Who's Who In The Outcast Reality Zoo!

[Wonko The Sane]

The Bourne Identity was GREAT but the book was better.

And as far as What a Girl Wants I refuse to go see it. Amanda Bynes can't act and the fact that Colin Firth actually did a movie with her disgusts me.

Colin Firth is an amazingly talented actor and he shouldn't waste himself on Amanda Bynes movies. Yuck. Her movies suck..

On another note it sucks even more that that stupid sucky girl got to go to England and meet Colin Firth and I didn't.

I deserve to be in England more than she does!!

Hmm...this sounds like a rant.

[YayGollum]

Yes, it does. It also sounds like something that could be in that thread for movies. Whoops! I already said that didn't I? sorry for repeating myself even though you paid no attention to me the first time I said it. Hey, that looks like I'm being sarcastic, doesn't it? oh well. :rolleyes:

[Wonko The Sane]

Ok.
Back on topic then.

What is the topic exactly?
*scratches her head*

[YayGollum]

Well, I would hope that the title would suggest that people should come here to post pictures of themselves and talk about how cool they are in real life. Real life type stuffs. Getting to know the crazy Outcasts. Somebody else came up with the idea. *hides* :rolleyes:

[Wonko The Sane]

Here's me playing dead. :)

[YayGollum]

There we go! Yay for the quality post! :rolleyes: *wishes his evil scanning thing would work or that he'd get around to taking a picture of himself and getting the scanning thing to work*

[Wonko The Sane]

Here's another. It's REALLY Bad!

It's me waiting for TT to start and playing games on Snaga's phone. :)

My hair looks really dark and my face looks icky.

Eeew.

[YayGollum]

Yes, it does. Ick. What would that Wonko Fan Club think? :rolleyes:

[Wonko The Sane]

This'll be our little secret ok?
;)

It's just that I've already posted the good pictures on the forum :(

[YayGollum]

And there is suddenly no way to copy and paste? Gasp! Oh, no! There's something wrong with the forum, this lady's computer, or just her laziness! :rolleyes: Whoops! *runs away, probably to sleep this time*

[Kailita]

*Gives a wide smile and cherishes the "crazy person" sign from HobbitGirl* :D

*Wishes she had a scanner with which to scan pictures and post them on the web...* :(

[Lossengondiel]

Yahoo I finally have pictures!!!

TREMBLE BEFORE THE SIGHT OF THE AMAZING ME!!!!!!

Muwahahahahaha

Enjoy ;)

btw thats me with a date to a dance a couple months ago

[Wonko The Sane]

Pssst, Lossengondiel.

If you take off your glasses I think you might be able to pass as my double. Are you English? Or even European? Wanna switch passports? Cool. ;)

[Lossengondiel]

I've never had anyone that looks like me before. btw I posted more pictures of me w/o glasses and as far as nationalities yes I'm European but I also American ;)

Heres another one...

[Frodorocks]

For all of you crazy people who need scanners, just take a roll of film and mark the thingy that'll tell them to turn it into a cd. Voila!:D My parents refuse to let me do that.:mad: Like a stalker'll know my identity just by looking at my picture.:rolleyes: Like there's any stalkers here.:rolleyes: :D

[Lossengondiel]

yeah, my parents don't even know that I'm a member here...

[Wonko The Sane]

Darn...

Then it's going to be really hard to get you to switch identities with me, huh?

[Lossengondiel]

Hey, who said I wouldn't try?

muwahahahahaha

*keeps plotting of plotting plottiful plots*

[Kailita]

Originally posted by Frodorocks
Like a stalker'll know my identity just by looking at my picture.:rolleyes: Like there's any stalkers here.:rolleyes: :D
Ohh, I don't know...you can never be too paranoid when it comes to the Internet. And as for stalkers...sometimes I wonder about Yay...(hehehe, just kidding, of course :D)

Lossen, you didn't look exactly how I pictured you, but now that I've seen the picture, I can definitely see you as that girl, getting all hyper and stuff. :rolleyes:

[YayGollum]

Ick. *is afraid of hyper people* Anyways, Argh! Do what? Me? A stalker? I am far too lazy and self-centered for that! :D

[Wonko The Sane]

I have a really embarrassing picture of me.

Who wants to see it?

:D

[YayGollum]

I'm supposed to say ---> "Me!" since I'm the only one paying attention, right? :rolleyes:

[The-Elf-Herself]

Yeah, what the heck, put it up! I like pics, although they only make me feel guilty about not posting up a pic of me. Parental restriction. Hmm, my friend is really good at drawing people. Maybe I can sneak in a drawing...

[Wonko The Sane]

I've just been told I'm not allowed to post that picture of me.

:mad: :mad: :mad:

I should do it anyway.

But he's right. It really is too embarrassing.

[YayGollum]

That's just craziness. Nobody can prevent you from posting the crazy thing. Argh! Be evil and disobedient to the people that you don't really have to obey! Well, whatever you decide. *sniff* :rolleyes:

[Sador]

Maybe you could describe it to us Wonko and then we could decide if its too embarassing.(I hope it doesn't involve nudity, my tired old ticker couldn't take it)

[Lossengondiel]

Originally posted by Kailita
Lossen, you didn't look exactly how I pictured you, but now that I've seen the picture, I can definitely see you as that girl, getting all hyper and stuff. :rolleyes:

Heheh yeah thats me. You never know when I'm gonna switch identities though. muwahaha. Wonks and I might change 'em soon, I dunno :p Most people don't see me as hyper, well...mostly. I have my "moments" hahahaha

Anyway, I want to see that picture of you Wonks! Put it on here! If anyone wants to see a scary picture of me, well, any picture of mine is scary.

btw Kailita, I like your sig! That song and the cd are awesome!

[Kailita]

Originally posted by Lossengondiel
btw Kailita, I like your sig! That song and the cd are awesome!
Yes, I love that song! It's the only thing I've heard by Evanescence, but I'd like to hear more. I keep hearing positive feedback about that group...if it keeps up, I might just go out and buy the cd, even though I've only heard one song off of it. I like their style and their sound. :)

[Lossengondiel]

I got the CD about a week ago, and it's great! They really have an overall great sound to them. Another song you might want to try would be "Whisper" I like that one, too :p

[The-Elf-Herself]

Oh yeah, they're cd "Fallen" is really super. My favorite songs are "Hello", "Everybody's Fool", and "Imaginary". I highly recommend the CD.

[Lossengondiel]

Do you like "Bring me to life" and "Whisper"? I like those a lot.

[Kailita]

Ok, that's it, next chance I get I'm heading to Best Buy and getting that cd! :D

[Lossengondiel]

GO FOR IT!!!!!!! lol :D

[The-Elf-Herself]

Yeah, those are cool. I liked pretty much every song on the CD except "Haunted". It just depends what mood I'm in as to my faves.

[Frodorocks]

I like Evanessence, they're good. I've heard other songs by them, but I've forgotten what they were called.:) Oh well. Post the pic Wonks. Well, it depends on what you're doing. If it could get you in trouble with the mods or something, don't do it.

[Lossengondiel]

Originally posted by The-Elf-Herself
It just depends what mood I'm in as to my faves.

My taste in music changes constantly. Whatever mood I'm in, for example, deeply depressed, I prefered to listen to "Crawling" by Linkin Park, or when I'm in a bubbly mood (usually :D) I like bouncier music

[The-Elf-Herself]

Yeah, I'm not sure if anyone takes it to my extremes though. I carry around literally every single CD and CD download mix I own everywhere I go in what I call my "security duffel", that's also packed with books, my CD player, earphones, and extra batteries. I never know what I'm going to want to listen to, so I bring everything just in case. I have classical, jazz, reggae, instrumental, techno, rock, heavy metal, rap, pop, christian, oldies, and pretty much every other kind of music except opera and country. Death to opera and country! Well, except the Phantom of the Opera, that was good.

[Lossengondiel]

Yeah, I dont know what I would do without my cd player. If anyone knows whats going on in my life (from pub of loveless hearts) it is a good way to drown him out if I dont feel like listening to him...

[Kailita]

Originally posted by The-Elf-Herself
Yeah, I'm not sure if anyone takes it to my extremes though. I carry around literally every single CD and CD download mix I own everywhere I go in what I call my "security duffel", that's also packed with books, my CD player, earphones, and extra batteries. I never know what I'm going to want to listen to, so I bring everything just in case. I have classical, jazz, reggae, instrumental, techno, rock, heavy metal, rap, pop, christian, oldies, and pretty much every other kind of music except opera and country. Death to opera and country! Well, except the Phantom of the Opera, that was good.
One of my best guy friends is exactly the same way. He brings his cd player EVERYWHERE. :rolleyes: He only listens to Christian music, but he has such a wide variety of that that it seems like he has everything.

I was about to call you on your dissing of opera, Jam, but then I saw that you liked Phantom, so we're good. :D I'm not crazy about opera, either...but I loved Phantom of the Opera. I saw it at a theater, and I have the sound track. But yes, country definitely needs to die! Blegh...can't stand the twang...:o:p

[Wonko The Sane]

I can't post the embarrassing scary picture of me cos it's not saved on my computer anymore.

Somebody's looking out for me a little too aggresively!!! :D

[Annushka]

Originally posted by HobbitGirl
I saw The Bourne Identity recently...we rented it on DVD....good stuff.

Ah yes, the bird thing. I never saw the Hitchcock movie, but I read the short story that the movie was based on. Veeery freaky, let me tell you. Good story, but extremely freaky. And not one bit lame.

I read that story too. It`s really scary. But I liked it. It awakenes that fear of nature that I think everybody has.:D

I watched The Bourne Identity with two friends in an empty cinema. That was fun.!! No one chewing pop-corn and making stupid comments.:D

[Wonko The Sane]

I saw The Bourned Identity as well. :)

But for empty cinema viewing Snaga and I saw Two Weeks Notice.
:)
SO weird...the first time I've ever been in an entirely empty cinema.

