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14 years ago
General
All right, last meme! And then back to writing, I swear!
About Me
[ ] I am shorter than 5'4.
[ ] I think I'm ugly.
[ ] I have many scars.
[X] I tan easily.
[ ] I wish my hair was a different colour
[ ] I have friends who have never seen my natural hair colour.
[ ] I have a tattoo.
[ ] I am self-conscious about my appearance
[ ] I have/I've had braces.
[X] I wear glasses.
[ ] I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free (Why would I? I'll have the TF virus :p)
[ ] I've been told I'm attractive by a complete stranger.
[ ] I have more than 2 piercings.
[ ] I have piercings in places besides my ears.
[ ] I have freckles.
Family/Home Life
[ ] I've sworn at my parents
[ ] I've run away from home.
[ ] I've been kicked out of the house.
[X] My biological parents are together.
[ ] I have a sibling less than one year old.
[X] I want to have kids someday. (I suppose that's what people do when they get older to keep themselves busy :p)
[ ] I've had children.
[ ] I've lost a child.
School/Work
[x] I'm in school. (University counts, right?)
[X] I have a job (Umm, it starts in 2 weeks?)
[ ] I've fallen asleep at work/school.
[ ] I almost always do my homework. (Almost always indeed! )
[x] I've missed a week or more of school. (Yay for snowdays! One year, we missed a full 11 days of school! )
[X] I've been on the Honor Roll within the last 2 years.(If a top 20 list of students per year in a 400 student school counts for something)
[ ] I failed more than 1 class last year.
[ ] I've stolen something from my job.
[ ] I've been fired.
[x] I've skipped school (Only once, a drug presentation. Was boring, went home and did homework instead. I got a suspension, but the talk with the principal was kinda hilarious :p)
Embarrassment
[X] I've slipped out a "lol" in a spoken conversation. (Pronounced lole :p)
[X] Disney movies still make me cry
[ ] I've peed from laughing.
[ ] I've snorted while laughing.
[x] I've laughed so hard I've cried (Several times. Sleep deprivation + sugar + friends = good times :p)
[X] I've glued my hand to something.
[ ] I've laughed till some kind of beverage came out of my nose
[X] I've had my pants rip in public. (Oh god yes. At school twice, and once during a martial arts class.)
Health
[ ] I was born with a disease/impairment. (Borderline autistic, maybe? Intelligent and socially awkward? I dunno)
[ ] I've gotten stitches (an incident with fireworks and a glass bottle)
[X] I've broken a bone. (Well, not a bone, actually. I just completely smashed my growth plate. Like, completely and utterly. The doctors though I fell off the 6th floor of a building.
[ ] I've had my tonsils removed.
[ ] I've sat in a doctors office with a friend.
[/] I've had my wisdom teeth removed (The 30th, I'll tell you how it went :p)
[X] I had a serious surgery (Like I said, with my ankle. Something like 8 months in a cast.)
[ ] I've had chicken pox. (Apparently ut was imposible for me to get it. My sister had it, I played with her, took a bath with her (Hey she was 2 and I was 4, ok? Shut up), slept with the same covers, and I never got it.)
Traveling
[x] I've ridden over 200 miles in one day
[x] I've been on a plane.
[X] I've been to Canada (Well duh! )
[ ] I've been to Mexico.
[X] I've been to Niagara Falls.
[ ] I've been to Japan.
[ ] I've celebrated Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
[X] I've been to Europe
[ ] I've been to Africa.
[ ] I've been to Asia.
Experiences
[x] I've gotten lost in my city (Well, Ottawa, not Embrun, it isn't much of a city)
[x] I've seen a shooting star.
[x] I've wished on a shooting star
[X] I've seen a meteor shower. (Only 6 or 7 meteors though)
[X] I've gone out in public in my pajamas (To get the mail and to walk the dog. My parents were all "Why?" and I was like, meh,didn't feel like changing :p)
[X] I've pushed all the buttons on an elevator. (Still do it when I'm alone in it :p)
[ ] I've kicked a guy where it hurts
[x] I've been to a casino (Didn't enter though, but went to it. It was a casino inside a church at Breda. Dutch people are funny!)
[ ] I've been an abuse victim
[X] I've gone skinny dipping. (It was like 11 PM, after martial arts, I was covered in sweat, so my mom sorta told me to just jump in, but the clothes had to go in the washing machine)
[ ] I've played spin the bottle
[ ] I've drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour.
[ ] I've crashed a car (Almost. Would have been a stupid accident really.)
[x] I've been skiing.
[ ] I've been in a play
[ ] I've seen the Northern Lights.
[ ] I've sat on a roof top at night
[ ] I've played chicken.
[ ] I've played a prank on someone
[x] I've ridden in a taxi.
[ ] I've seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show
[X] I've eaten sushi.
[X] I've been snowboarding. (Gah! The pain!)
