Maidens of the Kaleidoscope
~Beyond the Border~ => Daiyousei's Cold Storage => Topic started by: Tengukami on February 08, 2011, 04:36:45 PM
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Anything you've always wanted to ask a nearly-40-year-old parent, but thought they'd sugar-coat their answers or just talk down to you like you have no idea what's going on in the world, I will do my best to answer. No question is off limits so long as it stays within the forum guidelines.
Bring it!
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What is love?
What would you say is the hardest thing about being a parent?
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okay then. How many kids do you have and do you feel like they're pressuring you too much as a parent?
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My parents, teachers and everyone else I know give me the same ridiculous answer that obviously can't be true, but you are a man with actual life experience, so I ask you:
Where do babies come from?
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How are babies made?
What experiences have contributed most to your oldness? Your theoretical wiseness?
EDIT: OH FUCK YOU IRYAN >=[!
(j/k, you're cool)
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WHEN ARE YOU COMING BACK TO
OTAKON
BALTIMORE?!?!
Also, what're your experiences with moving to and living in Iceland.
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As a parent, when you first saw your kid after it was born... Did you REALLY think that slimy smelly crying thing was cute/beautiful? New born babies all look the same to me, ugly, to no fault of the parents I might add. But when they gush about how they look I have half a mind to windex ther eyes.
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EDIT: OH FUCK YOU IRYAN >=[!
Show me how I am supposed to do that, and I will do it better than you ever could. :smug:
On that matter, where do kittens come from?
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What is love?
What would you say is the hardest thing about being a parent?
Loving your child is really easy, but the hardest part is you are always, always second-guessing yourself. Did I do the right thing? Should I have let her stay up another hour? Will she hate me forever if I don't buy her the candy she wants? Do I trust her teachers? Am I pressuring her too much? Not enough? And so on. You're never satisfied with what you do for your child. All you can do is follow your gut, remember how you were raised as examples of what (or what not) to do, and hope your child is happy. But the worry never stops. You just gotta keep that shit in check.
okay then. How many kids do you have and do you feel like they're pressuring you too much as a parent?
I have one girl, she's nearly five. And she's pretty chill. It's demanding, sure, but I mean ... when you love your kid, you just do it, you know? Whatever it is.
My parents, teachers and everyone else I know give me the same ridiculous answer that obviously can't be true, but you are a man with actual life experience, so I ask you:
Where do babies come from?
Ah, well, I could tell you but then I'd get kicked out of the Lion's Club. All I'll say is that the reason your parents and teachers gave you will keep you pretty occupied.
How are babies made?
What experiences have contributed most to your oldness? Your theoretical wiseness?
I have no idea how wise I am. When I look at myself, and the people I went to high school with, and other people my age, the sad truth is, our personalities pretty much settled into what they are now by the time we're like, 18 or 20. I mean of course you try to learn from your mistakes, but if your personality is such that you're likely to be a slob, chances are you'll stay one.
I think what aged me most was just trying to survive. Mundane shit like working for a living, paying bills, keeping the rent going, buying furniture and such. Finding your place in the world and getting settled into it ages you a lot, but on the other hand, that's when the real fun starts.
WHEN ARE YOU COMING BACK TO OTAKON
BALTIMORE?!?!
Also, what're your experiences with moving to and living in Iceland.
This summer I hope!
Moving to another country is really stressful. You arrive full of wonder, all starry-eyed that it's going to be an awesome time, and then you experience the loneliness of knowing virtually no one, dealing with cultural differences and such, but eventually you get settled in and can appreciate the place on a deeper level. As far as Iceland goes, I like the landscape, the social welfare system, and the lack of violence, but I miss the cultural variety that America offers.
As a parent, when you first saw your kid after it was born... Did you REALLY think that slimy smelly crying thing was cute/beautiful? New born babies all look the same to me, ugly, to no fault of the parents I might add. But when they gush about how they look I have half a mind to windex ther eyes.
Yes, I really did. And the first thing she did when she was born was lay on her mom's belly and crap all over the place. I mean the blood and placenta and all, yeah, that was pretty gross. But my daughter was just gorgeous to me. I think the physical act of looking at your own child releases this chemical in your brain where you can see no flaws or something.
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On a scale of one to ten, how dangerous is your hip-hop?
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What should I LP next?
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Should I give Linux a try again. Also, Should I buy a new mic?
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At what age do the male hormones release control of the brain's speech function so that I can talk to them again without worry of a perverted retort :derp:
Oh, and do you have any major regrets in life/things you would go back and change?
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Have you ever once regretted having a child, or went through some other circumstance where you were just wrecked with grief regarding said child?
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How do you react when your child is acting up in public?
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How do you manage your shapeshifting? Is it cosmetic surgery, superpowers from an accident with a radioactive amoeba, blood magic, prayers to Shiva, or something else entirely?
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How do you manage your shapeshifting? Is it cosmetic surgery, superpowers from an accident with a radioactive amoeba, blood magic, prayers to Shiva, or something else entirely?
Oh, even I can tell you that. It's all in the PUDDI PUDDI.
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What are your sentiments regarding a routine?
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Did you expect to ever be a father? Also, how many children did you expect to have? Would you want more?
Also, why'd you move to Iceland?
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How is it being a parent? Do you ever worry that you're messing up your child somehow? Have you ever had issues of disrespect, and if so, how do you handle them?
I feel like I should ask something more meaningful than this but I can't think.
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How many grey hairs have you had?
Does death gradually become more of a pressing fear the older you get?
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What is love?
bby don't hurt me
What has been the hardest thing you've ever had to do?
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How did you meet your daughter's mother, and how did you decide to get married and have a child together?
What was the most important experience of your life so far?
What's the secret to happiness (or rather, the secret to avoiding depression, cynicism, etc.)?
Where did you see your friends and yourself 20 years ago, and how does it line up with what you are now?
Have you ever been at a crossroads where you didn't know what to do, and where did you go?
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How does it feel like being Tony Hawk, and having your own skateboarding game that was awesome back in the day.
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What were the highlights and lowlights of the classic rock phase for you?
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Now that you have a daughter, do you think you'll have a girlfriend/wife in the future?
Do you think this could damage the relationship between father and daughter?
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What the fuck are you doing on a forum full of young people you pedo >:(
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What do you think is wiser for a young person: trying to put as much effort as possible in activities that are considered to be beneficial in future (university, etc), even if it means having pretty much no social life and no time for oneself, or trying to enjoy one's life, even if it somewhat hampers the aforementioned studies? Especially considering how fragile human life is.
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Does your wife like touhou like you?
Will you show touhou to your kids?
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What were the seventies like? :V
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Everyone's asked all the good questions...
Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
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Do you ever brush your mustache.
How many hats do you own.
What would you have been like, if you weren't married atm.
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Speaking of years, anything big happen in 1992, perferably around the 4th of it. That may be my birthday
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I'll be answering all this, and anything else, in about 3 hours - running errands.
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What errands are you running?
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God why are you such a procrastinator you're supposed to be a role model man
I trusted you. ;~;
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can you teach me how to do sweet ollies?
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can you teach me how to do sweet ollies?
Can you teach Slaves to grow older?
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Can you teach Slaves to grow older?
Get a beard, glue hair onto every part of your body, hide a pillow under your shirt, and shave your heard. Congrats, you're now the stereotypical american, aka Homer.
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And the first thing she did when she was born was lay on her mom's belly and crap all over the place.
At least you can't say that your kid doesn't give a crap about her parents.
How do you manage your shapeshifting? Is it cosmetic surgery, superpowers from an accident with a radioactive amoeba, blood magic, prayers to Shiva, or something else entirely?
And why do you look like my father when you're shaved? Especially that part about looking like my father when he's not shaved.
How does it feel like being Tony Hawk, and having your own skateboarding game that was awesome back in the day.
Especially the third one.
I don't really have any good serious questions to ask, soo...
Why is it so bad if I'm on your lawn?
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What are the most important books you've ever read?
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What errands are you running?
It's Iceland. They probably have to get food for their pet volcano.
This summer I hope!
OH MAN! o/
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It's Iceland. They probably have to get food for their pet volcano.
Going off of that: Do you own a pet volcano? If so, how much care does it require/how big of a safety hazard is it?
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Is it true that inhabitants of Iceland are universally cannibals? Because I heard that steam cooking other people (or even oneself!) is a common pastime there...
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I totally stole your topic and drank all your beer, is that cool brah? BV
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Dammit, I was thinking of doing one myself, but now I'll look like I'm double-copying.
Oh well. I'll just have to get some bleach and rags.
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Dammit, I was thinking of doing one myself, but now I'll look like I'm double-copying.
Oh well. I'll just have to get some bleach and rags.
Don't.
Last time this happened, we had an inflation of these topics because everyone wanted to make one and then nobody had any questions anymore.
Personally, I think more than one at a time is already overkill. :derp:
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Don't.
Last time this happened, we had an inflation of these topics because everyone wanted to make one and then nobody had any questions anymore.
Personally, I think more than one at a time is already overkill. :derp:
It's a fun gimmick and I like to make ironic copies of threads, unironically of course.
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Don't.
Last time this happened, we had an inflation of these topics because everyone wanted to make one and then nobody had any questions anymore.
Personally, I think more than one at a time is already overkill. :derp:
Exactly my point. Just said more seriously.
On topic, I thought of another question. How is living on your own compared to living with other people?
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If you could give one serious bit of advice to us youngsters, what would it be?
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Does he look like a bitch?
HOw did you manage to get out of America? I kinda want to do the same, real bad.
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Which is better, fish or imported honey?
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On a scale of one to ten, how dangerous is your hip-hop?
Theoretical mathematicians have yet to conceive a number great enough to rank just how dangerous my hip-hop is.
What should I LP next?
Hm ... I'm gonna say Fallout New Vegas, because I really want that game bad. Your LP would be the next best thing.
Should I give Linux a try again. Also, Should I buy a new mic?
Almost all Linux distros are free, and many of them come with LiveCDs (or even better, LiveUSBs) for you to try them out without having to install them, so you really have nothing to lose. I recommend either Linux Mint, Ubuntu or Mandriva - all fairly straight-forward, easy and out-of-the-box distros. As for a new mic, I dunno, you sounded fine on Skype the other night.
At what age do the male hormones release control of the brain's speech function so that I can talk to them again without worry of a perverted retort :derp:
Oh, and do you have any major regrets in life/things you would go back and change?
I have good news and bad news. The good news is, most guys stop doing this sometime during or after college, or whenever they realize this behavior won't get them laid. The bad news is, they're still thinking it.
No, seriously, every guy's different. There are a few guys who won't perv out on you, who will listen actively, and aren't gay. They're hard to find, but they do exist.
As far as regrets go ... yeah, I have one or two. I wish I'd been more responsible in my 20s; would've made my life both more stable and more enjoyable. Any other regrets I have are all related to relationships.
Have you ever once regretted having a child, or went through some other circumstance where you were just wrecked with grief regarding said child?
I've never regretted being a father. Not once. I think the most heartbreaking thing I had to endure about her was when she was diagnosed with a cognitive disability. Fortunately it's mild, and we caught it early. She's learning now by leaps and bounds and is a lot more social.
How do you react when your child is acting up in public?
I turn away, pretend to be busy with something else, and when I hear the screams subside a little, I turn to her and ask, "Are you done?". If she is, we move on. If she isn't, I go back to pretending to do something else. Maybe it annoys other people in the short run - and there are times I've had to take her the hell out of a building - but in the long run it'll put an end to the behavior. No reinforcement means no incentive.
How do you manage your shapeshifting? Is it cosmetic surgery, superpowers from an accident with a radioactive amoeba, blood magic, prayers to Shiva, or something else entirely?
After visiting Kaguya in her mansion and regaling her with my rapier wit and delightful anecdotes, she gave me a diluted version of a Hourai Elixir. It doesn't make you immortal, but you can change how old you look at will. Tasted sorta like ginger ale.
What are your sentiments regarding a routine?
I love routines! That one routine that George Lopez does about how every time he mows his lawn, people walk up and ask him how much he charges? Hilarious!
Did you expect to ever be a father? Also, how many children did you expect to have? Would you want more?
Also, why'd you move to Iceland?
I've wanted to be a father since I was 16 years old, and I imagined I would have exactly one girl. Which is what I have. Don't think I want anymore right now. I moved to Iceland because I came here on vacation, on a whim, made some friends, was bored with Baltimore, and decided to give it a shot. That was in 1999. It's been working out alright.
How is it being a parent? Do you ever worry that you're messing up your child somehow? Have you ever had issues of disrespect, and if so, how do you handle them?
Being a parent is the most wonderful, terrifying, joyful and stressful experience I've ever had. And yeah, I worry all the time that I'm not a good father. On the up side, she's a good kid, and hasn't been "disrespectful" all that much, except when she wants something and I tell her no. But she gets over it.
How many grey hairs have you had?
Does death gradually become more of a pressing fear the older you get?
I got gray a-creepin' up the sides of my head. It looks pretty damn sexy, if I do say so myself. And actually, I've come to fear death less now than I did when I was an angsty, brooding teenager. I don't think about The End; I'm too busy enjoying living.
What has been the hardest thing you've ever had to do?
What a question. Probably leaving home for the first time. If you don't have a plan, like I didn't, it's an incredible challenge. I'd recommend having a pretty clear idea about where you're going and how you're going to support yourself if you ever move out.
How did you meet your daughter's mother, and how did you decide to get married and have a child together?
What was the most important experience of your life so far?
What's the secret to happiness (or rather, the secret to avoiding depression, cynicism, etc.)?
Where did you see your friends and yourself 20 years ago, and how does it line up with what you are now?
Have you ever been at a crossroads where you didn't know what to do, and where did you go?
I met her hitch-hiking around Iceland. She was working at a hotel I stayed in, and we started dating. A few months later, we got married. A couple years after that, we had our child. Yeah, we got married fast. Don't recommend it.
The most important experience of my life so far, apart from becoming a father, has been deciding what I really want to do with my life. It's a big decision, and pretty much defines who you are and what choices you'll make.
I have no idea what the secret to happiness is. If you find out before I do, please tell me.
Man, 20 years ago I thought I'd be a famous writer by now with my adopted daughter, living in some American city, probably single. Today, I do write for a living, I am single, and I do have a daughter, but that's about all that's matched up.
Every turn in my life has been a crossroads. My choices are made with a mixture of logic and intuition. But mostly intuition. This is because you can rationalize anything to make sense logically - you're going to follow your gut in the end anyway, you might as well do it from the start.
How does it feel like being Tony Hawk, and having your own skateboarding game that was awesome back in the day.
Feels good man.
What were the highlights and lowlights of the classic rock phase for you?
Highlights: Discovering early Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, the Doors and Black Sabbath.
Lowlights: When surviving members of these bands made cynical and pathetic attempts to cash in with reunion tours.
Now that you have a daughter, do you think you'll have a girlfriend/wife in the future?
Do you think this could damage the relationship between father and daughter?
