PrincessL and Questie7------>I just wanted to say that I live in MI too and I noticed that you guys were excited that it finally snowed:) I wish it would snow more for Christmas morning but the forcast I heard said it won't:( But it will right after Christmas:) Well, I just wanted to say that I'm very excited about the snow too!!! It would have been terrible if we didn't get any snow at all for Christmas!!!:(

The Basics
Nicknames: Jess, Jess-Jess, Disk Jockie, Jesster, Pretty Princess... I call myself "The Moose"
Age: 13.65
Gender: F
State/Province: MI
Country: USA

The Details
Hobbies:
Sports: band, lol
Religion: Christian
Known By Friends For: being 4'7" and being hyper!
Saying: "Where was I when this happened?" ["Jess, lay down or we will be intoxicated." "Andrea, that means... drunk!"]
When I have nothing to do, I: practice or go on the Net
What's weather like outside?:yay! It's FINALLY snowing!!
Future Job: pastor
Future Schooling: HOPE/Calvin/WTS/CTS/NWC
Right now, I feel: sore, I don't know why, I think I pulled a coupla muscles falling down the stairs yesterday!!

The Favourites
Favourite Food: any Italian or pasta type stuff
Favourite Store: Penney's
Favourite Actor: I don't really have one, I guess Meg Ryan...?
Favourite Musician(s): JUMP5, Michael W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman
Favourite Animals: COWS!! and puppies and kitties
Favourite Colour: pink
Favourite Book: BIBLE or Rachel's Tears
Favourite Movie: any Veggie Tales, Monsters INC or Toy Story 2
Favourite Car: Volkswagen New Beetle
Favourite Number: 2006 or 7

Opinions
Death Penalty: bad!
Abortion: murder!
Beauty Pagents: whatever floats your boat...
School Violence: bad
Religious Tollerance: don't kill pplz over what they believe, but try to tell them the Good News
Animal Rights: sure animals can have rights but God made humans to rule over animals. Just don't be mean
Materialism: bad, think of others, too!
War: bad, sad... other -ad words?
Sweat Shops: bad

Liberalchic, I've lasted 11 years as a vegetarian. I went vegan about 5 years ago when I watched the video A Diet For A New America by John Robbins in my Contemporary Issues class. You've obviously got a great taste in music, aswell. Not many people I know appreciate the music I listen to, it's nice to hear that someone does.

Nicknames: none
Age:14
Gender:female
State/Province:Michigan
Country:USA

The Details
Hobbies:SHOPPING, hanging out with friends, watching tv, listening to music, studying
Sports: various, not in an organized way though(teams)
Known By Friends For:being the one who they go to for advice, help with homework, to borrow money,ect. ect.
Saying: If you expect people to agree with you, you're just fooling yourself.
When I have nothing to do, I: watch tv, go on the computer, read, call my friends, sleep
What's weather like outside?: IT'S SNOWING!!!
Future Job: criminal prosecutor
Future Schooling: Masters
Right now, I feel: HAPPY!! It is snowing!!!

The Favourites
Favourite Food: faijta's but only from Chi-Chi's
Favourite Store:American Eagle
Favourite Actor: Josh Hartnett
Favourite Musician(s): I can't choose there is so many.
Favourite Animals: dogs, cats, monkeys, bears,
Favourite Colour: blue, purple, pink, red
Favourite Book: chicken soup books, three muketeers, and many many more.
Favourite Movie: serendipity, pearl harbor, and so many more
Favourite Car:Ford Focus ZX5 4-door hatchback
Favourite Number:529 (my birthday)

Opinions
Death Penalty: totally aganist
Abortion: pro-choice
Beauty Pagents: not for me, but if that's your thing go ahead
School Violence: too much need i say more
Religious Tollerance: everyone needs to tolerate other people whether it is religious tolerance or not
Animal Rights: we are animals too would we want some higher species to come in and be as mean to us as we are to other animals
Materialism: don't obsess over materialistic items, they won't always be there for you like family and friends
War: it sucks and solves nothing
Sweat Shops: totally aganist

Joyfgrll, you have awesome taste in music, I agree with you on all your opinions, and you sound super-cool. My sister became vegitarian because she read some literature by PETA (That was 5 years ago, and she is still a veggie girl. I lasted until dinnertime the same day . . .)

