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Dear Lexily and lexlings, I too am tracking but not participating in the conversation (except for the replying to people's posts in my head, but you can't hear that... I hope... or I have bigger problems lol).
I'm just not feeling chatty, last few days have had me clenched jaw unable to concentrate on much (not good for this work deadline I'm dealing with, final read of a 245 page book and I can't even read a paragraph arghhhh). Should be over and back to my normal over-share and too much chat after Thursday, worst part of this whole court thing is knowing nothing about what to expect. Even if there was a definate time to my day i.e. give evidence at X p.m. that might help, not come in first thing in the morning and sit there till we get you. OK, stopping now, I'm using the ostrich strategy, ignore what's running around your brain and doing something else. (BTW, thanks to anyone I've chatted/FB'd with, distractions have helped a lot).

EDIT: Wow, I had no idea I was feeling this bad, I didn't think to use a single smiley.... *shock, horror*
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I'd like to say first that I'm sorry for the long post, but I missed a few days, and I'd like to be really involved with the conversations in this thread, so there's a lot of replying to get to!

For anyone I'm responding to for the first time - G'Day - you can see a little about me here in my introduction thread http://www.twilightlexiconforum.com/vie ... f=5&t=4592
Kes wrote:Although I don't necessarily like to make such obvious comparisons - Lord of the Rings worked as films. Harry Potter doesn't. (I think this is actually for many reasons [note acting skills, productions skills, contect etc.]) But the main one, in my opinion, remains that the first HP book was released before I was 10 years old, and the way things are going, the last film will coincide with my 22nd Birthday (or thereabouts). I enjoyed the books, but now i'm so bored of the franchise. There won't be any further 'Twilight' books in the near future, so I think it's approriate to contain the 'hysteria' to a few short years and keep it relevant, rather than milk something that has already finished.

One thing about the LOTR movies, is that they were not the first versions. There are some other versions, and they really did not do the series justice, and the main reason is that there is just too much going on - I mean, oliphaunts, come on, no one could have reproduced those before CGI.

Obviously the size of the budget was a big reason for those movies doing well.

The other famous movie set to have been filmed back to back like LOTR is the second and third Pirates movies, and again, massive big budget.

I think that making these movies back to back has an equal chance to make things good (due to combined budgeting on some things, less ageing of the actors, no chance for Rob to shave his head again . . .) or making things bad (two different directors, various inefficiencies that can creep in, and not to mention if something puts one off budget, then both are off budget immediately).
Wingtear wrote:I seem to screw the acrylic balls to tightly and they break... the metallics I loose... I only have a pin, since I need to be able to cover it in tape 3 times a week. I've only had it since September, so I don't know that much really...
Wingtear, it is a fine line you have to tread. You can get some acrylic filler (similar to super glue, I suppose) that you can put in the thread of the ball you buy (metal only) that can hold them in place so you don't lose them, but you have to make sure of 3 things:
1 ) you only use a very very very small amount, else you'll make a large mess and perhaps glue the jewellery to your face . . . .
2 ) make sure you have some pliers that you can use when you wish to remove it, since you will need to crack the seal you create with the glue
3 ) if you don't have access to pliers, make sure you don't want to take it off any time soon.
CappuGirl wrote:I just got home from watching Twilight in the theater. And it was almost like having my own private showing! :D There was only six other people there; 2boys+2girls-group of 20 somethings that were sitting on the back row, silent all the way through. And then there was a pair of teenaged girls that sat two rows behind me. They were pretty silent too
My first screening was like that, not many people in there at all. Problems did arise though, and it was mainly my fault because I had not turned off my phone in the theater (in my defence, it was on so my babysitter could call in case of emergency). Only thing is, the call we got was from people I work with, because we chose to go to the movie (in another town), rather than my work christmas party (which would you choose .. . . ), so that ruined it.

