Ok boys and girls...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 04:52:45 PM by D
today has been some excellent, level-headed conversation but i've got to
get moving. I haven't even had a shower yet! have a good evening.
D
cool...thanks, i'll
check it out...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 04:33:09 PM by D
as you know, i'm obsessed with urban design and life.
D
Comment: Danny, since you're on...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 04:32:00 PM by Brian RI
Book suggestion, on new urbanism:
Suburban Nation, by Duany. Actually its by this design firm, DPZ - Duany being one of them - they are the ultimate in new urbanists. Get it, you'll love it. All about traditional neighborhood design and how sprawl came about and sucked the life out of the country. Here's the amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0865476063/qid=1064964015/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/103-2438291-2757426?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream
i'm named after a great
grandfather
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 04:47:05 PM by D
Comment: any particular reason why you go by the middle name?
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 04:39:50 PM by Mike 3
nope...he's his own
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 04:47:28 PM by D
Comment: yes but you are not " The Jason" >>
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 04:41:48 PM by Christopher
you know who i'm talking about: " Jason the Intelligencer".LMAO
that goes for both of
us...my real name is Jason
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 04:36:16 PM by D
Comment: Great Book! >>
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 04:34:26 PM by Christopher
I'm a "Danny" too in a way. My middle name is Daniel.
yeah, points
proven...sad story that's all too common
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 04:49:06 PM by D
Comment: i lived
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 04:46:02 PM by Lance
in germany growing up and often interacted with airforce folk who lived at a nearby base. one of the guys i met happened to be 22 or so, married with a kid and the biggest closet case ever. he didn't have too much going on upstairs.
Last week he e-mailed me, told me he'd left his wife and the military and is now in the adult gay film industry.
He sent me a link---i had to look.
There was nothing worse than seeing a man attempt to look sexual in the kitchen of a ghetto apartment. this kid has some serious issues, many of which we've discussed today.
you'll never see me in
porn...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 04:40:48 PM by D
i've met porn stars and talk about empty minds and souls
really!?
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 04:33:48 PM by D
how do you know it isn't me!?
No, that's something i'd never do...sell my soul.
D
Comment: Well...do tell....it happens >>
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 04:38:16 PM by Christopher
to be a porn company in Seattle, i think.I haven't seen it yet but was told about it recently.
are you in the industry
Uncle Jim?...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 04:14:51 PM by D
i'm definitely not moving to California.
D
Comment: Danny, are you thinking of...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 04:11:38 PM by Uncle Jim
going into the entertainment industry?? ie, TV or Films? Will we see you on BravoTV? Will you move to California before the quake (the recall election) causes the state to sink into the Pacific???? Do you now have a TV/Film agent, i.e. William Morris Agency???
Just curious...
The reason why I was asking what your future plans entailed, is that you never know from where a few job offers might come your way.......Ahem....
there you go...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 04:35:52 PM by D
i had to quit the first gym here because it was so disgustingly cruisy.
however, guys, i believe there are far more good guys out there who aren't
speaking up. I really believe in the iceberg effect. It's just too bad
that right now that the negative 5% is the voice that's being seen and
heard.
Comment:could this
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 04:29:34 PM by Lance
possibly be a gym in my new hood?
quality gay men in a gym not having random sex in the bathroom? (i'm allowing my stereotypes to get the best of me)
yep...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 04:22:28 PM by D
i've got some awesome gay friends here in Seattle that I met at the gym.
Like always, they're people who don't spend too much time in the scene.
D
Comment: have you
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 04:17:45 PM by Lance
met any gay people here in seattle who feel the way you do?
in person i mean--not me
i've been all over the
country...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 04:21:26 PM by D
it's it's discouragingly all sameness for the most part. And though the
people you speak of are the minority, they're also the ones who speak the
loudest and are therefore heard the most. The result is that droves stay
in the closet and the gay community moves no where, mired in it's own
insecure world with little voice of reason. I believe in all of this
changing, but I also believe it will be along path.
D
Comment: im sure youve seen more of the gay community than i have...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 04:18:54 PM by d
but arent you possibly basing your opinions on those 'fabulous' ones. those that push themselves to the forefront, those that give being gay a bad name. the queeny #####y ones, certainly we are not all like that.
i have to agree that people become like that though because of low self-esteem, low self-confidence. and a need for attention. i suppose thats why so many people could identify with you danny, because you seem so stable, and un-fabulous (hehehe). (hopefully you know what i mean)
yeah...i'd say...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 04:13:49 PM by D
there's no such thing. The gay community would be alot better though if it
weren't so self-oppressive, b*tchy and limited in its self-definition.
Honestly, there'd be nothing wrong with defining oneself along the lines
of sexuality if the community wasn't so #### self-limiting. Everyime I
hear "celebrate diversity" I want to gag! The gay community knows little
about diversity and alot about cloning. OK, i'll stop ranting about this
now. i've said well over enough.
D
Comment: Re(1): whats your ideal of the 'perfect' community?
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 04:09:42 PM by DJames24
maybe there is a different way to disagree
I think everyone is...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:48:19 PM by D
concerned with defining themselves, majority or not. It just becomes
crucial when you're part of a minority. I also think minority's can be
thier own worst oppressors. Gays are some of the worst offenders.
D
Comment: thought-provoking
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:45:36 PM by Beck
and likely.
I think most all of it falls back to the cycle of oppression. When you are in the majority group, you don't have to concern yourself with what an identity is, because it's taken care of for you by society. For people who are oppressed, an identity is formed, and frequently, with time, the majority group need not be present for oppression to occur. In other words, gays now do a fine job of oppressing themselves without the help of anyone else (even though some non-gays are still oppressive).
It's happened before, just as you say. Yes, people don't really change, do they?
again...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:55:46 PM by D
the real winners will be those who are able to create their own
identities, thus avoiding the clone effect, without being caught up in
energy draining counter-culture ideology. Live and let live.
Comment: Re(1): more on identity...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:53:07 PM by Mark
Seems like a pretty good assesment of the future. I'm young, and my experiences with gay culture have been brief and few, but it does seem like all or most of the sense of comminity that we have is formed out of necessity. Once that's gone, there's going to be an even bigger rift than what is already present. What you're talking about already exists, though not on a large scale. There are always anomalies, as long as there are conformists there will be counter-agents.
it's not a message..
