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dfgray44
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 Posted - 29 Sep 2011 : 09:27:17 AM
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Originally posted by Kalisto
...I'm dancing up in the branches of a Neem tree's canopy at twilight surrounded by fireflies.
I was wondering when you were going to do that.
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Kate
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Kate
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Rich
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Posted - 01 Oct 2011 : 4:55:48 PM
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Allergies also cause phantom smells. My allergist says that its the brain trying to relate the strange smell, to something already know....
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ISTJ & SP-3W4, DISC:High-DSC
Serious-Sensitive-Inventive-Leisurely Styles
HER:SP-2W1 & ISFJ; Self Sacrificing-Dramatic-Conscientious-Aggressive styles
My philosophy of life: Love will get you through.
I learned to dissemble at an early age. |
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Rich
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Posted - 03 Oct 2011 : 4:44:25 PM
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Life can be so easy for 3s, sometimes.... My wife and I were at our favorite restaurant, and our server brought me another class of ice tea, and wanted to know if I wanted to keep the lemon from the old glass.... My wife wanted to know why I was smiling, I was the only person, around us, with 2 lemons for my ice tea! 
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ISTJ & SP-3W4, DISC:High-DSC
Serious-Sensitive-Inventive-Leisurely Styles
HER:SP-2W1 & ISFJ; Self Sacrificing-Dramatic-Conscientious-Aggressive styles
My philosophy of life: Love will get you through.
I learned to dissemble at an early age. |
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Lake
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Posted - 03 Oct 2011 : 7:59:04 PM
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life is easy for 2's sometimes as well...
i went to disneyland for my birthday recently and my friend got me this disneyland "it's my birthday" pin, which all the disney employees responded to with an enthusiastic "happy birthday!"
so silly, but i loved it |
Edited by - Lake on 03 Oct 2011 7:59:39 PM |
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S
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Posted - 03 Oct 2011 : 8:12:39 PM
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And we all know how lovely the Disney Corporation is.
Pure, shiny, NaziChristian all the way through.
6w7. "dark" so/sx. |
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4wants8
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Posted - 03 Oct 2011 : 9:30:38 PM
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Originally posted by cakes444
life is easy for 2's sometimes as well...
i went to disneyland for my birthday recently and my friend got me this disneyland "it's my birthday" pin, which all the disney employees responded to with an enthusiastic "happy birthday!"
so silly, but i loved it
Oh, apparently they jump on newlyweds and give them free champagne flutes!!
http://snobbyfilmguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/confessing-and-forgiving.html |
Edited by - 4wants8 on 03 Oct 2011 9:31:08 PM |
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4wants8
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Posted - 03 Oct 2011 : 9:32:29 PM
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Originally posted by Kalisto
I'm so angry right now, I'm shaking. It'll pass.
Do you want to tell us why?  |
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Lake
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Posted - 03 Oct 2011 : 10:23:21 PM
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Originally posted by Saintly
And we all know how lovely the Disney Corporation is.
Pure, shiny, NaziChristian all the way through.
6w7. "dark" so/sx.
what is your particular beef with them? |
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Lake
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Posted - 03 Oct 2011 : 10:38:30 PM
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Originally posted by 4wants8
quote:
Originally posted by cakes444
life is easy for 2's sometimes as well...
i went to disneyland for my birthday recently and my friend got me this disneyland "it's my birthday" pin, which all the disney employees responded to with an enthusiastic "happy birthday!"
so silly, but i loved it
Oh, apparently they jump on newlyweds and give them free champagne flutes!!
http://snobbyfilmguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/confessing-and-forgiving.html
i love that part of home alone . |
Edited by - Lake on 03 Oct 2011 10:39:05 PM |
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S
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Posted - 04 Oct 2011 : 06:20:16 AM
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Originally posted by cakes444
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Originally posted by Saintly
And we all know how lovely the Disney Corporation is.
Pure, shiny, NaziChristian all the way through.
6w7. "dark" so/sx.
what is your particular beef with them?
Really? How about starting with the fact that they reinforced gender stereotypes to a horrendous degree? Or finishing with the fact that the emphasis on aesthetics connected with inner beauty is disgusting? Do I really have to ... woaw.
6w7. "dark" so/sx. |
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skunk
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Lake
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Posted - 04 Oct 2011 : 11:30:43 AM
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Originally posted by Saintly
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Originally posted by cakes444
quote:
Originally posted by Saintly
And we all know how lovely the Disney Corporation is.
