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I am way too busy.
I have discovered that Soccer, which I used to make fun of, has surpassed football and baseball as my favorite sport. I can't admit that to anyone since I coach football and played it all my life.
I love going to the movies, have my whole life but.... I only saw the first Star Wars and have never seen Star Trek (Movies or on TV). I have never seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show either. Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction are my all-time faves.
I sang in a short-lived punk rock band in college. I have little to no musical ability. I did write some clever lyrics however.
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by plagiarism » Mon Aug 21, 2006 7:45 am
[quote][i]Originally posted by coop41[/i]
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I have discovered that Soccer, which I used to make fun of, has surpassed football and baseball as my favorite sport. I can't admit that to anyone since I coach football and played it all my life.
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I'm with you, at least on the first sentence. I'm a coach too, but I'm a soccer coach. I think I've read that you coach at a serious level, while I'm only in charge of a set of 7 year old boys. I pretty much became a soccer coach because no one else would step forward. This will be my 3rd year.
Re: baseball. Did my team fall to 4th or 5th in the NWO league. I barely check the boxscores any more.
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I have discovered that Soccer, which I used to make fun of, has surpassed football and baseball as my favorite sport. I can't admit that to anyone since I coach football and played it all my life.
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I'm with you, at least on the first sentence. I'm a coach too, but I'm a soccer coach. I think I've read that you coach at a serious level, while I'm only in charge of a set of 7 year old boys. I pretty much became a soccer coach because no one else would step forward. This will be my 3rd year.
Re: baseball. Did my team fall to 4th or 5th in the NWO league. I barely check the boxscores any more.
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by coop41 » Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:09 am
[quote][i]Originally posted by plagiarism[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by coop41[/i]
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I have discovered that Soccer, which I used to make fun of, has surpassed football and baseball as my favorite sport. I can't admit that to anyone since I coach football and played it all my life.
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I'm with you, at least on the first sentence. I'm a coach too, but I'm a soccer coach. I think I've read that you coach at a serious level, while I'm only in charge of a set of 7 year old boys. I pretty much became a soccer coach because no one else would step forward. This will be my 3rd year.
Re: baseball. Did my team fall to 4th or 5th in the NWO league. I barely check the boxscores any more.
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Don't get me started on the fantasy baseball! Ha!
I coach High School Varsity football.
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by coop41[/i]
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I have discovered that Soccer, which I used to make fun of, has surpassed football and baseball as my favorite sport. I can't admit that to anyone since I coach football and played it all my life.
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I'm with you, at least on the first sentence. I'm a coach too, but I'm a soccer coach. I think I've read that you coach at a serious level, while I'm only in charge of a set of 7 year old boys. I pretty much became a soccer coach because no one else would step forward. This will be my 3rd year.
Re: baseball. Did my team fall to 4th or 5th in the NWO league. I barely check the boxscores any more.
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Don't get me started on the fantasy baseball! Ha!
I coach High School Varsity football.
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by SwampThing » Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:26 am
[quote][i]Originally posted by phillyidol[/i]
<br>I don't know about the rest of you, but I like this guy![:D]
[/quote] Well, yes, except for the fact he comes across like a real prick based on this comment. [quote]I already took the opportunity to view your work. I'll refrain from commenting. [/quote] I was quite amazed the first time a views Dan's portfolio, I'm sure most would agree.
He's right about the race care driving stuff though, my brother raced cars for 20 years. The level of intensity circling the tracks at those speeds is physically draining. Not just any Joe (or Dan) can do it.
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<br>I don't know about the rest of you, but I like this guy![:D]
[/quote] Well, yes, except for the fact he comes across like a real prick based on this comment. [quote]I already took the opportunity to view your work. I'll refrain from commenting. [/quote] I was quite amazed the first time a views Dan's portfolio, I'm sure most would agree.
He's right about the race care driving stuff though, my brother raced cars for 20 years. The level of intensity circling the tracks at those speeds is physically draining. Not just any Joe (or Dan) can do it.
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by design_femme » Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:41 am
[quote][i]Originally posted by hexicon[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by design_femme[/i]
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Oh the lesbo flirtattion story wasn't me, you perv. That was manekineko, I think.
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Perhaps Philly is thinking about the time you and I were going to wrestle about who got rights to Scarecrow! [;)]
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Hush. Don't give him any ideas.
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Oh the lesbo flirtattion story wasn't me, you perv. That was manekineko, I think.
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Perhaps Philly is thinking about the time you and I were going to wrestle about who got rights to Scarecrow! [;)]
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by design_femme » Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:59 am
XXX, I think you love that movie for the same reasons I did [:)]
I was completely blown away by the ending. Speaking of which....
SPOILER ALERT!
what did you think of the water raining [i]inside[/i] the house at the end? do you think it was a device to reveal to the audience that this wasn't real, that this was Kris' imagined world (or inaccurate memory of his past), or do you think it holds bigger symbolic meaning? I've been wondering about that one.
I was completely blown away by the ending. Speaking of which....
