Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Just started this story, rough, rough draft, looking for opinions?

Part 1 of 4 鈥?How this all came to be鈥?br>



1.



Wednesday鈥檚 are notorious for being the slowest day of the week. Every tick of the clock seems to move backward, and watching it only makes those movements backwards a hell of a lot slower. And as those ticks clicked backwards, Johnny could feel his pulse and temperature rising ever so slightly. The back of his neck felt like sun burn after being slapped, and his blood pressure bumped and thumped like the blood was trying to break loose.



He鈥檇 look back at the clock, waiting, and waiting, and waiting for 3:15. 3:15 was the book of Revelation to him. It meant the day was over, at least for a couple more hours. It meant he could back home, relax, take a shower, masturbate, discuss the meaning of everything.



But 3:15 was still a ways a way. He yawned and positioned himself in as many awkward positions as time would allow. Any awkward position would keep him awake, but only for a moment. Soon his inner body would adjust, and start falling asleep again. He felt mechanical. Two sides of him were competing for attention. Neither one was really winning, except whoever was making the more rationale argument.



I could leave. Leave early, say I have a doctor鈥檚 appointment.



(You would miss the rest of the lecture)



I鈥檓 missing it anyway. I can barely stay awake.



(You鈥檙e parent鈥檚 aren鈥檛 paying for you to sleep)



Shut up.



(You鈥檝e got a child on the way)



Those words woke him up more than any awkward position was ever going to. It made him breath deep breaths and sweat big sweats. He wasn鈥檛 even sure who he was, and now he was going to have to direct someone else鈥檚 life.



It didn鈥檛 help that the professor was talking in somewhat hypnotic speech. Eerily soothing, and causing those eyelids to become perhaps a dozen times heavier than they already were. Johnny stuck it out. Just like he did every Wednesday.



2.



Across campus, Timothy was already deeply engrossed in another afternoon film. It was the second film he had watched today. This semester he cleared most of his schedule for watching movies. He got a job at the campus library checking in and out books. Occasionally, he鈥檇 push the rack all over the library placing books in their respective places. He mother ****** the Dewey Decimal System to high heaven, claiming their had to be an easy way to catalog books. He always assumed someone else could do it.



This afternoon鈥檚 selection was the 1948 Orson Welles version of Macbeth. Timothy was on a Shakespeare kick for the past two weeks. He鈥檇 brought home just about every version of Hamlet from the library last week. Bragnah and Zeffirelli and Olivier and Burton, not to mention the half dozen or so stage productions with names no one would ever recogonize. He said he saw something about himself in the character of Hamlet. Something about the madness, and the way Hamlet carried himself.



The library was the perfect place for him to work. The campus library housed nearly every film ever made. The rows and rows of cinema, past and present, screamed 鈥渨atch me.鈥?Timothy was just the person to do that.



3.



Concluding her fourth week teaching was Jocelyn. She was just finishing a lecture on neurons and how they worked.



鈥淩emember there is to be a test on Monday. This is going to be on. I鈥檓 going to ask you some tough stuff.鈥?Her voice was drowned out by the sound of zippers and notebooks closing. You wouldn鈥檛 think of a notebook closing, making any noise at all. But given the onslaught of three hundred notebooks, and it was a symphony of whooshes and wishes.



The semester was just getting started. She had settled in nicely, to the student teaching position. It curbed most of the cost of her graduate education. Her parents were happy about this. They weren鈥檛 so happy about the seven month unborn child she was carrying around. Unmarried. Still in school. Oh yes, her parents were plenty worried about that situation to even fully appreciate the tuition waiver for her graduate work.



She had refused to tell her parents who the father was. At least up until now. Her parent鈥檚 patience was running thin, and she soon would. But first she had some thing of her own to clear up. She was constantly pondering her graduate degree, wondering and wondering if any of it was worth it. She wondered if she only enrolled to quell the fact that this child was the end of her young life.



No condoms, how could I be so stupid.



She thought this constantly, and consistently. She felt like the girl in the sex ed video, who stayed home on Friday, when her friends went out, just so she could watch her baby.



Her friends, all of them, were so supportive, but their eyes fed her that thank-god鈥攖hat鈥檚-not-my-child look. She could feel their eyes move up and down her body, the same way a guy does to a girl he sees coming his way. But there eyes were not with with lust, or love, but complete relief.



No ******* condoms, you stupid piece of ****.



The last of the students headed out the door, just as she was gathering up her things. Just a lonely pregnant women in the middle of the auditorium, all alone. That鈥檚 how things for her had felt lately.



4.



鈥淭he ending is more pronounced because of the change that Ching Fong goes through.鈥?Johnny professors says, to a mostly interested class. Johnny鈥檚 arousal level is less than willing to continue. Who would have thought 18th century Japanese literature could be so boring? Johnny wondered if all literature was so boring. He even went as far to wonder if culture in general and everything about it was this boring. All the films, books, and paintings. Every poem, paragraph and page every written and typed, was it all bullshit.



鈥淲hat do you think, Johnny?鈥?his professor asked. He realized his wandering eyes, and heavy yawns had attracted the attention of his teacher.



鈥淯h, yeah.鈥?He answered. The class giggled in unison. He had no clue what the lecture was about, hadn鈥檛 even paid attention in the last week. Johnny wasn鈥檛 even entirely sure he was reading from the same book as everyone else.



鈥淢r. Walsh, part of your grade is participation. So I am asking for your opinion.鈥?The professor was dead serious, in your face. The class鈥?eyes were all on him, waiting for his opinion.



鈥淚鈥檓 going to be honest, I have no clue what you鈥檙e talking about.鈥?He answered. The laughs came back, but there were fewer this time around, like an inside joke that only a few are apart of.



鈥淟ooks like that will be an F for participation today, Mr. Walsh.鈥?The professor stared at him, half expecting a reply but continued right on with what he was talking about. Johnny wondered what this guy was like in middle or high school. Probably the kid who got quarters thrown at him in study hall.



Johnny laughed on the inside at the thought of flying George Washingtons hitting him on the head. His gazed returned to the outside, where the weather was becoming more and more brilliant by the moment.



The clouds were turning a light gray, not the kind that bring rain, but the kind that make Johnny feel complete. There was a slight breeze, he could discern from the swaying trees.



