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I do have to say after reading both Dan Kirks stories and CJame's stories, they both are close for the title.... but the goat takes the cake

Hmmm... I've heard of them so now I guess I'm gonna see why... iTunes here I come! -> off topic <- this is why I love these forums, you get to learn something new and intresting about people that spark your intrests ->on topic <- UEnigma

(This is a spin off of what does your screename Moderators please move this topic if needed ) Hey guys, I've noticed on here that avatars don't really change and it lead me to two questions: 1. What does your avatar mean 2. Why did you choose it to represent you? My avatar is of a digital hooded figure, probably representing digital death. I think it best represents how I, like the hooded figure, belong to the digital open-source underground and hope for the death of closed source systems (down with Microsoft!) now its your turn! what does yours mean? give GA members a little more insight to you!

I just started signing it with a squiggly line lol... I really like this forum because the screen names we use kind of gives us an brief look into some of the members personalities, or even tells us a lot about personalities (like mine tells everyone i'm to lazy to type out my Pen name Understanding Enigma )

Oh man, the discussion of food is making me hungry lol... but I would have to say that the best food i've eaten in a long time was a Thai dish that my friend made for me about a month or so ago. It was amazing, very sweet but spicky at the same time. I couldn't get over the fact that it was healthy for you. If I remember the name of it, i'll post it on here. I really recomend everyone try it.

I posted a new story in eFiction today entitled Truthfully and so far I've gotten 2 review (at the time of the posting). I really hope I get more reviews or PM's from the members here that tell me how my writing is and where I can improve. I'm also happy on another level because I'm signed up for classes this Fall and i got the two I really wanted (the other two are required for me degree and are two i'm not really looking forward to lol). But I am really excited for my American Sign Language Class (ASL-101) and my Criminology class (CRJU-105). I really can't wait to start studying ASL because of the fact it can help me communicate with the deaf community and I really hope I can become fluent in it and use it one day at work as an interperter or use it when I start to work with kids. It's going to be a very intresting class because it teaches the fundementals of ASL and also talks about the Deaf community. I'm just really glad that my Community College offers it (and when i go onto a 4 year university, I'm deffiently going to plan on studying it even more possibly majoring in it or at the least minoring in it). My Criminology class is going to be just as intresting because I really hope to learn about the criminal aspects and behaviors of people who commit crimes. I really hope it brings an understanding to a lot of behaviors that people do, especially criminal ones (who knows maybe i'll become a human lie detector lol). So it's an end to a very good day, and tomorrow I'll begin the recomended reading for my ASL class entitled For Hearing People Only by Matthew Moore and Linda Levitan. As Always

Idk... i seem to have a thing for long names... cus if I spell out my entire name (first 2 middle and last) it comes to more then 75 letters lol...

Blame the lighting for what? How remarkably cute you are? Nah... I think that runs naturally.... lol besides, I think there are plenty of people who are gonna faint from the angelic look that you have present this forum Eric

Happy *Belated* Anniversary and I wish plenty more for you!

Eh, you can if you put your mind to it lol

Welcome! Welcome! Sound's like you're in the same boat as me (cept it took me close to a year to join). I'm really happy to see you posting in the forums. Feel free to shoot me a PM if you want Yea just like Drewbie said, Join live chat, trust me you'll never laugh as hard (some of the stuff that is said will send you on the floor laughing). As Always - - Eric

It's a good story, one of the first few I read when I came to this site. If you wanna get some advice on it shoot me a PM. Like I said before, it's great to see you on here! (Though becareful when reading some of CJame's stories, there tend to be cliffs no matter where you go lol)

Well... I changed my name (more like abbreviated it) from Understanding Engima to UEnigma. I got tired of typing it all out so, I changed it to the shorter version. Eric

I don't think two of the most amazing people on here will let up on you. I think it might be a rule, but there is no such thing as low self esteem in the GA universe. Besides I think you're pretty cute and your eyes are amazing Can I volunteer? heehee It was getting kinda off-topic, but in a funny way. You guys imatating Bard and Angie... lol... I sense another flash fiction like martha haha

Well spending the past few days resting (and a few more in the future doing the same) with limited activity, all I can say is that I'm enjoying the time I'm spending with my friends who are coming over to visit me, and watching people interact on GA. Seriously, I've never been more entertained then I was last night Oh, the reason for my blog title is simple, my friend stopped by yesterday night and hung out with me for a little bit. She brought my favorite cold stone ice cream and brought me a squirt gun for Tiger (which, I am pleased to say, we ended up soaking him as revenge for almost killing me haha) Off to write now, see y'all around! As Always

I was really upset to hear about this. Georege Carlin was one of my favorite actors and comediens. It is a sad day for the comedy world. My prayers are with him and his family.

