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Yess! A new post, AND the title reveal is sooo close, I honestly can not wait!!
Hello?
We've only just begun to live,
White lace and promises
A kiss for luck and we're on our way.
We've just begun.
Before the rising sun we fly,
So many roads to choose
We start out walking and learn to run.
And yes, We've just begun.
Sharing horizons that are new to us,
Watching the signs along the way,
Talking it over just the two of us,
Working together day to day
Together.
And when the evening comes we smile,
So much of life ahead
We'll find a place where there's room to grow,
And yes, We've just begun.
Another couple of sayings
That are more likely to make you smile
Sometimes you need to pee in the sink
People ask is the pope catholic?
And does the bear shit in the woods?
I say they're wrong for the answer is
The bear is catholic
And the pope shits in the woods
Hello, Jaimie.
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
(Wait... are you Jaimie?
:/)
(*hugs Danni*
I'm sorry. :c)
(I saw the video. I'm not quite sure it applies to Blogland, though.)
(*frowns at 'A Person with things to say'*
Cause that's not confusing in the least.
Danni please elaborate on how the New generation have hurt Zafira.
Are we not pleasant?
Don't we say hello to her nearly every time, only to get silence as a reply often?
We don't argue with her unless she starts insulting someone or hurting others feelings.
As far as I can see the new generation haven't done anything to hurt Zafira.
You're welcome to shed some light on the situation though.)
(Hello, Jaimie.)
(Hello Kasumi.)
...
You never call me that...
I'm sorry, Jaimie.
(Mhmm. Why wouldn't you be.
How are you?)
Shitty. Regretful.
How are you?
Well Rose, I always spoke to her and she was insisting that people weren't saying hi to her and I gave up.
*Hugs Kassy tightly*
*looks at Gem*
Hi. How are you, Gem?
(I appear to be in a bitchy mood.
Possibly due to sleep deprivation but then again I hate it when people blame bad moods on sleep deprivation so I'm hardly going to allow myself to do so.)
(We ignored her??
Countless times I have greater her and paid attention to her, replied to her comments and countless times she's ignored said comments and complained that we were ignoring her when we've replied!!!)
Danni! :S
(I only blame my bad mood on myself. You should blame it on me too.)
(**greeted not greater.)
(Yep. Okay. Leaving before this continues.)
...
Just... *hugs Jaimie tightly*
Happy Blogversary, Hope!
*leaves a warm hug for her*
(I am back.)
Liliana: I suppose you are correct.
Claire: *she frowns* Please put me down...
Hello, Sophia.
(Hello, Tia.)
(Okay. I've had a shower, I smell like honey, I've calmed down a decentish amount. If I get stressed, I'll smell my skin.)
Onwa: Lorelei, if you see the girl again, call for the assassins understood?
*puts Claire down*
Ok bitch Face.
I'm one of the oldest people on the blog too. I'm older than you and zafira I'm petty sure. So don't give me your "I'm older on the blog than you" crap.
Therefore, you and Zafira are the ones at fault because you're younger than me. Don't talk shit.
It's not because you're "older" than us that we ignore her. We all pay great attention to Zafira, because she goes in a huff-puff when we don't.
(Hello again, Jaimie. *cuddles her tightly*)
Lorelei: Understood...
Claire: Thank you. Bethany, that's not how you make pancakes...
Bethany: I was making syrup.
(*cuddles Soph tightly back*
Um.. hi gem.)
Onwa: Good. We're going to send you and Bobby back, okay?
Let her do it her way Claire.
Long ago, the people of Blogland lives in harmony,
Then, everything changed when the new people attacked (sorry to antagonise you)
Only the Duck, master of practically everything could save them, but when the world needed him most, he vanished.
A year and a half-ish past and...
Look, I'm not that great with analogies, but all the new people just misunderstood (like Zuko) and eventually harmony will come again!
It'll just take time is all.
I'm not someone to talk about serious things here, but I am now because I feel like I should.
