on the ground and looked at over at Shelly. She seemed to be enjoying herself, talking on her cell. She seemed to be taking a long time. Laura walked around to the front of her car and sat on the hood of it. The paint color of it glistened in the moonlight. Laura laid down and watched the stars, waiting for Shelly to be done. [i]For someone who's been wanting to race, she sure is taking her sweet time. I'm tired.[/i] Laura yawned as she placed her hands behind her head.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]I don't really know how I'll act when I face death really. When, I go paintballing, I hide a lot. >_> Well, anyways, I am not afraid of dying. I am a Christian, so, I'll die when the Lord wills, and when it's my time. I am willing to be a martyr if that is what God wants me to be. I'll die for my beliefs if I have to. I would do anything for my brother or sister...anything.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]I never tried skiing myself, but my brother, sister, and dad do it. Hearing from them, and from others who ski and switched over to snowboarding, that skiing is easier. Skiing is easier to learn the basics, but hard to progress. While snowboarding is hard to learn, yet easy to progress once you get the basics down. I snowboard, and it is pretty hard to be able to do your heel and toe turns, as well as stopping on either the heel or the toe. You just have to keep your back straight, your knees bent a little, and your body over the board and you'll do fine. It took me a couple years to be able to get all of the basics of snowbording down. Though I don't really know, since I never went skiing before, I can't really say what is better. Snowboarding is a lot of fun and that's good enough for me. Just keep in mind... If you want to try one thing more than the other, than go with the thing you want to learn more. Once you learn one thing, I hear that it's twice as hard to learn the other because of not being used to it. If you are used to having your feet be attatched to one board, then it'll feel weird to have your feet attached to two separate boards. I hope that helps you out. [/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]Laura drove nervously to Thunder Road. She didn't know why she was nervous, she just was. She raced on Thunder Road so much that she knew exactly what to expect. As she made her way down the street, she kept her hand on the stick shift; shifting gears every once in awhile. Laura didn't bother putting any music in. She had too many things on her mind. She just knew that Trix was going to try and get revenge on her or Shelly. [i]Just because we don't get along with eachother, doesn't mean that I or Shell would go as far as actually setting Trix's truck on fire. Oh man! What is Nate going to act. Will he take my side of the story, or would he take Trix's?[/i] Laura groaned. She shook her head as if trying to get the bad thoughts out of her head. She could not race to her fullest while thinking that way. Finally, what seemed like a long time, Laura pulled up next to Thunder road. She parked her car, lowered her seat back, and relaxed; waiting for Shelly to arrive. [/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]Gene: "Fine, fine, Elleny. Let's get going. Aisha, you coming along?" Aisha nodded. Gene:"Now that that is settled, let's go." Gene lead the way as the other two followed his suit. They made their way down the walk, towards the gate where the red ship, the Outlaw Star was stationed. On the way there, many shops and resturants were lined up. The stores all had interesting do-dads or objects in their windows. Aisha looked in this one particular resturant window, and started to get really excited. "Oh I am so hungry! I just have to have some of that delicious food. Come on, Gene! Let's eat!" Gene turned around and walked back to where Aisha was excitedly standing. "Aisha," he moaned, "Can't you stop thinking about your stomach for one min...." Gene's voice trailed off as soon as he peared through the resturaunt window. Gene: "Alek!"[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]Gene: "I see you haven't change a bit Aisha. haha...err...jail? That's not my fault." Aisha: "Yes, it is Gene Starwind. Thanks to you for putting me in jail, you are going to pay!" Gene: "Ummm......whatever." Gene called the bartender for another whiskey, drank all of it to the very last drop, stood up, and paid. Gene raised his arms over and stretched. Gene started towards the door. Leaving a hot headed Aisha behind him.