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[QUOTE=Shinmaru]That's exactly how I feel. I hate California's summers because it's very hot and very dry. I love our winters, though, because they're as close to perfect as weather will ever get. EDIT: Clarification: I hate Southern California's summers. I guess that Northern California just slipped my mind, because I usually ignore it totally. :p[/QUOTE] [FONT=verdana][SIZE=1] Pff. North California rules. I love the summer, it rains too much in the winter, how I would love for it to snow up here once in awhile. What I wouldn't do for some snow, but nope just fogg and rain. Bah. I love being in the sun, especially since ice cream always tastes so much better in the summer. Think of that...ice cream...mmmm...yea..living in cali is the good life. [/font][/size]

[FONT=Verdana][SIZE=1] [b]1. Are we having too much sex?[/b] First of all do you yourself think your having too much sex? maybe you should be talking to your boyfriend about these issues first of all, since otherwise I'm sure this 'problem' will continue. [b]2. If so, is it bad for our relationship? ( keep in mind we are each others first so we are still kind of reveling ion the novelty of it.)[/b] Not unless thats all you two do. Suggest some time off, maybe try going to a movie or something for once? Become sexual does make you closer, but you don't want it to be all there is do you? [b]3. Should people only have sex if they are in love?[/b] That is totally up to a person's beliefs, so only you can anwser that one. [b]4. Should i try and cut down?[/b] I don't know should you? Obviously it must be bothering you if you were to create this thread. I suggest taking some weeks off if you think you've been too active. [/FONT][/SIZE]

[QUOTE=AzureWolf][COLOR=blue]Everyone has a different definition of incest. When it comes down to your immediate family, there's no doubt that it should be illegal. Even on a genetic/scientific level, one can consider it forbidden. However, things get a little sticky when you get to cousins and the extended family. I don't really approve of the marrying your cousin thing, but there's technically nothing wrong with it. It's a hard case, simply because there's no clear, flat-out deleterious problem. Also, it does depend on how close (genetically) they are to you. In fact, isn't that all it comes down to? O_o Maybe it's circumstantial? I imagine that if you didn't grow up with them, they'd be more attractive or something. *shrugs*[/COLOR][/QUOTE] [SIZE=1][FONT=Tahoma]I kind of agree with AzureWolf's explanation. It all depends on the situation and how you guys are related and what not. I know for one would never marry my brother, that is disgusting. The only way I could see that happening is if I met him and never knew he was my brother sort of thing (Hint: Check out Marmalade Boy) that's a whole different story. I honestly don't think its right and yes to a certain extent it should be [b]illegal[/b] because your babies come out with mental disabilities and its pretty much putting them in the situation of leading a difficult life. Why would you want that for your child especially since its almost guaranteed to happen? I also don't think its right to marry someone who was close to you in that way and shares your same blood. It's just wrong to me and I can't help feeling that way. That is how I see it. [/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=1]I think Nakago from Fushigi Yuugi is the best villan because.... [CODE][SPOILER]He tried to break up Tamahome and Miaka's relationship He tried to take over the country and used her best friend He betrayed his country for his own selfish benefits He was a lieing piece of scheming scum [/SPOILER] [/CODE] And that pretty much settles it. [/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=1]I actually first heard more about Sin City from when Britany Murphey appeared on TRL recently. (I just happened to be flipping through the channels, I really can't stand all the screaming) Anyways, It actually looks pretty good. I didn't know the co-director was the person who directed Kill Bill, but then again I can't judge because I've never actually seen Kill Bill before *gasp* Yes its true. I haven't watched the movie. It looks a bit too bloody even for me and I just think the plot could have had more. But anyways, some great actors and actresses are going to be in this movie like Jessica Alba so its definately something I'll be going to watch. It's about time some good movies come out, not all the Ashton Kutcher ones (*Cough*GuessWho*Cough*) So atleast I can be thankful for that. [/FONT][/SIZE]