I don't take Blogland seriously, I try to make as many jokes as I can, talk to people who have similar interests to me and occasionally do a little role playing.
All you fellas are in too deep.
If I comment and no one acknowledges me, I don't care. They're usually deep in a RP and are quickly tapping away at their computers to care about that duck that said hello.
Sometimes when I'm on and someones else comes along, I might not say hello. Maybe I just didn't realise or its their one-commenter or their name is too abstract to tell who it really is.
Blogland is meant to be a happy place! All this melancholy attitude is off-putting, that's why I haven't been around for a while.
May I just remind you that each and everyone of us are simply text that is written on a computer on the other side of the world. There is no need to dis-like several words on a screen.
I'm not sure where I'm going with this, but to sum up: STOP BLOODY FIGHTING!
Sorry Duck.
I'm calm, I'm calm.
Currently, Sophia/Dragona is the oldest on the blog. The only oldie apart from me who comes on almost every day.
(*sudden OMG I FEEL TALL MOMENT*)
Maybe I have a minor form of social anxiety that isn't major ebough to be Social Anxiety as well as a minor form of anxiety that isn't major enough to be Anxiety.
. . .
oh wait.
social anxiety is anxiety.
right.
Anyway. Authority figures keep making me cry when they notice me even when they're being nice when I'm not upset.
It's annoying and I don't know why it happens.
@everyone'sapparentlyhorribletozaf: I can't even answer. I'm far too biased, and when I look into the past I just see it through a mess of old Quality Street wrappers.
Please, don't ask me to judge whether I or anyone else is mean to Zaf or not. Just . . . I just run into a tangle of thornbrushes, that grew up there, and there'd no way to get through them without getting hurt.
Can we all not just continue onwards, being as nice to Zaf as we would to the next person?
I should also probably stop ignoring people. It's a bad habit of mine. It'd because I just appear to say one thing, and then only talk to people who respond to me . . .
(*frowns at wet hair*
*goes to steal mums hairdryer*)
To emphasise my point, I will not acknowledge any of you.
But that's because I'm going to bed...
Goodnight Duck
. . . Danni?
(I have actually not been here for a long time. Dragona, however, has.)
Lorelei: Yeah... Okay... I'm fine with that...
Claire: Okay.
Bethany: *she forms a bar of chocolate in her hands, starting to cut it into pieces, placing them in a bowl*
(*mumbles about being forced to eat*)
Onwa: Good. Pick up the cat.
*nabs a piece of chocolate, eating it
(You need to eat, Jaimie.)
Lorelei: Yes. *she picks up Bobby*
Bethany: That's for the chocolate spread...
(I already HAD breakfast. I don't need a porkpie..)
Onwa: *teleports her back*
Mhmm.
*grins*
Tasty.
(That would be called lunch, Jaimie. That, too, is necessary.)
Liliana: I like her.
Bethany: *she gets a baking tray, covering with greaseproof paper* *she forms hazelnuts in her hands, placing them on the baking tray, before heating them with light until they are browned*
(What about plants? Aren't they living?
*isn't trying to nitpick; is just interested*
Or is it more conscious living?)
(They are, Star. However, few foods made from plants require the plant itself to actually die.)
"All consumption is death for the consumed. Yet all must eat, so we all bring damnation to one creature or another."
*melts into a puddle of goo*
*has no idea what to do*
*that meant to rhyme*
*has to shower*
*be back later*
*maybe if it's not too late...*
(No. Lunch is not necessary. Lunch is too much. If I had a choice I'd have skipped breakfast and lunch, maybe had a small snack for brunch.)
Onwa: She is...intriguing.
*watches, smiling*
*forgot she changed her pic*
*looks at it and remembers how she used this one in the past*
...
*has to go*
*mentally pushes herself off the ipod*
Happy Blogversary, Hope! *huggles her tightly*
(Happy blogaversary hope!)
(And guess what we're having for tea?
McDonald's -_-
Yey.)
(Happy blogversary)
(Sleepy..)