Liberalchic...In that case, I think they should be banned COMPLETEY!!!! I thought she meant a shopping store. *sorry*

Nicknames- Kitty, and various cheesy stuff my boyfriend calls me

Age-18

Gender- female

State- Tennessee

Hobbies- music, reading, writing, learning

Religion- unsure

Known for- Standing up for what I believe in

Saying- "If you're not the brightest crayon in the box, just beat the crap out of the other crayons, then they won't be so bright" Art Alexakis (of Everclear)

When I have nothing to do, I- I never have nothing to do

Weather outside-cold (I hate cold, but I LOVE snow)

Future Job- English and Womens studies teacher

Future schooling- Meredith Colege in N.C.
Right now I feel- Ecstatic

Favorite:
food- tofu

store- eBay

actor- I don't care who's in the movie, just that the plot is good

musician- I live for: ANI DI FRANCO ( joyful girl is my favorite Ani song, hence the user name), Tori Amos, Liz Phair, Poe, Shirley Manson (of Garbage), really old No Doubt, Bob Dylan, I love Everclear (actually, I'm obsessed with everclear), Dance Hall Crashers. Weezer, Cake, REM, Blink 182, Lit, Elvis Costello, The Cure, King Missile, Alice Donut, Dead Kennedys, I live for good music- it's my life

animal- I love them all especially giraffes and camels

colour- purple and pink

book- The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy), Nis Anit (Fadia Faqir), Ophelia Speaks, Normal Girl (Molly Jong-Fost) I read a lot, so I have more favorites

movie- The Rivers Edge, Doom Generation, American History X, Boys Don't Cry, Anniversary Party, Pie

OPINIONS:
Death penalty- Totally against it

Abortion- Pro-choice

Beauty Pageants- Misogonistic

School Violence- It's completely out of hand

Religious Tollerence- (I'm not so much a fan of the word tolerance-it's more like saying 'I can tolerate you, but I don't respect or accept you, I prefer Religious acceptance or respect to tolerance) I'm all for that (I even started a group in my high school to promote religious, cultural, gender, sexuality, etc acceptance & respect)

Animal Rights- I'm an activist and vegan, I even wrote my thesis on why vivisection should be enden. I'm a member of PETA, NAVS, FARM, and attend protests regularly.

Materealism- is awful, but will always be prevalent in a capitalistic society

War- kills innocent people and is never necessary

Sweatshops- are awful and I do my best to make sure that nothing I buy is made in them

Lilsarah
Because you had a bizzare answer for what you thought about them.

Kahira
Egypt?Sweatshops are places where a company puts people (children are a big issue there) to work for little or no money to make their product. They are often dangerous and are no place for a child to be. The name sweatshop is because they are miserable sweaty places. (reminds you of hell huh?)

Nicknames:none
Age:20
Gender:female
State/Province:
Country:Egypt,Cairo

The Details
Hobbies:reading,daydreaming,movies,music,some TV,drawing,singing..and a bunch of other things I can't do often
Sports:took Tae Kwon Do for a year,then I entered college and had no time.I occasionally excercise at home
Religion:Muslim
Known By Friends For:being funny,talkative,cynicaland sarcastic,WIERD,hot-tempered,frank and..well,for being different(one friend said she thought I was opinionated;I say she's WRONG!)
Saying:...a whole lot of things,and saying exactly what I think
When I have nothing to do, I:read,watch TV while sketching or just daydream
What's weather like outside?:cold
Future Job:doctor
Future Schooling:masters up to Phd(I'm in college now)
Right now, I feel:hungry

The Favourites
Favourite Food:mangoes,chestnuts,Baskin Robbins'Jamocha Almond fudge,Coffee and Pralines'n'cream ice cream
Favourite Store:none,but I gravitate towards bookshops,and music and video stores
Favourite Actor:Tom Cruise,Brad Pitt,Robin Williams,Brendan Frasier,David Borenaz,Dougray Scott,Sam Neil,William Neeson(is the name right?)Eliijah Wood and a whole bunch of others...
Favourite Musician(s):I have the most albums for The Cranberries,The Corrs,Jewel,Alanis(not happy about the pro-abortion thing,though),Tori Amos-these are probably the most original,but I like most kinds of music
Favourite Animals:CATS
Favourite Colour:purple,black,turquoise,red,most vivid colors
Favourite Book:Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles
Favourite Movie:Interview with the Vampire(I think Queen of the ****ed will suck,though).I also loved Les Miserables and Ever After
Favourite Car:don't know
Favourite Number:huh????

