I generally don't read peoples blogs here, or blogs in general. I have read maybe 4 blog entries on this forum since they appeared.
But I went out of my way to read this one.
Various random IQ tests clock my IQ at about 185. Yet best I muster in life is working fixing printers over the phone while people yell at me. Being smart, I do amazingly well at it, but cannot get ahead.
The world is made by and for the average. Very rarely can an above average individual get anywhere of merit, because we are all square pegs trying to fit in round holes. Schools AIm to give A grades to those who can work the hardest at the C grade material. And we get lost in the shuffle. Even beauty is really about how average you are. Beuaty is judged on symmetry, and familiarity. Barbie dolls and Fashion magazines tend to exagerate and warp the idea of average, so we fawn over unattainable goals in the media. But in the end, 95% of us reach for and fall in love with those whom are the most average.
Average people; the average person feels the most comfortable with an average person, but strives for the media warped god or goddess. it is sad, but alas.
Even Universities and colleges are designed for the average. Those with above average ability tend to get labelled as having learning disablities, whichever one is the curse dujour. Einstein had Dyslexia and failed Highschool math, nowadays the easy prognosis for the square pegs is ADHD, then med them up until their corners are rounded enough to fit in the hole. I was diagnosed with ADD and Dyslexia as a child (actually not ADD, but a variant. Closer to Autism) I was lucky and avoided the meds after the first year. School was still a pain, and I was still a square peg. But I learned what was a disability really was not, and when I learned to use it I discovered I could keep alot of different subjects and ideas going on in my mind at a time. My problem was not that I was unable to focus on the world around me but that the world around me was far to simple.
Life is about making mistakes. We make loads of them, they are necessary to learning. They are necessary to the way the wrld works. Even at the biological level, life makes mistakes and the beings who cannot handle the mistakes they are handed die off due to natural selection.
The mistakes we make are much the same.
We have a choice with each mistake we make (assuming it was not such a bad one we erased ourselves from the gene pool) ; A) Learn from it and become better for it B) Say **** it and give up. B leads to repeating the same mistakes over and over, doing the same things again and again, getting the same results.
There is a saying about a person who does the same thing over and over expecting different results ; that is called being crazy. That is 99% of the world, and as long as a person lets themselves fall into that demographic ; they are average. The only way to be above average is to fit in that remaining 1%
Anyways ; I always respected you and thought you were awesome, regardless of whether I have had much chance to really speak to you.
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Jun 22, 2008Sakura posted a message on My Life as...Not much of anythingPosted in: The Sorceress's Realm
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Jan 18, 2008Sakura posted a message on 18 days into the year: so far so good!I still talk to you??? O_oPosted in: Bitsy's Guide to the Fraggable Lifestyle
Oh wow, I thought these pms were from someone else.
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Jan 18, 2008Sakura posted a message on Is enjoying playing bad Magic cards a crime?pfft, you can't play substandard cards in standard. N00bPosted in: Bitsy's Guide to the Fraggable Lifestyle
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Sep 24, 2007Sakura posted a message on Getting to Know MeNo thats not GodPosted in: Why Hello
I met God once...Mother of Jesus is more accurate. Apparantly God makes mistakes, even with himself...er...herself.
Ever wonder why he was reaching for that naked guy? -
Sep 24, 2007Sakura posted a message on Getting to Know MeOMG we could be sisters!!!!!Posted in: Why Hello
Except for me it was a priests collar (don't ask...well ok ask)
And I fashioned it into a puppy
And I was like that gay man who played Dorothy
They arrested me when I tried to free the Lion from the zoo....facsists!!! -
Sep 24, 2007Sakura posted a message on Getting to Know MeI got crammed into a boys locker once. I was very dissapointed, he wasn't in there. Lucky his jock strap was.Posted in: Why Hello
I've been crammed into alot of boys stuff actually. -
Sep 24, 2007Sakura posted a message on Getting to Know MeAh, thats what I was getting wrong. The bowl. Dammit!!!Posted in: Why Hello
My guests cannot spell usually. They went to public school. -
Sep 24, 2007Sakura posted a message on Getting to Know MeAHA!!! I knew I recognized your polished marbelesque ramblings.Posted in: Why Hello
Just letting you know while the nuns were flogging you I managed to grab that nickle...and it was a buffalo.
You should send me your address, I promise each year for christmas to send you one normal modern nickle to make up for the one I denied you of. Besides, I belive it is just to pay for good entertainment when I see it, and I appreciate a good nun-flogging. You saved me weeks of therapy.