[QUOTE=Tigervx][FONT=Arial][COLOR=Teal] For instance, Stalking in my belief is a wrong way to love someone. If they clearly have no romantic interests in you and have already rejected you, you should really let it be. If you really love that person then you'll let them go and do what they wish in life, and if the time comes that they want to be back with you, then it all works out. Another is if you abuse someone. If your naturally abusive, then I'm sorry to say it, but you can't truely love someone. If you cannot control your emotions enough to have restraint or let someone go, you either have to learn to control such problems or let someone go, trust me, its for the best. [/COLOR][/FONT][/QUOTE] [FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=1]I agree with TigerVX. There is nothing wrong about loving someone, although sometimes I admit there are times when you feel like it is. I was with someone for five years and it probably wasn't the best choice I could have made but hey, you can't pick who you love. It just happens. That's why its an emotion that you can't control and thats what makes it unique. Stalking obviously isn't the best idea so yeah atleast thats out of the picture. Who gave you the idea that loving someone is wrong? The final line is you can't choose who you love, and if anyone tells you different I think their wrong. [/FONT][/SIZE]

[FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=1]I'm sad to say April Fool's Day isn't so highly celebrated where I live either. Infact most of my sister and father's pranks are pretty corny to the point where they weren't funny, and everyday is like a prank day for my family. I use to put salt in my dad's mint candies, salt is always a classic. I can't remember most of the pranks that were pulled on me but now that I have a new boyfriend I think this time I will be the one to finally dish out the dirt if you know what I mean. Muhahaha. Poor him. [/FONT][/SIZE]

[FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=1]I definately do believe in the supernatural such as ghosts although I don't like to admit it to others. I've had acouple experiences that are too out there to explain in resonable terms that I had bringing up but to prove my point I'll just share one of them. I was walking down my hallway when I was 12 at night and usually my house is pitch black except for a small lamp that sits in the kitchen. Well I kept seeing this small orb of light that I assumed must be the lamp except it kept getting closer and closer to me next thing I know the light floated over and went right through me and either passed me or vanished. It's really hard to explain in words but you can only guess that I was freaked out that night and haven't felt the same walking down that hallway. I still do it but it was a wierd feeling it was as if time around me stopped and I couldn't move or breathe and then it was gone. I don't like talking about it much and most the time block it out of my head but if I were to guess anything that it could be, probably a ghost of some sort. [/FONT][/SIZE]

[FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=1] [b]1. Revolutionary Girl Utena - [/B] I saw this on the list above and it truely is a magnificent and unique anime that deserves to be on the list. Sure its not as popular as some other classic animes, but it definately had me crying at the end. For a stiff cold-hearted person like me (hah im joking) to cry takes alot. Its just so wierd and perfect. [b]2. Marmalade Boy - [/B] A bit soap-opera-ish but I mean that in a good way. It's a really touching and moving love story. [b]3. Hana Yori Dango - [/B] Another unpopular anime that I just adore. I could watch this one over and over again and never get bored of it no matter how many times I see it. Doumyoji is the best character I've ever seen portrayed and its so realistic. Great love story. [b]4. Cowboy Bebop - [/b] Yeah yeah you knew this was coming didn't you? Of course I'm going to add it in, especially since they have an independent woman, faye in this anime. Gotta love it. [b]5. Trigun - [/b] One word. Vash. He's as funny as hell. I can never stop laughing no matter how many times I see it, I dunno I guess because he's as goofy as I can get sometimes. [b]6. Galaxy Angel - [/b] The most pointless anime I've ever seen, basically just a bunch of skits. But the characters are adorable and despite the cheesieness, its actually, kind of funny. I'm sad to say it but yes I did laugh, alot. [b]7. Magic Knight Rayearth - [/b] I love this anime I could watch it all the time. I love the word Cephiro and the fact that there are so many suprises and twists into the plot. Most of the characters you simply fall in love with anyways. Lantis and Ferio. Priceless Bishounen. [b]8. Slayers - [/b] Can't believe I almost forgot this one, I love slayers its one of my favorite RPG Medieval animes. Lina is my idol. [b]9.Fushigi Yuugi - [/b] What else more is to say? Its one of the best romance stories, and you know how I'm a sucker for that by now. Tamahome and Miaka are a priceless couple and the story is unique one that I'll never get tired of. [b]10. Kare Kano - [/b] Unique storyline plot. Girl is evil which is a change for once muhaha. whats wrong with a woman in charge? Interesting anime only wish it were continued.... [/FONT][/SIZE]

