Retribution

Well. Right now, I'm thinking of: When will Christmas be here? What's for lunch? Why are my brothers so annoying? Does my crush like me back? Should I eat breakfast? Being on the computer is fun. Pocky tastes good, I wish I had some. I wish I had somewhere to go today. [B]ITS CHRISTMAS BREAK![/B]

[quote name='Hell'z_KiD']now days most people just wanna be gay it's like a trend with people.[/quote] Well, I don't think so. Until recently, it was extremely shameful to be gay, therefore no one 'came out of the closet,' to spare themselves the ridicule. In the 60s-70s (i think) Elton John was gay, but he never sang about another man explicitly. All his songs had words like 'you,' so that he wasn't exactly going against his beliefs as a gay person, but also wouldn't offend others. Now, in 2004, people aren't as homophobic, so people feel more comfortable expressing their sexual preference. [quote] and I don't believe bisexuality exists, It's 1 thing to be gay and like only one sex, but both? Bisexuality seems like a made up sexuality just to have fun at like orgies.[/QUOTE] No, I don't think so. I think you can like both genders. I think Godel said ealier it may be psycological, as in there's something 'miswired' in their brain. Therefore, their brain may be semi- 'wired correctly,' as in they like the opposite gender, but also like their own. It seems plausible to me.

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/mechinfinity/calintz.jpg[/IMG] Personally, I think this is my most successful use of text! I would still like to know how to make words with borders around the outside of them, as well as mirrored text. All in due time I suppose. Comments are appreciated.

My first anime that I ever saw... it might've been Robotech. I have extremely vague memorys of the show. The first anime I can say confidently I saw was G-Force on cartoon network. The next was Speed Racer. I wasn't really addicted until my naive mind struck every little kid's dream: DBZ. That was back when it was a saturday morning cartoon for WB. I think I was about 6. A few of my friends thought Sailor Moon was the best thing since sliced bread, but being a 6 year old, the constant action kept me glued to DBZ. Then, I eventually was Toonami, watched whatever animes were on there, and soon I started going to anime sites online. Until just recently, I had been confined to mainstream anime of cartoon network and tech-tv. Now... now there's comcast's Anime Network, which broadened by horizons tenfold.

Wow. I had no idea that so many people on the boards didn't even like anime. I sort of knew that most people here we sort of young.

I've decided to try my hand at role playing. I've only done spars, so this should be interesting to say the least. This plot seems like a really good idea, but right now there's only one signed-up female. I hope that changes soon. [B]Name[/B]: Alexander Harrison, goes by 'Alex' [B]Age[/B]: 16 [B]Gender[/B]: Male [B]Appearance[/B]: [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/mechinfinity/cyan.jpg[/IMG] (His hair is about two inches shorter than the picture, and his eyes are grey) Standing at 5' 9", he's about average height. He likes to wear loose fitting clothes, usually Quiksilver t-shirts, black cargo pants, and black Adidas Sambas. He has a medium build, isn't particularly strong, but is agile and nimble and has high endurance. [B]Love Interest[/B]: He wishes he had a girl friend. He doesn't like girls who are always sad or mean. Although he wants a girl friend, it won't kill him if he doesn't have one. Out of fear of rejection, he drops anonymous love notes to his crush in her locker. He also tries to express his affection by performing random acts of kindness for whomever he likes. As of now, he isn't quite sure of who he likes. [B]Personality[/B]: Alex is a generally optimistic person, and he usually gets along with everyone. Most days he will brighten anyone's mood, but when he's sad/angry, he loses his optimism, and gets slightly agitated with people. He is shy when it comes to professing his feelings to girls, but loves to talk to them casually. Alex is also rather calm and soft-spoken, as well as bright. [B]Bio[/B]: Alex was born in Madrid, however, both of his parents are English. He lived in Spain until he was five years old, and then his family moved to Cambridge, England. There, he learned more english, and maintained his spanish, making him bilingual. He moved to London when he was seven, because his father got a promotion, requiring them to move once again. All the moving prevented Alex from getting set into a given routine, making friends, etc. He turned out fine, but doesn't have too many friendships of the past to speak of. His amiable personality allowed him to make up for lost time in all instances, and he quickly became friends with nearly anyone he had a few classes with. Despite Alex's outgoing nature, he is extremely reluctant to tell the girl(s) his feelings, mainly for fear of rejection. Alex's parents are flexible with his hobbies, free-time, and social life, as he maintains a 3.8 GPA, with relative ease. He also has four brothers, three of which were born in England, and the other was born in Madrid as well. If you care, his brothers names are: David (14), Julius (11), Will (9), and Aaron (7).