When we went back to watch it again (a round-trip of 160kilometers to go to the movies for us), there were more younger teenagers, and one set came in late and made noise, but when they caught me looking at them in an unkind manner, they soon found their manners . . . .
SarahGoddard wrote:I don’t have any tattoos because I’m terrified of needles. I’ve always wondered what I would get done if I wasn’t scared though.
If it helps, it's not really needles, (which are used for body piercing), even though they are needle shaped. Think of it more like a bunch of really thin, very pointy knives instead, although, maybe that's not better . . .

SarahGoddard wrote:Wow Pharmer – absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE your tattoos and more so the meanings behind them all. Absolutely beautiful. I love the claddough symbol (even before watching Buffy) and I have a ring with it on. Nothing major or expensive but I love the symbolism behind it. (I’m very big on symbolism) I’ve heard of winged bulls in sories but I didn’t know that’s what they were called so thanks for that

Def get your wife to come join the Lexily!
Thanks for the comments on the tattoos - I personally feel it is important to have meaning to them, but I know people who just like to collect tattoos for the sake of it, and that's cool too. One thing I don't like to see, though, is big expanses of one colour, especially black. To me, it's like wasted real estate . . .

And my wife, I am trying to convincer her, but I think she's more of a reader when it comes to the net. I know that Twilight is one of the first things that got her looking at message boards and forums, and she was very surprised that people go out of their way to criticise things instead of just ignoring things (ie, why waste energy on something you don't like - it makes no sense). For that reason, I don't think she's that interested in making her opinions public yet.
SarahGoddard wrote: My opinion on the Twilight film however is…I didn’t like it. *ducks for cover behind the sofa and peers out to see if the dirty looks and tomato pelting has stopped…* Sorry to everyone that did, and I’m glad you enjoyed it but for me it almost ruined the book entirely. I wont go into a major rant but if anyone else hated it and wants to complain with me PM me. Ok I’ll stop there before I get kicked out altogether!
I think in a thread like this one, you should feel comfortable airing your criticisms. I know I feel a lot more comfortable in this thread than in some others - there is a greater air of acceptance, even of things people don't agree with. I like conversation about Twilight, so even a differing of opinions is a good thing, in my opinion.
jasmine wrote:@pharmer, i definately want to see the LOTR based tatts!
I love the claddah symbol aswell, my hubby and i bith have a claddagh ring. Its special to me because my hubby it form origin from a real scottish clan.
here is the link to his display gallery - http://tattoonationvic.com.au/Squirrel/Squirrel.html - they are the 4th and 5th tattoos on the second set of 9 pics. The first of those two is the back piece which is like a montage - the second of those two is a version of the witch king on a shoulder - actually, it may just be one of the regular ring wraiths . . .
EddieC wrote:Hey all!

Eddie's back, lately, he's been coding, but he's screwed,
g'Day Eddie, how's it going.

When you say coding, are you talking website (html, php, perl etc), or programming? If you happen to know anyone who codes websites who'd like some practice, I have about 500 pages I'm trying to publish, and about 500 pages I'm trying to convert from my websites' old version to new version. For some reason, that always seems to intimidate anyone who might have needed the practice with website coding . . . . :lol:

Interesting idea you described there for your Improv troupe. Is that like a flash mob-style thing? Some friends of mine were in New York a few years ago and a drama group were doing "real life plays" on the subway - oen of these Plays made them feel really uncomfortable, because it was an argument that made the whole train car back off, and when they finished and said it was a play, no one really appreciated it. The one you describe, though, should make people feel comfortable at least.
CappuGirl wrote:I keep getting this feeling that me and my hubs aren't gonna be together forever... Something's gonna break us up. I just know it... I try not to make it a self-fulfilling prophecy.. But I already sabotached it once when our first child was born. The way I was acting; kinda getting ready to be a single mom.. I kinda pushed away my hubs and he ended our relationship when he had a crush on another woman.. We were apart almost two years until hubs decided he wanted me back.. In the past two years during my winter blues I've actually tried to leave him myself... and hubs talked me out of it both times.. It's so much easier to see flaws on one's companion when the blues is pulling me down.. And during those times it feels like a better solution to leave myself before it gets to that point.. I just know I'm going to loose him in some terrible way that's gonna break me... Sorry.. I sound like a crrrrazy person..
It's a real shame that you feel that way, can see that it's destructive, and yet still can't get passed it to be in a healthier place. Do you talk to your husband openly about how you feel, not just about this, but other things? A lot of the time when people don't allow themselves the vulnerability to be hurt, they miss out on the strength your relationship generates when you rely on each other, emotionally.

