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Shorty is the king of coincidences. At least once a week while I lived with him (three years) he'd have a freaky one. Of course I can't remember any specific ones but usually it'd be something along the lines of; "Don't you think it's really weird how nobody in sheffield has a mohican?" then the next day: "Dude I totally saw seven people with mohicans today. Here is pictoral evidence." Then the film Last of the Mohicans would start on telly as he tells me this. Seriously I wish I wrote some of them down because shit like that practically always happened.

Sorry, I didn't intend for it to come across as a disputing post or anything

I have to agree with Moogle - these are much better than CR! I like the quirky nonsense and the, correctly used, avoidance of explaining any of the zaniness! Keep it up. I'll probably watch a bunch each week, or something.

That's mental-good. How many hours would you say it took you? Do you do it while doing anything else? I also think you must be able to make a mint from selling it on, too. Awesome.

I'm refusing to watch anything regarding this movie. Being Arnofsky's next movie is all that's needed for me to tune in Any idea when it's out, though?

I 'enjoyed' this one, in very minute parts. The Bale sketch was, as has been said, completely dated/unnecessary/notfunny/awasteoftime. And, honestly, nearing 10 mins as it does, I just find myself waiting for the show to end so I can post in this thread rather than feeling sad when it's over. It's too long. Seriously! I can't reveal any praise until this crucial element is fixed.

Been meaning to make a thread for aaages! UFC 117 just finished with a surprising result -- one that gave Anderson Silva a bit of respect back after his shameful display last time he defended his title. I've Seen probably the last 5 seasons of Ultimate Fighter, and I'm eager to see Ross Pearson perform again in the UFC, considering he won the $1,000,000 contract, yet I think he's only appeared once besides his UF victory in the octagon, and that was in manchester at, what, 108? Kimbo slice, despite performing really, really badly in his UF, has already had, what, 3 UFC apperances? Gladly he's lost his latest one, as he's just a money-gatherer and not actually any good at the sport. Er, yeah, I'll hold off the actual discussion until I identify any other interested parties! General questions; do you have a favourite fighter? When did you start watching? What has been a memorable moment for you? *hopes there are other UFC fans here*

lol :P I actually went commando again today -- went to the xx's and got weed on by a guinea pig that soaked through... So I borrowed her brother's clothes, but thought borrowing underwear would be a bit too ew. Again I must say that it was a novel experience. To those above that considered it being somehow damaging; allowing your nuts to sit free means that your body regulars the temperature of your testes a lot more accurately, and without the layer surrounding your hips it can truly only be a good thing. As for walking through a seaside town on a drizzly late-summer's night... well, it's not that pleasant, for sure.

Well supergrunch made a thread fairly recently about one new form of art -- interactive fiction. Imagine a cross between the "choose your own adventure" books and wikipedia and you have a vague idea of the form, which steals from various media such as text, video and audio. Interactive, digital fiction has pros and cons; as an art form it is rewarding because it offers a novel experience while forcing the user to question their own established preconceptions of thos aformentioned forms, yet at the same time that medium is pretty much obsessed with subversion and the lack of any particularly scholarly take on the form means that, without discussed methodical use of the medium, it is all rather hit-and-miss and still very much in its embrionic (no idea what the correct word here is) stage. The digital age certainly demands a new artform, but again art, in its traditional sense, should be regardless of any such monetary evaluation and as such it is hard to recognise any forward movement in such fields as artistic, or at all relevant to our culutre, especially as this medium is very much secular and unknown to the vast majority of people. I think our society is still experiencing techonology such as the internet as a very new thing. Once it is truly the norm can we expect to see art florish without hindurance by monetary values. When I speak of art being reactionary to previous iterations, I think it is important to realise that there will be concurrant movements that will exist only to ensure classical forms of the art will continue to exist. There is scope for parodies as well as actual intellectual attempts to further the old-school of arts, such as those you name, of sculpture and paint. What is interesting about those fields is that they are currently seen as very finite and, in a way, exhausted methods of art. And it's a fair point - if you can say "well, the gratest writer of all time was shakespeare", then, really, why should anyone else bother? I read an interesting article today in a Times supplement from the weekend about a Norwegian chess player who, at the age of 19, is considered the greatest of all time. Before him there was Karpov, Kasparov and Fischer who were also given similar titles. Nobody could've predicted this genius to have arisen within the game, let alone that he could be, at such a young age, the greatest of all time -- yet it has happened. There is a certain unpredictability that is, in combination with the ever-evolving structure of the mind (we hope), means we can never truly say that we have experienced the zenith of human cacpability. Dan; I think you're bordering on the simplist definition of art; that all it needs is an artist with an intention. I think that art can be formed without intention, and without an artist, therefore I think your classificiations are erronerous. And Emasher; as I said above, movements are often named retrospectively. Similarly, if you examine any previous movement you will see counter-movements, traditionalists and radicalists. You never get one push without another group of people, whether they realise they're aligned together or not, acting the other way. I would personally shy away from any definition of art, because it is entirely possible for something to be perceived as art without the 'artist' ever intending it to be so.

