Claire

[FONT=Arial]My love for pokemon spawned again not too long ago, and I came up with a story idea for a more mature kind of game or series or something. It involves a governed world, Pokemon licenses (first attainable at age 18), more serious villains (I was disappointed when I replayed Pokemon Red for the first time in many years and discovered Team Rocket to be stupid, blundering idiots who reveal their master plans for total domination to some 12 year old kid), and maybe actual death. I also took the story of Ash and made it completely different, with different names and everything. He was Asher Nockte, Misty was Wendy something or other, and Brock was Dieg Pomince, who later wrote the children's version of Ash's story. Asher and Wendy got married and had a daughter, Mira, who became a scientist and was killed when the cave she was exploring collapsed due to a mass of Voltorb exploding. (Asher then lost faith in both Pokemon and their trainers, renounced his title as Pokemon Grand Master, and released all the Pokemon he ever owned). The main character of this story is Dio Altamira, whose father (Luziel Altamira) was charged with the extinction of a whole generation of pokemon (one that never really existed) and was executed by the Government of Kanto. I'd make this into an RPG if I had the patience and resources. Meh.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]You can now spell every word you write correctly, even the ones you've never heard of! Unfortunately, you now have a terrible speech impediment in which you mispronounce everything and no one can understand you. You also develop an extreme allergic reaction to pork that flares up whenever you come close to the meat. So, one day, you're buying lunch at a buffet, and you need a spork. So you ask a server, "I nad a thpork, please." "A what?" "A thpork." So they give you what they think you need: THE PORK. Your throat closes and you die. Too bad =(. (And a mosh pit would never form at a Rasputina concert, silly silver_blade). [B]I wish I could buy all the stuff I want to buy and had plenty of money left over.[/B][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Ikillion - You've got a lightsaber. Unfortunately, you don't know how to use it. And since jedis aren't real, you're stuck forever with a lightsaber that you don't know how to use! (Let's make it even worse) and suddenly there are billions of aliens everywhere, and you're the only one with a lightsaber. So, the whole world is depending on you to defeat all of them. But since you don't know how to use one, they do the next best thing, and sacrifice you to the aliens. But they destroy the world anyway. EDIT - >: ( Ziggy - So, you've got your emperor penguin. However, he's quite bossy, and he's got a whole army of penguin soldiers (not the Yu-Gi-Oh card!) And he makes you his slave. Even if he wasn't a real figure of authority. The name emperor kind of went to his head. I wish my favorite band (Rasputina) would come play an all ages, free concert in my city, that my parents would let me go to.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Well, of course everybody has klutzy moments. Some more than others, I'd say. You might want to watch how well you write here, though, ladydark. Just your friendly neighborhood hobo with a little advice. Falling into a cake? That would be awesome, except for the messy part. I trip a lot, and while it might hurt badly, it's always really funny. Once, my sisters and I were watching Wizard of Oz, and Haley (the middle child) was pretending to karaoke to "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" with an unplugged microphone. I blame this on me being half-cat (as if), but I decided to pounce upon the mic's cord for no reason. However, she yanked it away before I could get it, and I tried to get back to my chair before she did. I was wearing soft, slippery velvet pants -- I tripped over them and fell on my elbow, on the hard wooden floor. It hurt like crazy, but it was just so funny! I honestly wouldn't have cared if it was broken, because I was laughing so hard.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Heated discussions are started by people who feel like questioning what another person believes and dissecting the words of the person who believes it. Personally, I'd like to stay out of heated discussions. Debates can be different, but this isn't for debating, either. So, to answer the question: yes, I do believe in God. My reasons are simple; I don't believe that the whole universe could've just created itself. I don't believe in the Big Bang or evolution, and not just because that's always what I've been taught a church. I just don't believe it could happen without an omnipotent power to make it happen. Seeing nature and humans, and knowing all that we can do and how we're built and what things make us work, and watching animals and trees and everything - to me, it's obvious that there is God.