But I've never called myself a hero for killing a known Islamist

[vovat]

For anyone who, like me, is interested in actually SEEING the controversial Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, this site has them. Some of them really ARE pretty offensive, especially the one with the bomb-turban, and I'm not sure why the newspaper would have chosen to print them. I also heard on NPR that, since freedom of the press doesn't exist in many Islamic nations, the people there probably think the cartoons reflect the opinions of the Danish government, which seems to make sense. In addition, I've heard some people argue that making ANY image of Muhammad is offensive to Muslims. If this is true, it's another example of people trying to get those who don't follow their religion to obey its laws anyway, and I'm sure everyone knows I'm not down with that. I don't know whether this has been offered as an official reason for the riots, or just a possible motivation, though. I think the most important issue involved is that, as usual, small-minded people are seeing the actions of a violent radical minority as reflective of Islam in general. None of these opinions is in any way original, but I thought I'd weigh in on the issue.

And now, I'll lighten things up a bit with a few surveys and things.

VALENTINE'S DAY SURVEY

1. ARE YOU SINGLE, TAKEN, DATING?
The latter two

2. DO YOU HAVE A DATE FOR VALENTINE'S DAY?
I doubt we'll actually be going out ON Valentine's Day, but we'll go out sometime around then.

3. IF SO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
Going out to eat and exchanging gifts, most likely.

4. IF NOT, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?
I'd say that's fine with me.

5. WITH WHO? bethje

6. FAVORITE GIFT TO RECEIVE FOR VALENTINE'S DAY?
Just about anything. I like getting gifts in general. I like GIVING them, too, so it's not like I'm just totally greedy and selfish. {g}

7. ARE YOU DIFFERENT IN RELATIONSHIPS THAN YOU ARE IF YOU'RE SINGLE?
In some ways, yes, but I'm basically the same.

8. DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A GOOD VALENTINE'S DAY DATE?
I guess I'm okay. I'm not, like, romantic or anything, though.

9. DO YOU LIKE VALENTINE'S DAY?
I liked it when I was a kid, hated it when I was a single adult, and like it all right as an attached adult.

10. WHAT MAKES YOU A GOOD CATCH?
I'm not really sure I AM.

11. IF you were an animal what would you be?
A cat, I guess.

12. ARE YOU FAITHFUL IN A RELATIONSHIP OR DO YOU FLIRT?
I don't see the two as necessarily being mutually exclusive. That said, I'm not a flirtatious person in general, so I AM faithful and don't flirt.

13. WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU'RE ALONE ON VALENTINE'S DAY?
I guess it would be pretty much like any other day I'm alone.

14. HAVE YOU EVER BROKEN A HEART BEFORE?
Not that I know of.

15. HAVE YOU EVER GOTTEN YOUR HEART BROKEN?
Nah.

16. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR Bf / Gf GOING OUT WITH THEIR FRIENDS WITHOUT YOU?
It's okay, but I'd rather go along, if possible. Neither of us really have a lot of other friends, so it doesn't come up that much.

17. HAVE YOU EVER WENT OUT WITH SOMEONE WHO YOU DIDN'T LIKE?
Fortunately, no.

18. HOW LONG WAS YOUR SHORTEST RELATIONSHIP?
Five and a half years. It was also my longest. {g}

19. WERE YOU EVER CHEATED ON?
Gee, I sure hope not! :P

20. HAVE YOU EVER HAD A RELATIONSHIP WHERE HE/SHE DIDN'T TRUST YOU?
I don't think so, although there's always some insecurity going into a relationship, especially when it's your first. And I've only had one, so...

21. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WAS GOING TOO FAST?
I'm not sure what I thought at first, but in retrospect, I think my only relationship started out going very slowly.

22. WERE YOU EVER ALONE ON VALENTINES DAY?
Yes, and I also once locked myself out of the dorm on Valentine's Day. Someone let me back in pretty quickly, but that was a bad day in general.