*starts to mumble, but stops quickly*
Never mind. Also, someone else is taking their shower now, so I guess I'm here for a little while longer.
(*cuddles hope*)
Hellloooo!!!!
(hey Rhyd
Being dragged out bowling.)
*is cuddled, cuddles back*
RHYDIAN, YO.
*wonders since when did he have the last name Blake*
Guess I didn't notice....
Bowling is fun, but I'm not so great at it. :P
I hope you have fun, Sil.
*hugs*
RHY!
*tacklehugs*
You're amazing...
Liliana: I wonder why she is able to move so quickly.
Bethany: *she gently places the hazelnuts in a towel, rubbing them a little before setting them by the side so they can cool* *she stirs the syrup gently*
This might be a late reply, so sorry for just now responding to it.
*hugs Kas back*
So how is everyone?
Bowling? Haven't done that in a while.
LAVENDER!!! Hey. I changed it recently. I keep changing my surname, waiting till I have a name I like 100 percent. So how are you?
Aww thanks Aria. The Rharia feels though lol.
This. Is. Why. I. Can't. Stand. Most. Of. The. New. Gen.
Oh and I'll answer El's question about Derek- He's blind to it all. If he knew half of it, he'd have commented.
Then again, my luck I'd be blamed and be told how oh I should set an example since I'm in two books.
But, at the same time, I lost faith in him ever helping.
Might fall back asleep.
-Zaf
I've been better...
And ah okay. Hope you find one the you like. :)
*hugs Zaf*
The blame isn't only on you. It's on all of us, and if DEREK ever blamed only you, I'd protest.
Thanks Lavender. And if you want to talk you can email me or contact me on Facebook, you added me right?
I believe I friended you on FB, but I may have forgotten your email.
I may also have your G+, but I'm not so sure.
Lol Rhy.
*Cuddles*
Also, I don't go on FB so much...
So it would be nice to have your email to save it in my contacts.
Okie dokie.
So if you ever want to talk, I'm there for you :)
And I need to tell you all something. I have bad news. Not actually bad news, role play/storyline bad news for the fictional Rhyds.
The new gen seems like it's veing hated a lot, currently . . .
*hugs my beautiful new gen friends*
Thanks. :)
Since I'm not really in the role play world, it probably won't affect me much, but let's hear it.
Rhydian is dying. Yeah, simple as that :/
Recently he lost his powers/magic and then he accidentally developed Anti-Magic and it's killing him with old age.
Normal magic slows aging, so I concluded that the opposite will speed up age. So yeah, soon Rhy will be old. But i think I have an idea/loop hole which I shall exploit to save Rhydian. But it may not work :/
Lav- in July he did. That's what hurt me still today. He went mental on me, never cared to let me speak, and then went back to life normally. Hell, he even DMed me on Twitter going off on me, then commented here. Rose defended me, but I never once got an apology from him for how he acted. I don't care who you are, if you tell someone off without their side, then you are no better then the one you tell off. I don't want that to happen to anyone else, I fear it may if he intervenes.
-Zaf
(It does seem so, Star. However, if people dislike the 'new gen' so much, why, I wonder, do they come on?)
Sophia- For the people who we can tolerate. I wish I could tolerate the new gen, but they just are not tolerable for me.
-Zaf
There is nothing wrong with the new generation...I think everyone is just fed up of the fighting. But the fighting started last generation, not this generation. So there is no need to put the blame onto this generation at all. It's not Jaimie's, or Kassy's, Or Sophia's, Or clara, or Trip or anyone else in this generations fault that the fighting continued. They didn't know.
Well, I would say Trip was last generation but meh.
(So, out of curiosity, why do you complain about being ignored by them if you cannot stand them in the first place? Surely, if you do not care about them, it should not matter either way?
In terms of what you said about Derek, the evidence was clear to see on the blog. I think that, even if he had asked you for your side, he would still have blamed you.)
I think I heard something like that the last time you were on, Rhy. At least, you were talking about how you found a way to kill your character and weren't sure you had any loopholes to save him with.
