April Daily Chit Chat

[Candelyce]

Actaully its true.

Man, you have no idea how sad that is! XD

Haruka: You never knew? I mean come on David and Shiney are girls too. =o

I knew David and Shiney were girls, but not Amanda. XD

 

[Dawg 2005]

O_o Wow I have alot to learn. XD

 

[Soul Eater]

O_o Wow I have alot to learn. XD

Yes you do. I knew it all along. She was just being a guy to fool you all. => The way I see it is that Mandy here thought that you guys were stupid enough to think she was a guy. =P

Edit: What is it with me and typos today?

 

[Karasuma]

Yea, I was always a girl but no one knew about it. XD

You fooled me once again Arcanine, first the moving arcanine avatar now the gender xD

 

[Soul Eater]

You fooled me once again Arcanine, first the moving arcanine avatar now the gender xD

She fools everyone. => It's just the way it is. XD

 

[Dawg 2005]

You fell for that, Rock Foo? XDDD

How do we know that you're not a guy posing as a girl who once posed as a guy? =O XD

 

[Kura]

I knew David and Shiney were girls, but not Amanda. XD

*giggles* X3 Davey and Shiney are both such sexy girls~
:3 Now they have Amanda to join them~~

*razzles*

X3; Amanda, I like your theme, I just would've chose a different background or layered it more~ But that's just an artist-perspective~

 

[Zelos]

I could've sowrn when I was looking at the Arcanine avatar that it had moved. XD (Sometime)

 

[Chairman Kaga]

Alan~ There's one thing about having a good lengthy discussion, but it's another thing when you're writing an essay~

X3; We should have like.. a big-discussion DCC for posts like this or something..
then again, it'd be something else I'd have to moderate~

o_o Honestly, I dont know that much about Bush or the US governemnt to reply to that ._.~
You seem so political, though~

And I find I get along a lot better with younger teachers (Mrs. Estabillo, Mr. Chetty, Ms. Vena) to name a few :3 They're really nice~

o_o anyways, I know this might be a bit offtopic, but do you like major/ want to major in history or english or something, Alan?
o_o 'cause your writing style and stuff is really good <3~

Well, I'm not capable of this every night; just when I have nothing to do XD Most people tell me that what I say in a thousand words can ususally be summed up equally as well in a few sentences...though oddly enough I'm only wordy when it comes to writing, not in real life, when I almost never speak unless spoken to o_O

History, political science, and english are the three things I'm considering for majors...I wish I could study them all equally, but, unfortunately, college doesn't work like that, and I'm completely clueless with only two days left until I have to choose what college I'm going to...I've pretty much got the weight of the world on my shoulders this week so it's going to be tough ._.;

Wow, that really does sound like a bad school to be at. Why don't you guys ever try reporting them to the state or something? At least then, if the state did have to come in, they'd bring in better teachers. I don't see how a person can get a good education at a school like that, I know I wouldn't be able to. Sorry to hear about the teacher that did though, I had one that died as well, back in the seventh grade or so. She was my English teacher and for the entire year that I had her, she was going through chemotherapy and you could really see the strain of it on her. Once she came in and we could all see how thick her veins had gotten from everything they had done to her. She was a really good teacher too, she used to live in Japan and was probably the one that got me so interested in Japanese things. She used to teach me and another student a bit of Japanese every couple of days that she felt like doing it. She seemed to be getting better during the end of the year and I didn't hear much about her in the summer. Then when school started up, she was there for three days at the most, then gone for a week, then they made the announcement that she died. Not many people liked her because she was strict, but she was one of my favorite teachers and I felt really bad when she died. Though most of the other kids didn't care, they just went on with their life. I can't blame them though, it's not like they actually knew her so they had no real reason to be sad I suppose. I left that school shortly after and I heard that the English department really started to go downhill because of her death. She was the vet teacher of the school, even though she was only in her 50's. They did end up cutting the other class she thought, it was another elective, one of those home-making ones.

