what are your passions?

[rabidbadger]

What are your passions?
What do you really want to do with your lives? I'm not talking specifically career wise, but that can be a part of it. But what do you younger folk really want to do with your lives? Improve your selves? Improve the world around you? Just get by? (which can be tough enough.)

Basically: what do you want to be when you grow up?

[samureye]

I'm an entrepeneur intending to launch my own website which would be a magazine sort of site and make a living off of that through advertising. I also work in media a bit and hope to also work in radio/television more, along with my website. I can hope, can't I?

[xibalba]

Nothing, no matter what you do it always ends the same. I will probably come up with something later though.

[sugarsickness]

I want to 'be' a writer. I don't want to write novels (Simply because I am unable to write novel-length stories D: ) but collections of short stories and poetry. More so than just that, though, I want to write comic books. I draw and paint but have a long way to go before I would even consider calling myself decent though :P That is currently my main goal but there are so many ways to tell stories and I eventually want to be involved in them all. I daydream about organizing a group of artists, anything from musicians to photographers and painters and writers, together and just get everybody to help everybody else out. I don't know, I guess like a local band wants flyers designed or artwork for an album they are doing and the artists and photographers help them out with that. Then later on some people want to make a short film and the band lends their talents to the project. I want to lead or be a part of some sort of thing like that that allows for everyone to do what they want and have support from other artists both by lending a hand to the project and encouraging them to go through with it.

While I would really have to do is hunt around for a few people that have similar interests and start a project of some sort. Unfortunately I do not have the self esteem required for such a task! hahah.

Maybe one day @_@

[samureye]

Sounds like you want a management job.

[rabidbadger]

... I daydream about organizing a group of artists, anything from musicians to photographers and painters and writers, together and just get everybody to help everybody else out. I don't know, I guess like a local band wants flyers designed or artwork for an album they are doing and the artists and photographers help them out with that. Then later on some people want to make a short film and the band lends their talents to the project. I want to lead or be a part of some sort of thing like that that allows for everyone to do what they want and have support from other artists bot...

this is a wonderful idea. I wish it was available when I was young and idealistic. Would have helped me and my friends a lot. We had a great place in rochester back in the eighties/nineties that was pretty good at this... but not with the internet as a resourse, connective tissue...
I really hope you pursue this. Sounds like a passion...

Unfortunately I do not have the self esteem required for such a task! hahah.

Yeah ya do. You had the balls to mention it on this thread. That's the first step toward saying it out loud to friends. Turns out friends wanna help, mention it to their other friends... etc, and shit just happens. Don't be too shy, It's a cool idea. Your friends will like it, if they are also creative, and send others with similar goals to you...



Maybe one day @_@

Umm. How about tomorrow? That's "one" day, right? ;)

[rabidbadger]

Sounds like you want a management job.

Nothing wrong with that as long as your manage the right things the right way, and also manage time so you can still do your own creative stuff.

[samureye]

I never said there was anything wrong with that. My idea would mean it's a management job, owning your own business is just that. Nothing bad there.

[rabidbadger]

Yeah, actually I was trying to confirm the positive there. Your original post was non-judgemental. Just wanted to confirm...

[xibalba]

I've lost all hope for a future along time ago. I am sure I will come around eventually. You know those test you take in school that determine what job ya would be good for. When I got my results back said there wasn't any jobs I would fit in with. :(

[samureye]

We don't have those tests here, thank goodness.

[xibalba]

I would like to do graphic stuff but never studied up on it or practiced much as seen in the PS CEO thread (though I can do a better job than what I did there) :D

[rabidbadger]

I've lost all hope for a future along time ago. I am sure I will come around eventually. You know those test you take in school that determine what job ya would be good for. When I got my results back said there wasn't any jobs I would fit in with. :(

You put a sad face emoticon at the end there, but you should not have.
What those silly tests were telling you is that you need to blaze your own trail. I know you know that is true in a philosophical sense, but you can put it in practice in your real world. You just gotta find your passion, follow your bliss. Maybe you can write, illustrate, what you feel, how you are different, and remember on a planet populated by 7ish billion people, some decent percentage will pay you for your version of entertainment, thoughts, etc...

Think about what you spend your money on. Alternative bands, less than pop culture stuff... Someone (you know, people like you) spend money on those thing. Why can't you create something, by yourself or with other talented people, to make money offa that? And if your not a capitalist, consider it "sharing creativity" with legal tender as the intermediary. Pretty much gotta if you wanna buy a slushy at 7-11 every day or two.

[tokenuser]

I have notebooks full of software designs. Lots of ideas for a mobile, connected world. Unfortunately, anything I produce in the US at the moment would belong to my current employer. CURSE YOU DAMN H1B VISA!

I am going through the greencard process - so soon I can incorporate myself, and become my own boss. In the mean time, I have taken a job away from my passion - in marketing and sales (still on the tech side, but sales none the less) for a software company. I work with a number of great marketing and sales people, and have picked up more than an MBA could give me in terms of experience (though, I do*want* the MBA to formalise it).

But, passion isn't only about career. I work in a tech field, so sometimes I need to get away from all that. Today, it was weeding the lawn - manual labour, but when my grass starts looking like a show home in a months time, there is pride there. The other thing is food and cooking. I wanted to be a chef at one point, but decided that I didn't want to ruin a favourite activity by turning it into my day/night job. I also do stained glass work, and am about to turn one wall of the garage into a stained glass workshop.

Unfortunately sometimes the career is needed to fuel the passions, so these activities take a back seat to paying the bills :(

[rabidbadger]

I have notebooks full of software designs. Lots of ideas for a mobile, connected world. Unfortunately, anything I produce in the US at the moment would belong to my current employer. CURSE YOU DAMN H1B VISA!

I am going through the greencard process - so soon I can incorporate myself, and become my own boss. In the mean time, I have taken a job away from my passion - in marketing and sales (still on the tech side, but sales none the less) for a software company. I work with a number of great marketing and sales people, and have picked up more than an MBA could give me in terms of experience (though, I do*want* the MBA to formalise it).

