Sumpta

1. I'm fiercely independent, and few people seem to see it as a strength, while I do 2. I have a big collection of books and DVD's 3. I love to bake, you know, pies and such 4. I'm rather quiet, in real life... I have very strong opinions, but I won't share them with a lot of people. I like observing, but I hardly ever feel the need to point out other people's inaccuracies, or my own beliefs. I'm aware this account doesn't match with my persona here. 5. I'm very easily amused I'm also noticing right now that it didn't occur to me to talk about my appearance. Hmm.

No, it's pretty dumb. [cabbage], the movie was one of the most soulless and worst directed pieces of crap I've seen in years, and I realise the Twilight books are basically Stephanie Meyer's insane interpretation of a wet dream she had a few years ago. However I don't go around saying all fans should die in a fire while sporting a horribly stupid anti-Twilight signature... while never even having read the books! That right there takes a special kind of stupid. People like RobinHoodie are just like the rabid Twilight fans, except on the other side of the spectrum. So childish it's laughable. This. It's really beyond me why anybody would go to such lengths to hate something they actually (admit they) don't know. It's like the kid who's never eaten cauliflower and when he does get it on his plate, plainly refuses to eat it without tasting it, because his friends at school keep telling him cauliflower is "really really yucky". No, you know, come to think of it, it's even worse. It's the kid then going out on the streets with a sign saying "Ban the cauliflower! Hate the vegetable fans!", picketing the local grocery store. In a way it's hilarious, but in another way, it's also extremely embarassing. I'm not saying Twilight is actually any good, but for the love of god, if you want to have strong opinions about things, take the time to actually inform yourself. I'm getting on my high horse here, but you know, this is the root of hatred and discrimination: not knowing and not bothering to gain any knowledge either, but still feeling you have every right to have and express your callous opinion anyway.

The SS and SA were stylish as hell. The moustaches were a huge fashion mistake though.

Might aswell give up taking most pharmaceuticals, heard of Bayer ? It's easier to avoid fashion brands than medicines. It's very hard to be consequential about everything, but I don't see how that should stop people being consequential about some things at least.

2183/24 = 90,96 Well, I've moved up, at any rate.

The dude in my office, who is, as we speak, not using a handkerschief but sniffing up his snot the whole damn time. As a bonus, he combines this with occasional grunting and mumbling to himself.

^ I doubt that they'll change much. They made a very faithful Twilight, all things considering, if you compare it to other book/film adaptations (*cough*Harry Potter*cough*). There's plenty of respect for/fear of the Twihards to not step out of line, and even if they do, SMeyer is there to block the scenes she hates or to insert the lines she believes too genial to cut (*cough*Lion/Lamb mush*cough*). They're just as likely to put in plenty of Jacob for the Jacob-fans as they are to insert enough Edward for the Edward-fans. As for the second movie syndrome, I don't think that applies here. Sequels are usually only bad when a film became a sudden hit and they decided to ride the moneywave for a bit longer by coming up with a rushed and out-of-the-blue Pt. 2. It's not like Twilight was supposed to be a one film-thing, they knew from the beginning they might have sequels, since it's a book series. Hell, the movie was open-ended and prepared the sequel with the whole evul Victoria-plot-thingy and the Edward/Jacob growls screaming "this ain't over yet". Oh my god. I'm... defending... New Moon? Just kill me now.

^ You know, men who claim they understand 'the wimminz' usually haven't the foggiest... I'm a woman, a damn complicated one at that, and even I wouldn't presume to be able to tell how other women think. Quite frankly, I wouldn't presume to be able to tell how I think. The real trick is to understand how alike men and women are, and to work from there. And then to accept the differences as the mystery factor you'll never fully unveil.

Penguins and circus (mage + agility) are the ones I do every week.

