Lily said:
*whacks Chair-sama* ew, ew, EWW. ;;! You never, ever, EVER quote me without disabling smilies! ;;!!!
And you don't want to sound dull over the internet! The internet, my friend, is one place where one can express oneself without one's boundaries in IRL. (Is one the only gender neutral pronoun? >>) Anything with a '3' is a kitty face; I thought that was common knowledge by now. >O For shame, Lady Alice. For shame. Max is converted to chocolate because I think we'll all agree chocolate is far more appetizing than blood. Isn't that right, Max? =D Even if I was a guy, I'd still use smilies. In this world, there are certain smilies that just fit in posts. For example, if you were to type in, "Hello~," it'd be habit for me to automatically insert a '^_^' next to it. You should regain your former self in all its glorious smilies. ♥
ck smiley count: 1 ._.
Why, I believe it is you, not me, who is at fault for using a smiley whose true meaning you mask by disabling smilies in your posts; it makes you seem most insincere when you want to :D without paying for using such an abominable smiley by accepting its obnoxious, toothy grin. But, such is the price of overusing smilies. People can easily use them against you.
To sugarcoat my posts with gobs of smilies would be something that I simply could not abide for myself, as to do such would be to make myself duplicitous, creating an internet personna that does not match the actual one. If I am not projecting my true self online, all my efforts are wasted in the creation of a character that exists only in the perceptions of others, and I am not one to use a particular façade for long periods of time, especially if I am buliding false friendships because of it.
There are a few other neutral pronouns in the english language, actually; "you", "they", "them", "I", and "me" come to mind, though only "they" and "them" can be considered third-person.
If I were to type in "Hello~", I would have to be under the influence of one or more of any number of illegal or immoral substances and would be most ashamed of myself when I regain sobriety. Also note that my posts, while full of smilies which you so adore, were incredibly unpolished in their structure and would be unpleasant to you to the point of being not worth engaging in conversation with me, which would be very much deserved on my part. So.......thus ends this post, because I can't think of anything else to say.
G'night, Max.
megafuz said:
College?! Expensive?! Nawww....XD
On the serious side...I still think that's freakin awesome that you're gonna be salutatorian. Not sure how that limits your choice of schools though. Didn't you get any academic scholarships for that?? And just make sure that you choose a field in college that you're interested in. That way while you are going broke, you can at least enjoy what you are paying an arm and a leg for.
It's an okay feeling to be salutatorian, I suppose o_o; It's not that big a feat at my school as it is at others because there are only 80 or so seniors in my class, but, regardless of that, it's a useful feather in my cap for later resumés. My school choice is limited because I can't afford to commute but I can't afford to live on campus either, so I had to find somewhere rather close to where I live in order to even be able to go. When I say I'm poor I mean it x_x I'd think there would be extra funding benefits that come with salutatorian, but I don't think that I was offered anything because I only recently overtook the spot from another classmate. Let's just say that she's not at all happy, because she's been number two since the ninth grade, and I was eleventh at the same time. I think I'll major in English, although that's somewhat of a dead major unless I want to be a teacher or professor, which I don't. The problem is, it's the only thing I'm good at, so I have little choice in the matter, as I wanted to major in linguistics but all the colleges that offer that as a major are too far away.