I've had isolated occurances of psoriasis that don't itch. Mine mainly occurs within my hairline boundaries, and only earlier this year did I get a severe case under my beard. It wasn't exactly like ReZ's picture, and it wasn't itchy, though. Or, at least, not as itchy as mine has been. I'm pretty sure that my itchy scalp has made my tolerance to itchiness fairly high!

Postmodernism is the name given to that sort of idea; 'hey, everything's been done, so let's be over-aware and self-aware of it!' You raise a lot of points at once; the idea that one becomes immune to ideas or thoughts that for previous generations may have been taboo, but art as a form of expression will not die. Art concerns an artist attempting to express an idea or an emotion through a medium, and as it is not a science it is not something that can ever be conclusively finite. That society and culture and technology are still evolving is further proof that art still has a job to do. Each technological development provides an artist with more reason, or more mediums with which to express oneself with, to express onself about. Returning to the over-exposure angle; the information age we live in creates a sort of ADHD nature for the 'audience'. That we can simply stumble through the internet, through images created with photoshop or snapped with a camera or written with the ease of a mouse-click we find that we are potentially numbed to the deposit meaning an artist may have invested, but while an artist's intentions may be harder to be noticed it does not remove the demand for the novelty that art instills. Labelling a movement in the art world is often done retrospectively, once it is easier to ascertain when a style wholely occured. Perhaps we are just experiencing a certain lag between art and the modern world, or perhaps (and is more likely) we are unable to notice that which defines the world we live in because we are living it day-in, day-out. Think about when you see a 'period-drama', or a movie set in an era that we consider the past. The costumes and the architecture are specifically chosen to echo that phase of humankind's culture. Try to imagine what a move of 2010 would look like should it be made in 2050. Everything we consider normal now will, then, be ancient, maybe even quaint. Banksy is a good example of how the transition of art-within-a-frame has become art-is-everywhere. Consider how the politics behind his work is now, and thus temporal and eventually becoming another body of work that will be considered a part of art-history. A lot of culture is reflective of the immediately-precursive generation, usually a rebellious attempt to distance itself from what has been. This is clear in art, which is, of course, a generic label that can be applied to many different forms -- again, these forms are becoming more and more diverse. Computer games (as topical as anything on this forum) are a good example of how the art 'world' has new forms to shape. I started playing Bioshock 2 yesterday, and my mother was horrified at the opening scene. I had to explain to her how computer games have evolved from the simple "shoot that, win the game" into a story-driven piece that attempts to immerse the 'audience' further than a movie does. Another thing to think about is how art fits in with the commercial world we live in. From the basic idea that even fonts go in and out of fashion, art helps to drive our consumerist nations by being so pro-active about countering the past. It's hard for me to elaborate on this point (for it is late and, yes, some cider has sought its way into my soul), but consider advertising especially, and how a product seeks to label itself as freshly and novelly as possible. Anyway, blah-blah; there's a lot to the history of art and the purpose of art (don't ask Oscar Wilde to agree with me, here) that should essentially suggest that art is something that helps to define our species. Many people would argue that a free society is one which holds a freedom of expression in high regards. Art is the utmost form of expression, and successful art is that which can achieve a universal appeal, something which can tap in to the shared consciousness and relay a feeling or emotion which we can all identify with. As the world changes, as new stimuli are shaped, then we as a species have new reactions, new cocktails of ideas that can be captured and expressed. AND STUFF. Such an almighty topic.

Murr; you can use spoilers like so; [spoiler=OMGWTF]spoilerific details go here[/spoiler] EDIT: Ok so I can never get that code thing right --

Kinda related; I have a switch on my hearing aids that, amongst actual useful things, means I can hear remote controls when I put then near my hears and press a button.

Woweewowaa! FIVE WINS ON THE TROT!! I was expecting to be relegated this season and now you fuckers have all but ensured I'll survive! My remaining games are against league toppers Silverdale and relegation battlers Happenstance, and certain I'll lose to silverdale, and I think Happenstance will beat eddage so our final game of the season may be extremely crucial! My dev values are all between 10-16, so theoretically there shouldn't be any negative changes on the change report. I'm expecting to have 6 players above 15, so hoping for a few double jumps!

Started on Bioshock 2 today. Not liking how the game thinks it needs to give me hints on what to do just because I explore each area sooo slooowly... I can turn it off but it's been so long since I played the first that I genuinely need the odd controls reminder. Just about to get myself a fire plasmid, so not that far into the game at all. Playing on normal but think I could've started on Hard!

Playing this for about 10-15 mins every other day. I usually get stuck then give up, then return and solve it pretty quick. Currently I'm in the revolving section after the box/circular saw stuff (don't remember exactly where), having started my session with the mosquito bit.

