Signature of the Week no. 67 [voting thread; votes due july 17, 2011] HAPPINESS As suggested by our member cronoking, the theme for this week will be happiness! Your signature can feature someone smiling or laughing, can give off a 'happy' feeling, or can be a representation of what happiness is to you! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ienzo -dinamplified Daxa Bushy-Brow-1992 Misty Amethyst Heart Feenie мσησ¢няσмє Laplace tummer Chevalier
2011 User Awards: Cycles & Polls Because there are so many categories in the User Awards, we separate the polls into ‘Cycles’. If we did not do this, the polls would all go up at the same time, and users might find it difficult to vote in every single one. With the cycle system, we avoid this, because it is staggered--each cycle lasts 10 days. (Plus it creates suspense). The cycles this year will go as follows: Cycle One: General Nominations, Thread Nominations Cycle Two: Writing/Video Editing/Art Nominations Cycle Three: Best/Worst Member Nominations Cycle Four: Miscellaneous Member Nominations You are currently voting in Cycle One.
Or, at least, humanity in my immediate surroundings. I live in the suburbs of Long Island, which is that little piece of land sticking off of New York, about an hour or two outside of the city. Through middle school I was fairly social, I didn't have a huge number of friends but I did have a few I was close to and saw them outside of school often. I began to fall out with them as I entered high school, which was due to both us changing as people and me not agreeing with some of their actions, attitudes, and personalities. By the end of ninth grade I pretty much had only one close friend, who I didn't see outside of school too often (because I'm sort of a homebody), but that I got along with very well. Since then things have pretty much remained the same regarding the number of friends I have. I talk casually in class with others, but the only person I actively talk to and make an effort regarding is said girl, who for the purposes of this thread we shall name Catherine. She was just the only person in the school who didn't seem completely ridiculous. At the beginning of the summer of 2010 she got a job at a local business, and began hanging out with her coworkers. As I said I don't really leave my house much so that didn't really bother me, until she got me a job at the same place. I began to hear things, both from coworkers and from the conversations between her and coworkers about what this 'hanging out' entailed. I got the impression that they do very little besides drink and party. And not just drink socially, but get slobbering drunk and pass out on the floor, that sort of thing. Now I try to adhere by the "to each one's own" policy, but personally I am straight-edge, if you want to use the silly term for it. I don't see the point or appeal of drugs or alcohol, the thought of chemically affecting the way your body functions and losing control of some of your faculties, however temporarily, freaks me out. While I don't mind if people partake in said activities socially, if it becomes something that defines them, or they're doing it excessively two or three times a week, I begin to have a problem. Which is where the conflict is. I do like Catherine, we're similar people, have similar interests, and generally get along well. We've never had major arguments or fights, maybe a tiff here or there but never anything groundbreaking. But her behavior of late not only concerns me for her well-being, but it also pretty much disgusts me, and lowers my opinion of her as a friend. And it hurts to see that someone I thought very highly of be pretty much just the same as everyone else in this town. As a disclaimer, I do not know exactly to what extent this behavior is to; my optimistic side says maybe she's just involved with the wrong sort but doesn't always partake herself, but another part of me fears that it is worse than I'm currently imagining. This is more of a vent thread I guess, but I'm wondering, is it completely out of line for me to feel this way? We still get along fine personality-wise, but I'm not sure I can overlook all of this stuff. Am I just being stuck-up? Has anyone been in a similar situation?
I have not been around in a while. ;c Unfortunately I have been working at the salt mines at my job like everyday for six hours, which doesn't sound like a lot but in between that and the Star Wars marathons that have been on, I have been distracted. D: what is happenin' gaiz :B
For Best AMV we do things a little differently; you nominate ONE video of yours, which will then be entered into a poll for voting. Please post only entries here; no discussion!
Signature of the Week no. 67 [discussion thread; entries due july 9, 2011] HAPPINESS As suggested by our member cronoking, the theme for this week will be happiness! Your signature can feature someone smiling or laughing, can give off a 'happy' feeling, or can be a representation of what happiness is to you! Happy sigging!
Signature of the Week no. 67 [entry thread; entries due july 9, 2011] HAPPINESS As suggested by our member cronoking, the theme for this week will be happiness! Your signature can feature someone smiling or laughing, can give off a 'happy' feeling, or can be a representation of what happiness is to you! Happy sigging!
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Signature of the Week no. 66 [voting thread; votes due july 1, 2011] RANK WEEK As suggested, this week we will segment things to give more people a chance to win! You will be ranked by whether or not you have won a Signature of the Week competition in the past. There will be two categories running simultaneously; those who have won before and those who have not. We will have two winners, who will each receive the standard SotW prize (Hall of Fame & Pin). There is no theme otherwise (freestyle). Please note: if you entered, you must vote for BOTH teams. That is, you will have TWO votes this time around--one for Team Hermes, the other for Team Zeus. Those who did not enter can vote for either or both. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Team Hermes Bushy-Brow-1992 мσησ¢няσмє Noroz Saxima Marushi • Jay • Ty ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Team Zeus Misty jojoj13 Ienzo Chevalier Laplace