*hugs Zaf*
I have no idea what happened then, so I can't really say anything about it. All I know is that this time, it isn't only YOUR fault.
Zafira, you know I tried to talk to you. It's not my fault you said no one was talking to you and went off in a huff. You noticed the people that didn't say hi, not the people that did...and that should have been what was important.
*wonders*
Is Kas still around? He stopped commenting...
Gtg now :/ byee!!!!
(I will be back soon.)
Bye Rhydian!
*hugs*
Okay, Soph!
Yeah only after I got fed up with nobody noticing me did people say hi.
That's my problem with this gen, its all about little groups of people and if you aren't in that little group then you can go shove it. To you, it may seem that it isn't, but to an outsider, it is.
I'm not surprised a lot of people feel left out, things were always together, not split off in groups. People may solo a bit if they needed, but we all stuck to a main plot. Look how I brought Loki down, I try to have him take Blogland, you all stayed in your groups, nobody tried to stop him, but Rose and Alastair and a few select others for a brief time. Loki even has grown tired of the groups, he feels that it is a general waste of time to try to take over, because if it came to it, you would all continue on clueless he took over. Zan and him froze the lake, nobody noticed. That's what irritates me.
-Zaf
Clara's last gen, as well . . . although maybe this gen as well.
People can be in multiple gens, and appearing a few times in a gen doesn't make you belong to it.
I belong to a lot of gens.
*rolls*
I'm not even contributing to the Zaf/ignoring argument. Sorry.
*sighs*
*has no reply to that*
*offers Zaf a hug*
It doesn't involve how you treat others Star, so I don't mind you staying out. You've always been a bubble to everyone and that's what I love about you.
-Zaf
I be-
Never mind...
*hugs Star*
*hugs Lav back* I know I'll get hell for my comment from somewhere, but I don't care. I just want this place to be welcoming, not how it is now.
-Zaf
*hugs Zaf :)*
Sorry, double comment.
*loses her ability to converse*
I should probably take my shower now... It's getting late...
*poofs*
Though I agree with much of what Elleni said, and do believe that Trip's remarks were unnecessarily curt, I highly doubt it has anything to do with the fact that Sophia is fictional. I gained the impression from Ellenithat that was part of her message to Trip.
I have two more things to say before I might go.
Perhaps, now that nearly everyone seems to have acknowledged problems, our efforts would be best spent on finding constructive ways to fix them moving forward. And as a general note, I believe disagreements are best dealt with by calm discussion of parties involved, whenever possible. I shall add that people tend to be more open to correcting or changing their behavior when they are asked to in a way that does not feel accusatory or insulting.
I also thought it may be meaningful to some of you to read this.
https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?postID=84488274004652966&blogID=1104475307058729066&isPopup=true&page=16
Alice.....She hasn't replied to me...
-Zaf
@Alastair: No, but just after Jai made a speech telling people to stop being mean to Sophia, J said it didn't matter what rhey said to her as she was fictional. I think that Elleni's comments on that, rherefore, were a nod in J's direction.
Aria, you said you didn't want to start arguments . . .
Thank you, Alastair.
I didn't start it. She threatened to kill me and no one said that she took it too far, and I'm the bad guy?
*Hugs Zafira*
Me too...
*doesn't care that it's past 11:11*
*makes the biggest, most hoping to come true wish of her life*
It will come True, Lav. I'm sure of it.
I'm going to change from now on...
I'm going to try harder to get Blogland back to the way it was before.
Or maybe we can't... we're trying so hard to get blogland back to the past generations but maybe that's the problem, Maybe we are the new generation for a reason.
Empty. I'm starting to feel empty...
*fades out so much that she can no longer be seen*
*curls up* What the hell do I tell Loki if she...? He may be a god...but I doubt any of us want the end result of his shock.-Zaf
No, no no no no no Lav.
Don't do that.
Um...
*Pours flour over her so she can still be seen*
*Hugs her, getting covered in flour*
(I am back.
