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| 18884 | Last Movie You Watched | Little Giants<br><br>My favorite football flick as a kid. Still love it to this very day.<br><br>What the heck, I'll give it...<br><br><img style="width: 500px; height: 92px;" src="/images/postImages/142687594910_seriable_stars_small.jpg"><br> | Mr Magic | Mar 20, 2015 |  |
| 18883 | How was your day? | I got another squirrel. This one is named Suckitvkimo.<br> | Ajimbo | Mar 20, 2015 | |
| 18882 | Childhood Crushes | And now, finally, my last major crush... and it was a doozie. <br><br>"Back in my day", our school district had no "Middle School". You went from 6th grade Elementary School to sharing the halls of the High School with Seniors. Yeah, it was a bit jarring to be so small, walking under these tree-like students as they passed from one class to the next.<br><br>Anyhow, after finally reaching the coveted title of Freshman after two years, a young lady entering the 7th grade caught my eye. And she never relinquished it. From the time I first saw her, until I graduated High School, I had a thing for Penny.<br><br>There were three problems with this:<br><br>1. She was well beyond my league. Like, WELL beyond my league.<br>2. I was probably the shyest kid of all time when it came to girls.<br>3. She didn't know I existed.<br><br>These three things made my entire High School career more miserable than it should have been. But it could not be helped... I was completely dumbstruck by her. Just to see her walk by me in the hallways made my heart skip a beat.<br><br>It was a lot of things... her long blonde hair, magical smile, and... well... you get the idea. But the thing about Penny that I couldn't get enough of, was her eyes. They had this cherubic, inviting look. Like you just wanted to dive right into them and swim forever. Of course, this is highly exaggerated, as are many things we recall about those special, childhood times. But for teenage me, she was the only woman on Earth.<br><br>When pep rallies occurred, my eyes were only on her (she was a cheerleader). When the Fair week came around each year, I spent my days there subconsciously hoping to just see her there, like a preview for the coming school year. The song "Penny Lover" by Lionel Ritchie became my theme song, and I played it often in my bedroom. <br><br>Days turned to months, months to years, and I never once spoke to her. Never. Not even a "hi". I knew in my mind it would be pointless to do so. I would only be making things worse for myself.<br><br>At some point in time, as I approached my final year or so of High School, I think she found out. My irrational exuberance for her caught up with me. I had collected newspaper clippings, drawn pictures, and who knows what else in my crazed fascination with her. And somebody whom I didn't want to know had found out and made it public.<br><br>Things changed... I felt like perhaps she might find me a bit odd and worrisome. Like maybe she would be actively avoiding being near me or even making eye contact. Of course, I don't know this to be true. But I wouldn't have blamed her.<br><br>Once, while goofing off in study hall, one of her classmates (a girl who I really didn't care much for, but occasionally made conversation with because she was at our table) asked if I wanted her to say something to Penny about it. I was very apprehensive about it, but also EXTREMELY curious as to what she might say about me. So I sheepishly made it known that I did want her to say something. The message back was just a simple, "She said she is seeing Shawn (Last Name)." I already knew this, but hey... at least isn't wasn't something like "Ewwww!!!!"<br><br>Another time, I recall being in the student counselor's office finishing some kind of exam, and realizing part way through that the voice I had been hearing speaking with the counselor in the adjacent room was, in fact, Penny. I was in a room with her and only one other person. That began freaking me out, and I had a hard time concentrating on finishing my work. Instead, I just listened in on the conversation. She was speaking with the counselor about her hopes for a career in law - as in an attorney. That's all I can remember of that (to my limited knowledge, she actually ended up as a speech pathologist).<br><br>Later on, toward the end of my High School days, she began dating my cousin (Sheesh!!! This again!). This cousin was from my mother's side, and they were all athletes, armed forces people, and generally way more popular than I would ever be. I had more of my dad's side in me. <br><br>Needless to say, this was my most intense crush. And one I never acted on. I'm glad I didn't, now. Not because I think it would have went anywhere (yeah... sure) but because I learned how to let go of some dreams when they are just not within reach. Sometimes as kids, we think we are going to capture the stars and nobody is going to stop us. But the quicker we learn that life is hard, and things don't always go our way, the easier it is to let go and follow the path we are actually on.<br><br>My path lead me to my actual soul mate, my wife. And it lead me to 3 beautiful children, and another on his way. Magical as Penny may have seemed to me, the real magic is having the life I have now. It's far more than I deserve. I love it.<br> | Vaporman87 | Mar 20, 2015 | |
| 18881 | How was your day? | The internet was down for me, so I watched my Rocko's Modern Life: Season 1 DVD on PowerDVD.<br><br><img style="width: 358px; height: 268px;" src="/images/postImages/1426874874jetscream15.jpg"><br> | Mr Magic | Mar 20, 2015 | |
| 18880 | Nintendo To Make Smartphone Games | <blockquote rel="jkatz" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(254, 253, 249);"><b style="font-style: normal;">shakin steak wrote :</b><br><i style="font-style: normal;"><br></i><span style="font-style: italic;">They've explicitly said they are going to be new games and they definitely will not port old games to phones</span>.<i style="font-style: normal;"> </i><b style="font-style: normal;">-end quote</b></blockquote><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(254, 253, 249);">Oops. That's what I get for not reading the article! </span><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(254, 253, 249);">Dig the new avatar btw. Dick Van Dyke?</span></div> | jkatz | Mar 20, 2015 | |
| 18879 | An origin movie about Peter Pan. | <blockquote rel="Vaporman87"><b>Vaporman87 wrote :</b><br><i> Blackbeard fits in to the Pan origin eh? As played by Huge Ackman (if you don't know about Huge Ackman, watch Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb, LOL).<br> </i><b>-end quote<br><br></b>I know about him.<b><br><br><img style="width: 580px; height: 570px;" src="/images/postImages/1426874625wolverine_1.jpg"><br></b></blockquote><br> | Mr Magic | Mar 20, 2015 | |
| 18878 | Third Annual Article Contest | Haha, I think my streak might end this year, some serious talent has been bubbling up.<br><br>On a side note, glad I re read the rules. Deadline is tomorrow at NOON, I almost thought it was midnight.<br> | vkimo | Mar 20, 2015 | |
| 18877 | Guess That Year - Round 2 | <blockquote rel="vkimo"><b>vkimo wrote :</b><br><i> Nice work Blue, when I read that I was thinking of a show that made them a lot of money but I know the clues often have a twist.<br> </i><b>-end quote</b></blockquote>Haha same here! I'm gonna be more wary this round ;) | echidna64 | Mar 20, 2015 | |
| 18876 | Third Annual Article Contest | <blockquote rel="vkimo"><b>vkimo wrote :</b><br><i> I got one published, one submitted and another in the oven. <br> </i><b>-end quote</b></blockquote>Dang dude! Can you win both prizes? <div><br></div><div><img src="/images/postImages/1426872690x-men_l03.jpg"></div> | echidna64 | Mar 20, 2015 | |
| 18875 | Third Annual Article Contest | <blockquote rel="vkimo"><b>vkimo wrote :</b><br><i> I got one published, one submitted and another in the oven. <br> </i><b>-end quote</b></blockquote>Reading the second one now. Loving it by the way. :)<br> | Vaporman87 | Mar 20, 2015 | |