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]"There you are," Laura called out to Shelly when she stepped out of her vehicle. "Let's go have some fun." "Sounds good to me," replied Shelly. Laura and Shelly made their way to the door. Something made Laura stop in her tracks though. A small glimpse of firey orange. She slowly turned her head, and she saw Trix there on her knees. She appeared to be really upset. After seeing the what made here upset, Laura quickly turned to shelly again with a nervous look on her face. "Shell, do you think we should still be here? I mean, what if one of the brat's friends see us? Do you think our cars are safe? I don't think that our gang can afford to lose anything more than we already have. Whatever we decide, let's decide quick!" [/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]Ten years have passed since the evil Lord Hazanko was defeated by Gene Starwind and Melfina. Since then, the crewmembers of the Outlaw Star long departed to make their own choices in life. Everything in Sentinal 3 was peaceful?till now. Disturbance corrupted everywhere throughout space. Rumors quickly traveled throughout the galaxy; Lord Hazanko is back. Gene walked into the nearby bar and sat at one of the high bar stools. The bartender walked over to him while whiping a shot glass. "What will it be, sir?" Gene looked up and replied, "One large whiskey." "Alright, comin' right up." [i]It's been ten years since his fall. heh... I can remember it just like it was yesterday.[/i] Gene thought to himself. The bartender came back with a large glass, and set it down on the counter next to him. Gene paid the guy and took a big gulp of the whiskey and sighed. [i]The rest of the crew from the Outlaw Star disbanded shortly after Hazanko's defeat. During the past ten years, I've just been doing odd bounty hunter jobs to try to pay off that debt. heh I wonder what the rest of the crew are up to these days.[/i] With that last thought, he finished the last of the whiskey, and called out, "Bartender, could you hook me up with some more?"[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]I made this box on the lathe(wood turning machine). It took me three hours to make. What do you think?[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]"Let's go, Shelly" Laura muttered as she gave Nate and Asim a cold stare. "Alright," Shelly replied. "What do you want to do?" "We can go dancing at the club or we could go see a movie. Your pick. Let's just get out of here before that Trix brat gets here and screw things up." "Watch what you say, sis!" snapped Nate when he looked up from the new parts that Ant brought. Laura merely just shrugged the warning that her brother told her off. While getting into her Ferrari, replied, "You should learn to trust a woman's intuition someday. Apparently you haven't learned that lesson yet. Too bad because I do care and love you deeply, my brother. That Trix is nothing but bad news. I bet she is trying to keep you away from really concentrating on getting your car fixed in order for her gang to when the Street Wars." Nate was furious now. Laura could tell. "Shell, let's get going" Nate: "What the f" Nate could no longer be heard because Laura closed her door and turned up her cd player with Rob Zombie way up. She then drove out of the garage. [i]Why is my brother so clouded by this love?"[/i][/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]Laura: "Like hell I do. After we collect most of that oil that's leaking, let's go home. I'm getting pretty tired." Nate: "Alright" After about a half hour, the leaking pretty much stopped. Laura handed Nate a clean towel, and gave him her old sweatshirt and a plastic bag. Nate: What's this for? Laura: "To put that oiled shirt of yours in, and something for you to wear on the way home. I don't want oil inside my Ferrari, but I don't want you getting sick either. " Nate: "Alright" Nate whiped the rest of the oil off his face the best he could, placed his shirt in the bag, and put the sweatshirt on. "Alright. Let's go home, " said Laura finally after a big yawn.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]Laura: "Stop treatin the tools that way!" Laura tossed a bucket to Nate below. Laura: "When that oil stops leaking, I want you to clean up that mess, you hear? And don't you dare put that shirt of yours in the washer and dryer when we get home. Tré, are you ok?" Tré: "yeah" Laura: "cool. Do you want something to drink? If you do, you can go and help yourself to anything in the fridge in the break room upstars." To Nate..."How's that leak coming along?"[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]Alright now. All of your sign ups are good. You are all in. I hope that someone signs up as Melfina and Suzuka soon. If not, we'll start next Wenesday regardless.