I think I'll probably have a girlfriend in the future, but I don't know if I'll ever marry again. I don't think this would damage my relationship with my daughter. I'm going to continue to be good to her, and always be there for her. I'm still the same dad, and always will be.
What the fuck are you doing on a forum full of young people you pedo >:(
How did you gnaw through your duct tape? I have to remember to use nylon cord next time.
What do you think is wiser for a young person: trying to put as much effort as possible in activities that are considered to be beneficial in future (university, etc), even if it means having pretty much no social life and no time for oneself, or trying to enjoy one's life, even if it somewhat hampers the aforementioned studies? Especially considering how fragile human life is.
I'd say the wisest move is a balance of these two. Of course it's important to work to secure your future and make a stable life for yourself, but life was also meant to be lived. Don't let studying get in the way of getting out and exploring, making mistakes, breaking hearts, getting your heart broken, have fun, and making friends.
Does your wife like touhou like you?
Will you show touhou to your kids?
She only likes the H-doujins. My daughter has seen Touhou The Game and doesn't care for it, but she loves the IOSYS Flash videos.
What were the seventies like? :V
The 70s were weird. The whole country had come down off of this tremendous high of the 60s - all their high hopes and dreams of starting a cultural revolution were crushed by Nixon and Watergate, and the death of some 60s idols. But the music was great, the clothes were hilarious, and the hair was amazing.
More to come!
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No reinforcement means no incentive
Have I told you ilu yet?
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Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
You?ve got to be kidding me. I?ve been further even more decided to use even go need to do look more as anyone can. Can you really be far even as decided half as much to use go wish for that? My guess is that when one really been far even as decided once to use even go want, it is then that he has really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like. It?s just common sense.
Do you ever brush your mustache.
How many hats do you own.
What would you have been like, if you weren't married atm.
I shaved. Not growing it back.
I have exactly two hats.
Not married anymore. If I'd skipped that part, I'd probably be a single dad anyway, so yeah. Guess it worked out in the end.
Speaking of years, anything big happen in 1992, perferably around the 4th of it. That may be my birthday
The fourth what? Month? Day? Clinton was voted president. That was pretty big, after 12 years of the Reagan Dynasty. Also, grunge officially killed spandex metal that year. Which was also pretty sweet.
What errands are you running?
I was just boppin' around downtown with my daughter. I have her Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and every other weekend.
God why are you such a procrastinator you're supposed to be a role model man
I trusted you. ;~;
Procrastination has always worked for me. There's a great explanation as to why this is. I'll tell you later.
can you teach me how to do sweet ollies?
You bet I can, sport! Can you teach me how to draw above a 3-year-old level?
Can you teach Slaves to grow older?
Yeah, uh, about that. Slaves can't age. He's like Gary Coleman, only not running for governor of California.
Why is it so bad if I'm on your lawn?
Good question! I don't know. I hear other old people say this all the time and I'm like, why not? The more the merrier. Party on my lawn. Stomp the shit outta that bitch.
What are the most important books you've ever read?
Wow. Let me see ...
The Complete Works Of Edgar Allan Poe
The Catcher In The Rye
The Bell Jar
Cities Of The Red Night
One Hundred Years Of Solitude
The Broom Of The System
The Illuminati Trilogy
The God Of Small Things
Independent People
Sputnik Sweetheart
Bad Behavior
The Diving Pool
The Things They Carried
Madness Visible: A Memoir Of War
Rogue Nation
A People's History of the United States
Midnight's Children
off the top of my head
Going off of that: Do you own a pet volcano? If so, how much care does it require/how big of a safety hazard is it?
Volcanoes are expensive to maintain, so I opted for a pet glacier. They don't do a lot, you know, only moving about six inches every ten years. But they're nice to look at. Kinda like goldfish.
Is it true that inhabitants of Iceland are universally cannibals? Because I heard that steam cooking other people (or even oneself!) is a common pastime there...
Cannibalism is considered pretty gauche these days. There are still a few old people that do it, but most of the young people these days prefer vat-grown meats from the local laboratories.
I totally stole your topic and drank all your beer, is that cool brah? BV
That wasn't beer! Haw haw haw!
How is living on your own compared to living with other people?
Living with other people is easier financially, but it can really, really test a friendship. You go into it thinking it's going to be easier, since you're all buds. But then little things they do start to annoy you. And sometimes those little things become big things. And don't even get me started on living with strangers. Living on your own is more expensive, and potentially lonelier, but if you live near your friends, it's great. I prefer that set-up, to be honest.
If you could give one serious bit of advice to us youngsters, what would it be?
Don't let anyone talk down to you and tell you what you should be thinking, feeling or doing with your life. It's your life. It's the only one you get. The decisions you make will effect you first and foremost, so think what's best for you; not what will please your parents. Trust me on this, you won't regret it. It might be hard defying your parents and striking off on your own path, but even if you fail, you can hold your head up with pride and know that you made an honest effort to live by your heart. No one will ever be able to take that away from you.
HOw did you manage to get out of America? I kinda want to do the same, real bad.
Having friends in other countries. Because most countries won't let you just roll up and start looking for work; you need to have work waiting for you before you arrive. Sounds back-ass, I know, but that's immigration law nearly the world over. Make pals in other countries, explore the immigration procedures, and start digging. Ask your friends to help you find work. The lower your pride, the more likely you'll be to get a job. Immigrants do all the work no national wants to do, so expect that to mean restaurants, the disabled, the elderly, and anything involving cleaning or factory work. Hey, it's a start.
Which is better, fish or imported honey?
That's a tough one. Going to go with honey, because I could live without fish. No honey would make me run screaming into the sea to swim to the nearest country that had it.
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Have I told you ilu yet?
This also lets us, finally, scientifically conclude, that trolling is inherently childish.
Next question:
How do you type without boxing gloves on?
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New Vegas would be sweet...but I would need to have it first. :(
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Some questions here inspired me to make more.
At what age do the male hormones release control of the brain's speech function so that I can talk to them again without worry of a perverted retort :derp:
Why do women have this obsession about trying to seem less perverted then men when the truth is they are on average...just as perverted? I ask this not as an offended male. I'm one of those freakish anti-pervs myself. But know from personal experience that once you're out of the public eye, girls are typically pretty nasty too >=P.
She only likes the H-doujins. My daughter has seen Touhou The Game and doesn't care for it, but she loves the IOSYS Flash videos.
You said she's 5 right? I doubt anybody would like dem games at 5. So I hope you intend to continue trying to corrupt her later! >=).
But anyway H-doujin? Isn't..uhh. everything Touhou doujin? So basically it's all the h-material in general? I don't know much about this stuff. Other than the H-stuff I see on danbooru or whatever is awful, surely you don't mean that? Am I missing something? I'm not asking for reccommendations here, just.. I thought everyone thought touhou H-stuff was really really bad, and I mean the people interested in H-stuff in general too.
Anyway, umm.. How did you discover your wife likes it? I mean isn't it akward to bring up?
And may I ask what your daughter's mild cognitive disability is? It's not mild cerebral palsy is it? I was misdiagnosed with that before, and it turned out they had it completely wrong and I had something else. What I have doesn't matter but I know now that they tend to slap mild cerebral palsy on virtually everything short of a broken nail nowdays, so you might want to keep a close eye on her symptoms for awhile (like..for over a decade).
Next question:
How do you type without boxing gloves on?
I can answer that one for you now. it's:
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Can you bring Mima back ?
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That wasn't beer! Caw caw caw!
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You are such a dumbo!
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I've got my own, but what do you think the meaning of life is, or what is your own?
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How do you feel after writing? Do you generally think "this sucks why am I writing it," or do you more often think "huh, that was actually pretty good"?
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What was it like to be a kid in your days? What was cool then? What made your days?
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Are you actually a knight of Cydonia?
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What ran through your mind as The Fifth Element was in production?
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Have I told you ilu yet?
Glad you agree with that approach to tantrums. I will never understand public shaming as a form of disciplining a child.
How do you type without boxing gloves on?
It took some getting used to.
New Vegas would be sweet...but I would need to have it first. :(
In that case, I recommend Trouble Witches.
Why do women have this obsession about trying to seem less perverted then men when the truth is they are on average...just as perverted? I ask this not as an offended male. I'm one of those freakish anti-pervs myself. But know from personal experience that once you're out of the public eye, girls are typically pretty nasty too >=P.
I do think women and men think about sex to more or less equal degrees, but I wouldn't say they have an "obsession" with trying to seem as though they don't. Women who talk openly about their sexuality tend to have judgements made about them that make life difficult, whereas those same judgements are a source of pride in men. So I'd say girls might be more reserved about talking about sex than boys are for this reason primarily. And then, some girls just aren't that pervy.
You said she's 5 right? I doubt anybody would like dem games at 5. So I hope you intend to continue trying to corrupt her later! >=).
Definitely, it's great hand-eye coordination exercise, at the very least. And the music's good, too.
But anyway H-doujin? Isn't..uhh. everything Touhou doujin? So basically it's all the h-material in general? I don't know much about this stuff. Other than the H-stuff I see on danbooru or whatever is awful, surely you don't mean that? Am I missing something? I'm not asking for reccommendations here, just.. I thought everyone thought touhou H-stuff was really really bad, and I mean the people interested in H-stuff in general too.
Not all Touhou doujin manga are hentai, by a long shot, but yeah, there's a lot of it. And a lot of it is bad, really bad. But some of it is quite well done, in drawing and writing.
Anyway, umm.. How did you discover your wife likes it? I mean isn't it akward to bring up?
We were having a conversation once about the "doujin" concept, and when I said there was illustrated pornography of video game characters, she thought this was the most hilarious thing she'd ever heard, and demanded to see it at once. She's a graphic artist herself, and she ended up appreciating some of the titles on their own merits, not ironically.
And may I ask what your daughter's mild cognitive disability is? It's not mild cerebral palsy is it? I was misdiagnosed with that before, and it turned out they had it completely wrong and I had something else. What I have doesn't matter but I know now that they tend to slap mild cerebral palsy on virtually everything short of a broken nail nowdays, so you might want to keep a close eye on her symptoms for awhile (like..for over a decade).
Sorry to hear about the misdiagnosis, and what may be wrong now. She's borderline autistic. It's a spectrum disorder, so you get everybody from Rain Man on one end to incredibly accomplished concert pianists on the other, and everyone in between. She's just over the line. Very social, friendly, very intelligent in non-verbal areas - can build anything you put in front of her, draw anything you show her - but she's not talking yet. She can say a few words, it's just taking a lot of work. But she's a happy and healthy child, so that's plenty for me.
(http://i53.tinypic.com/kcl205.jpg)
Aah I wish I'd thought of this.
I've got my own, but what do you think the meaning of life is, or what is your own?
I think life is an opportunity of indeterminant length. Why you are conscious, why you were born as the person you are in the circumstances you are - this is unknowable, but you do have control over what you do with the opportunity you have. I think if we want future generations to have it better than we do, then it's our obligation to try to leave the world a better place than we found it. For the good of the future of the human race, or a better human race. I'm not one of those "you're part of the problem or part of the solution" people, though. It's just what I think is what I'd consider my meaning of life. Couldn't say if it's the meaning of life.
How do you feel after writing? Do you generally think "this sucks why am I writing it," or do you more often think "huh, that was actually pretty good"?
I think "this sucks why am I writing it", nearly all the time. But I finish it, and edit it, over and over. And then I write some more. Because I can't imagine doing anything else that makes me this happy.
What was it like to be a kid in your days? What was cool then? What made your days?
Hm. Well, instead of talking about all I didn't have then, all that didn't exist yet, since you know that already, I'd say being a kid in the 70s and 80s was fairly nice, but there was a turning point in the 80s, when the whole D&D Is Satanism and Child Molesters Are Everywhere scares started. Oh, and we were always, always terrified of nuclear war. Always. We were convinced the Russians wanted nothing more than to bomb us into oblivion, and that it could happen at any time.
Popular things me and my friends were into included gaming. There was a kid with an Atari 2600, and I loved those games, but mostly we played tabletop RPGs. Once high school started, it became about music - working part time to buy music or music instruments, with which to form a shitty, forgettable garage band. But it's great being in a band, so you do it anyway.
Are you actually a knight of Cydonia?
I haven't been cleared for knighthood yet, and am merely a knave at this point. And not of Cydonia, but Newark.
What ran through your mind as The Fifth Element was in production?
"Finally, a movie that best expresses my cult's teachings to the general public!"
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"Finally, a movie that best expresses my cult's teachings to the general public!"
You have a cult that teaches people that Milla Jovovich is hot?
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You have a cult that teaches people that Milla Jovovich is hot?
Yes. It is the only commandment.
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I moved to Iceland because I came here on vacation, on a whim, made some friends, was bored with Baltimore, and decided to give it a shot. That was in 1999. It's been working out alright.
That's so awesome. You have no idea. I admire you for that.
Don't let anyone talk down to you and tell you what you should be thinking, feeling or doing with your life. It's your life. It's the only one you get. The decisions you make will effect you first and foremost, so think what's best for you; not what will please your parents. Trust me on this, you won't regret it. It might be hard defying your parents and striking off on your own path, but even if you fail, you can hold your head up with pride and know that you made an honest effort to live by your heart. No one will ever be able to take that away from you.
8) :manlytear: 8)
This is the best thread since forever, I tell ya.
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Yes. It is the only commandment.
See?
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What is the meaning of 42
Can you play an instrument?
Being as old as you are (hurr hurr,) do things that are "popular" nowadays seem stupid to you? Give some examples?
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Yeah, uh, about that. Slaves can't age. He's like Gary Coleman, only not running for governor of California.
I don't think Gary Coleman is running for governor of California either... unless he came back from the dead and is running as a zombie. Though that would be pretty awesome.
Hm ... I'm gonna say Fallout New Vegas, because I really want that game bad. Your LP would be the next best thing.
You should definitely give it a look, it'd be well worth importing or whatever you'd have to do. Me and my two best friends played soooooo much Fallout 3 last summer. You'd think that three people taking turns with a single-player game like Fallout would be boring, but it was actually pretty awesome.
The best part by far was coming up with different characters and giving them weird personalities and stuff; my personal favorite was one my bro made, a drunken Irishman by the name of "Punchy Fistgun" who we gave 1 INT. See, the logic behind this was that he could get the strength bonus from alcohol without losing any INT... since it can't go any lower. Makes total sense right? We did Punchy's adventure on Very Hard and never used any armor or weapons, just jauntily skipping across the wasteland drinking hard liquor and punching various people and fauna to death. Also dying. Dying many, many times. It was glorious.
Anyway, yeah. Great game, don't miss it.
Oh, and here's my question: Lately I've had a habit of eating peanut butter out of the jar with a spoon. Am I pregnant?
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Does one need wealth to be happy?
How does one be confident in who they are as a person without coming off as a douchebag to others?
What is your favourite season and why?
American English or British English?
If there was one country you could vacation in for a week, entirely free, which country would it be?
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Being as old as you are (hurr hurr,) do things that are "popular" nowadays seem stupid to you? Give some examples?
