Hello.
Ah, my poor neglected blog. How I have ignored you. Once you were the apple of my eye (okay, not really — the name of this blog is what it is, after all), but then along came Twitter and suddenly you seemed somewhat clunky and... unwieldy...
But see? I have returned. I've been away a lot, I know. Work. I had that book to publish (which went really well, by the way) and then all those tours, including a trip to New Zealand and Australia to meet all those readers with funny accents.
My life has been somewhat chaotic as of late, and when things get chaotic, some other things suffer. You, it seems, are one of these things.
But I'll try to rectify that. I really will. I'm home now, after all, and settling back into normal life. What normal life will bring me, though, I have no idea.
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«Oldest ‹Older 2401 – 2600 of 4849 Newer› Newest»Hi, CHloe! :)
Hi Sophia! Hi Star! Hi Silente! :)
How are you all? :)
wbd/msd
(Depressed. Yourself?)
(I am sick, but good. you?)
(I will be back soon.)
(*appears in a flash of black thunder* Hello people)
(*glomps* GArrrr!)
@Sophia: Oh, :/ And, ah, see you later. ^^
@Chloe: Aw, I hope you get better soon. It's good that you're good anyway. :)
I'm fine, thanks.
Beginning to question whether half-term break is actually a holiday anymore or just a week committing your schoolwork to memory. :P But good, mostly. :)
Hi Garrett! :)
How're you?
(Thanks Taia ^^ )
(*accepts glomping and holds you in a huggle* Hello wolfie how be you?)
(Hello Taia, I'm happy thank you,
bow be you?)
(I haven;t seen a glomp in a while... :) )
@Garrett: Yay! I'm mostly good, thank you. :)
(snuggles like a koala* im still sick, but im great)
(*smiles* that's good (the feeling great part) and get well soon :)
)
(Question: which one?
imperial fists
or
ultramarines )
(imperial fists
and I just told a friend of mine to shut the hell up...whoops...but he deserved it)
(thank you Wolfie *high fives you* )
Okay....you know who you are, person this song is too..
When my world's falling apart
And i feel the absence of my heart
When the tears start to fall
You are there throughout it all
You only wish you could do more
I only wish I could ensure
That I never felt down
That you didn't have to, see another frown
And you do all you can
And you show how much you care
I'm always here waiting for you
Waiting up when you're not there
And you would run a thousand mile
You'd take a bullet through the brain
If it'd make me smile
So you never had to see that, frown again
And I know that I am difficult
And I know that you don't care
And you've sworn to me before
No matter what you'll be there
Oh yeah..
You only wish you could do more
I only wish I could ensure
That I never felt down
That you didn't have to, see another frown
And you would run a thousand mile
You'd take a bullet through the brain
If it'd make me smile
So you never had to see that, frown again
And I'm sorry that I always frown, again...
(*high fives Gar* I need a huggle. I just had a fight with a friend, which hardly ever happens)
(*high fives Gar* I need a huggle. I just had a fight with a friend, which hardly ever happens)
(*slinks back to the shadows*)
Hello...
*hugglecuddles Chloe who is AMAZING*
*passes ded rights to Taia*
*grabs onto Sil*
Hey! :)
(Hey Tia *huggles and cries*)
*hugs Silente*
*hug Chloe, too*
I don't really have the words right now, but both of you are perfect and I hope nothing less than the best for you. :/
Yo, Tia. :)
*holds the ded rights awkwardly in her hands for a moment*
(*huggles Taia*)
(*looks at Tia*
*looks at Taia*
*looks at flick*
*pulls free and fades*)
(don't go Sil *huggles tightly*)
*Tia and Tanya wrap their arms around Sil*
Stay...
(*wriggles*
*shakes her head, fading in their arms*)
Chloe...
*accepts the tears*
(Gtg do dishes, sorry.)
(its okay Tia
*sits down*)
(*punches ground*
*stands up with a smile*)
BRB
(*offers Wolfie a huggle*)
(*huggles Gar* I will be fine. *smiles* see)
(ok, just email me if you need anything, anything at all and I'll try help to in the best way i can)
(*huggles* I just need to listen to metal, talk to you and breathe. everything will be fine)
(ok *continues huggle*)
(*huggles tightly* so, how are you feeling?)
(I'm alright thank you)
(good ^^ I just need to think happy things. I cant afford to be down)
(if you need inspiration for the happy thoughts just ask and I'm sure i can give you some)
(Thank you Tiger)
(No probs Chloe, its what i do :) )
(I am back.)
(Welcomes Soph)
(Thank you, Chloe. How are you?)
(Welcome back Soph)
(Thank you, Garrett.)
(No probs Soph
its what i do)
(I still feel sick
But better)
(I wonder when the Americans will realise that all these deaths could be avoided if they had the same gun laws as the UK and/or Europe. It is not hard to do, and it saves lives. Their stubbornness is killing people - that's a fact.)
