Some old is better than new; some new is better than old. Each ought to be judged on it's own merits, not on the era in which it was made.

Coming from me... another thing that irks me is how bad the Playstation 3 is doing. Given that so many people hyped up that console, I figured regardless of the price, people would have rushed out to buy it, but even with a $499 option, it's still not being sold. What irks me even further is that Sony's done nothing serious to address this issue, and are almost losing interest in trying to push the console. I own a Wii and a 360 as I have reasons for owning them, but at this point, Sony's not giving me any reason to own a PS3 right now.

Allright, so I've been recieving some annonymous messages on my facebook profile by this guy (I have a really good idea of exactly who it is), and they're really ticking me off! :frankiemad:
The guy that I think it is, barely knows me at all, but he's close friends with two guys that bullied me through out last year (he even joined in on some of the bulling). Anyways, so today and throughout the past few days, he's been sending me multiple anonymous messages that have been pretty darn hurtful. The part that really ticks me off, is the fact that we've never actually talked to each other. He just chooses to diss me constantly. I don't know why, but it's really starting to bug me.
Some examples: "ur the dumbest kid ive ever met in my life way to fail science" (I didn't fail science, by the way...)
"i wanna sh** on ur face and dump u in a garbage can where u belong"
"u r the ugliest peice of f*** it looks like someone splashed spaghetti sauce all over your face....ur deaf u r sh** at at life u actually think people like u?? even ur girl friends only like u cuz they feel sorry for u"
"you look like a turtle with down syndrome"

That's a good deal of it all. The same guy wrote all of that, I'm 100% sure of that. I hate him. :frankiemad:
(Note: The cursing wasn't censored out on the original messages.)

I've never met him and I hate him, too. He has no right to treat you like that. :frankiemad:

I'll bet he's just jealous.

One of my harassers added me on his Facebook thingie. That's so creepy. What a stalker.

I'm probably in the minority here, but I believe one has to understand that for one reason, Blu-ray (which the PS3 has) is still very expensive, even though Blu-ray (as well as HD DVD) is slowly picking up steam. Until these formats become more widespread, I don't see a really significant price drop in the console. I agree that it's such a high price, though.

Ugh.. That just plain makes me sick. :( I'm so sorry you have to put up with this guy Claire. Just remember you're so much better than him on so many levels that.. ack, just bringing it up is giving him the attention the jerk is obviously craving. Ignore him, and remember that we love you! :D

Yeah, what Lynnie said. I'm assuming that since he's posting annonymously he's probably not using an account you can just block, but simply deleting those problem messages and saying no more on the matter should show that numbskull what little impact his thoughtless tomfoolery is having in the long run. Just remember that those silly judgements he's making are reflective of his own failings, not yours, Claire.

youtube.................

Hollywood, for their own reasons, felt that adapting everything, from books, cartoons, comics and recently, even commercials (ie The Cavemen Show) would become big hits.

It seems that to them, original ideas are beneath them.

heh...i'm guilty of that.

But its not so much foreigners as it is people from NYC and New Jersey, but they deserve it.

example: Lake George is the local tourist town and also there's a place called Pizza Jerks thats open until 3 AM or so, which is where everyone hangs out in the summer. I'm headed into the Village and its JAM PACKED with out-of-towners. Rude, obnoxious, arrogant, pencil-necked dweeb out-of-towners. Traffic is backed up at a 4-way stop. I am right behind a Suburban, which can't turn right because this MORON in a Lexus is slowly backing up to allow a massive green Barbie Dream Truck (F-250 iirc) to parallel park...yep, New Jersey plates...this moron in the Lexus can't back up any farther without hitting the Suburban (the poor Suburban had actually started to back up a little but had stopped because he realized it was RIDICULOUS to accomodate this idiot) the Lexus backs up and parks in the crosswalk zone. At this point the fat, short woman (and i use the term loosley) gets out of the car and looks at the Suburban and screams, "could you back the f*** up so this guy can park?" gesturing to the idiot in the F-250 waiting to parallel park.