But, passion isn't only about career. I work in a tech field, so sometimes I need to get away from all that. Today, it was weeding the lawn - manual labour, but when my grass starts looking like a show home in a months time, there is pride there. The other thing is food and cooking. I wanted to be a chef at one point, but decided that I didn't want to ruin a favourite activity by turning it into my day/night job. I also do stained glass work, and am about to turn one wall of the garage into a stained glass workshop.

Unfortunately sometimes the career is needed to fuel the passions, so these activities take a back seat to paying the bills :(

Lots of things to discuss here, but it's late and a school night...
So for now just check out my friend Pete. (http://w3.gorge.net/mcgrain/index.html) Took his stained glass passion and made it a very successful reality. Be inspired, but not intimidated...

[xibalba]

Things always change I use to be afraid to post on forums. But look now I got over a thousand post. :D I will just have to find something I enjoy doing. (and get a friend with a popular site so I can make money off it :D)

[rabidbadger]

I will just have to find something I enjoy doing.

You already know. You just aint telling. Yet.

[xibalba]

I am a miserable person I find joy in few things.

[phatlip12]

This is something I think about EVERY DAY. I have many different views/ideas on how I should live my life...

Career Wise:

I am currently in college working towards a degree in Computer Information Systems (Programming). I go to a community college where I plan on getting my associates degree. Then I want to transfer to another school and complete my bachelors degree. I may go as far as getting a masters.

The thing I want to do more then anything else in the world is to be my own boss. I want to create and develop my own software. Regardless, I'd be happy working for a company developing software.

I want to continue my education the rest of my life. Even if I take only one or two classes a year (after getting my degree), I want to continue learning new things. I may slowly work towards getting other degrees or simply take classes that interest me for my own personal enrichment.

How I Wish I Could Live My Life:

This is the hippy in me coming out...

Nobody should have to work. Everybody should live simple lives each day. Is this possible? No, but its a nice thought. We spend our how lives going to work, is that all were good for? At least I'll have a job doing something I love but damn it, why can't I walk up and down the boardwalk and lay on the beach all day?! Throw a house on the beach, give me a laptop and a sweet highspeed connection and I'm set. LOL

[tokenuser]

Lots of things to discuss here, but it's late and a school night...
So for now just check out my friend Pete. (http://w3.gorge.net/mcgrain/index.html) Took his stained glass passion and made it a very successful reality. Be inspired, but not intimidated...Sitting in one of my notebooks is a design inspired by Van Gogh's "Lillies" ... I envisage a piece made in cathedral glass about 3x4" in size. travelling through Paris last year (Musee D'Orsay especially) was an inspiration.

Pete has beautiful work on display. Not intimidating - especially when you know what goes into producing art like that, but definately inspiring.

Its funny - the teacher I had said she got a ratio of something like 10:1 women to men in her classes. Most men had some technical background (engineers, scientists, etc), and ran rings around the women in terms of design, aesthetics, and capabilities in stained glass (technically it is lead lighting). Must just be an artform we are adept at. On the other hand, she also said women where far better at "slumping" glass, and could pick up on the combinations that worked in fused art glass. Personally, I would love to try blowing glass - a trip to Dale Chihuly's studio (http://www.chihuly.com/) in Seattle was a rare honour (thanks Microsoft :) ).

[AriaStar]

I'm passionate about my boyfriend.

One of my goals is to be president of a company one day. I'm intentionally leaving the specs out.

[rabidbadger]

The museum I worked at had a huge Chihuly exhibit, mostly the seaforms. I was the one responsible for unpacking, packing, placing them on pedestals...

that was nerve wracking.

[ElectricalBurn]

Playing the guitar is one of my passions, computer programming, and i want to get into video and image editing. I also have a strange obsession with electricity (how it works, the physics, and other stuff) but i wont touch it ;)

[rabidbadger]

Playing the guitar is one of my passions, computer programming, and i want to get into video and image editing. I also have a strange obsession with electricity (how it works, the physics, and other stuff) but i wont touch it ;)

You and eric should meet up through the tubes and see what you can do musically. I wonder how that would work, collaborating on music over the wires? Hmm?

[acidburn]

I've lost all hope for a future along time ago. I am sure I will come around eventually. You know those test you take in school that determine what job ya would be good for. When I got my results back said there wasn't any jobs I would fit in with. :(

Don't put any stock in those tests. Back in middle school I took those tests and the results said I should be a forest ranger. My theory is that those tests probably take into account job fields that need people and make recommendations that may not be appropriate.

My first passion was technical theatre. I really enjoyed working on lighting design and set design. But, turned out I couldn't get past my fear of heights in order to be effective. I fought through some near panic attacks up on ladders and catwalks, but in the end I gave it up to be happier. Stage and production management became my new passion. That worked for while, but I ended up leaving that too.

A little older now, I just started a new career all over again in technical writing. I'm passionate about writing and technology so this turned out to be a good move.

I guess the point of my whole post is that as far as careers and passions go, don't expect the same thing to get you going for your whole life. You'll change as you discover new things.

Music is also a passion of mine. A couple months ago I started playing mandolin and I love it. Won't ever be more than a hobby, but I really enjoy it.

[xibalba]

I never took those test seriously. People I knew who where stupid got recommended jobs that ya have to be smart at to do. It's all a joke. I still havn't thought of anything I really like to do.

[rabidbadger]

Very nice.

My passions have changed, too. Absolutely had to be a famous artist for the first 25 years of my life... (yes, even as a very young kid.) Then I had to be a writer. Had to had to had to. That worked into screenwriter for a short time. Then I discovered the Mac, and the Web. Had to had to had to be a web designer. Now it's all about the podcasts. Ground floor, new medium... and a great way to combine my talents.

[rabidbadger]

still havn't thought of anything I really like to do.

First, the priority: That is one whacked new avatar.

