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General | Posted 12 years agoYeah, got fired. Waiting for unemployment, seeking employment. Good times.
Got fired because I used profanity on the call center floor... from people who I see and hear using profanity all the time on the floor.
Got fired because I used profanity on the call center floor... from people who I see and hear using profanity all the time on the floor.
Stream
General | Posted 12 years agoOkay, so, I now has streaming shtuffs for gamz. You can see me on twitch.tv/cercris usually on monday/tuesday nights after 8pm (although sometimes I like to go out and eat :3 ). Since I work graveyard I'll just be waking up at that point. Happy gaming!
Cannabinoids And Beyond
General | Posted 13 years agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabinoid
http://www.pharmaceutical-technolog.....feature105046/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/.....n_1222055.html
So, hopping around from web page to web page, following a few things here and there, I am left with a sinking feeling that Marijuana will likely never be legalized. Reason being?
Simply put, the egg-heads around the world are reverse-engineering pot. Have been trying for some time, and in recent years have been successful enough to start providing chemicals that mimic the properties of Cannabis that actually medically assist people. Specific THC types and other Cannabinoids that are all-encompassing in the plant itself have found many uses, up to and including sleep aid, anti-seizure, anti-nausea, pain relief, anti-inflammatory, and supposedly has the potential to reduce tumors and essentially cure cancer (which, I feel is just a hyperbole due to excitement over how it is proven to affect cancerous cells).
But there is a social stigma as well as years and years of federal laws that effectively bar off any marijuana use for any reason whatsoever, and in the US even chemicals that use the marijuana plant during the manufacturing state are extremely scrutinized and almost never get the green light from the FDA.
Nowadays, they are beginning to find ways to artificially mimic some Cannabinoids without needing the plant itself. So, if the plant that is causing the most trouble in getting these medications to patients is no longer a part of the picture then perhaps more medications that actually work will become more widely available in the shortest amount of time.
Problem with this, though, is that it has the potential to stop all research on cannabis (at least in the united states). Reason being is that if cannabis became legal to own, grow, and/or sell, it will undercut the profits to be gained off a much more difficult to produce product that would do exactly the same thing and is much, much easier to regulate. From a corporate view, that's not a good thing. One wants to make as much profit as possible, and clearly allowing a much more efficient and abundant product to become competition would be signing your own death warrant.
This could explain the huge amounts of internal pressure in the government to keep cannabis off the market. These large pharmaceutical corporations don't make medicine to make the world a better place. They make medicine so they can make money. As well, some of them have been keeping patents for years on their backlogs for potential chemicals that imitate certain Cannabinoids.
This is particularly bad for the growth of the cannabis industry into the legal realm. Cannabis enthusiasts, lobbyists, and other proponents have been pushing for the legalization of cannabis for the past several years using medicinal reasons as the main platform. It works, people are beginning to listen, laws are being re-thought, more and more people are getting behind cannabis as a plant that can further the medical field. With that platform in danger of being made obsolete, the movement towards the legalization of the owning, selling, growing or otherwise of cannabis will be severely hindered.
The fact of the matter is there is so much more to cannabis than the medical benefits. Surprisingly it's a social substance, spiritual in certain respects. There are growing competitions. There is a sub-culture that surrounds it. It does dull some senses and heightens others, takes one away from oneself enough that it can invoke a more philosophical mindset.
Of course, most of the time, it just makes day-to-day living that much more bearable to so many people that, without it, would be miserable bitter people forced to endure an existence they don't agree with or just make them incredibly unhappy. It's therapeutic, relaxing, soothing, helps people laugh a little easier (okay, in some cases, a LOT easier), and lets certain insecurities ebb away.
Yet, for the sake of profit, there are corporations out there who will use the plant specifically to make it not usable by anybody else. Will the medications these corporations be more efficient? Used to target specific ailments without getting a patient 'high'? Have much, much fewer side-effects and have a wider range of use than most conventional medications available today?
Most likely. But, from an ethical point of view, should they? Should these companies undermine an already perfectly working and natural product that is extremely cheap and abundant? That actually has other benefits such as helping keep our atmosphere clean? Make a sub-culture that engulfs a large part of our society take a large and devastating blow? If they can't make their medications cheap, should the poor and homeless be made to suffer?
We shouldn't have to be made to choose between what has always been proven cheap an effective and what we are unsure is effective and very likely very expensive. Too many people suffer enough as-is because they are fed lies or they simply do not wish to break the law. We should be allowed to choose either or. Both the synthetic and natural products should be available to us for the most obvious of reasons: What is good for me may not be good for you.
In conclusion, I am very excited and happy that there are highly intelligent individuals out there whom are willing to create alternatives to cannabis that are effective and do not affect certain individuals in manners they do not desire. I just hope that the right people will notice the potential to a usurping of the cannabis market to reduce it to the levels that, as proven by cocaine and ecstasy, easily succumb to crime and rampant misuse. More crime and misuse means more call to action by the people to the government. In turn, our government will tighten its grip even more than it already is and give more power to the DEA and spread more lies about one of the most benign substances on this planet. It all continues that downward spiral into oblivion.
Right now, it's just potential. I don't see anything coming of it for up to the next ten years, but it's still highly unnerving.
http://www.pharmaceutical-technolog.....feature105046/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/.....n_1222055.html
So, hopping around from web page to web page, following a few things here and there, I am left with a sinking feeling that Marijuana will likely never be legalized. Reason being?
Simply put, the egg-heads around the world are reverse-engineering pot. Have been trying for some time, and in recent years have been successful enough to start providing chemicals that mimic the properties of Cannabis that actually medically assist people. Specific THC types and other Cannabinoids that are all-encompassing in the plant itself have found many uses, up to and including sleep aid, anti-seizure, anti-nausea, pain relief, anti-inflammatory, and supposedly has the potential to reduce tumors and essentially cure cancer (which, I feel is just a hyperbole due to excitement over how it is proven to affect cancerous cells).
But there is a social stigma as well as years and years of federal laws that effectively bar off any marijuana use for any reason whatsoever, and in the US even chemicals that use the marijuana plant during the manufacturing state are extremely scrutinized and almost never get the green light from the FDA.
Nowadays, they are beginning to find ways to artificially mimic some Cannabinoids without needing the plant itself. So, if the plant that is causing the most trouble in getting these medications to patients is no longer a part of the picture then perhaps more medications that actually work will become more widely available in the shortest amount of time.
Problem with this, though, is that it has the potential to stop all research on cannabis (at least in the united states). Reason being is that if cannabis became legal to own, grow, and/or sell, it will undercut the profits to be gained off a much more difficult to produce product that would do exactly the same thing and is much, much easier to regulate. From a corporate view, that's not a good thing. One wants to make as much profit as possible, and clearly allowing a much more efficient and abundant product to become competition would be signing your own death warrant.
This could explain the huge amounts of internal pressure in the government to keep cannabis off the market. These large pharmaceutical corporations don't make medicine to make the world a better place. They make medicine so they can make money. As well, some of them have been keeping patents for years on their backlogs for potential chemicals that imitate certain Cannabinoids.
This is particularly bad for the growth of the cannabis industry into the legal realm. Cannabis enthusiasts, lobbyists, and other proponents have been pushing for the legalization of cannabis for the past several years using medicinal reasons as the main platform. It works, people are beginning to listen, laws are being re-thought, more and more people are getting behind cannabis as a plant that can further the medical field. With that platform in danger of being made obsolete, the movement towards the legalization of the owning, selling, growing or otherwise of cannabis will be severely hindered.
The fact of the matter is there is so much more to cannabis than the medical benefits. Surprisingly it's a social substance, spiritual in certain respects. There are growing competitions. There is a sub-culture that surrounds it. It does dull some senses and heightens others, takes one away from oneself enough that it can invoke a more philosophical mindset.
Of course, most of the time, it just makes day-to-day living that much more bearable to so many people that, without it, would be miserable bitter people forced to endure an existence they don't agree with or just make them incredibly unhappy. It's therapeutic, relaxing, soothing, helps people laugh a little easier (okay, in some cases, a LOT easier), and lets certain insecurities ebb away.
Yet, for the sake of profit, there are corporations out there who will use the plant specifically to make it not usable by anybody else. Will the medications these corporations be more efficient? Used to target specific ailments without getting a patient 'high'? Have much, much fewer side-effects and have a wider range of use than most conventional medications available today?
Most likely. But, from an ethical point of view, should they? Should these companies undermine an already perfectly working and natural product that is extremely cheap and abundant? That actually has other benefits such as helping keep our atmosphere clean? Make a sub-culture that engulfs a large part of our society take a large and devastating blow? If they can't make their medications cheap, should the poor and homeless be made to suffer?
We shouldn't have to be made to choose between what has always been proven cheap an effective and what we are unsure is effective and very likely very expensive. Too many people suffer enough as-is because they are fed lies or they simply do not wish to break the law. We should be allowed to choose either or. Both the synthetic and natural products should be available to us for the most obvious of reasons: What is good for me may not be good for you.
In conclusion, I am very excited and happy that there are highly intelligent individuals out there whom are willing to create alternatives to cannabis that are effective and do not affect certain individuals in manners they do not desire. I just hope that the right people will notice the potential to a usurping of the cannabis market to reduce it to the levels that, as proven by cocaine and ecstasy, easily succumb to crime and rampant misuse. More crime and misuse means more call to action by the people to the government. In turn, our government will tighten its grip even more than it already is and give more power to the DEA and spread more lies about one of the most benign substances on this planet. It all continues that downward spiral into oblivion.
Right now, it's just potential. I don't see anything coming of it for up to the next ten years, but it's still highly unnerving.
Fraudulent Day
General | Posted 13 years agoSo today wasn't too bad. Woke up at 4am, left at 4:45, decided not to shower cause I was tired. Got on the phones, had a short time of back-to-back fuckery, had a trainee sit with me and had to help them navigate while I talked.
Everything was grand up until the end, where I was a little upset at first but then became highly amused.
At first, it was just a standard iphone unlocking process. The agent sounded a little derpy before he transferred the customer, so I kinda figured he missed a few things. The customer had a thick Indian accent, so I immediately asked how many phones he wanted to unlock. Turns out, contrary to what the previous agent suggested, that this customer wanted to unlock 5 iphones (which, with ATT, is the maximum you can unlock per standard account for one full year).
It took some time, which frustrated me because I wanted to make sure I left work on time. It would have been easy if the IMEI's of the devices were actually on this persons account, but noooooooooo, I had to actually go through the history of those damned things to find out which accounts they were originally on, make sure they were not reported lost/stolen, or that they are still active on someone else's account. As it turns out, though, and this was particularly frustrating as it almost never happens, all the iphones were eligible for unlocking... fucking hell.
So, I went through the process to submit the IMEI's to the Apple servers (cause we can't actually unlock them for the customer, the customer has to wait 24 hours for the IMEI to have a clearance flag and then erase their phone through itunes... fucking Apple products), the customer expressed his gratitude. In the nicest voice I could muster at the time, I asked, as per policy, if the customer had any other questions.
Of course this meant the customer had a friend who wanted to unlock 10 more iphones on 3 different accounts. Now, anybody in their right mind would immediately tell that this is fraud. However, even if it's pretty clear that it's fraud, until we can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the customer is fraudulent then we have to continue the process. Which, in a lot of cases, is completely stupid.
So, customer states he had 3 accounts and wanted to unlock 10 iphones. First three accounts he gave me did not exist. Then he gave me a fourth that did not exist. Then a fifth... that did exist! So, already a bit edgy about the situation and blatant lie, I asked for the guys name. He said the name on the account. Which was a business name, and clearly not a customer name. I asked again if that was his legal name. He stated yes. (for all intents and purposes, lets just say the owner of the account was "Geo Aeromatics", and he said that was his name...) He couldn't even say the name on the account correctly. So, I placed the guy on hold and called ATT Fraud. Guess what they said they would do?
