Hey don't know if you remember this, but I recall some interest here before so I thought I'd drop it by since it's finally done.


If you don't remember, then this is a webseries some friends and I shot in the summer.


Cheers!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8ViakMG0Ko

...didn't check this thread for a wihle, then came back...

It`s not about online dating anymore, is it...?

I've always had this sort of weird thing about approaching women

Maybe it's because you call them bitches.





Also, never tried online dating. I have been curious before, just to see who a machine might tell me I'm compatible with, but I think the main advantage with online dating is actually what's unappealing to me. You can see  a person's interests, favourite movies etc., so it kind of takes the fun out of finding those things out, and also has limited benefit. How someone describes themself might not be how they are at all, and their love for the same movie doesn't necessarily mean that we're compatible. I hear there's some sites that are more refined and can find compatibility from personality tests, but I do find it a bit hard to believe that we're so simple our beliefs, past experiences, upbringings, and desires can be put into boxes and matched just from a multiple choice quiz...

Don't know if this was mentioned before, but since you guys were talking about Firefly, for a couple of more days, the complete series will be on sale at Best Buy (19.99 in canada, 12.99 in the u.s.). It's a good time to pick it up in case you wanted to before but it was too expensive.

Haven't been posting in this topic, since I'm not as familiar with him as you all were and I didn't feel it was right...but I read everything he posted here and really thought about it and what it must have been like... I'm so sorry to hear he's gone, and so sorry for his family and friends. Cheers Steel, we didn't always agree with each other, but you were always an intelligent, funny, and stand-up guy.

Being completely serious- I understand it's normal to joke around about everything, and you're doing just that, but please have some consideration and don't joke about this.

*to clarify since I was notified I used the term wrong- it wasn't "bad weed" but "laced weed"

Nope, not into drugs. A family friend died because of some laced weed (long story), also knew too many people who struggled with addiction. I know most people don't get addicted, and for most who do weed nothing happens to them, but it's just not for me.


On a side note, I had all four of my wisdom teeth out at once, and was jacked up on codeine when my friend took me to get out of the house. When we got back a bunch of friends were standing on my lawn waiting, and I got so excited I opened the door and jumped out of the car while it was still moving.

Surprisingly didn't hurt.

Im enjoyng thees kakes,

I remember earlier when in interviews he talked about how he wanted to live until there was a cure, and how he's trying to stay optimistic and stuff... he was an awesome performer and it's really sad that he won't be creating and performing anymore.

have fun!!!

I'm non-premium but I only see the ads at the top of the page.

*edit* never mind, I thought you meant after every post in a topic.

I enjoy playing soccer, but the last time I followed professional soccer was during World Cup.

1. Bleach your hair first...you might have to go to a salon since it can be dangerous/do more damage to your hair than you need to at home.
2. Get your hair cut regularly so that the ends are fresh, don't brush your hair when it's wet (comb it) and apply a small amount of anti-frizz serum...Jon Freida is good, also Bene.

Kind of old, but I still enjoy http://www.engrish.com where they take pictures of Japanese things with bad English.

mm, well, having had eating disorders for 3 or 4 years now, i'd have to say that it's not really about losing weight or achieving the perfect body. often it starts that way, but it becomes a mental disorder when you stop caring about health, looks, or others' opinions, and it's more like an addiction to losing weight. it's about control. even when life is out of control, you can have this one aspect where, with a little will power and determination, everything goes the way you want. it's like you realize "wow! this is MY choice. i do what i want-- i decide not to eat, and i see the results of it. i can control this." eventually, it starts controlling YOU (in soviet russia). your weight gets dangerously low, and  you tell yourself "okay, i can just decide to eat. i will control this and make myself gain weight." but when you try, you feel sick. your body rejects the food. you feel disgusted with yourself. you can hear the voices in your head--why are you doing what others tell you? who cares if it's not healthy? this is your control, right? and it gets to be something that you can't control.

i've dealt with this for years, being in and out of recovery. i lost 25 lbs in the past few months, but my therapist has been encouraging me to go into recovery. it's tough, and i often feel like it's not really what i want... but i have to trust others now because i've realized that my own opinion is not always right. i mean, i have seen myself as fat when i was 70 lbs and 5 feet tall. bah, it's all so complicated. i wish i could stop feeling these things and just be comfortable with my body, but it is sooo hard to do that. >_<

I'm really sorry to hear that. And I see what you're saying about control and everything, and that's probably the usual case for people with eating disorders.

Why I think my friends are particularly affected by the media, though, is because a lot of my friends are performing artists and working in the entertainment industry, so there's pressure to look "perfect" from what we see as a "workable" look. It's really hard to avoid being very critical of yourself when you're constantly being evaluated "honestly"...for example, I have very vivid memories of a talent agent referring to me as "Chubby Girl" and pointing out every flaw with my body (even flaws I didn't know about) at a time when I was 7 lbs underweight. When you're constantly under that pressure, and when you see people around you working who are stick thin, it becomes difficult to say "I'm a healthy weight, and real men and women find me attractive."

I don't know about men, but women have a really narrow standard of beauty these days, that I don't think anyone falls into naturally. Think about how specific most women in the media are- usually 5'5"-5'7" (5'3"-5'5" if they're an actress), no body fat on their stomach, enormous breasts, long legs with no fat, tiny shoulders and ribs, oval shaped head, high cheek bones, and then very specific ranges for the size of nose, eyes, lips. Most of those women are white, if they're not white, they're usually very pale for their race.

A lot of times, I will be sitting with friends, and even after we've been working out and feel good about ourselves, as soon as someone like this comes on tv, it's automatic to feel like you're not "quite there yet" and you have to go back to the gym, watch what you're eating etc., because of the feeling that "well, if that's not beautiful, they wouldn't put it on TV." It's terrible when people think they can achieve the media's standards of beauty by dieting and exercise etc, when in reality, most people can't naturally achieve the look without getting surgery. So they push themselves, and eventually starve or have heart attacks. Three friends of mine have suffered from eating disorders and it's terrible, but the sick part is to see people cheering them on because they "look so good" when they're killing themselves.

That being said, I don't really support surgery, but if it were someone I knew, I would rather see them have the surgery than waste away by not eating.

Just like in a chick flick?

Yeah, he had me thinking he was really cool. Told me how he plays guitar,  races bicycles, grew up on a farm...


Then I found out he plays Settlers of Catan and World of Warcraft.


And I realized I'm perpetually doomed.

The whole world is a goddamn chick flick. A really messed up goddamn chick flick.

If it was really a chick flick I wouldn't be home alone sick right now ​.

Hey! I listened to this but completely forgot to let you know! I really like it, great job Can't wait to hear more from you!

I'd save it or invest it, since the market is raelly low right now and is bound to go back up.

Met my boyfriend in class. Crafty bastard told me he needed help with an assignment so that I'd spend the lecture helping him with the Iliad.   


Probably wouldn't date anyone I only knew online, but I made some pretty good rl friends from an RP I did for 5 years.