Sara

[COLOR=DarkSlateGray]I'm looking for a handful of people who are interested in a fun, lighthearted, fast-paced game. You're applying for a job at the leading employer of superpowered persons, [b]Hero Factory.[/b] Problem: You might have a [i]bit[/i] of a superpower, but it's nothing to speak of. You do, however, have a [i]gadget[/i]. What kind of gadget? I'll tell you what kind of gadget. [url=http://www.thesurrealist.co.uk/priorart.cgi?]Click Here.[/url] Refresh. Rinse and repeat. Anyway. I'll want your name, gender, a couple notes on your appearance, your gadget of choice (from the site, but don't worry about it too much. You'll get to use more than one later on), and a blurb about why you deserve the job. (Qualifications, experience, sob stories, threats, whatever.) Also, in the interest of honesty, you might want to disclose any glaring character flaws that might influence how you act with other team members. And any past convictions you might have had. And your most recent employer or two and why you left those jobs. And, um, marital status. And any major allergies. It's up to you. You know, whatever. [size=1][i]Hero Factory is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the bases of species, race, color, gender, age, religious beliefs, national or planetary origins, or disability.[/i][/size][/COLOR]

[color=#db2007]The worst part about retail is the way it sucks your soul until you're nothing but an empty, rattling husk.[/color]

[quote name='Aceburner]EEENT! Wrong! [U]Sojiro47[/U'] needs to get photoshop, although I should consider it, too. The quote is Sara's (lovingly stolen from an SAT booklet, wasn't it?,) who I know from the above avatar is... male. and cool beyond words. and part of the OB staff. There we go![/quote][color=#db2007]The correct wording of the quote, by the way, is "make your mark [i]heavy[/i] and dark." Not "deep." Also, the person in my avatar is Norman Bates from Hitchcock's [i]Psycho[/i]. I have a crush on him.[/color]

[quote name='Caoimhe][size=1][color=blue][url=http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa82/brierlotus91/smexah.jpg]The Ultimate Shmexahness of teh Caoimhe[/url][/size'][/color][/quote][color=#db2007]You have four legs! Are you part insect or something?[/color]

[quote name='Felix Santiago][Size=1] you forgot one person! [points to himself and his obession with [URL=http://www.blocparty.com][B]Bloc Party[/B][/URL]'][/SIZE][/quote][color=#db2007]I think a big part of superstardom is the fact that I know who you are. But I don't know who you are. Or what bloc party is. You're clearly not obsessive enough to be a superstar. Keep trying, though.[/color]

[color=#db2007][b]White[/b], you like to make rat sculptures out of [i]pepperoni[/i] and dry [i]spaghetti[/i] noodles. Also you like to [i]italicise[/i] your punctuation. All in all, this shows a disturbing fetish for all things [i]Italian[/i].[/color]

[quote name='Bombu][color=darkred']What strikes me in this picture is how there isn't a single fingerprint on the glass behind you.[/color][/quote][color=#db2007]He's actually hovering several feet above the ground. All the fingerprints are out-of-view because they're below him. Also Disneyland shoots on sight those who touch their lovely clean windows. [b]White[/b]: Captions your own photos! I'm not, like, your [i]slave[/i]. [size=1](At least, not the"menial task" kind...)[/size][/color]

[color=#db2007]Other thoughts: If you haven't taken your ACT/SAT, stop what you're doing [i]right now[/i], and go register for a date in early fall. That'll give you a chance to retake it this winter if you aren't satisfied with your first set of scores. [quote name='Retribution][size=1']Aw c'mon. College fairs are useless no matter what. [/size][/quote]Upside of college fairs: [b]You will [i]never have to buy another pen in your life[/i][/b] Going to one probably isn't a bad idea if you're feeling completely lost/overwhelmed. Dozens (sometimes hundreds) of colleges have tables set up with brochures and stuff, and it's a way to have a physical representation of the options you have. You can wander around, see if anything catches your eye, and maybe get a clearer idea of what you're looking for. (Something nearby, something big or small, something with a wide range of majors, something with a focus (for example, music-specific), something in a big city or something out in a "college town" or out in the country...) There are so many choices that you have to make some arbitrary decisions to start narrowing things down. Rude representative? Not going there. Hideous school colors? Forget it. Have a list of questions to ask if something matches your eye. What's the most common major? What's the music/art/English/physics department like? Do most students live on campus? What foreign languages do they offer? [/color]

[quote name='Allamorph][FONT=Arial']Just thought I'd ask: you do know that "lolita" is female slang for "lowlife", right? Really, really bad connotations there, and I'm not picking up on anything cute from that, unless it's the triple 'x's. Again, just thought I'd ask. Oh, and I got the Pandora reference as well.[/FONT][/quote][color=#ff2200]What are you talking about?[/color]

