Sara

[size=1]I remember you, Disco. I was Cera. *grins* I remember Biyomonomon, too, heh. *points to Marimon, Cotomon, Nyxmon* How pathetic is that? You used to have Excite Instant Messenger, right? Heh. Good times, that. Welcome back.[/size]

[size=1]Ergh. / I guess I don't care either way, but if such a thing were incorporated, it would be really nice if it were optional. Little "updated" icons on the friend list would get distracting, at least for me.[/size]

[size=1]Wow, I'm glad you're all (mostly) okay. I have to admit the title/first line made me laugh. My mom is an ER nurse, and she gives us kids that line all the time. ^_^ The corner where I used to live had a lot of accidents. Well, relatively. I saw one happen one Sunday morning; it was pretty startling. / Car accidents worry me. Head injuries terrify me. I mean...your body can heal, but your brain really doesn't. *sad smile* Best to you and your family. That's a scary thing.[/size]

[font=arial]Well, I was going to say something before I closed this, but I fear any attempt at humor would be wasted in this thread. / Listen to wrist cutter, folks. At least he knows what sarcasm is, for cryin' out loud. My only input here would be to find a friend and talk about your problems. Asking for advice in a general forum such as this doesn't generally work very well, especially when it includes talk of flying mongooses. Ssjbrolli, please clean up your posts; they can be difficult to read. Punctuation is your friend. Thread closed.[/font]

[size=1]The last one wasn't, heh. I think the magic club one would look kinda cool with some sort of cut-out border. The vampire one looks fine the way it is, heh. Astroboy could use a background other than dark blue--something less bold, so the characters are easier to see.[/size]

[size=1]I don't watch anime, I just spend my free time at an anime-obsessed board. Most of my (male) friends are into anime. Moreso than most of the members I've seen here, actually. / Not that I spend a lot of time in the AL, but whatever. I can usually keep track of the threads here, but I've never heard of some of the shows they tell me to watch. (Like I have the time or opportunity, ergh.) So yeah. I have friends who watch anime far more than I ever will, heh. I also have friends who can't pronounce it. Fun.[/size]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by BabyGirl [/i] [B][color=deeppink]Hm...this should be an interesting topic. I had my first night of alcohol when I was 14, also. I was in Europe at the time so it was socially acceptable, but that was the start of MY underage drinking career.[/color] [/B][/QUOTE] [FONT=arial]I was in Europe earlier this summer. Several of the people I was with felt the need to smuggle alcohol into their rooms every night (it was against school policy, eh) simply because they were in Europe and, well, they could. Dealing with drunk classmates is not fun, especially when you're stuck with them in another country. I don't drink. I guess it was never really a conscious decision before people kept pressuring me to while we were on that trip. It had never really come up before. Most of friends don't drink at all (at least, not to my knowledge *rolls eyes*), and as for the one or two I'm aware of, I respect their judgement. I trust them, I guess you could say. There are other people I'm aware of whose judgement I definitely don't trust, but there's not a lot I can do about that, is there? I guess it really bothered me that the people I was with on the trip didn't respect my decision not to drink. Yes, it was socially acceptable. And no, "just trying it" probably wouldn't hurt. But it bothered me that people kept trying to convince me to drink--or conspiring with others to get me to, which [i]really[/i] upset me--after I had told them I wasn't interested. *shrugs* I've honestly not had alcohol before, and I somehow doubt that my tolerance for it would be very high. I also know that alcoholism has been a very big problem on my mom's side of the family. Mm. So yeah. I guess, if I'm going to get drunk, it's [i]not[/i] going to be on a school trip in a foreign country with a bunch of people I don't trust. / [/FONT]

[size=1]Really? I thought German was very easy. A lot of it is very similar to English, especially first year stuff. I don't know; maybe I just have a head for language.[/size]

[size=1]If they don't put up their real names on MyO, there's little reason to think they'd put up their real names in a thread here. I am going to close this. If you're interested, do a brief search on name threads; I'm sure you'll find some things out. And just as a note, please put a bit more effort into your threads in the future. If you ask a question, perhaps give your answer. [/size]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Circuit/J [/i] [B]They can't fly? They can't [i]fly[/i]?!?!? Well, crap. There goes [i]my[/i] life's ambition. [/B][/QUOTE] [SIZE=1]Heh. -- Why are you writing a story about them if you don't know anything about them? / Not that there's necessarily anything wrong with that, it just seems kind of odd.[/SIZE]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by TheDarkCrystal [/i] [B][SIZE=1][COLOR=deeppink]David Bowie is so kawaii![/COLOR][/SIZE] [/B][/QUOTE] [FONT=arial]......... That's really not something I expected to see, heh.[/FONT]