Opinions
Death Penalty:for murderers and rapists,definitely(they should take care there's enough proof,though)
Abortion:NO!only if the mother's life is at risk or the baby will definitely have very serious conmgenital anomalies
Beauty Pagents:can be fun to watch but pointless,degrading,insincere(if they cared about world hunger they'd be spending more time fighting it and less preparing for some pageant)
School Violence:should be stopped at all costs
Religious Tollerance:yes
Animal Rights:can eat them,but should be kinder to them and take better care of even those about to be slaughtered;no real fur
Materialism:waste of energy
War:sucks;sometimes necessary,but should be a last resort;nuclear war's a no-no
Sweat Shops:what exactly are they?Sell sweatshirts?Do you have anything against them?

why do you ask? DO you?

Lilsarah, do you even know what a sweatshop is?

The Basics
Nicknames:NONE
Age: 18
Gender: FEMALE
State/Province: MICHIGAN
Country: USA

The Details
Hobbies: SHOPPING, E-MAILING, BOWLING, AND HANGIN' OUT
Sports: JUST BOWLING ON OCCASION
Religion: NONE
Known By Friends For: being really goofy
Saying: "OPINIONS ARE LIKE A$$HOLES AND EVERYBODY'S GOT ONE"
When I have nothing to do, I: TURN ON SOME TUNES
What's weather like outside?: WET-IT NEEDS TO BE SNOWY BUT IT'S NOT
Future Job: NEONATOLOGIST
Future Schooling: IN COLLEGE AT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FOR PRE-MED
Right now, I feel: FATIGUED

The Favourites
Favourite Food: CHEESESTICKS/CHEESECAKE/PIZZA
Favourite Store:OLD NAVY
Favourite Actor: JOSH HARTNETT
Favourite Musician(s): LINKIN PARK
Favourite Animals: BEARS
Favourite Colour: BABY BLUE
Favourite Book: MALICE BY: DANIELLE STEEL
Favourite Movie: MEET THE PARENTS
Favourite Car: CHRYSTLER SEBRING COVERTIBLE
Favourite Number: 7

Opinions
Death Penalty: ALL FOR IT-(MY DAD WAS MURDERED)
Abortion:ONLY IF YOU WERE RAPED!!
Beauty Pagents: POINTLESS/WASTE OF TIME
School Violence: NEEDS TO STOP
Religious Tollerance: HEY, I TOLERATE ANYBODY'S RELIGION
Animal Rights: HEY, THEY HAVE FEELINGS TOO!!!
Materialism: IS FOR MADONNA
War: NO NEED FOR IT
Sweat Shops: ARE FOR BUMS, OR PEOPLE WITH NO STYLE OR FASHION SENSE!!
(If I missed any, add them on.)
THAT'S ABOUT IT!!!null

The Basics
Nicknames: I am known as "cheese"
Age: 15
Gender: a girl.... but not the dress-up makeup type
State/Province:CA
Country: USA

The Details
Hobbies: anything to do with music or literature.
Sports: martial arts, surfing
Religion: Christian
Known By Friends For: the pen that i hold up my hair with.... all the time.
Saying: " i have no response to that."
When I have nothing to do, I: I always have something to do.
What's weather like outside?: sunny. ugh.
Future Job: Occupational therapist for children
Future Schooling: ahhh... I'm going to Australia for school... to a ministry college... where I'll get millions of music lessons, etc. then I'll come back to LA and go to a stinkin univerisity somewhere.
Right now, I feel: hungry

