Actually, I feel fairly good at the moment. However, I am no stranger to bouts of melancholy / depression.
I suspect that were I to actually be diagnosed, I would be found to have a slight clinical depression.
Actually, I'd expect the report to go something like this...
"If you're asking my proFESSional opinion... he's nuts!" -- Troi, FC
Posted by Jeff Kardde (Member # 411) on :
Well, hell, First, we already know that!
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Well...
I'm overjoyed that I see my girlfriend in 4 weeks. I'm ecstatic that she moves in in 2 months. I'm pissed that I can't find a job. I'm worried & annoyed that I only have $89.78 to my name until 29 June. I'm perturbed that I can't go outside to enjoy the nice days; going outside means showering, which means using shampoo, deodorant & the like...which means that they'll run out sooner...which emans spending money to get more.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"Melancholy, verging on the sad and depressed?"
Nope. I've already gone past that verge...
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
I am happier than a cat whose just caught a fish, and is feeling particularly happy with itself.
Posted by MIB (Member # 426) on :
ahhhhh. I'm pissed that we don't have the money to turn the thermostat below 86 degrees. I'm even more pissed that I have to spend the intire summer sweltering in 90+ degree heat. One of the reasons my mom moved us out of Wisconsin is because she was tired of the cold winters where it was common to see the thermometer go below 0. In my opinion these damn summers down here in Georgia are worse. It's hot, it's dry, and when it rains all the rain turns into steam making things as humid as....I don't know what.
Ahhh look at me. Talk about being bitchy.....
As for feeling depressed; It's on and off with me.
[ June 10, 2001: Message edited by: MIB ]
Posted by Isn't Infinity *G* (Member # 531) on :
I'm fairly ecstatic right now, which is odd. I'm one of those people that is always mad at the whole world because he's been cheated in some way.
Posted by InFiNiTy is a (Member # 531) on :
I didn't post a reason last time, but I'm too happy to leave it at that. I've met the most amazing person ever, she is perfect for me in every way. We share so many personality traits and qualities and just being around her is amazing, it's just like living in a totally different world, not the shitty one that has fundies and republicans in it, but a beautifull world that has only me and her in it, and no one to spoil it. No, I'm not going out with this person yet, but I hopefully will soon, I haven't gotten the courage to ask her out yet, she just seems so perfect, I can't bring myself to, and not only is she perfect, she's Italian too.
Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :
I'm sick as hell. I've got a pounding headache, I'm really dizzy, my throat is soar and it's difficult to swallow(even water). I feel like I'm carrying around a ton of bricks whereever I go.
Other than that, I'm fine.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
I'm kinda depressed. Tropical Storm Allison smacked my part of world upside the head. I'm out of school for at least week now.
Other than that, I'm kinda okay. A girl in my ethics class is acting really flirty with me.
Posted by MIB (Member # 426) on :
I forgot to mention that I'm overwight and I'm doing a pathetic job at tyring to lose a few pounds. Now that is just sad.....
Posted by InFiNiTy is a (Member # 531) on :
As am I, but I'm doing a fairly good job, I'm currently 5'10" and 170lb and I'm going to 135lb. Most people think that I'd be a stick if I made it to that, but I've seen people with those proportions, and I definitely wanna look like that. Consider doing what I do, only fresh fruits and vegetables and jogging 5 miles a day.
Posted by MIB (Member # 426) on :
Jogging sounds good. And I love fresh fruit. I usally have to get it in cans though. Too bad the city I live in hasn't ever heard of sidewalks or bike paths. Or decent public transportation, or decent schools, or preventive maintenance......
I'm currently a little over 6' and still growing!
[ June 11, 2001: Message edited by: MIB ]
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
"As am I, but I'm doing a fairly good job, I'm currently 5'10" and 170lb and I'm going to 135lb. Most people think that I'd be a stick if I made it to that, but I've seen people with those proportions."
Yes. They're called "non-Americans".
*handbags*
Sorry. Good luck and all. But 5'10" and 135lb isn't being a stick. It's fairly normal. I was 10 stone (140 lbs) for a couple of years, but I was 6 foot. And 16-17 years old. Currently I'm at 12 stone (168lbs). I honestly can't see much of a difference to my body now that from 3 years ago. The face is a bit less sunken maybe. I think the extra two stone have been muscle. Muscle on my man-breasts. Yes. That's definetly it.