[size=1]I would seriously [i]love[/i] to take Latin, heh. I've always wanted to. / Well, not [i]always[/i], always, but for the last several years.[/size]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Dagger IX1 [/i] 3. [B]The Neverending Story[/B], by Michael Ende I can't emphasize how amazing this book is. I've read it at least 10 times. Although technically a children's novel, I think anyone could enjoy it. The main character is Bastian, an unhappy, insecure young boy who thinks very poorly of himself and is neglected by his father. All this starts to change when he accidently comes to possess a magical book. The Neverending Story is literally one that you won't want to end. It takes a lot of traditional fantasy elements and turns them into something original and incredibly compelling. If I had to compare it to another book, I'd say that it has a lot in common with The Phantom Tollbooth. The Neverending Story, however, is a little darker and more profound.[/QUOTE] [FONT=arial]I would just like to point out that the book is awesomer than the movie, so if you've seen the movie(S) and disliked it, you should still take a look at the book.[/FONT]

[size=1]Well, I don't know a lot about Star Wars, but everything here was explained pretty well, and I like it. I'm interested to read more whenever you've got it.[/size]

[font=arial]I'm taking my fourth year of German independently this year. (All my classmates have either graduated or dropped out./) I really love languages and etymology and stuff, and I'm looking at doing a lot more of that in college, yay. Some fun things: [color=indigo]das Gift[/color] is a German word. Now, a lot of German and English words are very similiar, and it's easy to just think that a similiar word has a similiar meaning. Lots of times, that's right. But the German word [color=indigo]das Gift[/color] and the English word [i]gift[/i] aren't the same. In German, [color=indigo]Gift[/color] means [i]poison[/i]. I get a kick out of that. Some other fun things: [color=indigo]der Schmetterling[/color] is the word for [i]butterfly[/i]. I seriously love this word. ^_^ One of my favorite things to say is [color=indigo]meiner kleiner Schmetterling.[/color] ([i]My little butterfly.[/i]) It's such a great little phrase, heh. [color=indigo]der gepunkter Papagei[/color] ( geh-punk-ter papa-guy) means, [i]the polka-dotted Parrot.[/i] This was my friend Christen's little phrase, heh. Just fun stuff, really. [color=indigo]Wie geht's?[/color] (Vee gates?) "How are you?" (Literally, "how goes it?") [color=indigo]Ich bin gut, danke. Und du?[/color] "I'm good, thanks. And you?" Something else fun is the word [i]so-so[/i]. In German, it's [color=indigo]so la la[/color]. I can say it in a few other languages, too, and they're all fun repeating-type words...unfortunately, I don't know how to spell any of them, heh.[/font]

[font=arial] I think we have The Dark Crystal...I don't think I've ever watched it; it's a fairly recent acquisition. I do like [i]The Labyrinth,[/i] though. It's a weird, freaky little movie, but I'm fond of it. The Firies (or whatever...the fire-bird-dancer-thingies) freak me out, though. I like whatsisface. Sir Didymus. Heh. There's some good songs, too.[/font]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Queen Asuka [/i] [B][color=hotpink][size=1]I especially like the songs from Cinderella and Mulan. And Aladdin. And the Aristocats. And Sleeping Beauty. And Beauty and the Beast. And HERCULES! Man, I love the songs from Hercules. You know what? I need to go watch some Disney movies before I have a nervous breakdown.[/color][/size] [/B][/QUOTE] [font=arial]Tori, you are so cool. I like Disney songs. I do. A lot. I love singing. I'm practically bursting from all the songs mentioned in this thread; I don't know which one to sing first, heh. I guess...I don't [i]miss[/i] having songs in the movies as much as I dislike the fact that more cool sing-along songs are not being added to my repertoire. Heh. There are a few songs that I just love. Meg's song [[i]I Won't Say (I'm in Love)[/i]?] from Hercules is one of them. I wish I could find a good shot of her; she would make a good avatar, hm. And pretty much [i]anything[/i] from [i]The Little Mermaid.[/i] That is probably one of my all-time favorite movies. We don't own it (why, I don't know), and every once in a while I'll inform my parents that we need to rent it that week. There are such great songs in that movie. I sang [i]part of your world[/i] for an audition last year. It. was. so. cool. I also really like the songs from [i]Hunchback.[/i] I don't know them as well as I know the songs from [i]Mermaid[/i], but a lot of them have pretty haunting moments in the melodies, which is an aspect of music I love. I actually have a clarinet book with all the songs from [i]Hunchback[/i]; I should get that out, heh. Okay, I'll stop now.[/font]

