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FaSheezy

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  1. When I first saw this movie my friend made me go with him. I didnt even know what it was, and I was so bored during the movie. Afterwards, when all my friends had seen it and were talking about it.. I thought it was hilarious! I just wasnt looking at it right and was taking it way too seriously. We all watched it again together at someone's house and I loved it. And you have to admit.... D-Qwon's dance moves are awesome.
  2. Has anyone ever heard of a show called, "Boo-Bah?" If you watch it long enough, I think you'll have an epileptic seizure. Something like Teletubbies, only worse. I LOVED Mathnet! I got an autographed picture of the main characters. Don't know what I did with it though, that was a while ago. I watched Bill Nye the Science Guy as well, but before him there was Beakman. Does anyone remember Beakman? With the giant rat as his helper? I actually did remember to save the first dollar I ever earned, I was a carhop and got it in tips. (No, we didn't have to use skates, but I still dropped food.)
  3. Also, check out "Modern Marvels" on the History Channel, it's great!
  4. Speak the truth Kevin! I wanted to burst out an "Amen!" "Hallelejuah!" but uh.. ya know.. I am so absolutely gut-wrenchingly SICK of "I... I.. I just can't help it.." YES THE **** YOU CAN! I apologize for the language, but really. Stop rationalizing! Open your eyes, see what you are doing to yourself and make the action to STOP. Or.. keep going, just dont complain when it all falls apart. <FC: Please do not curse in a public forum. Multiple postings were deleted, as you requested.>
  5. You definately dont need to "fool around" with her when you see her. It greatly exacerbates the problem. If you really care for her, you should demand the respect you deserve and either be in a romantic relationship with her, or just be friends, but do not go the in-between route. About meeting other people, yeah it's hard and it sucks, but sometimes thats the way it is. Don't inflict damage upon yourself by messing with someone and confusing yourself.
  6. yeah i saw that commercial, they did a follow-up to it, equally as good. The first time I saw it I started laughing and yelling, "Oh, Sweet!"
  7. I wrote this poem one day when I was really happy. Those days are quite often. [ Deliriously Elegant ] I am a woman nearing full An optimistic glass of water Some days so auspicious it seems I overflow I spill over everywhere I leak, but dont care The consequences of happiness Do not hurt those to whom it is a value, I delight in leaking it means I was a woman nearing full and still drank more. ~
  8. I looked at Habitat '67 and my first response was "Uuugh!!" It looks like a large cube that has been turned inside out by ripping out inner cubes and pasting them to the outside. I found it... pretty much disgusting. I tried to look at Arcosanti but the slide show isnt loading for me. From what I can see from the borders it looks pretty much like a hodgepodge of old designs. (An arch here, a square there.. ) nothing very original or awe-inspiring. The idea seems kinda neat, and if someone wants to build a structure like that, then that's fine, and if someone wants to live in that structure, thats fine too, but if someone forces everyone to live in structures like that, then that's not fine.
  9. Hey! I really need a roommate for Tallahassee, FL. I've spoken to two people about the room and they were all "i'll move in next week!" but i've been trying to call them for days and they are no where to be found. So incredibly aggravating. The place is quite large, you get your own bathroom, and rent is 295 a month. Utilities not included. Email me at my address if you are interested -> [email protected] thanks!
  10. i was very much like dominique. the kind of person who would lead a rational life, but it would pain and elate me to meet another person who was like myself. i didnt want to see the world eat that person, or just be shown how much they dont appreciate and dont see greatness right under their nose. it took me a little while to realize its not their world that matters, but mine.
  11. my favorite color is sky blue, and i was just thinking how my prom dress was a perfect sleek red and black. a red underslip with a sheer black thing over it with a few sequins. it was exactly what i was looking for, just a little too long. still bought it tho.
  12. Ok, I agree with the statement, "Less conflict, More love." But, some close aquaintances of mine had that same idea, and we are no longer close. Instead of commenting on a particular idea I had at the time, they just never mentioned it, and I never knew there was ever a problem, but there was always tension, and they ended up holding in some secret animosity towards me which they would never tell me about. When I asked them why they never just confronted the conflict so we could get it over with they said, "I just didnt want to start an argument with you." Well, now we see where that ends, to the deterioration of a friendship. Imagine what the consequences would be if that were to happen in a romantic relationship. Nothing good can come from evading an issue. If a conflict arises it is to the mutual benefit of those involved to face it and deal with it, and then move on. That is how you end up with 'less conflict and more love.' Not by avoiding the conflict all together. And no, I dont take pleasure in the wondering, I take pleasure in the knowing.