Some kids were playing soccer on the lawn. Kicking the black and white ball back and forth. It didn鈥檛 appear there were any defined goals. There didn鈥檛 need to be, the whole point was just to be outside. Some other kids were just sitting under trees text or fictional books sprawled across their laps, ingesting the whole sum of human knowledge.



Johnny鈥檚 deep blue eyes slightly watered at the thought that this was it. This room would be the end of him, and he knew it. His mood was in a downward spiral since the start of the summer. When she told him. When she told him, that within her, his seed had reached her egg, and together they were creating a child. She hadn鈥檛 quite put it like that, but he always preferred the most defined definition he could reach.



I gave it to her. I gave it to her too damn good.



(Better watch your mouth, round that newborn)



My parents swore around me, and look, I鈥檓 fine.



(Yeah you conceived a child that you have no clue how to care for)



He remembered an idea from Introductory Psych. Objective Self Awareness. Whenever the focus shifts inward, you enter this state of subject awareness. When your self and self image don鈥檛 align, it produces negative feelings. His teacher then suggested this is why we see so many IPODS and ZUNES. So people can drown out their own thoughts and remain focused outward.



Johnny sighed and succumbed himself to the last fifteen minutes of class. The outside was not much farther away.



5.



鈥淭his is terrible.鈥?Timothy said out loud to the walls and the carpet, and the stack of recently viewed movies on the floor. Among them such classics as the Campbell Scott version of Hamlet, the 1989 film When Harry Met Sally, and the fifth Star Trek film. The odd assortment of films was the way Timothy liked to watch them. He never liked to watch the same genre twice in a row. The past two weeks had been a rare exception to the rule. Consistency was key, as he examined the various productions of Hamlet.



Timothy was looking for the differences between each production. The smallest of details, such as camera or lighting, and he jotted them down in a notebook. With his copy of Hamlet to his side, Johnny would here him all the way down the hall. Quoting Shakespeare four hundred years after the Bard had suffered the deep dark plunge we all go to.



鈥淥h all you, host o heaven! O Earth! What else?鈥?Timothy would recite. It would seem the voice were coming from the walls, or that Johnny was schizophrenic. But no, not at all. It was the sounds of the Globe Theatre traveling through time, and space to America. To Pennsylvania. To Pittsburgh. It was being absorbed in the hearts of the young, being prepared for passage to another generation.



Timothy was not enjoying this version of Macbeth at all. Maybe it was the black and white of it all, but Timothy could not even stand to finish it. He turned it off and returned it to it鈥檚 proper case.



His afternoon was carefully planned to have enough time to watch this, then the Roman Polanski version, then study for the up and coming 鈥渆xam of the semester, quite possibly my life鈥?is what he was calling it. The change in plans gave him some extra free time. So he stared at the wall, working on the story waiting to be poured onto paper.



5.



Johnny quickly left the lecture hall, not wanting to be stopped by Professor Asshole on the way out. For the obvious and not so obvious reasons. The first of course being he was afraid he might actually slip and call him professor ASSHOLE! And the second being, he didn鈥檛 feel like getting the paying attention will help you do better lecture. Or the I鈥檓 not standing up here for my health lecture. He鈥檇 heard them before, or some version of them. He had pretty much been uninterested in anything but philosophy since he took his first class all those years ago.



The ideas and thoughts and logic of the past four thousand years was constantly bouncing around in his mind, and his pure undivided attention was constantly on that. Pondering and wondering. Thinking and reasoning.



6.



Timothy had a notebook where he kept pictures and comments. Little shreds and bits of information that he eventually thought would help him in the screenwriting process. His whole view of Planet Earth changed when he would doodle away at the notebook. The cries for help from Africa, the depleting ozone layer, the pollution and over population, the whole world just went away.



His friends, mostly Johnny, often wondered if there was a screw or two loose. Something just never made sense with Timothy. In all actuality, that is just the way he presented himself. One step behind the rest.



He scrawled a few shapes and figures into the notebook. Hoping that some ultimately amazing wonderful tidbit of dialogue would come pouring outward onto the paper. Some great quote that college kids, and adults alike would continue saying for years afterwards. Something inspirational, and spine tingling.



His getting longer by the day black hair was at his eyes right now. He loved the way it blew in the wind, even if everyone he knows did not. He was slightly chubby, but nothing a doctor would recommend a safer diet over.



Most of the clothes he wears are two sizes too big, and he only shaves when he absolutely has to. Yet he cannot grow a full beard at this point. More like sporadic spots of hairs. A 鈥渃hin strap鈥?is what some up tight sorority girl had called it last semester.



His school nurse, and his eye doctor all decided he should wear corrective lenses. He never does, except when he鈥檚 behind the wheel of a car. The glasses he has now are the same ones he got in junior high.



He writes in his notebook: The fate of your life is directly affected by the fate of those around you.



鈥淭hat鈥檚 the worst quote in the history of quoting.鈥?He says to himself. He ponders lighting up the old bubbler. Let rip a few quick hits of the wacky tobaccy before he sails off to watch the other version of Macbeth.



He draws a man drowning at sea with a bubble above it screaming help. Next to that he draws a big boat and writes TITANTIC along the side. The guy in the tower has a bubble now too. It says 鈥渟orry pal, can鈥檛 stop for nothing.鈥?br> He laughs to himself and closes the notebook. Another day at the office he assures himself.



7.



Jocelyn is walking down the aisle of the auditorium, the weight of her bag to her side. If someone was observing her from the backside, they would think she was having a seizure the way she was walking. She could truly care less though.



Abortion was an idea that she hadn鈥檛 really thought about at all. She remembered in the weeks after she told Johnny she was pregnant, she could see it in his eyes. Those eyes that were begging for an abortion chit chat. It seemed to her that he was just waiting for her to bring it up.She had wanted to talk about it, but every time she saw that he was eager and willing to get rid of this child, it angered her, and made her want it that much more. And now, she insisted it was too late.



