Sumpta

Typical. People whine how Jagex ignores the community, blablabla, then Jagex does acknowledge the community by officially assigning worlds the themes the community assigned to them unofficially and it's still wrong? If Jagex had ignored the fact that the community had originally chosen w104 for trouble brewing and w66/99 for law running, then there might be reason for grief (and even then). As things are now, however, they are perfect. Finally Jagex has acknowledged something the community set up for their ease and even made it official.

99 slayer in under 24 hours? Seriously, that just ain't possible. I think slayer and farming are comparable in the sense that they leave space for a kind of "multi-tasking". While getting 99 slayer, you can (and will) also max out HP, attack, strength, defense, ranged and still make a profit. You'll also get the seeds & herbs needed to get high farming and herblore. As such, high slayer is a guarantee for a good all-round character. The same sort of goes for farming because there's such a lot of waiting involved, time you'll be using to train other skills. With farming, however, you have the freedom to spend that time as you will. You can log off and do other stuff, you can spread your efforts on several different skills, thus gaining more overall levels. Slayer would be the hardest of the two, as it requires more dedication and time (even when simply counting exp/hour). I also go "wow" for 99 agility and rc, because they require "screen attention" combined with a lot of time (whereas fm for example requires screen attention but less time). But slayer has the edge over them all because it requires the same amount of screen attention ÃÆÃâÃâànd it holds a certain amount of danger on top, since you can hardly "zone out" like you can with agility and rc - too high risk of dying with very expensive gear. Nobody cares if you stand still for 5 min on the agility course, but in combat it equals certain death. RC can be trained in a safe way too, although it does mean less xp. To make a clean sweep of it: slayer profits highly from good skills in other areas and that takes additional time: agility and quests to get to certain areas; herblore and farming help to get pots easily and cheap; high combat speeds up training; etc. Typing this made me realise once more how much I love slayer. It just ties in so well with every other skill - only thieving, mining, woodcutting and firemaking hold no advantage whatsoever for slayers. Slayers are simply unable to have the one high skill (vs. rc'ers, agility lovers etc). Unless they go for an insane use of the recoil ring, but that's just plain weird.

Haha, yum yum kiwifruit. :D Did he enjoy his stay over here? Oh yeah, he liked New Zealand best of all - and that's saying something, considering all the places he's been. It took im several years, however, before he even wanted to touch a single kiwi fruit again, let alone eat it. Apparently, they can be the cause of severe trauma :D.

