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Yeeeah… I can’t get it to run. But my brother did on his computer, and it’s pretty interesting! And very weird.
Ooh, that looks cool. I’m trying to download it… I hope my dear ol’ lappy can handle this sort of thing. XD Lappy: ZOMG DEER NOOO I WILL DIEEEE…
Ho there! Welcome to the forums!
Aha… Guest_Lurker has revealed itself. I was wondering who you were!
Ok, wow. That’s gorgeous. The first shot does it no justice… I bet it’s ten times as beautiful in person! Wowee. It’s so weird and so fantastic. Great job, Arlla! It’s BEAUTIFUL…
SPark wrote:What if somebody here has a phobia of potatos though?
Well, so far I don’t think anyone’s mentioned it in the phobia topic… and I forgot to add, I’m not actually a potato, I’m a potato-samurai. But it’s more or less the same thing.
I had a dream the other day about Aragorn from LotR going crazy and chasing around small children like they were orcs. I was part of the fellowship and we were running around a school campus, trying to protect the kids from the army of Uruk-hai that were descending upon the walls, and then Aragorn just snaps and starts chasing the students around. After we’d gotten him to calm down again, we decided to draw off the Uruk-hai by running AWAY from the school, getting them to chase us… it sort of worked, but then we ended up in this water park and a bunch of planes (that had parachutes out the back to slow them down.. for… whatever reason) started bombing us with dolphins. Eventually we made it back to Hobbiton/my house to get my family and evacuate the neighborhood, and Gandalf showed up… and then we were trying to board up the windows with pillows, because we couldn’t find any ply-wood.
So… ok, it wasn’t about Windstones, but it was pretty darn weird. (I dream about the Lord of the Rings a lot. Probably because there’s this big ol’ cardboard cutout of movie-Aragorn that guards my bedroom door.)
ruffian wrote:so Chessie when is your moms birthday?
The 26th of March, six days after my brother’s birthday. My dad’s is June 10th, three days after mine. We have weird birthdays.
And my mom and I are both year of the horse. YAY!
John wrote:Chessapeaka wrote:(My parents are cool, but they suffer from “our children are angels” disease… which they usually will acknowledge, but.. eh… I don’t like having my ego stroked when its not deserved. It’s always made me squeamish.)
Hey, since they were born, we have tried our best to bring out the worst in our children. If we have failed it’s because they just don’t get it. Probably should have sent them to public school.
Touche!*
*Unfortunately I’m too stupid to understand what you meant by that, so I’ll call it even and go away now.
…B-but… I like the magenta on the scales! It’s all gorgeous, but that’s the best part! 😀
Hmm… then again, that fish is really pretty. Eh. I think you should stick with what you’ve got anyways. It’s lovely, and I’m curious to see what the rest of your vision is! The only thing I’d do differently from where you are is add some darker blue. But then… I’m a bluefreak so I guess I’m biased.
Greater Basilisk wrote:Small towns are much more child-friendly in every way anyway. It’s bound to be better for him, and the schools sound good. Big-city schools are the pits where gangs breed and drugs rule…
That’s why I don’t go to school… The LA school district SUCKS. Every public school is year round now, too.
Greater Basilisk wrote:Okay, time for a defense of homeschooling. 🙂 My parents pulled me out of public school after my first year there. I was constantly done early with work there, and so I got to wash blackboards. It was a waste of time. From there on Mom homeschooled me – and did or does the same for my four younger brothers. Now I’m about to take finals next month for the Matura (a high-school degree on a college level). Brother 1 is an apprentice in a leading electrical company, boss of his own building site after one year of work for them, and the top of his class. Brother 2 is lined up for college in the States. Brother 3 studies music at the Zurich Conservatory and is looking into an apprenticeship with an architect. And Brother 4 is only 7 so he’s still in the works, but he’ll turn out special too. Homeschooling rocks!
For several reasons: I wouldn’t learn anything beneficial if I’d hang around people who are – to be blunt – just as stupid as me all the time. Since classical education with emphasis on the great minds of history is barely existent anymore, public school is, as Ruff nicely put it, a collection of losers. Teachers have no real authority, abuse, sex, drugs and peer pressure rule. The students don’t get individual attention; bright minds are suppressed while laggards fall behind and never catch up, and system turns out nothing but mediocrity.
Personally I think the argument of asocial traits in homeschoolers to be very lame, especially coming from politicians. (We’re fighting them more or less right now.) Because I didn’t go to public school, I never learned to waste a lot of time and money on parties. I’ve never wanted to get drunk or do drugs, and now I’m strong enough to say no to all of it. I have no reason to keep up with the latest fashions – which saves me a lot of money for Windstones and weapons. 😀 Of course it’s good for kids to interact with their own – but not all the time, and especially not taking their peers as teachers. The principle that wise older folks teach the young has gone missing. People who party until they’re 25 never learned that life is really about work, and hyacinths for the soul aren’t the focus. What do they have to show after a life of partying, dragging themselves through something that supports the monthly minimal CC payment on a huge debt, not caring about what happens in the world outside even though it affects them the most? Nothing. As for dragoness’s example of the girl who couldn’t be judicial with men – that is clearly the parents’ fault. An education is only as good as the teacher, and if her parents didn’t bother to teach her about dating, its her loss and their shame. Me, I’m the other extreme. I have yet to meet my first date. But I wouldn’t say it’s because I’m not socialized. I’m just picky.
And finally, the fact that homeschoolers are constantly scoring higher than public schoolers in contests of every imaginable sort speaks for itself.
All right. Now I’ll clear the floor for the next speaker.I have to say, you guys are impressive! It was great of your parents to start you off in life so well. Also, I’m starting to think you’re quite a bit younger than I thought if you’re going for a highschool degree…? And you’re right, public schools can slow smart people down. In my case though… I require competition in order to bother with being smart. Or trying to be smart. I suspect with four brothers, competition wasn’t any problem for you… hehe.
I have never had any inclination towards drinking or drugs, or fashion– but I don’t think it’s because I’m homeschooled, I think it’s because I’m an ornery twerpface that just doesn’t care. Hehe. I reckon I’d be the same way if I went to school. I’ll have to disagree with you about parties, though, because I think they’re quite a lot of fun… and life isn’t about work, it’s about enjoying yourself. So I see it.skigod377 wrote:Greater Basilisk wrote:What? Chessie didn’t like your poems? 😯 Those and you are some of the last things I’d want booted off this forum!
In the dream. I dont think she has even seen them.
Are you kidding? I ADORE your poems… I’ve been stalking that topic ever since you posted it! 😆 … Gosh though… am I really that scary that you dream about getting booted off? Eep… don’t mean to terrorize you guys… Fine by me if you go off topic! 😀
Ok, weirdly enough… I can’t remember any Windstone dreams! I’m sure I’ve had a few, though.