What type of area do you live in? I know that most governments tend to forget about schools when they're in smaller areas and such. That's sorta happened to the last high school I was at, or second to last, I've lost count by now. The one I went to in New Orleans was probably just as bad as your school I would imagine, a lot of the windows were broken and no one would care to fix them. It was a real hassle to deal with in the winter and made it hard to focus on what we were being taught...that is if the teacher felt like teaching that day. Sometimes we would just come in and we wouldn't have anything to do. These teachers almost never had any study plans or classwork ready for us, they would give us what they think we should do, not what the state said we should do, simply because the state seemed to forget that the school was still operational. They never sent their work guides or anything like that to the teachers, so I would imagine it would make the teachers get less than enthusiastic about teaching us when even the state wouldn't help us out. The restrooms in there were just...bad. I once caught two people having sex in one of them, just walked out when I saw that, and they usually smell like something died in them. Our water fountains just sucked, someone even peed in one of our fountains. And a lot of the new kids would end up finding that out the hard way, and of course they would get sick. I still find it odd that no one ever bothered to clean it, I ended up doing it one day, took five hours to totally get it clean, and people still wouldn't drink from it. Then again, I guess I wouldn't either knowing what happened there. I still find it sick that someone would actually pe in a fountain, right out in the open. Though no one ever found out who did it.

I guess I can see why he would still be mad at you. Even though it was a joking matter, for someone that's actually lived the war, it's hard to see things of that matter in jest. I know I probably wouldn't be able to, and it's not him being weak or anything, it's just that war does effect people in a negative manner sometimes. But I think he got off lucky if that's all he came out of there with, other people get stigmas that last them their entire life. I would hate it if something like that ever ended up happening to me, sometimes when I do seriously think of joining, I get scared because I've seen some people that just couldn't handle it. They come back battered and scarred by their experiences that they've had over there. It's a horrible thing to think about, but for some people it's the only viable option if they really want to carry out their dreams. For me it probably will be as well, since it would take me forever to save enough money to get into a good college on my own and I don't really qualify for any scholarships at the moment. My brother's friend met some people like that, but he said it's something you just have to get over. You can't let it take over your entire life or else you'll be in regret for the rest of it. It's mainly because a lot of people go into the armed forces without knowing what they're about to go through. My brother's friend said he learned things the hard way but he was able to cope with it better than most others he met were. He said even though it's probably some of the hardest things he has seen or ever will see, the rewards of being able to go through it all are great. A better life for himself and his family, a better education, it's the type of thing a lot of people are willing to risk their life for. Of course a lot of people just rush into war not knowing what they're getting into, like he did, but some of them do overcome the odds and come out on top. It is sad to see the disarray of the current state of journalism, like you said, it really wasn't until the TV came into wide usage that things started to go like that. But money's a big part of what makes people do the things they do. People who don't even need to the money yet are willing to divide a nation or matters that shouldn't be as big. It's just discouraging when people stop thinking for themselves and go along with whatever they're told is right. Popular opinion has taken over common sense, and that's just pathetic. We're at the point where even generals are fighting with other members of the government, the country shouldn't be that divided, especially at that level. But it's the type of people that need a face to slap onto some cause, be it hating Bush or one of his cabinet members. Come to think of it, I doubt half the people that voted even care about them. All they cared about was Bush, they don't that he has good cabinet members, responsible ones. A lot better than the last administration had and they really are helping the country. We aren't as bad as we were four or five years ago and we are getting slowly back on track. But that won't keep up if mindless propaganda keeps infecting the minds of the votes, which it likely will. People don't care to think for themselves anymore, they just follow what they're told is right. Like you said, they hear a 30 second clip and assume that's all there is to a story, there hear things from a negative side and don't even care about the other side because they've already been stained with the idea that the other side is nothing but a war-monger when that just isn't the case.

