hi,
my best friend is a combat medic in the Army, and she's very likely being deployed to Afghanistan in May. i'm scared for her. She'll be barely 19 when she goes over, and i know combat medics have dangerous jobs. i don't know what to say to her when the subject comes up. i want to support her and be brave for her but i don't know what to do. any advice?
thanks and thanks for everything you guys do for us.
here's the deal with female medics:
most all of them are assigned to a "charlie med" unit in the special troops battalion of a brigade combat team. three of them are usually attached to the combat battalions to provide medical care for female patients (as per afghan customs). the bulk of them stay on the Brigade headquarters base to provide care for the wounded coming in from the line battalions. they're about as safe as you can get. but she's going to be seeing and patching up dudes who are seriously fucked up. just send her care packages, and make sure to write letters to her, she's going to need something to take her mind off of the work she's going to be doing. when she calls, just listen if she's having a bad day, and try not to say things like "my day sucked" or "my life is hard". those are usually things that set soldiers off on an angry rant. me, I just like to hear that things are fine and dandy back home, we don't need drama when we call home. though if its funny, you should tell, because every chance to get a laugh in is a good one.
don't worry about her being in danger, she's got a better chance of getting killed driving through philadelphia than she does getting hurt over there...hell those are the odds of a combat trooper like myself getting hurt, so her odds are much better than even that. she's got at least 2500 gun-toting whackjobs like me watching her back at all times. and we love our medics.
-Gunner
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He asked my out and we went out for about a week and then he broke up with me saying that he still liked me and everything but that he was gonna be moving at the end of the school year and he thought it would be better if we didn't get to close. So i was like ok and we still hung out as friends and stuff. Then about 3 weeks later he asked me out again saying he wasn't moving till the end of senior year. That was on October 19 2009 and we would hang out everyday and he would say he loved me and would always kiss me and he was the first guy i have ever made out with. He got a bit handsy as in he would grab my boobs and try to get his hands down my pants but i wouldn't let him. so whatever and everything was going great im in love and so was he. Then yesterday November 24 he calls and i cant answer cuz im busy so about 20 min later i try calling him back and he doesn't answer so i try calling twice more and he still doesn't answer. And then today he breaks up with me after saying things like he would die if i left him or i will never hurt you etc. He messages me on myspace and says he needed to tell me some thing so i was like what and he said "I am sorry to say that it is now over between us. I understand if you do not want to talk to me ever again or if you might want to remain friends. That is fine with me. I am sorry for this. But ithink we would be better just as friends." so i asked why and he said "Because i just dont see anything within us anymore. I am sorry. Plus another reason but i really dont want to say" i told him to tell me and he said it was because this other girl told him that she had liked him since they first meet. So now i don't know what to do i'm still in love with him. BTW im 16 yrs old and female.
yep. go find some other dude, this guy seems to be only in it to play games. consider this a good lesson on staying away from drama queen dudes.
have fun finding a replacement
-Gunner
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hey
mm i was just wondering what scents do guys like on girls??I know odd question but i just wonder what would my bf like lol thanks!
its all in individual taste, but I'm a big fan of lavender.... lavender doesn't overpower a girl's natural scent. the whole deal has to be tailored to your scent, so just go and try some at the store and bring your boy-toy along. perfume is not about covering up, its about complimenting, and the best way to do so is to have a member of the opposite sex along. girls naturally smell delicious to dudes, but other girls can't pick up on it.
-Gunner
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how important is it to guys for a girl to have big boobs? is it really a big turn off if a girlfriend has A cups and small boobs? would they still want to do stuff with these girls?
depends whether the guy is that obsessed with breasts or not. I like small breasts, so I say its unimportant.