  13. I was recently having an arguement with someone, and his ideas were so.. out there. Floating abstractions, I guess. I kept trying to pick out a piece of evidence from his arguments and ground them, or ask questions, and he would never give me anything, I basically told him I couldnt debate with someone who just picked random things out of their ass. In that situation, I was very frustrated, I felt hopelessly lost, and it took a conscious effort to remain speaking to that individual. I kept having this feeling that I just want to kill him, just to shut him up. Then I figured, his ideas arent an attack on me, and since they are clearly wrong, he wont get far by thinking like that. I share that feeling, Betsy. I think the way in which I began to believe in a floating abstraction was because the idea that connected it to reality was wrong. It's scary to find out you've walked out on a ledge and the more you try to figure out how you got there, the more likely the ledge is going to break. But you have to figure it out, because you realize if you could walk out on a ledge like that and not notice, how many other times have you done it? And from there you learn to be sure and know what you know, because that feeling of falling isnt a good feeling. Math was one area that shares that kind of emotion for me. Math is cumulative, so if you dont know Algebra 1, you wont understand Algebra 2, and on like that into higher level math. I remember, once, almost crying because I just couldnt understand what was going on. Luckily, I had a wonderful math teacher who would work with me. Must be why math and science are my two favorite and best subjects.
  14. Speaking as a woman, I didnt like the implication that you couldn't argue with someone you were romantically involved with. I'm most attracted to someone who will stand up to me and tell me what they think. Someone I can have a lengthy intelligent discussion with, and if it so happens, an argument with. There is a difference between arguing and discussing. Yes, it's great for the man to listen to my ideas, but hell, I want to hear his too! Isnt that something men are always complaining about? The woman asking "What are you thinking?" Yeah, we really do want to know. So tell us! The same happens when you have those arguments with your buddies and you respect them more after they are over. Stand up to me, tell me what you think, when you think it, or else I will think you are a coward or wonder why you dont want to tell me. I have discussions with my girl friends all the time, and it's great when we come to a mutual understanding. I can see her point and she can see mine.. we are free to move on. And using the fullest extent of your knowledge in a debate is just FUN!
  15. Speaking as an Objectivist female, it's not the accent that's cute, but what it is you are saying. You already knew that though.
  16. I agree with you Ramare, and I do appreciate the warnings of Stephen and Betsy. I understand that smoking has bad long term effects, and I do appreciate the experience of those who have been there before me. If I find myself dependant upon a three inch roll of leaves, I will emphatically quit. I do not want to be dependant upon anything. I was a very anti-smoker person when i found that my mother would lie to me about when and if she smoked, but I now think it was because I was so damn adament about it. Once I left her alone, she never lied. She's been smoking for a while, but its always so rarely. I see myself as the same. At best, I'd smoke 4 cigarettes a week. It is all about physical pleasure, and those who would deny that pleasure to others is wrong. All you can do is offer your advice (which you have done, and I do appreciate) and leave us alone to make our own decisions.
  17. Wait.. so, in the world, you are either whatever kind of people you posted about are (LaRouche..) or .. a rational mind. Think about it. You either stick decisively to the truth, to fact, to reason and reality.. Or you seek to evade those thoughts and let irrationality permeate your thinking.
  18. I just now realized something from reading your post. I had always understood what Ayn Rand was saying in those moments, because what she is describing is the actual feeling in words. She does it so well, to the point where I can feel what she is saying when she says it. I dont know if that makes sense, I dont want to say "You really wont understand unless you've felt it.." But it more or less is precisely that. The feeling comes from understand the values at hand and their extreme importance to you. Once you have that fully integrated into your mind, it becomes easier to grasp. She is describing an intense emotion derived from the act of obtaining and keeping fundamental values to human life and happiness.
