Please take part in an online study by Claremont Graduate University (Claremont, California) on social relationships, substance use, and sexual behavior. Your participation in the survey should take approximately 10-20 minutes of your time and could aid future campaigns aimed to reduce risky behavior associated with substance use and sexual behavior.  You also have the option to enter a raffle for one of ten $25 Visa gift cards. Please click on this link http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/286356/sexual-behavior if you are interested in learning more and/or participating. 



Hello! A friend has made it to the TOP 8 in this wedding competition and is in THIRD place. There is ONE DAY left to vote and we are all trying to help her reach number one so she can receive this free wedding. She is such a good person, doesn't have much money and was a single mom until now. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take 2 seconds to vote!

KAITLYN AND SAMUEL (last on the list) in the upper write hand corner!

http://thenotwedding.blogspot.com/

Thank you so much!!

How come you press harder on a remote when you know the battery is dead?

Same reason you push an elevator button more often to be sure that machine "got it".

Current Location: home office
Current Mood: creative
Current Music: silent - it's deep in the night

Do you happen to know anyone that was born with neurofibromatosis?

Current Location: tracing the bumps
Current Mood: crazy

Current Mood: accomplished

My 2¢: Personally, I think McCain barely held his own. He was all over the place and misquoting himself and outright lying about his past decisions.

What did you get from the McCain/Obama debate?

Current Music: CNN
Current Mood: pessimistic
Current Location: glued to CNN

In my musings and wanderings around livejournal I found wtf_omgz. It's not what you'd call work safe. Probably not safe for the home either. Can't really think of anywhere it would be safe really but that's not the point. My curiosity being what it is promoted this thought and I only listed the community for comparative purposes.

Do you know of, or can you find, a more offensive and/or disgusting community than that?

Current Location: off the deep end
Current Mood: weird

i saw this on toothpastefordinner.com and thought it was fucking hilarious.
thought id share it with you guys.
again, not meant to offend anybodys "lifestyle"
(:

enjoy

Current Mood: amused

it's 3:36am and i'm still awake.
everyone else in the house is sleeping, have been for a while.
yet i find myself sitting here, bored, with nothing to do.
and instead of following suit in what every normal human being is doing right now [sleeping],
i'm still online.

ughhh is anyone else on??

Quite often I'll kick back on my bed, stretched out on the mattress, and watch television. As the little box fills my head with lies I'll stretch my legs out and sometimes rest a foot up on the wall nearby. Occasionally I'll let my foot swing back and forth from there and this most recent time brings us to the following question.

Have you ever managed to kick yourself in the nuts?

Current Mood: embarrassed
Current Location: sitting uncomfortably
Current Music: The Colbert Report

Two words you don't see together often:

Ruffled Dickie  

Current Mood: amused

Consider this an open voting request with an attitude.

Are you currently leaning towards Obama, his youthful hopefulness, or McCain, his most likely to die in officeness?

Current Mood: blank
Current Location: Denver

It had to be pointed out to me before I accepted it myself but apparently the United States falls behind a bit in the sexual arena. Outside of our borders, what is and what isn't considered to be sex is not so limited. Whereas within, Americans largely view physical pleasure not involving intercourse as not being sex.

1) Do you think sex absolutely must have intercourse as a necessary component?
2) If you don't, then if lesbians aren't having sex what exactly are they doing?
3) Why do you suppose people don't view cunnilingus & fellatio as being sex?

Current Mood: weird
Current Location: in a hot tub doing research
Current Music: Primeval

So, as it goes, there will be no ice at the North Pole come this next year. There are some people that believe they know the why of it and some that don't agree with them.

Do you believe in global warming? Why or why not?

Current Location: at the Arctic with a snow maker
Current Mood: hot
Current Music: Walker, Texas Ranger

I'm doing a research paper on horror films and its trends (remakes, increased violence, etc.). Please help fill out my survey for it!

Take it here.

Thanks!

not spam.



just a good tour.

...and do not consult any databases. This is to go from your memory alone, to test the extent of your inherent geekiness:

You can list the number if you like but I'd prefer you include the names as well. How many alien species, from whatever fandoms you're familiar with, can you list off the top of your head?

Current Music: Doctor Who
Current Location: getting probed
Current Mood: contemplative

Have you ever placed/shoved your hand or hands anywhere that it or they was or were never meant to go?