Relationships
[ ] I've had someone cheat on me.
[ ] I've gone on a blind date.
[ ] I've been the dumped more than the dumper.
[x] I miss someone right now. (Yup! She's in Haiti for her grandma's funeral. But I can wait for her.)
[/] I have a fear of commitment (Sorta, more like a fear to disappoint)
[ ] I have a fear of abandonment
[ ] I've cheated in a relationship.
[/] I've had feelings for someone who didn't have them back. (Someone else on me. Still not proud of how I just pretended not to notice.)
[ ] I've told someone I loved them when I didn't.
[ ] I've told someone I didn't love them when I did.
[ ] I've kept something from a past relationship.
Sexuality
[ ] I've had a crush on a teacher.
[ ] I love to flirt.
[ ] I've been kissed in the rain.
[X] I've hugged a stranger (Hellz yeah! Free hugs!)
[ ] I have kissed a stranger. (Uuummm, no. Waaayyyy too personal. Unless it's on the cheek.)
Honesty/Crime
[X] I am a terrible liar
[x] I've done something I promised someone else I wouldn't
[x] I've done something I promised myself I wouldn't (Wouldn't get distracted and start writing more seriously, for one...)
[ ] I've snuck out of my house.
[ ] I have lied to my parents about where I am
[x] I am keeping a secret from the world. (Those secret secrets :p But even if I told people, they wouldn't believe me. A virus that turns people to animals? )
[x] I've cheated while playing a game. (When I was young and hated losing. I was a spoiled brat sometimes.)
[/] I've run a red light. (Nope, but I dislike pressing on the brakes hard though. So if it's yellow and I can pass...)
[ ] I've been suspended from school.
[/] I've witnessed a crime. (Does jaywalking count? )
[ ] I've been in a fist fight (Sometimes, I wish I had though. I mean, 8 years of training in martial arts, and I've never gotten to use it...)
[ ] I've been arrested.
[ ] I've shoplifted.
Drugs/Alcohol
[X] I've consumed alcohol.
[ ] I regularly drink.
[ ] I've passed out from drinking.
[ ] I have passed out drunk at least once in the past 6 months.
[X] I've smoked weed. (Once, at Graduation Camp. Wasn't really that pleasant.)
[/] I've taken painkillers when I didn't need them. (Oh I needed them. Codeine puts you out cold it's almost frightening.)
[ ] I'm a stoner.
[ ] I've snorted cocaine.
[ ] I've eaten shrooms.
[ ] I've popped E.
[ ] I've inhaled Nitrous.
[/] I've done hard drugs. (I thought it was pot, but turned out it was hash. Graduation camp, again. Definitely not pleasant that one)
[ ] I have cough drops when I'm not sick.
[/] I can't swallow pills. (Couldn't for the longest time. Coupled with the fact I had to take codeine every few hours, my mom had to crush the pills into jelly for me to be able to take it.)
[ ] I can swallow about 5 pills at a time no problem (Heeeellllllz no!)
[ ] I have been diagnosed with clinical depression.
[ ] I shut others out when I'm depressed
[ ] I take anti-depressants.
[ ] I've slept an entire day when I didn't need it
[ ] I've hurt myself on purpose
[ ] I'm addicted to self harm.
[ ] I've woken up crying.
[ ] I've cried myself to sleep.
(Although crying once in a while feels good. Sounds emo, but sometimes, it just gets it all out of your system, and you feel better after.)
[/] I've seen a therapist (Many, actually, but that was for my broken ankle :p)
[/] I've been told to see one by more than 3 people (Doctors referring me to other doctors? :p)
Death and Suicide
[ ] I'm afraid of dying (Who isn't? But it's not like I'm in any danger of it happening any time soon, and even if it does, I'll either die or not die. In one case there's no point worrying, I won't be around, and in the other, I should be rejoicing!)
[ ] I hate funerals.
[/] I've seen someone dying (Well, my grandpa, a few hours before he died.)
[ ] Someone close to me has attempted suicide
[ ] Someone close to me has committed suicide.
[ ] I've planned my own suicide
[ ] I've attempted suicide.
[ ] I've written a eulogy for myself.
Materialism
[ ] I own over 5 rap CDs.
[x] I own an iPod or MP3 player. (My sister's old hand-me-down)
[ ] I have an unhealthy obsession with anime/manga.
[ ] I own multiple designer purses, costing over $100 a piece. (Who the heck would do that? )
[ ] I own something from topman (What?)
[ ] I own something from river island (No idea what that is)
[/] I collect MANGA. (Only the +Anima series, 10 manga, so it's not so bad)
[ ] I own something from Binns (Whut?)
[ ] I own something I got on e-bay. (Never understood how that worked.)