Second. C'mon you like to post on forums. No, Maybe not a passion, and certainly not a career, but something you enjoy or you wouldn't be doing it. You seem to have a passion for halloween and the 'darker side' of things. You can do something with that. There is an audience for it, and you could have great fun with it. Just gotta pinpoint on what you can do with it?

[ElectricalBurn]

You and eric should meet up through the tubes and see what you can do musically. I wonder how that would work, collaborating on music over the wires? Hmm?

only if he likes stage performaces that are fvckin crazy like spittin fire(my friend can do that) and fvckin sh!t up. burn the place down b4 you leave, haha

[ericjosepi]

Hmm... my passions, eh?

1. Music: I wanna perform for people some day
*5 minutes later*
2. Just making sure the people around me are cared for and are doing OK.

I think that's about it... I'm not really into anthing head over heals right now. I'm still figuring stuff out... after all, i'm only turning 20 this year (59 days from today) and I think I still have some time.

(Also April fools jokes can be really ****ing mean. Just sayin'...)

[ericjosepi]

only if he likes stage performaces that are fvckin crazy like spittin fire(my friend can do that) and fvckin sh!t up. burn the place down b4 you leave, haha

As long as you don't mind a rusty drummer who can barely play power chords on his guitar ;)

[xibalba]

It's a Genitorturers album cover. Ya should check them out.

I like Halloween because it is my birthday and the darker side of things just interest me. Use to love web designing but only learned html/js/css/some flash never got into the php or other scripting. I still would like to get into it.

[ElectricalBurn]

As long as you don't mind a rusty drummer who can barely play power chords on his guitar ;)

we should just beat sh!t around and call it music haha

[Mongoose]

I have an off-and-on passion with web design. When I get started with a new project, I'll get really into it and think only in color and px's. Then after I'm done, I won't feel like designing and I'll take a break for a while.

I also have a passion for technology as a whole. I'm hoping that I can capture and build on that passion in college. The future of the web is really exciting to me as well.

[xibalba]

My problem with web design is I get a layout done then I never do anything with it or add content.

[ElectricalBurn]

My problem with web design is I get a layout done then I never do anything with it or add content.

i think thats why people startin bloggin. bc noone really cares what they write but it makes them be able to have a webpage to update and customize

[rabidbadger]

Hmm... my passions, eh?

1. Music: I wanna perform for people some day
*5 minutes later*
2. Just making sure the people around me are cared for and are doing OK.


dude, you should be a priest. ;)




(Also April fools jokes can be really ****ing mean. Just sayin'...)

Oh man, was someone evil on your ass. Was it Xilalba? I bet it was.

:p

[ericjosepi]

dude, you should be a priest. ;)

I really really really really really really really hope there's not even a small amount of underlying sincerity to that remark. :P

[rabidbadger]

It's a Genitorturers album cover. Ya should check them out.

I like Halloween because it is my birthday and the darker side of things just interest me. Use to love web designing but only learned html/js/css/some flash never got into the php or other scripting. I still would like to get into it.

Well, there you go. With those skills you are soooo already ahead of the curve...

[ericjosepi]

Oh man, was someone evil on your ass. Was it Xilalba? I bet it was.

:p

Nope, it was my Korean friend. She's studying acting and I'm still convinced you can spell gullible E-R-I-C. Anyway... lets just say one heart-attack later, everything was cool again.

[rabidbadger]

My problem with web design is I get a layout done then I never do anything with it or add content.

There's a market for templates. Just give it the authentic xibalba style, no holds barred, and you could totally make a killing.

(thought you might like that term. ;) )

[rabidbadger]

I really really really really really really really hope there's not even a small amount of underlying sincerity to that remark. :P

Hence the winky.

sounds rude, but isn't ;)

[rabidbadger]

Nope, it was my Korean friend. She's studying acting and I'm still convinced you can spell gullible E-R-I-C. Anyway... lets just say one heart-attack later, everything was cool again.

You have got to PM me about that, you friggin tease...

[xibalba]

I got a pic of four layouts I was going to use for my personal site not much on them. One of my friends used one of my designs for over a year on his site.


http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/6/5/51829/sample.png

[decemberfall]

Hey Joel, this is a great idea for a post.

I just want to do something creative that people can look at and say "hey thats cool" and maybe even inspire other people to do cool things to.

Things included:
-clothing design
-writing movie scripts
-being an actor or director
-making programs to make people's lives easier

I'd also like to see all 50 states by the time i'm 50, but i'm currently way behind.

Edit: I also LOVE taking pictures, so doing something creative with that would be cool

Mainly, whatever I do, i just want to be happy....

[ElectricalBurn]

I'd also like to see all 50 states by the time i'm 50, but i'm currently way behind.
that is an awsome life goal, but that takes money. i am looking to just move off my block by the time i'm 50 :mad:

[rabidbadger]

Heard about the couple who wanted to make love in all fifty states? Might have been on a old diggnation. Can't remember. But that is a fun way to spend your summer vacation. Would love to read the essay...

[xibalba]

Thats another thing I enjoy, taking pictures. See my flickr account in my sig. I do enjoy it.

[rabidbadger]

Hey Joel, this is a great idea for a post.

thanks

I just want to do something creative that people can look at and say "hey thats cool" and maybe even inspire other people to do cool things to.

Things included:
-clothing design
-writing movie scripts
-being an actor or director
-making programs to make people's lives easier

I'd also like to see all 50 states by the time i'm 50, but i'm currently way behind.

Edit: I also LOVE taking pictures, so doing something creative with that would be cool

Mainly, whatever I do, i just want to be happy....

sounds like you're (like me) a creative person. Is that your field/education?

[decemberfall]

thanks



sounds like you're (like me) a creative person. Is that your field/education?
I have a degree in Computer information systems with a minor in Criminal justice, i wanted to be an entertainment lawyer, if I had it to do over again, I might have double majored in fashion design and interior design, and I currently work for the county government... ha ha

[xibalba]

How many states have ya been in? I have been in six officially.