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 04:15:55 PM by D
Comment: not a very healy message for young people, is it? No wonder kids these days feel so alienated
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 04:00:33 PM by Mike 3
more on identity...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:40:17 PM by D
since people are so caught up with aligning themselves with an identity
and "fighting with the group", i have a theory of what the future will be
like for gays. As gays are ultimately and eventually accepted, there will
be a new split amongst those who align themselves with the mainstream and
those who align themselves with counter-culture. I see it as a very
natural phenomenon that's already happening. I think the gay community is
held together with very weak glue and forced bonds of self-protection. As
the need for this dissolves, so will the glue and quickly so. People will
move quickly to realign themselves and a whole new war will break loose.
Isn't that how people always work?
D
sad thing...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:41:29 PM by D
i have before and I have the time but i'm not motivated to do it in
Seattle because so many of the people involved here in volunteering here
are the same self-righteous people we were just talking about. I don't
want to be around those types of people.
D
Comment: Danny>>
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:37:09 PM by Mike3
do you do any volunteer work? Curious 'cause I've been working with some kid's homes and youth empowerment groups. It's a lot of fun if you can find the time.
exactly...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:46:42 PM by D
part of humans defining their existance is belittling others because life
is fickle and most feel a need to protect their piece of the world by
putting others down. It's very tribal to protect what is yours and destroy
what is not because it's direct competition. Our society we live in today
is very unnatural when it comes down to it. We live amongst so many people
unlike ourselves in a myriad ways. That's why people are so desperate to
define their identity because people feel so lost in this unnatural
existance that only tells us we're American, but not much more than that.
D
Comment: I think its a bid for feeling superior. People want to believe >>
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:42:10 PM by Mike 3
That they're special and "above" other people and they draw these lines in racial, ethnic, or other terms. It's not really fearing what they don't understand becausethese people have heard the truth and refuse to accept it. Petty world sometimes.
because people are
so...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:42:43 PM by D
desperate to define their existance. Hating others is part of that and
will probably always exist as long as humans are around.
D
Comment: Why do people create hate?
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:35:42 PM by DJames24
So yesterday, my best friend has a bit of a problem at work. She is a home health assistant type person and was about to get off work. The relief staff member enters and proceeds to nag the patient into a frenzy. The patient then yells well, the "n" word.(Sorry..i dont even like to type it) The relief staff assumes that my friend taught the patient that word and proceeds to belittle her by assuming she is racist. The relief staff person walks out and leaves my friend 1. without an opportunity to explain her side of the story 2. AND to work a double shift! My friend is not racist and was extremely upset that she didn't have the chance to explain to the mad woman. Why do people create hate??
that's what I
thought...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:32:03 PM by D
this trend is a good 2 or 3 years old in most urban places. it's really
annoying too because people spend a fortune to look like they just rolled
out from a freeway overpass.
D
Comment: Brunswick, Georgia
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:30:10 PM by Christopher
sometimes...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:53:16 PM by D
the look can be sexy...but it only flies in an urban setting that is often
raw like the look itself. It would look terribly contrived in a suburban
or rural setting not to say that's it's not terribly contrived in its
urban home!
D
Comment: Interesting...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:37:03 PM by Does
Uhhh, does anyone else find this as visually unappealing as I do?
in the big picture, i
agree
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 04:16:55 PM by D
Comment: completely agree
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:54:49 PM by Lance
and people who are these "committed activists" almost make lite of the situation in their oblivion, but having supporters from the dominant culture is always a good thing.
But...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:51:32 PM by d
it's easy to make false accusations and claims when you don't really
understand an issue or problem.
D
Comment: i hear you
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:31:22 PM by Lance
but i still feel like people of color need those people to speak up--even if they are oblivious.
more on the north
side...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:23:02 PM by D
those are also many of the same people who sit on their PC asses and moan
about the injustices for people of color and the police brutality against
people of color, etc. However, if you ever check out their neighborhoods,
you'll be pressed to find anyone a shade darker than the palest white.
Those people drive me nuts talking about diversity issues when they know
nothing about diversity.
D
very well said...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:36:17 PM by D
ultimately people need balance in their lives to live a healthy life. So
few get this!
Comment: true,
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:35:04 PM by Beck
and most all of the theory attests to that as well. Healthy balance is key, and identity is a part of that phenomenon.
very natural...but
again...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:33:18 PM by D
people have got to get past it or it will end up being the strong ones
surviving and the weak ones crumbling.
D
Comment: Re(1): moral of the story...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:29:14 PM by Beck
Though some of it is just natural, developmentally. Some of the theory points that way, anyway (ie: Vivien Cass, etc.)
moral of the story...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:24:52 PM by D
people would be alot better off if they didn't try to define their
identity based on their sexuality. It's empty.
D
you're right...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:31:01 PM by D
it all makes perfect sense, however, transcending these tendencies is the
ultimate way for gays to find themselves. Everyone is so lost because
they're spending all their energy looking for themselves in the wrong
places.
D
Comment: validation
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:28:42 PM by Lance
But this preoccupation with aligning one’s self with a certain sexual identity, seems right in line with how our society operates. We are all grouped continuously—by age, race, class, gender--- this preoccupation with defining one’s self all has to do with our need to feel validated. People often seek to define themselves using sexual identity because that is how people often define others.
Not saying I agree with it--but I feel it's rather accurate.
I think it's a good
point to bring up...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:14:15 PM by D
The problem is that there are so many gay men out there struggling for
some sort of identity and many of them are trying so hard to define
exactly what gay is. Though similar circumstances exist amongst most gays,
there's no absolute or 100% definable common experience, therefore,
there's no absolute definable identity. I think that people in general,
gay and straight, spend way too much time preoccupied with trying to
define themselves along a line of sexual identity instead of allowing what
comes naturally to come. The most secure people I meet out there are those
who spend little time pondering this issue, whether they fit gender/sexual
stereotypes or not. The truth is that there are far more insecure gay men
out there than secure ones, so much so that I would say it's a crisis.
