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Swordfish941 05-04-2011 06:06 PM

We're reading Romeo & Juliet in English class and I get to be Tybalt! :D

Spartan198 05-04-2011 06:39 PM

I would have figured you'd go for the role of Juliette... :p

S&Wshooter 05-04-2011 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Swordfish941 (Post 28516)
We're reading Romeo & Juliet in English class and I get to be Tybalt! :D

I hated reading that. I had to read for the guy who was pretty much the chief of police (I can't remember his name)

k9870 05-04-2011 06:50 PM

Horrible story. Hated reading that, and watching the newer one tahts modern day and stuff.

BurtReynoldsMoustache 05-04-2011 06:55 PM

I'm not gonna say that Shakespeare is overrated (because he's not), but all of his characters are absolutely godawful human beings.

Swordfish941 05-04-2011 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by S&Wshooter (Post 28519)
I hated reading that. I had to read for the guy who was pretty much the chief of police (I can't remember his name)

His name was The First Watch of Verona.

k9870 05-04-2011 07:05 PM

Many "classic" characters suck. In 1984, i wanted winston to die. In the catcher in the rye, i wanted to slap the whiny kid in the face and could care less about his character.

Swordfish941 05-04-2011 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by k9870 (Post 28524)
Many "classic" characters suck. In 1984, i wanted winston to die. In the catcher in the rye, i wanted to slap the whiny kid in the face and could care less about his character.

When I watched The Social Network, I wanted to kick Mark Zuckerberg in the balls because he's an asshole (Andrew Garfield and Rooney Mara agree with me).

Swordfish941 05-04-2011 08:41 PM

I have a feeling Smithy will like this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed1Ucnvn08s

Gunmaster45 05-04-2011 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by k9870 (Post 28520)
Horrible story. Hated reading that, and watching the newer one tahts modern day and stuff.

I liked the modern version. It made the story easier to follow, even while using the original language. I mean, they incoportated guns, cars, police, everything, and it still made sense with the old language. I thought that was impressive. Plus it was stylish and made a story that is frankly very boring and sad somewhat enjoyable and conveyed the tradgety much better IMO.

Speaking of R & J in English class, when I had to read it in 7th grade, we had to act out scenes for the class. I got to play Romeo for the sword fight with Tybalt. I tried to teach the kid I was fighting how to stylishly fence to look authentic, but we were in 7th grade and he was a dick, so basically I just beat the crap out of him with the plastic sword for the scene. 'Twas fun. :)

S&Wshooter 05-04-2011 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Swordfish941 (Post 28545)
I have a feeling Smithy will like this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed1Ucnvn08s

Olivia Munn is awesome


http://files.g4tv.com/ImageDb3/13598...to-Gallery.png

Swordfish941 05-04-2011 10:32 PM

Whoever compares Justin Bieber to Kurt Cobain needs to die of a slow, painful, dreadful, agonizing death:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/10-...ke-kurt-cobain

S&Wshooter 05-05-2011 12:56 AM

I aggravated my pinched nerve doing some "exercises" that are supposed to help with my pinched nerve

Swordfish941 05-05-2011 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by S&Wshooter (Post 28571)
I aggravated my pinched nerve doing some "exercises" that are supposed to help with my pinched nerve

http://www.motifake.com/image/demoti...1261439769.jpg

S&Wshooter 05-05-2011 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Swordfish941 (Post 28573)

I stubbed my toe really bad too

Gunmaster45 05-05-2011 04:00 AM

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Originally Posted by S&Wshooter (Post 28574)
I stubbed my toe really bad too

...I tried to call for help, but my vocal cords ripped. Horrified, I stepped back and fell down the stairs. Grandma was walking up them. She wasn't quick enough. I pushed what I hoped was grandma's unconcious body off me and crawled to the phone. I grabbed the cord and pulled. The phone receiver fell on my head and knocked me unconcious. I woke up in a pawn shop basement with two rednecks, and some BDSM monster they called "The Gimp". That's all I remember.

...Sorry, felt like finishing your horror story for you. :D

S&Wshooter 05-05-2011 04:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Gunmaster45 (Post 28575)
...I tried to call for help, but my vocal cords ripped. Horrified, I stepped back and fell down the stairs. Grandma was walking up them. She wasn't quick enough. I pushed what I hoped was grandma's unconcious body off me and crawled to the phone. I grabbed the cord and pulled. The phone receiver fell on my head and knocked me unconcious. I woke up in a pawn shop basement with two rednecks, and some BDSM monster they called "The Gimp". That's all I remember.

...Sorry, felt like finishing your horror story for you. :D

There aren't any stairs in my house and if I woke up in a basement with 2 rednecks, odds are I'd be related to one of them, so they would let me go

S&Wshooter 05-05-2011 04:03 AM

What the SL8 SHOULD have been

http://www.collectorsfirearms.com/ad...p?itemID=41075

Spartan198 05-05-2011 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by S&Wshooter (Post 28553)

http://www.theprogram101.com/wp-cont...s_cosplay4.jpg

Indeed she is.

Swordfish941 05-05-2011 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gunmaster45 (Post 28575)
...I tried to call for help, but my vocal cords ripped. Horrified, I stepped back and fell down the stairs. Grandma was walking up them. She wasn't quick enough. I pushed what I hoped was grandma's unconcious body off me and crawled to the phone. I grabbed the cord and pulled. The phone receiver fell on my head and knocked me unconcious. I woke up in a pawn shop basement with two rednecks, and some BDSM monster they called "The Gimp". That's all I remember.

Then I come in and kill one of the guys with a katana and you kill the other one with a shotgun. ;)

S&Wshooter 05-05-2011 04:44 PM

A phone reciever to the head wouldn't knock me out anyways unless someone bashed me in the head with it a bunch of times.