She remembered when she was an undergrad, and walking along Forbes Ave, some old lady was holding a great big poster, depicting an abortion at twenty-three weeks. The picture was disturbing but effective in one aspect. She stopped and yelled at the old woman, declaring it was a women鈥檚 right to choose. She even attended a march for Female鈥檚 Rights a few years back. She had always argued in favor of it, but now, when it was her child, she couldn鈥檛 help but cradle her belly and imagine the life she planned to give her child. Whether or not Johnny was going to be apart of it, was debatable.



8.



In the last ten minutes of each hour, the hallways filled up with students from every area of the globe.



Johnny had come from a suburban white man鈥檚 paradise. Coming to Pitt was the biggest culture shock he had ever received. A lifetime of one type of person, and suddenly inserted into the throbbing heart of the idea of America. He had savored every moment, unlearning everything K through 12 taught him.



Public Education, he declared in an essay, was flawed. It was one dimensional. He considered the pledge of Allegiance. Writing about the pledge, he realized he couldn鈥檛 even remember it.



We spend thirteen years, reciting the Pledge daily, to leave it behind once we leave high school.



He had not said it once since then. And it was a system of control. Implemented by men in suits far away trying to curb individualism. Or so he had wrote.



鈥淗ey.鈥?A voice called from behind him. It was Justine. He turned to see her smiling and eager to talk.



鈥淗iya.鈥?He replied, smiling. Justine was a nice break from the going to be a father routine.



鈥淏oring class.鈥?She said, slugging her book bag over her shoulder.



鈥淚s it ever exciting?鈥?he questioned.



鈥淵ou damn philosophers, always asking questions but never coming up with any real answers.鈥?She laughed. Johnny leaned in real close to her, almost directly next to her ear.



鈥淭hat鈥檚 what makes us so attractive.鈥?He laughed, and so did she. It was a I-Want-You laugh. But both of them knew the reality of Johnny鈥檚 situation. Both of them knew that on it鈥檚 way was a boy or girl, and for the next eighteen years or so, Johnny would be busy cradling, raising, and sending off to college a child.



鈥淵ou wanna go get a cup of coffee?鈥?She asked. He shook his head. He wondered what they were brewing down at the French Press.



鈥淎lright, but I insist on you buying.鈥?He laughed again and they took to the steps.



Johnny this is masturbation.



(Dude)



Well, you鈥檙e a child, and this is the big boy鈥檚 menu.



(Touche)



8.



Jocelyn stopped to talk to one of her students waiting outside the auditorium. Her name was Tammy, and she nearly waited everyday outside the door. Tammy always asked the most interesting questions about psychology. She seemed generally interested in it, and Jocelyn assumed this girl would eventually declare psych as a major.



She just hated the idea of her waiting till after class to ask the question. Tammy was obviously shy. But the questions she was asking were ones the whole class could benefit from.



鈥淢s. Everett, hey, how are you.鈥?Tammy said. She was still holding her notebook, and glancing at it as she walked up.



鈥淚鈥檓 pregnant.鈥?She replied, solemnly. She hoped the question would be simple. She wanted to go lie down and eat a half pint of ice cream.



鈥淥h, really, I hadn鈥檛 noticed.鈥?Tammy smile, nervously. 鈥淎nyway, I just have a quick question.鈥?br> 鈥淐oncerning neurons?鈥?



鈥淯mmm, not quite. I was looking through your page on the school鈥檚 website.鈥?She started. Jocelyn felt suddenly violated.



You looked at my website, for what?



鈥淚 saw that you were a part of a undergraduate research project.鈥?



Christ, this is going to take forever.



鈥淎nd I was curious how one gets involved in such things.鈥?She was just a curious student, curious like she was when she started school. Interested in how the great big gray matter could produce feelings of love, hate, and complete and utter dissatisfaction with life.



鈥淭ammy, I have to head to a OB appointment. Can you stop by my office tomorrow around 11. I鈥檒l give you all the details, and introduce you to the researcher involved in that.鈥?br> 鈥淥h, yeah, sure.鈥?She laughed, but it was filled with anxiety, and embarrassment. Jocelyn didn鈥檛 really have an appointment, at least not today. But she was exhausted, lugging her bag of education all around campus. She never envisioned doing this while pregnant.



She suddenly was jealous of her friends from high school. They were either engaged or married to men who were going to take care of them for the rest of their lives. Till death or divorce do them part.



鈥淚鈥檒l see you tomorrow then.鈥?Tammy hurried off. Jocelyn watched as she walked away and headed out the door. Was Tammy so much different then her three years ago? She wondered if she had just shattered a girl鈥檚 dreams of making a difference. She always said the biggest problem with the youth was no one wanted to make a difference. Perhaps it was because there were so many problems that the aspect of making a difference was such a loaded issue. Global warming, overpopulation, health care, mental health. There were more problems than solutions associated with those.



And now it was her generation鈥檚 responsibility to correct all this. The past fifty years of American Hedonism and unilaterialism had pretty much destroyed any prospect of America in the future. And now, when her generation failed there would be nothing but cynicism towards her.



She imagined her child, starving to death, or dying of an uninsured illness saying 鈥淭hanks a lot, Mom. Thanks for letting me die.鈥?br> She felt like crying. And maybe as she was watching t.v. and eating Ben and Jerry鈥檚 she would. She would let a small river, or creek of tears stream down her face and try and be optimistic.



9.



Timothy burnt his thumb lighting up his bubbler. He usually did, especially when trying to take a big hit. Smoke billowed up from the marijuana, and he held in the lung-full hit he had taken.



He could feel it lingering in his lungs.



A little longer.



He could see the gray color sinking into his lungs, and the smaller molecules journeying to his brain. He could see the smaller molecules binding to his neurons, and completely ******* him up. Joceyln had explained it all to him one time. One day when the two of them were stoned, she told him exactly what happened upstairs.



He always liked getting stoned with Jocelyn, but she hadn鈥檛 smoked in a long, long time. Ever since she decided she wanted to be a doctor. But only lately had she become the uptight chick she was.



At this point, he just felt bad for Johnny. He could see the way Johnny looked at her and knew his friend didn鈥檛 want that. But the two of them were far past breaking up at this point.



Even if they wanted to, they had been brought up to respect the idea of the American family. Raised in a house with a mom and dad. The sad part was that neither of them were completely sure of it.