Well, after a short holiday, I have quite a list... These are the highlights, I might add some that I've forgotten later on: Das Leben Der Anderen -Whoa. Loved it. See it! Often compared with Goodbye Lenin because it also deals with the DDR and the communist society, but to hell with the comparison. Das Leben is subtle, tinted with grays (both literally and figuratively speaking) and it's touching. The only part which seemed far-fetched is the death of one of the characters (won't say more than that), but other than that, this film deserved its Oscar. Die Blechtrommel - Odd, unsettling, brilliant. This film left me speechless, slightly disgusted and I've been mulling it over ever since I saw it. It's filled with symbolism and double meanings and deals with the invasion of Poland and the subsequent war from the point of view of a 3-year-old boy who decides to stop growing when he sees the adults around him go crazy. Based on the novel by Germany's renowned writer GÃÆÃâÃâünter Grass. The Seventh Veil - Quite disturbing film about a love-hate relationship between a teacher and his pupil. Dates from a time (40s) when Freud was "in" and German-sounding psychiatrists served as the deux ex machina. Still, I loved it, for its great portrayal of the odd relationship and characters. Mrs Brown - Solid British quality, with solid British acting and a solidly British story. Alas, it made for a perfectly solid picture but a nevertheless rather boring film. It won't stick, I'm afraid. Just can't hold a candle to the many pearls I've seen lately. Becket - Gielgud, Burton and O'Toole in one film about the fascinating Thomas Becket. Couldn't possibly go wrong in my book. Sadly, I couldn't watch it till the end, because it was broadcast too late for me, working girl. I did see the first hour though and hope to purchase the DVD to continue watching. The Trouble With Harry - One of Hitchcock's less renowned, understandably up to a certain level, but still, it's this film that made me fall for the master's work, together with Dial M for Murder. Subtle humour, slightly weird and thoroughbly enjoyable. The Simpsons Movie - Fun. Had a lot of good laughs, but it won't stick. Oh well. Not all films have to wrack one's brain. The Lady Eve - This film bears both the elements of the silent film and the whole generation of films following it. A combination of slapstick and sex comedy make this film -strangely enough- very modern. I liked the way it was shot, the plot was okay, but not particularly strong. Loved it, but The Palm Beach Story took it a notch higher. The Palm Beach Story - I've been using "nitz" and "yitz" for a few weeks now at all possible times, confusing the hell out of some dear friends and driving them to desperation... I liked this film even better than the Lady Eve (same director). Truly a classic, loved it from start to end. Sex comedies of the 30s where a lot more interesting, fun and, well, sexy, than "How to lose a guy in 10 days" and likewise crap. Bringing up Baby - The star of this film is not Grant, nor Hepburn, but the leopard ("Baby"). Quote: "He's three years old, gentle as a kitten, and likes dogs." - "I wonder whether that means that he eats dogs or is fond of them?" A fine screwball comedy, but it doesn't live up to The Philadelphia Story or His Girl Friday. Excellent entertainment, however. These films are teaching me how to be a woman! Arsenic and Old lace - I swear I can just keep watching this film over and over and over again. There are simply no words to describe this one. I'm not one for lists, but this easily makes it into my top 3 of best comedies ever. Pull up a tombstone and watch it. Really. Capra's the man.

In this day and age I find that to be an extremely narrow-minded view. I can easily understand why people don't like it and feel threatened. Mmkay. Why? Why are people threatened? Do gay people murder, pillage and rape? Do gay people make the streets unsafe? Do gay people steal our jobs? Do gay people make us alter our lives in any way? I don't see how religion should be reason enough to ban a group of people from society or look down on them. In the case of christianity, it is all but a christian thought to do so. Did not Jesus always stand up for the minorities? Heathens, prostitutes and leppers? Why should he have excluded homosexuals? Feeling threatened by homsexuality is not inherent to the religion itself, it is part of a human policy to maintain power. As such, no I cannot understand its continuing influence on society. Then again, I do live in a country where religion and politics are separated.

'Scuse me? Sex is for reproduction and bonding in a relationship. Sex existed long before marriage or even monogamy did, darling. An hour? Boy, you still got a lot to learn.

Someone I knew had kind of the same issues. He packed his bags and went out to travel around the world for a year to experience new things, get to know other cultures and new people. He didn't have any money, but worked on the road whenever he needed (like picking kiwi's in New Zealand). It was a tremendously rich experience for him, and when he came back, he did need a bit of time to readjust to life here, but at least he had figured things out better. He has gone out and done something that he'll remember and cherish for the rest of his life. One thing is certain. You won't be getting anywhere the way you're living now, so get off that behind and do something. Anything, even if you don't like it, at least you'll know why you don't like it and maybe figure out what you'd rather be doing instead. Tuning down on being so self-involved ("I am my favourite subject") might help. Less navel-staring, more looking around you, smell the air and realise life really can be good, and that you're simply wasting your time being unhappy, you know.

I think it's sad that this question can generate 15 pages of discussion in this day and age. How in the world can anyone maintain that it's "wrong"? These people are struggling to find a place in society and not be looked down upon, because of the simple fact that they like people of their one sex better. Ever since the tight grip of religion, they have struggled with guilt and persecution, resulting in squashing their feelings, to the pain and detriment of all parties involved. Just think of the many women married to gay men, resulting in awful marriages. The horror... For the life of me, I don't understand why people feel threatened by homosexuals.

