Real Life Rantings! Argh!

[YayGollum]

What is up, dudes? This is the Official Real Life Rantings thread for the Illustrious Guild Of Outcasts! Argh! This is for any kind of craziness that bothers you in real life. I think that there have been other threads like this before, but oh well. This will be superly different because it's only for Outcasts. Should be lots of rantings about evil popular people. I don't know. It's necessary, though. I don't have a rant right now. sorry.

[Ice Man]

Basically, I'm devastated now. College sucks!!!

:mad:

[YayGollum]

I believe it. So does high school. So does high school people telling you to get into a college. :rolleyes:

[Wolfshead]

Americanisation. Especially the language changes from British English, American Football (football, my foot, excuse the pun). And all the ridiculous changes to Harry Potter.

*Awaits execution*

[Courtney]

I don't know if i have said this before, but it really bothers me when people walk up (or down) moving escalators! You have to think you are pretty important if you cant even wait for the escalator to do its job and take you to the next floor... I mean, how pompous can people get!

[Wolfshead]

The thing is with those escalators, is that they go so slowly! For those of that are fit, and not used to having to wait around for ages, walking up is just so much simpler, thus leaving you with more time in the record store.

[EverEve]

*pretends to execute CraigSmith*

Snobbish people....I cannot stand them! Arg...I get mad just thinking about them! PLUS!: I seem to have moved into a town full of them! And the school...argh...they're all preps and populars, save a few, and I cannot stand it, but of course, Ive already mentioned that.

[HobbitGirl]

The lack of diversity in this town is REALLY GETTING ON MY NERVES. Almost everyone in my school looks, acts, and thinks the same way. They're all a bunch of twittery Barbie dolls. And the guys...are just as bad, if not worse. None of them ever has an intelligent thing to say. EVER. I know only a handful of people who are non-comformist, and if it weren't for them, I would have lost my mind a LONG time ago.

Outcasts stick together!

[Dragon]

hobbitgirl, you should start dressing exactly opposite of the people in your town and use really big words around the dumb people, thats funny.

Oh, and Courtney, This will annoy you, but I like to walk up and down the escalators, but not because I'm in a hurry but because its fun. If it's any consolation I don't walk on them when other people are on them.

What's bugging me is that I have a really good friend who lives two states away (I live in the USA) And I only get to see him like 5 days each year!!

[Mindy_O_Lluin]

These may be contradictory things, but hey, just call me "can't-make-up-her-mind Mindy":
I rant against mouchers, penny-pinchers, and perfectionists.
Some people really need to loosen up. (Ya mean like me myself?)
Today tho, I am most ranting about people at work (admin types) who either change passwords or add passwords that you need to do your job, but neglect to tell you. And along that line I really dislike passive-agressive co-workers. See you guys - when you graduate from school, you just trade one set of problems for a different set of problems.

[EverEve]

I hate my town (all of the people here are like one person with a gazillion different bodies, i swear), people who walk slow, people who are perfectionist goody-goodies, and people who hurt people just because they are really nice...maybe even too nice.

[Mindy_O_Lluin]

people who hurt people just because they are really nice...maybe even too nice.

Who is too nice? The ones doing the hurting or the hurtees. What is TOO nice? Are you saying the perfectionists are hurting you for being TOO nice to some outsider? How soon can you get away from that small town in the Midwest? (I'm guessing! he, he.).

[Froggum]

What really annoys me is people who are really eager to sound intelligent, but have no idea what they are talking about. So they mix up their facts or use really big words they don't understand and just end up sounding dumber than they would have if they just talked normally. It kinda bugs me.

[Mindy_O_Lluin]

I do that - but that's why I'm an Outcast. Since I don't know anything, everything I say HAS to be an opinion. (But I'm very opinionated.)

[Froggum]

I don't mind opinions. I mean, to have an opinion, you have to have some idea of what you're talking about. But just blabbing on and on with nothing to say... that bugs me.

I'm pretty opinionated myself. :)

[EverEve]

Mindy: I hate it when evil people hurt really sweet people because they are too nice to say no. My BFF, for example, cannot for the life of her say 'no' to her friends, which get her into a lot of trouble, in some way shape or form. THAT is being TOO nice. :)

[HobbitGirl]

Dragon: I do use "big words", not to mess with people, but just because that's the way I am.

What REALLY gets on my nerves sometimes is when I'm talking and I use a word that someone within earshot doesn't know. Then they say, "You use big words." They say that even if it's a ONE SYLLABLE word like strife! IT'S NOT BIG IF IT'S ONLY ONE SYLLABLE AND FIVE LETTERS LONG!!!

Sorry about that.

But at school if I hear the phrase "you use big words" one more time...

[Froggum]

I know exactly what you mean. Half my family is like that. My grandmother is so poorly educated she can barely understand me. Its frustrating. Big words are lots of fun, as long as you know what they mean.

[EverEve]

That word thing annoys me too!! Plus, when I'm carrying my LotR books (yall know the one: its with all three books in one...), people are always coming up to me and are like "Thats such a big book, and the words are tiny! How BORING!"...What does length and font-size have to do with the content of a book?! Really, some people...

[Froggum]

AUGH! I know! I LOVE huge books. Harry Potter, Weis/Hickman books, Gone With the Wind. Most of my most favorite books are 300+ pages! Many are 500+! (Excluding all the wonderful books I became addicted to as a children's librarian.)

[HobbitGirl]

The book thing gets to me too! I also have the three-in-one-volume-edition of LotR, and I was carrying it around school a lot a while back. Someone asked me if it was THE BIBLE!! I mean, come on.

[Froggum]

Ouch! If it were any book but LOTR, I would have thrown it at him. (I'm very hot-tempered.)

[Mindy_O_Lluin]

EverEve - I think I see. You mean when someone gets taken advantage of, or is led astray?

As for big words. I personally don't run into very many people that use words of which they don't know the meaning.

As for word crafting: I DO tend to bristle when someone mutilates perfectly good English words - like busgetti for spaghetti - (well, Italian in that case, but you know what I mean), or when they copy other people’s made-up slang (‘Ceuool’) when they don’t fit in with that group, or when, (this is the worst) when they pick on a word and overuse it to excessive triteness, until it drives you crazy.

Yay Gollum, I wonder if this thread was really a good idea. We Outcasts are proving ourselves to be the snobbiest and least tolerant set of people on this forum. Who are we to talk, we wonders, yes, we wonders.

[YayGollum]

Yikes! It's not my fault if people turn out to be snobby. This was always just a good place to vent frustrations and get sympathy, I thought. oh well. I think you had an idea about another thread a lot like this. Try that. Doobedoobedoo...did I already rant about evil southerners and their fear of winter? sorry if I did. It makes no sense to me. They just have to buy bread and milk. They think they'll be snowed in. They shut everything down. Craziness. People up north wouldn't go this crazy! oh well. I hate their accents, too. :D

[Froggum]

Tell me about it! I'm going to school at the University of Iowa and there are all these people from warm places complaining about how cold winters are here! And it isn't even winter yet! Put on a sweater and quit yer b****in'.

[Dragon]

I live in the south and I have a friend who lives like 2 states up and I think it's funny what people think just because we live in the south. He tells me what his friends say when he tells them that he has a friend in texas, and they all say stuff like "euwww, is she like a hillbilly or something?" he visits once in the winter when I'm cold and he thinks the weather's fine, and once in the summer and he's burning up and wearing next to nothing. I'm fine with the differences in weather, but if you're from texas, and comfortable in texas, it's just stupid to go somewhere like , say...new york, and that makes me mad, stupid people.

As for us being snobby, I really don't think so, there are people who complain like this in regular conversation, I mean, these ARE rantings, right?

[Elfarmari]

(let me preface this by saying that I'm crazy and really like learning, and cannot stand pointless classes which don't teach you anything)

I hate stupid teachers!!!!
My calculus teacher has to be constantly corrected by her students because she does not know what she is doing. Last year in trigonometry class, we completed the entire trig book and the first three chapters in the calculus book. This year, we are almost halfway through the school year, and are just now starting the third chapter in the calculus book. Something is wrong with this picture.
My english teacher has no control over her class, we all sit there and talk and accomplish nothing. We've had two pizza parties and three birthday parties for no apparent reason, and have read one book all year.
French III is a complete joke, as all we know is very simple things like 'Hi, what is your name? I am fine. How are you?'
Theology (I go to a catholic high school) is really boring, and does not really teach us anything we don't already know.
In physics, we're building bridges out of balsa wood, which is relavent, but we haven't learned much.
History actually requires some thought and work, and art is really fun.

[Dragon]

finally someone who feels the same way I do! In math we go over the same stuff over and over again because the teacher cannot get the students to respect her and she yells at us for stupid things like putting a red pen in a box with black pens, so no matter how many kids know the material, we never move on until EVERYONE understands which takes forever because she keeps letting the bad students sit in the back and tries to teach it to the people who already know!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[YayGollum]

There we go. Crazy school rants. Why not? I gots me four periods.
1st is Government/Economics, which is where I am right now. It's pretty easy. I gots me a seat by a computer, so I get to show up here all the time.
2nd is my evil math class. It's not that hard, but it's the only class I have to think in. oh well. Plenty of time in there to write when I should be taking notes.
3rd is Latin IV. All kinds of fun. Crazy teacher. I'm the president of the Latin club. Easy class, but I have fun with it.
4th is English IV. Very evil kids in there who exasperate the teacher so much that we hardly ever learn anything. oh well. I read in that class.
But then, since I'm such an Outcast, I'm the president of the chess club, too, so I have something to do during lunch. sorry. Yes, I am a huge Outcast for that.