[QUOTE=skedy][COLOR=Teal][SIZE=1][FONT=Lucida Sans Unicode]I was talking to a friend, ex-member of OB, earlier today and he said something I thought was pretty funny, well sort of funny. We were talking about sexuality, as you do when you're bored and wandering aimlessly around town. He believes that their are people who are genuinely bisexual but there are also people that he has taken to calling 'bi-curious'. He believes these people want to experience what their own sex has to offer but aren't really attracted to them, they simply want to try kissing someone or claim they are 'into' same sex relationships to further their own reputation or, as it has been suggest here, to make themselves seem more appeling to a potential partner. I agree with his points and think that pretending to be bisexual to further one's self socially or to aid in 'scoring' is ridiculous. I genuinely support people who are actually curious to what it would be like to 'get with', to whatever degree, a member of their own sex but can't help be offended by the fakers. No one can be born gay or bi, or even straight for that matter. I believe people's sexuality is determined by their own personal thoughts, emotions and experiences. And like Hevn said, it is entirely possible for someone to believe that they are as straight as it gets and come to realise, maybe ot over night, that they do have an interest in the opposite sex, even if it is only for a specific individual. Personally I would not consider a person to be bisexual if they have a crush or are attracted to a single member of their sex. I think people need to be attracted to multiple individual's of their gender or acted upon their feelings for an individual of it.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/QUOTE] [FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=1]There is a big difference between being bi-curious and being a fake. Bi-curious is when people are actually experimenting to see if they are indeed, bisexual or not. It's a phase that alot of people I know atleast have gone through. Fakers are people who use it to get attention from friends or others. Just thought I'd put that out there. Still I'm not sure if having a crush on the same sex is considererd bi-curious or not. [/FONT][/SIZE]

[FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=1]Wasn't there a recent thread about this? I could have swore I've seen this one acouple of times. Oh well. No big deal. I recently had a dream that my cat woke me up and was talking to me in a deep scary voice. He told me to wake up or else my mom was going to hit me with a frying pan. Then his voice slowly turned into my mothers and I woke up to my mom screaming at me to get out of bed. Yeah I really don't like that dream. It wasn't much but it still creeped me out, especially since his eyes were purple. Violet. Just creepy. [/FONT][/SIZE]

[FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=1]I agree with the death penalty, but to a certain extent. Only if that person is a huge danger to society, or has escaped once from jail. I think its better to make them suffer a long harsh life in jail then to let them get off easy. It's sad, but to me, I don't think murderers are scared of death and hope that they get the injection. Its painless and they would be 'free of their troubles'. Making them wake up everyday having to think about why they are in that prison and suffer is a better punishment. But thats just me. [/FONT][/SIZE]

[QUOTE=Baron Samedi][size=1]Japan, remember that not everybody has someone who cares about them. There are truly some people out there who [b]nobody gives a **** about[/b]. It's sad, and it's horrible, but it's true. When these people look around, they see no reason to live. They don't feel like they can improve their lives, get away from their miserable existence. And nobody cares. You cannot help but feel for these kinds of people; and you cannot denounce them as being selfish. They truly feel that they have no other alternative. Rather, isn't it more selfish of you in this case to sweep aside their woes and proclaim that they just need to 'keep their chin up'? It's disregarding the situation that some people find themselves in. I am no supporter of suicide, and I've always felt that it was selfish. But you do need to realise that you can't judge suicide as a whole. It has many sub-categories ~_^[/size][/QUOTE] [SIZE=1][FONT=Tahoma]Baron pretty much summed up what I was about to say. There are different reasons and not everyone has someone they care about. I do think there are horrible reasons to committing suicide (not like its a good thing to begin with) like taking revenge on people or killing yourself because you can't be with someone. If that person is happy, you should move on with your life. Most the time when your trying to commit suicide you don't think of the consequences and the impact of your loss will have on other's lives. My x-boyfriend's dad shot himself when he was only 14, a time when every guy needs a dad to talk to. The fact that he left at such an important time, its selfish. Yes, but can you hate someone for that? I think its wrong to just decide that that person must be selfish because they couldnt deal. Obviously that person needed help and it wasn't offered to them. Killing yourself for revenge though is the worst thing you can do, to purposely inflict pain. If that person isnt thinking about the consequences, its not being selfish its just pure ignorance. I hope that made some sense. [/SIZE][/FONT]

