prudence

so, there's my new picture, as well as the extent of my artistic talent (either manually or electronically!), which is NONE as you can see. but, it's still cute, isn't it? i think it captures my personality pretty well- kind of fun and girly and silly.

so, i think my friend doug doesn't wanna talk to me anymore b/c he found out that i believe in the right to bear arms. well, i was AIMing him tonight, and i was telling him about my new pic, so i directed him to my profile page. instead of commenting on the photo, he starts getting all judge-mo (like he always does) about some of my favorites. "The Wall? Sid and Nancy? COME ON!" b/c he is just soooooo cool and above that. barf. he's always been like that. especially about music- god, i can't imagine what he would've said if i'd listed any 'real' bands! so, when he wrote that, it REALLY pissed me off and i told him that he was worse than a fundamentalist christian (when it comes to being judgemental)- doug happens to be 'anti-christ'. then before he could say anything else about my page i wrote, 'and guess what? i'm a libertarian, too!' knowing full well that he would give me shit for THAT b/c he looks down on anyone who doesn't share the same political convictions as he does (actually, i'd been avoiding telling him that i was libertarian, b/c i knew he'd give me a hard time about it). so, he then said, 'doesn't that mean you believe in handguns?' and i explained to him that i'm not crazy about handguns, but i'm even less crazy about gun control, b/c of the possibility of where it could lead to (i.e. a police state). i also tried to explain to him that while my political convictions still lean towards the left, i'm much more concerned with my personal freedom and belief that we should live our lives w/o government control. but, i got silence. for a very long time. i know he was still there, but he stopped talking to me. maybe i'm just being paranoid again. or, maybe i'm just hopeful that i was finally able to put him in his place, since those little annoyances of his have been picking at me for a very long time.


edit: after thinking about it, it's probably really best to leave out his full name. it still looks weird to me, though. i even address him as doug ______, as do many of his friends.