Guh. Thanks for single-handedly warping us back in the middle ages. Just because women carry children, does not mean they're the only ones responsible for the conception and education of the kids. Men need to share some of the responsibility unless we want them to cheerfully spread their seed wherever they see fit. That is bloody obvious.

I'm worse. I simply can't walk past any reflecting surface without at least a passing glance. I've got a huge mirror on the wall of my room, to watch myself dress and undress. It's not that I think I look so bloody great or wish to admire my well-shaped body (haha) or anything... It's more a critical evaluation of my clothes, outfits, hair and the like. Guess I'm more of a girl than I suspected. *runs away in shame now* :oops:

Slayer, slayer, slayer. Seriously. I'm 90 slayer right now, and at the rate that I'm going (1 or 2 tasks a day), I'll still need about 2 years to get to 99. There just isn't one skill on a par with slayer. The day I'd get 99 slayer, would probably be the day I quit. It's the one true achievement in my mind. The other really timeconsuming ones would be Agility - but you don't need any resources (armour, expensive pots, other skills). RC - but it still has runners. Farming - but you get lots of spare time to train other skills. Constr - not a hard skill in se, but getting the gold is timeconsuming

On the whole, I agree with assassin. From a rational point of view, there isn't any viable reason why a woman (and her partner) shouldn't have the right to decide if she wants to give birth or not. A heap of cells does not equal a life. From an emotional point of view, things are a lot more difficult. As an adult woman, I've had my share of "baby scares". To all of you out there screaming about "protecting yourself": protection, in the form of condom and/or anticonception medication, isn't fully safeproof. Every single sexually active woman goes through scares. As an 18-year-old student, I definitely would have gone for an abortion (and wept for days on end as a result, mind you). But as a 25-year-old with a job, I don't think I'd have the heart, even if I'd have to be a single mother. Turning this discussion roundabout, some people do not understand women who don't do abortion. Like in the case of teen pregnancies. On an emotional and both physical level, I can understand women who decide to keep their child. It's not just about not committing murder. Both men's and women's bodies are programmed to procreate - for example, women are notorious for craving sex during their fertile days of the month. So once you're pregnant, your body and mind go into "yeah! we're having a baby"-mode. This makes it even harder to commit the cold and rational act of deciding to abort. I really can't judge any woman deciding to keep her child, even if it's handicapped, inconvenient, the result of youthless carelessness or even born out of rape (though I shudder to think of that). However, I do judge her when her sole reason for having it, is her religion...

Louis Couperus, a Dutch writer from the beginning of the 20th century.

Fabulously written and very funny. It reminds me of a line in the book Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell: "It wasn't that she didn't love him; he was quite certain that she did. It just seemed that she had married him for the sole purpose of quarreling with him." Come on, it's cute, even though he's complaining, you can feel how much he loves Margret all the same.

Goodness gracious, I return to the Tip.It Forum after a well-deserved holiday and the first thing I read, is this. Booya! Boy, either you like really huuuge butts, or you were speaking figuratively. I have to admit, as long as they're not saggy, I couldn't care less about a man's lower cheeks. They're usually well-hidden from view anyway, contrary to the behinds of us females.

If they offer you their heart on a silver platter with the hammer right next to it... both men and women will eventually be tempted to crush it. Harsh, but true.

Women aren't creatures or godesses. We're people. Why do some men find it necessary to put women on a pedestal? What a truckload of pressure, we're just bound to tumble of it at one stage or another. You're the type of guy women have for breakfast. Build up some resistance asap.