[ElectricalBurn]

i have been in 11(all east coast), and never on a plane

[rabidbadger]

How many states have ya been in? I have been in six officially.


Most probably 20. Born in Colorado, lived in: New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and Missouri. Also, the state of New South Wales, Australia.

Travelled through or visited: (USA) Pensylvania, Illinois, ohio, kansas, oklahoma, texas, utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, california, Hawaii.

Out side USA: Tahiti, Bahamas, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia. Canada.

Wow. Now that I list it all in one post, I'm really impressed with myself. :D

I had no control over most of that travel, it was just what was "going on" at the time...

Still, wouldn't change it for the world. Australia, especially. Coolest eight years of my life.

[decemberfall]

lets see:

If airports count:

1. Washington
2. Indiana
3. Ohio
4. Kentucky
5. Tennessee
6. Minnesota
7. South Dakota
8. Georgia
9. Alabama
10. Michigan
11. North Carolina

and i'm already 25, so as you can see I have some catching up to do.

[xibalba]

Still got 25 years to go. :D

[AriaStar]

How many states have ya been in? I have been in six officially.

25? 30? I'm not pulling out a map and counting.

[rabidbadger]

I'm passionate about my boyfriend.

One of my goals is to be president of a company one day. I'm intentionally leaving the specs out.

that's cool and all, but what else. I know you a passionate in general, but what really makes you happy. Really.

[ElectricalBurn]

Damn Joel thats alot.. What part in NJ?

[ericjosepi]

Lets see:

Washington
Oregon
Utah
Nevada
California
Montana
Wisconsin
Minnesota (Social Engineered my way to free Starbucks in the airport :D)

Canadian Provinces:

British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec

Other countries:

Germany
Italy

I really need to see more of the world.

[rabidbadger]

Damn Joel thats alot.. What part in NJ?

Sommerset, had to move back in with my folks for a year. So typically genX of me... I don't know if I should put a :D here, or just .... cry.

But I did meet some amazing wonderful talented friends there. Wasn't a big fan of jersey in general (my first and only arrest) but I look back on it fondly.

[xibalba]

I have a dream of ruling the world one day. Making everyone bow to me. But I am to lazy to get started on that goal.

[rabidbadger]

Ssssssppppppppppaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrtttttttttaaa aaaaaa!!!!!!

[ElectricalBurn]

Sommerset, had to move back in with my folks for a year. So typically genX of me... I don't know if I should put a :D here, or just .... cry.

But I did meet some amazing wonderful talented friends there. Wasn't a big fan of jersey in general (my first and only arrest) but I look back on it fondly.

I (in newark) am not tooo far from sommerset i dont like it there.. everyone in NJ gets arested dont feel bad, i must have 5 or 6 under the belt..its fvckin bad around here

[rabidbadger]

Lets see:

Washington
Oregon
Utah
Nevada
California
Montana
Wisconsin
Minnesota (Social Engineered my way to free Starbucks in the airport :D)

Canadian Provinces:

British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec

Other countries:

Germany
Italy

I really need to see more of the world.

Kinda surprised I never made it to Europe. Was germany fun? Got one friend who was stationed there in the army, and another who opened a bar there. Sounds like a no holds barred country.

Always wanted to go to Amsterdam.

[ericjosepi]

I only really saw Frankfurt but what I saw, I liked. Unfortunately I haven't done too much travelling on my own. Most of it has been with schools, family or exes. I think I may try and scheme up a plan to see more of the world in the next 5 years. My uncle owns a piece of a resort in the Corn Islands called Casa Canada and I might see if I can swing a staw down there. Amsterdam would be a very nice place!

[ElectricalBurn]

nice as in everyone smoke w 3 3 d and are hippies lol jkin

[rabidbadger]

nice as in everyone smoke w 3 3 d and are hippies lol jkin

Im not jkin. That's the whole point of Amsterdam. And Germany, to some extent...

[xibalba]

I wish the would just make it legal already.

[ElectricalBurn]

the real sh!t is i got to probabtion every 2 weeks... almost all drugs (coke heroin pills) are out of your system in 3 days max; weed atleast 2 weeks i think..so you can get away with bad shit( not that i do) but cant smoke weed

[masherscf]

I love to take pictures of large phallus shaped buildings used as aids to nautical navigation.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/62/226438173_1c15413c3d.jpg

[xibalba]

I love to take pictures of large phallus shaped buildings used as aids to nautical navigation.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/62/226438173_1c15413c3d.jpg

I like taking pictures of birds.

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q291/xibalbathirteen/Photos/Photos_19.jpg

[acidburn]

I've spent time in 27 states. Alaska last year is the highlight of my US travel.

I haven't done too much foreign travel. Costa Rica is my trip most recent outside of the US. It was a great time, just wish I knew more Spanish when I went.

[muffins]

Movies. Anything about them. Watching them, making them, editing them, TASTING THEM!

That and graphic design. I'm really big into anything visual.

[ericjosepi]

TASTING THEM!

DVDoughnut?

[rabidbadger]

I like taking pictures of birds.

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q291/xibalbathirteen/Photos/Photos_19.jpg

come see the softer side of Xilalba... seen your bunny pics. Some how don't thing you wanna drain their blood to make stew...

Your a sweetheart and you know it, Give it up, babe.

[rabidbadger]

OK. the rest of you lurker, Who are you and what do you wanna do with your lives. The responses here have been really good, but I want more. No need to be shy. We don't really know who you are. Just shell it out. What is your passion? Nothing to be embarrassed about..

[AriaStar]

OK. the rest of you lurker, Who are you and what do you wanna do with your lives. The responses here have been really good, but I want more. No need to be shy. We don't really know who you are. Just shell it out. What is your passion? Nothing to be embarrassed about..

To make a porn video. j/k!

[ericjosepi]

To make a porn video. j/k!

Male co-star!

[xibalba]

come see the softer side of Xilalba... seen your bunny pics. Some how don't thing you wanna drain their blood to make stew...

Your a sweetheart and you know it, Give it up, babe.