Yeah, I try to be aware of that, actually. To realize when I'm hating on something just because I don't "get" it, instead of for a good reason. Also, a lot of things that are popular that I hate are hated by people in their target groups, too. So I can't say for certain there. But when it comes to music I've definitely gotten more contemporary. I used to listen to nothing made after 1989, but now I'm following DJs on Ustream. So I guess it's all relative.
I don't think Gary Coleman is running for governor of California either... unless he came back from the dead and is running as a zombie. Though that would be pretty awesome.
Fuck, that's right.
OK, I've sat here for a full minute trying to incorporate "Watchu talkin' 'bout" into a joke about death, and I've got nothing.
Oh, and here's my question: Lately I've had a habit of eating peanut butter out of the jar with a spoon. Am I pregnant?
Crunchy or smooth?
Does one need wealth to be happy?
Nope.
How does one be confident in who they are as a person without coming off as a douchebag to others?
If you're truly confident in who you are, you don't behave like a douchebag.
What is your favourite season and why?
Summer because THE SUN NEVER SETS. Summer starts with the sun going up around mid-May, and setting some time in late-August. It's the best.
American English or British English?
I speak American English but have to write in British English at work, and ... I don't know. British English still looks exotic to me.
If there was one country you could vacation in for a week, entirely free, which country would it be?
Yes, Japan.
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OK, I've sat here for a full minute trying to incorporate "Watchu talkin' 'bout" into a joke about death, and I've got nothing.
Whacharon about, Amat?
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What a question. Probably leaving home for the first time. If you don't have a plan, like I didn't, it's an incredible challenge. I'd recommend having a pretty clear idea about where you're going and how you're going to support yourself if you ever move out.
What an answer. And may I ask, how did you rise from the ashes?
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Give to us how good you are at Touhou from 1 to Sapz :3
Favorite video game series?
Do you go to any conventions? I was trying to get into E3 last year through various means, but I couldn't :I
And lastly, what would you prefer, vanilla, or mint?
Last questions for a while, sorry.
I used to love the concept of Formspring- like, people answering questions and stuff, because it interested me- until I opened one and recieved questions like "why are you fat."
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What are the mistakes of the past you feel we most need to avoid, as a society?
And, um, I feel strange not asking relationship-related questions. Hm. What advice would you give to people who are just starting out on their married life? As in, what to worry about, what pitfalls to avoid from the start, things like that?
What's the best season to visit Iceland to take good photos?
How hard was it to emigrate to the European Union? You described this once before, but that post has eluded me.
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Don't let anyone talk down to you and tell you what you should be thinking, feeling or doing with your life. It's your life. It's the only one you get. The decisions you make will effect you first and foremost, so think what's best for you; not what will please your parents. Trust me on this, you won't regret it. It might be hard defying your parents and striking off on your own path, but even if you fail, you can hold your head up with pride and know that you made an honest effort to live by your heart. No one will ever be able to take that away from you.
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That's... wow. Thanks.
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I used to love the concept of Formspring- like, people answering questions and stuff, because it interested me- until I opened one and recieved questions like "why are you fat."
Making one here though DOES seem bit more interesting, no?
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Hey!
I think, I'd just like to ask.
Well, everyone has their hard times and moments. When you find yourself in tough times, what are the kind of things you think of or do in order to try and lessen how stressful such things are?
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Did you ever expect this thread to be so popular?
Also, what is your favorite anime (assuming you watch much of it. If not, replace that with whatever you'd like)?
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Man, I totally wanted to make a thread like this. "Ask Fake Old Man Jana." :(
Any tidbits of wisdom for those of us that may already be feeling weary at a young age?
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You said she's 5 right? I doubt anybody would like dem games at 5. So I hope you intend to continue trying to corrupt her later! >=).
I'd like to show you (Ghaleon) this. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a87x0psVIus)
Yeah so, is it normal if you feel old when you're only 20?
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How about when you're fifteen, cause I feel old now :(
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Any tidbits of wisdom for those of us that may already be feeling weary at a young age?
God damn, but this. Feels like I've already lived a thousand years.
Also, when/how did you figure out that you wanted to write for a living? What other things did you try that didn't work out for you (if anything)?
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What in your opinion makes something (like books, movies, anime, games etc) 'good'?
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Whacharon about, Amat?
Using someone's catch-phrase in a joke about their being dead is fun. "Watchu talkin' 'bout", can't do a lot with.
What an answer. And may I ask, how did you rise from the ashes?
Just make sure you have the basics settled ahead of time; that you'll be earning enough to live there, that you'll be secure and content enough at the job, that you can handle other expenses that might come your way and so on. But the bigger question, about what I wanted to do and how to get there was something different. When you know what your calling is, how to get there becomes pretty clear. It's knowing your calling that's hard, and to be honest, I don't think there's one solid way to find it. If you're lucky, you will. I guess the best bet is to be honest with yourself about what you really love to do, and if you don't know, explore and find out.
Give to us how good you are at Touhou from 1 to Sapz :3
I'm ... really not very good at them. I usually die somewhere towards the end of Stage 4 on Normal, although lately I've been making headway into Stage 5 of UFO and SA. I can get all the way to Kanako before dying. IN is the only one I've 1cc'd.
Favorite video game series?
Imperishable Night, definitely. I love the cast, the story, the artwork, the music, the danmaku (love fighting Reimu), all of it. Oh, series. Yeah, Touhou.
Do you go to any conventions? I was trying to get into E3 last year through various means, but I couldn't :I
I went to Otakon in 2009, had a great time. I hope to come this year.
And lastly, what would you prefer, vanilla, or mint?
If you mean ice cream, vanilla. If you mean toothpaste, mint.
Last questions for a while, sorry. I used to love the concept of Formspring- like, people answering questions and stuff, because it interested me- until I opened one and recieved questions like "why are you fat."
I'm fat on the inside.
What are the mistakes of the past you feel we most need to avoid, as a society?
The same ones we keep making over and over, more or less - war, economic disparity, oppression and so forth. On a more manageable scale, I think it'd be nice just to see the media have a memory that goes back farther than ten years. I think that would help avoid a ton of mistakes. For example, when Reagan had his SDI project, and it was utterly ridiculed by the time he left office, but then Bush Jr introduces the exact same idea only under a different name, and pundits started debating the feasibility of it. Again. Who was there to remind them of SDI, really?
And, um, I feel strange not asking relationship-related questions. Hm. What advice would you give to people who are just starting out on their married life? As in, what to worry about, what pitfalls to avoid from the start, things like that?
I can't say I'm the best person to ask, really, but I will say that my wife and I at least had an amicable separation. It just didn't work, that's all. But we're friends. So I guess I can at least advise first of all living with the person for at least a year or more before even considering marriage. There's all kinds of things you don't notice about someone until you live with them. How you make it work from there, well, I honestly don't know. I guess that's an entirely personal thing that you and your spouse develop together, over time.
What's the best season to visit Iceland to take good photos?
Summer. Everything's lush and green in the country, but in the capital you're still only an hour away from the nearest glacier. Plus it's light all the time, so no outdoor night-time issues.
How hard was it to emigrate to the European Union? You described this once before, but that post has eluded me.
Well, Iceland isn't in the EU, but it does abide EU immigration law. Essentially, anyone in the EU can live in any EU country. To get in, though, you need to have a job waiting for you - one where it can be demonstrated that no national can do or wants to do the job. Once you've got that, you'll next need to have an address. Friends come into play with that. You may also need to demonstrate that you have a certain amount of money in your bank account. If your papers are in order and your background check is clean, you get a temporary work and residence permit. And once you get approved the first time, it's usually easy to renew, unless you do something stupid like get arrested or quit your job. Yes, that's right - your work permit is for one employer. It's not a free pass to work where you want, when you want. That's citizens only. You can usually vote locally after a few years, but not in national elections until citizenship, either. So most immigrants are either temporary workers making enough cash to bring back home, or people hoping to be citizens.
Well, everyone has their hard times and moments. When you find yourself in tough times, what are the kind of things you think of or do in order to try and lessen how stressful such things are?
Go for a walk and talk to myself, play games, watch movies, play guitar, read, chat with youse guise, write, think about everything I have to be grateful for.
Did you ever expect this thread to be so popular?
Nope. I nearly expected a lock in page 1.
Also, what is your favorite anime (assuming you watch much of it. If not, replace that with whatever you'd like)?
Ah god my favorite anime?? I have no idea what's at the very top of the list, but my faves include Eve no Jikan, Season 1 of Haruhi, Haibane Renmei, Trapeze, Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru ... yeah, no idea what's number one.
Man, I totally wanted to make a thread like this. "Ask Fake Old Man Jana." :(
Any tidbits of wisdom for those of us that may already be feeling weary at a young age?
Yeah so, is it normal if you feel old when you're only 20?
How about when you're fifteen, cause I feel old now :(
God damn, but this. Feels like I've already lived a thousand years.
This is going to sound nuts, but you'll actually feel more alert, active and "young" eventually. I wish I had a scientific explanation for this, but I've been through it and I've seen the same thing with my peers. Being young is exhausting, I think. It's a lot of stress and a lot of hard work. When you get settled, professionally and financially, things are actually less stressful, and now you have more internal energy. That's my half-assed theory anyway.
Also, when/how did you figure out that you wanted to write for a living? What other things did you try that didn't work out for you (if anything)?
I've been writing short stories since I was at least seven years old and, I don't know. I've never considered another profession. Almost every job I've had has been to pay the bills while I write. I was involved in politics, and that was enjoyable, but that is one soul-crushingly depressing job, especially if you happen to have strong but unpopular convictions. So yeah, writing's just always been it, as far as I'm concerned.
What in your opinion makes something (like books, movies, anime, games etc) 'good'?
That's pretty broad, so to answer broadly, I think any form of art is "good" that accomplishes what it's trying to do, or what the creator wants it to do. If it can do this both effectively and creatively, then yeah. Generally speaking.
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This and the other thread about asking questions, seem popular. Do you think more people will start popping up such "Ask me" threads?
Is it fine for regular members, not just admins and mods?
Also, is it a good phenomenon in your opinion?
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This and the other thread about asking questions, seem popular. Do you think more people will start popping up such "Ask me" threads?
Is it fine for regular members, not just admins and mods?
Also, is it a good phenomenon in your opinion?
I think it's a good idea, as I've enjoyed posting in them and answering this one. What becomes of the phenomenon is ultimately up to the mods.
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When you talked about generic immigration before, you mentioned how the low-level jobs are the likely ones to get at first, and that got me thinking. Depending on the circumstances, do you think are there any higher-level jobs that might be available, if not right away, then a bit into someone's stay in another country?
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If I remember right, you're from Baltimore, right? What was it like here back when you were growing up? Which neighborhood did you live in, and what was it like back then? What things were there to do around town during those times. Seems like a lot has changed here from times past, while some others things stay the same. What were some awesome places to eat back then?
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When you talked about generic immigration before, you mentioned how the low-level jobs are the likely ones to get at first, and that got me thinking. Depending on the circumstances, do you think are there any higher-level jobs that might be available, if not right away, then a bit into someone's stay in another country?
Yeah, actually the EU has this thing called a "blue card" (http://www.europeanunionbluecard.com/). It's a fast-track to temporary or even permanent residency for highly educated and/or highly skilled immigrants. Apart from that, earning permanent residence status through a number of years of living on a temp pass that you renew every year will open many more doors for you, as potential employers will feel more confident that you'll stay, and that you're settled.
If I remember right, you're from Baltimore, right? What was it like here back when you were growing up? Which neighborhood did you live in, and what was it like back then? What things were there to do around town during those times. Seems like a lot has changed here from times past, while some others things stay the same. What were some awesome places to eat back then?
Yeah, I lived in northwest for most of my childhood, just past Mondawmin. I remember there weren't a lot of guns when I was a kid. If someone used a gun it was a really big deal. Mostly it was fighting and stabbing. It was still unsafe, but not like, warzone-level unsafe. Baltimore then still had the look of a predominantly working class and industry based town; not as much development downtown, and the harbor was pretty modest. By the time I was old enough to get downtown and enjoy things, the Metro and the Inner Harbor had been developed, so that was always a fun time. Places to eat ... man, I used to love Gino's, and Arthur Treacher's, and Lumm's. Those were my favorite restaurants. They might still exist in other parts of the country but I haven't seen them in Baltimore in ages. Also, Almond Smash soda from Suburban. Really miss that.
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Yeah, I lived in northwest for most of my childhood, just past Mondawmin.
Eheee, you basically lived across the JFX from where I live. :V Although I assume it's more up towards Pikesville or so. Anyway, the area around Mondawmin, stretching down towards Security Square mall, is superbad now. I think they remodeled Mondawmin mall recently though, supposed to be okay now.
I remember there weren't a lot of guns when I was a kid. If someone used a gun it was a really big deal. Mostly it was fighting and stabbing. It was still unsafe, but not like, warzone-level unsafe. Baltimore then still had the look of a predominantly working class and industry based town; not as much development downtown, and the harbor was pretty modest. By the time I was old enough to get downtown and enjoy things, the Metro and the Inner Harbor had been developed, so that was always a fun time. Places to eat ... man, I used to love Gino's, and Arthur Treacher's, and Lumm's. Those were my favorite restaurants. They might still exist in other parts of the country but I haven't seen them in Baltimore in ages. Also, Almond Smash soda from Suburban. Really miss that.
Ahahaaaa. I live in Roland Park, and a recently-married couple recently got held up and had all their stuff stolen (and their brand-new wedding rings), right on Roland Avenue. Anyway, I don't think any of those places still exist, but there are some good places around if you know where to look. (This is making me hungry. x_X) Also, they tore down Memorial Stadium and turned it into a retirement home.
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Also, they tore down Memorial Stadium and turned it into a retirement home.
And as run down as Memorial Stadium was, even though it was a great park to see a game, Camden Yards is just this giant brick battleship monstrosity. Hate that thing.
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What is your favourite girl scout cookie?
Also, because I am laughably bad at history after 1949:
For example, when Reagan had his SDI project, and it was utterly ridiculed by the time he left office, but then Bush Jr introduces the exact same idea only under a different name, and pundits started debating the feasibility of it. Again. Who was there to remind them of SDI, really?
Strategic Defense Initiative, was it? What was this all about? I'm sorry for being dumb about things I should know about. ._.
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What is your favourite girl scout cookie?
Those chocolate covered chocolate clover cookies. Man I miss those.
Also, because I am laughably bad at history after 1949: Strategic Defense Initiative, was it? What was this all about? I'm sorry for being dumb about things I should know about. ._.
A missile and laser-shooting-satellite defense shield against a nuclear attack. Most people remember the R&D on the laser-shooting satellites because the idea was ludicrous, and the project was very expensive. The less glamorous part was the missile defense shield, which was still only slightly less expensive but with not very encouraging numbers on how many missiles could be destroyed before reaching us. So the idea pretty much died with him. But the missile defense shield idea continued, under Clinton in fact. Bush Jr. would expand the idea into Europe. And I've seen articles from supposedly intelligent people debating whether or not it's a good idea.