I've said this before and I believe in it 100%, the real crisis in the gay
community is insecurity. It's a problem that is never addressed. Instead
everyone talks about the results of this problem as if they are the crisis
such as AIDS, drugs, promiscuity, etc. These are crisis problems but
they're only branches that stem from the trunk, which is insecurity and
low self-esteem. It's a bad problem because it really creates a negative
environment that is stifling for the development of a persons soul and
character. That's why I believe it's important for gays not to spend too
much time in that environment. I think it can be extremely toxic.
D
Comment: Judgement/Criticisms
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:03:51 PM by Lance
Danny-
It seems that whenever one steps outside of the "gay mold" there's a tendacy for mainstream gay men to criticize and ridicule--because of their own insecurities.
I'm sure you have--but have you had to deal with any of this? And, if so, how have you dealt with the criticism? How have you been comfortable in the reality you've created for yourself.
Just interested in your thoughts....
Let me know if I need to stop with all of my questions.
that's his choice...He
hasn't been on the site...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 02:36:18 PM by D
in a long time.
D
Comment: So D........
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 02:35:25 PM by Stoker
When is Paul ungrounded from the computer? I miss talking to him
I knew about it but
didn't go...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 02:36:42 PM by D
Comment: lol, its good burn out music tho... was just wonderin if you got a chance...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 02:36:05 PM by Jag
to check out their show this past summer, but im guessing you didnt
I like both but only to
mellow out too...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 02:34:45 PM by D
I'm really burned out on white boy, granola rock a la Dave Matthews Style.
Had too much of it in college.
D
Comment: Danny, u into Ben Harper or Jack Johnson?
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 02:32:42 PM by Jag
not horrible...just
human...a tad bit bitter maybe
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 02:29:31 PM by D
I think it's a good
point to bring up...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:14:15 PM by D
The problem is that there are so many gay men out there struggling for
some sort of identity and many of them are trying so hard to define
exactly what gay is. Though similar circumstances exist amongst most gays,
there's no absolute or 100% definable common experience, therefore,
there's no absolute definable identity. I think that people in general,
gay and straight, spend way too much time preoccupied with trying to
define themselves along a line of sexual identity instead of allowing what
comes naturally to come. The most secure people I meet out there are those
who spend little time pondering this issue, whether they fit gender/sexual
stereotypes or not. The truth is that there are far more insecure gay men
out there than secure ones, so much so that I would say it's a crisis.
I've said this before and I believe in it 100%, the real crisis in the gay
community is insecurity. It's a problem that is never addressed. Instead
everyone talks about the results of this problem as if they are the crisis
such as AIDS, drugs, promiscuity, etc. These are crisis problems but
they're only branches that stem from the trunk, which is insecurity and
low self-esteem. It's a bad problem because it really creates a negative
environment that is stifling for the development of a persons soul and
character. That's why I believe it's important for gays not to spend too
much time in that environment. I think it can be extremely toxic.
D
I just said that...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 02:12:21 PM by D
New England is so beautiful this time of year.
D
Comment: Danny--New England
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 01:56:08 PM by Jason
Your New England post got eaten..
i'd love to see what
Jason has to say about this...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:20:45 PM by D
since it's such a Seattle involved issue.
D
let your conscience...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:19:58 PM by D
guide you to be a good person and do what's right. The problem with people
here and their anti-capitilistic ideology is that they assume anyone
making money is an inhumane, selfish ass. This isn't always true and
that's severely immature, flawed ideology. Some of the best people I know
also happen to be wealthy but they also happen to be extremely wise, good
hearted people who care about the world. Bill Gates also happens to be one
of those people. He's one of the world's richest men but he isn't some
obnoxious, self-absorbed#####who is out buying up the world.
The same can also be said for those who aren't as lucky and vice versa. I
know plenty of poor people out there who don't give a #### about the world
or people around them. Basically, one can't draw a line of good vs bad
along the same line as have vs have-not.
D
Comment: man
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:11:42 PM by Lance
when can we get together and chat?
it's so great to talk to someone who gets it.
it's really interesting--i got a promotion yesterday, and yes, i was excited about it--but it wasn't as exciting as I thought it'd be. Again, I'm not some Microsoft kid making 70,000 bucks a year right out of college, yet I have a job that allows me to eat and be fairly comfortable. I'm fortunate at such a young age to have the opportunities I have.
The sadness comes in because I know that everytime I get a promotion, someone on the bottom is and has suffered for my successes.
the irony...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 03:03:12 PM by D
i'd also bet those people who are self-righteous in their anit-capitilism
also come from either middle or upper class backgrounds. Money means
something totally different when you grow up without it. It's easy to sit
on your hippie hill and look down upon those who are working hard to make
a life for themselves when it came to you rather easily. I can't stand
yuppies either but what I really can't stand are self-righteous middle
class hippies who are very out of touch with reality. Especially those who
sell their hand-made wares at the market for inflated prices that a common
man can't afford. These are the same people who then turn around and
denounce capitilism.
D
the hate against
belltown...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 02:33:54 PM by D
is really pathetic in this town. It's no more snotty and pretentious than
anywhere else in this city. Hell, fremont and Wallingford are extremely
snotty and pretentious in their own granola-rolled, self-righteous way.
The funny thing is that it cost just as much to live in those
neighborhoods as it does in Belltown. now that's hilarious! The average
cost of a 2 bedroom house in Wallinford and Fremont, the "anti-capitalist
hippie" center of the city is approximately 490,000! Give me a break!
D
Comment: I was
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 02:26:54 PM by Lance
at the Essential Bakery over in Freemont having a salad on Saturday. I was sort of chatting with one of their employees. I asked whether they had a location in/around Belltown. I told him I only knew of Macrina Bakery. His reply was both startling and somehow really ####ing funny.
He replied with, "We'd never open a store in Belltown--if we did, I'd stop working here because I refuse cater to pretenscious snobs."
I then hit him up with a quick and appropriate, "I just bought a condo in belltown--I like that area."
You should have seen the look on his face--I loved it!
tell us about it
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 02:20:33 PM by D
Comment: Danny
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 02:19:10 PM by Lance
I had my first hate comment from a person when they found out I was moving to belltown. i think it's hilarious.
yeah, i got it...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 02:13:23 PM by D
I weigh 150
D
how old are you?
