Lenticular_J

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Oh god, you're awesome, if I'm ever in Texas I must meet you and join you in one of your skirt-wearing days. Best part is that I got three phone numbers that day. They were all girls that went to my school (apparently, since they knew me), but, still. I'm just kind of a badass. And tomorrow, I'm enjoying my Valentine's Date! You [bleep]ers had better have one, too. And if not, go FIND SOME LONELY GIRLS DAMN IT

Seriously? It was a landlocked country in eastern Europe in my mental map :unsure: No, you're right! See? You just put it in southwest Asia ... Abc really can't get a break.

Changing, not [bleep]ing. There's nothing bad about it, it's just different. Sucks for the animals that can't adapt to new surroundings, but, hey. Better off without them. Take the example of the simple European earthworm. Until the Mayflower, really, soil in North America was nowhere near as fertile as it is today. Mainly because there were no creatures to aerate the soil. This contributed to the fact that no large cities and civilizations were formed north of Central America. Rather than being able to settle and farm easily, groups had to be small and nomadic to follow the very few large herd animals (really just bison) or settle in tiny villages that could easily be destroyed by unfavorable weather conditions. The European earthworm changed that. Colonists arrived with their little bulbs of all sorts of European plants, willing to discover how what grows. As it ended up, a strain of tobacco native to North America (yet was fairly uncommon in the wild and rarely cultivated by humans) would be the best export. Original attempts to grow the tobacco failed. Until the worms multiplied. And multiplied. And multiplied. By the time Jamestown was settled, the worms had already made their way down there, and in combination with worms brought by the settlers, it wasn't long before the region became fantastically arable for that particular crop. Along with this, all sorts of plants and grasses native to America were forced to extinction. It's estimated that there were far more plant extinctions in North America caused by the earthworm than by humans, but nobody knows for certain. Thanks to this "cluster [bleep]ing" of the ecosystem, you have access to North American crops in massive quantities. Definitely good for us.

It's just going to be chilly, really. By the time of the date, it'll probably be in the high 30s. I thought it was a great idea. I'd cook her something, but I have nothing to cook at home and no time to buy the things I need (quality ingredients). So a sort-of picnic will be helpful. Plus, I don't wear pants. I actually wore a skirt for half of the day yesterday. They said I couldn't, well, [bleep] them. Got hilarious reactions from strangers, too. I want to do it again. It's nice to have no shame.

And the watch isn't fashionable at all!

This will be good for the tiny artists. The big artists aren't taking huge hits from all these "threats" to the recording industry anyway. They make their money touring and from the rights to their music (ever looked at a film's music budget?). Looks cool, though. Doubt I'll use it.

I had no idea Australia was so ridiculous. I smell revolution!

We are nature. I'm so sick and tired of this cynical "oh the human race is so baaad" bull [cabbage]. Next time you see a bear, let it eat you, since obviously humans are soooo aaaawfulllll. This whole topic is just silly. Having children is in no way silly. We're so much [bleep]ing better than everything else on the world, we've figured out how to have sex without having children - by choice. And that kicks [wagon]! There are plenty of people who will have kids, and plenty who won't. Most people will, when they feel ready. And the very fact that we have the ability to feel ready is magic in itself. [bleep] opposable thumbs - we get to choose when we have kids. Where was I going with all this ... ?

Hahahaha I'm a genius. I came up with a nice variation of the whole flowers and dinner cliche of valentine's day. I wanted to stay somewhat traditional, but also, you know, not. So I'm taking her to plant sunflowers on a little picnic. It's going to be cold as a mother [bleep]er, though, which makes me mad ... Guess we'll keep each other warm.

The Army's and Navy's armories are just big bags of money they swing around.

[bleep] you alllll. It was freezing and snowing heavier than I've ever seen at 2 pm today. Now it's 55 degrees.

What do you expect? A magical laser with super accuracy? Civilians are going to die, nothing you can do about it but try and minimalize it. WWII era weapons would have taken out the entire street. I would expect a little restraint. It wouldn't have killed the pilot to wait a second or two for the civilian traffic to move (as it seemed to have passing the vehicle at the time). Actually, if I remember correctly from the article that .gif is from, all three of those cars were involved in a car chase. And if you look at the video, it's clear that there are three separate explosions, which would imply that the firing was concentrated and purposeful. That, or some civilians got [bleep]ed up. One of the two. I prefer to think of the first one - even if I'm totally wrong, I doubt I'll find out for sure.

I woke up to snoooooooooow. No snow day, though. It's still snowing like a mug, though, so tomorrow may very well be canceled. Which is hilarious, since it's a snow makeup day. GOD SAYS I DON'T NEED SCHOOL!

Mine, only mine has the shortest legal barrel I could get: I like the look of a simple shotgun.

Valentine's Day is in four days, everyone. And Fat Tuesday is two days after that. Get your [cabbage] together! Find some catholic girls!

I filmed it.

I have a close group of friends, they're all older and theatrical/musical/fine artsical people in college. We do stupid [cabbage] together, but generally nothing a typical teenager or college kid would. They're good folks. Then people I go to school with come and go. I don't really care much about them.

I'm beginning to have this terrible habit of burning bridges in relationships I end with people (friendships, whatever). I'm trying to keep it down, and it's really just a few instances, but I take too much pleasure in alienating people. I feel like a sociopath when I look back.

Anytime a girl complains about something, a quick "I could fix that ;)" is very helpful to you. And utterly hilarious!

winking faces are much more insinuating. girls like that

I [bleep]ing hate the term guru. Stop it. Just call me a badass.

Huh. Don't remember that. Good advice though. Although boners are nothing to take too seriously. When I was a wee lad, I thought girls would be offended if you got one during dancing or a makeout session or something. Teehee. Speaking of teachers and subs and such. I was flirting a lot with this sub we had in my chemistry class. I thought she was a girl I knew, so when I walked in I said, "Damn, girl, you look so good I wish I could plant you in the ground and grow a whole field of ya'll!" She turned around and was still pretty, so I held my ground. She just hung out with me while we did a lab during that class. My partner was this annoying [bleep]ty girl and she really just stayed quiet the whole time.

I'm just kind of a badass. As exemplified by an early afternoon cruise through the mall Saturday. Gents: if you're trolling for hot, wealthy girls - go early. They will be shopping and such from approximately noon to 3:30 PM. Then they will go home and get ready for dinner and a night out. Just saying.

I guarantee peer leadership will be a joke - it is everywhere. Just saying. School is boring me lately. I'm not learning anything and it's annoying.