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At 2/11/13 01:09 AM, theburningliberal wrote: So I'm spending tonight finishing an essay for my composition class... part of that obviously includes going back and proofing.

This is one page of my essay that I had to stop and go "wow" after I proofed it. Holy crap.

I was returned a relatively short paper in British/American Literature that ended up with more red than black on it. But red marks are always a good sign (from a professor), because it means he cared enough about improving your work to make comments on the flaws. Luckily, I figured that out early on and took advantage of it whereas most of my classmates hardly bothered to learn the correct use of semi-colons.

Now, the simple act of printing a draft has become less horrifying despite my love for the environment!

so i was bored and decided to see what's on television. all i could find were kids cartoons and reality tv. I keep seeing commercials for this one called "freakshow" and i get this overwhelming sense that creativity has died in such a big way that these tv execs go looking for pretty much anyone they can put in front of a camera, find some people who are willing or already do odd and outright stupid shit, record it, do 5 second interviews, then put it on tv for the masses of drooling retards to watch and praise... and buy the merchandise. I mean seriously, they just slap the show's logo on everything from clothes to flashlights to (probably) adult toys and make a killing because people are so saturated with stupidity that they don't even realize their wallets are simply being harvested.

the saddest part is some people think it's real. it's like professional wrestling is on tv 24/7 with no wrestling.

I was listening to a people of people talking yesterday about what they say on storage wars and one made the comment "maybe I should give it a shot, I might find something awesome!" and I had to roll my eyes because these poor saps don't know that the "awesome" things they find are planted in the locker and the 'auctions' most likely never even take place.

how much common sense does it REALLY take to realize that the SAME few people keep showing up to the SAME auctioneer's auctions and win ever single solitary locker?

I lost my faith in humanity long ago. sometimes, I wonder if people even think at all. I do enjoy watching people bring stupid to new levels. it makes me feel better about myself.

and there is a special place in my facepalm for these morons I see running around with "duck commander" t shirts. it quite literally makes me sick that these so called 'rednecks' run around doing shit so insanely stupid that it's too obvious that it was well scripted. and yet people think there's even a shred of reality to it.

I can't help but wonder what comes next after reality tv? I'm afraid of the answer. I'm hoping it's some kind of creativity renaissance, but I highly doubt it.

At 2/11/13 02:26 AM, Cynical-Charlotte wrote: I was returned a relatively short paper in British/American Literature that ended up with more red than black on it. But red marks are always a good sign (from a professor), because it means he cared enough about improving your work to make comments on the flaws. Luckily, I figured that out early on and took advantage of it whereas most of my classmates hardly bothered to learn the correct use of semi-colons.

Now, the simple act of printing a draft has become less horrifying despite my love for the environment!

Well, I'm attending for paralegal studies, and one thing they told us at the start of term was if you are a tree-hugging liberal, go plant a tree at the end of the semester because we print a lot of shit.

Regardless, those weren't teacher corrections, those were me correcting my own writing. I ended up staying up til like 3am working on that draft (which I did finish and turn in)... It was kinda funny, he told us to turn in our papers when he got to class today and then started taking attendance, calling everyone's name (which he usually doesn't do, just the ones he doesn't know)... He called everyone's name so that he could "get a good look at the class and see who obviously hasn't had any sleep, or not enough sleep." When he said that about half the class raised their hands LOL including me.

At 2/11/13 11:48 PM, theburningliberal wrote: Well, I'm attending for paralegal studies, and one thing they told us at the start of term was if you are a tree-hugging liberal, go plant a tree at the end of the semester because we print a lot of shit.

Even as a legal intern I printed out a shit ton of paper. Damn proof requirement. Give everyone a damn paper copy as well as an electronic copy to ensure they can't claim you are trying to pull one over on the Court.

Stupid State of the Union, getting in the way of Jeopardy...

At 2/11/13 08:51 PM, RydiaLockheart wrote: For example, my husband's uncle drives in demolition derbies, but the rest of his family does not live in trailers or gut squirrels on the side of the road or anything like that.

My sister-in-law was telling me how my brother once shot a squirrel in their yard, dressed it and cooked it on the grill... right after they went grocery shopping.

Don't you hate pedestrians that don't have any courtesy for drivers?

At 2/14/13 07:48 PM, LordJaric wrote: Don't you hate pedestrians that don't have any courtesy for drivers?

Seriously. Almost as bad as bicyclists.

I was a master pedestrian back in Seattle, and it's easy. You can game the traffic lights and get places lickety-split without having to jaywalk. It's as if some people believe the world is their sidewalk and that cars will always see them and stop for them.

So...

First a little background on me... I'm in the process of getting divorced, pretty much just waiting for her to sign and paying alimony until the divorce is final. She stated at one point that she intended to 'bleed me dry' if I left her, and considering how pathetic my paychecks usually are, she seems to be getting her way. Nevertheless, in a little over a year I can have the judge finalize the divorce without her consent, and I will be free.

I've moved on with my life since then. For those who don't know, I am in my second semester back in college, did really well last semester and I'm dong pretty good so far this term, and I'm looking forward to the life I am working to build. I'm really excited about it. But I need to build it before I can be ready to start again in the relationship department, and that means that i am actively trying not to get involved in a relationship.