(Aye Soph, I see where you are
Coming from)
(i believe they have tried putting a gun law in before but something happened and it didn't become official) (<i think something like that happened im sur of it)
(but that is a good point Soph)
Back
@Sophia: *agrees, probably*
(Welcomes Taia)
(welcome back taia)
Within these mirrors
the world inverts:
the fond admirer's
burning darts
turn back to injure
the thrusting hand
and inflame to danger
the scarlet wound.
Dying
Is an art, like everything else.
I do it exceptionally well
(*huggles Adra* hello Bach)
(Sure I blame the person who did shoot the firearm, but it is the country's fault for giving them the opportunity. They act shocked every damn time it happens, like it isn't to be expected. When your gun laws are relaxed as they are, what else is going to happen? In all honesty, they should be expecting it by now. Because it is going to keep happening unless their laws change. I wonder how high the death toll has to be before they change it. It will be interesting to find out.)
(Hello, Adrasdos.)
(It was like when the nine year old shot a shooting instructor in Arizona. They gave her an Uzi submachine gun. Why the hell would you give a nine year old a powerful automatic weapon? Sure, in Arizona it might be illegal for anyone under the age of eighteen to have a gun, but that rule does not apply to private property or if the child is accompanied by their parents or a qualified instructor.
But they gave a nine year old a UZI. They were just asking for someone to die.)
(wait....
they gave a NINE year old a UZI!!
blwdi hell no wonder someone died)
(Hello Adrasdos)
(Exactly. It's their own doing. *shrugs*)
(true point,
what were they thinking,
it will be like giving me a rpg or some other form of rocket launcher
(i like blowing things up,
in games of course) and watching me blow up a car or something)
(I think there was little thinking involved in that situation, personally.
And now that girl has to go through the rest of her life knowing that she killed someone. But it is not her fault that she couldn't control the weapon. It's the instructor's for giving her the gun, and her parents' for being damn irresponsible.)
(*sighs* today has been a weird day)
(How so, Chloe?)
(Yes, but that's EASY.
I mean, you can do dots, stripes, lines and spirals, then you can do rainbow colours. Seriously - it's not hard. And I have awful trouble thinking of patterns. :P Colours is easy, you just follow the rainbow and my felt tips/pencils COME in rainbow order anyway.
And then you can just lie a few different colour/pattern schemes on top of each other and just follow your instructions and see what happens. :P It's just like map reading.)
(I bought a waistcoat which was good
Then I fought with a friend
Then gar made me feel better
Then my other friend phones me Sayig that my other friend went ranting)
(Aw Hell, I’m sorry. This was going to be small and IDEK what happened I didn’t even MEET all of these people. O_O
BUt I can blame Tia for giving me the ded in the first place, so here goes... :P)
Ok.
I dedicate to Silente, and to CHloe.
To Tia, and Garrett, and Sophia, and Star.
And Fabi, and Annika, and Dugglyn. And Ed Fletcher, and Vivanus Keen, and Dragona, and Snow Stormberg, and Elleni Jazz.
And Maralie Lily Charm and Lykira and Brad Wood and Rydian Saint and Nixion Strange, and Valencia, and The Delivery Guy, and Sam Ish, and Adrasdos Dark, and Aretha Tesla, and Niccolo and Alastair, and all those other names.
And to Zafira Kerias, and Zathract Mist, and Jubilance Glee and Aisling and Ieni, and Amethyst, and Chione and Mithria and Blake.
And Isabella Midnight, and Vanaerah, and Kalia, and DogsLikeBones, and Kitty, King Yugi, and Trip Castalan.
And to Litrin Dementoz, and Stilzkin Brave, and Rim and Sarthacus and Calidae, and Krane Farlin. And Becky and Georgina, and Kilandra Xyle, and Mistical and Melica, and Thrust Ominous. And to Kestrel LeStarre, and Alex Stone and Robin Snowscar and September and Saph.
And Legolas, and Venice Rain, and to Lynxia Lost, to Pyro and Red, and Sparky and Niall, the Guy with the Boring Name, and Flame Phoenix and Death Rose.
To Nights.Raven, and Valkyrie V, and Luciana Clover Scáth, and Flora Ophelia, and Eve the Rock and Lavender Hope.
And to Kallista Pendragon, and Octaboon Ambrosius, and Quinnera and Bryony Rose, and to NJ. And Min, and Mar and Thalia, and Aria and Lyd, and Ann Marie. And to Sadhbh, to Emerald and Chase, to Gepard Valk, and Hellboy, and Willow, and Rose, and Komodo Devious. And Aquila, and Ayesha and Rachel, and Leone and Lenka Sweet, and Kribu, and Skylara/Geckogirl, and Lizzy, and Lilith Nightshade, and Skyril Oblivion.
And Sir Reingington, and Dan, that Lankinson Guy, and Chanoro Flashfreeze.
