Today the lab ray gave me a snow ptetri.  Sweet!!  Then, I go to the petpet lab and remember yesterday the poor critter was zapped into neo space and no longer existed. I grab an altachuck fromt he SDB and check out the pet page to find I had received the Wocky - Snow Day avatar!!

So, I am wanting to share this pet with any of you who may not have the avatar.  But I only want to do trades via transfer not pound drop!!  He (or is he a she now??) is just a lab rat but he/she rather enjoys the thrill! :)

Let me know if you have both transfers open and want to join the lend chain!

Hey Dad,
why am I always the one being left behind?
why am I the one who is always excluded?
maybe I'm just fucking deluded?

I am your tainted flesh and blood
the one you pounded your morality into,
driving home point after point,
like nails crucified into my head

Now you are in your twilight years
the uncertainty of death
is your greatest fear?
not wondering if your second son is queer

Having the inane ability
to separate my sense of self,
without screaming foul!
or uttering cries for help

Here I thought you'd be proud of me
celebrating my individualism
enjoying my boundless creativity,
not purposely turning a blind eye to family

Playing favorites, as if I were nothing more
than some carved piece on a chess board
I was hoping we'd draw a line
and meet halfway, before we're both out of time

Hey Dad,
I'm finding all this behavior rather sad
making false promises to me,
I'm trying to hold on to my dignity

After all,
you are my father
so why are you constructing a wall
to push me away farther?


mathiasthom
written 1/6/10

There is a person who is highly adverse to most physical contact, and has several conditions, both pyschological and physical, which leave him wanting to be very modestly clothed at all times. He's very attached to a boy, enough so that he's managed to be comfortable enough to, at times, shed just a very few articles of clothing in front of this child. That's sort of a big thing for him.

The child is, by nature, kindhearted, and though he's withdrawn from both the world and himself, he's rather enamored with that person, in a way that no one in canon is really able to explain. Really, the two of them are very, very close. After a certain point in time, having one without the other leaves the both of them distraught. Interestingly, they know next to nothing about each other. The person has very much that he's hiding; the child would rather not give himself up to conversation. It leaves both of them wondering, but neither of them cross the boundary of asking. The child especially is afraid that should he ask to know the person's secrets, their relationship will waver, become further strained, and break. In fact, the child seems to take great care to disturb the waters they share as little as possible, even when the lack of insight causes him anguish.

The person has obviously, even to those who don't know much of his backstory, suffered some pretty severe trauma.

Why, then, fandom, is it popular to set up a scenario where the child will push (with varying degrees of forcefulness) the person into showing him more of himself, even after the person displays discomfort? If the person ends up showing that he's uncomfortable at all, which he most certainly should. In the same thread of things, why does the child often initiate (again, varying degrees of) sexual contact with a person who's often made terrified/angry when he's touched, let alone exposed, when this child is supposed to be very wary of treading on this person's toes? 

Please note, fandom, that in the greater part of canon, the person is intersexed; this causes him to be very unsure of himself and his body. It's also likely that, because of his circumstance (and the people who did not accept it), he's developed negative views on what he knows of sex.

Fundamental characterization may get in the way of your porn or makeouts, guys, but it's still fundamental characterization.

Alternatively: author, your story had an excellent point of things, and I did indeed shed a tear. However, it was jarring to see a character referred to exclusively by a nickname that only one character in canon ever uses for her. Took from the experience some. ;_;

I can't quite believe that Lee Adama is a main character in Law & Order UK.

I know for certain that someone is watching but is it from up or down?
I make you miserable, you stick with me although you know I'm going to ruin your life.

Hey everyone! I got a Rainbow Doughnut Charm the other day (from the Blue Plushie iirc) and there appears to be just three out there on the TP, including mine. Any idea of its worth?

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Posting a little early as I have a doctor's appt. this morning.

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Indian girl #1: Man, my roommates are filthy! I am the only one who cleans.
Indian girl #2: Yeah, that's because your roommates are white.
Indian girl #1, widening eyes: Oh. My. God. You're right!
Indian girl #3: Yeah, dude, white people are gross.

--Duane Reade

Hey guys, sorry to bug you again within a 2-day span
>.>' i fear i may get on your nerves...or i'm just overthinking this..again :P


( Can ya help a poke-sister out here? C: )

Dear specific Saw fandom authors,

I know you love to write about angry/sadistic sex with John Kramer. I love reading it, too. But let's keep some things in mind, shall we?

