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As with most colleges, my undergrad college had a literary magazine. It was headed by the creative writing prof., edited by a student of his choosing, and basically unknown to the general student body. During my junior year at the college there was a desire by the then current editor of the literary magazine (a gorgeous and brilliant girl with whom I'd always loved to...
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studentochaos:
I have seen stuff like that before and I alway interpretted it as the shirt called for someone elses submission. I like that story alot, even though I would guess the picture was not of the girl herself but that she enjoyed it and put it up for that reason. That is just me.
I do have to say that to me the moral of this story is actually the pointlessness of getting invovled in college. Disasters du jour only reenforce the fact that the moral convictions at that age are of a burgeoning sense of place in the world rather then true conviction. Again, just me.
lunna:
Thanks for liking my pics.Hope to talk to you soon.
Hugs wink
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You know, if the 18-35 male demographic was really as coveted as advertisers claim all commercials on t.v. would be as interesting as this little bit of models with power tools.

Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday. Family, good foods, endless intelligent discussion. Christmas holds much of the same appeal, but there are undertones that are not quite as pleasant. Thanksgiving lacks almost any pretense;...
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studentochaos:
Thanskgiving is in fact the BEST holiday. Also, the alternative to smart girls may in fact be one of the better prototypical male fantasies on the market.
novy:
Very interesting video you found there.
Ever seen http://www.realultimatepower.net/ ??
It's hilarious.
I too, love Thanksgiving, I eat a ton and sit around with my family and argue, it's a great time. I also get to take LOTS of food home, which is great.
Have a good one.
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Hmm. I'm kinda liking some of the new options on the site. Especially nice was hopping on and seeing new friends. The bounce in my step is because of you.

Anyone remember the film The Wizard? It's one of those films from my youth that the sibs and I can always bring up and smile about ("I love the Powerglove: it's so bad." "You've...
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grooverider:
yeah- i know what the state is, and i liked it a lot back in the day. i thought that was what yoiu meant, just wasn't sure.

they had some wicked stuff... the new priest who books the rollins band to play the church? that's my favorite.
coliwali:
At the very least The Wizard should remembered as the first sign that video games had entered the public conscious in a tangible permanent way.
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Hmm. Time flies when you're on the run. I've been working on my thesis for my MA, so my brainspace has been more than a little cluttered these past two months. Things are starting to even out, so perhaps I'm back.

Here's a rather pedantic example of the way in which my mind has been working recently:

Classical Moral Question of Finding Silver Linings

A...
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strangeattractor:
i almost thought about sharing some of my thesis-writing on here after reading yours but then declined. a bunch of differential equations / control system theory / parameter optimization garbage is not likely to elicit ANY response. not sexy enough.

i'm not sure i have unique answers for your dilemmas.

q1: i personally do not give a flying, cocksucking, shit whether the participants are male or female and gay, straight or bisexual. i understand you're probably posing both of these questions because society at large does not yet have an egalitarian view on such predicaments but then again they should. even supposedly progressive thinkers might have closeted biases towards a male adult suffering from lackofsexitis or a female adult suffering from insensitivehusbanditis but then again, i'd hope we've already adressed as a society the fact that women want/need sex and men need a sensitive woman as well. i really do hope so. i imagine also some might favor the adult "opting out" of a homosexual relationship for a straight one with the specialist, or disfavor a homosexual adult "opting out" of his/her previously gay relationship for a straight 'healthier' one with the specialist. i choose not to associate with such closed-minded pricks though, so i can't really speak for them as a part of the 'we' you address ("To what extent do WE depend on assigning...).

q2: yes. i think one could NEARLY righteously be swayed by information that the spouse was previously guilty of infidelity or otherwise immoral behavior. or if the spouse was frigid, or if the spouse was quarrelsome. HOWEVER, it is of my belief that any of these stands would be neglecting the essential moral dilemma...opting NOT to save a life, regardless of the spouse's prior behavior/attitudes is disgustingly immoral. the fact that the adult and the specialist would be benefiting from not saving the life in terms of a relationship is that extra slap in the face after the spouse has been proverbially been kicked in the balls. what an unprofessional doctor, and what a louse of a wife/husband. then again, i would save hitler, osama bin laden, AND saddam hussein on the surgery table given the choice to deny care. that's just me.

do logical people really get stumped by these dilemmas?

wrt your post on photography. i do agree. almost. i'm not sure painting is still actively evolving at as fast a rate right now compared to other art forms. i thought about this after a trip to pittsburgh and the andy warhol museum. it seems that there was some sort of schism either due to andy or that fostered andy...this is probably documented but then again, i'm a scientist so it's all new to me...i personally feel that a lot of artists that would before attempt to capture aesthetic beauty have been attracted by commercial design, entertainment design, etc. andy was seemingly the turning point to that. contemporary artists seem to either be stuck in a corner trying to push abstract, defragmented art EVEN further. that's all i saw when i went to the museum of contemporary art two weekends ago (a week after visiting the warhol)...and it made me feel like commercialism is attracting artists & photographers that have the talent for creating aesthetically beautiful pieces, while remaining painters, photographers, etc. may have a really strong vision and purpose keeping them in a less lucrative position, but they perhaps lack the ability to communicate their ideas well to others through their pieces - or maybe don't care to. maybe it's just that artists these days are trying to outdo each other, but in my eyes it appears to be the time-old nonconformist situation - all the noncomformists are conforming in the same way, at the same time to each other but none of them realize it.