[Froggum]

Rest assured, high school seems like a pain in the, well, you know, right now, but when you're off on your own at college, you'll miss the easiness of it, if nothing else. Me, I'm at the University of Iowa. Its a lot of freedom, but a lot of work.

Take my Western Civ professor. She babbles on and on and on and turns every major event in early modern Europe into a feminist issue. Then there's my anthropology professor, who likes to show us monkey porn. But he's fun. My voice teacher, who is a nightmare who wants us all to speak like we're Brittish, just because she is. It goes on and on. You'll understand when you get there.

[EverEve]

Chess club, Yay? You don't seem the type...ah, well. I'm sure it's fun.

Math: I hates it, I hates it, I hates it!! Check it: yesterday, I stay afterschool for nearly an hour learning how to do stuff for the quiz we had today, and I understood it all. Sat down with the test in front of me: I went totally blank. Im talking completely. Twas horrible!

[YayGollum]

Sure, crazy Froggum person. Everybody has to rant about what they're doing at the time. Why not? Very fun!
Anyways, Yay for the chess club! I won the speed tournament this year. Only with luck, though. oh well. I'm not very good.
Ack, crazy Eve person! You're one of those people who isn't good at tests? Or is it just math tests? oh well. sorry about that. Craziness. Math isn't especially hard for me, just time consuming. Whoops!
Let me see here. I don't have a rant right now.

[Froggum]

Crazy like a fox!

I totally undertand where y'all are coming from. I was just giving you a heads up. Actually, it really isn't so bad here. Most of you would probably love it.

On IOWA!
GO HAWKS !!

[EverEve]

Yay, its just math tests! I do fine in everything else, but I sit down to take a math test, and I just go blank. But! I got 15-16 extra credit questions, so it'll be either worth 15-16, or 7-8 extra points. GO ME!

Everybody else, heres a healthy lil reminder: Unless you are totally prepared to be bored out of your mind, and started hating school/your life, do NOT, I repeat, do NOT move to Indiana! Well, maybe Indiana would be ok, but do not move to the town I am being forced to live in!!

There was my rant of the moment.

[Froggum]

Iowa's like that, too. Try Burlington. Our claim to fame is that we were the teritorial capital of three states and our Snake Alley is the crookedest street in the world. Impressive, huh?

[Mindy_O_Lluin]

I always thought Lombard street was billed as the crookedest street. So it got beat out by Burlington Iowa?

If you want a place not to move to, don't move to Kansas!

Well, I guess every state has it's good and it's bad. I stopped in the southern corner of Indiana one time to see the remnants of the "Limberlost". Lovely. At least the trees there are taller than they are in Kansas.

Well, if I have to say something good about Kansas, they house the world's largest ball of twine, plus the geographical center point of the United States, and also old west towns like Abilene and Dodge City.
As for Missouri, I can't even think of that much - well they have that country-western 'Disneyland' called BRANSON (eeooooo! I avoid it like the plague).
Doesn't Iowa really have those covered bridges down in Madison County?

[Froggum]

I don't know anything about MAdison County. I've never been there. But just across the river in Henderson County Illinois there's one.

[Courtney]

Here's a rant: I hate it when teachers give you an exam when they haven't even bothered to teach anything all semester!!!!

[HobbitGirl]

I HATE SMOG!

I was born in California. When I was still very young I moved to Ohio. Whenever I mentioned the little fact that I'm a Californian, I always heard something along the lines of, "Oooo, I want to go to California." Now for all you people who have never been to Southern California and dream of going to Disneyland and Hollywood, let me just say this: smog. Los Angeles is the smogiest place I have ever been (and I've traveled around the country) and if I had the choice, I would NEVER go back there. That place is disgusting. There is nothing special about big, smoggy cities. I avoid them.

[Dragon]

euwwwww....smog!!

well, I won't go there then, florida is good enough for me

here's my rant;
I hate it when you really like someone, and you can tell that they really like you, but you never get to tell them, because you only see them when there are large groups of people around, and I really hate PEOPLE!!!! I don't mind persons, but I hate PEOPLE

[Froggum]

I hear you on people. People suck. Especially mean people. Mean people really suck.

[Dragon]

stupid people too, what's even worse is stupid mean people

[HobbitGirl]

How about stupid mean people that think they're smart and funny and are obsessed with anything rude, crass, and vulgar?

[Froggum]

stupid people too, what's even worse is stupid mean people
How about stupid mean people that think they're smart and funny and are obsessed with anything rude, crass, and vulgar?

I hear you.

[YayGollum]

Argh! Rant ---> sorry I haven't been around, dudes. Evil Christmas keeping me away from what's important! :rolleyes:

[Wolfshead]

Ok, please pardon any language I come up with here :mad:

But my new computer was supposed to be delivered today. Well, originally it was meant to be Sunday, but they phoned us up last week and said it would be delivered "Tuesday between 9 and 1". So we think, great, gonna be delivered then, or they wouldn't have been bothered being so specific. How wrong I was :mad:

Around 2-ish, my dad phones up to see if it's actually coming. To begin with the thought we were on an island... which was worrying. Then they eventually concluded that the couriers had given it to their sub-contractors, and they would be delivering up to 6pm. So, yeah, I could live with that, so long as it was gonna be here in time for Christmas.

Well, guess what, 6 o'clock came and went with no computer. At which point I started swearing. It wouldn't have been so bad had they told us there was a possibility it would not come today, but they led us to believe it would be here.

Now I have to wait 'till Thursday (if it's in Scotland just now) or Friday (if it's in England).

As you can understand, I am ****ed off. Not because I don't have my new, super-cool computer, but because I thought I would have it. I can manage with this **** laptop for a couple of days longer, on which I can play Age Of Kings: The Conquerors, and nothing more advanced. With the new one, I have Return To Castle Wolfenstien, Age Of Mythology, Fellowship Of The Ring and GTA 2 lined up as well as a cd-rw.

Plus, it was supposed to be a kind of Christmas present. It was ordered on the 13th, this is the 24th. You'd think I'd have it by now?

Anyway, I doubt anyone really cares all that much, except me. And my dad. But at least you can all sympathise with me. You can... can't you? Can't you? :rolleyes:

[Wolfshead]

Ok, so, as we know, I should have had my new pc on Tuesday. It is now Saturday. No computer.

My dad phoned up Dell yesterday. We were told that their records said it had been taken by the couriers from Inverness (an hour away) on Tuesday, so we should have had it.

Then it turned out it was sitting with the courier in Inverness, so we made arrangements with them to collect it today, because they wouldn't be able to deliver it till the end of next week.

My dad phoned them up again this morning to make sure he had the location right to collect it. We were then told they weren't open on a Saturday, and they didn't have our computer anyway. It had been passed onto another courier!

Some more phoning around eventually established that we are to collect it on Monday from a different place in Inverness.

And the really madening thing is that we could have collected it yesterday if the fool on the phone had got is facts right.

What a damned fiasco :mad:

[YayGollum]

Sounds like it! I mean, Yay for such a great place to vent frustrations? *hides*

[Dragon]

something happened like that with a couch once at my house, and my mom got really mad and turned into a monster and was being really mean and grounding us all over the place, so all of us were mad... I hope you get your computer soon.

[Wolfshead]

Oh, yes, I should have mentioned it. We collected it on Monday, rather than waiting till tomorrow to be delivered. It was on the last stage of its journey so we only had to travel and hour away to get it.

Since then, I've rarely been seen away from it :D

[Dragon]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SCHOOL STARTS UP AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Froggum]

Dragon, you totally ripped off my sub-title!

But I forgive you. Froggum's a lover, not a hater.

(Who speaks, and types, in the third person.)

[YayGollum]

Which is always cool. Anyways, I gots me a rant. Poor Smeagol. Now that he's out of school, his evil mom is making him get a job. He wants to stay home all day and watch TV! :rolleyes: oh well.

[Dragon]

and talk to his fellow outcasts on ttf, right?

of course Froggum's a lover, otherwise she wouldn't be cool!
and I'm sorry, I didn't mean to! I'll try to think up another one, I don't pay much attention to sub-titles

[HobbitGirl]

This is probably a stupid rant, but I have a canker sore the size of Fargo on the tip of my tounge and it is driving me INSANE!!!

[Froggum]

I know how you feel! I bit my tongue in my sleep or something 3 days ago and it still hurts and I have a huge cold dore on my lip and a big cavity in my back molar. Oral pain! Auuuuuuuuuugh!!!!!!

[YayGollum]

Yeah, sure, and talk to the crazy TTF Outcasts, too. :rolleyes: Another rant ---> My evil mom lady is now saying that I don't get to go to the library until I get a job. oh well. More volunteering at the hospital now! :D

[Courtney]

I don't really have a rant... Just the usual... I am sick of filling out stupid scholarship applications and all that stuff... I WISH PEOPLE WOULD STOP PESTERING ME!!!
WOW! I feel better now! :D

[Froggum]

My evil mom lady is now saying that I don't get to go to the library until I get a job.
Yay, do what I did in high school: work at the library! At the very least, you can vollunteer to shelve books. Its very convenient. Plus working at a library can have lots of perks: I never had overdue fines and I could order books through the library at nearly half price!

[YayGollum]

That would be cool. I just usually apply to places that are ummm...hiring. oh well. Most libraries around here are perfectly happy with the evil employees they already have working for them. :rolleyes:

[Dragon]

maybe, it's just where I live, but it seems like in all the libraries I've ever been to, everyone is supermean, except for one emplaoyee who's supercool...you could be the supercool employee yay!