-Gunner
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My boyfriend is getting deployed and I was thinking for Christmas I could somehow buy and send him movies because he is a total movie buff. Is there a way to put the movies onto a USB stick or something similar? He's not allowed to have a lot of personal items so thats why I don't want to send him a bunch of DVDs. If anyone has any ideas or input that would be awesome! Thanks!!
you can burn them onto a cd, a gig stick can hold files of that size, or you could load a whole ton of movies onto an external hard drive. the mail system is horrible downrange, lots of sticky fingers... so when you do the customs form on the outside of the box, put down something that thieves won't want, like bibles, books, etc.
50% of the packages sent to me in afghanistan didn't make it because of thieves, so do your best to make your care packages look unappealing.
-Gunner
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How do i go about displaying some of my work at art galleries?
Also, do the galleries buy your work off you or do they display it and other people buy it?
And how much profit do the galleries make from displaying and selling your work?
Thanks.
P.s i am in australia
okay, here's how it goes in the states. my buddy stoney has alot of friends in the art community, he knows people who know people who like putting random art pieces on display in their resuraunts or reception areas at their business... they do it on a free basis, as its a symbiotic relationship. the place of business has nice, fresh, new art every few weeks, and the artist gets their pieces put out for the world to see. somebody who owns an art gallery nearby has all of these places on their list of places to visit to look for new talent. they ask the owner about the piece, and the gallery owner makes a call. then they put one or two of your pieces on display at a showing, and people check them out, like them, buy them, and the demand for the artist's pieces begins. then, after enough demand is established, the gallery owner shows just that artist's portfolio, the rich people show up, and buy the pieces, and the gallery owner makes commision on every piece sold, while the artist gains in popularity, and gets a good amount of cash.
After a while, the local goverment may commision art from the artist, in the case of stoney, he sculpts a quarryman out of bronze to display outside the local historical society, then his name is on display in a well-travelled area...and it gets bigger. the anne frank museum gets him to do a dozen sculptures...and the list goes on.
check out his site, his contact info is on there, tell him Bill Heady's kid, Bryan sent you.
www.gregorystoneartist.com
good luck, its a competitive field, and by-the-by, whats your media?
-Gunner
---just thought about this: our country code is 001, and eastern standard time is 14 hours behind sydney time
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i am a single dad of 4 children 3 girls age 9 , 13, 16, and a boy age 8 my sister has been questing my children about me seeing them naked.
i bath my 8, and 9 year old and wash my 13 year old hair the only reason i help my 16 year old is bescause she has 2 broken arms and a broken leg who eles can hekp me
dude, just an observation, but I was bathing myself at age five..I understand where you're coming from with taking care of the kids, but theres a point where you're hampering their development and creating a creepy situation. as for your older daughter, ask your sister to help out if she's that concerned...mention to her that its really awkward for you to do it, and that since she's the "reigning feminine authority" she should help out. sounds like your daughter's either active in sports, or suffered some queer twist of fate, but I'm sure she wouldn't be opposed to her aunt helping.
I feel for you dude, I hope I never have to give any awkward spongebaths to my kids...
good luck
-Gunner
I'm actually kinda curious as to what my rating was before the mod changed it... and where exactly did I accuse you of harming your kids? ehh.... whatever, there's breakfast to be had, and insurgents to crush. good day to you.
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I am angry. I'm sure there are more girls out there who are as angry out there as I am. I am 17. I am so sick of pussy hungry guys. Why does it seem like now days all guys want is sex. They can't stick with one girl for at least a month. Its like, they can't ever get enough pussy at all. I am just sick of it. It's just so selfish and pig like. What is happening? It just seems to get worse every year. I know not all guys are like this, but most of them are...ew...its so irritating! I just want to hear your opinions guys/girls, what you think about what i'm saying.
true. watch the television and tell me how many times you see sex, or scantily clad women in an hour. that is your partial answer. next, look back to the 60's. what happened then? the birth control pill came out, womens liberation movement, the fucking hippie movement, it was all about "sexual freedom" provided by that magic little blue pill. Once the american people got used to that, styles and fashion changed, followed by the new american god called television. it was around before then, but producers went into overdrive to attract the "in" crowd. once cable television came out, the networks had to compete with thirty more stations, and it got worse. who watches Television? dudes. and what do dudes naturally like? chicks. the people had spoken, and pandora's box was open. hehehe...that rhymed.
