Internet Island Topic Post #17.00: "Imagination"

1.     Mickey O'Neil - Snatch

 
2.     Vinnie Barbarino - Welcome Back Carter

 
3.     Maverick- Top Gun

 
4.     Jack Sparrow - Pirates of Caribbean

 
5.     Randall 'Memphis' Raines- Gone in 60 Seconds

AS YOU CAN TELL, I KINDA GO FOR THE BAD BOY!!!!

IS IT JUST ME, BUT FOR SOME STRANGE REASON,
THE PAST FEW TIMES I HAVE SEEN HIM, I HAVE
BEEN VERY ATTRACTED TO
 

ANYONE ELSE BEEN FINDING
CARROT TOP ATRACTIVE LATELY?

EDIT!!!!

I NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT SEX WITH CARROT TOP,
JUST THAT LATELY, I HAVE SEEN HIM ON SEVERAL THINGS
AND THERE IS SOMETHING KINDA CUTE ABOUT HIM,
WHEN HE DOESNT HAVE THOSE STUPID LOOKS ON HIS FACE,
BUT TO SLEEP WITH HIM, 
HELL NO!!!! 

THANKS MAMAOOOO
 

You Are 46% Impulsive

You're quite impulsive, but you never are reckless. You qualify as a very spontaneous person, but you still know how to honor your commitments. And while responsibility doesn't come easy to you, having fun does!

DOG LEG OR DOG APPENDAGE?

 

A FRIEND OF MINE WHO KNOWS I LOVE IKEA, ASKED ME TODAY IF I HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THE IKEA CATALOG HAVING A DOG, AS SHE PUT IT "WINKY" SHOWING.....I, OF COURSE, JUMPED UP AND GOT ONE OF MY TWO IKEA CATALOGS AND STARTED LOOKING.  I ALSO RESEARCHED IT ONLINE, AND FOUND AN ARTICLE ABOUT THIS SUPPOSED "WINKY" SHOW.  HERE IS THE ARTICLE I FOUND.  I WILL TELL YOU THIS, THE CATALOG PICTURE IS LARGER THAN THIS PICTURE AND I PUT IT UNDER LIGHT AND CAN DEFINATELY SAY THAT TO ME, HAVING FOUR DOGS MYSELF, THAT IS A LEG, NOT A "WINKY"......  IF THAT WAS A "WINKY" IT WOULD NOT ONLY BE VERY LARGE, BUT WOULD ALSO BE IN A NOT NORMAL POSITION ON THE DOGS BODY.  IF YOU FOLLOW THE LINES, YOU CAN TELL THAT IS THE THIGH OF THE LEG BENDING DOWN INTO THE SHIN OF THE LEG IN A FOLDED  POSITION.  I HONESTLY THINK SOME PEOPLE HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN TO INSPECT THINGS TO FIND NASTY THINGS ON THEM!!! 

ANYWAY, WHAT IS YOUR OPINION?

ALL I CAN SAY RIGHT NOW IS I AM SOOOOOOO TIRED!!!! 
THIS WAS ONE LONG ASS WEEKEND. 

WE CLEANED ALL THE JUNK THAT MY PARENTS AND BROTHER
HAD LEFT ON MY BACKPORCH BEFORE I MOVED IN THREE YEARS
AGO THAT I COULDNT DO ANYTHING WITH BECAUSE I DONT
OWN A TRUCK AND COULDNT GET ANY HELP MOVING IT.  BUT,
IT IS NOW GONE GONE GONE!!!!! 

TO SAY THE LEAST I NOW HAVE A BACK PORCH........

ON TOP OF GETTING MY PORCH CLEANED OFF, THERE
WERE TWO OLD LOCKED UP CEILING FANS THAT THE
BLADES WERE ALL MESSED UP AND/OR BROKEN OFF,
AND THE LIGHTS WERE HANGING DOWN (SEE ABOVE
PIC).  JEROMY WENT LAST NIGHT AND GOT ME
TWO NEW FANS TO REPLACE THOSE FANS!!!!

 
I JUST WANT TO SPEND THE DAY OUT THERE
LOOKING AT ALL THAT OPENESS!!

IT WAS REALLY NICE SITTING OUT THERE WITH THE
FANS BLOWING AND ALL THE OPEN SPACE.  ONLY
PROBLEM RIGHT NOW IS MY BODY IS RETALIATING
BECAUSE OF THE WORK FRIDAY, GOING THROUGH
2 TONS OF JUNK TO MAKE SURE NOTHING WAS
IN THERE THAT WAS VALUABLE.  I DID
LUCK OUT GETTING A FEW THINGS. 