That sort of sounds like a bit of psycho-babble, but really, if you can't bring yourself to open up to your husband about your feelings, you have to find in yourself the reason why - if it's a fear of rejection or betrayal, you could be right in saying it might be self-fulfilling, because even though us guys may seem like emotional zombies, we really do pick up when things aren't right. The problem will be, if he can't figure out what is wrong, he may jump to conclusions to feel alienated. If you talk to him about your insecurities, he'll see it as his role to help protect you from those things, which will only make your bond stronger.

OK, psychobabble over!!

jasmine wrote:LOKI'S HOME!!!!!!
He has special food, and 2 kinds of medicine, but hes home :)
He's pretty quiet, but he also cuddled already, so i guess he just has to rest a lill. He was very quiet at the vet and has been there for 4 days so he needs to adjust himself again. He peed when we drove home, so that seems to work fine
I also bought special food for his brother, so he wont ever have to got through this.
After a month we have to test his urnine and when everything is fine, hell get other food(the one his brother has now). Im so glad he's home!
I'm interested to know what is wrong with your cat. I can also tell you anything you need to know about their medications if you like.

In fact, if you tell me the medications, I might be able to tell you what is wrong with them (depending on how specialised the medication is), and I can see how close I get to the real condition being treated.
Velvet Voice wrote:Well anyway dont really mean to annoy and bore my dear Lexilings with my whining! On a very lighter and MUCH more pleasent note, on saturday night I booked my Twilight-3 DVD edition on the internet, which won't be released before April 1st though: first time I buy online, fingers crossed!

Whoah down there a second . . . . there's a 3-DVD set? can I get a link to that, as I've not seen it. Can you fill me in a bit on what on that one?
Tabs wrote:Hey SarahG, actually if I'm honest, I don't really like the film version of Twilight either. :oops: I'm going to be a bit braver though and say my reasons out loud, just to get a conversation going. I am hiding behind some furniture while I say it though. :D I mean, there are things about the movie that I love. Like, I always can't wait for the prom (mostly because I LOVE that Iron and Wine song), I love the baseball scene (particularly the bat twirling, and "Well I think we can handle that."), and I quite like the scene in the Cullens kitchen. There are other parts of it that I like, but there are also other parts I hated. I don't like a lot of the start of the movie. I agree with Maria that it always feels stiff to me, and I HATE the part where Bella confronts him about being a vampire. I have to block my ears so I don't have to listen to the mortifying "You're like my own personal brand of heroin", and the awful "To the top of the mountain. Out of the cloud bank. You have to see what I look like in the sunlight." Seriously WTF? I also don't really like the way they had Jackson Rathbone play Jasper. (I maintain it wasn't his fault) Although, lets face it, I love the character of Jasper, and I'd basically watch Jackson lick stamps for two hours so this wasn't a big deal for me. :lol:

Anyway, I just realised that we haven't had a real honest throwdown convo about what everyone thought of it. (Or at least not since I joined). So what did everyone honestly think? What did you hate? What did you love? Are you glad Chris is directing now instead of Catherine Hardwicke? How much do you think was not as good as it could have been due to lack of budget?

I actually saw the movie before reading (although I read the books the next few days afterwards) so I didn't really have the opportunity to pick on things that I didn't like being changed from the book.

Luckily my wife explained things like edward being a mind reader, and Bella being clumsy, so those things came across alright.