Nothing.
Not a damned thing. But they did advise me to get the customer to an ATT corporate store with photo ID. Fantastic! So, going back to the customer, I told them if they wanted to unlock any iphones, they have to go to an ATT corporate store with photo ID. Of course he starts to bitch and moan, going "oh, why are you saying this now! you just helped my friend!" and "Do you hate me?" and "I am in India!". At that point I flat out told the customer that due to the situation, being that we just failed to access 4 accounts that do not exist, is questionable if they existed in the first place, that he originally stated he only had 3 accounts, and that they wished to unlock 10 iphones, he's going to need to go to a corporate store no matter what. With photo ID.
Of course he explodes at me, accuse things about my mother and various animals and things of that nature, that he was going to cancel services and that he wanted to speak to a supervisor.
Under normal circumstances I do everything I can to avoid having a customer talk to a supervisor. Usually that's a very bad thing to happen. In this case, I was elated. I called his bullshit, put him on hold for 3 two-minute spans, then told him a supervisor will be giving him a call. On the cell phone belonging to that account.
Something happened which made me all kinds of giddy-happy. He actually told me that I can't call him on that line. That he doesn't have it. I told him it's his account, so where is his phone? He told me that he closed the account a while ago and paid the early termination fees. I pulled up the status of the account and the line, and told him both were reading as active. Which they were. He immediately told me "I'll call later" and hung up on me.
Best part is, when he hung up, I had 10 minutes before the end of my shift. There were 15 minutes between calls. Plenty of time to punch up my notes, send a copy to my supervisor, and even have the supervisor walk over and share a laugh with me about it.
Good times!
But, there was something else that happened after work which also cause me to giggle a bit.
You see, I was at Subway paying for a sammich. The person behind the counter and I both turned when a group of wigger-bros, 5 of them, walked into the restaurant and altogether made a beeline for the restroom.
So I turn to the cashier and made a comment about that being a bit creepy and/or gay. He laughed a bit. I left.
It wasn't until I was halfway home that I realized the situation must have gotten very, very awkward for those wigger-bros. Now, since I was in downtown Reno, there was a strong possibility that they actually were gay. There was also a very strong possibility that they were making a drug deal or doing drugs.
Half an hour before they came into the restaurant, I entered myself. I had to use the restroom. Bad. I have pneumonia and am on this gnarly antibiotic that sometimes gives me wicked runs. I'm not talking about the normal stuff, I am talking like El Diablo crawling out of my ass to terrorize this planet. I am talking a shits so bad that the inside of the toilet bowl actually melts a little. We are talking about a bio-hazard that's a danger to anything living within the nearest 5 miles.
I was stuck on the john for a good 25 minutes. My own nostrils were on fire, and it was starting to get hard to breathe. I couldn't vacate that stall fast enough, and I was still a bit dazed and confused that something so evil could brew in my bowels.
So, it kinda got me a little giddy when I realized that if those wigger-bros went in there seeking a line to a glory hole, they'd probably vacate very quickly after. But they didn't seem the type. They seemed they were the druggy type. Which, if a deal was going down, those poor bastards would actually have to stay in that nazi shower room until the deal was done lest they show weakness.
Just imagining a drug deal going down with everybody turning a little green around the gills kept me in a chipper mood the rest of the way home.
Yeah, today was a good day.
Everything was grand up until the end, where I was a little upset at first but then became highly amused.
At first, it was just a standard iphone unlocking process. The agent sounded a little derpy before he transferred the customer, so I kinda figured he missed a few things. The customer had a thick Indian accent, so I immediately asked how many phones he wanted to unlock. Turns out, contrary to what the previous agent suggested, that this customer wanted to unlock 5 iphones (which, with ATT, is the maximum you can unlock per standard account for one full year).
It took some time, which frustrated me because I wanted to make sure I left work on time. It would have been easy if the IMEI's of the devices were actually on this persons account, but noooooooooo, I had to actually go through the history of those damned things to find out which accounts they were originally on, make sure they were not reported lost/stolen, or that they are still active on someone else's account. As it turns out, though, and this was particularly frustrating as it almost never happens, all the iphones were eligible for unlocking... fucking hell.
So, I went through the process to submit the IMEI's to the Apple servers (cause we can't actually unlock them for the customer, the customer has to wait 24 hours for the IMEI to have a clearance flag and then erase their phone through itunes... fucking Apple products), the customer expressed his gratitude. In the nicest voice I could muster at the time, I asked, as per policy, if the customer had any other questions.
Of course this meant the customer had a friend who wanted to unlock 10 more iphones on 3 different accounts. Now, anybody in their right mind would immediately tell that this is fraud. However, even if it's pretty clear that it's fraud, until we can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the customer is fraudulent then we have to continue the process. Which, in a lot of cases, is completely stupid.
So, customer states he had 3 accounts and wanted to unlock 10 iphones. First three accounts he gave me did not exist. Then he gave me a fourth that did not exist. Then a fifth... that did exist! So, already a bit edgy about the situation and blatant lie, I asked for the guys name. He said the name on the account. Which was a business name, and clearly not a customer name. I asked again if that was his legal name. He stated yes. (for all intents and purposes, lets just say the owner of the account was "Geo Aeromatics", and he said that was his name...) He couldn't even say the name on the account correctly. So, I placed the guy on hold and called ATT Fraud. Guess what they said they would do?
Nothing.
Not a damned thing. But they did advise me to get the customer to an ATT corporate store with photo ID. Fantastic! So, going back to the customer, I told them if they wanted to unlock any iphones, they have to go to an ATT corporate store with photo ID. Of course he starts to bitch and moan, going "oh, why are you saying this now! you just helped my friend!" and "Do you hate me?" and "I am in India!". At that point I flat out told the customer that due to the situation, being that we just failed to access 4 accounts that do not exist, is questionable if they existed in the first place, that he originally stated he only had 3 accounts, and that they wished to unlock 10 iphones, he's going to need to go to a corporate store no matter what. With photo ID.
Of course he explodes at me, accuse things about my mother and various animals and things of that nature, that he was going to cancel services and that he wanted to speak to a supervisor.
Under normal circumstances I do everything I can to avoid having a customer talk to a supervisor. Usually that's a very bad thing to happen. In this case, I was elated. I called his bullshit, put him on hold for 3 two-minute spans, then told him a supervisor will be giving him a call. On the cell phone belonging to that account.
Something happened which made me all kinds of giddy-happy. He actually told me that I can't call him on that line. That he doesn't have it. I told him it's his account, so where is his phone? He told me that he closed the account a while ago and paid the early termination fees. I pulled up the status of the account and the line, and told him both were reading as active. Which they were. He immediately told me "I'll call later" and hung up on me.
Best part is, when he hung up, I had 10 minutes before the end of my shift. There were 15 minutes between calls. Plenty of time to punch up my notes, send a copy to my supervisor, and even have the supervisor walk over and share a laugh with me about it.
Good times!
But, there was something else that happened after work which also cause me to giggle a bit.
You see, I was at Subway paying for a sammich. The person behind the counter and I both turned when a group of wigger-bros, 5 of them, walked into the restaurant and altogether made a beeline for the restroom.
So I turn to the cashier and made a comment about that being a bit creepy and/or gay. He laughed a bit. I left.
It wasn't until I was halfway home that I realized the situation must have gotten very, very awkward for those wigger-bros. Now, since I was in downtown Reno, there was a strong possibility that they actually were gay. There was also a very strong possibility that they were making a drug deal or doing drugs.
Half an hour before they came into the restaurant, I entered myself. I had to use the restroom. Bad. I have pneumonia and am on this gnarly antibiotic that sometimes gives me wicked runs. I'm not talking about the normal stuff, I am talking like El Diablo crawling out of my ass to terrorize this planet. I am talking a shits so bad that the inside of the toilet bowl actually melts a little. We are talking about a bio-hazard that's a danger to anything living within the nearest 5 miles.
I was stuck on the john for a good 25 minutes. My own nostrils were on fire, and it was starting to get hard to breathe. I couldn't vacate that stall fast enough, and I was still a bit dazed and confused that something so evil could brew in my bowels.
So, it kinda got me a little giddy when I realized that if those wigger-bros went in there seeking a line to a glory hole, they'd probably vacate very quickly after. But they didn't seem the type. They seemed they were the druggy type. Which, if a deal was going down, those poor bastards would actually have to stay in that nazi shower room until the deal was done lest they show weakness.
Just imagining a drug deal going down with everybody turning a little green around the gills kept me in a chipper mood the rest of the way home.
Yeah, today was a good day.
Reposting infos and update on health
General | Posted 13 years agoTwo things going on. Since last Saturday I have been sick. With the flu, which came out of nowhere. It started to get better on the third day like it normally does, but then my fever randomly skyrocketed. Yesterday I went to the ER (since apparently Urgent Care does not stay open during holidays... oh sweet irony) and found out several things:
1) I developed Pneumonia.
2) I still hate fucking needles!
3) I tested negative for HIV, which is awesome!
4) Luckily a few anti-biotic medications for 10 days and I'll be right as rain.
5) I should be functional enough to make it to Dlabs Funeral.
6) Haven't seen hospital bill yet, but it's going to be astronomical. I know this because the receptionist immediately gave my a 1 inch thick enveloped and stated "call these people, see if you can get insurance or at the very least they can help lower your bill"... yeah, not foreboding in the least.
So, that's been my life for the past 6 days. Best 4th of July ever, getting poked with needles and finding out that the reason I was feeling like death was because I was well on my way to it.
Anywho, come to my attention that some people forgot informations., so here is a short reposting
"Devin's [Dlab's] services are set for July 7th, 10am, at Calvary Hills Church in Menifee." If you didn't get a flyer invite, then it's gonna be a personal invite. At least to my understanding. If you are unsure of whether or not your invited, then probably not but you can ask HellFyre aka
maronotter cause he's doing most of the coordination. He posted his contact number exactly as "(630) two zero nine- 4427. " if you want to give him a call or something.
1) I developed Pneumonia.
2) I still hate fucking needles!
3) I tested negative for HIV, which is awesome!
4) Luckily a few anti-biotic medications for 10 days and I'll be right as rain.
5) I should be functional enough to make it to Dlabs Funeral.
6) Haven't seen hospital bill yet, but it's going to be astronomical. I know this because the receptionist immediately gave my a 1 inch thick enveloped and stated "call these people, see if you can get insurance or at the very least they can help lower your bill"... yeah, not foreboding in the least.
So, that's been my life for the past 6 days. Best 4th of July ever, getting poked with needles and finding out that the reason I was feeling like death was because I was well on my way to it.
Anywho, come to my attention that some people forgot informations., so here is a short reposting
"Devin's [Dlab's] services are set for July 7th, 10am, at Calvary Hills Church in Menifee." If you didn't get a flyer invite, then it's gonna be a personal invite. At least to my understanding. If you are unsure of whether or not your invited, then probably not but you can ask HellFyre aka
maronotter cause he's doing most of the coordination. He posted his contact number exactly as "(630) two zero nine- 4427. " if you want to give him a call or something.Help support a family
General | Posted 13 years agoReposting Hellfyre's SoCalFurs post.
"Dlabs mom sent me this email, she needs to pay 1000 before she can even claim the body. I've sent 100, and she got 100 from another person, so we need to raise 800 more for her. Please send ANYTHING. Even a few dollars helps a lot. If you have any questions please call me and I'll answer them as best as I can. (630) two zero nine- 4427.
