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    Quote Quoting Rowland (view post)
    I hate when my father calls. I know I'm such a disappointment to him.

    If I have a child, I will never allow my relationship with him or her to develop into this.
    At least he's calling. Right?

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    At least he's calling. Right?
    Anyways, I got a blender, and I'm in love.

    My favorite drink so far is: Apple Juice, banana, ice cubes, and honey. Surprisingly delicious.

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    Quote Quoting Watashi (view post)
    Awkward.
    *shrug* I just wanted to say it. I heard you can say anything on the internets. ritch:
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    Spinal that sucks. Maybe you'll get lucky and still get the position, but yeah from the sound of things it doesn't look good.

    Rowland not to pry or anything but why does he feel your a disappointment? I hate it when fathers to this to their kids. I'm glad my dad never did.

    On a happier note I went to an education forum that featured Mike Huckabee as the main speaker. He had some really interesting things to say and seemed pretty down to earth. I got to shake his hand afterwards which was cool. That's two presidential candidates I've gotten to meet (I also got to shake Chris Dodd's hand on the 4th of July).
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    Quote Quoting Rowland (view post)
    I hate when my father calls. I know I'm such a disappointment to him.

    If I have a child, I will never allow my relationship with him or her to develop into this.
    For funsies, I'll throw in my own parental angst.

    Christmas is more than a month away and I'm already dreading the three weeks of rehabilitation that comes after a couple days with my mother. The monthly phone calls are bad enough.

    The holiday season sucks.

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    Quote Quoting Sycophant (view post)
    The holiday season sucks.
    Yeah it does. I love the Halloween season, and after that the last two months of the year are just depressing.
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    I got all dressed up in a tux to go to an awards ceremony tonight for some very prominent people in the Canadian film/TV industry.

    It was really fun, and I met, spoke with, and "networked" with some very interesting people.

    To all the Canadians on the board - do you remember the childrens' book called "The Hockey Sweater"? Well the author, Roch Carrier, was there, and I spoke with him for quite a while. A really interesting man.
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    I love it that my parents are so supporting and confident of my choices even though they don't understand it, but I do wish that my Mom stop thinking that I'll go to Hell or something for wanting to marry a Jew.
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    So, I think we're finally ready for a MatchCut's Top 50 Lists list.

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    Quote Quoting Derek (view post)
    So, I think we're finally ready for a MatchCut's Top 50 Lists list.
    Yeah, I had actually set up a list so I could post a thread discussing my favorite animated short films, but with so many lists happening at once, I've put it on hold indefinitely.
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    Quote Quoting megladon8 (view post)
    I got all dressed up in a tux to go to an awards ceremony tonight for some very prominent people in the Canadian film/TV industry.

    It was really fun, and I met, spoke with, and "networked" with some very interesting people.

    To all the Canadians on the board - do you remember the childrens' book called "The Hockey Sweater"? Well the author, Roch Carrier, was there, and I spoke with him for quite a while. A really interesting man.
    Colour me jealous, one of my favourite books as a child, and I've read several of his plays and snippets of his biography/novel work.
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    Quote Quoting Derek (view post)
    So, I think we're finally ready for a MatchCut's Top 50 Lists list.
    Heh. I plan on finishing my favorite shows list and then maybe trying to tackle my favorite movies. But I realized that I'm not even 100% sure about my favorites, and where I would rank them. Meh.
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    That's too bad Rowland, I'm sorry!

    I love November and December. My favorite time of year. I love the weather and I love the atmosphere. One of my favorite things I look forward to every year is picking out a Christmas and decorating it. It's such a powerfully nostalgic experience. My grandma makes me a ornament every year - has since I was born - and each one has something to do with things that have happened in my life or in my family's life. It's really special. Every time I decorate my tree, it's like decorating a family tree with memories of things we have done.

    I love buying people things, I love people watching, and I like the surge of creativity I always get during these two months. My creativity is tightly associated with my spirituality, and when one soars, so does the other. November and December are like the perfect storm of all things good for me. These are the two months that I feel most alive, and closest to being the person I was put on this Earth to be.

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    I consider myself lucky and very blessed to have a family I love to spend time with around the holidays. I think that I need to remember that everytime I bitch about something. I have my health, I've got a crappy job but it pays for stuff, and a place to live and I have the support to finish college. I'd say things are better than I sometimes think they are. Its too damn easy to lose perspective.
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    Quote Quoting MadMan (view post)
    I'd say things are better than I sometimes think they are. Its too damn easy to lose perspective.
    If you are alive, somewhat healthy and happy, have some friends and family, and not wanting for any necessities, things are freaking fantastic.

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    Actually thinking about the Hockey Sweater reminds me of my school librarian, who I honestly haven't thought of in like 5 or 6 years. She would read to us each week, stuff like the Hockey Sweater, or as we got older longer books, etc. She retired the same year we graduated, and in retrospect I feel pretty terrible as by then most of the kids didn't want to be read to, and pushed her aside. Bleh. Memories.
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    I, too, sometimes feel that I am a great disappointment to my parents - especially my father - so I know how you feel, Rowland.

    I just feel like nothing I ever do is good enough. I know why he's like that, but it still hurts. He's the type that, if I got 99% on an exam, he wouldn't be congratulating me on the 99%, he'd be asking me what happened to that other 1%.

    Eh, maybe I'm being a little hard on him - he works hard every day at a job he hates and was pressured into by his parents. But I often feel that he wishes I had taken the same route - gone into some sort of heavily academic, number-crunching profession, or train to be a doctor or lawyer or something.
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    I remember the hockey sweater. Great book.
    Wishful thinking, perhaps; but that is just another possible definition of the featherless biped.

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    I'm tired of KF lording his mighty '2' rep power over the rest of us like he's some bigshot. Who does he think he is?
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    Keep in mind that can be a -2 as well.

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    Quote Quoting Kurosawa Fan (view post)
    Keep in mind that can be a -2 as well.
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    Quote Quoting Spinal (view post)
    I'm tired of KF lording his mighty '2' rep power over the rest of us like he's some bigshot. Who does he think he is?
    Eventually one of us wil over take him, and obtain the quakening.


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    Quote Quoting MadMan (view post)
    THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!


    What kind of Highlander reference is that?
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