23. DO YOU HAVE A CRUSH?
Can I have a crush on my girlfriend?

24. WHO IS IT?
Beth

25. DO YOU WANT THEM TO BE YOUR VALENTINE?
Yes.


I don't usually post these totally random results, but I thought this was amusing:

Let's rank your friends by insanity level (LJ) by starsatnoon
Username
Super-Sane	l8erngr8er
Relatively Sane	jenhime
Starting to Lose It	k1cup
Just Lost It	rockinlibrarian
About to Freak Out	3x1minus1
Freaking Out	onib
Clinically Insane	skylark_king
Absolutely Out of Their Mind	shadarko
Don't Ask, Just RUN!	colleenanne
Your Relative Sanity: 39%
Quiz created with MemeGen!

A Challenge


What Does It Take To Seduce You? (Picture Results!)
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And courtesy of majellen, I'm checking the ones that are true for me:

*Appearance*

[ ] I am shorter than 5'4.
[ ] I have many scars.
[ ] I tan easily.
[ ] I wish my hair was a different color.
[ ] I have friends who have never seen my natural hair color.
[ ] I have a tattoo.
[x] I am self-conscious about my appearance.
[ ] I have/I've had braces. I did have to wear a corrective appliance once, though.
[ ] I wear glasses/contacts.
[ ] I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free. Not now, anyway. Ask me in a few years, and I might have a different response.
[ ] I've been told I'm attractive by a complete stranger.
[ ] I have more than 2 piercings.
[ ] I have piercings in places besides my ears.
[ ] I have freckles.


*Family/Home Life*

[x] I've sworn at my parents
[ ] I've run away from home.
[ ] I've been kicked out of the house.
[ ] My biological parents are together.
[ ] I have a sibling less than one year old.
[ ] I want to have kids someday.
[ ] I've had children.
[ ] I've lost a child.


*School/Work*

[ ] I'm in school.
[x] I have a job.
[x] I've fallen asleep at work/school.
[x] I almost always do my homework.
[ ] I've missed a week or more of school.
[x] I've been on the Honor Roll
[ ] I failed more than 1 class last year.
[ ] I've stolen something from my job
[ ] I've been fired.
[ ] I've skipped school.


*Embarrassment*

[ ] I've slipped out a "lol" in a spoken conversation.
[ ] Disney movies still make me cry.
[ ] I've peed from laughing. (only a little bit, once. And we were laughing REALLY HARD)
[x] I've snorted while laughing.
[x] I've laughed so hard I've cried.
[ ] I've glued my hand to something.
[x] I've laughed till some kind of beverage came out of my nose.
[x] I've had my pants rip in public.
[ ] I've laughed so hard I've passed out!

*Health*

[ ] I was born with a disease/impairment.
[ ] I've gotten stitches. (amazingly no, considering how clumsy I am)
[ ] I've broken a bone.
[ ] I've had my tonsils removed.
[x] I've sat in a doctors office with a friend.
[x] I've had my wisdom teeth removed.
[ ] I had a serious surgery.
[x] I've had chicken pox.


*Traveling*

[x] I've driven over 200 miles in one day.
[x] I've been on a plane.
[x] I've been to Canada.
[ ] I've been to Mexico.
[ ] I've been to Niagara Falls.
[ ] I've been to Japan.
[ ] I've Celebrated Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
[ ] I've been to Europe.
[ ] I've been to Africa.
[ ] I've been to Asia
[ ] I've been to South America

*Experiences*

[x] I've gotten lost in my city. (grew up in Pgh)
[x] I've seen a shooting star.
[ ] I've wished on a shooting star.
[x] I've seen a meteor shower.
[x] I've gone out in public in my pajamas.
[x] I've pushed all the buttons on an elevator
[ ] I've kicked a guy where it hurts.
[x] I've been to a casino.
[ ] I've been skydiving.
[ ] I've been an abuse victim.
[ ] I've gone skinny dipping.
[ ] I've played spin the bottle.
[ ] I've drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour.
[x] I've crashed a car.
[ ] I've been Skiing
[x] I've been in a play. Assuming ones for class count, anyway.
[x] I've met someone in person from the internet.(like, my husband maybe?)
[x] I've caught a snowflake on my tongue.
[ ] I've seen the Northern Lights.
[x] I've sat on a roof top at night.
[ ] I've flown kites on a rooftop
[ ] I've played chicken.
[ ] I've played a prank on someone.
[x] I've ridden in a taxi.
[x] I've seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
[x] I've eaten Sushi.
[ ] I've been snowboarding.


