Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: the Harbinger of Doom, the Apocalypse Kid, the Hostess with the Mostess (blood on her hands), the World-Breaker...
You have to start somewhere and yes, of course it'd be nice if you could just throw them all into jail. And yes, two wrongs don't make a right. But I think that if you weren't a nice person you would have shot me by now. Because bad people do stuff like that.
I never said I was bad. I said I wasn't nice. There's a difference. I killed my friends' parents yesterday. I shot his mother, then ripped his father apart at a molecular level until he gave me the information I wanted, then I shot him for his trouble. Would a nice person do that?
I still believe that if there was a situation where you and I were stuck in a box and the only way to get out would be to shoot me, you wouldn't do it. You wouldn't shoot me, because you don't shoot friends.....and so that makes you nice. *smiles* I have faith that there is nice in everyone, even if they don't know it yet.
I would rip the box apart and kill whoever locked me in there. Admittedly, his parents had tried to sacrifice him when he was younger, so they deserved it... Bad parents piss me off.
Are you proud that you killed those people? *drops her voice to something just above a whisper* Do you feel guilty? Do you remember the face of the first person you killed? Did they scream?
No. I'm not proud I killed those people. But it necessary.
I don't feel guilty, no. I remember the face of the first person I killed - my boyfriend. He didn't scream - I shot him in the back of his head before he could kill a few million people. I had to kill a few before him, but they weren't... themselves. They were basically mind controlled by the terrorist organisation.
Well at least you kill for a good reason. I don't approve, but I think you're nice. It's more than your actions that determine whether or not your nice.
okay, so... i am writing a thing and i was wondering if you could tell me how this sounds as a start:
Jason stared at Tracy from across the room. It was the end of term and, apparently, that meant the end of their relationship. He knew she was never really into it as much as he was, that she was just dating him for the sake of dating someone, but it still hurt.
Sighing, he started to pack up his things as the bell rang out. He was the last to leave the classroom, as always. He was the last to his locker, as always and he was the last out the door, as always.
Swinging his bag over his shoulder, Jason started the long tredge home. Last day of school for the term. Last day of having something to do for three weeks. Last day he’ll talk to someone that isn’t a family member.
He rubbed his eyes as he walked. It wasn’t exactly his fault he didn’t have any friends, it was more the fact that people didn’t like him. For some reason or other, they simply couldn’t stand him. And it was incredibly annoying; it meant that he always sat alone, always did things by himself. It meant that he was always the last picked for everything and anything. It meant, quite simply, that he was seen as a freak.
Jason pulled himself out of his painful thoughts as he approached his front door. At least it wouldn’t last for much longer. He was in grade 10, would be leaving next year. He rifled around in his pockets for a bit before pulling out his keys.
He opened the front door to the sound of people packing bags. Great, he thought, looks like I’ll be alone again.
His parents had the tendency to run off on holidays every time school terms ended. He was use to it by now. But it also meant that his sisters would be using it as an excuse to sleep at their boyfriend’s houses all holidays. Which meant he’d be stuck in a two-story house by himself for three weeks. Fun.
Dropping his bag heavily on the ground, he ran upstairs to his parents’ bedroom. His mother saw him first, calling out to him halfway up the corridor.
“Jason!” she shouted happily, tucking a strand of hair back behind her ear. “You’re home! Hey, how was school?”
“It was great Mum, it’s always great,” he said quietly.
She smiled at him. “Look bud, sorry for the short notice, but you’re father and I are going on a trip tomorrow. A cruise up to Hawaii. I wish you could come, but we could only buy space for two people. Your sisters will be here though, so you won’t be alone.”
“It’s fine Mum,” he said, forcing a smile. “I’m sure I’ll find something to do.”
His Mum smiled at him before turning back to packing and Jason went to go to his room, only to run into his Dad.
“Hey Jase! How’s it going? Did your mother tell you about the trip?”
“Hey Dad. I’m good. Yeah, Mum told me,” Jason said quickly wanting to just run to his room. While he loved his Dad and all, they had a tenuous relationship.
His father grinned at him. “That’s great. Hey, don’t go throwing any parties while we’re away, will you,” he joked.
Jason nodded half-heartedly and slipped passed his father, heading to his room. Once there he shut the door and slid down it. Yep. Suspicions confirmed. This’ll be the loneliest holidays yet.
(Why would it matter if pumps are conformist? They make it easier. Just as ovens are easier than cooking food over a fire. It makes a job easier, so it would be a good investment.)
(As long as you get the job done, what actually matters? It makes more sense to do whatever it takes to do it right, rather than thinking, "Having this item that does the job faster and better than I can is conformist, I won't buy it". You save time. So you can get more things done.)
(But it's more fun to cook with fire!! And it makes it taste amazing!! Why would I buy something that I don't want when I can do the same thing, but for free?)
(Alright. You try and make a fire without using any tools.
It's like asking why people use guns rather than knives - guns are more efficient, they're faster and they do the job better. Is that conformist? No, it's just sensible.)
(Okay! Jobs for today! Art homework! Life skills homework! French homework! Any other homework I may have forgotten! What not to do today! Procrastinate! Stay up stupidly late! Forget to drink! I mightn't be on much today.. then again I might be..)
(Temperature makes a lot of difference. It's warm and cozy and makes me relaxed which is nice... However even me being me can't come up with a reason to delay homework...)
Helllo, Dragona! :) Hey, Silente! :) How are you both? :)
@Silente: I used to get through art homework by playing songs I like and either a) refusing to care what the result looked like, or b) drawing the same thing several times over because I did care, and THEN refusing to care any more. :P
Maybe you could do some art, take a break, do some other work, go back to art, etc? That way, as well as not having to spend a huge block of time artcrying, you also get a fresher perspective on the art every time you come back to it, so you can kind of judge what you have to go a little better, maybe.
