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The ultimate cure for attention-whore threads.  What have you been up to, lately?

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I recently started talking to a friend of mine that I haven't talked to since December.  Either she genuinely likes me, or she's just f-cking with me for the lulz.  ^^

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Passed my driver's ed test, so I only have 7 in-car classes and January 1 happening before I can get my license!

I'm going to take the test to get my learner's permit later this month.

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My girlfriend's pregnant.

Congratulations!  That's awesome! 

Thanks. It was unexpected, but you know... these things happen. This isn't actually news, since she's 7 months pregnant, but we didn't know until a few months ago (it's complicated).

is it gonna be a shot gun wedding?

Ironically, this will push wedding plans off to the distant future instead of within 2 years like previously envisioned. Weddings cost money; so do babies.

There's no real reason why you should get married just because of the circumstances.  Unless of course marriage in Canada carries significant economic benefits.

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You're giving her a hyphenated name?

Yes, I am a feminist after all

Good for you. 

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You're giving her a hyphenated name?

Yes, I am a feminist after all

I find giving a child a long hyphenated last name is just evil on them, forcing them to write out the whole shazam the whole time. I carry my mother's family name as my middle name instead.

To each their own, I guess. She certainly won't be raised in a way that she would think it's evil, though. She could rebel, though.

I don't think the kid would rebel and turn towards meaningless tradition, especially if you raise him or her to question those norms.  If the child is a girl, for example, and she has always used a hyphenated name, she may find it absurd, the notion that she'd have to take someone else's name and have children with a different name.

Well, you can always have that official last name but casually use one of them.  I had a friend who had a hyphenated last name.. Risch-Jansen... everybody just called him Risch... but Risch-Jansen isn't that long.  It'd be worse if it was like Oppenheimer-Bromenschenkel or something ridiculous like that.

That's how it works in the story I'm working on.  Everyone has a dual surname, but in casual usage, they typically just use the name of their same-sex parent.

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You're giving her a hyphenated name?

Yes, I am a feminist after all

I find giving a child a long hyphenated last name is just evil on them, forcing them to write out the whole shazam the whole time. I carry my mother's family name as my middle name instead.

To each their own, I guess. She certainly won't be raised in a way that she would think it's evil, though. She could rebel, though.

I don't think the kid would rebel and turn towards meaningless tradition, especially if you raise him or her to question those norms.  If the child is a girl, for example, and she has always used a hyphenated name, she may find it absurd, the notion that she'd have to take someone else's name and have children with a different name.

Well, you can always have that official last name but casually use one of them.  I had a friend who had a hyphenated last name.. Risch-Jansen... everybody just called him Risch... but Risch-Jansen isn't that long.  It'd be worse if it was like Oppenheimer-Bromenschenkel or something ridiculous like that.

That's how it works in the story I'm working on.  Everyone has a dual surname, but in casual usage, they typically just use the name of their same-sex parent.

I know people who drop one of their names too. In an ideal world, everyone would have a hyphenated name, and the girls would drop their father's half of the name upon marriage and the boy's their mother's. (so they don't get too long). If she asks what she should do upon marriage, I'll suggest dropping my name. That's just my solution anyways.

That would have the same effect as the dual surname in the story I'm working on.  Everybody keeps their dual surname, and the child of a couple will inherit a name from each of his or her parents.  For example, your kid would have the surname [Your last name]-[Your girlfriend's last name].  If she (It's a girl?) has a child with someone else, that child will have your girlfriend's last name, as part of his or her dual surname.

I hope my attempt to explain the concept made sense...

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You're giving her a hyphenated name?

Yes, I am a feminist after all

I find giving a child a long hyphenated last name is just evil on them, forcing them to write out the whole shazam the whole time. I carry my mother's family name as my middle name instead.

To each their own, I guess. She certainly won't be raised in a way that she would think it's evil, though. She could rebel, though.

I don't think the kid would rebel and turn towards meaningless tradition, especially if you raise him or her to question those norms.  If the child is a girl, for example, and she has always used a hyphenated name, she may find it absurd, the notion that she'd have to take someone else's name and have children with a different name.

Well, you can always have that official last name but casually use one of them.  I had a friend who had a hyphenated last name.. Risch-Jansen... everybody just called him Risch... but Risch-Jansen isn't that long.  It'd be worse if it was like Oppenheimer-Bromenschenkel or something ridiculous like that.

That's how it works in the story I'm working on.  Everyone has a dual surname, but in casual usage, they typically just use the name of their same-sex parent.

