slow dancing... mmm...
 

First, good luck purpledaisy with your boyfriend.

Yeah.....I'm so glad my friends didn't see us (Pamela obviously doesn't go to my school) dancing at homecoming. ;) It was definitely great.....my hands around her waist (interesting cause her hair's down to her waist), pulling her in close, her arms around my neck, and her head on my shoulder (for some reason she like my right shoulder over my left.....I haven't figured that out...guess cause she's often to my right). Snuggled up close. Her eyes definitely were brighter, shining like stars that night. It was wonderful!!!!!!

(AUTHOR'S NOTE - Two of my friends probably will read this.....and they are going out and they will annoy me. In return I will annoy them as they are going out still....prom's coming up sometime in April :p ;) . You've been warned K.K. and I.M. or should I say K.M. and I.M., etc...!!!!!!!!!!! );)

yeah, OK, go ahead and make me feel sad and lonely why don't you?:(

That's the whole point of friends, isn't it? :D

Your first love is a FIRST love, how cute :) :p

hehe, gotta rib you a bit man. And before you ask if I am just jealous, no I'm not, I'm very happily spoken for.

ditto. :P hehehe

Yeah I know robotics and the first girl I love. They've said that already. At least she know's why communication slows down during build season. Both being in IB, we know how crazy if can be during school. The downside is we don't see one another often because of our busy schedules.

tatsak42 and Firewolf So Sorry!!!! Pamela is a very good friend of mine, we're not dating or anything. Also I must add that the way we were dancing and basically how people see us together makes them think we're a couple.

So Johca_Gaorl are you jealous? I hate to make anyone jealous.

But if you or anyone wants to rib me about Pamela go ahead....I've heard a lot...and will hear more as prom is coming up in April.

I don't know any great tips, but I figure if thing keep going how they are now I'll be taking our robot to the prom. Wouldn't that be a sight...

Hey, btw, I was kidding. Lonely, no, single yes. whatever... :P

FIRST Girls
 

I don't know about you guys but there is something different about girls that participate in FIRST and other tech stuff like the NYLF-Tech (National Youth Leadership Form on Technology...the old YTL....International Summit of Young Technology Leaders) than other girls who don't.

mgreenley not a bad idea at all....put it on a teher or with out (begins to laugh) ...bot's 30" wide...it should fit through the door...or make a new one!

And tatsak42 you never know what the future brings. Until I met Pamela...I wasn't lonely and now I am (it stinks to be apart *sniffles* :( ). But we both are single at the moment. ;)

why didn't I think of that!!!
oo that would soo rock!...
can you imagen it on the dance floor??:ahh:

Yeah a fast one too....geared for 12 feet per second.......terrorize everyone!

:(

I am really depressed now.
I've never had a good b/f g/f relationship.
The only girlfriend I ever had dumped me after three days.
One person I asked and they looked at me kind of disgustedly.
And the girl I asked to the dance yesterday didn't come.

My tip is don't date.
Besides, look at the odds. Lets say there are 200 people in your general age bracket. 40 you know well. 20 you know well and are of the opposite sex. Each of those people will know well at least 20 who are of your sex. Assuming each person would be willing to date two people ( not at once, you know what I mean) and assuming a fifty percent shared friends amount, there is a 1 in 10 chance of a person being willing to go out with you. Add in being willing to go out with them, there is a 1 in a 100 chance of liking someone who likes you.

Looking at this I think I might ask the robot to our next dance.

Thank you.

I appreciate the tip, but I am trying to pull my mind back together right now.

Logic and emotion need to be finely balanced. I just put too much on the emotional side of the scale.

Yes, logical emotion is best. Logic never hurts. Logic is either true or false, logic is digital, 0 or 1.

Thats why I get along with computers and robots. I aspire to act like them.

aw jeff!
I give you my love!
I don't really even know who you are,
but i still do!
and don't feel so sad!

well, really I shouldn't be one to say that...
I understand what you mean by the logical emotions..

Hey! If you DO go to the prom w/ your robot
and seeing how I prob. will be too,
take pictures!
mine will probably be of me running over
all the people:p
and we can post them on!
...
I just have to figure out how to get a tux on it w/o
the gears getting jammed...

I guess it's nice to know I'm not the only loser here when it comes to the opposite sex.

Use the holes for the sleeves to expose the gears....better yet rig a frame on the bot so it can "wear it."

