42" is awesome but sadly, this place I am at is too small. I would have to sit on the opposite wall from the TV to well, not go blind. xD So 32" lcd 1080 tv is superb for me. And the PS3 had its trial run and is totally great. Yeah...no life to the ultimate. ^5s Cherv and anyone else with no life at this point. At least we're having fun.
And I just bought a 32" lcd tv. whoo hoo~ Now I really have no life. games here I come.
Hey there. sup?
Xmas was great. Hope yours was too.
Not much. How's it going?
I wish I could recall the night I sold myself to staff and was raped but I was totally drunk. I hope I was with the hot ones.
Tralala. ~
Yes, so it motivates me to continue my mission to save the Princess Zelda and murder Ganondorf and then when it's all done I will send Navi at the owl..and have a Mortal Kombat death match. And then shoot whoever is left with a light arrow and combo at the end with the super smash finisher.
Dance magic dance. ~
Well, sucks you are grounded. See you when you get back. After all, you have goals around here to achieve!
She is not emo. And you have blood in your hair.
I can understand how it can bug a person. Nearly every guy goes through this and well, quite a few girls do too because moms (and dads too) who care for their daughters' safeties are going to be defensive and watch a guy like a hawk. We come with a reputation that personally may not be deserved but as I said, I'm sure you know why the reputation exists. Don't get mad at it if you can help it. Use that energy from rage to instead do something positive and try to get to know her mom more and just try to be a member of the family to some degree. Your gf may appreciate it more too because it shows you are willing to be a team player and though her mom may frustrate her too over this, in the end the mom is that way simply because she loves her daughter. Hang in there, man. Some things that are good in life are worth fighting for. You just have to remember how to fight these sorts of things and I hope it will get easier for you. Don't make the mom an enemy if you can help it. You might find out, once she can get over these things, that she's a decent woman and may if you can befriend her, also be protective of you. It's just her mom's nature and you can either get mad and give up or you can try to struggle through it and reach out and hope for the best.
I would say that maybe you need to do some things with the family itself to show you care about the girlfriend's life and earn the mother's trust. Try casually talking to the mother about some things and if you hear that they might need some help or something, offer to assist them. As annoying in one sense it may be, if you and your girlfriend develop a serious relationship, you are going to want to be in good with the family anyway. A lot of guys forget or don't want to deal with a girl's family because they'd rather spend time with the girl only and well, because of the reputation guys get, we know automatically the parents aren't going to right away want us around. So if you are serious about the gf, try being more social with the mom and she might warm up to you more and think of you as more than just the bf that wants to sleep with her daughter. She has a right to worry that her daughter may be taken advantage of, though it may very well be clearly unfounded. You know as well as anyone that some guys out there are just trash. Moms, if they give a care at all about their sons and/or daughters, are going to keep an eye on the person they date because they don't want their children hurt. The only real way to deal with it is to show you aren't that type and you care about the family as well as the girl. I wish you luck with this as it usually will tend to work unless the mom is really paranoid.
A kira game? Curious now.
I like both games but would say ff9 since I haven't played that one for some time.
This is hardly a topic for the 'Help with Life' section. Going to move this to Spam Zone. Good luck on choosing a cool nick.
It is a sad thing that people think they can get more money from someone who actually is out to save their lives. It's to be expected though that some people would go ahead and try to get money any way they can. I'd still have to say I'd help someone in trouble but if I was going to get sued, I would definitely counter-sue the idiot because of hardship and defamation of character and whatever else I could toss in, just to be as much an a-hole as possible. Anyone who is taken to court and gets off from the charges should do such. Totally.
5 years from now...I'll either be really rich and living it up high on the hog or I'll be wandering around alleys talking to 10 other people in my head about how I could have ruled the world while holding a bottle of stoli in a paper bag.