We talked the whole time.:rolleyes:

[Wolfshead]

Originally posted by Wonko The Sane
SO weird...the first time I've ever been in an entirely empty cinema. But it can't have been entirely empty - you were there ;) *Shuts up* :rolleyes:

[Rhiannon]

I've been in mostly-empty cinemas- this town has a tiny theatre with six tiny screens and incredibly uncomfortable chairs, and when my sister and I go to it it's usually us and maybe a gaggle of middle-aged women. The only times I've ever seen the theatre full were for Daredevil and Chicago.

[YayGollum]

Both of which, I hear, were not very good. Whoops! *hides* :rolleyes: Can you people either start talking about movies in the movie thread or just say what they're about any old place? I'm curious.

[Kailita]

I think the only empty movie theater I've ever been to was a little one in Fort Worth where my cousins live. We all went to see Stuart Little on New Year's Eve. :rolleyes:

Yayish...you're confusing me. 0.o? What are you curious about...?

[Saucy]

yeah if ur curious about the movies...see them 4 urself?
or read reviews

[YayGollum]

What does this mean? ---> '0.o' oh well. I'm curious about why people aren't answering this question. ---> Can you people either start talking about movies in the movie thread or just say what they're about any old place? I'm also asking what the movies you people are talking about are about. oh well. Yes, I got it. Watch them myself or read reviews. I do that. I'm just wondering what my fellow Outcasts think.

[Rhiannon]

Daredevil had potential- Affleck was really good as the title character- but in the end it sucked, despite Frank Miller (Batman: The Dark Knight Returns) getting a pen stuck in his head (no more then he deserved for the travesty that is Dark Knight 2). The fights scenes were way too Matrix-esque (people outside of computers can. not. jump. that. way!), and the romance side of the plot was a ruin (ok, they're trying to kill each other- no wait, suddenly they're in love. Huh? it made so much more sense in the comic book, where Elektra was just crazy). Actually aside from Affleck in a leather suit there was very little good about the movie.

Chicago I enjoyed, but mostly because it's a musical- I'm a musical fiend. I like the soundtrack. I didn't much care for the costume design or the choreography, though, and while Catherine Zeta-Jones and Queen Latifah were excellent, ReneeZelleweger and whats-his-face, the male lead, were not; they just didn't have the gumbo required for their parts. The best numbers were the opening All That Jazz (Zeta-Jones), When You're Good to Mama (Queen Latifah) and Cell Block Tango (Zeta-Jones et al).

[Annushka]

I liked Chicago. It was funny, ironic, no sentiments and the music is of course great. I was humbling All that jazz on the way home. People were kind of scared. I don`t think that Renne Z. and Richard Gere were all so bad. I liked them. They were inspired and having fun with their parts. Altough of course Queen Latifah was the best:)

[YayGollum]

Got it. Yay for the reviews. That Chicago thing still looks a little too popular. Musicals get on my nerves if there isn't a plot. Is there a plot?

[Saucy]

ick musicals:rolleyes:

[The-Elf-Herself]

I second that ick. The only show with music that I like is The Phantom of the Opera. Usually I find the music annoying.

[YayGollum]

I've only read the book of that. oh well. I should get around to actually seeing the thing in real life. Anyways, I like that Singing In The Rain movie. *hides*

[Rhiannon]

Chicago does have a plot, yes. Cats does not. YayGollum should avoid Cats. And Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Renee Z. and Richard Gere weren't bad in Chicago, they just weren't up to the strength of the rest of the cast; and the trying to make Roxie a sympathetic character was a mistake. The point of the show is that it's about horrible people doing horrible things and getting famous for it. It took away the edge to try and make us like the characters.

I love musicals. I'm a Broadway fiend, and a lover of 50s movies; I adore Singing in the Rain. I love Phantom of the Opera. The Scarlet Pimpernel, Jekyll & Hyde, Les Miz- love musicals. Love plays. Love theatre! Any kind of live show I love.

[YayGollum]

Cats is bad? I'm supposed to like it because my evil mom lady does. I like some of those songs. *hides* oh well. Got it. There is a plot to that Chicago thing. Doesn't sound very interesting. People doing evil things and obtaining love for it? :eek:

[Rhiannon]

People committing crimes and using it to propel their careers. Not a new idea.

And Cat's has wonderful music, but is completely plot-less.

[The-Elf-Herself]

Okay, maybe I spoke too soon. I love Singing in the Rain, although for some reason I see that as a comedy, not a musical, even though it's really both. Yeah, I read the book for the Phantom of the Opera as well, very good. Poor evil phantom guy. I also like the music from Cats, but that's mostly because I'm a fan of T. S. Eliot, who's poems are used for those songs.

[YayGollum]

Yes. I got it. This Chicago movie does not have an original plot. Do they at least do it achingly well and entertainingly? And sure, Cats has no plot. I'm all into good music. Anyways, yes, *sniff* poor phantom dude. He was achingly cool.

[Saucy]

of course not all musicals are bad...'the sound of music" was quite good...and"grease" what is annoying are those disney movies with the cartoon characters singing the sons get stuck in ur head and ick!!!!

[Rhiannon]

Originally posted by YayGollum
Yes. I got it. This Chicago movie does not have an original plot. Do they at least do it achingly well and entertainingly? And sure, Cats has no plot. I'm all into good music. Anyways, yes, *sniff* poor phantom dude. He was achingly cool.

The Phantom rules. He's on my harem list. Cats has not plot but great music (I got a four out of five at the music festival doing Memory once). Chicago movie wasn't done achingly well but is worth a watch. Rent it cheap.

[YayGollum]

My family hates that Sound Of Music movie. sorry about that. Way too annoying. oh well. Grease is pure evil. Whoops! Anyways, I can't think of any songs that got stuck in my head from a Disney movie. oh well. Anyways, yes, I think we probably will just end up renting that Chicago movie. Isn't it out of theaters already?

[Frodorocks]

Cats has a plot. They're having a cat meeting or something, but then a cat lady who was an Outcast came back, and she wanted back in the club, but they didn't want to let her in. So the whole plot is basically about her getting her way back into the club.:) Or something like that.:rolleyes:

[YayGollum]

Well, you know. It's not much of a plot. They toss some crazy pirate cat story in there. They have a lot of catses introduced for no good reason. Unless you count just to have more songses. Not much has to do with the plot you're talking about, but sure, it's there.

[The-Elf-Herself]

I used to love the Sound of Music when I was younger, although I loathe it now. Yuck, Grease is nauseating. Auuugh! Who dares to type the D-word?(that is, Disney). I hate Disney, I hate it I hate it! Why? Well first-*goes over to the Real Life Rantings thread to yell*

[Annushka]

Grease is THE MOST stupid movie of all times. And Sounds of music are a little too sentimental for me. Though they are classic of course.

I think that Chicago is mainly about manipulation. If you`re smart, cinical and know human psychology, you can win everything. What I liked about the movie most of all is that it once again showed how stupid and predictable the masses are. I hate crowds and avoid them as much as I can. They make people lose their own opinion, their voice and their will. Which makes them very dangerous.

[Rhiannon]

That's a good summary of Chicago, Annushka- I think the producers failed to understand that, which really weakened the film.

And I do not like Grease. I like the Sound of Music, but only once every five years. The book it's based on is really good, though.

[Wolfshead]

I don't like the Sound Of Music - it depresses me, but has anyone heard this new version of one of the songs which is in those chart-things just now? I heard it yesterday when I was in the hairdressers, it was horrible. And then Madonna's latest song came on, American Life, I think, and it was all I could do not to leave, honestly. I'm sorry, but it really was awful, more deprived of musical talent than most trash in the charts nowadays. Then I was saved after that by Walk Of Life by Dire Straits :)

[Rhiannon]

I HATE Madonna. I especially hate Madonna's remake of American Pie *shudder* It's evil. Evil evil evil. Just thinking about it makes my eye twitch. I have to go listen to the original now to purge my system.

[Kailita]

Originally posted by YayGollum
What does this mean? ---> '0.o'
Heh. It's a confused face. A little dot nose, one eye bigger than the other (sort of symbolizing one eyebrow raised). I use a lot of those faces: ^.^ is happy, >.< is upset, ~.~ or -.- is sleeping, 0.0 is surprised, etc. I don't usually use them on the Forum, though, because they supply little faces for me to use...but I guess I just lapsed that one time. :rolleyes:

Let's see. Haven't seen Chicago, but wanted to. Phantom and Les Miz are BEAUTIFUL and worth seeing. Cats has some great dancing and cool music, but doesn't seem to have much of a plot. I've never seen all of Grease, but it seemed rather stupid, and Sound of Music is okay, but I've seen it way too many times to like it much. (My mom is in love with it. :rolleyes: )

And Madonna...ugh...how long has she been around? I guess the real question is when is she going to leave. :rolleyes: Bleh. She can't sing. Die Another Day comes to mind...completely horrible and totally synthesized.

[Wolfshead]

I've just come up with a splendid theory - Madonna has actually got no voice anymore, whenever you hear her songs now, they're really her old songs cut and mixed into new ones. Makes sense, eh? :rolleyes:

Oh, and I read this on the BBC website a couple of weeks ago - to a certain extent, can anyone say hypocrite?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2893239.stm

[Saucy]

nobody likeses grease:( oh well, that makes me feel quite wonderfully outcastish!!!!
Craig-ur madonna theroy is a definate possibility!!!!!!, yuck my mom likes her!!!

[Frodorocks]

I'm sorry to say that she's a Michigan girl as well.