*Relationships*

[ ] I'm single
[x] I'm taken
[x] I'm in a serious relationship, and wanna marry that person, but not quite yet
[ ] I'm engaged.
[ ] I'm married.
[ ] I've had someone cheat on me.
[ ] I've gone on a blind date.
[ ] I've been the dumpee more than the dumper.
[ ] I have a fear of commitment.
[x] I have a fear of abandonment.
[ ] I've gotten divorced
[x] I've had feelings for someone who didn't have them back.
[ ] I've told someone I didn't love them when I did.
[ ] I've kept something from a past relationship.


*Sexuality*

[ ] I've had a crush on a teacher.
[ ] I am a cuddler. I like to cuddle sometimes, certainly, but I wouldn't say I'm a cuddler in general.
[ ] I love to flirt.
[ ] I've been kissed in the rain. Honestly, I can't remember.
[ ] I've hugged a stranger.
[ ] I have kissed a stranger


*Honesty/Crime*

[x] I am a terrible liar. Well, if you mean, "someone who's not good at lying," as opposed to "someone who lies a lot."
[ ] I've done something I promised someone else I wouldn't
[x] I've done something I promised myself I wouldn't.
[ ] I've snuck out of my house.(in college...didn't want the roomies to come with me or ask too many questions)
[ ] I have lied to my parents about where I am.
[ ] I am keeping a secret from the world.
[x] I've cheated while playing a game.
[ ] I've cheated on a test.
[x] I've run a red light.
[ ] I've been suspended from school.
[ ] I've witnessed a crime.
[ ] I've been in a fist fight.
[ ] I've been arrested.
[ ] I've shoplifted. (by accident!)


*Drugs/Alcohol*

[x] I've consumed alcohol.
[ ] I regularly drink.
[ ] I've passed out from drinking.
[ ] I have passed out drunk at least once in the past 6 months.
[ ] I've taken painkillers when I didn't need them.
[ ] I'm a stoner sometimes.
[ ] I've snorted cocaine.
[ ] I've eaten shrooms.
[ ] I've popped E.
[ ] I've inhaled Nitrous.
[ ] I've done hard drugs.
[ ] I have cough drops when I'm not sick.
[ ] I can't swallow pills.
[ ] I can swallow about 5 pills at a time no problem. (without water, even)
[ ] I have been diagnosed with clinical depression.
[ ] I shut others out when I'm depressed.
[ ] I take/used to take anti-depressants.
[ ] I'm anorexic or bulimic.
[x] I've slept an entire day when I didn't need it.
[ ] I'm addicted to self harm
[ ] I've woken up crying.
[x] I've cried myself to sleep.
[x] Ive seen a therapist.


*Death and Suicide*

[x] I'm afraid of dying.
[x] I hate funerals.
[ ] I've seen someone die
[ ] Someone close to me has attempted suicide.
[ ] Someone close to me has committed suicide.
[x] I've planned my own suicide. I would imagine that everyone has THOUGHT about it at some time or other, but I can't say I've ever really come up with a totally serious plan.
[ ] I've attempted suicide.
[x] Didn't have the balls to go through w/ it.
[ ] I've written a eulogy for myself. (I thought it a creative idea.)


*Materialism*

[ ] I own over 5 rap CDs.
[ ] I have an unhealthy obsession with anime/manga.
[ ] I own multiple designer purses, costing over $100 a piece.
[x] I own something from Hot Topic.
[ ] I own something from Pac Sun.
[ ] I collect comic books.
[ ] I own something from The Gap.
[x] I own something I got on e-bay.
[ ] I own something from Abercrombie
[x] I own a nice car Well, it's not BAD, anyway.

*Political/Social Attitudes*

[x] In general, I don't like people.
[ ] I'm very outgoing.
[x] I listen to political music. Not a LOT of it, but SOME. I mean, a fair number of Moxy Früvous songs would count, right?
[x] I'm Democratic.
[ ] I'm Republican.
[x] I'm liberal.
[ ] no party affiliation
[ ] I really just don't care
[ ] I hate tree huggin' liberals
[x] I don't like Bush because he is dumb.
[x] I don't like Bush with my own reasons to back it up.
[ ] I am for Bush.
[ ] I'm religious.
[x] I dress fairly modestly.
[ ] My attitude is, "If you've got it, flaunt it."


*Random*

[ ] I can sing well.
[x] I've stolen a tray from a fast food restaurant. Well, from the student union, anyway. It was totally accidental, though. I just took it back to my dorm room without even thinking about it.
[ ] I open up to others easily.
[ ] I watch the news. Well, I watch it occasionally, but less often than a lot of people do, I'm sure.
[ ] I don't kill bugs.
[ ] I hate hearing songs that sacrifice meaning for the sake of being able to rhyme.
[x] I curse regularly. Yet I curse quite rarely in print, so people who only know me from the Internet might find that odd.
[x] I sing in the shower.
[ ] I am a morning person.
[ ] I paid for my cell phone ring tone. It was a default tone, and it sucks.
[x] I'm a snob about grammar. I think I'm getting better, though.
[ ] I am a sports fanatic.(I like some of them, not all of them.)
[ ] I twirl my hair
[ ] I have "x"s in my screen name Actually there's an X in my Hotmail address, but it's part of a name. A name that I made up, mind you, but the point is that the X isn't totally superfluous, as it would be if my screen name were "xxvovatxx" or something.
[ ] I love being neat I WISH I could be neat, but I'm not.
[ ] I love Spam
[ ] I've copied more than 30 CD's in a day
[ ] I bake well.
[x] My favorite color is either white, yellow, pink, red or blue Doesn't "either" usually imply only two choices? Hey, I TOLD you I was a grammar snob! {g}
[x] I would wear pajamas to school.
[ ] I like Martha Stewart.
[ ] I know how to shoot a gun.
[ ] I am in love with love.
[ ] I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS.
[x] I laugh at my own jokes.
[ ] I eat fast food weekly.
[ ] I believe in ghosts.
[ ] I am online 24/7, even as an away message. (no, but close.)
[ ] I've not turned anything in and still got an A in a certain class.
[ ] I can't sleep if there is a spider in the room.
[x] I am really ticklish.
[ ] I love white chocolate
[ ] I bite my nails.
[x] I play video games.
[ ] I'm good at remembering faces.
[ ] I'm good at remembering names
[x] I'm good at remembering dates.
[x] I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.


I've done this last one before, but I've seen quite a few movies since then, so I might as well do it again.

 