SPOILER ALERT!
what did you think of the water raining [i]inside[/i] the house at the end? do you think it was a device to reveal to the audience that this wasn't real, that this was Kris' imagined world (or inaccurate memory of his past), or do you think it holds bigger symbolic meaning? I've been wondering about that one.
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by Bitter Almonds » Mon Aug 21, 2006 11:59 am
[quote][i]Originally posted by design_femme[/i]
<br>XXX, I think you love that movie for the same reasons I did [:)]
I was completely blown away by the ending. Speaking of which....
SPOILER ALERT!
what did you think of the water raining [i]inside[/i] the house at the end? do you think it was a device to reveal to the audience that this wasn't real, that this was Kris' imagined world (or inaccurate memory of his past), or do you think it holds bigger symbolic meaning? I've been wondering about that one.
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<p align="justify">It's quite literal, actually. The phenomena known as "Solaris" acts like human memory and, yes, you got it right. Human memory isn't always very reliable and gets some things wrong. Everyone also noticed how Khari's dress wasn't an actual fashion design that existed (Kris had to use scissors to cut through it). Kris's memory of Khari is very general and over the years has warped. In more ways than one, we never meet the true Khari; we only get Kris's idea of her: young, beautiful, soft-spoken... and very weak and vulnerable (is that who the real Khari was, though?). Anyway, getting back to the ending, Kris realised until it was too late what should have been important in his life. Recall that at the beginning, his father tells him that it'll be his friend who will bury him because the journey to Solaris will take many ages. Kris's reaction to this fact was scientific, stoic, and very matter-of-fact. Was this the same guy you saw at the island at the end? Kris Kelvin came to the crushing realisation that he should have gone back to say a final goodbye to his father. Solaris provided him with a bit of closure, if only to relieve his own mind of his guilt and regret - even if all he is left with is an imitation/facsimile of the real person. As I write this explanation, I feel incredibly sad knowing this idea.
<br>XXX, I think you love that movie for the same reasons I did [:)]
I was completely blown away by the ending. Speaking of which....
SPOILER ALERT!
what did you think of the water raining [i]inside[/i] the house at the end? do you think it was a device to reveal to the audience that this wasn't real, that this was Kris' imagined world (or inaccurate memory of his past), or do you think it holds bigger symbolic meaning? I've been wondering about that one.
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<p align="justify">It's quite literal, actually. The phenomena known as "Solaris" acts like human memory and, yes, you got it right. Human memory isn't always very reliable and gets some things wrong. Everyone also noticed how Khari's dress wasn't an actual fashion design that existed (Kris had to use scissors to cut through it). Kris's memory of Khari is very general and over the years has warped. In more ways than one, we never meet the true Khari; we only get Kris's idea of her: young, beautiful, soft-spoken... and very weak and vulnerable (is that who the real Khari was, though?). Anyway, getting back to the ending, Kris realised until it was too late what should have been important in his life. Recall that at the beginning, his father tells him that it'll be his friend who will bury him because the journey to Solaris will take many ages. Kris's reaction to this fact was scientific, stoic, and very matter-of-fact. Was this the same guy you saw at the island at the end? Kris Kelvin came to the crushing realisation that he should have gone back to say a final goodbye to his father. Solaris provided him with a bit of closure, if only to relieve his own mind of his guilt and regret - even if all he is left with is an imitation/facsimile of the real person. As I write this explanation, I feel incredibly sad knowing this idea.
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by design_femme » Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:05 pm
Thank you, XXX, that is what I thought. It was such a powerful scene, and Kris' expression as he leaned up against the window to see his "father" was my favorite moment in the entire movie.
I also loved the spinning fragment from the broken liquid nitrogen flask... a beautiful shot.
I also loved the spinning fragment from the broken liquid nitrogen flask... a beautiful shot.
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by Bitter Almonds » Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:55 pm
[quote][i]Originally posted by design_femme[/i]
<br>Thank you, XXX, that is what I thought. It was such a powerful scene, and Kris' expression as he leaned up against the window to see his "father" was my favorite moment in the entire movie.
I also loved the spinning fragment from the broken liquid nitrogen flask... a beautiful shot.
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<p align="justify">The scenes I liked best have been discussed here, but the one I liked the most was when Kris Kelvin fell ill and began to hallucinate about his mother and Khari; we see multiple Kharis appear and disappear from one part of the screen to another. The score fit the movie so perfectly. In a way, a lot of this movie can be seen as the anti-thesis of Stanley Kubrick's [i]2001[/i]. There is the actual collective journey of man and we have this huge orchestrated, dynamic music accompanying it. Then, there is the journey of the mind/spirit and the music is calm and subdued, somewhat minimalist.
[quote][i]Originally posted by phillyidol[/i]
<br>You BASTARDS! I was going to rent that movie tonight!