Devin's services are set for July 7th, 10am, at Calvary Hills Church in Menifee.
A Paypal account has been setup to receive any donations. Simply use this address for the payee once you are logged into Paypal.
InMemoryOfDevinFerrellRobinson[at]gmail.com Even if you don't have a Paypal account you can give by going to Paypal.com and clicking "Send Money", and using a credit or debit card. It is safe and secure.
All money donated will be used strictly for Devin's arrangements. We ask anyone at all to donate anything they can. The family is struggling and needs to raise around 1000 before they can make final arrangements for the funeral. Everyone who donates will receive a printed invitation mailed to them before the service. Please include name and address in the notes on PayPal if you would like one. Thank you very much for any help you can offer. If you would like to donate anonymously, you're welcome to. Just mark anonymous in the notes.
Regards,
Clive Sean Verezhensky"
For those of you not in the know, my boyfriend, Devin Robinson, aka "Dlab", is now deceased. Right now his family, who I've had the pleasure of spending at least a little time with and I know are wonderful people, are not particularly wealthy individuals. Financially they are about as well-off as anybody else, but this is something outside their budget and puts further emotional strain on everybody.
Please, send help if you can. Anything will do, from a simple $5 donation or more, every cent counts. I've already forwarded $100 of my own. If I could do more I would have and probably will with my next paycheck.
"Dlabs mom sent me this email, she needs to pay 1000 before she can even claim the body. I've sent 100, and she got 100 from another person, so we need to raise 800 more for her. Please send ANYTHING. Even a few dollars helps a lot. If you have any questions please call me and I'll answer them as best as I can. (630) two zero nine- 4427.
Devin's services are set for July 7th, 10am, at Calvary Hills Church in Menifee.
A Paypal account has been setup to receive any donations. Simply use this address for the payee once you are logged into Paypal.
InMemoryOfDevinFerrellRobinson[at]gmail.com Even if you don't have a Paypal account you can give by going to Paypal.com and clicking "Send Money", and using a credit or debit card. It is safe and secure.
All money donated will be used strictly for Devin's arrangements. We ask anyone at all to donate anything they can. The family is struggling and needs to raise around 1000 before they can make final arrangements for the funeral. Everyone who donates will receive a printed invitation mailed to them before the service. Please include name and address in the notes on PayPal if you would like one. Thank you very much for any help you can offer. If you would like to donate anonymously, you're welcome to. Just mark anonymous in the notes.
Regards,
Clive Sean Verezhensky"
For those of you not in the know, my boyfriend, Devin Robinson, aka "Dlab", is now deceased. Right now his family, who I've had the pleasure of spending at least a little time with and I know are wonderful people, are not particularly wealthy individuals. Financially they are about as well-off as anybody else, but this is something outside their budget and puts further emotional strain on everybody.
Please, send help if you can. Anything will do, from a simple $5 donation or more, every cent counts. I've already forwarded $100 of my own. If I could do more I would have and probably will with my next paycheck.
Blowing some steam
General | Posted 13 years agoOn the PS mailing list there went out a short conversation regarding someone at the in-n-out being harassed by drunks. I was in the middle of replying when I realized I didn't want to stir up a hornets nest from people who are overly sensitive. So I thought I'd post it here instead.
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Well, these are all grand solutions and all, but how about a dose of reality here.
1) Night time in a crowd of people who, from personal experience, do jibe one another sometimes to the point of severity but claim it's okay. Very easy to mistake having fun with actual harassment. In such a situation the individual being harassed needs to make a move to consult the other people possibly not 2 feet from them who would help.
2) A fursuiter who did not make sure to cover themselves with a designated spotter is not helpless. While it's fun and all to stay in character... your parts are removable. If it's a serious enough situation, remove your head. To any fur around you, removing your head in public WILL get their attention. Plus, it's easier to see certain things like, ya know, facial expressions.
3) Other than this persons word that they were being harassed, any witnesses? Anybody else actually see what was happening? Video? Pics? There are too many instances that people cry wolf in this community so long and loud that it turns everything into a slug-fest (figuratively speaking... mostly) and it turns out that the situation is NON-EXISTENT. Mind you, I am not saying that it is or is not since I did not see it myself, but lets keep things in perspective, shall we?
4) While it's nice and fine to "approach like a police officer" and whatnot (there was one person who stated that the best course of action would be for someone to walk up to the suiter and start behaving like a cop/security guard), you are asking a group of furs of which some are socially awkward (some arguably do not qualify as 'well-adjusted'), to take a stand against strangers who are inebriated. Also, this is going under the assumption that they know true harassment is happening, or if they can spot harassment in the first place. Somehow, this does not seem like the best of ideas considering it can only successfully happen without any backlash under the most ideal of circumstances in a controlled environment.
I know some of this may sound harsh. I don't intend to hurt feelings. I just would rather not have people going chicken-little and have a sense of what actually happened and what's an actual feasible, healthy reaction. Again, I do not have all the facts, so instead of going "HOLY SHIT WE HAVE A RED ALERT EVERYBODY UP-IN-ARMS!" how about a little 'who' 'what' 'when' 'where' 'why' 'how'? Exactly who else was around? Why not ask why they didn't do anything? Did they actually see it happening? What time did this happen? Does the in-and-out have security footage? Where exactly was this person? In the driveway? in the table area? On the grass around the tables? If at the tables, which table? Did anybody know the drunks? Before this event was brought to light by LostWolf, who else was aware of this? If LostWolf is the only person who knows of this situation, who is LostWolf? If anybody else is aware, why did they not step up? Given the circumstance, what could have actually have been done? We are under the assumption so far that this person was in suit... were they? Which fursuit? Something recognizable? A suit that stands out? Any special characteristics? These drunks, what did they look like? Could the suiter of handled things differently? If so, how? Does everybody else need to be on higher alert? If so, by how much?
I could go on and on, but the fact of the matter is only a portion of these questions were asked. Instead of going "MY FRIEND GOT HURT WAAAAAH! WHY DID NOBODY DO ANYTHING?! WAAAAH!" why not actually give details of the situation? Like times, names, exact locations? Not everybody who is on the mailing list was there at the time but maybe they have insight nonetheless so long as the information is detailed enough. Besides, the most important question of all, why should we care? Anybody who has been to a bar or large party with drunks and/or rowdy individuals will have security that is looking out for obvious signs of physical fighting, but harassment is not exactly high on their priority and it's expected of the individual to look out for themselves. That's WITH TRAINED SECURITY. And generally those places are relatively safe. This situation happened at an in-and-out... at night... in a part of town not known for being flowers and daisies... with no security posted anywhere... among people who, even if they did see it, may not be the best choice to interfere... honestly, there is no excuse for not realizing that there is some risk in this venture. So how about instead of moping about it, explain to your friend that they could have thought ahead of time about their decision and, my god, made sure to take appropriate safety precautions PRIOR TO PUTTING THEMSELVES IN THAT SITUATION. Granted, that's if that situation happened at all. Nobody else thus far has stepped forward to go "I SAW IT ALL HAPPEN!". Maybe... just maybe... NOBODY ELSE SAW IT HAPPENING. Which would mean one of two things:
1) This individual was not in line of sight of others, therefore someone is lying about location.
2) This event never took place. Someone is lying about the whole situation.
This is just speculation, mind you, about the hypothetical situation that nobody else actually saw anything happening, or if they did they honestly did not recognize it for what it was. So, all-n-all, just stop with the damned drama. Shit happens, and obviously the guy is fine now and hopefully will make better informed decisions in the future.
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Well, these are all grand solutions and all, but how about a dose of reality here.
1) Night time in a crowd of people who, from personal experience, do jibe one another sometimes to the point of severity but claim it's okay. Very easy to mistake having fun with actual harassment. In such a situation the individual being harassed needs to make a move to consult the other people possibly not 2 feet from them who would help.
2) A fursuiter who did not make sure to cover themselves with a designated spotter is not helpless. While it's fun and all to stay in character... your parts are removable. If it's a serious enough situation, remove your head. To any fur around you, removing your head in public WILL get their attention. Plus, it's easier to see certain things like, ya know, facial expressions.
3) Other than this persons word that they were being harassed, any witnesses? Anybody else actually see what was happening? Video? Pics? There are too many instances that people cry wolf in this community so long and loud that it turns everything into a slug-fest (figuratively speaking... mostly) and it turns out that the situation is NON-EXISTENT. Mind you, I am not saying that it is or is not since I did not see it myself, but lets keep things in perspective, shall we?
4) While it's nice and fine to "approach like a police officer" and whatnot (there was one person who stated that the best course of action would be for someone to walk up to the suiter and start behaving like a cop/security guard), you are asking a group of furs of which some are socially awkward (some arguably do not qualify as 'well-adjusted'), to take a stand against strangers who are inebriated. Also, this is going under the assumption that they know true harassment is happening, or if they can spot harassment in the first place. Somehow, this does not seem like the best of ideas considering it can only successfully happen without any backlash under the most ideal of circumstances in a controlled environment.
I know some of this may sound harsh. I don't intend to hurt feelings. I just would rather not have people going chicken-little and have a sense of what actually happened and what's an actual feasible, healthy reaction. Again, I do not have all the facts, so instead of going "HOLY SHIT WE HAVE A RED ALERT EVERYBODY UP-IN-ARMS!" how about a little 'who' 'what' 'when' 'where' 'why' 'how'? Exactly who else was around? Why not ask why they didn't do anything? Did they actually see it happening? What time did this happen? Does the in-and-out have security footage? Where exactly was this person? In the driveway? in the table area? On the grass around the tables? If at the tables, which table? Did anybody know the drunks? Before this event was brought to light by LostWolf, who else was aware of this? If LostWolf is the only person who knows of this situation, who is LostWolf? If anybody else is aware, why did they not step up? Given the circumstance, what could have actually have been done? We are under the assumption so far that this person was in suit... were they? Which fursuit? Something recognizable? A suit that stands out? Any special characteristics? These drunks, what did they look like? Could the suiter of handled things differently? If so, how? Does everybody else need to be on higher alert? If so, by how much?
I could go on and on, but the fact of the matter is only a portion of these questions were asked. Instead of going "MY FRIEND GOT HURT WAAAAAH! WHY DID NOBODY DO ANYTHING?! WAAAAH!" why not actually give details of the situation? Like times, names, exact locations? Not everybody who is on the mailing list was there at the time but maybe they have insight nonetheless so long as the information is detailed enough. Besides, the most important question of all, why should we care? Anybody who has been to a bar or large party with drunks and/or rowdy individuals will have security that is looking out for obvious signs of physical fighting, but harassment is not exactly high on their priority and it's expected of the individual to look out for themselves. That's WITH TRAINED SECURITY. And generally those places are relatively safe. This situation happened at an in-and-out... at night... in a part of town not known for being flowers and daisies... with no security posted anywhere... among people who, even if they did see it, may not be the best choice to interfere... honestly, there is no excuse for not realizing that there is some risk in this venture. So how about instead of moping about it, explain to your friend that they could have thought ahead of time about their decision and, my god, made sure to take appropriate safety precautions PRIOR TO PUTTING THEMSELVES IN THAT SITUATION. Granted, that's if that situation happened at all. Nobody else thus far has stepped forward to go "I SAW IT ALL HAPPEN!". Maybe... just maybe... NOBODY ELSE SAW IT HAPPENING. Which would mean one of two things:
1) This individual was not in line of sight of others, therefore someone is lying about location.
2) This event never took place. Someone is lying about the whole situation.
This is just speculation, mind you, about the hypothetical situation that nobody else actually saw anything happening, or if they did they honestly did not recognize it for what it was. So, all-n-all, just stop with the damned drama. Shit happens, and obviously the guy is fine now and hopefully will make better informed decisions in the future.