One thing that irked me was the size of the school - even before reading the book and knowing the school was much smaller, it always seems weird to me that in every american movie, the school looks like it is large enough to hold the population of a small town. In the case of twilight -the school looks like it could hold five times the population of forks.

I also did not notice Victoria in the actual prom (other than the obvious closing sequence), but it will annoy me when I see that, because obviously Edward would have picked up on it, even without mind-reading.

Other than that, though, I understand the reason for the diversion of the script from the story line on some points, although I think the vampire coven did not need to come in early - they could have still been menacing without the back history of them being killers in the area, and could have spent more time with bella and edward, or perhaps the other cullens.

Wingtear wrote:I don't have an Ipod either. I have a Creative Zen Stone and I LOVE IT!!! It's 2GB, and I use a quarter of it... I only have music I really like, so it takes some time to find all the music and add the songs, one by one...
Best part, it has a soft rubber (not sure on material) case that you attach a clip to, and I use it a lot. It fits perfectly in the space between the wires of my bra... ::lol:: perfect place! No cables hanging, no need to fear you'll brush against something and loose it, no snagging the cables off on something (all these are very real scenarios for me). Only negative is that it looks very funny when you change song or the volume... fidling with the boobs... ::lol:: It also have a speaker and microphone, never used the mic but the speaker is really good sound quality.

ONLY 2GB?!?!?!? my GoD!!!

I'm currently struggling with my 80gb ipod, and will need to upgrade soon because I am running out of space. Wow. I do have over 2000 CDs, and even these I have not gotten around to ripping all of.

Man, I listen to my pod every spare second, in fact I often have on earphone in when talking to people (it is rude, but I am well known for being antisocial in real life).


just, wow. 2gb. I'm flabergasted!


MRK wrote:OK so I have a dilemma for all of you lovely people:

I have a "AHEM" friend who was abused when she was young by her father (in almost every way imaginable.)
Her siblings were too....
Anyway her parents were divorced and her mom remarried...she went to live with her mom and stepdad but eventually her siblings trickled back to the abusive father. There is some weird abuse behavior going on there that she doesnt understand...he feels guilty...repays them with money...they take it and live in weird denial.
OK, so whats the big deal? Well to protect herself...and any future children...she has kind of alienated herself from them...only speaking with one of her halfway normal brother's wife.
She 'friended' the wife on facebook...and it's been ok....but now, a different brother wants to friend her on facebook and he is in deep with the evil father. So should she friend him? If she does...well, she risks being opened to the abuse again...not in the same way, but indirectly...if she doesnt...he will wonder why she ignores him yet friends the wife of thier brother...
Does this make any sense?

In this situation, you have brought up something that trumps all worries about your siblings, and that is your own children.

Unfortunately, it is a slippery slope. If someone has regular contact with him, you can't afford to have that vicarious contact, because eventually it become overt contact. If you don't have kids now, but intend to have some in the future, you have to ask yourself, do you want to even risk that kind of thing happening to them? Of course you don't.

In reality, I don't think people get very offended by not being friended on facebook. If it's the only contact you have, then there's no harm in ignoring it, and if for some reason it comes up, be honest, but say it in a way he'd understand and appreciate, ie you didn't want the father to use your brother as a way to get at you/your kids, because no matter what, that kind of behavious does not change. It never does. Never. It's only a matter of time and, unfortunately, opportunity.





OK, so to add something else from my recent days.


Good stuff - paid the deposit for my home. Biggest check of my own money I've even written. Nice. I'm used to spending 10 to 20 thousand dollars a day on drugs for the pharmacy, but that ain't my money.

Bad stuff. Drove 3 hours to another town for my wife's specialist appointment, which should have taken half an hour for the specialist to make final assessments, but no, the tech looked at her for 2 minutes, then says "OK, come back in 2 months for the final appointment" - WTF! that's why we drove 3 horus today!!!

Apparently, the specialist himself does not have the time to look at it, so we have to drive 3 hours home for nothing.

