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Grey the Stampede Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82  Posts: 2724/3770 EXP: 5192909 For next: 16318 Since: 06-17-04 From: Kingston, RI, USA, Earth Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Grey the Stampede Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 2725/3770 EXP: 5192909 For next: 16318 Since: 06-17-04 From: Kingston, RI, USA, Earth Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| This book has caused me to hate YTMND forever. Spoiler: Rale9891 (2:56:11 AM): dude Rale9891 (2:56:29 AM): Sirius black dies Rale9891 (2:56:44 AM): ok? Rale9891 (2:56:47 AM): that's the big surprise Rale9891 (2:57:02 AM): the magicians find a way to revive him through the use of Nicholas Flamel's sorcerer's stone Rale9891 (2:57:06 AM): and then he dies again Kirbynite (2:57:20 AM): ... Rale9891 (2:57:27 AM): gets killed by Ron Rale9891 (2:57:32 AM): and Pig Rale9891 (2:57:54 AM): Ron takes pig and hurls him at Sirius' head because the man's skull is still feeble from being revived Kirbynite (2:57:58 AM): As a sidenote, I really don't appreciate any kind of spoilers, whether it be joking or not Rale9891 (2:58:18 AM): and then Mr. Dursley finds out he's the reincarnation of Jesus and goes on to start and end world war III Rale9891 (2:58:26 AM): and Al Gore takes the credit Kirbynite (2:58:42 AM): I thought Al Gore invented the internet Rale9891 (2:58:55 AM): yes. He just wanted another achievement under his belt Rale9891 (2:59:07 AM): but the craziest, craziest spoiler Kirbynite (2:59:08 AM): the truth is out, I see Rale9891 (2:59:14 AM): is that harry is actually gay. Kirbynite (2:59:31 AM): wow Rale9891 (2:59:38 AM): Cho Chang finds this out and screams in agony, becoming an alcoholic and setting herself on fire while trying to perform a drunken lumos spell Rale9891 (2:59:58 AM): and Malfoy turns against Voldemort and kills him. Rale9891 (3:00:16 AM): and then hermione runs away with Crabbe and Goyle Kirbynite (3:00:27 AM): I want to say ew at that =P Rale9891 (3:00:53 AM): and Justin Finch-Fletchley and Seamus Finnigan are convicted for the hate crime murder of Dean Thompson Now THAT'S one hell of a spoiler. (edited by Grey on 07-18-05 02:59 AM) |
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Grey the Stampede Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 2726/3770 EXP: 5192909 For next: 16318 Since: 06-17-04 From: Kingston, RI, USA, Earth Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| Alright, so it's 2 in the morning on a monday night and I'm anticipating going out and buying the sixth Harry Potter book the next day. I'm online, suddenly this bastard that I happen to have called friend at one point IMs me with the biggest spoiler to the book and a link to a YTMND site that contains said spoiler in spades. In other words, one of the big things I was looking forward to this summer has just been completely ruined. This happen to you? I hate it when important stuff that makes me happy is ruined like this. Jeez... The thing is, there's nothing I can do in return, both out of nature of character (I dislike revenge on a whole) and because even if I wanted to, he's the type of person who doesn't give a shit about anything, including other people's feelings. So... What do you do to deal with someone like that? I just... He really, really, really didn't need to do that. I kinda feel like crying, I know he made one of my closest friends cry already. I can't stand that, especially that he made someone else cry, if there's one thing I hate to see, it's people making other people suffer. |
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Grey the Stampede Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 2727/3770 EXP: 5192909 For next: 16318 Since: 06-17-04 From: Kingston, RI, USA, Earth Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| EE's right.... And I'm officially on heavy. Seven footer only, tried passing Absolute and failed after about a minute ten (around where the bridge ends). I CAN, however, do Burning Through the Floor, Love Shine, Abyss, .59, 5.1.1., and Ecstacy, which is a pretty nice jump for me from standard. I'm getting better every day, too... And Hiryuu, don't forget about my requests when you get the time.  |