( cut for some swearing and talking about penises )

That is all.

edited to change paper to plastic, because I was thinking about something else

My dearest babies (and Corona, whom we're babysitting):
I wish I could explain to you how sorry I am that you've been frightened by the new dog. It wasn't my intention to bring him into the house quite so soon, but one of the neighbors started to complain about his barking. I honestly believe he only wants to make you all his "little buddies", but since none of you have ever seen a dog before, much less a 50-60 lb. German Shepherd/Rottweiler cross, it's COMPLETELY understandable that you all view him as a monster. QiuYe, I know that you feel you lost face when you saw him through the glass of the kitchen door and peed the floor in terror...but mama's not mad. Miel, you're 14 this February, and you look great for your age. I admit it looks hilarious when your stub of a Manx tail puffs out into a little ball, but please, don't go having a kitty coronary on me or anything. I promised you I would take care of you and protect you and that includes from canines. Clarineta, you're doing the best so far... last night you hopped up on the bed with me while HE was in the room, and only hissed a little when he came over to sniff and investigate. Corona - my babysittee - does it not occur to you that your humans declawed you and you have no effective weapons against the dog? It would, therefore, be smart if you stopped doing the feline equivalent of waving a red cape at the dog and calling out "Toro, toro!" -- especially when you're behind the screen door; I'd rather not have to replace any more of them, since this house is not mine and I have to keep it the way I found it.

Love, your primary human

P.S. Is it REALLY necessary for ALL FOUR OF YOU to follow me into the bathroom each and every time I enter there??


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( Much love for the scaly ones! )

Turning in to a bit of a race as to how quickly the eggs hatch vs. how soon my last vamp can bite.

As of an hour ago, I am the proud owner of a beautiful new pet, whee!! Naturally the first thing I want to do is start dressing her up in pretty things =D =D

... The problem is that she's sitting in the neolodge on an unused side until my main account is old enough to receive her next month, which means no NC mall items until then.

So I come to you with a plea: does anyone know of a good list of wearable neopoint items? I've had a look on Jellyneo's item DB but it's almost too comprehensive - a search just for all wearable neopoint items throws up 160 pages of items, and includes all the paint brush clothing too. I don't really have anything in particular in mind so I can't use a more specific search; I just want to browse.

TIA and crossing my fingers =3

So there's a Simpsons screencap floating around on the internet of Homer standing over Bart while he is in bed, and they are both just staring at each other. Does anyone know which episode this screencap is from? It's been driving me crazy!

Would it ever be appropriate, in modern times, to refer to Charlemagne as a Roman emperor? That seems pretty misleading -- 'Roman emperors' are Nero and Caligula in my opinion. Would he maybe have referred to himself as a Roman emperor?

http://feeds.reference.com/click.phdo?i=586966e7b132a9ee864179e1754014d2

http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/archive/2010/01/08.html

gesticulate: to make gestures or motions.

Some time ago a friend had moved away. He ended up moving back and gave a quite... odd story. While away in another land he looked for new gaming groups. He did some D&D but managed to find a RIFTS group to join.

While at this RIFTS group, before the start of the actual session, they had some chit-chat, you know; introduction to people stuff. In this chatter he made mention how three of his friends (one being myself) have gotten the chance to meet with the Palladium crew including Kevin himself. Suddenly it seems the GM had some kind of fit and ordered him to leave this game and not come back.

Confused yet? Yes, that's right, my friend was told to leave a RIFTS game for knowing people that know the head of the company that makes the game. I mean... would you tell someone to leave a D&D game because they knew someone that had met Gary Gygax before his passing? I mean granted, I know Kevin is not always the easiest of people to work with or for, and I know there have been some unfounded rumors about him ( and a joke that he and Steve Jackson are secretly one person and a doppleganger or something because they have apparently never appeared in the same place at the same time) but it seriously strikes me as odd that a GM would act this way over a... well I guess 'chain of association' is how I'd see it.

What really dumbfounded my friend was the guy just throwing him out rather than having anything to ask about the guy that made the game they were playing possible. I know if I was playing a Star Wars game and someone there had a friend that had met George Lucas on several occassions I certainly would have a few questions to ask, wouldn't you?

http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/021363.html

Puerto Rican guy: Dude, I swear I fucked Oscar the Grouch last night.
Black guy: I don't think we can be friends anymore. You and your Muppet mistresses...

--NYU

Can anyone identify these shoes for me?



Those were the best pics I could find of them.
Thank you~

I will have to pull myself away.