Take a chance and just say it. Its hard to say "I like you." which is easier then what I said..."I love you."

I am replying to a number of posts in this column.

I've heard that a million time before. -laughs- The team adults tease me about it....they use me to talk to her team sometimes but basically they do it themselves as my authority is rather limited and I refuse to have my relationship with her and her parents to be used in such a way. But the funny thing is sometimes her parents call mine to relay information. Actually, the adults know where to find me because I am in one of five places.

1. in the pit
2. in the restroom
3. eating food
4. cheering in the stands
5. MOST IMPORTANTLY, WITH PAMELA!

Now my friends....oh geez...I never hear the end of it. But A LOT of GOOD THINGS in my life are because of Robotics.....Tech Conference, Friends, College Choice, Career, a BEST FRIEND...needless I say more.

I'm definately going to have to agree with that... as for expanding on it, theres just too much... plus i feel like i'm about to die... you know where to find me if you want to talk (anyone)

you know,
loser is such a harsh word
though i lable my self as one,

but the op. sex isn't a prob. for me,
it's the same
so i'll have to modify that "" of yours:rolleyes:

Hehe, that's what friends are for, if they didn't do that, you should wonder what is wrong! :p

Robotics is definitely one of the best things that has ever happened to me.

dating tips..
 

BEEEEEEEEEE YOURSELF
AND DONT DRINK THE BLUE KOOLAID IT MAKES YOU FART

You can say that again! But you wonder.... can't you come up with something new?

Not with the kind of sleep I am getting :D ;)

I suppose I'm not a loser when it comes to the opposite sex. Come to think of it, most of my friends are girls. It's actually finding that "more than friends" thing that gives me trouble. So, let's rephrase that quote: "Nice to know I'm not the only one here who has trouble finding love."

dating?
 

Truthfully.. lately I haven't been dating much.. But it is really kinda thought provoking.. You can just make one big joke out of all of it, and it doesn't hurt as much.. Besides.. It is kinda overrated.. Why go out looking for it, when it will probably come to you.. Sooner or later.. anyway..

[quote]Originally posted by torn_paperdoll
Why go out looking for it, when it will probably come to you.. Sooner or later.. anyway.. [/QUOTE

I didn't go out looking for it. It found me, catching me by suprise. As the song goes "I was your face and that's the last I've seen of my heart...." I forget who the artist is.

How true. People also make the mistake of believing that fate brought them together and that they're soul mates early on. And then it doesn't work out. Don't fall into that trap either.

But I am guilty of having that someone come and by golly she's one of my best friends and one of the VERY (and there's an understatement) GOOD things to come out of robotics. Which reminds me I would like to point out the only thing between me and Pamela that I expect is our great friendship that we have will survive forever. Now if we end up as a couple that remains to be seen.....it remains to be seen what the future brings. With dating someone, you must keep that in mind as well. But like me you can plan ahead to make time available for those dates (advance notice, ask way in advance).

Jnadke
 

Ich bin ein Berliner.
-President John F. Kennedy

(I am a jelly doughnut.)

Why pick your nose? Flirt, tickle one another (well a few girls like that, depends on the person). Instead of fighting and having to make up, just make out, there's all kinds of stuff you can do (just don't do something stupid like drugs, alochol, etc...)!

torn_paperdoll
 

I didn't know you dated at all.

yes!! you don't have to be boyfriend/girlfriend to make out...
it's fun, and it's a good workout!

sometimes its cool to just kiss, thats is a very romantic thing any two people can do

Even a peck on the cheek can mean something if done at the right time.

Just make sure your breath doesn't stink. And a peck on the cheek every so often really does show that you care about him or her.

"Intimacy,n. A relation into which fools are providentially drawn for their mutual destruction
...
Kiss,n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss." It is supposed to signify, in a general way, some kind of rite or ceremony apperaining to a good understanding; but the manner of its performance is unknown to this lexicographer."

~Ambrose Bierce
The Devil's Dictionary
(nothing satanic, just satire)

haha, and people wonder why I love this guy

cheer up people,
its not all that important:yikes: :D :p ;)

Call me crazy...but to me romantic is just hanging out in comfy clothes renting a movie and ordering pizza and cuddling on the couch...thats my kind of date! Everyone once and a while getting dressed up and going out is fun! But I'm a pretty simple girl!