Sorry, was procrastinating. On the bright side, I found out that Star Trek: TMP is on next Saturday. C: (I know it has a reputation as a Bad Movie, but STILL :P) Still haven't started my maths revision, though. :P
*only saw the first of the new DW series, so far, so it's good to hear good response :))
Hi Star! *laughs* I'd also like to help, but I DO like physics, so.. :P
Huh! I went offline last night when my laptop died, so I never actually switched it off as such. I plugged it in this morning and switched it on and logged on and it came to life with all my internet windows still up. This is convenient. O_O Maybe I should not switch it off more often!
@Star: *nods* My reasoning would be the same, I guess. But I don't do biology any more. And I think I'm happy with that. :)
Will do, Star! :)
*hugs back* Yay! :)
*tilts head* All of this stats work is actually very straightforward. idk why I dislike it so much. I only have to remember about frequency density and I'm kind of covered. But for some reason I still FEEL clueless, y'know? Like I'm missing something? idk.
@Staragain: Huh, handy. :) I'm pretty sure there are ways to have your browser save your last session, so when you open it up, it opens the tabs you last had open automatically. Idk if it's on every browser, but it could be worth looking? ^^
@Taia: Yeah - you click 'open last session', which I used to do but it would just open my last WINDOW, and I generally have three open (I divide my screen into three. Blogland on the left, TlC on the right, email in the middle. And then I open YouTube on my TLC tab and I open 'everything else' on my Blogland tab. It's quite a good system. I have to do a bit of scrolling/maximising to read my emails properly, though). But I haven't tried it on Firefox. . . . Firefox doesn't seem to have an option for it. :(
Okay, so I am watching a note-taking video, and it is all complex things like dividing your page up, adn I'm just like - WELL THE THING IS IF YOU'RE TAKING NOTES ON A VIDEO YOU WRITE DOWN AS MUCH AS YOU CAN IN THE TIME THAT YOU HAVE AND SEE THE THING IS IF YOU STOP AND DO ALL THIS THINKING AND DIVIDNG TEHN YOU'RE GOING TO END UP WITH NOTHING AT ALL but yeah. FUTHERMORE I think when I am taking NOTES they are NOTES and tehy are INFORMAL otherwise they would be WRITTEN UP, and therefore if they are NOTES and they are notes on something IMPORTANT I will WRITE THEM UP and I can then refer to the thing that I have WRITTEN UP, and if it's NOT IMPORTANT then WHY WOULD I NEED IT ANYWAY, and also, if I am taking NOTES and they are INFORMAL and especially if I have a LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME I think I would rather write them in a way that I UNDERSTAND them.
And this is probably just me. Like, at rockclimbing my rockclimbing instructor told me to hold my hands further away from the belaying device or I would get my hand caught, and I just felt like objecting, like "But this is the way I hold my belaying device", even though that is totally stupid because who wants their hand caught?
okay the note-taking video is talking sense now BUT I WOULD HAVE DONE THAT ANYWAY JUST IN A SCUFFIER FORMAT AND IT WOULD STILL HAVE BEEN LOGICAL THANK YOU
But see, the thing is, HOW THE FUCK AM I MEANT TO WORK OUT WHAT THE KEY QUESTIONS ARE? HE SAYS WE SHOULD ANSWER THE KEY QUESTIONS IN THE SUMMARY AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE KEY QUESTIONS ARE
ONCE AGAIN - HOW MUCH THOUGHT ARE YOU EXPECTING ME TO PUT INTO THIS?
I have to take notes using this method on a video now, and do you know what's BOTHERING me? I'm kind of really struggling here because I can't think of headings. Fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk this is stupid.
(It's true, though. You have to do exactly the same as everyone else. You're not thinking for yourself. You aren't an individual in a school. You are a "class" or a "year".)
Sorry, Things happened, and then I went textbook hunting. And then had to clear space on the bookshelf for said textbooks. *hugs everybody*
@Star: Oh, aw. :(
@Star(pt2): Nobody can tell you how exactly to take notes, because, they're your notes? Sometimes, if my notes are too messy, and I want to be able to read/understand it easier, I take time when I get home to rewrite them up. Still notes and informal, but less scribbly and rushed? Also helps you to learn the stuff, I guess. But that wouldn't really work if you're working in exercise books, so, idk. I think also, I tend to leave highlighting and noting key points until later, when I have more of an idea of what's actually more important and what I need to know more, kind of. idk. Take your notes how you want to take them. As long as it works for you, it can't (legitimately) be complained about. :)
@Sophia: Yes. I agree. I don't even have any more to add because I just agree. School kills individualism and tells us to all do everything in the same way and then is surprised when this way doesn't work for some of us. WELL NOOOOOOO WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND DIFFERENT THINGS WORK FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
@Taia: Yeah, that's what I think, but we were specifically told "Watch this video on note-taking. Using that method, make notes on this other video."
So I know some people get bullied at school and I know that some people don't have friends at school and I know that some people are just not academically clever (bringing me back ot my point on my last comment), and I know that really I have very little to complain about as far as school goes, but I am the kind of person who gets emotionally attached to my rubber and these things really do annoy and frustrate me, which is probably my own fault for being so emotional but still.
Star, that sucks. If it's just one video, though, maybe it's about TRYING that method, to see if it will work for you? They're not asking you to make all your notes ever with that method? Just to try it out?