[ ] I own something from Abercrombie (Funny name)
[ ] I own something from Hollister Co (I dislike brands)
Political/Social Attitudes
[x] In general, I don't like people. (Not people as in a specific person or anyone I meet, but vaguely humanity in general))
[/] I'm a feminist. (Umm,does equal rights make me feminist?)
[ ] I'm outgoing. (Not unless we get to know each other fairly well :p)
[ ] I listen to political music.
[ ] I'm Democratic.
[ ] I'm Republican.
[X] I'm liberal. (with a tinge of conservative and socialism. And why not, add in a touch og eugenic in there for the fun.)
[ ] I am religious.
[ ] I dress fairly modestly (I just wear stuff that's clean, fits (mostly) and is not too ugly))
[ ] My attitude is, "If you've got it, flaunt it." (RE: My attitude is, be happy with yourself first and foremost.)
Random
[ ] I can sing well (I invent my own key when I sing. That it, it's the good rhythm, good tempo, still recognizable, but 2 and 3/4 of a note too low, for every note.)
[ ] I've stolen a tray from a fast food restaurant. (What? A tray??? A stupid plastic tray? Come on!)
[ ] I open up to others easily (only with people I know well)
[ ] I watch the news.
[ ] I don't kill bugs. (There's plenty more from where they come from, one mosquito won't be missed)
[ ] I hate hearing songs that sacrifice meaning for the sake of being able to rhyme. ( I hate songs that sacrifice good messages for saying people need money, sex, and to be good-looking to be happy)
[x] I curse regularly. (Trying to stop)
[X] I sing in the shower (much to my sister's dismay)
[/] I am a morning person. (sometimes)
[ ] I paid for my cell phone ringtone.
[X] I'm a snob about grammar (Nope. Not at all. Just ask a certain white puppy, he'll tell me I'm not a grammer nazi at all )
[ ] I am a sports fanatic.
[ ] I twirl my hair.
[ ] I love being neat.
[x] I'm too lazy to bother being neat. (Clean is good enough for me :p)
[ ] I love Spam
[ ] I've copied more than 30 CD's in a day
[ ] I bake well.
[/] My favorite color is either white, yellow, pink, red or blue (green, brown, earthly colours. And a little blue)
[ ] I would wear pajamas to school (No, but I would a halloween costume!)
[ ] I like Martha Stewart. (Who the heck is that?)
[x] I know how to shoot a gun (prefer rifles to shotguns...dont have that spot by my shoulders really so it hurts like heck to shoot them)
[x] I am in love with love. (And I love it! :p)
[ ] I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS.
[ ] I laugh at my own jokes
[ ] I eat fast food weekly (The only fast food I really like is ice cream)
[ ] I believe in ghosts. (I believe there's something out there we can't explain. But ghosts out for revenge, no)
[ ] I am online 24/7, even as an away message. (No, but I'm still online too much :p)
[ ] I've not turned anything in and still got an A in a certain class. (Don't you have to give at least one thing in for every class???)
[X] I can't sleep if there is a spider in the room. (Unless I know it's far from me)
[ ] I am really ticklish
[ ] I love white chocolate (prefer dark, à la 80%. Higher, and it gets too bitter)
[X] I bite my nails. (At least I do it well :p)
[x] I play video games. (A softcore gamer, if you want :p)
[x] I'm good at remembering faces.
[ ] I'm good at remembering names (Absolutely not. I completely fail at names)
[ ] I'm good at remembering dates. (Only historic events :p)
[ ] I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life (Well, I don't know exactly what once I graduate, but maybe med school, maybe masters)
Gah! Done! And I tag the exact same people as last time! Ha! Sucks to be you!
Just kidding!
Feathertail
GraveeKing
Pierrot90
Rikux and
Tielhawk
Also, sadly, I read
Feathertail's journal, Quiz meme, where he provided a link to the Crimsondark.com webcomic, which I think is awesome, so I read that instead of writing :p
I did do some furry homework though, in that I filtered out artists who had posted stories in the TF section. So far, 95% of them were bad, I found 2 I think who may be of interest, and that would be
mcwerewolf and
seadragon So Imma check their stories some more, and report back!
Oh, and also the Shifti.org website seems huge! Gonna take me a long while to read through all that too! :p
About Me
[ ] I am shorter than 5'4.
[ ] I think I'm ugly.
[ ] I have many scars.
[X] I tan easily.
[ ] I wish my hair was a different colour
[ ] I have friends who have never seen my natural hair colour.
[ ] I have a tattoo.
[ ] I am self-conscious about my appearance
[ ] I have/I've had braces.
[X] I wear glasses.
[ ] I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free (Why would I? I'll have the TF virus :p)
[ ] I've been told I'm attractive by a complete stranger.
[ ] I have more than 2 piercings.
[ ] I have piercings in places besides my ears.
[ ] I have freckles.
Family/Home Life
[ ] I've sworn at my parents
[ ] I've run away from home.
[ ] I've been kicked out of the house.