I got some more pics of birdies and dogs mostly clouds though on my flickr account. :D

[rabidbadger]

Male co-star!


Man, I got the camera in one hand. The other... none o your biz... ;)

[xibalba]

Everything around this place turns to sex. :D

[rabidbadger]

Everything around this place turns to sex. :D
Like that's a bad thing? Beats violence.

Rent "short bus" if your old enough.

[xibalba]

Old enough? I am 25 ya know.

[AriaStar]

Everything around this place turns to sex. :D

ROTFLOL, I love you guys!!

DOG PILE ON BADGE!!

[rabidbadger]

Oh, I know your are, but anyone can read this thread. Personally, I think that movie should be rated 'PG' instead of 'x' or "nc17' or whatever. Adult parents of young adults should watch it together. It would be slightly embarrasing, but iot deals with the realities of adult sexuality... something young adults should learn early. Instead of through Pron, where fetishes and subjugation are held high as how to have intimate relations.
Fantasy is fine, as is fetish, oddity, etc...but only if all parties involved are 100% in to it.

[rabidbadger]

ROTFLOL, I love you guys!!

DOG PILE ON BADGE!!

We don't need no stinkin' badges...

:D

[xibalba]

A movie called Short Bus doesn't really scream movie about sex :D

[rabidbadger]

I have a dream of ruling the world one day. Making everyone bow to me. But I am to lazy to get started on that goal.

What? You waiting for sharks with laser beams on their heads, or something?

[rabidbadger]

A movie called Short Bus doesn't really scream movie about sex :D

You would be surprised.
Very surprised...

Made by the same guy who did hedwig. Should be a clue.

[xibalba]

"You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads! Now evidently my cycloptic colleague informs me that that cannot be done. Ah, would you remind me what I pay you people for, honestly? Throw me a bone here!"

[xibalba]

Talk of sex and short buses makes me think of a site I use to send to people to read. It was called "How to f*ck a retard" and it gave instructions and everything. :D

[rabidbadger]

sick. sad. and mildly entrertaning. Links?

[magunwarrior]

/to lazy to read the thread.

[xibalba]

I can't seem to find the site anymore

[rabidbadger]

/to lazy to read the thread.

Well what use are you, then? ;)

[ericjosepi]

He's halfway decent at CSS...

[rabidbadger]

Is he now? I hadn't heard that. But is it a passion?

Anyone else? What about the 95 % of rev3ers who haven't responded yet?

[xibalba]

Afraid to or they are all spam bots

[rabidbadger]

spambots have passion too.

[acidburn]

Yes, their passion would be spam. :)

[ElectricalBurn]

spambots are misunderstood they have feelings too

[rabidbadger]

Yes, their passion would be spam. :)

I'll have your spam, I love it.

[xibalba]

I got a passion for changing avatars. :D

[rabidbadger]

That's hilarious. I was JUST gonna say that...

[rabidbadger]

Oh, and I like the foto. I'll most probably go back to a foto soon, too. Just gotta find one I like. I really like the foto av thing here, as said in the avatar thread.

[masherscf]

Male co-star!

Stunt-cock!

[frodosringfinger]

masterbation
web design and web development

[masherscf]

masterbation
web design and web development

Masturbation?

[rabidbadger]

Are you questioning the spelling or the passion?

[masherscf]

Are you questioning the spelling or the passion?

I wasn't sure... I shouldn't be questioning either...

[ElectricalBurn]

thats the first i ever heard masturbation as a passion? haha people do it bc they got to i thought.. GET SOME GIRLFRIENDS

[xibalba]

They must do it 5+ times a day for it to be a passion

[ElectricalBurn]

for real...

[masherscf]

GET SOME GIRLFRIENDS

WHen you have a relationship.... that's when the masturbation really goes into high gear. I dedicate yourself to one person...but still want to sleep around.

[frodosringfinger]

They must do it 5+ times a day for it to be a passion
2 or 3, but w/e...

[rabidbadger]

I wasn't sure... I shouldn't be questioning either...

Dat true. Everyones passion is their own. Until it becomes an obsession. Then some intervention might be necessary.

[rabidbadger]

thats the first i ever heard masturbation as a passion? haha people do it bc they got to i thought.. GET SOME GIRLFRIENDS

Plural? :D

(Not judging, if that's a passion.)

[rabidbadger]

WHen you have a relationship.... that's when the masturbation really goes into high gear. I dedicate yourself to one person...but still want to sleep around.

Reminds me of a funny comment made to a friend when he was telling me how having "intimate relations" with his woman caused him to masturbate even more. I agreed and said, "being turned on turns on your turn on."

[xibalba]

Always have 2 choices lefty and righty and can make it feel like a stranger by sitting on your hand till it goes numb. :D

[rabidbadger]

They must do it 5+ times a day for it to be a passion

You say that like it's an odd thing...

Anyway. Anyone else have a passion not yet mentioned here...?

(yeah, yeah, wanna get off the getting off subject... :p )

[ElectricalBurn]

WHen you have a relationship.... that's when the masturbation really goes into high gear. I dedicate yourself to one person...but still want to sleep around.

i have been dating my girlfriend(not plural) for 3 ad a haf years ish still going strong.. just gotta keep it interesting

[rabidbadger]

Always have 2 choices lefty and righty and can make it feel like a stranger by sitting on your hand till it goes numb. :D

I...

I.... yi yi...


Just don't know what to say...

[acidburn]

Exercise. I've been working out with a personal trainer and it has gotten to a point were it is actually fun to go to the gym. Motivates me even more to go.

[rabidbadger]

Exercise. I've been working out with a personal trainer and it has gotten to a point were it is actually fun to go to the gym. Motivates me even more to go.

cool. I went though a phase like that for a while. Felt real good, upped my self esteem, wish I had the motivation to do it again. Heck, my health insurance actually pays for most of it if I just got off my azz and off of Rev3 and just did it.

[acidburn]

Get a trainer, it helps.

