Kiotosu Forum Posts (40)

RE: Whatever happened here???

It might be worth it for friends like you ~

RE: atheist!! intelligence or foolishness??

I think it's more important to be respectful of the beliefs of others.

Many of my friends have beliefs different from mine. Some are Buddhist, or Muslim, some are New Age, some are agnostic or atheist. But we still love each other and I just try to be the best person I can be with God's help.

Deciding what is right or wrong for another is to assume more control than God has given. That's His territory. We are to make decisions for ourselves and to love others. By the way, we are told we will not get it right every time, but it is important that we keep trying. I wish you well!

RE: Should adults be permitted to carry concealed weapons?

Good question



I've done a lot of research on this. There's good and bad. In domestic violence situations, the husband is exponentially more likely to use a gun in their possession in the event of dissolution of a marriage. This has actually happened twice where I live. I never knew them but I met their children later (who were witnesses to the murder of their mother).

In areas where concealed weapons licenses are obtainable, the crime rate against women dropped significantly. Apparently, the idea that the would-be attacker would get some vitamin lead for his troubles is enough to deter them.

There's lots of angles to look at this from, but I know I would never give up my gun.

RE: Whatever happened here???

I got a chuckle as I feel the same way... maybe I should just visit for the friendship? Being so strong-willed (translation, "hard-headed) and independent (translation: "hard2control") I would have more fun here chatting it up with you and venusenvy LOL

RE: Hey Bad taste divorce party...

Congrats

Wishing you lots of sweet days ahead

RE: Kindness

When friendship is treated unkindly it can make one feel betrayed. Hopefully, those that have been unkind will mature and become better people. Bullying other people will one day catch up and take its chunk out of those that bully. I'm not judgmental of others until it comes to bullying, and then I'm incredibly intolerant of it and any purveyors of it. It's just my nature, and everyday I pray for inner strength to deal with whatever comes my way in a positive way. But being human I may sometimes be too harsh or sarcastic on this subject.

There are some truly lovely and kind ladies on this site. Even a few guys that aren't half bad.

Whether we agree or disagree on the details of life choices and so forth is not important to me, not my job to "police" others LOL. What is important is that I appreciate the beauty of so many personalities I've met here and have gotten to know you through your posts. For what it's worth I wish sweet days to you and success in your search for friendship, companionship, and love.

RE: Smile and be heppy again..

Well thanks.

RE: How to use a useless man ???!!!!

I agree that the people are not useless but they indeed do useless things which harm others. I'm not a fan of that.

So I've noticed some bullying going on in open forum, and everyone seems fine with that, but when someone is joking around for real, all of a sudden there is a problem. That's hypocritical.

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Sweet days

RE: Smile and be heppy again..

I'm new, but nice to meet heppy people, and happy, hippy, hempy, and all that LOL

Have fun and see ya around

RE: How to use a useless man ???!!!!

This reminds me of a book I had once, 101 Ways to Use a Dead Cat. Same concept. The ultimate useless man would have to be a dead beat dad.

Other options:

-- dead beat dads could provide safety in their child's neighborhood by laying in the road and therefore providing speed bumps to slow down careless drivers

-- dead beat dads could also be a dress up doll for their daughters and at least they could spend quality time together

-- for a son, the dead beat dad could be decorated with glitter and strung up as a pinata on special occasions -- and the rest of the year function as exercise equipment (think punching bag)

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"Can't talk to a psycho like a normal human being... "

RE: Whatever happened here???

Hi. Nice to meet you! In regards to the topic, and speaking from my own experience...It's probably safe to say, "affirmative".

I guess there are phases in everything, so maybe the lull is symptomatic of a phase. If I were made of lesser stuff I would leave the site simply because I don't have to put up with such nonsense from reprobates, ya know? Maybe that's a conclusion other nice people reached and left before they fire bombed the forum LOL

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okay that should fix it :)

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LOL

Further documenting my first couple of weeks perusing this site and forum. As mom would say, six of one and half a dozen of the other.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xxGsSKR0HA

RE: MARYILY AS WE GO...marys name in a song

profile help available

First, I want to say I don't think my profile is perfect. But, I have viewed enough profiles on this site to notice a few things that I thought should be addressed for the benefit of all who are seeking a match. At the risk of sounding critical, I thought I would take a tough-love angle and offer answers -- answers that one day someone might have to thank me for!

There are quite a number of profiles of people who seem to want to find someone but their profile is off-putting. Instead of itemizing these things myself I thought I would refer to experts about how to present yourself on a dating site.

Of all the articles and videos that I came across this evening, they all agree on one thing: the photo is the most important part of the profile. A bad or no photo = no responses. Don't settle for a picture that is handy for the main profile pic, but make an extra effort to present current, casual, and presentable photos of yourself, alone.

Cut and paste link below into your browser and see more great advice


Below is a clip from Expert Village. They have their own channel on youtube and they cover a variety of topics. There are several short informative clips, like this one, that I recommend. Good luck!