And Sven and Ghost and Snoogie, and Everisse Eterna, and this one guy whose name I JUST CAN’T PLACE, dammit, but him anyway; and to Hunter and Ez, and all those other characters who I’m not going to get into right now; and to Rue Nightlock and FLorence Black and Tessa, Blood Butterflies. And Lemony Good of the Skul-man Comics, and Acacia Volt. And Lunar Tears and Nyx Dawn, and Jaffa Morbid and Tori. And Dantea Dreadkin and Nathan Shepard, and Opal Tear.
And Jamine Lovelace and Iris BLackflower, Nicole and Nicolette, Crescent and Kilandra and Orius Rove. And Thor, and Rubescent Sunshine, and Mirtil and Leo, and Necros, and MAry Hiashi, and ROsella EMbers and Skulgirl.
ANd Sarthacus Bolt, and Duck Taasp, and Lonelysnow, and Rua Black, Eldritch Blaze, Dau. To Mischief SHadow, and Arratay, and Tyler, and the Willow who’s not Willow I mentioned before, and Charisma Thorne and Alexandra Muse, and B-J Maleficent. And Remus and Cassidy and Dalek, and Egg, and Miss Sorrows, and Dark Extremely Midnight.
And Hell, I’m gonna have repeated some people and missed others, so people’re welcome to add? and I’ll leave a space here for everybody else ________________ and then another ________________ for those who’d be here if I’d been typing in the future.
And to Derek Landy, of course.
And to myself because YEAH!
And what I mean to say is I dedicate to everybody.
Y’all rule.
:) :) :)
(Star - creating a pattern which would look good is somewhat hard for someone with no imagination.
I see, Chloe. That does indeed sound odd.)
(Hear hear Taia!)
(That is a nice dedication, Taia.)
@Taia: O_O Hear hear!!!!!!!!!!!
Dark Extremely Midnight was my sister and she only came on a few times. XD
I recognised most of those names. O_O That's scary. :O
@Sophia: That's why one experiments. :P
(Hear hear Taia,
that is probably the biggest ded ever (that i know of anyway)
Thanks Chloe, Garrett. :) ^^
*hugs Adra a lot* :/
@Star: I think it's easy because you're talented and because you're you. :) :) :)
*hugs Chloe*
Thanks, Chloe, Sophia, Star, Garrett. :)
@Star: *laughs* :)
*nods* It is, a bit. ^^
@Garrett: :)
Well, I'm pretty certain Star's written dedications several comments long. Mine all fit into one. :) ^^
But thank you. :) :) :)
(*huggles Taia*)
Hear hear
(*huggles Sil*)
(*hugs Silente tightly*)
(Hello no one)
(*offers Taia a huggle*
i have yet to see one of Star's deds, but I'll take your word for it)
*hugs Chloe back* :)
*hugs Silente, who is definitely someone*
*looks at Flick and soph and Taia*
I left the profile open didn't I.
(Afraid you did, Silente.)
(Yes Sil te someone)
Idiot -_-
(*offers Sil a huggle*
i know you and me don't hug but this is onetime you might need one of my hugs,
Chloe can confirm that my hugs are good)
(His hugs are brill)
*accepts Garrett's hug, and hugs back* :)
*laughs* I think Star needs to dedicate more, then. :P
*hugs Sil* Yeah. :P
I think you're a very important someone.
But if you just want to be no one for a while, I can respect that, too.
Whatever number of ones you are, I'll still think you're perfect, so. . . :)
@Silente: Plus, your punctuation. :P
@Gar: See, I got bored of making long deds . . . XD I don't nromally rant here anymore . . . I tend to rant in other places, like on email and such. Or just in my head, which doesn't really work . . .
But yeah. I used to be a pro at ranting. I mean, I still am. Just not here . . .
My punctuation?
(I'm watching Gavin and Stacey
I'm gonna disappear now
I'll still be messaging you gar)
@No one:
"I left the profile open again didn't I."
"I left the profile open again, didn't I?"
It's not a big enough of a difference to make it Misused Punctuation with capital letters, but it makes you identify-able-ish when you're hiding your identity. :P
(Thank you Taia *accepts Taia's hug*
and ok Inks)
Although idk . . .
We have Gar and Inky and Ed here as regulars now. That's different to having Fabi and Adra and Ari . . .
(hear hear!)
(I return.)
(Hello, Star, Taia, Chloe, Gar and Sophia.)
*hugs Silente* Hey... Sorry if I let you down :(
Maybe using punctuation with OCD impeccability makes you more noticable now. O_O
(Hello, Tia.)
@Garrett: Yeah, Star's rants are marvellous. :) ^^
@Sil: I guess punctuation is a bit like accent or voice or mannerisms, where it varies between different people.
So you can spot a person by their vocab and punctuation and such.
It's the same with writers, I guess, language use, different writing styles?
I like that, in the same way that I like accents and voice and mannerisms. :)
Alright, Chloe. *hugs* See you!
I'll keep that in mind.
