Originally posted by The Politician

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Aiya, cool it gang.

By the way cawn, isn't it a little contradicting to talk about proper grammar without capitalizing after periods, as well as beginning a sentence with "and"?

Anyway, time kiss and make up.

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Originally posted by Vidar

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TP was nice about it. You argued with him;nNot a great idea. Knock it off now.

I don't give a fuck about the grammar, but this thread's pissing me off just reading the bickering. It's unneeded and it's unwanted.

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Originally posted by Vulkar

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I know you all will hate me, but from a business prespective, I agree with the owners.

First off, in todays society, a pentagram is associated with satanism. And, as a lot of America is catholic, shouting out things about satanism isn't the way to make a good first impression.

Think about it, you go into a store, and some guy is wearing the nazi symbol on his shirt, and seems completely serious about it. Either you would laugh at the guy, or you would hate him. From a business sense, the pentagram is the same way, though to a lesser degree.

On the other hand, as most of America is christian, they see a guy wearing a cross, and think, "Oh, he's a good and honest christian man."

So yeah, it might seem a bit unfair, but from a business sense, it's a good idea to not let you wear it.

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Originally posted by Thor

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Chemical Romance is Screamo crap. Same idea. Only more senseless screaming.
No one there knew what they were talking about for the most part. I heard some deathmetal, and even some Goregrind in there. And that's about as far from crap like AFI can get.
Fuck emos, fuck their music.

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Originally posted by Elara

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Poor snakes, they always get the bad reputation.

Sorry, I had to say that... snakes are cute.

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Originally posted by White

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We don't all assume that emo's act a certain way, they prove it by acting a certain way. I couldn't watch the videos, but still, everyone judges everyone.

If you believe you shouldn't judge someone by what they listen to, then you are really naive, or a hypocrite. Probably both.

I know I have judged people by what they listen to. It's too hard not to. I've heard a car drive by blaring hardcore rap and the ONLY thing I could think of was "God damn, you'd think he turn the music down when he has three illegitimate children in the car." That's it. I've heard someone blaring emo music and the only thing I could think of was "Hey, it's a lot easier to kill yourself by running your car off a cliff."

We judge people by their actions, and stereotypes are often proven true, and rarely proven false. There are some exceptions though, which do shock you. But generally, stereotypes are correct, because, if they weren't then the stereotype would change to be true. If 90% of emo kids didn't cut themselves or have long hair, then the stereotypical emo kid would be different.

If Gangsta' people didn't have unprotected sex at the age of 13, then there wouldn't be a stereotype of it. It's that simple.

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Originally posted by Clash

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Cutest Male 2007?

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Originally posted by Makura

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You're lucky. Generally I would stay a constant 180 pounds if I didn't do a god-damned thing and at crap, but now I'm striving to be a lot less than that so I'm experimenting. Mostly this current work out is kicking my ass.

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Originally posted by Katana

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I've actually been trying to find a scheduel to exercise. I don't wanna lose weight or anything like that. I'm just happier when I'm active. Exercising just puts me in a better mood. When I do it first thing in the morning, I'm in a good mood all day. When I do it at night (Just simple things and stretches then though) my body winds down and I sleep better. There's medical explanations for all that, but merh. It's summer. I'm in stupid mode, so I don't feel like explaining.

There's this book that I'm looking into though, "The Abs Diet for Women". Usually I think them dieting books are overrated, but my sister saw this one and said that I should read it. I like the approach. It's about being healthy, not fitting society's definition of perfection. It actually spends a good portion of explaining the body, how the exercises work, stuff like that. It talks about the kind of food to eat, not what "not to eat", gives kickass recepies, which I have already messed around with making, gives advice on different exercises...**shrugs** It's just really cool. I don't get the usual superficial air that I usually get from that stuff.

I've been gaining weight though, actually. I used to be 105lbs, never went over, except for that "time of the month", and lately I've been nearing 120lbs. That was the minimum weight for ice hockey, and they always made exceptions for me. Before now, I couldn't go above 115lbs for my life, no matter how hard I tried. But then again, technically I was 15 when I first got my period, and by then I wasn't really playing hockey anymore, and that shit effects a woman's weight. So now, I'm gaining all sorts of muscle and weight along with it. I'm actually pleased with it because physically, I feel really good about myself lately, and I just look better than I used to. So I guess about 120 is my ideal weight. **shrugs** I'm not that tall (Yes, I've finally admitted it) and while I don't consider myself to be tiny, doctors say I wouldn't be considered a medium frame either. It's all about how the body is.

Anywho, as for what kind of exercises? Well, I have a lot of lower body strength. I can't sprint for shit, but I am an excellent endurance runner. I don't run though. I power walk. I do it for like a half hour to an hour at least twice a week, and during the winter I'll prolly just do it once a week, if that since I go ice skating a lot during the winter. Since I was goalie, nonetheless, during my hockey days, I have no problem regaining my leg muscle. I've just been wanting to focus on my upperbody. I'm gaining muscles in my arms, but right now, since I'm just getting them, if I'm not flexing, it doesn't look like muscle...and I have a tummy that I'd like to try and get rid of. Just to see what happens. I've been doing crunches a lot lately. I do four sets of 20 now. I've been doing crunches off and on for months now, so that's why I can do so many now I guess. But, the tummy isn't going away.

I really don't know that much about exercise and what to do and stuff...so any advice would be kickass actually. Crunches haven't been helping my lower tummy...and I can't do a full situp for the life of me.

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Originally posted by Rogue

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I do have to say, though, that those things that Serj gets preachy about are often topics that need to be addressed as it is.

Since his former band members were Armenian and I think he was born in the area (though his last name is Armenian), he's been fighting for people to recognize the horrors of the Armenian Genocide and that it should not be denied.

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