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I'm with skooter... I can't quite figure out what you're trying to get across. Your girlfriend's mad at you over giving her a teddy bear? Let's start from there.

I don't know how really "J-Pop" it is, but I used to be a big X-Japan fan a while back. The piano and string arrangements are just gorgeous. I burned a CD for a friend once, and he said that they reminded him of Meatloaf with an accent

I concur. Welcome to Xisto, guys! Hope you'll find your stay fun and friendly.

From what I've seen and played of it, the PSP is a neat little gadget. It's kind of strange how the console got boring for you after only a few days... maybe it'll get better after you put it away for a while?

Oh... sorry, just had to add this: In the old preteen novel "The Eye, the Ear, and the Arm," I remember a boy in an African tribe goaded another one into a fight by making two mounds out of earth and then kicking one over. The dirt heaps symbolized the other boy's momma's boobs... and kicking one over meant, well... kicking one over. Next time one of your mates thinks he's fantastically clever by snapping a "your mum" joke on you, you know what you have to do . (Find some dirt...)

I read a neat book the other day in Barnes & Noble called "SNAPS" by Stephen Dweck and Monteria Ivey. Not only does it provide a veritable arsenal of "Yo Momma" jokes, but it also provides some fascinating background on the whole custom of "snapping"/"playing the dozens." If you've ever got some loose change lying around, be sure to pick up a copy! I believe there are sequels... aptly titled "DOUBLE SNAPS" and "TRIPLE SNAPS."Nothing hits home like a good old "your mum" joke!

The whole MGS franchise is legendary, and MGS3 is the perfect end for it. I don't think I saw the sun for 2 days after I bought it... worked my way up from normal to extreme. Currently, I've beaten extreme mode 4 times . I haven't been able to find/shoot all of the kerotan frogs for the stealth camo, but I've managed to get the Markhor Rank/EZ-Gun which makes the game a walk in the park.

You should have swept a shelf of batteries and canned food into a duffel bag and bolted for the hills! Nah, that was a very kind and considerate thing for you to do. I would have slipped you a $20 on the spot. Hopefully you've got something good coming your way for that!

Oh man, the choices!1. Writer/poet2. Stand-up comic3. Newspaper or magazine editor4. Professional runnerPerhaps some bizarre combination of all of the above...

If I want to upgrade from package #1 to 2, must I have 30 credits, or would I simply need to have 20 (since I would put in 10 for package #1)?

...drive me @!%!& crazy. Why on earth would anyone living in the suburbs need to drive a humvee transport to soccer practice?! As if gas prices weren't high enough... ($2.15/gal where I live) I know that the car is a status symbol and it looks cool and blah blah, but you could buy so many other high-end cars for the $50,000+ you plunk down for one those monsters. Hopefully you could find something that gets more than 5 miles per gallon...

I agree with you 100%, eitel. Very well said.This whole topic is reminiscent of a debate we had in sociology about whether the United States should make a formal apology to African-Americans for slavery.

One of my former English teachers lamented how the quality of kids' writing has been steadily declining since AIM/chatting/the 'net in general. In essays and assignments he'd find that kids would use "u" for "you" and "4" for "for" etc. He once instructed a block to write an in-class essay; several kids asked him how to spell the word "essay." After he wrote it on the board, about half of the class started erasing furiously. After the papers were handed in, about a quarter of the kids wrote "S.A." on top.

I agree... KFC is a whole lot more, er, "wholesome" than McD's. At least it feels that way. I have to admit I'm sort of biased, since Morgan Spurlock's "Supersize Me" documentary ruined McDonald's for me.

Spaghetti . Actually, maybe noodles in general... I'm a ramen fiend. If it weren't for all the sodium, I could probably live off of the stuff. One of my friends DID try that, though, to save $ in college. After he got through a complete semester eating nothing but cup ramen, he developed... scurvy. Like pirates do. The doctor gave him an orange and told him to improve his diet immediately. So much for that...