Tia you haven't let me down, you've done nothing wrong.
(Hello Tia, how be you?)
Hi Tia! Welcome back!
@Star: *tilts head* That's interesting.
Blogland improved my grammar, and generally influenced my language use, a LOT.
And then I think tumblr turned that upside down a bit, and now I don't really notice at all, because I don't mind. Like it's just how they speak?
I mostly just correct people on things like prefixes and suffixes, these days. :)
...
You're not a no one, you're not a nobody, when you mean something to us, to me.
*cuddles Silente Tempest*
@Taia: Thanks. :) :)
@Taia: Yup. Like, I use a tone of emoticons. :P They're like punctuation for me . . . I struggle sometimes in real life without them. O_O And I struggle in English assessments sometimes. XD
Getting off track . . . yeah. Normally when I identify people, I identify them by the tone of it. How their 'voice' sounds. Like, I mean, I use words like "Like" and "I mean." And I begin a lot of sentences with "And." When I'm writing as characters, there's a ton of little mannerisms I use and I have to kind of stop and pause to eliminate them. Just - my phrasing of words. I use a lot of hypthens, too. And my sentences can be quite fragments, I think. :/ Plus I use a lot of hedges. And of course all my connectives. "Plus", "Furthermore" . . .
*shrugs* It all develops a general 'tone', and I sort of try to identify people by sensing that. Just like accents and voices and mannerisms, like Taia said. :)
I'm feeling quite sick... I know my parents won't do anything about it, however, due to what happened yesterday. My father is disgusted that there is a bully living under his roof.
But Roh did say that I was a pedophile wth the mirror... And I said that he had his nails painted as retaliation.
*leaves*
@Taia: I try not to correct. :P I don't mind peopel using incorrect SPaG so much, it's just signs. Pub signs, street signs, ugh. I think it's because they're meant to be offical. :/
I tend to only mention people's punctuation/grammar when I'm tellign them how I identified them, really. XD
And, yeah. Blogland taught me how to talk. Like - my entire online 'voice', that was developed here. You notice when Luce comes on I start talking in capitals? Yes. I also revert back to a lot of mannerisms I picked up when her gen was around, too . . . I just kind of use them, and then I look at my usage like "Hmm, where did you pop up? :P"
It's like how my mum has a Foreign People Voice - when she's around foreign people, she subconciously starts talking in this voice she uses to talk to foreign people. It's a little embarrassing, because I feel certain the foreign peopel must notice she speaks differently to them and feel embarrassed, but . . . XD
Getting off-track again . . . yeah. Blogland taught me how to talk. :) :)
@Death: :( . . . *hugs*
@Sil: :/ *hugs* . . .
Sil. Danni.
*hugs*
@Star: Yeah, yeah, precisely! :)
All of that! :0
*hugs Death* :(
*hugs Silente*
*plants some trees around her leaves so that they're not alone*
:/
(Hello, Invincibubble, and Danni!)
(I am ok, Gar. Just average.)
(Sil, you are much more than what you think you are. Don't leave :/)
@Taia :) :)
And - "*plants some trees around her leaves so that they're not alone* "
:O
That was perfect . . . O_O
O_O
Pfffft....
To get out of my warm comfy bed and start watching Sherlock or to wait a bit longer...
The hard choices of a sick fangirl
Pfffft....
To get out of my warm comfy bed and start watching Sherlock or to wait a bit longer...
The hard choices of a sick fangirl
. . . I believe I'm obliged to ded now. :P
It'll probably be about sexual/romantic orienation because that's all I think about now, though. XD
@Snow: XD
This is a serious problem, Star. My whole day relies on this choice.
STAR DED! :P
*hugs Star* :)
That's good, because I wasn't really sure what that sounded like. :)
*hugs Snow*
Can you watch Sherlock in bed? :P
I hope you become less ill soon. :) ^^
Roll out of bed?
@Snow: Or, like, take your bedding WITH you to the proposed Sherlock area. Then you don't have to sacrifice your warmth.
Also the word bedding makes me think about hamsters. :)
@Star: :)
*nods at Tia and Taia* :)
Sorry, I'm listening to a Thing now, so I'll start dedding after that, or maybe I need to go in the shower first in case my ded takes an hour, or -
XD
It'll happen. :P
@Star: *laughs* No worries. :)
WBD, I just realised I forgot I was doing chemistry revision.
Sil? Danni?
stopworryingstopworryingstopworryingstopworryingcantstopwontstopsilanddannipleaserespond
Sherlock won out.
(Tia - I am speaking to Silente.)
:/
@Snow: Ah. Are you still warm?:P
Hello!!
(I know I haven't been here for a while, but, hello anyway!!)
Yep. I turned the heaters on. :)
(Hello, Ieni.)
Hello, Ieni. Tia Halcyon, Chronomancer. Pleasure to meet you.
Silente...
IIIEEEENNNNIIII!! *hugs* HEllo!
