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My life is just so amazingly good. I mean I already knew that, but the last couple of days it's really been hitting home or something. It's like I just bounce around for one enjoyable activity to the next and even when less fun stuff happens it never seems to hang around for very long. The last three days have just been phenomenal! I had the most awesome, easy, fun assignments at work (sub-teaching), like I literally had like 3 hours off that I was getting paid for both days. LOL, and I just went to fancy restaurants, and chilled. Yesterday I was sitting at this cool lounge/restaurant that I love drinking Pomegranate Martini's and texting my friends. I mean who really gets to do that while they're "at work". It's like if you watch the old Friends episodes you always wonder "how are they just sitting around in the middle of the day chilling at the coffee house", but I could like totally do that lol! Today I was in such a good mood I decided to just take the day off and have a long weekend. Which I can do whenever I want because work is like optional! And now I'm just kicked back eating baked Brie with these amazing crackers and sipping wine. Later I'm meeting friends for the evening. Haha, it's all so ridiculously unfair that I have such a delightful life, but God I love it! I can pretend it's because it's because I made good decisions, or fought for what I wanted, and I guess I did...but the truth is I'm just lucky prick! Anyway, after last time's rant, I thought a nice rave was in order

I dunno, there are quite a few younger performers, or at least performers who got wide recognition at a younger age. Well, some people don't go to their proms at all. I think "I had to be on national television that night" is a better excuse than "I don't like dances" or "School functions are lame", which are the two you usually get I just checked out his performance on the same night. It was good, but I really don't think it does compare to David Cook's "Billie Jean". I once again listened to Michael Jackson's version and yeah, I just don't care for it that much. Supposedly the inspiration for David Cook's arrangement was was Chris Cornell, but I checked out his version too, and yeah, it's still not nearly as good. The arrangement and melody are just much better with the version David Cook did. All three singers are good and the vocals are fine, but the song itself just leaves me bored with the famous people, and completely excited with David Cook's version. Getting back to David Archuletta, I think it's interesting that Simon was convinced he hadn't chosen that song himself. I have to say whether it's David or someone else, I haven't cared very much for his song selection or the arrangements he uses. In general I think his performance and vocals are good in spite of these things, but clearly we have very different taste and music. (Granted "Imagine" is one of my all time favourite songs, but I still didn't like his abridged version as much). -Kevin

Actually I did think that. Well not exactly, I was still thinking it was Eric for the most part, but I did realize what you were likely doing with the way you set it up, and there was a big doubt in my mind. Especially with the whole "cold stab" and involuntarily hugging Chase thing. Which Ironically would actually suck a bit for Chase if they were attacked. I mean here his boyfriend is with a knife in his back and he's hanging on to Chase preventing him from getting away! "I'll hold him while you stab him, Jerry!" **note to self if you get murdered by someone try not to facilitate the murder of loved ones at the same time** Good chapter, CJ! Very ominous Take care all, Kevin

Congrats, CJ! I think I've read a great many of those 6,000 It's been a pleasure! -Kevin

Welcome to the site, Brad! I look forward to seeing you around the forums!

Did any catch David Cook's performance of "Billie Jean"? Oh my gosh, wow! It was incredible! I'm not even a fan of the song, and this is the first thing I've heard him sing (since I don't watch the show but just youtube clips now and then). Someone told he his performance was amazing and wow, it really was! As adorable as the other David is, I'm having trouble not pulling for this one now! -Kevin P.S. here's a link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92KZt9gYqZk...feature=related

Well now i just feel stupid! I have watched anime before (and not Manga ), and it's really not bad. I mean I think the cheesy voice overs are more or less on purpose and for like a comic book kinda effect (but I'm speculating I have no idea). It isn't something I'd want to watch in either large quantities or frequently, but a little bit every now and then isn't so bad.

Thank you so much, both of you! You know I shall hold you to that The first part of the story is already complete and working a few chapters into editing, and so far I've managed to do the prologue for the 2nd part of the story. So hopefully soonish Anyway, I definitely did feel inspired by several songs while writing this story. I'm the sort of person who can't focus or be relaxed if there's any music playing while I'm trying to read or write something. So I couldn't listen to music while writing. However, I would have the songs in mind, and I would like take breaks to listen to them or listen to them later and I still found it very inspiring.

Congrats Beasty

Congrats Tim

Happy Birthday, Rose! I hope it's an awesome one!

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I've moved my, Michael, and Gary's most recent three posts to the soapbox because they were starting to get religious in tone and it's a more appropriate venue. Please check out the Religion and Sexuality thread that is now there, if you have any thoughts about this topic! -Kevin

Hey Joe! Well I'm glad you're feeling better and that you have a clean house now! Ex drama, or drama in general definitely sucks, but look at this way, it means that they thought you were too nifty to lose completely from their lives Take care and have an awesome day! Kevin

LOL, I didn't say it to anyone, but you guys. And of course comforting the child was my first priority.