I'm 15. Sometimes on online forms and such, I may enter an age around 16+, so that the people won't start off looking down on me. I do, however, know plenty of anime fans who are 30+. Pretty cool actually.

Man... stop twisting my words around. [quote name='Drix D'Zanth']Have you even paid attention to the ?slippery slope? argument? Hey, I don?t hold the keys to the future, but I don?t believe our country really needs to destroy one institution that holds meaning to me.[/quote] Slippery slope? I'm not quite sure what you mean. Is that something like if gays can marry, why not let other things happen too? Just asking. [quote] Glory, glory Hallelujah! If it isn?t the ?I don?t care if you think it is immoral? ?we shouldn?t use religion to justify anything? argument biting itself in the ***. Newsflash? without a religious argument as the moral foundation in the ?60s the Civil Rights movement wouldn?t have happened ^_^. Ouch, that?s gotta sting.[/quote] I wasn't referring to how it [segregation] ended, only to how it began. I wasn't talking about how black people got equal rights, only why white folk were afraid/hateful, and was relating it to the way people seem to be treating homosexuality. Obviously, homosexuals aren't getting discriminated as harshly, such as being banned from drinking from the same water fountain as straight people, but it's still there in the form of denying them marriage. Of course there was a strong religious arguement, but one could also logic their way through it. Why would one group of people be considered better than the other because of their skin color? I bet that's what a lot of black people were thinking. Why do they get to have better stuff, more priveledges etc? People naturally don't like being ruled over, so it was mostly religion, but also a little human nature. If people had religion, but no human nature or logic, it wouldnt've happened either. They would think 'aww... this sucks. my religion says their wrong and we're all equal. oh well.' They would've have no desire to rise up. [quote]God forbid I don?t want those rules changed?[/quote] You're entitled to your own opinion. [quote]How can one say homosexual marriage is OK but incest is not?[/quote] See my response below... [quote]Swing and a miss?.[/quote] ... I know it wasn't too effective of an analogy. [quote]How exactly does homosexuality benefit society?[/QUOTE] It doesn't benefit society as a whole, but it doesn't hurt it either. There won't be retarded children coming from a homosexual marriage. I think if children could come out alright as much of the time with an incestual union as with a non-family union, why not? Like I said, it makes the gay people who want to marry happy, and it's not hurting you or your family, or your neighborhood. If it makes some people happy and doesn't benefit others, but doesn't cost/hurt them either, why would it be a question of 'Does it benefit society.'?

Now that you say that it took you five minutes, it looks really really good! Shoulda said something before.

[quote name='Adahn][font=Courier New][size=2][color=#0000ff]Absolutely nothing may happen, and the world could be a better place full of happy, happy gay people. On the other hand, everything could happen, and the world could degenerate into a blood orgy. We're opening a door, and we don't know what's on the other side. Is the possibility of a better world for gay people worth the possibility of a worse one for everyone?[/color][/size'][/font][/quote] I would like to know what you think what could possibly happen if we let gays marry each other. They're still going to have relations with each other, if that's what you're worried about. I fail to see a negative. Besides, all of this stuff is pretty close to segregation and such back in the 60's. Why did white people want to keep black people away from them? Not quite sure, but black people weren't gonna go shoot them all to death if they were allowed to drink at the same water fountain. I'll try plugging in racist responses to Adahn's sentense frames. Both issues are/were opposed, in the same general manner, and both issues are/were very controversial. If we let black people into our neighborhoods, who know what might happen? We're opening the door, and we don't know what's on the other side. For all we know, they could bring in poverty, crime, and whatever else. We don't want America degenerating into that, do we? Sorry if that offended you, but do you see the similarity? Both arguments don't have much ground to stand on. White folk were just racist and scared back then. Now, I don't see the ground where you stand on, saying that gays could degenerate the world into a 'blood orgy,' or could 'worsen the world for everyone else.' And when you think about it, for every decision our country makes, there is always the chance that things will go wrong, and we will be significantly wounded as a country. It's like not wanting to drive in a car, for fear that you might crash and die. There is always a chance, however low, that you will crash, but you should just go ahead and live your life. That analogy wasn't exactly perfect, because gay marriages don't have as high a chance of hurting either person as driving in a car does.

Looks awesome. I think you could've invested some more time painting the barrel. Maybe a different color like red with a black outline would've been better.

Not a telescope - satellite dish. A really big one. No, it's not for class, I was just inspired by some work.