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]I think I'm obsessed with several songs right now, but the most obsessive award probably belongs to "Diamond Mind" by Rasputina (all the other ones are also by this AMAZING band). [B]Diamond Mind [/B]I want a diamond, I really do I think that you should give me one Then you can prove your love is true And that the gift giving has just begun I want that diamond, I want that thing A tennis bracelet, a ring It better shine, it better cut I know it is expensive but... What other way can you make four months of your measely salary last a lifetime And what other thing have I ever asked you for Besides... The ability to read my mind And I didn't get that either, Yet I want that diamond, I want it so All of my irritating friends will know That I have worth, not only that But that you love me even though I'm fat I want that thing, I want it now I'll say it once, I don't care how you get it You can rob a store, There just is nothing I want more Than diamond jewelry for me And I'll talk louder so you see how very much it means to me! Even some little stud earrings Give me the [spoiler]goddamned[/spoiler] diamond It's just so darn true! Or at least, it hits what the jewelry industry must think of woman right on the head. And I adore Melora Creager's brilliance.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Yes, you can change into any animal you want. But who said you can change back? You realize this as you're stuck in a cat form, and a creepy old lady with a glass eye adds you to her collection (which consists of twenty-one other felines). Your new name is Howard Hughes. I wish I had a bicycle![/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Yay! Well, I wasn't born when it came out, so I don't know of its "colossal blockbuster-ness." I just know that it's one of the funniest movies ever. But you're right, it's from Clue. Go ahead! (But I won't be so easy next time!)[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]YES. Here it comes. [QUOTE]Person 1: He had threatened to kill me in public. Person 2: Why would he want to kill you in public? Person 3: I think she meant, he threatened, in public, to kill her.[/QUOTE] I wonder who will get this one. =D[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]I don't mean to revive a debate that should've died long before it did, but I spent the weekend with my church youth group (Disciple Now), and I happened upon a verse in the bible that settles my thoughts on the cussing question. [QUOTE]But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. [RIGHT] -[i]2 Timothy 2:16[/i][/RIGHT][/quote] I've forgotten why else I reopened this discussion, but probably for the better. I'm willing to leave it at this if need be.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Yay: The Day the Earth Stood Still. Such a hint, Ziggy, such a hint.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]This is an interesting game I came across. The point of it is to imaginatively describe a way in which someone's wish could go wrong. For example: Person 1: "I wish I was a shark." Person 2: "Wish granted - you're the meanest, biggest shark in the sea. Unfortunately for you, it's not a sea. You've meandered into the Arctic Ocean and frozen to death. ...I wish..." I hope that was clear enough. Basically, you corrupt the wish of the person who posted before you, then come up with a wish of your own. Since I'm first, I'll start: [B]I wish I could be a ghost, if not just for a day.[/B][/FONT]

[quote name='Avenged666fold']OMG is was sooo a joke. A joke. And some animes are nice in the end like that but some are not. Like Hack.//sign.[/quote] [FONT=Arial]Actually, .hack//SIGN was very nice at the end. [spoiler]Tsukasa finally wakes up from her coma and meets Subaru in real life.[/spoiler] That's probably the best ending that could be hoped for.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]I wouldn't consider putting a neccessity that someone doesn't want in a place that will make them take it a lie, though. Sure, you didn't tell them that you put the medicine in their food, but if they needed it to survive a disease, then by all means: do it as often as need be. That's not really a lie. But I know what you mean with the comparison, and it does sound bizarre. But that sort of falls in line with the belief that good works alone get a person into Heaven; since the person who gave the child the medicine did a good deed and everyone who caused the Holocaust did a bad deed. A very bad deed. But that's not how it works.[/FONT]

[QUOTE=Ziggy Stardust][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=Sienna] [B] David Bowie:[/B] Call him rock's favourite chamelon, call him the thin white duke, call him Ziggy Stardust, call him whatever you want, he's one of the greatest artsists of all time. A talented multi-instrumentalist, he makes his career with his INCREDIBLE vocals and terrific lyrics. He's also unique in his ability to adapt his sound to ANYTHING - from hard, gritty rock, to glam rock, to dance music, to R&B (Just listen to Black Tie White Noise if you don't believe me), but he's still remained the same old Bowie! [/COLOR][/FONT][/QUOTE] [FONT=Arial]I call him Jareth, the Goblin King. :D And by the way, I put "Ziggy Stardust" as my Z letter slot in Winter for my extra credit in Semantics today. The assignment was to create an alphabetic list of words that have to do with each of the four seasons. I have no idea what Ziggy Stardust has to do with winter, but I'm sure it won't matter. 