Pure, shiny, NaziChristian all the way through.
6w7. "dark" so/sx.
what is your particular beef with them?
Really? How about starting with the fact that they reinforced gender stereotypes to a horrendous degree? Or finishing with the fact that the emphasis on aesthetics connected with inner beauty is disgusting? Do I really have to ... woaw.
6w7. "dark" so/sx.
i asked b/c i didn't want to assume why you didn't like them, though i could guess. i wanted to hear if you had any new information for me, or if you were only going to reiterate what i've already heard.
what you just wrote is nothing new nor original. i also find it to be overly cynical.
i'm not going to defend the disney company to you, b/c i don't agree with everything they do, but i will defend my right to relish things that feed my imagination and make me happy.
disneyland and disney cartoons can make me very happy, as they make me feel connected with my inner child. i was surprised how getting enthusiastic "happy birthday"s from complete strangers also made me very happy the other day.
i don't think i'm naive or backwards for finding joy in simple pleasures.
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sunny
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Posted - 04 Oct 2011 : 11:33:40 AM
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Originally posted by cakes444
i don't think i'm naive or backwards for finding joy in simple pleasures.
cakes: Do you have a strong 9 in your trifix or what?
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Lake
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Posted - 04 Oct 2011 : 12:06:40 PM
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Originally posted by JoL
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Originally posted by cakes444
i don't think i'm naive or backwards for finding joy in simple pleasures.
cakes: Do you have a strong 9 in your trifix or what?
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i think i may
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skunk Posted - 04 Oct 2011 : 10:48:46 AM On the eve of the recession.
good article. |
Edited by - Lake on 04 Oct 2011 12:10:21 PM |
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S
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Posted - 04 Oct 2011 : 12:27:57 PM
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Originally posted by cakes444
i asked b/c i didn't want to assume why you didn't like them, though i could guess. i wanted to hear if you had any new information for me, or if you were only going to reiterate what i've already heard.
what you just wrote is nothing new nor original. i also find it to be overly cynical.
Why is it overly cynical? Do you think women should look like this?
No it isn't original or new, a quick Google search shows many people resent the stereotypes enfored onto their children by American philistines that capitalised on an international childhood market. They're also aware of the plethora of vicious side-effects:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/383509/portrayal_of_the_female_body_image.html?cat=9
Why should I be original with ethical arguments? Should I come up with an original argument to convince you against racism? Furthermore, that you're intelligent enough to know the problems and yet you ignore them, is your choice. Certainly not mine.
i'm not going to defend the disney company to you, b/c i don't agree with everything they do, but i will defend my right to relish things that feed my imagination and make me happy.
Why should you feel you have to defend it? Am I taking it away? Certainly not. Don't attribute that power to me, when that is false, and then blame me for it.
disneyland and disney cartoons can make me very happy, as they make me feel connected with my inner child. i was surprised how getting enthusiastic "happy birthday"s from complete strangers also made me very happy the other day.
I used to feel like that, and then I grew up and felt very deceived.
i don't think i'm naive or backwards for finding joy in simple pleasures. reconnecting with that kind of little kid joy the past couple of years has actually made me a happier person overall. i'm over being sad.
Naive is not the word I would use. You've every right to your own enjoyment, as I've every right to my own opinions. Don't battle with your own stronger-than-your-comfortable-with perception and then lash out when others, not by attacking you, illuminate this for you via their own choices.
I choose to live my life with ethical awareness. Otherwise, I'd lay down and die.
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S
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Posted - 04 Oct 2011 : 12:29:45 PM
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Originally posted by skunk
On the eve of the recession.
If you read the article from a middle-class standpoint, then it makes good points. If you read it from the view of everyone else, it's complete nonsense written by over-privileged people for over-privileged people. Typical of the Guardian, making money from its own blindspot via appealing to the middle class blindspot.
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Lake
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Posted - 04 Oct 2011 : 12:47:30 PM
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yes, disney is a BUSINESS, something which i don't forget--just as the health care system is a BUSINESS in the USA. however, that doesn't mean that the entirety of either is bad. what it means is that we need to make a concerted effort to support what is good about them, so that those parts can grow.
of course you have the right to your opinions, saintly.
