DragonGirl724

**takes a bow** THANKS GUYS & GALS... -DG724

ha thanks shadow. FIGURE 8'S=HOT! very yes! -DG724

Why dont you join a local club or volunteer organization? Youll meet people interested in the same things you are & that have some sense of direction & common mind set. and i wouldnt call these guys your 'friends' they sound like acquaintances, or people you know that you hang out with b/c no one else is around... -DG724

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THATS GREAT LoL -DG724

Good question...I honestly think society will consume you if you let it. ...and man, it TRIES HARD!! -DG724

sounds like harassment. speak up say "MIND GETTING YOUR CROTCH OUT OF MY FACE YOU MORON!" speak up. your friend sounds like a jerk. -DG724

Im really loving the replies & it makes me happy that this post gets some gears grinding in reader's heads. very cool. I have to finish school so if anything at all was to drastically change in the aspects Id like for it to it wont be until a year from now...and by then, who knows right? I just want out of the tri-state & out of the rut that is daily routine. I dont want to be just another number in society & I want to explore. Learn new things, meet new people, expand my mind & my soul, and get the HELL out of New York. *thanks for listening,I hope this post sticks around for a while...* ps: the squirrel IS The Man isnt he? -DG724

I just re-read your post. i really love what you wrote. Great story, its exactly what im talking about. After all is said & done, I may not have a ton of money, I may not have much, but all I DO want is as little regrets as I can possibly have. To be able to look back, relive the memories, breathe a sweet sigh of contentment...and smile. I have hopes to one day say; "It's been a long adventurous glorious ride getting what I want out of life. I am one of the lucky ones"... -DG724

Hope, that was beautiful! It actually applies to a multitude of scenarios in my life....I too have always been the one in my family thats a little different than the rest. Im an artist maybe thats what it is. But i have always looked at things a little differently than most people I have met. I think the only other person that views life the same as me is my current BF. he & i talk about it all the time; and he said to me "If you EVER have the strength to just get up & go, all i'd need is about an hour or 2 notice to pack, I dont care where i am or what Im doin, I'm coming with you...where ever on the planet we decide to go." **We were actually considering Goa, India...check it out ITS GORGEOUS!** and a lot of Americans go there to escape for a while. Its really cool. 8) Smart, Thats an awesome story about your friend Andrea. I have always told my parents never bring me on a cruise I guarantee i wont be on the flight home with you. My BF has always been a traveler & i have always admired his ambition to just get up & go. He has lived in both St. Croix & St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands...(He was inspired by The Shawshank Redemption *the last scene of the movie when Red meets Andy in "Mexico" that was actually filmed in the Virgin Islands*) he just packed up & booked a flight, landed in the VI's with only the money in his pocket & the hopes of surviving "as a homeless white boy on an island". I had received a few calls from him while he was down there (we were friends for 3 yrs before we started dating) and he had quite the number of adventures...both that made me envious & a little scared for him at the same time. But he said reguardless of the reason he came back to the States (to live in his parent's basement again opposed to the shores of a beautiful beach) was simply b/c of a pretty dangerous encounter he had with some islanders...he doesnt regret a minute of it. He's always been like a little celebrity to me, his stories fascinate me & hes always up to something. lol DarkBlue, "live the live you have in the way you see it best"... im gonna try. When my mom was 21 (back in the day ) she got up & went with her friend & traveled cross country. She not only saw what life was like in other corners of the fine US of A, but she also learned a lot about herself & her faith. Her stories intriqued me. She had quit her job at the time, sold her car & got up & went for 3 months or so. Came back found a job, bought a new car & picked up where she left off. Her friend she went with actually ended up staying in San Francisco, California & my mom had to book a flight back to NY. Which is a sweet deal, but now its the 2000's its not so easy to just 'get a job', sell & buy a new car, and not be so overwhelmed by expenses that it almost makes me feel like a life like that, which i want (at least for a little while), can't happen. The fund$ alone, the cost to live a life like that now ($$$), are enough to scare anyone away! and thats another aspect of it all that keeps me just standing in line with everyone else working a 9-5 & doing what I can to make ends meet..living "Society's Norm".... maybe I just need a really good travel agent & an even BETTER financial advisor. lol (like i can even afford either one of those) lol -DG724

