hexbreaker

Well, the obvious thing is to post. Try to find something you might have a lot to say about, since that earns you more credits (although it doesn't look like you have a problem with short posts). Although, in my case, life can get in the way of staying on the computer for too long (sick friend, new year's shopping, finals week, moving soon, etc).It might be easier for you if you make it part of a routine (like a morning/evening/check-my-emails routine). I don't know, just an idea =]

Wow, that's pretty scary. It's a good thing the kid had the sense to try and wake people up.

Wow. I've never had any foreshadowing in my dreams... Although I might have, I tend to forget dreams pretty fast.One of my friends repeatedly dreams of deep-frying a book with every intention of eating it, but that's not as exciting.

A lot of times people lose interest in other people because they are used to each other being there, know everything about one another, etc.Basically, if I understand this right, the fire died out.It might be a temporary thing, or it might be a permanent thing. I've seen this happen a number of times because the two didn't hang out as much, or didn't do something they always used to, or just some oddity like that.Just remember: the fact that you were interested in her, not the act of courtship (which is typically the exciting part of relationships, or lack thereof, that people crave), and you were with her for a long time. A lot of times we become numb and don't notice the feelings that were there a long time ago. Obviously, you have spent some time thinking about this issue, and you alone might actually know if you still love her or not. Without making excuses or trying to change your own mind by finding counter-evidence, it might a very clear 'yes' or 'no'. Sometimes I'd be together with someone I really liked, and knew that it would never last, but I'd try to convince myself otherwise, and that just leads to a huge mess.Another thing is, love is over-romanticized. There are people you love, and there are people that you are in love with. But that doesn't mean that you can't live without the person you're in love with, or you would recognize them in a crowd of clones or if they looked very different. Love is something you have to contribute to, don't expect it to just come easy.

Well, I used to sluff class my freshman year. This was largely due to the fact that there was less and less of teaching us new things and an increasing amount of mind-numbing reviews and singing ridiculous songs to help us memorize stuff.I started out sluffing just 1 or 2 out of my 5 classes. Our school had two lunch periods, so the 'A lunch' people would go to lunch when 'B lunch' people had 4th hour. I didn't go to 4th hour so I could hang out with B lunch people, and I ended up not going to my last class (math) because all I had to do is slip the lady a chocolate bar and tell her I was *cough cough* sick.But then, that strategy worked for most of my teachers, and I went only to science, because that teacher gave us actual things to do in class.Oddly enough, I didn't have anything lower than a 97% that year.

I will start off sharing a story, because the topic title really doesn't explain what I mean.Okay, so I had a seemingly typical, abstract, thriller-movie dream a few months ago. I was sticking next to a person around whom I was unlikely to get shot by the guys following me, and we somehow end up trapped, and I'm forced to choose a way for my captor to kill me. I choose the thing that involves eating something that looks like tea leaves, popped rice, and orange rinds, which is apparently some sort of drug.So my captor gives me the poison and some water, and tells me that in a few minutes it's going to kick in and I will be completely paralyzed. So... I'm in a state of complete euphoria, when things go out of focus, and I close my eyes (in the dream), and right at that moment... I wake up.It was the coolest transition between sleeping and consciousness ever.So, I'm wondering, has anything similar happened to anyone else? I mean, just as you go into unconsciousness within the dream, you wake up?Also, one of my friends said that nobody's ever really died in their dream (if they have, they were still sort of there, watching the aftermath, like a ghost), and if you die in your dream, you die in real life. Anybody heard anything similar?

I used to think the same things before my junior year. AP class + classes at the college = the gift that keeps on giving.Now, I'm not saying that schools don't give out too much homework, a lot of them do. But I have 3 classes that are graded solely on quiz and test scores. Assignments are given out from the books so we can practice math, learn the history, and get a background of Mr. Eccles' many accomplishments before going into macroeconomic theory of Keynes.This new way of grading is killing me in some classes. A lot of the stuff is really obscure, and it's impossible to figure out what the teacher wants you to get from the reading (this means you, math and history people).Homework, in proper amounts, cushions your grade. I kind of wish I had math homework and history homework, because then I would have less of a B+ and more of an A.Although, when I think about it, I think that either way people are going to be unhappy and wish things were done in the opposite way.