"Liam. Liam had BITCH tits."
Posted by MsChris (Member # 445) on :
Hmmm...
I'm 6'7" and about 155 pounds. Forgive me if I don't run to the scales to weigh myself - I just got up and Satan has nothing over my moods when I first wake up.
Anyway - I don't look more than 135 pounds. Guess I'm pretty solid.
Life has a funny way of treating me. I'm dealt a devastating blow, but still find a way to make the situation better than the one I'm currently in. For example...(enter devastating blow) the plant I work for closed in March. I finish my job with the plant and get contracted to continue work - and I got the contract with all of my benefits and a $.75 raise.
Life is full of complications - but you have to treat them as obstacles and then 'adapt and overcome'. Nothing is more satisfying than being able to say "I've overcome it!" Live and learn people! That's the rules of life. The knowledge you take with you when you come out of a bad situation is priceless. My life is what I make of it.
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
6'7" and 155 pounds? What are you, an Elf?
Posted by MsChris (Member # 445) on :
Well - that should have been 5'7" - not enough coffee in my system at the time of the post.
And for you non-Americans 5'7" is 5 feet, 7 inches.
Posted by LOA (Member # 49) on :
I'm 5'1" and we're not going to go INTO how much I weight. It's too much, but I'm getting it down there. This is bikini season, and I'm not quite ready for it yet..... I will be though.... you just wait!
As for sad, depressed, and melancholy? No. Pissed? Yes. Definately. But give it time... it'll pass. I think I've discovered the secret to happiness in my life right now-- work. The more I work, the more happy I am. Why? Because then I don't have to DEAL with these STUPID things going on in my life that I just don't want to DEAL with! Pleh!!!
So yes, that's it.... the secret to happiness is work. It helps that I get paid to smile though, doesn't it? Pleh.
~LOA
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
I'm 6'0", and around 195#, which means I need to lose about 20, or at least redistribute it.
I'm very likely going to be moving out of my house and FINALLY into an apartment, so I'm happy and scared all at once.
I find that a healthy dose of insanity helps me cope with life's little problems. Now, I don't mean schizophrenia, or anything like that - I flirted with REAL insanity a decade ago and I don't recommend it - I mean a general 'Life is weird, and so am Me' attitude.
Mis-speak? Trip over your tongue? Lauch into a Jerry Lewis impression! "I have to take the car to the mephranic.. er.. dawoya! Froinlayven! Yeah! Young LA-dy, nice lady!"
Learn voice impressions and use them frequently; Yoda is good. "MM! Help you find your book, I can! Beware the Goosebump books, lead your brain to the dumb side, they do!"
Realize that nothing works right. Pretend that everything that goes wrong is part of a plot to ddrive you insane. Announce boldly that it won't work!
Make bad puns.
Use obscure references from books and cartoons. "What're you doing?" "I'm going to blow up the Earth with my Illudium Pew-36 Explosive Space Modulator. It obstructs my view of Venus."
Research the Chaotic Neutral alignment.
That will help.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
"Well - that should have been 5'7"...And for you non-Americans 5'7" is 5 feet, 7 inches."
That is hysterically funny.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Me bets a fiver that all tha chickies associated with forum la are MUY sexxalizicious.
Posted by InFiNiTy is a (Member # 531) on :
Me bets on the other hand that most chicks that hang around web-boards for star trek aren't all that hot, cuz infact, I know a lot of chicks that like star trek, they are anything but hot, the hot ones are usually somewhere at a party getting very drunk and screwed while I'm wishing I was there drinking with them and screwing them.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Woah. Issues.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Geez. All the Trek fans that are women that I know are pretty hot. Plus all the non-Trek fans that are women that I know are pretty hot, too. You can't say I've got a double standard 'cause I don't have any standards! Posted by MsChris (Member # 445) on :
quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: "Well - that should have been 5'7"...And for you non-Americans 5'7" is 5 feet, 7 inches."
That is hysterically funny.
I'm glad you found the humor. Aparently no one else caught on. *ahem* It's blonde humor - maybe it was one of those "You would have had to be there" kind of things.
Shall we let them in on it?
BTW...I'm just cute as a button - thank you very much!
[ June 13, 2001: Message edited by: MsChris ]
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
I think I get it. Regardless, though, it must be a pain shopping at Payless Shoe Store when you have to buy 2 and a half pairs of shoes.