  19. I smoke, and I do not have a problem with people who smoke around me. I usually do sit in the non-smoking sections in resturants, however. I dont like smoke around my food. I do not agree with the ban on smoking in buildings for the reasons stated. It interferes with property rights. Now, I have a different idea to bring into the thread. A person I met recently entered into a debate with me about smoking. He thought it was immoral because the person smoking knows they are slowly killing themselves, and are therefore committing suicide. He concluded that it was wrong to do something to yourself that you know to be harmful. While I see his point, if you took that thought consistently, you would have to give up red meat, junk food, television, etc... A lot of things we have in this world are not good for you, persay, but they bring you enjoyment. In this instance, I would say it was an argument of values. What's more important, eating that steak, or knowing with every steak you eat you are adding to your cholesterol? I'm only 19, and do not plan on smoking my entire life. (I rarely do it now.) But I thought his stance was completely irrational. The slight buzz I get from one cigarette is more of a value to me than the slight bit of lung capacity I loose from smoking it. I am pretty athletic, so I feel as though they slightly cancel each other out. Even if they dont (as I suspect they dont.. or wont after I reach about 30 anyway) I dont think I would give up smoking if I didnt want to. It's my choice, I want to live life, and I want to live a quality life, I do not think I am constantly committing suicide. That's the main point I wanted to get some opinions on. Is smoking committing suicide? I do not think it is, as suicide denotes the intent to kill oneself. I do not want to kill myself.
  20. Sadly, I work at the Tax Collector's office this summer. I answer phones. I deal in real estate and car tags. I am telling all of you right now, PAY YOUR TAXES!! They can and will take your house and/or car from you if you do not pay your taxes. You can try to evade, but eventually, you will get caught. The longer it takes you to get caught, the worse off you are because then the more you will owe. There have been people who have had their house taken from them because they didnt pay off $38 dollars or less in property taxes. PAY YOUR TAXES. Until we have the proper form of government at hand, please, please, pay your taxes. Just thought I would warn those who would try to not pay on a moral basis. It is still the law, and if you are breaking the law, they still have the power to make you see those consequences.
  21. I was raised Episcopalian in an upper middle class black family. Black people are weird, especially in the south. I can only speak for my family though, and I can definately say that they all harbor some kind of deep hatred for white people. My mother and father's situation is so ... man I dont even want to go into all of that. I think my mother has figured out I'm an athiest now, she keeps sending me biblical propoganda... Anyway, I had always lived by some code, my standards, which everyone told me were unrealistically high. Church was a complete bore. I slept through the sermon and woke up for the food. I was always a loner, loved building, or more specifically, creating, and my mother fueled that ambition in me. I was the complete tomboy, loved reading and school... all that jazz. I remember always making A's in everything, and when my peers would ask me how I did it or why.. I didnt know how to answer them. It wasnt really the grade I was seeking, it was more like the fact that I knew I could do it. A friend recommended The Fountainhead, and I dont really remember getting too much out of it, I really liked it, but the one pervading thought throughout the entire book was, "Well, duh..." (For me, there was no suspense. I knew Roark would 'win out' in the end, there was only the question of when.) Then I picked up Atlas Shrugged, and my world was anew with pure definition. Such clarity like I had never seen. And yeah, life just became easier. It was like someone earlier had said in this thread, "Like being introduced to yourself."
  22. I feel compelled to say this, as I just came off the "Humor" thread. When women get angry about using the word "mankind" or "man" to denote everyone, all of humanity, as individuals, I always just look at them and say, "Well, that sounds like a personal problem." And they always either laugh, or stop complaining.
  23. While it is true that women do try to make themselves beautiful, it is not true that it is always for the benefit of men. Sometimes when I leave the house, I want to know I look damn good. It makes you feel better about yourself, because, as you say, presentation is a part of the package. Also, I love looking in the mirror and knowing that the beautiful figure standing before me is myself. Also, everyone is making reference to women making themselves look good, are the men who posted not trying to make themselves look good? It is just as rare to find a guy who looks just as nice as I do. Someone without loads of 'ice' bling-blingin everywhere, and someone who doesnt buy overly priced clothes that are already messed up! (I hate that crap, if I pay 50 dollars for some jeans, they need to look damn good, not frayed at the bottom with holes everywhere...) Women are beautiful, yes, but the male figure should also be just as revered as a thing of pure beauty, and the way in which it is presented, to the world and to yourself, does something to your self-esteem.
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