Johnny had never said anything, but it was the way he acted around her, or didn鈥檛 act around her. He did not respond to her like he used to. It used to be she said jump, and he was in the air. But now, it seemed it was all Jocelyn could do to keep him around.



He remembered one night he鈥檇 come home from class, and there was a note one the table saying he was going away for a little bit, to clear his head. Johnny had just up and left. But he was back by the next day. When Timothy asked him what was wrong, he just said he was stressed and left it at that.



Another big hit, and he could feel the drug kick in. Everything became heavy and light. It felt like his conscious was trying to keep up with reality.



Just started this story, rough, rough draft, looking for opinions?

Didn't have time to read the whole thing, but what I read was excellently written.



I don't even believe in "The Bible", but it seemed wierd that it was referenced in a way that lead to masturbation..



Good literary usage..the masturbation just takes a little away from it, in my opinion. Also..not everyone does believe in "The Bible"; those who don't know the story might not understand the literary usage...even though it's not a bad one.



EDIT:



In my opinion...forget about "the wider audience" and keep the "x-rated words". If the story the words are used in, is good, which it seems to be, you'll find an audience. Write the story in whatever way you relate to it best.



I forget who the quote is from, but..



"The only writers who write about all people and times, are those who write about thier people and time."



...something like that.. I'm not looking it up now, but I think you're smart enough to get the point. Stay true to yourself, and you'll have an audience.



I'll read it, at least.



Good work, I'll have to finish it later.



Just started this story, rough, rough draft, looking for opinions?

Excellent so far... but cut out the X-rated words and keep your attention to the larger audience.



Terry Brooks is a master at keeping his books readable by all. I feel you have the flare for writing and holding your audience in words alone and the x-rated words you did use seemed to be out of context for your writing abilities



Keep us the good work



Nesssssst



Just started this story, rough, rough draft, looking for opinions?

Some words, need to be changed, I don't believe in the bible but it is excellently written.



Just started this story, rough, rough draft, looking for opinions?

Yes well not every prophecy is in Revelations. First the Rapture shall occur and the true followers of Jesus shall meet in heaven too receive their crowns for their Christian services. The Antichrist aka abomination that makes desolation. The 7 year tribulation shall commence once Israel signs a peace treaty for 7 years. Once that happens the judgments shall commence. The first is the seven seals of the scroll opened by Jesus. By order of the treaty of the Antichrist the Jews are now allowed to build their Temple. During this time because God has such bountiful grace and mercy he dispatched 144,000 Jewish evangelicals out of the 12 tribes of Israel 12,000 each Tribe to proclaim the gospel AND MANY shall be saved. God shall also dispatch the 2 witnesses to preach their testimony for 1,260 or 3 陆 years, these witnesses are indestructible during this time they will command fire to come from the sky as well as shut the sky to inhibit rain from falling and execute as many plagues and torments as often as they wish. Some speculate that it shall be Moses and Elijah, we know it shall be Elijah as written in Malachi 4:5. Then the seven trumpets of Judgment shall commence which are worse than the 7 seal of the scroll. During this time while Israel is in their false sense of Security Rogue nations that harbor hatred towards them shall do a sneak attack on them this is prophesied in Ezekiel Chapter 38 and 39 know as the Prophecy Against Gog. It is when Russia, Ethiopia, Libya, Iran, Turkey and other nations try to wipe Israel of the map but to no avail for God obliterates them in his wrath and hot anger. During the first half of tribulations the false world religion controls everything even the Beast of the Sea. Also some of the Jews heeding the warning of the Jewish Evangelicals shall be suspicious and disillusioned by the antichrist (world Leader) and flee to the ancient Ruins of Petra/Bozrah there they shall be supernaturally protected by God. While the raptured followers of Jesus are given their crown they are pestered by the Devil accusing them they are not worthy to be saved but his accusation (Satan) are in Vain. God having enough of his dribble and comments from the peanut gallery expels Satan out of the atmospheric heaven. When the midpoint of the tribulation comes about the antichrist shall slay the two witnesses and the whole world is so morally bankrupt that they shall rejoice over their death and even give gifts to each other. After 3 陆 days they shall come back to life and a voice from heaven shall say 鈥渃ome鈥?and a cloud ascend them both to heaven while their enemies look below a tenth of Jerusalem is destroyed by an earthquake and 7,000 people are killed via earthquake worldwide. Then the antichrist shall sit himself on the throne and proclaim himself to be 鈥済od鈥?and demand worship. The beast out of the Earth (False Prophet) shall make sure everyone accepts the mark of the beast failure to accept it means you cannot buy or sell and you shall be beheaded. This will separate the true Christians from the pseudo-Christians. During this time God in his mercy shall do something that has never been done before!!! He shall dispatch 3 powerful angels in the guise of humans to preach the everlasting gospel. They will adamantly stress and warn that those who accept the mark of the beast shall partake the winepress of God鈥檚 wrath. This means accepting the mark of the beast is THE UNFORGIVABLE SIN!!!!!!!! Once the Antichrist sit on the throne and declares himself as 鈥済od鈥?then the wrath of Sovereign Lord will reach its zenith and his boiling anger shall commence the 7 bowls of his wrath which is worse than the seven seals of the scroll and the 7 trumpets of Judgment. Babylon shall be rebuilt and all commerce shall be transferred to there as in total opposition of God. Babylon is finally destroyed. The heavens rejoiced at its destruction. Jerusalem shall be taken over and then the nations meet at the valley of Megiddo or known as Armageddon. After Israel recognized its national sin the rejection of Jesus they pray for 2 days and the Lord hears their prayers and Jesus comes back by landing his feat on the Mount of Olives Zechariah 14:3-5. Jesus shall defeat the antichrist and his forces by uttering the word of God and for 1,600 stadias or 2,000 miles up to the horses鈥?bridle the whole valley of Megiddo shall be a sea of blood thus written in the book of Isaiah 63:1-6. Everyone but the antichrist and false prophet have been turned into fodder by Jesus. The antichrist and false prophet are thrown into the lake of fire tormented day and night. Blessed are those who make it to 1,335 gays what does that mean Daniel 12:11-12. It means that a saved Christian or Jew that accepted Jesus as their savior are invited to the millennium. From the period of the abomination that makes (midpoint of the tribulations) desolation of the temple to the end of that shall be 1,260 days plus 45 days to purify the Earth from the grievous damage and filth and plus 75 days to judge the nations treatment towards Israel the parting of the sheep and goats the sheep are allowed to enter the millennial kingdom governed by Jesus that equals 1,335 days!! This is the kingdom that was in Daniel 2:44-45 that is the millennial kingdom!! At this time Satan shall be bound in the bottomless pit so he may not tempt for the next 1,000 years. Creation shall be radically changed as the Adamic curse shall be partially lifted there shall be new healthy bodies at that time disease is no more. People can live for 1,000 years!! Nature shall be transformed and wild animals shall be tamed and we all shall be pretty much vegetarians as written in the book Isaiah 65:17-25 However great that is people are still going to rebel as written in Isaiah 65:20 !! Even under utopia conditions via Jesus people shall go against Jesus. Satan shall be released and the rebels will be destroyed by fire from God. Those who are at the Great white Throne are not saved and are not written in The book of life they are thrown in the lake of fire forever and the ones who are saved are in bliss with God and Jesus in the new heaven and Earth. Praise the Lord Jesus!!