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]Laura noticed Nate put a cd in her cd player and she rolled her eyes. Ten minutes later, they arrived at the garage. Laura park her car and then got out. Laura: "Let's move your car on the lift, and let's get to work. We have a long night ahead of us." Nate: "Right" Nate put the Escudo in neutral and with Laura's help, they moved in on top of the lift. Laura went to the towel bin and tossed her brother a towel as she grabbed her own. Laura: "I'm going to look in side the hood while you look underneath. "Alright," Nate replied as he went underneath the car in the pit, "Could you do me a favor and get me a Gatorade a an wrench?" Laura: "Sure." Laura walked upstairs to the break room and she brought down two gatorades, and a cd player. Laura: "Want to listen to Metallica while we work?" Nate: "Ok" Laura handed him a wrench, popped an old Metallica cd in the cd player, pushed play, and the two got to work.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]"Oh fine, Nate!" exclaimed Laura as she threw her arms up in disgust, "But I'm driving." Thanks, lil' sis" Nate replied with relief. Just hook your baby to mine and let's go. Nate attatched the cables to his Escudo and to Laura's Ferrari and hopped into the passenger seat. "See you all later," she said the other people who remained at the hide out as she followed her brother's example and sat in the driver's seat. She closed the door, carefully backed out and on the open road. "What were you thinking!?!?!?!" she exclaimed once they were on the road. "I dunno." "Did you use up all of that money that Shelly gave you? I hope not because your car is screwed up again. The condition of your Escudo depends on whether we win this year's Street Wars. Without you, our chances are slim. My Ferrari F50 can only do so much. As soon as we get back to the garage, let's try and fix your car together this time. That way, we'll better the chances of it getting fixed in time."[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]Here's one that a friend gave to me. It's pretty good and it is free. Just make sure you click on the free link on the top of the page. [URL=http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/]Lavasoft: Ad-Aware[/URL] That'll get rid of the spyware that's on your computer. Just make sure that you download the latest reference file every now and then by clicking on the Web Update button in the program. As for your brower. Are you using Internet Explorer by any chance? Because if you are, then you should get the google toolbar. Just search for it in google. That toolbar has a pop up blocker in it, and it'll keep annoying pop ups away. *James gave me permission to post the link*[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]Laura quickly scarfed down the rest of her Ramen and hopped into her car. She picked up the cd case that was sitting on the passenger seat and chose one of her burned ones out the case, kissed the cd, and placed it in her cd player. She put her key in the ignition and the gentle hum of her Ferrari starting sounded, followed by the blast of the European techno and French rap mix cd that she just put in. [i]I am absolutely bored. I think that I may want to bum around town for a little while.[/i] The second track on her cd played as the car sped down the street; the lyrics corrupted the peace of the street for being so loud: "Dreamer. Dreamer. Dreamer. Dreamer. You got to be a dreamer. You got to be a dreamer. You got to be a dreamer." "I think that I want to go to Thunder Road to see if there is anyone to race," she said out loud. With that, she made her way there. When she arrived, she was surprised to see her brother's Escudo there. [i]Did he really get that thing fixed??? Amazing![/i] As she made her way slowly to the other cars, many people turned their heads towards her. [i]This'll be exciting[/i][/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]I think that the strategy you have is good. If some guy walked up to me that I didn't even know, and asked me out. I would be freaked out. I'd like to know whether the guy is somebody that is really perfect or not. I am shy, and the going up to guys I don't know ask them if they wanted to date me would be pretty nerve racking. You're not alone. Every single guy I liked, only liked me as a friend in return and nothing more. [/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]Ever since I moved from Illinois to England I had this depression. The first thing that triggered it was leaving the same town I lived for nine years and moving all the way overseas to an unknown place and world to me. Eventually that depression moved to loneliness from being home schooled, to family troubles, then three years later, moving away from England, the country I've grown to love, to my current home, Washington State. My friends that I met here finally stopped that depression. I've been depressed non stop for about four to five years. Just because I am over that depression doesn't