BTGBullseye

My laptop cooler's fan clicking it's life away...

So if scientists develop a way to remove the child from the mother's womb without killing the fetus and then allow it to grow to childhood... Would you readily accept that option?

Very much so... It's not the separation from mother that I'm opposed to, just the murder of an innocent human being.

I'm being bored... And tired...

It sucks when you can replay 90% of all the good moments in all the movies in the house in your head.

Damn... I really hate losing pictures I had of my cats... Had a good one too, had to title it "Velcro Cat", and if I ever find and post it, you'll know why.

I hate spring cleaning, just the monotonous toil of moving, washing, scrubbing, vacuuming, drying, sweeping, wiping and cleaning. I do however, really enjoy polishing my electronics and doing general maintenance on my machines to keep them in top condition.

Same.

Doom 3 has to get the record for worst pistol sound ever though. It sounds like a pea shooter. And that's why I installed the Trent Reznor sound pack. He actually made it sound good.

Yeah, I actually took the Desert Eagle sounds from CS:S and made my own sound mod for it.

The HL2 pistol sounds I think were actually better designed for automatic fire than for the semi-auto pistol... You should try making a macro that fires all the rounds in a clip at 1200 RPM, sounds awesome, and kills almost anything not armored heavily.

I love'd the series. But damn that ending in brotherhood. Stupid goddess thing controling desmond =/

Agreed, but don't post spoilers.

PC release or IDC about how good it is.

It's disabled because the bots were abusing it.

Oh, that sounds weird

It does now that you mention it...

Grats Alyxx... Now to see about worming my way into the admin branch so we can take over completely.

Well, that episode 35 prediction I made is starting to look a lot more likely now...

Found a link to one of the earlier episodes in a dead thread on the forum I'm mod on, and ended up watching all 21 episodes that were out at the time. Was on a slow internet at the time, so didn't keep up with the series much until episode 28.

There has been no effect on my voice from playing the trombone...at least not yet.

Your lips will be different, believe me on that.

I'm definitely going to think of more to add to this list later on...

• V for Vendetta
  
• TRON (the original)
  
• Die Hard quadigy
  
• Star Trek movies (#2-#6, the newest movie, Generations, and First Contact)
  
• Serenity
  
• Terminator 2 & Salvation
  
• Back To The Future trilogy (the first one was the best though)
  
• Black Hawk Down
  
• Saving Private Ryan
  
• Apollo 13
  
• Canadian Bacon
  
• Hellboy 1 & 2
  
• Sherlock Holmes (the new one)
  
• Kuffs
  
• Pump Up The Volume
  
• Lightning Jack
  
• Crocodile Dundee
  
• Mad Max trilogy
  
• McHale's Navy
  
• Down Periscope
  
• Under Siege
  
• K-9
  
• Blues Brothers
  
• Valkyrie
  
• Max Payne
  
• Sgt. Bilko
  
• Over The Hedge
  
• Pirate Radio (solely for the music, the rest kinda sucked)
  
• Planet Of The Apes (the original)
  
• Predator
  
• RED
  
• The Expendables
  
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles trilogy
  
• The Book Of Eli
  
• The Green Hornet
  
• The Hurt Locker
  
• The Pink Panther movies (the originals)
  
• The Bridge On The River Kwai
  
• Soylent Green
  
• The Postman
  
• The Shawshank Redemption
  
• Transporter trilogy
  
• UHF
  
• The Simpsons Movie
  
• The Mummy trilogy
  
• Bourne Identity trilogy
  
• Indiana Jones (original trilogy)
  
• The Dirty Dozen
  
• Kelly's Heroes
  
• O Brother Where Art Thou
  
• Monty Python movies (any of them)
  
• The Rocketeer
  
• Waterworld
  
• Pitch Black & Chronicles Of Riddick
  
• The Punisher
  
• Airplane (both)
  
• Gamer
  
• Revenge Of The Nerds
  
• GATTACA
  
• Smokey And The Bandit

I know there are many more, but that's all the more I want to write right now.

I'm typing with a single phillips head screwdriver, and nothing else. It's actually quite challenging, and fun...

Barra Barra - Hans Zimmer

I'm not trying to take it seriously, but nobody short of an idiot would act the way Freeman is now, the premise of the series is "regular guy in the wrong place" is it not? And it is a comedy, and it is funny, but the shtick where he goes through the plot without recognizing ANY plot elements is completely... stupid.

I dare you to go through the same situations (alien invasion, the military trying to kill you, scientists telling you to do things while being shot at by said military) and then change your personality half way through.

the shtick just isn't funny anymore, because it relies on him being blatantly incoherent with the entire situation.

You don't like people for long do you... A personality will stay the same in the same person if that person stays in the same situation.

Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes

What's the point of posting a picture when we can't see anything anyway?

The point is it's a kick ass mask...

Me, in a mask...

A commercial on the radio... Not a good one. It's for Nissan.

What's with you having less then -100 rep again? lol

It was a gift.

Yes, my birthday present from Axeldeath.

Roadhouse Blues - The Doors

I've been waiting to see what other's posts focus the thread's topic on... Now I think my stories can be posted here.