I need a cute winter outfit for wednesday?

hi all. so im gonna be meeting up with a friend who i think has a really cute bro and i know he likes me too (i know this sounds so first gradish) but i really want to dress nice since i always go to their house in scrub wear. sooo a little about me. im 19 and 5'6. im indian so i have brown hair and really long black hair. i have glasses :D and i love them uhh and im not super skinny nor am i obese. im average and ive got a lil tummy action going on. so uhh its really cold and i need warm stuff. all my outfits have either shrunk or are too thin for me to wear during the winter. any links will be appreciated! the mall is where im going to shop at and theres an AE, abercrombie, and basically ur department stores like macys, jcpenneys. sooo any help will be much appreciated :D i gotta catch his eye ;) lol take care all. byeeeeee



I need a cute winter outfit for wednesday?

I absolutely love this style of clothing. It's cute and warm too ! =)



Kay, so you wear a long sleeve shirt underneath a baby doll tank top, top it off with darn jeans (skinny or straight or whatever looks good) and wear boots or just shoes!



You don't have to go with these clothes (cause it's so expensive) but it's something to look at and take example from



http://www.abercrombie.ca/webapp/wcs/sto...



- baby doll tank



A white long sleeve with no v-neck, scoopneck or whatever. (sorry I couldn't find a picture)



Mm, dark wash jeans and boots! or flats, or something cute-sy. =)



Sorry, I couldn't find much more pics but I hope this gives you some ideas.



I need a cute winter outfit for wednesday?

well i got 2 that might be nice... i like the second one... if you want more ideas i'll be up probably for a bit more... bored..



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o hope i was of some help



I need a cute winter outfit for wednesday?

i would go to forever21. great stuff but not as expensive as ae, hollister, etc. i'd probably find a nice jacket and wear a cute long sleeve top/sweater or something! it really depends on your style and i'd probably do something w/your hair(:

How to talk to this girl?

It was the 2nd day of school, and this regular average looking girl comes up to me and askes me to be friends.. i said 'whatever, i dont care'



then she asked for my #, i told her to give hers to me instead. and finally she asked to get something to eat after school, i said 'no, i have better things to do'



we didnt %26amp; still havent talked since then (about 2 months).. she didn't meet my 3 criterias i wanted in a girl at that time :



1.a girl who wears Lacoste shirts with collars popped up



2. a girl who wears large belts 2.25-4 inches above the hip



3.a girl with blond hair blue eyes



but then yesterday.. everything changed. I saw her wear a pink Lacoste shirt with the collars popped up and I fell in love with her. she has dyed black hair with natural blond streaks (which i dont prefer), but i know we can make it if we try.



How should i approach her? i have her # but somethin inside tells me its too late to call her.. what would u do?



How to talk to this girl?

you were a bit rude but if you really think it'll work you should ease on up to asking her out just start by saying hi in the halls and then start a conversation and then act as charming as you possibly can once you think she likes you ask. If you realize you don't like her be her friend she can't be that bad can she.



How to talk to this girl?

well hello u just blew it like maybe 2 months ago!!! so if you want to get to know how to get her to like you u have to become her friend again



ps i am having the same problem



How to talk to this girl?

you're so picky! and cold! But any ways, just talk to her. not by phone, that is wimpy. act like you never met her before, so you can be more romantic. just be honest.



How to talk to this girl?

No your doin good young jedi. Blowin her off 2x was the smartest thing you could do to get it wet.



Now just say you lost her number and need it again. Get her on the date and you'll bag it the first night. If not you'll at least get head.



How to talk to this girl?

If I were you I wouldn't even bother calling her. She is obviously too good for someone who wouldn't even get to know her because of how she dressed and her looks. There is alot more to a relationship or friendship than that. Spare her the aggravation of having a materialistic jerk of a boyfriend and go find some idiot that cares what kind of clothes you're wearing. Someday you'll grow up.



How to talk to this girl?

ok bud, you're never going to find a good girl if you have a certain check-list you go by. Look on the inside, not the outside....that's what really matters.



How to talk to this girl?

You sound like a jerk.... she's better off not having you for a friend.



How to talk to this girl?

To be honest, you sound too superficial for her. You turned her down and now later on you see her wearing the right clothes and you want to get things rolling? I think you lost your chance awhile ago.



How to talk to this girl?

I think you should leave her alone. She's right. It's too late. You can't just suddenly decide that you want to be with some girl because she's wearing different clothes now. She tried to be direct with you, and you blew her off. You shouldn't get a second chance. She just wanted to be friends. You couldn't even give her a chance? Shame on you.



How to talk to this girl?

You dumb idiot you shouldn't of said that in the first place but sinced you asked i am gonna say that you should um letts see go up to her and be like um exscuse me hi do you remember me i am that boy from how ever long ago that was and then say that you was sorry for whatever had happened and then if she say something just be like ok know you can ask me over again what you asked me long before a while and if she don't ask then you say ok... let me refrese that um what i meant to say was that you could ask her like um hi would you like to out with me sometimes and if she say no then what you do is move on but i really hope this helps.(just remember neva say something to a girl like that or trust this situation will start all over again and this is true and this happened to me once but i didn't do nothing the boy did so jst be careful.)