I believe that having problems does not determine whether this place could be described as a haven, or an utopia, or any other word which has been used to describe it. Because no matter where you go, or what you do - there will always be problems. It is how a community deals with the problems which is the determining factor. Snide comments and swearing (which, for some reason, seem to be considered an effective way of getting a point across by some people) will get nowhere. It will cause people to argue even more. It would be better to simply not say a word than to argue about something in the wrong way - because that is destructive, not constructive. There needs to be discussions, and agreements. Because I believe that it is the only way forward.)
"Ok bitch Face."
Talk to her like that again and I swear to god I will make you regret it.
I'm sorry about my swearing, Sophia.
I swear when I'm angry.
Well, that's why we start arguments when people i sult our friends.
Sometimes, arguing is necessary.
However, it's not normally necessary for it to venture out of disagreement . . . but that's a whole other thingy.
Point made. *shrugs*
(And no, you're not the bad guy. Although everyone is the bad guy sometimes, and tbh I don't believe in calling people bad guys because no one is purely bad).
Not really here. I'm arranging my playlist . . . I realised I needed to jiggle the songs up because my phone is shit at shuffling if I just put them on in album-sezed chunks, so, for fun, I decided to have one somg from each artist first and then continue putting the songs on in the same artist-order - that order being alphabetical. I'm also arranging the artist's songs in alphabetical order.
I have over three hundred songs.
Yes, this is my idea of fun. *is a nerd XD*
@J: I think she meant she was putting on her bitch face. That's hoe I read it.
Go on then John.
You don't care that she threatened to kill me.
I know you hate me, but I can't believe that you want me dead. She went too far.
But apparently she apologised.
So, I'm sorry for the way I acted towards Rose. But she went too far saying that she would "have my head"
As someone who also swears when angry, I suppose I can hardly talk. :P
*is more covered in flour than Aria*
*hugs back weakly*
*thinks up a response to Soph, doesn't say anything*
*attempts to say welcome back, but can't*
*hopes the message still gets across*
Thank you Star. That was how I put it.
Rose said that she was a bitch when she's angry...but I don't believe that. She was just trying to protect John.
I think she was just using violent soeech to express her anger, Gemma - much like you do with your swearing.
*poofs away*
*reappears in her treehouse, not coming out until... Until*
Well all that aside, we need to find a way to make sure Rose is alive. -Zaf
But for someone who says that she's going to kill herself, a lot, She shouldn't be threatening to do the same to another person.
*hugs Lv*
I think it depends how you define the word 'bitch' . . . I don't always think it's a bad thing to be a bitch.
I doubt she would reply to anyone apart from John, Zafira and Kassy.
She certainly wouldn't reply to me. I don't think I even have her e-mail.
@Aria: No - she shouldn't have said it. Like with what Trip said, I can see why she said it, but it wasn't okay to say it.
Oh . . .
I didn't actually think of emailing her . . .
Oh.
I don't normally email her, so I just . . . wouldn't have co sidered that. O_O
Woah.
I just realised.
I can email Noelle too.
Oh.
Woah.
Right.
. . .
Oops . . . my brain. XD
(John, I will point out that threats are only effective should you make them in real life, as attempting to threaten someone who is what, three thousand miles away? will hardly work.)
*has just emailed Danni*
*hides away again*
The point is not to try to return Blogland to what it was in any previous era. The point is to make its atmosphere more welcoming and constructive.
Yes Alastair...I agree.
Lol Star. Yes, E-mail them both.
Guys.
(I apologize for the caps lock)
CAN WE NOT DO THIS. PLEASE.
By the way, this is directed to everybody.
For God's sake, this is literally what happens every time. Same old, same old. Can we please just coexist, dammit.
I realise that there are issues (because hell, they're huge), but can we express them POLITELY. Please.
I wish I didn't have to do this again, but I am going to leave until we can all at least coexist. Am I being selfish? Probably. But it's stressing me out. So. Damn. Much. Please, guys, can we just STOP.
*leaves and hopes to God I didnt make things worse*
We're attempting to, Fay. We will work things out. But it might take time...