That would be... disappointing. I want my fountains of blood, ribs cracking and gore. Twilight owes me that, at the very least. They're adding Edward scenes, apparently, not sure how. I assume by making the moments where Bella hears his voice into a bit more elaborate visions. They won't want to disappoint the Pattinson/Edward fans who need their shot of sparkly hunkness. There's not really a scene I'm looking forward to. I liked New Moon the least of the books -well, barring Breaking Dawn, obviously- because of its Romeo & Juliet theme. Mostly looking forward to the Alice & Bella interaction and suicide-by-twinkle Edward. Jacob is only fun when he's got Edward to growl at.

Life can be very dull sometimes, but sometimes that dullness is refreshing. Some periods of my life I'm rushing from one thing to the next, begging for less action. Whenever my life takes a quieter turn, I relish it, until I grow too bored and start spicing things up again. I consider it a natural cycle. At the moment, I'm in a duller period, and I do feel I'm starting to itch for a bit of drama. The sea is way too calm. On the subject of thrills, I think it's important not to grow too blasé. Sure, you've seen it all, you've done it all, but the key is to retain some of that childlike enthusiasm that makes you wonder about, well, everything. I take an immense amount of pleasure from small things I observe every day. There's nothing I like better than sitting on a bench, reading a book or watching people go by, see their interactions, or feel a warm breeze on my cheek, or see a ray of sun hit a wall in a wonderful pattern for just a few seconds, so that only I had the chance to see it, or sing along with a tune the library's carillon is playing on a fine spring day. When I get really restless, I take some road of which I don't know where it leads to in the hopes of getting thoroughly lost or I take the first train to a city I haven't seen before, while fantasising about all the great adventures that might befall me. Meh, it all sounds really stupid, but that's the sort of stuff that can make me really happy.

I once had an interesting talk with my friends (all girls) about our preferred men's perfume. Hugo Boss came out as the one pretty much all of us swoon for. For quite some time, I couldn't enter a store without going to take a whiff of this: However, ever since I discovered Boss designed nazi and SS uniforms, my less pheromoneridden and more ethical nature turned me a bit squeamish about Boss perfume.

Truth is, it has only just begun. Apparently the cast has signed on for another 3 Twilight films, to be brought out at vampire speed before the hype cools down. This means [spoiler ALERT :D] we'll get to see Robert Pattinson chew through Kristin's Stewart belly to release their alien, no strike that, half-vampire baby. I'm not sure whether I'm horrified or reaaaally looking forward to that particular set of sparkly fun.

Agreed i'm only 86 farming I won't use this, I had to do 99 cook without cook all, blah blah blah change happens and it's for the better glad they're making things more convenient! Agreed. These are smart updates that should be made...farming should have always been like this, so it's stupid for people with 99 farming to complain about it out of bitterness because it is a smart update by jagex. Another agreed from a 99 farmer. I don't get why this update should make us moan, at all. Pretty much every 99 farmer continues farming anyhow, so we all profit from the update. It's a nice little extra, but it's not like I feel cheated out of my 99.

No. I know couples who got together when they were 16 and who are still together ten years later. I guess it takes a certain kind of person and a good match, but it happens. A lot of people go on about how falling in love as a teenager is nothing, as though it's something that happens all the time, well I'm 27 now, and I can count the times that I've fallen in love in the past ten years on one hand. As long as you're mature enough to see the difference between falling in love and falling in lust -which I will admit, is what most teenagers do- you've got a fair chance. And apart from that, who forgets the name of their first love?

Yeah, I think that would really be better. Just cutting the soon-to-be stretched cord. I'd leave her a note to read at the airport, then go hide in your room with lights, phones, everything off. Stylish. Angst, every teenager needs a healthy dose once in a while. Then again, with a long distance relationship, a lot of angst and drama is sure to head your way as well, so yeah. Edit: I just can't help it, I have to expand! Long distance relationships aren't that awful, on one condition: that there is a foreseeable end to the situation. When I was a student, my then long term boyfriend went to study in America for quite a few months and it was no biggie at all. You miss each other in an "aww, luv you" kinda way, you have outrageously expensive telephone calls and send each other cute gifts by air mail, it's all rather romantic in a way. However, when he started talking of studying and living abroad again after his return, things got strained and ended pretty fast. Being apart for more than a year, that's just not a relationship in my mind. Your girlfriend goes to live abroad, like indefinitely? That's a problem. You don't know when you'll be together again, and I'm not talking about short visits. If you want this to work, you'll have to invest heavily into the relationship. Not just moneywise, but also emotionally. It'll be a rocky path, and it would be best for you both not to cling to each other, but to have a healthy attitude about this. Give each other a bit of space and see how it turns out?