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Would it be a bad idea to start a third story if I've already planned and conceptualized it in detail?
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Would it be a bad idea to start a third story if I've already planned and conceptualized it in detail?
You mean a short story? I don't see why not. You could even schedule a rotation for them.
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On the topic of writing:
I probably missed it, but what do you write for your job? Are you a freelance article-fellow or...?
Also, how the criminy do you keep motivation when it comes to writing? I've read hundreds of websites and asked a few dozen people, but none of their advice stuck.
Edit: Also, what's a good image renaming program? I'm not looking for anything fancy, just something simple to keep my crap organized and not a mess of numbers and letters.
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You mean a short story? I don't see why not. You could even schedule a rotation for them.
...for some reason, now that I see that answer, I feel like that might actually work. Thanks.
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I have this odd fear that I will not be a good enough artist to earn a decent living.
How can I keep myself from tumbling short of my dreams and ambitions?
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I probably missed it, but what do you write for your job? Are you a freelance article-fellow or...?
I'm a part-time Icelandic/English translator and journalist. I work for just one magazine, though, I'm not organized enough to be freelance.
Also, how the criminy do you keep motivation when it comes to writing? I've read hundreds of websites and asked a few dozen people, but none of their advice stuck.
I guess you need to come up with your own motivation, but one thing that helps me is keeping in mind that writing is a process. I mean if you're taking notes, mumbling a plot idea to yourself in the shower, writing up an outline, whatever - that's all writing. And once you have a story idea plotted out, some writers work best giving themselves a set time wherein they just type away, regardless of whether or not they think it's any good, and then edited it up later on. Most professionals do this, but not all. A few can manage to bang stuff out only when they feel inspired to do so, and there's nothing wrong with that if you're not trying to get published right away or develop a body of work. But you should at least stay in the writing process to keep yourself sharp.
Edit: Also, what's a good image renaming program? I'm not looking for anything fancy, just something simple to keep my crap organized and not a mess of numbers and letters.
I've never used an image renaming program, so I couldn't tell you.
I have this odd fear that I will not be a good enough artist to earn a decent living.
How can I keep myself from tumbling short of my dreams and ambitions?
You can't. Because you will fail, many, many times. I think it's more a matter of loving what you do, first and foremost, and wanting to improve your ability. In my experience if you put the passion first, the rest follows. It's a no-lose situation, because whether you make it or not, either way, you're doing what you love.
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Where were you when the Berlin Wall fell?
Did you get me any candy?
How much rotten fish did you have to eat to get Icelander cred?
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Where were you when the Berlin Wall fell?
I was a senior in high school, and I watched it from the comfort of home, on CNN. It was pretty amazing to see, it being a 3D metaphor for the divide between The Commies and The Free World. Especially having this happen but a few months after the Tianemen Square Massacre in China. And then the rest of eastern Europe breaking away, the Soviet Union imploding - it was like waking up from a nightmare. We got cocky, though. People were calling it "the end of history"; that with one superpower in the world now, an age of Pax Americana would cover the globe.
Did you get me any candy?
After Eights!
How much rotten fish did you have to eat to get Icelander cred?
Not much. If you eat one morsel of rotten shark without retching, swallow the thing and shrug "Not bad", it's considered pretty impressive.
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Donovan Bailey, Michael Johnson, or Usain Bolt: who is the better athlete, man, and role model?
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Donovan Bailey, Michael Johnson, or Usain Bolt: who is the better athlete, man, and role model?
I only recognized the last guy, and after Googling the other two and looking at their wiki pages, I think the three of them sound like fine individuals in their own right, none of them especially better or worse than the other. Usain has the best name, though.
EDIT: Goin' to bed, new bon mots in about 8 or 9 hours, if any new questions arise.
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If you were ever given the option to make any person, place, or thing last forever in its current or a past state, what would it be?
Is it ever an option to take life from another living being?
In general, do you think life should be more spontaneous or more orderly?
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Does Iceland generally acknowledge it's being supported by an MMO?
Who could you beat in a knife fight at the old stone bridge?
What animal would you like to pet most, but cannot due to reasons of safety, geographical isolation, endangered species laws, and so on.
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You can't. Because you will fail, many, many times. I think it's more a matter of loving what you do, first and foremost, and wanting to improve your ability. In my experience if you put the passion first, the rest follows. It's a no-lose situation, because whether you make it or not, either way, you're doing what you love.
This man speaks the truth.
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How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if wood chuck could chuck wood?
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Is patience a virtue worth cultivating?
How much pride is a bad thing?
Do you still plan to sing at my hypothetical future wedding?
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If you ever get a sailship, would you let me borrow it
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What are your thoughts on hot wings? What is the highest heat you can stand?
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Does Iceland generally acknowledge it's being supported by an MMO?
Wait, what?
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EVE Online is based in Iceland.
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Oh. Really?
I didn't know this. Interesting...
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If you were given the option to redo one moment in your life, would you choose to do so, and if so what would it be?
How are your current relationships with your old college/young adult friends? How important are/were the old friendships you made years, decades ago, to you personally and in determining the direction of your life? What's the best way to make new friends?
How do you punish your daughter when she does something bad?
How do you deal with cocky 20-year olds?
Has the world changed for the better in the past 40 years?
Why do you like Kaguya?
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How do I make time for effective sleep when trying to balance it with leisure time and work time?
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Does Iceland generally acknowledge it's being supported by an MMO?
And a TV show
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How do you deal with assorted 18-to-24 year-olds (or thereabouts) whose attitudes range from complete conceit to depressive self-devaluation?
No, seriously. :<
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Did you grow up with siblings? What was that (or lack thereof) like?
Ever get into a fight? What was the context?
If you could choose to own and be proficient in use of a medieval weapon, which would it be?
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What was it like being around for the emergence of hip-hop?
What was the biggest musical movement/revolution you've been around for?
What are some of your favorite albums from the 70s/80s/90s?
What music do you usually listen to?
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And a TV show
NJORL'S SAGA
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If you were ever given the option to make any person, place, or thing last forever in its current or a past state, what would it be?
I'd want to bring my mom back. She died way too young, and should've had the chance to live her life to its absolute potential. But I can't think of anything I would want frozen in time. I can't see any good coming of that.
Is it ever an option to take life from another living being?
Taking the life of another human being is most certainly an option, on many occasions. But I think it's only justified when defending your life or another.
In general, do you think life should be more spontaneous or more orderly?
In general, living should be more spontaneous, but life itself could stand to be more orderly.
Does Iceland generally acknowledge it's being supported by an MMO?
Trust me, anything Icelanders can take credit for, they will. Although we're being supported right now by the IMF; not Eve Online. Would that it were so.
Who could you beat in a knife fight at the old stone bridge?
I could beat Bobby Hitchens in a knife fight with no problem. I'd take that punk out before he even reached for his blade.
What animal would you like to pet most, but cannot due to reasons of safety, geographical isolation, endangered species laws, and so on.
A woolly mammoth. No question.
How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if wood chuck could chuck wood?
Woodchucks, being small woodland rodents weighing very little, could probably not be able to lift very much wood on their own. This is before we even address the question of whether or not they're capable of throwing. Which they probably aren't. But if they could, as your question supposes, assuming a standard mammalian body weight to lifting strength ratio of 10 to 1, a woodchuck would probably only be able to throw something like less than a kilo in wood.
Is patience a virtue worth cultivating?
Yes, definitely. I've found that learning patience is definitely worth cultivating, as it teaches you the value of earning what you want, first and foremost. And learning patience is relatively easy. The difficult part is learning when it's worth it to be patient, and when you should try to push or move on. I can't say there's any formula for that; you just have to take it on a case by case basis.
How much pride is a bad thing?
I see nothing wrong with pride per se, but I think if your pride reaches levels where you're incapable of seeing the full value in other people, and your sense of gratitude diminishes, then your pride is becoming too great.
Do you still plan to sing at my hypothetical future wedding?
Of course I will.
If you ever get a sailship, would you let me borrow it
Borrow it? Hell, you can pilot it. I won't know how to sail the damn thing.
What are your thoughts on hot wings? What is the highest heat you can stand?
I love hot wings. The highest degree I can stand is where it reaches that point where there's more burn than taste. That's no fun.
If you were given the option to redo one moment in your life, would you choose to do so, and if so what would it be?
There are a lot of tempting scenarios that spring to mind, but for every one I can think of, I can think of something good that would not have happened had I not done this particular thing. The only exception to this is the time I punched my sister in the stomach when we were both little kids, and I mean single-digit little kids. That was a shitty thing to do and I still regret it to this day.
How are your current relationships with your old college/young adult friends? How important are/were the old friendships you made years, decades ago, to you personally and in determining the direction of your life? What's the best way to make new friends?
I'm not really in touch with those guys anymore. My family moved around so much that it was hard to form lasting friendships, which didn't really start happening until I left home. I was never the type to have a big circle of friends, but rather just a few close ones. Those I counted among my friends were very important - not just for being a support source and listening to me, but also for challenging me and making me think in new ways. As far as the best way to make friends goes, it's much like any other relationship - you approach someone at an appropriate opportunity and strike up a conversation. Get out to group events involving something you love doing, where you're likely to meet people you'd have stuff in common with. And then stay in touch, invite them places.
How do you punish your daughter when she does something bad?
If my daughter does something "bad", it's usually something like, ignoring me when I tell her to stop doing something potentially destructive or injurious. Rather than punish her, I just make myself more clear, until she gets it. Temper tantrums, like I said earlier, I handle by not providing reinforcement for the behavior. To be honest we haven't yet reached the point where punishment is even an effective response. She's not a malicious child, and most of what she does "wrong" is because she either doesn't know better or she's testing boundaries. So right now my approach is more about reinforcing good behavior and not responding to acting out. It's been working quite well.
Has the world changed for the better in the past 40 years?
It has, actually. Sure, the environment's gotten shittier, and there are newer, more exciting ways to die, but I also think our values, our definitions of right and wrong, are also evolving. 40 years ago in America homosexuality was regarded as a mental illness, women could not safely and legally terminate a pregnancy, and the very idea of a black man as president would provoke laughter. There are international agreements that are helping change the face of global morality. And I think democracy is winning over totalitarianism. Yes, things are most definitely getting better.
Why do you like Kaguya?
Me and Kaguya have a lot in common. We both left home more or less out of necessity, we've both lived like fugitives, she can also be kind of a snob and a bit lazy, but generally speaking, loves the company of others and telling them stories about her past. She counts on her friends to be there for her, perhaps to a self-absorbed degree, but she also never stands down against any aggression towards her or her friends. And she loves the creature comforts - food, tea, pleasant company, good conversation.
How do I make time for effective sleep when trying to balance it with leisure time and work time?
I guess the first thing would be to look at your work schedule, and when you have free time, and look for the window of time when sleep appears. If you work nights, sleep probably happens during the day, for example. Regardless of when it is, make it a point to get to bed at a specified time, letting yourself have at least 7 hours of sleep; not just 7 hours in bed - take into account the half hour to an hour it might take to fall asleep. If you have trouble falling asleep, I recommend staying up all night, going through the next day, and continuing to stay awake until you reach an appropriate time, like 10 in the evening. And then stick to that schedule. If it's waking up that's the problem, one thing that works for me is setting the alarm on my mobile phone, and then putting the phone down somewhere on the other side of your room. This will force you to get out of bed and walk a few paces just to hit the alarm. Once you're standing, you might as well start the day.
How do you deal with cocky 20-year olds?
How do you deal with assorted 18-to-24 year-olds (or thereabouts) whose attitudes range from complete conceit to depressive self-devaluation?
No, seriously. :<
The same way I deal with cocky and conceited 40-year-olds - I ignore them. To be honest I don't see much difference, personality-wise, between your average 20-something and your average 40-something. I think most people have fully-formed personalities from some time in their teens, and by that I mean, their personalities are unlikely to change much beyond that point. So I wouldn't treat one person differently from another just because of age alone, provided they're in their late teens.
Kids, on the other hand, are a different story. There's still potential for change in their personalities, so you have to gauge your response well, because how you respond to their behaviors can influence their personality development. I think most adults don't give kids enough credit for how much they're aware of themselves and the world around them. I've never seen reason or cause to talk down to a kid, whether it's a young teen or a grade schooler. But you still need to realize that your interactions with them can shape their development, and it's important to respect that.
Did you grow up with siblings? What was that (or lack thereof) like?
I have one sister, a few years younger than I am. We fought a lot as kids, but eventually reached a point where we became great friends.
Ever get into a fight? What was the context?
I have unfortunately been in many, many physical fights, and the context has always been stupid macho bullshit, on my part or on theirs. I like to think I'm passed that now.
If you could choose to own and be proficient in use of a medieval weapon, which would it be?
Ooh ... probably the crossbow. They're just so bad-ass.
What was it like being around for the emergence of hip-hop?
Fucking awesome is what it was. Everything on the radio in the early 80s was great, but there was scant little from black people apart for some weak-ass disco. Then all of the sudden kids in grade school are exchanging mix tapes of songs they taped off late-night radio shows and it was like ... yes. This is big. Whatever this is, it's going to change everything about music forever. It was pretty exciting to watch it happen before my eyes.
What was the biggest musical movement/revolution you've been around for?
Probably the emergence of hip-hop and American hardcore punk. Hip-hop, for the reasons listed above, but hardcore really spoke to me. Sexually frustrated, short-tempered, angsty kids banging on their instruments and railing against social and political apparatuses that they considered obsolete? Sign me up. Many of those bands became the inspirations behind some very popular acts today.
What are some of your favorite albums from the 70s/80s/90s?
In no particular order, and with titles undoubtedly not mentioned:
70s: Zeppelin's Houses Of The Holy, Sex Pistols' Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols, Traffic's Glad, Black Sabbath's Paranoia.
80s: Dead Kennedy's Plastic Surgery Disasters, Subhuman's The Day The Country Died, Bad Brain's Sailing On, Run DMC's King of Rock, Duran Duran's Rio.
90s: ... sort of drawing a blank here. Alice in Chains' Dirt, maybe? Was kind of a sucky decade for music.
What music do you usually listen to?
These days, a lot of prog trance and psy trance.
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Was the internet ever seen as a bad thing? Do you think it will be regarded as one of mankind's greatest or worst inventions?
How do you feel about the increasing interconnectedness of the world?
Do you feel that national identity is at stake due to an increasingly homogeneous world?
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Was the internet ever seen as a bad thing? Do you think it will be regarded as one of mankind's greatest or worst inventions?
I've been online since 1993, and to be honest the dangers of the interwebs didn't really get hyped up until about the last ten years or so. And yeah, I think it's already regarded as one of mankind's greatest inventions.
How do you feel about the increasing interconnectedness of the world?
I love it. Meeting people with similarly obscure interests who live nowhere near me but with whom I can still communicate has been a personal blessing for me, as well as being able to look things up without having to take a trip to the library and combing through microfiche. On a larger scale, it's made education easier for the world's poor, and has helped people network and organize major undertakings, from finding jobs in other countries to overthrowing governments. It's a great time to be alive.