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 01:52:16 PM by D
I'm definitely taller at 5'11 but i'm a small guy too though i'm pretty
proportioned to my frame. I keep weight on by lifting weights. If I keep
up heavy lifting fairly regularly, I can keep an extra 10 pounds on.
D
Comment: Re(1): I like....
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 01:40:59 PM by mike
me too. i hat to run. but like walking. but i have to get my self toned again. like i said i have a hard time keeping weight on. and i am small like 5'6. so i guess i was wondering what u way and all since u look like u r close to my weight size but u r taller i think. but i mat be wrong about the wiaght u just look small maybe.
I like....
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 01:38:24 PM by D
lifting weights and biking the most but make myself run at least a couple
of times a week. I'm not a big fan of running.
D
well...i call just
exercising a lazy day...it's a fun day
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 01:33:52 PM by D
Comment: so danny....
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 01:21:12 PM by mike
u got ditracted by working out, i thought u were haveing a lazy day ha ha
not at all...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 01:39:14 PM by D
I thought it would be a fun hobby but I realized I have no desire to give
massages...I want to receive them.
D
Comment: Re(1): It only lasted a month before I withdrew...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 01:36:47 PM by Jason
you mean, you didn't enjoy massaging muscled young men? haha
It only lasted a month
before I withdrew...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 01:36:10 PM by D
I was literally flying back to Seattle to take a test and then heading
back to the airport. That was ridiculous.
D
by the way...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 02:17:54 PM by D
sports massage therapy was never meant to be a career move but just a
hobby.
D
speaking engagements...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 02:17:15 PM by D
have been are continue to be lucrative as well as educational. I've really
learned alot of leadership through this. However, Things are happening
that have nothing to do with speaking and that's where I see my life
moving to for the "next phase".
D
Comment: Oops, pardon the errors,.....but my
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 01:51:26 PM by Uncle Jim
medication just kicked in. I meant to say "career" and instead of "work wans", I meant to say when your speaking engagements begin to taper off.
plans...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 02:15:32 PM by D
I definitely wont persue any more studies in liberal arts...that leads to
no career. I'm very glad my undergrad was liberal arts but when the day
comes to do a masters it will be something more career oriented. However,
currently, things are heading in a certain direction that do not include
school or anything of that sort.
D
Comment: A Masters Degree??? what in,....French.....(language, that is)...but
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 01:47:08 PM by Uncle Jim
Have you decided what careet you will persue after your "Celebrity" status and work wans????
Just curious.....
I did that as a
hobby...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 01:33:01 PM by D
and found that it wasn't a good hobby. I'm going back for my masters one
of these days but no time soon.
D
Comment: Danny are you going back to school?
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 01:17:51 PM by Bryan Pavlick - Atlanta
Hey Danny are you back in school? I remember hearing last year that you were thinking about going to Massage Therapy or Sports Therapy school.
whats up all...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 01:53:08 PM by Zach
i just got back from my advertising class and we were looking at ads from
the second world war and they were insane. one of them had a picture of
uncle sam holding a monkey wrench adn it said hey jap...you're next. there
was so much racist propaganda. it was way worse than i thought.
yeah, it's not that
important and that's why i'm too lazy to type it out! ...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 01:37:11 PM by D
I'm pretty psyched to go to Maine though.
D
look at the tour
schedule
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 01:33:22 PM by D
Comment: oh yeah..
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 01:19:06 PM by Jason
Where is the Roberts Fall World Tour headed later this week ?
nope...excercise...getting
ready to travel later this week
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 01:16:26 PM by D
yeah, sorry...
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Posted on September 30, 2003 at 01:04:09 PM by D
got distracted by something.
D
aloha...
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Posted on September 29, 2003 at 09:57:27 AM by D
just clearing my head from a hazy weekend of fun.
D
Comment: good morning everyone! aloha Dannnnny!!! hope your day is starting off well... i'm headed back to
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Posted on September 29, 2003 at 09:51:57 AM by Stoney
sleeeeeep!! catch you in an hour or 2.. nite niteeeeeeeee good to see you lookin so fine this morning danny.. say hi to paul for me.
aloha love stoney
This trend...
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Posted on September 29, 2003 at 09:56:52 AM by D
this isn't the first time i've heard this and i'm not surprised to hear
it. There's a substantial number of gays out there who actually like
living on the margins of society and want nothing to do with the
mainstream. Many of their ideas are however flawed because they're
assuming that mainstream America is a homogenous group of failures, which
obviously isn't true. To those gays who do want to stay marginilized until
society reaches the "utopia" they're waiting on, I say go for it. For the
rest of us, I say #### off to that gay minority because I certainly don't
romanticise marginilization.
D
Comment: I'd say partly....
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Posted on September 29, 2003 at 11:19:28 AM by D
a definite superiority complex going on...and it's not necessarily a gay issue either. I see it more as the liberal "over throw the establishment" types and these just happen to be gay and are definitely turning it into a gay issue. Maybe they should just have their own little gay world to live in.
D
give me a break...
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Posted on September 29, 2003 at 09:43:37 AM by Danny
Radical groups in general annoy the craop out of me but this takes it to a
new level.
D
Comment: Queer Resistance Front >>
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Posted on September 29, 2003 at 09:32:08 AM by Christopher
Just when progress is being made the left wingers decide to start the " Queer Resistance Front" to cause major trouble. Apparently the far gay left see gays making progress under the law as a bad thing. Enough Already! ( Read the "Culture Watch" column on the left.)
Independent Gay Forum
Time to move...
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Posted on September 28, 2003 at 01:08:47 PM by D
got to get ready to meet some friends. Hope you all have an excellent day,
including you Max...well...night that is.
D
nasty?...
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Posted on September 28, 2003 at 01:07:31 PM by D
did you read what I attached to it?
not nasty at all. I just know i'll most likely never speak in Europe.
D
Comment: THANK YOU!!!>
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Posted on September 28, 2003 at 01:06:43 PM by Max
That was nasty man!
and probably never will!
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Posted on September 28, 2003 at 01:04:47 PM by D
wouldn't mind it a bit though.