I know people who drop one of their names too. In an ideal world, everyone would have a hyphenated name, and the girls would drop their father's half of the name upon marriage and the boy's their mother's. (so they don't get too long). If she asks what she should do upon marriage, I'll suggest dropping my name. That's just my solution anyways.

That would have the same effect as the dual surname in the story I'm working on.  Everybody keeps their dual surname, and the child of a couple will inherit a name from each of his or her parents.  For example, your kid would have the surname [Your last name]-[Your girlfriend's last name].  If she (It's a girl?) has a child with someone else, that child will have your girlfriend's last name, as part of his or her dual surname.

I hope my attempt to explain the concept made sense...

That's the way it should be imo, except the name order shouldn't necessarily be male-female. We're using Eisner-Washburn because it sounds better than Washburn-Eisner. If someone truly wants to make things neutral and not subjective, then they could always go by alphabetical order.

In Shiani society (of the story I'm talking about) the surname inherited from an individual's same-sex parent traditionally comes first.  Though, the order can be different, based on, for example, sounding better.

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You're giving her a hyphenated name?

Yes, I am a feminist after all

I find giving a child a long hyphenated last name is just evil on them, forcing them to write out the whole shazam the whole time. I carry my mother's family name as my middle name instead.

To each their own, I guess. She certainly won't be raised in a way that she would think it's evil, though. She could rebel, though.

I don't think the kid would rebel and turn towards meaningless tradition, especially if you raise him or her to question those norms.  If the child is a girl, for example, and she has always used a hyphenated name, she may find it absurd, the notion that she'd have to take someone else's name and have children with a different name.

Well, you can always have that official last name but casually use one of them.  I had a friend who had a hyphenated last name.. Risch-Jansen... everybody just called him Risch... but Risch-Jansen isn't that long.  It'd be worse if it was like Oppenheimer-Bromenschenkel or something ridiculous like that.

That's how it works in the story I'm working on.  Everyone has a dual surname, but in casual usage, they typically just use the name of their same-sex parent.

I know people who drop one of their names too. In an ideal world, everyone would have a hyphenated name, and the girls would drop their father's half of the name upon marriage and the boy's their mother's. (so they don't get too long). If she asks what she should do upon marriage, I'll suggest dropping my name. That's just my solution anyways.

That would have the same effect as the dual surname in the story I'm working on.  Everybody keeps their dual surname, and the child of a couple will inherit a name from each of his or her parents.  For example, your kid would have the surname [Your last name]-[Your girlfriend's last name].  If she (It's a girl?) has a child with someone else, that child will have your girlfriend's last name, as part of his or her dual surname.

I hope my attempt to explain the concept made sense...

That's the way it should be imo, except the name order shouldn't necessarily be male-female. We're using Eisner-Washburn because it sounds better than Washburn-Eisner. If someone truly wants to make things neutral and not subjective, then they could always go by alphabetical order.

In Shiani society (of the story I'm talking about) the surname inherited from an individual's same-sex parent traditionally comes first.  Though, the order can be different, based on, for example, sounding better.

Ahh, but then you can siblings with different last names. Not desirable imo.

Well, in such a situation I'd imagine that they'd have names in the same order.  I'm in the process of constructing that society, so most of their culture isn't really set.

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Anyways, I don't see what's wrong with Eisner as a standalone name or why you would want to saddle her with anything as preposterous as "Washburn".

The whole point of a hyphenated name is to abandon the misogynistic tradition of only the male's last name being passed on to the children.

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I have finished the world map I had been working on for the past several months.  It is of a planet called Sanaya, the setting for that story I mentioned.

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I'm contemplating the possibility of federal aid for college, so that I can go to the University of Washington like I've dreamed.  It seems like otherwise, my parents would be unable to pay for it, even though they have another year to aggregate funds, since I'll have to live up there for a year to gain residency.  I don't think it's hypocritical at all.

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Just put a new article-thing on my website.

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I got my learner's permit recently, and I might be able to get my license by the time the Fall semester starts.  I remember though, that in order to get my license I have to be driving for a certain length of time.  If that stands, I won't have it until December.

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Good luck on teetotaling, Mech!

I got my learner's permit recently, and I might be able to get my license by the time the Fall semester starts.  I remember though, that in order to get my license I have to be driving for a certain length of time.  If that stands, I won't have it until December.

Congratulations! I got my license back in April and made life so much easier.

Having a car will give me the opportunity to have my own personal space, which I do not have otherwise.  It may also allow me to finally leave this wretched place in which I live.

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Good luck on teetotaling, Mech!

I got my learner's permit recently, and I might be able to get my license by the time the Fall semester starts.  I remember though, that in order to get my license I have to be driving for a certain length of time.  If that stands, I won't have it until December.