Belive me, the state's proven it doesn't care...our school actually participated in a class-action with a hundred or so other schools in similar situations as ours against the state, but, as far as I know the state did some very tricky legal maneuvering and we didn't even get a day in court...basically I think they were being sued over lack of funding, and since Ohio is the type of state that wants to micromanage everything but hates the idea of paying for any of it, it really didn't go over well with anyone in Columbus. I feel especially bad for you regarding your teacher though; I've never had a teacher who's felt like a mentor or has tried to educate me in anything outside of the subject they teach so that had to be incredibly hard...it usually tends to be the most interesting people who leave or die, though; not one teacher who I've ever wanted to leave school has ever done it; it's always the people who provided the best education for their subject in the history of the school that seem to...for instance, the man I was supposed to have for Chemistry I had more respect for than any other teacher in the school, and this was just from a few minute-long conversations I'd had with him, so I couldn't even imagine what the experience of being taught Chemistry by him would be like...but one day he decided he was retiring at the end of the year to go to his new house in upstate New York, so the year I was supposed to have him I was stuck with a first-time teacher who hadn't even gone to school to teach Chemistry...he was an airline pilot and I don't know what legal loopholes they had to use to get him in there when he wasn't even certified, but they did and science has been my worst subject in school ever since. Like you predicted, my school is in the middle of the country, only 500 kids from grades 7-12, about 80 in my graduating class (probably less because, believe it or not, 12 people are failing english this year and if you fail senior english, you don't graduate.) The state gave up on us long ago, so we've pretty much been self-sufficient since then. Though it is a mess similar to yours...our bathrooms are popular places for sex as well but, fortunately, I've never caught anyone in the act as I tend to avoid the bathrooms because they're so filthy...the guys' bathrooms tend to have a thick enough coating of urine on the floor that sometimes it splashes from you stepping in it, the sinks are always left running and there's more garbage around the cans than in it. They try their best to have good hygeine, but it's basically the same people every day making it disgusting.

Yeah, sad thing is, I only wrote those things down because I forgot he was in the room...I would never be offensive to a vet because I'm always trying to be as patriotic as possible but my satire does come out at inappropriate moments sometimes...about scars and psychological pain from joining the army, it's definitely there...if you can survive the physical aspect, you're going to have to put up with the fact that the great majority of people who join the armed forces are the very wild, bullheaded macho type, and you're really going to be pressued to act like them and do things that you don't approve of to fit in or seem like a capable officer...don't get me wrong; I know plenty of people who've joined who do so out of a very intelligent, sensitive, good-natured love of America, but if a lot of the footage of daily life and boot camp I've seen are any indication, it gets very, very trying. Admittedly I've never encouraged anyone to join the army before, but in this case I think it just might benefit you a great deal if you go in with the understanding and reasons that I know you have...I think it would be enriching in a way that is only possible for people as intellectual as you are...but you really will need to think this through a lot more, definitely, but I'm sure the pros and cons are weighing heavily on your mind as it is...it's pretty much the most drastic way you can change your life and a frightening proposition whether it sounds like a good idea or not, if that makes sense. The people who treat the president like he's a malevolent puppetmaster who has the entire country on a string and can cause disaster and death by a mere pull are nothing short of insane...you know this very well; back in August people were actually blaming him for Hurricane Katrina like there's a hurricane button on the middle of the Oval Office desk that he presses every ten years or so just to stick it to black people. When people who are legislators in the congress and senate, people who are elected and are expected by the people to be rational and intelligent, actually say things like this, it really, really makes me question what state the country's in...I think the president has it more together than any other branch of government...when you think about it, the congress and sentate are split about evenly regarding parties, there's a 5-4 or so ideology split on the Supreme Court, but the executive branch is always controlled by one party and one party alone and is therefore very swift and efficient with decision-making. I never see it as the president's fault whenever there's an unresolved national or international issue...the other branches of government are getting about as bad as the UN regarding stalling, and yet nobody ever blames them because they're all nameless and faceless to the average American; the media always chooses to blame whoever's in power because he's one person, and therefore it's easier for naysayers to pick out character flaws, mistakes, etc; things that you just can't do when you're trying to blame something on an entire body of people. You'd think that the nation's leading journalists would at least have the basic governmental knowledge to know that the executive branch isn't just one person, and, in fact, has more employees than either of the other two branches, because, when you think about it, secretaries control things down to the local level through complex webs of control and the president himself has control over all of the armed forces. In reality, the president is just a puppet, a face to put on the government so the people under him with the real responsibility and truly-difficult jobs can do their work without undue criticism...usually, because the people are so ill-informed on political issues, whoever the people find more appealing based on personality wins; most elections are just complexly running through the motions of making the same unfulfillable promises day after day, election year after election year, and even though people should know that they're voting for a party more than they are a person, as the party officials are the ones who actually choose cabinet members through making suggestions to the president, they don't. They just want someone who will make them feel more secure and patriotic, but it usually doesn't work...we live in an insecure times and patriotism is at an all time low, but that actually gives me more faith in the president rather than less because it merely shows how incredibly strong he is for being able to take so much hate from so many different people for so many different reasons, for things out of his control day after day. Most men of even the strongest emotional constitutions would crumble under such circumstances, but he doesn't, and that's why he's so hated. He actually believes in something. Just look at one of the people who posted in the oil thread in other chat...calling him a "war-mongering oil fascist"...it that isn't the perfect example of someone who understands nothing about how the government works and gets all of their political opinions from MTV I don't know what is.