Moosik
General | Posted 14 years agohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnT7OVIhkxA&feature=autoplay&list=AVGxdCwVVULXdntWvZXjwFS0HrLSrBm5no&index=7&playnext=5
Found these guys online, and I am in love with their music at the moment. You asshats should love them too! <3
Found these guys online, and I am in love with their music at the moment. You asshats should love them too! <3
Recruiting
General | Posted 15 years agoI am just making a shout-out where I can at this point. I need staff for califur gaming.
Even if you don't wanna join yourself, I would like some help in at least scouting out people who would be willing to join to either run tabletop games or assist with electronic gaming. Just send peeps my way at cercris5 at hotmail dot com
I would really appreciate the help <3
Even if you don't wanna join yourself, I would like some help in at least scouting out people who would be willing to join to either run tabletop games or assist with electronic gaming. Just send peeps my way at cercris5 at hotmail dot com
I would really appreciate the help <3
Girly Quiz...
General | Posted 15 years ago... because I'm bored.
Below 30 = Not girly.
Above 30 = Girly.
Above 55 = MADE OF GLITTER AND LIP GLOSS.
[ ] My fingernails/toenails are almost always painted.
[ ] During the summer pretty much the only shoes I wear are flip flops.
[ ] My favorite toy as a child were Barbies/Bratz.
[ ] My favorite color is pink or purple.
[ ] I did Gymnastics.
[ ] I love skirts.
[ ] Hollister is one my favorite places to shop.
[ ] Tight jeans are the only jeans I'll wear.
[X] I love chocolate.
TOTAL SO FAR: 1
[ ] My hair is mostly always straightened.
[ ] I usually go shopping once a week.
[X] I love to hang out with friends. (Because it is soooo girly to have a social life)
[ ] I have a piece of real diamond jewelry.
[ ] I've gone to a tanning salon.
[ ] I've gone to the beach to tan - not to swim.
[ ] I have at least 10 pairs of shoes.
[ ] I watch Gossip Girl.
[ ] I change my profile picture weekly.
[ ] I wear a shower cap.
TOTAL SO FAR: 2
[X] I would NEVER set foot into Hot Topic. (Nothing girly about exercising my right to not shop someplace that commercializes the trends which were never meant to be commercialized)
[ ] My cell phone might as well become a part of me.
[ ] I wear mascara everyday.
[ ] Bathing suits are adorable.
[ ] I don't know the difference between a sheep and a goat.
[ ] Big sunglasses are awesome.
[ ] I have gotten my nails done.
[ ] I own over 10 purses.
[ ] MuchMusic is my one of my favorite channels.
TOTAL SO FAR: 3
[ ] I love to have other people do my hair.
[X] I like to give and receive hugs from all my friends. (And this makes me girly how?)
[ ] I hate bugs.
[X] Carnivals are fun. (Prove to me that hitting the Zipper and eating carny food is girly...)
[X] Summer is THE best season. (Again, what is so girly about this?! Summer is awesome! It's warm! People are out and about doing shit!)
[ ] My swimsuit has 2 pieces.
[ ] Musicians are hot. (Sorry, the way to my heart is intellect)
[ ] You write me a poem and tell me I'm beautiful and I'm all yours. (It would have to be one hell of a poem presented in an unforgettable manner.)
TOTAL SO FAR: 6
[X] I'm self-conscious. (A little...)
[ ] My room smells like vanilla.
[ ] I don't do sports. (Play sports, yes, watch them, no.)
[ ] I HATE to run.
[X] I squeal when I am surprised or angry. (... to all my friends: shut-up.)
[ ] I eat dried fruit as a snack.
[ ] I love romance novels. (I'm not picky, if a romance novel has guns, robots and magic in it, I'd give it a read)
[ ] Drew Barrymore is so cute.
TOTAL SO FAR: 8
[X] I dance randomly around the house.
[ ] I usually spend over an hour to get ready to leave my house.
[ ] I only have like 5 billion hair products.
[ ] I love to get dressed up. Special occasions only... otherwise it's either work wear or lounge wear)
[ ] I talk on the phone at least once a day to my friends.
[ ] I would love to have a photo shoot of myself.
[ ] My parents buy me everything I want, whenever I want it.
[ ] I apply lip gloss a million times a day.
TOTAL SO FAR: 9
[X] I wish I could meet Paris Hilton. (So I could give her a quick cunt-punt)
[ ] R&B is the best music.
[ ] I pop my collar.
[ ] Horses are beautiful.
[ ] Kittens are adorable. (Those last two are unfair. I like almost all animals.)
TOTAL SO FAR: 10
[ ] I write my own music.
[ ] I would love to visit Hawaii. (Already done, it's beautiful but the weather isn't all it's cracked up to be)
[ ] I wouldn't be caught dead in all black.
[ ] My closet is STOCK FULL of clothes.
[ ] I hate beards.
[ ] I love to read magazines.
TOTAL SO FAR: 10
[ ] I love to gossip.
[ ] I had Lisa Frank folders/posters as a kid.
[ ] I love Celine Dion.
[ ] My baths are 2 hours long.
[ ] My wedding only needs a groom because it's already planned.
[ ] I'm all about being vegetarian.
[ ] I refuse to eat at McDonald's.
TOTAL SO FAR: 10
[ ] I LOVE life! (Not LOVE, but a mild enjoyment thereof)
[ ] I have a lot of jewelry.
[ ] I buy some jewelry from Claire's.
[ ] My screen name(s) has or had x's in them.
[ ] I have more than 3 pillows on my bed.
TOTAL SO FAR: 10
[ ] I like the colour pink.
[ ] I want to BE Paris Hilton.
[ ] I scope the room for hot guys.
[ ] I love the mall.
[ ] I love the beach.
[ ] I modeled as a little kid.
[X] I love receiving compliments. (Who doesn't like others treating them with kindness?)
[ ] I've been to a wedding and loved it.
TOTAL= 11
lol, I'm getting close to the anti-girly here, and half the shit on this list doesn't really count. Good times! I need a beer!
Below 30 = Not girly.
Above 30 = Girly.
Above 55 = MADE OF GLITTER AND LIP GLOSS.
[ ] My fingernails/toenails are almost always painted.
[ ] During the summer pretty much the only shoes I wear are flip flops.
[ ] My favorite toy as a child were Barbies/Bratz.
[ ] My favorite color is pink or purple.
[ ] I did Gymnastics.
[ ] I love skirts.
[ ] Hollister is one my favorite places to shop.
[ ] Tight jeans are the only jeans I'll wear.
[X] I love chocolate.
TOTAL SO FAR: 1
[ ] My hair is mostly always straightened.
[ ] I usually go shopping once a week.
[X] I love to hang out with friends. (Because it is soooo girly to have a social life)
[ ] I have a piece of real diamond jewelry.
[ ] I've gone to a tanning salon.
[ ] I've gone to the beach to tan - not to swim.
[ ] I have at least 10 pairs of shoes.
[ ] I watch Gossip Girl.
[ ] I change my profile picture weekly.
[ ] I wear a shower cap.
TOTAL SO FAR: 2
[X] I would NEVER set foot into Hot Topic. (Nothing girly about exercising my right to not shop someplace that commercializes the trends which were never meant to be commercialized)
[ ] My cell phone might as well become a part of me.
[ ] I wear mascara everyday.
[ ] Bathing suits are adorable.
[ ] I don't know the difference between a sheep and a goat.
[ ] Big sunglasses are awesome.
[ ] I have gotten my nails done.
[ ] I own over 10 purses.
[ ] MuchMusic is my one of my favorite channels.
TOTAL SO FAR: 3
[ ] I love to have other people do my hair.
[X] I like to give and receive hugs from all my friends. (And this makes me girly how?)
[ ] I hate bugs.
[X] Carnivals are fun. (Prove to me that hitting the Zipper and eating carny food is girly...)
[X] Summer is THE best season. (Again, what is so girly about this?! Summer is awesome! It's warm! People are out and about doing shit!)
[ ] My swimsuit has 2 pieces.
[ ] Musicians are hot. (Sorry, the way to my heart is intellect)
[ ] You write me a poem and tell me I'm beautiful and I'm all yours. (It would have to be one hell of a poem presented in an unforgettable manner.)
TOTAL SO FAR: 6
[X] I'm self-conscious. (A little...)
[ ] My room smells like vanilla.
[ ] I don't do sports. (Play sports, yes, watch them, no.)
[ ] I HATE to run.
[X] I squeal when I am surprised or angry. (... to all my friends: shut-up.)
[ ] I eat dried fruit as a snack.
[ ] I love romance novels. (I'm not picky, if a romance novel has guns, robots and magic in it, I'd give it a read)
[ ] Drew Barrymore is so cute.
TOTAL SO FAR: 8
[X] I dance randomly around the house.
[ ] I usually spend over an hour to get ready to leave my house.
[ ] I only have like 5 billion hair products.
[ ] I love to get dressed up. Special occasions only... otherwise it's either work wear or lounge wear)
[ ] I talk on the phone at least once a day to my friends.
[ ] I would love to have a photo shoot of myself.
[ ] My parents buy me everything I want, whenever I want it.
[ ] I apply lip gloss a million times a day.
TOTAL SO FAR: 9
[X] I wish I could meet Paris Hilton. (So I could give her a quick cunt-punt)
[ ] R&B is the best music.
[ ] I pop my collar.
[ ] Horses are beautiful.
[ ] Kittens are adorable. (Those last two are unfair. I like almost all animals.)
TOTAL SO FAR: 10
[ ] I write my own music.
[ ] I would love to visit Hawaii. (Already done, it's beautiful but the weather isn't all it's cracked up to be)
[ ] I wouldn't be caught dead in all black.
[ ] My closet is STOCK FULL of clothes.
[ ] I hate beards.
[ ] I love to read magazines.
TOTAL SO FAR: 10
[ ] I love to gossip.
[ ] I had Lisa Frank folders/posters as a kid.
[ ] I love Celine Dion.
[ ] My baths are 2 hours long.
[ ] My wedding only needs a groom because it's already planned.
[ ] I'm all about being vegetarian.
[ ] I refuse to eat at McDonald's.
TOTAL SO FAR: 10
[ ] I LOVE life! (Not LOVE, but a mild enjoyment thereof)
[ ] I have a lot of jewelry.
[ ] I buy some jewelry from Claire's.
[ ] My screen name(s) has or had x's in them.
[ ] I have more than 3 pillows on my bed.
TOTAL SO FAR: 10
[ ] I like the colour pink.
[ ] I want to BE Paris Hilton.
[ ] I scope the room for hot guys.
[ ] I love the mall.
[ ] I love the beach.
[ ] I modeled as a little kid.
[X] I love receiving compliments. (Who doesn't like others treating them with kindness?)
[ ] I've been to a wedding and loved it.
TOTAL= 11
lol, I'm getting close to the anti-girly here, and half the shit on this list doesn't really count. Good times! I need a beer!
Hurray meme!
General | Posted 15 years agoStolen from foxtrack
Instructions:
Start with 100%. Put an (X) on everything you've done and subtract 1% for everything that you've done. Then repost as you're __% virgin.