[YayGollum]

I know nothing about this Madonna person. oh well. I guess that's a good thing? Anyways, yes, I have a quote about crowds. ---> Strength and stupidity in numbers. Guess who said that. :D

[Wonko The Sane]

I LOVE Musicals as well.
:) Les Mis and Phantom are my favourites. :)

I have others as well...but those two REALLY stand out in my mind. :) I LOVE them!

I was in loads of musicals in HS. :)

[Kailita]

Originally posted by CraigSmith
I've just come up with a splendid theory - Madonna has actually got no voice anymore, whenever you hear her songs now, they're really her old songs cut and mixed into new ones. Makes sense, eh? :rolleyes:
Scarily, that actually sounds very possible. :o

Originally posted by YayGollum
Anyways, yes, I have a quote about crowds. ---> Strength and stupidity in numbers. Guess who said that. :D
I don't know, Yay, who?

Originally posted by Wonko the Sane
I LOVE Musicals as well.
Les Mis and Phantom are my favourites.

I have others as well...but those two REALLY stand out in my mind. I LOVE them!

I was in loads of musicals in HS.
Those two are my favorites, too. :) I wish I could be in more musicals here in highschool...it would certainly spice things up a little bit...but I just have no time for it. :( And the drama program here is horrible. Blegh. Poor Kailita.

[Rhiannon]

Poor Rhian, who has no drama AT ALL. *sniff* I miss the Yokota drama department. It was awesome. I was costume mistress for Antigone, and went to a drama competition, and was in Oklahoma! in the spring (now I really really really HATE Oklahoma).

Phantom and Les Miz are my favorites- also Frank Wildhorn musicals (he's pretty recent); The Scarlet Pimpernel, Jekyll & Hyde, The Civil War. His wife is Linda Eder, and I love her too.

[YayGollum]

Ack! The quote was mine. I thought that by sticking that crazy smilie type thing in there, it would be obvious. oh well. Anyways, my evil high school had a drama class. Not good at all. There were two teachers that were always arguing. One was very annoying and hyper and the other was very cool and quiet, but mean and distant and not very helpful. oh well. I didn't learn anything, but I did get to be a stage manager a few times. Very fun.

[Saucy]

my drama class is so miserable!!!

the teacher pics favourites so bad!!and i can guarentee i'm not one of them everyone thought i would get a part in the last play but noooooooooo!i was an usher!!!and then i had to paint sceneary cause i'm the only one who was a good enough artist to draw a street thats bull!
luckily she resighned last week hahaha!

[The-Elf-Herself]

Hmmm, I like my drama class. Our teacher is kind of flaky, but she's excellent at casting and directing. We always do superly fun comedies, sometimes Shakespeare, sometimes other stuff. The only problem is that we don't have many guy actors, so in every single play I've had to play a guy. Ah well, there's always hope for next year. I like my part anyways. Oh yuck powersauce, your teacher sounds very stupid.

[Dragon]

Originally posted by CraigSmith
Oh, and I read this on the BBC website a couple of weeks ago - to a certain extent, can anyone say hypocrite?


Ooooh!!oohooohh!! I can! I can!

HYPOCRITE!!!!!!!!!!!

[Wonko The Sane]

Am I the only one who thinks powersauce is a ridiculous name? ;)

Anyway, my drama teacher in middle school was like that but I WAS the favourite.
Then in High School I was the favourite freshman year, but we merged our drama department with that of an all-girls school up the hill near my house and so all the girls from that school got the good parts. *sigh*

[Annushka]

When I was in 5th grade we were staging Cinderella. I was the fairy. I had a very beautiful golden dress which I was very proud of and was looking forward to wearing. But my EVIL drama teacher didn`t allow me that. Her explanation was so stupid I don`t even remember it. That was the last time I took part in such things.

By the way I have a picture of myself. Though I`m not sure I would be able to attach it. If I do, this was my last birthday party.

[Sador]

Looks like you are a big fan of those flowers:) I'd post a photo of myself here if I wasn't looking like a dork everytime some one pulls a camera out.:mad:

[Annushka]

I know what you mean;) All my group photos are awful. The only solution is not to know that you`re being photographed. But you should post your photo anyway. It`s strange when you actually see the people you talk to so much and feel that they are just like you:)

I love flowers.

[Sador]

I'm also severely computer challenged when it comes to anything more complicated than typing(two fingers) and clicking the "send reply" button.

[Annushka]

Well, I`m really surprised with my success in this case:) I`ll try to help you with that. When you`re posting a reply under the text you can see ATTACH FILE. You click Browse and then find the place where the picture you want to post is located. You click it and that`s it. I hope my explanation is any good.

[Sador]

Thanx, every time I do that it tells me my file is too big or something. I just tried with a pic. of Daffy Duck for a laugh and it didn't work. Maybe I should find a picture of me. I don't have any in this computer(I'm at work at the moment).:mad:

[Annushka]

Daffy Duck would be great:) Well, will wait until you find a picture of yourself:)

[Sador]

You might be in for a let down Annushka.

[Wonko The Sane]

Next time you have a picture that's to big you can resize it in a photo editor. :) I'd help you but if it's too big there's no way for you to send it to me! Unless via e-mail but I think we ran into problems with that before.

And that's a pretty picture Annushka! :) I like it!!
I like that top you have on!

[Annushka]

Thanks a lot:) that was my own design:D

My English sometimes is not good enough. So, Sador, could you please explain what does <to be on for a let down> mean:confused:

[Wonko The Sane]

To be in for a let down means that you may soon face disappointment.

He means that you may be disappointed (let down) that he can't post Daffy Duck right now. :D

[Sador]

Close Wonko. I actually meant I'm not all that pretty:)

[Wonko The Sane]

Aaah...

I WAS SO CLOSE!

Well at least she knows the meaning of the phrase now. :)

And Annushka, your design is great! I love it! :)

[Annushka]

Thanks a lot. I suspected something like that but wasn`t sure. English is a great language!!

[Wonko The Sane]

:) Thanks.
I think so too. ;)

I also love Spanish.

[Sador]

So Annushka if you don't mind me asking, just how far away are you? What is your first language?

[Wonko The Sane]

She posted it earlier.
You live in a Slavic country right?
Please don't hit me if I'm wrong! ;)

[Annushka]

I live in Armenia. It`s not so far away. though sometimes I feel like it`s an island somewhere in the middle of an ocean. Geografically it`s on the south of Russia, Caucasas. My first language is Armenian. But I know Russian as well. Post-soviet countries, you know. Russian used to be as important as your native language. Actually languages are my passion. I want to know as many as possible. I know a little German and Italian. Hopefuly in summer I would be able to spent more time on that:)
And what about you?

Edit: Why would I wanna hit bacause of something like that:) It`s not a Slavic country.

[Wonko The Sane]

I LOVE languages as well.

I know English and Spanish, and some French, and a few words in German.

I want to learn Italian and Russian as my next project. :)

[Annushka]

German is difficult. So is Russian. Italian is the most beautiful language ever. Though I like Portugese too. It`s so gentle.
Anyway, Sador, I was wondering where exactly is the Paris of the south:)

[Wonko The Sane]

Probably some place in Australia, perhaps also called Paris? ;)

Anyway, I mean to put German on that list before Italian.

My dad is German. :)

[Sador]

I call Sydney the paris of the south because I am a bit sarcastic. It is a beautiful place, but not very cultured. Its all beaches and rugged sporty type things.
There are people of every nationality living here so I suppose Sydney is good in that way. We probably even have Armenians!
My family have been here since the English arrived about 200 years ago.

[Wonko The Sane]

That's cool!

At least your family has history.

I'm half Spanish. My grandparents on my mothers side were born in Mexico and moved to the US when they were kids, and their parents moved from Spain.

I'm also German. My dad's dad is FROM Germany, and I'm Irish from my dad's mum.

[Sador]

I believe the first of my family to land on these shores was a pickpocket called Thomas O'Keefe. Transported in about 1810. Another was an Irishman named McCarthy transported for "Uttering oaths against the king". They don't make crimes like that any more!

[Kailita]

Originally posted by Wonko The Sane
I'm half Spanish. My grandparents on my mothers side were born in Mexico and moved to the US when they were kids, and their parents moved from Spain.
I'm half Spanish, too. Or Mexican, anyway. My dad is a Mexican. Ironically, he doesn't speak a word of the language, and my mom (who is all-American...or all-Texan, anyhow :rolleyes:...but took Spanish as her major in highschool) speaks Spanish fluently.

I'm learning it right now in school.

I also have always wanted to learn Italian...it does sound like a beautiful language. Isn't it the language of love?

PS - Sador, I absolutely love your signature, it's hilarious. :) But where is it from?

Edit: In other news...I got the Evanescence cd! (I think I was talking about that in this thread...) Very good it is. Very deep. I love My Last Breath. But Hello makes me want to cry...

[Rhiannon]

I took two years of French, did well in class, forgot it all immediately. I know a few words of Japanese ("Where is the toilet?"). I can count to three in Spanish. But I really really really really want to learn Welsh.

[Kailita]

Why Welsh?

[Rhiannon]

Because it's beautiful.

My second choice would be Gaelic.

[Kailita]

I don't think I've ever heard Welsh spoken, so I wouldn't know. But Gaelic is certainly very beautiful. It looks like a tough language to learn, though...

[Wonko The Sane]

I REALLY want to learn Gaelic as well. :)

I knew this girl in HS that didn't really speak Gaelic and actually wasn't even Irish, but she dyed her hair copper-red and pretended to be. She claimed to have lived in England when she was 3 so that she had an English accent when she got mad, and she claimed that she lived in Ireland as well, (which I later learned was a lie) and that she spoke Gaelic, and even dreamed in Gaelic.

So yeah. She was a huge liar.
But I wanna learn it for real. :)

[YayGollum]

Ick. Latin is the best. I hate all of the accents except German and Russian. Anyways, doobedoobedoo... Yay for people that only know how to type and play with the mouse! I'd hope that this Wonko person would be able to help you out with pictures, though.