Do you feel that national identity is at stake due to an increasingly homogeneous world?
I think there will always be definitive cultural aspects that will persevere regardless of the internet, so to that extent, no. People like hanging onto customs and traditions that define them as part of a group but also separate them from other groups. Nationality will probably always be a part of that. Even in Europe, where the EU is the closest thing we have right now to a "superstate", national identity is still strong. If there's going to be a large-scale conflict, it will be over religion, not nationality.
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I'm gonna keep feeding you hardball questions if that's OK.
With increasing globalization and America's current slipping in economic rankings, do you think there will ever be an officially recognized international language? Unofficially, has English already taken that role?
When did Japan become a major player in the electronics department? (When did you start noticing more Japanese electronic goods than American?)
How do you feel about the push in children today that they are all special and perfect in every way? Is it healthy to instill that kind of self-worth in a child at such a young age or is that what parents are supposed to do?
When angry at someone else, do you think it's better to address them directly or to say nothing and quietly stew in anger continuously?
Do you think it's healthy to carry a grudge? Is it better to resent forever those who have wronged you or to forget, if not forgive?
What's your favorite food and flavor of ice cream?
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With increasing globalization and America's current slipping in economic rankings, do you think there will ever be an officially recognized international language? Unofficially, has English already taken that role?
Yeah, I think English has already established itself as the international language. There are currently more non-native speakers of English than there are native speakers. No other language can attest this, although there will always be other lingua francae, like Spanish, French, and Arabic.
When did Japan become a major player in the electronics department? (When did you start noticing more Japanese electronic goods than American?)
In the early 80s. I first became aware of this when car workers unions in America began lobbying Congress to raise taxes on cars imported from Japan. And while video games in the early days were made in America, Japan's comparatively flashier games, not to mention the hand-held games they pioneered, started taking over the arcades I went to and the shelves in stores. Name brands like "Panasonic" and "Texas Instruments" gave way to Sony. Japan's economy was booming, really, and we were taught in grade school that the country was a model for how capitalism "should be", but that Americans were likely too lazy or too individualistic to live the same way.
How do you feel about the push in children today that they are all special and perfect in every way? Is it healthy to instill that kind of self-worth in a child at such a young age or is that what parents are supposed to do?
Mine was the first generation to be raised with this idea of "you are a special snowflake". I don't think it's good to instill in children the idea that they are _perfect_ in every way, but I do think it's a very good thing to make it a point to teach children to like themselves for who they are, to respect themselves and be happy with themselves as unique persons. Especially since kids face a lot of pressure to conform and be like everyone else. It's a mixed message in a way: "Be unique, but not so unique that you might upset the status quo". I think self-value is more important than basing your value on what the group thinks of you.
When angry at someone else, do you think it's better to address them directly or to say nothing and quietly stew in anger continuously?
It depends what I'm angry with them about. If it's a big enough problem, and something that can be solved somehow, then yeah, I think it's definitely good to confront that person. But minor things, or things that can't be changed, I'm not so sure. Those are more cases of confrontation just for venting aggression, which almost never leads to anything good.
Do you think it's healthy to carry a grudge? Is it better to resent forever those who have wronged you or to forget, if not forgive?
Carrying a grudge is a weight on your soul. Whatever they did that has wronged you, your holding a grudge is them continuing to hurt you, by not letting go of the pain it caused you. It's letting them hurt you again and again. Forgiveness is ideal but not realistic in all cases, but at the very least, I think when someone's wronged you, if you can't resolve it with them personally, the best thing you can do is say, "Well, that happened. Moving on now" and just avoid them. The pain will eventually fall away from you. Making an effort to hang onto that pain just makes no sense to me.
What's your favorite food and flavor of ice cream?
Anything involving birds - especially duck - and fresh fruits. The best ice cream I ever had was in Italy. Pistachio. God, I can taste it now ...
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I don't think I've ever had duck :<
Do you think China will usurp America as the #1 economic power in the next 10 years? Will that victory lead to a strengthening of their Communist party or will it lead to further global calls for them to denounce Communism?
Do you think the African-American or the Native American has it worse off in America? Do you think that stories on the plight of the Native American are pushed away in favor of stories about the plight of the African-American in the media? (I know you don't live in America currently, but I'm looking more for a journalist's perspective)
Will man ever go to the moon again? What about Mars? Other planets?
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How about some lobs?
What kind of car do you currently drive? If none, how do you get to work?
Favorite movie?
What's the best experience you've ever had in a movie theater?
Favorite quote?
What other countries have you been to?
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Do you think China will usurp America as the #1 economic power in the next 10 years? Will that victory lead to a strengthening of their Communist party or will it lead to further global calls for them to denounce Communism?
I think the EU has already surpassed the US in terms of economic strength, but in the nearer future, yes, China will start rising. The country is pretty much the world's factory, and the economy has been gradually capitalizing. However, totalitarian regimes generally do not economically flourish. If you're keeping your people down, part of that is economics - economic prosperity makes people anxious to have more freedoms. Plus China's government is woefully byzantine and corrupt. If China is to emerge as an economic superpower that surpasses the US, it will need to democratize. Totalitarian states simply cannot compete economically with democracies.
Do you think the African-American or the Native American has it worse off in America? Do you think that stories on the plight of the Native American are pushed away in favor of stories about the plight of the African-American in the media? (I know you don't live in America currently, but I'm looking more for a journalist's perspective)
Statistically, Native Americans face greater unemployment, childhood sexual abuse, substance and alcohol abuse, less income and higher suicide rates than African-Americans, but as African-Americans are the largest minority in the US, their issues naturally get more attention. I do think Native American issues deserve more attention in the US, although not necessarily at the expense of the issues other minorities face.
Will man ever go to the moon again? What about Mars? Other planets?
The moon, probably not. But we'll get to Mars and other planets. I think this will become more technologically feasible over time, especially if we accept the One-Way Ticket (http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/features/print/3697/one-way-ticket) idea.
Do you currently own a car? If so, what kind? If not, how do you get to work?
Don't own a car. I walk everywhere in town, and take the bus out of town.
Favorite movie?
Man, that's tough ... can't say which is my favorite. But near the top there would be Funny Bones, Orlando, Whisper of the Heart, Rushmore ... I could go on. I honestly can't decide what the best one is.
What's the best experience you've ever had in a movie theater?
As much as I hate to admit this, it was seeing Die Harder with my best friend at the time. Of course, we were under the influence of a powerful hallucinogen at the time, which might've lent to the cinematic experience, but it was a very enjoyable film for the theatre.
Favorite quote?
"The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty." - George Washington, in his farewell address, talking about political parties.
What other countries have you been to?
Canada, the UK, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Bulgaria. Still have a lot more to see, on a list as long as my arm.
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How does it feel to know that Nixon is now too liberal to become the nominee of either party in the US?
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How does it feel to know that Nixon is now too liberal to become the nominee of either party in the US?
Just fine, as long as he stays dead. Zombie Nixon would be a formidable foe.
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I would probably vote for zombie Nixon.
What part of Touhou has kicked your ass the most?
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I would probably vote for zombie Nixon.
What part of Touhou has kicked your ass the most?
When I look at my deaths, most of the time it's from not reading the bullet movements correctly; zigging when I should zag. My reflexes are sharp and I have a good memory, but reading where bullets are headed, that's a tough one.
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How do you feel about Pluto not being a 'real' planet anymore?
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Borrow it? Hell, you can pilot it. I won't know how to sail the damn thing.
It's easy, I can teach you.
Want me to teach you? :3
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How do you feel about Pluto not being a 'real' planet anymore?
Now scooby can take its place.
I really hate myself.
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I really hate myself.
Well you shouldn't, because that was some kind'a brilliance.
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How do you feel about Pluto not being a 'real' planet anymore?
I'm OK with it. If it's not a planet, it's not a planet. What're ya gonna do? Besides I think we recently found another planet or planetoid revolving around our sun, didn't we? I don't remember. Either way, I was never too attached to Pluto to begin with, on account of never having the kind of nightmarishly vivid photographs of the surface that Mars provided.
It's easy, I can teach you.
Want me to teach you? :3
Sure! I'd love to learn.
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Whipped cream... or chocolate sauce?
8)
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I'm OK with it. If it's not a planet, it's not a planet. What're ya gonna do? Besides I think we recently found another planet or planetoid revolving around our sun, didn't we? I don't remember. Either way, I was never too attached to Pluto to begin with, on account of never having the kind of nightmarishly vivid photographs of the surface that Mars provided.
We found a new one? Well that's cool.
And I ask because one of my friends was genuinely irate about it. :/
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Whipped cream... or chocolate sauce?
8)
... on what? The answer is probably whipped cream.
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Dude why are you so quiet on Skype most of the time man you gotta talk
What happened to change your favorite Touhou character from Aya to Kaguya?
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What was Iceland like during the recent financial meltdown?
Also, what's the culture of Iceland like?
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Also, what's the culture of Iceland like?
Horned helmets.
That's it.
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What happened to change your favorite Touhou character from Aya to Kaguya?
I've always seen it as being both.
Kaguya for the reasons he stated earlier, Aya for sharing an identity, both being journalists and stuff.
Also Aya is badass.
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I've always seen it as being both.
Kaguya for the reasons he stated earlier, Aya for sharing an identity, both being journalists and stuff.
Also Aya is badass.
Well, I know when I came here he had an Aya avatar and signature, and I never remember hearing mention of Kaguya during that time. But I could be wrong.
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Dude why are you so quiet on Skype most of the time man you gotta talk
I know! I really should. It's just sometimes I'm doing other stuff or we're all typing in chat. But I'll talk more if I come on tonight.
What happened to change your favorite Touhou character from Aya to Kaguya?
Oh I still love Aya, as we share professions and all. And as a character I think she's the most fascinating. I just relate to Kaguya the most.
What was Iceland like during the recent financial meltdown?
Watching the currency devalue by more than half: not so much fun. Watching thousands of people march down to parliament, demand resignations, and see new elections held that gave the country its first leftist government in its history? Pretty effin' cool. Honestly the crisis has only hit me in food costs. I rent, I didn't have any major loans taken out, and I don't have a car. Other people weren't so lucky. I'm frankly amazed the new government has been able to improve the economic situation to the extent they have, and they seem to be doing a great job of making it better.
Also, what's the culture of Iceland like?
It's Scandinavian, largely influenced by Denmark, of which Iceland used to be a colony. However, it's also very Americanized, on account of the NATO base that was here from the 1940s until 2006. So it's a weird mix of modern Scandinavian starkness and American pop culture. If you mean traditional Icelandic culture, you should check this place (http://www.minjasafnreykjavikur.is/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-1779/) out.
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I almost never go on Skype, since I'm using my laptop in public places (like school or the library) for most of the day. You'll say hi to Mode and the other non-IRC folks for me, won't you?
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I almost never go on Skype, since I'm using my laptop in public places (like school or the library) for most of the day. You'll say hi to Mode and the other non-IRC folks for me, won't you?
Of course I will, Jana. You're alright by me. I don't care what those Irish kids say about you.
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Of course I will, Jana. You're alright by me. I don't care what those Irish kids say about you.
Wut
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Race wars are an ugly thing. :fail:
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Skype?
Without lil' ol kippy?
I have a question for the middle-aged dude: Why no love for the kippy? Tear.
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What is it the one thing that Meat Loaf wouldn't do for love?
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I have a question for the middle-aged dude: Why no love for the kippy? Tear.
(http://i51.tinypic.com/opa802.jpg)
What is it the one thing that Meat Loaf wouldn't do for love?
Cheat. After saying "but I won't do that", repeatedly and cryptically, it's not until the dialog at the end of the song that we find out what it is:
[Girl]
After awhile you'll forget everything.
It was a brief interlude
And a midsummer night's fling,
And you'll see that it's time to move on.
[Boy]
I won't do that. I won't do that.
[Girl}
I know the territory, I've been around,
It'll all turn to dust and will all fall down,
Sooner or later, you'll be screwing around.
[Boy]
I won't do that. No, I won't do that.
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I would argue that, since that is not something one would do for love, what you paraphrase is not the actual answer to the question but merely a different line altogether that merely fits well into the song because it features "I won't do that". The thing the regular chorus talks about could very well be something else.
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I would argue that, since that is not something one would do for love, what you paraphrase is not the actual answer to the question but merely a different line altogether that merely fits well into the song because it features "I won't do that". The thing the regular chorus talks about could very well be something else.
Cheating is definitely something you can do for love - if by that we mean "searching for love". If you read the lyrics, he talks a great deal about his passion for this woman, and his ups and downs with her. He's saying that no matter what happens, he's not going to stray in search of new love; that it's more important to him to stay loyal to her than it would be to seek the possibility of new love elsewhere.
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Ah, that makes sense.
Well played, sir, well played.
So, who would win in a fight - Freddie Kruger or Team Rocket?
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Ah, that makes sense.
Well played, sir, well played.
So, who would win in a fight - Freddie Kruger or Team Rocket?
A top percentage rattata would win.
no but srsly team rocket would win. I mean, They are a TEAM. Of ROCKETS. Freddie aint got shit on my warheads.
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So, who would win in a fight - Freddie Kruger or Team Rocket?
Team Rocket, no question. They're drawn, so they don't sleep. Freddie wouldn't stand a chance.
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What's the most physically painful thing you've ever experienced?
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Am I the hero in my own daydream?
Am I the villain, are things as they seem?
Am I the villain in my own daydream?
Am I the hero, are things as they seem?
Separately, what would you say your favorite Touhou fan theories are? Like Meiling being a dragon, or Utsuho's Third Leg breaking causing a nuclear apocalypse, etc.
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What's the most physically painful thing you've ever experienced?
Breaking my right arm and right leg at the same time. That hurt so god damned bad I can't even fully remember the pain anymore. And the fact that I did it playing tag just makes it more embarrassing (and by that I mean, I tried to "tag" my cousin from above by leaping off of a balcony).
Separately, what would you say your favorite Touhou fan theories are? Like Meiling being a dragon, or Utsuho's Third Leg breaking causing a nuclear apocalypse, etc.
I like Yukari = Maribel most of all. It's got just enough convincing evidence to be plausible but still enough holes to cast serious doubts on it. And I like the almost Lynchian quality of the theory; a young girl falls asleep and dreams a world where she's a powerful figure, and this person becomes a separate entity from her. I'd love to make that into a non-fanfiction story some day.
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I almost never go on Skype, since I'm using my laptop in public places (like school or the library) for most of the day. You'll say hi to Mode and the other non-IRC folks for me, won't you?
hi
now tony tengroirt, i have a question for you
can you make my fever go away? you could roast a marshmallow on my neck.
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Although you like Aya, do you also like Hatate? Just wondering.
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Breaking my right arm and right leg at the same time. That hurt so god damned bad I can't even fully remember the pain anymore. And the fact that I did it playing tag just makes it more embarrassing (and by that I mean, I tried to "tag" my cousin from above by leaping off of a balcony).