Problem is, matters of the heart aren't always rational. This girl I went to high school with, she was a sophomore my senior year, always thought she was cool but didnt know her, like, really well in high school... Now I work with her, and I've worked with her a lot over the last six months... Usually in a job where we spend a lot of time talking, not only about work-related stuff but just talking in general... And I've started falling for her, and I'm starting to fall hard.

I don't want this. And not just for those reasons, she's engaged to a guy that I hung out with in high school. I definitely don't want to be that guy.

I guess my question is, how do you stop yourself from falling for someone?

At 2/15/13 01:08 AM, theburningliberal wrote: I guess my question is, how do you stop yourself from falling for someone?

You can't. You just have to live with your feelings.

At 2/15/13 02:01 AM, LordJaric wrote: You can't. You just have to live with your feelings.

through intense self training you can block yourself from having affection for anyone.

I did... either that or i developed an emotional disorder. It might sound odd, but I don't feel affection for anyone. I have a girlfriend, she loves me to death, and apparently I have a bond with her because I visit her all the time and talk to her all the time. and even play team fortress 2 with her (she loves that game)... but i FEEL nothing. I know it's there, I just can't seem to feel it. or perhaps I do, but given that I went so long with absolutely no affection from anyone, I forgot what it felt like.

I'm also VERY protective of her. not jealous by any means, other guys can talk to her and I'm cool with it. make a threatening move and you got 270 pounds of pure rage aimed right at you.

as you can imagine, it drives me nuts to be cuddling with someone that I know I care for, but cannot seem to feel this emotional bond. and no, I would NEVER tell her this. I just accept it and live with it.

some parents take the "child embarrassment" thing WAYYY too far.

At 2/17/13 01:31 PM, morefngdbs wrote: I picked up my Ring (I'm getting married )

Congratulations!

Supid cold. Nothing like a sore throat and general tired feeling to make you want to do absolutely nothing for a while.

At 2/18/13 11:34 AM, Camarohusky wrote: Supid cold. Nothing like a sore throat and general tired feeling to make you want to do absolutely nothing for a while.

don't feel too bad. i was up all night with swollen and sore tonsils... and i got a busy day ahead of me. in gamer's terms..

*open general inventory*
*find 5 hour energy*
*right click*
*click use*
"You sure?"
*click yes*
"Absolutely sure?"
*click yes*
"you know this stuff can kill you right?"
*click "just give me the fucking drink i got too much to do today to sleep in"*
*chug*
ugh tastes like shit.

so question.

why the hell is this on the front page of a news corporation's website?

At 2/18/13 07:31 PM, Korriken wrote: so question.

why the hell is this on the front page of a news corporation's website?

News corps are there to mislead ad blind the population from the truth so the corps and Military can continue on maximizing profit for the few. STFU and watch some zombies pleb while the power elite rape your children's country's futures.

Ok so I'm struggling with this, and perhaps this shows my utter lack of knowledge on the issue.

I'm working on my story idea, and I've begun to flesh out everything and decided to fill in some details I left out. Many details were simple to fill in until I got to the topic of how much the female characters weighed.

I decided to go with a typical 'ideal body weight' chart. one of my characters stands at 6'4". the chart says she should weigh about 168 pounds.

that sound about right? she's not some scrawny barbie doll. If you need to know about what kind of figure she'll have, according to this chart, it would be closest to the ruler body shape.

Anyone else find it funny the number of people freaking out over all the meteors being reported.

At 2/19/13 03:13 PM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote: So I was stuck in the middle of no where in the country and there was a no travel advisory and 3 people died on the interstate. it was a about -12 but it was -30 with the wind chill blowing at 40MPH, I was stuck so I walked to the nearest farm and budged myself in asking if I could stay till I get warm and my old man comes to get me unstuck, the farmers were nice enough to USE THEIR TRACTORS to get me unstuck. the only shitty thing to come out of it Ive got some serious frostbite on my left hand and it still tingles and hurts when flex my digits.

I hope you didn't really get frost bite - that can get nasty if not attended to by a doctor! I once nearly had it on my nose - the tip of my nose turned white when I did a run on a really cold day at the mountain. Frostbite can cause nerve damage and even necrosis because it's literally the water in your cells freezing into ice - the ice crystals puncture the cell walls and do all sorts of bad stuff.

I did have to deal with a stuck car while I was home last weekend. I flew in for a wedding and one of the guests drove up from NYC and her truck got a flat tire just before she got into town. So I drove out with my brother-in-law to help change the tire. It was one of the colder days at -10 out. My noes got a little cold since I was wearing leather sneaker type slip on shoes instead of winter boots.

At 2/19/13 05:24 PM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote: LOL -10 in NY thats nothing, go to my thread Blizzard thread in general with all the pics I have. hell 3 people died just yesterday from car accidents and 2 from the cold.

10 below isn't too bad for that area - they had a day that was -32 degrees. Even got on the Today show or something for being the coldest place in the US. The day I got frost nip on my nose it was -20 out - it just so happened my ski mask didn't cover the very tip of my nose.

Windchill is a misleading number - the temperature isn't actually any colder - it's more of a measure of how it "feels" to a person.

Also, why the fuck are people crashing their cars? When it's that cold it doesn't snow and you don't get black ice since there isn't any thawing-freezing going on throughout the day