So i put the Impala in park, step out, and look at this woman. I do not look friendly. I am wearing a beat-up leather jacket, tinted Aviators, a ratty old Led Zeppelin t-shirt and a tight, tight, tight pair of Levi boot-cuts that go nicely with my combat boots. I point at the lady and scream, "you can't park in the f****** crosswalk you dumn c***, that's f****** illegal you GD NYC b****, f****** move your GD f****** POS Lexus out of this guys MF'ing way before i rip off your f****** head and shove it up your f****** a**!"

she got back in her car and the Suburban bullied its way past the idiot in the F-250

i HATE New York City

Watch the language. :herriman:

The upstairs neighbors were at it again earlier, determined as ever to share their music with me whether I like it or not. After several taps on the ceiling and a couple of shouts to turn it down, they stomped on the floor and turned it up. Out come the police again, who told them to turn it down, and they did, for maybe five minutes. This time, however, the police hung around and waited for them to do that, caught them, and told them point-blank to knock it off. I was told that if they do it again, call, and next time there will be a fine. Score one for me. :bendy:

(chalks one up)

8-)

EA Games, Sony, spyware, rootkits, SecuROM, and reformatting. :terrence:

This pretty much covers it, especially the first one. I find it so narrowed minded and offensive, even though I'm not gay. Story: Yesterday, the other aide for the teacher I'm an aide for seventh period gave two boys detention for something and was going to make them wirte the following sentence: "I will not call people or things 'gay.'" I had to thank her-- I hate when people say that to mean stupid!!!!

Everything else pretty much does it, although I do want to add irritating voices to the list (someone said that already, but I don't remember who...)

P.S. Sorry I butchered your post, kageri-- I didn't want to quote the whole thing, just parts.

Sorry for putting two posts right next to each other, but add this to my list, too. While I love the occassional adaptation, some things are best left alone. (I've heard that The Cavemen Show isn't doing too well in the ratings. Anyone know any numbers? Or surprised by this? <Forgive my sarcasm-- I'm feeling a little cranky right now, but I don't know why? :terrconf: >

the fact that i dont have any money. but that annoys me alot of the time. also that i dont own a wii. alot of nice games on it (like twilight princess)

Construction. On every street. ::)

I hate that too. So friggin' schreechy...

For example this happened to me in school a few years ago:

Me: (eating lunch quietly; was in a bad mood)
n00b Girl:OMG!11!shift! (to me) Didja see that cute boy??!shift1!!?
Me:...No. I'm eating my lunch and not staring at people, you dumb crap for brains-
(the supposed 'cute boy' passes by; n00b Girl shrieks with glee)
n00b Girl: OMGOMGOMGAHHH! I SAW HIM!!
(n00b Girl looks at me as if expecting a response; I slowly chew and swallow my food. After I do so, I face her, really pissed off.)
Me: You even think about yelling in my ear again, and I swear I will toss you out an open window. >:(
(n00b Girl stares for a brief second, then shrugs and walks off to talk to some other girl.)

If I hear any girl yell like that again, I'll really give 'em something to scream about. :slybendy: (Before people flame me, I'm a girl BTW.)

That sounds disturbingly familiar... :P :frankiemad:

You wouldn't believe I sit next to a girl like that in Economics. She said I was lucky that I sit nearby a "cute boy". I don't find him the least cute at all. (The guy isn't ugly, he just doesn't seem attractive) She thinks I weird for that. :P

MOVING,,,,,,,,,,,,nuff said. >:/->--<

Drama Girl? Lol, she transfered schools. w00t!

Wow, that's another thing we have in common. We both have met screechy girls and mean boys. :D

AAAAAA!
 

neighboar's, the most hideous and obnoxious type of human being on earth. :edmad:

Also the church down the street that played bad sounding songs on worse sounding bells.... FOR TEN MINUTES STRAIGHT!


If anyone is thinking about moving to North Fond du LAc.,........... don't.

There is a guy in town whom I'll call Richard. This idiot is in his mid 60's, has a history of minor mental issues, and has not bathed since Jimmy Carter was President. He's also gay, and a known perv that has occasionally made people of both genders quite uncomfortable with the things he says. Additionally, he was banned from one of our local restaurants 5 times for screaming racial slurs. Yeah, 5 times. Why they kept letting him back in is beyond me. Anyway, this is not someone I associate with or even talk to, and in fact I don't see him around very often, yet for some unfathomable reason he apparently has been telling people that I "went off on him" the other day. WTF?? I haven't said a word to this decayed old lunatic since around April, I don't bother him and he doesn't bother me, yet he's talkin' smack about me behind my back and making up BS stories to make me look bad? I have done absolutely nothing to him! I have never gone off on him, although I'm certainly going to now. Sheesh, some people... :edmad:

Wow, that guy sounds very, very cold. May he burn in...you know the rest. >_<

okay, i'm trying to sympathize but...that sounds pretty funny

I've got something that ticks me off but before I say it, I got to explain a few things first. There's a girl that goes to my college who is my friend, I've known her for a while now and anyway we got into this discussion and I mentioned I was lonely and looking for a GF and she told me as a friend what was wrong with me.

Like why I haven't gotten a girlfriend yet, and she said its my clothes, the fact I wear cartoon shirts and that I don't go to bars. She says I need to "live a little" by drinking at bars. And frankly this down right pissed me off. She believes that no one is going to approach me (girls anyway) because I wear shirts like Ghostbusters and Transformers.