(Alastair - Yes, but will that really happen when people are not going the right way about it?)
That is hardly a constructive viewpoint, Sophia.
I think it is worth reminding people to try to make this place better on occasion. It seems to me that most people are at least willing to try. If I were to simply resign myself to the idea that nothing will get better, then it is far more likely that nothing will change.
...
*hugs everyone as tight as she can(which is pretty weak, considering everyone in the hug), EVEN Soph, just this once*
*leaves because she has to sleep anyway...*
Right...
I know I've left
Its pretty clear why I've left
But that doesn't matter!
Anyway
Because i consider all of you my friends
I want to basically put my point in
And well my point is non biased because of above
So:
Just quit your bitching!
Just cut it out!
I know this is easier said than done
No one! Is allowed to take the blame
Because its not one mans / lady's fault
It's everyone's because everyone who has argued has contributed to this black cloud that hangs here
I've contributed to it and well im not proud of it...
So im not trying to cause further arguing
I'm hoping this can be an corner post and people use it to help them some how...
Now I don't like fights
I know I've had my fair share of them...
And just saying this isn't going to change things...
But i ask all of you
Please look inside of yourself
Find your nicety's
And well bring them out
If you have a problem with someone
Just try be civil and talk it out
Don't turn it into a slag each other off match
That's what politics is for *nods*
So I will not sit idly while I see death threats fly
Because that's harsh
This is not me having a dig at anyone!
I'm simply putting words to feelings...
So oldies
You can't blame the new gen
Because things change...
You can't stagnate
Because you'll get left behind
If anything we need to keep evolving
For this place to be a safe haven again...
Not a blwdi warzone...
"the darkest hour is only sixty minutes long"
That saying thing
Seems to fit what's happening here
So please for the sake of the greater good
Put petty grievances aside
And well if you dislike someone
Don't flippin talk to them!
This isn't the place for harsh language or threats
If you hate
Go hate elsewhere!
Keep it off here!
No body wants it here!
That's why so many have left
Because of the constant scrapping!
So please just be nice
Or get out
This isn't the place for cruelty
So kindness or not at all
Simple choice
Also I don't like bullying of any kind
So if you think you can bully people
Go die in a hole!
I will not stand for it!
I don't care who you are
I'll treat you the same
So kindness only
And if you are having life problems
Try talk them out with someone
Please
So just heed these words
Thank you
(p.s I know I was a little cruel...
But that's how I stand on bullying )
Hey Rhossy... *hugs tightly*
Night Lav *hugs tightly*
(Fair enough, but I am simply pointing out that there are better ways to change things than through snide comments and swearing - those will hardly fulfil the requirements for a welcoming and pleasant community, and people are likely to react against them.
Yes, people should be reminded that there are improvements to be made. But there are reasons behind everything. Swearing will not make those core reasons any better, it will simply make things worse. Change is possible. I am not claiming otherwise. But change can only be achieved if people go about it the right way.)
Welp, I'm going to Keiron's so i'll speak to you guys later.
*Hugs everyone who wants to be hugged and just smiles at those that doesn't apply to*
(Goodbye, Ariadne.)
(*sighs heavily*
I don't show up for one day..)
(Hello, Jaimie. *cuddles her tightly*)
Also
Im all for change here
Because change will help everyone
We'll have a nice place again
Which is what everyone wants
But people need to remember
Rome wasn't built in a day
So therefore blogland won't change in a day
We need everyone to work towards this please
For your sake and everyone else's
Now my peace is completely said
I do not want or intend to cause offence to anyone
If anyone has any problems with what I have just said
Please kindly voice them and we can talk it out
*bows*
Thank you for your time in reading this
I shall no longer bother you
*returns to my leave*
I don't disagree with you, Sophia. In fact, I believe I have said something along those lines earlier on this page. I do not believe that swears or snide remarks will do anything but worsen the situation. However, I also do not believe it is wise to dwell too long on what will not work. The topic has been discussed by several people now, so while I appreciate what you are saying, and perhaps it will bear repeating later, I suspect that emphasizing it too much will cause others to feel defensive.