[ElectricalBurn]

Always have 2 choices lefty and righty and can make it feel like a stranger by sitting on your hand till it goes numb. :D

haha fvckin-A... i see people are getting creative.....

[xibalba]

I saw the numb thing on Scrubs.

[rabidbadger]

Oh sure, ruin the fantasy that you are a creative funny guy. ;)

"Good artists borrow, great artists steal."

and what are you doing watching that mainstream corporate tv crap? Jeeze, I thought you had higher (lower?) standards. :)

[xibalba]

I don't care whats on tv long as it is on. :D

[acidburn]

I saw the numb thing on Scrubs.

I heard that line in the movie Gone in 60 seconds. The character called it "the stranger"


Moving on.............

[xibalba]

If you are really flexable you can give yourself a....uhh nevermind

[masherscf]

i have been dating my girlfriend(not plural) for 3 ad a haf years ish still going strong.. just gotta keep it interesting

Double the time you've dated then double that again and get back to me...

[rabidbadger]

Yeah. Working out is good...











'course, it makes me horny.

[masherscf]

'cours it makes me horny.

The NTSC test pattern makes you horny...

[rabidbadger]

Just seeing you post does it too... ;)

[masherscf]

Just seeing you post does it too... ;)

That warms the cockles of an my heart...

[xibalba]

Collecting lighters could be a passion I have like 50 here in my room.

[masherscf]

Collecting lighters could be a passion I have like 50 here in my room.

Oh! light them all at once!

[rabidbadger]

That warms the cockles of an my heart...

Heh, heh. He said cockles...

/beavis,buthead.

[rabidbadger]

Collecting lighters could be a passion I have like 50 here in my room.


OK, we have moved from passion into obsession territory here...

INTERVENTION!

[masherscf]

Heh, heh. He said cockles...

/beavis,buthead.

That's one of those words like "thespian", "pianist" and "niggardly" that gets splash damage from another word.

[rabidbadger]

Oh! light them all at once!

How many hands do you think he has? I mean, I know from a few posts up that he has three. But fifty?

[rabidbadger]

i have been dating my girlfriend(not plural) for 3 ad a haf years ish still going strong.. just gotta keep it interesting

That is so cool for a youngster like you, being faithful and all. And keeping it interesting is key. Sounds like a passion.

[rabidbadger]

That's one of those words like "thespian", "pianist" and "niggardly" that gets splash damage from another word.

I think next time I sign up at a forum "splashdamage" will be my handle. Great name for a band too.

[xibalba]

Lighting all of the would be quite hard.
Here is my fav lighter.
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q291/xibalbathirteen/lighters.jpg

[sugarsickness]

this thread is sort of gay now :(

[rabidbadger]

Friggen sweet. Lighters are your passion... How cool.

[rabidbadger]

this thread is sort of gay now :(

I tried to get back on track. Seems like we are getting there, but discussions of adult sexuality, if done respectfully, are fair game unless the mods say otherwise.

Fun little diversion. But, yeah, let's move on...

[xibalba]

My Cig Case Thought about collecting more of them but so far its the only one I got so far.
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q291/xibalbathirteen/cigcase.png

[rabidbadger]

Originally Posted by sugarsickness
... I daydream about organizing a group of artists, anything from musicians to photographers and painters and writers, together and just get everybody to help everybody else out. I don't know, I guess like a local band wants flyers designed or artwork for an album they are doing and the artists and photographers help them out with that. Then later on some people want to make a short film and the band lends their talents to the project. I want to lead or be a part of some sort of thing like that that allows for everyone to do what they want and have support from other artists...

Actually, I wanna get back to this 'cause I think it's a great idea. Do you have some ideas as to what the first steps toward this might be? First steps are really important. should take your time, and do it on your own schedule, but don't let it go when it fades into the background. Keep at it...

If you need any advice, business wise, let me know...

[masherscf]

this thread is sort of gay now :(

If I was a chick, I'd get gay for you Sugar!

[rabidbadger]

If I was a chick, I'd get gay for you Sugar!

That doesn't make any sense.

[xibalba]

Why aren't you people watching TRS instead of posting? :D

[rabidbadger]

why are you posting if its so engrossing?

[xibalba]

Cause I've already watched it :D

[masherscf]

That doesn't make any sense.

Like any of my posts make sense...

[ericjosepi]

Like any of my posts make sense...

And the banana said smile!

[sugarsickness]

If I was a chick, I'd get gay for you Sugar!

*Wonders if he should let mashercf know that he is a guy ^_^*


Actually, I wanna get back to this 'cause I think it's a great idea. Do you have some ideas as to what the first steps toward this might be? First steps are really important. should take your time, and do it on your own schedule, but don't let it go when it fades into the background. Keep at it...

If you need any advice, business wise, let me know...I have no idea at all ha. But that's mostly because right now I'm not going to school (I will in the summer and fall, though, I just couldn't afford it this semester). There are bulletin boards all around campus that I could post information to and school magazines/newspaper and things like that but I don't have any real ideas on how to go about it. I sort of just 'planned' on trying to make pals with everyone i can in class and try to start a collaborative project with whoever I can. I have some teachers that would most likely love to help in some way but I don't really have any solid ideas, just "Well, if I find some cool people in class next semester" haha.

[rabidbadger]

Are we back to that already?

[rabidbadger]

*Wonders if he should let mashercf know that he is a guy ^_^*


I have no idea at all ha. But that's mostly because right now I'm not going to school (I will in the summer and fall, though, I just couldn't afford it this semester). There are bulletin boards all around campus that I could post information to and school magazines/newspaper and things like that but I don't have any real ideas on how to go about it. I sort of just 'planned' on trying to make pals with everyone i can in class and try to start a collaborative project with whoever I can. I have some teachers that would most likely love to help in some way but I don't really have any solid ideas, just "Well, if I find some cool people in class next semester" haha.

that's all cool, and all. Definitely should have a local aspect to it. It will keep you interested, but you should totally look into an internet thang. You have the world at your fingertips. Literally.