[QUOTE=Lalaith Ril][color=purple] The weird thing that I've noticed is; around here it seems if a person is bisexual they are a lot more open minded towards sexual activity then other people. In other words most bisexuals around here are considered sluts, and I'd almost say its true. I don't know if thats just a coincidence or is a common occurance throughout bisexuals. [/color][/QUOTE] [SIZE=1][FONT=Tahoma] I think they think that because Bisexuals sleep with both genders, and some not saying all have a boyfriend AND a girlfriend at the same time. I don't think thats right, they should just stick with one person, but I'm pretty sure why thats why alot of people think bisexuals are slutty. It may also be that I've actually seen people PRETEND to be bisexual because they think its cool, preferrably chicks, who want to impress guys. I have lots of friends who are really bisexual and Its degrading when you see people pretend to be bi to be cool. But there is no fact stating that all bisexuals are sluts, they are just more honest about sexual activities I've noticed. As for me, I'm a girl. And yes I'm straight. Although I could say that I've been attracted to many guys who've turn out to be gay much to my disliking lol and also get hit on by lesbians alot. It doesn't bother me, hey whatever floats your boat. But I doubt I'll ever be interested in a woman in my lifetime. [/SIZE][/FONT]

[QUOTE=Retribution][SIZE=1]Thanks, everyone for giving me such good critique. I wonder how long I'll keep this thread going... *ponders* Anyway, here's my newest work. I made it in about 40 minutes, and it's my third brush work. The others were too crappy to be seen on the 'Net. [B]Tell me what you think.[/B] [b]Three Strikes Out[/b] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/mechinfinity/abstract1tag.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/mechinfinity/abstract1.jpg[/IMG] [B]EDIT:[/B] Another brush thing I did today. Like it or not. [/SIZE][/QUOTE] [SIZE=1][b] I like the fact that it looks like moving water inside a banner, the effects are clean cut and really pleasing to the eye. However I'm not sure I like the three stripes and the font as much as I like the background but I think thats just because its not my style. It seems a bit bright (that just might be because its against white) otherwise its perfect ;) I really think you did a great job on it. [QUOTE=Retribution][SIZE=1] [B]Sciontifik[/B] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/mechinfinity/science.jpg[/IMG] [B]EDIT 2:[/B] Since no-one's responded, and I have new art, here it goes. I made a few banners for no one in particular. If you'd like to use them [B]please PM me first.[/B] [B]Sakura-Chan: Japanese chicks own you.[/B] Because they really do. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/mechinfinity/girl1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/mechinfinity/girl2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/mechinfinity/girl3.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/QUOTE] [SIZE=1][b] 1st banner : I love the background just the font doesn't touch me as much. Just kinda bland but very good like your first one ^^ nice job! 2nd Banner : I love the Sakura-chan one, it is so cute! I love the different styles you did especially the first and last one, very professional but also, hate to use this word, but adorable as well. You really captured the picture and the text fits this banner all too well. I absolutely adore it.[/SIZE][/B]

