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===IN THE THIRD PERSON:===Meet Kathryn: burlesquer, model, actor, ukulele-er, fantastic cook, and font of wise words and amusing anecdotes. She loves to listen to you and, if she can, help you with your troubles, or, if she can't help, direct you to someone who can. And that's why you're here, no? ~grins~
Kathryn is a person of wide and varied experience. Her only routine is to try something new every day. She has met many people in her travels from many different backgrounds, countries, and expertises. "Knowledge junkie" is something Kat frequently calls herself.
===THINGS I FEEL QUALIFIED TO GIVE ADVICE ABOUT:===
***romantic relationships
***general and nutritional health (I disclaim: I am not a doctor, nor a certified nutritionist yet...I merely have read a lot, experienced a lot in my own life, have personally heard testimonials on a variety of health issues and healthy lifestyle practises, and am a yoga instructor and Ayurvedic health consultant)
***sexual health
***technology (computers specifically, but other techie things like me too ^_^)
***philosophy, theology, and psychology
***social issues
***crafty artsy thingies (excuse the technical jargon)
===POSSIBLE POLITICAL/IDEALOGICAL CONFLICTS WITH YOUR OWN VIEWS:===
*I was raised as a Catholic (the Roman kind), I went to Catholic parochial grade school, I attended a Catholic high school (a Sacred Heart school), and now I attend a Catholic Jesuit university. Although I don't call myself Catholic or Christian, I respect and acknowledge the good things I was raised with.
*I am not prejudiced against any ethnic, socioeconomic, or cultural background.
*I am not prejudiced against any religion or spiritual path, including a lack of one (atheism, don't-give-a-damn-ism).
*I am not prejudiced against any sexual orientation or gender identity. I myself am romantically and sexually queer, physically female, mentally gender-f***ed. If you ever want to talk about sexual orientation and/or gender identity, don't hesitate to contact me! I am working toward a sexology degree, and these things interest me immensely!
*I don't care for politics very much, but I respect the people who are wise with their words and respectful to others.
===SOME QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE FOR ME (BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY ASK YOUR QUESTION):===
"You're only 24! You don't know anything about the world. How could you possibly give me advice on anything?" Perhaps I am fairly young to be giving advice to people. But I do know this: everyone who has ever come to me looking for counsel has always told me, either during or right after our "sessions", that I am not overly critical, that I am honest and fair, that I am sensitive and understanding, that I am open-minded and tolerant, that they can count on me to give a good outside objective perspective, and (something I think is most important in being an advisor) that I am a good listener.
"What types of things do you give advice on?" Well, I can give you advice on almost anything, really. If I personal experience with what you're asking about, I'll patch it through. If I don't, I'll put in my two cents and let you know where you can get more firsthand knowledge.
"Why do you write sooooo muuuuuch?"
I'm a writer, I blabber sometimes, heh. I do take a lot of care in my writing though, I want to give you a well-thought-out answer. But the other reason I write so much is because I don't want to give you a one-sentence reply, unless it's to a very black-and0white question like "What time does 'House' air on Tuesday in Cincinnati?"
===IN CLOSING:===
You got questions? Lemme at 'em!
I wish you all lives filled with tasty food, goofball antics, and people you love to share them with you.
~*Kathryn*~
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hey about that fire fox thing....it doesnt hsow my user info on myspace..but it plasy mucis
well at least you've got your music. ^_^ what exactly do you mean by you can't see your user info. you mean like the 8 little icons under "contact so-and-so"?? i'm not a huge myspace gal, even though i have one :P but i'll look and see if i can find out what the encoding is on that part of the page so i can try and help you. later.
~*kitty*~
Hey ya'll :D
Alrighty, here's some good news for everyone; school ends in a about 7 weeks, yaaay!