1. Smoked. (X)
2. Drank alcohol. (X)
3. Cried when someone died. (X)
4. Been drunk. (X)
5. Had sex. (X)
6. Been to a concert. (X)
7. Gotten/given a handjob. (X)
8. Gotten/given a blowjob. (X)
9. Been verbally/sexually harassed. (X)
10. Verbally/sexually harassed somebody. (X)
PERCENTAGE SO FAR: 90%
11. Felt someone up and/or been felt up. (X)
12. Laughed so hard something came out of your nose. (X)
13. Cheated on a boyfriend/girlfrend before. ( ) (came close once, but didn't happen)
14. Been cheated on by a boyfriend/girlfriend. (X)
15. Been to prom. ( ) (came close once, but didn't happen)
16. Cried at school. (X)
17. Gotten lost in a department store. (X)
18. Went streaking. ( ) (came close once, but didn't happen)
19. Given or received a lap dance. (X)
20. Had someone of the opposite sex in your room. (X)
PERCENTAGE SO FAR: 83%
21. Had someone of the opposite sex sleep over. (X)
22. Slept over at someone of the opposite sex's house. (X)
23. Kissed a stranger. (X)
24. Hugged a stranger. (X)
25. Went scuba diving. (X)
26. Driven a car. (X)
27. Gotten an x-ray. (X)
28. Hit by a car. (X)
29. Had a party. (X)
30. Done serious drugs. (X) (lol, 'x')
PERCENTAGE SO FAR: 73%
31. Played strip poker/darts/basketball. (X)
32. Got paid to strip for someone. (X)
33. Run away from home. ( )
34. Broken a bone. (X)
35. Eaten sushi. (X)
36. Bought porn. (X)
37. Watched porn. (X)
38. Made porn. (X)
39. Had a crush on someone of the same sex. (X)
40. Been in love. (X)
PERCENTAGE SO FAR: 65%
41. French kissed. (X)
42. Laughed so hard you cried. (X)
43. Cried yourself to sleep. (X)
44. Laughed yourself to sleep. (X)
45. Stabbed yourself. (X)
46. Shot a gun. (X)
47. Trash talked someone and then acted like their best friend the next day. (X) (Acted like it because I didn't have a choice...)
48. Been online for 9 consecutive hours. (X)
49. Watched TV for 9 consecutive hours. (X)
50. Watched an animal die. (X)
PERCENTAGE SO FAR: 55%
51. Watched a person die. ( )
52. Kissed and/or messed around somewhere with at least 1 person present. (X)
53. Pranked somebody. (X)
54. Put somebody in the hospital. ( )
55. Snuck into someone's room and/or your own room after being out. (X)
56. Kissed somebody of the same sex. (X)
57. Dressed punk. (X)
58. Dressed goth. (X)
59. Dressed preppy. (X)
60. Been to a motocross race. (X)
PERCENTAGE SO FAR: 47%
61. Avoided somebody. (X)
62. Been stalked. (X)
63. Stalked someone. ( )
64. Met a celebrity. ( ) (I don't count 2gryphon)
65. Played an instrument. (X)
66. Ridden a horse. (X)
67. Cut yourself. (X)
68. Bungee jumped. ( )
69. Ding dong ditched somebody. (X)
70. Been to a wild party. (X)
PERCENTAGE SO FAR: 40%
71. Got caught stealing something. (X)
72. Kicked/punched a guy in the balls. (X)
73. Stolen a boyfriend/girlfriend from a friend. ( )
74. Gone out with your friend's crush. ( )
75. Got arrested. (X)
76. Been pregnant. ( ) (this shouldn't count... I'm a guy!)
77. Babysat. (X)
78. Been to another country. (X)
79. Started your house on fire. (X) (I set the concrete in my backyard on fire... hurray home-brewed napalm!)
80. Had an encounter with a ghost. (X)
PERCENTAGE SO FAR: 33%
81. Donated your hair to cancer patients. ( )
82. Been asked out by someone that you never thought you'd be asked out by. (X)
83. Cried over a family member of the opposite sex. (X)
84. Had a boyfriend/girlfriend for 3 months or more. (X)
85. Sat on your butt all day. (X)
86. Ate a whole carton of ice cream all by yourself. (X)
87. Had a job. (X)
88. Gotten cut from a sports team. (X)
89. Been called a whore. (X)
90. Danced like a whore. (X)
PERCENTAGE SO FAR: 24%
91. Been mistaken for a celebrity. (X)
92. Been in a car accident. (X)
93. Been told you have beautiful eyes. (X)
94. Been told you have beautiful hair. (X)
95. Raped somebody. ( )
96. Danced in the rain. (X)
97. Been rejected. (X)
98. Walked out of a restaurant without paying. (X)
99. Punched someone/slapped someone in the face. (X)
100. Been raped. ( ) (almost only counts in horseshoes and nuclear strikes)
TOTAL PERCENTAGE: 15%
Instructions:
Start with 100%. Put an (X) on everything you've done and subtract 1% for everything that you've done. Then repost as you're __% virgin.
1. Smoked. (X)
2. Drank alcohol. (X)
3. Cried when someone died. (X)
4. Been drunk. (X)
5. Had sex. (X)
6. Been to a concert. (X)
7. Gotten/given a handjob. (X)
8. Gotten/given a blowjob. (X)
9. Been verbally/sexually harassed. (X)
10. Verbally/sexually harassed somebody. (X)
PERCENTAGE SO FAR: 90%
11. Felt someone up and/or been felt up. (X)
12. Laughed so hard something came out of your nose. (X)
13. Cheated on a boyfriend/girlfrend before. ( ) (came close once, but didn't happen)
14. Been cheated on by a boyfriend/girlfriend. (X)
15. Been to prom. ( ) (came close once, but didn't happen)
16. Cried at school. (X)
17. Gotten lost in a department store. (X)
18. Went streaking. ( ) (came close once, but didn't happen)
19. Given or received a lap dance. (X)
20. Had someone of the opposite sex in your room. (X)
PERCENTAGE SO FAR: 83%
21. Had someone of the opposite sex sleep over. (X)
22. Slept over at someone of the opposite sex's house. (X)
23. Kissed a stranger. (X)
24. Hugged a stranger. (X)
25. Went scuba diving. (X)
26. Driven a car. (X)
27. Gotten an x-ray. (X)
28. Hit by a car. (X)
29. Had a party. (X)
30. Done serious drugs. (X) (lol, 'x')
PERCENTAGE SO FAR: 73%
31. Played strip poker/darts/basketball. (X)
32. Got paid to strip for someone. (X)
33. Run away from home. ( )
34. Broken a bone. (X)
35. Eaten sushi. (X)
36. Bought porn. (X)
37. Watched porn. (X)
38. Made porn. (X)
39. Had a crush on someone of the same sex. (X)
40. Been in love. (X)
PERCENTAGE SO FAR: 65%
41. French kissed. (X)
42. Laughed so hard you cried. (X)
43. Cried yourself to sleep. (X)
44. Laughed yourself to sleep. (X)
45. Stabbed yourself. (X)
46. Shot a gun. (X)
47. Trash talked someone and then acted like their best friend the next day. (X) (Acted like it because I didn't have a choice...)
48. Been online for 9 consecutive hours. (X)
49. Watched TV for 9 consecutive hours. (X)
50. Watched an animal die. (X)
PERCENTAGE SO FAR: 55%
51. Watched a person die. ( )
52. Kissed and/or messed around somewhere with at least 1 person present. (X)
53. Pranked somebody. (X)
54. Put somebody in the hospital. ( )
55. Snuck into someone's room and/or your own room after being out. (X)
56. Kissed somebody of the same sex. (X)
57. Dressed punk. (X)
58. Dressed goth. (X)
59. Dressed preppy. (X)
60. Been to a motocross race. (X)
PERCENTAGE SO FAR: 47%
61. Avoided somebody. (X)
62. Been stalked. (X)
63. Stalked someone. ( )
64. Met a celebrity. ( ) (I don't count 2gryphon)
65. Played an instrument. (X)
66. Ridden a horse. (X)
67. Cut yourself. (X)
68. Bungee jumped. ( )
69. Ding dong ditched somebody. (X)
70. Been to a wild party. (X)
PERCENTAGE SO FAR: 40%
71. Got caught stealing something. (X)
72. Kicked/punched a guy in the balls. (X)
73. Stolen a boyfriend/girlfriend from a friend. ( )
74. Gone out with your friend's crush. ( )
75. Got arrested. (X)
76. Been pregnant. ( ) (this shouldn't count... I'm a guy!)
77. Babysat. (X)
78. Been to another country. (X)
79. Started your house on fire. (X) (I set the concrete in my backyard on fire... hurray home-brewed napalm!)
80. Had an encounter with a ghost. (X)
PERCENTAGE SO FAR: 33%
81. Donated your hair to cancer patients. ( )
82. Been asked out by someone that you never thought you'd be asked out by. (X)
83. Cried over a family member of the opposite sex. (X)
84. Had a boyfriend/girlfriend for 3 months or more. (X)
85. Sat on your butt all day. (X)
86. Ate a whole carton of ice cream all by yourself. (X)
87. Had a job. (X)
88. Gotten cut from a sports team. (X)
89. Been called a whore. (X)
90. Danced like a whore. (X)
PERCENTAGE SO FAR: 24%
91. Been mistaken for a celebrity. (X)
92. Been in a car accident. (X)
93. Been told you have beautiful eyes. (X)
94. Been told you have beautiful hair. (X)
95. Raped somebody. ( )
96. Danced in the rain. (X)
97. Been rejected. (X)
98. Walked out of a restaurant without paying. (X)
99. Punched someone/slapped someone in the face. (X)
100. Been raped. ( ) (almost only counts in horseshoes and nuclear strikes)
TOTAL PERCENTAGE: 15%
So this asshole walked into work one day...
General | Posted 15 years ago... and realized that he couldn't work because his tooth was infected and hurting like a bitch. That asshole was me. Good times. Turn out that one of my root canals failed, so in the meantime I am taking amoxicillin (luckily it was cheap) for the next ten days to make the infection go away. If I had enough money I could even get vicodine, but alas I have just enough to feed myself for the next two weeks. Barely.
Still in lots of pain ;_;
Still in lots of pain ;_;
UPDATES!
General | Posted 15 years agoOkay, so I haven't been on much lately...
my roomie did me a favor and changed his computer password so I wouldn't be tempted to waste time playing games on his computer when I could be out job hunting. Hence the absence.
Good News: I can has a job! Working for West Corp, a shell company of AT&T as... well, a mix between tech support and sales, I guess? Apparently I am suppose to help peeps fix their billing issues, tell them how to properly use a phone, and while doing all of that try and sell them shit they most likely don't need. I hate myself more and more everyday, and I haven't even started training yet! :D
Training for this starts on the 1st, which reminds me of the...
Bad News: I was waiting by the mailbox eagerly day after day recently, just hoping to whatever benevolent essence out there that my unemployment check would come soon. Finally, yesterday, I got a nice little envelope from the EDD.... and it wasn't a check.
"NOTIFICATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS ELIGIBILITY INTERVIEW
A telephone interview has been scheduled for you to discuss the subjects provided on the back of this form regarding your eligibility of Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits
back
During the interview you may be asked some of the following questions:
Not mailing your claim form within the required time limits.
When did you mail your claim form?
Why did you send it in after the return date show on the form?"
-.-
So, no money. Lack of money for so long, I have lost the use of my phone and my car insurance has been cancelled. To say I am pissed.... wouldn't even begin to touch how I feel right now. Chances are, even if I get everything straightened out, all they'll do is send me another claim form for a different date. One which will include the week I have gotten a job... and then I can't claim to be unemployed anymore. I am fucked.
To top everything off, my car won't start.... OH FUCKING JOY! There are a few furs up here willing to lend a hand with that, but those who know a thing or two about electronics or cars I would need to drive to meet them (HA!) or I would need to wait for a dubious maybe on them being able to show up. Honestly, I was to the point of waiting for my unemployment check (HA AGAIN!) and wasting damn near all of it to get my car towed to a shop that knows what the hell they are doing, get my nice little security feature bypassed, and putting the last of my money in the gas tank and going back down to Cali...