BUT just as i don't know what you've been through in your life that has made you see the world the way you do, you don't know what i've been through that makes me the way i am.
i'm not ignoring problems, i'm pushing forward the best i know how.
i invite you to watch a video about an organization i've worked with for the last couple years.
Girls on the Run
http://www.girlsontherun.org/video.html
(ignore the background music, and the the adults, and listen to what the girls say.)
THAT is what i'm about.
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disneyland and disney cartoons can make me very happy, as they make me feel connected with my inner child. i was surprised how getting enthusiastic "happy birthday"s from complete strangers also made me very happy the other day.
I used to feel like that, and then I grew up and felt very deceived.
funny, i used to feel that way. |
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Lake
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Posted - 04 Oct 2011 : 12:50:57 PM
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Originally posted by Saintly
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Originally posted by skunk
On the eve of the recession.
If you read the article from a middle-class standpoint, then it makes good points. If you read it from the view of everyone else, it's complete nonsense written by over-privileged people for over-privileged people. Typical of the Guardian, making money from its own blindspot via appealing to the middle class blindspot.
6w7. "dark" so/sx.
i DARE you, Saintly, to find SOMETHING to laugh or smile about today.
p.s. have you seen MULAN?
my kind of girl
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S
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Posted - 04 Oct 2011 : 1:21:17 PM
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I actually have a bubbly and silly disposition. I smile a lot (which Desdemona, Lila and Gray would account for).
But, if you need to believe the opposite in order to not feel threatened by my view, then so be it.
I certainly don't feel threatened by you.
6w7. "dark" so/sx. |
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Lake
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Posted - 04 Oct 2011 : 1:32:24 PM
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Originally posted by Saintly
I actually have a bubbly and silly disposition. I smile a lot (which Desdemona, Lila and Gray would account for).
But, if you need to believe the opposite in order to not feel threatened by my view, then so be it.
I certainly don't feel threatened by you.
6w7. "dark" so/sx.
well, that's good, b/c i wasn't trying to be threatening.
i was trying to tame your anger while not being a doormat and simply agreeing with things that you said about me, and what i think, that are entirely false.
i admire your passion, but i will not let you say things about me that are simply untrue.
did something i said somewhere upset you?
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Lake
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Posted - 04 Oct 2011 : 1:39:05 PM
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p.s. i'm sorry you hurt an intercostal muscle. i know that is painful. my job is working with people who are in physical pain, though i often unintentionally end up being a sort of therapist for them as well, as enduring physical pain can bring out the vulnerable side in all of us.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_physiology |
Edited by - Lake on 04 Oct 2011 1:41:07 PM |
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S
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Posted - 04 Oct 2011 : 1:44:14 PM
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Originally posted by cakes444
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Originally posted by Saintly
I actually have a bubbly and silly disposition. I smile a lot (which Desdemona, Lila and Gray would account for).
But, if you need to believe the opposite in order to not feel threatened by my view, then so be it.
I certainly don't feel threatened by you.
6w7. "dark" so/sx.
well, that's good, b/c i wasn't trying to be threatening.
I was just making the point because I thought you were acting defensive/threatened by me.
i was trying to tame your anger while not being a doormat and simply agreeing with things that you said about me, and what i think, that are entirely false.
I didn't say anything about you. Not once. Please point to where I said something about you. No, you shouldn't be a doormat.
I wasn't angry, either. Not in the slightest. I was being a bit snarky but I have an inability to shut my mouth when I see people indulging in what I think is unethical. Sorry.
i admire your passion, but i will not let you say things about me that are simply untrue.
did something i said somewhere upset you?
No. I have nothing against you.
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Lake
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Posted - 04 Oct 2011 : 2:07:06 PM
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okay, well i may have been defensive b/c i was hurt that you would think i was unethical and/or anti-feminist, b/c female empowerment is actually a cause that is very close to my heart.
you may not agree with some of the ways i go about things (yes, i'm a girly-girl and like some very girly-girl things), that's fine, but there is not only one way to better the world for women (boycotting anything that even remotely smells of a gender stereotype).
i have a doctorate education and am currently in the process of building my own practice, while still volunteering in 2 organizations that promote female empowerment. i think i am doing my part. give me a freaking break if i occasionally like disney movies and/or going to disneyland. |
Edited by - Lake on 04 Oct 2011 2:11:54 PM |
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