Not close to me in the looks department? I scoff at that lol I'd say your a lot cuter then me (and you're the one who should be on Next Top Model lol)

well... figured i'd show a better pic of me (seeing as my last one was kinda meh) This is one of my favorite pics because of the way the lights are... make me feel like America's Next Top Model

Hey welcome to GA! hope you find lots of good stuff on here and I know you'll find a lot of people to offer advice or to lend an ear. Hope to talk to you soon! Eric

Well... I get out of bed today all ready to catch the bus to meet up with Tara in Philly so we could head out on the retreat she invited me on when Tiger (my cat) decides to run between me. I lost my balance and fell down my steps. As I go to get up, start to see stars. Turns out when you fall down the steps and land on your shoulder, you have a good chance of dislocating it. Lucky for me my mom was home and heard the comotion (cat yelling, me yelling and cussin, someone falling down the stairs) and drove me to the hospital. Well, turns out I have to cancel my plans as I tore my shoulder to hell and dislocated it. So now i'm stuck home when I could be out, but lookin on the bright side, its going to give me a chance to play in the chat room some more and get some of my stories done (thank god for vistas voice to text program). If i'm in chat keep in mind im using only one arm lol. I guess I'll write more later As always

Well today proved to be a busy day. I managed to finish up Truthfully (yay!) thanks to my friend Scott having a rough copy of it and hopefully it'll get read by Drewbie and he can tell me what it needs and what it doesn't (thanks! it's much appreciated!) Tomorrow I leave to go to PA and go out on a spiritual retreat with my friend Tara. I'm really hoping that I can understand some of the enigmas plaguing me lately. Word of warning CJames... if I come back to find any of the LTMP characters dead... i'm going to cry and you don't want to see that! see you around everyone!

Understanding Engima To me, there will always be those enigmas that you try to understand and thats where i got my name

same here. your a good author and a big inspiration to many of us! I always love reading your stories, even though they do have a cliff trend . keep up the amazing work CJames and hope I can one day be a good of an author as you (though i'll never torture my readers with a cliffhanger... )

Bad News: Well, suffice to say that I learned a very very important lesson yesterday, never open emails that look suspicious. I lost everything, my writings, music, pictures, videos, everything. I got a virus on my laptop and it erased everything. It's going to take me at the least a month to get back to where I was with my stories (and hopefully I can get some of the rough copies I sent in my email to my friends). I can try to piece back together what I had written from my writing journals. If you wanna know what I lost... here's the list: My Fiction Alone - 1 Prequel, 2 Completed Chapters, 1 rough draft Ultima - 1 Prequel, 1 Completed Chapter 2 Short Stories (Rough Draft - Truthfully & Completed - Night out on the Town) 1 Poem - Completed - Infinite Music 20 gigs worth Videos Entire series of Queer as Folk and Season 1 of the British Version Season 1 of Heroes 8 full length motion pictures It's going to be awhile till I can recover all the work I lost. Thankfully I had my sidekick to get me through the night (I was in the middle of reading Summer Anthology 2008 (If No One Notices - Great job Kevin!) Good news: I'm going to be going on a little vacation with my friend Tara which is going to last about a week. She's going to help me find myself and re-connect with my inner hippie . I should be gone for about a week and it's gonna be lots of fun (I'm taking my camera and writing journal should I feel inspired ) Well, let me get back to my sadness that is my laptop and start rewriting my stories (that means all of my stories, series and poems are going to be delayed for at least a month so check my signature if you want an update). As Always

Yea same here... I saw October Sky and I thought he was the cutest thing ever, then comes along The Day After Tomorrow and I thought he was pretty hot, but after seeing Brokeback Mountain I knew then i wanted him . But sadly he's straight so I guess I'll settle for him in my dreams Edit -> Misspelled Tomorrow oops