I do feel that a good amount of kids nowadays are being somewhat spoiled nowadays because a lot of parents have put studying above everything. While I agree that school is an important factor in most of our lives, it feels as if it's being forced down the throats of so many kids. Fortunately for me while my parents did want me to study, they didn't neglect basic life skills that I would need later in life. I do know how to cook basic things like rice, beans, pasta, meat among a few other things although I'm not that skilled in it since I don't cook for myself often. I usually eat at school so I only cooking when there isn't food there. I'm also able to work a washer and dryer to get my clothes clean. I also know how to check my oil and pump gas but I don't own a car nor can I even drive so neither are necessary at the moment. I also learned a lot of things from my dad since he is very much a do-it-yourself guy. Instead of calling somebody over to fix something, he would usually do it himself and seeing as how I was the only other guy in the house, I would usually have to help him and I picked up a few things along the way. But I do realize that I'm not a specialist so when I don't know how to do something or even if I do know how to do something sometimes, I will ask somebody who knows how to do it to do it for me simply because I could make an error and end breaking something instead of fixing it. Better safe than sorry in my opinion. The stuff that wasn't taught to me, I've been picking up as I go along since I moved out. For example, where I'm currently living doesn't have a washer or dryer so I was a little lost as to how I was going to clean my clothes. After some trial and error, I eventually learned how to hand wash my clothes with some help from my house mates. I'm also learning to be more frugal with my money. It's not like I didn't waste my money before I moved out but you don't really seem to realize how much money you can unintentionally waste on things that aren't really necessary when you don't have your parents to fall back on. >_>;
Mobiles working Mobiles chirping Take the money run Take the money run Take the money
Ice age coming Ice age coming Throw it in the fire Throw it in the fire Throw it on the
Here I'm alive Everything all of the time Here I'm alive Everything all of the time
I have seen too much I haven't seen enough You haven't seen it.
I'll swallow until I burst Until I burst Until I...
Women and children first And the children first And the children
Who's in a bunker?
Put simply, a slash fic is a fan fiction that pairs two, or sometimes more ohohoho, characters of the same sex together. So basically yaoi or yuri.
Aren't these the comparison pictures that Mixt made for the cutscene recordings he did?
BRING DISHONOR TO FAMILY AND GAME! And invite your dad to play as well. Who knows? He might enjoy it.
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1. Mixt 2. RvR 3. Stardust 4. Misty 5. Sabby 6. Plums 7. Mish 8. Kites 9. PaW 10. Ienzo 11. Forsaken
Most of the time, my actual writing is done in Word. But when it comes to brainstorming, outlining, and mind mapping, I usually grab a notebook, go outside and start to write notes about various things in my stories such as characters, the world, and how I want certain scenes or the overall plot to play out for example.
We go west again.
Bump Thankfully this girl has been cleared of her charges.
Username : Guardian Soul Family Member/Title : Space Case Personality : My friends like to say that "I'm here but my mind is probably over there" since I have a tendency to just blank and snap back into reality not knowing that I just wasted a good 5 minutes staring at nothing but the horizon. I'm usually quiet and I tend to keep to myself but when I'm around people I'm close to, I tend to be more comfortable and open up more. Literary Arts Specialty : Characterization. I like to believe that the characters I make are interesting. Despite me liking to torture them. >_> As for genre, I tend to stick with speculative fiction in general. I like having supernatural elements in my stories since normal life just feels so boring at times. xD Anything else you'd like to share? : This app is much harder than it looks I thought I'd share a writing exercise from the old Writing Family that Sforzato created. Spoiler
Oh god, kill me before it's too late.
If These Trees Could Talk - Red Forest
The person in this article wasn't ridiculed by his peers though but instead is being singled out by the teachers. The teachers, who are employed by the government and thus represent it, are forbidden to compel the student into reciting the pledge through any means such as ostracism or ridicule according to the decision made in that court case I linked. And if the teachers don't do it, then most students will follow suit and not do so as well. I feel that patriotism actually helps people in the search for liberty. As I said earlier, patriotism is loving and being proud of one's country and I don't simply define one's country as one's government. I can be proud of my country but that doesn't necessarily mean that I'm proud of my government. People who are patriotic may enjoy their country but may not always be fond of their government and its decisions but instead for its culture, history and people, etc and because of these things they may wish to change the government for the better to ensure that the country continues to be something that they can be proud of. Not really if you think about it. One's country doesn't necessarily start with the government that currently rules over it. The United States of Americas started out as thirteen British colonies but I don't see people pledging their allegiance to Britain. Which is why I said that the government is simply one facet of what composes the country. More often than not, culture is what defines a country and separates it from the rest. If not, then Brazil and the US would just be Democratic Republic #54 and Democratic Republic #12 respectively. To each their own. They aren't expected to nowadays from what I've seen. I don't remember the specific grade that they stopped asking us to stop reciting the pledge but it was mostly fazed out by the time I was in high school and the people who did recite the pledge only did it out of their own free will. The only time we were ever asked to recite the Pledge was during sport events and formal events like graduation and they even said "Please" so how could I refuse? xD Never once have I been ridiculed for being quiet during the pledge as well. I'm not naive enough to believe that these things can't color their judgment but I must ask, then what are we to do about it? Live in a world of silence where nobody tells nobody about themselves. "Yo, my religion forbids me from eating pork but I'm not going to tell you because that might change your opinion of me." Sounds pretty idiotic to me. And the thing is that the student in this article wasn't forced to say anything in public and didn't stand because of some religious or political reason but because he was tired. He even goes on to say that he has nothing against the school's policy or the pledge but instead the teachers who handled the situation quite poorly like I've been saying. The fact of the matter is that basically anything can put you on unequal ground. The same exact thing could be said if the person were black, or if they didn't finish high school, or if they had already been in jail, amongst various other things. People subconsciously form opinions of other people depending on how they look, how they act and what they do. Could the government take out the part where you swear by the Bible? Sure. Does that mean people will stop judging you before you even speak? No and we will never be able to stop them from doing that obviously but we must try to be as objective anyway. I will also add that in the US, your boss can't ask a question like that and if he does, you can just say that you don't have to disclose that. Now I know what you're going to say. Something along the lines of "But what if he fires me because I didn't tell him?" right? Well that boss will need a lot of luck trying to prove in a court of law that he fired you for legitimate reasons instead of discrimination which is illegal. EDIT: I feel like I'm forgetting to add something but I can't put my finger on it. Chances are that it'll come to me when I'm least thinking about it. xD