[QUOTE=Shy][size=1]For a second I thought this thread was about [i]pie-people[/i]. Don't scare me like that! Anyway. It seems like this girl is using you to boost her self-confidence after this other guy destroyed it. There's nothing wrong with being the 'nice guy' but at such a young age the girls are bound to go for the less stable, jerk-types. -Shy[/size][/QUOTE][color=#ff2200]Pie-people are no less complicated than other people. Do you think it's easy trying to figure out if a rhubarb pie likes you? It's [i]extremely difficult[/i]. There are all kinds of things to consider! Filling (regular rhubarb or [i]strawberry[/i] rhubarb?), crust (open top? Closed top? [i]Woven[/i] top? Graham cracker? Standard pastry?), existence (or not) of whipped cream.... Pie-people are [i]very[/i] complicated. On a more serious note:[/color] [QUOTE=desertphoenix][COLOR=DarkRed]I'll give you the same quote I give to all my friends having girl troubles. "Now, we know that "time is money", so we substitute: Women = Money x Money ------> rewrite to : Women = (Money)^2 Now, we know that "money is the root of all evil", so we substitute: Women = [(evil)^1/2]^2 The square roots and the squared cancel each other out, leaving us with : Women = Evil" [/COLOR][/QUOTE][color=#ff2200]This "proof" is sexist and flawed... and really not all that funny in the first place. The world will be a better place when people stop posting it.[/color][quote]I have a problem with your logic here: You've established a mathematical equation of women's needs (women REQUIRE time and money) and their essential nature (women EQUAL time and money). What someone equals (i.e. who you are) has nothing at all to do with what you need (to be happy/healthy/productive/etc). One may enable the other but they are very different things. Anyway, don't men need time and money as well?[/quote]

[QUOTE=Shy][size=1]Was posing next to Al Jolsen's footprints not enough!? -Shy[/size][/QUOTE][color=#db2007]Already posted! Picture is void. Try again.[/color]

[QUOTE=Shy][size=1]You apparently aren't visiting the same boards that I am. Or maybe I'm just getting old. [center][img]http://a3.vox.com/6a00c22523b6f28e1d00d4141cfcdb6a47-500pi[/img][/center] If this doesn't earn me some nerd cred, nothing will. -Shy[/size][/QUOTE][color=#db2007]I like your shirt. My sister has a red one like it.[/color]

[quote name='Nerdsy][color=deeppink']Women are irrational, that's all there is to that. Their heads are full of cotton, hay, and rags![/color][/quote][color=#ff2200]Nerdsy. I love you, but I [i]will[/i] kill you. Pie?women aren't confusing. People are confusing. Maybe she likes you. It's possible for people to like more than one person at a time. You can ask if she'd be interested in dating. Maybe she will be, maybe she won't be. Maybe she's hanging out on a Harry Potter message board, asking why guys are so confusing and saying how she hangs out with this person all the time, but he doesn't seem interested in her, and she's not sure if she should persue a relationship. I don't know. I've never met you, or her. But [i]people[/i] are confusing. It's not a gender-specific thing.[/color]

[color=#ff2200]I don't know about annoying, but the New Mexico commercials are silly, and I [i]love[/i] them. [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyZGwhZceKA[/url][/color]

[color=#ff2200]You're easily confused.[/color]

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[color=#ff2200]I knew I wanted to go to a big school, and one not to far from home. My college choice really came down between two schools: University of Wisconsin?Madison, and University of Minnesota?Twin Cities. I couldn't decide on which one to attend?they both accepted me and offered me pretty impressive financial aid. I made lists of pros and cons about the two schools, and they literally came out [i]dead even[/i] every time. It was almost the end of my senior year at high school, the "tell us whether or not you're coming here" deadlines were rolling up fast, and I had [i]no idea[/i] where I wanted to go. In the end, it was almost a coin toss. I was at an interview for a scholarship, and the interview committee asked me where I was planning to go to college. I didn't want to sound indecisive during the interview, so I made a split-second decision and told them I was going to Minnesota. They asked me why, and I gave them the reasons. When I walked out of the interview, I realised I really [i]was[/i] going to go to Minnesota.[/color]