Current Mood: dirty
Current Location: looking at gloves
Current Music: Die Hard

I've a friend that asks every woman he gets involved with, before anything starts, if she's an axe murderer. This may strike some as odd but he's recently taken on a new twisted aspect. At some point or other, usually after things have developed, he makes sure that the woman he's seeing never gets it into her head it's never okay to lay eggs in his skull.

Fairly sure he's not being serious with either of these but you never can tell these days.

Have you ever asked any bizarre or ridiculous questions of who you're involved with or about to be? Something you may've wanted a serious answer to but phrased it a bit uniquely?

Current Music: The Sopranos
Current Mood: dating
Current Location: Hallmark Cards

If you're bored, you should vote for this guy at http://www.sporevote.com/index.html

He is ZeFrank of zefrank.com and he is representing the Sanctuary for Families charity.

Also his website is kickass for wasting time. Woo.

would you rather:

have a skinny skin and boned frail girl, with no boobs and no ass.

a mediocre girl, some boobs

curvy girl, big boobs, big ass, big arms, a stomach pooch

just damn fat and chubby.

What clothing item primarily worn by the other gender confuses you the most?

Current Mood: busy
Current Location: you really don't want to know

That you will die is a given. You know this, as do I. However, what if you were given the choice. What if you were told that you would not have to die so long as you were willing to give up something important to yourself. If you gave up a part of yourself in exhange for a longer life would it be worth it?

Or, to put it another way, if you absolutely had to have a part of your body amputated (we're talking meat and bone people) what would you choose to lop off?

Current Mood: indescribable
Current Location: standing by with a chainsaw
Current Music: Unbearable Lightness of Being

Peripheral Neuropathy?
Doctor says to journal your pain? Journal pain online for free!
www.painstats.com

Current Mood: Hungry

I suspect the answer is more vague than the question but then that is so often the case. People see things differently, the world is not set on the perspective of one. We are all a part of the greater whole but really can only see pieces of it.

What do you suppose is the slowest day on livejournal in any given week?

Current Music: 32 flavors indeed
Current Mood: thoughtful
Current Location: where you'd least expect me

30%Are you an Uber-Geek? Quiz courtesy of Whirlpool Parts from AH Appliance Parts

But I won't be one of them :(

Apologies for running this advert a second time, but I'm still looking for lots of participants for this study! This in genuine research and is not intended as spam (just a note for people kind enough to have done this study before - it's only possible to do it once, but please pass the info on to friends. Thanks!)

If you enjoy answering questionnaires, please consider taking part in a study of paranormal, religious, and spiritual experiences, being carried out online by researchers at the Experimental Psychology department of the University of Bristol, UK.

If you have had one or more paranormal/supernatural, religious, or spiritual experiences (no matter how small or unexciting!) in your life, and you are over 16, you are eligible to take part. You don't necessarily have to be spiritual or religious, just to have had an experience that isn't easily explained by current science!

The study involves filling in questionnaires at your leisure online, and takes less than 30 minutes in total. The study is *completely anonymous*. Not even your email address is required! If you take part, *please* complete a consent form and *all three* questionnaire forms (so four in total, see links below for more info) and answer all the questions.

If you are interested in taking part in this study, which is fully endorsed by the University of Bristol's Ethics in Human Research Committee, please click one of the following links:

http://www.personalitystudy.net/public_html/consentform.htm
The above links to the consent form, which will shut down automatically on completion, so please note the addresses of the other forms in advance! They are at:
http://www.personalitystudy.net/public_html/first_questionnaire.htm
http://www.personalitystudy.net/public_html/second_questionnaire.htm
http://www.personalitystudy.net/public_html/final_questionnaire.htm

More information at the study's LJ community,
belief_study

Contact the researcher at personality-study@bris.ac.uk

 

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Hello everyone! I am doing a project on pornography for one of my courses and I would be ever-so-grateful if you would take the time to FILL OUT MY SURVEY.

It's ANNONYMOUS & quite SHORT - promise!
[And really, who doesn't want to talk about porn?!]


PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE fill out the ENTIRE survey!
There are only TEN questions and I really need a COMPLETED survey to evaluate the responses.

And although your witty remarks will most certainly be appreciated, it would be EXTREMELY HELPFUL if you take the survey seriously.

Thank you, thank you! TELL/INVITE YOUR FRIENDS!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=q9qdRQ9KqRNMTIrZDdjzFw_3d_3d

This is not intended as spam - apologies if it's inappropriate to the community!
 