soon, every avenue of media had taken to this novel idea of selling sexy, and now you have sex as the topic of discussion in nearly every social magazine..."have better sex, more often" "101 ways to improve your sex life" and the like became standard. sure, dudes go through the phase naturally, but are now egged on by not only popular culture, but also their peers. these new shows are the softcore porn of yesteryear, but with a bigger budget. The same can be said about gratuitous violence on television and in videogames, as violent crimes have skyrocketed in every western country on the planet...
its a conscious decision, but at the same time, unconscious. dudes see other dudes hooking up with supermodels on their favorite program, and their subconscious mind becomes jealous, and says "hey, we may be 300 pound couch potatoes, but we can do that too"......and it begins.
envy breeds more envy....
and then you have millions of horny high school age dudes dry humping every leg offered them. for that explicit purpose. not because they care about that person. only to fulfill their selfish desires.
Alas, Babylon.
-Gunner
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why can't we have halogen lamps in dorm rooms?
because they're a fire hazard. they generate a ridiculous amount of heat.
-Gunner
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Hey there, I have a 1991 Chevy Camaro RS convertible. Im trying to sell it, and I cleaned it up and everything. But Im not sure where to go that I would get the best results. I was thinking Craigslist.com, but any other ideas??
thankss
Autotrader.com
thats where I look for vehicles. damn chevrolet, what were they thinking making a convertible model... T-tops all the way.
-Gunner
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If my best time at the 800m is 2:44 and my best time at the 400 is 72 seconds, about what time approximately do you think I would be able to do the 1000 meter run. I already tried to calculate it out but I'm not sure what to estimate.
if you're running full-bore, four minutes. 3:26 is unrealistic, you have to take into account the longer distance factored into fatigue/lactic acid production in the muscles. you can't just divide and add when it comes to running, the pace changes with distance. a person who runs a 50m in 8 seconds won't hold the same pace when running a kilometer.
-Gunner
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Is there a difference between emo and goth?
I see people in school that call themselves one or the other but they seriously all dress the same do their makeup the same and kinda act the same. So is there a different or are emo and goth the same thing?
Thank you!
emo was originally a branch-off from punk. the music styles are different in structure and approach, but have some similar topics. for example: emo song structure is one long bitch-fest, no standard chorus or verses, just one non-stop spree of complaints...whereas goth shit is usually "dark" shit, like luring girls into the woods with the promise of drugs, killing her and having sex with her corpse, following the standard verse, chorus, verse, practiced by nearly every other type of music.
however comma culturally, they're not far apart. both appeal to "outcast" suburbanite kids with symptoms of mild depression. writing bad poetry is a trademark of both groups, with goth kids gearing theirs more towards violence, while emo kids do theirs on a more "personal suffering" level. clothing styles are different on subtle levels, emo kids wear "bitch-pants"(women's pants) with a tendency towards tight fitting attire, while their goth cousins wear baggy clothes.
Both are groups of bored kids, and are in it on some base level to either A: get attention, or B: get some kind of thrill from shocking people by being "nonconformist"(which is funny considering they all shop at the same store, which happens to be owned by the same corporations that run the "preppy kid" stores.
Keep in mind, a lot of these kids are posers, but there still is a percentage of them who are the real item, the real outcast kids, the real fucked up kids. they tend to hate these other "scene kids", and tend to be violent little fucks.
the real nonconformist doesn't exist anymore... so now its just a fashion like every other godless thing in high school.
-Gunner
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So there's this guy that makes me want to shoot myself, and I've decided that I'm going to get him back for the mean stuff he does to the world.
I need something really easy, that doesn't cause him physical pain. I want this to be a blow to his pride. . . and a huge one.
Don't bother with the "revenge is not the answer" stuff, I've made up my mind.