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/mechinfinity/dish.jpg[/IMG] I guess I was shooting for the theme of communication. Did it work?

[QUOTE=Afire][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2][COLOR=Red]Oh please! LOL! I've always known that my dad is a man and that my mom is a woman. I talk to them each differently. Very differently! I always have. Your family life is so much different than life with your peers. It's where you learn to live. Peers are only temporary.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE] Yes, of course you treat them differently. You aren't a very good people-person if you treat everyone the same way, as far as behavior around them goes. I talk differently around my mom than I do around my dad, but seriously, my learning to communicated with other males, as well as females has come from going to school. Not my parents. Because you will never have the same bond you do with (good) parents like you will with a friend. Peers are temporary, but they help you get a grip with reality. If your parents shield you, you may think that's how the world is, then run into a huge surprise. If your parents let you dive into this screwed up world, you will at least know reality, and not try to live in a 'dream world' to borrow from the Matrix. Family life is much more important than peers, but not always in the communication aspect. How many times have you poured out your heartfelt troubles on their laps? Not too many, if you are an average teen. If you are like most, you would've gone to your friends... friends/peers are how you learn to deal with people you dont like, get along with people you do, and react effectively in the real world. Sorry about the tangent there...

lol. Well, sorry I sounded like that. I guess I was trying to give you help, but you probably weren't serious about these banners anyway. And yeah, she's getting annoying with all that 'You're so great' stuff spewing all over teh place.

[quote name='Raid3r']Children need a defined system of human interaction if they are to grow up psychologically sound. A child will be confused if he sees 2 moms, or 2 dads, instead of 1 mother and 1 father. The family is the amino acid of society. To break it up or damage it is an irreparable blow to the fabric of that society itself.[/quote] And it doesn't really break up the fabric of society. Kids who grow up in a gay home accept it as nothing out of the ordinary, and don't become confused. I believe that you don't choose to be gay, it just is something you're born with, so you can't sexually confuse the kid. They'll act on their primal instinct. I know a girl who's parents were lesbian. She grew up fine. I know her, and she's living a completely normal life, and is in college. I also know a guy who is growing up in a lesbian home. He's fine too. Sure, he gets ribbed a few times every now and then from it, but by no means is he sexually confused, or socially confused. Children who grow up in gay or lesbian homes are no less normal than anyone else. If anything they probably grow up to be more free-minded and acceptant of everyone else's differences growing up in a different home than everyone else. [quote] I cannot think of even 1 way a society would benefit from accepting homosexuality as an acceptable lifestyle. Keyword: benefit. Think about that, and then ask yourself, why should homosexuality be considered an acceptable lifestyle?[/QUOTE] And how does it hurt? Actually, it can help the people in the marriage. They are happy, so it can make people who are gay happier. And isn't that what's life about?

[quote name='Baron Samedi][size=1'] ... a small cell, and no human contact. For the rest of his life.[/size][/quote] Well said, man. Solitary confinement would be an awesome punishment. For all you pacifists, he won't die, and for all you who want serious punishement, he wouldn't seen ANYONE. EVER. It would be cool if they just put his meals through a little hole, so he wouldn't see anyone, throw in a few rubber duckies, and let'em go nuts for the next 50 years of his life. Maybe a weekly lashing would be nice. Maybe 10 across the back, and as his pain tolerance grows, so will the lashes. But alas, tis cruel & unusual, so we can't. :p

Sorry, I don't see a banner, but if it comes back up, I might give it a shot.

Well, I've never heard of Open Canvas 3.0. What features does it have? Usually, people use Photoshop because it is leagues better than whatever other photoediting software there is. The downside is that it costs like... 500$.

[QUOTE=Kyuai]Fine =P be that way. I think you're just expecting too much. Half the great banners created [b]don't have a message[/b] to imply. And if the image quality isn't good enough for you (which really isn't bad at all with these images) you can just down-size the image, which makes it seem less grainy. As for the colors, though they are very close, the color theme in general is very nice in my opinion. It would work great with a profile or page with a similar color scheme. Or hell, pump up the saturation or contrast. Hmph. No respect.[/QUOTE] Most, if not all graphics made have a certain message... even an emotion to get across to the audience, be it happy, sad, anger, or a certain point you want to make. This had none. I guess a few avatars don't have feeling or anything, but the colors were so bland, no 'emotion' could be discerned. Maybe boredom is the only thing I pick up from these. Scaling an image down will not detract from its blurryness. Pick a better image, is mainly what you need to do next time. Make sure it's at least something worth looking at, meaning make it interesting. If you want respect, you gotta earn it. ^.^

Why did you hijack her thread? Why not just make another thread for your pictures? Anyway, they're ok. All there is, is a graphic, dim -- and text over that graphic, in an oval shape, high lit. Maybe try different blends of filters together, although I'm not so sure what GIMP has to offer.

