Re: What are you currently doing?

by **Kathryn Lacey** Tue Oct 06, 2009 11:52 pm

Oooh. That's funny.

Ugh... My headache is making me feel queasy... This is a really bad sign...

by **Sunwolf007** Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:25 am

I am currently not sleeping hoping that I get tired soon. It's 12:30 am right now....

by The Melancholy Spirit Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:39 am

Currently, I am listening to Of Stone, Wind, and Pillor by Agalloch while I read The Whisperer in Darkness by H. P. Lovecraft.

by **Kathryn Lacey** Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:39 am

I just took my insomnia meds, so I'll go to sleep in a couple of hours. =3

by **Fate Flyer** Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:25 pm

Aw, hope it helped, Kathryn!

I'm sitting and waiting for class to start.

by Zovo Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:35 pm

What am I currently doing?

Getting paid for not working. . . Shhhh!

by **Kathryn Lacey** Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:51 pm

I am currently up to my knees in things to do. I need to make two different role play posts, and I need to make corrections to some things that someone else wrote. =3

by **Fate Flyer** Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:35 pm

I am learning how to use the mental ray in my class, since our previous teacher never actually taught any of us. Ooh, break's just about over now!

Aw, good luck, Kathryn! I know how you feel. Sad

by Zovo Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:37 pm

Fate Foretold wrote:I am learning how to use the mental ray in my class, since our previous teacher never actually taught any of us. Ooh, break's just about over now!

Aw, good luck, Kathryn! I know how you feel.

The what?! Shocked

Mental ray? That sounds. . . dangerous?

by **Kathryn Lacey** Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:45 pm

It's sounds futuristic, actually.

I really don't think you know how I feel, Fate, because I'm just up to my knees... You're submerged to your neck. XD

by Zovo Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:47 pm

Dangerously futuristic.

by **Sunwolf007** Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:00 pm

I agree.

I am watching the Red Wings game. Tied up and now its starting to get interesting.

by **Fate Flyer** Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:40 pm

This class lasts forever... -__-

by Zovo Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:52 pm

Fate Foretold wrote:This class lasts forever... -__-

Don't complain; you're learning to use a Mental Ray. . . or is it not as cool as it sounds?

by **Gadreille** Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:53 pm

What are you currently doing? - Page 5 Aubrey-beardsley-herod-ordered-salome-the-head-of-john-the-baptist

Studying the Fin-de-siecle Art Nouveau movement, and the Femme Fatale.

This is an illustration for Wilde's book production of Salome...drawn by Aubrey Beardsley, Salome with Head of John the Baptist, 1892

Enjoy Smile

by **Kathryn Lacey** Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:07 pm

That's a really interesting work... I'm having trouble deciding just how much- or possibly how little- I like it...

by **Gadreille** Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:08 pm

Kathryn Lacey wrote:That's a really interesting work... I'm having trouble deciding just how more- or possibly how little- I like it...

That is the controversy of modern art ^_^

by Reffy Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:13 pm

Currently eating cotton candy (candy floss) and watching CSI LV (the only CSI worth watching in my mind)
Just finished off an awesome dinner of chili in bread-bowls with lots of mozzarella cheese!

by **Kathryn Lacey** Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:21 pm

Yeah. I suppose it is. I think that picture is going to present a love-hate deal in my mind... I like the way that piece flows a bit, but in general, it's nothing special. I personally know people who can produce better art than that.

Yeah... love-hate covers it... just like love-hate covers this ridiculous song that used to be on the radio by... some... emo-rap band called... um... :: thinks... :: um... :: googles :: 3Oh!3... bleh... It's so stupid... but there's this amazing line about beef and vegetarianism in the beginning that I love. XD

{EDIT}
Reffy! Fail! >=( the orignal CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is the only one worth watching! It has Grissom, and he is the best! ^^_^^
{/EDIT}

by **Sunwolf007** Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:26 pm

I am posting here!

I agree. The original is the best CSI.

I am also wondering if it is politically correct to think of children as property. Think about it for a second. You never hear someone say: I birthed this child 9 months ago. You hear: I had my child 9 months ago. What's up with the whole ownership thing? Is it like indentured servitude?

Anyway the talk at work (the group consists mostly of parents and yes I am the youngest in my department) was that yes you do own the child until they turn 18. So yeah. Just my random thought of the day.

by **Gadreille** Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:29 pm

I usually say "I gave birth" or "He was born". I think 'had' is just lazy american language...