I could talk a lot about school and deindividualisation. There are several reasons why it's useful, to an extent. The trouble is that they don't stick within that extent. We've been talking a lot about it over here lately, for reasons, and so I have a lot of things to say. But I've already been talking about it a lot and I don't want to just rant aggressively, so, I won't. But I probably agree with you, basically. *nods* *hugs back* :)
(I understand why they teach people the same things - to get results. But not why they go so far as to ban bracelets and make you wear a certain type of shoe. I am glad Dragona is no longer in school. If he was, I would be very irritated. His college seems slightly better.)
*His hand tightened and black spots covered her vision. His words swam through her ears*
Vectciet: Know your place, bitch.
*He threw her effortlessly to the ground, where she rolled, cursed, and gasped*
Rose: No... I won't... Not when... You'll hurt my family...
Vecticet: I know about your magic, Rose. You'll do what I say, or I will force you to.
Rose: How so...?
Vectciet: By using your true name. Yes, I know it. I've known it long before you knew it. I was the one who told that other hitman who was under my employ.
*Her eyes widened again and she scrambled away. It was all his fault...*
@Taia: :/ *hugs* *if you want to rant, that's okay, but if you don't, that's also okay :)*
@Elleni: YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! *hugs someone who agrees*
I am really unused to actually having people agree with me on my rants now. O_O Idk why.
@Sophia: YES. I remember an assembly not long ago where they boasted about how great their results were, then told us about how they wanted us all to do our very best and would do their best to make us get our best results (is this so WE get good results, or so the SCHOOL do, I wonder?) and then they said that they really wanted to focus on our learning and then they said that if we were wearing incorrect skirts (too short/stretchy) they would put us in the unit and therefore if we'd just wear the correct uniform it would be easier for them to teach us. Why does wearing short or stretchy skirts hinder our ability to learn? I think THEY'RE hindernig our ability to learn by taking us out of lessons and sticking us in the unit. They should be more bothered about our learning than our uniform, imo.
(Not that I get why everyone is so insistent on wearing short/stretchy skirts. If I had the courage, I would come into school in an ankle-length skirt just to make a point, but sadly, I am a coward.)
(I assume, Star, that girls wearing short skirts would be distracting for male members of the class. However, I think that limiting the skirts and other items of clothing are not necessary. However, the school can show off if they get good results, and increase their popularity - thus earning more money.)
@Sophia, Star: Precisely. Uniform IS good, on a number of levels, which I won't get into. But when they tell you 'You can't dye your hair in "wild" colours, because it's distracting', I want to know what the hell planet they think they're on, because in case they hadn't noticed, people don't have the same coloured hair ANYWAY, and I have never in my life found [anonymous classmate]'s hot-pink/violet/lilac/blue/white/LEOPARD-PRINT hair keeping me from progressing in class. If I'd spent my entire life totally sheltered from outside contact and I had never seen or heard of any kind of aesthetic diversity, OK I might be interested, but then I'd also be interested by different coloured skin, or different eye colour, or variation in facial features and height and build, and by kids who've moved from foreign countries, and all of the opinions which aren't mine -- but that's not the case in the vast, VAST majority of students in the country.
They say that if a year eleven student were to dye their hair black and wear spikes and studs, and look formidable, that it would make year 7 students feel uncomfortable or intimidated, and as a member of society the year 11 has the community responsibility not to intimidate, so they can't do those things. Which is stupid, and builds off of prejudice and stereotyping, and the year seven students should be taught that just because somebody dresses a certain way doesn't mean they'll BEHAVE in a certain way. And they should be allowed to experience people wearing what they want to wear, because maybe then when they get to higher school years, they won't feel so much that they have to conform to short skirts and tight pants because that's what everyone else is wearing. The school encourages these stereotypes and prejudices and strong social conformities, and that's not the way it should be.
@Sophia: I know I am extremely unobservant, but I don't think it's awfully distracting.
And, yes. They should pay more attention to getting good results than they should to uniform.
@Taia: I agree. Although I don't think uniform really makes a big difference. And LEOPARD PRINT??? That is SO COOL. :) And, yes. Hair braids, coloured hair, really?
And I agree with that second paragraph so much thank you. :O *hugs* *emails to self*
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«Oldest ‹Older 3401 – 3600 of 4562 Newer› Newest»You have to start somewhere and yes, of course it'd be nice if you could just throw them all into jail. And yes, two wrongs don't make a right. But I think that if you weren't a nice person you would have shot me by now. Because bad people do stuff like that.
Goodbye Elleni.
Bye Elleni.
I never said I was bad. I said I wasn't nice. There's a difference.
I killed my friends' parents yesterday. I shot his mother, then ripped his father apart at a molecular level until he gave me the information I wanted, then I shot him for his trouble. Would a nice person do that?
I still believe that if there was a situation where you and I were stuck in a box and the only way to get out would be to shoot me, you wouldn't do it. You wouldn't shoot me, because you don't shoot friends.....and so that makes you nice.
*smiles*
I have faith that there is nice in everyone, even if they don't know it yet.
I would rip the box apart and kill whoever locked me in there.
Admittedly, his parents had tried to sacrifice him when he was younger, so they deserved it... Bad parents piss me off.
See, you were protecting your friend.
*frowns*
I don't think the answer to everything is to kill though.
Killing is an answer. So is arresting them. But as I said, bad parents piss me off so I killed them.
I don't kill everyone who breaks the law, but I've had missions where I've had to kill around five hundred terrorists.
Are you proud that you killed those people?
*drops her voice to something just above a whisper*
Do you feel guilty? Do you remember the face of the first person you killed? Did they scream?
(I am sorry. Technology problems.)
No. I'm not proud I killed those people. But it necessary.