Yeah, shit be working out right now. Reeeeeaaaaalllly nicely.
So hey, I am normally not one to do this, but I could use some help. If someone can mail me up a crate of ramen (cheapest you can find) I would be forever grateful. I need to live off no money for the next three weeks ;_;
my roomie did me a favor and changed his computer password so I wouldn't be tempted to waste time playing games on his computer when I could be out job hunting. Hence the absence.
Good News: I can has a job! Working for West Corp, a shell company of AT&T as... well, a mix between tech support and sales, I guess? Apparently I am suppose to help peeps fix their billing issues, tell them how to properly use a phone, and while doing all of that try and sell them shit they most likely don't need. I hate myself more and more everyday, and I haven't even started training yet! :D
Training for this starts on the 1st, which reminds me of the...
Bad News: I was waiting by the mailbox eagerly day after day recently, just hoping to whatever benevolent essence out there that my unemployment check would come soon. Finally, yesterday, I got a nice little envelope from the EDD.... and it wasn't a check.
"NOTIFICATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS ELIGIBILITY INTERVIEW
A telephone interview has been scheduled for you to discuss the subjects provided on the back of this form regarding your eligibility of Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits
back
During the interview you may be asked some of the following questions:
Not mailing your claim form within the required time limits.
When did you mail your claim form?
Why did you send it in after the return date show on the form?"
-.-
So, no money. Lack of money for so long, I have lost the use of my phone and my car insurance has been cancelled. To say I am pissed.... wouldn't even begin to touch how I feel right now. Chances are, even if I get everything straightened out, all they'll do is send me another claim form for a different date. One which will include the week I have gotten a job... and then I can't claim to be unemployed anymore. I am fucked.
To top everything off, my car won't start.... OH FUCKING JOY! There are a few furs up here willing to lend a hand with that, but those who know a thing or two about electronics or cars I would need to drive to meet them (HA!) or I would need to wait for a dubious maybe on them being able to show up. Honestly, I was to the point of waiting for my unemployment check (HA AGAIN!) and wasting damn near all of it to get my car towed to a shop that knows what the hell they are doing, get my nice little security feature bypassed, and putting the last of my money in the gas tank and going back down to Cali...
Yeah, shit be working out right now. Reeeeeaaaaalllly nicely.
So hey, I am normally not one to do this, but I could use some help. If someone can mail me up a crate of ramen (cheapest you can find) I would be forever grateful. I need to live off no money for the next three weeks ;_;
yay, 'nother bandwagon...
General | Posted 15 years ago... of boredom
1. Tell you something I'll learn about you by looking at your FA page for 13 seconds.
2. Tell you which color you remind me of.
3. Tell you my first memory of you.
4. Tell you what pokemon you remind me of.
5. Ask you something I've always wondered about you, and your answer has to be as vague as possible to keep the suspense.
6. Tell you my favorite thing about you.
7. Give you a weird nickname.
8. Tell you what's on my shirt right now.
9. Challenge you to post this on your journal.
fire away!
1. Tell you something I'll learn about you by looking at your FA page for 13 seconds.
2. Tell you which color you remind me of.
3. Tell you my first memory of you.
4. Tell you what pokemon you remind me of.
5. Ask you something I've always wondered about you, and your answer has to be as vague as possible to keep the suspense.
6. Tell you my favorite thing about you.
7. Give you a weird nickname.
8. Tell you what's on my shirt right now.
9. Challenge you to post this on your journal.
fire away!
Fox Kit
General | Posted 15 years agoJust what is a fox kit?
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Roughly 8-10 pounds of the most adorable fluff evar!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Tw5r-WS_s
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Roughly 8-10 pounds of the most adorable fluff evar!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Tw5r-WS_s
An Experiment
General | Posted 15 years agoAs of right now, I am making this journal as a personal preliminary jaunt into the study of ethics. I will post exactly what I have read, where I have read it, and my own understanding of what it is that I have read.
My statement of purpose:
I seek to enlighten myself more fully into the realm of ethics to further my understanding of the world and to assist in bettering my story creations. In short, semantics. I also am making this public so anybody who wishes can glean some form of understanding through my findings and perhaps correct me where I am wrong.
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Meta-ethics in short.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics -
"Meta-ethics is the branch of ethics that seeks to understand the nature of ethical properties, and ethical statements, attitudes, and judgments. Meta-ethics as a discipline gained attention with G.E. Moore's famous work Principia Ethica from 1903 in which Moore first addressed what he referred to as the naturalistic fallacy. Moore's rebuttal of naturalistic ethics, his Open Question Argument sparked an interest within the analytic branch of western philosophy to concern oneself with second order questions about ethics; specifically the semantics, epistemology and ontology of ethics."
Meta-ethics is the study and pursuit of the understanding of specific qualities of, or related to ethics. Meta-ethics also embraces the Open Ended Question, where statements such as "A is like B," are turned into "Is A really like B?" as well as acknowledging and shunning the "naturalistic fallacy"
And example of an open ended question would be "If furries like animals and are sexual, does that mean furries are sexual with animals?" And example of a closed ended question would be "This furry came out of the closet fifteen years ago, but does that mean he's not straight?"
A naturalistic fallacy is a formal fallacy (a pattern of reasoning that is always wrong.) However, it is applied specifically in two ways. A claim that the term 'good' is the same as the term 'pleasant' based on how both good and pleasant share similar qualities is a naturalistic fallacy. Another use of the phrase 'naturalistic fallacy' is also applied to when the term 'natural' is also equated to 'good' and when 'unnatural' is equated to 'bad'.
"The semantics of ethics divides naturally into descriptivism and non-descriptivism. Descriptivism holds that ethical language (including ethical commands and duties) is a subdivision of descriptive language and has meaning in virtue of the same kind of properties as descriptive propositions. Non-descriptivism contends that ethical propositions are irreducible in the sense that their meaning cannot be explicated sufficiently in terms of descriptive truth-conditions."
Semantics - The study of meaning, usually (but not limited to) in words and symbols and their meaning to communities and/or specific people i.e. the term 'Yiff' would be a semantic interest. In everyday speech, 'semantics' is used to refer to incorrectly/poorly worded statements.
As applied to ethics, you have Descriptivism against Non-Descriptivism. Whereas Descriptivism states that specific words have meaning and influence and therefore can adequately define what is ethics, Non-Descriptivism states that words are unable to convey such adequately.
"Correspondingly, the epistemology of ethics divides into cognitivism and non-cognitivism; a distinction that is often perceived as equivalent to that between descriptivists and non-descriptivists. Non-cognitivism may be understood as the claim that ethical claims reach beyond the scope of human cognition or as the (weaker) claim that ethics is concerned with action rather than with knowledge. Cognitivism can then be seen as the claim that ethics is essentially concerned with judgments of the same kind as knowledge judgments; namely about matters of fact."
Epistemology - The study of knowledge. In particular, where is comes from, how is it formed, and how much of it there is.
This is divided between cognitivism and non-cognitivism. Like the difference between descriptivism and non-descriptivism, non-cognitivism states that ethics cannot be rationally understood and/or explained and can only be realized through action whereas cognitivism states that ethics can only be realized through critical thought and rationality.
"The ontology of ethics is concerned with the idea of value-bearing properties, i.e. the kind of things or stuffs that would correspond to or be referred to by ethical propositions. Non-descriptivists and non-cognitivists will generally tend to argue that ethics do not require a specific ontology, since ethical propositions do not refer to objects in the same way that descriptive propositions do. Such a position may sometimes be called anti-realist. Realists on the other hand are left with having to explain what kind of entities, properties or states are relevant for ethics, and why they have the normative status characteristic of ethics."
Ontology - the study of being, existence and/or reality and their relations.
The opposing trains of thought are a culmination of descriptivism and cognitivism against non-descriptivism and non-cognitivism, explained as realist against anti-realist. Whereas realists are in pursuit of defining through logic and fact what ethics are, the anti-realists state that ethics cannot be understood fully on a rational level and cannot be explained.
Conclusion, or What Does This All Mean?
Meta-ethics, recognizing two disciplines of reasoning, is the pursuit of understanding what is and is not ethical through logic processes, seeking to find if ethics can not only be understood fully but have this understanding put into rational words that eschew the trappings of fallacy.
My statement of purpose:
I seek to enlighten myself more fully into the realm of ethics to further my understanding of the world and to assist in bettering my story creations. In short, semantics. I also am making this public so anybody who wishes can glean some form of understanding through my findings and perhaps correct me where I am wrong.
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Meta-ethics in short.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics -
"Meta-ethics is the branch of ethics that seeks to understand the nature of ethical properties, and ethical statements, attitudes, and judgments. Meta-ethics as a discipline gained attention with G.E. Moore's famous work Principia Ethica from 1903 in which Moore first addressed what he referred to as the naturalistic fallacy. Moore's rebuttal of naturalistic ethics, his Open Question Argument sparked an interest within the analytic branch of western philosophy to concern oneself with second order questions about ethics; specifically the semantics, epistemology and ontology of ethics."
Meta-ethics is the study and pursuit of the understanding of specific qualities of, or related to ethics. Meta-ethics also embraces the Open Ended Question, where statements such as "A is like B," are turned into "Is A really like B?" as well as acknowledging and shunning the "naturalistic fallacy"
And example of an open ended question would be "If furries like animals and are sexual, does that mean furries are sexual with animals?" And example of a closed ended question would be "This furry came out of the closet fifteen years ago, but does that mean he's not straight?"
A naturalistic fallacy is a formal fallacy (a pattern of reasoning that is always wrong.) However, it is applied specifically in two ways. A claim that the term 'good' is the same as the term 'pleasant' based on how both good and pleasant share similar qualities is a naturalistic fallacy. Another use of the phrase 'naturalistic fallacy' is also applied to when the term 'natural' is also equated to 'good' and when 'unnatural' is equated to 'bad'.
"The semantics of ethics divides naturally into descriptivism and non-descriptivism. Descriptivism holds that ethical language (including ethical commands and duties) is a subdivision of descriptive language and has meaning in virtue of the same kind of properties as descriptive propositions. Non-descriptivism contends that ethical propositions are irreducible in the sense that their meaning cannot be explicated sufficiently in terms of descriptive truth-conditions."
Semantics - The study of meaning, usually (but not limited to) in words and symbols and their meaning to communities and/or specific people i.e. the term 'Yiff' would be a semantic interest. In everyday speech, 'semantics' is used to refer to incorrectly/poorly worded statements.
As applied to ethics, you have Descriptivism against Non-Descriptivism. Whereas Descriptivism states that specific words have meaning and influence and therefore can adequately define what is ethics, Non-Descriptivism states that words are unable to convey such adequately.
"Correspondingly, the epistemology of ethics divides into cognitivism and non-cognitivism; a distinction that is often perceived as equivalent to that between descriptivists and non-descriptivists. Non-cognitivism may be understood as the claim that ethical claims reach beyond the scope of human cognition or as the (weaker) claim that ethics is concerned with action rather than with knowledge. Cognitivism can then be seen as the claim that ethics is essentially concerned with judgments of the same kind as knowledge judgments; namely about matters of fact."
Epistemology - The study of knowledge. In particular, where is comes from, how is it formed, and how much of it there is.
This is divided between cognitivism and non-cognitivism. Like the difference between descriptivism and non-descriptivism, non-cognitivism states that ethics cannot be rationally understood and/or explained and can only be realized through action whereas cognitivism states that ethics can only be realized through critical thought and rationality.