[X] My biological parents are together.
[ ] I have a sibling less than one year old.
[X] I want to have kids someday. (I suppose that's what people do when they get older to keep themselves busy :p)
[ ] I've had children.
[ ] I've lost a child.
School/Work
[x] I'm in school. (University counts, right?)
[X] I have a job (Umm, it starts in 2 weeks?)
[ ] I've fallen asleep at work/school.
[ ] I almost always do my homework. (Almost always indeed! )
[x] I've missed a week or more of school. (Yay for snowdays! One year, we missed a full 11 days of school! )
[X] I've been on the Honor Roll within the last 2 years.(If a top 20 list of students per year in a 400 student school counts for something)
[ ] I failed more than 1 class last year.
[ ] I've stolen something from my job.
[ ] I've been fired.
[x] I've skipped school (Only once, a drug presentation. Was boring, went home and did homework instead. I got a suspension, but the talk with the principal was kinda hilarious :p)
Embarrassment
[X] I've slipped out a "lol" in a spoken conversation. (Pronounced lole :p)
[X] Disney movies still make me cry
[ ] I've peed from laughing.
[ ] I've snorted while laughing.
[x] I've laughed so hard I've cried (Several times. Sleep deprivation + sugar + friends = good times :p)
[X] I've glued my hand to something.
[ ] I've laughed till some kind of beverage came out of my nose
[X] I've had my pants rip in public. (Oh god yes. At school twice, and once during a martial arts class.)
Health
[ ] I was born with a disease/impairment. (Borderline autistic, maybe? Intelligent and socially awkward? I dunno)
[ ] I've gotten stitches (an incident with fireworks and a glass bottle)
[X] I've broken a bone. (Well, not a bone, actually. I just completely smashed my growth plate. Like, completely and utterly. The doctors though I fell off the 6th floor of a building.
[ ] I've had my tonsils removed.
[ ] I've sat in a doctors office with a friend.
[/] I've had my wisdom teeth removed (The 30th, I'll tell you how it went :p)
[X] I had a serious surgery (Like I said, with my ankle. Something like 8 months in a cast.)
[ ] I've had chicken pox. (Apparently ut was imposible for me to get it. My sister had it, I played with her, took a bath with her (Hey she was 2 and I was 4, ok? Shut up), slept with the same covers, and I never got it.)
Traveling
[x] I've ridden over 200 miles in one day
[x] I've been on a plane.
[X] I've been to Canada (Well duh! )
[ ] I've been to Mexico.
[X] I've been to Niagara Falls.
[ ] I've been to Japan.
[ ] I've celebrated Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
[X] I've been to Europe
[ ] I've been to Africa.
[ ] I've been to Asia.
Experiences
[x] I've gotten lost in my city (Well, Ottawa, not Embrun, it isn't much of a city)
[x] I've seen a shooting star.
[x] I've wished on a shooting star
[X] I've seen a meteor shower. (Only 6 or 7 meteors though)
[X] I've gone out in public in my pajamas (To get the mail and to walk the dog. My parents were all "Why?" and I was like, meh,didn't feel like changing :p)
[X] I've pushed all the buttons on an elevator. (Still do it when I'm alone in it :p)
[ ] I've kicked a guy where it hurts
[x] I've been to a casino (Didn't enter though, but went to it. It was a casino inside a church at Breda. Dutch people are funny!)
[ ] I've been an abuse victim
[X] I've gone skinny dipping. (It was like 11 PM, after martial arts, I was covered in sweat, so my mom sorta told me to just jump in, but the clothes had to go in the washing machine)
[ ] I've played spin the bottle
[ ] I've drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour.
[ ] I've crashed a car (Almost. Would have been a stupid accident really.)
[x] I've been skiing.
[ ] I've been in a play
[ ] I've seen the Northern Lights.
[ ] I've sat on a roof top at night
[ ] I've played chicken.
[ ] I've played a prank on someone
[x] I've ridden in a taxi.
[ ] I've seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show
[X] I've eaten sushi.
[X] I've been snowboarding. (Gah! The pain!)
Relationships
[ ] I've had someone cheat on me.
[ ] I've gone on a blind date.
[ ] I've been the dumped more than the dumper.
[x] I miss someone right now. (Yup! She's in Haiti for her grandma's funeral. But I can wait for her.)
[/] I have a fear of commitment (Sorta, more like a fear to disappoint)
[ ] I have a fear of abandonment
[ ] I've cheated in a relationship.
[/] I've had feelings for someone who didn't have them back. (Someone else on me. Still not proud of how I just pretended not to notice.)
[ ] I've told someone I loved them when I didn't.
[ ] I've told someone I didn't love them when I did.
[ ] I've kept something from a past relationship.
Sexuality
[ ] I've had a crush on a teacher.
[ ] I love to flirt.
[ ] I've been kissed in the rain.