I don't feel guilty, no. I remember the face of the first person I killed - my boyfriend. He didn't scream - I shot him in the back of his head before he could kill a few million people.
I had to kill a few before him, but they weren't... themselves. They were basically mind controlled by the terrorist organisation.
(*It's.)
Well at least you kill for a good reason. I don't approve, but I think you're nice. It's more than your actions that determine whether or not your nice.
(Sorry I have to go)
(Goodbye, Raven.)
(I'll continue to be here.)
what is a good girls name for my lead character? she's sarcastic as hell and extremely cocky.
(Is it a magical name or an ordinary name?)
ordinary
(Samantha.)
Of course, there's always a difference between murder, killing and culling.
Hello people! I have an english exam and a Modern history exam and i have barely left tumblr. I now i am here
I have eaten 8 pieces of bread. I love bread
(Hello Caroline and Caelan.)
(Hey.)
(And for your information, I do not murder anyone. It is legal.)
-I decide to ignore Sophia, as I slowly wander around Blogland-
(HI
Im only here for 5 mins
I wont be back till gone 7:30
I cant find this damn fan fic about valduggery, where Val sings lady marmalade to skulduggery, drunk)
(Hello Chloe.)
*sees Caelan* Are you going to try and hurt me again or have you realised how useless your attempt was?
(HI Soph )
(HI Soph )
(How are you, Chloe?)
(Im good, thankyou. You?)
(Just average. The same as always.)
-I look at Sophia, thinking for a moment, then continuing to wander around-
*laughs at Caelan*
(Damn, that's my cue.
Byii, See you tonight
*listens to 'lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off'*)
(Goodbye Chloe.)
-I look around sarcastically, then meeting Sophia's eyes-
Is something funny?
You. You're ignoring me. So childish.
okay, so... i am writing a thing and i was wondering if you could tell me how this sounds as a start:
Jason stared at Tracy from across the room. It was the end of term and, apparently, that meant the end of their relationship. He knew she was never really into it as much as he was, that she was just dating him for the sake of dating someone, but it still hurt.
Sighing, he started to pack up his things as the bell rang out. He was the last to leave the classroom, as always. He was the last to his locker, as always and he was the last out the door, as always.
Swinging his bag over his shoulder, Jason started the long tredge home. Last day of school for the term. Last day of having something to do for three weeks. Last day he’ll talk to someone that isn’t a family member.
He rubbed his eyes as he walked. It wasn’t exactly his fault he didn’t have any friends, it was more the fact that people didn’t like him. For some reason or other, they simply couldn’t stand him. And it was incredibly annoying; it meant that he always sat alone, always did things by himself. It meant that he was always the last picked for everything and anything. It meant, quite simply, that he was seen as a freak.
Jason pulled himself out of his painful thoughts as he approached his front door. At least it wouldn’t last for much longer. He was in grade 10, would be leaving next year. He rifled around in his pockets for a bit before pulling out his keys.
He opened the front door to the sound of people packing bags. Great, he thought, looks like I’ll be alone again.
His parents had the tendency to run off on holidays every time school terms ended. He was use to it by now. But it also meant that his sisters would be using it as an excuse to sleep at their boyfriend’s houses all holidays. Which meant he’d be stuck in a two-story house by himself for three weeks. Fun.
Dropping his bag heavily on the ground, he ran upstairs to his parents’ bedroom. His mother saw him first, calling out to him halfway up the corridor.
“Jason!” she shouted happily, tucking a strand of hair back behind her ear. “You’re home! Hey, how was school?”
“It was great Mum, it’s always great,” he said quietly.
She smiled at him. “Look bud, sorry for the short notice, but you’re father and I are going on a trip tomorrow. A cruise up to Hawaii. I wish you could come, but we could only buy space for two people. Your sisters will be here though, so you won’t be alone.”
“It’s fine Mum,” he said, forcing a smile. “I’m sure I’ll find something to do.”
His Mum smiled at him before turning back to packing and Jason went to go to his room, only to run into his Dad.
“Hey Jase! How’s it going? Did your mother tell you about the trip?”
“Hey Dad. I’m good. Yeah, Mum told me,” Jason said quickly wanting to just run to his room. While he loved his Dad and all, they had a tenuous relationship.
His father grinned at him. “That’s great. Hey, don’t go throwing any parties while we’re away, will you,” he joked.
Jason nodded half-heartedly and slipped passed his father, heading to his room. Once there he shut the door and slid down it. Yep. Suspicions confirmed. This’ll be the loneliest holidays yet.
(I am not an expert on writing stories. I prefer to concentrate on what is real, rather than what isn't. However, it seems good.)
It's childish to ignore someone?
Guess your parents were as stupid as you are.
My parents are dead.
You're just sore that you couldn't hurt me. You had to run away. Coward.
I didn't run away, I got bored.
Sure you were. That's why you were running towards Rose so urgently, right?
(139 balloons to go...)
(Hello Death.)
(Hey Soph/Dragona!)
(This is my account, Rose. It is me speaking. Dragona has his own account. He will use it later.)
(Okay.
Hello, Sophia.)
(Better. How are you?)
(Thought as much. I'm alright. Pretty damn dizzy from blowing balloons, but I should be fine. How about yourself?)
(Average. It would be a good idea to stop blowing up balloons. Don't you have a pump?)
(Pumps are too conformist. And I have to do it and put them in my sister's room for her 18th)
(Why would it matter if pumps are conformist? They make it easier. Just as ovens are easier than cooking food over a fire. It makes a job easier, so it would be a good investment.)
(Fire makes food taste better.
I'm a very nonconformist person.)
