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| Acmlm's Board - I2 Archive - - Posts by Grey the Stampede |
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Grey the Stampede Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82  Posts: 818/3770 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 pulls the string on his overhead lightbulb, Titus-style, and sits on his stool. He then begins to speak: Alright, so if you've been following my posts lately, you'll notice I've been talking about a girl in Anya and Christie's. This girl and I have known each other for about a year and a half, and last month we decided to start dating. However, with this comes a whole slew of new problems. Firstoff, I'm afraid of losing interest. What witeasprinwow said really hit home: What if it is a bad idea to become more deeply involved with one of your close friends? She and I know each other well, but I'm afraid of losing our friendship; I almost liked it better when I was trying to get her to like me. Of course, the companionship and affection I have now are considerable replacements, but much of our friendship was built on us hanging out together not as a couple, not as Grey pursuing her heart (though at times that was a part of it), but as friends. This is only a fear, keep in mind, not what is actually happening. I am still very much interested in her, and I love seeing her and spending time with her, she's quite the lamp that lights up my life. It's just that getting her to open up to me was really hard, she's naturally an extremely shy person, and now that I have a comfortable relationship with her, I don't want to lose all the effort that went into getting to know her to a crappy relationship. Second, is her friends. Due to a rather large problem that I would really rather not get into at this time, or ever, for that matter, her best friend hates me. Another of her friends thinks I'm creepy, and another simply tolerates me. I've done my best to show all three of them that I am indeed a sane, happy, interesting person, but thus far the only one who appears to be fine with me is the one who tolerates me. I have yet to speak to the one that was previously (it's been a few months; I'm thinking I've been forgiven finally) creeped out by me. The third person, however, her best friend, is quite possibly the biggest roadblock between the two of us. This person hates my guts. She insults me behind my back, bothers me whenever she sees me, and generally tries to steal all of the attention away from both of us whenever the three of us are present in the same general area. Not only that, but she drags my friend around constantly, and makes sure that I cannot associate with her by interrupting me whenever I try to talk to her. As a result, our relationship (for she would be mortified if she found out that her bestest friend, whom she is thoroughly convinced hates me, did in fact deeply care about me) is hindered and must be kept more or less a secret until my friend talks to her best friend. She sickens me! The way she treats my lady friend makes me so angry. As I said before, my friend is naturally a very shy person, and she is also extremely passive (something I've tried as hard as I can to accomodate; I've asked her to meet my friends and family, but she's afraid to. Aside from that, I also try to let her make as many decisions as possible, though more often than not she insists that I decide things. I guess we're both just indecisive people). From what I have seen, my friend's best friend takes advantage of this. She is always doing all of the talking whenever I see the two of them together, she constantly makes strange comments toward her, and is always speaking for her, never allowing her to give her own opinion. This may not be true; it is only what I have seen, and surely it must be different in private or in other situations that don't involve me, but what I see angers me nonetheless. I can't stand watching people get taken advantage of, especially someone that I care about as much as her. But I'm getting off topic... Anyway, I'm a bit worried about whether or not the relationship will work. I think I can stay interested as long as she is as well, I know there's so much about her I've learned and there's a heck of a lot more that I can learn. Plus, the physical closeness of it all (the cuddling, the holding hands) is something I've never experienced before. I know it will eventually get old, but at that point I feel perhaps I'll be able to get beyond the sheer nervousness that comes with touching her and really be able to pursue a deeper mental connection than what we have now. I have high hopes for this, it's what I've been waiting for and she's certainly the kind of girl I've been looking for for a long time, but I still can't help but wonder if I should worry or not... At this, Grey reaches up, and turns off his rant-light, saving its hours for another day. (edited by Jean Grey on 08-31-04 08:24 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: 825/3770 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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| Schwa, I'll be honest here, if it were any other person in the world, I know that would be possible. But this person will not listen to me, my friend has to talk to her. I know exactly why she thinks so low of me, and unfortunately that reason is the same reason as to why I am unable to talk to her. I've gone far beyond the point where I can speak to her civilly; I've attempted to do so before, and all attempts have led to her either yelling at me, or else she'll be extremely forward and intentionally overly nice, so much so that she will do it in a mocking and hurtful way (I.E. Obviously being way too nice just to make a mockery of an effort to be civil). The conversation we most recently had went like this: Grey: Hello (dele--oh wait I was cut off here) (deleted): TOMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (huge evil hug: this young woman is about one and a half times my size and strength, as well) HOW HAVE YOU BEEN DOING? OH ITS SO NICE TO SEE YOU AFTER SO LONG!!!!! HOW WAS YOUR SUMMER? I CANNOT BELIEVE YOURE IN MY PSYCHOLOGY CLASS!!!!!!!! IT WILL BE SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!! Grey: Yes, I'm sure it ---- (still being cut off) (deleted): SO WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO? Grey: Well, I've been mostly writing, reading, watching ani---- (cut off yet again) (deleted): WRITING? WOW THAT IS SO AMAZING!!!!!! Basically, that's the grand scheme of our relationship. It's impossible to get a word in, it's like a superpower of hers. She amplifies it when in my presence, but that's basically what happens when she talks to my friend in my presence as well. Mostly my friend will say something along the lines of "yeah.... >.>" and other passive agreements. She does this a lot, and I wish she wouldn't, but it's a character trait of hers. I just need to do something besides talk, talk isn't helping anymore, and I don't want to bring adults into this. I have to somehow convince my friend to stand up for herself so that we can enjoy our relationship in peace... But, Schwa, thank you for the suggestion, perhaps if I wait awhile and try that after all else fails, it may work. However, for the here and now, the problem does still exist... |
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Grey the Stampede Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 826/3770 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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| Nope, they're all characters from Chrono Trigger. And among them, the only decent one is Robo. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grey the Stampede Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 827/3770 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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| That's what I'm trying to figure out... Check that: Did they die while the cabin was burning down due to a wood stove being improperly used and the key to their safety being lost? (edited by Jean Grey on 08-31-04 09:33 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: 829/3770 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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| Ah yes, but can Ayla pull off the invincible "Fire Tackle"? I didn't think so. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grey the Stampede Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 830/3770 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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| As the two fighters meet in the air, Janus takes a quick downward swing at Reydam to send himself into a somersault through the air! Will Reydam's Gloves of Infinity help 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: 831/3770 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'll assume I'm wrong, then... Well, that's alright, at least I asked some good questions. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grey the Stampede Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 832/3770 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 could have sworn there was another Game Gear game that they were missing on that list, but I can't remember the name of it for the life of me... And what's Sonic Drift and Chaos? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grey the Stampede Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 833/3770 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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| You know, (unless it was in a post that I missed earlier) even Ziff managed to skim over the fact that in WWII and the Iraqi War, which are being quite well compared around here, America didn't bother getting involved in all of the troubles until they were attacked. Bill Clinton went through varied programs and made several plans to prevent terrorist attacks during his presidency, which were supposed to be carried out when Bush took office. Didn't happen. The two-party animosity ended up causing most of Clinton's plans to be scrapped early on in Bush's administration, meaning our defense against attacks (as can be noted by the recent questioning of Bush's judgement by the government) was significantly lessened. Once we were attacked, the people cried "mobilize!" in a frenzy, and didn't come to their senses and realize any war at all is wrong until after the shooting started. And here we are now. Similarly, the U.S. government turned its back on the Allies for the early part of the conflicts leading up to WWII. Though their "cash and carry" policy was obviously in favor of the Allies, they never actually took a side until they were attacked by expansionist Japan. It was then that the government realized that Germany and Japan would eventually have a huge hand in controlling the world if something was not done. Since Germany had already taken so much space, it was decided that although Hirohito was the attacker that Americans wanted revenge for, Hitler would be attacked and then Hirohito. Lunar, I can see where your argument stands, but unfortunately you seem to be working more off of emotion than logic, and the two often clash with each other. I was having a discussion earlier today, in fact, about the views of good and evil in the world. Take Josef Stalin for example: His actions caused Russia to become economically stable all the way up to the collapse of the U.S.S.R. However, in order to better the lives of the lowest classes, he had to kill millions of people in the middle class. But if he had not killed the millions of people in the middle classes (who were attacking him because they did not want to be reduced to the level of the lowest classes), then the lowest classes would have ended up suffering. Saying that there is a clear cut rule of good and evil is like feeding the hungry by giving them all a decent meal. On paper it sounds like a good idea, but you can't go any further than that. |
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Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 835/3770 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 know, I was really just exaggerating. My point was more toward the idea that stupid people exist online and Square doesn't really make stupid characters, meaning the game felt less storyish and more competitionish. I always cruised through FF games. You can't really do that too well in an MMO, you've got to constantly play or else it gets kinda overwhelming. Single player games you can put down for awhile, come back, and say "hey, this is pretty neat." Not to say you can't do that with an MMO, it's just more common to do for a single player game. |
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Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 836/3770 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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......you're gonna go far here. |
In any case, I do believe you are right. From here it's obviously nothing more than a conflict of beliefs: It seems as though you believe in a clear cut definition of good and evil; I believe in balance, rather than good and evil. Unfortunately, we probably won't agree on our preferred candidate. However, you may take as much comfort as you like in the fact that I am only a teenager, and still unable to legally vote. Thus regardless of my opinion as to which candidate is the best, I will be unable to express it.  And as for politics being a popularity contest, of course it is! Even this poll is just a popularity contest, no matter how many excellent points Ziff, Kaiser, Trunxy, you, and Raistlin pose, it's going to come down to which candidate the voters like better. It's a corrupt system, unfortunately, but presently it appears to work.
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Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 837/3770 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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Red closes his eyes for a moment, and suddenly gets an idea: |
Red: "Millions of alternate existances are out there. What if we took a version of your friend from a universe very very close to this one, yet still unable to affect us, and then placed her in the exact same time period that we took the original Yiusi from, all so fast that neither would know what happened? Then, we'd have a practical clone of Yiusi in our universe, and we could keep the real Yiusi with us!" Blue stares at Red, and then looks to APH. Blue: "I believe your idea is considerably more feasible."
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Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 838/3770 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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That's the game! Triple Trouble! Whatever happened to that, anyway? Shouldn't it be in the collection? |
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Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 840/3770 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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Wow, that's some REAL lateral thinking..... Can't believe I didn't think of that! |
Well, actually, I can. Darn it, if the problems are gonna be this hard I dunno if I'll stand as much of a chance around here.
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Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 841/3770 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 opened my front door tonight to go throw out some garbage, and a flier fell out of it, telling me to vote for my town councilman, district #3. |
That's one of those little slices of the pizza of life that got just a little too much burnt crust.
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Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 842/3770 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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Was his life in jeopardy due to frostbite? |
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Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 843/3770 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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The only way Eternal Darkness is scary is if you suck at it. When your insanity meter gets to that point because of how badly you're playing, THEN the messed up stuff starts happening. |
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Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 844/3770 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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The name of the episode is Electric Soldier Porygon, it's also known in America as the "lost" episode. It's been aired on television several times when the artists fixed it to ensure that there were no seizure-inducing images. You might want to look up either the episode's name or just "Pokemon Lost Episode." |
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Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 845/3770 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 think Ben Folds is alright, but the Pillows just have the sound. They really are a superior band. |
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