aquariusman

Banned for bashing of cookies.

Several people from Bungie have stated several times that the Legendary Map Pack will never be free.

Personally, I'd say some small form of monarchy is good, just t keep the democratic aspect of the government in check. The democratic aspect of the government keeps the monarchy from reaching corruption, while the monarchy help keeps the government stable at certain points, allowing for things such as the suspension of parliament. It also just cuts away all the bueracracy in times of urgency, if the proper legislature is in place to allow for this.

I don't get allowance, however my parents generally don't make me pay for much, like lunches and clothes, within a limit. Personally, I'd rather they do the opposite, give me allowance and I have to pay for it myself, would actually teach me the value of money -.-

...In 2 days. I don't think I'm going to buy them right away. I don't really play Halo 3, or even Xbox, enough to justify the $12.

It's just cool to have, okay? The sniper I prefer depends on the map and game. If there's more of a chance of me going up against infantry close up and without enough to pull out a pistol, I'd choose the M21. Anything else is the R700 or M40.

I find Arby 'n' the Chief completely unfunny. RvB beats the hell out of it. Also, I like some of the serious Machinimas, but still prefer RvB, it's probably one of the only established ones that I know of.

North Korea should have gotten another country to launch their rocket for them, then this whole thing could have been avoided, including the UN Resolution violation.

To take the example of God creating the new Covenant to replace the Old Testament; if He changes his laws in response to an unfavourable reaction from society, why should we not do the same? That is really only for the Christian/Catholic (and whatever religion that can apply to) Conservatives that believe we should not change laws just because we feel like it. Now, I personally have nothing against LGBT's as long as they keep it to themselves, just like I'd ask the same of a heterosexual couple. I don't mean that they can't kiss/'makeout' in public, but what I do mean is that if it goes from affectionate to sexual, the line has been crossed. I must say that because of a technicality, I do oppose gay marriage if it is stated in the [insert religious text here] that marriage is exclusive to heterosexual couples. Anti-gay religious texts would exist out of practicality; the death rate was very high a thousand or two years ago, and so anything that didn't result in reproduction simply stunted the growth of a nation and maybe caused families to die out. I do feel that this has lead to homosexuality being considered a taboo today, when survival rates are much higher, and in fact the Earth could benefit from a hit to our reproduction levels. I am in favour of someone being what they truly are than trying to be what they aren't however. Just one more thing though. If homosexuality was in any way hereditary, it would not exist. Why? Most gays will not be passing on their DNA.

On the topic of standardized tests, I recently had to take the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test, which pretty much just says that I'm at the acceptable English level for a Grade 9 student in Ontario. I think it's pretty ridiculous, since my English mark in Grade 9 was 84, my Grade 10 mark being just about the same, and both were in IB preparation courses. Either way, I finished both parts of the test in half the time I was given, and it made me laugh to see all of the people that were in my classes and pulling higher marks than me, stress out over the test. I slacked off a lot on the test, just because I only needed to pass it, any mark above 50% is irrelevant. At times I really wanted to just make my answer as amusing as possible, but if I did that, then I probably would have failed. Apparently provincial governments don't like that.

I want to say music, but sometimes I'm really not sure what my dependence on music is like. Things I know for certain: Friends Rugby Hockey Any other sports Streetlight Manifesto Sports might as well be my life. They really are the only thing I can adamantly say that I love. Streetlight Manifesto has just so much nostalgia and awesome associated with it for me to not love them. And something I should mention, almost all of my friends I make through sports. I also don't consider TIF as one of these because quite frankly I see it more of as an addiction than a passion :oops:

I actually don't think I've ever experienced enough pain to be considered 'Worst pain ever inflicted'. By that I mean that I've injured myself many times, but never found that any of them hurt that much at all. The worst I'd probably say was just recently, when I landed on my hip awkwardly in hockey. The muscle tightened right up, or it was near impossible to walk when I got back home (It stiffened up on the car ride home). So far it's been over a week and is nearly recovered, although still gotta stretch it out a bit more. It's isn't so much that it was painful but that the pain came whenever I moved, or just simply sat/bent my knee/hip. Another one would probably be falling and completely tearing my knee open as a kid. Although I'm really not sure. Strangely, the only thing that's left a scar didn't hurt at all. I hit someone in hockey, and their skate came up and caught me in the side of my forearm. Left a 2.5cm by 5mm scar, and only needed 3 stitches. Still sucked since it happened a day before Winter Break started. Also, it didn't bleed at all, especially considering that I was playing hockey at the time, meaning my heart was really pumping blood through my body. I'm not sure, but I kind of like the scar, it didn't hurt to get, and I really don't know, I just like having it on my arm. I guess something I should mention is that by comparison to the people around me I have a very high pain threshold. Punches, etc. that nearly paralyze some people barely affect me.

There is a Youtube video of Streetlight covering Linoleum live. I personally thought it was awesome.

Mod Edit - please don't quote troublesome posts, report them, thanks To answer the question, no I have not read Gentle Hands. I have, however, read House of the Scorpion, and it is definitely a book to read.

Heh, I remember you telling me about that. I hate people that are complete trolls on Xbox Live, or at least when I'm not sitting beside them and they're my friends. Then it's just fricken hilarious.

If Youtube was working for me, I'd look into her, but it isn't, so I can't :thumbdown:

Definitely. To name an actual album/band, Keasbey Nights by Catch 22 is probably the album I'd use to sum up any summer.

Soldiers of Metal by Anthrax EDIT: Now On and On and On bye Streetlight Manifesto, a Live youtube video. I was amazed to find out Streetlight covered a NOFX song (Linoleum) and made it sound even more awesome. Now I just want to see them live even more D:

Mainly punk and most of the genres associated with it (Some pop-punk, Ska punk, metalcore). Also a lot of Ska, both first wave, two-tone and third wave. There is also quite a bit of 80's and 90's mixed in aside from that, stuff like Iron Maiden, Michael Jackson, Anthrax, Pink Floyd. http://www.last.fm/user/BigFoot8C77 For a better list.

Sorry bud, I like being under my covers in bed instead of being behind metal bars. Thanks for the help, though. Aquarias: Every football season I try to release my anger through that method, and it works a lot. Too bad football only comes once a year. :x Rugby's the opposite season ;) Although since you're in the States, I guess it would be hard to find a club to join, I'm pretty sure Canada is the only place in the Americas where it is played.

Personally I'd say that the pair of jeans I'm wearing right now could arguably be worth $200 compared to other forms of pants, simply because of how long they last. I can understand adults spending ridiculous amounts on clothes, those clothes will fit them for the rest of their life. People my age and under are still growing, so sometimes that $200 on a pair of jeans might not be the best of investments. The jeans I'm wearing right now were $40. As for my clothes, I never buy my clothes myself. Either my sister picks out stuff for me when she goes with my mom, or I get my clothes at birthdays, Christmas (Am I the only one who enjoys getting only clothes at Christmas?), etc. I don't really care too much about how I look in terms of clothes. As long as I don't look ridiculous, and the clothes are comfortable, the most I'll aim for is clean. That said, I do have quite a few favourite shirts. One if the royal blue tee I got from my rugby team during the summer, another is a white long sleeve tee from DC with grey and green decals on the right shoulder. Then there's my black tee with white outlines of headphones on the side. On another note, I don't think these jeans have been washed in a few months.

As far as I care, the first and second dimensions only truly exist in mathematics. Tip: don't try to understand all the way up to the 11th or 21st dimensions (Those were the dimensions involved with String theory, right?).

Society generally goes by the older you get, the bigger the difference can be. For example, once I hit highschool, it turned out to be that any student in the school was fair game for everyone. Personally I don't care about physical age, it is a horrible measure of someone's character. Don't worry about age if you are interacting with someone personally, unless of course there is a chance for pedophilia.

Goddess is definitely suggesting the best thing here: get help. Aside from that, if you really are against seeing a counselor, I'd try to take up rugby. Wonderfully violent, great atmosphere on and off the field, plus it requires quite a bit of physical and mental concentration, so (for me at the least) it is a great stress reliever. Again though, listen to Goddess.

Music-wise it's not the most popular stuff out there, so it's not that strange. ;) Do you even know how many Cd's/DVD's you own?