Posted by LOA (Member # 49) on :
Umm... I just have one thing to say, and that is that I'm DAMN hot! *LOL* One of these days you all will find out just how hot I am..... well, if you're lucky.....
But yes, I like Star Trek, work two jobs, hang out on web-boards in my free time, and dabble in web design and other geeky things like that. I also am mildly obsessed with car stereos and car toys in general right now. But it doesn't change the fact that I'm NOT your average girl (or geek), so any stereotype you put before me, I could probably break. Except the one about how Ben and Jerry are the only men that care when I'm upset. And the other one about shopping, especially for shoes. When it comes to those, I'm Average Girl all the way!!!
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
So you meant that as a joke then MsChris? Thank god. You have gained some respect from me. Don't let it go to your head.
Liz, stop teasing these poor people. Besides, we HAVE seen your picture now, remember?
Posted by Jeff Kardde (Member # 411) on :
We have?
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
You haven't seen the picture I've seen. 'Course, if I did let you see it, I'm pretty sure she might actually hunt me down and kill me, so I won't... :-)
Posted by Conspiracy of One (Member # 36) on :
Dear God. He's got a directory full of her pictures. Run Liz. Run for your life!
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
See, I KNEW it. Liz, you're fucking HOT...!
Posted by Daniel (Member # 453) on :
In a comment along the same vein...did you know you are extremely photogenic? Some of those pictures are really quite good. I however, am already with someone, and am anyway not willing to make such an uncouth statement as Shik has.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
I've always known that Liz is a hottie. Sort of like a post-apocalyptic Shannon Elizabeth with glasses and a car fetish. Posted by Jeff Kardde (Member # 411) on :
You know, Daniel, I had to re-read your post. I read it the first time, and instead of reading "photogenic", I read "pornographic." This is what I get for watching FIGHT CLUB while reading Posted by MsChris (Member # 445) on :
quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: So you meant that as a joke then MsChris? Thank god. You have gained some respect from me. Don't let it go to your head.
Liz, stop teasing these poor people. Besides, we HAVE seen your picture now, remember?
Actually, it was sort of a double whammy joke. One part was explained - but the other one is still over a few heads.
The part where I mentioned that 5'7" means 5 feet and 7 inches (to all the non-Americans)...well, we seem to be the only country using that style of measurement...so the conversion of symbols will still mean nothing - unless they are into conversions.
*sigh* I really must have a strange sense of humor.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
"Uncouth," my ass. So I saw her & got the urge to throw her down over a table & fuck her until she came. That's biology, son, & sometimes being truthful is the best policy.
Again, I reiterate: Liz=ssssssssssEEEXXaayyy!
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
We all seem to be forgetting, of course, that Liz is very likely to kill Frank and do hideously unspeakable things to the body. You know, maim, torture, decapitation (of both heads ), that sort of run of the mill evil that is part of the vengeful spirit of women.
And Liz is so gosh darn cute that she'll get away with it.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
I'm sure Liz is thrilled to have a bunch of over-hormoned lads who are so desperate for a shag that Charles sheep are beginning to look tempting chasing after her.
MsChris: Nah, I got it. It's just I didn't know your sense of humour worked like that. Simons, yes. I shall put you in the same catagory.
If it helps, Brits still use feet and inches for height.
Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :
Um.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
That's just you, Liam. And just because you've got bitch tits & we don't doesn't mean you're better off sexually than us.
::: points at his own statline ::: Oh, it's confirmable. And in 3� weeks...me...girlfriend..huge boost in Trojan sales figures for the 3rd quarter.
[ June 13, 2001: Message edited by: Shik ]
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
To Quote The Poster of a 1001 Names: Um.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
You'd be disappointed w/ Liz, I'm afraid. From what she's told me, she's celibate enough to make me look like friggin' Hugh Heffner! *L*
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Strangely enough, I can picture you as Hugh Heffner. There's nothing bad about that if you like being surrounded by naked Playboy bunnies 24/7 in a somewhat isolated party mansion. Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Assuming LOA ever comes back...um...yeah.
This has been a day of increasingly odd sexual references.
Well, two.
Now that we've all exercised our primal instincts, perhaps we could switch to a mode of conversation less likely to appear on America's Most Wanted?
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Yes, because being overly sexual is SO WRONG.
That was toned down severely. You should see me full-on.