[Wonko The Sane]

Yes. :) I can help with pictures!
And have done! :)

Anyway, I want to learn Latin as well, but nobody nearby is teaching it because they think it's a "dead language" but really it isn't. ;)
Or at least it won't be when I'm through with it!

[YayGollum]

Crazy lady. There are two places that I know of that still speak Latin. oh well. Nevermind. Yes. Help with pictures. *runs away*

[Frodorocks]

I would love to learn Gaelic.:) Or Sanskrit. I'm taking three years of French in HS, so hopefully by the time I graduate I'll be fairly fluent.

[Wolfshead]

French *shudders*. I did it for almost 5 years, but I quit a few weeks ago to give me a better shot at doing well at other, more important subjects. Don't get me wrong, I would have passed French, it was just that it would have taken away from others. Plus the fact that French sucks, really :D

[kohaku]

hm, I took four years of French and loved it! Actually I was going to take five but I had to drop it my senior year of high school because I was taking lots of other hard (and more important) courses. I want to learn lots of other languages sometime. I wouldn't even know what to pick to study first, there are so many I want to know!! Japanese, Russian, and German are high on my list. I'd like to get at least a basic knowledge of a large number of languages, because there are a lot of places in this world that I absolutely have to see.

[Wolfshead]

I much prefer English - it's so much more descriptive than other languages.

Anyway, I've finally posted a couple of pics of myself, so take a trip over to these following links
Today, myself and one of my friends, Simon, went out and about in town armed only with a digital camera and some money. We took quite a lot of photographs, usually of completely random things, and here are some of the results And this is my first time posting my picture as well, you lucky, lucky people...

This one is of me, in the local Spar (where Simon works, so we were entitled to do this kind of thing) holding a can of spam. Yes, that's spam.
http://www.thetolkienforum.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=300051
We also met a couple of old ladies, whom neither of us knew. We asked if we could get our picture taken with them, they said yes. They asked us where we were from, we said the North. They asked north of where? Simon said France, we were on holiday getting photos for our album. Neither of us sound remotely French, yet they seemed to buy it

Anyway, this is me with two old ladies we'd never met before. (Psst! I'm the one in the middle)
http://www.thetolkienforum.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=300056

I know that's exactly what's posted in the Photo Album, but not everyone goes there, so just incase :)

[Sador]

Kailita The" pointy birds" poem is from a Steve Martin movie called "The Man With Two Brains". Some of his finest work I think.:)

[Kailita]

Ahh, Steve Martin. I should have known. That guy's hilarious. ;)

Craig...I've got to say, you and your friend really should go into photography or something. I've never seen such a beautiful photo of spam. Those poor old ladies...I can't believe they let you take a picture with them...*grins and shakes her head*

[Annushka]

Originally posted by YayGollum
Ick. Latin is the best. I hate all of the accents except German and Russian. Anyways, doobedoobedoo... Yay for people that only know how to type and play with the mouse! I'd hope that this Wonko person would be able to help you out with pictures, though.

Do you mean when german or russian people speak English? Cause the thing is that when russian speak English it`s hilarious. Their sound system is very poor and they aren`t able to pronounce the most of the sounds in English.

Steve Martin is great. so is the photo with the old ladies:)

[YayGollum]

Well, I like the sound of them talking in any language. No big deal. Cool sounding accents. oh well. Anyways, sure, I guess that Steve Martin person is okay. He's not a good host for the Oscars, though. *hides*

[Rhiannon]

Rhian loves accents. All accents, she's exceptionally fond of Scottish and Irish and Welsh and British, naturally.

[The-Elf-Herself]

I don't see what the big deal is about accents. Whether or not the person sounds "cool" or not doesn't affect me, I'd rather pay attention to the words their saying, that's the important part. Although German and Russian accents are sweet. I already know some German and I plan to learn Russian, need to get in touch with the family roots.

[YayGollum]

Well, sure, I'd pay attention to what they have to say, but the nasssty sounding accents get in the way. You know. Some evil person with an evil sounding southern accent makes me sick. sorry about that. *hides*

[Frodorocks]

I pay attention to their words, but when I hear a British accent (any country) it makes me really happy because then they can tell me about Britain, which is an extremely good thing.:D

[YayGollum]

What's so especially great about Britain? just wondering. How can the country be that great? I'm all for the people.

[Frodorocks]

Well, yes, the people are the best part.:) But other than that, I'd have to say:
1. It is generally rainy a lot, and I love rain.

2. It has lots of old castles and ruins, it has so much more history than the U.S.

3. Because it has great cities such as London, Edinburgh, and Glasgow.

4. It has Loch Ness.:D


5. It has Stonehenge and the Callanish Standing Stones.

6. All of the people that I've ever met from there have accepted me for who I am, instead of constantly reminding me of how weird I am and trying to change me.

[Rhiannon]

I love Europe in general and Britain (not just England, Britain) in particular because the languages and mythologies and historical happenings I'm most interested in are centered there, for the most part. And my family comes from there (several generations back, pre-Civil War, but still from there).

And I like accents for the same reason I like languages- the variance of sound. Britain accents are the ones I like the sounds of best, is all.

[YayGollum]

1. Ick. Nature in any form is boring. *hides* Good food is exciting, though.

2. What's so great about history? Give me good food!

3. What's so great about them? Good food there?

4. Okay, that's cool.

5. Hmph. No fair.

6. Oh? I've never heard that before. I always thought that they were evil to everyone. *runs away*

[Annushka]

Nature is not boring. It makes you breathe and makes you happy or sad. Well if going for a walk. My Dad was trying very hard to make me enjoy spending time in nature. I can`t take it longer than 2 hours. This summer I had the saddest experience of my life that proved that me and nature don`t get along very well;) I WENT CAMPING with friends. That lasted 4nights during which I was COUNTING the hours to leave. That was so sad:(

Accents are fun. BTW, Tolkien liked Irish people very much but couldn`t stand their accent. Well, I like it very much. It suits them.

[YayGollum]

You can breathe without having to deal with the boring beautifulness of nature. oh well. Anyways, since when do a bunch of rocks and trees mess with people's emotions? Sounds like some crazy people.

[Rhiannon]

YayGollum, avoid the poetry of the Romantics at all costs. Particularly Wordsworth. Blah blah blah nature blah blah blah nature blah blah blah overblown arrogant poety blah blah blah nature you get the idea.

However, despite my strong dislike for Wordsworth (and the Romantics in general, though I make allowances for the ones that don't annoy me), I love nature myself (when it is not making me too cold, too hot, too wet, too sweaty, or when it is not scratching, biting, and tripping me).

[YayGollum]

Got it. I had no idea that I was a big fan of any of poets you're talking about. oh well. Sure, there's not much wrong with the nature you're saying that you don't mind. You can see why I may not be a big fan of nature since it's rarely that perfect. *hides*

[Rhiannon]

I didn't say you were a fan, I was just warning you to avoid them. You can read Keats instead.

[YayGollum]

Oh, I am so happy that I have your permission to read certain things! :rolleyes: sorry if I accidentally seemed interested in any poet. :eek: :rolleyes:

[Rhiannon]

*eye roll* I didn't say you COULDN'T read them, or that you needed my PERMISSION to read them, or any other thing of that *ahem* NATURE. I was warning you that you should avoid them because they would, in all likely hood, make your eye twitch even if it is not prone to twitching.

[Rhiannon]

And abrupt change of subject from whether or not Yay is allowed to read poetry;

Pictures from Scarborough Faire! The computer did a weird white dot thing, and not a one of these is flattering, but oh well;

Raithnait and I (http://www.thetolkienforum.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=302825) (me with the gut, she with the cleavage)

The whole group (http://www.thetolkienforum.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=302825) (left to right me, my little sister, my little brother, my other sister, Raithnait, and her little brother)

A good look at our costumes (http://www.thetolkienforum.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=302833) (me in green chemise and lace thing, Rai in white chemise and green overdress- a costume designed by me based on how I envisioned Rohheric garb and worn to TTT)

Queen Rhian (http://www.thetolkienforum.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=302822) (you can't tell in the picture, but this was a very cool carved chair; that's me sitting in it, with my sister on the left and Rai on the right)

And one last one, on an oliphant (http://www.thetolkienforum.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=302819) (me waving from the back, Rai, and my youngest sister and brother).

[Kailita]

Response to Rockie's reasons for liking England:

1. I like rain, too, but I think I would get tired of it if it rained all the time.

2. Ooh, definitely cool...

3. Cheers for that, too.

4. Yeeeaah...Nessie! That makes it all worthwhile. :cool:

5. Umm...if only I knew what those were...:o

6. Definitely a good thing. But don't Outcasts of all nationalities do that for you, too? :)

Also, cheers for the Renaissance Fair! And cheers for Rhian posting pictures! :D Though, no matter how hard I try, I will always envision you as Miranda Otto, Rhi. :rolleyes: The gift and curse of avatars.

[Rhiannon]

Originally posted by Kailita
Also, cheers for the Renaissance Fair! And cheers for Rhian posting pictures! :D Though, no matter how hard I try, I will always envision you as Miranda Otto, Rhi. :rolleyes: The gift and curse of avatars.

Heehee. I can think of much worse things to be pictured as ;)

[Frodorocks]

Stonehenge is this big ring of stones in southern England.:) People can't figure out how it got there, the theory is that it's some big calender put up by the druids. The Callanish Standing Stones are pretty much the same thing, only on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland.
Yes, all Outcasts are like that.:) I guess I'll have to come up with a better reason.
Awesome costumes Rhia!:)
Do you picture me as Elijah Wood Kalita?:D I know what you mean though, I do that kind of thing all the time.