I'm sorry but I personally cannot fathom why I have to hide what I like just to impress a girl and not just any girl, a BAR girl. People who drown themselves in alcohol to have fun sounds like a bad idea in the making. I don't see why I have to guzzle booze and dress like someone I am not just to fit into some girl's social acceptance handbook.

Am I insane for thinking it's NOT okay to go off having sex with someone just for the sake of it, and not actually wanting some important moral values with it? Am I insane for being proud to wear shirts that advocate what I like and enjoy to do in my spare time? What the hell kind of view of society is that?

If some girl will not approach me because I wear a Ghostbusters shirt then what's the point in even meeting that person if they have to judge me like that? Furthermore, say I don't wear the shirt, I meet a girl and then I start wearing Ghostbusters. Is that considered okay? I don't see how it should matter.

If a person can't accept what I like simply by looking at me then why should I spend my time and money going to bars and sucking down beer bottles just to meet someone? I know first hand how painful the feeling of loneliness can be but the more I thought about this today, the more I realized that it is just not worth it.

It is not worth meeting someone who has to change what you wear and what you like to accept you in public, I'd rather be alone and proud of who I chose to be then be who society chooses me to be. I don't believe America is set this way, I believe if a single person of good nature can exist then so can another.

I'm not someone who's going to stroll around wearing bland shirts that state my school's name and be ordinary. I like the fact I wear shirts of things I like, I am happy and proud to wear them because I am happy of who I am. I spent my whole childhood not wearing what i liked out of fear of being mocked by kids.

I'm not gonna do that again. As rare as they are, there are people who accept others for who they are and don't think you are "unapproachable" because of what you choose to wear. That person today is still my friend but now I look at her differently sorry to say, like one of those "you think you know someone" things.

I have values about sex and drinking and I just can't bring myself to sinking into a lifestyle that revolves around the two just so I can find a girl. I refuse to believe that is the only means of social and romantic acceptance in this nation. Maybe that's why I find toon girls to be attractive to consider them to be better "people" at times.

It may seem weird and even pathetic but I feel better about my own identity having those drawn feelings to toons then to degrade myself into a life of caring only about sex and having to drink something that never appealed or interested me. I don't believe the world is that shallow or that devoid of any kind of depth.

People CAN be devoid of depth and be that shallow but not all of humanity, and its my faith in humanity that gives me faith in myself and I feel so much better having that faith about myself then wanting to be someone I am not.

And more power to you, Mr. Marshmallow. Why be fake? It's not a healthy lifestyle (and neither is sex, sex, sex, alcohol, alcohol, alcohol YAY!). I respect that you're true to who you are. There are too many people these days that are like, "Well, I'm being made fun of for this...so I'm gonna change". I HATE that. When a guy is actually comfortable with who he is and is not afraid to show that he's not gonna change, THAT is what should attract a girl, not the guys clothes or how drunk he got at that party last night and now he can't remember anything.

Indeed, you're absolutely right, Mr. M, and there's no need to feel at all that you have to compromise yourself simply to fit in with society's very narrow and shallow defintions of normality - I decided long ago that conventionality was vastly overrated and should be avoided at all costs. :P

You go....guy!

Seriously, you're not the only person who shares these views. You SHOULDN'T have to dress up and go to some bar to find a girlfriend, you shouldn't have to give in to the dominant culture. You have totally the right idea, don't lose sight of that.:)

Yeah, personally, I don't see what's so great about drinking 'til you drop, either. That's not my thing. There are better ways to "live a little" than to go to a bar and get drunk. As for sex, eh, not until I get married (that's my belief, anyway). I think it's great that you've chose to be yourself, instead of doing what some say "is popular". One should do what he/she believes is right, not what is popular.

I do not hang out at bars. My GF and I hate people anyway (something we both have in common). We are both type -Z personalities that cannot stand type A personalities. Before I got sober, I was the guy you did not want to talk to in a bar ("see that guy down thar? Do not interact with him."). I f a type A personality tried to talk to me - I'd rather kill 'em than look at 'em!:frankiemad: (just a little followup on the above conversation).

Okay! What ticks me off is type A personalities (but I can tolerate them NOW)!:terrence:

Mr M:

IMO most people tap into a central, widely accepted "image" because they are weak. They don't have the intelligence /or cahones to do their own thing. As for casual sex, who knows? It used to be a huge no-no but now its widely accepted. Personally i never have any luck with women anyway so the guys who keep putting notches on their belt...power to 'em, i'm just not one of them. I'm a bit romantic but usually pretty dark and gloomy.

What really gnaws at me is that i am VERY popular. literally everybody loves me...yet i feel alone and sad all the time. Why? What is up with that? Sure i'm a little different, i listen to The Doors and go shooting all the time (not a hugely popular pastime in New York) but why should i be so alone? I don't understand it. Its my fault i'm guessing, but its hard to really throw yourself out there when you have literally NOTHING in common with any of the pretty single girls.

As for alcohol...maybe it dulls the pain from all the Ritalin, Prozac, and years of cultural, religious, and government indoctrination?

I'm trying to come up with something supportive and useful here, and have been for the past two hours, but all I can think about is the terrible lonliness that has defined my life for far longer than I want to think about. People judge based on appearances; that's certainly been the case in my life, and it hurts. It hurts a lot. It's not something I can help. I've got a few friends, and people who take the time to get to know me tell me I'm one of the nicest guys they know, but it's not enough. Not a day goes by without me wishing I could find someone who wants something more. It's not going to happen; I've known that for some time. I tell myself that it's their loss; I don't cheat, I'm attentive and supportive, I don't mind doing my own housework, all that and more. I don't really blame anyone for this, for we all do it, to one degree or another. Humans are visually-oriented beings; that's just basic biology and evolution. But I've got to tell you, knowing all that is no comfort during those times when all I want is someone to hold. :'(

Cass I will be the first and probably only one who can honestly say I have been going through everything you just said word for word over these past few days. Being lonely is the most excruciatingly painful feeling in the world, beyond any physical or mental anguish, I can't think of a more hurtful and crippling feeling.

I'm a positive person and even when I can find the silver lining to every solution, I find myself wary and tempted to just give in and give up. To surrender to the truth that no one will love me. But no matter how deep that pit gets, I refuse to fall into it because I know I am not "fooling myself" I am telling the truth.

Nothing in this life comes easy and love is the most difficult thing to obtain in existence, and that is exactly why it is worth striving for every day. There will be rough spots, there will be speed bumps to overcome and yes, there will be pain and hurt. But I refuse to give up on the fact that there is someone out there for me.

And I refuse to give up on the fact that there is someone out there for YOU Cass. Your a strong, dedicated, compassionate and supportive person who does mountains worth of inspirational tributes to the things that matter most to you. Most people today don't have a fraction of the purity you have in your heart.

You cannot let the miserable, ungrateful, and undeserving masses of people who discard kind and loving hearts like playthings win or let yourself drown away into misery when the chips are down. You are INFINITELY better then that and so am I and I know there is someone out there who is worth loving.

I would rather die alone and be happy with who I am then to strive for some plastic image of societal imagery and marry someone who I don't honestly love. I know it will be hard and I will be tested but I will NOT give up because love exists everywhere for each and everyone of us and its only a matter of time.

You may or may not believe that but even so, you know damn well that the compassion and love you house is stronger then any piece of emotional degradation the world can throw at you. I love who I am and I love what I love and I know a heart exists for mine out there and nothing said or done to me can change that.

Loving a false love isn't loving at all, you'd be fooling yourself more so if you married someone you didn't care for rather then fooling yourself into thinking you won't find someone. I don't believe love is a fairy tale or a work of fiction, I know it is real because I have seen it, I have felt, and I'll be damned to Hell if I let some snob from a sexed and drunken up sin city tell me otherwise.

And if that's not enough, I say read/listen to this song and believe in it just as much as you should be believing in yourself:

Don’t give up
It’s just the weight of the world
When you’re heart’s heavy I - I will lift it for you
Don’t give up
Because you want to be heard
If silence keeps you I – I will break it for you

Everybody wants to be understood
Well I can hear you
Everybody wants to be loved
Don’t give up
Because you are loved

Don’t give up
It’s just the hurt that you hide
When you’re lost inside I – I’ll be there to find you
Don’t give up
Because you want to burn bright
If darkness blinds you I – I will shine to guide you]

Everybody wants to be understood
Well I can hear you
Everybody wants to be loved
Don’t give up
Because you are loved

(You are loved)
You are loved
(You are loved)
Don’t give up
(Don’t give up)
It’s just the weight of the world
(You are loved)
Don’t give up
(Don’t give up)
Everyone needs to be heard
(Don’t give up)
You are loved
(You are loved)

one thing that make me mad is when someone come up to me and a thinks im 13 or 14 and says something like shouldnt you be in school or act all suprised when i say im 18.

i was watching steve wilkos show last night and it was about how this guy wanted nothing to do with his wife just cus he got her pregnant and she had the baby. guys that abuse women is another thing, i just dont see how people can live with themselfs-things like that more than make me mad.

Btw, sorry if i over did it there and came off too strong or sappy.

Sometimes I don't know when to shut up.

No problem; it's appreciated.

:'( I hope I helped.