[YayGollum]

No thanks. It's not Outcasty enough. oh well. I'm just going to have to apply to the same places I've applied to 27,000 times before. :rolleyes: oh well.

[Dragon]

you mean, being the one nice person in the whole library isn't outcasty? my head hurts!

[YayGollum]

Huh. I even forgot what I meant by that. oh well. Maybe you got it right. :rolleyes: Sure, that'll be a rant. I gots a very bad memory. Not a very good short term one, but a really good one for facts that will never matter. :D

[EverEve]

I finally have another rant! Arent yall just so proud? ;):

I hate it when people twist your words around and then someone gets mad at you because of what They said that You said. And I further hate how they talk about you, and get an entire lunch table to laugh at you by lieing. And then, they tell you to your face that your stupid, idiotic (amog other things), and that everyones been laughing at you. Yah, that pisses me off. Im done.

[YayGollum]

Yikes! Well, I have a solution! ---> Don't sit near evil people. Very easy. Find a little hidey hole somewhere. :rolleyes: oh well.

[Dragon]

MY HEAD HURTS, AND I HAVE TO TAKE 1 HOUR TURNS WITH MY LITTLE BROTHER ON THE VIDEO GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

whew! I feel better now

[YayGollum]

Advice ---> Take aspirin and beat your addiction for video games. oh well. :rolleyes:

[HobbitGirl]

Here's a rant: I hate words that aren't phonetic <---including that one! Languages should all have phonetic sounds and words. That's why I'm making my own language. And I also hate the letter c, because it steals sounds from other letters (k & s) and it cuts in line.

[YayGollum]

I believe it! English is evil! But then, so are plenty of other languages, too. Try Latin. They pronounce everything, just in a weird and different way. :D

[EverEve]

Maybe that's why Latin is a dead language! *Evie proceeds to feel smart* Video games....are evil. :)

[Dragon]

it's not necessarily that I'm addicted that's the problem, it's that the game that I'm in the middle of is one of those games that you have to play for a long time to get anywhere, and you have to go to save points, instead of just pressing start and saving

[YayGollum]

Argh! Poor Latin! It is the main language at that Vatican place, though. :rolleyes:
Anyways, yeah, I know the evil kind of game you're talking about. One way you could deal with it, if you're really not addicted, is to just wait until your little brother gets bored with his game. :eek:

[Dragon]

that's not possible, we have tons of games and if he got bored of one, he would just switch to another, and I would never get to play

I think english is the evilest language there is... have you guys noticed that there are no rules, just norms?

[YayGollum]

Yes, I have noticed that. Anyways, well, what else can I tell you? Hide all of the video games! :rolleyes:

[Dragon]

my rant;

I HAVE TO PICK A HIGHSCHOOL, AND IM REALLY CONFUSED BECAUSE I HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN DANCE AND COMPUTER STUFF, AND I LOVE BOTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[munchkin]

that sux...go with computers

[Wolfshead]

I would go with Dance. Personally, I hate dancing, but if the computing involves how they work, you will be bored stiff in a couple of years. I took Computing when I was 13, and for 2 years it was alright, and now, with Higher, being 16, it is so mind-numbingly boring, not to mention difficult :mad:

[munchkin]

psst, dont listen to him. pick computers...

[EverEve]

Listen to Evie, and go with dance!! Not that I would know from experiance or anything...but...just go with Dance!!!

[munchkin]

COMPUTERS I TELL YOU, COMPUTERS!!!!!

[Courtney]

I hate computers and they hate me!

[YayGollum]

Hi! Oh, I mean, yes. I agree. I am technologically allergic. I hate computers even though they're fun. :confused: I confused myself. oh well.

[greypilgrim]

Hello all, I am the newest member of this Guild. I started a thread Thats Life Daily Comics, kinda like this one. Is there a way to "move" one of my posts from there? Just wondering. From now on, my Rantings go HERE, ok?

Heres one;
I hate dogs that pee in the house, bark alot when people come over, and beg for scraps at the table. But I love those same dogs, too!:D

[greypilgrim]

And I would take dance now, because "computers" will always be "upgraded", and you can study them later on, while "dance" has been around forever, and starting it now, you will get "better" forever! Just a thought!
:D

[munchkin]

NOW EVERYONES AGAINST ME!!!!!!!!!!:(

[HobbitGirl]

Concerning the computers vs. dance issue...well, it's like any hard decsion. You just have to look at it from every angle possible to see which option is better. Personally, I love computers and couldn't dance if my life depended on it :), but that's just me. You should go with whatever seems right.

[Dragon]

that's the problem, both feel right. I've been leaning towards the computer school, after going to it's open house thingy, but I didn't get to go to the dance schools open housy thing, so I don't get to actually see what's going on there. I figure I can take dance outside of school, but I'm a little afraid I wont be able to keep up at the computer school, even though I've always been the top student in all my classes (ever)

and the computer school has an SIP (special interest program) that I watn to get into, but I have to turn in an essay by feb. 10th, and I'm terrible at essays!!!!!!

[Froggum]

Hi! Oh, I mean, yes. I agree. I am technologically allergic. I hate computers even though they're fun. I confused myself. oh well.

I hear ya, Yay!

Anyhoo. .
It sounds like computers are what your really leaning towards. But I would say this to you: your time as a dancer is very limited. So much depends on age, fitness, and keeping in shape. If you change your mind later, it'll be hard to go back.

Computers, on the other hand, ask only that you have hands. Brains help.

What I'm trying to say is that you have a lot more time to do the computer thing than you do for the dance thing. But it all depends on which one you're willing to sacrifice for the other.

And I probably just complicated the situation even further. Nemmind. I'm bad at the advicxe thing. Ignore me.

[Courtney]

You could always dance now and do the computer stuff when you get too old to dance...:)

[Dragon]

well, i thought I had it figured out, but suddenly there's a lot more to think about, hmmmmmm....oh yeah! in the prancing pony is the essay I'm working on for my highschool application, and I'd like some opinions on it if you guys have time...I hate thesis statements *grumble*

[munchkin]

Yay! More crazy people on my side!!! I'm still sticking with my vote. Computers are the way to go.

[Wolfshead]

Originally posted by Froggum
Computers, on the other hand, ask only that you have hands. Brains help. And eyes. They're fairly important as well. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to find the on button on the computer.

[YayGollum]

High school application? People need to apply to high schools now? I did not know that. Craziness! oh well. I gots me a rant. Argh! Nasssty, stinky, evil, boring, and popular teen-aged little sisters! No fun at all! That's it. *runs away*

[Froggum]

You too? Well, mine isn't that popular, but she certainly is nasty, stinky, evil, boring, and teen-aged. And she HATES Gollum. And whenever I come home from college she throws a fit and yells, "You don't live here!" and "Stop eating our food!" and "When are you going home!?" Stuff like that. And she steals my fantasy paperbacks! But that's okay. I'm making her wear a pink bridesmaid dress in my wedding! Muaaa-ha-ha-ha-ha! *Evil, Eeeev-il laughter*

[YayGollum]

Yikes! Why give her the satisfaction of getting to be in front of lots of people? oh well. Maybe she's not so evil. Or does she not like being in front of all kinds of people? :eek:

[Froggum]

She IS evil. And I dunno about being in front of people. But she HATES pink. And did I mention that she hates Gollum??????? THat makes her very evil indeed.

[YayGollum]

Got it. Hates pink and poor Smeagol. Makes no sense to me. The Gollum thing, not the pink thing. :rolleyes: Has this evil person even read the bookses?

[Dragon]

well, I only have to do extra-special stuff for the special interest program thingummers

froggum:your sister sounds REALLY evil!!!!!! my brothers are awesome about liking the same things as me, but that can be a problem... my older brothers a jerk(I'm sure everyone thinks so, but really!!!) and he steals my things, but my little brother's really sweet, except he hugs WAAAY too tight......yes, I'm the middle child

[YayGollum]

Yay for being a middle child! We're always the weirdest! Ummm...right? :confused: oh well. I am! Yay me! My evil older sister was the worst and scariest and my stinky little sister is the perfect one. Don't tell me I'm the only one like that! :rolleyes:

[Dragon]

you're one too? yay for yay!!!! no, you're not the only one....

[balrog]

whoa....this shoulda been first stop for this one




aaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggggggggrrhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

[balrog]

Originally posted by Froggum
She IS evil. And I dunno about being in front of people. But she HATES pink. And did I mention that she hates Gollum??????? THat makes her very evil indeed.

I am sure Gollum is not one to be reckon'd with


see samwise for further details :mad:

[YayGollum]

Ummm...I don't want to jump to any evil conclusions, but what were you just saying about poor Smeagol and the evil sam? :eek: just wondering. I don't want to go on a rant when I don't have to.

[munchkin]

i have know idea what he said either...

[Dragon]

I think balrog may have skipped his rant and went straight for the screaming

[munchkin]

proably...

[Dragon]

well if he/she wants to do that, they may as well go to the screaming room in s&b, this room is for rants!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[munchkin]

I saw that thread while I was looking at those crazy polls that Yay is on(except for Ms. TTF, of course). Those are pretty cool. Ok, heres a poll. Who thinks I could pass of as a girl and be on the Ms. TTF poll next year?! I think I could, with all the times I've been called she and her and stuff!:D

[Dragon]

I bet you could, post alot and pm everyone who knows you're a guy and tell them 1) you've been lying or 2) to keep it quiet, and post a lot of things that would imply you were female, but never say that you are, or that would be bad!

[Courtney]

Oooooh! sneaky sneaky! That would be funny!
I have no rants today! What a lovely snowy day! And I am not sick anymore! What more could a person want???:)

[munchkin]

That would be good if i could, ok, everyone, I am a girl, ok, everyone got that? Good!

[EverEve]

Wow, strange convo going on here. Munchkin, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I doubt you could be in the Ms.TTF thing...You're not...well...girlish enough..

lol.;)

[HobbitGirl]

Evie, I read your new sig and I just have to say...

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS!!
Absorbant and yellow and pourous is he!
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS!!
:D:D:D:D:D

By the way, where is this Ms. TTF thingie?

[YayGollum]

Crazy SpongeBob mania! oh well. The Miss and Mr. (Vote for me!) TTF things are in that Stuff and Bother section.

[Courtney]

AHHHH!!! People just get on my nerves!!!! It was just a bad day... I was out all last night so i didn't get to sleep at all... but i had to pretend like i didn't go anywhere and got my usual sleep... you know what i mean... but anyway I am really crabby now...

[Dragon]

the school board of, well, like everywhere doesn't understand that there are scientific reasons why adolescents don't get to sleep until around 11-midnight, and that we need 8-10 hours of sleep, so school should start at 10:00\

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Froggum]

Hey, college classes can run as early as 7:30. And if you're dumb enough to take them, you will undoubtedly flunk for lack of attendance.

[Dragon]

well, I don't think I'd be late for those... I'm already waking up at 6:30 because we have to drop my brother off at his highschool before we go to my school where we have to be at 8:10 instead of 8:30 (when my school starts) because my mom is a teacher there (ugggh!)

[munchkin]

Originally posted by EverEve
Wow, strange convo going on here. Munchkin, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I doubt you could be in the Ms.TTF thing...You're not...well...girlish enough..

lol.;)
Well, me neither, but other people seem to think so...

[Dragon]

girls don't have to be "girlish" they just have to be female (or a good pretender:D )

[munchkin]

so what are you saying???;)

[Dragon]

I'm saying you have a chance if you can get everyone to be quiet about your male-ness, and delete all posts that say stuff about not being female!

[HobbitGirl]

But that would be dishonest. Why not just go for Mr. TTF and save lots of trouble?

[Courtney]

Argh! I have so many projects! And they are ALL due on Thursday!!!!:(

[Dragon]

it's not dishonest if he never actually lies!!! ok, maybe a little...hey, how come no one else ever thought about Mr. ttf?

[munchkin]

Originally posted by Courtney
Argh! I have so many projects! And they are ALL due on Thursday!!!!:(

That happens to me a lot, and I end up staying up 'till 11:30!!! And then I have no homework for two weeks!!!!

Originally posted by Dragon
it's not dishonest if he never actually lies!!! ok, maybe a little...hey, how come no one else ever thought about Mr. ttf?

Yeah, I'm not ACTULY lying, they just misunderstand my gender, thats all!

[YayGollum]

Crazy people! Why go for Miss when you could go for Mr? There's no big difference. Or do you just want to do it because you think it would be funny? Ick. oh well. Either way, you'd have to run all over the forum and spew all kinds of personality.

[Dragon]

mainly because it would be funny....I dunno, do you think he has a chance at mister?;)

[YayGollum]

Well, realistically, right now, I'd say no. I hardly ever see this dude running all over the place, talking to people, spewing personality. sorry. *hides* Well, you have a whole year!

[HobbitGirl]

Arg arg arg! I keep typing "thought" instead of though! Aaaarg! grrrr... And no one will pm me with constructive critisims on my stories! The only person that said anything replied to the thread when I asked people not to! Aaaaahg!! errr...

[YayGollum]

What stories are you talking about? Stuff you've already pointed out over here that I'll say I'm sorry for forgetting about, or something that I'm hoping you've never mentioned? :D

[HobbitGirl]

Stuff that I haven't mentioned here. :) I gots Kidas's Ride and The Wars of Lohan in the Prancing Pony. If you want to see what kind of stuff my twisted imagination can conjur (and what I do in my spare time :)) you can go check them out. Heh.

Another rant pertaining to my stories: TITLES! I can't come up with any good titles! "Kidas's Ride" is only good for the first bit of the story! errrrr....

[Dragon]

ugggggggggggggggghhhhhhhh titles are evil!!!!!!!!!! songs, poems, stories.........no titles ever come to mind when I need them!!! the only good titles are the ones that have nothing to do with the story/poem/song and then they're bad because they have nothing to do with it. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[munchkin]

ARG!!!!! We have to make valentines for veterans tomorrow. Lucky for me I'm going to Boston tomorrow and won't be in school!:D

[Courtney]

I think we should vote for a Mr. (or miss.... whatever) outcast... that should be interesting...:rolleyes:

[HobbitGirl]

Courtney: I second the motion!

[My_Precious]

Rants? Oooh, my speciality! Here we go:

* All the changes that PJ made in TTT (I mean, what's the point of bringing Frodo to Gondor. That doesn't make sense.)
* Telemarketers recorded on tape. I'm in the shower, phone rings, I jump out, rash to the phone, pick up... and that is a tape record of Bob wanting to sell me roach poison that could be used as hair wax or something as brilliant...
* Slow drivers. (If they are not old people-I respect elderly, and am willing to give them a break). Especially slow woman and cell-phone speaking drivers. My favorite--two slow going cars driving parallel to each other.
Well, can't remember any more for now.
:)

[Courtney]

I have a rant: I hate it when people can't take a hint.... especially when it is so obvious that most people wouldn't even consider it a hint!

[HobbitGirl]

I hate being sick! Germs need to DIE!!!

[Wolfshead]

Originally posted by HobbitGirl
I hate being sick! Germs need to DIE!!! I looked at that and I thought you'd typed Germans, not Germs. Which I thought odd, and it instantly made me think of the episode of Fawlty Towers with the Germans...

Completely pointless post over.

[YayGollum]

Poor Germans! oh well. Rant ---> I hate people who don't pay attention to PMs! Argh! Whoops! This is real life rantings. oh well. Never mind. *runs away*

[Courtney]

Hey I like Germans! I happen to be German American!!! :mad:
No... I know you were kidding I just didn't have an actual rant... so I thought I would take my anger out on you swell people!:) :) :) :)

[Wonko The Sane]

People bother me.

I mean...people who are mean to other people. :( I've not had a good day.

[My_Precious]

Ok, here's more:
I hate people who chew their gum LOUDLY with an open mouth. It's just so annoying. You just wanna turn around, come up to them, choke them to death...
:rolleyes:
And people who stare at my computer screen at school. I'm really touchy about my privacy. Especially those who take a look, then slide close and staaare... I mean, what did you find so interesting, it's not porn...

[Wonko The Sane]

I HATE that.
:)

Especially when I'm having like a private conversation.

[Dragon]

lol! did you guys see my people versus persons rant?

[YayGollum]

Nooo... *is afraid* Sounds achingly fascinating, though. :rolleyes:

[omnipotent_elf]

well, i hope joining in the rants is not too late
but i hate : popularity. rants about abuse of power.

and i third that motion

[Wonko The Sane]

I'm going to rant about myself.

I hate my legs and my skin...

And I really hate my bellybutton right now.

Oh...and any other part of my body..yeah...it's a good guess to assume I hate it.

[Dragon]

I thought you were a fox:confused: :confused: :confused:

[EverEve]

She is! Dont let her fool you Dragon! She's just being silly!

PS: You're a fox, wonks!

I fourth the motion :)

[Wonko The Sane]

AAAAAAAH!! I'm so NOT a fox!!

First Pippin, then Snaga, then Dragon...Evie you really have fourthed the motion!

[omnipotent_elf]

hey, i was the one who third'd the motion

[Wonko The Sane]

So then...Evie really fifthed the motion?

[Dragon]

I didn't really motion, I just see it everywhere......but now I'm really confused......is wonks, or is wonks not, a fox?:confused: :confused: :confused:

[Wolfshead]

I think she'll say she's not...

[Wonko The Sane]

I will say I'm not...
But a definitive forum poll says I am.

It's up to you to decide. :)

[YayGollum]

I just voted on those polls because I thought she liked it. oh well. Rant ---> I am evil and self-centered and people either hate me or put up with me and laugh when I'm a little too crazy with it. *hangs head in shame*

[Froggum]

I love you anyway, Yay. Anyway, I gots a big rant.

I was supposed to ASM (assistant stage manage) for a show at my college. The guy I worked with on my last show said cool, he'd work with me again, no problem. But I was having a really bad day yesterday, and I was really grumpy and stressed out. Hey, I hadn't been sleeping or eating, I missed work, and I was worried about my health- my doctor had me thinking I was suffering from kidney failure. (I'm okay now, false alarm) SO MAYBE I WAS A BIT OFF YESTERDAY.

So today in class he hands me a note saying that he thinks he needs someone who can handle stress better and work better under pressure and I was not the right person for the job. AUUUUUUUGGH! This guy thinks he knows me after working with me for a week? I'll tell you something, with the trouble I had growing up, if I HADN'T learned to cope with stress, I'd have been locked up by the time I was twelve. Seriously.

But what really ticked me off was that for one, he didn't have the guts to talk to me about it, and two, he e-mailed me back after I called him out on it and made ME out to be the [insert explitive here]. I find this to be extremely unprofessional. The really bad thing is that I can't go over his head on it because, if I do, and the powers that be side with him, my career is over in theatre. Our department is really political.

