Madrigal
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Oh Maddy!
A burst of blatant talent. Powerful, remarkable. Damn good, but worrying too.
Very worrying.
Camy
Thank you! But please don't worry, I am quite alright :D.
Quite wonderful, Maddy, a flame of genius burning brightly.Get this out and onto paper and then let it go. Much better on paper than on your mind! You have a great talent and a lot of folks here who care about you. Do some more writing!
Bruin
That's exactly how I deal with problems. I write about them, or talk about them, and they somehow go away 8D. Most of them, at least :P.
And thanks for the praise! :flutters away:
Maddy (:
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Or he could just call his friend....LOL.
Maddy (:
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Haha. Before I try to seriously solve this puzzle... does he call his friend for the time? hahahah
(I know this is wrong, but everyone seems to be giving incorrect answers so here is mine 8D)
Maddy (:
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Pfft, that's easy then.
Hazardous.
Maddy (:
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Sincerely, I apologize.
Do think of me as psychiatric meat:
What feeds the highly gifted fleet
Of lightly-robed, syringe-wearing,
Misanthrope, strongly-swearing,
Is something I may not explain under this light.
But what is light?
Is it insanity, generously shed with amity?
Is it malevolence, bathed in your benevolence?
Is it darkness, showered in your sun?
Or is it just some sort of shameful fun?
I do believe that light is godly.
Unfortunate am I, for I believe in mysticism.
But no, excuse my verbiage, I do mean mystery.
And this carries in its hidden meaning misery.
But what is an apology but shameless speech?
Alas, it?s nothing but hypocrisy in latent peak.
For as I tie this knot around, around,
I see that nothing matters now.
This perfect square: a barrier from the rain.
Oh, ceiling! I hope to not mistreat your feeling,
For it is shelter that you gave this frame.
You?ll misinterpret words from actions not,
For it is obvious that this triple knot
Will hold the weight that medicine cannot.
Do bring me joy, rope from the heavens,
For I am much too scared to grab the blade
And cause a flood to surge.
And yes, I do believe I feel it.
It is most certainly pure regret,
Foreseeing you, poor innocent maid
With sponge in hand, dangling French braid,
Mopping the floors of these white corridors,
And seeing my lifeless body dangle from the skies.
Oh maid, I most sincerely apolo--
Maddy (:
Edit: not a cry for help, sorry if I alarmed anyone! This was written over 5 months ago for The Hub's 'Sorry' Anthology, but I withdrew it at the last minute!
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This is a tough one but it can be done. If you don't like it, blame Einstein! I've filched it from here:
Einstein's puzzle on H2G2 and you can check the answer there if you like.
Albert Einstein wrote this riddle in the early 20th century and claimed that 98% of the population would not be able to solve it. Can you? It takes a bit of working out, but I assure you it is possible. You might find it helps to write down your ideas as you go along.
The Fiendish Question
In a street there are five houses painted five different colours. In each house lives a person of a different nationality. The five people each drink a different beverage, smoke a different brand of cigarette and keep a different pet.
1) The Brit lives in the red house
2) The Swede has a dog
3) The Dane drinks tea
4) The green house is on the left of the white house
5) The owner of the green house drinks coffee
6) The person who smokes Pall Mall has birds
7) The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill's
8) The man living in the centre house drinks milk
9) The Norwegian lives in the first house
10) The man who smokes blends lives next to the one who has cats
11) The man who has horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill's
12) The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer
13) The German smokes Prince
14) The Norwegian lives next to the blue house
15) The man who smokes Blends has a neighbour who drinks water.
Who keeps the fish?
Bruin with a maniacal laugh
I really had no idea how to solve this. I figured out some of the things, but now even looking at the answers I can't quite figure out how they were found! *ponders*
Maddy (:
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By appointment to His Madrigalness:
Excluding esoteric technical terms, there are only four words in the English Language that end with 'dous'.
Can you name all four?
Bruin
Your question is: can you name all four?
You did not specify if you wanted the words that end in 'dous', so I'm assuming that the 4 words you are looking for are these:
Excluding esoteric technical terms.
I have heard a similar riddle: There are only three words in The English Language that end in '-gry'. One is angry and the other one is hungry. Can you name the third word?
It's quite easy :D.
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You guys didn't even give me a chance to solve! I demand more! :P
*enables email notification*
Maddy (:
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Sadly, Maddy was wrong. I already knew this information, since my brother married the daughter of a conductor, but I double checked, and you can too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conductor_(transportation) Freight trains DO have conductors.
My answer wasn't based on assuming that it was a freight train lol.
I love riddles. What I have noticed is that most of them force you to use only the information within them, and so if this were a legitimate riddle I can assure you my answer would be correct... LOL. I refuse to lose! :P
Maddy (:
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More please, more! And to answer Bruin's 'survivor' riddle... survivors don't get buried!
Maddy (:
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Oh my.
...Seems they tore her a new one.
Omg... ahahahah!