It eventually got to a point where I actually had to raise my voice in public - a very very rare occurence (after 8 years of marriage and 12 years together, my wife had never seen this in public before). On the other hand, It did feel good to defend my wife's honour, as it were, since they kept telling me that "no, she's mistaken, she must be confused, why are we so fussy" etc. Also, other than raising my voice at the end, I was always polite, and never swore (which I do regularly in normal conversation) - being in service myself, I feel it is important to focus on the complaint rather than go off topic, but damn, they were rude!

Looking forward to Saturday - new tattoos!

again, sorry for the long post!
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This is why Pharmer is the oldest...he is the most wise lol ')

pharmer4 wrote:In this situation, you have brought up something that trumps all worries about your siblings, and that is your own children.

Unfortunately, it is a slippery slope. If someone has regular contact with him, you can't afford to have that vicarious contact, because eventually it become overt contact. If you don't have kids now, but intend to have some in the future, you have to ask yourself, do you want to even risk that kind of thing happening to them? Of course you don't.

In reality, I don't think people get very offended by not being friended on facebook. If it's the only contact you have, then there's no harm in ignoring it, and if for some reason it comes up, be honest, but say it in a way he'd understand and appreciate, ie you didn't want the father to use your brother as a way to get at you/your kids, because no matter what, that kind of behavious does not change. It never does. Never. It's only a matter of time and, unfortunately, opportunity.
We are agreed on all points...this is the problem for her though...I think she feels guilty that she isn't...helping...(I guess that's the right way to say it) her brother. Almost as if she is aiding the abuse by ignoring him. Her brother was a victim too after all...
I think she almost sees this as an opportunity to save him...but I know she also knows it's really his choice to be where he is, he is an adult now and can move on....Now he has to save himself...

But it seems that everyone suffers more than the abuser in most cases :(

Thanks for the advice EVERYONE!


Cappu~ Again I agree with Pharmer....you need to open yourself up to him. I went through that early on in my marriage....trying to get him to leave me...it didnt work (Thank God) and now we are closer than ever :) I had to allow myself to trust him...it's kinda hard...but, sooo worth it!
Also, ANY form of touching (feeling up, whatever) is wrong, wrong, wrong if it makes you uncomfortable. You NEVER should just accept it. What your Uncle did was abuse...almost on a worse level...he did just enough to get what he wanted, but he made you doubt if it was enough to make a fuss over. Sexual abuse is not about sex, it's about control... *hugs*

Anna Mae~ Heehee like calling you that! sry you don't feel like posting...hope your week gets much better!!

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@MRK, i think it all depends on how much she -wants- to have contact. If it were me, i would just message/mail him and tell him how i feel. Maybe it would open his eyes, or at least help him understand why she doenst really want contact. At least the truth would be in the open and neither of them would be thinking doomscenarios. I think befriending someone on facebook isnt like befriending someone in real life. You dont have to be in contact much, but you still get to talk to them once in a while, since its family. I think facebook might be a safe way to keep contact without having to deal with the rest. But like is aid before, does she even want contact?

@pharmer, damn those are some fine tatts. I myself like the ringwraith and the back tatt looks great swell. I always admire tattooartist who are good at portraits, theres a female artist (cant remember her name) in the netherland who rocks those.
About the cat: he had crystals in his blatter which blocked his urnine.
That really sucks that your wife and you had to have a 3 hour drive for nothing. Sometimes i think doctors dont care if ppl have to drive for hours of spend lots of money on gas. I mean, they could have called and rescheduled, couldnt they?