Posted by LOA (Member # 49) on :
I think i was actually referred to as "prude" once.... only once, mind you.... but it was a HUGE shock to my system.... no one else had ever even HINTED that I might be like that *shrug* Actually, there's a running bet with most of my friends that I'm going to end up being a Nympho to the highest degree..... Odd, really........
~LOA
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
quote: You should see me full-on.
I can hardly stand you in profile.
That = perspective joke.
Where the heck is Ultra Magnus these days, by the way?
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Heh...perspective jokes...thas great, G...
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
Honestly, you lot. Cold showers all round. Ohh, who am I kidding? She's wonderful! Every time I read one of her posts, I think "I'm gonna marry that girl." I need help! Somebody stop me! 8)
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
"Oh, it's confirmable. And in 3� weeks...me...girlfriend..huge boost in Trojan sales figures for the 3rd quarter."
Er, that was innuendo?
For God's sake, come back Ultra Magnus!
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
"And just because you've got bitch tits & we don't doesn't mean you're better off sexually than us."
Hang on...
Shik, I've seen pics of you. You're hardly up to staring in Ally McBeal yourself.
Besides, I'm sure that Jubes, Tora, and Liz will be shocked to learn that they don't have bitch tits.
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
And despite my previous post, I have no reall desire to be in the cult of LOA.
Mind you, If I spelled that last sentence differently. . .
Posted by Orion Syndicate (Member # 25) on :
*LOL* Now THAT for those still unaffected is innuendo. Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
Well, I've dated two women who were generally considered 'prudes,' at least to the fact that I know they each once had plans to become nuns.
One of them turned out to be a lesbian. I take some bizarre joy in the knowledge that I helped awaken her to that fact. Even though it means nothing overtly sexual happened between us.
The other one... well, she maintained the 'innocent' facade, but...
Well, I believe my eventual words on the subject were "Oh. My. GOD." I'm just glad I had an unshared dorm room that semester. (Gee, sometimes I still miss her.)
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
Yup, it's always the quiet ones. So. . . the first one WAS a prude, but mainly because she really preferred women and men did nothing for her, while the second one wasn't, but put on that facade? Or was she prudish, but once exposed to your stud muffinliness was converted into a sexual tyrannosaurus?
Posted by MaGiC (Member # 59) on :
...I thought about being a nun when I was younger, and look how I turned out...
Huge bitch titted lesbian with heteo tendencies.
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
Vogon: I doubt that it had anything to do with my 'stud-muffinliness.' I think she was always a tyrannosaurus, but didn't have an outlet to express it.
One thing about these girls: They all had the same general appearance: Long, straight, dark-blonde hair with slightly auburn highlights, glasses, high foreheads, some freckling.
I think I've developed a fetish.
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
So, it would appear you opened Pandora's box there, then. Oh, please, somebody stop me before I innuendate again! 8)
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Never said it was innuendo, Liam. And no, I have perky suckable man-breasts. Ha.
Yay for always-hard nipples.
Time to go AOmack on underage girls.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
*Kills Lee*
Sorry, I forgot to stick MaGiC in that list of posters that have bitch tits. And MsChris. And some of the others.
Whether any of them are better of sexually that Shik (or me), is for them to prove. With pictures.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Werd!
I propose a series of, uh, "road tests." Yeah. That's it.
The joy of driving, indeed.
Posted by InFiNiTy is a (Member # 531) on :
-I surrender, my stereotypes have lost out, LOA is hot, I give up! -Liam is scaring me -I might be submitting a higher resolution pic of myself soon -I'm gonna ask Samatha out tommorow, and when I say she's hot, I'm understating it Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Wearing clothes that actually fit you might help. The bottoms of those jeans must be filthy where you tread on them.
Honestly, kids today...
[ June 14, 2001: Message edited by: PsyLiam ]
Posted by InFiNiTy is a (Member # 531) on :
Yeah, beleive it or not I actually despise baggy clothes, but if you wear anything form fitting, people call you gay, and although there is nothing wrong with it, it seriously limits the amount of girls you can get
[ June 14, 2001: Message edited by: InFiNiTy is a ]
Posted by InFiNiTy is a (Member # 531) on :
Oh and btw she didn't agree to go out with me, but she put it so nicely, she is definitely the sweetest person I know -Exact quote (yes i was being an idiot and asked her out thru icq ) Ivan thats really sweet but I don't think I'm looking for that right now. Things are just a bit too hectic, but thank you.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Wow, you got off really good with the date rejection. Every woman I've asked out has turned me down. Some have been nice; some haven't. Here are some of the not-nice ones:
"You'd probably turn me lesbian."