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Grey the Stampede Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 2728/3770 EXP: 5192909 For next: 16318 Since: 06-17-04 From: Kingston, RI, USA, Earth Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| "What the hell?" I said with awe... Hunter couldn't possibly be like this in real life. I never remembered insulting Megaman, in fact I thought I liked Megaman a lot... But he must've taken that comment about liking serieses other than the original a little too personally... I also remembered the first practical joke I played on Hunter actually being that time I said I was watching him like a hawk for an offense he had no idea he had committed. He didn't actually do anything wrong, but I liked playing with the boy's head. And what was that junk about General-Education? I remembered AEGIS was pretty fun. So were all those honors classes I took in high school. But hey, Hunter didn't know about me outside of the SB beyond what I had told him, so he'd just have to do some guesswork. It's not every day you meet a savant like him, that's for sure. I watched him form the paintbrush with an equal amount of awe... He seemed to be taking this a bit too far, and I was wondering if he was really serious on his Asperger's taking a physical form in battle. That'd suck. And then there was the queer joke... See, I'm really into human rights and allowing others to do and live as they wish. I guess I'm a burning leftist in that matter. I suppose if he actually was implying that I'm a homosexual in an insulting manner, I'd have to mess him up for using a hatecrime related joke on me. But then, queer has a double meaning involving general strangeness... And by saying I'm strange and he's normal, I guess that means he's trying to insult me in that way... But then, that doesn't affect me that much either, I've been called strange by way too many people to deal with anything like that anymore. When he mentioned anxiety stemming from the crystals, I naturally did the human thing and stared right at one. Yeah, an overwhelming sense of stress and anxiety filled me, but it was kinda weird, actually. This was nothing compared to the stress I had to endure when I was with my ex-girlfriend. It was strong, that was true, but unless he overwhelmed me with it, I knew I'd be ok. Oh, it's my time to talk right now... I guess I'd better come up with some kind of retort. In any case, Hunter can't hurt me. That much I knew. He'd have to find my weakness, first... "Hey! Hunter!" I said with a confident grin, "You know you're not gonna be able to touch me, right? You've got to find my weakness..." I raised my hand in front of my face and spread three fingers in front of his, and said, "And there's only three people on this entire board who know it." After I did this, I stood up straight. Honestly? I had no clue what I was gonna do next. Some more talking seemed necessary at this point, so I continued my banter. "I don't think I need to make the first move. That's up to you, man. You're the challenger," I said with a bit of nervousness... I was definitely going to have a tough time with this one. |
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Grey the Stampede Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 2729/3770 EXP: 5192909 For next: 16318 Since: 06-17-04 From: Kingston, RI, USA, Earth Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| By this time Grey's caught up with the rest of the crew, and gets nearly paralyzed with embarassment when he sees Kari remove a good third of her dress in front of him. His face red, he sorta looks away and sidles over to her... Grey: "He... Uh, looking nice there, Miss Kari... You're certainly dressed to kill..."  Janus: "Yeah, so let's see how good you are at it!" As Grey's three hitmen draw their weapons, Grey is left behind as the entirety of the front line charges the rampaging Tauren in the absolute coolest way possible: While wearing snazzy formal clothing. Not wanting to lose Kari now, he dashes forward and tries his best to keep up with the warriors as he claps his hands together and electricity surges around them. Garro's coat flares in the wind of his run as he draws and blesses both of his pistols, Kalar swirls his scythe with malice and flair, and Janus draws Satchel out of nothingness, only to hold it behind in him preparation for the first swing... Janus: "For love, honor, and glory, we're ready to fight for you, Jarukoth!" Kalar: "Grandeur and arrogance be gone, for we battle with true passion!" Garro: "Hell be to those who disrupt so great a union!" All three: "CHARGE!!!" (edited by Grey on 07-18-05 06:29 PM) |
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Grey the Stampede Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 2730/3770 EXP: 5192909 For next: 16318 Since: 06-17-04 From: Kingston, RI, USA, Earth Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| I did. They're called boobs. I'm sure you've seen plenty in your life, Traps. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grey the Stampede Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 2731/3770 EXP: 5192909 For next: 16318 Since: 06-17-04 From: Kingston, RI, USA, Earth Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| I really, really did need to tell Hunter right about now... Otherwise, he'd start to look really, really bad. Only way to do it was to just let him know. After all, if I didn't, he'd be wondering why Autistic energy wasn't working. It's strong stuff, for sure. "What the heck is this, Hunt? I know you're a strong person and all, but this is really kinda hokey... Are you supposed to be hurting me or something? Looks more like a light show." It was true: His attack wasn't really all that effective. Kinda tickled, and I definitely felt tense, but some stress-relief strategies that I knew from my counseling sessions back in 6th and 7th grade helped me deal with the awkwardness. "Are you gonna actually attack me?" I asked with true innocence. This was easily my best defense at the time, just to let him know that his attacks weren't hurting me. I knew I had to take this slowly, or else he'd be too shocked, and then he really WOULD look bad. "I'm telling you, you can't hurt me in conventional ways. You've got to find my weakness, much like any other reasonable foe. It's just that most of your foe's weaknesses have had to do with punching them in the face." If he weren't such a good friend of mine, I might have relished the thought of dropping a few mental bombs on him at this point, but Hunter was someone I respected. I didn't want to hurt him. |
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Grey the Stampede Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 2732/3770 EXP: 5192909 For next: 16318 Since: 06-17-04 From: Kingston, RI, USA, Earth Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| Oh, damn. I pushed it too far. I didn't mean to, but I did. "Wait, Hunter, there's a perfectly good reason for your attacks not hurting me, trust me." I had to tell him. It was the only way to make sure he didn't get hurt... "Hunter, you said so yourself, people who know how to control Autistic energy are talented, for sure. And naturally, if they can control the energy flowing through their body, then they can control it in general. Your attacks, they use Autistic energy, and they don't affect me, well..." No turning back now, I thought. I didn't like what was about to happen, but I knew it was going to, anyway. "....because I'm an aspie, too. Well, borderline. Not technically, but traces exist. A hybrid, if you will. I learned to control my autistic tendancies as a child, but I always had a thing for patterns and problems. And whenever I hit a mental block, I'd hit it so hard that I'd break down, too. I had to deal with counselors, and people everywhere always made fun of me because I couldn't deal with social roadblocks as well as they could." I looked down at this point. I couldn't really do this as easily as I thought I could. Honestly, the internet wasn't the place to discuss stuff like this. Not publicly. "Anyway... Like I said, I learned to control it of my own accord. I don't take medication, I don't have any kind of therapy, just a generalized anxiety disorder. Well, traces of it anyway. But because I recognize that there is something about me that would normally inhibit me, I capitalize on it and manage to make it into something dealwithable." Yep, this was hurting. Going into overdrive at this point, I was. "So.... I guess you could say I control Autistic energy, too. In any case, I'm serious when I say it doesn't affect me. It won't affect you either, if you have enough control over it. There's an order to my madness. Trust me though, when I say I know how you feel. I'd be much better off having a regular, ungimmicked battle with you than battling with powers that exist in large part in everyone's mind, untapped and uncontrolled." That said, I DID have a weakness... But, Hunter was gonna need to find that carefully guarded secret in the only way he knew how to. (edited by Grey on 07-18-05 07:25 PM) |
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Grey the Stampede Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 2733/3770 EXP: 5192909 For next: 16318 Since: 06-17-04 From: Kingston, RI, USA, Earth Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| "I'm not your brother, man..." I said. That was taking it too far. Line just got crossed, you see. I can't stand watching people overreact to the things I say. And this was definitely overreacting. "If you'll recall, I said I had the symptoms of it within me, but I don't like self-diagnoses. If I DO have any form of Aspurger's, then that means I HAVE learned to control it. There's another thing you don't know about me: I actually do study mental disorders and theories of personality in my spare time. When I was younger, I had several mental tests done on me and it was unconcluded as to whether or not I was afflicted with Apsergers. They almost wanted to put me on Ritalin for ADD and OCD, actually. They figured that was what was wrong with me, but that my social inabilities were also reminiscient of Asperger. So you see, I'm a hybrid, an undefined mulling-together of various unidentified mental problems. But what really gets me is this:" I was slowly