Update on the cat:
Loki is home (again)!
I called the vet today and he was fine, his blatter was doing what it was supposed to be doing, except Loki wasnt. He refused to pee. And he wasnt allowed to go home unless he peed. So they asked me to call later that day. When i called, he still had refused to pee and they wanted to put in the tube again if it would take much longer. So i tokld them Loki can hold up his pee very long if he wants to, and mb, because he was VERY anxious and afraid there, he could pee when he was home where it was safe and comfy. SO they agreed i could come and get him and that i had to watch him like a hawk to make sure he peed. 15 mins later the vet called: Loki had peed, lots and lots and lots, hahaha. So hes is home now, and i hope he will stay this time. The vet asked me to call them tomorrow to tell them how he is.
I didnt get much sleep last night cause i missed Loki on the bed, im so happy now. And thank gawd it only cost us 26 euros this time. Now im gonna cuddle Loki and i wont let go until Hubby comes home. :mrgreen:
(but ofcourse something went wrong with my paycheck and i missed my bonus, which is 183 euros *sigh* what more can go wrong? Hopefully they can give it to me soon, but it could be i wont get it until my next paycheck. )
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So sorry I have been so absent lately. I seem to have missed alot! I will try to do better I just haven't been in the mood lately!

MRK: I would like to give my opinion on your friend considering I know exactly what your friend is going through.

I was abused in every way imaginable as a child along with my four sisters by our parents and the homeless men my parents picked up at the latest mission we were staying at. We were all put into foster care and ended up in great homes. My younger sister and I were both adopted to amazing families! My older sisters all went back to my biological parents. When I was 17, I had to really consider whether I should continue my relationship with my sisters because my biological mom was using them to get to me through phone calls, facebook, email, everything. They would ask questions like "Are you really happy with your new family?", "Don't you miss mom and dad?" things of this nature which were just planting seeds of doubt in my mind. I talked to my sisters and told them that if we were going to have a relationship that contact with bio parents would have to stop because no matter what they did, I wasn't going to go back to my bio parents because I would never put myself in the danger of being abused again or risk my future children in that way. My sisters have since cut back on their relationship with my bio parents because they realize a relationship with your sisters is more valuable ( that and they need someone stable to watch out for their kids). *Sidenote, there is a possibility that my bio father touched one of my nephews.

So I said all of that to say that your friend needs to be very cautious about friending this brother. Abusers know how to manipulate others to get what they want and her brother may not know it, but the father is probably manipulating him in some way to get to her. If she has been able to move on from her past then why give it an opening like this to make its entrance again. If she feels the need then tell her to write her brother and explain the situation but if she doesn't feel the need then I would say, ignore the request. Go on with your life the way it is.

Pharmer4: You had some really great advice there. Children are always first whether you have them yet or not.

Wow I hope that all makes sense.

I will try to return later and post happier things but I have to get back to work!
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Hi guys,

Had a really manic week, just meanged to steal a bit of time (well like an hour) at work to post because I’ve really missed you guys!

Eddie – Love it. Really cool. How’s the hugs video going?

Maria – aww that’s so sad about your sis. Try not to let it affect you and your relationship. Everyone different. And no your not a crazy person – you’re a lovely person :)

Aww Jasmine I'm sorry to hear about poor Loki's ordeal. I hope he'll be ok soon. *HUGS!*

Sonia did you say chocolate and orange ice cream? As in Terrys chocolate orange? Wow that sounds amazing!

Yay! Tabs thank you for your honesty and the raring-ness to get the convo going. I thought I was like the only person who disliked the film on the lex and I’m so glad I’m not alone.

The only scene (and even this is at a push) that I can make my peace with is the first half of the baseball scene (before the overly cheesy bit of James coven walking in through the smoke). I loved Alice and Jasper and most of all Muse playing!

I agree when she finds out “your impossibly fast, your incredibly strong….vampire!” Its SOOO bad!!!

I saw it with my friend before she read the books and I came out begging her to read them and ignore everything about the film. She agrees the books are a gazillion times better but is in love with Robert Pattinson now and only pictures him as her Edward.

I think that’s the toughest bit for me. I had an image of Edward in my head and not I just see Rob and that kinda sucks :(

Misty that is a tough situation. My dad was an alcoholic d**k and I broke all contact with him and feel better for it. I wouldn’t have any contact to do with him or his family again….but that’s me. Ultimatly all I can really say not being in the sitation myself is that your friend should do what feels right, if their uneasy or unsure its better to stay away entirely. They could always add him as a friend on Facebook at a later date if it feels right.

