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I didnt do it because there was no ca$h prize involved....ok, just kidding. I didn't do it because there were too many authors involved and I haven't started everyones work....maybe in the next one you can just use one author and have the scavenger hunts more frequently

I agree....let's get the mimes!!!! :2hands: :2hands: :2hands: Um, do mimes carry cash and jewelry???

I agree with you, Ex. I was wrong let myself get so angry and I appologize to everyone who had to read the garbage I was spewing(did I spell that right? )

Bwuhahahaha!!!!!!!

It's nice to meet you too, Naiilo

awww, you're the best, Jan.....and I don't just mean as an editor....wait, I do mean that as an editor, too, but you know what I mean

Our friendship is something that I have never doubted and that I will always treasure, Kevin

Hey Anthony You've always been one of the nicest people here at GA, and it makes me feel good to know that you like reading my blog and the comments and posts I write.....oh yeah, glad you like Staking My Claim too

Personally, I say to cram as much in as possible, and make it as expressive as you want it to be.....I change my sigi from time to time...this month it contains my favorite 2pac quotes since September marks the 10 year anniversary of his assasination.

Do you think it would be okay to post it if you wrap it in a quote?? Just a thought

Thanks David...there's no way I can tell you how much your reply and every single other reply I've gotten here today means to me. I love this place and everyone here

I was thinking that the emo boy's were the non-conformists. Take Care, Vic lol...no way. If anything most of them are sheep who follow the rest of the herd off the cliff and into emoland, where they weep about nothing in particular and damn all meat eaters to hell...it's still very trendy to be an emoboi :2hands: :ranger: :pickaxe: :king:

I dont feel like that at all....I wonder if maybe I get my point across too well sometimes because I'm a writer and maybe I pour my style into my replies...idk. As for the title of my last blog, I think it's a perfect statement about being a noncomformist...I mean, how many people do you know who want to beat up an emo kid??? Six? Ten? Four? I dont know of anyone who feels that way...so maybe once again I was being a nonconformist

I like reading your opinions too, even if it seems like Im not listening....I really am. I know I have a lot to learn, and Im sure that no matter how old we get we all need to keep learning and growing as people. I'll never stop doing that, even if I act like I already have all the answers

Wow, thanks Davey I know sometimes it can feel like Im too opinionated, but I was thinking about it last night and I wonder if it doesnt have to do with the fact that I'm a writer and maybe my points come out too strongly for some people

Awww, thanks Alan I'm glad I make you laugh sometimes, and to be honest, a little turmoil isnt the end of the world for me All it does is make me more determined than ever to rise above

Thanks Dan really it means a lot to me that you thnk that about me and even though we dont agree on a lot of stuff, I like you too (besides, your stories are so damn good)