[Wonko The Sane]

Originally posted by Sador
Kailita The" pointy birds" poem is from a Steve Martin movie called "The Man With Two Brains". Some of his finest work I think.:)

I LOVE that movie. :) I made Snaga watch it with me when I went to visit him. He was trying to do his course work. Hehe.

YAY FOR THE MOVIE! ;)

Originally posted by Rhiannon
Rhian loves accents. All accents, she's exceptionally fond of Scottish and Irish and Welsh and British, naturally.

I think you mean "Scottish, Irish, Welsh, and ENGLISH." English and British are not synonymous as Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales are part of the United Kingdom as well...and are also British.

1. Ick. Nature in any form is boring. *hides* Good food is exciting, though. Well maybe Roxie LIKES the rain AND nature.

2. What's so great about history? Give me good food! MAYBE ROXIE LIKES history!!!

3. What's so great about them? Good food there? AARGH!!!

4. Okay, that's cool.

5. Hmph. No fair.

6. Oh? I've never heard that before. I always thought that they were evil to everyone. *runs away* ARGH NOT TRUE!!!

Anyway, I LOVE British accents as well. :) *Swoons* :) So sexy.


Gorgeous pictures Rhia! :)

[YayGollum]

Sickening accents. Anyways, when I was asking those questions, I was expecting answers from the person with the crazy statements. oh well. Sure, I could guess the answers, too, but I was just planning on waiting. sorry about that.

[Rhiannon]

I think you mean "Scottish, Irish, Welsh, and ENGLISH." English and British are not synonymous as Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales are part of the United Kingdom as well...and are also British.

I do know that, honest I do. It was one of those brain flip things.

[Wonko The Sane]

I know you do. I read in a later post that you said you loved "Britain (Not just England) Britain". :) So I know you understood.

But it IS a pet peeve so I had to say something about it. ;)

Just do say it in front of Legsielam. :) She'll FLIP. As a proud and powerful Scottish lass she's very adamant in making sure people know that Scotland is part of Great Britain. ;)

[Dragon]

hmm.. well I dont know if this is the same person or whatnot, but I will always picturerhia as the eowyn actress...and if that is basically what kailita said.....oh well, I said it too, so there:p

rockie....ummm....not qiute elijah wood, but more like an efemminate version of him....just as pretty....w/ long hair....yeah, thats you in my head...

about the reasons to like england....well....I'll have to agree w/ both the coolness of those things mentioned, and......good food.......IS THERE good food there? 'cause, yay IS right in that much, good food IS good.....

accents.....how are accents sexy? I get how voices can be sexy, but not accents......maybe its just a "not dragon" sort of thing........oh well, go on being swooned and all other such bother by your accented people.......it matters not to me...

[Annushka]

Sure they can be sexy. Besides accents are kinda intruiging to me.

[Dragon]

intriuging....yes.....sexy......whatever

[HobbitGirl]

I would LOVE to go to the British Isles. But rain is icky. (Even though I love lightning...:) ) Sunshine and temperatures that are so high that the concrete boils are my friends. :D

[Frodorocks]

Sorry I haven't gotten around to it yet Yay.:rolleyes: :p
1. I do like nature. :) I love it, it's my life.
2. History is awesome! It's so... historic. Plus, with history, you get ghosts.
3. They're scenic, pretty, and fun places to hang out. And full of nice people. Although I hear people from Edinburgh are a bit snobby. (Heheh, sorry Legolam :D )
4. That is cool.
5. Yeah, that's not fair. Oh well, when I live in Scotland I can drive up and see it every so often.
6. British people aren't evil! They're fabulous!
Thanks for all the nice replies everyone, and for sticking up for me Wonks!:) And thanks for thinking I'm pretty Dragon.:D *Just wait till you see the picture:rolleyes: *

[Wolfshead]

Originally posted by Frodorocks
6. British people aren't evil! They're fabulous! Who said we're evil? Come on, own up, or I'll hunt you down with a blunt cheese knife and feed your innards to a flamingo, mwuhaha :rolleyes:

[Sador]

All pommys are whingers. The Scots are cheap. The Welsh are up themselves and the Irish are thick.Only joking in my crude Australian way. Sorry British types.

BTW Annushka Happy Birthday flower girl!!:D

[Dragon]

umm...you're welcome rockie...

lightning is AWESOME!!! heheheh:rolleyes: :D :D

[YayGollum]

I think I was the one that said that British people are evil. But then, I also said that that's just what I've heard. :rolleyes: oh well. Let me see here.

1. What's so great about nature? sorry for the confusion. Is it just for the food it gives us?

2. What's so great about historic type things? Or ghosts? Too boring, too creepy.

3. I forgot what this was about. oh well. You're talking about nature again, though.

4. and 5. I forgot what these were about. oh well. I already talked about that sixth thing.

[Kailita]

Originally posted by Dragon
rockie....ummm....not qiute elijah wood, but more like an efemminate version of him....just as pretty....w/ long hair....yeah, thats you in my head....
Yeah, heh, I have to admit, that's how I see you too, Rockie. Heh. Sorry, can't help it, inborn avatar curse. But until you get a picture up, that's probably how I'll picture you. :rolleyes:

*Wonders what people picture her as...*

Not a little bird, right? Or the turtle I had before that? Or the crazy redhaired fairy girl?

[Frodorocks]

Uh, forgot to say this in my last post: *Pictures Elijah Wood as a girl. Pictures herself as Elijah Wood. *Cracks up laughing**
AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!! *Attacks Sador* Never Insult The British Around Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:mad: :mad: :mad: ;) :D (Heh hee, almost sounds like a song name)
Yeah Kalita, I picture you as the fairy girl.:D And YayGollum with green skin.

[Rhiannon]

Mm, Kaia, I think I just picture you as your name (meaning I don't have a mental image of a person when I look at your posts).

[Dragon]

you are like a figurely fuzzy image to me.... like I can tell what I see you as is human and female, but I can't tell any definate charictaristics

[YayGollum]

Crazy people! I already posted a picture of my superly cool self on the first page of this thread. :rolleyes:

[Annushka]

Isn`t this strange that this conversation didn`t start earlier? :)

Actually, Kaili, I pictured you as a little bird even before your avatar:) A cute little bird. I guess I wasn`t around when you were a fairy girl.
I pictured Yay absolutely not the way he really looks. He has dark hair and is quite tall. I thought he was short with blonde hair and, to tell the truth, not with green skin:)

[YayGollum]

Hm. Maybe I just look tall in that picture. oh well. I thought I was pretty average. Anyways, Yikes! Me? A blonde? No offense, but Ack! That's just craziness! *hugs his beautiful black hair* :rolleyes: My family is going to another Renaissance Festival soon. Maybe we'll take some more pictures.

[Kailita]

Okay, that's it, I definitely need to get some pictures up here. :rolleyes:;) I have a friend with a scanner and a digital camera...maybe we can play around with it some...

Yes, I used the cute but spastic red haired fairy girl as my avatar back in...oh, Marchish. I liked her. ;) But I recycle my avatars and rotate them with the months.

I always picture Yay with dark hair. He brags about it enough, doesn't he? :o:p;) He wouldn't be Yay without his beautiful black hair. But I've pictured him like that from the beginning, probably because one of the first posts I ever read from him was the one where the picture was posted.

[The-Elf-Herself]

Yay, how long is your hair? You keep saying how you're hugging it, and in the picture you post up there's no way you could possibly hug it. Very confusing. I dunno, just my random curiousity. I wonder how people picture me. Oh well, no one ever says anything on that topic, I'm just too vague. Oooh, I'd love to see a pic of you Kai!

[Frodorocks]

I picture you with light brown hair and a rapier in your hand.

[YayGollum]

I've never measured the stuff. *asks his evil mom lady how long his beautiful and long and luxurious and black hair is* Okay, it's about a foot long. Argh! It must be longer! Anyways, I remember seeing some drawing that you said some friend made of you, The_elf_Herself person. I have no idea how great of a depiction that was, but oh well. It would have been better if it was colored.

[The-Elf-Herself]

It was good enough to give you an idea of what I look like, but too vague for my Mom to have any problem with me posting it. Yeah, I wish it was colored too, but that's also forbidden, since apparently if you guys knew the exact shade of my hair and eye color you'd come stalking me(yes that WAS sarcasm). If anyone's interested, I'll post the link to it here. Hang around here for two more years and when I'm eighteen I'll post a pic.:rolleyes:

[Ice Man]

I'm in blue with my arms crossed, the other people are my friends from college

A bigger version of this pic is at http://speed.supercars.net/boardpics/2003-4-4/1041456-Arcanjoa.jpg

[Dragon]

AH! arcanjo is.....musc-ely... I thought he was....scrawny.....:rolleyes:

TEH, I picture you as a dark haired elf holding up a jar of jam....and no, I'm not kidding....:rolleyes:

hmmm....what about me?:confused: :eek: :rolleyes: :cool: :D

[Rhiannon]

Originally posted by Arcanjo
I'm in blue with my arms crossed, the other people are my friends from college

A bigger version of this pic is at http://speed.supercars.net/boardpics/2003-4-4/1041456-Arcanjoa.jpg

Hubba hubba

[Dragon]

heheh, I can just picture your avatar popping out and saying that...:rolleyes: :D ;) :eek:

[Rhiannon]

You don't think my avatar is too dignified for such a thing?

[Sador]

Hey Frodo rocks sorry for insulting the British, but as I'm descended from all of those races I suppose that makes me a Whinging, tight-fisted, stuck-up thicko.:)

[Annushka]

Rhia, your avatar would NEVER do something like that:)

I pictured you, Jam with short hair. I think you`re the sporty type. Well I might be wrong all the way:)
I absolutely love long hair on guys. But in my stupid country guys don`t do that cause they get trouble. Can you imagine a place where it`s possible???? Oh, I live in such a ................... I can`t find the right word for that.