I will never be able to hear that without remembering this! (not to mention laughing like a madman)
Maddy (:
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The train that is going 15 miles an hour northbound will pass the train southbound from Leeds in 2 hours 17 minutes. On each train are 27 sheep, 14 mules, one cat and a Raven. What colour are the conductor's briefs?
BTW
There would be no conductor :P
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Camy, do you mean like this:
Imagine you are the driver of a bus, which leaves the terminus with three passengers. It stops at fifteen points on its journey and at each point two people get off the bus. Also at each point, the same number of people get on the bus as the number of the stop (one person at the first stop, two people at the second stop etc.) until the tenth stop. At the eleventh and subsequent stops, one person gets on the bus if it's an odd-numbered stop, nobody gets on the bus if it's an even numbered stop.
After the fifteenth stop, the bus returns to the terminus. What was the name of the driver?
I'm sure you will enjoy working out this puzzle - I HAVE TOLD YOU THE ANSWER!!
Hugs
Bruin
Haha that's not a very puzzling puzzle :P.
Maddy (:
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Click Here 4:>>
I want to dangle them from my rearview mirror... all of them ;;.
Maddy (:
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In order for Vista's obtrusive processes to be less-so, I had to downgrade the graphics to Windows 98 level. I think I might just go back to XP... this just isn't worth it! ;O And I will spread the word not to fall in their traps... ugh.
Maddy (:
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No Matter
by Camy
No matter your look; I'll know it's you
No matter your mood; you pull me through
No matter what; you're mine and I care
I'm here and I love you; let them all stare
No matter the weather; come rain or come shine
No matter your state; blue funk or sublime
No matter; whatever is getting you down
I'm here and I love you; I'll wipe off your frown
No matter the trouble; you cause for us all
No matter the distance; I'll see you don't fall
No matter the past; the tears shed at night
I'm here and I'll love you; from dawn to dawn's light
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29th Feb 2008 - a leap year poem
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How beautiful! I want to be loved like this :(.
Recommended. 5 stars!!! No, 10! 8D
Maddy (:
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Ah, I shall check it out. I love Dan's writing :D.
Maddy (:
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I think I like TR's take on it better than the original article...AHAHAHAHH!
And... eeww? Why would anyone apply to that position? *gross*
Maddy (:
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About a week ago, I had to put an extra 1Gb of Ram into my laptop, as the 1012 Mb storage just wasn't doing it. I might just switch back to XP... my laptop will be much better off if I do so.
Maddy (:
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Okay, let me elaborate on little Brandon's situation.
Deviance, as defined by sociologists and psychologists alike, is behavior which is in many cases (but not always) punished by law (though sometimes deviance is only punished through social stigma). Idiosyncrasies that are looked down upon by certain societies are also deviant and in various instances punishable by law(i.e. homosexuality in Uganda, sodomy in most Islamic nations, polygamy in America). Deviance is defined by the members of a society, by factors such as norms, beliefs, and the culture from which these arise.
A look at Merton's strain theory (a theory that focuses on widely-accepted means towards widely-held goals, but somewhat fails to explain deviance in such cases as mental illness and homosexuality) helps us understand the concept of deviance (though it is a very 'basic' model, and should not be used for strictly-controlled analysis).
here is an image that illustrates this theory (notice 'rebellion' on the far corner).
Let's face it... we don't know what was going through the kid's head when he killed King. Brandon could fit into any of those categories, but the fact that he could fit into 'any' of them marks him closer to being a rebel than anything else (fsince his motives and means are relative to the individual analyzing them, and the only thing we care about here are the things he 'rejects').
Let's focus on the means.
This is where we may analyze Brandon's situation through a symbolic-interactionism perspective.
Why did Brandon use a gun?
Many of you think that this has to do with the bill of rights. Everybody has the right to bear arms, and so children are naturally being socialized to lose their fear of these man-made contraptions. If we're going to tie to that, we might as well include all other factors into the equation. Let's say Brandon liked violent video games, enjoyed rough wrestling, and played 'cowboys and indians' with daddy when he was only an infant. This tells us that Brandon learned that violent behavior (deviant, in this case) was the way to solve conflict.
Now, let's focus on the goals. We have already established that he used a gun to kill him, and we know that part of his goal rose from the idea of vengeance. We won't focus on the motives, just on the goals. Let's use the idea of social-conflict to do this. We're going to emphasize diversity.
King had recently outed himself at school, and apparently had declared to Brandon that 'he liked him'. He had also had an argument with King about homosexuality. We can conclude that this is a hate crime, of course, but we have to determine whether this was a sporadic act, or if it was driven by vengeance. We cannot know this, but we must assume that Brandon had not liked being put on the spot and having his heterosexual role toyed with (an instance of role conflict).
You can't 'diagnose' something when you don't have enough information. This is just a guess, but one that is based on what members of particular societies act upon. Looking at the evidence and the assumptions we are able to make, we can't really conclude that Brandon was led to commit the crime because of these circumstances... however, we ARE able to conclude that (were a person to show these characteristics and be in such circurmstances) they would be prone to committing such acts of deviance.