[X] I've hugged a stranger (Hellz yeah! Free hugs!)
[ ] I have kissed a stranger. (Uuummm, no. Waaayyyy too personal. Unless it's on the cheek.)
Honesty/Crime
[X] I am a terrible liar
[x] I've done something I promised someone else I wouldn't
[x] I've done something I promised myself I wouldn't (Wouldn't get distracted and start writing more seriously, for one...)
[ ] I've snuck out of my house.
[ ] I have lied to my parents about where I am
[x] I am keeping a secret from the world. (Those secret secrets :p But even if I told people, they wouldn't believe me. A virus that turns people to animals? )
[x] I've cheated while playing a game. (When I was young and hated losing. I was a spoiled brat sometimes.)
[/] I've run a red light. (Nope, but I dislike pressing on the brakes hard though. So if it's yellow and I can pass...)
[ ] I've been suspended from school.
[/] I've witnessed a crime. (Does jaywalking count? )
[ ] I've been in a fist fight (Sometimes, I wish I had though. I mean, 8 years of training in martial arts, and I've never gotten to use it...)
[ ] I've been arrested.
[ ] I've shoplifted.
Drugs/Alcohol
[X] I've consumed alcohol.
[ ] I regularly drink.
[ ] I've passed out from drinking.
[ ] I have passed out drunk at least once in the past 6 months.
[X] I've smoked weed. (Once, at Graduation Camp. Wasn't really that pleasant.)
[/] I've taken painkillers when I didn't need them. (Oh I needed them. Codeine puts you out cold it's almost frightening.)
[ ] I'm a stoner.
[ ] I've snorted cocaine.
[ ] I've eaten shrooms.
[ ] I've popped E.
[ ] I've inhaled Nitrous.
[/] I've done hard drugs. (I thought it was pot, but turned out it was hash. Graduation camp, again. Definitely not pleasant that one)
[ ] I have cough drops when I'm not sick.
[/] I can't swallow pills. (Couldn't for the longest time. Coupled with the fact I had to take codeine every few hours, my mom had to crush the pills into jelly for me to be able to take it.)
[ ] I can swallow about 5 pills at a time no problem (Heeeellllllz no!)
[ ] I have been diagnosed with clinical depression.
[ ] I shut others out when I'm depressed
[ ] I take anti-depressants.
[ ] I've slept an entire day when I didn't need it
[ ] I've hurt myself on purpose
[ ] I'm addicted to self harm.
[ ] I've woken up crying.
[ ] I've cried myself to sleep.
(Although crying once in a while feels good. Sounds emo, but sometimes, it just gets it all out of your system, and you feel better after.)
[/] I've seen a therapist (Many, actually, but that was for my broken ankle :p)
[/] I've been told to see one by more than 3 people (Doctors referring me to other doctors? :p)
Death and Suicide
[ ] I'm afraid of dying (Who isn't? But it's not like I'm in any danger of it happening any time soon, and even if it does, I'll either die or not die. In one case there's no point worrying, I won't be around, and in the other, I should be rejoicing!)
[ ] I hate funerals.
[/] I've seen someone dying (Well, my grandpa, a few hours before he died.)
[ ] Someone close to me has attempted suicide
[ ] Someone close to me has committed suicide.
[ ] I've planned my own suicide
[ ] I've attempted suicide.
[ ] I've written a eulogy for myself.
Materialism
[ ] I own over 5 rap CDs.
[x] I own an iPod or MP3 player. (My sister's old hand-me-down)
[ ] I have an unhealthy obsession with anime/manga.
[ ] I own multiple designer purses, costing over $100 a piece. (Who the heck would do that? )
[ ] I own something from topman (What?)
[ ] I own something from river island (No idea what that is)
[/] I collect MANGA. (Only the +Anima series, 10 manga, so it's not so bad)
[ ] I own something from Binns (Whut?)
[ ] I own something I got on e-bay. (Never understood how that worked.)
[ ] I own something from Abercrombie (Funny name)
[ ] I own something from Hollister Co (I dislike brands)
Political/Social Attitudes
[x] In general, I don't like people. (Not people as in a specific person or anyone I meet, but vaguely humanity in general))
[/] I'm a feminist. (Umm,does equal rights make me feminist?)
[ ] I'm outgoing. (Not unless we get to know each other fairly well :p)
[ ] I listen to political music.
[ ] I'm Democratic.
[ ] I'm Republican.
[X] I'm liberal. (with a tinge of conservative and socialism. And why not, add in a touch og eugenic in there for the fun.)
[ ] I am religious.
[ ] I dress fairly modestly (I just wear stuff that's clean, fits (mostly) and is not too ugly))
[ ] My attitude is, "If you've got it, flaunt it." (RE: My attitude is, be happy with yourself first and foremost.)
Random
[ ] I can sing well (I invent my own key when I sing. That it, it's the good rhythm, good tempo, still recognizable, but 2 and 3/4 of a note too low, for every note.)