Now, to my question..my final school project is about genealogy (you know family history, family tree's and so on) and it's supposed to be really big (minimum 10 pages, maximum 30)and it's like 25% of our grade. So I really need some inspiration, maybe some ideas on HOW to write it or make it interesting? I've tried searching on google to find articles or papers on the same thing for ideas, but didn't really find anything, so if you can point me to some article you found interesting that would be great :)
I know I'm not going to be able to write it in the exact same way, since my family history is most likely completely different, but just for directions and ideas you know..
thank you & have a good week :D
hey back to ya. ^_^
i'm assuming that you're going to be writing this on your own genealogy, i hope i am correct in my assumption. the great thing about when teachers give you assignments about you and your own personal and family life is this: IT'S ABOUT YOU AND YOUR OWN PERSONAL AND FAMILY LIFE! you're the best expert in this field! :P
you've got a lot of freedom here, and it's really a great opportunity to learn about your anscestery, where your family's roots are, to hear stories and interesting facts, to learn about history from a firsthand account, and a lot more besides. get excited about it, get interested in it, throw yourself into your research; this is pretty cool stuff, and you can use your interest and curiosity as your inspiration. don't think about it too much as a school project (except to make sure you get it done and handed in on time ^_^), and let yourself enjoy what you're uncovering.
as for what i've done, i think i've made 3 or 4 family history projects. i was lucky because my mom had a project from college that she did with some old and some really old pictures of her forefathers/mothers. there was this one that was from around the early 1900s, possibly the late 1800s. it was so old-looking, in a classical sophisticated antique kind of way.
anyway, go talk to your parents, grandparents, (if you have them) great-grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc., and ask lots of questions, take notes, listen well, record on a tape-recorder if you want. and chances are, someone in your family has done something like this and they might even have their old projects, which gives you lots of extra information that you might not have found in your research, and it can save time, which means you'll have more time to worry about how your paper is written and getting it to be the necessary length.
some things to keep track of during your research: if you can get this far, where did your great-grandparents or great-great-grandparents or even ggg-grandparents come from when they moved to the u.s.a. and when was that; when/where people were born and when/where they died; who married whom and how many--if any--children did they have; what jobs did people hold; any interesting facts about family members that were involved in wars, politics, religion, society, economy, health care, schools, etc., etc.
if you'd like any more advice, just send me a quick email and i'll help you through some more of it. remember: get yourself excited about it and it will be easier to do, as well as a lot more fun. ~_^
hope this helped. good luck!
~*kitty*~
on my laptop, like when i go to myspace, it blocks my music. the box where it is supposed to be is transparant and it has a little box in the top left hand corner with red green and blue colors. it hasnt always done this. can someone tell me how to take whats blocking it off?
what ho, i hear the techie call! (man, i am just saying so many odd phrases today... :P )
this is most likely a java problem. you probably need to download of update what is known as a java runtime environment. java is a kind of programming that runs applets and such on websites. go to the java website:
http://java.sun.com/
and download the latest version. close all of your internet broswer windows, install java, restart if it's required, and then open up a new browser window and see what happens.
(disclaimer: i am not a paid plugger for mozilla firefox) but...
are you using microsoft internet explorer for your web browser? it's not horrible, but it's becoming pretty problematic. i highly recommend mozilla firefox or even opera for your internet needs. with firefox, there are usually less problems viewing webpages, there are less vulnerabilities to spyware than IE, you get tabbed browsing, and plus, it just looks so coooool... ^_^
http://www.mozilla.org/download.html
http://www.opera.com/
if you're still having problems, feel free to email me and i'll be thrilled to assist. hope this helped. good luck!
~*kitty*~
what is the difference between regular sex and dry sex?
while i think there is no such thing as "regular sex", i'll leave that aside for the moment... ^_^
actually, no i won't, because it has to do with what i'm going to say next. "sex" is too broad a term, especially when talking to me. :P if you're referring to the sexual intercourse kind of sex, then i suppose you could classify that as "regular sex", although i think it's up to the individuals involved whether or not to have pieces of clothing on during s.i. sex. "dry sex" isn't usually used to describe s.i.; more often it's used to describe (yar, beware, a wee bit of graphic language be ahead -_-;) "dry humping", which basically is going through the motions of s.i. (thrusting, grinding, rubbing, etc.) without actual penetration.
well, that was certainly educational, in a roundabout not-quite-disgusting sort of way... ^_^ hope you enjoyed it, hope i made ya laugh.
until any further questions on sexual jargon, i bid you adieu.