Congratulations! I got my license back in April and made life so much easier.

Having a car will give me the opportunity to have my own personal space, which I do not have otherwise.  It may also allow me to finally leave this wretched place in which I live.

Where you live is pretty standard American suburbia. I didn't see anything offensive at all about it when I went there last week.

I mean, out of this house where I have to live with a psycho and an alcoholic, and have absolutely no life.

I'd like to leave California, though.  Southern California, at least.

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For some reason, if I sit around all day and do nothing, I get this sort of brain-fog.

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Two weeks ago I invited a friend of mine I know online to come to a bi-weekly movie night I host on Livestream.  She didn't show up and dodged the question when I asked her why.  Either she was busy or, most likely, she doesn't like me all that much.  I'm not going to invite her to tomorrow's event.

I have no idea how she really feels about me.  I think it's possible that she does like me, but just not to the level that I like her, and my behavior annoys her.  She seemed excited about the idea of us meeting if I go up there.  But it could just be apocryphal like everything else she says.

We've known each other for nearly four years.  Though, there have been incidents in the past that were like this, that made me question how she feels about me.  I successfully leeched her from subconscious - I haven't messaged her in about a week, and I don't feel much desire to do so.

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I read about the Catholic Trotskyist Party

I was once a writer for a site called Independent Political Report, which had some wacko named Catholic Trotskyist commenting on things.  He apparently went on a number of missions for the Pope.

There was also an insane Libertarian guy who kept talking about the Progressive-Libertarian-Green alliance or someshit.

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I read about the Catholic Trotskyist Party

I was once a writer for a site called Independent Political Report, which had some wacko named Catholic Trotskyist commenting on things.  He apparently went on a number of missions for the Pope.

There was also an insane Libertarian guy who kept talking about the Progressive-Libertarian-Green alliance or someshit.

Yes, Robert Milnes, he still posts there.

And lol, I find this: http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/06/louisiana-libertarian-senatorial-candidate-anthony-%E2%80%98tony-g%E2%80%99-gentile-speaks-out/#comment-74664

Jun 25, 2009

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I read about the Catholic Trotskyist Party

I was once a writer for a site called Independent Political Report, which had some wacko named Catholic Trotskyist commenting on things.  He apparently went on a number of missions for the Pope.

There was also an insane Libertarian guy who kept talking about the Progressive-Libertarian-Green alliance or someshit.

Yes, Robert Milnes, he still posts there.

And lol, I find this: http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/06/louisiana-libertarian-senatorial-candidate-anthony-%E2%80%98tony-g%E2%80%99-gentile-speaks-out/#comment-74664

Jun 25, 2009

Yup.

It should be remembered that I was only able to start posting months after I had registered.  Leip neglected to approve my account.  Also, I was pretty stupid back then - I had just grown up from a two-year Paris Hilton obsession, and was in love with a girl from the Internet.

I don't exactly have strong opinions, when it comes to economics.  I don't think it would bother me that much if, for example, California's state government took over the electricity industry, or initiated some sort of public health care service.  The only problem I have is when it leeches into personal liberty.

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StatesRights says I have a made up disease, is he a doctor?

According to several people here, I have a made-up sexual orientation.

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I ate Chinese food today, and spent some time plotting my escape from L.A.  My first stop will likely be Santa Barbara, where I'll be spending some time hunting down that damn communist Sewer.  I'll probably sleep in Monterey.  If it's a situation where I have enough money and a camera, my trek to Seattle will last at least a week, and take me through California, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Washington.

I haven't been outside of my tiny corner of the United States since before I can clearly remember.  I've been to Florida and Ohio when I was like, eight or something.  I haven't been out of the house without my parents around, for more than a few hours.  I think this would be a lovely experience for me.

I have to learn to drive first, of course.  And get my AA, and convince my father to be okay with my plan, which is unlikely.

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I hope everyone realizes that the whole reason I made this thread was to make attention whore threads go away.

I installed Ubuntu onto a partition yesterday.  Posting from it now.  See what I did there?  I posted that here instead of making a new thread.

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I had my first day of class.

One of the classes is the third I've had with the same communist history professor.  He is apparently an admitted communist, and he's hilarious.  He said at the beginning of class that despite what students may have said on his Rate My Professor page, he does not take drugs.  He uses a lot of fowl language, and makes a lot of jokes about drugs and sex.  We once spent a whole day of class talking about health care.

That is my history of war class.  The other I had today was a philosophy class, which as you'd probably imagine was full of pretentious c**nts.  You know, the "Hurrdurr I'm not religious but I'm spiritual" type.