Umm I don’t think imaging a bunch of thin pointy knives is much better Pharmer – though thanks for trying! To give you an idea of how bad I am I don’t even have my ears pierced!

Well done for defending your wife’s honour! Good to hear there are still chivalrous guys in the world.

Sarah I’m so sorry to hear that. I hope your ok? It sounds like you have a good relationship with your sisters now which is good.

I don’t have much to update on…I went out for work drinks after an away day at work yesterday and for some unknown reason go more drunk than I would normally do on 3 glasses of wine. I came home and my mum, sis and sis’s boyfriend were all winding me up (I’m not good at hiding the drunkness!) because it was only about 7pm (we’d been out since 3…) To learn from that…I’m out again tongight with a different group of old work collegeus. I’ll let you know how that one goes!

Just want to say…

THANK YOU MISTY FOR MY BANNER!!!!

I love it so much! – Misty you really do rock! :D :mrgreen: :D

Much love to you all Lexlings! :) ;) :)
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Yeah, so it's been a couple of days since I posted in here but here I am again.

Honey~ My sister read it after she saw the movie too. I insisted on waiting until I had read Twilight but that was just me. However, with the Harry Potter Series I saw a couple of the movies first I think before I read the books. BTW: I love the Twilight Series more :D .

pharmer4 ~ to be perfectly honest I am not sure what Madea is based off of for Tyler Perry. He's the one who is responsible for Madea Goes to Jail. It was a funny movie though. Honestly, I prefer Coraline over the Madea movie. I mean between seeing the two movies I would rather see Coraline again in theatres. It really never occurred to me to think about who Madea was based off of or what.

CiaoBella~ Glad you got the down time. Crappy about the computer stuff. I hate it and I mean absolutely hate it when my internet crashes.

Okay, so my view on the Twilight movie. There are so many things that I would have preferred to have been different or not changed from the book. Some are:
-Bella cooking for Charlie. All I was looking for was that she made dinner for him on a regular basis. For some reason them going to the diner really bothered me.

-I didn't like that Jake didn't tell her about the "Cold Ones'. So really, I didn't like that it took her "longer" in the movie to figure it out. I suppose that was because she got that book from the book store.

-Which brings me to the fact that I wish Edward had stayed in the car like he did in the book.

-Wasn't overly happy about the meadow scene I mean how it was changed.

-I think Jasper got shorted in the movie. I know he doesn't have a humonguos part in the book but there's more of him.

-Didn't like that Edward covered his nose when Bella walked into the Biology lab.
-Really wish when she met Jake had stayed the same.

Gee, I think that's all or at least all I can think of at the moment. I have to not think about those things in order for me to enjoy the movie. Which my final position is I love it enough to buy it or rather it's Twilight related therefore, buying it is a good idea. Granted it doesn't always work this way but it's a general rule. I bought Twilight Conversation hearts the other day at Blockbuster. There's one that says I *heart* EC :D . Oh and they are sparkly. Oops! I guess I should say what I did like about Twilight.

-I love Bella's lullaby
-I love Jackson, the guy who plays Carlisle, and Rob or rather I loved that they played the characters.
-I love Alice
-I love it when Rose calls Emmett her monkey man.
-Victoria, James, and Laurent's entrance to the baseball game.
-Love the baseball game in general
-love Charlie and the pepper spray. It was priceless :lol: .
-Loved when Edward saved Bella from Tyler's van.

Yeah, I think that's all for that category too or at least I think it is. I am not sure I have much else to say. Oh wait yes I do. I rented Premonition with Sandra Bullock and Julian McMahon (one fine piece of man by the way I love him as Christian on Nip/Tuck). It was good. Also, I have been watching me some Smallville. Or rather watching the DVD's I own of Smallville. I am in the process of going from Season 1 to Season 6 (because I have yet to own Season 7). You know I love Lex a lot. Uh, I mean the character Lex Luthor on Smallville. I may even love him more than Clark. Is that bad? Seeing as how he eventually becomes the bad guy. But I can't help it. I loved Lex from the very first time I started watching Smallville. Of course, I love Clark too and Lana and Jonathan and Chloe and Pete. I hate Lionel with a fiery passion. I can't help it he just brings that feeling out in me.