Comment:
If I'll>
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Posted on September 28, 2003 at 01:03:08 PM by Max
move my butt on this page now and I wont find a german university on this
list dude....
yeah, i'll be ready to dig my grave by
the end of that
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Posted on September 28, 2003 at 01:04:14 PM by D
Comment: you gotta be >>>
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Posted on September 28, 2003 at 01:03:16 PM by Jhuney boy
crazy Danny man saw Oct 6 to Oct 10 schedule bro. Hope you got some energy (whole traveling and speech). We're so proud of you and no problem about the updates.
Jhuney boy
for those of you interested...
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Posted on September 28, 2003 at 12:59:03 AM by D
My tour schedule has just been updated so check it out for new dates this
fall.
Thanks for the update Jhune!
D
weekend...
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Posted on September 28, 2003 at 12:54:35 AM by D
is good...had a blast last night watching the Rocky Horror Picture show
that's being put on at a theater downtown. Paul is right here and we're
just hanging out.
D
Comment: mornin Danny >>>
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Posted on September 28, 2003 at 10:59:07 AM by Jhuney boy
Hows the weekend so far and wheres Paulo ?
Jhuney boy
Who is George Clinton exactly? >>
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Posted on September 28, 2003 at 11:21:30 AM by Christopher
Just Joking! I Know!
Comment: man...I was about to flip...
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Posted on September 28, 2003 at 12:53:21 AM by D
I originally thought...
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Posted on September 28, 2003 at 11:01:37 AM by D
the news was saying that George Clinton died and that hit me harder.
D
Comment: George Plimpton, the longtime editor of "The Paris Review" died this week >>
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Posted on September 28, 2003 at 09:55:02 AM by Christopher
at age of 76. He was truly a great man.
The Paris Review
The movie looks terrible..
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Posted on September 28, 2003 at 10:41:16 AM by D
but i've got to admit that Paul and I both have a soft spot for Sean.
Also, don't waste a penny on "Cabin Fever". I thought it would be bad but
this movie redifined awful. I felt like the biggest sucker for going to
see it.
D
Comment: #1 Movie not to see...
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Posted on September 27, 2003 at 09:38:30 PM by Chris C.
Bulletproof Monk. Hardly ever do I watch these "over-the-top-action-but-no-sense-of-plot" type of movies but I thought I'd give it a try. Big mistake. The directing and script was TERRIBLE. But...uh...at least it had Sean William Scott.
Keep those numbers falling baby!
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Posted on September 25, 2003 at 09:00:01 AM by D
Comment: Wallstreet Journal report
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Posted on September 25, 2003 at 03:40:50 AM by Goonie Greg
The WSJ says that Bush has fallen to a career low of 49% approval rating. It will be interesting to see how these numbers play out in the coming months.
University of San Diego
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Posted on September 25, 2003 at 09:01:11 AM by D
Comment: Does anyone Have a Clue??
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 11:56:43 PM by walter
About where danny will be at in san diego Oct 9 ??
Goodnight...that's the same for me...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:32:29 PM by D
sorry i've got to run when things are heating up but the couch is calling
my name. Good night kids.
D
construction just started..
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:31:26 PM by D
it's on the corner of 1st and something...really close to the Home Depot
down there.
D
Comment: when does it open?
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:27:13 PM by Lance
Pick me up some!
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:26:01 PM by D
They're building a new one in SODO and I can't wait until that bad boy
opens.
D
Comment: contemplating
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:25:21 PM by Lance
a trip to Krispy Kreme--i shouldn't but i've been thinking about one of those bad boys all day
well...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:30:47 PM by D
I think alot of gays ARE surprised when people question what is assumed to
be widely believed amongst the gay circle. Example, not every gay is a
democrat or liberal.
it's good for people to realize that.
D
Comment: Well..
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:28:56 PM by Jason
When one is as strong in his opinions as I am, that can happen! I just don't want people to think I'm just here to stir up trouble..I just say what I think and feel and people seem to be surprised that I will challenge certain things they say.
Jason...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:25:28 PM by D
If nothing else...you do make this board entertaining. Is always fun to
watch your arguments with everyone.
D
Comment: Thanks for the kind words!
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:22:42 PM by Jason
I appreciate the kind words bro! and I really appreciate your providing this forum for debate and your very interesting personality that continues to make this a great forum for the exchange of ideas and thoughts.
nah, i think you're fun on the
board...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:20:26 PM by D
we all need a good shake down sometimes to make us really defend our
positions and put some thought into what we believe in. You're the real
catalyst for that here.
It's nice to have someone who isn't the standard bleeding heart gay
liberal around to stoke things up. Though, I still think you could be a
little more respectful of people's beliefs and not so hostile sometimes.
D
Comment: Danny --by the way
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:17:36 PM by Jason
Thanks for what you said down below, while I don't reall consider myself a "devil's advocate" as you called it, I appreciate you not taking an alarmist position on the issue.
Hola Rolf
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:11:59 PM by D
Comment: HEY DANNY!!! Been a while!!
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:07:47 PM by Rolf
Poutine is the best!
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:26:56 PM by D
and no one has a clue what it is. I spent 3 months there and unfortunately
haven't made it back>
D
Comment: McGill U here
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:17:51 PM by Anchorage James
I too had the pleasure of spending one of the best summers of my life in Quebec... but not the city.
My year in Montreal was the most eye-opening of any yet. There are a lot of reasons to love that part of the world. The best that I can think of is the POUTINE baby!
*Goes to find some fries and gravy right now*
How long did you spend there and have you been back since the exchange?
Bon Soiree,
James
Anchorage
QC...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:13:55 PM by D
I went to Laval U for an international exchange program in the summer of
98. Had a blat and what a beautiful city.
D
Comment: The lights are indeed always a trip
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:11:17 PM by Anchorage James
If there was one thing that I'd say about coming up here... do it now while you're in Seattle. You're sooo close, and yet it's just a world away (only 3 hours by plane to ANC).
The lights are amazing for this reason if no other... even the locals love em! Rarely does a local slow for moose, take pictures of the massive glaciers, or stay up all night with the midnight sun. But many a time have I been in the bars up here when somebody has come in and yelled "hey.. the lights are out" and the whole place pours out into the streets. They're just that special.
As for QC... what were you doing over there? It also ranks highly on my list of favorite places.
Good to see you up still.