S'good to see you! How're you doing? :)
@Snow: Good thinking. :3
I drove home today :D -Zat
Hey, Sophia - I don't believe we've met - nice to meet you!!
Hey, Tia!! I think we've spoken before on the Twitterverse!! Even so, good to see you!
Taiaaaaa!!!!!!! *ninjaeroplanetacklehugs* (Oh my God I haven't typed that for so long the pattern doesn't come as quick to my fingers as it used to. That kind of makes me feel sad).
I haven't spoken to you in so long!!! How are you?
Hey, Zaf! How are you?
IENIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!
Sorry, my ded might carry on being procrastinated. I found an entire new cool section of AVEN, so I'm getting distracted. XD
(You too, Ieni. I believe you have met my author, Dragona Pine, in the past.)
I happy! I drove home today, me behind the wheel.-Zaf
@Zaf: O_O Yay!
(Yay, Zaf!)
(Indeed we have, Ieni.)
Hey Zaf! That's awesome! *hugs* :D
*wouldn't trust herself with a CAR O_O / xP*
@Ieni: *is ninjaeroplanetacklehugged/hugs back* :)
I'm fine, thanks. I have a lot of schoolwork, but I'm mostly good, yeah. :)
How're you?
@Star: :P S'okay. :) What is AVEN?
*happily explodes* -Zaf
Ooh, hi Dragona!!
Staaaaaaaaaarry!!!!! *ninjaeroplanetacklehugs*
(everybody's starry-eyed and everybody glows).
I'm just finishing replying to an email from you. I'm sorry they've been so slow in the past - been really busy in term time.
Did you know everytime I see the 'Lies' cover, I always think of you, ecause that was your first display picture when I came on?
I'm good thanks, Taia!!
Well, currently I am. I wasn't so good yesterday, or the day before, or the day before that. It's strange how emotions and moods can change so quickly.
(Dragona says hi, but I am somewhat unwilling to act as a messenger for prolonged periods of time, unfortunately.)
(...Oh. This past paper is too old, I can't find the mark scheme. Um. *not quite sure what to do, now?*)
@Ieni: Oh, aw, I'm glad you're feeling better now, at least. :)
*huggles Zaf* C:
Helolololo, old buddies.
Ah, apologies, Sophia!!
GIVE YOURESELF FULL MARKS TAIA, GIVE YOURSELF FULL MARKS BECAUSE YOU'RE THE BEST!!
:):)
Anyway, after a day of quartet playing, I am quite tired, so I think I shall now go shower and then to bed.
Night everyone!! Nice to see you again!!
(also, hi/bye Trip and I hope you are also well!!)
Helulululu, Trip! :)
How are you?
(Goodbye, Ieni.
Hello, Trip.)
@Ieni: :( :( Fours!
(And, that's fine. :) A distant email conversation is still cool. :)
And, O_O Cool!!! :))
Hi Trip!
@Taia: The Asexual Visibility and Education Network. I've got quite attached to it recently. It's quite cool. :P
@Ieni: I THINK THAT IS DARN FINE ADVICE. *hugs* Thank you. :):):)
Aw, alright, Ieni. It was good to see you! Sleep well! :) ^^
@Star: Ah, right. :)
*tried searching it, and Google autocorrected to Avengers :P*
(Hello, Silente. *hugs her tightly again*)
*looks at Sophia*
...
*resurrects Tia*
You're sorry for what?
@Taia: XD Yes. AVEN is an abbreviation. Sorry. XD
(*keeps hugging Silente* I am not going to stop. I hope you understand that.)
*looks at Sophia*
...How this time?
*hugs*
*not sure whether to use 'The Cold Wind...' or 'Silente'?*
*hugs anyway*
Hello.
*hugs Tia*?
@Star: *laughs* Nah, I got that it was an abbreviation, because caps, just didn't know what for. :) ^^
@Taia: Yes. I guessed that. Just like. Um. Yeah. :P
I might start off my clueless ded by ranting about AVEN, then. :P
*is struggling for ideas*
(How am I not going to stop hugging you, are you asking about?)
@Star: *laughs* *hugs* :)
Hey, there aren't rules for dedicating, ded how you want to. :)
Actually I was asking how you worked it out this time. I made sure to close the profile.
I did close the profile right?
Or I did I forget to click save?
(No, you did the profile right. It is a secret. *taps her nose* *keeps hugging her*)
*returns a sorrowful hug*
You checked the user ID in the url bar.
(I have taken the time to memorise your profile number.
08511767042509928181.)
(I will be back soon.)
You memorised it?? That must've taken a while...or not with Draggies memory..
*blows the wind to scatter the vultures*
*hugs Tanya's ghost*
WELCOME TO The Carzy Show!!
First up, how I can tell certain people are certain people!
Some people it's their mannerisms, like people were saying earlier but I know a couple people's blogger ID.
I know Fabi's, Elleni's, and Silente's. By accident, but I have a good memory for random long things that don't matter.