1. [b]Rasputina[/b]. The absolute greatest band to ever come into existence. They've been around for a while, but their current arrangement consists of two cellos and one drumset. Melora Creager, the founder/lead cellist/vocalist/lyricist, is my favorite person in the whole world (I may be exaggerating, but she is amazing). Their lyrics range from historical and comedic to nonsensical and hard to understand. No matter what, they're always beautiful. They've done cellorific covers of Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Marilyn Manson, Melanie (you know, "I rode my bicycle past your window last night..."), Leslie Gore, Belle and Sebastian, et cetera et cetera. I can't emphasize how much I adore this band enough, really. I just wish their CDs weren't so darn hard to find, especially their live one. x_x;; 2. [b]AFI[/b] has been one of my favorite bands since I was in the seventh grade (two years), and they've held out as one of the best. They've been around since I was born, and they're quite prolific. Their first albums had more of a punk sound, but they gradually became darker and more melodic. It helps that Davey Havok and Jade Puget are [U]extremely[/U] sexy/beautiful men. Candy for your ears AND eyes! 3. [b]Trans-Siberian Orchestra[/b] is just plain amazing. My dad took me to a concert of theirs last year, and I was just blown away. They consist of a small orchestra, two keyboards, two guitars, one bass, and a whole slew of vocalists. This band is epic, really. They remake classical music so that it's both beautiful and heavy, and they do a lot of Christmas music. If you've seen the [URL=http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geupAN5SlEVC8B6TBXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTE2Nm0wcWZrBGNvbG8DZQRsA1dTMQRwb3MDMQRzZWMDc3IEdnRpZANGNzA2Xzg5/SIG=11vch8kj2/EXP=1143682701/**http%3a//media.putfile.com/WizardsofWinter-SM]the Christmas light house[/URL], then you've heard Trans-Siberian Orchestra. If you like this band, but haven't seen them live: oh heck. You need to. You have to, before you die. Those are really my current favorite bands, but I listen to a ton of other musicians. If you really want to know, most are listed on my [URL=http://myspace.com/agreatleechwife]myspace.[/URL] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Actually, it doesn't matter if you're a righty or a lefty. My English teacher is left-handed, but she plays a right-handed guitar, and she says it's easier because her writing hand is a bit stronger and more dilligent than her other hand. (And the site is [url]www.ultimate-guitar.com[/url], in case you went to the one posted and found an error message). Personally, electric guitars are MUCH easier to play, because their body is much smaller than that of an acoustic guitar (and being a girl, that is a gigantic relief). The strings are also softer on the fingers and much easier to get the notes out on. I think the fretboard of electrics are also smaller, and therefore easier to play. However, if you start out on an electric, you might have a difficult time playing acoustic (if you ever needed to). Electrics can be very expensive, too; I was lucky when I got mine with all the fixings for only $100. I taught myself how to play, and it's taken a long time. I don't remember when I got my first guitar, but I'm pretty sure I was nine years old. I don't know many chords, but I have a very very good book that has picture diagrams of almost every chord? that there is. Um, I don't think I could tell you the exact title, but I think it's something like "Picture Dictionary of Guitar Chords." The only reason, I'd say, that someone might need a teacher to help them is if they want to learn the chords. The only reason I know any at all is that I need some to play certain songs (like "Time Warp" from Rocky Horror Picture Show, which only needs A, one whose name slips my mind, G, F, C, E, and some others whose names I don't remember). Since I'm a songwriter, chords could be crucial, but I've got some other assistance: a piano, my chord dictionary, [url]www.chordfind.com[/url], and Finale Notepad. Good luck with your guitarism. EDIT - It seems either link works, but both go to different places. I didn't peruse the first one enough to know what exactly is there, but I adore my link when it comes to learning new songs. [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]This happened to me after watching the last episode of .hack//SIGN. I was seriously in love with this anime, so much that I cried when I couldn't watch it because it wasn't on, or that one time when my mother told me I wasn't allowed (I just taped it and watched it the next day, xP). When the last episode ended? I was sobbing. Sobbing! I was lucky to have seen it from the very beginning, but I think I missed one or two episodes because I went out of town or something. Everything about this anime was perfect: the great animation, the amazing story, the beautiful music, and the characters that I desperately wished were real (this all happened from sixth grade to seventh). When it ended, I cried myself to sleep, and of course, the empty feeling vacuumed itself to life in my stomach. I don't know if I was just emotional because of the ending it had, or because it was over and there wouldn't be any new episodes (save Gift and the two bonus episodes...one was Intermezzo, but I don't remember the other). This is the only time this has happened to me, though, because I think this is the only anime I've seen from start to finish and loved as much as I did.