walking toward Hunter as I spoke... This was becoming too stupid for me to contain any further... I roleplayed because I wanted to escape, not because I wanted to bring my own problems into a field where I shouldn't technically exist. "You're treating your difference with the rest of the world like it makes you somehow not human. Be it more or less human than others, it's still false. You're human. I'm human. Amiachi? She's whatever she is too. We're all united by the fact that we are carbon-based lifeforms that move, breathe, think, reproduce, form societies, social heirarchies, law, order, and function. Being diagnosed with a disorder may make you think differently than others, but it doesn't turn you into something that's better or worse than a human." There he was, kneeling on the floor as I circled him. I warned him about this beforehand, he knew full well the implications. "We could rip each other's psyche apart, if we wanted to. I don't. Good reason to lie, god, that's bullshit. I'm not embarassed by anything I do, not anymore. And certainly not HERE. You belong here, Hunter. Everyone who enters this place, who escapes from reality, be it to gain a better understanding of their world or to get away from the horrors that they have to endure in real life, everyone who enters here belongs. There is no blessing to be had, other than that of life and the ability to live and be human. But there is no disadvantage, either. Life is a system of checks and balances that needs no mastery." At this point, I was in an impassioned rage. The fourth wall had been shattered, and I was no longer roleplaying... "You're only limited by the boundaries your mind sets, but in setting boundaries, your mind also opens up new paths. Some people expand their minds infinitely in all directions. They spread themselves too thin. Others stretch too far on one track. They have no knowledge of what lies outside their expertise. Balance, not mastery, needs to be attained. You and I, we are severely unbalanced people. Everyone is." "Now, get up. You're not hurt. You're only hurt if you let yourself be hurt. That's the law of the Sim Battle, isn't it? You decide when you suffer. Don't let yourself be defeated by, well, something you can decide everything about." I extended my hand towards Hunter.... No, not even Hunter. Towards whatever he wanted to be in this place. |
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Grey the Stampede Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 2734/3770 EXP: 5192909 For next: 16318 Since: 06-17-04 From: Kingston, RI, USA, Earth Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| I don't like where this is going.... Generalized anxiety disorder is strange. It's almost like paranoid personality disorder, in that you believe things are going to get you, but it's more to the point of believing something bad is going to happen in reaction to something, rather than just always believing something bad is going to happen. It also is less and yet more stressful at the same time. Less, in that you're not being wracked by constant fear and terror, but more in that anxiety attacks happen in such a pattern as to not allow you any way of getting used to them (especially since the ability to do so is partially disabled). |
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Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 2742/3770 EXP: 5192909 For next: 16318 Since: 06-17-04 From: Kingston, RI, USA, Earth Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 1 hour
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I've been having this problem lately: I set my alarm for X time, wake up about half an hour later (due to a phone call or my cat licking my hand or some other mysterious force) with the clock off and no memory whatsoever of having turned it off and gone back to sleep. |
I believe this may be attributed to staying up until 4:30 in the morning and going to wake up at 10 (and sleeping through it), or it could be because I am used to my alarm clock after using the same one for four years. It also could be that it's too close to my bed. If I placed it further away, for example, I'd have to be roused to consciousness rather than reach over and turn it off (which is what I currently seem to be doing). What do you think? And do you need an alarm clock? I know there's a lot of people who don't need one (I used to be one of them).
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Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 2743/3770 EXP: 5192909 For next: 16318 Since: 06-17-04 From: Kingston, RI, USA, Earth Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 1 hour
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Grey, however, sidles one square to his right and settles down on the rather large number three that inhabits it. |
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