How to talk to this girl?

just go to her, n tell her the truth.



How to talk to this girl?

There is absolutely no reason that a perfect man like yourself should have to compromise. Buy her some blonde hair dye and give to her as a present. Let her know that you would be willing to "be seen with her" if she would meet your three criteria. Do not under any circumstances, negotiate the three criteria or change your standards. Hang tough!!!



Taking this approach will give you plenty of time on Saturday and Friday nights to stay home (alone), hit the books hard and bring those grades up. Good Luck!



How to talk to this girl?

WoW, you're easy to please!))0 i wish all the guys were like you, just get a belt, hair dye, pop up the collar and you're ready to mate like a lusting cat at the pick of the mating season!))))))0



You can give her a call, but honestly, I don't think she will enjoy your company much. Unless, she is that desperate.



How to talk to this girl?

I think you should just leave her alone. You didn't give her a chance before because of how she looked. That's just not right. But to answer your question you should just go up to her and apologize for being mean to her before and just try talking to her. And if she asks why you didn't call her before then say you lost her number and if she asks why you just didn't ask for it tell her you were just too shy or something. Hope that helps but if it doesn't then you deserve it.



How to talk to this girl?

haha you bein serious?!?! you cant just go out with someone because of how they dress... you should have gotten to know her and be her friend. IF she decides to give you a chance you are one lucky guy coz u dont deserve it



How to talk to this girl?

why you were rude to her in the first place is beyond me but I hope she doesn't talk to you anymore. you are too picky and selfish. arrogant ..



How to talk to this girl?

There is absolutely nothing in this world more beautiful than a girl wearing Lacoste with the collars up. I have almost the exact same criterias. Except I only date Dark black hair girls with green eyes.



You need to strategize.. and follow these methods and alter them as you see fit.



MISSION : Bag the Girl with the Lacoste collars up



[I] Know your target's friends. Get to know them.



[II] Through her friends, try to get to know her. The next time u see her, tell her a slick line like "I'm sorry for being so mean before, but your face reminded me of a girl I had just broke up with. She totally ripped out my heart, stabbed a knife in my back, and left me to bleed to death' .



[III]Accidently see her at her favorite places i.e. Lacoste stores,



[IIII] Through her friends, learn her interest, see if has a Myspace, and remember the things she likes, the music, the games, topics etc



[IIIII] Talk to her about the music, games, topics, she likes



[IIIIII] Earn her trust,



[IIIIIII]Do what you need to do and keep the Lacoste collars up

Why should brown skin mean you are an illegal mexican?

Every where on answers it's "illegal mexican".Why?Why not illegal Honduranian or illegal Guatamalan Or illegal dominican republican?Does their latino skin color automatically label them as mexican?Isn't that a bit presumptuous?



What about those dark skinned Honduranians that look black or the Dominicans with dark skin?You'd see them on the street and never classify them.Because they don't fit the typical "mexican"look?Did you know there are white skinned mexicans also?Blonde hair and blue eyes.They could all be illegal,but they wouldn't be accused and put down soley by the way they look.But let a brown skinned woman with black hair stand in the food stamp line and there'd people go,calling her another government cheating illegal mexican.Or worse,a *******,which is what they are called where I live.It wouldn't matter if she was born here ,along with the last 5 generations of her family.She could have more american roots than you or I,but no one would care,cause she lokks mexican.Sad.



Why should brown skin mean you are an illegal mexican?

I wonder the same thing every day, and its sad. My husband is Mexican and is a greencard holder. The stigma still stands, most people are ignorant. If somebody speaks spanish they are an illegal mexican here to steal jobs and welfare.



Why should brown skin mean you are an illegal mexican?

Because we Americans are too ignorant to take the time to learn the common characteristics that differentiate any non-white race from any other non-white race.



The sad thing is, it took me all of 4 weeks to be able to train myself to pick out the racial characteristics of both East Asian peoples and South Asian/Asian Minor races.



Pretty pathetic.



Why should brown skin mean you are an illegal mexican?

Tha is why I use the term "illegal" I think you might just be sensitive.



Why should brown skin mean you are an illegal mexican?

What are you babbling about? It's the olive skin colored "Mexican" that's really from Egypt, Syria, Or Saudi Arabia is what we are worried about and they are the reason the border needs to be closed NOW.



Why should brown skin mean you are an illegal mexican?

No doubt you can feel this because you are one of the darker skins of your country men/women.



But have you ever heard the word stereo typing that goes for anyone that have a tan naturally.



You can check it out yourself if you could find say an Indian from India, that had a very light skin tone then you would find that they will never tell you that they are Indian because, that is their passport to indirection.



On the other hand a dark skinned Indian can be identified immediately from a distance.



Just like so called African Americans with very light skin, straight hair, blue eyes, straight nose and an American accent.



Of course it shouldn't mean that you are an illegal but because you have dark skin, it is assumed that you are in the USA illegally.



Why should brown skin mean you are an illegal mexican?

I guess because they come across the border illegally from Mexico. They dont have to be from Mexico, but they are coming in that way. I would say the majority are brown skinned and dont speak english...but that doesnt mean all are brown skinned.



I havent seen any white skinned illegals coming in from Mexico in my neck of the woods, but that doesnt mean they are not here...



Why should brown skin mean you are an illegal mexican?

I don't care if there purple, if they are illegel they are illegal....



Why should brown skin mean you are an illegal mexican?

I'm not sure that it does? I've certainly never insinuated that. I am not racial in my disagreement of illegal immigration, I feel anyone from anywhere that is illegal should be deported. It is a legal issue, not a racial one.



Why should brown skin mean you are an illegal mexican?

Most of us want all illegals gone, I even got into it for a while with Metro900, a white Polish illegal.



The problem and reason people are so down on Mexican illegals is because of their attitude.



They are the only illegals at the rallies waving Mexican flags, burning American flags, cursing Americans and America.



They are the only ones claiming to be conducting a war of reconquista against our people and country.



They have made themselves stand out as our enemies and so we focus on them more actively.



If they and you don't like it, then perhaps they need to accept they are illegal criminals and understand if we catch them they need to be deported by our laws which they disregard.