In short, I am peeved. I just spent the past 2 hours underwear shopping, eating ice cream, and cuddling me sweetie. But I still feel depressed.

Poor depressed Froggum. Pity me.

[YayGollum]

Yikes! I do! Of course! Sounds like a fun thing you missed out on! Would this person not pay attention to the explanation you just wrote down? oh well. Gots to go soon.

[Kailita]

Oh Froggum, that really stinks.:mad: :(

How's it going now? Any better?

[Elfarmari]

My physics class has decided we should write a paper entitled 'The effects of internet usage on the grammar of high school freshmen.' We were inspired to do this by a recent experience. We helped our teacher grade science fair (you do an experiment, write a paper detailing your research, hypothesis, experiment, conclusions etc.) papers, and found them to be hilarious. These people cannot write! The vast majority of them made no sense, presented no facts, and had typos and grammar errors (i.e. no verb or subject in a sentence, run-on sentences the size of paragraphs) and very amusing experiments or comments. One person decided to test the effects of make-up on acne by putting makeup on the inside of her wrist, and then claimed to have developed acne on her wrist. Um, your face is definitely not your wrist, and it is physically impossible to get acne on your wrist. Another wrote about what their plants 'liked', and thought plants would not respond to music because they do not have ears. Yet another had several blatant typos on their title page. One of our favorites is when a student spoke of having 'tested Lauren Senich', but changed the 'd' in tested to an 's' inadvertantly. Our other favorite is one where the student was writing about the process used to extract oil, radomly writes "What would we do without helmets?" and then continues to talk about oil. Throughout all the papers, grammar, spelling, puncuation and common sense are all lacking, and many abbreviations, such as are used in chat rooms, are used.
Doesn't anyoe know how to write anymore?

[Courtney]

Hey! i no how to right! I always spel everthing write and use gramer good...

My rant is that I am an idiot. I am a smart enough person in general, but when it comes down to basic stuff that all poeople should know how to do, I am simply an idiot.

We all have to feel sorry for ourselves somtime...:rolleyes:

[Kailita]

Heh. We're all idiots sometimes. Some of us more than others. But that's what makes us human.

As far as the effect of the Internet on spelling and grammar...well, yes, sometimes it has a negative effect. But I love surfing the Internet, and my spelling and grammar are (hopefully :)) not too bad. I always start my sentences with a capital and end with correct punctuation, and I usually don't have any problems. So not everyone is ill-effected by the Internet. :)

[YayGollum]

Yes, I love to edit other people's papers. My evil little sister hates me for that. oh well. I feel bad every now an then. :rolleyes: Whoops! Never mind the rolling eyed dude. I love that thing about the helmets. Craziness.

Anyways, yes, crazy Courtney person. I am no good at common knowledge type stuff lots of the time. Sometimes I take pride in that fact, though. Whoops! *hides*

Unrant ---> I get a computer at home tomorrow. Finally. Did I already say that? I forget.

[omnipotent_elf]

u can unrant????

[YayGollum]

Sure, why not? Many people have been ranting about me not having a computer at home. Not much time over here most of the time. Problem solved.

[Kailita]

Computers...aiieee. I have a computer at home. But it's really sucky! (I'm on it right now...blegh.) It's soooooo sloooooow. The ones at SCHOOL are faster than the one I have here at home, and the school ones are ****, so that's saying something!

YayGollum, how old is your sister? Man, I always wanted a little sister...instead I got stuck with three little brothers. *Could rant about that too, but is too tired*

[omnipotent_elf]

whats wrong with brothers????
i have a twin, and no sisters...

unrant --
hey thats kewl :D

[Kailita]

Now a TWIN brother might be cool. I always wanted to have a twin. But when your brothers are younger than you...well, they can be pesky sometimes. They can also be a lot of fun...but when they start trying to break into your room and steal your things and listen in on your phone conversations...yeah, that's annoying.

[YayGollum]

Well, we got the evil computer, but there's already something wrong with it. oh well. I gots two sisters. One is twenty one or something like that. The evil little annoying popular one is fourteen, I think. Not very fun. Anyways, I'm sure that siblings of any kind are some degree of evil. Even if they are a twin. Am I right? How many families actually have siblings that love each other all the time? :eek:

[The-Elf-Herself]

Siblings aren't evil. Just annoying sometimes. Of course, due to certain events in my life, me and my brother are very very close. Both of us were major outcasts in school, and plus we moved alot, so there was no one else to be friends with, we had to be each other's ally. Plus, he spends alot of his time in his room doing stuff, so we don't really have that whole "I hate you because I'm around you all the time" thing. We don't always like each other and we get into fights, but on average we're okay.

[YayGollum]

Well, sure. Yay for you. Why not? But still. He's some degree of evil. You say that you don't always like each other. That's some degree of evil. sorry about the word. I hardly ever actually mean anything by it.

Me and my evil little sister stay in our own rooms and hardly ever talk, but I just miss when we were able to remain civil for two seconds. Nowadays, she's just too achingly normal. Ick.

My evil older sister was evil to me when we were younger, but she's great now that she's gone. No problems. She's only evil because of what she used to do. :D

Stepbrothers are a different story. *collapses* :rolleyes:

[Kailita]

Well, we got the evil computer, but there's already something wrong with it. oh well.

Ack. Computers. Always something wrong with the stupid things, heh. :rolleyes:

Siblings, siblings, siblings...no, most aren't really evil (even though, hey, Hitler and some of those other horrible dictators had to have had some siblings!)...but YayGollum uses that word to mean annoying or bothersome or...heh, almost anything. ;) Anyway...The-Elf-Herself (TEH? Can I call you TEH? lol), hold onto that relationship you have with your twin, you are very lucky to have it. I've found that a lot of twins - especially ones of different genders - have close relationships.

My brothers and I used to be really close. Well...we still are in some ways. They just seem to get more annoying as they get older...either that, or I'm maturing more...probably some of both.

My eleven year old brother is in 6th grade, so he's getting to that "I'm going to be a little immature middle school guy" phase...ugh. You know, where a loud burp sends him and his friends into bursts of laughter. But the strange thing is, at the same time he's a total bookworm and doesn't really fit in...I mean, he's the loner kid with glasses and freckles (he has both) who sits in the library and does his homework at recess. So it'll be interesting to see how he turns out. Probably will be an outcast like me. :D Just in different ways.

My eight year old brother can be really sweet, just sort of silly at times. He's going to be the cute-but-oblivious one as he gets older...the one who all the girls like, but he doesn't have a clue that they do. We actually connect really well most of the time, probably because of the age gap. And he always tells me he likes me the way I am after my mom finishes telling me how she wishes I would be more social and blah blah blah.

And my two year old brother...well, I'm not even going to START on him. He's a monster, heh. And he's going to be such a rebel as he gets older...*shudders*...

Anyway...yeah. More than any of you ever wanted/needed to know about my family, heh. ;) I still wish I could have a sister, though. A little one, preferably...I like being the oldest. But if she's a popular 14 year old, like YayGollum's...egh, I think I'll pass. So Gollum, you have no real brothers? Do you have stepbrothers? Blended families...oh boy...I've never been in that situation, but I'm sure it's a heck of a ride. :rolleyes:

[HobbitGirl]

I have one older brother...he's 18...and he is so EVIL!!! The other day I was trying to sleep in (cause it was the weekend) and he brings his bum friends into the house and up into his room (which I might add is right on the other side of the wall from mine) and he starts making a ruckus. THEN he turns on his music, and at this point I'm awake and really ticked off. So I bang on the wall, which ususally means "shutup I'm trying to sleep". And guess what he does? HE TURNS THE MUSIC UP LOUDER!!! So go into his room all dishevled and in my pj's and I start telling him to shutup, but he gives me this attitude like he has some kind of right to wake up other people who live in the house on Saturday morning. At this point I'm fuming, so I chuck a pillow at him, grab a blanket, and try to catch some z's on the couch downstairs WHERE IT'S QUIET. Eru help me, I'll be glad when he moves out!

[Kailita]

Ack! I hate it when brothers are like that! When they do things just for the heck of ticking you off. It's so annoying. :mad: Of course, my brothers have never done anything like that, because I'm still bigger and stronger than them, heh. But I know it's coming...ugh.

[The-Elf-Herself]

Kailita-yeah you can call me TEH, The-Elf-Herself is a mouthful and a pain to type. That's what is so weird about my relationship with my brother, we're NOT twins. He's older by thirteen months and one week, he's going to be seventeen in April and I'm going to be sixteen in May. I can't imagine us doing any of those sorts of things to each other, we argue and talk over more interesting stuff, like history, books, movies, writing, and anything in between. I guess it helps that as I said, we both stuck out in school, so there wasn't this whole going off with separate groups of friends. Plus, I don't exactly have another sibling to go to if I want to talk, it's just him and me. Actually we think we're better than twins, because we don't have to share the same birthday. Plus, it helps that he's an introvert and I'm a "superficial extravert"(my terminology, means that I like being around people, but I tend to hide my true self), so we don't step all over each other as if we were the same. At the same time, we're both very abstract thinkers, so we have that common ground. My friends say I'm really missing out on the whole sibling rivalry thing, I dunno about that.

Okay, here's something he used to do that annoyed me: he manipulated my Mom. See, it used to be rare that he would really start talking to anyone about things that interested him(except me of course, he'd talk about all kinds of stuff with me, regardless of if I was actually interested :rolleyes: ). When he began speak up more, all other conversation stopped so that we could listen to him(he has a really deep voice too). Once he realized this unique occurence, he started to interrupt my conversations with Mom just because he knew that she would drop everything to pay attention. Drove me nuts, sometimes all he would have to say was that he was leaving the room. Fortunately he's become more outspoken, so he doesn't get so much preferential treatment, my parents are used to it.

