KatanaViolet

Why thank you! Sad thing is, I have a boyfriend. But we live far apart, and we're not exactly riding a good wave right now. I wasn't totally upset, because we weren't planning to make a big deal out of Valentine's day, i just wanted us to have a good day. But we didn't. Sooo I went out and spoiled myself. Someone's gotta do it :)

Your very welcome. I don't think people who are intelligent should be dismissed just because they are smart. Don't listen to what those people say. When your making good money after getting a good education, it won't matter what they think, and you never know, they might be serving you a Big Mac one day. But anyways... some ranting on the topic of perceptions from others. I don't like how guys automatically seem to get the impression that I'm easy. I'm friendly, but that doesn't mean I want to sleep with you. And I have a boyfriend. I like to talk to people and I hate when I actually have to be mean and tell the guy to eff off. And also all the crappy people I've met who turned out to be jerks...Maybe I really am naive, and don't realize that people aren't very nice, and that I've got to stop expecting that just because I'm kind, that I'll get that kindness back. Grr. People suck.

it'd be nice if you could put pictures on the background... the kenshin sig I had before I made, but that took alot of effort and it wasn't even that great *sigh* but if there are better sites for making sigs I would love to check them out.

actually that was a misquote, forgive me! "To die would be an awfully big adventure" It's not wedding crashers....

Me and my cousins always play this game, name a quote of a movie, and if someone knows it, then they make a quote and so on... if no body can guess it they can ask questions to get hints of what movie it is. It's really fun once you get going. Ex. " I love weddings! Drinks all around" ------------------------ Pirates of the Caribbean. "Dying would be a wonderful adventure" etc. So I'll start off with the one from the example "Dying would be a wonderful adventure" Thanks for playing!

I had a crappy valentine's day too, but I made up for it and took myself shopping :animesmil Then today I got a Jolly Rancher heart thing from my mom. See, Valentine's Day can always be about other types of love too! Love for yourself, love for your family...

[QUOTE=Retribution][size=1]I think there's always going to be a huge difference between what you yourself see yourself as in comparison to others, even your closest family and friends. Who knows yourself better than you? I think that people dismiss me as the short, slightly annoying, too-smart-for-his-own-good, didn't-he-skip-a-grade? type. I'm compared to "my little nephew!" a whole lot, so I'm aware that I look [painfully] young. In contrast, I see myself as only slightly short, and people are just really skewing things out of proportion because of my boyish face. I also see myself as pretty smart, but I do other things aside from school like any other human. I see myself as a pragmatic cynic with a humanitarian soft-side. And that part is never lost on my aquaintances. I'm pretty sure the only stereotypes people file me as are 1) 'genius' little boy 2) immature child or 3) annoying little boy. There's really nothing I can do as far as the little-boy stereotype is concerned except for keep living life so that my face looks a tad bit older, but it bothers me alot sometimes. And I'm taking AP Psychology next year... I've already been doing alot of reading on it -- Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud primarily, but I've also been picking up little pieces of information on human behavior from Wikipedia. I'm also been conducting my own mini-experiments on people -- Gauging reactions and how emotions change -- that sort of thing. So far people have gotten a bit frustrated with them... I'll give you an example. I was testing to see which friends of mine were good at planning ahead, weighing benefits, and delaying gratification for a higher payoff layer. I told everyone in (what looked to be) complete seriousness "Alright, I owe you some money from a while back -- would you like a dollar today or two dollars next week?" Most everyone asked for the two bucks next week, save for one who just wanted the dollar that day. When I told them it was just a test, the reactions ranged from "Oh, f$ck you Alex," to "Ohhh... you're evil (fake smile)."[/size][/QUOTE] I see you as a very intelligent individual, although I don't really know you that much, that's just what I get from your presence on the board.

Dry Grad and Wet Grad are the best parts of graduating. Graduation might be a little overwhelming, but just keep on truckin! :catgirl:

aww that's depressing... I hope that not many people kill themselves on Valentine's Day... personally I think it's stupid... well, suicide is stupid on it's own... it's such a selfish act, and to think that someone would kill themselves because they are alone on Valentine's Day makes it seem even more selfish! But I guess it still happens... I would think that the suicide rate would be higher for Christmas time though.

my mom and your mom. (JOKE!!! :animeswea ) but seriously... Abraham Lincoln vs. George Washington (fight of the founding fathers!) Hilary Duff vs. Lindsay Lohan (I hope they both lose) Paul Martin vs. Stephen Harper... or Jack Layton vs. either of the two (Battle of the Canadian politicians!) Dick Cheney vs. a giant quail (heh) Paris Hilton vs. Nicole Richie (battle of the bones!) Gandhi vs. Albert Einstein (one was a non violence activist; the other contributed to the emergence of nuclear bombs but also warned about what would happen if a nuclear war happened, and was a peace activist as well... pretty good matchup eh?) Darwin vs. The Pope (finally put this evolution vs. creationism to a close!)