[The-Elf-Herself]

Hehe, well I have long hair, goes halfway down my back, although I used to have a mullet cut(don't ask). It's a brownish sort of color with these auburnish highlights but otheriwse, yeah I'm the sporty type I guess. *hugs fencing tees, then hugs nice long hair that's thankfully NOT a mullet cut* I'm about 5'8", and fairly pretty. Here's the drawing of me, it's not 100% accurate but it gives you an idea.

Meeeeeeeeee (http://www.geocities.com/sunlit_rain/janeen)

[Dragon]

hmm... fairly god drawing except that the shadows are attacking places outside their kingdoms:D :rolleyes: heheh;) :D

[Frodorocks]

Don't worry Sador, I was just joking.:) Never take me seriously. And it's not my country... yet .:D

[Ice Man]

Originally posted by Dragon
AH! arcanjo is.....musc-ely... I thought he was....scrawny.....:rolleyes:

TEH, I picture you as a dark haired elf holding up a jar of jam....and no, I'm not kidding....:rolleyes:

hmmm....what about me?:confused: :eek: :rolleyes: :cool: :D

What does scrawny mean? I've never seen anyone use it before.

[YayGollum]

Scrawny = small and weak and thin and stuff. Anyways, doobedoobedoo... that's a crazy picture. Not as evil as the craziness this Arcanjo person brought in a while ago. Crazy negatives of pictures or something. Hard to focus.

[Annushka]

That`s so funny. Scrawny is the exact word that I could use about you, Yay, before I saw your photo:) But at that time I had no idea what it meant.

[The-Elf-Herself]

Yeah, my friend who drew it is rather a student of art than a master. It's an approximation, nothing more.

[Ice Man]

You guys should see me now that I've had my hair cut. :)
I'll ask my friend to take another pic of me today...

[YayGollum]

Why would you describe someone as scrawny if you don't even know what the word means? oh well. Why would you want to cut your hair? Long hair is beautiful. oh well. I found out that my evil mom lady is no longer taking me to the Renaissance Festival this year. *sniff* She'd rather go with her sinking date and noone else. :eek:

[The-Elf-Herself]

Join the club of disappointed potential ren fair attendees Yay. Long hair is great! I'm never getting mine cut until it's superly long and then it's just going to be a trim.

[Annushka]

I WOULD use that word if I knew it.

I love long hair. But I always wanted to have really short haircut. But unfortunately I have curly hair. So I`d look like a puddle. That`s so sad. Once when I was 11 my mom decided to cut my hair. She started from the right side. When she got to the left side there was a difference of 4inches between my hair on the right and left chicks. I still don`t how I could survive such a disaster:D Never trust your moms with your hair;)

[Ice Man]

Originally posted by YayGollum
Why would you want to cut your hair?

I had my hair cut because I thought it was getting too messy. Right now it super-short and makes me look super-cool. :) You know? When the hair is short but kind of stands up in front.

[Ice Man]

Speaking of long hair, my hair was like this back in 1997... The boy next to me is my cousin.

[Kailita]

Originally posted by Dragon
TEH, I picture you as a dark haired elf holding up a jar of jam....and no, I'm not kidding....:rolleyes:

hmmm....what about me?
Hehe...Jamish...I picture you somewhat like that, too. :D The picture was cool...we likes it much...but oh so vague. Crackers. Wouldn't want to offend the mother lady.

D, I see you as...hmm...back when you had the little girl avatar, I saw you as her. But now...I don't know...I just see you as...yourself. I guess I don't really have a mental picture. Because I certainly don't see you as a dragon.

Umm...what else did I want to say? I have long hair...sort of...except it's evilly layered now. But it's not so bad, I've gotten used to it. :rolleyes: I've said this before...but my hair is about down to the bottom of my shoulder blades and auburn and sort of wavy. It bugs my girl friends, because it's somewhere between curly and straight and it never does what it's supposed to do. And it gets everywhere. :rolleyes: Hmm...I've never tried to hug my hair, though...*tries it*...oh huggley hair...:D

I know what you mean, Annushka, never never trust your mother with your hair. :o Why do you want to have short hair? Long curly hair is so pretty. :)

[HobbitGirl]

Kailita, your hair is RED! Not auburn, RED! Very, very, RED! Red hair is the best! Don't call your hair auburn; it insults your hair! RED RED RED!! Now I, unlike Kai, have a right to use the word auburn in my hair color, cause it's brown with a sort of red-gold tint to it. But Kailita's hair is RED! :D

I don't picture Jam as holding up a jam jar...why would she be holding up a jam jar? ;)

Does anybody here picture me as a hobbit? Just curious.

[Frodorocks]

Not really. As weird as it sounds, I've always pictured you as that leaf brooch you used to have as an avatar. :rolleyes: :D Or with the leaf brooch or something.

[HobbitGirl]

Yay! I am the leaf! <leaf leaf leaf>

Rocky, I LOVE your signature! I played Puck in a play at my school! (Why didn't I think of that for my siggy? :rolleyes: ) Yay for Puck! Puck is the bestest! :D:D:D

[Kailita]

Originally posted by HobbitGirl
Kailita, your hair is RED! Not auburn, RED! Very, very, RED! Red hair is the best! Don't call your hair auburn; it insults your hair! RED RED RED!! Now I, unlike Kai, have a right to use the word auburn in my hair color, cause it's brown with a sort of red-gold tint to it. But Kailita's hair is RED!
But my hair is auburn. :confused: Yes, it's certainly very red...and more red than your hair, definitely, HG. But it's not like carrot red or bright orange or anything. It's...auburn. :rolleyes:;)

Originally posted by HobbitGirl
I don't picture Jam as holding up a jam jar...why would she be holding up a jam jar? ;)
Umm...maybe because her name is Jam...? :rolleyes:

Originally posted by HobbitGirl
Does anybody here picture me as a hobbit? Just curious.
I picture you as yourself, HG-ishness. But that's cheating, I guess, because I've seen you in person. :D

[The-Elf-Herself]

Huzzah for Jam! Huzzah for cool initials! Although I actually prefer strawberry preserves.;) Kai, it doesn't have to be bright red for it to be red. I've seen lots of people with gorgeous dark red hair. It's still red, it's just a deeper and(I think) prettier shade. HG, I picture you as a cute hobbitish sort of person. Yeah I know, really original.:rolleyes:

[Kailita]

*Blinks at this whole campaign to turn her hair from auburn to red...* Can't it be red and auburn? I guess my hair would be dark red with shades of amberish brown...erk...I don't know. I need to get a picture up, and then we can all argue about it. :rolleyes:

Hehe...cheers for Jam's fun initials. My initials don't spell anything...they just make a sort of nonsense sound...:(

[The-Elf-Herself]

Well, I'm a person who strives for accuracy about colors. It's one of my obsessions. One of my friends used to swear she had red hair, even though it's auburn. Drove me nuts. Huzzah for arguing!

[HobbitGirl]

A cute little hobbit? Not just a hobbit, but a cute little hobbit? ;) :rolleyes: Since when was I cute? ;) :rolleyes: ;) :rolleyes:


RED RED RED RED RED RED RED RED RED RED RED RED RED!!!

[Annushka]

Originally posted by HobbitGirl
Kailita, your hair is RED! Not auburn, RED! Very, very, RED! Red hair is the best! Don't call your hair auburn; it insults your hair! RED RED RED!! Now I, unlike Kai, have a right to use the word auburn in my hair color, cause it's brown with a sort of red-gold tint to it. But Kailita's hair is RED! :D

I don't picture Jam as holding up a jam jar...why would she be holding up a jam jar? ;)

Does anybody here picture me as a hobbit? Just curious.

Red hair is definately the best. I wanna have red hair. But I don`t:( Though I happen to like my hair colour.

[Rhiannon]

Hello, hello, I'm not at home anymore. Forgot to tell any one that I'd be traipsing across the US. So my presence will be sporadic for a week or so. Do please try not to waste away pining, or anything else drastic :p

My hair used to be really long, but I cut it off (to the shoulders) when I was thirteen and it hasn't gone past my bra strap since. It's very thin, fine, and oily, and when it gets to a certain length it gets nasty and stringy. It's also an indeterminate blonde-brown color. The most descriptive word is 'dishwater'. And my bangs had gotten progressively thicker and I didn't like them, so I've been growing most of them out, and it. is. a. pain. Ugh.

[Kailita]

*Wastes away pining for Rhi...* I was wondering where she went...

I didn't think your hair looked dishwatery in those pictures, Rhi. :p

Personally, Annushka, I think dark hair is beautiful. :) Flowy, curly, raven black hair...

[The-Elf-Herself]

I hear you about the bangs thing Rhian. I've been letting mine grow since last November and they STILL aren't long enough to tuck behind my ears. Yuck.

[Frodorocks]

Originally posted by HobbitGirl
Yay! I am the leaf! <leaf leaf leaf>

Rocky, I LOVE your signature! I played Puck in a play at my school! (Why didn't I think of that for my siggy? :rolleyes: ) Yay for Puck! Puck is the bestest! :D:D:D

Thanks.:D I think it sums us mortals up, don't you? (When it comes to humans at least) Always thinking everything we do is so important and that we're so smart, but really, animals are smarter because they know what they do is unimportant. That's why I love dolphins, all they do is muck about in the water and have fun all day, like Douglas Adams said. :D Okay, now I'm rambling.:rolleyes:
We'll miss you Rhi! Have fun!:)

[Dragon]

....verygoodnessish w/ the siggy.... I love that quote!!!

as 4 K's haircolor.....I can't support either side until I see a picture....it could be just hair instead of your whole face if your parents dont want facenesses of you...