(As long as you get the job done, what actually matters? It makes more sense to do whatever it takes to do it right, rather than thinking, "Having this item that does the job faster and better than I can is conformist, I won't buy it". You save time. So you can get more things done.)
(But it's more fun to cook with fire!! And it makes it taste amazing!! Why would I buy something that I don't want when I can do the same thing, but for free?)
(Alright. You try and make a fire without using any tools.
It's like asking why people use guns rather than knives - guns are more efficient, they're faster and they do the job better. Is that conformist? No, it's just sensible.)
(I've made a fire without tools before. It was an OEC challenge. I won.
Knifes a cruel. And they're harder to hunt with. That's why they're not used as much.)
*Knives
(What did you use, your hands?)
(Okay! Jobs for today! Art homework! Life skills homework! French homework! Any other homework I may have forgotten!
What not to do today! Procrastinate! Stay up stupidly late! Forget to drink!
I mightn't be on much today.. then again I might be..)
(Hello Silente.)
(Hello! You fell asleep again! However i can't remember what we were talking about so that's fine. How are you?)
(I used my hands, yes. Friction. Tried rocks, didn't work. Wood on wood. That took a while, but it worked.)
(Hey Tetris.)
(Hello Deathy! How are you?)
(I didn't fall asleep. Dragona fell asleep. I am just unlucky enough to be carried around in his mind.
I am average. How are you?
So why did you use wood, Rose? Because it was better than with stones.)
(In pain. Balloon popped in my face... Got just under my eye...
IT SHANT PUT ME OFF!!
How are you?)
(Couldn't get a spark from the stones. They were ones we foun by the river. They weren't right.)
(I'm good. Deliberating between staying in my nice warm bed with an empty stomach or getting food and thus announcing myself awake for the day....)
(So the wood did a better job.)
(It would be smarter to get up. You would waste less time.)
(But its warmer in bed. And that way I don't have to do homework...)
(Temperature makes no difference. And there is no sense in delaying a job.)
(Temperature makes a lot of difference. It's warm and cozy and makes me relaxed which is nice...
However even me being me can't come up with a reason to delay homework...)
(Sorry, dinner.)
(So temperature has a negative effect.)
(Temperature has a positive effect. I like being cozy and relaxed! It's nice... *sigh* fine. I'll wake up. And do homework. And cry because art.)
(It's fine, Rose.)
(That sounds better than wasting time, Silente.)
(now is crying better than wasting time??)
(You'll be more productive with homework.)
(I'd be crying. That is not more productive.)
(Crying whilst doing something is more productive than not crying and doing nothing.)
*facepalms*
We had psychology homework to keep note of our dreams for next Monday's class.
Mine, thus far, looks like this:
WED - No dream
THURS - No dream
FRI - No dream
SAT - No dream
SUN -
I'm like, this is going to be SO useful. :P
(Yeah but if I was crying I wouldn't be able to draw for art.)
(Hello Taia.)
DOCTOR WHO IS ABOUT TO START
Helllo, Dragona! :)
Hey, Silente! :)
How are you both? :)
@Silente: I used to get through art homework by playing songs I like and either a) refusing to care what the result looked like, or b) drawing the same thing several times over because I did care, and THEN refusing to care any more. :P
Maybe you could do some art, take a break, do some other work, go back to art, etc? That way, as well as not having to spend a huge block of time artcrying, you also get a fresher perspective on the art every time you come back to it, so you can kind of judge what you have to go a little better, maybe.
@Snow: Yay!!! :)
(I am not Dragona. I have my own account.)
(AH SHOOT I HAVE PHYSICS HOMEWORK TOO. Ugh. Yey. Headache city. I'm tempted to just watch hollyoaks then flip through the Argos instead...)
-I appear in Blogland, hovering above the ground-
*looks at Caelan*
*throws a stone at his arm gently*
Oh, so you do. :P
Hi, Sophia! :) How are YOU?
@Silente: :/ *could probably help with physics, if you wanted?*
Hello, Caelan! :) How're you doing?
-The stone stops before it hits me, disintegrating-
(I am average, Taia. You?)
*She glanced up at Caelan, waved, and frowned*
Hey...?
*frowns*
*walks towards Caelan*
Are you dead?
(I'm fine, thanks Sophia. :))
Hi Death! :)
wbd, maths
(Okay. Which should i do first?
Physics
Life Skills
French
Art
Argos)
(Hey Taia!)
(Who knew that you could turn a photo of you being Miley Cyrus with balloons into a porn picture via snapchat...?
*Will regret this moment for the rest of my life*)
._.
I haven't done stats since January. HOW TO??? D:
*melts*
@Silente: What's argos? *thinking, like, highstreet retailer? :P*
IDK. WHich is easiest? Which is most enjoyable? Which do you want to do more? Which is more important? idk. It probably doesn't matter? 4
*looks down at maths revision*
*needs to take that advice herself, really -.-*
(Argos is the shopping catalogue sat very close to me begging me to procrastinate...)
(I'm glad I'm too old to be doing homework. Dragona gets annoyed by it, however.)
That was actually an amazing episode of DW. :D
I liked the second episode better. :)
SILENTEEEE I COULD POSSIBLY HELP WITH PHYSICS!
. . . *actually WANTS to help with physics and I don't even like physics*
*what is wrong with me*
(The newest one, Snow?)
Always been a fan of robin hood. We studied the legend in history in first term. There is actually a chance that he was really.
@Snow: :) :)
I kind of forgot he WASN'T real, tbh.
My dad just walked into my room, blew bubbles at me and left. I'm going to regret that prank gift...
BUBBLES!
(It annoyed Dragona. "Historical inaccuracies" or something. It seemed quite cheap in my eyes, but I'm no expert on television programmes.)