Yah, looking for it never helps, it usually comes when you don't expect it, aren't looking for it, or when you don't want it (eh, the last one's not as good). And as for me, I'm pathetic :P Didn't ever have enough confidence or whatever to try. And yah, watching a movie on a couch (the movie's playing on the tv, not on the couch) is very nice... (ya know, I realized I can't really say very much :P)

Ahh... the hug. Something we've neglected to mention in this thread. I'd personally give a hug to a girl I knew but don't see often (generaly FIRST people, as I only get to see some people once a year, sometimes less). It's not meant to be intimate, just very friendly.

I must agree with you on that. I do the same with my friends....some which after July 16, 2002 (The International Summit of Young Technology Leaders - renamed Nationals Leadership Youth Form on Technology) I never saw or will see again....talk yes but see it would be by chance. The hug, definately give them especially to a few friends I see twice a year. Its a sign that well, you care about them as friends, will and still do. However my question is....have any of you done that in front of your aignificant other (if you have one) or someone you really liked? I've done that...Pamela did not mind me giving a hug to her best friend Savanna. But some people are different. :confused:

Its the little things that make a friendship work as well as any more involved relationship with somebody.

dating... i have only one thing to say...
 

Dating... where did it come from? Medieval days when the torture chambers were full. I can see a round-bellied king pounding his staff on the castle floor to sentence some poor trouble-maker to the dungeon-- but suddenly a court aid, wearing puffy sleeves and leotards, whispers in the king's ear, "Dungeons are full, Sire." The king would and bluster for a few seconds and then he'd stop-- a light bulb going off in his head. (ok, a candle in those days:D) But an idea nonetheless. He'd whisper back to the aide, then gather his advisors together and they'd all giggle at the deliciously evil scheme the king had just hatched. The king would dismiss his yes-men, who would scurry to their places along the red carpet. Then the king wuld clear his throat. "I sentence you..." he would boom slowly, "to spend five years... DATING!" From that day forward, dating was somethign inflicted mostly upon unruly teenagers who typically sneered at the royals. In time, all teenagers fell victim to the practice, and within 2 or 3 centuries, society had convinced itself that dating was in fact necessary, an essential step to marriage.

sometimes it's nice just to play, nothing physical really... just having fun with other. Run around, play tag, box, tickle each other i promise you'll have fun. Then when you're done some cuddling is a nice way to end the fun and rest. Being comfortable with each other is extremely important so that you can be your self, so that they like you for the real you :)

Except when you get kicked and/or punched in the nose :p

what are you talking about!
That's still romantic!
... Isn't it...?

haha
"I had so much fun, my nose started to bleed
And I knew it was love when I couldn't see
you punched me in the face
you punched me in the face"

haha, hey thanks for the lyric inspiration -- now I just have to write the rest of that song...:yikes:

....is it romantic??? Not really unless you're playing around. Most kicks and punches are generally a dirty (sorry but girls do fight dirty, clawing and biting you.....at least in the ones I've seen).

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sometimes it's nice just to play, nothing physical really... just having fun with other. Run around, play tag, box, tickle each other i promise you'll have fun. Then when you're done some cuddling is a nice way to end the fun and rest. Being comfortable with each other is extremely important so that you can be your self, so that they like you for the real you
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but that is so true.

yeah, well, if a girl starts fighting dirty - that means YOU'RE doing something wrong apprantly she doesn't want anything to do w/ you (or atleast at that point)

clear out boy or clean up your act

Therefore avoid fights!!!! Like I said before why worry about making up from fighting when you could have been making out, go out, etc... in the first place. Sometimes its a problem that has dragged on for a while and the powder keg just blew. One misinterpreted act, move, etc... can end relationships.

a true relationship wont end over a fight, there must be an initial reason to be apart if you fight over something. true someone may have done something inappropriate but put yourself in their shoes, sometimes that can help. cheating ehh thats a good reason to go, but little things like not being able to talk for a little while, shouldnt hurt someone if you truly care

actually fighting is a normal and healthy part of the relationship if it isnt going on all the time. if you agree with somebody ALL the time something is likely wrong, although not always.

Sorry for posting this, as it seems odd its a comment this far past the prom comments, BUT

Heh, robot to prom...now THAT sounds like a good idea. Let's see...Im a sophomore, so I've got one or two years to figure out how to get this to work....