I think that people should be taught to drive when they're around 15-17, because they will learn it a lot better, and will develop the right reflexes and things a lot sooner. Where I live, people have to have a learner's permit (learner's permit = have to drive with a family member next to you) for 6 months before getting their license. They also have to drive for at least 40 hours before getting their license, at least 4 of which have to be at night. Well... I'm not sure how many night hours, but it's something like that.I wouldn't say my age group is responsible and safe, but the sooner experience begins to be accumulated, the better.

I doubt a woman would make any sort of better president. A genderless, asexual, open-minded atheist that does not support political faction would, but that's never going to happen.People who say the office needs more estrogen haven't realized that this whole 'oppression based on sex' thing is over. I agree with arnz, a president should be someone who does a good job, not someone who belongs to a group that's been mistreated in the past.

I personally hope it's Barack Obama (not sure on the spelling here >.>).I consider myself very liberal, and I don't think people should be voting for a gender, a color, a religion, or a party. Having said that, I think people are more loyal to the person that identifies themselves as whatever the people who vote identify themselves as, and they probably will vote for a representative of their group (whether that group is a gender, color, etc.) instead of a person.The reason I hope Obama wins is because he seems to be the sort of person who will not make decisions based strictly on... Whatever it is some of the other candidates, and Bush, have been basing theirs on. The feminist view on the testosterone-fueled war will cause a different sort of evil, but an evil nonetheless. Their god should not have say in what they do, either.I live in Utah, and if Romney wins, all hell will break loose. I hate to be biased, but Mormon leaders rarely make decisions based on logic. We do not need a leader to enforce morality.Maybe I'm completely wrong in my assumptions; I'm not of voting age and I haven't done much research on the candidates. But Bush and Clinton are of the same mold and Romney belongs to the church that doesn't understand the word 'no'.

I read an article a while ago, called 'What Are Men Good For'. Basically, it was a man who looked at the life of a few certain tribes of people, and the roles of men and women within the tribes.Women gathered food, took care of the children, took care of their shelters, took care of any animals they had, etc. Men hunted food -- but a lot of time hunting brought little food to the 'table'. And when it did, the meat was shared with the entire tribe.I found it kind of interesting how well-suited the sexes were to their 'traditional' place, with women doing the main things and men mostly doing everything that involved fighting (both physical and not).But society really is different today, and if the sexes take on a certain role, they do it by choice. Different doesn't mean unequal, it just means different.

Wow, I don't think I could go that long without my cell phone.It's not that I use it a lot, but it's the occasional important/urgent calls that I would miss that would get me.In a way, my cell phone is also a comfort thing. It's not a matter of 'do', it's a matter of 'could'. I lost my phone a few days ago (it fell out of my pocket and got stuck between the seat in the car and the storage box thing) and it felt very strange not having it around. I think I could go without a phone a while, but it would take a long time to get used to. It's like wearing jackets for a long time, and feeling naked without one.

I don't think age is what matters in relationships. Age is a standardized measure of maturity, experience, and values. Someone younger might not be emotionally mature, and if you're a lot older than she is, she might give you a lot of drama and crap. She might also not understand some of the things you do, and why you do them, because she's not as experienced in relationships.At HER age, it matters legally, so don't have sex with her.When she is older, it won't matter as much. For example, a lot of married couples have around a 3-year age difference. But when they were younger, the relationship would not have been socially acceptable.

Well, I think if cell phones weren't so common, people would find it easier to get along without them. But cell phones are superior to landlines.It's kind of difficult to reach some people if they don't have a cell phone, because they're out so often. Also, if you don't want the person's family/roommates picking up the phone, and they don't have a cell phone, good luck. Another thing is, cell phones offer more privacy than landlines. It's a lot harder to eavesdrop on a cell phone conversation.Landlines are completely useless if you're in an emergency, or worried about someone who's not at home. If someone is out and you need to tell them to do something while they're out (like give them a shopping list or something), they're going to need a cell phone.I know a few people who don't have cell phones, and it's either because they don't want to be reachable 24/7, but there are only three situations in which this would be socially acceptable: if you're so important you'd be constantly bothered, if you're doing something you'd rather not be caught doing, or if you're so unimportant nobody would notice if you disappeared.I guess phones do make things more dehumanized, but everything has tradeoffs.