[YayGollum]

Yikes! Scary stuffs! sorry I started it. At least I think it was me. oh well. Rant ---> Now I find that the evil computer will be fixed sometime later in the week. oh well.

[Wolfshead]

I would like to rant about people who say 'LOL' all the time. They put it at the end of every sentence in some cases, even when something isn't even remotely funny. I can say something, now, I know I'm a funny guy (and modest;)) but if I say something like 'Fair enough' when someone is speaking to me, they will say 'LOL'. WHY? Why would it make you want to laugh out loud?

Argh!

[YayGollum]

Thank you. Yes, it is annoying. But then, it takes something superly funny to make me laugh out loud, so even if something remotely funny is said and somebody does the evil thing, I involuntarily sneer at the evil LOL. Whoops! :eek: :rolleyes:

[Dragon]

ok, I havven't been here a week, so forgive me if the topicsy stuff is over now.....

I have a great relationship w/ my 11-and-one-day-old-little-brother, and that's one of the stranger reasons that I'm a outcast, because it's not REALLY ALL THAT WEIRD....anyway, he hugs me constantly which is weird, but I'm not the one doing it, he is sweet and funny, and he's pretty smart 4 his age, even though he is the most imature person ever....I still love him.....

my older brother(17-and-about-2-and-a-half-months-old) is just plain jerky......not like beef jerky, beef jerky is good, it smells pretty good, and it tastes good....my brothers stench can be smelt from about 7 feet away, and if I'm exxagerating, it's only slightly. not only is he jerky, but he's smart about it.... he does it when no ones there but me and Ian(mon petit frere)and sometimes I wonder if he's gonna be one of those abusive fathers that you don't even wonder about because he's never even rude to his children as far as you can see...BUT LOOK IN THE CHILDRENS EYES!!!!!!!!! THE EYES TELL ALL!!!! DO THEY FEAR THE FATHER?!?!?!?!?!?!?! ok, so I'm a wacko...I'm a little out of it, because I've been embroidering an dmaking pillows all week and I haven't been on the computer or video games for even 2 minutes since last monday........oh, woe is me.....:(

[greypilgrim]

Rant: Having an evil older brother.

Rave: Having a twin sister and a new beautiful angel nephew named Zachary!

In-between-rant-and-rave: Family get-togethers like my bro's birthday coming up soon! (Always boring he never goes out or has any kindof fun).

[Froggum]

Froggum has a new rant.

It really sucks when you call your Mom to talk and she tells you she's having brain surgery. Wouldn't you all agree? Yeah, thought so.

[Kailita]

Ooh...yeah, Froggum, that does suck. I'm sorry. :(

TEH (*wonders how to pronounce that, but shrugs it off to ponder on later*) - Your brother isn't your twin? :confused: *Looks over the past posts* I could have sworn...OHHH, I got you confused with Omnipotent_elf. Ack, I'm always doing that. Ok, sowwy. :)

Anyway...eep, I'm so jealous of your relationship with your brother. I've always liked being the oldest...but if I DID have an older sibling, I would want him/her to be like that. Ahh...introverts...they amuse and confuse me. Fascinating. And I can even be somewhat introverted at times, when I'm being lonerish or am around incredibly hyper people at a time when I'm not on a sugar high or don't feel like I fit in. It's very strange...I have so many different layers to my personality, I can't even figure out myself. But I'll get to that later, it's part of my rant.

Anyway...where was I? Oh yes...TEH, you struck me as a "superficial extrovert" from when I first saw you post (which was in "The Female of the Species"). Trust me, you're not missing out on anything by not having the classic "sibling rivalry". Siblings that are close in age (two years or less apart) seem to either hate each other or be really good friends and confidants. Interesting. But yes...I envy you. Your relationship with your brother kind of reminds me of another one between some friends of mine who are also brother and sister. (HobbitGirl...I'm thinking Jentro and Zesprin...heh...)

Umm...oh, the "lol" issue. Well...sometimes people write "lol" when they find something ironic (even though I tend to go with "heh" for irony) or when they don't know what else to say. Personally, I try to keep my "lol"s to a minimum...and I don't capitalize them unless I find something VERY funny. Heh...all the little rules and regulations...but that's just me. ;)

Dragon...all I have to say is that whoever deprived you of the computer obviously didn't see what effect it had on you. :rolleyes: But congrats on pulling off the whole brother/beef jerky analogy...very insightful. ;)

Umm...awwww, what a long post this has already become. :( I want to rant...but that would make things even longer. So I'll have to save it for another time. Does anyone ever take a look at a post, see that it's long, and just scroll by it? I don't...I love reading long posts...and I love writing them even more. (Obviously I'll know that whoever answers my question DOES take the time to read long posts *grins*...)

[The-Elf-Herself]

Hey I don't mind long posts, they're fun to read. I HATE the whole "lol" thing, as far as I'm concerned it only belongs on instant messenger. I mean, is it really that difficult to write out a response to something you find funny? :rolleyes: In the same line of thought, it really irritates me when people post messages like this: "hi evrbodie, howz evrthin goin?" Very annoying, a combination of "skater talk" and instant messenger lingo. GRRR! Yes, I'm a grammar freak, guilty as charged.

[Wolfshead]

Originally posted by Kailita
Does anyone ever take a look at a post, see that it's long, and just scroll by it? Yes, I do. Sometimes I'll scan over it and see if there's anything to do with me in it. I suppose it depends who wrote the post.

[munchkin]

Originally posted by Dragon
I haven't been on the computer or video games for even 2 minutes since last monday........oh, woe is me.....:(
I huaven't been on for two and a half weeks, so don't be too sad...
Originally posted by Froggum
It really sucks when you call your Mom to talk and she tells you she's having brain surgery. Wouldn't you all agree? Yeah, thought so.
I'm sorry, Froggum. That does suck....

[Kailita]

Originally posted by The-Elf-Herself
I HATE the whole "lol" thing, as far as I'm concerned it only belongs on instant messenger. I mean, is it really that difficult to write out a response to something you find funny? :rolleyes: In the same line of thought, it really irritates me when people post messages like this: "hi evrbodie, howz evrthin goin?" Very annoying, a combination of "skater talk" and instant messenger lingo. GRRR! Yes, I'm a grammar freak, guilty as charged.

That kind of thing doesn't really bug me that much. But it seems to portray the person who is constantly "lol"ing or using "sk8er talk" as ignorant, to my mind at least.

[Dragon]

I use "lol" a lot, but only in chat, and only when I think something is funny, but I chat with lots of funny people, so.....

as for the skater talk, I would only use that to title something, like a song, cd, or story...other than that, its really annoying.

munchkin;you can't possibly be as hopelessely addicted as me, so I refuse to not be so sad

froggum;taht does suck....not much else to say, 'cause I don'''t know what it's like

about long posts; sometimes, but never in the guild of outcasts....I don't know why, I just pay more attention to what people have to say in here than everywhere else, but if its about something I'm not usually interested in like....oh, say heavy metal (please don't hurt me craigsmith!:eek: ) and I just want to get to put my post up, I'll scroll right by it.

thanks kailita, I'm usually pretty good with analagys, unless people don't understand waht I'm talking about

[Wonko The Sane]

My rant:


THE FRENCHMAN NEXT TO ME SMELLS REALLY BAD!!!

But that's not all.

I can't really talk about it but I don't like it.

What would we do without helmets?

But Legoman has offered to help me with this other-induced loneliness. That's nice of him.

If only certain parties would grow up I wouldn't have to traipse over hill and under dale...or you know...whatever.

[munchkin]

Originally posted by Dragon
munchkin;you can't possibly be as hopelessely addicted as me, so I refuse to not be so sad
you don't think so....i don't know about that...

[Wolfshead]

Originally posted by Dragon
but if its about something I'm not usually interested in like....oh, say heavy metal (please don't hurt me craigsmith!:eek: ) *Fires up chain saw*

Only kidding ;) But check out the link in http://www.thetolkienforum.com/showthread.php?threadid=10251 . Methinks most people will like that song :) Traditional Irish music mixed with Metal, superb.

[Kailita]

Okies...time for the rant that I didn't get to put in the first post because it was too long...everybody hang on...*fastens her safety belt*

I'm so sick and tired of everybody judging me before they get to know all the sides of me! I have a lot of layers to me...and I didn't even realize it until last year...and people will get to know one side of me, then judge me on that, without realizing that I'm not always like that! For instance...around people that I've just met or preppy people or people that I don't feel comfortable around, I'm quiet, somewhat lonerish...the anti-social part of me shines like a florescent nightlight. I get portrayed as the sweet, quiet one...the mellow one...whatever. And then people at school who see the more outgoing, quirky side of me brand me as the spastic, psychotic redhead. And when either group sees me under the other conditions, they seem shocked. "I didn't know you could be so...WEIRD." "I didn't think you could be such a loner..." Urgh!

Can't I be sweet AND strange? Nobody seems to think so. Only a few select people know what I'm really like all around...sometimes I wonder if my parents even know the real me. I'm not a poser and I'm not two-faced, but sometimes I think I have split-personalities, depending on what situation I'm in and who I'm with. Is that normal? Do any other outcasts have this problem?

[greypilgrim]

Kailita, I don't know how old you are, but it sounds like you're learning alot about yourself. Of course you're thinking about how people view you....but I have to ask....who cares? To me it does not matter what people think of me. I know that I'm way different from people around me in my day....let them think what they want, it doesn't matter! I'm happy!