[QUOTE=elfpirate][font=Comic Sans MS] My questions for you are these: How do you think that others (strangers or acquaintances that do not know you well) perceive you and how does it differ from the way that you see yourself or the way in which people who know you well perceive you? If there is a difference in perceptions about you, why do you think that is? [/font][/QUOTE] I don't really know.... Some people perceive me as a really awesome person, funny, talkative, witty, friendly, generally openminded, and an overall good person with a good heart... although few of these people really know me, and I'm sure that they give me too much credit. But at the same time I know that I can probably appear as naive, a *****, stupid, ignorant, stubborn, and selfish, and I've found that my friendliness can give the wrong message to guys and put me in uncomfortable situations that I never intended. Some people love me, some people hate me. And this love-hate relationship even exists in my own mind. I've had acceptance, I've had rejection, although I find that the latter seems to be more prominant, allthough I don't know why. Maybe I really am naive, but I don't know why. I know my heart is in the right place, but sometimes I just feel like I'm lost, that life is going by and I can't seem to keep up. I would always tell myself just be me, and then I start to wonder who me really is. I like to be nice to people, but how can I be nice but also not let myself be taking advantage of? I'm quite unsure of myself, although I always give the air that I got my stuff together, usually appearing happy even when I'm screaming inside. I'm not beautiful, but I'm not unattractive... I'm short, I look much younger than I actually am, I'm petite... I dunno haha. You tell me!!! I can't really elaborate... :animestun

[QUOTE=Drix D'Zanth]I?ll keep this to the point. Corey?s response is really worth checking out, so I?ll try not to be too redundant. I have a ?heroine? addiction. [img] http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/529/ww10011oc.jpg[/img] You don?t seem to grasp the point. Every time you smoke marijuana it carries the risk of damaging effects, and every additional event can exacerbate your condition. If marijuana were permissible (even if it wasn?t legalized and recognized as just an outdated norm) that would mean that more people would have easier access to more of it. That means we?ll be dealing with more, regular users of this drug. (The ?read [i]good[/i]? was a joke, hence the italics, I?m not sure if Bombu got the hint; KatanaViolet surely didn?t). I love how you have this egocentric idea that your actions effect you and only you. Where did you get your weed? Think that someone making a buck off of selling you the ganja is going to limit his consumer options? Let?s say you grow your own, where?d you first buy those seeds? How about your friends, when they are deciding whether or not it?s a wise decision to smoke and look towards their peers as examples, are they going to be discouraged from harming themselves? What irks me the most is your ?I don?t give a ****? attitude. That reveals a profound lack of maturity and integrity (although trying to patronize me by calling me ?Superman? and ?Mother [b]Theresa[/b] threw up a few red flags too). I loathe those who in moments of moral conflict choose indifference. Pathetic. If you read my posts you?ll note that I only speak on the negative health effects of marijuana, I?ve said nothing about any other drug.[/QUOTE] First of all, that picture was awesome. Very clever! Second, yea, that one did go over my head, I remember reading it and thinking "I really hope that that was intentional." Sorry if I took that too seriously. I'm fine with the fact that I could be doing damage to my body. I'm a smoker, and a toker, I don't exercise, and I'm little. That's my lifestyle. Disagree with it if you want, it doesn't bother me. I don't know if that "I don't give a poo" attitude comment was directed to me, and although I'm quite stubborn, I certainly don't lack maturity (for the most part) and integrity...so I'm hoping that wasn't directed to me. Although I guess I am rather indifferent to all the medical information and risks, to be honest I really don't care. I allready know I'm going to get cancer, and as twisted as it may sound, at least I know how I'm going to die, unless fate intervenes. I know it sounds messed up, but that's just the way I perceive it. I'm not entirely sure what the pros and cons would be of either decriminalizing or completely legalizing marijuana, I do believe that with how common it is, at least in Canada,it would be logical for the government to want to benefit from it, and I'm sure patients who use medicinal marijuana would be able to use without any major judgement. In addition, in my humble opinion, marijuana isn't any more damaging or different than alcohol. Call it an addiction, I call it an enjoyable habit; Different strokes for different folks. [I]However[/I], there is a difference between those that use and those that abuse. And I don't find myself as an abuser, if I was then it would probably disrupt my daily life, which it doesn't at all. I might have a bad memory, but I haven't smoked myself stupid. And I don't do smoke that much to make myself a future female version of Tommy Chong. But I'm still advocating that we get off the topic of how bad marijuana is for you, and onto the topic of how disgusting other drugs are, then I can agree with you all on something. :animeswea