Do you have a good recipe for Gespacho? -
Sep 11, 2007Sakura posted a message on And so it begins...The body has trouble digesting most seeds as is sweety. It is an awesome start and they mix well on alot of foods. If you have a blender, put them into some shakes and such. That will break them up so your body can digest them better.Posted in: Hall of Enigma
They are good on salads and make good cookies.
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Apr 25, 2007Sakura posted a message on My own little Future Sight.That is a really cool idea, ether. It is alot of fun to do actually, I have friends who rescue animals and such. I recommend going the legit route (as you seem to be doing, and making a career) then just as a personal private thing. The later will turn you into a cat-lady.Posted in: Ether uses Gigagash!
:ducks the onslaught of hurled cats:
I definately wish you luck. I love animals too, and have thought of these professions as well at times. -
Apr 20, 2007Sakura posted a message on Slightly Emo Venting and GuiltMy comments on internet dating come from experience...sorry Alacar. I am a really good judge of people, yet manage to become blined to stupid things on net relationships. I am not saying they are 100% bad, just that it is way to easy to get lost iin the fantasy of them.Posted in: Sakura-densetsu
I am trying to mend things with Elisha. i doubt she will see me as two timing, we already had the understanding we would see other people if we liked...no strings. We weren't even serious. - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
Background ; I actually watched the show when it was first on TV when I was a kid. Fun show. But around season 4-5ish I saw an episode that made me stop watching. He stops a large sulferic acid leak with chocolate. While MacGyver's science is moderately stratched from time to time, this my little grammar school mind would not accept and I still laugh at. It really destroyed the shows plausability for me.
So I am watching the Pilot episode. There is an acid leak.
I am like "uhhh"
Then he finds a pile of chocolate bars....
Seems the epsiode that killed MacGyver for me was a rerun of the pilot.
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I had explained this to jenny before the show started, what made me stop watching.
She couldn't stop giggling. It was hilarious.
If you wear my size I'm stealing your shoes.
Yes he can
If its a Demonic Tutor he has to find something though, because it is none specific and it is clear he has cards in his deck.
That is also why you can choose to find just a single Gaea's Blessing with Gifts Ungiven just to shuffle your graveyard and why Guided Passage says Reveal.
Other than revealing his library to me, there is no way to prove either way how many legal targets are in his deck.
My point and actual question is different from this point though;
When he storms Dragonstorm, he has four copies on the stack that resolve individually. He chooses to use a shortcut (allowed under the rules) and search only once to save time. He reveals three dragons. Since he only searched once as a shortcut, i cannot tell him to search a fourth time because he already compressed his resolutions of Dstorm into one action. But since he could legally retrieve four dragons and only grabbed four, am I under obligation to tell him to get a fourth. Under the rules for tutoring, it is generally acceptable that he can choose not to find a fourth or I can even asume the Dragon was in his hand.
That is moot though, this is not a question on whether he has to find something.
He used a shortcut and searched once for all dragons rather than four individual searches. If he hadn't shortcutted I am responsible to tell him to search a fourth time, but since he grabbed three at once as what is listed in the rules as "an acceptable shortcut" i must assume he only has three.
Ok
Opponent plays Rite of Flame, Seething Song, Seething Song, Dragonstorm. He only puts three hellkites into play. He shortcuts and searches his library all at once and puts them into play at once.
It is not my responsibility to tell him to get another Dragon because it is a hidden zone and the card has specific guidelines to search for, thus it is optional to find it and no game state is disrupted. Correct?
Anyways. Welcome Kitten. Enjoy your stay. You avvie is cute BTW. Nice to have more Estrogen on this site
This is the difference between Fetish culture and most cultures. The wardrobe grows from the uniforms and tools of the trade.
1) Something as simple as wearing a rather common primary color is barely comparable to a specific piece of clothing that is associated with a specific activity.
2) Gangs will attack you for wearing their colors. This is an attack. Someone into BDSM may assume you are a sub if you wear the trappings of a Sub and things may get out of hand. This is not an attack.
3) Getting attacked for gang colors is not preventable by educating yourself. The things they may choose to attack you for are rather varied and everyday and very mundane. Fetish gear is very unique and not so ambiguous.
Attacking someone because they wear certain clothes is wrong in every way, but acting on the signals being wsent to you that someone is a responsive sub is perfectly normal.
No, it is not the fault of the victem when an attack of any kind happens. That is not at all what I am trying to say. But comparing Fetish gear to gang colors is in no way a valid comparison. It is a huge stretch. It should be obvious to anyone that the clothes they wear send a signal and they need to be as responsible as possible for the signal they are sending, regardless of what that signal is.