If you are interested in the supernatural, please consider taking part in a study of paranormal, religious, and spiritual experiences, being carried out online on behalf of the Experimental Psychology department at the University of Bristol, UK.
 
If you have had at least one paranormal/supernatural, religious, or spiritual experience (no matter how small) in your life, and you are over 16, you are eligible to take part. You don't necessarily have to be spiritual or religious, just to have had an experience that current scientific knowledge doesn't explain!
 
The study involves filling in questionnaires at your leisure online, and takes about 30 minutes in total. The study is *completely anonymous*. Not even your email address is required! If you take part, *please* complete a consent form and *all three* questionnaire forms (so four in total, see links below for more info) and answer all the questions.
 
If you are interested in taking part in this study, which is fully endorsed by the University of Bristol's Ethics in Human Research Committee, please click one of the following links:
 
Go straight to the study
IMPORTANT NOTE: This link goes to the consent form, which shuts down automatically once filled in. To get to the three questionnaires, please note the following links:
http://www.personalitystudy.net/public_html/first_questionnaire.htm
http://www.personalitystudy.net/public_html/second_questionnaire.htm
http://www.personalitystudy.net/public_html/final_questionnaire.htm

More information at the study's LJ community,
belief_study


Contact the researcher at personality-study@bris.ac.uk

Thank you for your attention!

...there are no stupid questions.

What is the capital?

Current Location: here obviously
Current Mood: devious

Hey there faithful Meezers,

You asked for it - You got it. Meez has updated not only our look, but also our features! Swing by today to:

• ADD boyfriends & girlfriends! (Do the names "Brad Pitt" and "Jessica Alba" ring any bells? Huh? No? Please, allow us to introduce you...)


• ZOOM & SPIN your Meez - Bring those details to life with these oh-so-necessary options.


• SEE the new colors! Very chic, very post-millennium, always snazzy.


• BROWSE with ease! We've made navigation easier and changed a couple of names.

  MeezMall is now MeezMaker and Beenz are now Coinz. (We've kept your favorite Meez export and forum intact.)

• BETTER SAVINGS - No, we're not talking banking, here. Now, you can save smaller versions of your animated Meez! There's even an undo button! (Now if only we could add that to real life...)

So there you've got the incredibly abridged list of the latest ways Meez rocks today. Please come by and drop us a line. We'd love to know what you think!

Have a lovely weekend and happy Meezin'!

Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to go tend to my Brad...Err, work...

Peace!

~M.

Current Mood: excited

First, this video is worth watching. It's better than alot of the other stuff I've seen posted in communities. It's a skit about a band participating in a talent show. The entire thing basically makes fun of EMO. Sorry for having to use a link:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1112464739

-Drew
www.drewfilms.net

x-posted

For those moments of LJ narcissism...
meez

Enjoy!
~M.

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Collector Toys for Sale - MIB Figures


I'm selling over 20 toys on ebay from when I used to collect:

Visit the Ebay Store to see all of them: http://stores.ebay.com/UnSceneTV

They are being sold in groups, so if you see something you like, you have a good chance of winning extra stuff with it!!!! That means you can keep it or resell it, give it to friends, neices/nephews or as birthday presents. You can also burn them as well.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=BIeIWkK0t4s&search=evolution%20

^^^the evolution of dance.

I'm leaving in a few days to visit my husband in California. I want to bring a few sex toys for us to use while I'm there and I was just wondering if there was anything I shouldn't bring or any special way to pack so that I don't end up embarassed beyond repair in the middle of the airport. Any kind of information would be greatly appreciated!!

Current Music: whatever's on tlc right now
Current Mood: tired
Current Location: home

I just had a baby almost 3 months ago (woah time flies) so I obviously have been staying home... which means a big budget cut for us; but...Both of these websites are GREAT! I've made over $200 in the past 2months from them (and yes really have been paid)! M
The surveys can get redundent, but are worth it. Treasure Trooper isn't as quick to okay things you've done, but I think has better payouts! Check em out! (Warning: THEY ARE SLIGHTLY ADDICTING!!!)

I was talking with Dr. Chandra in regards to religion earlier and there are a couple things that do not quite compute. For instance:

• God is supposed to be omnipotent, all-powerful, and yet he seems to have a limit to how much energy he may expend at any one time. Did he not create the Heaven's and the Earth in six days...after which he needed to rest on the seventh? These concepts do not mesh well.



