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[quote name='chibi-master'].....Don't do that... It's creepy when you post in anything but pink. ALMOST as creepy as when Allamorph posts out of nowhere! *checks around for him*[/QUOTE][size=1]He was [i]green[/i] with envy. Get it? Get it?[/size]

[quote name='Gavin'][SIZE="1"]/facepalm That's just...I'm actually lost for a word that encompasses that level of stupidity in thinking something like that would work.[/SIZE][/QUOTE][size=1]They were drunk. They wanted to break into some dude's apartment?he probably pissed them off earlier that day. "But wait!" says one. "Surely we cannot attempt burglary without a proper disguise!" "You speak the truth," agreed the second. "Ski masks are necessary for this endeavor. Unfortunately, this is Iowa, [i]where it never snows[/i]. Where can we possibly find the necessary winter gear?" "Fear not!" cries the first. "For I have on my person [i]two fake beards[/i] on account of our upcoming debut as Halloween Lumberjacks!" "Such resourcefulness!" rejoices the second. "But even so, some enterprising soul may recognise my beautiful visage. I must further obscure it!" "Ah yes," the first agrees, "your handsomeness is renowned the state over. It is imperative that we darken your fair countenance! But how?" "Aha!" ejaculates the second, producing from his pocket a Sharpie of exceedingly black ink. "Our worries have come to an end!"[/size]

[quote name='Nerdsy'][color=deeppink]Oh holy crap I haven't thought about them for years. It should be obvious I was more of an I./Q. fan, though I recall having a strange fascination for the horribly named Wheels.[/color][/QUOTE][size=1]Whoa. Check this out: [center][url=http://progressiveboink.com/archive/bkkidsclub.html] [img]http://progressiveboink.com/mike/img/bkkidsclub/iq.gif[/img][/url] . . . [url=http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/3201/825966-izzy_super.jpg][img]http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/3201/825966-izzy_super.jpg[/img][/url] [/center] I think there was something [i]else[/i] Izzy's parents weren't telling him...[/size]

[quote name='Nerdsy'][color=deeppink]I used to think that cooking eggs in a frying pan meant you were doing drugs. That's not a joke.[/color][/QUOTE][size=1]For some reason, and I can't figure out why, this reminds me of how desperately I wanted to be as cool as Kid Vid from the [i][url=http://progressiveboink.com/archive/bkkidsclub.html]Burger King Kids' Club. (link)[/url][/i][/size]

[quote name='Nerdsy'][color=deeppink]I dig pits and fill them with spikes in order to hunt mammoths.[/color][/QUOTE][size=1]Let's be serious. That's really the [i]only[/i] way to hunt mammoths.[/size]

[quote name='chibi-master']It took me forever to figure out what those giant boxy things in the women's restrooms were selling. And to understand what "feminine hygeine products" were and why it was such a bad idea to flush them instead of placing them in a little box on the side of the stall that I assumed was for candy wrappers and whatnot.[/QUOTE][size=1]I remember being sad once when my mom told me I couldn't get anything from a bathroom vending machine. In my mind, vending machines=special treats, haha. Of course, some bathroom vending machines do supply some interesting stuff. There's one at the mall near me that dispenses pads, tampons, condoms, and little mini flavored lipglosses.[/size]

[quote name='chibi-master']*stare* The majority of guys I knew growing up seemed to have a delightful time explaining to me EXACTLY HOW I was not attractive and never would be. But thank you for the suggestion.:animesmil EDIT: I forgot to mention... The fire-starting-stalker-guy seems to have found out that I was at the doctor's office last week. He wanted to know if my head was feeling better after seeing te doctor (I mentioned that he likes my head injuries). I never told him I went to the doctor. How do you tell a stalker to back off? *whimper*[/QUOTE][size=1]If you missed school for your appointment, it's reasonable that he would know why you were gone. If it was after school, though, that is odd. I'd just ask him how he knew. It's better than fretting about it.[/size]