Glad Ville took this thread seriously. Self-harm can be 'a cry for help' - but that term can be grossly misleading. The individual may not be consciously going "hey look at me, gimme some love!" rather they have to turn to self-harm as a means to find some element of control in their lives. Teens are known for turning blades to themselves, but in most cases with young women who have image issues the main scarring areas are the thighs and other places which will be out of sight, which surely negates any such attentive seeking. One girl I knew cut herself because her mother was suicidal. She self-harmed because of guilt, primarily. Another girl did it because she was pretty, thinking she didn't deserve to have her life 'easy' and 'punished' herself. I've stubbed a few cigarettes out on myself when I was a bit younger. I couldn't tell you precisely why, but the twisted logic was something along the lines of why is it always out of my control? If my life is going to be fucked up then why can't it be up to me? I've only cut myself twice, both times very small cuts and mostly just to see what it would do. Self-harm doesn't have to be associated with suicidal tendancies, again hence the tag-line of "cry for help" -- the individual is lost, confused, or overwhelmed. I know people who have run into walls, or who would literally beat themselves up. There's some fucked-up thoughts going on, but the processes that drive people to do these things are, for me anyway, very worthy of empathy. I was depressed for a while and my method of self-harm was sleep deprivation/alcohol abuse. Escapism to an extreme. Eating disorders fall under the same spectrum as self-halm but can be very deeply rooted in a smattering of causes and catalysts. Etc.

Do you have flaking skin anywhere else, like on your scalp or on your joints?

Pretty much every advert annoys the fuck out of me. There's maybe one in a thousand that is decent, but the rest just make me want to shake people and tell them there is more to life than doing what people tell you to dooooo... Apathetic lethargy tangental diversion; aarg.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_commando http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=going+commando Scoop mentioned it in the Branded Clothing thread and it reminded me; Went commando two days ago. Was good. Last time was at school because I didn't take a change of pants to my mate's house when I stayed over and I wasn't a teenager yet so the thought of wearing the same underwear two days in a row was not as reasonable-sounding as it is now. I don't really have any anecdotes to go with this. I spent that day without socks too, for the most-part. Then my dad gave me some socks. Which was nice. I also go most days without a bra, because they're just so, like, restrictive? That was a lol. Sorry. Would you rather go another day wearing the same underwear, or go commando? What'd be your limit for wearing pants?

Phew, glad this thread isn't about the movie as I wanted to have a moan :P My teeth are shite. Chipped six of them, had braces but gave up on the retainer so they've gone fairly 'british' on me and huddled up in weird angles. Top two wisdom teeth are fully through now, bottom two face the rest of my teeth rather than upwards and get shit caught in there all the time. I rarely eat sweet food, and cold stuff hurts. Pretty sure I need twelve fillings. Not been to the dentists in years pretty much only because of how fucking expensive that shit is so I'd rather just let them slowly rot away.

I've only ever had, like, a couple of break-ups. When I was in year... 8? I was 'dating' this girl. Essentially in a science lesson she was telling me and my mate about how her 'boyfriend' didn't like her and I said "I like you". She was all shocked, and the next day before school she had written me a letter saying she liked me too and would like me to be her boy. It had a popeye and olive envelope. Two days later before school her friend came up to be before school and said "you're d-d-d-dumped" and that was it! Didn't even get to go to the cinema for a proper date. Didn't even kiss. She's a lesbian now. I feel that is some sort of victory. And sheikah; really? it may make him sound a little alpha male but your reaction really does just reek of "I need more sex because that cool shit never happens to me", even though I'm sure that's not true at all! Well. not completely sure. I just think you're really making an argument out of nothing because of what some dude did to some chick years ago when, I'm sure, they were New To All This and were in the process of making The Mistakes You Regret But Actually Kinda Shape You. While it is not to be encouraged, it is hardly something to shun someone for, just because it reminds you of That WHOOOOOOORE - or at least the thought of her having sex with someone else, or just sexual thoughts of someone else, while and/or after being with you is like a barbed lance that pierces every morsel of your heart, and though you do hope that she dies in several ways at once your vengeful feelings are somehow superior to his astutely mature view, and incredibly common amongst all adults, that "my sex is better than theirs". Or maybe, y'know, I'm just assuming things or whatever. I WANNA HEAR MORE BREAKUP STORIES. Your turn, nando. I've seen you, eyeing up that self-harm thread. Get in here and theraputerizathon!

I'll sign up, but won't send characters yet. Reminder before we start?

Can we please not have too many at once? It gets very confusing when you're in multiple games, and each game gets a lot less attention and thought than if there were less games occurring at the same time. I'd advise two actual games going on max, with one sign-up at a time, to avoid annoyance at unexpected delays that can lead to players who promised to play but end up dissapearing *ahem*. Of course, I'm not going to enforce it :P I just think it'd be a shame to see the resurgence quickly flounder under the weight of too many games dividing our attention. Plus I wanna do one and mine will DEMAND the players pay close attention.

I promise not to be a shit. Pleae let me play.