what the........?????????????? in your face???? -DG724

u rock. -DG724

shes2smart, yea thats awesome. and i am like you fortunate enough to be able to do what i love (art) and be successful at it, running my own freelance business since i was in highschool. its a great sense of accomplishment, i guess i always had this humble, simple ideal life (even just for a little bit) to live by the ocean where I can hear the leaves of palm trees shuffeling in the breeze, the waves gently crashing onto the shore at sunset and the bows of sail boats clanking against the pier...and not to mention the best sound of all.........silence. a place where i can plug in a laptop & do some freelance work anywhere in the world i choose to be when i need the money and a place where i can prop an easel onto the sandy landscape & paint. am i a dreamer...or selfish to want this for myself...even if it means leaving my country & those i care about...??? honestly. -DG724

my sister was offered to be a bridesmaid for her friend's wedding who was getting married on a cruiseship. my sister couldnt afford it & had to decline, there was no big issue or drama over it what so ever. your friend needs to realize not everyone has a rich daddy to pay for everything they want. unfortunately many spoiled people never appreciate the amount of work that has to be put forth in order to make a dollar. -DG724

sometimes one falls in love with their best friend, it happens. but if you are in love with your BF/GF they should understand that they are the one youre with & youre not with the other guy/girl & they need to get over it! if the thought plagues them such then they need to reconsider being with you, b/c you are not readjusting your social network, & leave those who have always been theer for you, to meet the desires of a BF or GF. they got to be kidding themselves. -DG724

interesting replies. for example if you were to choose between the place youd like to reside for a little while for both inner peace, experience & change, yet you are very close to your family & friends & that place, that 'haven', is on the other side of the world, which would you choose? this also includes quitting your job & finding a new place of employment. then what would you do? -DG724

be comfortable with yourself. learn to appreciate the character & soul that thrives within you. know that you have somethings that others can not offer. you are uniquely you & there is no other on this planet that is the same. if you believe in yourself & all you can do, you can't go wrong. And your confidence will thrive off of that. and hopefully you will find someone else out there who can appreciate the person you are til no end and adore you for all your worth....but it starts in YOU first. -DG724

Is it just me or are there other people absolutly fed up with the routine of what society deems as "Normal" and "Productive" and "What you SHOULD do with your life"..??? From the day you are born society is expecting something from you...to one day become one of the crowd, go to college, & work a 9-5 job which you will probably despise going to just to make ends meet. If you are one of the lucky few that actually love their jobs consider yourself blessed. If you are lucky enough to travel & be free from life's pressures, even for a little while, consider yourself not only lucky, but be honored as well. To "stop & smell the roses" as the rest of the overworked & underpaid world scurries around you & cursing you out for "making them late" or "getting in their way", is a pretty bitter sweet experience. Picture this: To have the sweet opportunity to be able to throw away your cell phone, fall off the planet for a little while and not worry about some 'very important business call' or some other aspect of society's irrelevant stresses... To just be able to breath in a gentle fresh ocean breeze & exhale your urgencies....to walk barefoot accross sunshine days.... It's best said through The Shawshank Redemption: ANDY: Think you'll ever get out of here? RED: Sure. When I got a long white beard and about three marbles left rolling around upstairs. ANDY: Tell you where I'd go. Zihuatanejo. RED: Zihuatanejo? ANDY: Mexico. Little place right on the Pacific. You know what the Mexicans say about the Pacific? They say it has no memory. That's where I'd like to finish out my life, Red. A warm place with no memory. Open a little hotel right on the beach. Buy some worthless old boat and fix it up like new. Take my guests out charter fishing. ...ANDY: To look at the stars just after sunset. Touch the sand. Wade in the water. Feel free. RED: God**** it, Andy, stop! Don't do that to yourself! Talking ****** pipedreams! Mexico's down there, and you're in here, and that's the way it is! ANDY: You're right. It's down there, and I'm in here. I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living or get busy dying. ....thats what I'M talkin about. I know someone who has lived that life, and like all things it had its Ups & it had it's Downs..the only difference is, that it had more Ups than downs. It's sad that most of us will never allow ourselves to "feel free", for the fear of breaking out of 'the norm' is way too strong.... dont wait until you "got a long white beard and have about three marbles left rolling around upstairs." to start living.... heck, i should take my own advice.... I don't know why I posted this really, but it felt damn good to let out. -DG724

