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Girls do this, in my experience, because they think it makes you feel better. It doesn't. I hate it. "Stupid life." I agree. Good luck.

Yeah, toughing it out seems the right way to go. I do not understand things anymore, and clearly need to work on untying some emotional knots. I wish I'd never gotten into dating and stuck to my books instead.

I know for a fact she'd want to get back with me - she told me so herself, two weeks ago. This new thing is a fling, just a way to satisfy some physical urges.

I have a question: is it possible be in love with two people at once? I ask because...well, remember the girl I told you about a while ago? She's my ex-girlfriend. We never broke-up over anything like a fight - we never even argued. It was an exceptionally happy relationship, a flash-in-the-pan. But she's pretty stressed all the time, due to her grueling 12 hour uni day and then all of her work, projects, etc, and, one day, decided she needed a little bit of pressure off. After her and I talked about it, we mutually agreed to go "on break" for a while - no pressure to see the boyfriend. I have a rule: I wait for two months. I waited for six. I met someone. We went out. We're in a relationship. That's been going on for a few months now. Yet whenever I hang-out with the ex, all these feelings - desire, love, want, need, of all things - bubble to the surface. And today she admitted to me that she on Halloween night she started having a fling with some guy. I never get jealous. Never. It is a foreign concept to me. But today, I got jealous. I can't leave her, since she has no-one else. I can't be with her, since I have someone else. I shouldn't have ever dated after her. I should have waited, either for closure or for re-uniting now. I'm kind of confused. What do I do here? Tough it out and get over it?

I feel bad for her, but I don't know if that was poignant. Here are some jokes for Thunderpeel or anyone feeling their day isn't bright (irrelevant to that video or otherwise): Tried to make sure all of them weren't in any way dark.

Oh, and two weeks ago they played all three Back to the Future films back-to-back.

This new, and slightly awesome, cinema opened-up locally, and it's been playing classic double bill films. Last week, for example, they playedGoodfellas and Raging Bull, and followed that up with Taxi Driver and Casino. Yesterday, they played The Exorcist and Psycho. Today, an event which I somehow missed, was a double billing of the original Halloween and thenThe Shining. Well. Tomorrow they're playing [Rec] and the Japanese version of The Ring, and I am so going.

I used to teach kids science. They're the best. It's worth remembering that making them think everything is a game with some fairly strict rules is very helpful, since logically arguing with kids is useless.

Nah, she's safe within the school. He can't get to her, unless he actually gets the police involved. And it looks like he won't, since it could (horror) cause his reputation (a huge thing here) to sink. Yay honour. And, non sarcastically, yay victory. I hope.

Haha, I won't lie and say I didn't consider it. But I don't think my current girlfriend would take to it much. Also, you know, that's a pretty insane solution. Things are complicated as they are between me and her as she's my best friend and my ex, so. But yeah, totally considered it for a moment. Anyway, update: she made it. She's staying at undisclosed location, and is roughing it until December. Yay. Hopefully she graduates with great marks, gets her Movenpick gig running as soon as possible, and wings it out of there. Thank you so much, everyone. I lost my ability to rationally think on my first night, and I didn't know who to turn to. You all helped loads. :tup: out of :tup: .

Re:fantasy and subtlety: Well, I think ASOIAF has plenty of subtlety to it. So there's that. Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy was fun, but ultimately a video game stuffed in a book. Anyway, I thought this was worth saying: language matters. I think subtlety and irony work really well in English, but I've yet to see Arabic literature pull it off. I think the English language is one whose words are tools for evoking specific, chiseled feelings or ideas, whereas in Arabic, everything is grandiose and epic, because of the rough, heavy lexicon, making it a different ball game. It'd be hard to explain further without this turning into an essay. But the result is that, while subtlety doesn't work as effectively as it does in English, other tricks, including evoking switching to poetry mid-paragraph, switching between classical and contemporary Arabic depending on whether we're doing dialogue or description, or bafoonish, cartoonish characters, like in Charles Dickens's work, do a better job in Arabic than English. It's something I've noticed. I do agree with all of the above. (Including what I said.)

Now she's stopped answering my calls. I hope she's OK. I appreciate all the support. Maybe this is all not worth the dust I'm kicking-up but I didn't take things especially well last night and it's been a scary, nerve-shattering experience. It's hard for me to believe how insane everyone is acting. Thank you, sincerely. MrHoatzin Yeah. I think there's been a hugely satisfying paradigm shift lately. Things are getting more progressive. Brkl and syntheticGerbil, I honestly wouldn't say my problems are any bigger than yours. I'm good at avoiding trouble, and I keep my nose clean. I just happen to stick my neck out sometimes for people who I think could use a little helping hand. This culture is just very frustrating to deal with, especially since I know we could be much better. If I get particularly impatient with it, it's because I still care. Thunderpeel2001, One of the stipulations of the scholarship was that she'd work for the Movenpick for two years at the Dead Sea, Jordan side, after she graduated. She still has two months to go till graduation, then the two years. Hence, leaving not being an option. She signed the contract ages ago.

I want to read this man's works. Where does one start, and why?

Leaving is out of the question, alas.