First a little background... Location: Vermillion, SD, USA. I got kicked out of Catholic school after 1st grade because when provoked I caused extreme damage. (at age 6 I bit a kid's hand through thick winter gloves, and leather undergloves, and yet still drew blood) I also had ADHD, and an extremely active personality. I couldn't sit still for more than a few seconds, which in public school (in my school anyways) got you in more trouble than blatantly cheating.

And now the stories...

• When I was in 2nd grade was when I started to get bullied. Lasted through 3rd grade. The bully was the son of the school district's board of directors, and that caused all blame to fall from him to me. Started mostly because we were on the same soccer team, and he was the best defender and goalie until I joined. (I was the best defender in the area, even beating out those of the other team that went on to win nationals) He therefor resented me for stealing much of his spotlight. He was also a grade above me, and 3 years older. (he'd been held back a year, and started school a year later than normal)
   
  He would start fights with me, and because of my personality, I never back down. We would fight, and a teacher would inevitably pull us apart, and he would cry and claim I started it. After a few months I even got suspended from the bus because he'd start the fights there. (even got blamed for a fight on the bus after getting banned from them, but it couldn't stick) We'd get into it every couple days, and I would always get in trouble for it.
   
  Took the arrival of the first ever male teacher at the school for the fights to stop... He was the grade 8 and gym teacher. It was his first day as playground guard, and he saw the bully start the fight. He stood by, and watched instead of pulling us apart since I was obviously winning. About 3 minutes into me pummeling the bully, another teacher came over and pulled us apart. I had no visible injuries besides a few self-inflicted bruises, but when I saw the bully's face it made me quite happy... Broken tooth, bruises, and cuts galore. He ended up getting 23 stitches total on 3 cuts. The teacher ended up having to talk directly to the bully's father (head of the school district BoD remember) to keep his job.
   
  After telling the bully's father, the principal was fired, and the gym teacher was given a raise. The bullying at my school stopped immediately, and the rest of the kids stopped avoiding me.
   
  My parents decided to homeschool me though after that. They didn't want to have me go to a school that did nothing until the issue was brought to the head of the BoD for the district.

And story #2...

• 9th grade I was going to a charter school in central Phoenix, middle of gangland... Was getting B's in classes that required me to show my notes, and A's in all the rest. (perfect memory at that time, didn't need notes) Wasn't in any of the gangs, and didn't take crap from anyone, no matter what.
   
  Was in gym class, was shooting hoops with some of the true athletes in the school, and he had been running in from the sidelines to steal the ball every couple minutes for the past hour. His name was Raul, and he was in one of the worse gangs in the area... He had been harassing virtually everybody in the school since he arrived, and the school did nothing about it.
   
  He ran at me to take the ball, but managed to catch his shirt on my wristwatch in the process. He blamed me for ripping his shirt, and demanded $20 for it. I told him I would pay $5 and not a cent more, take it or leave it. He tried to start something right there in the gym, but decided to leave when he saw the teacher walking our way.
   
  He left the school, and got a two of his gangmates, then waited at the bus stop. (all the kids used the city bus system) There were close to 50 other kids at the stop. Here is a picture of the bus stop:
  
   
  I was where the pink arrow is pointing, back against that back curb. He and his 'friends' came up to me and once again demanded $20. I told him my offer as stated in the gym stands, as did the take it or leave it part. He then decided to hit me. Since I was backed against the curb, had a heavy backpack on, and was leaning back somewhat, I had no way to brace myself from falling. The second hit managed to catch my lip just right to impale it on one of my nearly razor sharp canine teeth, but the rest of the 2 dozen or so 'speed' hits were painless and caused no damage.
   
  I naturally close my eyes when someone is swinging their fists at my eyes, so he thought I was unconscious. He backed off enough to allow me to stand again. I got up to his (and his 'friends') amazement, and proceeded to slowly walk towards him. I was growling at him as I was approaching, causing him to back towards the street. I decided to stop when he was about to back into the street, and it's 45-55 MPH traffic. The crowd closed in, and pushed him (and his 'friends') away. Got on the bus, the driver saw the bloody lip, and told me to go to the back without paying. (nice guy, got a bonus for it if I heard right) I didn't realize I had a bloody lip until I started feeling something wet on my chin, and suspected one of his friends of spitting on me while I was down... Rubbed the wet away with my hand, but when I looked, it was red. Surprised the hell outa me, didn't hurt at all. Got home, told my parents the short version: "Got in a fight with a kid named Raul at the bus stop, no biggie."
   
  Got to school the next day, Raul was in the school office with 2 cops, and the principal. Ended up that he got expelled, and a third strike on his record, plus gang affiliations. Ended up getting tried as an adult, and going to jail for a dime from what I heard. They never had any issues with any of the area gangs at that school again.
   
  My parents went back to homeschooling after that once again.

It took me standing up to, and beating the bullies each time to solve the problems at the schools. The schools do nothing to stop bullying, and as in the first story they sometimes encourage it.

Fortunately I didn't have to actually hit the second kid to beat him. Scaring him shitless in front of his gang members, and 50 of his classmates is enough of a beating IMO. (kept me entirely blameless too)

So no, schools in much of the USA don't handle bullies the right way. Unfortunately.