[xibalba]

I need to come up with a internet sca...idea that will make me some money.

[sugarsickness]

that's all cool, and all. Definitely should have a local aspect to it. It will keep you interested, but you should totally look into an internet thang. You have the world at your fingertips. Literally.Oh, definitely. I would love for it to be a bigger thing but I feel like I would have to dominate my city and the surrounding towns before attempting the world. I've thought about the possibilities the innernets hold and its overwhelming (And exciting) though I am unsure how to use it to my advantage right now, this early on D:

[ericjosepi]

I want to write an autobiography some day... I'm just not interesting enough to have more than 3 pages that will say something to the effect of "I came, I saw, I didn't really do that much..."

Wait... that's the premise to American Splendor...

[rabidbadger]

I want to write an autobiography some day... I'm just not interesting enough to have more than 3 pages that will say something to the effect of "I came, I saw, I didn't really do that much..."

Wait... that's the premise to American Splendor...


As I said before, you are good writer. Do you have any non-diaryish examples online? Short stories, poetry, essays?

[ericjosepi]

Uh... not really... nothing I'm proud of anyway...

[magunwarrior]

I found your online diary eric :p

EDIT:You're no fun Eric :mad:

[ericjosepi]

MAKE THAT LINK GO AWAY NOW!!!!!

... please?

[magunwarrior]

MAKE THAT LINK GO AWAY NOW!!!!! /caps

Sorry, you're up there in Canada, care to yell a bit louder?

[ericjosepi]

Dude... come on... please? If I wanted people to read that I'd have posted the link. Dude... seriously... just remove it.

[rabidbadger]

Well, now that was a passionate exchange...

props to magun for respecting Erics request.

[rabidbadger]

Did I just say "props"?

Hell, I don't even know if that is "hip" to say anymore.

[xibalba]

Who cares if it isn't hip anymore you are old we young'n will never think you're cool. :D jk

[ElectricalBurn]

yeah you can still dish out props

[ericjosepi]

Indeed, cheers magun... even though I've locked the ****er down now...

[xibalba]

Should ask premission before posting a link to someones writings or whatever. If I had my writings online I wouldn't want people going around posting them thats why they aren't.

[ericjosepi]

Yeah, just a bit. If I wanted that link there I would have posted it.

[rabidbadger]

Who cares if it isn't hip anymore you are old we young'n will never think you're cool. :D jk

And us full grown adults we'll never think of you guys as anything but inexperienced, unwise, self-absorbed infants...

:p

(we really need a wider range of emoticons here, sheesh.)

[xibalba]

I do have the lyrics of a song I wrote online :D

[rabidbadger]

yeah you can still dish out props
thanks. you're a sweetheart. props.

[masherscf]

Well, There something to the opinion that if you didn't want things made public on a forum you shouldn't post it.

However, there are gray areas. For example, as a professor, I'm a semi-public figure and have to maintain an online existence professionally. I also have a website dedicated to family pictures for other family members. Neither of which I want posted here.

[rabidbadger]

Yeah, I agree. As far as I am concerned everything posted every and any where is fair game. Just gotta google the right thing and it's there. Not that I would post anything I find around a forum, but if you put it online, you might as well have shouted it out from a soapbox at Central Park. Sure. Only a few might here you when you do it, but the echo goes on forever.

If it's not specifically a password protected, friends only, site... than forget about it. Doesn't mean your cyber friends should post it against your wishes, though.

[xibalba]

I use to have writings and stuff online didn't care who read them. Mostly song lyrics I have written. I also use post alot of fake crap on livejournal like about how life is awful and I am so sad. My friends always got a laugh out of it.

[masherscf]

I use to have writings and stuff online didn't care who read them. Mostly song lyrics I have written. I also use post alot of fake crap on livejournal like about how life is awful and I am so sad. My friends always got a laugh out of it.

Lonleygirl? Is that you?

[rabidbadger]

I use to have writings and stuff online didn't care who read them. Mostly song lyrics I have written. I also use post alot of fake crap on livejournal like about how life is awful and I am so sad. My friends always got a laugh out of it.



Have you ever read A Confederacy of Dunces (http://www.amazon.com/Confederacy-Dunces-Evergreen-Book/dp/0802130208)? I think you would like it.


Also: Geek Love (http://www.amazon.com/Geek-Love-Katherine-Dunn/dp/0446391301). Not computer geeks, circus geeks.

[xibalba]

Nope. Hmmm. I think that ava is the cutest pic you posted so far.

[rabidbadger]

Lonleygirl? Is that you?

How many times you gonna change your av in a day. And none of the photos are you. If I wanted to see the kids I'd ask to see your wallet...

Hey, there's an idea for a website...

:)

[xibalba]

Have you ever read A Confederacy of Dunces (http://www.amazon.com/Confederacy-Dunces-Evergreen-Book/dp/0802130208)? I think you would like it.


Also: Geek Love (http://www.amazon.com/Geek-Love-Katherine-Dunn/dp/0446391301). Not computer geeks, circus geeks.

Nope havnt read them

[xibalba]

Can Click Here (http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/6/5/51829/hah.txt) to see something I have written. :D

[rabidbadger]

Nope havnt read them

If you are a reader at all, you really ought to. Especially Geek Love. I really think you would like it. Truley Twisted.

[rabidbadger]

Can Click Here (http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/6/5/51829/hah.txt) to see something I have written. :D

HOLY CRAP!

Um, what sucks, is that it is well done, poem/lyric wise...

good rhyming scheme, good rythmn.

But DUDE.

I hope that was for just shock value. Jeeze.

Scary sheeit.

[rabidbadger]

unfortunately I have to crash out now, but stay sane, all of you. Wise ol' fart will be back in the morn to keep you all sane...

[xibalba]

I wrote that about a year ago I have some other stuff on paper not sure if there quite as rough but sorta close.

[magunwarrior]

HOLY CRAP!

Um, what sucks, is that it is well done, poem/lyric wise...

good rhyming scheme, good rythmn.