[QUOTE=Siren]Why am I getting into this... I hear talk about Terri being responsive when her family is in the room, and how she seems like she's reacting to her dad and such, but my point somewhat relates to what HC has said. When I see video footage of her, when she's apparently reacting to her parents' presence in the room, a few things come to mind: 1) When they're stroking her hair on the left side of her face--when they're sitting on her left--she will occasionally face to the right. 2) When she does look at them, I don't see her looking [i]at [/i]them. It seems more like she's looking [i]through[/i] them. 3) When she does smile when they're there, what are they often doing? Holding her hand, stroking her hair, etc., actions that, for all we know, could elicit that type of reaction no matter who is doing it. 4) I'm not entirely certain that the smiling is voluntary, either, because the more and more I see video footage of her, the more and more I'm thinking there has been some cognitive process damage. During the accident back in 1990, no Oxygen was getting to her brain for a whole five minutes. We all know what it's like to get held under the water in a pool for 30 seconds, and that's dangerous. Think about what 5 minutes would do. The brain cannot function without Oxygen, and no Oxygen for a whole five minutes...I don't think motor skills were the only thing damaged. What Terri suffered from back 15 years ago was, for all intents and purposes, very similar to an aneurysm: a massive surge of pressure intracranially that caused permanent damage to at least her motor functions. I think it had a much larger, much more severe impact, honestly. Within two years (you can find pictures on CNN.com), there's massive physical change, [i]particularly[/i] in her face. Within two years, her face is drooping, her eyes aren't facing straight, her chin is dropped...I don't think that's purely a motor function injury. I think a lot worse actually happened. You can check out later pictures over the following years and her condition has only gotten worse and worse. If you compare the latest picture of her to the one taken before the accident, they're like two entirely different people. You can tell it's her from the eyebrows, because they've remained pretty consistent, but everything else...it's like night and day. This brings me to the main point of my reply: If she were going to get better, I think 15 years would have shown something. In that span of 15 years, however, she's gotten considerably worse, and I don't think keeping her on the tubes is going to help her recover. I'm not a doctor (duh, lol), but in 15 years, that's what has happened to her? In another 2 (which apparently is the amount of time certain legal action prep time would take), what is her condition going to deteriorate to? What about 5? 10? Another 15? I don't think there's any hope of recovery for her, honestly, and even though I tend to shy away from these types of issues (though, if my Dad ever becomes...mentally absent, I will honor his wishes and put him out of his misery), I can't help but think letting her pass on is the most humane thing to do here, because there's nothing to suggest she'll ever recover in the slightest amount, and the evidence we have points more toward a massive deterioration in the future.[/QUOTE] This basically states how I feel about the whole thing. I would hate for someone to have to kill a person by starvation, but really if there is no hope for them getting better, is it better to let the family and the person in that state suffer? Although I do think the husband is just trying to get the money out of it and thats why he hasn't divorced her which is what he should have done after the first five years or so, I still can't help feeling that it isn't right that she should be kept alive. It's even harder for her family who can't accept the fact that she can't function as well, and if you want to argue about that look at what Siren has stated. I've seen all the news coverage and she truely has changed appearance wise and there hasn't been much growth in the past 15 years. Who's to say the next 15 years will be different? That is a long time. I think they should stop with the "yes we're feeding her" and then switching to the "no we should pull the plug" back and forth that keeps going on. It's like they starve her, then give her food, then starve her. There needs to be a decision soon. If she showed more progress, I might have felt differently, but I'm sad to say if I were ever in that position I would want my feeding tube taken away too.

[QUOTE=Godelsensei] Having that as your role-model throughout child-hood has got to teach little girls the wrong sort of lesson. (Something along the lines of, "Good looks, boys, expensive clothes, and flashy cars are all that matter in life.") However, when you look slightly deeper into the world of Barbie and her friends, one cannot help asking the question, "Or does it?"[/QUOTE] How is she a bad role-model? The only people I could see being mad at Barbie are angry housewives cause seriously is there anything wrong with an independent woman who can change professions, date around (since she is no longer with Ken and has since been with many boyfriends nothing wrong with that) and just happens to be a blonde bombshell. I think everyone is a barbie in some way, we all have something thats great about ourselves. Honestly, I think when people say kids get influenced badly by it, I think thats a load of crap because it never affected me. I never got to the point where I said "Yeah I want to be just like her" and even if I did, I don't think kids just focus on the pretty part but more of the fact of her things and professions. Which she got on her hard work not from lets say her father's support. Sure she's blonde and ditzy, but she becomes 'friends' with everyone she meets. To me no rolemodel is perfect, and Barbie never came across to be as the "perfect beauty" but more as a woman who knows what she wants.