"No. Go to hell. Get anally raped by Satan."
"No, but if you accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, I might consider going out with you."
"I would never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever sleep with you! Even if I was drunk!" [Note: I asked her out on a date, not to have sex]
"Not even if the only guy I could get was Bob Dole."
"I date a woman and be banished from my family than date you."
Apparently, I've asked out some not-so-nice women.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Ye gods, man! What did you say to them?!
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
The Pompatus of Love, indeed. Now we know what that actually MEANS. 8)
Posted by LOA (Member # 49) on :
I hate men. HATE THEM. I just don't see WHY they always have to be so HURTFUL! I hate them hate them hate them!!!
And don't ask, because I'm FINE. I just needed to get that out. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go to my room and not cry again, even though it's all I've wanted to do for the last WEEK. I hate men.
~LOA
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
Oh, yeah. She'd be great in the sack, no question.
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
All men are not hurtful... just the ones you like.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Infinity: What do you mean by "form-fitting"? Do you mean as tight as, say, the casual clothes worn on Friends, Spin City, blah blah? Or do we mean first season TNG form-fitting?
Posted by Mr. Christopher (Member # 71) on :
Please forgive this return to on-topicness, but I'd just like to say that I'm not too fond of rent-a-car companies. You have to be 25 to drive them! Bah. Guess I won't be driving much until we get a new car. Maybe I shouldn't have totaled our old one after all... (Long story, if you want to hear it, PM me. )
Posted by InFiNiTy is a (Member # 531) on :
High school in North America has proven to be a very very very prejudiced place, where you get judged on pretty much everything. There is no specific rule that you have to wear baggy clothes, but people that wear clothes that look normal(if you wore anything like an ST uniform, it's like commitings suicide) are jokingly called gay, and I don't wanna risk anything unless it is absolutely necessary.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Because what the "cool kids" think is SO important in the long-term scheme of things.
I was famous for showing up in the most outlandish outfits. Shorts & a Hawaiian shirt in the dead of winter. Black pajamas on Ho Chi Minh's birthday. One day, I even came with a suit & briefcase--that freaked everyone out.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
I wouldn't say senior high school is the most prejudiced placed. Late elementary school and all of junior high school was when I verbally and, occassionally, physically assaulted the most.
Senior high was a lot of fun. I was active in the bands and orchestra and managed to gain a decent level of respect from my hard work. At that point, I started wearing my Star Trek combadge on my letter jacket. People thought it was cool.
Now, I AM the Pompatus of Love. Just because I suck at getting the ladies doesn't mean I don't know what I'm talking about. Ask my friends. To get those reactions, I asked them out in a normal manner, "Hi, I was wondering, if you weren't doing anything this weekend, if you would like to come with me to dinner/movies/bookstore/theater/concert/something else." That simple question got me those reactions.
Contrary to popular belief, I've never used:
"Hey baby. Let's go get some barbeque and get busy."
"The word of the day is 'legs.' Let's go out and spread the word."
"Nice shoes. Wanna fuck?"
"That's a nice outfit. It'd look better in a crumpled heap in the corner of my room."
"I'm the Pompatus of Love, baby. Let's go play with my 'lovesaber.'"
Nope, never used them.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"I hate men. HATE THEM. I just don't see WHY they always have to be so HURTFUL!"
Of course you can't see why. There's no reason for it, because it isn't true. It's like saying "I just don't see why the sky is always pink..." :-)
"There is no specific rule that you have to wear baggy clothes, but people that wear clothes that look normal...are jokingly called gay, and I don't wanna risk anything unless it is absolutely necessary."
"Risk"? Risk what? Being "jokingly called gay"? "Oh no! Someone jokingly called me 'gay'! Oh, the pain!" Grow up, man. There's a lot more to this life than what some fuckwits think of your clothes during high school...
Posted by Mr. Christopher (Member # 71) on :
I wear baggy clothes. I like baggy clothes. Why? Because I find them quite comfortable. I haven't worn a pair of jeans in ages. They're just too...uncomfortable! Cotton pants and khakis are far more comfortable for me. And baggy shirts, well, they're comfortable and they also don't show my physique, which is definately a good thing. Being 5'10" and having a mass of 220 lbs isn't good, you know.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
No, it's not. Go for a run.