Say hi to Belgian keyboards. (3rd time I posted this) I can't recall how many times I've accidentally pressed µ when pressing enter. Seriously. Okay, I hate this phrase, but: I know, right! I hit the µ all the time when I'm chatting (fast typing + lots of enters). Glad to not have been online during this latest RS drama.

Huh yeah, it's weird. It all started when some boyfriend of the past called me a princess in an ill-advised attempt to be romantic. That pissed me off so completely that I instructed him to refer to me as his empress. Somehow, the name stuck, and even though it's a running joke, a lot of people somehow seem to see some truth in it. Probably just means I'm a pedantic, independent and arrogant b*tch :thumbsup:.

Easy: Keizerin. Which is Dutch for Empress, which would be my second choice. It's my nickname in real life, many people know me as Keizerin Helena. Oh well.

Proper housing, social security and human dignity are universally acknowledged human rights, as much as the freedom of opinion or the prohibition of slavery are. It's pretty convenient to say that "they did it to themselves" and to leave it at that. Poverty is a lot more complicated than just not having any money and not being inclined to make any. Poverty is a lack of opportunities, it is the result of a combination of social problems (genetics, education, race, gender, environment,...), for which, very often, the fault lies not with the individual. And even if the 'hobo' is at fault, do you really want people to suffer that badly for having made mistakes? Anyway, it's all rather complex, homeless peope are the most difficult socially vulnerable group to work with, because often, their leaving society was a conscious choice. They feel so very betrayed that they don't want to have anything to do with society anymore and refuse all help. Often, they exclude themselves. Getting them to trust society again can be an arduous battle. Edit: by the way, I read a (Flemish) study on beggars a few months ago, and this I found very striking... Apparently, people are most inclined to give money to beggars who are middle-aged, white males. Why? Because people feel they are most likely to have been dealt unfair blows in life.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Now there's 3 hours of my life that I want back. Oh Cate Blanchett, why must you do like 3 crappy films for every good one you're in? How I wish I had gone to see Slumdog Millionaire instead.

Black Cat, White Cat. Goran Bregovic's music just made that film great. Pitbull terrier (which is actually not by Bregovic, but sooo hilarious)! I love the Nyman/Greenaway combination. The soundtrack to The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover is brilliant. Without Greenaway, Nyman's music is a bit too sappy (The Piano e.g.). With Greenaway, there's a touch of lunacy that creates haunting music. I also like Craig Armstrong, who composed scores for, amongst others, several Luhrmann films. I'll see if I can add some youtube links later.

Yes. Some faces naturally attract us, others repel us. With all my boyfriends from the past, I felt within 5 minutes of meeting them that there was 'something' in their face that pulled to me. I've read that we are attracted by people who -genetically- look similar to us. Often, couples have strong physical resemblances, it's kind of funny when you begin to pay attention to it.

Slow people. People who are in my way. How I wish I could take a baseball bat with me every day and bash slow people on the sidewalk on the head with it.

Is it humanity or civilization that guides us to be rational, do we strive for raw passion or polished reason, is either better? Does the pulling from opposites ends drive us all to some degree of madness? that paragraph was beautiful btw. I like where you're going with that thought. I think that the core of both humanity and civilization lies in the conflict and in the madness that comes with it. We are torn, but we are happy being torn, because that's what makes us feel thoroughly human. Or something like that :. Just look at how so many of our stories, tv-series, films,... revolve around unresolved sexual tension. Two people who we hope are going to get it on sometime, don't. Not just yet. This fleeting on the brink of two worlds, reason and passion, crossing the line and back again, are just so typical of this pull. Once the tension (=the conflict) is resolved, the story ends and we lose interest. And interestingly enough, the coin nearly always falls on the sex side.