The Favourites
Favourite Food: cheese. pickles. ribs... ceasar salad. CARRIBEAN FOOD...jerk sauce... tea. YES TEA IS TOO A FOOD. goodness.
Favourite Store: eh. i don't shop.
Favourite Actor: hmm. lucille ball?
Favourite Musician(s): oh jeez. my dad. i am not going to begin to list the millions of musicians i love.
Favourite Animals:sloths.
Favourite Colour: red. black. (i know, i know, "black isn't a color... its the absence of all color...." whatver) burgundy. then again that's a shade of red. so anything in the red family.
Favourite Book: the Bible
Favourite Movie: hmm. one of them is That Thing You Do, cuz its so cheezy that its funny... um. I dunno. You can pick.
Favourite Car: I will never own a car.
Favourite Number: 21

Opinions
Death Penalty: to be used wisely
Abortion: see my thread "abortion" under zen and teh art of body maintenance. I am way against it.
Beauty Pagents: sooo not for me.
School Violence: uh... is bad...?
Religious Tollerance: what makes our nation great. However, people who are so FOR it that they discriminate against people with a strong religious belief are going against their own rule. hard to explain. nevermind.
Animal Rights: People take it overboard. Be nice to the animals, but don't put them before humans.
Materialism: what about it... the only objects that are of major importance to me are my three guitars and my Bible.
War: will never be stopped altogether... except for when Jesus comes...
Sweat Shops: terrible.

LiberalChic, you are the CraziestChic I've ever seen!!!!!!!

God bless you, goofball!

jk

The Basics
Nickname: loser (that's what they always call me) age: Who's counting
Gender: all three!
Town: You know, that insignificant one!
State: It changes every day
Country: Florida

The Details
Hobbies: proving my point
Sports: professional sleeping
Religion: I guess you could say Buddhism . . . but more athiesm
Known By Friends For: friends?
Saying: "An eye for an eye and the world would be blind" -Ghandi
When I have nothing to do, I: do nothing
What's weather like outside?: slush!
Future Job: sanitary worker
Future Schooling: clown school
Right now, I feel: constipated

The Favourites
Favourite Food: water
Favourite Store: Joe's hardware
Favourite Actor: Ronald Reagan (so sexy and such a good actor)
Favourite Musician(s): That little girl in the Pepsi commercials, she has talent
Favourite Animals: snuffelufagus
Favourite Colour: bluish-brown
Favourite Book: How to Be A Dictator
Favourite Movie: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Favourite Car: Ice Cream Truck
Favourite Number: B

Opinions
Death Penalty: not cool
Abortion:cool!
Beauty Pagents: why Miss Oregan??? School Violence: too much
Religious Tollerance: too little
Animal Rights: I am not a vegitarian, if I had the willpower, I would be one.
Materialism: Don't take it too far
War:not neccesary!!!!!!!!!!!
Sweat Shops: really scary!
Cultural Revolution: not f

"That crazy girl"
17
Female
NC
The Good Ol' USA

Writing music, poetry and stories
and playing LOTS OF NINTENDO
Basketball
Christian (Baptist)
My crazy antics and funny jokes
"Think of someone who told you you couldn't do anything in life. Then set out to prove that person wrong."
Space out to music and listen to nature
Right now it's clear and C-O-L-D
Writer/Songwriter/Musician
UNC at Chapel Hill
REALLY REALLY HYPER RIGHT NOW!!!!!

Mac and cheese
Claire's
Joaquin Phoenix (so sexy and such a good actor!)
Have so many fave musical artists!!!
Kitty cat (meow)
Blue! (Blue rules!) AWESOME
The Devil's Arithmetic
Dirty Dancing
Blue Ford Focus (the two-door hatchback car; SO COOL)
8

Yes in some cases
Pro-Choice
I don't think so!
Get rid of it right now
Anybody can believe anything, because I have no right to judge anybody else's beliefs or perspective.
Animals should be treated like little people, but that's because I have three kittens that are my little babies until I have children of my own.
Materials can be replaced. Souls cannot.
I cannot stand the thoughts of war. That's why I hardly ever watch the news now. Ugh!
Get rid of sweatshops right now!!

[This message was edited by YNLissa on December 19, 2001 at 12:19 PM.]