And next up, gun laws in the US!
From Dugglyn's point of view.
How did I forget that tthe first two episodes of sherlock end in john killing someone
Hey Dug.
People have been memorising my url..
I might get a new url...
*hugs the Cold Wind*
Hello, Duggy...
Gun laws. Ok. Sure. Ok, here's an idea for a gun law - by law, don't sell guns to people who will use them in illegal shootings.
I know, right? I'm a genius. Solving genocide, world hunger, and nuclear deterrants next time!
(I memorised it indeed.
I hope you do not get a new one, Silente. Pushing yourself away from people will not help you. Helping you is my priority.)
*finds the broken body*
*anything broken can be fixed*
*anything and everything*
*given time*
*takes care of her, for as long as she needs her to*
Ok, so yes, gun laws here are bad. Why the hell do you let everyone be able to have a gun /without/ background checks?!
It is in the bill of rights because when the US was becoming an independent country they needed people to have guns to protect themselves/fight the British. So afterwards, not predicting gun stuff would get so out of hand (and that our weapons would advance so much) they thought it was important that that could never be taken away (it was at the time...!) So they put it in the Bill Of Rights.
Now I have no idea why there are no background checks but I know, at least in Washington, there are protests and initiative 594, people want background checks. Now not everyone does (seems stupid not to to me...) but I think soon there will be a vote.
That's all folks!
*Poofs for homework*
I want to watch more sherlock, but I need to do work....
I know Soph..
Oh, sorry. I got distracted by football.
So, how are ye all?
(If it helped you, I would support it. But I know it does not. You cannot be isolating yourself. Here you have a group of people who love you and are wanting to help you. Isolating yourself will not gain you anything. In fact, it will most likely make things worse. You cannot feel like you are ever alone.)
They had a football match in London. Wembley stadium, biggest in the UK.
I find that weird...
Two American teams playing an American sport in London.
I know it's happened before but... Idk, weird.
There's also 591, though, which makes it harder for police to confiscate guns.
I think they're trying to make people get 591 and 594 confused, tbh. Or putting one on the ballot so people will care more about voting and be there to vote against the other.
Also, from what I understand, there are background checks on commercial sales, but not private ones, and not necessarily effective ones. So if I was a criminal, with a criminal record, I couldn't go buy a gun at a gun shop, because background checks, but I could go buy one from some dude named Fred who had an old gun he wanted to get rid of.
That's how I understood it, but I'm not in the habit of attempting to purchase firearms, so....
I'm good Trip! How be's yous?! How be's yous eyes?!
*resurrects in Silente's hands, battered, bruised, cut, bleeding, sore yet numb, and burnt, but only in her mind*
(I agree with Sophia. We are here for you so don't isolate yourself)
*hugs Dugglyn* :)
Alas, Snow, I feel ya. :(
Hi again, TRip. :) No worries.
I'm alright, thanks. Studying. :P
How're you? :)
Sophia. :)
Yeah, that sounds correct Fabi. We wrote essays on it last year but it was a lot of info and I don't remember most of it. Idk, while background checks should help I'm not sure they actually would....
*hugs Taia*
Ello! How be's yous?! How be's yous eyes?!
So, AVEN. It's a forum.
Going off-track, which I can do coz it's my ded, I was on AVEN this morning and someone posted a thing (on Asexual Relationships) titled "How does one find a cuddle buddy?" and they explained that they really liked platonic cuddling, but they didn't really have anyone to platonically cuddle and they were wondering how to find someone. People replied pointing them towards ONLINE SITES WHERE PEOPLE CAN MEET TO FIND CUDDLE BUDDIES.
Like, I AM SO PLEASED THIS IS A THING. IT'S SO COOL. :P
And I think it's kind of interesting how we crave human companionship like this. Like . . . we're companionable creatures, humans. We like being cuddled. We like phsyical contact. Even asexual people, even asexual aromantic people, like cuddling people.
. . . Yeah, I'm probably going to talk about a lot of things I've already talked about, but not here, because I might as well put them here DAMN IT ALL.
So, number one, Special Relationships. I'm just going to quote myself here because y'know. I'm lazy. :P
So I started my very first thread of AVEN the other day, which you saw me reacting to, and it was about romantic attraction.
I don't understand non-sexual romantic attraction very well. I mean - it's like looking at pubs called things like The Kings Head and I stare at the sign and stare at it and try to comprehend it, but I can't, because of that missing apostrophe. It says "The kings(plural) head" and like - the head does not belong to the kings. It's like "The Kings" and then a "head" stuck on the end and I just can't compute how this makes sense as a sentence. It just . . . seems wrong, to me, like it doesn't fit. :/
So yeah. I don't really understand non-sexual romantic attraction too well. So I asked a question about it.
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First off, I'm new. O_O Hi! :)
So, I've read some of the forums, and I've seen a lot of people failing to accurately define sexual attraction and sexual desire and so on. That's okay. I sort of comprehend that now. Whether I comprehend it accurately is another question, but we'll just assume I do.