All illegals need to go home, Mexican illegals are making it hard on all brown skin people, and forcing a war on us for our country"s survival.



If you have 50 rattlesnakes in you house where your family lives; and 25 of them have their poison sacs removed and are are only looking for a place to live, do you separate them or kill them all?



The same situation applies to the illegals with brown skin, if they are illegal, and many are declaring a war, do you waste time separating them or fight for your home and family. If some are innocent, too bad, the law says they shouldn't be here anyway.



And can you tell us how to easily tell the difference between them?



Why should brown skin mean you are an illegal mexican?

Sometimes the questions from the pros are couched that way, you will notice. However, I agree. Mexicans DO make up a greater percentage of illegal immigrants than all the rest put together, HOWEVER it is still about 57% by the Pew Hispanic Center numbers (Latin Americans combined make up 75%) That means almost half are NOT Mexicans, so equating illegal immigration with Mexicans, while it may suit a particular neighborhood's impact, isn't logical.



Why should brown skin mean you are an illegal mexican?

i like latinos so i dont have a problem with any of them. it dontmatter the color of their skin people still dont like them.



Why should brown skin mean you are an illegal mexican?

You can't look at a person and tell their nationality, so you take a guess. As for your friend, stuff like that will happen untill we get these illegals out of the country. You need not blame the American citizens, for her problems, but blame Mexico and its people. They are the ones breaking U.S. law .



Why should brown skin mean you are an illegal mexican?

Most women on welfare are white trailer trash females.



Why should brown skin mean you are an illegal mexican?

The only people who care about someone's nation of origin are the people from those countries. I couldn't care less whether you are Mexican, Honduran, San Salvadoran, Guatemalan, Panamanian, Nicaraguan, or whatever. If you are here illegally then you are here illegally; please exit the country and come back in appropriately.



Skin tone/color is completely irrelevant.



Why should brown skin mean you are an illegal mexican?

you would be amazed at the people out there that accuse me of being an illegal alien and I am an American Indian with a mix of French ancestory. I was born here, my ancestors are from Texas, Oklahoma, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and North Carolina. You would be amazed at the ignorance of some people. I do say I am Hispanic, but I speak Spanish and have the exact same characteristics racially as those not born here do. My direct lineage escaped to Texas, then Mexico, during the Trail of Tears in 1838. So I am as American as Apple pie yet I still get accused of being here illegally.



Why should brown skin mean you are an illegal mexican?

it could mean you fell into a vat of guiness

Do u like, 4 the girls?

What is ur favorite kinda guy?



(this could just be the look)



Jock



Punk



goth



emo



nerdy



skateboarder



serfer



short



same



tall



super skinny



average



still a little bit of muscle



lots of muscle like jocks



freakishly muscular like



a little chubby



ect.



blonde



brunette



black hair



redhead



or a few funky colors, purple blue redred, ect.



blue eyes



brown



green



or on some things u just dont care



or u dont care what they look like at all



also some personality or awsome traits



romantic



thoughtful



in charge



outgoing



quiet



ect.



pick more than 1 if u want



if u have anything else then add it



sorry so much



Do u like, 4 the girls?

Category 1: I like nerdy jocks. A nice toned guy with brains.



Category 2: Same or taller - I'm 6'1", so....



Category 3: Toned - not a lot of muscle, but a little outline doesn't hurt... ;-)



Category 4: Doesn't matter, though I tend towards the darker hair/complexion latin-types.



Category 5: Outgoing and romantic, smart and thoughtful.



:-)



Do u like, 4 the girls?

can we talk on msn.... kcicek3005@yahoo.com please....i wanna meet with new people...



Do u like, 4 the girls?

Well I dont think that a guy's looks matter much but if i had to choose I would pick : Jock or Surfer



Same or Tall



still a little bit of muscle or a little chubby



everything but multicolored (hair)



any eye color



romantic,thoughtful,outgoing



Do u like, 4 the girls?

I asked my friend, and she's a girl.



Here's her response:



Emo/Skater



Tall



Average/Still a little bit of muscle



Blonde/Brunette/Black



Any colour eyes.



Romantic/Outgoing.



Do u like, 4 the girls?

1. skateboarder/surfer



2. tall



3. stil a lil bit of muscle/ a little chubby



4. prefer brunette/black but dont mind bblonde or dif. colours



5. brown/green/blue



6. romantic/thoughtful/outgoing



added7. i like them to be able to play an instrument or a sport or have some sort of hobbie!



8. to make me laugh and to dance with me even if there is no music!



Do u like, 4 the girls?

-same height or taller than me



-little bit of muscle



-not really attracted to blondes or guys with rainbow hair haha



-any colour eyes



-romantic, thoughtful, in charge



Do u like, 4 the girls?

Jock/Nerd



Tall(hubba hubba)



Average with muscle



Brown hair



Brown eyes



Tanned Skin



Romantic, Funny, Caring, Sweet, Passionate, Nice



hehe =]



Do u like, 4 the girls?

1jocy



2.tall



3.musile like john abraham



4.black hair



5.blue colour



6.i don't care what they look like all



7 .romantic

Are white people really different in the south U.S. Compared to the ones up north U.S.?

I grew up in Central Florida and the part of town i grew up in was 97% white. I'm Indian/German/Hispanic. I have black hair, Hazel/blue eyes and a brown complexion. So in result my friends and GFs have been white preppy types. Also seemed like all that i attracted....However there was this one girl Brooke i wanted to go out with. She only dated white guys. I was friends with her and nothing more could of ever happened. They're alot of girls like her mainly cause of her parents not wanting her to go out with someone that isn't white. However NY for an example where i was born, no one seems to care or even stress if a white girl or guy went out with or even married someone thats not white. If they did care they're more discrete and not as verbal as most people that grew up in the south. Why is it a big deal in the south? I'm also asked alot on what race i am. A girl would talk to me on how cute or hot i am and right after... I'm ask what am I?



Are white people really different in the south U.S. Compared to the ones up north U.S.?