Maddy (:
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It is not gun culture. It is America itself. :S
We have gun-control here. Permit to carry license, permit to own, permit to purchase, stuff like that. My father has an M-16, a shotgun, and a revolver. I have seen it at different times, but we were never allowed to touch it. I have only seen dad use the shotgun once. On a really BIG king cobra on the front yard.
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Anyway, gun control is not the issue. It is public education systems over there. It encourages bullying, xenophobia, homophobia, social stratification. I have a childhood friend studying now in Texas, and she says the schools there are waaay different than it is here. The cliques are much more... umm... self-contained, everyone gets labels, and the teachers just don't care. Isn't it strange that almost all of the school shootings by students happen in America?
Until the schools there start educating children against hate crimes, or at least to be more accepting of diversity, school shootings, suicides, and murders will still continue. Gun control won't stop that alone.
I cannot tell you how many things are wrong with this.
You cannot base your opinion on someone else's. The problem in America is not the education. The problem is not America. There is no 'problem' to be fixed in just America. It is the natural order of things: people feel the need to be protected. Many Americans don't know the difference between third-world poverty and what they consider to be a low-income area. Why? Because it is all relative. I can tell you that just as many people own guns in rural Mexico as they do in the United States and, while there are nearly no school shootings, all the problems revolve around the same things (at varying degrees, and concluded differently).
I cannot stand here and say "the problem is America" just because I once lived in a country with different problems (while it's true that community crimes are scarce, we also have a really big problem with armed burglary and assault in tourist areas). Different countries are different (just be logical, people).
Everything has an effect on everything else. These 'statistics' are caused by combined factors of basically everything happening inside the country and everything happening outside the country. Americans are constantly bombarded with images of violence, stories about armed burglary, documentaries on the problems of other countries, and accounts of the problems in America and of America (gang violence in certain areas, the war in Iraq, etc). It is not only natural that people lose sight of real problems and project the problems of other areas (even as remote as other countries) into their reality.
Let me repeat: it is not an American problem, as many people would like to say. It is a world problem. It's nice to be able to point your finger in any direction, instead of recognizing that one's own problems have an effect on other people. Having said that, events in America--as seen very clearly in this topic-- have an effect on others... just look at how many people are arguing about something that happened here!
Maddy (:
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There are two basic ways to look at this, the sociological and psychological. It is better to combine both of these, as it is a function of both society and the individual.
From a sociologist point of view: one could argue that the 'need to be liked' ties back to the world's constant and inevitable change from mechanical solidarity to organic solidarity. (refer to any study of 'social interaction' or 'symbolic interaction' to learn more)
Mechanical solidarity occurs in traditional societies, where much of the interaction between individuals is face-to-face, and where-due to a lack of task specialization- there is a general absence of task hierarchy. In most urban societies, most interaction occurs either on paper, or through second persons. This is due to the high specialization of tasks (task division of labor) and therefore a hierarchy of employment.
This is where the psychologist in me kicks in: while socialization of the individual at early ages can be explained through basic sociology, this is better tackled by the psychological perspective. I will summarize (realize that this is HIGHLY simplified, and that psychology is equally as important as the society's influence in this case) for you: various events in most people's lives cause them to develop interdependence.
Now back to sociology: when social ties are no longer perceived by the individual, and when most interaction is minimized in the workplace (i.e. manager vs. underling) anomie develops. Anomie is basically a sense of purposelessness.
Now back to psychology: the individual then tries to replace social ties by constant reassurance (i.e. 'i need to be liked).
Okaaayyy?
Trab's statement: 'How anyone could take offense at being liked speaks of a very damaged psyche'
Sociology and Psychology explain this with one word: rebellion.
Psychology sees this as reverse conformism (seeking to achieve common goals through new means), whereas sociology sees it as pure rebellion (creating new means towards new goals).
Had I still in my possession that wonderful sociology book I would cite, but alas, this is from memory.
Maddy (:
Edit: I just read the topic and this has nothing to do with it LOL. But anyway, this is an answer to Des's comments. I shall come back tomorrow and elaborate :P.
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Thus, the flashing teeth, the lengthy smile,
Reveal a powerful emotion, one so vile,
For its presence is felt and seen.
You stigmatize, you criticize,
You sensuous daughter of conspicuity!
You fake and shatter all the amity
That was given without compromise.
For a joke or death of foe:
One so loud, one so low,
As you might think yourself belligerent,
You are all! But not intelligent.
It might be better, you will see,
To hide, to grit your ivory,
To speculate upon a possibility
That others might express affinity
For things not quite so cruel.
So next time, joking jester,
Without laughing do think twice:
A toothy grin, a timely smile,
Might just be sufficient gesture.
Author's note: Children can be cruel, can they not?
Maddy (:
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For some reason I have no urge to masterbate but I do have a sudden urge to barf...
You're cured! haha
Maddy (:
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Excellent! I demand more shorts from you, both the cloth and word kinds :P.
And I thought of two things when I read the title: bag and Gabe. :P
Maddy (: