chris

umm... maybe i'm missing something, but the first sketch (captioned "these two sketches...") includes what is pretty much unmistakably a pontiac vehicle, positioned just above the camaro that should've gotten produced (IMO). those are the proportions I've been raving about for the past, oh, 4+ years.

a classic! good taste. little eva's "the loco-motion", and almost any cover version thereof, should do the trick as well! that one's been running around in my head forever, i need to buy it.

octave one - blackwater booka shade - in white rooms hardfloor - soulful spirit (josh wink remix) one of these three tracks can generally put me in a good mood!

O.C.'s doctor calls back "APRIL FOOLS! You don't have chicken pox... you have herpes."

water

Does she know this? Does your friend?

there's nothing special about it... a bunch of alcohol with a horrible flavor (IMO). there's a myth that certain drinks yield various different 'types' of drunkenness, but unless it's something special like real absinthe or it's been mickeyed, it's all the same active drug (ethanol) and various flavorings. not addressing anything in particular here, but my friends do that and it's annoying. "oh it was definitely a jager night", NO YOU WERE JUST DRUNK AND DUMB AND I WISH I WAS THERE

legally drunk (0.08% blood concentration) at times, depending on my tolerance, has little effect, and produces no hangover. on the other hand, i've puked from alcohol consumption exactly once, after twelve shots of goldschlager (87-proof), and a few shots of tequila (2-3, one was out of a doubleshot glass with some red bull, tasted like gasoline). i didn't have a hangover that day, although i did drive into work drunk (it was on a wednesday night).

"drunk" is a pretty subjective term. how many nights have i drank alcohol? maybe 100-150 in the past year. how many nights have i been obviously drunk? maybe 50-70 times. less frequently lately, though.

so, what relationship advice do you need?

I think you really just want to be older than you really are. I've had the same problem through life, so it's not a big deal. not everyone is big on clubbing or partying or the like, but why do you suppose you're against having fun? surely if you were just more mature than they were and above their level, then you would simply live, and let live, and not be defensive?

it goes to show you that (save for serious addiction or people who stupidly start way too early in life) drug use doesn't really have a huge bearing one way or another. it's not something that makes you cool and it's not something that makes you a horrible person. it's also not necessarily something to be looked down upon. all of that includes drinking. the coolness factor of having a cocktail in your hand at a party pales in comparison to what a real personality and a wealth of knowledge and culture can provide.

straight guys generally hide their porn too!

so gay guys are more concerned about the presence of bodily fluids on their sheets than straight guys?

first thing i would think is, this kid is smoking pot and rockin' out at night...?

how the heck is blacklight presence even casually associated with being gay?! i need to know because, um, a friend... uh...

Really! Then perhaps it is you who has not lived. There's tons of great music out there!

my room is gayer than this room! (hahahaha @ acid flashback)

There are between 2500 and 3000 songs on my iPod playlist, and 300-400 in my plastic playlist (otherwise known as my record crates).

charger, if you're saying you're not sure who made the song "pour some sugar on me," the band's name is Def Leppard and they are arguably legendary. check out their whole hysteria album, it's full of great music.

some tracks i'm feeling right now: kerri chandler - bar a thym (foremost poets vocal edit) foremost poets - funk nebula lith de lanka - save the music ulrich schnauss - if you've never been away tim deluxe - just won't do miguel migs - life and music chab - closer to me (lexicon avenue vocal mix)

The key thing that has worked for me is not to concede points, but to effectively offer a concession to your opponent in the form of a question. In this way, you draw them as much as halfway toward your viewpoint. (If you are truly good, you may actually see some of their point and move in their direction as well.) In arguing with a fanatic, sometimes one must be artful with the truth. The best concession is one that completely neutralizes your opponent's point. Opponent: "String theorists believe their theory solves every problem known to man? How about (some point that string theory may not answer)? They're pulling that outta their asses!" Responses could include (if available), a factual address to the claim in the form of a correction, an admission that they don't have all the answers, or: Me: "String theory doesn't have all the answers. It's a pretty well-supported model in that it explains a lot of phenomena in the universe, but of course as with any side, the loudest people will claim to know everything. The truth is, they don't, but if they admit it, then the people that DO claim to know everything will rip them to shreds!" This has happened a number of times (although never about string theory and always about something much more controversial). It didn't always take this form, but nevertheless it did always demonstrate how keeping a perspective wider than the scope of your opponent's arguments often helps in dealing with fanatics. Don't allow yourself to be swung about by other people's arguments on all matters. It is one thing to be a student, but it is quite another to be completely without passion and conviction.

I think the past 10 years in music have been pretty interesting, the past year or two especially so. I'll admit 2000-2004 or so had some of my favorite releases, but music is certainly heading in *many* great new directions lately. The "00's" are a very exciting time indeed!

agreed, it's time to put the jokes to rest and move on.

I've probably seen ghost dog about 10 times, harold and kumar and van wilder a couple dozen each... pi i watched maybe four times, each time getting a whole new appreciation for the movie. (each time I watched it I was like, "oh NOW i get it". i don't see this changing soon.)