You have legal guardianship over your child until he is 18...I wouldn't call it ownership though. Some may feel that way...but I don't look at my son and see property. Ticket to the evolutionary gene pool maybe, but not property Razz

by **Kathryn Lacey** Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:54 pm

Of course you don't look at your son and think "property," but I agree that yes, he is your property. You even get a benefit for having him when tax season rolls around.

I think they belong to their parents until they're eighteen unless those parents or the child(ren) die, the government takes the child(ren) from those parents, or until they are emancipated. You have to take care of your child just like you have to take care of anything else you own- like plants or DVD's or books, etc.

by The Melancholy Spirit Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:04 pm

Currently listening to Agathodaimon's song Ne Cheama Pamintul while chatting with a friend and anxiously awaiting the hour when we leave for the concert. Very Happy

by **Gadreille** Fri Oct 09, 2009 12:10 am

I understand what you mean, but I think children are different than property...or at least, in my life, my child in no way associates with property.

If I had apartment insurance in an apartment, and it caught on fire...and I lost my possessions as well as my family...property insurance would not cover the loss of a person, because a person is not the same thing as an owned item. Yes, I could try and sue the apartment complex, but that is a different situation, and has nothing to do with whether or not said child is property.

It really depends how you look at it, but I definitely don't relate any human to property. I feel it is unethical to view any human that way, and you cannot build a solid relationship with anyone if you view or treat them as something you own. I do not plan on raising Theoden in a "Do as I say because I said so" environment, as I was not raised in one and I have a good relationship with my parents.

I guess what I am trying to say is that It would be somewhat hypocritical of me to say I don't believe in slavery, but I own my child. So while some people out there may have the belief that they own their children (including the IRS, in your example), and there are certainly people out there who still believe in slavery...I am not one of them.

I understand my view is radical, but as a possible cultural anthropologist, I have to be very careful about my treatment of fellow humans, including but not limited to my own family.

by **Kathryn Lacey** Fri Oct 09, 2009 12:18 am

Just because you own something, doesn't mean you have to treat it like a belonging. My cat was my pet, but he was a part of the family. I didn't force him to do my bidding whether he liked it or not. In fact, if he wanted to do something, there was no way in hell I could make him stop ((like sitting in my lap)). Owning someone and enslaving them are entirely different concepts.

I do commend your parenting methods. I was raised in an "do it because I said so" environment, and it sucked ass.

by **Gadreille** Fri Oct 09, 2009 12:28 am

Kathryn Lacey wrote:Owning someone and enslaving them are entirely different concepts.

I disagree here, I feel that all forms of ownership of human beings is in itself a form of slavery.
...but...I don't want to argue because I'm just not that argumentative. This is just my opinion, and I realize that.

I also feel that this ethnocentric mindset of ownership of children (no, not all parents around the world feel this way) could be a direct or indirect cause of adolescent angst in teens today. But yea, that is totally just a hypothesis and I don't know if it has been tested.

Kathryn Lacey wrote:I do commend your parenting methods. I was raised in an "do it because I said so" environment, and it sucked ass.

Thank you. It is not an easy choice but I stand by it, for I want a child who will question authority if authority does something worth questioning, rather than follow like a lamb.

by **Kathryn Lacey** Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:03 am

Right. I accept your opinion as yours, and I respect it. ^^_^^

Also, yeah. It has to be difficult. It's easier to say, "Do this because I said so." rather than "You should do this for this valid reason."

by **Fate Flyer** Fri Oct 09, 2009 8:07 am

Zovo wrote:
Fate Foretold wrote:This class lasts forever... -__-

Don't complain; you're learning to use a Mental Ray. . . or is it not as cool as it sounds?

Lol I just saw this. xD Nah, it's not nearly as cool as it sounds haha.

by **Kathryn Lacey** Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:09 pm

I'm checking my email before I have to finish getting ready to go to my eye doctor appointment. Yay, contacts!

by Reffy Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:47 pm

Kathryn Lacey wrote:{EDIT}
Reffy! Fail! >=( the orignal CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is the only one worth watching! It has Grissom, and he is the best! ^^_^^
{/EDIT}

Hubby only just got me in to CSI. He agrees that Grissom was the best and very awesome. I never really got to see him Crying or Very sad

All I know is that he was a bug guy. Finding all sorts of bugs to solve the murder case.

Good Luck with eye doctor's Smile

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