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Feeling like some mood music... guess what mood I'm in LOL

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Thanks * That was really sweet :)

I have been greatly disappointed today. I caught up to a comment left in the CS Lounge. Apparently, I kind find at least two kinds of "special" here.

When people assume too much they make a you-know-wat out of U and ME.

RE: People are strange...

If you will note, the part that you quoted did not say anything about chatting... the part above what I typed was what the author of the thread posted... it may be confusing because the quote marks didn't show like it was supposed to. Just attribute everything above the words "blessings and love" to the author of the thread. What I typed below was actually a very hopeful sounding note.

MY PROFILE was just begun about a month ago. BUT I see now why you say you are a jerk.

RE: I'm thinking of writing a cookbook for men

Cookbook for men written by a man = Sounds like a great idea.

My mom did not know how to cook and married young. She wound up having to visit her mom a lot for cooking lessons. And I'll let you in on a little secret... she still can't cook I started cooking when I was very young. Out of self-defense, I suspect. My favorite instructional cookbooks were ancient home-economic type classes like they taught in the 1940's and those cute little church cookbooks sold for a fundraiser. So I taught myself to cook.

I had two hiccups along the way. 1. I learned that sometimes I might have to cook an ingredient before adding it (recipe for something called porcupines, and it turned out horrible... not enough detailed instructions). 2. I learned that not all recipes are created equal. Measure twice, cut once, that's a creed used by many that work in production areas and it applies to cooking as well. Not being familiar with cookie recipes, a typo led to a batch of cookies that started out the size of a marshmallow and ended up as large as a hamburger. They smelled wonderful and were completely inedible.

Last semester, for the first time in my life, I tried different ready-to-bake cake mixes and icing. Made-from-scratch cakes are a hundred times better, and so is the icing, but it does take more time to make them. I kept testing my tiny oven until I got the right mix of heat (it has to be adjusted for cupcakes with nice rounded tops instead of flat nail head sloppy tops-- I don't know why). Other students were more than happy to help me eliminate the test cupcakes. Favorites were butter pecan with butter icing, orange with chocolate icing, and red velvet with cream cheese icing and one chocolate malt ball on top. For some reason the chocolate malt ball brought the subtle flavor of the red velvet cake all the way to the top and made it sing.

Perhaps there's something in this that will help :)

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Oh, the work I'm doing is my senior thesis and production, I have to finish over 10,000 squared inches by MOnday.

I'm there on weekends, holidays, just so I can get 'er done. LOL Here's my theme song when I get fatigued

RE: DEDICATE A SONG TO SOMEONE SPECIAL

Already I have made a few friends here, and life being what it is, we all have some struggle going on ~ I'm grateful for friends, they can brighten your day and make the moment musical :)

You all know who you are :)




And for the the Romeos, Casanovas, and Lotharios, I just wanna play this tune for you ~

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That just made my coffee taste like a hundred times better :)

Lots of work to do today, and this was a great way to begin ~ Thank you very much, Marss ~ hope your day has been awesome too

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Thank you all ~ I feel warmly welcomed

RE: People are strange...

Love the Doors. I had this song stuck in my head days ago.

Statistically, the friend that said it was a cross-section is right. But there are differences, of course.

I've heard that ten percent of marriages begin by people seeing each other in their vehicles on the road and they flirt, meet, after a time say a few vows. This isn't much different to me. Ten percent is not bad, and who knows, maybe it's the same for dating websites. All you have to do is find the one in ten instead of the one in a million? I've never been good with math, but that makes it sound better, anyway.

RE: HAVE YOU EVER fallen in love with your friend's girlfriend or boyfriend?

I admired the best friend of a boyfriend but I would never have been unfaithful. That's not me. But that was him. The relationship between my boyfriend and I eventually became an engagement to be married. However, that promise didn't mean a lot to him and he picked the sister of a friend of mine to be unfaithful. So I broke his leg, dunked that girl in the ocean, took her dress and left scars on her, and then dated his best friend. Of course, I didn't keep him, he was a drip, but in the end I got all the revenge I wanted. I got to see that same girl he cheated on me with date three other guys while still seeing him. Life has a crazy way of making things balance out.

I didn't add to my list of past employment, but the incident when I went all ninja on those two landed me a cake job as a bodyguard. The witnesses to the whole thing thought I was Columbiana or something.

Those days are far behind me now. But I stay sharp and still lift weights -- to a point.

RE: WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON RELOCATING FOR A RELATIONSHIP?

I have relocated, have been instrumental with helping frustrated boyfriends harness their careers and make better use of it which in turn increased both their skill and income, have lassoed the moon, so to speak, for love. What can I say, but I rock for real.

(by lassoing a moon I get to sing this..."some people call me the space cowGIRL, some call me the gangster of love"...)

I would do it again more than likely, for a serious relationship, and depending on the place, too. My career makes me mobile, but I still have three more years of college to go. And I haven't chosen my destination yet for the Master's program...

RE: DEDICATE A SONG TO SOMEONE SPECIAL

This is dedicated to the guys and gals out there that sometimes feel they are struggling to keep their "muchness."

RE: C's tunes thread - Post ya favourite tunes