(Not really here..)
I just want to cry now (in a good way) because despite all tbe shit that's going on there's so many people caring/wanting to fo better/wanting to be civil and I'm just crying because I love you and I'm so proud of you.
So often, we focus on the few making trouble, or whst troues a person is causing . . . we forget to look at those who care, or those who are trying to solve the problems, or the good halves of the people causing trouble.
Anyway
sorry
that was a moment.
Does anyone know the name of Track 8 on Muse's Black Holes and Relevations . . . ?
"When the Zetas fill the sky
It's just our leaders in disguise"
or something.
Anyway.
Okay, apparently people are feeling ignored and they'd like to be said hi to. I think we can solve this by saying hi to people. Is there anyone who thinks this is a bad idea - and if so, why?
(On that note, hi ALastair, Sophia, Fay(?), Lav(?), Rhos(?), Gemma, Zaf, Jai . . . sorry if I've missed you out. :()
(Here)
Hi Chloe. :)
)hi star!)
(I was attempting to shorten the list, essentially, of things people would be attempting to try. The more things that we can rule out, the more chance that we actually find a method of changing things which will actually be successful.
I also think that a balance should be achieved between 'welcoming' and 'making people feel like they have to be welcoming'. I know I am hardly the nicest person, and I am aware of that, but I rather like the right to roleplay and talk to whom I want. And that is a right I believe everyone should have. It only makes sense. If someone does not want to speak to another person, why should they have to?)
Thanks, Adam. :)
For some readon my phone (and laptop) don't give me the titles, and so I can forget them. :P
(Hey adam!
How art everyone?)
Oh. Yeah. Hi Adam.
You can say hi to people and not talk to them, though, Sophia . . . that's still welcoming, it's just not pulling people out or orbit to be welcoming.
I'm fine, thanks, Chloe. :) Rearranging my playlist. O_O
*You? :)
(I'm watching muppets
The ghost of Christmases yet to come is creepy)
*Sighs*
(*huggles noelle*
I'm tired
An horay for birthdays !)
@Noelle: Hi. :)
And, yeah . . . :/
*Curls up* *Doesn't want hugs right now, sorry*
*Wraps herself in her little ball in her little shanty* *Feels this place is like a dark mass of... Endless hatred, blame, and immaturity*
*Shakes her head*
*Doesn't feel safe anywhere, now*
(I believe on an individual level, not saying hello to someone is acceptable. I do not understand why someone would complain that someone who they have wronged is ignoring them.)
(*tilts head* sorry, but I'm not so good at stuff like that...)
(What do you mean in terms of tips, Adam?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrp0zJZu0a4
Here's a good body images video.. Kerli sings in it, my homegirl since the 6th grade..
(My email is always open Noelle if you want to talk)
All the hype.
Hey guys, how're things?
Thank you for the kind offer, Chloe- I appreciate it very much
*Nods*
*Smiles a little*
*Dips back to her den*
I'm sorry, Noelle . . .
MY MUM DID A PRESENTATION ON THAT A FEW YEARS BACK AT A SCHOOL AND SHE DEMOED IT ON ME
I can't remember most of it, though . . . :/ I don't have too good a memory for past events . . .
But you know those images you get on the back of Hula Hoop packets, where you have a dot surrounded by big dots and a dot surrounded by small dots, and you would swear the latter is bigger than the former but they're the same size?
She said that girls are sobused to look at unrealistically skinny Photoshopped versions of people in magazines and suchlike that they think they look really fat but they're actually normal . . .
(Anytime Bach
Hi tripster!)
Hi, Trip. :) Your comments to Sophia have been causing quite the turmoil, don't know if you know. You keep setting off blog-explosions. :P
@Sophia: No, you don't have to say hello to people. Just like one doesn't have to resoect people and refer to them as they widh to be referred, or how you don't have to try and cheer people up when they're feeling down. It's just a matter of whether you want to help people feel better or whether you're okay with them feeling hurt.