[ ] I've stolen a tray from a fast food restaurant. (What? A tray??? A stupid plastic tray? Come on!)
[ ] I open up to others easily (only with people I know well)
[ ] I watch the news.
[ ] I don't kill bugs. (There's plenty more from where they come from, one mosquito won't be missed)
[ ] I hate hearing songs that sacrifice meaning for the sake of being able to rhyme. ( I hate songs that sacrifice good messages for saying people need money, sex, and to be good-looking to be happy)
[x] I curse regularly. (Trying to stop)
[X] I sing in the shower (much to my sister's dismay)
[/] I am a morning person. (sometimes)
[ ] I paid for my cell phone ringtone.
[X] I'm a snob about grammar (Nope. Not at all. Just ask a certain white puppy, he'll tell me I'm not a grammer nazi at all )
[ ] I am a sports fanatic.
[ ] I twirl my hair.
[ ] I love being neat.
[x] I'm too lazy to bother being neat. (Clean is good enough for me :p)
[ ] I love Spam
[ ] I've copied more than 30 CD's in a day
[ ] I bake well.
[/] My favorite color is either white, yellow, pink, red or blue (green, brown, earthly colours. And a little blue)
[ ] I would wear pajamas to school (No, but I would a halloween costume!)
[ ] I like Martha Stewart. (Who the heck is that?)
[x] I know how to shoot a gun (prefer rifles to shotguns...dont have that spot by my shoulders really so it hurts like heck to shoot them)
[x] I am in love with love. (And I love it! :p)
[ ] I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS.
[ ] I laugh at my own jokes
[ ] I eat fast food weekly (The only fast food I really like is ice cream)
[ ] I believe in ghosts. (I believe there's something out there we can't explain. But ghosts out for revenge, no)
[ ] I am online 24/7, even as an away message. (No, but I'm still online too much :p)
[ ] I've not turned anything in and still got an A in a certain class. (Don't you have to give at least one thing in for every class???)
[X] I can't sleep if there is a spider in the room. (Unless I know it's far from me)
[ ] I am really ticklish
[ ] I love white chocolate (prefer dark, à la 80%. Higher, and it gets too bitter)
[X] I bite my nails. (At least I do it well :p)
[x] I play video games. (A softcore gamer, if you want :p)
[x] I'm good at remembering faces.
[ ] I'm good at remembering names (Absolutely not. I completely fail at names)
[ ] I'm good at remembering dates. (Only historic events :p)
[ ] I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life (Well, I don't know exactly what once I graduate, but maybe med school, maybe masters)
Gah! Done! And I tag the exact same people as last time! Ha! Sucks to be you!
Just kidding!
Feathertail
GraveeKing
Pierrot90
Rikux and
TielhawkAlso, sadly, I read
Feathertail's journal, Quiz meme, where he provided a link to the Crimsondark.com webcomic, which I think is awesome, so I read that instead of writing :pI did do some furry homework though, in that I filtered out artists who had posted stories in the TF section. So far, 95% of them were bad, I found 2 I think who may be of interest, and that would be
mcwerewolf and
seadragon So Imma check their stories some more, and report back!Oh, and also the Shifti.org website seems huge! Gonna take me a long while to read through all that too! :p
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However, [if] the human population is going to keep growing (which I personally think will rise for a while and then plummet down following a catastrophe) we need to take care of certain things. In Canada the general attitude is along the lines of "Let mentally handicapped people find a good caring wife/husband who'll take care of them, have children and live a happy life." Nothing wrong with that, but along the way we end up more likely than not with more problems.
I'm not talking about people who are able to take care of themselves, or to be productive to society. I'm talking more of the kind of people who are barely there at all, the ones who spend all day drooling in a wheelchair. I have nothing against them, but it's not helping society for them to have many children.
In practice it makes sense. Mankind practised eugenics on practically all varieties of plants and animals which were domesticated. And nature (with natural selection and survival of the fittest) had practised eugenics on man. Now that we have little to no selection, and that the survival of practically everyone is insured by an extremely competent medical system, wouldn't it be up to us to decide not to go as a species?
Notice I didn't say where to go. Natural selection doesn't select the survivors, it kills off the weak ones. I think we humans can be a bit kinder than that on occasions, we should be able to find a peaceful and humane solution.
There are too many humans on the planet. That is a fact. We cannot continue growing indefinitely. That is a fact. At one point in time, we will have to do something, or suffer the consequences. A little eugenics could help prevent that.
http://adventuresinautism.blogspot......rt-autism.html
Seriously! There are some deranged people in the US!
I just want you to know I do not[/u] support this ideology! Heck, even biology doesn't support it! It's totally unscientific, and an abuse of human rights!
