jayseven
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So if it is ultimately the woman's choice because it is her body that changes for 9 months, then surely contraception should ultimately be her responsibility too? :P
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MCJ Metroid? :P
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Oh, no, quite easily it could be said that everything I do like is clogging up this thread :P Ok, maybe it can't be said that easily. But I do think this thread does suffer from a lack of diversity to an extent, and I do think that many posts are overlooked. Every 5 pages or so the only heated debate recurs; subjectivity vs. objectivity. Well anyway; I like dub-step, can anyone recommend me some artists to listen to?
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lol.
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Nope. I've said it before - I don't really have much interest in most posts -- that's nothing against the users, the music or the posts, as I've tried listening to the suggestions that are made the majority of teh time and I decided long ago that it wasn't for me -- and the rare posts, maybe one a page, that offer a suggestion I'm more inclined to listen to are often lost because of the fast pace of this thread. It's not uncommon for music to be spread over more than one thread on a forum, but you can't just have "pop" and "rock" because neither title is fair...
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there should be two music threads, but how can you succinctly title the difference?
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Went to the library and got essential books, bought particles for a salad dinner, arranged the weekend with the flatties, and now, 23 hours from deadline, i feel i've done enough 'positive things' to earn the rest of the day off :P But no! Must read two essays. Then AN ENTIRE BOOK. Then more essays. Then write essay. Sighs. Got three bottles of BOOST. I spent the whole of yesterday watching everything I have leftover on my laptop in order to be distraction-free today. Of course, now my body and mind are encountering withdrawl issues, and I badly need a FIX!
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Acting-wise, Flags was better. Budget was clearly sent that way, but Eastwood did some very, very awesome shooting techniques (tehre's a bit in Iwo Jima where he uses the same explosion for about 9 different shots, thanks to investing in multiple cameras, rather than multiple explosions, focusing on a building that looks different from all angles. Flags was brutal, and the way the story was told was convulted but only rarely felt out of place. Letters was more comedic, sometimes unintentionally. I'm sorry if I laugh at "BANZAI!!", but I do, and it's a bad time to laugh. Another thing that I felt awful for was that I found it hard to tell the difference between some of the actors, but I was high so I'll just blame that. I think I watched them in the right order. Flags then Letters. Shaded the first part of Letters with a touch of foreboding dread... But Letters lacked a stronger overall narrative, I think. I wonder how the japanese feel about the film, too.
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Happy birthday, Aimless Don't overdo the tea.
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Funnily enough I just watched Changeling yesterday - rounded off my Eastwood run of Gran Torino, Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River, Flag of our Fathers (or whatever) and Letters from Iwo Jima. Changeling was one of my preferred ones in the list. You ought to enjoy it, I'm sure. As for 'trendy awesome great movies', here is a list of over 480 movies that are worth seeing. Well, more or less :P There are too many Michael Bay movies in there for my liking, and a few odd choices but still a great selection of movies. The Criterion Collection is an american... thing which re-releases classic/important/cultural movies packed with insightful documentaries, extensive extras and great packaging. I have Short Cuts (265), which came with, amongst hours of extra footage/interviews/documentaries, the original Raymond Carver short stories (and poem) that the film was based on. They have the "I am curious" trilogy, and an anthology of 25 shorts by Stan Brakhage which must be worth a look. So yeah - if anyone ever wants to buy me a present, one of these will do :P Has anyone seen Monsieur Hulot's Holiday or Mon Oncle?
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Oooh bad move to pull on Thirtynine...
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Ten10? 10charirony Ok well... yeah.
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These databases already exist out there anyway. I'd much rather they were in the hands of an electable authority than just businesses and corporations.
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If there was enough of it, then sure it would! I just wonder how many more thousands of years of wars do people need before they see that doesn't really work all too good...
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If you fight do you expect not to be fought back against? Human goodness is not what is wrong with the world. KILL ALL DEM SPOOKS!
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F. Descent into a mad, depressed rage of tears, lose the wife, child, job, friends, family, house, dignity.
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Time's World's Most Influential Person Is Moot.
jayseven replied to Dante's topic in General Chit Chat
You do not talk about The Game, ffs,. Whatever happened to the good old days when people had to work things out, do some sort of initiation? Pah. -
Never make the mistake of reading someone's mind when you can't stop them from reading yours. The secret to never losing an argument is to never start one. Fuck the day, already. I've never felt more stupid in my whole life.
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haha - yeah, that's fair enough It is definitely the sort of book I would love to have written, mind you, but it sort of oversteps the idea that anyone should be able to appreciate good art on some sort of level by excluding a lot of people through its viscous nature. I think, simply, I would feel guilty if I liked it, to some extent!
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It is a tricky book to read, and definitely benefits from re-readings over the years, but essentially it is egotistical and self-involved. While this is perhaps an accurate portrayal of the human mind's way of experiencing reality (the messing with time an attempt to parallel our reality with our thoughts and memories and day-dreams), it doesn't necessarily make for a 'fun' read. A classic, still, for the era and the movement it was involved in, but many might argue that it was the beginning of teh end of the golden age of literature.
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I think collectively the world is worked up just about enough to make sure this doesn't explode into th'apocalypse, Jordan.
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Man. I've been reading about google being evil. It made me sad. Then I tried to order pizza a coupla times and I have idea if I've paid or even ordered once or twice, or if at all. Bum.
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*waves hand in the air* Yes, a mysticla book that is hard to put down. I've nearly finished it for the 2nd time. One of my faves
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Prove to me that none are really more supported than others, because this is a lie. It has 'always existed' in this particular sense of existence (hello again, Estragon), but who are you to say that this big bang theory doesn't explain the creation of time itself? Both the seconds and the metres are merely forms of measurement, so maybe your cave's shadows are just more realistic than mine? Your 'outporing' was interesting. Sure, I felt a similar, rare, thought from time to time, but it does change. You feel silly for ever having even thought that way when you don't think it at all, which is hard to remember when you do feel that way. But just remember that it's two extremes that you are battling with; The universe and your death. To you, both are just as monumental. Just remember that these aren't teh same side of the coin -- hell, they're not even part of the same coin. They're different currency. And don't ever equate your entire life/mind/soul/love/feeling/thought to a song. It cheapens the life/mind/soul/love/feeling/thought that you insure so much.