...and hey, those that called yourselves the L word, don't worry, you're not alone....This year Alone I've posted over 150 posts in the 6 week period.

...Maybe that should be an option in the profile...

Loser?
~Yes
~No

Ehhh..I should stay away from this side of the Chit-Chat bar, I juss end up posting meaningless things of depression...sorry...I'll go back to the animation forums (yeah...I'm not even one of the people that are assigned to work on the robot usually [Hoping that will change drastically next year]...I went to work on it the other day and they sent me home to work on the animation... :o Oh well, it's gotta get done...)

true...but you better not be fighting all the time too. A fight or minor disagreement is fine but when violence comes into play is a different story.

i know my b/f and I play fight all the time... its fun...
never violence except i know a friend that enjoyed a violence in a her relationship...but it was playful...

playful is okay....but when blood is drawn is not very good. Injury is bad, very bad, it can be considered abuse. So watch it. Fighting occasionally should be considered in a relationship. You cannot agree on everything.

i have never really fought in many of my relationships (then again i havent had many) but i can agree it can eb healthy, it does make bounds. but as for fighting for a relatioship to be healthy, i cant say i agree there...

Let me clarify......if you're fighting all the time over various issues its bad. A disagreement here and there is good as you learn (the hard way) what makes someone ticked off. its heathly as you increase your knowledge of the other person and sometimes yes at the moment weakens a relationship but in the long run over coming a bad time makes it even stronger.

purpledaisy I think you summed up that one!

yea I agree with purpledaisy too!...arguements make a relationship grow...just as long as they aren't happening every day...I had that happen with my ex boyfriend and it was not fun! but I'll never forget after our first real arguement how bad we both felt and then we talked about it and worked everything out...sometimes you just have to let everything out before you can talk about it! the healthy part is being able to sit down after it happens...however long the wait is up to you...and just talk...we're all human and we'll all get mad and say things we don't mean...everyone does it! but being able to talk things through afterwards to me is very important!

Yeah, whereas I can't speak from a first hand basis (not in/had a relationship....) I've seen soo many friends get so mad at each other when they've tried for a long time to not fight. They let it build up within them without letting it out until the end, where the big fight comes out. Smaller little fights are healthy, but that last one is the one that kills the relationship.

...but then again, what do I know? These are simply observations from a 3rd person point of view..

you can see things pritty clearly from a 3rd person pov b/c ur mind
isn't clouded by all thats going around

o yeah, those few lines of a song i wrote was a mockery,
i simply like to write silly song

***i do not endorse fights in relationships

heh, yeah...I'm just saying that maybe theres something I dont see from a 3rd person pov. But yeah...things that are obvious to me can be the thing that they're most blinded by...

yes there are many times when a 3rd person should interfere such as when something gets violent or harmful in any way to either of the people also it is mostly a judgment call, i my self interfere alot, i am a teen consular(a teenage version of a guidance consular to give the best advice or to just listen and be there to hear problems 24-7 i also sometimes act a personal suicide hotline but i try to forward those calls to pro's) and that is something i do when you interfere it doesn't have to be to break up anything but to just drop hints or have a small talk about the problem in private. But don't take this that you should always do something because it isn't some thing that u like there have been many times where i hate some of the things people tell me about and i want to do what i can to help but cant. there have been times where interference from a 3rd person has saved lives so yes if the 3rd person uses there judgment and knows something about the situation should do something even if it is just writing an unsigned letter.
for any info on teen consulars go to your local branch of the YMCA YWCA or teen center

How true....talking a private trying to help anotehr person one on one is difficult as they don't want to "see" it. Or if you have a few friends like mine who suddenly annouce "We're going out" or "I'm not going out with him/her anymore." out of the blue for no apparent reason.

I just got back from my <3 day date, and it was totally cool
no relationship man! 2 friends going to the movies,
he was feeling down, i asked him to be my <3tine,
and he picked the movie (the recruit <~kicked butt),
i picked him up,
i paid for him (i had a 20 )
and now he owes me one -
no 'going out' bit there, we were out togather,
but friends, on the most stariotypical love day of the year

so see! it's possible!'
just chill out, have fun
... throw popcorn at people
and most of all DON'T TAKE IT SO SERIOUSLY!

life's a game ~ get in YOU'RE IT!

ya know what? You're absouletly right!

Couldn't have siad it better. Part of the problem is asking for the first time....its not as bad as time goes on in comparision to the first time.