OK_maybe it matters a little.... if you care about/love/like the person (family most espescially)....then it matters alot (their opinion of you)....otherwise...don't sweat it.

Something inside you is making you react differently around different people...so it must be natural....go with the flow.

Yes, you can be sweet and strange! Who wants to be normal?:D

[YayGollum]

There we go! Yay for not caring what other people think! Very fun! I act pretty much the same way, lady. Superly quiet and unassuming with the people I hate, then superly outgoing and crazy with friends. But then, my friends understand that I'm just being evil and quiet around the evil people to stop myself from saying things I'd love to. :rolleyes:

[Saucy]

3 cheers 4 being yourself yay!
"k" Yaygollum here i am ta your wonderfl guild!

[YayGollum]

Yay! Hi, crazy lady! Remember to clear your PM box. :rolleyes: *runs away*

[ms Greenleaf]

Okay not part of this group but I need to rant

Sweet Home ALebama sucks if I ever see something that crappy again......

the acting sucked if i ever see that bad acting again i will shoot something if I ever act that bad pistle to my head AAAAAAAAAAARGGGGGGGHHHHHH

[YayGollum]

Haven't seen it, but I believe you. I was turned off by just the promos. Ick. Alabama? Southern accented people? *runs away*

[Kailita]

Thanks a lot for the advice, Greypilgrim...it was something I knew already, but it's always good to be reminded. The thing is I'm not overly worried about what other people think of me...I love being different, I love the way I am...it just bugs me sometimes when people create this false image of me inside their heads. But the people that DO matter - my close friends and my family - seem to know who I really am, so I'm learning to just disregard what other people say.

(I'm 15, by the way :)..."finding myself"...how fun :D)

[The-Elf-Herself]

Kailita, I hear you. My brother has always been pegged as the" quiet deep thinking type" and I've always been the "breezy, opinionated, cynical extravert." I've built up that image so well that whenever I start mentioning some of the abstract ideas that I think about, my friends either laugh at me, get really confused, or give me the impression that I'm reaching for a "gift" that I can't possibly have. It drives me nuts, but it only makes me hide that side more deeply since obviously no one believes I have it anyway, why should I show it? Also, I'll creep people out with how I can hide my moods so well. I could be scathingly angry one moment and be able to tuck away in the next behind a façade of cheerfulness so well that no one has any idea. My brother is possibly the only one who understands me even halfway, him and my best friend. My parents know that there's more to me than what I show to everyone, but they don't bug me about it. Just the typical life of someone has a two-sided personality. I like the way I am, it just gets rather isolating sometimes. Oh well. Hey, I'm fifteen too. Maybe it's something about that age.

[YayGollum]

It's something about everyone attracted to the GOO, I would hope. oh well. Crazy people like us are always fun to get to know. At least that's what I think. Maybe I'm just evil. oh well. Rant ---> Evil slow computer that is only letting me have one window up at a time!

[omnipotent_elf]

btw, katilia, who cares what others think...
i get laughs all the time.....
wait..., i hope there not AT me....
argh.....

PS. it only ever matters what u think of yourself, and yes, it does get tough and isolated, but u'll get through it, and believe me, people will think ur better when ur different when u get older.....

[Kailita]

Originally posted by The-Elf-Herself
Kailita, I hear you...

I like the way I am, it just gets rather isolating sometimes. Oh well. Hey, I'm fifteen too. Maybe it's something about that age.

Thank you so much...it's great to hear from someone who understands. TEH, you seem like the kind of person who(m?) I would hate to have as an enemy but cherish as a friend. Fifteen year old girls like us need to stick together...

As far as acting and hiding emotions go...well, I'm one of those people who wears their heart on their sleeve. I have no doubt that I could hide my feelings if I wanted to...but I just can't stand doing it. I hate pretending to be or feel something that I'm not.

Originally posted by YayGollum
It's something about everyone attracted to the GOO, I would hope. oh well. Crazy people like us are always fun to get to know. At least that's what I think. Maybe I'm just evil. oh well. Rant ---> Evil slow computer that is only letting me have one window up at a time!

I agree with all of it. :D Yes, it's something about everyone attracted to GOO; yes, crazy people are so much fun and great to get to know; yes, you ARE evil ;); and yes, slow computers that only give you one window at a time are evil! Urgh! If it makes you feel any better, mine does that to me too, sometimes. Either that, or it freezes when I have too many up at one time. SO annoying!!

[Dragon]

awesome misunderstood peoples a lot like me!!!!!

that's cool.....

*has no rant*

rant---> dragon has no rant!!!!!! dragon is posting in a ranting thread without a rant!!!!! dragon is speaking about herself in third person!!!!!! dragon is ranting about not having a rant!!!!! dragon is confusing herself!!!!! dragon is probably confusing other people too!!!!!

[Kailita]

Originally posted by Dragon
*has no rant*

rant---> dragon has no rant!!!!!! dragon is posting in a ranting thread without a rant!!!!! dragon is speaking about herself in third person!!!!!! dragon is ranting about not having a rant!!!!! dragon is confusing herself!!!!! dragon is probably confusing other people too!!!!!

Dragon, are you 13? You remind me so much of myself at thirteen, heh. :rolleyes: I heart you. :)

And back a little to the topic of hiding emotions...
Well. After I just finished saying how much I hate having to do that...I did it yesterday. And will have to do it tomorrow. Erk. And it tears me apart. I hate it. But I have to do it, because I don't want people feeling bad for me. If my friends find out that I'm upset, they're all going to know the reason why, and then they'll all be sympathetic...and for some reason, I just don't want that right now. I want understanding...but not patronizing sympathy. I'm sure I just lost a bunch of you. I would elaborate more, but it would take a lot of background explanation, and I'm sure no one cares, so I'll just leave it at that. Anyway, thanks for listening, hopefully things will get better soon. So there's my somewhat ambiguous rant.

[Dragon]

*is not lost....is nodding in agreement*......

*is wondering if K is psycic*....

can I call you K? yes, I'm 13......guess I'm just special, huh?:D

*is proud of herself*......*thinks*.....*is proud of K too*

[HobbitGirl]

Yo Palinta, this wouldn't have anything to do with JAMES, would it? :) ;)

[Kailita]

Originally posted by Dragon
*is not lost....is nodding in agreement*......

*is wondering if K is psycic*....

can I call you K? yes, I'm 13......guess I'm just special, huh?:D

*is proud of herself*......*thinks*.....*is proud of K too*

*Is glad Dragon is not lost...is nodding in agreement also, even though she has no idea what she's agreeing with...is glad Dragon understands...*

Of course I'm psychic. :cool: Special me. *Psychic Kachitish brain waves*...

And of course you can call me K. But only if I can call you D. ;) Well, that makes three new nicknames that I have. Dragon calls me K...HobbitGirl calls me Palinta...and Wonks calls me Kai. Once again...special me. *Is proud of herself and D, too*

Originally posted by HobbitGirl
Yo Palinta, this wouldn't have anything to do with JAMES, would it? :) ;)

*Her peace is suddenly shattered* :eek: MEEEEEP! *Runs about, banging her head on walls* Ack, how did you KNOW? ERK. Umm...I mean...NOOO, it has nothing to do with that. :o *Denies it all away* (Probably because every time I'm worried/upset, it has to do with him, huh HG...) (Ugh...bleh...)

[HobbitGirl]

<giggles as Palinta gets so worked up over a boy, then puts a helmet on her to keep her from hurting herself> You silly, I didn't come up with Palinta! And it's not a new name either! <gives Pal/Kai a big hug> :D

Hm...I need a rant....I'll just rant about things that are easily rantable...like GUYS GETTING MY FRIENDS ALL WORKED UP AND WORRIED AND STRESSED OUT. JAMES MAY BE NICE BUT BY GETTING KAI ALL FLUSTERED HE IS EVIL!!

[YayGollum]

Oh, Ick. Am I seeing what I think I'm seeing? People that don't know Rule Number One? Love is bad.

[Kailita]

Ack! *Hits HG over her helmeted head with a javelin handle* I am NOT worked up over this! Nor am I flustered or stressed out or worried! Well...maybe a little of the last two...but that's...that's...agh! *Is confuzzling herself* (*Can't believe James has worked himself into so many aspects of her life...including TTF!* I swear, HG, he stalks me!)

Where are these rules, YayGollum? Is there more than one? Are they posted anywhere? I'd like to see them. And don't worry, I am NOT in love, so nothing to fuss over. *Folds her arms stubbornly*

One unrant ---> One of the good things about having Palinta as a nickname, is that it can be shortened to Pal, which is kind of cool. Even though it's also the name of the dog off of the PBS show "Arthur" with the aardvark...oh well. :rolleyes:

[YayGollum]

No, the Rules aren't posted anywhere. They're just some crazy things I came up with. I came up with three so far, but I can only remember the first one. That is the one that most people ignore. oh well. just trying to help. *hides* :rolleyes:

[HobbitGirl]

Eeeek! I'm not the one wearing the helmet! That's you so that you stop banging your head on walls! <blocks Kai's javelin with her staff> You are soooo in denial...about every aspect of the James thing...*cough*Adnia*cough*Alexis*cough*:D

(psst...Yay...don't listen to her, she is in love.) :D

[The-Elf-Herself]

Yeah, it's a shame most people ignore the "Love is Bad" rule. Saves a lot of hassle. Make sure you avoid the fateful trap Kailita! Nasssty thing, makes people act frighteningly normal(Just for reference, I don't use the words "normal" or "sane" as complimentary adjectives. I think of them more as insults.)