[QUOTE=elfpirate][b]I was just going off about this in the "Lots of Killing" thread.[/b] [b]This shooting/massacre happened in my little community of Red Lake (the aforementioned reservation). I couldn't go to ER last night (and I REALLY needed to) because it was entirely filled with the victims of that shooting. [/b] [b]And my mom, who is an RN at the hospital here was busting her *** all night last night because so many of her colleagues and support staff were busy as hell with those victims.[/b] [b]Eight are confirmed dead at this time, and several more are not expected to make it.[/b] [b]Now our community is [i]flooded[/i] with national media... grrrr. Where were they several months ago when friends of mine and my family were being brutally murdered? Oh, right-- they weren't murdered inside the school, so it doesn't matter to anyone else, right?[/b] [b]When I said, a few days ago that violence is on the rise, I wasn't just talking out of my arse. It has nothing to do with the media coverage.[/b] [b]Red Lake and this whole area in general has always been violent, but over the last several years, the violence all around here has grown in both the frequency of occurances and in the intensity of the violences committed.[/b] [b]So how about a moment of silence or prayer from everyone that reads this for the victims and their families?[/b] [color=darkred]edit: I just found out that I knew the shooter and some of the victims...nice.[/color][/QUOTE] This is really horrible. I'm sad to hear about the Red Lake Incident, it seems like more school killings are happening even in smaller towns and not big cities like los angeles, manhattan etc. You think that just cause your in a rural area that you could be safe but that is not always the case. I can't believe a 15 year old did it, he probably had serious mental illnesses and just snapped when he got into a fight with his grandparents since he shot them too. I hope people learn from this trajedy.

[CENTER]OOC : I'll fill out this soon, I'm sorry. [b]Name:[/b] [b]Age:[/b] [b]Weapon:[/b] [b]Description:[/b] [b]Background:[/b] [/CENTER]

[CENTER] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][b]Name:[/b] Mint Dejon [b]Age:[/b] 24 [b]Sex:[/b] Female [b]Appearance:[/b] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/PurpleFire/profyle.jpg[/img] Medium length light brown hair with light brown eyes. 5'5" ft tall and has a slim body figure. Is usually seen wearing buisness suit attire or something more formal and rarely seen wearing anything revealing. She is always smiling and never seems to lose her cool under tight situations. [b]Weapon:[/b] Not very skilled when it comes to weaponry but carries around a laptop that she uses as research and when needed to actually fight can be seen throwing daggers or darts and has pretty good aim. [b]Specimen Oddity:[/b] Has been known to have abnormal hearing and vision to where she can track someone down by smell or sight from miles away. Her abilities are hard to control and sometimes she experiences visions of the future that are hard to figure out because they come out in pieces. Her abilities are not yet at their full potential yet. [b]Information:[/b] Mint grew up in a poor small house outside of the gardens by a harbour with her mother and her twin sister, Kelvia. She was always a happy child, even though she never knew her father who had gone missing days before she was born. She would play outside the gardens with her sister who was her best friend . One day, the government came to their house asking for Mint and Kelvia. They wanted to try and conduct experiments with twins since they had never researched on them before. Shocked and frightened, Mint's mother tried to hide her daughters in an old abandoned mill but were discovered. Because of her act, her mother was banished and she has not seen her since or known whether or not she is infact still alive. Mint and Kelvia were taken to the inner city where they were experimented on, but Mint soon grew ill from the mistreatment she received. Discouraged and having found no luck with conducting on twins, they tossed her out into the streets. She has no memory of what went on after she was taken from her house but has since had miscellanious flashbacks. She only had her memories of home and the times before she was torn from her family. Lost, Mint wandered into the gardens where she met up with a man that went by the name of Alister Gunn. He offered her shelter and food, and asked her to join up with the Rook Vanguard. She never wanted to become involved such a renegade, but the thought of finding her twin sister gave her hope. Hoping to find a way to get inside the place that conducts the experiments to help her sister escape, Mint decided to join the vanguard to reach more information about its whereabouts. To find her sister. To be reunited. To remember what happened. And to save the city of Durge in the process. [/COLOR][/FONT] [/CENTER]

Of course people are want to know about violence, people are fascinated by danger. Its true that there is violence not only in big cities, but small suburban towns like I live in are becoming more common. One of my old friends from elementary school when she was like 13 got thrown into a bonfire at a party and had to go to San Francisco Hospital's Burn Center for many years and lost all her hair. Another person I know who's best friend got pushed out of a car at a stop sign and a car ran her over. Incidents like this are becoming more common-place then it seems, its sad, but thats the direction it seems to be going in.