I gave him bubble mixture and giant green star shaped sunglasses for fathers Day
Now that I think about it, a very you themed gift
BUBBLES AND STARS!!!!
*SCREAMS AND HUGS SNOW*
@Silente: Oh. Um, not Argos, then? :P
@Sophia: Ha, yeah.
Sorry, was procrastinating.
On the bright side, I found out that Star Trek: TMP is on next Saturday. C:
(I know it has a reputation as a Bad Movie, but STILL :P)
Still haven't started my maths revision, though. :P
*only saw the first of the new DW series, so far, so it's good to hear good response :))
Hi Star! *laughs* I'd also like to help, but I DO like physics, so.. :P
*laughs and huggles Star*
OH FUCK I CAN'T FIND MY TUBBER
FUCK
THAT WAS A SPECIAL RUBBER
Calm down Stary. Where did you last see it? Look in the least likely place in that area. Think logically
@Star: *pauses*
*was going to say what Snow said*
*Snow is good*
*nods at Snow*
*SNow*
I FOUND IT!!!!
*has such emotional attachment to that rubber, I swear*
@Taia: I like physics better than a lot of things. I just like chemistry and biology better, which is due to my teacher.
WATCH, TAIA, WATCH!
*huggles Snow* :) :)
*nods at Taia*
*huggles star*
*HUGS SNOW AND TAIAAAAAAA*
It was on my bed.
I didn't think it would be there because my pencil wasn't.
I thought I'd left it in maths and was never going to see it again. :(
*squishes Star* hush. It's okay.
@Snow: It is NOW, but that scared me. :O
*huggles*
Huh!
I went offline last night when my laptop died, so I never actually switched it off as such. I plugged it in this morning and switched it on and logged on and it came to life with all my internet windows still up.
This is convenient. O_O Maybe I should not switch it off more often!
*kidnaps Star and her rubber* MINE
@Snow: *is kidnapped WITH my rubber, so that's cool*
100 balloons down!!!! Woo!!!
@Star: *nods* My reasoning would be the same, I guess. But I don't do biology any more. And I think I'm happy with that. :)
Will do, Star! :)
*hugs back* Yay! :)
*tilts head* All of this stats work is actually very straightforward. idk why I dislike it so much. I only have to remember about frequency density and I'm kind of covered. But for some reason I still FEEL clueless, y'know? Like I'm missing something? idk.
@Staragain: Huh, handy. :)
I'm pretty sure there are ways to have your browser save your last session, so when you open it up, it opens the tabs you last had open automatically.
Idk if it's on every browser, but it could be worth looking? ^^
*nods*
*allows Star and hrr rubber internet access*
*kidnaps Rose as well*
@Taia: Negative associations?
@Taia: Yeah - you click 'open last session', which I used to do but it would just open my last WINDOW, and I generally have three open (I divide my screen into three. Blogland on the left, TlC on the right, email in the middle. And then I open YouTube on my TLC tab and I open 'everything else' on my Blogland tab. It's quite a good system. I have to do a bit of scrolling/maximising to read my emails properly, though).
But I haven't tried it on Firefox.
. . .
Firefox doesn't seem to have an option for it. :(
Hey Death! :) Well done!
@Snow: YAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
*hugs*
*has everything she needs int he world :P*
(well, almost)
I am an amazing kidnapper. XD
Hmm.
My English homework is to watch this video, but I cna't find it . . .
So I'm contemplating whether to email Sir and tell him I can't find it, so I'm writing this comment to procrastinate.
@Snow: YUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSs
(I will be distant. Dragona is doing homework and I have the "luxury" of sitting through it. I don't need this crap.)
*opens my email*
*has a new email from my English teacher giving me links because people haven't been able to find them*
*ahhhhhhhhh thanks Sir :)*
Sophia, you make me smile. :)
(Why do I make you smile?)
@Sophia: Because your perspective is refreshingly direct.
(That's just me. Why live in fantasy when there are enough problems to deal with in real life?)
*cartwheels*
Sorry... I'm really distant right now... And I need a shower as soon as my brother gets out...
And everything is hurting or tingling...
Okay, so I am watching a note-taking video, and it is all complex things like dividing your page up, adn I'm just like - WELL THE THING IS IF YOU'RE TAKING NOTES ON A VIDEO YOU WRITE DOWN AS MUCH AS YOU CAN IN THE TIME THAT YOU HAVE AND SEE THE THING IS IF YOU STOP AND DO ALL THIS THINKING AND DIVIDNG TEHN YOU'RE GOING TO END UP WITH NOTHING AT ALL but yeah.
FUTHERMORE I think when I am taking NOTES they are NOTES and tehy are INFORMAL otherwise they would be WRITTEN UP, and therefore if they are NOTES and they are notes on something IMPORTANT I will WRITE THEM UP and I can then refer to the thing that I have WRITTEN UP, and if it's NOT IMPORTANT then WHY WOULD I NEED IT ANYWAY, and also, if I am taking NOTES and they are INFORMAL and especially if I have a LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME I think I would rather write them in a way that I UNDERSTAND them.
And this is probably just me. Like, at rockclimbing my rockclimbing instructor told me to hold my hands further away from the belaying device or I would get my hand caught, and I just felt like objecting, like "But this is the way I hold my belaying device", even though that is totally stupid because who wants their hand caught?
But still.
I object. :P
El...?