That's the way it works out at times. Ah well. xD
Yes, this is true. I know not all parents force children to their beliefs and some actually encourage their children to explore. However, I think you make light on the fact that it does happen. It goes on quite a bit. I have lived through it as have several others. This brainwashing and domination of will that some parents do is horrendous and I've seen many atrocities that have been caused by it. Some children have even committed suicide because they can't meet their parents' expectations. Actually in law there is such a difference between free speech and hate speech. The right to free speech means that the government will not penalize you for saying something, despite how it may even be against the government. However, people take free speech for granted. It does not mean that there are -no- repercussions for what someone says. You are always responsible for the words you utter. This is where 'hate speech' comes into effect. Hate speech actually is able to be prosecuted if it turns around that it causes problems with society such as what is clearly going on with these baptists vs people attending funerals. I agree that no one is more 'worthy' of the right to speak freely. However, hate speech is what it is and some people do need to be dealt with in order to keep the peace. Westboro Church does receive some complaints and gripes. However, they are given police protection in order to do their protests and the police themselves hate the job but have to do it. Why? Because we must protect idiots that cannot control their judgmental speech and would dare to protest where others would have souls and would simply not have the heart to do it. The police, who hate it, must defend these people from a damn good ass-whooping. So not only do they get away with what they do...they are protected to continue. They have protested against gays at funerals and also at other events such as at Glendale. They have also protested against gays rather openly such as with this: You also mention about why I singled out Obama's grandmother. Because these idiots went and protested at her funeral about Obama's belief in abortion rights and gay rights. Why would a bunch of people go and protest for this stuff at his grandmother's funeral? They are his beliefs; not what she may have believed in. They don't know this woman. I use this as an example but this is hardly the only example of this group humiliating people and making it so people cannot mourn their dead. In this country, there are MANY children and adults who do not understand Evolution and quite a few creationists out there who think we lived like the Flintstones did. The Evangelical rising movement especially and the Presbyterian movement are very radical and they even help sponsor groups and corporations that push for creationism to be taught in science and many teachers actually are threatened often by students and parents to not teach Evolution properly. Many have to skip and gloss over it and really most people who learn what evolution exactly is are people that study on their own or go to college. There are some serious figures that guestimate that around 50% of people believe in Creationism in this country. There are also quite a few statistics and just in the end, real life encounters that suggest most people do not even get what evolution is. Even on this board, quite a few members have had debates on what Evolution is. The facts are there to prove what I say. 12 Step programs only again help 10% or less people in rehabilitation. Why? Because people are trading one addiction for a religious addiction. It either works or it fails utterly. The point here is that science and psychology should be used more to help people with addictive personalities to cope better, whether they find religion or not. In the 12 Step Program, it is rather mandatory to believe in God and it is pushed down people's throats. For a true cure, the person needs focus; not another addiction. Actually, yes, until Christians see the crimes done by other Christians and stop excusing them...that IS the problem. In this country at any rate, because Christianity is the #1 religion and the most religious crimes that happen come from Christians. There are even Christian organizations that clearly can be defined as terrorists in this country but they are let to continue because of it. An Islam cult would be dealt with as soon as it is found. We even deal with Mormon cults that arise but Christian cults are let to develop till people die. It isn't the point that people say 'it's our duty to protect them'. It's the point that radical Christian groups flourish because to many Christians, they aren't seen as a problem. As long as someone believes in Jesus and God to these people, you are not an issue. You won't hear the threats or receive the trash as greatly as someone who is not a Christian so it's not noticed. This is the point why people who are Christian often think others are bashing the religion entirely and get defensive instead of understanding all that we want is for something to be done about radical groups that threaten others' freedoms. If you don't live the life of a muslim, hindu, atheist, agnostic, buddhist, etc, you won't see the same way others do unless you actually understand what they go through and care. Are there Christians out there who are more open minded? Yes. However, there are a great many that do not look outside their circle and so they do not see what these radical groups do and therefore it is not a problem. There IS a problem and more Christians need to start seeing it. That is what I am saying. Of course, you would take it that I am bashing all Christians, but I am not. I am saying that more Christians need to open their eyes to the injustices caused by radical groups because certainly every other radical group gets dealt with except