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Rank Movie Didn't See It/ Started It/ Finished It/ Hated It! 1 Godfather, The (1972) Finished It 2 Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) 3 Godfather: Part II, The (1974) Finished It 4 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) Finished It 5 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) Finished It 6 Casablanca (1942) Finished It 7 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) Finished It 8 Schindler's List (1993) 9 Shichinin No Samurai [Seven Samurai] (1954) 10 Star Wars (1977) Finished It 11 Citizen Kane (1941) Finished It 12 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) Finished It 13 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Finished It 14 Rear Window (1954) 15 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Finished It 16 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Finished It 17 Memento (2000) Finished It 18 Usual Suspects, The (1995) 19 Pulp Fiction (1994) Finished It 20 North by Northwest (1959) 21 12 Angry Men (1957) 22 Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le [Amelie] (2001) 23 Psycho (1960) Finished It 24 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 25 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il [The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly] (1966) 26 Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) Finished It 27 It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Finished It 28 Goodfellas (1990) Finished It 29 American Beauty (1999) Finished It 30 Vertigo (1958) 31 Sunset Blvd. (1950) 32 Matrix, The (1999) Finished It 33 Apocalypse Now (1979) Hated It! 34 Pianist, The (2002) 35 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 36 C'era una volta il West [Once Upon a Time in the West] (1968) 37 Some Like It Hot (1959) Finished It 38 Third Man, The (1949) 39 Taxi Driver (1976) Finished It 40 Paths of Glory (1957) 41 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi [Spirited Away] (2001) 42 Fight Club (1999) Finished It 43 Boot, Das (1981) 44 Double Indemnity (1944) 45 L.A. Confidential (1997) 46 Chinatown (1974) 47 Singin' in the Rain (1952) Started It 48 Maltese Falcon, The (1941) 49 M (1931) 50 Requiem for a Dream (2000) Finished It 51 Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) 52 All About Eve (1950) 53 Se7en (1995) Finished It 54 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) Finished It 55 Saving Private Ryan (1998) 56 Cidade de Deus [City of God] (2002) 57 Raging Bull (1980) 58 Rashômon (1950) 59 Wizard of Oz, The (1939) Finished It 60 Sting, The (1973) 61 Alien (1979) 62 American History X (1998) 63 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 64 Léon (1994) 65 Vita è bella, La [Life is Beautiful] (1997) 66 Touch of Evil (1958) 67 Manchurian Candidate, The (1962) Finished It 68 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Finished It 69 Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) 70 Great Escape, The (1963) 71 Wo hu cang long [Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon] (2000) 72 Reservoir Dogs (1992) Finished It 73 Clockwork Orange, A (1971) Finished It 74 Amadeus (1984) 75 Modern Times (1936) 76 Ran (1985) 77 Annie Hall (1977) Finished It 78 Jaws (1975) 79 On the Waterfront (1954) 80 Braveheart (1995) Started It 81 High Noon (1952) 82 Apartment, The (1960) 83 Fargo (1996) Finished It 84 Sixth Sense, The (1999) 85 Aliens (1986) 86 Shining, The (1980) Finished It 87 Strangers on a Train (1951) 88 Blade Runner (1982) 89 Metropolis (1927) 90 Duck Soup (1933) 91 Finding Nemo (2003) Finished It 92 Donnie Darko (2001) Finished It 93 General, The (1927) 94 City Lights (1931) 95 Princess Bride, The (1987) Finished It 96 Toy Story 2 (1999) Started It 97 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 98 Great Dictator, The (1940) 99 Sjunde inseglet, Det [The Seventh Seal] (1957) 100 Lola rennt [Run Lola Run] (1998)
Which movies have you seen?

Last night, Beth and I went out to eat at Fuddrucker's. They have good burgers (not to be confused with the movie Good Burger), and I like how you can fix them up yourself. I'm one of those weirdos who doesn't like lettuce, tomatoes, mayonnaise, etc. on my burgers. Usually I can just order them plain, but that confuses some people. I think it was at Ruby Tuesday where I ordered a bacon cheeseburger with nothing extra, and some genius apparently thought that meant I didn't want the bacon either. I've started ordering bacon cheeseburgers with "just bacon and cheese." Probably someone along the line will think that means I just want a pile of bacon and cheese, with no burger or bun. {g} So, yeah, I like to avoid the confusion altogether. I also like that Fuddrucker's value meals come with cookies. The oatmeal raisin cookie I had was really good. I think I tasted some cinnamon in it.

EDIT: Happy belated birthday (two days late) to not_glimmer, who will almost definitely never see this.

Comments

[obsessical.livejournal.com]

If a restaurant actually served the movie Good Burger, I would eat no where but there.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

That movie was playing during the summer I worked at a movie theater (my first job). The only part of it I remember seeing while checking out the theater was where a bunch of burgers were exploding.

[loz]

Your Dave icon is making me trippy.

[jenhime.livejournal.com]

I saw the cartoons a few days ago. Honestly, for editorial cartoons, they weren't that witty. I did enjoy the "We ran out of virgins!" one though. >_>;

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Hey, maybe we just don't understand Danish humor. But yeah, the "virgins" one did seem to have the best actual satire.

[leolapyre.livejournal.com]

They have good burgers (not to be confused with the movie Good Burger)

Haha! I was just talking with someone the other day about that movie and how bad it was. I just can't really tolerate to watch something that dumb.