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Ah, I wish I had odd things to talk about. I guess the weirdest thing my boyfriend and I have done is play DDR everytime we go out on a date (always to Q-Zar). I try really hard to hold band practice every once in a while, but so far, nobody has been able to make it. I'm planning on some random, weird things, though, do they count? For instance, putting on a concert as pirates/Glindas in New York. Love love love.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]I started with DDR Max, but I think any version is just as good. There are songs on all of them that I love doing, but only because I've played it for a while and I can handle the songs with more challenging steps. Whatever you get, make sure you do Training Mode or play on Beginner before you try anything crazy, because you could really hurt yourself trying something you're not ready for. My boyfriend sprained his ankle several times trying to do Max 300 on light mode, which is the hardest song on DDR Max. Good luck with whatever you do, though.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]The Bible never mentions any degree of sin, though. There aren't seven deadlier ones, and their aren't any lightest ones. Unfortunately, the smallest lie can be just as sinful as murdering someone. There's not a level of cursing that is tolerable and one that is not. I know it doesn't make much since that way, but that's how it goes. There are a lot of things that don't make sense about God, but regardless, it feels right.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Personally, there are many times where I wish I could bring myself to say profanities, but I doubt they would really make me feel any better. My parents don't want me to say them, and my teachers at church have always taught that God doesn't want his people to say things like "eff-word" or something. The things I do say, I don't consider that bad (i.e., "crap," or "sucks," neither of which my parents want me saying), and even the adults at church have said them a lot. The problem with my church is that their are too many elderly people, too many social, trendy, ANNOYING teenagers, and I'm way too different from all of them. If I could find a church with punk rock Christian music (which is sort of an oxymoron), or gothic or whatever, with people who actually have things in common with me (other than being living, breathing, human beings), then I might actually enjoy going to church. This weekend is Disciple Now, which is a retreat in which the youth stay at host homes and indulge in the Bible and other activities, a live Christian band, and some big game/activity. The first year I went, we had a video scavenger hunt and some people from church play music. The next year was the best, with it's electric band and Mess Fest (sort of like a food fight, but in an organized fashion). Last year, we had an acoustic band and worked at a charity. I'm hoping that I'll get as close to God as I did two years ago (I felt Him in the sanctuary as we had the final worship service. Everyone cried, even the skater boys and adults). I'm just not really looking forward to it. x_x;;[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]I prefer to think of myself as not having a religion. Yes, I do go to church, and I believe in and love God, and I do my best to follow what the bible tells me to do (such as "taming the tongue") but somethings I just don't want to do. Church bores me inconcievably, which makes me sad. I don't want to dislike going, but the people of my generation there are not all good Christians. They even go to church more than I do, and they participate in many more church activities than I do, but they only do this because they're social teenagers with lots of friends who are also doing the activities. I see these kids everyday, being rude, obnoxious, cussing, and many things that non-Christian kids do. Then they go to church on Sunday and act like it never happened, and restart their whole week the same way. If people think all Christians are like that, they're very wrong. At least, I'm not like that, and I know the older, more mature and less prone to giving into peer pressure Christians aren't. So...I suppose I don't have a religion, but a relationship.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]If you want some mohawk (or maybe liberty spike?) role models: [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630/ShikyoKasu/thecasualties.jpg[/IMG] I couldn't tell you how to do it expertly, but I do know it could require glue, hair spray, maybe even egg whites (check the Wikipedia article).[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]I would really like a cardboard cut-out of Marguerite Moreau as Charlie from Firestarter 2, and that came out of nowhere. I didn't even want that before I clicked reply. But I just now thought that it would be so cool to have, and to paint mustaches on, or something silly like that. Maybe my very own castle beyond the Goblin City in the center of the Labyrinth that would suddenly appear in my backyard, maybe with my very own David Bowie (or David/ey HAVOK) dressed in tight pants. Maybe a Salad Fingers. Well, I definitely want a Salad Fingers pin or patch for my planned cool jacket, but I'd have to make one myself. Siigh. What I want more than anything is for Rasputina to come over to my house. And stay until they like me.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]I'm going to guess. Caddyshack? xP;; I'm a try-er.[/FONT]