Most people from the southern states are different from most people in the northern states. It is just different cultures. Almost like neighboring countries. It's not just white people. It's also true that most people prefer to date and marry within their own race. Also not restricted to just white people. Inter-racial dating and marriage is more acceptable in the north because of the slavery issue in the south. Many southerners were taught that blacks were inferior to whites. While anyone with reasonable intellegence knows that is not the case, racism is still more prevalent in the south.



Are white people really different in the south U.S. Compared to the ones up north U.S.?

I agree, and if you want to live in a general society where you are accepted, California is the place to live. I lived in Northern and Southern Cal and it casual and accepting. The south is where I would NEVER live. The Mason/Dixon line is alive and well.



Are white people really different in the south U.S. Compared to the ones up north U.S.?

yes, and so are blacks, hispanics, asians, etc. your environment shapes all kinds of social mores, even though the most impact rests within the immeadiate family, ie parents



Are white people really different in the south U.S. Compared to the ones up north U.S.?

Gypsy girl said only one thing that made sense; that people prefer to date and marry within their own race or culture. Many times it has to do with who's the best mate available.



The rest is baloney.



The worst case of racism I ever saw took place in Pennsylvania, not a southern state.



Discrimination takes place on many levels as GG just proved when she made a broad, general statement about people from the south being more racist than others.



You sound handsome and smart. You'll come across the "right girl" when the time is right.



Are white people really different in the south U.S. Compared to the ones up north U.S.?

YES. I live up North and have been down South, I can tell you overall Northern people are much rurder, and Souther folks are much nicer and easy going.



Are white people really different in the south U.S. Compared to the ones up north U.S.?

Yes, the south is still fighting the civil war and are (for the most part) very racist. I grew up in the north and now live in the south. It is amazing how not too much has changed....



Are white people really different in the south U.S. Compared to the ones up north U.S.?

How should I know? They all look alike to me!



GOSH, folks! SIMMER DOWN!!! I was just KIDDING!!



I honestly have no first-hand experience with "Southern White Folk"... my BF is from Texas, and he keeps reminding me that Texas is DIFFERENT from being "Southern," except when it comes to certain Southern foods and traditions.



As for myself, I'm from "JOISEY." We're all screwed up there!



Have a polite day.

I'm giving my friend a makeover and ii need some tips!?

My friend is not really pretty, so i'm going to give her a makeover before graduation. Clothes, face, etc. . She wears too many necklaces/ jewlery, is oblivious on how to put on makeup, and wears a certain shirt every week. The way she wears her clothes are not appealing for nothing really matches. It's like she's colour blind! No, she is not poor, she has tons of clothes, but she doesn't know how to wear them. She has black hair which is bad cuz she got some upper lip hair going on. My other friends are like "she needs to shave or get that thing waxed!" ii do not have any wax, and ii don't think she'll let me shave her upper lip, so will like duct tape work? plz, ne tips u can give will help tremendously! i am limited of special supplies, so ne home found care products/ concoctions will b best! ii also need to know how to shape eyebrows.



I'm giving my friend a makeover and ii need some tips!?

First off, I think it's great that you're doing this for your friend. If she has a lot of clothes, see if you can work with what she has to make a great outfit. Otherwise go shopping - you can probably get a nice summer dress that will show off her body in all the right places. She probably only needs to wear either earrings or a necklace with the dress. And uh, wax the lip? Pluck it? I don't know - it's going to be painful either way. As for makeup, go to a makeup counter at a dept store. They will do her makeup for free and show her how to apply things. Maybe she can use their tips at home with the stuff she has already. As for the eyebrows, don't even attempt it. I'll wax my legs at home, but eyebrows are just something I don't want to mess with. What matters the most is that she is happy about her makeover. I know you want to make her look great, but if she feels like you've made her into someone else then she won't feel comfortable. If she's comfortable then she'll be confident, and that's the main goal. There is no stopping a girl who is confident in herself.



I'm giving my friend a makeover and ii need some tips!?

Okay, maybe you can tweeze her upper lip. Works for eyebrows right? Whatever, I wouldn't know.



And make-up. :)



I'm giving my friend a makeover and ii need some tips!?

My advice... Say a prayer...You're gona need it!



I'm giving my friend a makeover and ii need some tips!?

Go to her house and do a test. Ask her to put on her fav outfit, accessorites shoes and all. Then take a picture with a digital camera. Now YOU teach her what would look better, for example lets say shes wearing a dark blue shirt and a jean skirt and a yellow neckalce and pink flipflops then change the flipflops to pink and the necklace to a better color... BUT you cANNOt change the shirt/bottoms. Hav fun



I'm giving my friend a makeover and ii need some tips!?

EYEBROWS



Over-tweezing is the number one eyebrow blunder women make, Anastasia says. To find the perfect place to start tweezing, she says to use your natural eye shape to discover where your eyebrows should begin and end.



By positioning an eyebrow pencil straight up from the middle of your nostril to your eyebrows, you can see the point where the brow should begin. Then, by tilting the pencil on the outside corner of your nose, aligned with the outside corner of your eye, you can find the ending point. Finally, Anastasia says to take a pencil and line it up with the tip of the nose and middle of the eye's iris. The point where it hits the eyebrow is the perfect place for an arch.



MAKEUP TIPS



http://www.oprah.com/presents/2005/young...



this site tells you EVERYTHING to do and not to do with your friends makeup.....good luck to ya! ;)



I'm giving my friend a makeover and ii need some tips!?

For $10-25 she can get her eyebrows waxed and her upper lip done at a salon. That will be a lot better than duct tape and someone plucking her eyebrows.



I commend you trying to help your friend look better for graduation but, please limit some of your home repair work. Makeup, yes. Clothes, yes. Hair suggestions, yes. But no duct tape, please.



Good luck.



I'm giving my friend a makeover and ii need some tips!?

well darling are you doing this for her or yourself?



does she want a makeover because you shouldnt try to changer her or her personality could change into a shallow mean Girl



but if she wants one you could teach her how to apply make up and you can learn how to shape eyebrows by using this site



http://www.bbc.co.uk/slink/fashion/index...



and honey and avacado can make her skin glow



but also try sugar waxing her moustache try searching it up on the internet as it is a DIY project



make sure she doesnt mind you doing this though



and maybe buying her a few fashion magz like elle and teen people and seventeen would help her see how to put clothes together

 
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