So it's true you're the most badass middle-aged guy I know?
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Whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
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(and by that I mean, I tried to "tag" my cousin from above by leaping off of a balcony).
Freakin
Hawk since the early days, huh
/me
/me
goddammit
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Kirk or Picard?
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Kirk or Picard?
Sisko.
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Sisko.
get out
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what is your opinion on prussia possessing over half of the weimar republic's territory?
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So what's your retirement plan like? How much did you start out with, how much do you contribute per paycheck?
I have no clue if Iceland has a wonderful retirement system like the rest of Europe or if you have to save up for it yourself with some kind of Social Security-esque system.
Any advice for easy tax breaks?
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I have no clue if Iceland has a wonderful retirement system like the rest of Europe
I dunno which Europe you are talking about, but it's not the same I live in, and I would like to move there if you can tell me where it is O__O
On topic: 30 posts per page or 50 posts per page? Which is superior??
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I dunno which Europe you are talking about, but it's not the same I live in, and I would like to move there if you can tell me where it is O__O
Well, he lives in the USA.
Dry bread looks like a gourmet dinner when all you have to eat is dirt. :derp:
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Sisko.
We actually agree on something?
Although I have to pull out my NERD card and declare that Sisko wasn't technically a Captain until halfway through the show. And even then he ran a space station, not the flagship of the Federation. That being said he was a complete badass and his episode with Q is probably the best episode ever. Watching him show no patience for Qs antics and putting his ass in place was glorious.
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Well, he lives in the USA.
Dry bread looks like a gourmet dinner when all you have to eat is dirt. :derp:
Yeah, the current retirement system is "save your money or be unable to afford to live on Social Security alone."
Capitalism, ho!
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can you make my fever go away? you could roast a marshmallow on my neck.
I told you to pound that Vitamin C and get plenty of rest. Did you listen, young lady? Hm? Did you?
Although you like Aya, do you also like Hatate? Just wondering.
Yeah, Hatate's great. She's the investigative journalist, while Aya's the action reporter. You see these two types in my business, too, and they're always in competition. It's a lot of fun.
Whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
Tell them I have nothing to say until I have a lawyer present. And if I'm not being charged, then I demand to be released.
Kirk or Picard?
Gonna have to go Picard here. I'm not a Star Trek fan, but he just makes the more believable, more complex, and more captain-y captain. A real life Captain Kirk in charge of a spaceship and crew would get everyone killed in the first week.
what is your opinion on prussia possessing over half of the weimar republic's territory?
I don't see what the big deal is. No bad can possibly result from being overly aggressive with Germany, right?
So what's your retirement plan like? How much did you start out with, how much do you contribute per paycheck?
I have no clue if Iceland has a wonderful retirement system like the rest of Europe or if you have to save up for it yourself with some kind of Social Security-esque system.
Any advice for easy tax breaks?
Yeah, there's a pension fund that's semi-privatized. You decide what company you're going with, who have their own interest rates, and the state either pays a portion of that interest or matches a percentage of the money you put in. Typically you pay 4% of your gross income into the pension fund. If you pick a good fund and kick in some extra cash now and then, you'll live alright by the time you reach retirement age (which here is 67).
Tax breaks in the US? Easy, charity. Yeah, I know, you don't actually "save" any money, but you get that karma thing working for you without paying extra.
On topic: 30 posts per page or 50 posts per page? Which is superior??
I prefer 30 myself but hey, to each their own and such.
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How many questions do you think you can still answer?
Will you answer all my questions?
Did you know I have a lotta questions?
I think i'm going to stop asking now?
Okay that one above didnt really need a question mark?
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How many questions do you think you can still answer?
Will you answer all my questions?
Did you know I have a lotta questions?
I think i'm going to stop asking now?
Okay that one above didnt really need a question mark?
Yes.
I was actually thinking of leaving this open only for the next 24 hours, then locking it up. I think by that point, everyone who will have wanted to ask something will have done so by then. Or maybe I'll just leave this thread open until it dies a natural death.
I haven't decided. I guess we'll see!
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thread for the DLS board
y/n
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We actually agree on something?
Although I have to pull out my NERD card and declare that Sisko wasn't technically a Captain until halfway through the show. And even then he ran a space station, not the flagship of the Federation. That being said he was a complete badass and his episode with Q is probably the best episode ever. Watching him show no patience for Qs antics and putting his ass in place was glorious.
Yes. That episode.
(Also, he got his own Cool Ship later, though he rented it to Worf during the 8th movie.)
(And we actually agreed on other things before. :V)
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old copy pasta:
001. What?s your given name?
002. Do you have a middle name?
003. What?s your last name?
004. Do you got a nickname?
005. Age?
006. Gender?
007. Date of birth?
008. Zodiac sign?
009. Where do you live?
010. Do you have a girlfriend/ boyfriend?
011. What?s his/ her name?
012. Have you ever been in love? Tell the name.
013. What?s your favorite color?
014. Are you pierced?
015. What?s your favorite song?
016. Do you have any tattoos or wanna get any?
017. If yes, what kind of and which bodypart(s)?
018. Where do you shop?
019. Your hair color?
020. Your eye color?
021. Your body height?
022. Have you ever tried any drugs?
023. Do you smoke?
024. Which label?
025. What kind of music you like?
026. Who are your best friends (RL)?
027. Who are your best friends (online)?
028. If you?re a girl, what kind of Make-Up do you use?
029. What kind of shampoo you use?
030. How long is your hair?
031. Do you like shopping?
032. Where do you go to for advice?
033. What?s your pet?
034. What are you doing for having some fun?
035. How many phones you have at home?
036. How many televisions does your home have?
037. What?s your favourite food?
038. Which celebrity do you look like?
039. What?s your weekend like?
040. What?s your way to sleep?
041. Do you have stuffed animals?
042. Do you sleep in total darkness or with a little light?
043. What is your favorite TV show?
044. What kind of perfume do you wear?
045. Do you have your own telephone?
046. What?s your number?
047. Did you ever do something stupid? Tell about!
048. What kind of clothes do you wear when you?re asleep?
049. Label of your shoes?
050. What is your favorite (soft) drink?
051. What kind of words do you use the most?
052. What kind of personality are you?
053. What?s your favorite car?
054. Do you like my questions?
055. What?s the ugliest person you know?
056. Are you famous?
057. What?s your most embarrassing experience?
058. If you were granted three wishes, what would they be?
059. Do you want to get married?
060. Place?
061. Do you pray?
062. Is the glass half empty or half full?
063. Are you right or left handed?
064. Which word best describes your personality?
065. Would you ever cheat on your partner?
066. What?s the best name for a girl/boy?
067. Lucky number:
068. What would you change about yourself, if you could?
069. Did you ever try to kill yourself?
070. What?s your favorite restaurant?
071. What do you hate the most?
072. What?s the most horrible name known to you?
073. Do you have any brothers or sisters?
074. How old are they? What?s their name?
075. Do they look nice?
076. What do you first notice about a boy/girl?
077. Do you have any addictions?
078. Do you like juwels?
079. Who would you like to be?
080. Does boys or girls have it easier?
081. How much taller or smaller would you like to be? Or are you happy to get high heels?
082. Do you like to dance?
083. Do you like to party?
084. Do you like to play tricks on people?
085. If yes, tell about!
086. What is you?re favorite school subject?
087. Who?s the funniest person you know?
088. What time is it now?
089. Do you want to go to college?
090. What do you want to study?
091. What?s the name of the school you attend?
095. Is it nice there?
096. Do you like video games?
097. What?s your favorite video game?
098. Dou you get enough sleep?
099. Are you a day or night person?
100. Can you define love?
101. How often do you take a shower?
102. Do you get along with your parents?
103. Did you ever lie to your parents?
104. Tell why!
105. Do you believe in destiny?
106. What do you want to be?
107. Have you ever had a flight?
108. How did it feel?
109. How many rooms do you have in your house/ apartment?
110. Do you like to flirt?
111. Do you curse a lot?
112. Have you ever thought you had to die?
113. Tell about!
114. Have you ever had (or thought you had) a paranormal experience?
115. The best feeling:
116. What is your favorite flower?
117. What does your room look like?
118. Do you follow a religion?
119. How would you describe yourself as a person?
120. Do you believe in reincarnation?
121. Do you believe in black magic?
122. Did you ever try it?
123. Do you believe that there is one person made just for you?
124. Do you believe in love at first sight?
125. What color is your toothbrush?
126. How often do you brush your teeth?
127. Growing up, who was your favorite cartoon characters?
128. Do you have a job?
129. What?s your favorite fruit?
130. What?s your favorite vegetable?
131. What?s your favorite sweets?
132. What was the best day of your life?
133. Tell why!
134. Do you play a musical instrument?
135. Do you use deodorant?
136. What deodorant you use?
137. Who?s the cutest girl around?
138. Who?s the cutest boy around?
139. Who?s the cutest, famous person?
140. Do you wear nail polish at the moment?
141. Color?
142. How many rings/ bracelets you wear?
143. What?s your favorite toothpaste?
144. Are you tired?
145. Do you have scars?
146. Did you ever cry because of a girl (if you?re male) or boy (if you?re female)?
147. Do you like lollipops?
148. What are you thinking about right now?
149. Don?t look!!! What kind of underwear you?re wearing at the moment?
150. Who makes you laugh?
151. Who?s your favorite schoolteacher?
152. Do you have a driver license?
153. How many pillows do you have on your bed?
154. What?s the weirdest/ worst nightmare you ever had?
155. Will you tell me any of your secrets?
156. What don?t you understand about the opposite gender?
157. What is your favorite clothing label?
158. What?s your favorite activity?
159. What?s your favorite game?
160. What are your favorite shoes?
161. What?s your favorite color?
162. Do I start to annoy you?
163. What?s your favorite newspaper?
164. What?s your favorite radio station?
165. What?s your favorite television program?
166. What?s your favorite website?
167. Who?s your favorite poet?
168. What?s your favorite song?
169. What?s your favorite country?
170. What?s your favorite travel destination?
171. What?s your favorite sports?
172. What?s your favorite sports channel?
173. What kind of car do you drive?
174. What?s the most romantic thing that has ever happend to you?
175. What?s the worst feeling?
176. What is your biggest wish?
177. What is your biggest failing?
178. How would you characterize yourself?
179. What is the most important thing in your life?
180. What would be the worst in your life?
181. How far would you go to get what you want?
182. Do you hold your friends in high regards?
183. Why?
184. Have you ever been in love?
185. With whom will you spend your life?
186. Do you believe you?ve found your true love?
187. How you recognize he/she is the one and only?
188. Have you ever slept in the same bed with the opposite gender?
189. Where do you want to spend your honeymoon?
190. How many children would you like/are planning to have?
191. What would you call your baby daughter?
192. What would you call your baby son?
193. Who is the coolest person you know?
194. Who is the nicest person you know?
195. Who is the most intelligent person you know?
196. Who is the most stupid person you know?
197. Who is the most beautiful person you know?
198. Who is the most beautiful and famous person you know?
199. What?s the ugliest person you know?
200. What is the sexiest thing about the opposite gender?
201. Would you like to be famous?
202. Who do you admire?
203. If you could meet anyone dead or alive, who would you like to meet?
204. What?s the weirdest/funniest name you have heard?
205. What do you think of....:
- Talkshows:
- Shopping:
- Friends:
- Chocolate:
- Winnie the Pooh:
- Night or day:
- Kosovo:
206. Decide.....:
- Truth or White lie?
- Summer or Winter?
- Honest or not?
- Friendship or Love?
- Day or Night?
- Saturday or Sunday?
- Chocolate- or Vanilla Ice-cream?
- Pepsi or Coca Cola?
- Ink or Pencil?
- Bacon or Croutons?
- Serious or Funny?
- Full cream milk or Long living?
- Simple or Difficult?
- Law or Anarchy?
- Flowers or Angel?
- Painting or Writing?
- Color photo or black/white?
- Sunrise or Sunset?
- Rap or Rock?
- 6 or 7?
- Get up late or wake up late?
- French or Latin?
- Leather- or knitted wallet?
- Apple or Orange?
- Emerald or Ruby?
- Left or Right?
- Leonardo di Caprio or Tom Cruise?
- Gold or Silver?
- Cat or Dog?
- Mustard or Ketchup?
- Newspaper or Magazine?
- Black or White?
- Good or Evil?
- Sandals or Sneakers?
- Embrace or Kiss?
- Happy or Unhappy?
- Chips or Popcorn?
- Life or Death?
- Soccer, Tennis or Handball?
- Parquet, Flagstones or Carpet?
- Greece or Italy?
- Banned or Damned?
- Man or Woman?
- Math or Physics?
- Sorcerer or Magician?
- Mountain or anything else?
- White whine or Red whine?
- Vodka or Tequila?
- Skatboard or Roller skates?
- Bed or Chair?
- Bicycle or Bus?
- Romantic?
- Flexible?
- Creative?
- Dreamy?
- Credulous?
- Canny?
269. Have you ever been assassinated?
270. Do you eat the stalks on the broccoli?
271. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
272. What kind of job do you have?
273. When your home phone rings, how long do you wait until you pick it up?
274. When you type, are your fingers in correct positioning?
275. What does your mousepad look like?
276. What was the last movie you seen?
277. How many CDs do you own?
278. What is your favorite CD?
279. What?s your last bought CD (-Rom)?
280. How was your weekend?
281. Who was the last person you talked to?
282. What?s the prettiest thing you?ve ever seen?
283. How are you feeling right now?
284. What are you thinking about right now?
285. Do you believe in miracles?
286. What?s the sense of life?
287. What happens after death?
288. What do you think you have learned from life so far?
289. Are you grumpy in the morning?
290. What is the amount of time you spend on an average phone call?
291. On average, how many phone calls do you get per day?
292. On average, how many cell phone calls do you make in a day?
293. Have you ever had sex?
294. At what age was your first time having sex?
295. Do you have a gramophone?
296. What?s your favorite record?
297. How many posters do you have in your room?
298. How many calendars do you currently have?
299. Do you save old calendars?
300. Do you like graffiti painting?
301. How do you define a perfect teacher?
302. How do you definde a perfect best friend?
303. What was your biggest fashion disaster?
304. What philosophy do you follow?
305. How often do you cry?
306. Why?
307. How often do you laugh?
308. Why?
309. What is the stupidest movie you have ever seen?
310. Are you superstitious?
311. What is the nicest thing anyone ever said to you?
312. What is the most insulting thing anyone ever said to you?
313. What would you do if you never had so much money, you wouldn't have to work for your WHOLE life?
314. Where is your most favorite place that you have already been?
315. Do you see yourself as a typical girl/boy?
316. Why or why not?
317. 7 questions left....do you feel fine?