[font=arial]*echoes HC* Read [i]Neverwhere[/i]. Wheee! I have a little thi-jingy for this book, actually. *kicks OB for not having html enabled here*[/font] [color=orangered][size=1]I bought this book on a whim at Barnes and Noble a while ago. It wasn't the only book I bought that day, but I don't recall what the other one was. It's an awesome, quirky book. I love the style it's written in: very simple, very quirky (there's that word again), very down-to-earth. [i]The Lord Rat-Speaker nodded. He put his dagger away, in the furs of his robe. Then he smiled at Richard with yellow teeth. "You don't know how lucky you were, just then," he said. "Yes I do," said Richard. "I really do." "No," said the man, "you don't. You really don't."[/i] Really now, how can you not love a book written like that? Richard Mayhew lives in London. He's not particularly happy with his life, but he doesn't hate it, either. He's a likable, decent fellow--normal in all the best (and worst) ways. He rescues a girl he finds bleeding on the sidewalk, "and falls through the cracks" to London Below--a warped city full of forgotten dead ends and pieces of yesterday trapped in time. Richard has no idea what's going on. No one in his "real world" knows him anymore. His apartment is rented to someone else; his ex-fiance doesn't know him; he can't even flag down a taxi. He doesn't exist. With nothing else to do, he starts looking for the girl who got him into the whole situation in the first place--a ragged girl called the Lady Door. London Below is an entire world, seperate from "above." Richard finds himself in a where the Earl's Court station really holds the court of an earl, where rats are revered and intelligent creatures, where certain magics are not unheard of, where "floating markets" are held in a different location every week, and where he has, as he so eloquently put it, "the projected life expectancy of a suicidal fruitfly." Door is looking for the Angel Islington, running from hired cutthroats Croup and Vandemar (remarkable characters, and very good at what they enjoy doing. Namely, killing things.) and alternately being saved and threatened by the same group of people. I love this book. See below for quotes. [b]Quotes[/b]: This is before any of the good stuff really gets started, but I quite liked it. I feel this way a lot. [i]It was a Friday afternoon. Richard had noticed that events were cowards: they didn't occur singly, but instead they would run in packs and leap out at him all at once.[/i] Here's another one. [i]Richard paused for a moment. If ever, he decided, they made disorganization an Olympic sport, he could be disorganized for Britain.[/i] Ah, Croup and Vandemar. They're gentlemen, really. Very frightening gentlemen, reknowned for their prowess at killing people....but gentlemen, nontheless. Quite polite, really. Here's an example: [i]"Mister Mayhew," said Mr. Croup, helpfully, "Do you know what your own liver tastes like?" Richard was silent. "Because Mister Vandemar has promised me that he's personally going to cut it out and stuff it into your mouth before he slits your sad little throat. So you'll find out, won't you?"[/i] Richard makes a couple entries in his mental diary before he begins to accept things. A nice recap of the first part of the book, really. [i]"Dear Diary," he began. "On Friday I had a job, a fiancee, a home, and a life that made sense. (Well, as much as any life makes sense.) Then I found an injured girl on the pavement and I tried to be a Good Samaritan. Now I've got no fiancee, no home, no job, and I'm walking around a couple of hundred feet under the streets of London with the life expectancy of a suicidal fruitfly...." He went back to writing his mental diary. "There are hundreds of people in this other London. Thousands, maybe. People who come from here, or people who have fallen through the cracks. I'm wandering around with a girl called Door, her bodyguard, and her psychotic grand vizier. We slept last night in a small tunnel that Door said was once a section of the Regency swer. The bodyguard was awake when I went to sleep, and awake when they woke me up. I don't think she ever sleeps. We had some fruitcake for breakfast; the marquis had a large lump of it in his pocket. Why would anyone have a large lump of fruitcake in his pocket?"[/i][/size][/color] [font=arial]*ducks, slightly embarassed* This is a good book. Heh. Read it.[/font]

[font=arial]Heh, that was neat to read, though. Stop being so...er...sense-making, Transtic. Heh.[/font]

[font=arial]*glances at AzureWolf* [url]http://www.myotaku.com/users/sara/comments/view/2488/[/url] [url]http://www.myotaku.com/users/sara/comments/view/4003/[/url] Kinda different. People don't annoy me so much as I think I annoy them. (I mean, yeah, [i]some[/i] people annoy me, but....yesh. [spoiler]I'm sure Carr can think of someone. /[/spoiler])[/font]

[size=1]Let's take a break from the "Do you believe in ________" threads. We've had half a dozen of these in the last month.[/size]

[size=1]Tical was banned for consistently breaking the rules. In his case I believe it was posting incoherently, off topic, and in old threads. Topic Closed.[/size]

[size=1]This thread pains me. Nerdsy: I was miffed that they left Bombadil out as well. I really liked him (although Aragorn's been my favorite for years.) There is a section in the appendices about Aragorn and Arwen, however. It wasn't in the story itself, but they didn't pull it out of the blue. Duorocks: What, exactly, is it for which Pippin and Merry are not getting enough credit? And while Bloom's version of Legolas is cool, well... Legolas really shouldn't be fangirl fodder. In the books, he's a giddy little elf-child who breaks out into song sometimes, heh.[/size]

[size=1]...There was a movie? I remember, a long time ago, the librarian at my first school read us books about them. I haven't a clue any longer what they were like. Wow. That was...a long time ago...[/size]

[size=1]If you have to ask, I would say it was luck.[/size]