"...people that wear clothes that look normal(if you wore anything like an ST uniform, it's like commitings suicide)..."
If you're putting a ST uniform in the "normal" catagory, then I can't help you.
"I was famous for showing up in the most outlandish outfits. Shorts & a Hawaiian shirt in the dead of winter..."
That's just impractical, surely?
"Black pajamas on Ho Chi Minh's birthday. One day, I even came with a suit & briefcase--that freaked everyone out."
Hmm. Were you ignored a lot as a child, Shik?
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
"At that point, I started wearing my Star Trek combadge on my letter jacket. People thought it was cool."
I dunno if I'd call it "cool", but it's individual, and I can respect that. I've got a Buttercup keychain hanging off my uni rucksack (I'd rather have a Dexter one, but Dexter merchandise over here is rather scarce).
Still, there's a world of difference between wearing a com-badge, and an entire uniform. Especially since all Star Trek unifroms only seem to come in "extra large", "extra extra large", and "lard-arse" sizes.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Ha. I have an ice & cold fetish as well, Liam. And yes, I WAS sort of ignored as a child...but no more than anyone else in our generation. I just liked being absurd.
And I'll see if I can find you a Dexter ring.
Posted by InFiNiTy is a (Member # 531) on :
Well I'm sorry if some people enjoy being societal rejects, but I don't, to me hanging out with the most popular people in school and being able to get dates and getting invited to parties and such matters. Maybe I am a shallow person, but hey, why fight it? If you can stay in good with all the popular people instead of being constantly shunned and having to hang out with the losers from the science club, then why not go for it. The stuff about the losers from the science club is not a metaphor, I used to be like that, I hated it, now I'm not and I'm glad to be rid of that, what people like that don't realize is, you're laughing AT them, not WITH them.
Posted by Mr. Christopher (Member # 71) on :
I shall from now on refer to you as Crazy Ivan.
Why?
99 44/100% of the people on this board are "those losers from the science club".
Hope you enjoy being an outcast
[ June 16, 2001: Message edited by: Mr. Christopher ]
Posted by Jeff Kardde (Member # 411) on :
I suck at science.
I was "that loser who draws in class."
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
We didn't have a science club.
We had a chemistry team, but I didn't care enough to be on it. Besides, my dad taught chemistry in another school district, and how was I going to assert my independence if I didn't stink at chemistry?
I didn't go out of my way to be in any group in school. Basically, to me, other people were largely irrelevant. If they didn't have a direct impact on my life, I didn't need to deal with them. I couldn't relate to them on an intellectual level, because I didn't care about cars and pro wrestling and bands and clothes, so I had no reason to socialize.
Except girls... and girls I just couldn't talk to. No self-confidence at all. Convinced I was to unattractive to be at all interesting, given what there was for me to compare myself against. It wasn't until much too late that I discovered that several of the females in my class had considered me 'very cute' and 'very nice.'
Posted by Daniel (Member # 453) on :
We HAVE an Academic League. That sucks. I'm on it, and we are no good at all. But it's a lot of fun! Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
My dear God, the competitiveness of US schoold is scary.
We had football. And...er...that's it.
There is a line you can balance on. Don't shout out smart-arse answers. Do well in tests. Revise, but still talk to people, don't lock yourself away for months at a time. Go with friends to see films. Talk about TV. Don't wear a Star Trek uniform. Don't dress up like Heero Yui from Gundam Wing. Don't sit in the corner saying "Wrestling and sport are rubbish. I, with my superior brain, am far better than everyone." Relax. Find the balance between not looking like a complete idiot, and not caring about what other people think.
Go to a British university. Choose life.
Posted by InFiNiTy is a (Member # 531) on :
quote:Originally posted by Mr. Christopher: I shall from now on refer to you as Crazy Ivan.
Why?
99 44/100% of the people on this board are "those losers from the science club".