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[color=#ff2200][b]Method 21: OMG POST COUNT[/b] A by-product of almost all of the above methods is an increasing post-count. This is great, because a having a high postcount is a form of superstardom all by itself! To [i]really[/i] reach Superstar status, though, you need to post a [i]lot[/i]?we're talking an average of fifty times a day. This means you need to post in [i]every[/i] thread on the boards, multiple times?it helps to have a fellow candidate for superdom to work with, because that allows you and your partner to raise your counts simultaneously by holding converations in multiple threads. Another option is to join the hell out of as many RPGs as possible and just [i]go at it[/i]. [b]Drawbacks[/b]: This is an old-fashioned method, made almost obsolete by the current format of the boards, which does not automatically display your post count in the header of your post. Don't worry! You can add your post count to your signature, custom title, avatar, or simply mention it in every post you make! [b]Bonus:[/b] Everyone knows who you are, not only because of your post-count ([i]that's[/i] why they [i]respect[/i] you), but by sheer force of presence. You're inescapable. You're everywhere! [i]Your Mentors[/i]: thimoc, firemac, ulitmia, neuvoxraiha [b]Method 22: Form an elitist clique, mention it frequently, and don't let anyone else join.[/b] Choose your clique members wisely! You don't want nondescript members dragging your group down?no one would care about a club made of ten Naruto fans! You want to associate yourself with high-profile (or upwardly-mobile) members. This is best used in combination with one of the above methods to [i]cement[/i] your status in the minds of others. Not only are you great... you're [i]so[/i] great that you're in an exclusive club! And everyone else is out-of-luck, because unless they're [i]already[/i] in... they're just not good enough to join. [i]Your Mentors[/i]: Adam's Angels, Otaku Triad[/color]

[QUOTE=2007DigitalBoy][COLOR=DarkOrange][B]1[/B]. Only be allowed to eat food of the pasta variety OR [B]2[/B]. Never be allowed to drink anything other than cranberry juice?[/COLOR][/QUOTE][color=#ff2200]Both would have adverse health effects, but of the two I would go with cranberry juice. It's pretty good stuff, yo. [b]Would you rather[/b]: Suck up to others, at the loss of your own personal integrity (and personality), [b]or[/b] be obnoxiously rebellious and argumentative?[/color]

[color=#b0000b]Yes. Any shoujo anime ever made.[/color]

[COLOR=DarkSlateGray]The alley is grey and damp, but almost quiet. I catch my balance against the back of Jim's Grill, my fingers digging into the rough bricks as I try to stop the world from spinning. My face is wet?I feel sick. Cory doubles over?from shock of what just happened, or the alley's stink of garbage and sour milk. I hold his shoulders as he throws up, trying to calm myself down by focusing on him. It doesn't work. The alley echoes with pounding footsteps, awful screeches, and muted screams from the rest of downtown. There's a horrible [i]crunch[/i] of metal, and one nearby scream cuts short. Someone is crying uncontrollably?I realise it is me. I try to stop crying, and choke. An instant of panic, a lungful of air, and I alter my approach to concentrate on [i]breathing[/i] instead of "not crying." I begin to hiccough. Nothing here moves?for this second, we are safe. Cory stands up, looking pale. "We need to get out of here," he says. I nod, and hiccough in agreement. There is an old pick-up down the alley?it belongs to Betty, the owner of the ice cream shop, and it's older than I am. My brother runs errands for Betty sometimes... "She keeps the keys in the glove box," I say, and we dash toward it. We're a few steps away when it clunks, and settles. We freeze. The old Ford clicks, then hums. Its headlights blink on, and the engine [i]growls[/i] to life. There's no one at the wheel. We turn and run.[/color]

[color=#b0000b]Aw! Poor guy. I don't play videogames, so I can't identify, but I definitely understand what you mean?the sense of initial accomplishment reduced to almost nothing. You portrayed that really well, heh. And it's cute. This is another one of mine. [center][URL=http://img405.imageshack.us/my.php?image=33719021ej5.gif][IMG]http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/2823/33719021ej5.th.gif[/IMG][/URL][/center][/color]

[color=#b0000b][b]Method 4: Develop a creepy cult of stalkers.[/b] If you're one of the beautiful people, this is the easiest attention to get, but the hardest to get rid of. Simply post a picture of yourself in one of the recurring [i]Photos of you![/i] threads, and let the compliments roll in. It will take several photographs to get [i]firmly[/i] established as an internet celebrity, but after that, you're golden. Once you've arrived, people will revere you for your beauty long after your original picture thread has been locked and forgotten. It doesn't matter if you contribute to the boards in any other way?you can be one of the most active, intelligent people on OB, or one of the most vapid and annoying?people will only remember you as their "hot geeky girl on teh interwebs!" fantasy. [i]Your mentors[/i]: Juuthena, Babygirl[/color]

[color=#b0000b]I kept a paper journal for several years?from the time I was eleven to the time I was about fifteen. Around then, I switched to online journals and went through several of those. Recently I've started keeping a paper journal again, with thoughts and doodles about my life. I might scan and post a couple pages here; they're pretty fun.[/color]