THEN SATURDAY WAS ANOTHER BIG DAY......

 
WE BURNED ANYTHING WOOD THAT WOULD
HAVE BEEN GOING TO THE DUMP......

WE HAD TO REMOVE THE SCREENS FROM
THE PORCH SINCE THEY WERE ALL TORN....

SO WE MADE A PILE OF THE SCREENS.........

 
AND ANOTHER PILE OF HEAVY METAL, INCLUDING TWO
OLD MICROWAVES AND VARIOUS OTHER JUNK METAL,
AS MY DAD HAS A BIN AT WORK HE CAN DUMP INTO....
HE TOOK THE REFRIGERATOR THAT WAS IN THE HOUSE WHEN I
MOVED IN, WITH HIM SATURDAY TO DUMP AT WORK MONDAY....
HE WILL HOPEFULLY BE BACK TO GET THE REST OF THIS STUFF
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT HE SAID!!!
JEROMY IS GOING TO TALK TO HIS BOSS AND SEE IF HE CAN
TAKE A LOAD TO HIS WORK ALSO, AS THEY HAVE THE SAME THING.......

WE FOUND THREE BOXES OF ALBUMS, INCLUDING A BUTTLOAD
OF THE OLD 78 ALBUMS THAT ARE IN THE SLEEVEED BOOKS......

I ALSO FOUND TWO LAND CAMERAS FROM THE 60'S AND
A BROWNIE 8 MM MOVIE CAMERA...................

HERE IS A LIST OF THINGS FOUND THROUGHOUT THE CLEANING:

I FOUND A BOX OF TIARA EXCLUSIVE,

WHICH I NOW HAVE ON EBAY.....

I FOUND ONE CEILING FAN IN A BOX WITH A GLOBE
 
THAT I AM PUTTING ON CRAIGS LIST......

A LOT OF SALT AND PEPPER SHAKERS AND VARIOUS CAPS,
  
WHICH I WILL PROBABLY TRY ON EBAY, CRAIGS LIST,
THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST FREECYCLE, TILL THEY ARE GONE.....

A BRASS HEADBOARD FOR A KING SIZE BED,
 
WHICH I AM GOING TO KEEP AND CLEANUP, WOULD LOVE
TO GET ANOTHER KIND SIZE BED SOMEDAY, SO THAT IS
GOING INTO THE BASEMENT.....

AN OLD ANTIQUE GAS CAN....
 
WHICH I AM GOING TO CLEAN UP A BIT AND TRY IT ON
EBAY, THEN CRAIGS LIST, THEN I MIGHT JUST KEEP IT....

A BIG GREEN TUB,
 
PERFECT FOR ICE AND BEER SO THEY DONT FILL UP MY FRIDGE...

I FOUND VARIOUS CANS,
 
WHICH WILL GO WITH MY CANS THAT I ALREADY HAVE......

A CERAMIC PUMPKIN,
 
WHICH WILL BE USED HALLOWEEN AT THE TOP OF MY
FRONT PORCH STAIRS...........

A LOG HOLDER,
 
WHICH I WILL PUT ON CRAIGSLIST OR FREECYCLE....

A SKILSAW AND NEW BLADE,
 
WHICH WILL GO IN THE BASEMENT WITH
 
MY COLLECTION OF TOOLS THAT I FOUND......

SOME MACRAME STUFF,
 
WHICH WILL GO ON FREECYCLE.....

A TRAY OF SOME SORT,
 
WHICH WILL GET CLEANED AND RESEARCHED, AND
PUT ON EBAY, CRAIGSLIST, OR FREECYCLE.....

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST...........
 
THESE WERE JEROMY'S VIDEOS WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER......

THERE IS A STORY BEHIND THESE.....

MY DAD WORKS FOR

AND JEROMY USED TO GO TO WORK WITH HIM AS A CHILD.......
HAD HIS OWN YANCY BROTHERS UNIFORM, BOOTS, AND SET OF MASTER KEYS.....

THAT WAS WHY HE GOT THOSE VIDEOS, HE LOVED THAT STUFF....
HE USED TO GO ANYWHERE CLOSEBY THAT THEY WERE DOING ANY
KIND OF CONSTRUCTION AND ALL THE LOCAL CONTRACTORS EVENTUALLY
GOT TO KNOW HIM.......

SO ANYWAY, TO MAKE A ALREADY LONG STORY SHORT.......

THIS IS WHAT JEROMY DOES FOR A LIVING NOW.......
 
HE OPERATES A ASPHALT MILL, WHICH BREAKS UP THE ASPHALT
AND RUNS A CREW.....