But DUDE.

I hope that was for just shock value. Jeeze.

Scary sheeit.

I personally thought it was hilarious :D

[xibalba]

I'm a comedic genius eh?

[xibalba]

HOLY CRAP!

Um, what sucks, is that it is well done, poem/lyric wise...

good rhyming scheme, good rythmn.

But DUDE.

I hope that was for just shock value. Jeeze.

Scary sheeit.

If you get to know me you will find out I am demented and have a very scary thought process but I'm one of the nicest ya ever will get to know. :D

[sugarsickness]

wow, that was stupid.

[canadaneedsmusic]

My immidiate goals are the following: coach another winning soccer team this summer for my cousin, stating working within the public art sector in my city trying to lobby the gov't for more money, starting a successful online tv site, going back to school for 5 classes to get a second degree in Poli Sci.

Future Goals: lead my website to a point where it is very successful and either sell it or continue to grow, have enough money to buy what I want and not have to ever worry about money, start a non-profit organization based on the idea to raise money and bring together world-wide knowledge in order to increase space technology and travel as a world wide effort, not just country by country (don't you think space should be something the world does together? not just one country?), and finally, I'd LOVE to run a political campaign... maybe a couple, working my way up to a bigger campaign over time.

[universal]

Me, I am a huge HUGE HUGE technology geek. Anything and everything about gadgets, the internet, computers, design (graphic, web...) etc. I am also studying to be an industrial designer (product design) and would love to work for Apple designing Apple products :D

I'm also a Web 2.0 addict, and am on just about every website (http://claimID.com/Universal) out there.

I would mention all of my interests, but I would probably run out of room.

[rabidbadger]

Me, I am a huge HUGE HUGE technology geek. Anything and everything about gadgets, the internet, computers, design (graphic, web...) etc. I am also studying to be an industrial designer (product design) and would love to work for Apple designing Apple products :D

I'm also a Web 2.0 addict, and am on just about every website (http://claimID.com/Universal) out there.

I would mention all of my interests, but I would probably run out of room.


Go for it. Plenty of space on the web..

And geeze we have a lot in common interest wise as far as tech goes...

[magunwarrior]

I want to rule the world with an iron fist.

[xibalba]

I am passionate about hating the local government. Damn them to hell!! Jury Duty my ass, I hope they all die a quick painful death!

[rabidbadger]

Man I would love to do Jury duty... on a real juicy case, anyway. Been called twice. First time they got 12 before they got to me. (Alphabetical, so maybe you should change your name ;) ) The second time was a civil case about a guy supposedly getting screwed over by a hospital. My Dad had just died from supposed hospital negligence, so they kicked me off...

[xibalba]

I got two weeks to prepare or get seriously injured :D

[rabidbadger]

Huh? I don't understand.

[rabidbadger]

I want to rule the world with an iron fist.

Sorry. I already do. Get in line.

(I got a kryptonite fist, by the way. beat that.)

[xibalba]

I edited it :D. If injuried badly and can't make up ya can be dismissed

[xibalba]

Sorry. I already do. Get in line.

(I got a kryptonite fist, by the way. beat that.)

Just a matter of time before ya get sick from the exposure to the kryptonite and I'll be ready to take my place as lord and master.

[rabidbadger]

Doh. Read A Prayer for Owen Meany. (http://www.amazon.com/Prayer-Owen-Meany-John-Irving/dp/0345361792) Same thing, different war...

[rabidbadger]

Just a matter of time before ya get sick from the exposure to the kryptonite and I'll be ready to take my place as lord and master.

You do know I am from Krypton, right. Denver, Krypton.

[xibalba]

The quickest way to take over the world is to start a religion that seems like it could be possible and might be real. But in reality just a load of bullshit but only the creator knows that. :D

[acidburn]

I got called for jury duty. In massachusetts you get one deferral no questions asked. Then you have to go.

I wouldn't have minded sitting on a jury, but they ended up dismissing the whole jury pool after a couple hours. No jury cases that day. Everyone either pled out or didn't show up.

Though I did come down with bronchitis two days after I sat in the jury room. Lasted almost two weeks and it was the sickest I have been in at least 6-7 years.

[xibalba]

Here from the date you first go you have to go back every day for 2 weeks to see if you are on a jury or something like.

[acidburn]

Here from the date you first go you have to go back every day for 2 weeks to see if you are on a jury or something like.

Massachusetts instituted a new rule saying that if you don't get picked for a jury then you are done on day one. If you get picked for a jury, then you are on the hook for the duration of the trial. They call it one trial, one day.

[rabidbadger]

You mean like Scientology?

[xibalba]

Yea I suppose.

[xibalba]

Massachusetts instituted a new rule saying that if you don't get picked for a jury then you are done on day one. If you get picked for a jury, then you are on the hook for the duration of the trial. They call it one trial, one day.
Too bad I don't live there :(

[ericjosepi]

I'm going to convert half the population to Pastafarianism

[acidburn]

I'm going to convert half the population to Pastafarianism


What is Pastafarianism? Sure I could look it up, but asking is more fun.

[ericjosepi]

We are followers of his most holyness the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

[xibalba]

Flying Spaghetti Monster! http://www.venganza.org/

[xibalba]

Proof its real
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL7FcvEydqg

[ericjosepi]

http://www.threepanelsoul.com/comics/007.gif

[rabidbadger]

Lol

6789090

[rabidbadger]

http://www.threepanelsoul.com/comics/007.gif

Beautiful graphics on that. Something to emulate.

[ericjosepi]

And I wish I could claim credit... Ian and Matt are the shit!

[rabidbadger]

Ian and matt who? Links?

Reminds me of "beautiful stories for ugly children"

[ericjosepi]

Ian McConville and Matt Boyd (http://threepanelsoul.com/) Formerly of MacHall fame. Awesome guys. Ian's a Cali-boy now working for Three Rings and Matt is... well... I'm not sure but he's Matt. Very talented and very creative. I'm just happy they are still making comics!