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<p align="justify">No biggie. I know how a lot of stories end and what they're about, but that doesn't deter me from watching film versions of them[:)] You really should go and give the movie a try. The only warning I'd give you is that it's nearly three-hours and the pacing is really slow. What you can do is watch it over the course of a couple of days. That's the way I saw the movie with my mother: The story is divided into two parts and we watched it over two days. It's the first part that's the "slowest", but it establishes rhyme and reason for what happens in the second part.
<br>Thank you, XXX, that is what I thought. It was such a powerful scene, and Kris' expression as he leaned up against the window to see his "father" was my favorite moment in the entire movie.
I also loved the spinning fragment from the broken liquid nitrogen flask... a beautiful shot.
[/quote]
<p align="justify">The scenes I liked best have been discussed here, but the one I liked the most was when Kris Kelvin fell ill and began to hallucinate about his mother and Khari; we see multiple Kharis appear and disappear from one part of the screen to another. The score fit the movie so perfectly. In a way, a lot of this movie can be seen as the anti-thesis of Stanley Kubrick's [i]2001[/i]. There is the actual collective journey of man and we have this huge orchestrated, dynamic music accompanying it. Then, there is the journey of the mind/spirit and the music is calm and subdued, somewhat minimalist.
[quote][i]Originally posted by phillyidol[/i]
<br>You BASTARDS! I was going to rent that movie tonight!
[/quote]
<p align="justify">No biggie. I know how a lot of stories end and what they're about, but that doesn't deter me from watching film versions of them[:)] You really should go and give the movie a try. The only warning I'd give you is that it's nearly three-hours and the pacing is really slow. What you can do is watch it over the course of a couple of days. That's the way I saw the movie with my mother: The story is divided into two parts and we watched it over two days. It's the first part that's the "slowest", but it establishes rhyme and reason for what happens in the second part.
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by living in shadow » Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:55 pm
[quote][i]Originally posted by phillyidol[/i]
<br>I don't know about the rest of you, but I like this guy![:D]
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I like me too! Thanks!! If only more people felt the way you do (Oh, and Hutter too) the world would be a better place.
<br>I don't know about the rest of you, but I like this guy![:D]
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I like me too! Thanks!! If only more people felt the way you do (Oh, and Hutter too) the world would be a better place.
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by living in shadow » Mon Aug 21, 2006 11:09 pm
[quote][i]Originally posted by SwampThing[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by phillyidol[/i]
<br>I don't know about the rest of you, but I like this guy![:D]
[/quote] Well, yes, except for the fact he comes across like a real prick based on this comment. [quote]I already took the opportunity to view your work. I'll refrain from commenting. [/quote]
[/quote]
Hmmm...you're right, that does sound a bit prickish. But, I happen to not agree with his self assessment, I am allowed that aren't I? Refraining seemed less rude than to negatively comment on somebody else's efforts.
And besides, he seems to be quite condescending in his tone. (if one can actually "type" in a tone) At least he does to me.
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He's right about the race care driving stuff though, my brother raced cars for 20 years. The level of intensity circling the tracks at those speeds is physically draining. Not just any Joe (or Dan) can do it.
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You're right: it's far from a sedentary activity. And who is Dan?
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by phillyidol[/i]
<br>I don't know about the rest of you, but I like this guy![:D]
[/quote] Well, yes, except for the fact he comes across like a real prick based on this comment. [quote]I already took the opportunity to view your work. I'll refrain from commenting. [/quote]
[/quote]
Hmmm...you're right, that does sound a bit prickish. But, I happen to not agree with his self assessment, I am allowed that aren't I? Refraining seemed less rude than to negatively comment on somebody else's efforts.
And besides, he seems to be quite condescending in his tone. (if one can actually "type" in a tone) At least he does to me.
[quote]
He's right about the race care driving stuff though, my brother raced cars for 20 years. The level of intensity circling the tracks at those speeds is physically draining. Not just any Joe (or Dan) can do it.
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You're right: it's far from a sedentary activity. And who is Dan?
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by egg-roger » Mon Aug 21, 2006 11:52 pm
[quote][i]Originally posted by phillyidol[/i]
<br>HOOOOOOOOOLD EVERYTHING!
Eggs? Your wife left you or is seeking a new job?
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First she left, then she got the job. It's cool tho. Sometimes a little distance is a good thing.
More useless revelations: I like to read books about mathematics. (yawn)
<br>HOOOOOOOOOLD EVERYTHING!
Eggs? Your wife left you or is seeking a new job?
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First she left, then she got the job. It's cool tho. Sometimes a little distance is a good thing.
More useless revelations: I like to read books about mathematics. (yawn)
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by SwampThing » Tue Aug 22, 2006 1:50 am
[quote]You're right: it's far from a sedentary activity. And who is Dan?[/quote] Dan is Panorama.
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by living in shadow » Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:14 am
[quote][i]Originally posted by SwampThing[/i]
<br>[quote]You're right: it's far from a sedentary activity. And who is Dan?[/quote] Dan is Panorama.
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Oh.
<br>[quote]You're right: it's far from a sedentary activity. And who is Dan?[/quote] Dan is Panorama.
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Oh.
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