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WATCHING A FEW VIDEOS
AND HANGING OUT AT YANCEY BROTHERS,
HE WOULD GROW UP TO DO EXACTLY JUST THAT......

WELL, I GUESS I HAD BETTER END THIS POST, I REALLY NEED TO GET ON
TOP OF A LETTER TO TRAVIS, I HAVE PICS TO PICK UP AT CVS THAT I AM
GOING TO SEND TO HIM TO SHOW HIM THE PORCH PROGRESS....I AM SURE
HE WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT.....

IF ANYONE HAS ANY IDEA ABOUT ANY OF THE STUFF I GOT, LIKE
WHAT TO DO TO GET RID OF IT, WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SOME MONEY
OFF OF IT, EVEN IF IT IS NOT A LOT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW...

IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT OLD CAMERAS
OR OLD OLD ALBUMS................

OTHER THAN THAT, I HOPE YOU ALL DIDNT GET TOO BORED AND I HOPE
EVERYONE HAS A GREAT WEEK!!!!!!

Topic August-part II, 2006

FEATURED GROWNUPS

This topic was recommended by our own

Rogue610

The topic is:
Take the lyrics to your favorite song, and analyze them.
Take whichever perspective you would like -
the band's, the songwriter's, or your own. 

Luka Lyrics

by Suzanne Vega

My name is Luka

I live on the second floor

I live upstairs from you

Yes I think you've seen me before

If you hear something late at night

Some kind of trouble. some kind of fight

Just don't ask me what it was

Just don't ask me what it was

Just don't ask me what it was

I think it's because I'm clumsy

I try not to talk too loud

Maybe it's because I'm crazy

I try not to act too proud

They only hit until you cry

And after that you don't ask why

You just don't argue anymore

You just don't argue anymore

You just don't argue anymore

Yes I think I'm okay

I walked into the door again

Well, if you ask that's what I'll say

And it's not your business anyway

I guess I'd like to be alone

With nothing broken, nothing thrown

Just don't ask me how I am

Just don't ask me how I am

How/Why does this song speak to you? 
OR
You can be literal - what does it actually mean
(If you've heard explanations by the singer
/songwriter in an interview or otherwise - 
or if you wrote it or know who did)?

THIS SONG SPEAKS TO ME BECAUSE IT IS AN EXPERIENCE 
THAT I HAVE BEEN THROUGH ON MORE THAN ONE 
ACCOUNT AND NEVER WISH TO GO THROUGH AGAIN!!

THIS WAS OBTAINED FROM THE
SUZANNE VEGA WEBSITE

Who is Luka?

The song Luka is written from the point-of-view of an abused 
child and tells his story in a subtle and psychologically 
realistic way, only hinting at the horrible secret of his
 life. Some people have also read it to be a song about an 
abused woman, and although this was not what Suzanne 
though of when she wrote the song, it is certainly also a 
valid interpretation.

The name "Luka" is indeed taken from a real person with that
 name, whose outer character Suzanne borrowed. There is, 
however, no reason to believe that Luka was an abused child 
in real life. This is what Suzanne said in a Swedish
 television special recorded 3 November 1987:

"A few years ago, I used to see this group of children playing in 
from of my building, and there was one of them, whose name
 was Luka, who seemed a little bit distinctive from the other
 children. I always remembered his name, and I always 
remembered his face, and I didn't know much about him, but 
he just seemed set apart from these other children that I would 
see playing. And his character is what I based the song
 Luka on. In the song, the boy Luka is an abused child -- 
I real life I don't think he was. I think he was just different"

AS SHE SAYS, SHE DIDNT ORIGINALLY WRITE IT
ABOUT AN ABUSED WOMAN, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE 
RELATE IT TO BEING ABOUT THAT.  BEING INVOLVED 
IN SEVERAL ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS, I CAN SO 
RELATED TO THE WORDS OF THAT SONG...

If you hear something late at night

Some kind of trouble. some kind of fight

Just don't ask me what it was

I REMEMBER BEING ABUSED ONLY TO BE HIT
HARDER IF I MADE ANY NOISE.......

I try not to talk too loud

Maybe it's because I'm crazy

I try not to act too proud

YOU ALWAYS SEEM TO BLAME YOURSELF,
YOU SAID THE WRONG THING, DID THE
WRONG THING, LOOKED THE WRONG WAY....