So if anyone else says the word 'pencil' to me today I swear I'm going to scream! All day it was: "Mr. Face (no that's not my real last name, but I'm not giving it out over the internet), can I go sharpen my pencil?" "Mr. Face, so and so stole my pencil" "Mr. Face, my pencil broke again" "Mr. Face, I need to borrow a pencil" "Mr. Face, I lost that pencil" I swear it got to the point that I was fantasizing about having this giant bucket filled with pre-sharpened pencils that I could just hand out to everyone every time they even thought the word 'pencil'. To make matters worse at this school they actually have this really weird like pencil vending machine that all the kids use to buy pencils. Well the pencils suck! Like big time! IF you can even sharpen them at all without leaving funky pieces of wood up one side or having the point break before you can get it out of the sharpener it's still going to break within 3 uses of contact with a piece of paper (especially if you happen to be a 2nd grader ). Add to that the fact that the sharpeners available were also insanely crappy (it was even hard for me to make them work, and I'm not a silly 7 year old with still developing fine motor skills). Anyway, I felt like my whole day consisted of hearing the word 'pencil' in the context of some type of complaint or request. I did briefly get distracted from the saga of the No.2, when THREE of my closest friends all started texting me like mad about their respective boyfriend/girlfriend/ex drama, and then one of my kids started crying. I know it's selfish, but it's like, "Look! There's only one of me, and I can only console one of you at a time" :wacko: Plus that damn funky pencil sharpener hurt my hand! Anyway, total rant, didn't have much else to say.

Wow thanks you guys! Awesome and insightful posts one and all

Actually it's not I definitely intend to get back to that, and hopefully soonish, but it's a completely separate and very different story. Congrats!!

So what did you think of it? I'm sure in another hundred years people will be sitting around saying, "You know, I had to really work to appreciate Brittney's 'Gimme More' but it was so worth the effort" Yes, I am a big fan of evolving taste for sure

Hi everyone! I just wanted to wish Joana Imago, my fellow Domaholic a very happy birthday! Ois Guade zu Deim Geburdstog! I hope you have an awesome day -Kevin

Yes, I was going to say something to that effect. Like maybe your body needs something sweet, and whether you reach for an apple or an apple pie all depends on your habits and choices. Or maybe it's an ingenious mechanism to make KFC and Dunkn' Donuts rich?

I thoroughly agree with you on both points. This type of research always leaves me a tad unsettled. I've always maintained that why we're gay is irrelevant, we should just be grateful. Going to great lengths to understand the underlying factors is just one step away from 'treatment' *spits in disgust* I can also imagine half our population disappearing. This is a very atypical position for me with regards to science and humans manipulating 'nature'. I almost unilaterally support that sort of thing. I'm very much in favour of nearly all the controversial research and experiments in these areas (cloning, stem cells, etc.). My general attitude is that great knowledge and mastery can only be a good thing. I take exception to this though. It's a dangerous game we're playing here. -Kevin

Amen to that! To me that comes down to a subjective, personal view of morality and ethics. Objectively people probably don't deserve very much special consideration, but as a person viewing other people as somehow 'special' is something which comes pretty naturally. So naturally in fact, that it probably accounts for the general (though not universal) reluctance you find in the animal kingdom to knowingly cannibalize. As in most matters I'm not particularly concerned with objective things, facts, or black and white issues. They have their time and place, but I leave them for other people to consider. To me and my personal, subjective perception of things, but the more sophisticated a life form (how you define those standards are up to you) the more consideration and kindness it deserves. As I said, I'm not especially concerned about converting other people to my way of thinking, this is just a little window into my morality and values. To me this is focusing on the wrong aspect of the problem. That's like saying, "okay, we have a 5 passenger car. How can we properly accommodate 7 people?". The answer: we damn well can't! Two of them need to get out. We've got too many people plain and simple. We need to focus on contraception and population control, as far as I'm concerned. Certainly we can make things 'more efficient' and cope for awhile, but it's just delaying the inevitable and reducing the quality of living for people and other life forms alike - which to me is an injustice. They're delicious, although the preferred term, at least in my neck of the world, is 'crawfish'. In fact they're so delicious - and so delightfully stupid and primitive - that they (and shrimp, lobster, crabs, clams etc.) are the few meaty/fishy creatures still 'up for grabs' on my diet. Admittedly I only shellfish about once or twice a month max, but they're delicious and I have no compunctions about it. They're not so bad to peel once you get the nack, and really that's half the fun! Not to answer for Tris, but back when I ate meat I could definitely tell the difference between farm raised and free range, or whatever other terms you want you to use. There's only so much a chef can do, at some point it comes down to what they're working with. You definitely are one of my favourite posters And hopefully I will get a chance to check out your work someday soon. "This chicken had such a delightfully happy life that when it came time she freely and knowingly sacrificed herself for the good of humanity" I agree it's a bit ridiculous, and I've always been a "what's done is done" kind of person. It doesn't really matter what sort of life the particular chicken had, at this point in time she is dead and nothing will change that or the misery or happiness she might have experienced prior to death. So why worry about it? Why not chow down? On an individual, case by case level I definitely agree with that logic, but on a more general, collective level it is easy to see that it's happening because there's a market for it, so if you do want to prevent other chickens from suffering perhaps it's wise not to eat this one. In any case that's really an individual decision and what other people decide is none of my business. I'd just like to think that they were cognizant of these things. Anyway, as is the case with people, the important thing is rarely how they died, but more often how they lived. -Kevin

by Lily Allen Even if you're not a fan of the song, I think the video is frickin awesome!

The one I had in mind was a lipstick type...but don't tell her I said that! Well personally speaking, some of the best conversations I ever had about sex or romance were with this particular lesbian. It didn't matter that we were each talking about experiences with the other person's non-gender of choice, it still just sorta worked for some reason. Don't worry, Tim. I'll be your friend anyway