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  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Living a Lie

    I always respect someone who says, "be brutal," definitely a sign of maturity and good intent :) nice to see. Firstly, it's always good to make absolutely sure your grammar's ...

    Mar 8, 2008
  • Lounge, The Re: The "I'm Back" Thread

    It's a little belated, but: I'm back. I'm kind of sad that I missed the Journal while I was away, but that's alright, plenty of exciting things going on to ...

    Mar 7, 2008
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Have Verse Novels Earned Their Place?

    I've never read any Hopkins, so I can't comment on her - what I have read is the fantastic The Golden Gate by Vikram Seth. It's entirely in verse, and ...

    Mar 5, 2008
  • Media Reviews Re: A Wrinkle In Time

    I read this book very early on in my life and it's definitely stuck with me, I still read it every now and again and find it just as good ...

    Mar 5, 2008
  • Lounge, The Re: Post Your Pic Here [5]

    Chocolate Milk, Hazelnut, Marizpan & Nougat. I still have the carton, and even with the drink gone it exudes an aura of sickly sweetness.

    Feb 29, 2008
  • Lounge, The Re: Post Your Pic Here [5]

    Still alive! Haven't changed much. In Prague! ... and what did I do there? Drank Mozart Dessert Drink. Disgusting stuff. Back later.

    Feb 29, 2008
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: No Escape!

    Aw, lots of not-critiques (useful as they are), how sad! Let's fix that. You're new here, so I'll keep it fairly short and just try to give you some broad ...

    Feb 29, 2008
  • Lounge, The Re: Firestarter (President of British Operations) Moves On

    Ah, life is sad - just as I make it back, you make it out. Well, c'est la vie , and though it sucks I do hope we'll see your ...

    Feb 29, 2008
  • Narrative Poetry Re: Leaving Home

    Cheers m'dears, you make an old hack happy. Perhaps I'll be able to redraft upon your instruction :)

    Feb 29, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Should there be a White History Month?

    No disrespect, but really you have to live in America to understand why we have Black History Month and not White History. Mmm... nope! Actually it's pretty easy to understand, ...

    Feb 28, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Sovereignty

    No to all of them. Nationalism is a destructive mistake, and the less nations we have the better. Instead of seperatist movements, it would be nice to see more countries ...

    Feb 22, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Abortion

    Ah, yes, the debate forum. Joy of joys. Do not underestimate the power of hormones. We, as living creatures, are driven by many biological urges, and chief among them is ...

    Feb 22, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Should there be a White History Month?

    Ah, Black History Month! What a wonderfully disguised slur on Afro-Americans. I always found it similar in principle to those glorious new Equal Opportunity Acts people are always trying to ...

    Feb 21, 2008
  • Narrative Poetry Re: Leaving Home

    Indeed, too long. I'm out of practice, I'm afraid, so apologies for the many problems you'll probably find with this one. [pre] LEAVING HOME This is where the cordon ends: ...

    Feb 19, 2008
  • Randomosity Re: Rate the Username above you!

    7/10 sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet :P

    Oct 14, 2007


I wondered why we put villains in our stories when we have plenty of them in real life; then I realized that maybe we wanted stories where the good guy wins.
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