mean that I don't get depressed anymore. With that long depression, I was going through a lot. One, I was starting to go through puberty. Two, depression runs in the family, and three my relationship with my family wasn't very good at all. I do have a reason to depressed a lot of times. I either get made fun of because of the way I am. Everyone in drama ignored me, was mean to me, and treated me like crap. A guy I like doesn't like me. Or even the fact that I am always the third wheel with some of my friends. These group of friends get mad at me for stupid reasons, and many other things. I another thing that I tend to do when I'm depressed, or, that makes me depressed is keeping every little thing that bothers me, anything that goes wrong in my life, anything at all, I keep to myself. I bottle everything up. I also try not to show negative emotions like crying. I just have a blank stare. With these negative emotions and depressions I have, more than half the time I can't help it...but, the rest of the time, I dunno, I bring it on too myself. I just thrive on the feelings at times. heh [QUOTE]It's also known as being a normal teenager.[/QUOTE] haha, not quite. I know plenty of happy optimistic teenagers. Depression just runs in my family, and I've been teased all my life for how I am. You would be emotionally scarred too if this one girl teased and blamed every bad she did on you when you were only four years old. I've was depressed and very sad after this one time when I was only eight years old and that same girl blamed something on me to her mom, who was the girl scout leader. Her mom made me sit out of roller skating all night for something I didn't do. I do believe that you can't help to be depressed or sad. It is not always teen angst, like some have lead to believe. I also think that talking with loved ones help you a lot. What I don't agree on is that being surrounded by social activities helps you. It may help you when you are lonely, but it doesn't really work for the rest. I mean, what if people bully you a lot and having people around you makes you feel worse?[/COLOR]

[quote name='Animegurl4ever][font=Franklin Gothic Medium][color=indigo]I believe the OAV Reflection of Rurouni Kenshin is got to be the WORST!!! I mean Kenshin is like my fav. anime movie right...but when watching the oav [/color][/font][spoiler]he dies....[/spoiler]WHY!!!? I love the Reflection until the part where [spoiler]they show kenshin dying![/spoiler] it makes me cried so hard that I want to hang the directors' head! My gosh! [spoiler]Why does the ur fav. anime character has to die in front of you?![/spoiler] [color=indigo][font=Franklin Gothic Medium]urgh.... :flaming: .but overall Rurouni Kenshin is still my # 1 anime series....its still the best no matter what! :D [/font'][/color][/quote] [COLOR=Navy]Kenshin [spoiler]dies because he caught a disease by one of his enemies.[/spoiler] I can't remember which one though. It's been so long. I was upset with the ending of Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, and I! My! Me! Strawberry Eggs. They made me frustrated. I mean, come on! In Strawberry Eggs, [spoiler]The main character left the school...right when he could keep his job as PE teacher. heh[/spoiler] [/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]I remember one that was freaky. It was when I was in my advanced woods class, and there was this senior there that was a beginner in woods 1 in the same period. Anyways, one day, he cornered me in the cage where I was storing my wood, and he first poked me with a scrap piece of wood in my butt. After that he glomped me. That same day also, he kept on trying to touch me in places. heh... This continued on for a week until I told my school consoler. Then the guy was taken in for questioning by one of the disciplinary authorities. After that, he got kicked out of the class. There's another instance, but I'll keep that to myself.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]Laura drove into the garage with her Ferarri after taking it out for a spin. She turned her sound system that was playing Static X off, and finally noticed her brother sitting in his car with his music turned way up. "Oh man! Ever since his Escudo been out of whack, he's been down in the dumps. I better go talk to him," she aloud to herself. Laura walked over to the driver's side of her brother's car, and she leaned a bit on the car door. "Hey! Hey!" Nate turned off his music finally, "What?" "You do know, my brother, that moping around won't solve anything." she said with a now calm voice. "Everyone in the gang is mad at me. I wasted money on this Escudo and and it's still not fixed." "Well, if we are going to win the Street Wars this year, we have to get it fixed. So, we better get on it."[/COLOR]