Okay,I'll stop rambling about Smallville now. Why can't there be a new Supernatural tomorrow :x . Hmmph

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Re: Gen Y -- The 20 something's thread

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I think we have bad news abouth Midnight Sun guys, as I've read a Stephenie Meyer interview in vogue.com and she says unless she's over all the scandal of the leaking thing, she feel really distanced from the project :cry:

so, if you want to read the whole one http://www.style.com/vogue/feature/2009 ... ss_feature
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Re: Gen Y -- The 20 something's thread

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Glad the thread is starting to pic back up again. I was sad and lonely ;) :lol:

Rose- YAY you are back in action! Glad they got you up and running again. We missed you!

Misty-Wow that is a tough situation. *HUGS* I am not sure what to tell you. I understand the hesitation on not wanting to befriend him because it will open “her” up to all of the abuse and crap again, which your “friend” doesn’t need. You can block people on face book completely so they can’t view your page at all. And according to my sister she said that once you block a person if you are friends with someone and then the brother friends they same person, he still won’t be able to see you on her page or any communication that you do. All activity no matter what you do will be blocked from him. So this is what I would do. This way you are politely ignoring his request and then you won’t have to hear about it and keeping yourself safe from the situation. I have dealt with similar situation with friends who went through this and in my experience have found it best not to open one’s self up to all of that again, otherwise it can be like a cancer that will spread. This is just my opinion. Pharmer also brings up a good point that you do have children and that brings in a whole other aspect. Again, I would just be super guarded about the whole thing and just ignore the request.

I finished my degree is psychology and sociology and minored in criminal justice. Through this I have interned over with the public health office and have dealt/counseled/ and observed hands-on many cases with victims and abusers in cases of physical, sexual and emotional violence. Oh the stories I could tell you all, but won’t to save all of my lexlings sanity. It is just a hard to understand why these things go on, but they do and I am glad we have people and places to help. It is the victims and the bystanders that always suffer the most in these situations and typcally not the abuser. Your brother needs to make the choices that are right by him, even if we don’t agree with them or understand them. It seems that there are obviously issues there bc he was abused too, but chooses to ignore it or repress it by continuing the relationship with the abuser. Sort of Stockholm syndrome in a way, is the best that I can describe it. I don’t think you are aiding the abuse by ignoring it, because you have made the choice that was best for you and hopefully in time he will make a better choice as well. But none the less it is a hard situation and my heart goes out to you all.

Becca-Sorry you are so nervous and on deadline and stuff. I am sending my love to you again here and as always on FB. But I figure one can never hear it enough. Love ya hun! *HUGS*

Pharmer- I am a LOTR fan as well. Just wanted to share my enthusiasm *giggles* Wow just went through the link that you posted. All of the tats are amazingly well zone. Such great artist! They are pieces of well done art that anyone would be honored to have on their body. Beautiful. I can’t imagine how long it took to sit for the LOTR tat! I would be pissed too if I had to drive 3 hours for 2 minutes of time. I would be pissed! Glad that you defended your wife and spoke their mind. People need to realize that everyone’s time is valuable and to not be wasted! :x

Mrs. Jasper Hale- Wow I am so sorry that you had to go through that. What amazing resilience you have to be able to go through it all and bounce back. I am happy for you that you have found what you have in your new family and that you are happy now. *hugs*

Bells- YUMMY to Julian McMahon. He is so gorgeous. Love Nip/Tuck it makes my Tuesday nights so much better. He is so perfect as Christian. I need a butt scene stat ;) :oops: :lol:

OK I will be back later to comment on stuff going on with me since I have posted long enough here as it is. Too long to type about it now and wondering to find the right words too…. :roll:
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