I don't give you much to work with on days I catch the response first thing in the morning... Like today.
That's how I feel about Shaun of the Dead, but my mom loves that movie. She also likes Hot Fuzz too, and that... End of the World film with the same actors, but yeah. Luckily she rarely asks to watch Shaun of the Dead. I mostly put it on if she's sick or down about something. It helps cheer her up.
Well, a lot of bands... Linkin Park, 3rd Door Down, Anberlin, Chevelle, Avenged Sevenfold, Five Finger Death Punch, Sonata Arctica, Pink, Katy Perry, Three Days Grace (old and new)... The list goes on and on, but I guess I'm just not a huge fan of whatever style Coldplay/Radiohead/Red Hot Chili Peppers/Shinedown are. I have to be in the mood for their mellow style. Often, I only like a handful of songs by a band.
My favorite is probably between Five Finger Death Punch and Sonata Arctica. I like more of their music than most bands. I've always been a fan of metal music more than anything, though I've been through rap and country phases.
Heh... Unless you're talking about marijuana and not cigarettes, people don't smoke for fun.
Marijuana I've tried once. It's really not my thing, but it makes everything funny. It also mellows people out, so it helps relax muscles and stuff. It's also safer than cigs.
In my experience, you want to talk to pot heads when they're sober because they're usually the smartest and most insightful people you'll meet. I have a theory that people with high IQ mostly smoke weed to stop their brains from going a mile (or kilometer) a minute.
As for cigarettes, people smoke them as stress relief. I'm pretty sure it's the breathing in and out that relieves stress, because you can do that and calm yourself without breathing in toxic chemicals.
Now, for that mask... High altitude means way up high, like on a mountain. I assume you know what 'endurance' means.
So it sounds like the mask helps mountain climbers climb Mt. Everest (and others) easier.
I'm not a fan of history either, but 90% of what we learn here is wrong anyway. Our history was written to make Americans look better than we are. For a class she took, mom had to get a book called Lies My Teacher Told Me (or something to that effect). I haven't read much of it, but one of my favorite quotes is "In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. In 1493, he stole all that he could see." Columbus is painted as this derpy guy we praise for finding America; when he wasn't even the first to find America. (see: Amerigo Vespucci)
The only times I enjoy history is when I'm told the truth, or interesting facts they don't include in the history books.
That's right. I forgot about that. My mom says I forget anything that doesn't interest me. She thinks it's weird that I don't ask people what they do for a living or anything. I've told her time and time again that that stuff doesn't matter, their personalities do, but she just doesn't get it.
Anyway, what I was going to say is that my brother, who's ancestry is part Jew, is very anti-Semitic. He says Jews ruin every country they go to, then just move on to the next. He's a bigger history buff than I am (obviously), so I'm sure he researched it.
He's also started reading the bibles of different religions.
My parents were convinced I was confused. The first few times I came out, my mom made me read parts of the bible talking about homosexuality being wrong (*cough cough* all in the Old Testament *cough cough*)
Mom doesn't like to be reminded of that now, because I think she's started understanding that some people are just gay. There's actual scientific documentation that shows a gay man's hippocampus is smaller, like a woman's, than a straight man's. She's gotten to the point where she gushes over how cute a gay couple is. Too much mushy stuff makes us both uncomfortable, regardless of the couple, but when there's a small kiss we're both like "they're so cute!!!"
I think she finally realized I wasn't confused when I finally dated a girl at age 22.
Sorry, but that writing is terrible... I definitely won't be reading that series now. I felt like I was reading fiction by a 12 year old.
I abhor Bluegrass music... I've only gone to a handful of mom's shows to show my support, but I can't stand the style. Dueling Banjos is cool, and I like the songs that sound peppy yet are about something macabre, but overall I don't like it.
Ahaha! Yeah, I want the panther (Sam) to have a route too, but he doesn't even have a sprite so I doubt he'll get one unless a lot of people ask. I was just mentioning their stretch goals, and Sam wasn't included in the list... Also I wonder if we're talking about the same character.. the one who takes your bags to your room, right?