[quote name='Jabberwocky'][FONT="Palatino Linotype"]Haha, weirdos are weird! Anyways I've ran into a few. There's this one kid in my class who's weird as hell. [b]Since I came out in 8th grade he always says "What's up" to me.[/b] Its kind of weird because he's never made fun of me, just said what's up at awkward times. [/FONT][/QUOTE] [quote name='chibi-master']So [b]I finally came out of the closet and all of the sudden I'm being harrassed by boys.[/b] There's a guy in my history class that always looks at me and then nods his head like his looking up and down at me or agreeing with something I didn't even say... [/QUOTE][size=1]Does anyone else have data on this phenomenon?[/size]

[quote name='Drizzt Do'urden']On a side note I tried typing on a manual computer the otherday (typewritter) and I got so aggrevated I tossed the piece of junk out the window....literally (it was a first story so no harm done)[/QUOTE][size=1]Really? I love typewriters. I don't have one at my apartment right now, but next time I visit my parents, I think I'm going to try and bring one back with me. I love writing letters on typewriters.[/size]

[quote name='Gavin'][SIZE=1]I'm honestly very surprised that your doctor would have such a question down on a sheet and then pass a copy of said sheet to your parents, I'm not sure if doctor-patient confidentiality is as strict over in the States but unless there is a severe risk to the child passing personal information to a parent (especially in written form) is very unusual, especially when there's something as blatant as "do not tell my parents, they would not understand" written in accompaniment. [/SIZE][/QUOTE][size=1]I'm with Gavin. What the ****? That's irresponsible, unprofessional, and completely inappropriate. What kind of doctor are we talking about, here?[/size]

[size=1]Let's face it, modern life is hella convenient. Ready-made food, mechanical pencils, text messaging, digital photography . . . almost anything a person could want is available pre-made at the store. What are some things that you still do (even occasionally!) the old-fashioned way? ----- [center][url=http://www.accoutrements.com/products/10648.html][img]http://www.accoutrements.com/images/products/10648.jpg[/img][/url][/center] I recently bought a novelty camera, and have been snapping a lot of photos with it. (A few weeks ago, I got my first roll of film developed in what was probably five years.) It's really fun, and I love having the tangible prints in my hand. It's silly and not very complicated, but [i]man[/i] is it a blast. I've been enjoying film photography (even the unexpected, super-cheap novelty kind) so much that I'm planning to buy a used SLR at a pawn shop and start doing it "seriously." (And by "seriously" I mean "just for fun, but more expensively.") ----- [center][url=http://southerngracegourmet.com/homemade-mayonnaisse/][img]http://southerngracegourmet.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/mayo-400x266.png[/img][/url][/center] I've also heard some really good things about homemade mayonnaise, and I'm thinking about trying it out. It looks pretty easy to make, and all of the testimonials I've read from people who've tried it say that they'll never go back to using store-bought stuff. . . so it sounds pretty good. Next time I have eggs, I'm going to make it and test things out. ----- What about you?[/size]

[quote name='Squall']Since I graduated high school, a lot of people who used to be my classmates have approached me, either in person or on the god awful internet, and told me how they thought I was going to shoot up the school or die of a meth overdose. It kinda makes me mad. I never did meth. :/[/QUOTE] [size=1]This cracks me up. "A bunch of people have come up to me and said they thought I would shoot of a school or die of a meth overdose. This pisses me off. Sure, I shot up a couple schools in my time, but [i]darn it all[/i], I [b]never[/b] did meth."[/size]

[quote name='Gavin'][SIZE=1]When I was a kid I used to think women had to wear pads because they would continue to wet themselves even as adults.[/SIZE][/QUOTE][size=1]See, as a female kid (who did not have problems with incontinence), I knew this was not true. And I thought the commercials were awesome (strange blue fluid! Unusually absorbent materials! It was like a science experiment! Or magic!). . . but I could not for the life of me figure out what they were actually for.[/size]

[quote name='Kikyouchanx']Thought Root Beer came from roots of a plant. xD [/QUOTE][size=1]Well, [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sassafras#Culinary_uses]it [b]used to[/b]. [wikipedia link][/url] The more you know! ☆≈≈≈≈≈[/size]