hopefully you expected such a detailed response...
strangeattractor:
whoa, why does that look so weird. my post <above> looks like one big column. huh.
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I went down to my brother's yesterday and we watched the movie I got for him for his birthday, Wet Hot American Summer. I can honestly say that it was one of the worst movies that I've seen in quite a long time. Because it was made by the people who did the State, I'd thought that it'd probably be good, but, alas,...
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toxicboy:
Happy Halloween Rickroyal!! Hope you did'nt fall off the far side of the world :/
themadking:
Judging by the title, it's a horrible home-made porno. I'd rather not find out what it's really about.
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(i) Prolonged absence was due to (a) an internet connection that is unavailable more than it is on, (b) a twelve hour power outage every five days (like clockwork), (c) annoying and painful work that needed to be done on the house which again ripped my hands up a bit, and (d) various minor, unpredictable interruptions from the life that exists seperate from "the beauty...
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thirty:
You're such a well organized young man.
juliem:
I know how it goes when your computer acts up. It really sucks because then you are set behind schedule.

What are you studying in skool may I be so bold to ask?
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Tooth extractions went better than I'd hoped. My oral surgeon looked suspiciously like Ted Raimi, but he did an excellent job. I don't remember a thing from during the operation, though I'm told I opened my eyes several times (apparently that's quite normal). It's two days later, most of the swelling is down, I'm completely off of the pain killer and down to intermitten use...
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strangeattractor:
awwwww hope the recovery stays relatively low key. the funny thing was that the first two words of your journal are "tooth extraction" and there's a big ol picture of a mouth as your picture. ingeniously funny.
voltaire:
I had all four of mine yanked at the same time when I was fifteen...... they were impacted, and growing in sideways.......
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In twelve hours I'll have four gaping, bloody holes in my mouth where my wisdom teeth currently are. It'll be good to finally get them out (especially the to two which have been broken for almost four years and which very little tooth remains). I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous, but I'm sure it'll all work out.

I've been reading Anne Rice's...
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bombshellbetty:
My poem was quite surreal, but it was just about private little parts of me. Basically showed my attitude toward life.

I read the first Beauty book. It was pretty good, but I've read much better erotica. I gave up on Anne Rice half way through a novel, too.
nausicaa:
Dearest Royalty-

I am probably too late to wish you luck with the wisdom teeth. Never before have I experienced such agony- I haven't had children but have two tattoos.

I just am sooo lonely here. I wish I could keep you company there.

Good luck, okay.

Artemis
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I wrote my first erotic story when I was eleven -- more a sloppy vignette describing a recurrant fantasy with the new girl at school (the who wore leg-warmers and swayed her hips when she walked) than an actual story -- typed out on the old Singer typewriter that was desperately in need of a new ribbon. I didn't know any terms, my structure was...
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crazyrick:
Hey man, I really need to hit that book some more. I hope the older Spiderman movie idea is in the book. I've thumbed through it a little. I use to work at this station in Minneapolis and when the book came out the morning show I worked with just had gotten fired so we didnt' get to talk to him....the opportunity came up right after they left...sorry if I'm not making sense...you have to understand. How's life?
grooverider:
hey- thanks for the shopping advice, but online shopping scares me.

being an anarchist samurai doesn't really allow giving your credit card number.


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The pinball of my day -

- my dreams continue to be haunted by beauty which leaves me aching when I finally get out of bed.

- difficult to believe, but IHOP actually serves a damn tastey steak and shrimp combo. Also, as is always the case, dinner makes a great breakfast.

- Watching One Hour Photo with the sibs and my brother's girlfriend led...
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montagro:
haha.. thanks for the advice
bombshellbetty:
Tango is dancing, babe. Definitely dancing.

Writing as performance?!? Very interesting. And thanks for the image of you and the kitten! Hahahaha biggrin
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This is me being annoyingly pedantic and aping David Foster Wallace a little too much. Perhaps best to simply move along. Next time there'll probably be some of the old "in, out, in, out" for your amusement.

In a certain country during a certain century that was a certain period during which members of a certain oppressed socio-economic class felt that they were getting the...
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lighthammer:
Moral of the Story: The More things change, the more they stay the same.
bombshellbetty:
I was referring to the infamous "they." You know: "They say that the world is going to explode in a shower of fiery sparks and we're all going to be floating through the solar system until we die." The response being: "Oh, do they? Then it must be true!"

Yeah, the old "in, out, in, out" can be pretty amusing, but I'll read about beheadings and human puppets any day!