HG.....I picture you as, well....almost petite but not quite.....with sort of a young/old look to you, like you can tell how old you are, but you look young with light brown hair....at that funny chin-length cut that looks really cute on some people, and hideous on others.....you have slender shoulders that look like broad shoulders, but aren't, they just look like it. ....overall, you look like an almost small, average prettiness powerhouse.....no bulging muskles tho...

rhi; good happiness on whatever ur doing.....(ur post didn't make much sense to me...:confused: :eek: :D )

[Annushka]

Oh my god!!! I just got my avatar. I can`t believe that I really did it. It took a week to manage that. Special thanks to Kaili for her help:)

Anyway, the sad thing is that my hair used to golden when I was little. And then got darker and darker. And still is getting:( Armenian people usualy have dark hair and scin. And I was (still am:D) different. Nobody else has my haircolor. It still has that gold under the sun:)

[Kailita]

Originally posted by Dragon
as 4 K's haircolor.....I can't support either side until I see a picture....it could be just hair instead of your whole face if your parents dont want facenesses of you...
*Laughs* Yeah, I'll tell my mom that I just want a picture of the back of my head to post. I'm sure she'll understand. ;)

Ohmygoshness! Cheers for Annushka's new avatar! :D *Hugs and dances around* It looks really good, too! Glad you finally got it up. :)

Dark hair that looks gold under the sun? Ooh. Somehow, I can sort of picture that. Like a dark rock with sun streaks. Hmm. I could comment on HG's looks as opposed to D's mental picture, but I'll let HG cover that herself. ;)

[YayGollum]

Dark hair is best, Annushka person. Anyways, sure, I guess that original hair is cool, too. My evil and annoying and popular little teenaged sister has different hair that became darker. Used to be some kind of light brown and now it's a bunch of crazy mixes. oh well. My hair is the best, though. My evil older sister has boring and limp and thing but beautiful black hair.

[Dragon]

ACK! no! dont correct! hers is the most descript description! to correct would be to destroy!!!

I'm almost positive I've said this b4, or somewhere in GOO, but my hair is GOLDEN in the summer, and sort of a yellow-y orange-y gold in the winter...

I was originally a red-head, but my hair wasn't a DARK red, so the sun bleached it out, and it got gold-y, but when I stay in for a couple months on end, it gets darker...

apparently I have amazingly soft pretty hair....I dont think so, I agree w/ yay here, darker is better......people I dont even know cant resist the urge to touch my hair, I've had 30 and 40 yr old women come up to me in movie theater bathrooms and say stuff like "you have the most gorgeous hair I've evver seen!!!" I just sort of flinch and back away quickly....that's happened to me about 5 times.....its SOO scary!:eek: :eek:

[Annushka]

People sometimes act absolutely insane. Would either of you come up to someone to touch his/her hair? But anyway, these ladies just wanted to make a compliment. That`s nice of them, isn`t it? Besides hair that change its color under the sun is very beautiful. You have the chance to have two different hair colors without that horrible dying (I can`t remember how that word spells):( Southern people who are mostly dark have this thing for light hair. Imagine a dark scinned woman with blonde hair and black roots. That`s a sad view:( So for me people who prefer black hair are kind of unusual:) I`m used to people that desperately and obsessively want blonde hair:D

[Kailita]

Originally posted by Annushka
Imagine a dark scinned woman with blonde hair and black roots. That`s a sad view
Heh...Shakira! :rolleyes:

D was originally a redhead? Ooh! Lovely-nice! :D Cheers for redheads! Vivan las pelirrojas! :D;) And, sure, cheers for yellow-y orange-y gold, too. ;) Love your hair, D. Take it as a compliment when those women come up and like your hair. Sure, it's kind of freaky when they touch it. :rolleyes: But it's only because they wish their hair was like that, too.

People do that to my hair, sometimes. I don't think I've ever had complete strangers touch my hair, but I do get compliments from strangers about it sometimes. It's a good feeling. :)

...Except when it comes from my math teacher. :o Eww. He was literally stroking my hair yesterday in geometry. Like petting it. Blegh. Perverted old man. Not fun. Ugh.

Annushka, you spelled "dying" right. But I think you mean "skin" when you say "scin", right? :) Just trying to help. (How long have you known English? Because for the most part you're really good at it...)

[Rhiannon]

Kaia, ick! Someone needs to be told about that. Perverted old men should not be teaching school, even if it is geometry.

[YayGollum]

Ick. I never touch anyone if I can help it. oh well. Nope. Black hair is the best. I guess red or brown is okay. Anything else is just crazy or boring. *hides* And everyone must have long hair. sorry about that.

[Dragon]

yay, y must u be sorry about everything? your opinion is your opinion, and u dont need to b sorry to other people if they dont agree

Heh...Shakira! :rolleyes:

hey! my thoughts exactly!!:rolleyes: :D

ick, my orthodontist is a perverted old man, too, and he loves my hair....I'm ok with people that r my friends touching my hair, but people I have never met.....you cannot imagine how scary/freaky/traumatizing that is:o :eek: :o :eek: :o

[YayGollum]

I can't remember a time that I actually meant it when I said I was sorry. It's just an automatic defense. oh well. How's about I always say ---> "I could care less what you think about my opinion, but I still expect you to comment on it because it's fun to be contradictory and stubborn!" instead of "sorry about that" or "*runs away*" or "*hides*" :confused:

[Annushka]

Shakira is different. Her roots are black cause she wants them to be black. But when it`s casual it`s really not pretty:)

Our professors are mostly perverted old men so I understand what you mean. And D if that makes you feel that bad you should do something about it. Why let strange people make you feel bad? Or try to find something positive about it. Your hair is SO beautiful that people can`t help making comments or touching it:)

People use different phrases even when they don`t really mean them. They become some kind of formula.

Kaili, thanks. That WAS helpful. Actually I`d only appreciate if you correct me whenever I make that stupid mistakes. English spelling is really hard:( I started learning English when I was 10. Now I`m kind of self-educating. If I can say so:) Reading, watching movies, TV in English. That helps amasingly. And now thanks to this place and you all I`m learning to express myself in English. Sometimes not very succesfully:):D

[The-Elf-Herself]

*Is glad she's never met any "perverted old men".*

Hmm, see that's ALL you have to say Yay! Just keep copying and pasting that superly long sentence and there will be NO problems with people understanding you!:rolleyes: :D

Yuck, formulas are boring. I hate Algebra. And Algebra 2. Anyways, that fact that you have long, black hair wouldn't be influencing your opinion, would it Yay?;) Personally, I think brunettes are the bestest, but that's because I'm among their august ranks. I've had friends say that the prettiest things about me are my hair and my eyes. I usually reply, "Oh, so the rest of me is loathesome? Gotcha!" Hehe. I'm only joking, but some people take it so seriously, they think they've actually hurt my feelings or something. The smart ones just say "yep.":D

[Kailita]

Oh Yay...*sigh*...not even going to comment on you. You're just Yay and that's all I have to say about it. :p

Ick. Perverted old men. My geometry teacher has multiple offenses on "petting" my hair...and he's touched the back of my (girl) friend's neck before...*shivers*. I think he's just trying to be "buddy-buddy"...but it's sick, and it really should stop. However, we can't really do anything about it, because he's been at the school forever and is the only one who can teach geometry, so he has to stay. Urgh. Stupid school agendas. Oh crackers. He said he was thinking about retiring next year anyway...*prays*

I love algebra...the glorious light of variables is wondrous compared to this black abyss of geometry. :rolleyes: Proofs...yuck.

[Rhiannon]

Algebra. Is. EVIL.

That is all.

[Dragon]

just put it in your siggy, yay

shush; from 1 post no one would be able to tell you havent spoken english all your life unless it's one of the ones where you talk wbout that:rolleyes:

[Kailita]

Okay. We've talked about Introverted/Extraverted Outcasts. Now a new spin. Optimists/Pessimists. Which way do GOOers tend to lean?

For those of you who don't know...optimists always look on the bright side of life (heh...Monty Python...okay, sorry, way off topic, just ignore that. ;)). They see the good side of everything...and even when things seem like there is no chance of turning up, the true optimist will truly believe that things are going to miraculously change for the better. Annoying point about optimists: they can be annoyingly cheery. :rolleyes:

Pessimists usually see the downsides of things. While more grounded than the up-in-the-clouds optimists, they're more like down-in-the-dirt. Over the top pessimists can usually find something bad to point out in every situation. Kind of like Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh. Annoying point about pessimists: they can be the worst party poopers ever.

Example of optimism versus pessimism. I went to a concert with two friends of mine last weekend. The traffic was pretty bad. Now, while we are waiting in line, my optimist friend is completely unruffled, totally convinced that we'll still arrive on time and get perfect seats at the concert. While my pessimist friend is already calculating in his head how long it will take for us to drive all the way back home after we get to the concert and find that there are no seats left, humming "It's the end of the world as we know it..." :rolleyes:

So there you have it, pretty thoroughly. Then you have your realists...but I'll get into that later...

[The-Elf-Herself]

I'm of a rare breed known as a cynical optimist. I have a rampantly optimistic side, or would have one, were it not checked by my thoroughly cynical, calculating bent. All in all they balance each other out, so I can usually understand both optimists and pessimists, without truly sharing either of their views. What I am depends on who I'm with. If I'm with mostly pessimists, I take an optimistic perspective just balance things out. If I'm with optimists, I'll caution them as a pessimist. The thing that baffles me is that there aren't more people out there who are equally made up of both optimistic and pessimistic parts; trying to referee an argument between one of each is crazy and futile.

[Rhiannon]

I swing back and forth too, and I think it depends purely on the company (if I'm with friends and we can laugh and joke and be hyper, or with my family and younger siblings being whiny and things) and my sugar level.

[YayGollum]

Got it. I'll try to remember what I said instead of sorry about that. Anyways, yes, I hate the touchy-feely types. I've never gotten teachers and students that hug each other and pat each other on backses and high five and even tap shoulders or mess around all the time. I quickly recoil from things like that. oh well. I would think that the teachers should remain distant or that the students wouldn't act especially friendly with the evil people that make them work. Silly ideas, huh? oh well. I'm a pessimist. Not as scary as they were described, though. I would love to meet that friend of yours! Sounds like something I'd do. But then, I wouldn't be at a concert in the first place.

