Everything posted by Lenticular_J
-
Reading
Almost done with A Tale of Two Cities. It really isn't that bad, the story's good, I just don't like the way it's told. Today I got some books I ordered in the mail though, and I'm pretty excited. I might just put off my (less-pressing at least) homework just to read them. :P EDIT: Oh yeah, I should say what they are. All beginning filmmaking books, and one is used as a textbook in many film classes, at least here in Texas. Filmmaking for Teens, but Troy Lanier & Clay Nichols; Making Short Films: The complete guide from script to screen by Clifford Thurlow; Cinematic Storytelling: The 100 Most Powerful Film Conventions Every Filmmaker Must Know by Jennifer van Sijll; and Master Shots: 100 Advanced Camera Techniques to Get an Expensive Look on your Low Budget Movie by Christopher Kenworthy.
-
School
I thought mine was weird, Sticky. Yours is just pretty much [developmentally delayed]ed. Do you only have four days of school a week? Because if you have to keep doing that rotation ... oh god I would go insane.
-
Hawk's Top I-Don't-Know-How-Many-Albums List!
Moving Pictures was the first vinyl I listened to. I love Red Barchetta. Nobody ever knows what I'm talking about when I go off on a Rush fling. Maaaaaan. Good list. Pretty much my "Classic Rock and ROOOOOOOLL" playlist puked onto the forums and cut into eighths.
-
"Unique" Jokes and Fads at Your School?
Fadical. We have headbutts, teachers, and racist jokes. That's about it. I don't have a lot of funny people at my school. Me and a couple other guys came up with the headbutting part, and teacher/racist jokes will always be there. Behind the scenes for headbutting: We have this friend who, for some reason, back in 8th grade instead of a high-five he would headbutt you in the chest. He's a little shorter than most of us, but still. Now it's just a thingy thing.
-
What time do you go to bed and wake up?
Midnight to 6 or so, usually, at least on weekdays. Weekends, who knows. Me and my friends have slept from 8 pm to 1 pm, and we've also stayed up an entire weekend during the summer. A little less extreme now, but my weekends usually don't involve me going to be until around 4 at least.
-
Hot celebrities/models!! :) Post them here!!
1) No. 2) Muscly is not hot in terms of women. Toned yes, muscly no. So I don't get our point. She's a good looking girl that messed up her own genetic luck. Yeah, I watched What Happens in Vegas, and now I am no longer attracted to Camron Diaz for two reasons. One, when she was getting out of the shower, you could see her arms, and she has massive guns. It's gross. Two, her mouth takes up 3/4 of her face, and it really wierds me out.
-
Real life help & advice
You're almost done, just stick it out. Trust me, you drop out, you'll have a really hard time finding the time to even get your GED and going to school. You'll have to work minimum-wage since you're not even seventeen yet (and you'd have to get emancipated and all that), at least 40 hours a week if you can, and you'll still barely cover your basic needs. At least do one more year If you really can't stand it, tell them you'd like to try and get a GED right after the end of the year - or, you can up your classes to try and graduate early. That wouldn't be a bad choice. Most people I know could graduate early if they wanted to, but I don't know much about Massachusetts. Just wait it out, bro. EDIT: Then again, Quentin Tarantino dropped out when he was 15, worked at a video store, and then BAM made some movies and now he wipes his [wagon] with the Hope Diamond.
- Today...
-
Eye Contact
Yeah, it's rough. Before an interview or something, drown your eye in eyedrops. It will make your eyes look watery, but if the person is looking at you wierd, you can explain it. It's what I do before classes or dates. Just one of the sacrifices we contacted folk have to make. Tell her she shouldn't flatter herself. Unless she was hot and you were staring at her. If so, make a mooooooooooove.
-
"I want a girlfriend/boyfriend", and other such relationship advice
Nah, just sounds like high school. I know of a situation almost exactly like that. :P My vote goes to just chillaxing. Find another girl, just let your friends do what they want. Leave them alone for a week or so if you're all pissed at each other.
-
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
I think I'll be pre-ordering this. The first one was fun, and the multiplayer is what attracts me at this time. Just hop in and play with my friends (who will likely all have it - good thing about this game). Wish it didn't cost 60 dollars, though. I haven't even learned about all this stuff. I just watched some gameplay video, and saw some stuff that looked pretty cool, so I decided I'd get it.
-
Eye Contact
It's because you're thinking too much into it. If you think about how hard it is to make your eyes focus on two different objects, you'll only focus on one. Either way, though, you'd have to be really close to the person for it to make a difference. Just keep locked on to at least one eye, and you should be good :P
-
Obama Plans 'Inspirational' Speech Sept 8 to Students
We didn't get too watch it. Turns out my school district was one of those protesting the speech. Then again, we're the 2nd most conservative county in the US (I think), so I guess it isn't that surprising. Pretty lame, I could have used that time out of chemistry.
-
Real life help & advice
Easy: learn self-control. I have plenty of hot teachers and subs and girls in my classes. Just focus on not getting a boner. It isn't that hard (pun totally intended). Otherwise, you could always just move to Florida. I hear you can actually act out said fantasies there. Well, if you're 13 you can ([wagon] junior high kids always getting everything ...).