Oops. I was meaning to switch to 'one' to make it seem less personal once I got to the peopleingeneral part, but I forgot.
(Personally, I would start by looking at magazines. I would see what aspects of a person's body they would be editing - e.g. their hips, breasts, stomach, legs, etc. and why they see a necessity to change them, and what affect this change could have on those reading the magazine.)
(I rather think that there is a difference between those actions, Star.
In terms of the body images, I would also look at the differences between how they edit the bodies of females, and how they change the bodies of males. For example, with males they tend to make their arms larger and their chest more toned, whereas females tend to get their breasts made larger and their body to be more curved - essentially to make them more sexy. And you could perhaps look at how the changes reflect society's views for the different genders.)
(You are welcome.)
Herrow Chole, Star.
And Star, I think that's because of my... explosive personality.
(*plays connect four with brither*
*beats his ass*)
*Nods her head to herself, thinking deeply*
*Goes off to find her blade*
*Goes*
(Woohoo! *waves team mime flag*)
For various reasons, I think the blade should remain not found, and be replaced with hugs.
That sound like a plan? I like that plan.
(No blades
Just hugs
Agreed!
Ad thanks)
...
It takes two people to argue. It doesn't matter "who started it."
And also, I don't think being blog-older gives you any special rights to act unkindly towards others.
I didn't read the Twitter DMs to Zaf, but I read the post. It didn't mention her name once, and it was not accusing her of causing everything wrong with Blogland, but was instead mostly-directed at her behavior towards Adra/Noelle. Zaf has a habit of seeing anything negative as an attack, and in her mind, the post is certainly negative.
It's here, for anyone who would like to read it. A summary from anyone (myself included) would be based on memories, and probably biased.
http://dereklandy.blogspot.com/2014/04/announcement.html
Okay, back to what I was saying. The whole "blame the newbies" thing is getting really, really old. Blog-age doesn't/shouldn't make you superior, except maybe that you've been here for stuff and learned from it. The way you act to people is what makes you a better person. Drawing lines between generations is not going to help a * thing.
Also, I would disagree that the fighting started last generation. I think that the blog has never not had fighting of some sort, especially in the little spaces of time that are sort of in between generations. However, that isn't really important. The important thing is to focus on now and what we can do to fix now. I think that trying not to throw blame around would be a good start.
(I agree, Fabi.)
[hugs Noelle tightly]
[hugs everyone who wants a hug]
[really wants to leave and go crawl under a pile of blankets and stuffed animals and cry for a while but suspects that leaving won't help solve any problems]
(*huggles fabi*)
Aye, Fabi. *proffers a blanket*
Hello.
*hugs Noelle* be careful. Don't cut too deep. Please.
(I sometimes wonder where people get ideas from for films. A Walk Among The Tombstones is sick.)
(Hello, Tia.)
(Hey Kassy!)
Herrow Tia. Sleep well?
It was the comments he made.
*goes off to do gerbil cage*
-Zaf
Pardon, Zaf?
(It's 4.30, so I am not sure to which sleep you may be referring to. But yes, I usually sleep well as I rarely dream.
Hello, Sophia, Chloe, Trip and Zaffy.)
(*is hungry*
*wants a takeaway*
*is over Nans *
*cries*)
Hello everyone, I'm back.
Trip! hello! *tacklehugs*
Kassy!
*Tacklehugs*
Hello Zafira, Noelle, Fabi, Adam, Chloe, Sophia.
(I haven't dreamt in ages. Last time I did there was a plane crash, and spiders started coming out of the plane and could all walk on water. The character my dream was following turned to his fellow survivor who may or may not have been me, frankly I'm not sure, and asked if there was a logical explanation for such behaviour. Then I woke up. Normally I'm annoyed when my dreams get cut off halfway through, but this time I just muttered to myself "I don't think I could give a logical explanation for why spiders could magically walk on water either." Now, I could [probably have a stab at it, but I'd just woken up.)
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