^

Since I've started posting in this forum, you have really reminded me of one of my close friends from Singapore. This confirms it...it is a bit freaky how similar you two are. Only she does like to shop. A lot.

^ That's a relief. In what way are we alike though?

Aside from a few things in your list there, it really is just a vibe I get. The way you talk to people and the things you let people know. Also, a good taste in music.

lol, well thank you.
Though it really is hard finding someone that is similar to me in any way. It makes life much harder. However, everything seems much better than my school years... Feeling optimistic.

*Damn it! A lot of grammatical mistakes in that list!

3- Same, except now. I kinda broke it. I'm seeing someone does that count?
6- Same but this group of friends may be keepers, but it's only been about a year.
9- I used to watch all the cartoons in Scottish Gaelic when I was a bairn, I learned basic Gaelic and have yet forgotten everything :(
10- I feel your pain. I done this a few times.
15- I don't think, I know.
19- We're both night cats.
20- Ha, I do this. I never really noticed I spend ages on what I'm listening to until you mentioned it.
21- I love you man. For it all, esp the bolded. It's like Scottish is your 4th? language :D

I'm shamefully a wannabe Scottish lol.
Seeing someone counts unfortunately. I never even dated or "spoke" or "saw" someone. To my friends, I'm just asexual lol.
And I do hope this group of friends are keepers, as I also have been with them for a year only, though I do like them much more than my previous friends, I still get annoyed by their usual practices. We'll see in a year (or even less).

I'll school yae aw mah Scottish.

I do this a lot as well, and never think about how long I actually take until I have other people in the car with me. I get constant complaints. They just don't understand...I need to be playing EXACTLY what my ears are craving. I'll even start playing some music and decide 2 minutes in that I need something else.

But once I figure it out...I couldn't be happier.

This happens to me all the time. So I try to change the album, while driving, and as I do use my laptop to play my music, I can be a real threat to society.

wow, ya I do that all the time. Thought it was ADD..drives everyone nuts.

NumberNine, your list made me think of a lot of questions and comments for you:

I relate to that somewhat. I never cared to wear dresses from around 2nd grade on, though I did wear some to school dances. I liked wearing shorts and my favorite shirt with a tiger on it...or one with seagulls. Do you dislike dresses because you associate them with weakness and vulnerability...or simply because you see them "costumes" rather than just functional clothing?

Why could you only attend 2 days a week?

So are your mum and aunts always buying you black clothes and why?

You might surprise yourself. When you're older you really may feel completely differently and realize that the tough times of youthful introspection helped you understand yourself enough to take great care with another person.

Hmm. This is interesting, Number9. Have you tried intentionally fighting the awkwardness by hugging people when you are not drunk? The more you do something, the easier it is supposed to get.

You sound like a connoisseur, despite what you say about yourself. When I'm in the car I just turn on the radio...but actually, I usually don't even do that, because I dislike most of the music played!

Smoking. What caused you to start? What might inspire you to quit?

You have fear of failure and thus a fear of trying. This is very common. Remember, it really doesn't matter if someone thinks you are a bad director. First of all, there are lots of directors whom people think are bad. Second of all, nothing has to be "perfect." What is "perfect" anyway? Also, if everyone comes into film-making school knowing how to make "good" movies, then there really wouldn't be a point to having a film school at all. So, I assume people there expect movies to start off kind of rough.

This is one of the first things I remember about you, Number9, after you joined MB...that you see yourself as asexual. I felt an instant affinity for you since I mostly feel gender neutral.

You say your friends see you as asexual. By asexual do you mean gender neutral OR do you mean having no sexual feelings? My guess is someone you know personally views you as a sexual being!

Jesus, Angelica! This was supposed to be fun. You've dissected her entire life. This is the first time I've become annoyed with you. :(

I'll do my best to answer :p:

It makes me feel vulnerable, like I'm exposed. I feel a need to hide myself. I hate being the person that is attracting the attention.
I feel the same way when wearing light colours, that's why I only wear black.

It was just too boring, and sometimes plainly offensive. I kept correcting the teachers, and they kept stuttering.
The last confrontation I remember in school, was when our Philosophy teacher, was telling us that animal lives have no meaning to humans. He felt that if a dog is in danger, no human will care if he dies. So, that was one of those offensive moments.
Plus, a Catholic School is not the greatest place to be, for an Atheist.

They used to buy me all colours, but I only used to wear the black items. So now, they mostly buy me black clothes.

I might...

Well people do hug me, so I just try to "hug" them back. I don't think I'm doing it right.

I'm just picky.

It just gives me a buzz, instead of getting drunk between classes.
I don't have to smoke, as sometimes I just stop for 2 weeks, just cause I don't feel like it. So I don't think there is any kind of "quitting" involved. I just have my phases. It used to be books and hookahs, then movies , now it's music and ciggies. Will see what'll happen next year.

I don't care what other people think. I'm scared that I realise myself, that I'm one of the bad directors.

I'm gender neutral, but my friends feel I'm asexual.
Though, I'm not far from being asexual. It also comes in phases.

I'd love to give you one of my hugs. I've been told they're good. Only thing is... Large heigh differences cause awkward hugs, I can't hug small people. So you'd have to like, stand up a kerb or something before I gave you one. :D

lol, another problem that adds to the awkwardness. :p:
Though my short height, is one of the main hugging attractions. They all feel that I'm a little baby that should be hugged and have its cheeks squeezed.

Haha I wouldn't squeeze your cheeks, that's somewhat belittling you. Although I would want to pick you up and put you in my pocket forevermore. I wouldn't do it 'cause of your height! :D

^There's surely no belittling there, inside the Scottish pocket.