[QUOTE=Panda]First thing I thought of when I read this thread was "The Village". If you wanted a very simple life then, much like the movie, you would have to create the isolationist environment to achieve this. I know I would not be happy going to a place like that. The internet, computers, modern housing and technology are too much apart of my life and there is just no way I could find someone in a small community to make me computer parts and internet connections. Let's not even mention the lack of outside cultures you would be missing out on. No more movies, manga, anime or foods. I am also to dependant upon the medical community and I doubt a small village would have a Rheumatologist in town. If you were able to give it all up more power to you. I know for me it won't be happening. Not to mention that most of the land around this planet is under the control of somebody. Finding a place you can live your "utopia" without paying taxes to the government would be a task in itself. Unless you plan of being like a serious version of the [URL="http://www.conchrepublic.com/welcome.htm"][u]"Conch Republic"[/u][/URL] and secede your nation. The mechanics of something like your own culture would take lots of money to do. I am not sure if it is possible. Edit: Even if I were transported back to a time when, let's say the US was being settled. I don't think I would leave the city. Like I said, I like the comforts of establishment.[/QUOTE] I kinda agree with Panda. I'm too dependent on junk food to ever give that up and I doubt a Utopia would have the abundant supplies that I need to 'survive'. Plus I like to be around a bunch of people, and that would just be no fun if it mean't having to see the same peoples faces every single day. How boring would that be? I also like the currency and trade system going on if you had your own village, being able to trade would be a nice change.

[QUOTE=Havoc88]People die. It sucks. Move on. I seriouly could care less about what happened half-way across the country to some one. It doesn't effect me. It's not national news. If anything it's local news. The media likes to headline murders and kidnappings because they are dramatic and it sells newspapers. Another thing that sort of annoys me was the entire Scott Peterson thing. People die and are murdered every day all around the country and the media decides to focus on this one slaying. Why? Because she was aw hite women living in suburbia who might've been killed by her husband. GASP! DRAMA! SUSPENSE! There were people outside the court room [i]cheering[/i] when the guilty verdict was announced. What kind of country is this? It's like the Roman blood sports! We cheer when a man is possibly going to be condemend to death! It's disgustin and I'll tell you we're noticing death more and more: because the media headlines it. If it bleeds it leads.[/QUOTE] [size=1] It wasn't just the fact that it was her husband, it was the fact because it was such a mysterious case and that he had an affair and had a pregnant wife to boot. They didn't have enough proof which made its tricky, dont you find it wierd though that she went dissapearing after she found out about the affair and then he tries to sell the house afterwards? Of course its going to be a big deal. They always make a big deal about one case atleast once a year, especially one THAT bad. That guy is pretty sick for you to be defending, although I don't agree with the cheering, I understand it because people care about others who happen in this country. Its messed up for what he did, I would rather see him suffer in jail instead of him getting the death penalty. Just because you don't care, doesn't mean others don't. [/SIZE]

[QUOTE=Hevn][COLOR=Purple] [URL=http://www.dragonsarecoming.com]Dragons Are Coming[/URL][/COLOR][/QUOTE] First off, let me just say that is one cool link. That's actually pretty interesting I might take a look at that. Anyways, I definately believe in ghosts since I've had a few paranormal encounters with them before. I've tried denying it many times, but I definately do believe in spirits. I use to believe in faeries when I was a kid but seriously think that dragons,faeries,gnomes, etc. that kind of thing are all fairytales and make believe. They do NOT exist. Things you just read in books because it makes a story more interesting. I mean who wants to hear about everyday people? not me. So thats why they are great in books and are not here with us in real life.

I would have to say there are alot of elements to me that I could not simply list all of them. It all branches out from your personality. Out of the two main I would have to say.. [B]Water - [/B] I simply love it. It's always been something that I've loved as a child and have continued to enjoy. Water is also the sign for calmness, I guess you could say I have alot of patience and I'm a pretty gentle person. Easy-going and not that hard to get along with, but like in the ocean, I can become violent when provoked. It can be dangerous if your not careful and at unexpected times. [B]Earth - [/B] I've always loved nature and have felt akin to it. This just suites me all too well, and who says earth can't be powerful? I mean its the earth. Nature elements just sort of stick with me.