318. Count the letters typed by yourself until last question!
319. Have you ever broken bones in your body?
320. How did it happen?
321. Have you ever had an operation?
322. Better an open enemy than a false friend?
323. Have you ever received a marriage proposal? What did you say?
324. What is heroic about you?
325. What is social about you? What do you like about people?
326. Of what benefit could you be to the current group?
327. Why would you choose to join the current group?
328. Invent an adventure/plot that your character would actively undertake.
329. What is your real, birth name? What name do you use?
330. Do you have a nickname? What is it, and where did you get it?
331. What do you look like? Be specific.
332. How do you dress most of the time?
333. How do you "dress up?"
334. How do you "dress down?"
335. What do you wear when you go to sleep?
336. Do you wear any jewelry? Why?
337. In your opinion, what is your best feature?
338. What's your real birth date?
339. Where do you live? Describe it: Is it messy, neat, avant-garde, sparse, etc.?
340. Do you own a car? Describe it.
341. What is your most prized mundane possession? Why do you value it so much?
342. What one word best describes you?
343. What was your family like?
344. Who was your father, and what was he like?
345. Who was your mother, and what was she like?
346. What was your parents? marriage like? Were they married? Did they remain married? If not, what caused them to divorce?
347. What were your siblings? names? What were they like?
348. What's the worst thing one of your siblings ever did to you? What's the worst thing you've done to one of your siblings?
349. When's the last time you saw any member of your family? Where are they now?
350. Did you ever meet any other family members? Who were they? What did you think of them?
351. What is your first memory?
352. What was your favorite toy?
353. What was your favorite game?
354. Any non-family member adults stick out in your mind? Who were they, and how did you know them? Why do they stick out?
355. Who was your best friend when you were growing up?
356. What is your fondest childhood memory?
357. What is your worst childhood memory?
358. How old were you when you went on your first date?
359. It is common for one's view of authority to develop in their adolescent years. What is your view of authority, and what event most affected it?
360. Did you go to high school? What were you like in high school? With whom did you associate?
361. What were your high school goals? What was your high school attitude?
362. Who was your idol when you were growing up? Who did you first fantasize about in your life?
363. What is your favorite memory from adolescence?
364. What is your least favorite memory from adolescence?
365. What is your job? Do you like it? If you?re unemployed, where does your money come from?
366. What is your boss or employer like?
367. What are your co-workers like? Do you get along with them? Any in particular? Which ones don't you get along with? Why not?
368. What is something you had to learn for this job that you hated?
369. Do you tend to save, spend, or invest your money? How, and on what? Why?
370. What are your hobbies?
371. Who is your closest mundane friend? Describe them and how you relate to them.
372. Who is your worst mundane enemy? Describe them and why you don't get along.
373. Which bands do you like? Why?
374. Which tape or CD hasn't left your player since you purchased it? Why not?
375. Which song is your favorite song? Why?
376. What is your favorite movie of all time?
377. What book or books did you enjoy reading the most? What did you enjoy about them?
378. Do you watch TV? What do you watch?
379. When it comes to mundane politics, do you care? If so, which way do you tend to vote? If not, why don't you care?
380. In what types of places do you hang out with your mundane friends?
381. In what types of places do you hang out with your normal friends?
382. What annoys you more than anything else?
383. What would be the perfect gift for you?
384. What's the most beautiful thing you've ever seen? What is its beauty?
385. What kind of weather is your favorite?
386. Can you eat? If so, do you enjoy it? If not, do you resent that you cannot eat?
387. If you can eat, what is your favorite food? What is your least favorite food?
388. What is your favorite drink?
389. What is your favorite animal? Why?
390. Do you have any pets? Do you want pets? In a perfect world, what kind would they be?
391. What does the best job at calming you down?
392. What do people that you know do that annoys you? What are your pet peeves?
393. What kinds of things embarrass you? Why?
394. What don't you like about yourself?
395. How would you like to look?
396. Would you consider yourself straight, gay, bi-sexual, or something else? Why?
397. Who was the first person you had sex with? When did it happen? What was it like?
398. Have you ever had a same-sex experience? Who was it with, what was it like, and how did it go?
399. What is your deepest, most well hidden sexual fantasy? Would you ever try it?
400. What was the wildest thing you've ever done, sexually? Who was it with and when did it happen?
401. Is there any sexual activity that you enjoy and/or practice regularly that can be considered non-standard? (bondage, fantasy play, etc.) Why do you like it?
402. Is there any sexual activity that you will not, under any circumstances, do?
403. Do you currently have a lover? What is their name, and what is your relationship like? What are they like? Why are you attracted to them?
404. What is the perfect romantic date?
405. Describe the perfect romantic partner for you.
406. Are you resentful about not being able to have sex? What about not being able to give birth?
407. What is more important - sex or intimacy? Why?
408. What was your most recent relationship like? Who was it with? How serious was it?
409. What's the worst thing you've done to someone you loved?
410. How old were you when you first got drunk? What was the experience like? Did anything good come of it? Did anything bad come of it?
411. Do you drink on a regular basis, be it daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, etc.?
412. What kind of alcohol do you prefer?
413. Have you ever tried any other kind of "mood altering" substance? What did you experience?
414. What do you think of drugs and alcohol? Are there any people should not do? Why or why not?
415. Of which one act in your past are you most ashamed? Of which one act in your past are you most proud?
416. Have you ever been in an argument? Over what, with whom, and who won? Did it turn physical?
417. Have you ever been in a physical fight before? Over what, with whom, and who won?
418. About what do you feel most strongly?
419. About what do you pretend to feel strongly, just to impress people? Why that particular thing?
420. What trait do you find most admirable in others, and how often do you find it in other people?
421. Is there anything you feel should be censored in art or the media (such as sex, violence, or greed)? If so, what and why, and if not, why not?
422. Do you have any feelings in general that you are disturbed by? What are they? What is their source? Why do they disturb you?
423. What is your religious view of things? What religion, if any, do you call your own?
424. Before your Awakening, were you religious? What religion were you? How has that changed?
425. Do you think the future is hopeful? Why?
426. Is an ounce of prevention really worth a pound of cure? Which is more valuable? Why do you feel this way?
427. What's the worst thing that can be done to another person? Why?
428. What's the worst thing you could actually do to someone you hated?
429. Are you a better as a leader, a follower, or an outsider? Why? Which has your environment and life forced you to be? How did you get forced into that position?
430. What is your responsibility to the world, if any? Why do you think that?
431. Do you think redemption is possible? If so, can anyone be redeemed, or are there only certain circumstances that can be? If not, why do you think nothing can redeem itself?
432. Is it okay for you to cry? When was the last time you cried?
433. Overall, what do you think is wrong with most people?
434. When did you Awaken? What was it like?
435. What do you think now of being supernatural? Is it cool, or have you been cursed?
436. Do/Did you have a mentor? Who is/was he/she? How did you become their student?
437. Do you have any magical items? Where did you get them? How do you use them?
438. Think of a major event that happened during your training. What was it?
439. What is something you had to learn during your training that you hated? Why did you hate it?
440. What is the thing that has frightened you most? Do you think there is anything out there that's scarier than that? What do you think that would be?
441. Has anyone you've cared about died? How did it happen? How do you feel about it?
442. What was the worst injury you've ever received? How did it happen?
443. How ticklish are you? Where are you ticklish? Who knows that you?re ticklish?
444. What is your current long-term goal? Why?
445. What is your current short-term goal? Why?
446. Do you have any bad habits? What are they? Do you plan to get rid of them? How?
447. If you were a mundane person, what would you do with your life? What occupation would you have, and how would you spend all your time? Did you have this occupation at one time? How is the answer to this question different from how you spend your time now?
448. What time period do you wish you had lived in? Why? What appeals to you about this era?
449. How private of a person are you? Why? What parts of you do you keep private? Why?
450. If you were to gain an obscenely large sum of money (via an inheritance, a lawsuit, a lottery, etc.) what would you do with it?
451. If you found a genie and had one wish, what would you wish for?
452. What do you do when you are bored?
453. What is the most frightening potential handicap or disfigurement you can conceive of? What makes it so frightening?
454. Well done Do you like me?
455. How was that for questions?
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You might as well ask for his Credit Card number while you're at it
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What's your credit card number? :V
Also which do you like most - biology, chemistry, or physics?
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If you can correctly identify the significance of the following sequence of characters, I will answer each and every question:
N3 79 4N
What's your credit card number? :V
Don't have a credit card!
Also which do you like most - biology, chemistry, or physics?
Probably biology, because there was less math involved, and seeing how life develops is fascinating. Not knocking chemistry or physics, mind you, just like something less dry.
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Shouldn't one at least buy another a drink before before deciding to plow him/her?
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Shouldn't one at least buy another a drink before before deciding to plow him/her?
It's just common courtesy. But something classy, like a Singapore Sling or a Mai Tai.
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If you can correctly identify the significance of the following sequence of characters, I will answer each and every question:
N3 79 4N
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=N3+79+4N
:smug:
(Thanks, Suikama!) (http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,8254.msg549972.html#msg549972)
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http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=N3+79+4N
:smug:
(Thanks, Suikama!) (http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,8254.msg549972.html#msg549972)
Incorrect. The equation is right, but that's not the significance of that sequence of characters.
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Is it related to bench-pressing in any way?
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Is it related to bench-pressing in any way?
Nope.
Anyway, this is Dodgeball's to answer. If he gets it, his wall of 451 questions are answered. If someone else gets the solution before he does, they won't be.
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What are your feelings and/or beliefs on the origin of the universe?
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How do you unscrew a dolphin?
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If you can correctly identify the significance of the following sequence of characters, I will answer each and every question:
N3 79 4N
The tail number of the crashed plane carrying Buddy Holly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Holly)
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What are your feelings and/or beliefs on the origin of the universe?
For the most part, I go by the current scientific consensus on the matter, because those people are a lot more educated than I am and have spent their careers studying that sort of thing. The same way I don't come up with my own ideas about how hydrogen binds with carbon. There's probably one answer, and it's one that'd take far more work than I'm willing to expend to find.
How do you unscrew a dolphin?
Look for the seam behind the dorsal fin. Get a spoon in there, and push it all the way around the dolphin, breaking the seal. Then you should be able to unscrew the latter half of the dolphin.
The tail number of the crashed plane carrying Buddy Holly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Holly)
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Thank you, Suikama. Now I won't have to answer those questions. Everyone thank him!
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Thanks for helping avoid the death of the topic by making Ammy answer 400 stupid questions :V
No seriously
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GJ, Suikama :toot:
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Well done Suikama.
What killed rock?
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I know this is probably gonna be a no, absolutely or something but:
If there was a moment in your life that you could change it for the better that might/not lead to how your life is right now in this very moment, would you wanna change it for the better? Like you know, maybe meet another high school sweetheart and got into a supercharged three way relationship while helping homeless children with the salvation army and becoming a millionaire etc?
or would you just choose the way it is now? The plain and ordinary not much hip-hop over here?
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Hey Ammy, why did you choose Amaterasu?
Where did you originally lived in?
Why did you want to become a teacher?
Do you really like hardball questions that becomes a bit personal?
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Look for the seam behind the dorsal fin. Get a spoon in there, and push it all the way around the dolphin, breaking the seal. Then you should be able to unscrew the latter half of the dolphin.
But you only have screwdriver.
These days, a lot of prog trance and psy trance.
Recommendations?
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What killed rock?
THE MAN killed rock. Superbowl halftime killed Rock. Pepsi and Coke killed rock.
If there was a moment in your life that you could change it for the better that might/not lead to how your life is right now in this very moment, would you wanna change it for the better? Like you know, maybe meet another high school sweetheart and got into a supercharged three way relationship while helping homeless children with the salvation army and becoming a millionaire etc?
or would you just choose the way it is now? The plain and ordinary not much hip-hop over here?
You know, looking back over nearly 40 years, I do see a number of missed opportunities and mistakes of choice made. However, it's those choices I made that brought me where I am today, and I'm honestly happy with where I am. If there's anything at all I'd do over, it's the times I hurt people when it could have been avoided. You never forget those. You just try not to repeat them.
Hey Ammy, why did you choose Amaterasu?
Mostly because I like the story of her, and that a goddess represents the sun. In many other mythologies, the sun is male. I believe many of the Germanic mythos, including Scandinavia, depict the sun as female as well. As the life-giver, the sun has always seemed feminine to me. So that'd be why.
Where did you originally lived in?
Baltimore!
Why did you want to become a teacher?
I've had some pretty inspirational English teachers who got me excited about language, reading and writing. I'd like to get other kids excited about these things, too. No matter what the subject is, it's always best when the teacher seems to have an actual passion for the subject. So I'd like to take part in passing on what was given to me.
Do you really like hardball questions that becomes a bit personal?
Sure, why not? I'll divulge almost anything that won't compromise the privacy of others.
Recommendations?
Oh, mostly I've been listening to stuff you're probably already familiar with, like Syrufit, REDALiCE, Alstroemeria Records, Shibayan Records and such.
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Now here is the million dollar question:
How are babbies formed?
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Now here is the million dollar question:
How are babbies formed?
By fucking.
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What was the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to you?
What are your current life goals/dreams?
If you had the worst nightmare that could possibly imagine, what would happen in it? What about the most fantastic dream you could possibly imagine?
You are cast away indefinitely on a desert island. Choose eight pieces of music, a book (you are automatically given the Complete Works of Shakespeare and either the Bible or another appropriate religious or philosophical work), and one luxury which must be inanimate and of no use in escaping the island or allowing communication from outside. Ignore the issue of starvation, etc.
If given a choice, where would you go for a vacation?
What do you do/like to do in your free time?
If you could do any one thing in the world (i.e. if you were granted one wish to change one aspect of society, do any one thing, etc.) what would you do?
Edit: What's the best way to eat for cheap if you're a student?
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By fucking.
Someone doesnt get the joke~
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Someone doesnt get the joke~
I do get it, as it's been repeated many times. In fact, it was asked on Page 1.
What was the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to you?
I'm not embarrassed easily, but the most embarrassing incident I can remember was working up the courage to ask this girl out, at her locker, when I was 14. In mid-sentence, my nose just starts gushing blood. This used to happen a lot when the seasons changed from winter to spring, but the timing could not have been worse. She thought it was funny, though, and did go out with me.
What are your current life goals/dreams?
To get my Masters in English and my teaching certification. To love someone the same way they love me.
If you had the worst nightmare that could possibly imagine, what would happen in it? What about the most fantastic dream you could possibly imagine?
My worst nightmare involves being strapped to a chair and being forced to watch The Situation give my father a lap dance. The greatest dream would probably be to be laying in bed with a woman I love, with food and water within arm's reach.
You are cast away indefinitely on a desert island. Choose eight pieces of music, a book (you are automatically given the Complete Works of Shakespeare and either the Bible or another appropriate religious or philosophical work), and one luxury which must be inanimate and of no use in escaping the island or allowing communication from outside. Ignore the issue of starvation, etc.
Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy
t.A.T.u., 200 Po Vstrechnoy
Alstroemeria Records, Double Counterpoint
The Residents, Intermission
Dead Kennedys, Plastic Surgery Disasters
Dead Can Dance, Towards The Within
Duran Duran, Rio
Original Soundtrack, O Brother Where Art Thou?