[size=1]I just want to say that I could probably have made that up.[/size]

[quote name='kittens 3']I used to think that there was only 2 different tacos you could get at taco bell. Crunchy and soft.[/QUOTE][size=1]Oh, man! I remember the first time I got a seven-layer burrito. It blew my [i]mind.[/i][/size]

[quote name='Nerdsy'][color=deeppink]I thought Three Ninjas was a good movie. Turns out, it's great.[/color][/QUOTE][size=1]Ohh, Nerdsy. I like you, but you are a very strange man.[/size]

[quote name='Korey'][FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"][SIZE="1"][COLOR="Navy"]I do find it bad from when a date does it on a date. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE][size=1]Oh, man. Poor form! Very poor form.[/size]

[quote name='Rachmaninoff'][FONT="Trebuchet MS"]I can remember thinking I was going to be just like certain super hero's when I grew up. That was, of course, before I was old enough to realize that such things were fiction. [/FONT][/QUOTE][size=1]I am [i]totally[/i] a superhero. Not quite the one I was expecting to be, but a superhero nevertheless.[/size]

[size=1]It's not just kids. I work at an educational museum, and we get a lot of families in. The children spend their time playing and goofing around, but there are a lot of parents who spend the entire trip reading and sending text messages. It's sort of a funny turnaround. You hear a lot about how "kids these days" can't spend an hour without texting someone, but there are a lot of adults who can't pull themselves from their phones long enough to spend a little bit of non-wired time with their children.[/size]

[quote name='CaNz']I thought that playdoe looked tasty.[/QUOTE][size=1]I was once at a relative's house as a child, and they had made their own playdough. No big deal, we made it at my house, too, sometimes. The thing is, instead of using food coloring, they colored their with [i]Kool-aid[/i]. It smelled [i]so[/i] good. I kept surreptitiously licking my fingers, hoping to be rewarded with sweet, grapey goodness... only to be tragically disappointed (every time!) when it tasted like salt. The Kool-aid playdough still haunts my dreams.[/size]

[size=1]When I was little, I remember my mom and dad commenting about someone's car, and how it needed a new muffler. It was winter, and we had lots of winter accessories (hats, gloves, scarves) around the house, so I thought we should just offer those people one of our extra scarves. I also remember thinking that everyone had to have braces when they were a teenager. Like, you would turn thirteen, and then [i]they[/i] would take you away and put braces in your mouth, and you had to keep them until you were twenty. I was [i]terrified[/i] of being a teenager. What were you wrong about as a kid?[/size]

[font=trebuchet ms]Probably the best thing to do is use the polygonal selection tool (zoom in; it gives you a fair amount of control) to select your character. Copy him, and paste him into the other image. Unless I misunderstand what you're trying to do.[/font]

[font=trebuchet ms](This is, of course, assuming that there are no in-universe restrictions against making contact with your former self.) Some things to think about: -How old were you five years ago? -What was your daily life like? -Would you give a warning, or an encouragement? -Would it be about your life then, or your life now? -Would your younger self take you seriously? (What kind of test might you employ to prove your identity?)[/font]

[size=1]That's interesting, James. By contrast, I once read a great post from an "industry insider" about how complicated health insurance is in the US. I'm trying to find it again, but having very little luck. (Basically, I knew it was complicated, but had no idea just how much so it is.) I'll be uninsured starting in January. I'm no longer a full-time student (hurrah for graduation?), so starting with the next calendar year I cannot be covered under my parents' insurance. And trying to find a full-time job right now is, well, difficult. I have two part-time jobs (starting next month) that [i]should[/i] cover my groceries and rent (we'll have to see how my budget and hours work out), but employer-provided insurance isn't going to happen. I took a look at being self-insured, and [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cross]Blue Cross Blue Shield (wiki link)[/url] in my state offers health coverage tailored for "young adults not planning on starting families yet." It's about a hundred dollars per month, but that's a hundred dollars I don't know if I have yet.[/size]