yes you do have plenty rright to be ticked! a friend is someone who is understanding of your needs. this is HER wedding, not YOURS, thereforeeee you do NOT have to pay for any of it..you dont have to be a bridesmaid & you do not have to do anything you dont want to, or cant afford to do. she is acting childish & spoiled. but that doesnt surprise me; wanting to have her wedding so far away & expecting daddy to pay for it all.... $1,500 bucks is a ton of cash, thats rediculous for anyone to ask for. -DG724

do you mean 'hide it' by not screaming or having a ginormous orgasm involving convulsions, sweating etc? if so, my answer is; just that we are all built differently and thereforeeee our bodies react to an orgasm different. we all react to pain, sadness & happiness in different ways, and the same goes for pleasure. ~~~~******OOPS I THOUGHT YOU SAID ORGASM, but you clearly said erection...*******~~~~ well, it depends on the fabrics in their clothes, their size, etc...at least thats what i think. -DG724

THIS RULE GOES OUT TO EVERYONE!!! THE SECOND YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER ORDERS YOU AROUND & DEMANDS YOU DITCH YOUR FRIENDS, GET RID OF HIM/HER! tell them, they can go PLAY PARENT with someone else! for best results: have zero tolerance for jealousy & ignorant attitudes from the start! -DG724

EVERY SCHOOL is a party school. -DG724

well, im sure some of them are in college because 'they have to go' who cares how they handle their lives? you do your thing, let them do theirs. school isnt for everyone ya know. -DG724

sounds like this girl likes to back track (interested in past lovers, once theyre out of the picture, its happened twice already). shes never satisfied with what she has, she wants what she knows she cant have. its sketchy & extremely annoying to have an ex snoop through your stuff; ive had it done to me quite a few times. tell her off man, thats the end of it. she seems to be quite intrigued with what she doesnt know, it is an obsession. maybe you should call her out in a very mean stern way; "what the ____ else do you wanna know?!?! ill tell you now so you can get the heck out of my life already! MOVE ON ALREADY!! youre damn annoying & your obsessions are creepy, get a life of your own & stay the hell away from mine!" ...thats how i handled it in my past experience. i also warned one of them big time that if he didnt stop he was going to end up in the hospital. im not sure how that will go over with you though, so i dont suggest it really, but hey, it worked for me. -DG724

the letter i sent him back in the day is a happy blend of mixed signals but it got my feelings out and we are still the best of friends. he said the letter really made his day when he got it. and since then I have dropped it & no longer am "in love" with him...though, i question if i ever was really... oh well, it all worked out the way it was supposed to. as it will you. -DG724

well here was the letter i wrote to him back in the day: J, I would first like to start this off by saying how much I value our friendship. Its unique & i have never met or had the honor of sharing such a friendship like ours with anyone else. And usually I would utilize this moment to hit you with a cold sarcastic remark like; "just kidding, i think you suck." or "in all reality i cant stand you & suicide is your only option." BUT surprisingly enough Im not going to insult you in this letter. In all actuality this letter is intended for the exact opposite purpose. Recently I have been doing some thinking & usually that spells out trouble for me hahaha. but maybe its due to Chick's sudden passing that made these feelings towards you really start to surface. And is what gave me the extra push to tell you how i feel. But i look at you not only as one of my best friends but i see WHY you are my best friend. youre so admirable in your own ways. Even though i am better than you; you still are an extremely talented, funny, fun loving,high spirited, positive person. And people usually say "the good guys always finish last & are constantly overlooked". well, know that youre not & Im sure others will agree. And i hate to even bring it up but M.K. has NO IDEA what she is passing up. and in all honesty, personally I dont think you should emotionally subject yourself to someone who doesnt appreciate the kind of person you are. And in the long run be grateful you arent with someone like that. You deserve way better & one day that lucky broad will come into your life & cherish all that is you. like i said before, im not sure why now i am saying all this, but i guess for some reason i just wanted you to know. And dont go treating me any differently. because i love our friendship & i love you...and dont over analyze any of this. if you have any questions...just ask. and i guess thats it...Bye! -DG724