[Kailita]

Ack...bleh bleh bleh...*is tongue-tied*

YayGollum, I don't think ALL love is bad...I love my family, I love my friends, I love all of you crazy peoples here in GOO...but romantic love? Yeah, that can sometimes be evil. It's all right for some people...but...sometimes I just don't think I'm cut out to really be "in love". It never seems to work out right. Of course I'm only 15, still young, and have a lot of time. But...eh...I have a spiel about all this, but I'm not sure if I'm going to go into it. My famous line is, "Love is pain, and pain is something I don't need right now." (Am I bitter? Of course not, heh. :p;):rolleyes: ) But love can also be a wonderful thing...a beautiful thing. I just don't know if I'm meant for it. Or maybe I'm just not ready for it right now. OR maybe I'm totally in denial...that's a possibility, too. :p But, like I said, I'm not going into that...

Thanks for the helmet, HG...I guess. A friend of mine (Jill) says that if you bang your head against a wall for an hour, you can burn 150 calories. (?) Crazy. But that sounds like BS to me. Oh well.

Don't worry, TEH, I am not in love. (*Looks pointedly at HobbitGirl*) And even if I was, you still have nothing to worry about...I never act normal, especially not around James...he brings out some really crazy stuff in me that I didn't even know was there. And...yeah. But I'm not, so don't freak out. For one thing, we're best friends. For another thing, he's MOVING at the end of this year, and I'm not about to put myself in a situation where I'm going to get my heart broken. And for yet ANOTHER thing, he's liked me for two years and I've been telling him for at least a year that I don't like him that way...and it would be weird and unfair for me to just change my mind out of the blue and expect him to be all okay with it. So...yeah, there are my reasons (just a few of them, actually...I have even MORE where those came from). And that's my rant.

[YayGollum]

No, crazy Kailita person, I'm not saying that all love is bad. just the sickening romantic type. Twitterpating type stuff, or however you spell it. Ick. Messes with people's brains. I've never fallen in love. I've just noticed other people stupid enough to let that happen. They fall in love. They run into heartache. They say that heartache is the worst kind of ache. They let themselves fall in love again. You'd think they'd learn. oh well. I'm just trying to help.

[Dragon]

Originally posted by YayGollum
Oh, Ick. Am I seeing what I think I'm seeing? People that don't know Rule Number One? Love is bad.

LOVE isn't bad, fake love is bad, one wayed love is bad, partial love is bad, LOVE is good! :p :p :p

heartache isn't the result of real love unless the person you love died or something like taht, if they cheated on you, or left you, its not real love, and you can't blame your pain on love, but stupidity and wasted time

[YayGollum]

No, I like to blame heartache on love. If you decided that you just wouldn't take a chance with the evil thing, you'd never run into heartache. People that decide to take the chance would be known as stubborn optimists. They get hurt and they try again. Why don't they learn their lesson? Oh, because they think that they still have a chance of finding some perfect person just for them? Oh, please. :rolleyes: Craziness!

[The-Elf-Herself]

Yeah, that's what I don't get Yay. Okay, they make a mistake and fall in love once, get heartache. Everyone's entitled to a few errors. Then, instead of learning from that and staying the ehck away from anything remotely near love, they go out and try to fall in love AGAIN. I believe that's whet's called a hopeless romantic, one of my friends suffers from this. She's the one who's always telling me that if I ever I fall in love she is really going to rub it in. Gah! Normal people!

[YayGollum]

I believe it. They are very scary. Normal is an insult in my family. But then, my evil little sister keeps acting that way nowadays. Falling in love with some little fourteen year old. Makes no sense. I tell her Rule Number One. She rolls her eyes at me like I don't know what I'm talking about. Maybe that's just her way of being a know it all teenager? I don't know. It's craziness. I try to help people by telling them that love is bad and they ignore me. Maybe it's because they know the odds are high that they'll never find a perfect guy, but they have so much fun when they are in love that they don't mind risking the hearache? I would think that the heartache would be enough of a bother the first time. oh well.

[The-Elf-Herself]

Falling in love? At fourteen. Not likely, it's probably just an adolescent infatuation. The whole concept of of the person who deliberately seeks to fall in love even after suffering heartache is one I will never hope to understand, nor do I want to. Whenever they starting talking on and on about romantic stuff I just smile, make a cynical remark that everyone says is typical of me, then go back to a more important matter, such as anything else.

[Dragon]

I get what you're saying about being optimistic and unreal hopes, yadda, yadda, yadda, I agree with that, I just don't like it when people call love something it isn't..... I don't have time to explain, I gotta go :eek: :eek:

[Vixen Evenstar]

luv is evil.....

[YayGollum]

Yay for people understanding! Anyways, I just like to toss that advice out to any of you crazy people that will undoubtedly ignore it anyways. Go on hoping for that one in a (what was it?) 5,000,000,000 chance of finding someone good enough for you. oh well.

Rant ---> We're getting a new kitten over here. I'm naming it Truor Tupnm after my favorite RPG character. Maybe that's self-centered? oh well. One of my older cats keeps trying to eat him. Ack!

[Kailita]

Aiiee...love...

Okay, let's see here. I'm an optimist in most situations. In the matter of love, I've become a tad cynical...but only to my own predicament. I don't think I'm really a hopeless romantic - even though I admire those kind of people - but I'm not a bitter realist, either. And I see the points that those kind of people (realists) have. I just don't like it when they start saying there's no such thing as love and that it can never make people happy or whatever. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion...but if you're bitter, please try not to pass it on to those who are happy and in love. It can happen.

Not all romantic love is sickening, though what you call "twitterpating" certainly is. I hate it when couples start baby-talking each other...ugh, blegh. But people who are really in love...people who enjoy each other's company and are happy together and can talk about everything and feel completed when they're together...I think that kind of love is wonderful. I just don't know if it will happen to me.

The thing about love...it makes you vulnerable. And if there's one thing I've learned about cynics, they hate being vulnerable. If you really fall in love, you're risking being hurt. But that's a chance that has to be taken if you want to get everything out of life, I think. You just want to make sure before you take that chance that you're risking it on someone worth while. If you are, then you're lessening your chances of having your heart broken.

The people that are getting their heart broken over and over again because they're giving their love away to people that don't deseve them...yeah, they are stupid and crazy. But people who have been hurt and pick themselves up off the floor...people who know what it's like to have heartache, but learn to love and trust again...I admire people like that. And I hope someday, even if I do end up getting hurt, that I can be like that.

However, right now as a teenager, I'm really not holding out much hope for my own love life. I am really very skeptical about highschool sweethearts and all that. I don't believe in love at first sight, and I don't think the majority of teenagers can really truly fall in love. I define "being in love" as being at the point where you would sacrifice for the other person...put their happiness before your own...and I really doubt that most fourteen year olds (and most teenagers, period) are capable of that. A crush, yeah. Infatuation, a lot of times. But real love? Very rarely.

ANYWAY. Thank you for the advice, Yay. Even though I don't agree with all of your views, I appreciate you trying to protect us all from heartache, heh. ;) I am not in love and I don't plan on getting my heart broken any time soon, so you have nothing to worry about for me.

[YayGollum]

Got it. Yikes! *is afraid because he read the entire post* Are you trying to make everyone happy with that thing? :rolleyes: oh well.

[Kailita]

You read the whole thing? Wow, hooray for you, Yay! :D

No, I'm not trying to make everyone happy, just stating my opinions. Which, I know, are somewhat conflicting. But basically...I am totally for other people falling in love and all that stuff. All my optimism is focused on other people. The ABCD (Anguished, Bitter, Cynical, Depressed) part of me only comes out when I'm regarding my own pathetic love life. :rolleyes:

I have a new rant ---> I probably won't be around quite as often for awhile. :( I do most of my posting during third period typing class, heh, when I'm supposed to be working in the typing program. Bad Kailita. :rolleyes: However, I do 90 words per minute on a good day, so I just breeze through the lesson, then jump right into TTF. :D Unfortunately, several of my classmates who don't do their work have been getting on the Internet in class (and have gotten caught...silly kids :rolleyes:...I never get caught, I'm the unassuming angel of the class *innocent smile*), so our typing teacher is considering restricting our Internet priviledges. Blegh. It'll be no problem...unless she pulls the plug on the Internet from all the computers. Then, yeah, I'll have a problem. :( *Growls at her typing teacher* :mad: Anyway, just to let you all know if you don't hear from me for a while...

[YayGollum]

Got it. Makes sense. I used to do that, too. No computer at home. I know how that feels. Poor Smeagol! oh well.

[Kailita]

Gollum, you're the bestest. You always understand. :)

Well, right now I'm good. Sitting in typing class, surfing the web. Only 26 more minutes, and then I'm out of here! Of course, then i have to go to Spanish, which isn't much better. :rolleyes: Meh. Oh wells.

[YayGollum]

Ick. Nasssty Spanish. I gots me a stepmom from Cuba. Nasssty accent! *hides from people who don't mind that accent* Yay for German and Russian, though! :D

[The-Elf-Herself]

*Reads over Kailita's long post*

Okay cool, nice to see you have a firm opinion. Always a good thing, I hate people who say things but then can't back them up. Scary spanish! Horrible stuff, my Dad is good at the stuff. German and Russian are fun though.

[Kailita]

I'm so glad that you guys are actually reading my rant! I thought for sure that you'd read the first few lines, decide that you don't agree, then skip over the rest of it. But you really do care! *Sobs with (overdramatic) happiness* :D