What I don't understand is romantic attraction.
How my head operates is, if you're sexually attracted to someone, you're sexually attracted to them, and therefore if you're in a relationship with them you view them differently to the way you view a friend because you're sexually attracted to them.
But say you don't experience sexual attraction, and I don't think I do. Then if you were in a relationship with someone, you wouldn't be sexually attracted to them, so how would you view them DIFFERENTLY to the way you view a friend?
I mean, I've recently discovered the word 'squish'. And I'm pretty sure I have a squish on one of my friends, because I mean, I think she's awesome, and our conversations are some of my favourite things, and I often later write out things she's said and save them, and I talk about her loads, and I would rather listen to her tell me about TV shows than actually watch said TV shows.
But I don't think there even needs to be a word for 'squish' because as far as I'm aware, it's just being good friends with someone. And you can have different degrees of friendship with someone, and there's plenty of friends I have that I find really interesting and talking to them makes me smile, and how I view my friend that I probably have a squish on is pretty similar to how I view my other friends that I friendship-love. Like - it's the same emotion, just applied in different intensities. :S
So what is the difference between liking someone as a friend and liking someone in a romantic way, assuming you don't experience sexual attraction? Is there a difference?"
TBC
*hugs Tanya* Moron
Okay Soph..
And the person who first replied said "wow, what a deep and excellent question! That's so good, i think that even straight people should consider this before going for relationships lol"
And I was just thinking "Uh, no. This isn't me being deep and excellent. I am a pro at being deep and excellent, but I also know when I am being deep and excellent. This isn't me being deep and excellent. This is me not understand."
And there's something I was going to post, but I think I should post my conclusion to the question I asked on the thread first because I think that fits in the order logically, but it REFERENCES to the other thing . . .
Okay. Other thing first. You'll just have to bear in mind with me jumping about from topic to topic. You haev a scroll button, use it. :P
So, I read a few replies, and then I had a realisation, and I'm going to quote myself again because I'm lazy like that. :P
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It seems to me, then, that romantic relationships without sexual attraction/desire are just like "I know, let's be in a SPECIAL relationship."
Like -
ohmygosh, it's like when you're about five and this girl comes up to you in the playground and says "Do you want to be my best friend?" and you say "Yes" and then you're Best Friends.
I mean -
I guess, it's like, you could be friends with this girl perfectly well without this Specialness, but you've decided to be in a Special Relationship. Why have you two decided that this friendship is more Special than any other friendships? Not entirely sure, it just is.
. . . Obviously, some people find someone they really like before deciding they shall be Best Friends. But you know, when I was about five or so, it was tidy up time and me and this girl were tidying the same table, and then we kind of looked up at each other and smiled, and then we became Best Friends for a while. Did we really know each other? No, but we liked the look of each other and we were just giving it a go. After a while, we decided to metaphoriaclly break up and we found other best friends.
. . . Oh my gosh.
I might not be making sense out of my own head, but it makes perfect sense IN my head.
. . . Do you think humans have an kind of innate desire to find someone to be in a Special Relationship with? Because we all seem to be acting like we do, and it would make sense from an evolutionary perspective."
So that says what it says. I was rather proud of it at the time. It was kind of fascinating. :)
TBC
Jumping back a moment -
I got asked "what are ur thoughts now on ur inital inquiry?" after a while, so I replied "xMinMinx, on 26 Oct 2014 - 8:03 PM, said:
haha i know right?! but what are ur thoughts now on ur initial inquiry?
Hmm. Very good question. Thank you. :)
. . . . . .
This probably requires a series of bullet points.
- People like making Special Relationships.
- Romantic relations are a bit like Best Friend relationships in a way (theory uncertain, likely to change in face of new evidence).
- Attachment is, like a lot of things, a spectrum.
- It, like a lot of things, depends on the person.
- However, romantic attachments tend to be at the *insert equivilent of hypersexual on sexual spectrum . . . hyperattachment?* end of the attachment spectrum (obviously, depends on the relationship, depends on the person).
- Romantic attachments are related to squishes, which I think I understand, so a squish is to a non-sexual romantic relationship what a crush is to a sexual one (talking about these concepts as concepts, not a specific crush's relation to a specific relationship).
- I still have no idea how someone who doesn't experience sexaul attraction would decide their romantic orientation/what that is, although that wasn't asked and I can probably live through life not knowing so that's okay. :)
Okay.
*nods*
I think I understandish now, and either way I know a lot more in my head, so thank you. :)"
And anyway, my point is, attachment is a SPECTRUM. And we have so many different attachments in so many different ways. It's incredible. :) Like, someone on AVEN the other day mentioned about multiple genes, and about asexuality probably being caused by multiple genes, like if this one gene was switched on you weren't necessarily asexual, but if this COMBINATION was switched on, you were, and how different factors could cause different genes to be swicthed off or on so it was just about hititng the correct combination . . .