"The ontology of ethics is concerned with the idea of value-bearing properties, i.e. the kind of things or stuffs that would correspond to or be referred to by ethical propositions. Non-descriptivists and non-cognitivists will generally tend to argue that ethics do not require a specific ontology, since ethical propositions do not refer to objects in the same way that descriptive propositions do. Such a position may sometimes be called anti-realist. Realists on the other hand are left with having to explain what kind of entities, properties or states are relevant for ethics, and why they have the normative status characteristic of ethics."
Ontology - the study of being, existence and/or reality and their relations.
The opposing trains of thought are a culmination of descriptivism and cognitivism against non-descriptivism and non-cognitivism, explained as realist against anti-realist. Whereas realists are in pursuit of defining through logic and fact what ethics are, the anti-realists state that ethics cannot be understood fully on a rational level and cannot be explained.
Conclusion, or What Does This All Mean?
Meta-ethics, recognizing two disciplines of reasoning, is the pursuit of understanding what is and is not ethical through logic processes, seeking to find if ethics can not only be understood fully but have this understanding put into rational words that eschew the trappings of fallacy.
Stolen from the Tog
General | Posted 15 years agohttp://www.furaffinity.net/user/mikauthetog/
Disorder | Rating
Paranoid: Low
Schizoid: High
Schizotypal: Very High
Antisocial: Low
Borderline: Low
Histrionic: Low
Narcissistic: Low
Avoidant: High
Dependent: High
Obsessive-Compulsive: Moderate
URL of the test: http://www.4degreez.com/misc/person.....sorder_test.mv
URL for more info: http://www.4degreez.com/disorder/index.html
Yay! I'm borderline schizophrenic! :D
Disorder | Rating
Paranoid: Low
Schizoid: High
Schizotypal: Very High
Antisocial: Low
Borderline: Low
Histrionic: Low
Narcissistic: Low
Avoidant: High
Dependent: High
Obsessive-Compulsive: Moderate
URL of the test: http://www.4degreez.com/misc/person.....sorder_test.mv
URL for more info: http://www.4degreez.com/disorder/index.html
Yay! I'm borderline schizophrenic! :D
Fuck you! And your damned meme's!
General | Posted 15 years agoPeople call it meme's now. I don't know how long that term has been around, but waaaay back before it became such a popular term, people use to just have quizzes and tests. Quizzilla use to be the shit, funny fucking tests and pictures and whatnot. It was the exact same thing as the meme deal.
Well, most of all your meme's suck. Too short, not very comprehensive, and doesn't really give good insight to the kind of person you are...
So, without further ado, one of the original meme sites which the questions themselves will have you rolling on the ground, and more than likely you will use some of these tests as checklists for things you will be doing in the future:
http://www.armory.com./tests/
And of course, I had to take this once I saw it:
http://www.armory.com./tests/greedy_bisexual.html
"Your Greedy Bisexual Test Purity Test Results
You answered "yes" to 77 of 100 questions, making you 23.0% bisexual greediness pure (77.0% bisexual greediness corrupt); that is, you are 23.0% pure in the greedy bisexual domain.
Your Weirdness Factor (AKA Uniqueness Factor) is 43%, based on a comparison of your test results with 8538 other submissions for this test.
The average purity for this test is 60.2%.
The first submission for this test was received June 18, 2004. "
Well, most of all your meme's suck. Too short, not very comprehensive, and doesn't really give good insight to the kind of person you are...
So, without further ado, one of the original meme sites which the questions themselves will have you rolling on the ground, and more than likely you will use some of these tests as checklists for things you will be doing in the future:
http://www.armory.com./tests/
And of course, I had to take this once I saw it:
http://www.armory.com./tests/greedy_bisexual.html
"Your Greedy Bisexual Test Purity Test Results
You answered "yes" to 77 of 100 questions, making you 23.0% bisexual greediness pure (77.0% bisexual greediness corrupt); that is, you are 23.0% pure in the greedy bisexual domain.
Your Weirdness Factor (AKA Uniqueness Factor) is 43%, based on a comparison of your test results with 8538 other submissions for this test.
The average purity for this test is 60.2%.
The first submission for this test was received June 18, 2004. "
Sex and Employment
General | Posted 15 years agoWhen you are in grade school and high school, jobless, you are basically in a constant state of masturbating to porn. Watching other people get what they want and wishing you can have that too.
If you get a job in high school, it's like masturbating with your sister. It's new, fun and exciting, but in the end you can only go so far before it gets awkward.
Getting a job while in college is like being a whore. You only bend over for others so you can get past this part of your life.
Getting a career right after high school is like marrying your first fling. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but more often than not you'll get a divorce within the first year.
Getting a career right after college is like falling into an open relationship. The world is wide-open, but generally you only stick with who/what you know.
Unemployment and looking for a job is like having sex with a blow-up doll. There is a lot of action on your part, which leads to some satisfaction, but in the end you are met with no movement on their part and a mute stare.
Getting a job you love and know will be with for a long time is like finding the perfect dildo. It's something a little scary at first, might hurt now and again, but in the end you know it will always hit the right spots.
If you get a job in high school, it's like masturbating with your sister. It's new, fun and exciting, but in the end you can only go so far before it gets awkward.
Getting a job while in college is like being a whore. You only bend over for others so you can get past this part of your life.
Getting a career right after high school is like marrying your first fling. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but more often than not you'll get a divorce within the first year.
Getting a career right after college is like falling into an open relationship. The world is wide-open, but generally you only stick with who/what you know.
Unemployment and looking for a job is like having sex with a blow-up doll. There is a lot of action on your part, which leads to some satisfaction, but in the end you are met with no movement on their part and a mute stare.
Getting a job you love and know will be with for a long time is like finding the perfect dildo. It's something a little scary at first, might hurt now and again, but in the end you know it will always hit the right spots.
New avatar
General | Posted 15 years agoAlright! I can has an avatar, finally! Thanks again, Boogz! http://www.furaffinity.net/user/boogz/!
So, a little confusion
General | Posted 15 years agoMaybe...
I was told by a ferret enthusiast who lives in california and owns a ferret that it is legal to actually own a ferret, just not buy/trade/sell/import/smuggle/etc. At least, that is how it sounded to me when explained. However I decided to up and check out what the law itself really says, and this is what I find.
http://law.onecle.com/california/fish/2118.html
Right at the beginning it says:
"It is unlawful to import, transport, possess, or release alive into this state, except under a revocable, nontransferable permit as provided in this chapter and the regulations pertaining thereto, any wild animal of the following species:"
[insert big-ass list of animals]
Now, it says right at the top and can be interpreted as ferrets being okay as pets, so long as you can get a permit. However, later in the article...
"Mammals of the orders Primates, Edentata, Dermoptera, Monotremata, Pholidota, Tubulidentata, Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, Hyracoidea, Sirenia and Carnivora are restricted for the welfare of the animals, except animals of the families Viverridae and Mustelidae in the order Carnivora are restricted because such animals are undesirable and a menace to native wildlife, the agricultural interests of the state, or to the public health or safety."
Now, to me this sounds more like an outright ban through its redundancy. It already says at the top that every single animal in the list starts off as permit-required unless otherwise stated. In this particular portion of the article at the end of section (b) it specifically uses the word "restricted", which could mean "banned until further notice" but not sound so deviant.
So what I want to know is, what do they really mean by "restricted"? Does it simply mean restricted to people with permits? It would be silly to state the same thing twice. Or does it mean "ristricted" as in "this is straight-illegal, permits not given, you are SOL"?
I am very confused about this. Could somebody maybe give me some insight?
I was told by a ferret enthusiast who lives in california and owns a ferret that it is legal to actually own a ferret, just not buy/trade/sell/import/smuggle/etc. At least, that is how it sounded to me when explained. However I decided to up and check out what the law itself really says, and this is what I find.
http://law.onecle.com/california/fish/2118.html
Right at the beginning it says:
"It is unlawful to import, transport, possess, or release alive into this state, except under a revocable, nontransferable permit as provided in this chapter and the regulations pertaining thereto, any wild animal of the following species:"
[insert big-ass list of animals]
Now, it says right at the top and can be interpreted as ferrets being okay as pets, so long as you can get a permit. However, later in the article...
"Mammals of the orders Primates, Edentata, Dermoptera, Monotremata, Pholidota, Tubulidentata, Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, Hyracoidea, Sirenia and Carnivora are restricted for the welfare of the animals, except animals of the families Viverridae and Mustelidae in the order Carnivora are restricted because such animals are undesirable and a menace to native wildlife, the agricultural interests of the state, or to the public health or safety."
Now, to me this sounds more like an outright ban through its redundancy. It already says at the top that every single animal in the list starts off as permit-required unless otherwise stated. In this particular portion of the article at the end of section (b) it specifically uses the word "restricted", which could mean "banned until further notice" but not sound so deviant.
So what I want to know is, what do they really mean by "restricted"? Does it simply mean restricted to people with permits? It would be silly to state the same thing twice. Or does it mean "ristricted" as in "this is straight-illegal, permits not given, you are SOL"?
I am very confused about this. Could somebody maybe give me some insight?
Heads-up!
General | Posted 15 years agoSome of you may already know this, some maybe not. I'm just going places right now to spread the word.
As head of the Gaming Department of Califur, let me send thanks to all the gaming furs out there who contribute to our rooms by donating (temporarily, of course) their own electronic gear and/or dice and books.
There is good news for this year! The video game room has doubled in size! That's right. Instead of being all kinds of cramped, we now have much more space to mill about in. With the extra space, we now need more gear to fill it!
The items we need right now most of all are televisions. We are in dire short supply. Currently we have confirmed at least one big screen TV, a maybe on another, and confirmed at least three other TV's. However, we now have space for up to ten screens! Holy cow!
For those of you who wish to contribute this year to the convention and haven't a clue what you can do, here's an answer! Any TV with AVI ports are welcomed, so long as it is working.
Our new check-in/check-out system being implemented this year. Anybody who is willing to bring their gear will have to first bring it to our front desk in the video game room where there will be a check-in/out sheet and a waiver. On the check-in/out sheet will be: donators name(real name); serial code of item; name of item; time/date checked in/out; signature. Item sign-in will be mandatory for anybody who wants to lend their gear for any amount of time between the Friday and Sunday of the convention.
I have high hopes for this years Califur Gaming! Lets all have some fun!
As head of the Gaming Department of Califur, let me send thanks to all the gaming furs out there who contribute to our rooms by donating (temporarily, of course) their own electronic gear and/or dice and books.
There is good news for this year! The video game room has doubled in size! That's right. Instead of being all kinds of cramped, we now have much more space to mill about in. With the extra space, we now need more gear to fill it!
The items we need right now most of all are televisions. We are in dire short supply. Currently we have confirmed at least one big screen TV, a maybe on another, and confirmed at least three other TV's. However, we now have space for up to ten screens! Holy cow!
For those of you who wish to contribute this year to the convention and haven't a clue what you can do, here's an answer! Any TV with AVI ports are welcomed, so long as it is working.
Our new check-in/check-out system being implemented this year. Anybody who is willing to bring their gear will have to first bring it to our front desk in the video game room where there will be a check-in/out sheet and a waiver. On the check-in/out sheet will be: donators name(real name); serial code of item; name of item; time/date checked in/out; signature. Item sign-in will be mandatory for anybody who wants to lend their gear for any amount of time between the Friday and Sunday of the convention.
I have high hopes for this years Califur Gaming! Lets all have some fun!
Back in the hood!
General | Posted 15 years agoWell, as things go I wind up back at me ma's house. Not too happy about it, but meh, that's life sometimes.
So yesterday was a very weird day. My car basically gave me the finger. I get up bright and early so I can leave the community and wait for the unemployment office to give me a call. (I didn't get service at the house). While I am waiting, I read a little out of a StarWars book I picked up a month ago but hadn't gotten around to reading.