[quote name='Drix D'Zanth']I might be reading between the lines, but isn't calling something irrelevant about the same thing as saying it has no "reasonable" bearing on an argument?[/quote] Yes, you're reading waaay between the lines. Stop overanalyzing. You know what I mean. [quote] Kiddo, if the Constitution were that easy to intepret, we wouldn't need a Supreme Court. Please, tell me where in the constitution it mentions "gay marriage"?[/quote] Seriously, cut the elusive answer stuff. From what you are saying, if the constitution doesn't explicitly say it, it's a loophole? *sigh* Anyway. [quote]This is especially interesting, first you quote the Constituion like it's somehow solving this whole issue, then you conclude that our basic right to vote should be removed and that Gay Marriage should just be instituted without asking the people.... that's the AMERICA I love![/quote] ... I didn't quote the Constituion like it'll solve anything, only to further my point, in that we, in my opinion, have no right voting over this, because in our Representative Democracy, we can't vote to change the Constitution. Only our reps, therefore, we can't vote on this issue, so how could I be even claiming to remove your right to it? You never had it in the first place. And why do gays need your or someone else's permission to live their life? I guess you can always pull that 'immorality' think on me again, like people seem to be doing now. [quote]As a matter of fact and in a subtler sense, we [i]can[/i] "push each other's beleifs" down eachother's throats! I'm not "pushing" my beliefs on anyone, [b]I[/b] am not the one that wants to change anything.[/quote] What do you mean by this? [quote] It's homosexuals (and their supporters) that want to change marriage... not the other way around.[/quote] Yes and no. Homosexuals do want to change marriage, in the sense that it isn't only between a man and woman, but also a man + man, woman + woman. No, because laws never said that it [i]had[/i] to be between a man and woman. That's why Bush and his people are scrambling to ban it in the states. [quote] If you had read the previous posts, rather than "pushing your beliefs" down my throat, you would somehow understand that I'm not arguing against homosexuality or their ability to marry. I just don't believe it should be recognized in public forum; aka Government.[/quote] Pushing my beliefs down your throat? No, I was defending my position, stating my opinion, and answering your questions, as well as posing some of my own. Pushing my beliefs down your throat would be something like ... I'm a Christian, and you're a Jew. In the Bible, it says that all other religions are sinful and wrong. So I either forcibly convert you to Christianity or killl you. I've read your posts, and I'm only voicing my opinion. How that sounds to you is for you to determine. [quote]When was sanctity an issue? I don't need the government telling me that I'm married to someone. I will accept the privilages that marriage brings, but I don't need them to somehow ameliorate my marriage![/QUOTE] I never said you did. I was merely putting out my opinion to people who think that gay marriages assault the 'sanctity of marriage.'

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/mechinfinity/yuck.jpg[/IMG] Personally, this looks alright I suppose. I couldn't really figure out how to do the line effect the way I wanted it... sort of shiny looking.

No prob. Glad you lke it.

Before I reply, I guess I was a little wronged at attacking people's 'ground to stand on,' instead of 'giving a rebuttal to their opinion.' [QUOTE=Drix D'Zanth] God forbid I tell them that what they say is irrelevant because of their "creed" or "religion". [/QUOTE] Not irrelevant. Just no reason to ban something. It contradicts our Constitution, and unless we amend it, it'll stay that way for a long while. Whether you're for the issue or against it, really doesn't change the way the Constitution is written. That's why I think this whole issue is ludicrous, mainly because we have no right to be voting over this stuff. If you want to ban gay marriage, delete the word 'creed' out of it. THEN we can start the votes. And just because we think that according to our faith, gays are immoral or whatever, doesn't mean they think so. And if they don't think so, can you really push your beliefs down their throats? Don't try to live other people's lives just because of your opinion. The sanctity of marriage? Who said they'd have to have a Christian or even relgious marriage. A state marriage would do, so long as they have the same rights as a straight person. And Xander, I never said that it wasn't. I was saying that we have no right amending the constitution based on a party(s) decisions on what is 'moral or not.' The way you vote can and will be affected on your religion, I'm just saying that Christians, Jews, Muslims, etc have the right to push their beliefs on others.