-
"I want a girlfriend/boyfriend", and other such relationship advice
Getting a life has actually put a damper on my dating lately. Not only am I set up to do stuff with friends after school, and do school stuff, and go apply at a couple of places in town for work, I'm going to Amarillo each of the next two weekends. This weekend to celebrate my best friend's birthday, the weekend after that to go to a bonfire with him and some others and celebrate him getting his license! Jesus. I need to slow down, because when I get back in town I still have plans. And homework. [cabbage]. I'm just gonna have to find some time, like two or three hours, and tell everyone else [bleep] YOU. Maybe Sunday right after church. I should be getting back around that time. I haven't been on a date in more than a week. Hanging out with my friends constantly isn't bad, but it can get tiring. EDIT: My bad. I want it blue.
-
Real life help & advice
My brother has these. They're really good, he's had them for a while. They're pretty small too, and he got them for 35 dollars.
-
BBC Team Discovers Giant Rat
How does it taste?
-
NCAA Football!
The Big 12 is going to descend upon you like a wave of rock and roll. Tech's schedule this year really isn't too hard, the only really difficult games will be the hard ones we have every year, plus the fact that all the hardest ones (except for OU) are away. I can see Tech doing good, hopefully another Cotton Bowl, but I think UT is going to surprise us. Not that I pay attention to anything but scores and, if I can, an actual game. Saturdays are usually busy for me. Unless I get Tech game tickets this year. I might for New Mexico or Rice, plus possibly OU tickets. I was about to buy Texas tickets with my brother, but I realized we're doing octathlon stuff that weekend :/
-
Today...
NEVER. EVER. BE. NEGATIVE. You have to be more positive than anyone in the room. A good, confident attitude will help so much you won't believe it. You know how everyone likes to talk about their diseases and all that crap, but everyone listening slowly has that glazed-over look? Yeah. But when everyone involved is happy, you become a much more interesting person. Instead of "terrible", say "Dude, you can't even imagine how awesome it's been." Don't wait for them to ask how, just keep flowing - it shows you don't really care as much about their opinion, because you have better things to worry about. Occasionally make eye contact, but then look off into the distance every now and then as well. Today I gave tons of awesome jump-high fives, but I think I broke my thumb when me and some guy with a big class ring on high-fived and missed. I smashed his fingers so far back they popped, and his ring hurt my thumb really bad. Damn it. And I have a ton of homework.
-
Obama Plans 'Inspirational' Speech Sept 8 to Students
Hm, so it's at 11 today? Maybe they'll make us watch it, and I'll get out of chemistry and english. Do you know how rocking into the night that would be? Obama? MORE LIKE GO-BAMA! Seriously though. I just want to miss class. Not like he'll really teach me anything, after looking through the speech.
-
School
[bleep] I WISH SOMEONE WOULD GET SWINE FLU. I hate chemistry so much. And English. And Spanish. AUGH. I guess they really aren't that bad, but I just dread them every single time. I actually look forward to my classes on my other day. I wish you could just take an exam at the beginning and middle of the year - those would be the mandatory ones, along with an end one if you don't pass either, but you can also retake them at any time. For every single subject. And if you couldn't pass them all by the end of the year, you don't go to the next grade. I usually hate tests, but I feel like I'd do better just taking one than I would flopping through school all year. Algebra II is rough, too. Damn [cabbage] damn. Oh well. I guess I'll just try and live it up while I can. I pledge to smile through the whole day. Ish.
-
"I want a girlfriend/boyfriend", and other such relationship advice
[hide=First Google Image result for "Ottawa"] That's, like, a [bleep]ing castle.[/hide] [hide=First Google Image result for "Lubbock"] Yeah.[/hide] Pshaw.
-
"I want a girlfriend/boyfriend", and other such relationship advice
maybe thats where im going wrong. HOLY CRAP. I think you need advice badly. I'm going to read way too much into that little snippet of sentence, but I wouldn't be surprised if a good deal was right. So, whenever you ask a girl out, you start considering her your one and only girlfriend, eh? Have to change all your stupid facebook and myspace or whatevers? Don't. You just asked her out. It isn't a big deal. It's a tiny deal. It's just two people who think they might have a good time together. Now, high school of course will try to throw a twist on it, but try not to succumb. Just take it chillaxed. You guys date for a while and decide you really like each other, decide together that you'll start broadcasting you're a couple. Is that how you do it? I can't help with long-term, sorry. Oh, that's what you meant. Well, yeah, calling it a date just throws too much pressure on it. I'd just call it hanging out, but you should aim it at a relationship. Now, you have great ideas for dates, and you could really sweep a girl off her feet with some of them - but if you can't follow up, you'll fall apart quick. Ah, you're lucky you live in a big lively city. Even once I can drive, the most romantic thing to do is drive out to some fields late at night. It's a lot more boring than you'd imagine, honestly.
-
The Simple Things In Life
Rolling the windows down and taking the T-tops off of my car, turning on some good tunes, and cruising around on a warm night. Classy.
-
Real life help & advice
Go to a hair place in a mall or something (I prefer them to Procuts, 25 bucks for a much more professional haircut), and get a buzzed two on the sides and back, and scissors trimming it to make it even on the top. No sideburns, because I'm pretty sure you just have flappy hair sideburns like I do, and those are not cool. DO IT DAMN IT.