Fours, Elleni! :(
@Sophia: Yes, but most people don't think about things that way. That's why it's refreshing. :)
@Death: :(
*hugs*
I had forgotten how angry school makes me all the time. :P
(Aha. Thank you, then.)
okay the note-taking video is talking sense now
BUT I WOULD HAVE DONE THAT ANYWAY JUST IN A SCUFFIER FORMAT
AND IT WOULD STILL HAVE BEEN LOGICAL
THANK YOU
*nods at star*
*sees her point*
*agrees*
Hi/bye El
HE'S TELLING ME TO SUMMARISE MY LEARNING NOW
I DO NOT COUNT THIS AS 'NOTES'
And, okay, maybe this summary thing makes sense.
Maybe it does.
But see, the thing is, HOW THE FUCK AM I MEANT TO WORK OUT WHAT THE KEY QUESTIONS ARE?
HE SAYS WE SHOULD ANSWER THE KEY QUESTIONS IN THE SUMMARY AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE KEY QUESTIONS ARE
ONCE AGAIN - HOW MUCH THOUGHT ARE YOU EXPECTING ME TO PUT INTO THIS?
BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, IF IT WAS IMPORTANT I WOULD /WRITE IT UP/ SO IT DON'T NEED NO FUCKING /SUMMARY/
Ah.
The 'questions' section is good.
You gave me ONE piece of useful information, thank you. -_-
*hugs star* some people are idiots.
I g2g, bye
@Snow: Nahhhhhhhhh, 'sprobably just me.
Fours. :(
I don't think we should all be forced to write notes in the same way anyway.
I think we shoud all be allowed to pick a method that works for us.
(I think that might be a good idea. Education represents uniformity, however, so it will be unlikely to happen.)
@Sophia: Yup.
Ari can rant awfully well about how school is teaching us not to think. :/
I have to take notes using this method on a video now, and do you know what's BOTHERING me?
I'm kind of really struggling here because I can't think of headings.
Fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk this is stupid.
(It's true, though. You have to do exactly the same as everyone else. You're not thinking for yourself. You aren't an individual in a school. You are a "class" or a "year".)
Sorry, Things happened, and then I went textbook hunting. And then had to clear space on the bookshelf for said textbooks.
*hugs everybody*
@Star: Oh, aw. :(
@Star(pt2): Nobody can tell you how exactly to take notes, because, they're your notes?
Sometimes, if my notes are too messy, and I want to be able to read/understand it easier, I take time when I get home to rewrite them up. Still notes and informal, but less scribbly and rushed? Also helps you to learn the stuff, I guess.
But that wouldn't really work if you're working in exercise books, so, idk.
I think also, I tend to leave highlighting and noting key points until later, when I have more of an idea of what's actually more important and what I need to know more, kind of.
idk.
Take your notes how you want to take them. As long as it works for you, it can't (legitimately) be complained about. :)
WBD
@Sophia: Yes.
I agree.
I don't even have any more to add because I just agree.
School kills individualism and tells us to all do everything in the same way and then is surprised when this way doesn't work for some of us.
WELL NOOOOOOO WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND DIFFERENT THINGS WORK FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
Yeah. :/
@Taia: Yeah, that's what I think, but we were specifically told "Watch this video on note-taking. Using that method, make notes on this other video."
So I know some people get bullied at school and I know that some people don't have friends at school and I know that some people are just not academically clever (bringing me back ot my point on my last comment), and I know that really I have very little to complain about as far as school goes, but I am the kind of person who gets emotionally attached to my rubber and these things really do annoy and frustrate me, which is probably my own fault for being so emotional but still.
*hugs Taia anyway because thank you*
(Yes, Star. People learn differently.)
@Sophia: THANK you, yes they do.
I'm agreeing with you a lot this morning. :P
(It's very odd to be agreed with.)
@Star: (on the note taking thing)
YES.
OH MY GOD YES. :P
*poofs, yelling the word barnacles for no apparent reason*
(Bloop.)
(*Doesnt know how long it will be before wifi is turned off*)
Star, that sucks.
If it's just one video, though, maybe it's about TRYING that method, to see if it will work for you? They're not asking you to make all your notes ever with that method? Just to try it out?
I could talk a lot about school and deindividualisation. There are several reasons why it's useful, to an extent. The trouble is that they don't stick within that extent.
We've been talking a lot about it over here lately, for reasons, and so I have a lot of things to say. But I've already been talking about it a lot and I don't want to just rant aggressively, so, I won't.
But I probably agree with you, basically. *nods*
*hugs back* :)
(*Mutters something angrily under breath about her father and pouts*)
(I understand why they teach people the same things - to get results. But not why they go so far as to ban bracelets and make you wear a certain type of shoe.
I am glad Dragona is no longer in school. If he was, I would be very irritated. His college seems slightly better.)
*A man appeared behind Rose and tapped her on the shoulder. She spun, her eyes widening in fear as she saw him*
Man: You owe me.
Rose: Not now, please, I can't do any more hits. I'm... I'm busy, Vectciet.
Vectciet: You owe me. If you cannot pay, then you will pay with your life.
Rose: I've got a family now!
Vecticet: You think that ever stopped either of us? Do you not remember that one family from Denmark?
*She swallowed, trying to block the memory of murderinf and torturing both parents am their six children*
Rose: I've chan-
*Vecticet's hand flashed out, gripped her throat and raised her off the ground. She thrashed against him*
Vecticet: You will obey me. Or you will die. Understood?
*Rose shook her head*
Rose: Don't...
*His hand tightened and black spots covered her vision. His words swam through her ears*
Vectciet: Know your place, bitch.
*He threw her effortlessly to the ground, where she rolled, cursed, and gasped*
Rose: No... I won't... Not when... You'll hurt my family...
Vecticet: I know about your magic, Rose. You'll do what I say, or I will force you to.
Rose: How so...?
Vectciet: By using your true name. Yes, I know it. I've known it long before you knew it. I was the one who told that other hitman who was under my employ.