I don't really see how he deserved what he got. Honestly, Snape put Voldemort at a huge disadvantage. Snape was on Dumbledore's and the Order's side the whole time but only Dumbledore and himself knew it. Snape deserved it because 1. He was a creepy Lily-stalker! 2. He chose to put himself into that position of secrecy. Dumbledore would've told others, except that Snape himself requested that nobody know that he was out to protect Lily Evans' son. 3. It's nice for him to be a double agent and all, but it runs with risks. If he had stayed solidly on his own side, I think I'd feel a bit sorrier for him. If Voldemort had not killed Snape and consequently won the Battle at Hogwarts, I honestly don't see Snape standing up to him at the last second. He would've taken a position similar to Aberforth's; hopelessnes, "it's all over, we can't fight it," and probably gone back to skulking at people and stalking other guys' wives. Meh, way to go in not getting the point. I don't see how anybody could not feel sorry or sympathy for Snape. 1. Yes, his love for Lily was obsessive and possessive. He was completely love-starved as a kid, and never had any real friends apart from Lily. No matter if you call him a stalker, Lily considered him her best friend for years. 2. Erm, how could you be a spy and not be in a position of secrecy? Snape didn't want anybody to now about Lily partly out of pride, but also because of his position with Voldemort. 3. Yeah right. Snape has always followed Dumbledore's orders, even when he was feeling used by him. He even wrecked his own soul in following Dumbledore's order to kill him. He would not have stood aside at the very last moment. In the end, Snape did work for the greater good, by telling Harry about his fate, even if this went against his constant protection of Harry. Sheesh, Snape has lived without hope all his life, his only goal was to make amends to Lily, by protecting her much-hated son and following Dumbledore's orders. He has lived his life as a slave to Dumbledore and Voldemort. All out of love, the most valued power in the books. Things could have turned out so differently for this guy and he knew it. He was brave, if not a hero.

I'm very glad to say that there is a very slim chance that I'll ever be presented with the choice.

Ohhhh shoes! I love shoes! I have about 20 pairs :D. And to all you men out there wearing leather shoes, way to go! A classic chesea boot on a man makes me swoon. A few of my favourites (most similar I found - pity I don't have a camera, mine are a lot nicer) In black and taller: These in dark red: http://www.caselli.be/Pages/Show_image.php?&fid=1536

A very wise and of course homosexual man had a woman say the following words in one of his plays: Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

I can't believe everybody rushed through the read like this. Didn't any of you wish to savour the experience? I've been reading a few chapters, then reviewing said chapters with a friend who was reading too, making up theories as we went along. I finished today and still think I've read way too fast. Couldn't help myself... Anyway, I loved the book. It was very grim though and things looked very bad about halfway. My heart was hammering in my chest most of the time. Didn't like the LOTR-thievery though. But Rowling has a flair for mixing drama with humour, which I find irresistible. [hide]I loved the scene where Hermione and Ron kissed in the midst of battle, with Harry baffled, saying "Is this really the time?" Snape had me in stitches too, he has such a wonderful sense of dry irony. When Dumbledore tells him Snape would have to kill him, his reaction "Would you like me to do it now or would you like a few moments to compose an epitaph?" Just. Too. Good. I don't know how he'd feel about having a Potter brat named after him though...[/hide]

Ha, funny, I feel exactly the opposite. The first Dumbledore looked too much as if you could break him by just breathing at him. I was constantly worried he was going to drop dead in the middle... of... a... sentence. (With all possible respect to the actor, who actually did die.) Michael Gambon portrays Dumbledore as the strong and slightly weird wizard he is - from book 4 onwards we don't get to see the silly Dumbledore as much in the books anyway.

I agree with Tripsis that they just skim over key issues. One thing I was looking forward to were the Occlumency lessons between Snape (Alan Rickman, ooooh ) and Harry and the memory from Snape's childhood that makes Harry panic about his father... In the film he pulls himself together in the blink of an eye. How disappointing *in my best Snapeish voice*.

Harry Potter and Order of the Phoenix - Still don't quite know what to think. They tried to put so much in the film, but never gave the viewer the time to let anything sink in. I pity the people who haven't read the book, because they will be in for one rollercoaster of a film. Heck, I was completely confused and I've read all of them more than once. The more they move on in the series, the more I wonder how they're going to solve the plot mess they've been making. On the plus side, there were some nice details for the fans, such as the goat in the Hog's Head. Very funny for those who remember the incident between Dumbledore's brother (the barkeep of the Hog's Head) and some goat ('inappropriate charms').