theirs. What is anyone supposed to do? Protect the free speech and right of people to mourn their dead without people showing up to protest it. See it as the crime it is and the unnatural cruelty it is. Protect the ones who are actually suffering instead of defending the ones that cause the problems and hide behind the law to cover them. What these people say about gays and soldiers, and others who disagree with them is inhumane. They have no right to be at a funeral where someone is being buried and people are saying their final farewells, whether it's a Christian service or not, to deal with people condemning that person's life over on the sidelines and saying that person is going to Hell. In any service, it would be the right of the family to oust a disturber like that. So these people bring 100 or more asses to the funerals to yell out things instead so they can be 'heard'. I don't think a law to protect people from these kinds of idiots is too much to ask before someone finally has enough and goes on a kill spree for the angst they cause. Hell, it would protect the idiots as much as those who wish to just love someone dearly departed. If nothing else should be sacred, why the hell can't a funeral be? It's more of a right to fight for than these wacky people's ideals. Also, whether you believe in Evolution or not, the thing is this. Creationism does not belong being taught in Biology. You know where it belongs to be taught? In church or in a World Religious class. It's quite sad that because some Christians feel a World Religious class in High School is inappropriate because it teaches kids other views as well, that it isn't accepted. However, I wish more people were for it so that it exposed children to a variety of things and would teach more open-mindedness. It would also be where such things as the Bible could be introduced. Science should teach science. Religion should teach religion. They should not be intermingled because some people feel it is right. I am definitely a citizen of the U.S. and was in the army. I know quite a bit about the KKK and Westboro and also other Christian groups that are radical that threaten people daily. Again, I point out the fact that unless you as a Christian are willing to start seeing the harm these people do to those who are not Christian, you really cannot judge. When they physically do acts, they are broken up. Actually, a K.K.K group was busted recently for actions and it happens often enough. Here are lists of hate groups in the U.S. and note that quite a few are churches. Also, others, such as the K.K.K. use religion as a crutch to their methods. http://www.splcenter.org/intel/map/hate.jsp http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/list-us-hate-groups.htm This is specifically why this Church connects with others and also why at funerals they can show up en mass and protest so that they can be heard while cops have to protect them. Yep, I'd want to see these idiots at a funeral I go to. Again, what protection? I've watched the funerals which these people show up at. They should not be allowed -near- the funeral. They should not be allowed at all near the territory. As said, they are asking for violence and I fear the day someone answers them. What can be done? I've already said. Ban them from protesting anywhere near the funeral. They can do it elsewhere if it's that big a deal to them. Many people whether Christian or not want to be 'good'. This is the problem. You want others to lay off Christians because you are one. However, too many Christians say such horrible things to others that it's about time other Christians started paying attention and telling these people to stop judging others. This is exactly my point. Don't toss out the martyr card going 'oh poor Christians are so misunderstood'. Be a GOOD person and tell other Christians who bash people because of race, gender, wearing what clothes people want to, sexual orientation, religion, etc to stop judging. Anyone of any background can be a good person. Also, I'd debate whether we are in more trouble by radical Muslims in this country or radical Christians. I have plenty of friends who are Christian. However, radical Christians are a serious harm to our education system, to our productivity, to even our voting procedures. Again, I say to you that if the moderate tolerant Christians would tell these people to back off others and would help stop prejudice and bias, they would receive a lot more respect. Until then, I do not think it fair that any Christian should be saying 'woe is us that we are judged so badly' because it's simply not without reason. If more people would work together and stop viewing others as against them, we could really make things better in this country instead of letting judgmental pricks run the show all the time. By the way, there are less people that are hostile towards Christians than the other way around. There are many people out there, Christian and of other religions or lack there of that just want to get along. Look on that site I posted and see all the radical Christian groups that Christians don't seem to know exist. Look them up and see their crimes. Actually research. Also, you are again trying to say that I said that 'all Christians' are fanatics. I did not say this at all. I am saying that there are a ton of radical Christian groups that if moderate Christians would offer some help with and show their disapproval for their acts, things would be better. Most Christians have no idea about how serious of crimes these radicals do or how hypocritical some of these groups really are. I can get along with -most- Christians. I'm not saying they do not strive to be decent people just as I do. However, instead of crying hatred and sorrow over what other groups who believe differently than they do say...how about helping quell these morons who make Christians look bad? It'd be nice.
