It's good for you and builds character. I dreaded having to wait last week to get back to school. The last week usually bothers me because I just want to go and get back into the groove of things. This is the first semester I've been confident and ready to go because I prepared myself well.

Quack ^_^

Considering my families past problems with alcohol and illegal substances, which you TIMN have read about, it's all the more bizarre to me that they'd react like this.

I don't know what that means, but yay for you! Hope it turns out great (I so wanna hear what happened, but I don't think you'll wanna share... I'll live, I guess :hehe: ).



They will calm down eventually. I think that would be a good time to ask them what the reason for this rage is. What does drinking beer and having "real" parties represent to them? The way I see it, you telling them that you're straightedge is somehow ruining the image they have of you, it's going against their own firmly grounded views of what you (or a man in general) should ideally behave like. They are conservative and this kind of thing breaks their stability, so to speak, they are angry that you chose another way, when they thought they had control the entire time. It's not uncommon for one's family to attempt to 'direct' them throughout their life and then get outraged when they find out their son/daughter is doing things their own way. Which, of course, doesn't justify their reactions in any way.
Naturally, I know nothing about your family, so I may be off here, but it wouldn't surprise me if this were the case.

tell them its their problem that they are angry, did you ask for their opinion?

school got pretty funny today, we had someone go Josef Stalin on us in CP biology, our teacher asked what would make us happy, and someone said if 100 people dropped dead, and went into detail about it..didnt even have his facts straight..just what one of these stupid rednecks would say.

So I just made it back from that wedding. I'll post some pictures later.

I know it's a little early to be asking this but...

Anyone here excited for Hallowe'en like me!? I can't wait!

Also I'm getting my tattoo in a few days. I decided it being the "innards" of a clock (like gears, cogs and wheels, along with the hands.) and on the back of my right shoulder. anyone know how if that spot is any more painful than anywhere else?

I sure am! I already have my costume. Michael Jackson's Billie Jean outfit. Its awesome.

I learned a valuable lesson.Never posted in the lair before.

A year ago I stopped going out at weekends and stopped socializing with all but the best of my friends.Four months ago I screwed my back up and I have not been able to walk far, or stay standing up for long.Now because I cant go out anywhere, I really miss it and want to dive headfirst into the social game.All the phone calls I ignored, and nights out I missed are playing on my mind now.

So I am resolved to get healthy, have some surgery and grab life by the balls again.The lesson learned is that you cant afford to waste time.Anything can happen...even when you are just sitting at home alone.Taking simple things like being able to walk for granted is something I will try to avoid.

So get what you can out of every opportunity.And for those of you who prefer being alone, keep in mind that it may not be a choice someday.Its crazy how horrific pain or injury can be turned into a positive experience.

Is sick of being criticized

That makes zero sense, you would think their reaction would be the complete opposite and they would be proud of you. Like tim said, how dare you not poison yourself and destroy your liver!

Also, Orochi, I honestly would have been laughing so hard if someone said that in class, just the shock value of it would be too funny. Are you sure the guy wasn't just having a laugh?

:hugs: :cookie:

Better?

So update on my whole family hating me situation.
I was able to talk to my aunt who, thankfully, calmed down and explained why my family is pissed. Apparently, they feel that it's an american tradition for those who turn 21 to get as drunk as possible and breaking this tradition makes me seem un-american. At the same time they view being straightedge being more of a gang culture instead of a life style decision.

It makes slightly more sense that they're pissed off but it doesn't justify it.

That's freaking pathetic. They are disowning you all because of an "american tradition" they falsely think is both american and a tradition? I mean, I'd get it if it was a family tradition, but getting pissed about not participating in what they think is an american tradition is like getting pissed because you for not barbecuing on the Fourth of July.

Also, what kind of advlts do you have in your family that they think recommending you go out and drink so much you could get alcohol poisoning, just because you legally can, is a good idea?

As for them being pissed at you for being straightedge, I don't know much about it besides what wikipedia told me, but I think it would have been wise for you to have simply said "I prefer not to get high and drunk" instead of using the term straightedge. :shrug:

Probably. But I figured it'd just be best if I got that out in the open.

Its also an Australian tradition (more recently 18ths, as well), presumably a New Zealand tradition, probably a English tradition... yeah, 'tis as American as apple pie :nod:. And while I don't know much about straightedge, isn't it closer to anti-gang than pro-gang?

Maybe you should tell them your bisixual, you've become a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthopathy, and want to change your gender. Just for the sake of trolling .

Originally it was birthed out of punk culture and became it's own sorta suedo-punk culture gang. Through the years it changed up to being anti-gang and being a life style choice. Just like vegetarianism and being a vegan. There's so many different branches in the straight-edge culture(god I hate that term but there's no other terms for it.) that it could be considered a gang to people who don't know much about it.

Bought a jar of Marshmallow Fluff today. I can't stop eating it. Fluff is a guilty pleasure of mine. I always feel like a fatty when I eat it straight out of the jar like this but this time I just don't care. San Francisco has a very severe lack of marshmallowey foods compared to New Jersey and I have been deprived of it for far too long! I will eat this fluff with pride, and if I finish the jar, I will not consider it shameful, but a triumph! A triumph over the oppression of marshmallow lovers by San Francisco and it's health consciousness! A TRIUMPH I SAY!

*sticks spoon in jar with pride*

Oh wow; time for me to get deported, then.

To not have this be spam: My voice has left the building. I had to call in sick for such a stupid reason (that being the reason) because I'm a salesman and if I can't talk, I am useless.

A gentleman never kisses and tells...but since I'm no gent but a peon, I can say that there was sadly no kissing, and little more to tell. :nerd: Still, she did enjoy my company for more than an hour, so I guess I didn't do all that bad. I chose a bad location to meet (could hardly hear her over the other patrons, plus there were some awkward silences), but did some salvage work on the fly and we went on a walk. I guess that's all I am willing to disclose of the whole affair on a public forum.


Tales of daring-do aside, generally little updates on life in general. Finished another page o' the comic, and begun working on background tidbits for it for the future Lore section, which I haven't done anything for since day one after the launch. Still, I do like the idea of having the option for people to cross-reference the endless pools of murky imagination I've got sloshing about in the ol' noggin. Just in case they happen to read the comic and wonder what I'm on about this time.

Yeah, getting wasted on your 18th in expected.



What the heck is Marshmallow fluff? A jar of marshmallow? O_o I can't even think of how that works... And you're eating it with a spoon too? o_O

So, what I'm hearing is it was all in all successful! :celebration: See, you were being too pessimistic!

So I'm on topic (never actually posted here, now that I think about it): Today is the last day of my summer break. After two and a half months, school starts tomorrow. I...have nothing else to say.

i was hoping some of the people would shut up so i could hear what was on the card, i asked our teacher and she said that she wrote it to prove a point about Bioethics....yeah...the shock value was intense...but to prove a point...nah...there was no point made..now if she did something misleading like say cannibalsim is good for you, then things would be cool...but still misleading...

well Teehee, it is basically jarred marshmallow...

Thanks, that helped a lot

It's a marshmellowy type spread which I've always wanted to try.