Hope you enjoy being an outcast
[ June 16, 2001: Message edited by: Mr. Christopher ]
Tell someone that cares, if I get bored of this board I will not even think twice before leaving, it is of no consequence whatsoever to my life and my personality
Posted by Daniel (Member # 453) on :
Liam, it's Heero Yuy, not "Yui." For God's sake, please, if you're going to type it, spell it right! It's a blow to GW fandom! Like spelling Picard with a "K" or something. Guh! *shudder*
Besides, who would want to dress up as Heero? Spandex, a green tanktop and clunky yellow sneakers? Yeah, right. Starfleet uniforms look so much more comfortable and ergonomic... (No, I would NEVER wear one to school. Well, perhaps on Halloween, but only the militaristic movies II-VI version. )
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
I think I am fast becoming far too cool to hang out with most of you.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Yeah. It's scary when you're too cool for the nerds, and too sad for the cool people.
Daniel: Come on. Dubbed Anime is full of alternative spellings of character names. That's what happens when you translate from Japanese. And even when the names appear, in English, on the original show, people still refuse to believe them.
Of course, I don't go in for any of that, and I'll pick the most common spelling. Unless I don't like it. So, I'll go with Yuy. And I shall guess the others:
Duo Rattrap Maxwell Trowa something Quatre Weiner Wu Fei.
I would be willing to bet at least two of them are wrong. I am cool.
And the dubbed spellings are consistent, so there goes that theory. Take a look at the subtitling and the official posters issued by Sunrise et al. Mainstream Gundam fandom prides itself on its consistency with name spellings, so nyah. And those aren't just some silly little numbers I put in. The pilots are actually numbered. (Names = numbers)
P.S. I just remembered, (duh) the names are in English on the JAPANESE version, so they HAVE to be the correct spellings. The only Japanese name there is Heero Yuy, and that is corroberated by official publications etc. So nyah again!
P.P.S. Just to jump briefly back on topic, I'm feeling fine. Happy. (School is over, yay!)
[ June 17, 2001: Message edited by: Daniel ]
[ June 17, 2001: Message edited by: Daniel ]
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
"I just remembered, (duh) the names are in English on the JAPANESE version, so they HAVE to be the correct spellings"
Gundam fandom is more mature than Dragonball fandom. Bulma spends most of Dragonball walking around in clothes that say "Bulma", and people STILL insist that her name is "Buruma", because it's a more "accurate" translation.
I knew that there names were numbers. What nationalities are they?
I'd guess:
Heero: japanese Duo: American Trowa: Er, European? Quatre: Middle East Wufei: Asian
Aren't Japanese names back to front? Surname first? So in the Japanese version, is he called Yuy Heero? Or is Heero his surname?
Posted by Mr. Christopher (Member # 71) on :
*grumbles something incoherent about stupid anime*
Posted by InFiNiTy is a (Member # 531) on :
How the hell did we get on the topic of anime? I say we go back to LOA's problems with men being complete.... must go back and find exact term... That wasn't it, she said men were hurtfull, I'd like to argue the opposite, some men are rather nice, like me Well, I'm almost always nice to women, I don't regard them as sexual objects and such, cuz that doesn't work, I've seen where those guys end up, and I don't want that. I suggest that all of the nice guys at this board get together and show LOA that there are really nice guys here too, or if she's completely forgotten about it, talk about something else, cuz anime is not something I enjoy.
Posted by Jeff Kardde (Member # 411) on :
Someone is surprised that we got OFF topic? Amazing.
Posted by Daniel (Member # 453) on :
Heero = Japanese Duo = American Trowa = ? (no one knows) Quatre = Arabian Wufei = Chinese
Actually, Heero's first name is Heero. And his last name is Yuy. In the Japanese version, it is STILL Heero Yuy. So it doesn't apply to him. It's actually (surprise, surprise) Wufei that has his surname fist. Chang is his last name.
Posted by LOA (Member # 49) on :
He just left again.
The hurtful one, that is.... and this one hurts more than any of the others have.
Some guys hit on me at work today... they were cute, fun, and nice...... I wanted to slap them. It's going to be a LONG time before I recover from this one...... a long time.......
I've never let a guy get to me like this before. *shakes head* I'm losing it, I really am........
~LOA
Posted by InFiNiTy is a (Member # 531) on :
That's so sad... Don't worry though, you'll get over it. I was in a very similar situation when my girlfriend dumped me, I don't know if you remember but I said something at this board that what we had was one in a million, well, she didn't seem to think so. In a few months I was okay, and now I've met someone new, I'm gonna withhold stupid statements like that this time though, I don't wanna get that hurt again if the same thing happens.