Talk to ya soon,
James
Anchorage
AK...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:07:15 PM by D
haven't been yet but wouldn't mind it. So many people, including some of
my friends, here in Seattle are from AK. I hear it's amazingly beautiful.
I'd love to see the northern lights again. I saw them once while camping
in Quebec City. I woke up in the middle of the night to the trippiest sky
i've every seen.
D
Comment: Another post for Danny tonight
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:04:22 PM by Anchorage James
Danny! A huge hello from beautiful Alaska
The Howard Dean crowd hasn't quite found it's voice up here yet, but we'll work on changing that
?: Have you ever been up to AK (or did Paul every have the luck to work up here in the Army)?
?: Would you ever consider coming up? You could do all the great northern national parks and get some amazing photos in!
?: Aside from the busy speaking tour, what have I missed in the 2 months that I've been off line?
Hope you and everyone down south is having a wonderful night and again... thanks for keeping this board up. It's appreciated by many of us.
Cheers,
James
Anchorage, AK
Last summer...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:14:36 PM by D
I took Kelley and Scott to a game...had a blast.
D
Comment: Re(1): the Mariners...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:13:35 PM by Jason
haha..I hear ya..they have been a big disappointment this year after being one of the best teams in the league up until the All Star break and then totally blowing it in the second half..that is so f*cking frustrating as a fan!
the Mariners...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:11:45 PM by D
I tried to get into them last year, but I feel like a traitor to the
Braves.
D
Comment: Re(1): Just about to crash on the couch and watch some brain-deadening TV
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:09:07 PM by Jason
I hear you man..how about those Mariners huh? blowing it yet again. <sigh>
really cool city..but not literally
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:17:57 PM by D
Comment: funny how life turns out
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:17:22 PM by Stoker
Austin is a great time!!
I almost...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:16:07 PM by D
moved to Austin right after college before the whole New Orleans stint
because I was so impressed with so many good looking, outdoorsy guys
running around. However, the heat even made Atlanta look like kiddie play.
It was like running around in an oven.
D
Comment: works both ways......
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:14:19 PM by Stoker
I got the brains, but was skipped in the looks dept!!LOL
Too bad...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:12:41 PM by D
you don't grow them as intelligent as they are good looking. Isn't that
usually how it goes though.
D
Comment: well the uniform thing is a given :P
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:11:55 PM by Stoker
and yeah we know how to grow them down here!!!
I'll admit...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:08:58 PM by D
that i'm a sucker for a man in a uniform though and like I said, Texan men
tend to be on the good looking side of things.
D
Comment: the whole WHOOP thing.....
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:06:51 PM by Stoker
I hope you were briefed on that before you went on
It was like a nazi themed school...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:05:25 PM by D
the whole military thing.
D
Comment: I was EXTREMLY impressed with the program
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:01:55 PM by Stoker
but ya the whole aggie theme is a completly different world. That time it DID help that you were there. I know I wouln't have gone otherwise, and I learned ALOT that night. Baylor kids and aTm kids do not mix well, I don't really like that town.
But just goes to show that you never know what to expect.
that was crazy...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 09:59:25 PM by D
It was actually an honor to speak there because I was the only one on a
panel of execs and profs at this diversity symposium. It was very well
organized and educational. I learned as much as gave that night. The kids
were respectful too though the whole military things was mad freaky.
D
Comment: D.......
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 09:56:28 PM by Stoker
After San Antonio I almost had a heart attack to hear that you were going to aTm.
I think I told you that you should fire your agent after that one!!!LOL
dude, when I was your age...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:34:19 PM by D
I was equally a wreck. Nothing you're saying surprises me. I was a total
wreck at your age! Don't worry too much. Try to enjoy being young though I
know that's easier said than done. You don't have to change the world!
D
Comment: thanks, but I still can't stop feeling like I'm not doing good enough or enough at all
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:32:10 PM by Kyle B
Don't worry so much Kyle...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:29:15 PM by D
You're only living out what's called teenage highschool life. Trust me
buddy, every soul around you feels exactly the same way as you do right
now. That is, if they're thinking. Highschool is nothing but insecurity
and questioning. It all gels later though so look forward to those days
and don't think you're doing anything wrong.
D
Comment: I'd like to think that, but ....>
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:19:40 PM by Kyle B
when I look about the things of what I've done in the past year, I haven't really accomplished anything. I aslo haven't helped the world in any great way. I lack a great mind. I've actually lost what little artistic talent I had and I still feel like an outsider no matter where I am. I'm always questioniung myself. With a lack of confidence in any action I do, it only leads me to believe that any action I take and the way I'm living my life isn't right. I mean what if I'm only reinforceing stereotypes instead of breaking them. I dunno.
sounds like you're...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:10:33 PM by D
well ahead of most 17 year old american teenie-boppers. You're doing well
buddy.
D
Comment: sadly enough...>
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:05:35 PM by Kyle B
I got into a 2 second discussion with my "boyfriend" who then started to laugh at my pagan beliefs, which pretty much put the kabosh on that.
but theres a possibility another guy is gay/bi who goes to school with me. so thats neutral
but I started getting after guys today who repeatedly call each other fag in pure jest, and I don't think they really listened, kinda depressing cauyse they were pretty cool towards
Just a baby!
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 09:59:42 PM by D
Comment: 17, another day older and not a penny richer
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 09:59:17 PM by Kyle B
Happy Birthday Kyle...how old are you?
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 09:57:45 PM by D
Comment: Someone wish me a happy b-day I dare ya :P
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 09:54:57 PM by Kyle B
because 70 isn't really that fast on a
freeway!
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 09:53:58 PM by D
my car gets excellent MGP...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 09:55:48 PM by D
but when i'm on the freeway, i'm conditioned to driving in Atlanta where
you'd get plowed if you weren't going at least 75.
D
Comment: GASP......I figured you would be driving slowly to keep pollution down
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 09:54:20 PM by Stoker
There's much more to it than that...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 09:53:02 PM by D
and states that keep their limits at 55 drive me nuts! 70 or nothing...I
got a ticket here the other day doing 85 in a 60. I can't deal with how
slow the driving speed is here.
D
tired old Hippies suck
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:16:40 PM by D
Comment: haha, seattle is neat..