(There's so many different types of asexuality, too, so yeah. :P)
And my point is, attachments are like that. There isn't really "romantic attachments" "sexual attachments" "friendship attachments" "family attachments".
Every attachment is unique. :)
I guess it's because people are so unique, and attachments from one person to another involves a lot of peopleness. :)
Yeah . . . it's really weird how we're attached to different people in different ways. :) Like how some AVEN people they don't normally like physical contact, but they like being cuddled by their close friends. I don't like physical contact unless it's my family. Is that because I've been having physical contact with them all my life, but I'm not used to physical contact with my friends? I remember I used to like cuddling my friends in primary school.
Or is it because of other factors?
It's so complex. I don't know. :)
TBC
And then the replies people gave to my question. "Again, a lot of those things could be said about friendship for some people, and a lot of people might look at that and go, "well that's different from my experience of romantic attraction!" especially in regards to the sex part. Like I said, I think it varies from person to person. It is a lot like the love you feel for family and friends, it satisfies a lot of the same needs (security, companionship, etc.). But just like I can feel that my love for my family members is different from the way I love my friends, and I can't put my finger on exactly what makes the feeling different, I can just feel the difference between romantic love and other kinds. I know no one wants to hear that, but in a way it is something you just feel."
There is just so much variety in the way you view different people and how you're attached to them in different ways. :)
And how different words can mean different things. Like, for ages here I've been fine telling people I love them, but I wouldn't say that to my friends irl because I don't normally say that and it would sound really weird.
And that brings me into my next point - social impact on relationships. Like romantic relationships.
What are romantic relationships? I've been questioning this and other stuff recently. Mostly for leisure thinking - it's very interesting. But seriously, what are romantic relationships? Why do we go to so much effort to find this one special person who we hang out with for a while and then stop hanging out with them? Why? Is it just society? A found a thread of AVEN where aromantic peopel talked about how they'd like a romantic relationship but it wouldn't really happen for them because they were aromantic (don't ask me about that. I don't understand romantic orientation. :P).
And a lot of these people said they just really liked the idea of the whole romantic thing.
Is that just social influence talking?
How much does social influence influence us?
You know my theory about Special Relationships?
DO we have an innate desire to have Special Relationships? As mentioned, it would make sense from an evolutionary perspective. Or is it just society? You can say that five-year-olds wouldn't be socially influenced, but they are, aren't they? They were told about the concept of a Best Friend and then they went and found a Best Friend.
(However, when we grow up, we know best friends just come into being. Why haven't we grown out of romantic relationships in the same way? Are romantic relationships just the step up from best friend relationships, is it an upgrade? Or have we just not grown up?)
And if we DO have an innate desire for a Special Relationship . . . do all of us?
I'm thinking about aromantic and polyamorous people here.
Does it vary from person to person?
That would make sense. I mean, each person deals with friendship differently, don't they?
TBC
Anyway. Ahem. That was mostly my questioning. But still. :P Very interesting. Very I-don't-know-y. I don't know if it was interesting to anyone except me, but, yeah. Attachments . . . each attachment is different and unique. You can get so many varieties of attachments. Attachments are all beautiful little individual snowflakes like we are.
And attachments are wonderful.
Think about attachments. Be they family, friendly or romantic. Think about the people you're attached to. Don't they mean so much to you?
I've only talked about peopel so far, too. We get attached to objects too. That's fascinating as well. What about us creates an attachment for a teddy? Is it because it looks humanoid, can have an expression?
Why do we get possessive?
I felt more secure today sitting in the chair I usually sit in on our usual table in a restaurant. Is that because I know it works? Probably. I'm doing my physic c/a almost identically to my chemistry one, because it feels more secure. I know it works.
Do we get possessive over scissors in the same kind of way? I don't know. Why do I feel fond of the scissors I've had for three years? Why is having different, potentially better scissors not the same?
Maybe it's just our attachment emotions that are intended to be directed at humans going haywire. :P
Anyway. To attachments. :)
That's what I mean when I talk about rants.
*puts feet up on desk* :P
My eyes are well, thank you Dug.
And I saw the people coming home on the trains after comicon. It was this really weird mix of people dressed as nerdy as can be and just about as sporty as can be. And it was beautiful...
And I'm glad you're well Taia, as am I.
Hey Sil, are you doing ok?
*hugs*
Well, it depends on the background check.
The majority of shooters seem to have mental health issues, so if perhaps there was some way of checking that, it might help a lot. From what I understand, background checks are focused more on criminal records and things like that.
(Taia - why the :)?
Thank you, Silente. *keeps hugging her tightly*)
Um...wow Star...
*hugs Dug back*
I'm alright, thanks Dugglyn. Good but tired and also schoolwork. My eyes are tired, but serving well. :)
How're you, and your eyes? :)
*huggles Fabi because Fabi*
mbd/msd
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