Your story is full of FAIL, Gunmaster

Gunmaster45 05-05-2011 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by S&Wshooter (Post 28590)
A phone reciever to the head wouldn't knock me out anyways unless someone bashed me in the head with it a bunch of times.

Your story is full of FAIL, Gunmaster

So negative, S&W. tsk. tsk.

Swordfish941 05-05-2011 08:32 PM

http://www.everydaynodaysoff.com/wp-...Open-Carry.jpg

Reach 05-05-2011 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Swordfish941 (Post 28589)
Then I come in and kill one of the guys with a katana and you kill the other one with a shotgun. ;)

i JUST realised that's from pulp fiction

Gunmaster45 05-05-2011 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Reach (Post 28605)
i JUST realised that's from pulp fiction

http://i56.tinypic.com/2w515qd.gif

S&Wshooter 05-05-2011 10:42 PM

Best message ever from a Pantera song: Be yourself, show others respect

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkFqg...feature=relmfu

S&Wshooter 05-05-2011 11:07 PM

Want a .22 rifle and a .22 pistol ALL IN ONE GUN?!?!?!

http://www.collectorsfirearms.com/ad...p?itemID=31852

Collectors has everything

Swordfish941 05-05-2011 11:20 PM

My little brother thinks he's black.

http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...-face-palm.gif

S&Wshooter 05-05-2011 11:21 PM

Supposedly Steven Seagal's hero gun from "Hard To Kill"

http://www.collectorsfirearms.com/ad...p?itemID=31559

Edit: It looks like his gun in Marked For Death

S&Wshooter 05-05-2011 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Swordfish941 (Post 28616)
My little brother thinks he's black.

You should do something about that

Swordfish941 05-05-2011 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by S&Wshooter (Post 28618)
You should do something about that

Like replace all of the shitty rap songs on his IPod with good music?

predator20 05-05-2011 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by S&Wshooter (Post 28617)
Supposedly Steven Seagal's hero gun from "Hard To Kill"

http://www.collectorsfirearms.com/ad...p?itemID=31559

Edit: It looks like his gun in Marked For Death

We need to save those pics to use on the page.

Another one of his.
http://www.novaksights.com/waynenova...venseagal.html

BurtReynoldsMoustache 05-06-2011 03:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Swordfish941 (Post 28619)
Like replace all of the shitty rap songs on his IPod with good music?

Regardless of how you feel about his musical tastes, that would be very fucked up.

Swordfish941 05-06-2011 03:31 AM

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Originally Posted by BurtReynoldsMoustache (Post 28629)
Regardless of how you feel about his musical tastes, that would be very fucked up.

Lisbeth Salander would like to have a word with you.

http://images4.fanpop.com/image/phot...16-500-280.png

S&Wshooter 05-06-2011 03:53 AM

I've been having a little bit of bad luck the past few days
  • I aggravated my pinched nerve
  • I damn near broke my toe
  • My net keeps going out
  • I haven't been able to sleep

and now I've misplaced the nice Italian leather belt my father gave me

Spartan198 05-06-2011 10:12 AM

I just caught a couple minutes of Entertainment Tonight on my DVR following last night's Nikita and apparently one of the members of SEAL Team 6 was on there...

k9870 05-06-2011 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by S&Wshooter (Post 28631)
I've been having a little bit of bad luck the past few days
  • I aggravated my pinched nerve
  • I damn near broke my toe
  • My net keeps going out
  • I haven't been able to sleep

and now I've misplaced the nice Italian leather belt my father gave me

The belt will turn up, get some melatonin for the sleep, dont know what to do bout the nerves.

MT2008 05-06-2011 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Swordfish941 (Post 28619)
Like replace all of the shitty rap songs on his IPod with good music?

Or...just ignore him and let him go through the phase. He'll get past it once he realizes that acting gangsta won't earn you "respect", as I learned 10 years ago (and as I continue trying to teach Zulu, to no avail). Plus, one can still listen to rap without wanting to act black. My gym/running playlist has David Banner, Flo Rida, and Three-6 Mafia songs, and I still listen to Lupe Fiasco. But because I no longer feel the need to adopt other people's identities as my own (or piss off my parents), I can just listen to rap without wanting to act gangsta.

Also, I had no idea there were still wiggers, in 2011? I figured that trend would have exhausted itself by now.

k9870 05-06-2011 02:13 PM

The fast beats of some rap songs pump you up for a workout. But the gangsta rap culture pisses me off.

MT2008 05-06-2011 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by k9870 (Post 28649)
The fast beats of some rap songs pump you up for a workout. But the gangsta rap culture pisses me off.

Yeah, it's hard not to think about the negative cultural influence of rap whenever one listens to it. If rappers didn't keep trying to pass themselves off as real "gangstas" and blurring the lines between fantasy and reality (carrying guns, getting into "beefs" on record that lead to people actually getting shot), it might be easier to enjoy the music.

My attitude towards rap is that you just have to listen to it the way you would watch a gangster movie or play "GTA IV". When you do that, it can be great entertainment. Some rappers actually are really good at conveying vivid, cinematic imagery through their lyrics, and I dare say that some of them have skill with words that is easily on par with poetry. Plus, it's the only genre where the lyrics make references to gun brand names - that's always nice.

Also, if anyone wants to hear some really good rap, I recommend checking out 4th25 ("Fourth Quarter"). The rappers are all enlisted U.S. soldiers who are rapping about what it's like to serve in Iraq (and it's all based on their personal experience of being out on deployment). A good example of somebody doing something really cool and interesting with the genre - it's like a narrative war documentary put to hip-hop beats.


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