The entire Dune series by Frank and Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson. The entire Inheritance series (3 books so far) by Christopher Paolini. The entire Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey and Todd McCaffrey. The New Jedi Order series. (Various authors, I think) The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever (fantasy, about 6 books) The Ender series by Orson Scott Card The Freedom series (Fantasy - 4 books) by Anne McCaffrey There. That's a ton of good books. And yes, I do own them all (or, at least, my parents do - I don't have all of them at my dorm)
Looks very nice. IMO, it also looks expensive and wasteful. But that's just me - I've never cared about cars. The 2 I've had were dinged-up, ugly, and about 10 years old. Lucky thing, too, since they both ended up totaled.
I wasn't referring to the dramatic aspect of TV schools, but the physical setting.
The overall feel is created by the atmosphere of a place, which is created in large part by how it looks. Therefore, looks = feel.
And it might not be gravity which holds us to the earth, but rather an undetectable force with the same properties. It very well might create some undetectable, meaningless change in the human body. But how is that any different from doing nothing?
We can live without an appendix. We can live with absolutely no ill effects without an appendix. All it ever does is create a painful, debilitating, and expensive illness. I personally think it is left over from our Ape lineage (maybe it once allowed us to eat many plants that we can't anymore?) and has atrophied since we started eating meat, about 3-4 million years ago. It'll probably disappear within another million years (if we survive that long, lol)
True also.
Bolded the part I disagree with most. It's not survival of the fittest, that is an old 19th century idea. It's more like "survival of the most adaptable", because they can adapt to changing climate and habitat (which is happening quite rapidly right now). Also, there are indeed structures in the human body (and in other creatures) that are either inconvenient or just downright useless. The appendix, for instance. We have known about it for 200+ years, yet we have yet to find one single use for it (except to give us extremely painful appendicitis). It does nothing. We can live without it. Or, who thought it would be such a good idea to put a recreation area next to the plumbing on a human body (to put it in a non-offensive manner)?
yes, but what if the system is completely corrupt, ala Batman Begins, where the criminals run everything? Or what if it doesn't exist at all, as in a state of anarchy? Then, IMO, is the only justifiable time for vigilantism, and it should stop as soon as the justice system works again.
Because when shuttles fall, they are traveling at slightly less than orbital speeds (the speed it takes to keep something in orbit), which are absolutely MASSIVE. Whereas, humans skydiving aren't even falling at .01% of those speeds. Luckily for us.
Nah. I mean, there are some resemblances, like the general appearance of the school, although in real life, the schools tend to be filthier. How TV-like the school is depends on how new it is and how many schools go there. Nowadays, any school that has operated over a year is nothing like TV, simply because they are all overcrowded (at least, the public ones are), and the crush of sweaty teenage bodies makes the place look like a prison cell after the first semester. The crowds are abysmal, you have to shout to make yourself heard; the classes are worse, to the point where some teachers can't even teach, the food is indescribably bad, etc. All this is from personal experience, so I know what I'm talking about. And I went to the newest school in the state.
Dear god, I hate statistics! I would literally flay myself alive if I had to take AP stats. I can barely pass that class as it is.
^Truth. From a social standpoint in HS, I failed miserably. For most of high school, I was an overweight, loner, nerd, bookworm with no fashion sense. For those reasons alone, I was outcast. I, being the person I am, didn't mind it too much, nor did I mind the constant teasing that resulted. For a more social person, though, that would probably be hell. Don't try to find a "group" you belong to, try to find friends and they will, over time, become your group. Don't hang out with just anyone, though. Try to find someone who is interesting and who will respect who you are. Never count anyone out on first impressions. I learned that with my one friend. He annoyed the CRAP out of me when I first met him, and now we talk almost every day (over the phone, since I'm now away at college, but still, we talk) about almost everything. I can tell him absolutely anything at all, and he won't judge me. THAT is who you need to find.
I meant argue in the febate sense. I was arguing my case. I see what you did there! :D And thank you for basically proving my point.
What I'm saying, though, is that I am not controlling an anger that stems solely from me. The anger that I repress and control is coming from a genetic disease on the Autism spectrum, which makes it doubly hard to control, since my Asperger's tends to block all my efforts at self-control. Right now, for instance, I should be reading several articles for a huge test tomorrow, but can't seem to make myself do it. And yet, I can avoid being angry. In earlier years, I would be shouting my head off at you for saying what you just said. Therefore, if I can control my anger with so many difficulties inherent in doing so, any healthy person should be able to control their emotions equally well. They just need to grow some backbone and do it. And with that, I'm off to bed. I can barely keep my eyes open, and I certainly can't argue very well.
I used to get mad at the drop of a hat. If someone even LOOKED at me funny, I would start shouting. Now, I hardly get mad at all (except at my uber-laggy computer, but that's another story). I was not "born sensitive", I was born with ADD/Asperger's Syndrome. But I learned to deal with it and control it. If I can control a disease that has no cure, other, perfectly healthy people can certainly control how they act when someone says something. IT'S JUST WORDS. Get over it.
If you're still in school, I say it's too early to get pregnant. Deny him. If necessary, lock yourself in your room the entire time you're not in class, until your "time" is up. And, as for the rest, as long as you are over 18, and A)don't plan on getting pregnant AND USE PROTECTION, or B) are going to be together for the rest of your lives (and really mean it - no hesitation, no "it's not working out", nothing like that), go for it.
That's not exactly a good reason to think that... If you've never had anything else, how do you know something else isn't as good or better than your iPod?