I've done a lotof thinking about what happened last night on my blog, and after chatting with Kitty for hours about the conflict I had, what led up to it, and how i'm looked at by others, I've decided to reintroduce myself to everyone. First of all, my name is Nick, and I might be the most hated member in the history of Gayauthors.org. The reason why, you ask? I can't say for sure, but I think I have a really good idea, so here goes.... There seems to be this perception about me that somehow I judge people who are different. I think the opposite is true. I've been on this site for over a year now, and I've had friends and lost friends, and one thing always comes out in every conflict I've been involved in.....I have it so good. That somehow, I live a protected life and that my family doesn't have problems, and I always end up being hated on by people who don't have it as good as people think I have it. My first run in was with a poster who identified themselves only as "guest" They called me spoiled, arrogant, self centered and even said that my dad belonged in prison. Well, later I found out that "guest" was actually someone I considered a friend, and that the person hated my guts. When that happened, I was shocked and hurt, but I moved on. I actually didn't have another run in for a while. I made some friends on this site, and one in particular that I really cared about and to this day I still wonder how he's doing. We would go to chat together and it always seemed like people were on his case to change and to conform..someone even told him that he needed to be more like Kurt. I thought that was rude, and he told me that it bugged him. All I could do for him was tell him not to change and that he was a great person already. Then one night he wasn't in the chatroom, and somehow we were all talking about Columbine.....the way I remember it, someone tried to talk me into believing that the kids and teacher who were murdered that day were somehow guilty of inaction, and the next thing I knew, we were debating bullying....well, to make a long story short, I spoke my mind, the way I always have in the past. I knew I had made some people mad at me, including a couple of the GAC's that were in there who were supposed to be moderating and not taking sides. So I left that night. Later that week, I was back in their with my friend, and a debate broke out about a girl who was beaten by her dad on camera. Someone, and I wont say who, said that it was okay for men to hit women. I said it wasnt, and the next thing I know, the people who I had ticked off earlier in the week, including one of the GAC's, all teamed up on me and tried to paint me as a sexist. Anyway, to make a long story short, I let them get the better of me that night, and the next day, I ended up losing the friendship of someone I thought would always be my friend. It hurt, but I kept my chin up and I moved on. I knew that the others were gloating about it, but I figured that at some point they had moved on. So then last night, almost 6 months after that incident, I posted something in my blog that was fairly random. It wasn't a personal attack on anyone in particular, but someohow it got twisted, and an angry ghost from my past came back to haunt me. What makes me mad is that the person seemed most angry about the fact that I'm a "preppy" and he called me some pretty mean names, and I responded by telling him exactly what I thought of him and his friends in chat. I lashed out in a moment of anger, and I'm pissed at myself for that. I should have been mature enough to let it go, but I wasn't. The thing that gets me, though, is that I seem to always be under attack for being a noncomformist. It's like I'm being blasted for being different from people who claim that they don't comform to what society and their parents want them to be. So, I'm going to break this down one time for everyone, and then I'm not going to revisit this topic....... 1. I have my own opinions. They aren't the same as yours, most likely, because they're mine. If they offend you, then you can probably imagine how I feel when I read your opinions. The difference is, I don't thnk less of you for having an opinion of your own, and I don't get mad when you express your opinion. Am I allowed the same courtesy? 2. If I have something to say about someone, no matter who it is, I'll say it. I won't talk behind your back, and I won't start rumors about you. If I think you suck, I'm going to say I think you suck, and then I'm going to say why. I'd rather be honest with you than be a snake in the grass. When I was pissed at Joe and Kitty I said I was pissed at Joe and Kitty, and then I moved on. I didn't sit back in the chatroom and talk shit behind their and Myr's backs like some people like to do. I say what I have to say and deal with the consequences. 3. I don't live in a perfect world and I don't have a perfect life. I have a lot of stress, just like everyone else here. I fight with my dad, and I struggle with my school work, and I get sick and I get worried and I bleed and I have friends that are always on my mind and people I try hard to please, just like everyone else here. Maybe I don't live in your situation, but you don't live in mine either. There's no way for anyone to understand what goes on in my life, just like I can't understand what happens in yours. 4. Coming out of the closet wasn't easy for me, and I'm sure it won't be easy for you either. I knew I was gay before I could even say what gay meant, and I know a lot of people here went through the same thing. I was scared to death when I came out to my dad, and then at school too. Being out wasn't exactly the easiest thing to do in the sixth grade, and it wasn't a walk in the park. So before you assume that I have it so good, think twice about it. 5. I know what it's like to be poor. Before we moved to Virginia, I used to have to go with my dad on his route truck because there was no way he could afford a baby sitter for me, and he worked from early in the morning to late at night, and a lot of nights, I went to bed in his truck and woke up in the morning not knowing how I got to my bed. I'm not sorry my dad worked a little harder to get us out of poverty, and I hope your family never has to struggle, and if they do, then I hope you make it out. 6. I don't judge other people all the time. Let's be 100% honest here.....everyone judges people sometimes. I know it's true because it's human nature. But I don't walk around and point fingers and make assumptions about other people's lives. Now, if I think something someone's doing is stupid, I'll say so. But then I'm judging the act, not the person. I think smokers are below average intellegence, but that's not judging them. That's saying that I've worked out in my head that they deliberately poison themselves even though they know it's going to kill them one day. So, that's what I think. Does that mean I would wish them harm? No way. Anyway, those are just a few things I thought it was important to talk about, because after talking to Kitty and just knowing what has been said to me and even about me in the past, it's obvious that some people don't like me because of who they think I am...so, go to my custom tag right above the pope's picture today and read what it says. Then maybe, just maybe, you won't hate me so much

Can you get any done in class?? I always use my free time to do my hw so I dont have that much to do when I get home

I always have a grip of homework to do too, but I try to do as much as I can at school so Im not sitting up all night trying to get it done. Sometimes I have to not do other things just to get it done, but I know I can catch up on those things once I finish. I didn't get much writing done last week because I had homeowrk up the ying yang, but this week I can take it a little easy....btw, it helps to be on an A/B schedule so you can figure out what has to be done when. Im having a easier time this year with it than I did last year, when I was up till 2 in the morning sometimes doing hw

I agree with it, but the problem is, most Democrats don't feel that way....they act like they'd rather see the terrorists win as long as it means a defeat for the Bush administration.

There's that pesky word again...we should be thanking God (or whoever you happen to worship) that we aren't a democracy...if we were, maniacs like Fred Phelps could have his followers vote that we all follow one religion....that's what a democracy is. It's mob rule. We're a consitutional republic, and that gives us all an equal voice oh yeah, I'm not riled up, David...I'm having fun getting everyone else riled up. You should know that by now