THE FORSAKEN - Cocytus

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UPDATED: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 17:20
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BSCPANTHERFAN

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 12:19 AM

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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
And here I thought Colorado was considered to be the South, and that much further south there was a a lot more misogyny. Maybe that's just because of the Mexican culture (sorry to any Latin American folk that might offend; this is based on my personal experience of every man I've personally met from Mexico because they all made me feel like an object. Not that that's exclusive to them, either, just seemed more consistant.) and white-trash cliches and the idea of "southern belles" which are commonly thought of as fairly helpless images of women.
I wish I knew some single straight-talking women I was willing to part with, but it's rare here, too, and the few I know are my friends. Or lesbians. Or both. Or at least friends of my family. Did I mention several of them are lesbians? I guess they have to develop that habbit to comfortably exist; if they get hit on and can't come right out and say they're lesbians, there are issues. Of course, I think there are always issues if you can't just come right out and say what's true, but you know what I mean.
Sorry, did that belong on Imponderables? Well, we can talk about anything we want here, so why not?
Anyway, is there middle ground where we real women could meet the real men, or do we have to venture into the blazing summer heat? Cuz really, if they're real men, they should be willing to meet us halfway

I think being direct in general is rare, no matter where you are. Maybe that's why guys don't believe I actually mean what I say? Huh.

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98% of teens have smoked pot, if you are one of the 2% that haven't, copy this into your signature (it counts even though I'm not a teen anymore)

Sorry it has taken so long to reply to this, and I see that this thread has gone all over the map this past week or so(ain't that cool)! Don't mistake the "southern belle" as helpless. I don't want to speak for her, but I think FMF might back me up on this. The southern belle at times can bear more of a reseblance to Patience than to Kaylee. They will smile and tell you "bless your heart", and sometimes they wait until your back is turned to stick in the knife. They are taught from an early age to manipulate on a level that would make Inara jealous, but they are also taught to do it so politely that it is considered rude of anyone to call them on it. Again, I'm not applying this to all women in the South, but there is a certain percentage that regard such behavior as a badge of honor. I much prefer the straight-talking type, because you never have to guess how they feel or what they think on a sublect. They will tell you.

As far as meeting halfway, I'm sure that something could be arranged, but we do have a little invention down here called air conditioning, and you can still go skiing, it's just on liquid water instead of powdered water.

So who is he?
He's my husband.
Well who in the damn galaxy ain't!

PHOENIXROSE

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 1:51 AM

Oh for heavens sake! Wow! Ok, apparently I didn't diffuse the situation by laughing at it, sorry to see there was such a hot argument.
I have nothing against hemp, I know the facts about paper and cloth and the like. I have in fact found out that the hemp you smoke and the hemp that makes paper are two entirely different plants that happen to share the same species; they're as alike and as different as an oak and a maple. I think it's too bad, too, that nicotine and alchohol are both perfectly legal, but hemp is not, because pot is one of the least deadly drugs. That being said, I still have no interest in smoking it, but will no longer say so in my sig.

Anyway, moving along.
I had heard that southern belles are politely catty. I wouldn't want to deal with that at all. It would wear on me. And maybe the helplessness thing is just one of their many manipulations and should be seen as such. Either way, don't want to deal with it. I'm not sure if there's a region of all straight-talkers but I sure would like to find it.
I don't ski though I might want to waterski one day. However, if I want to retain any female relationships, I think I might have to stay away from those highly trained southern belles.
I have to head to work now, but I'll be back in a bit, possibly with a new thread; I'll have to check the length of this one.
Oh, and my South Parkians were made at http://www.sp-studio.de/ and edited in PhotoShop.

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PENGUIN

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 1:58 AM

It's getting pretty looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong! lol

PENGUIN

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 2:00 AM

Have fun at work, oh fiery one! You go to work, I'm heading to bed!

PHOENIXROSE

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 3:28 AM

You fixed the off to bed emote! Hooray!

Yeah, that's always the way of it. I work while so many others are sleeping. Muurrrrrr.

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FUTUREMRSFILLION

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 4:14 AM

Well said BCS! P if you want to know what Southern Women are like - watch Designing woman. I can see all my female relatives in the characters on that show. They don't call us Steel Magnolias for nothin!

BCS - worked 2nd job this evening, heart rate is a little up. Think I will sit in the nice toasty warm jacuzzi and sip some hot toddy!

BSCPANTHERFAN

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 5:18 AM

I'll join you in spirit, if not in spirits, since I don't have a toddy handy, and I'll be heading off to dreamland myself.

PR, I thank you for the info on hemp. I didn't know there were different varieties, although it would make sense. I felt sure that someone was going to pull a Kaylee on me and say "wasn't that --historical". I wasn't trying to be that serious, but sometimes it comes across that way.

Sorry to reply to two different posts at once, instead of sending you each your own, but if i don't get to bed soon, I'll wake up at my computer with keyboard face, and my post will end like awrg0jkw[m 1=0u24omlow ikdnk aaihq.

(curls up just inside the fire, since it's plenty warm down here already). 'Night, all.

So who is he?
He's my husband.
Well who in the damn galaxy ain't!

PHOENIXROSE

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 5:29 AM

If I remember correctly, the hemp that is smoked has flowers, hence why weed is called "buds". I think. The hemp used in paper and cloth making doesn't have these flowers, but the leaves look nearly identical. They use this as an excuse, saying that people could say they were growing one form when they're really growing another, so it's just all illegal. It's a total crock if you ask me.
I used to work in a store that sold imported hemp clothing. It was educational. Always happy to spread my education around

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TRISTAN

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 1:07 PM

Morning, all!
Why we talkin' 'bout smokin' a rope? Thought that discussion had gone the way of the pterodactyls...oh, well.

Missed this place last night; glad to be back!

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SWEETSERENDIPITY

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 1:23 PM

Mornin'! It's rainin' buckets and my ceiling is leaking! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

Deb

http://serendipityagain.com/

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