Your original argument is also a nonsequitur. "Too many people" does not lead to "Prevent drooling people in wheelchairs from breeding." Are people like that really where population growth is coming from? Show me the people who are having sex with them, and I'll show you abuses of power in the patient / caregiver relationship.
All they are is the form of the argument that everyone can accept. Next come the disabled people who aren't in wheelchairs. Then criminals. What comes after them?
If I wanted to curb population growth (for whatever reason) I'd work on spreading values like kindness and tolerance, and helping the people in and from third world countries move up to a more humane standard of living. Also I'd work on counteracting fundamentalist preachers. Because squalor and religion seem to be the biggest predictors for who raises large families.
I'm sorry, I should have clarified some more. I think that maybe if we informed people more about eugenics, but focus less on the improving of the human species and more on the preserving of the human species, we can both reduce the amount of severe mental deficiencies by not encouraging them to have many children, and by giving the responsibility to the population as to what has to be done on a global scale to prevent an overpopulation crisis, such as having less children in the first place.
I'm not saying they are the source of overpopulation, I'm not saying to sterilize them. I'm just saying that there is a higher probability that their children will have a mental deficiency like their parent, and that more children with higher probability creates more problems. One child is fine, preferably not two if there is a more than 50% chance of having the same problem, maybe more if the deficiencies are less severe. But certainly not six children.
People who are not in wheelchairs but are still handicapped can provide for themselves and to society. If they cannot, then society can help them. As for criminals, they can have children, after all it's nurture, not nature, that determines an individual, and crime isn't part of a person's genome.
I'm more worried about irresponsible parents than for criminals, honestly. All the spoiled children who think they can do whatever they want, all the parents diagnosing their child with ADD and whatnot to try and deflect the blame from heir lack of parenting... I honestly believe a parenting course should be mandatory for all parents, and that they have to come back to the course so long as they keep failing it. Free of charge of course, and it doesn't stop them from having as many children as they want, but still, a basic level of training should be mandatory for people.
I completely agree with you on that point. Not only fundamentalists, changing any religious issue that directly contradicts empirical evidence. One of the most stupid mistakes the Vatican has made was to forbid the use of the condom. Only now has the pope recognized how useful the condom is to fight STD's (most notably HIV), but it's just the lesser of two evils when compared with fornication without procreation. I mean, come on, seriously, many countries in Africa are overpopulated, poor, have not enough resources, are warring, are riddles with infections and diseases, and yet the Vatican still doesn't freely allow the condom? I know it isn't the only solution, but that would be a giant step in the right direction.
we can both reduce the amount of severe mental deficiencies by not encouraging them to have many children
Fuck that.
Autism's a "severe mental deficiency" to a lot of people in government. They're talking about genetic screening so they can abort autistics. Your eugenics is my genocide. And it makes the population as a whole less diverse and sustainable.
I'm sorry, I should have made a better choice of words. By severe I meant that a person is totally unable to help society. And that can only be determined once a person is born. If an autistic person is entirely unable to communicate, but can produce amazing art, she/he can still provide for her/himself and others.
But maybe I should change the eugenics wording. I want to avoid invasive processes as much as possible, not to dictate sterilization and abortion.
"They're talking about genetic screening so they can abort autistics. Your eugenics is my genocide. And it makes the population as a whole less diverse and sustainable."
I completely agree. Genetic screening should not be used to determine abortion. It should be used to help parents prepare for the challenges they might face later on and how to learn to overcome them to live a happy and fulfilling life. Not homogenizing the population by eliminating minorities and people with conditions.
I also think it's harder than one might expect to tell from somebody's genes what his or her offspring will be capable of.
Apparently there's a 1997 sci-fi movie about it called Gattaca (G, A, T, and C as in guanine, cytosine, thymine, and adenine, get it? ) which I haven't seen talking about that.
It's at this point practically impossible to look at someone's genome and see what she/he will be able to do. A guess is just as good as a scientist's opinion in this area, it's just too complex.
However, the system has a limit, and a growing number of such individuals will eventually overload the system. That is simply what I want us to avoid, not by sterilization necessarily, but to limit the amount of offspring which we know will have problems by preventative measures, such as contraceptives.
God that 'preventative measures' sounds awful. Thank you very much Mr. Bush.
Problem seems largely mythical, and rooted in distaste for other creatures. Yours or anothers.
The problem might seem mythical, but with almost 7 billion people on the planet, we're still talking about a lot of people with very serious difficulties/disabilities, who might be passing on those difficulties to their possibly numerous children. I'm not saying we embark on a grand crusade against genetic defects, I just think people should be sensitized to the situation.
I only read the definition of eugenics in my grandpa's Encyclopedia, and I though it looked like a practical concept. I didn't do any research on it however. After Feathertail and me talked a bit more about it though, I realized eugenics were mostly used by the majority to try and get rid of people they didn't like by forced sterilization and bypassing legal means.