I forgot to add that officials will take her dad's side in any legal issue. In Jordan, he is her legal guardian, and therefore, as long as she's not married, she gets "returned" to him. All he has to do is put out a "public call" (a Jordanian thing). Maybe, because she has an American passport, the Embassy could help.

OK, so here it is. My ex-girlfriend and I are close friends. It's mostly an issue of me trying to make sure she has someone to be friends with, because she has no-one else. It's not because she's a bad person (she's loved by everyone she knows; I mean it), or because she's anti-social, or anything, indeed, that is her fault. It's because of her dad. Think of all the horror stories you've ever heard about crazy dads. This is him. Possessive, angry, accusatory. I'll spare you the details. It's far, far worse than you can imagine. He is the only person in this world who I genuinely loathe. Friends, family, anyone: no-one is allowed to speak to his daughter. The reason she still talks to me, and why we're so close, is because she actually has no-one else. His masterpiece, however, that when she graduated, he locked her up in the house for two years. He stopped her from working or going to college. No internet, phone, or computer. She 'd snuck a copy of FF7 and beat that over 20 times, whilst continually re-reading her handful of novels to keep her sanity. When we met, she was crying herself to sleep every night, only getting out because she found a job that was cheap enough for her to get to in a taxi and where the pay would mean she had some money at the end of the month. We snuck around. Dated for a year. I started helping her find her feet again. She went from suicidal to happy. It's the best thing I've ever done. With loads of patience and a lot of work, she got into the Royal Academy for Culinary Arts. She did it via scholarship, paid for by noneother than the Movenpick. She's the top of her class, and the top of her entire year. She's insanely talented. A very hard-worker. This is something she made for me before she even got in there. This was one of her first attempts. Here's a later one. Here's another, including Arab-style cake. She has to work nights. Her dad doesn't like that, oh no. He doesn't pay a cent. He doesn't drive her there, or take her back. In fact, as far as he's concerned, she doesn't exist. But he doesn't like that. He's locking her up, two months before graduation. She'll fail her entire year. She'll lose the scholarship she and I died to make happen. She snapped. She fought back. She decided to leave her entire house, with no money, and just break for it. She's had enough. I've never heard her scream. I've never heard her sob like that. She has never, when I tried to calm her down, told me to shut the fuck up. She called me up last night, needing a place to stay for the night. I would have gladly let her stay, but Jordanian law says I could be arrested for it. It's an honour crime. If I was a woman, that's different. It's why I was reluctant to post last night, but needed a place to vent. She didn't stay here. It's why I can post. It's her dad. He's accusing her of sleeping around. He is the angriest, most pathetic person on this planet. He is willing to emotionally and physically abuse his own daughter. She's left everything behind in a society that will punish her for it, and is going to wing it, riding on her good grades, until she graduates. In Jordan, that's like diving headfirst into the ocean and hoping you learn how to swim. Then, goodness knows. I'll help her, but I'm juggling enough hot plates as it is. And I'm worried sick.

I am not having a good night. I wish I could get into it, but it might turn into a case of shooting myself in the foot, if it ever becomes a legal thing. I hate Arab culture. I fucking hate it. I feel all dizzy and nauseous now. Haven't been this upset in a while. Can't even think straight. Sorry, Thumbs. I'll delete this in the morning.

Actually, it occurs to me now that I've been watching Gravity Falls on the Disney channel. I meant I haven't seen anything live action in months. It's very good. Well-written, beautifully animated, consistent, full of easter eggs, and very much worth all the love it gets. Watch it.

I did see a clip of the new movie: the scene . It was tense, but stupid. Well-shot (especially towards the end), but not without problems. I might still see it (I haven't seen anything in months, and haven't seen a full movie in at least a year now), but I doubt it's going to be great.

Well, firstly, GRRM is a big map nerd. I don't think there's a mistake. There is, however, some feinting going on. Secondly, I don't remember the exact specifics of that battle, but I'm worried any attempt I do at explaining things would spoil things ahead for you. What chapter are you on? Argh, I'll try not to put in spoilers. According to the Wiki of Ice and Fire: And this part, which I suspect you haven't reached yet: Then stuff gets a little more complicated.

Hey, I bought this book! I'll read it. I hope I manage to do it before November 2nd, though.

Oh, good. I was worried that I had accidentally spoiled something, since (later than you are now, Thunderpeel), near the end of book one, Ben, did you read that essay on Jon Snow's mum? Also, here are a few examples of the "hidden" things I love so much, from books two and three, though these aren't my favourites:

Haha, yes. That's definitely part of it. There's loads more. I promise, Thunderpeel, that, when you're done, I'll show you loads of things you missed. But what I mean is stuff, like, say - you've already passed this - , who, if you squinted hard enough, you would have realized were . That's easy mode stuff, though. Most of the more awesome stuff comes later. My personal favourite was (book 5 spoiler) , and then maybe (major book 3 spoilers) .

Haha, on what? There's a bajillion things. Lots of it comes later, though. Well, OK. The ending of this first book's already been heavily foreshadowed. That's not much, but anything else would be unfair to you. I don't know, Thunderpeel. Read now, essay later. You've got loads headed your way, about to knock down your door with the force of a khalasar.

Oh man, you'll have to read the books before I get into that. Your understanding is correct, but it goes beyond that a little. There are various essays that explain loads of things. What part of book one are you on?