They only hit until you cry

And after that you don't ask why

You just don't argue anymore

ONCE YOU START CRYING IT PISSES
THEM OFF AND THEY START HITTING 
HARDER IN ORDER TO SHUT YOU UP. YOU
EVENTUALLY GET TO THE POINT OF TAKING
IT AND NOT CRYING OR ARGUING SO THAT
HE WILL JUST STOP AND LEAVE YOU ALONE....

 THAT SONG HAS
ALWAYS BEEN A SONG THAT CAN BRING ME
TO TEARS JUST LISTENING TO IT.  

HERE IS THE NEW
KWEEN OF THE QUEENS ASSIGNMENT

Writing a letter to your younger self.

What would you say to your younger self? 
What advice would you give? 
Would you offer tips for changing a certain situation?

Dear Pogue,

I know that you have always been stubborn, never falling to defeat, but that is just the redhead in your.  Should you run across certain crossroads this is what you should do.  Stay awake during class in high school and finish with good grades and go to college (1 year at the most taken off, then get in there and do it).  Keep out of relationships, only date around, until you have successfully completed college and made a decision on careers.  Become stable within yourself, not depending on anyone else to help you and run with it as fast as you can.  After you are happy within yourself, then you should allow someone else in to share in your happiness and whatever you do, make sure that person is also happy within themselves too and self reliant upon themselves so that you can become equal partners in a union that can withstand all eternity. 

Best of wishes,

Pogue

P.S.

If he ever hits you, no second chances, just get a shovel and bury him!!!

NOW THAT WAS WAY TO SERIOUS,
WATCH THIS VIDEO FOR SOME RELEASE.....

LAST NIGHT WE HAD THIS AWESOME STORM COME THROUGH....

I JUST LOVE SITTING ON THE BACKPORCH WATCHING THE LIGHTENING..

I GOT SOME PICS OF IT, TOOK 200+ SHOTS TO GET 3 SHOTS THAT ACTUALLY CAME OUT...

THEN I REALIZED THAT I ACCIDENTALLY DELETED ONE OF THEM SO NOW I HAVE TWO!!!

SINCE I AM DOING PICS TODAY,
I FIGURED I WOULD GO ON AND DO MY
WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE

This weeks subject comes from Czolya

defining shots away from home

He wrote: By this, I mean to post photos that people have taken either on vacation, a long travel, or a short trip that have defined/underscored the overall experience of that period of time.  The frame of time away from home doesn't matter, it could have lasted a year, a week, or just a few hours.  What I am looking for is a shot that defines the person's experience.  If a person can't place one picture then more than one is fine.

THIS WASNT REALLY A VACATION BUT MORE OF A TRIP AWAY FROM HOME OVERNIGHT TO SPEND TIME WITH MY SON AND I LEFT REALLY EARLY IN THE MORNING CAUSE I HAD TO GET HOME TO TAKE CARE OF THE DOGS WHICH HAD BEEN HERE ALL NIGHT BY THEMSELVES BECAUSE MY OTHER SON DIDNT COME IN AND SO THIS IS LIKE 7 IN THE MORNING ON THE WAY HOME.  IT WAS SO PEACEFUL WHICH IS THE EXPERIENCE...

I JUST LOVE A AWESOME SUNRISE!!!

I KNOW THAT I AM ALMOST ONE WEEK LATE WATCHING IT,
BUT I JUST FINISHED WATCHING LAST WEEKS SUPERNOVA!!!!

I AM SOOOOOOO HAPPPPPYYYYYY!!!!!!

BYE BYE ZAYRA IS GONE GONE GONE!!!!!

A Mancunian fireman climbs into a fire station dryer, packs it with clothes then goes for a spin. Full story at the Manchester Evening News.

The fireman in the video, Andy Bruce, has apologised and may not be fired. Come on people, it was only a joke.

OPINIONS ANYONE?

NOT ONLY THE FACT THAT I AM CONSTANTLY
STUCK BEHIND A CELL PHONE DRIVER, BUT
ALSO THIS GAVE ME THE IDEA TO DO A
POST ON CELL PHONES..........
DO NOT TAKE OFFENSE, I AM VENTING!!!!

What's Dirtier, Cell Phone or Toilet Seat?

THEY SAY THAT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SHOE IS CLEANER...

MAKES ME GLAD I DONT HAVE ONE...

I TOTALLY HATE CELL PHONES......

I WILL LIST BELOW THE REASONS WHY.......

1.     YOU CANNOT HANG OUT WITH FRIENDS,
CARRY ON A CONVERSATION, OR EAT
WITHOUT THE DAMN THING RINGING. 

THE SAD THING IS,
INSTEAD OF TURNING IT OFF EVERYONE FEELS
COMPELLED TO ANSWER IT NO MATTER WHAT!!!