I thought of eugenics more as a preventive kind of measure, like how people wash hands to avoid getting diseases. I naively though that if people were properly informed of the risks and problems, it would help. I also thought perhaps the sterilization procedure could be strictly regulated and controlled by a group of scientific professionals. Using more strict methods to avoid sterilizing willy-nilly and only using it when needed for those who absolutely cannot contribute to society. I want to avoid having one person or the masses dictating who should be sterilized, and move away from forced sterilization to finding more non-invasive solutions, like limiting the amount of children and/or genetic screening.
But I twisted the definition of eugenics so far I'm not entirely sure it's still the good term
I don't think that's necessary. Canada might be a little bit more wild than the states, doesn't mean we can't rent DVDs
I must go and read then!
Omg, you people have DVD's, I thought your all still had VHS, its better you know.
And I was hoping for an excuse to have mail from Canada.
Go, read, return, tell. :3
Actually, we do :p They don't sell them anymore, but practically everyone I know owns a VHS player
Send something random to the Governor General's house, I'm sure you'll get some kind of reply!
I know! Write that you are a loyalist, and are still fighting for our glorious British empire against the capitalist forces of evil!
Does he have more TF stories on DA? He doesn't seem to have many here...
crazy Canooks
Freedom fighters to the end!
I believe he might, if you can find him :P
I thought you knew already!
Freedom fighters to the end, or from the start? :p
Not hard, really, he says his DA on his FA page
Man, I haven't logged on there for like a year... Not looking forward to the pile of messages...
eh, I forgot, you canooks are rather forgettable with all your maple syrup and friendliness.
Freedom fighters...forever!
DA..I got something there, don't use it much though....I have no messages. :(
I really like biology actually :p And English, and Psychology, and Chinese So long as it keeps math to a minimum, I like :p
Very forgettable indeed! I guarantee you, pass a night in a shugar shack with a bunchof happy Quebecers, with a lot of maple syrup and beer, it's a night you won't forget so soon!
Aww man, I so mean! I just picture you, a lone voice of a loyalist in the states, and I just thought about this!
I sorta forgot about it after having zero feedback and meeting this bunch of weird people (coming from a furry, that's saying something! )
Anyways, I entered a sort of TF contest thingie, and I got a crappy picture of some sort of humanoid pokemon TF, and I had to write a story for a dude who wanted to become the Grinch who Stole Christmas. Was really weird.
Mmmm, sugar
that story...seems a bit...strange
those URLs always do the fecking..
Soo good! But Maple Syrup is better! :p
It was. And he was happy. And wanted to grinch roleplay with me, and showed me his other 'monstrous' friends so to speak, and they said how much they would love a story like that... At that point I went and backed away....
Inorite?
flap jacks!
Whoa! that is one hell of a back away moment. creepy
Inorite?
What are those already?
Very. That's why I'm afraid of going back on DA to this day still. At least I know he's in New Zealand, so I know he'll stay the hell away from me!
What are what? Inorite?
I might have to request an asshole TF story, an asshole person, not an asshole asshole. :P
No, flapjacks, what are those already?
A very creepy image popped in my mind wen you said that :p
inoright? they are pancakes...a fluffy version of crepes. they are delicious with syrup. they are best called flapjacks by men who wear flannel and chop down trees. :P
I think you may have gotten your head in the wrong place there. ;)
Ah! Those! Yum! Up here we just call the flat ones french pancakes, to us flapjacks are sort of the usual :D The mighty lumberjacks!
Most definitely! Then again, reminds me of a T-shirt that said "I'd like to think like you, but I can't stick my head that far up my ass"
Mmmmmm, lumber.
and is that how the story would start?
Plenty of fibre in that, I guarantee! :p
Yuck, that would be gross
better start eating your wheaties then.
And I guarantee the story would create painful and expensive back problems for the character('s)
Yuck! :(
I think what you meant was extensive. Also, many infections. This subject is rapidly approaching disgustingness :(
Ew!
No I meant expensive, because I, like most government fearing Americans, fear going to the doctor because it costs super large amounts of money. Also...medicine you buy in Canadia is like 10 times more expensive in the U.S. thanks to government levies and taxes. So those infections would then go untreated...and now we rise from the poo to reach intercontinental economics. I knew this conversation was going somewhere good.
http://shifti.org/wiki/The_Tail_Tale
I laughed!
You can bring it up any time you want! I'm always up for random fun chats :p
If he is, I really need to go and see him then!
And don't worry, it's not that hard to grasp. Just aim the pointy end to who or what you want to shoot, put the wooden part against your shoulder, and pull the little lever
Not that hard!
But those were my top two wisdom teeth, which had grown out, if pointed outside a bit. My lowers though are at an angle towards the front, and have not come out yet...
My wisdom teeth pointed horizontally...
Ouch! My lowers are sort of at a 45° angle, so I don't know how much worse those are going to be...