Bah, no worries.
It's a relief to talk about these things, not really the kind of subjects I usually open myself.

I expect a really good kayy hug then, when I come visit.

How tall are you Kay, and Numbernine, I guess I just felt like she was picking at yo brain. And what a beautiful brain I think it is.

She's 5'11"

Just trying to understand NumberNine more, 333! No offense was meant! :) I was curious because of similarities I see between some of her views and mine.

Yes...that's how dresses make me feel, too! Like I'm "on show."

This sounds awful. I can understand you not being in such a school many days...though I didn't realize it was "legal" not to go.

Oh! I see. You are afraid of disappointing yourself because your directing abilities may not meet your own standards.

Thanks for answering my questions, #9.

I love giving people with small height differences hugs, it's so... comfortable and matchy.

I'm 5'11, and I think NumberNine is just under a foot smaller, awkwardness! I'm sure I could pick you up to be my height though Melissa, I'm strong and tough!!

I'm 4'10 :D

It's not too bad.
I was with this girl the same height Melissa.
Granted, we were not the best matched couple. xD
But she was so cute, I loved hugging her. =PP

yup, just like having a walking/talking teddy bear.

OMG. I thought you were like 5'0/5'1/5'2.

I want to steal you.

Basically. =D

Hahaha, that would be creepy if I didn't know you so well.

Will you protect me, mama bear?

Hahaha. <33
I don't have to protect you from Kayy!

Aw, 5'11'' and 4'10'' wouldn't be that awkward! I'm 5'3'' and my boyfriend is 6'6''. Ok, it was kind of awkward, but like everything else, it takes some getting used to. Let's see some more lists now!

1. i'm wearing striped trousers
2. my desktop wallpaper is currently green
3. last week i bought some magnets
4. i just got a 30% raise
5. i don't speak the language where i live
6. i've never seen Top Gun
7. i like to eat bananas with peanut butter
8. i enjoy camping alone in the desert
9. i have three degrees in anthropology
10. i don't like ice cream
11. i have a cat named Biscuit
12. my wife had to work late today
13. next week i turn 32
14. i need glasses but i'm too lazy to do anything about it
15. i also need a haircut. bad.
16. i still play with legos
17. i am prone to yell out nonsensical crap for no reason
18. i'm really good at Scrabble
19. i dig Uncle Scrooge comics
20. today i wore a red shirt with a cartoon chicken on it
21. i can't sleep past 6am
22. i could spend an entire day at the zoo watching various primates
23. i'm going to Texas in a few weeks
24. i have 10 fingers and 10 toes
25. i'm glad this is finally done

Top Gun was pretty boring..

and yeah legos w00t<3

I'll take the bait...

1. I teach well over 400 students Mon-Fri

2. I have a husband and three adopted sons

3. I marched with The Cadets Drum and Bugle Corp

4. I wear glasses, but only when I have to read something. Like a score.

5. One of my all time favorite bands is The Beach Boys

6. My Guilty pleasure band is the Charlie Daniels Band

7. I can teach anybody how to play anything as long as they want to and they try.

8. My teaching methods are off the wall. I do not write people up, kick them out of the room, or send them to the office. Instead, they serve a session with me doing manual labour; whatever I happen to need done.

9. My little brother is a Mass State Trooper. He's also a pest because he pulls me over for no good reason.

10. My mom plays piano with the BSO.

11. My dad was in the US Navy.

12. I speak a little French, and Italian.

13. I'm half Irish and half Italian.

14. I've broken 26 bones as a result of a marching band injury.

15. I will always fight for my students.

16. In 13 years of teaching, I've written up a total of three people.

17. I've been punched in the face four times, by studnents.

18. I've been stabbed twice, once by a student.

19. I teach at a regional high school

20. When I was 14, I sailed from Boston to Charleston, SC, with my dad and brother.

21. My dog's name is Toby and he's fully trained. He only listens to me.

22. My husband, Chrisitian, is an EMT.

23. I have 4 best friends, whom I've known since high school. We're all professional musicians.

24. I play with several performing groups. A brass choir, a chamber orchestra, a youth orchestra (I'm the director), and a string quirtet.

25. And finally, I used to be able to tap dnace when I was a kid. Now it's ball room-slow dancing.

Fuck, man! What was the reason behind that?

I always assumed you were Male, and then the mention of a husband threw me off and I'm half and half. What are you? Male?

^ he's g-ay

Um...The first time I got stabbed was a bar fight. I was at my brother's bacholer party, and two of the guys got a little out of hand, so I tried to break them up, and one of them stabbed me with a piece of glass. The second time, I'm not really sure why, purhaps just a really bad day. He stabbed me with a pencile.

The first three times I got punched in the face, I don't really remember why. The fourth time, I had asked the student to do something or another, and he just hauled off and hit me in the face.


And yes, I'm a guy and married to a guy.

Damn that's pretty rough.

Hey you can come work at my school.. we're much less violent, though probably equally obnoxious.

And you are almost certainly cooler than our current band/music teacher.

My school really isn't that violent. I've been here for 13 years. I consider four hits in 13 years a good record, ha. I think part of it is that we put alot of pressure on our students. Because of our regional high school status, we can be very selective about the students we accpet. And we hold very high acedemic standards for them. I s'pose that the stress simply got to 'em.
We're what's called a "Proffessional Devolopement School", meaning that for college students majoring in education, Clear View is the place to go to get your hours in the classroom. Education majors have to have a certain amount of hours observing a teacher, helping students, and infact teaching every now and again. It's so that the teachers-to-be have a little bit of experince before they start. If you're planning on teaching at a high school level in Mass, Clear Veiw is the place to be.

And thanks, ha. But I like my school. The students are fairly sane...

You're not wrong