• I have never understood why people have a problem with evolution. The implication that it is separate from God seems ridiculous. Evolution is a logical progression of adaptation of form and fuction...why ca it not be that God set this in motion? Moreso, it seems foolish to imply that something as powerful as God is believed to be, a being that supposedly has no limits, could not make a human being from an ape. Or do those that not make this connection assume this to be beyond the scope of his abilities?

I would appreciate your input, Dave.

Current Location: where I always am
Current Mood: confused

I got an email upon this weekend's 3rd Iraq War Anniversary from the John Kerry organization, telling me we're spending "over $500,000 per minute on foreign oil." So I looked up the ProjectBillboard figure for per-minute costs of the Iraq War (as reported by USA Today on 8/26/2004): "$122,820 per minute." If 1 + 1 = 2, then we Americans are spending over $ 10,380 per second in an 80%/20% split for foreign oil plus our war of choice to secure same.( Read more...Collapse )

Current Music: Fosse (Broadway) - Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries

I have put much enthusiasm, and I hope some quality of thought, into enhancing NASA's SSPS idea of importing needed energy from solar concentrator and collector arrays located outside Earth's atmosphere.

On second thought


Now, taking a broader view, I'm having second thoughts. This idea, like many other worthy technological efforts, intended to drastically reduce the amount of combustible fuel needed to make My Dream of "free energy" available everywhere. Yet, today's business-as-usual path toward a highly-modified atmosphere and changed global climate may make this kind of solution untenable. With a degree Celsius of global warming already "in the bag," yet another 0.6 degrees guaranteed to arrive at an accelerating pace (even if human activity ceased immediately!), and with sea level rise, new diseases, ecosystem changes, resource competition (war) and migration attached, continued pollution of the air even at current emission levels of carbon dioxide and other, more potent gasses appear to close the door on human choice within ten years or so in the matter of catastrophic climate change and widespread extinctions (please see the science in Jim Hansen's excellent presentation at http://www.giss.nasa.gov/~jhansen/keeling/keeling_talk_and_slides.pdf).

Since highly upsetting, truly draconian social measures would likely be necessary to access an alternative path to the catastrophic scenario, we might at this point well admit that the "big blanket" of heat-trapping gasses will indeed spike within and beyond our lifetime to levels never before experienced by large mammalian and deciduous life forms (see Hansen's Chart 17). The gas least toxic to our human health paradoxically has become the one most dangerous to life on Earth, because carbon dioxide persistence in the atmosphere is clearly linked to rising heat levels in the atmosphere, on the planet surface and in the world ocean. Introducing MORE energy use of ANY kind will perform more work for the human population, but will also increase an energy budget in which the waste heat generated is increasingly ensnared inside our atmospheric blanket. Under these conditions, adding significant external solar energy to the planet may already be considered irresponsible due to the high current levels of carbon in the air. This leaves us with a single course of action: to conserve. ( Read more...Collapse )

In the movie versions of "Ghostbusters," the character of Peter Venkman was portrayed by Bill Murray. The same character was later voiced in cartoons by Lorenzo Music.

In the cartoon versions of "Garfield," the title character was voiced by Lorenzo Music. The same character was later voiced in a feature film by Bill Murray.

Hi Everyone,

I'm doing my honours research thesis on personality and blogging experience and I need your help! I need at least 30 more people to fill out a survey for me, so if any of you have a few moments to spare, then please visit: http://blogging-study.livejournal.com and follow the instructions at the link for the survey. Thanks for taking some time out of your busy schedules to help me out, you don't know how much I appreciate your help!

I'm just trying to evolve

so I walk like I'm on a mission
cuz that's the way I groove
I got more and more to do
I got less and less to prove

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Self-Injury: You are NOT the only one.

Monday, March 1, 2006 is SI Awareness Day.

"We are male and female. We are artists, athletes, students, and business owners. We have depression, DID, PTSD, eating disorders, borderline personalities, bipolar disorder, or maybe no formal diagnosis at all. Some of us were abused, some were not. We are straight, bi, and gay. We come from all walks of life and can be any age. We are every single race or religion that you can possibly think of. Our common link is this: We are in pain. We self-injure. And we are not freaks."

Information: http://www.palace.net/~llama/psych/injury.html

I know too many people for whom this is applicable.

Take a minute to read about it.

Take a second to understand.

[cross posted like crazy]