When the call comes, it lasts maybe two minutes tops before they were like "Okay, everything checks out green!". Then I go to start my car...
Nothing. Not even a hint that it even wanted to start. There was power, but when I turned the key it just said "nope, don't wanna start,"
The POS Express has done this to me before. Usually just wait about five minutes for the old man to catch his breathe and normally he gets right up and going again, bitching and moaning the entire time. This time, though, he just sat on his ass and told me to go fuck myself.
I know what happened, and it's kinda hard to explain. You see, on my ignition key there is a tiny chip, a little piece of metal which acts as a resistor. Inside the ignition cylinder are two tiny connectors which need to touch the resistor in order for the car to start. Some kind of old-school security feature. The connectors inside the cylinder are wearing down, and so is the resistor on my key, so every once in a while my car tends to ignore my pleas of transportation.
I wait and wait and wait for at least four hours, on occasion trying to coax the little bastard into starting for me. I finally give in, give my techie friend a quick text and my roomie a call. After some coordination, I wind up driving my roomies car all around town to go pick up my techie friend, figure out exactly how to bypass the security, head to RadioShack to pick up resistors and test the ohms on the key chip, go back to techies place to fabricate a nifty care-package, and finally, several hours later... in the dark, in the rain, in the cold, just beginning to tear my car apart, I get a feeling...
I put the key back into the ignition, turn it, and the fucker actually turns on. Note, this was the same day I had planned to pack up my shit and move back with me family. I had to postpone that for the day.
The moral of the story? Sometimes even cars know you should take good-bye sex when you can.
So yesterday was a very weird day. My car basically gave me the finger. I get up bright and early so I can leave the community and wait for the unemployment office to give me a call. (I didn't get service at the house). While I am waiting, I read a little out of a StarWars book I picked up a month ago but hadn't gotten around to reading.
When the call comes, it lasts maybe two minutes tops before they were like "Okay, everything checks out green!". Then I go to start my car...
Nothing. Not even a hint that it even wanted to start. There was power, but when I turned the key it just said "nope, don't wanna start,"
The POS Express has done this to me before. Usually just wait about five minutes for the old man to catch his breathe and normally he gets right up and going again, bitching and moaning the entire time. This time, though, he just sat on his ass and told me to go fuck myself.
I know what happened, and it's kinda hard to explain. You see, on my ignition key there is a tiny chip, a little piece of metal which acts as a resistor. Inside the ignition cylinder are two tiny connectors which need to touch the resistor in order for the car to start. Some kind of old-school security feature. The connectors inside the cylinder are wearing down, and so is the resistor on my key, so every once in a while my car tends to ignore my pleas of transportation.
I wait and wait and wait for at least four hours, on occasion trying to coax the little bastard into starting for me. I finally give in, give my techie friend a quick text and my roomie a call. After some coordination, I wind up driving my roomies car all around town to go pick up my techie friend, figure out exactly how to bypass the security, head to RadioShack to pick up resistors and test the ohms on the key chip, go back to techies place to fabricate a nifty care-package, and finally, several hours later... in the dark, in the rain, in the cold, just beginning to tear my car apart, I get a feeling...
I put the key back into the ignition, turn it, and the fucker actually turns on. Note, this was the same day I had planned to pack up my shit and move back with me family. I had to postpone that for the day.
The moral of the story? Sometimes even cars know you should take good-bye sex when you can.
I hate the internet
General | Posted 16 years agoOr rather, the culture which has developed around it.
I suggest not reading this, as it is wholly anecdotal, purely hypocritical and nothing more than a mindless rant on very little sleep.
What I like about the internet is that I have access to many picture sites, both of clean and porn variety. I can talk with friends who I don't see often enough or at all. I can participate in fun activities like RPing and the like.
However, what really irks me is the culture which has developed over the years. Nothing is sacred, respect is just a myth, and while I enjoy how all beliefs are challenged it is pretty obvious that common practice dictates going too far is simply not going far enough. Free speech is grand and all, but when it comes to infringing on other peoples rights and slandering others nothing shows more on the abuse of the freedom granted by the internet than places like SA, CYD (now permanently merged with vivisector), the ED forums of Gaiaonline, FA (ironically), and many other blogs, myspace knock-offs, /b/ -sites, forums and chatrooms.
Fact is, a lot of these people are smart. Very smart. They can talk rings around paid lawyers, logically prove gravity as a myth, and their favorite practice of demonizing anything of any value or interest.
And they don't do it because it's right. If they did it because they felt it was right then they WOULD go out of their way to do something about it. They don't change opinions except those of the easily impressionable, and to simply try and "tell the truth" is just a lie in itself. The horrendously biased rants people go on about how "Furries are all zoophiles!", "Christianity is evil!", "Bush was a bad president!", "Obama is a bad president!", "Homosexuals should die!"; And all these rants or blogs or "new articles" I see are nothing more than opinionated horseshit with fully and purposefully incomplete research with spins and jabs between their actual facts which no more serve as a tool for enlightenment than a match in the desert during a new moon.
And people buy into it. As sad as it may seem, people buy into it. Why? Because as incomplete and/or blatantly biased these internet articles are, whoever writes them are good at it. These people are the de-facto on shaping the attitudes widespread throughout the internet. It doesn't matter weather or not someone agrees with them or not. You can take any type of angry, cynical attitude with a direction here on the internet and trace it more or less to someplace like /b/.
Free speech indeed. I believe in free speech fully and completely. I don't care whether or not someone makes a blog about skull-fucking dead puppies while on fire and suddenly winds up with a million hits because this somehow proves that mormons are actually aliens. I am pissed at the people who buy into it, and I am pissed at anybody, despite if they disagree, emulating that same set of values. Who basically go "monkey-see, monkey-do" and go as far as to allow such a horrific mindset actually influence how they interact with others.
And it is that very mindset, of ignoring any and all value of any given subject of interest for the pursuit of exposing any and all dirt for no more of a reason than "it was there"; that very line of thinking seems to permeate every single niche in the internet culture more readily than porn itself.
As it is, the internet has turn into a house of paparazzi's and tabloids.
I suggest not reading this, as it is wholly anecdotal, purely hypocritical and nothing more than a mindless rant on very little sleep.
What I like about the internet is that I have access to many picture sites, both of clean and porn variety. I can talk with friends who I don't see often enough or at all. I can participate in fun activities like RPing and the like.
However, what really irks me is the culture which has developed over the years. Nothing is sacred, respect is just a myth, and while I enjoy how all beliefs are challenged it is pretty obvious that common practice dictates going too far is simply not going far enough. Free speech is grand and all, but when it comes to infringing on other peoples rights and slandering others nothing shows more on the abuse of the freedom granted by the internet than places like SA, CYD (now permanently merged with vivisector), the ED forums of Gaiaonline, FA (ironically), and many other blogs, myspace knock-offs, /b/ -sites, forums and chatrooms.
Fact is, a lot of these people are smart. Very smart. They can talk rings around paid lawyers, logically prove gravity as a myth, and their favorite practice of demonizing anything of any value or interest.
And they don't do it because it's right. If they did it because they felt it was right then they WOULD go out of their way to do something about it. They don't change opinions except those of the easily impressionable, and to simply try and "tell the truth" is just a lie in itself. The horrendously biased rants people go on about how "Furries are all zoophiles!", "Christianity is evil!", "Bush was a bad president!", "Obama is a bad president!", "Homosexuals should die!"; And all these rants or blogs or "new articles" I see are nothing more than opinionated horseshit with fully and purposefully incomplete research with spins and jabs between their actual facts which no more serve as a tool for enlightenment than a match in the desert during a new moon.
And people buy into it. As sad as it may seem, people buy into it. Why? Because as incomplete and/or blatantly biased these internet articles are, whoever writes them are good at it. These people are the de-facto on shaping the attitudes widespread throughout the internet. It doesn't matter weather or not someone agrees with them or not. You can take any type of angry, cynical attitude with a direction here on the internet and trace it more or less to someplace like /b/.
Free speech indeed. I believe in free speech fully and completely. I don't care whether or not someone makes a blog about skull-fucking dead puppies while on fire and suddenly winds up with a million hits because this somehow proves that mormons are actually aliens. I am pissed at the people who buy into it, and I am pissed at anybody, despite if they disagree, emulating that same set of values. Who basically go "monkey-see, monkey-do" and go as far as to allow such a horrific mindset actually influence how they interact with others.
And it is that very mindset, of ignoring any and all value of any given subject of interest for the pursuit of exposing any and all dirt for no more of a reason than "it was there"; that very line of thinking seems to permeate every single niche in the internet culture more readily than porn itself.
As it is, the internet has turn into a house of paparazzi's and tabloids.
naga pics
General | Posted 16 years agoSo, recently I just went into the search thing for this site and typed in Naga... lotsa results came up, and of course very little of them had anything I wanted. I have a particular taste for naga art, apparently. However I was able to find a few that I thought were pretty good.
I hate vore. Vore is not my thing, I find it disturbing, not a turn-on or anything of that sort in the least. Just. Not. MY. Thing. And it kinda tics me off that there are SOOOOO many snake voring pics. I understand why, I'm not an idiot. I just find it upsetting that I have to sift through all the vore pics just to find one that isn't and may or may not be drawn well.
One thing that confuses me is that I think others are forgetting that it's still a snake... The only humanoid part that I personally like is the torso. Otherwise make it a complete snake morph. It just makes sense to me. I don't want a damn human face on my snake, and for fucks sake it's a snake... it's prominent feature is that IT FUCKING SLITHERS! Giving it legs kinda takes away from the fact that it's a freakin snake. The second you give it legs you turn it into a lizard or a dragon. I don't want a lizard or a dragon, I want a damned snake >:(
As far as the style of art goes, the more realistic, the better. Yes, something more cartoonish or anime can catch my eye, if it's done well. But overall I enjoy a more realistic approach to it, detail in the scales and patterns, attention to correct proportions, depth, shading and lighting, texture, while still leaving enough of a surreal feel to it that you can tell subtle facial features portraying emotion. That'd be the goal style I am looking for.
I had to have sifted through at least 50 pages of naga art to find the pics I have fav'd right now. Took forever, and there were still many more pages to go through. Honestly, these are the ones I personally feel are of a good caliber and really portray my personal tastes as to what a naga-morph should look like.
I hate vore. Vore is not my thing, I find it disturbing, not a turn-on or anything of that sort in the least. Just. Not. MY. Thing. And it kinda tics me off that there are SOOOOO many snake voring pics. I understand why, I'm not an idiot. I just find it upsetting that I have to sift through all the vore pics just to find one that isn't and may or may not be drawn well.
One thing that confuses me is that I think others are forgetting that it's still a snake... The only humanoid part that I personally like is the torso. Otherwise make it a complete snake morph. It just makes sense to me. I don't want a damn human face on my snake, and for fucks sake it's a snake... it's prominent feature is that IT FUCKING SLITHERS! Giving it legs kinda takes away from the fact that it's a freakin snake. The second you give it legs you turn it into a lizard or a dragon. I don't want a lizard or a dragon, I want a damned snake >:(
As far as the style of art goes, the more realistic, the better. Yes, something more cartoonish or anime can catch my eye, if it's done well. But overall I enjoy a more realistic approach to it, detail in the scales and patterns, attention to correct proportions, depth, shading and lighting, texture, while still leaving enough of a surreal feel to it that you can tell subtle facial features portraying emotion. That'd be the goal style I am looking for.
I had to have sifted through at least 50 pages of naga art to find the pics I have fav'd right now. Took forever, and there were still many more pages to go through. Honestly, these are the ones I personally feel are of a good caliber and really portray my personal tastes as to what a naga-morph should look like.