The comment about the chinese characters is the best example. People get chinese characters on clothes and as tatoos, and because they have no real clue often wind up with characters which in no way mean what they are intended. Or they grab them at random. Wow, this has Chinese characters on them...they are so cool. Look how cool i am. For a clue of just how bad these poorly understood signals can be, go here ; http://www.engrish.com/ You can see it from the point of view of the Chinese person reading your tatoo or shirt
There is more to the outfit you wear than just how cool you think it makes you look.
Very srry sweety, it happens on this site alot. You werent around so people kinda wandered off topic.
You know you always have my support. The plans you mention are things I would want to do as well. AIM me later and we will discuss it
Fetsih and Goth culture do not. There is a difference between being hurt by an illegal activity or a legal activity.
You do not have to be into BDSM to wear a color, but it is a good idea that you at least understand what BDSM is and the signal you will be sending to people. Most clothing, it really is not a big deal, but bondage wear could get you in trouble. If you are sending the signal that you are into BDSM and a Sub, then that nice girl or boy you meet at the bar might hurt you bad...and unintentionally. They could assume that you are into it and act accordingly. Think of all the joke scenes in movies where some innocent character winds up in some dominatrix's dungeon; and fighting and resisting is what a Sub is generally expected to do in many cases so they may not fully realize you are serious when you say no.
Most clothes it really doesn't matter so much whether you understand the message you are sending, but Bondage is the one subculture where No generally means Yes for real. If you at least have a moderate grasp of the culture then you have a better chance of telling when someone is seeing you as a potential Sub and what to say to make them really realize you aren't playing when you say No.
@Maverick ; not completely true. There are too kinds of Goths. The ones who are trying to fit in, and those who at some point look at thir existing style in music and clothes and whatever else and realize "OMG I am a Goth". The latter are generally the true Goths. This is the reason why Goth fashion is varied in comparison to so many other subcultures, it is because while most fashion trends come from those within the clique, Goth culture comes from those without who find that they really are actually within.
It is now the Beginning Phase, Untap Step
HENRY shuffles library
<Sakura> hi
HENRY shuffles library
HENRY shuffles library
Sakura rolled a 10, using a 20 sided die
<HENRY> hi
HENRY rolled a 10, using a 20 sided die
HENRY rolled a 3, using a 20 sided die
<Sakura> I
HENRY rolled a 13, using a 20 sided die
HENRY shuffles library
Sakura rolled a 13, using a 20 sided die
<HENRY> IP
HENRY shuffles library
HENRY rolled a 20, using a 20 sided die
<HENRY> roll again
HENRY shuffles library
HENRY shuffles library
HENRY shuffles library
HENRY shuffles library
<Sakura> um
HENRY shuffles library
HENRY shuffles library
HENRY shuffles library
HENRY draws a card
HENRY draws a card
HENRY draws a card
HENRY draws a card
HENRY draws a card
HENRY draws a card
HENRY draws a card
<HENRY> kp
<HENRY> IP
<HENRY> go o
<Sakura> u roled a 10 and so did i, then you rolled a 3
Sakura draws 7 cards
<Sakura> kp
<HENRY> no
<HENRY> because
<Sakura> yes
<HENRY> when i rilled
<HENRY> i didnt touch the button
<Sakura> you rolled again right after for some reason and got 13
<HENRY> it was an accident
<HENRY> it was an accident the time when ui rolled 3
<HENRY> i didnt want to touch the button
<HENRY> understand kid?
<Sakura> would you believe that? O_o you needed to roll anyways so what does it matter
<HENRY> dont make a meess only for a stupid roll, let me start
<Sakura> oh i rolled a 3 , i dropped the di\ce by accidenbt
HENRY plays Tropical Island from Hand
HENRY taps Tropical Island
HENRY plays Nimble Mongoose from Hand
<HENRY> End my turn
It is now turn 2 (HENRY)
It is now the Beginning Phase, Untap Step
It is now turn 3 (Sakura)
It is now the Beginning Phase, Untap Step
<HENRY> End my turn
<HENRY> End my turn
<Sakura> this is going in humor onn mtgs, you are funny
Really? O_o
OK
No matter what stupidty anyone posts, nothing can possibly beat this
It is now turn 1 (Sakura)
It is now the Beginning Phase, Untap Step
<Sakura> hi
Sakura rolled a 20, using a 20 sided die
Player puts Slasher into play from Library
Player puts Orc into play from Library
<Sakura> ?
<Sakura> wtf are u doing?
<Player> Ok
<Sakura> O_o
<System> Player Lost
These are the cards that come with MWS
4srs?
I listed Vintage Testing
The way you dress should send a message. Wearing Bondage and Fetish gear indicates you are into that, so people really should not wear it unless they are trying to attract people who are actually into the scene.