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:05:03 PM by russ
the flow...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:03:41 PM by D
yeah, i'm used to the flow going around 75 or 80 as well. Here, the flow
is more like a crawl...It's unbelievable how slow the freeways move in
Seattle...I just imagine it's because everyone is so stoned that they
don't realize how slow they're going.
D
Comment: what about staying with the 'flow' of traffic?
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 09:58:03 PM by russ
yeah...i've done that one so many
times...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:00:59 PM by D
that this time, I was just like, "Give me that #### ticket, you're holding
me up." I've seriously talked my way out of tickets 6 times. Once the cop
turned out to be a classmate of my moms and he recognized my name so I got
out of it. How lucky was that!
D
women have it so much easier in that
situation...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:11:12 PM by D
Comment: My wife told a good one.........last year.....
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 10:08:19 PM by Uncle Jim
She was driving a rental and told the Officer that she wasn't accustomed to the car and didn't notice the speedometer because it wasn't in the same place as her car. I couldn't keep a straight face. Neither could the Officer.......but he let her off....lol
that's not what the cop just told
me...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 09:56:23 PM by D
Comment: You're not really speeding until you're going at least 25 mph over the speed limit. --Gandalf's Law
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 09:56:00 PM by Gandalf
the whole system is screwed...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 09:57:22 PM by D
I watch CNN for entertainment and then watch British and Canadian news for
real info.
D
Comment: One hand washes the other. All major American Media outlets our corporately owned, and those...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 09:52:23 PM by Gandalf
corporations have benefitted greatly by Bush's tax cuts and policies. They, literally, have no vested interest in going after Enron--Bush's greatest campaign benefactor.
What little alternative media we have left in this country were all over it.
Greg Palast an American reporter for the BBC wrote a great book about it called "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy". He has a site www.gregpalast.com. A lot of the material can be gotten there for free.
Also, Thom Hartmann's book Unequal Protection: The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights is a terrific source. He hosts a radio show at which can be accessed at his site www.thomhartmann.com.
all the people...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 09:43:25 PM by D
who lost thier savings in that scandal care and I care. I think that's one
of the most f*cked up things to happen in this country and I can't
understand how the media swept it right under the rug.
D
Comment: Maybe I am missing something here......but who cares?
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 09:39:55 PM by Stoker
You think big business isn't throwing money hand over fist to the democrats?
Enron and Bush...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 09:27:33 PM by D
He didn't just take money from the company...he was personal friends with
that #### CEO.
D
Comment: Enron...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 08:34:00 PM by Tony
Both political parties take contributions from big corporations. You can't judge Bush for that. Reform the political system, that is what is needed to get big business out of politics. A novel idea that will probably never happen....
yeah...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 09:54:53 PM by D
he was a weirdo too but the whole group provided free entertainment. I
ended up getting one of those chicks to take me home not long after that.
D
Comment: well if nothing else I enjoyed myself....
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 09:44:09 PM by Stoker
always nice to meet people who make an impression on your life
oh ya and FREE beer!!!LOL
you should have gone out with us and not that weirdo bald guy in the blue blazor<shudders>
the whole thing was sad...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 09:42:20 PM by D
that's what happens when you make an MTV celeb the draw to an HRC event
made up of mostly people 40+ who also happen to be conservative and
probably don't get much pop culture in their lives. Free beer is always a
good thing though!
D
Comment: ya but I took advantage of the free beer!!!LOL
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 09:36:27 PM by Stoker
I thougth it was sad that you, the draw of the fundraiser, had bever been heard of by most of those people!!!LOL
No more San Antonio!...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 09:33:56 PM by D
That's the place where log cabin republicans really made a bad impression
on me. They gave me the creaps for the most part. Guilt was thick in the
air there.
D
Comment: you wouldn't even miss little ole me???
IP: 24.162.116.36
Posted on September 24, 2003 at 09:29:50 PM by Stoker
we had some good times in San Antonio
you're right...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 09:26:53 PM by D
I don't count on politics getting anything done...hell, i'll take another
republican as long as his vocabulary exceeds that of a 9th grader! Nah, I
wouldn't miss you guys at all!...well, you do have really good looking
guys...let me think about it.
D
Comment: Danny....
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 08:20:55 PM by Stoker
It is people like you that keep those things alive. You will not see anything about Enron until something that will grab ratings happens. THAT is what is wrong with our media. As we learned in our journalism classes, if it doesn't bleed it doesn't lead.
Also, along those lines, we couldn't find Osama, so what do Bush's people say, well we need something so this war on terror.....biggest sham since the war on drugs.....doesn't go down the crapper.
As for putting a democrat in office right now, we still have a republican congress, so basically nothing is going to get done.
what it all boils down to is we have gotten ourselves into a big ole mess. the fault I see in it is blaming just ONE person.
As for our succession.....you guys would miss us and you know it
I think Jason....
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 09:32:44 PM by D
is a fun devil's advocate to have on here. Jason, you're predictable as
hell but at least you shake things up. I've given up on trying to get you
to calm down though and I think people can handle you fine and take you
with a grain of salt.
D
Comment: I see a consistant pattern emerging...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 07:35:36 PM by Mark
on this board. Always, there is Jason, and there is the person or persons who Jason is pissing off. Care to vary yourself a little?
also in this age..
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 06:49:21 PM by D
of media, we're so quick to believe everything we see on TV and get so
much one sided info it's ridiculous. All we ever heard about was what a
terrible dictator Saddam was and I don't argue with that. However, our
media chose only to mention that story and failed to mention the many,
many other dictators in this world. Why are we not concerned with those
nations and their dictators? Please tell me. Also, I don't have faith in
any man so closely connected with the business world, especially that of
oil. Am I insane here or did everyone quickly forget about Enron? hello?!
anybody!!! What I suggest is that some of you get a little dose of
international news and information and then let's talk.
D
also, no offense Stoker...
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 06:50:43 PM by D
but I wouldn't mind a bit if Texas succeded! Then we'd never have to deal
with another Texan cowboy, big oil, big d*ck politician.
Comment: Not that I don't agree with that!!