Cities Of The Red Night, William S. Burroughs
A solar oven
If given a choice, where would you go for a vacation?
Japan! Or really anywhere in Asia, especially southeast Asia.
What do you do/like to do in your free time?
Drink tea, play games, play music, write, chat with youse guise, clean, spend time with my daughter, read and daydream.
If you could do any one thing in the world (i.e. if you were granted one wish to change one aspect of society, do any one thing, etc.) what would you do?
Jesus. I dunno, there are so many things that need improving, but I guess a good start would be some sort of international mechanism that sees to it everyone gets a good education. When you have that, you can advance in this world. I think many doors are closed to people in the Third World simply because of a lack of schooling. And not just for immigration reasons, but for developing their own countries, too. So yeah, real education, for everyone. That'd be a good start.
Edit: What's the best way to eat for cheap if you're a student?
By your own groceries, cook your own food, and shop comparatively. Don't buy Kraft's Mac and Cheese, in other words, but that generic stuff in the black and white box.
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I do get it, as it's been repeated many times. In fact, it was asked on Page 1.
It was a meme (http://www.somethingawful.com/flash/shmorky/babby.swf)
You've seen a lot of different technologies change dramatically during your time, which of those technological evolutions has been your favorite? (eg. vinyl -> cassette -> CD -> digital)
You mention remembering the fall of the Berlin Wall quite clearly. Aside from that, what historical event from the 80s do you remember most vividly?
Was W really worse than Reagen?
Favorite soda?
How do you feel about long hair on men?
Were John Hughes movies accurate representations of high school in the 80s?
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Duran Duran, Rio
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On a scale of 1 to shut the hell up how annoying am I?
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It was a meme (http://www.somethingawful.com/flash/shmorky/babby.swf)
I know it's a meme. That's what I mean about it being repeated many, many times. Including in this thread. So I decided to respond literally.
You've seen a lot of different technologies change dramatically during your time, which of those technological evolutions has been your favorite? (eg. vinyl -> cassette -> CD -> digital)
Apart from seeing components get smaller, whether music or video players, I've also been happy to see computer monitors get larger, and graphics become sharper. My first computer was a 1986 Mac SE that had a 9" screen and two colors, black and piss yellow.
You mention remembering the fall of the Berlin Wall quite clearly. Aside from that, what historical event from the 80s do you remember most vividly?
Most vividly, it'd be hard to say. But some very vivid memories of historic events include John Lennon being murdered, Reagan being shot, the Lockerbie bombing, Tianamen Square, bombing Libya, the Iran Contra hearings ... wow, these are all downers. All the good times happened at a grassroots level, I guess. All the major stuff has crap like that.
Was W really worse than Reagen?
If anything, Reagan was worse than W by virtue of the fact that Reagan strolled out of the White House a hero, while Bush left in shame. Bush did some really terrible things, it's true, but he's universally reviled. Reagan, on the other hand, sold weapons to Iran and used this money to fund Central American terrorists - which is technically, you know, treason. He crushed unions, slashed social programs, and got the Republicans in bed with the evangelical set. And yet he's seen as some kind of demigod among conservatives, and is grudgingly respected by many liberals.
I don't get it.
Favorite soda?
Barq's, probably. It's like root beer, with caffeine!
How do you feel about long hair on men?
Don't really have an opinion. Some rock it pretty well, others look ridiculous.
Were John Hughes movies accurate representations of high school in the 80s?
NO! A million, billion, jillion times no. John Hughes films gave us all some very unrealistic expectations of what high school was going to be like, and worse still, a model of what it SHOULD be like. So everyone tried really hard to be the jock, or the rebel, or the nerd, or the cheerleader and then live that role as loyally as they could. It was awful. My only friends were the people who didn't buy into this bullshit. John Hughes made some fine films, no doubt, but he deserves a punch in the face for what he did to American high schools in the 80s.
On a scale of 1 to shut the hell up how annoying am I?
Aw, you don't annoy me, anyway. You're just ... quick to respond!
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What method do you use to shave? Straight/safety razor, plastic, electric?
Any suggestions on how to get a closer shave or at least one that lasts through most of the day? D:
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What method do you use to shave? Straight/safety razor, plastic, electric?
Any suggestions on how to get a closer shave or at least one that lasts through most of the day? D:
See, due to my Indian blood, I can't grow facial hair out of my cheeks. It gets pretty lush around the upper lip and chin, but that's about it. I typically shave in the shower, soaping the stubble, rinsing, then soaping again and shaving ... usually with one of those orange single-blade Bic disposables.
And it takes forever for my facial hair to grow, so, the best I can tell you is what you probably already know - bring a rechargeable electric razor to work with you.
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Let's be a little shallow here - Breasts or booty?
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If you did not know how to speak, then were suddenly given full command of the english language, what would yoru first words be?
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Let's be a little shallow here - Breasts or booty?
Can I say neither? I don't have a preference for one part of a girl's body. It's how it all comes together that appeals to me. I literally have no physical type, so long as the person isn't like, morbidly obese or missing her lower jaw or something.
If you did not know how to speak, then were suddenly given full command of the english language, what would yoru first words be?
"Man, you guys talk so much."
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What do you use for a music player?
What your idea of the most romantic date?
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What would you do with John?
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What is your favorite musical number from Doctor Horrible's Sing Along Blog?
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What do you use for a music player?
On my computer, I use Rhythmbox. Portably, I use this generic mp3 player that holds like 4GB. But that's all I need for taking a bus into the burbs.
What your idea of the most romantic date?
Coming over, or inviting her over, cooking dinner for her. Then watching a movie on the couch, and afterwards just chatting about things on our minds. If we've been dating long enough, the conclusion of the movie might lead to revealing some small present, like a mixtape or a book. Another version of this is after dinner, walking down to a local caf? for coffee and dessert before going for a long walk chatting.
I guess most of my ideas about romantic dating have more to do with the content of the conversation, and being in a relaxed atmosphere, than what specifically we do.
What would you do with John?
John who?
What is your favorite musical number from Doctor Horrible's Sing Along Blog?
I'm afraid I've never visited this blog.
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What artist or group has done the most damage to music?
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Can I say neither? I don't have a preference for one part of a girl's body. It's how it all comes together that appeals to me. I literally have no physical type, so long as the person isn't like, morbidly obese or missing her lower jaw or something.
Yes, yes you can. That's actually a pretty awesome answer,. :D
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What is your thought on people who dislike things because they're popular, or because of the fans of that thing?
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What artist or group has done the most damage to music?
Tough question. I don't even think manufactured bands are that bad, if the songwriting is good. For me the problem hasn't been so much from bands as from the recording industry, the way they've cut the balls off of music and made every band a marketable commodity.
What is your thought on people who dislike things because they're popular, or because of the fans of that thing?
Those people need to lighten up and listen to some Nicki Minaj.
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Are you one of the Illuminati?
On a serious manner, what can you say to those youngs who are afraid to have a job because they think that will ruin their friendships or lose all their free time or it will suck out their souls or think it's too much of a responsibility? Especially if at least one of those things actually happened to their parents?
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Are you going to answer this question with no?
and, if there was a question you would want to ask me, what would it be?
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Oh, mostly I've been listening to stuff you're probably already familiar with, like Syrufit, REDALiCE, Alstroemeria Records, Shibayan Records and such.
I'm actually not familiar with a whole lot, since the Touhou music pool is so fuckdamn huge that I go AHHHHHHHHHHHH WHAT DO I PICK! Just like Tycho. (http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/4/28/) The only Touhou music I'd recognize (aside from some of the memetastic IOSYS works) is Everfades, only because bjw recommended it to me an eternity ago and I only use it for sleeping music because it makes me too relaxed to do anything else.
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Two questions:
1. How do you balance being a father and uh... everything else? Parenting is a full time job afterall.
2. Are you aware of your uncanny resemblance to Zach Braff? Seriously, you're like his long lost older brother or something.
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what can you say to those youngs who are afraid to have a job because they think that will ruin their friendships or lose all their free time or it will suck out their souls or think it's too much of a responsibility? Especially if at least one of those things actually happened to their parents?
Make the time to have the time. That's really it. When you know what your work schedule is, schedule different parts of your free time if you have to, like, from 7 to 8 I'm going to game, then I'm going to meet So-And-So at 8:30, and so on. Scheduling your free time might not sound fun, but it really helps you make the most of your time if you have a busy life.
Are you going to answer this question with no?
frosted butts
and, if there was a question you would want to ask me, what would it be?
Where did you leave the bananas?
1. How do you balance being a father and uh... everything else? Parenting is a full time job afterall.
Well, she goes to school during the day and goes to sleep around 9:30 or 10 at night. So basically between 5 and 10, yeah, I'm pretty busy, but apart from that, the time's mine. Of course there's planning and preparation to be taken into account, but she lives with her mother, and we have a schedule set up of who's with her and when. It can be demanding but it's alright really. It's a labor of love.
2. Are you aware of your uncanny resemblance to Zach Braff? Seriously, you're like his long lost older brother or something.
Welcome to my shitlist.
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I'm not embarrassed easily, but the most embarrassing incident I can remember was working up the courage to ask this girl out, at her locker, when I was 14. In mid-sentence, my nose just starts gushing blood. This used to happen a lot when the seasons changed from winter to spring, but the timing could not have been worse. She thought it was funny, though, and did go out with me.
What the fuck are you, some harem manga protagonist?
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What the fuck are you, some harem manga protagonist?
Oh there was no "harem". Just her. And the nosebleeds were usually not the result of being turned on but rather from moving from a lot of cold into sudden warmth (being outside in the cold wind and then stepping into our over-heated school). The timing of that nosebleed could not have been more perfect though, that's for sure.
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But the whole scene is asdflahfdlkashfdlkdf
When I was 14 the entire school was too busy divided in half fighting each other in a massive medieval gladiator teenage beef for anyone to be even able to have a crush, much less confessing to a girl while having a nosebleed and it working sadfjhaksfsfas
paruparuparuparu
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What is your real name? What other video games have you played besides Touhou?
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If you could have any accent, which would you want? Have you picked up an accent since you moved to Iceland?
Also, what do you think of where the videogame (or movie or whatever) industry's going, what with all the 3D and all?
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If you could have any accent, which would you want? Have you picked up an accent since you moved to Iceland?
Also, what do you think of where the videogame (or movie or whatever) industry's going, what with all the 3D and all?
Soon 3D things will take over the world and kill us all with imaginary lasers.
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What is your real name?
It's as real as any name anyone else has.
What other video games have you played besides Touhou?
My first forays into video games were for the Atari 2600, so we're talking Combat, Adventure, Warlords, Space Invaders, Missile Command, Frogger and such. Then some years later we got a Sega Saturn, and I played a lot of Sonic Spinball. This naturally led to a slew of other games that I'm not going to list here, but most of them have been shooters, FPSs and RPGs. I'm a PC gamer today, even though I started with consoles. Not because I'm a PC snob but because I don't like buying new hardware to play new games.
If you could have any accent, which would you want? Have you picked up an accent since you moved to Iceland?
I'm pretty happy with the accent I have to be honest. It's exotic around here.
Also, what do you think of where the videogame (or movie or whatever) industry's going, what with all the 3D and all?
It's great! I think it's an exciting time to see games become more complex, better graphically, provide more ways to have fun and just evolve in general. I realize there's some kind of war between purists or "serious" gamers and casual gamers over this question, but really, the way I see it is - games were meant to be fun. If I don't find a game fun, I play something else. If I don't like a genre, I don't use it. The more developers do to make the gaming experience more engrossing, I support 100%.
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Soon 3D things will take over the world and kill us all with imaginary lasers.
Or even worse, THE WORLD ITSELF WILL BE 3D!
wait a minute
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If Two-dimensional objects are tangibly inexistent, and three-dimensional objects exist, then maybe four-dimensional objects transcend the whole notion of existing and are thus the incarnation of infinity.
^Is this correct? :o
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If Two-dimensional objects are tangibly inexistent, and three-dimensional objects exist, then maybe four-dimensional objects transcend the whole notion of existing and are thus the incarnation of infinity.
^Is this correct? :o
It's my understanding that 2D objects do exist, in the second dimensional plane, just as 3D objects exist in the 3D plane. However, if the fourth dimension is just 3D plus time, and we were to observe it from a higher dimension, yes, we would be able to see infinity (or at least eternity).
Coming up after the break, Keanu Reeves talks about his battle with psoriasis.
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It's as real as any name anyone else has.
Er, sorry. I guess I need to work on how I word questions. :V
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If you had the chance to move to Canada would you actually take it?
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If you had the chance to move to Canada would you actually take it?
I did live in Canada. In Qu?bec, actually, for about eight months. It's a great country. I'm a bit settled in where I am now, though, and I like it here. But yeah, I'd recommend Canada to anyone.
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If you had the chance to move to Canada would you actually take it?
You like asking people the same questions don't you?
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You like asking people the same questions don't you?
Please hold your questions until Gpop makes his own "ask a " thread :V
Nah but really, I was first thinking of asking you only, but then when I saw Ammy's thread as well, I decided to ask him out of curiousity
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Then some years later we got a Sega Saturn, and I played a lot of Sonic Spinball.
Huh? I thought that was a Genesis/Mega Drive game unless there was a port I never heard of.
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Huh? I thought that was a Genesis/Mega Drive game unless there was a port I never heard of.
Or whatever Sega played Sonic Spinball.
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You are 40 years old, what would you see in the next 40 years from today? despair? hope? what say you to the generation today growing up with what they have now, instead of what you had then?
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If not Iceland, what other country you think you would like to settle in?
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Will we ever hear the tragic tale of your carjacking days?
Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?
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who stole the pocky
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Answering this last batch in reverse order:
who stole the pocky
That kid with the ironic three wolf moon T-shirt who likes to pop by the office just when we've all ordered pizza for lunch. That kid's a dick. We should do something about him.
If not Iceland, what other country you think you would like to settle in?
Hm. Probably either Sweden, Holland, Switzerland or Norway. But especially Holland, for multiculturalism, liberal social policies, and some fairly decent beer.
Will we ever hear the tragic tale of your carjacking days?
Not until the statute of limitations runs out.
Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?
Wish I knew. Now let's get back to our paperwork and pretend this whole silly war is something happening to someone else.
You are 40 years old, what would you see in the next 40 years from today? despair? hope? what say you to the generation today growing up with what they have now, instead of what you had then?
Over the next forty years, I hope to see myself teaching, writing and publishing short stories, travelling, watching my daughter grow up, and sharing my life with someone who loves me as much as and the same way that I love them.
I won't talk down to the generation coming up. Of course there were things I didn't have growing up that many of you do, just as your kids will have things you never dreamed possible. In the long run, the only advice I can give to this generation is:
Look at the mistakes your elders made, and really understand them. This will help you avoid them. Don't let them impose their obsoleting worldview on you. Treat those younger than you with respect and kindness. And try to leave this world a little bit better than you found it.
Yes. I think this thread has run its course now. I'll be locking this up now.