Happy belated!

Haha, thanks, I'll give it a try.

I've been doing the practices they told us to. In my class, we have to test out of a level to go on to the next, so you can't just keep on going.

I actually find it to be a good thing that they do this though, otherwise I'd quickly be getting way out of my league (I think).

So last night I took my first salsa dancing class. Despite the fact that I have a horrible sense of rhythm I still had a pretty good time.

Anyone else here do any form of dancing (club grinding excluded)?


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What I'm saying comes from the issues I've seen with my nephew (who is six). That child is a saint as long as anyone 30+ is around, but as soon as they disappear he turns very violent in about 5 minutes. He'll start hitting, kicking, picking up objects and throwing them, use objects to increase his swinging power and damage.

Part of the problem, no doubt, is discipline. The parents never punish as much unless they see it. Since they never see the bad side, they find it hard to believe that it gets that bad. So naturally they lighten the punishment.

However, I can guarantee that child would not be anywhere near as violent if he hadn't already killed however many thousand people in video games or if he hadn't seen R rated war movies. There are some things that children should not see and should not play. I'd say by about 12-13 years old most games are fine, but by that point the child's behavior is already pretty well defined.

There's a large difference between censoring and limiting. Censoring would be making them believe it doesn't exist. And when they find out it does they'll experiment with it, so it's a failure anyways. I just think that the violence should be limited.


I think the maturity ratings are good, because they prevent kids from buying games, but allow parents to get the game for their child at their discretion.

Yes, but for children it's a quick way to learn extreme forms of violence. Without seeing those forms of violence, children would have no notion of their existence.

Mental stability is something a little bit harder to verify than age. Not too mention, I'd rather have the sociopath playing the game than out on the streets.

Of course. You forgot to mention that video games also caused violence before wars even existed. This was due to the expectation of video games.

While I don't think games should be censored, I do think that parents should be responsible in what they let their kids play. My nephew was epic at FPS before he even learned to read. Something about that just seems... wrong.

Soda is what I call it.

I realized that I never fully responded to this, so...

Lord of War - agree, great movie.

Lord of the Rings - Yes epic, epicly horrible. For whatever reason, I just didn't enjoy these movies. The dialog seemed horrible, the acting seemed horrible, and too much time was spent on useless things. Seriously, do we really need 3 hours of Frodo's life sucks? This one I'd take off the list.

Sunshine - Haven't seen, won't comment.

No Country For Old Men - Has there ever been a movie with less of a plot? I seriously wished I could unsee this movie.

Juno - Pretty funny and good drama, but there was nothing in it that made me want to see it again, which I feel is required for a movie to be on a best list.

Thank You For Smoking - Very original, very insightful, and overall pretty funny. But again, I wouldn't want to see it again. A must see movie, for sure, but not a best.

Idiocracy - The concept of how humanity will get more stupid made sense and was funny, but that could easily have been a 5 minute stand up bit. There was no need for this to be a movie.

Star Wars - Seen it, but won't comment because I'm incredibly biased.

The Dark Knight - I actually agree, I thought this film was pretty incredible with the acting and the plot. I've never seen such a sadistic villain, which was really awesome in film.

Equilibrium - I'm a sucker for dystopias, and I thought it was an original concept, so I'll agree.

Some films I feel are missing off the top of my head:
-Donnie Darko (at a glance seems pointless, but has an incredible amount of symbolism)
-Lucky Number Slevin (it's like modern day Shakespeare).

At my skinniest I'm a 28", right now I'm a 30".

I work out four days a week (all isolated area work outs).

Defiantly or definitely?

89?

Although I get that this list is in parts, I'm disappointed. Among there are some movies that I found enjoyable, I feel it's missing a lot, and some movies just don't have a place on there at all.

Will elaborate more after sleep...