Lazzy the Spazzy

That rainbow unicorn under the 'Rants' category doesn't look very rantiful. Just saying.

So...congrats? =\ Since I don't see any other congratulatory posts I'm guessing this is where we pat the winners' backs.

I love how you're trying to be all reserved and stuff. I bet you're all SQUEEEE inside. But congrats. =P

I was just thinking about the phrase "before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes". The idea of it is supposed to be that you don't have the right to judge or criticize someone until you've been through what they've been through. This entry isn't entirely related to that, but it does have to do with the "in their shoes" part of the phrase. About a week ago, another forum I visit had a topic to honor the memory of another member's late friend. The friend had "mixed with the wrong crowd", which led to his death. This got me thinking. I think it's regrettable that the person did that, when according to the member the friend had been a really great person before mixing in with the "wrong crowd". But I also thought of the "mile in their shoes" phrase, and thought, can I really blame him or say that he was wrong? From my viewpoint, yes it was, but then again I haven't walked a mile in the person's shoes. So I kept thinking even more. What does it actually mean to walk a mile in that person's shoes? The usual meaning of that phrase is, mentally put yourself in that situation. But is that possible? I mean, I can pretend I'm in that person's immediate situation, and make judgments and decisions based on that, but to truly walk a mile in their shoes, to truly put yourself in their situation, you have to know everything else they've been through. Not just their immediate situation but their whole past life. Their childhood, their role models, events that subtly influenced and together made them the way they are now. If I put myself in that person's immediate situation, I might have done something other than what he did, but if I had been in their situation and had the same exact childhood and experiences? So I decided, it's impossible to really put yourself in someone's situation because you haven't been through the same experiences they have that may have subtly influenced them to make a particular choice in this immediate situation. But then I realized, the phrase "walk a mile in another's shoes" was never meant to be interpreted literally in the first place so I just let myself go off on a philosophical tangent for no reason. Just a random thought.

So, I know you've probably heard this from me a bunch of times, but your cat is just so full of cuteness and huggability! <3 <3 <3

I'm so sorry for ruining your game Master. ><; And I'll see what I can do about the trip, I'm 99% sure I won't go be able to go myself but a few Jacksons shouldn't be too hard to send your way. It's about time I had to get a job anyway, perfect time to start.

I was wondering where you disappeared to on Meebo...I missed you. ;_;

CartoonNetwork's old show Justice League is one of the best, if not the best, animated series in the history of animated series. Its sequel JLU isn't far behind. Give a shout out if Justice League was a fond childhood memory for you too.

Heehee. I love when that happens. I also love how we always have great weather here. =3

If anything the best thing about Avatar was its marketing. I'd love to have the same people who marketed the movie on my team if I were a filmmaker. Other than that Up is the best hands down IMO. Simply for being able to address the 'dealing with death' theme spot on, through visuals and music, puts it up there. And they somehow retained the family friendliness and all-ages appeal despite the nature of some of the themes they addressed. Someone also mentioned District 9, that's a close second on my list. Loved the documentary style of the first half, I'd never seen that before; if anyone can recommend to me any other movies that use such a style please do. From what I understand they also did the sound differently than other movies, made it so it sounded more realistic (volume of what people said was consistent with their distance from the camera) -- props on that point. Unfortunately I haven't seen Inglourious or Blind Side, have to do that soon.

After seeing the trailer for the movie on a video sharing site, I finally got down to placing a hold for it at my local library. I'd known about The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold since ninth grade but always put off on reading it, and I'm glad I did because after making it through the whole story I feel like I wouldn't have been able to truly appreciate the intensity and skill of Sebold if I'd read the novel as a freshman. It's a great read and I definitely recommend it, but not to readers who can't handle the seriousness of its contents. I don't think I can do The Lovely Bones justice with my relatively mediocre level of description, so instead I'll quote an excerpt from one of its reviews. "Don't start The Lovely Bones unless you can finish it. The book begins with more horror than you could imagine, but closes with more beauty than you could hope for....Alice Sebold has done something miraculous here." -- Ron Charles, Christian Science Monitor

Who doesn't? We're all enticed by fame and status to some degree. And I'll have to respectfully disagree with you there EW (surprise! =O). It doesn't matter whether they're only getting PMship for the proto boost, whether or not they were selfish or selfless their actions still resulted in helping out BZPower by providing them with money. The consequences count as much as the intentions do, and I think that's the beauty of this proto system. Some people will be rewarded with a boost, some people will help BZP out of a greedy desire for a boost, but the ultimate result is that BZPower gets help and support either way.

It gets better Gato, you'll see the light at the end of the tunnel soon enough. And you always have me. =3 Unless that makes it even worse in which case I will gladly stay out of your way for the time being. =[

Great art. I always imagined Macku with short hair though (so it doesn't get in the way of her adventuring), though that might just be me.

No apologies or responsibility-taking necessary, this isn't a big deal IMO, I just ended it simply because of the reasons above.

It's okay LK, we don't mind. You've always been busy ever since I first knew about you on BZP so it's sort of part of who you are in my mind now. I was actually surprised that Busy wasn't your middle name when we became FB buddies... Anyway, here's something EW used to describe me a while back. I think this fits you better. Sorry!

Story Fit has been cancelled as of this blog entry due to lack of interest and/or lack of time on the part of both parties.

Thanks. =3

My Blog: Here Theme: The Mirabell Gardens Entries: Do Re Mi

Presenting my theme for the Pimp My Blog Contest Number 2: -The Mirabell Gardens in Salzburg, Austria-

Smeag's right, it's Hungary. The shape matches with the drawing from GoogleMaps. Plus there's that little body of water in the left of center. And the flag.

It's all about what you do when you're not fighting that counts. Eat a few bags of chips, play a game of chess or something.

That goes without saying -- agreed on all accounts CJ.

Your choice. You can either do just one story with one theme, two stories with two themes, one story with both themes, etc.