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Posted on September 24, 2003 at 04:25:31 PM by Stoker
I think that Bush has done a good job, and for those knit pickers that are no wepons of mass destruction and wah wah wah. Saddam himself was one large weapon which was waiting to go off. I keep my opinions off this board usually, but in this instance whoever posted this on my behalf said one thing that struck me...Have a little faith in our President instead of bashing him for no strong reason!!!!
In the internet society in which we live we have become so hung up on how fast we can get info, goods, services...etc....If I order a cd or book and it is not there the next day I get pissed. Look at what it is going to take to rebuild a nation, a people, and an economy that has been thrashed by one Dictator. Someone the other day made the point that Rome was not built in a day.
I also think that the fact that Bush is asking for UN support says alot about the character of the war. I think it says, look we did what was right because you couldn't see the forest for the trees. Now that we have that all down to base level why not all get together and fix it. I do not see the Iraqi people being ABLE to do this on their own, and the more support we have from the rest of the world who did not support the US in the first place the better. The old addage goes "too many cooks in the kitchen spoil the broth." This is not a kitchen. What is going to have to happen is there must be an outpouring of support form every nation to show that yes the workd can come together and fix something that was very broken.
As for Chriaq saying he would not veto any UN resolution, I think he has seen the err of his first policies, not to mention the economic thrashing we have given France.
Chriaw is an idiot, Bush has done a job that is worthy of the office of the Leader of the free world, and he will be in office in 2004 to push the progress of what WE started. A war is not strated by one presiedent remember....It will not be Bush who "fixes" Iraq, because it will, and has taken more than two terms of a president. he has just started a long road of what is to become.
I don't know what will become of Iraq, it has the resourses and the backing to become a great nation, but there has to be alot of things that happen, and those take TIME. Do not ever think that this will be fixed in the next 4 years.
I never have posted a political view here, this is probaably incoherent ramblings, but it kind of puts together what goes on in my head.
Excellent! send that one to Bunim-Murray!
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Posted on September 23, 2003 at 09:43:50 PM by D
Comment: So what do people think? The Real World: Paris - Has this show gone downhill or what?
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Posted on September 23, 2003 at 08:43:38 PM by Gandalf
This is the true story of Seven promiscous strangers
Picked to live in France and do absolutely nothing,
Stage stupid fights, And drink themselves into Oblivion.
Find out what happens when cast members stop being interesting
and start getting lame...
AAAAARRRRGHHHHH!!!!
here's one site
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Posted on September 23, 2003 at 09:33:47 PM by d
http://www.ersys.com/
In general...
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Posted on September 23, 2003 at 09:43:20 PM by D
type in the name of a city you're interested in along with the word
"demographics" into any search engine and it will come up with a list of
sites dedicated to info on that particular city. At one point, I found a
site sponsored by the US govt that allowed you to directly compare cities
but i can't find it now.
D
Comment: Danny ... Question 4 U
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Posted on September 23, 2003 at 06:58:04 PM by Bryan Pavlick - Atlanta
Danny a couple of months ago I remember you talking about population growth and other facts and data for certain cities. Can you share some good sites to check out and compare cities? I have a couple of friends who are looking to relocate.
Thanks
In the 1800's...
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Posted on September 23, 2003 at 05:25:35 PM by D
The republican and Democratic parties stood for very different issues and
were almost not all the same as they exist today.
D
Comment: Gay Republicans....
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Posted on September 23, 2003 at 04:21:32 PM by Tony
OK I have tried to post this like 5 times and it won't work, am I being censored or something, ha ha just kidding...
As a "gay republican", i feel the need to respond to some of the posts below. It has been said below, but I re-affirm this point that my views are more aligned with the Republicans then the Dems on a variety of issues, and I don't feel the need to choose one party over another just for gay rights. My life has more to it then just being gay, and while I support gay rights, I am also going to support other things I believe in, and right now the big goverment over-taxiation policies of the Democrats overweigh their "support" of gay rights.
You say that you can't be gay and be Republican. Let me say this. In the 1800s it was the REPUBLICANS that lead the charge to end slavery. It was SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS that strongly advocated segregation in the South during the 50s and 60s. Poltical parties views are the result of the social climate of the times. There is currently a large contigent of the Republican party that is holding on to old social standards. Progress is being made. I went to school in Vermont, and the Republicans there were largely in support of gay rights. Don't forget Mayor Guliani (sp?), a Republican, and a supporter of gay rights. Now I ask you this, do you think a democrat in the deep south is going to go out and support gay rights? Fact of the matter is there are more Republicans in rural areas then Democrats, and rural areas tend to be more conservative socially (by a lot). Things will change as the country continues to accept us, and its not going to happen overnight. Progress is being made, and I feel strongly that it is people like me that will gradually change the shape of the views of the party. To believe the hype that you can't be gay and be republican is narrow-minded.
To wrap up my little rant here....I am POSITIVE that there are many many people who share my views, but feel scared because they don't want to be thought of as anti-gay. Don't be scared, you are who you are, don't let others tell you what to believe and what not to.
That is...
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Posted on September 23, 2003 at 05:26:55 PM by D
were a party of inclusion until the the christian coalition highjacked
them in the 70's and 80's. Calling them a party of inclusion is a joke
now.
D
Comment: Re(1): Gay Republicans....
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Posted on September 23, 2003 at 04:23:43 PM by Jason
Hey Tony, I'm totally with you and I'm not scared..it's about time people told the truth about the republican's record. They are a party of inclusion.
Besides...
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Posted on September 23, 2003 at 05:31:55 PM by D
I didn't say all, I said the majority and again, i'd bet my life on it. I
haven't met a soul yet that made me think otherwise.
D
I'll stand by my statement
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Posted on September 23, 2003 at 05:27:46 PM by D
Comment: Danny - in response to what you said:
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Posted on September 23, 2003 at 03:24:09 PM by Jason
Danny said:
I'd bet my life that the majority of log cabin republicans are deeply repressed individuals from states such as Texas that aren't known for their open mindedness. I think it's natural for these people to align themselves with a mind-set and political party that best fits their needs and what they are comfortable with as individuals. The apple usually doesn't fall far from the tree! It really shows that people don't always think for themsleves and when it comes to social norms, individuals are very prone to go with the crowd because it's the safest route. This goes just as much for gays who often can't think for them