[Kailita]

My pessimist friend, Yay? Heh...he's very fun...not always quite as pessimistic as that time I described, but definitely not an optimist. And he has something with that "end of the world" notion/song. :rolleyes:

Jam's position is sort of what I would call a realist, minus the swinging back and forth according to company part. A realist sees the bad things as bad and the good things as good, and doesn't really elaborate on either side. Hence the name realist. That's probably the closest to what I am. But I tend to lean towards the optimistic side in situations concerning my friends, and towards the pessimistic side in situations concerning myself. (For instance: If a friend makes a mistake, I immediately reassure him/her that it will be all right, that it probably isn't as bad as it seems. But if it's me who makes the mistake, I immediately think the worst.)

I have this thing about getting my hopes up. I figure that if I put my expectations low, then I have less of a chance of being disappointed. Also, one of the main optimists in my life (that friend I spoke of earlier) is Miss Super Optimist...and has somewhat tainted my view on optimists. :rolleyes: Optimism with balance is a good thing. But in heavy doses, it's just too over-the-top to take seriously. (Although pessimism is probably the same way.) Also, this friend of mine is so optimistic that she sees anything that isn't super-hopeful like herself as pessimism, which it isn't. It gets quite annoying after a time. :rolleyes: If things are good, then great, I'll be happy with them. But if they're not, then I'm going to say they're not...I'm not going to just pretend them all away.

And there you have it once again. Kailita's ramblings at 11:30 at night. Golden spork for anyone who read this whole post, and golden spork plus stuffed manatee for anyone who read the whole post and understood it. :rolleyes:;)

[YayGollum]

Ack! I understood all of that craziness! Not hard. Anyways, I did not know that pessimists didn't see good things as good and bad things as bad. Or do they just know what most people think and just happen to disagree so they won't be dissappointed?

[Dragon]

question; does the golden spork come in the stuffed manatee, or just w/ it?;) cause, I get both:D

as 4 pessimism vs. optimism....+realism....well, out of those 3, I'm probably closest to realism, but, I'm probably closest to the blamer......let me give you a better picture.....euh....

pessimist-"the glass is half empty"

optimist-"the glass is half full"

me-"IAN!!!!!!!!!!!! STOP DRINKING MY Dr. Peppers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

that's actually not an exxageration...:rolleyes:

hey, K, I love your deep thoughts thingy... that's what I call the hive mind syndrome:rolleyes: :D

BTW, K, your post says 11:30, but the timer thingy at the bottom says 1:30...:confused: wackiness:rolleyes: :eek:

[Annushka]

The thing with high expectations is SO right. You get dissapointed whenever you get very excited about something and picture a perfect situation:( The reality usualy cracks everything:( But there is a good side too. You can laugh really hard on yourself in that situation:D



Originally posted by Dragon
shush; from 1 post no one would be able to tell you havent spoken english all your life unless it's one of the ones where you talk wbout that:rolleyes:

Thanks D. That really means a lot to me:)

[Kailita]

Wow! More people understand my ramblings than I thought! :) *Is happy now* D, the golden spork comes with the manatee...otherwise you'd have to rip open the manatee to get to the spork, and that wouldn't be good. :rolleyes:

Originally posted by Dragon
pessimist-"the glass is half empty"

optimist-"the glass is half full"

me-"IAN!!!!!!!!!!!! STOP DRINKING MY Dr. Peppers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:D *Laughs and laughs* :D Oh yeah, forgot to add in the blamer...whoops. I'll remember that next time. ;)

Originally posted by Dragon
hey, K, I love your deep thoughts thingy... that's what I call the hive mind syndrome.
BTW, K, your post says 11:30, but the timer thingy at the bottom says 1:30...
Heh...D...that's because I live in California and you don't...:rolleyes:

Ugh...the "hive mind syndrome", as you call it, drives me completely insane! I mean, how many girls does it take for one girl to go to the bathroom?? Craziness! When I want to go to the bathroom, I ---> take the huge, achingly painful step of actually *gasp* stepping away from my friends for five minutes (!!) and walking to the bathroom by myself (!!). :rolleyes: Same with my guy friends. But my girl friends cannot stand to go to the bathroom by themselves...must have a pack of at least three others to hold their hand. Oi.

See, Shush knows what I'm talking about as far as the whole disappointed thing goes. It's so true. And Yay, pessimists - as I see them - are usually gloomy even in good situations, because they're afraid they're going to turn bad at any moment.

[YayGollum]

Oh. Well, I don't know any pessimists like that. They are able to enjoy themselves when things are good. They're just ready for the worst. When it happens, they aren't as dissappointed. No huge mental and emotional type problems happen to them because they're ready for it.

[HobbitGirl]

I consider myself an optimist, but I will admit when things go bad. Probably the biggest reason why I'm an optimist is because I live by Mike's Three Laws of Stuff.

Law #1: Stuff happens.

Law #2: Stuff always works out.

Law #3: Stuff will never work out the way you think it will.

I hold these laws to be some of life's truths. So based on this, I think that the best way to look at things is to just try and put a good face on it, cause it'll work out in the end, and to be ready for whatever life decides to throw at me, cause I don't know HOW it'll work out.

A golden spork for anyone who understood that. :D

[YayGollum]

Of course I understood that! *starts a collection of understandable prizes* Those laws make all kinds of sense to me. I just like to remember the first one. Even after the stuff gets to the the third law, you gots to know that more stuff will happen. Expect it. Deal with it. Ack!

[Annushka]

I liked it:D Especially the last part. It ALMOST never works out the way you planned it. But that`s really great. Gives space for imagination and surprise.

I don`t know if I`m an optimist or a pessimist. I just do whatever depends on me to get what I want. The rest is beyond my control. If it works good for me. If it doesn`t I`ll always have the wish to do something else. My brother has this Philosophy. He says that life is too small, too short and too unimportant to bother about it. I can`t totally relate to that. I think to deal with the bad stuff you must not take it seriously. And try to find the funny thing about it. Cause if you look at it from a different angle you`ll find something hilariously funny:)

[Kailita]

Originally posted by YayGollum
Oh. Well, I don't know any pessimists like that. They are able to enjoy themselves when things are good. They're just ready for the worst. When it happens, they aren't as dissappointed. No huge mental and emotional type problems happen to them because they're ready for it.
That's how I see pessimist-tinged realists. ;) They see the good as good, but are always ready for the bad.

I understood all of that, HG. :D (Then again, I've heard that speech before from you. ;)) I have a tendency to rebel against the "Rules of Stuff". The first one is definitely true: Yes, stuff will happen. But stuff does not always work out! And sometimes stuff works the way you think it will, though most of the time it doesn't. Still.

Originally posted by Shush
I think to deal with the bad stuff you must not take it seriously. And try to find the funny thing about it. Cause if you look at it from a different angle you`ll find something hilariously funny
That's a good strategy. Helps you cheer up. But there are some things that you just can't find a good angle to, no matter how hard you try. But...that's the pessimist in me speaking...:rolleyes:

[The-Elf-Herself]

I disagree. There is always a good angle for everything, it just might not be one for you. Maybe it rains the day of a picnic. Well, the robins will have an easy time getting worms to eat, so it's good for the robins. That's how I get past some really bad things, I think about the good that it might bring to other people. It's the only way I keep from freaking out. Then there are some things that once you get past them, you thank goodness that you will never have to endure them again. Any time I get nostalgic about a certain time in my life, I always remind myself ot the bad things that I had to get through as well. Helps get me out of a funk. Not sure if any of that's particularly optimistic, it's just part of my hybrid philosophy.

[Kailita]

It probably is better to find the good in things. That's the advice I would give to anyone who asked me about it. But for myself...I know I wouldn't follow my own advice. :rolleyes: I would rather sink into despair for a day...week...month (depending on what's going on) or two, then lift myself up off the floor and force myself to move on. That's probably the hard way. I don't know why I do that to myself. :rolleyes: I guess I want my grieving time.

[YayGollum]

Yikes! Sounds crazy to me. Sure, I've tried helping people out when something bad's happened to them. Usually just by pointing out the obvious and not coming down to their level of depression. Whoops! I just don't let things get to me. maybe I've just been lucky and something especially evil hasn't happened to me yet? oh well.

[Dragon]

shush; you're welcome:)

eh, you know, greiving can be very refreshing....its like sleeping, except you can get work done while you're doing it, and if you do enough of it at once, then its a little hard 4 me to be mad 4 a while, for some wacky reason

ACK!!! MORE GOLDEN SPORKS!!!:eek: :D EEE!!

*also starts a collection with all her wacky prizes*

as 4 the stuff stuff; well, it depends on what you mean by "work out"

as 4 finding the good in things....well, it isn't hard 4 me 2 find it, its just hard 4 me to care.....I mean, when I'm sad, I'm sad, and I don't really care about anything else...:rolleyes:

[YayGollum]

Ick. Grieving is supposed to be refreshing? Since when? That's just craziness. You gots to not worry about it. You can deal with something that's supposed to make you sad without crying about it all the time. That's just annoyingly self-centered.

[Dragon]

I said it can be, and its not to everyone.... sometimes its just so much easier to be sad when you feel like being sad:rolleyes:

[The-Elf-Herself]

Wait, Yay of all people is talking about being annoyingly self-centered? Pardon me while I go into fits of maniacal laughter. *goes away and comes back a few minutes later* All better. :D Actually, I see grief as something you have to push past. Wallowing in it just wastes time, why bother? Better to move on, accept it, all that stuff. Crying isn't particularly useful either and it's evil when something superly bad happens and you start cryi