 

[pokejungle]

Belive me

Nice piece of writing, but I'm shocked that your first word in your retort to Alan was spelled wrong. That doesn't happen very often, I must relish this moment.

And for the record, I'm anti-Bush but very conservative. If anyone was wondering my political alignment.

 

[Kura]

Well, I'm not capable of this every night; just when I have nothing to do XD Most people tell me that what I say in a thousand words can ususally be summed up equally as well in a few sentences...though oddly enough I'm only wordy when it comes to writing, not in real life, when I almost never speak unless spoken to o_O

History, political science, and english are the three things I'm considering for majors...I wish I could study them all equally, but, unfortunately, college doesn't work like that, and I'm completely clueless with only two days left until I have to choose what college I'm going to...I've pretty much got the weight of the world on my shoulders this week so it's going to be tough ._.;

Oi~ ;o; Well good luck~ I hope you don't stress out too much~

._. Same with me, actually~
I can be very very witty through words, and can seem to always win an argument, or give someone their just desserts, but in real life ._. I just might come off as stupid or nerdy or too loud or something ._.;;

I wanna pursue Animation~ o.o there's a competition next monday for Ontario skills trade~
TRIFORCE89 and I are trying out to see if we can go to the nationals for animation~

;o; I really hope we win, not for the prizes, but because we get to go to Nova Scotia for the next round, and my best-best friend lives there <3~

@@ I'm working hard in school 'cause I wanna get into University, not college o.o though I might go to college after university if I wanna learn more~ depending on what the schools provide for education~~

 

[Jack O'Neill]

For the record, I'm a moderate. That's all you need to know about my political alignments.

I might be back to Aleksandra's Lacus theme, my old CS banner, or that GSD chibi banner Mayl lent me before the week is over...

 

[Guest123_x1]

As far as I (or anyone else should be) concerned, I'm conservative-leaning libertarian.

 

[Chairman Kaga]

As for me I'm a social conservative, economic moderate-liberal. I don't always support the president; in fact, I'd say that I'm half-and-half. I just don't like the dime-a-dozen punk rock opposition mindset.

Oi~ ;o; Well good luck~ I hope you don't stress out too much~

._. Same with me, actually~
I can be very very witty through words, and can seem to always win an argument, or give someone their just desserts, but in real life ._. I just might come off as stupid or nerdy or too loud or something ._.;;

I wanna pursue Animation~ o.o there's a competition next monday for Ontario skills trade~
TRIFORCE89 and I are trying out to see if we can go to the nationals for animation~

;o; I really hope we win, not for the prizes, but because we get to go to Nova Scotia for the next round, and my best-best friend lives there <3~

@@ I'm working hard in school 'cause I wanna get into University, not college o.o though I might go to college after university if I wanna learn more~ depending on what the schools provide for education~~

I can't argue worth anything on the internet OR in real life. My opinions are so rarely-held among the populace that it's hard to get anyone to listen.

If anyone can win an animation competition it's you...I've seen your work, and it's amazing beyond anything I've ever seen, so, I'd wish you luck but you don't need it o_o;

Nice piece of writing, but I'm shocked that your first word in your retort to Alan was spelled wrong. That doesn't happen very often, I must relish this moment.

You try typing three-thousand words without a typo; so go be snarky little antagonist somewhere else. I'm tired of you constantly trying to annoy me.

 

[Naminé]

I can't argue worth anything on the internet OR in real life. My opinions are so rarely-held among the populace that it's hard to get anyone to listen.