*Her eyes widened again and she scrambled away. It was all his fault...*
Morning, Rose.
*wtaching Death* O_O
@Taia: :/
*hugs*
*if you want to rant, that's okay, but if you don't, that's also okay :)*
@Elleni: YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
*hugs someone who agrees*
I am really unused to actually having people agree with me on my rants now. O_O Idk why.
@Sophia: YES.
I remember an assembly not long ago where they boasted about how great their results were, then told us about how they wanted us all to do our very best and would do their best to make us get our best results (is this so WE get good results, or so the SCHOOL do, I wonder?) and then they said that they really wanted to focus on our learning and then they said that if we were wearing incorrect skirts (too short/stretchy) they would put us in the unit and therefore if we'd just wear the correct uniform it would be easier for them to teach us.
Why does wearing short or stretchy skirts hinder our ability to learn?
I think THEY'RE hindernig our ability to learn by taking us out of lessons and sticking us in the unit. They should be more bothered about our learning than our uniform, imo.
*She swallowed thickly, averting his gaze*
Rose: What if you tell me to kill my family...?
Vectciet: Then you would kill you family. You will do whatever I say. You will be mine, bitch!
*She flinched at his words. She could feel the tears already starting to burn behind her eyes*
Rose: I... I can't...
Vectciet: Slīvœrrsę, you will obey my every command, whether I use your true name or not, understood?
*She nodded*
Vectciet: Good girl. Now, I want the heads of the people who find themselves drawn to this place.
*She nodded again, but her face filled with rage*
Rose: You bastard! Just wait until-
Vectciet: That reminds me... You are not to speak a word against me, or about me.
*She fumed, but nodded*
Vectciet: Well, off you go.
(Not that I get why everyone is so insistent on wearing short/stretchy skirts. If I had the courage, I would come into school in an ankle-length skirt just to make a point, but sadly, I am a coward.)
*She walked over to the centre of Blogland and heard Loki's voice. She turned to him, a knife already in her hand*
Good morning, my love. And please, please duck. Or defend.
*Her body launched itself at Loki, the knife slashing towards his throat*
*easiily grabs her, ripping the knife from her grip* I believe that is a cue to go now.
Damn it!!!!
I dedicate this page to TDOTL. To my sister and my love Rose.
Notes going well so far.
I seem to be writing down the whole video, though. :/
I need to know all of it though. :/
(I assume, Star, that girls wearing short skirts would be distracting for male members of the class. However, I think that limiting the skirts and other items of clothing are not necessary.
However, the school can show off if they get good results, and increase their popularity - thus earning more money.)
*She struggle against him and the tears started to make tracks down her face*
Help... Please...
*Her body tried to bite his throat. She kicked him. Tried to hit him. Tried to hurt him in any way she could*
(Hear hear!
How was the bedtime story, Zaf? XD )
Silverrose, stop.
((It was wonderful xD I still am fangirling.-Zaf
*She didn't stop fighting him. She couldn't*
Astrid... Back when you controlled me... She stopped it...
*She started to sob as she kicked at him again*
(Well, I read past that chapter that you read to me. :'( )
*takes the sceptre, touching her in the heart*
Astrid: *comes in* Silverrose, stop hurting Loki.
((*hugs* I'm scared for my copy...-Zaf
@Sophia, Star: Precisely.
Uniform IS good, on a number of levels, which I won't get into.
But when they tell you 'You can't dye your hair in "wild" colours, because it's distracting', I want to know what the hell planet they think they're on, because in case they hadn't noticed, people don't have the same coloured hair ANYWAY, and I have never in my life found [anonymous classmate]'s hot-pink/violet/lilac/blue/white/LEOPARD-PRINT hair keeping me from progressing in class. If I'd spent my entire life totally sheltered from outside contact and I had never seen or heard of any kind of aesthetic diversity, OK I might be interested, but then I'd also be interested by different coloured skin, or different eye colour, or variation in facial features and height and build, and by kids who've moved from foreign countries, and all of the opinions which aren't mine -- but that's not the case in the vast, VAST majority of students in the country.
They say that if a year eleven student were to dye their hair black and wear spikes and studs, and look formidable, that it would make year 7 students feel uncomfortable or intimidated, and as a member of society the year 11 has the community responsibility not to intimidate, so they can't do those things.
Which is stupid, and builds off of prejudice and stereotyping, and the year seven students should be taught that just because somebody dresses a certain way doesn't mean they'll BEHAVE in a certain way. And they should be allowed to experience people wearing what they want to wear, because maybe then when they get to higher school years, they won't feel so much that they have to conform to short skirts and tight pants because that's what everyone else is wearing.
The school encourages these stereotypes and prejudices and strong social conformities, and that's not the way it should be.
*Her eyes turned that odd shade of blue and she looked at Loki's sceptre. Then she followed it up to his face*
Thank you... Both you and Astrid...
*She pressed herself against Loki's chest, still shaking with sobs*
*Vectciet came up behind Astrid, a sword in his hands*
(*Hugs back*
I know...)
(I agree, Taia.)
Of course.
Astrid: Don't even try. *thunder booms, Thor comes in behind Vecticet sending lightning at him followed by the hammer to the head*
@Sophia: I know I am extremely unobservant, but I don't think it's awfully distracting.
And, yes. They should pay more attention to getting good results than they should to uniform.
@Taia: I agree. Although I don't think uniform really makes a big difference.
And LEOPARD PRINT??? That is SO COOL. :)
And, yes. Hair braids, coloured hair, really?
And I agree with that second paragraph so much thank you. :O
*hugs*
*emails to self*
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