The part where you get to dress up and go to prom or whatever is fun, but for the most part its actually kind of boring... but at the same time, realizing your closing a big chapter in your life can be exciting, releiving, and sometimes a little scary. To be totally honest with you, it's a little overrated, in my opinion. But I had a big falling out with my friends right at grad so I was basically alone. As happy as I was to be graduating and feeling like I'm going out into the real world and moving on with the next phase of my life, I was very hurt that I didn't have anyone to share that excitement with. :animesigh But I doubt that would happen to you, so don't worry! It will be a very happy and exciting time for you

Kodocha won the "award" for best dubbing in the Anime Insider magazine, narrowly beating out Naruto. :animeshy: [INDENT][COLOR=DarkRed][SIZE=1]KatanaViolet, since this is a thread about subs or dubs, and you had nothing about that in your post, your post was off topic. In the future, please try to stay on topic and add more content to your post to add to the covnersation. Thanks -Arvi[/SIZE][/COLOR][/INDENT]

my main pointwas, there are worse things out there that are becoming increasingly as (and even) more common than point.

[QUOTE=Ziggy Stardust][FONT=Times New Roman] [COLOR=Sienna] I wouldn't be to worried... it's generally thought that Canada is symbiotic to the US, but that is not the case. In fact, it's often the other way around. In terms of millions of dollars, Canada gets less in trade than it gives the US ( [url]http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/trad45a.htm[/url] ), we don't depend on them for protection (Who would want to invade us?), we don't rely on them for our survival. Now, obviously the US' fall from power would be harmful to our economy, the US is our biggest trading partner, but we could get by. We're capable of being self-sufficiant with our low population and large amount of production, our surplus is incredible. We'd be fine.[/COLOR][/FONT][/QUOTE] I see what you mean, and you could be right,but the thought "Who would want to invade us?" just sounds aloof. You never know. I never thought anyone would pull a major attack on American soil after what happened with Japan after Pearl Harbor, but it happened.

I went on to a board that I hadn't visited in a long time, and on my second day back I got ripped apart by a couple people. Sooo now I look like a loser, and I feel even worse. I dunno if that's coincidential, but there's my two cents. :animedepr

wow, do you make house calls Starwind?

Thank you! I was rather confused for a sec there. Though I was goin crazy! But seriously, I can't beat this puzzle face thing, you kinda gotta chase it and then when you fight it nothing you do causes any real damage to him, I was thinking that maybe it was the final boss? I've tried exploring and everything, and had no luck, so I finally gave up, but I'd really like to keep playing it... so if anyone has any tips please help me! Edit: YAY, I found a .hack//mutation strategy guide at Chapters for 7 bucks!! SCORE!

however, I always wondered what would happen to Canada if anything ever did happen to the US, like if they lost their power or what.. and not just Canada, the rest of the world... well I guess for the rest of the world the power would just shift to another country....

[quote name='Starwind']1. Wait and Bleed by Slipknot[/quote] Good song. My turn. 1. Guttermouth- What's The Big Deal? 2. NOFX- All of Me 3. Guttermouth- S.D.F.B 4. AFI- Reiver's Music 5. The Strokes- Red Light 6. AFI - The Great Disappointment 7. Divit- Misunderstanding Maybe 8. Strung Out- An American Paradox 9. AFI- Leaving Song Part 2 10. Anti-Flag- Operation Iraqi Liberation (O.I.L) Oooo good job randomizer! All wonderful songs.

1. Pick a Band or Artist: Guttermouth 2. Are you male or female: You must be a Riot Girl 3. Describe yourself: Oh my god, I'm confused, I wanna go punk but there's way too many rules 4. How do some people feel about you: she don't like the things they like 5. Describe your ex boyfriend/girlfriend: Stay away from me, stay away from me 6. Describe your current boyfriend/girlfriend: Pardon me, Mr.Punker 7. Describe where you want to be: If I lived in a perfect world, I would spend my days lying in the sun 8. Describe how you love: Mediocre Girlfriend 9. What would you ask if you had just one wish: living leisurely in a perfect world 10. Share a few words of wisdom: Everyone's an ******* 11. Now say goodbye: wave goodbye to the wife and kids

You know what's funny, this thread is about free speech but it's like we're indirectly telling each other to shuttup. Or maybe I'm just lacking sleep.

Mother nature has just allowed me to stub my toe!!!! WHY DOES THAT HURT SO MUCH!!! Also, why do papercuts hurt so much!? And mother nature didn't give us any snow this christmas... *****.

I miss ICQ kind of, i liked the way it was set up. But that was like 6 years ago. I only use MSN now, but my buddy list is so small hahahah. I guess I doni't have too many friends.