Any suggestions would be helpful! :)
put balogna on his car (paint will fall off), kidnap his family pet and possibly kill it, put dead animals in his backpack, or parts of his beloved family pet, sugar in his gas tank, spread rumors that he has genital warts, pour rock salt all over his front yard in the shape of a swastika(or something equally offensive), somehow get ahold of his ipod and erase all the songs except for one thats really annoying, the possibilities are endless....
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We were fooling around and he got some on his hand then he fingered me. He told me not to worry because of well lemme just ask: Does sperm die when it hits oxygen? For real? Like you know this for a fact and would bet your life on it?
Thank you!
how the hell does that make sense? it doesn't. every cell in your body runs on oxygen. exposure to UV light and temperature extremes will, but air in general has no effect. Slap the fuck out of that kid, he's too stupid to breed.
enjoy your pregnancy test!
-Gunner
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Hi there, I missed the yearbook meeting and they picked a task FOR me which is to compile list of "yearbook superlatives." One problem: I don't even know where to begin!
Can anyone give me advice on the kind of words they are really looking for?
"most likely to go to prison"
"most likely to be on judge judy"
"most likely to succeed"
That sort of thing.
-Gunner
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So I went in the living room after school and my mom was looking at PORN on her laptop. I totally don't know what to do about this. She is old and I don't understand why she would want to see porn. I just feel really wierd and I can hardly look at her. Can you help me get past this?
she may be old, but she's still human. Older chicks are fucking stunt devils in bed anyways, so its not surprising... just look at it this way, if your mom wasn't such a dirty little girl, you might not exist. maybe you were conceived during some crazy ass roleplay session she had with your dad all those years ago.
or we could go with an "it could be worse" option...at least she's not trying to nail any of your friends.
-Gunner
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how much would i lose if i jog 54 miles a week for 4 weeks...i weight 133 and i am 5'1 (14yr old girl)
what the hell are you eating? jet fuel? even when I was in top shape I could only manage 25 a week. whats your pace? thats kind of important. if you're moving that much, get some moleskin for your blisters. anywho, you're going to lose weight only if you watch what you eat while you're doing it. but given this baseline and that ridiculous ass amount of running, you're going to lose every ounce of weight not associated with running... four weeks won't change anything in the long run though, if you survive, maintain it over the course of several months. physical activity is only a portion of the job, so stay hydrated, eat lots of fish, and a hell of a lot of carbohydrates. don't forget your vitamin intake, or you'll die.
-Gunner
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Hey, we all know that december 21, 2012....12/21/12 is a very well known date. i dont understand this that well.. i have been researching on it, i talk about my friends with it and i saw the movie 2012 already...whats your viewpoint on this? Do you think the world is actually going to end of is this a myth?
Oh for fucks sakes the world is not going to end. their calendar has periods, similar to our B.C. and A.D. otherwise known as "before common era" and "common era". that date just happens to be about as significant as december 31, 1 BCE. nothing's ending, just a different era is beginning. simple as that. the chinese have a different calendar from us, they thought we were retarded for freaking out about the millenium, course thats because their 21st century was back in our sixteenth. they probably think we're retarded about this one too.
-Gunner
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I feel kinda dumb always calling my boyfriend the same couple things over and over but I don't know what else to call him. Could you tell me what are some cute nicknames for your boyfriend? Maybe theyu will work for me too! :)
Please and thank yoU!
german girls come up with some wierd shit, like "schnuckles"(cupcake in german) and "shatz"-pronounced shots, its an abbreviation for the german word meaning "my treasure"
-Gunner
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What are the perks of abusing Vicodin? I dont understand why people abuse it... Please let me in on the secret?
The last time I took that shit, I had visions of being eaten by a giant shrimp. its a hundred times better than getting drunk. its a narcotic opiate derivative, a kinder, gentler alternative to snorting heroin. same effects as herion, except the high doesn't last as long. its easy as hell to get addicted, and it does a great job at ruining your life and health. not really any perks to it... except that you're not snorting it or injecting it.
-Gunner
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