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this thread will reduce the number of threads in the club by 50%. at least.
I'm proud of my 4 rings, got.
this thread will reduce the number of threads in the club by 50%. at least.
i'm proud of the fact that i don't feel the want to brag.
wait...
same. Twice.
I'm proud to have made it 31 years without ever seeing more than five minutes at a time of either Grease or Dirty Dancing, and likely without ever having seen the entirety of either film.
I'm proud I painted this :
I had to watch Grease in high school.
I made some killer ramen two days ago...wonder if it's still good
Not as long as Panda Spur is still alive it won't.
Getting to see a play I wrote and directed performed live.
When it comes to physical pain, I'm very tough. So far I've made it through childbirth 3 times (two were natural, no drugs, and all the kids were over 8 lbs.) and two broken bones without screaming once.
I'll third that.
That's an absolutely perfect depiction of Paula Abdul. Great job.
I'm proud I painted this :
I've seen Grease about 20 times.
My son is the ONLY 1st-grader in his school who tested into the GT program.
I want to introduce a bit of a twist to this thread: what is your everyday superpower? An everyday superpower is something mundane that you do better than anyone else you have ever met. I am not talking about career or tests or things like that, this is about things that don't really matter but that you excel at.
For example, my everyday superpower is sense of direction - I have an impeccable sense of direction, even in places I've never been before. You can take me 20kms in a foreign city I've never been in before, and I will find my way back. Along with this, I am an excellent map reader and never get lost. During my time in Japan I was well known for guiding groups of lost English teachers to their destinations, even if I'd never been to the city before, simply because I could read a map properly. Maybe it comes from driving a cab for years, I don't know, but that's it - I never get lost.
What is your everyday superpower?
I am proud to be a jack of all trades, master of none - teach me to do something, leave me to it, and I'll be doing it very well, and possibly improving on your method, within hours.
Why conflate LoTR and Harry Potter? LoTR is one of the classics of english literature and Tolkien was a genius, both in mind and written word, whereas Harry Potter is pulp fiction written by a hack whose hacknicity is only exceeded by Dan Brown.
I get that you are not into fantasy, and that's fine, but please stop insulting Tolkien by intimating that LoTR has anything to do with Harry Potter.
This. Is. Stellar.
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I'm a super taster. I can taste that fake salt they put in low-sodium food. I can taste salt in bottled water. Kinda goes with smell, too, I guess. I can smell fires or gas leaks before anyone else can. I actually feel physically ill when I'm forced to be next to someone wearing too much perfume. The smell of new rubber makes me literally queasy.
well there are many many similarities
foreign fantasy books, that became huge budget 3 hour movies with foreign actors, with sequel after sequel after sequel, that were relased at the SAME EXACT time, marketed for children
can you think of any other movies that fit that description?
maybe potter was a ripoff, but who cares who ripped off who if they both suck
now i can see a lot of 12 year old girls love that stuff and usually, without seeing for myself, i stay away from those things
i like fantasy, just not the fantasy , if you know what i mean
You could be a wine taster... and paid for it!
Um, no.
LoTR was a book written in 6 parts back in the 1940s. It is a brilliant work of literature, widely recognised as a literary classic regardless of its status as fantasy. They didn't "make sequel after sequel", they needed 3 movies to tell the story, and even then had to cut parts out. Also, LoTR is NOT "marketed for children", just as the books were not written for children.
That you believe that Harry Potter may have "ripped off" LoTR just shows that you don't know what the you're talking about. Harry Potter bears no resemblance to LoTR, other than the same classification as 'fantasy'. One is about a boy who goes to wizard school, the other is about an apocalyptic war.
If you are a fan of fantasy, and you read, I highly recommend that you read LoTR. It'll take you up to 6 months, but it's well worth the journey. If you don't read, watch the movies, they aren't junk. In fact, I refused to see them for years after they came out because I didn't want to pollute my reading of the books by watching the movies, but in the end I relented and thought the movies were about as good a telling of the books' tale as could have been done in movie form.
all 6 or 8 of the total movies came out at same time is what i meant
and lotr was marketed for children are you kidding me?
where did they advertise, did they make a full line of swag and toys, who was at the theatre?
and how can you say theres no resemblance when theyre both
foreign fantasy books, that became huge budget 3 hour movies with foreign actors, with sequel after sequel after sequel, that were relased at the SAME EXACT time, marketed for children
Similarities only in the fact that you go against the grain just for the sake of going against the grain and mistook one fad for another.
Bookwise there is no comparison, LoTR started an entire genre for decades onward. And as for the cinema experience, Harry Potter did not come close to the level of detail LoTR attempted at as far as props, settings, language.
Tolkien has more intelligence and talent in the decayed matter of his junk than JK Rowling's wannabe wiccan ass could ever hope for.
LoTR wasn't nearly as marketed towards children as Harry Potter was dude.
You saying that is like saying ou and texas football teams are similar because they both play on a football field with a football.
The movies themselves probably did come out together with both sides intending to cash in as much as possible, but still.
My daughter just turned 5 (like 2 days ago) and is not yet in the Australian 'school system', but is already reading, writing, spelling, talking, counting at a year 1 or 2 level (age 6/7).
The girl reads ME the bedtime stories.
LOL-why is everyone listing their scores for ACTs and SATs. I'm positive you all have things you can be more proud of than some silly standardized tests. I guess I'd say getting my Masters degree, double major undergrad, being a good surfer, being a varsity bball player sop re year and up-reverse dunking at 6'1, being a spurs fan, having a badass great dane, good friends/family etc.
Now if we made a thread of things I'm ashamed of or not proud of the list would go on and on and on. I would probably only feel comfortable listing a few of them, ha.
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