Though Naminé would love to comment on long posts so efforts are not wasted, yet she must sadly withdraw from Mr. Chairman Kaga's post this time, for she knows nothing about politics. Yet, usually if no one listens to an opinion, Naminé thinks that it maybe drastically idealistic to the point of being impossible, or the idea struck the hearts of those who listened that they refuse to accept the idea at all.

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Naminé can only pray that people will find better ways to respond to people who put their heart, mind and soul with effort into their posts. They are only hoping for the best quality posts possible so it is interesting for everyone else to read, and to provide some possible topics for the future posters to post on.

It is impossible for Naminé to do anything else but ponder why those who pity quality-posters are the ones who are giving quality-posters the least credit sometimes... Is posting with quality in return to a high quality post not the best way to repay the efforts of a great post, or is Naminé mistaken?

Naminé can do nothing but deeply regret how she is behind the times that the current method to repay a quality post is to follow up with a petty criticism that is only one line long~

 

[Lily]

Kairi thinks Naminé ponders too much on such trivial matters~ Post quality rates will always differ, and no matter how long it takes, she reminds Naminé that change is inevitable. Perhaps one day, people will realize this and insert, as you put it, 'heart, mind, and soul' within their words~ ♥


That was fun. =]

 

[Chairman Kaga]

Though Naminé would love to comment on long posts so efforts are not wasted, yet she must sadly withdraw from Mr. Chairman Kaga's post this time, for she knows nothing about politics. Yet, usually if no one listens to an opinion, Naminé thinks that it maybe drastically idealistic to the point of being impossible, or the idea struck the hearts of those who listened that they refuse to accept the idea at all.

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Naminé can only pray that people will find better ways to respond to people who put their heart, mind and soul with effort into their posts. They are only hoping for the best quality posts possible so it is interesting for everyone else to read, and to provide some possible topics for the future posters to post on.

It is impossible for Naminé to do anything else but ponder why those who pity quality-posters are the ones who are giving quality-posters the least credit sometimes... Is posting with quality in return to a high quality post not the best way to repay the efforts of a great post, or is Naminé mistaken?

Naminé can do nothing but deeply regret how she is behind the times that the current method to repay a quality post is to follow up with a petty criticism that is only one line long~

Ah, but I don't put effort in so that people may compliment me for my effort; quality posting should only be done if it brings satisfaction to the member making the post, certainly not if it burdens them. No reply does not offend me as my audience was one person to begin with, so no guilt for Ms. Naminé.

Ah, it would actually be a disservice for me to advertantly or inadvertantly steer the conversation toward something so unpleasant as politics; this was not my intent and I implore everyone to avoid this topic like a plague, because plague is what it tends to be because of the emotional afflictions and strained friendship created.

Mmm, if you feel repayment is necessary, then the post, as I stated earlier in the thread, was not done with the right intent in the first place. I appreciate Ms. Naminé's concern, but it is not necessary. I would love to spearhead better activity by example, but not if it means my wrongful edification for a post that was merely long, not particularly meaningful.

 

[Jack O'Neill]

Roy Mustang thinks Naminé ponders too much on such trivial matters~ Post quality rates will always differ, and no matter how long it takes, she reminds Naminé that change is inevitable. Perhaps one day, people will realize this and insert, as you put it, 'heart, mind, and soul' within their words~ ♥


That was fun. =]

Jack O'Neill is both perplexed and disturbed by the fact that Lily still insists on masquerading as Roy Mustang. He believes it to be a disgrace on the name of one of his favourite FMA characters and politely suggests that Lily cease and desist at once. XP

 

[Lily]

Roy Mustang thinks Jack O'Neill shouldn't reprimand such a well-known alchemist out of his own jealousy and admiration, but rather, support this corporal who wishes nothing more than the benefit of the people. >D

 

[Jack O'Neill]

Roy Mustang thinks Jack O'Neill shouldn't reprimand such a well-known alchemist out of his own jealousy and admiration, but rather, support this corporal who wishes nothing more than the benefit of the people. >D

Jack O'Neill has no interest in playing along with the delusions of a 14-year-old girl who believes herself to be a male alchemist 15 years her senior. >P