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I love your new photos, you look very pretty

that's cool, poppet. It's usually when you give up the search that someone interesting comes along anyway

I'm the answer to this problem.

save yourself for me... your lord and savior
























sorry I don't mean to make fun, I just can't think of anything comforting to say so I'm making due with bad jokes

um, feel better?

giddy is good :-)

Congratulations on quitting your job!

You'll probably enjoy one of my usual rants. It's got some relevance to what you're discussing here. I don't have a lot of time right now because I'm at work, so I'll paraphrase.

If you look into how the brain categorizes things, using the theories involved in cognitive psychology, you find that it really likes labels. It makes it easier for the brain to process information if it can call things up by some common label, instead of having to analyze every single aspect of the item. The human brain creates bindings between different things so that it can call the information up quickly. There's a number of studies that have shown that when the brain is working with something that it has bound familiarly with some grouping, it'll pull them up quicker.

That leads to one of my theories about why we have so many labels and stereotypes for those labels. The human brain likes things that way, so people just naturally do it. That's why it's so hard for most people to "think outside of the box." The box is a comfortable place to be, so they have a problem moving outside of their comfort zone, because moving outside of their comfort zone means that they'll have to spend more time analyzing everything they interact with, instead of making snap pre-judgements.

That's why I've really worked to make my brain work harder. While I know the labels exist, why they exist, and how they can make things easier, I consciously make the choice to think about people, things, and relationships instead of just working off of pregenerated assumptions. It's my thought that if more people actually forced their brains to do a little more work, we'd begin to see some things like racism and sexism disappear....and besides, it would make my life as someone who lives outside of the box a whole lot easier.

I dont ignore differences, and I think it is ok to study different "races", but never ok to make assumptions based on a person's race. there are exceptions to every group of people, and I think that's where trouble starts...when people forget that. but I do believe in differences, I do believe in researched statistics, and I think that those difference are very important to at least acknowledge, especially as globilization comes into play and we all end up having to work together. no one should ever be hired based on race, but if you look at the big picture, there are patterns as to where we all end up...

My kind of girl. Being feeble blows.

Rapture isn't bad... It happens every Tuesday. It's sort of hit or miss. Sometimes it's really good. Sometimes it's really dead. The best part is the DJ, Joel. He's got a great knowledge of music and spins some great stuff. So, even when it's dead, it's a great place to go have a drink, listen to music, and--when the crowd is a little better--watch eye candy.

You're going for a Psych MA? Where? I'm doing the same thing.

School is cool!! that is so cool that you are going tos chool!! You are really smart!! ha ha!! NURD!!!!

yeah that sucks

you are crazy woman !

that sounds like soo much fun u make me wanna be there!! hehe WOOHOO CARNIVALE hehe i like hearing samba music just makes u wanna dance!!

Maybe you are Brazilian and didn't know it?
Maybe you are the new Girl from Ipanema?
Samba is fun. And this is from a bad dancer.

so you're saying you WANT to date... i'll have to clear it with the wife...

That sounds sooo freakin cool!! Are you going to be a Union soldier or a Confederate???