2.     PEOPLE FEEL THEY HAVE TO TALK REALLY LOUD OR
YELL WHILE THEY ARE ON A CELL PHONE.......

I HATE YOUR CELL PHONE AND DO NOT CARE
TO BE A PART OF YOUR CONVERSATION!!!!

3.     PEOPLE USED TO HAVE THEM FOR EMERGENCY ONLY,
PROBLEM IS, IF YOU REALLY DO NEED IT IN CASE OF
EMERGENCY, YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR SERVICE AREA...........

4.     THE HANDSFREE HEADSETS HAVE BEEN ON
THE MARKET FOR A LONG TIME, IN FACT, MOST
PHONES COME WITH SOME SORT OF HANDSFREE
CONTRAPTION, BUT NO ONE USES THEM!!!!

INSTEAD THERE ARE IDIOTS DRIVING AROUND HAVING WRECKS 

THEY BECOME CARELESS, NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO
WHERE THEY ARE GOING OR WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND THEM....

5.     I HAVE NOTICED THIS AT WALMART A LOT...
I WILL BE DRIVING THROUGH THE PARKING LOT EITHER
SEARCHING FOR A PARKING PLACE OR TRYING TO LEAVE
AND EVERYWHERE I LOOK, WALKING, IN THE CARS,
STANDING AROUND, EVERYONE IS ON A DAMN CELL
PHONE.  THE THING THAT PISSES ME OFF THE MOST
IS WHEN SOME IDIOT IS TALKING ON THEIR CELLPHONE,
NOT PAYING ATTENTION AND THEY PULL RIGHT
OUT IN FRONT OF ME.......

LOTS OF WRECKS OCCUR BECAUSE OF PEOPLE ARE SO
INVOLVED IN THEIR DAMN CONVERSATION ABOUT
WHAT JANE NEXT DOOR IS DOING THAT THEY
FORGET THEY ARE DRIVING A DAMN CAR!!!

6.     THEY HAVE NOT PROVEN THAT CELL PHONES DO
OR DO NOT CAUSE CANCER, BUT PEOPLE JUST KEEP
THEM ON THEIR EARS ANYWAY.  KINDA LIKE PEOPLE
BEING TOLD TANNING BEDS ARE BAD FOR YOU IF YOU
USE THEM A LOT, BUT PEOPLE FRY IN THEM DAILY. 

 IF GOD WANTED US ON THE PHONE ALL THE TIME,
MUCH LESS A CELL PHONE,
HE WOULD HAVE MADE OUR EARS LIKE THIS.....

7.     PEOPLE NOW FEEL THE NEED TO GET
CELLPHONES FOR THIER CHILDREN.... 

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY A 6 YEAR OLD NEEDS A CELL PHONE. 
AS JOHN STOSSIL WOULD SAY, "GIVE ME A BREAK"

SO THERE, I HAVE GOTTEN THAT OFF MY CHEST. 
PLEASE DO NOT TAKE OFFENSE TO THIS IF YOU:

1.     USE YOUR HANDSFREE DEVICE.

2.     USE YOUR PHONE FOR BUSINESS, EMERGENCIES, AND
ESSENTIAL STUFF, NOT FOR GOSSIPING ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBOR.

3.     DO NOT TALK ON YOUR PHONE WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING. 

LIKE I SAID, I HATE CELL PHONES, BUT ONLY
BECAUSE OF THE WAY PEOPLE ABUSE THEM. 

I ACTUALLY KNOW SOME PEOPLE THAT, I KID YOU NOT,
WOULD JUST NOT LOOK RIGHT WITHOUT THE PHONE UP TO THEIR EAR.  

 

SO, IF YOU INSIST ON USING YOUR PHONES,
PLEASE USE THEM PROPERLY AND THINK ABOUT
THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU THAT DO NOT CARE
ABOUT YOUR CONVERSATION, DO NOT WANT TO HEAR
IT RINGING CONSTANTLY, AND DO NOT WANT TO
BE INTERUPTED BY PEOPLE CONSTANTLY CALLING YOU!!!!

WHAT ARE YOUR OPINIONS ON THE USE OF CELL PHONES
WHILE DRIVING OR IN PUBLIC PLACES?

WHAT ARE YOUR GRIPS ABOUT CELL PHONES?

THE NEW WEEKELY PHOTO CHALLENGE IS HERE

This weeks subject comes from TKinOKC

People with feelings

Everyone is welcome to join in. All you have to do is post one or more photos regarding the subject on your site and comment here that you have posted, so we can all come by and have a look.

SARCASTIC

SOLEMN

MAD

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