~*kitty*~
About a month ago my friend fixed my old computer so that it would work again and I could have a computer in my room. It is a Windows 2000 Professional and it has been working without any problems for about a month now. However, today it started going weird.
First the mouse went crazy and wouldn't move right, it was just jumping all over the screen and opening random boxes. I restarted it and it worked fine again for about ten minutes before it started doing the same thing as it had done before. I restarted it again and the same thing happened, this happened about five times before it was okay.
I did a virus scan on it but the same thing as before happened a couple of times, although I was able to fix it without restarting the computer both times.
Then suddenly the mouse froze. Everything I tried failed so I restarted it. This time the mouse wasn't there at all, it wasn't even showing up on the screen. I restarted it a few more times but the mouse still isn't showing up.
I spoke to the friend who originally fixed it but he has no idea what is wrong with it.
This is a huge problem because I need that computer for schoolwork and I can't use my family's computer often.
Please answer as soon as you can because I really need to fix this problem.
well crap, that really sucks! :P curse you bill gates, curse you and all your billions! actually, no. curse his programmers. curse you bill gates' programmers, curse you for being lazy and writing 100 lines of choppier code instead of writing 50 lines of better code!! um. yes. sorry...
ok, if i had to guess, i would say that either your mouse drivers are freakin' out (need to be updated, got corrupted, etc.), or you've got an overload of temporary files that you could get rid of in disk clean-up (although i can't remember if they have that in windows 2000), or you may need to defragment your harddrive.
but i'd rather not guess and inadvertantly screw your computer up more, so if you'll give me some more information about your computer, the programs on it, etc., i'd be happy to email back and forth and guide you through some troubleshooting. or, if it's after 5 oclock/4 o'clock central ^_^ then you can reach me live through googletalk, AIM, and YM.
ready, willing, and able to fulfill your techie needs,
~*kitty*~
i met this guy in february.. we got along really well & started talkin like everyday, and we started to like each other and talked about bein more than friends. well despite all that he acted kinda jealous of my guy friends and then during like the 1st week of april he kinda flipped more than usual and we havent talked since. i dont 'like' him anymore, and i guess he doesnt like me either since he hasnt made any effort to talk to me. idk is it even worth it to call him or message him and see how everything is and jus whats up or should i jus move on and leave him in my past
hey there, greetings and salutations.
all right, so what oddball alias can we assign to this boy? i chooooooose... "abu", since i just took my world religions test on islam and the name "abu bakr" is stuck in my psyche. ^_^
ok, so abu and you met, hangin' out, talky talky, likey likey, discussy BCWW (bow-chicka-wow-wow...yeah...don't ask me what the hell i was doing adding y's to the end of things...'cause honestly, i don't know...). ways of any, he started to act jealous of your guy friends and flipped out more than usual. um, small question. when you say "more than usual" does that mean he flips out a lot normally and it's just in a lesser degree than the april 1st freak-out?? that probably is a key thing you want to watch for if you're planning on dating someone. i'm not saying people can't be flippy-outy (damn it, there i go again) and in turn un-dateable, because i do know people like that and they're mostly all pretty cool people. but if he's assuming that you guys are attached, especially if you two haven't admitted that you like each other, then he's getting a just a smidge possessive.
you don't like-like him anymore (lord, saying "like-like" makes me feel like a 6th grader ^_^;), and you don't think he likes you that way anymore either. that's perfectly fine, especially if he's gonna get jealous of your guy friends if you and abu were dating.
to be fair to him, he might not have called or messaged because he's cooling off, or maybe just because he hasn't had time. but then again he might have just kind of gotten over his crush on you and sort of, not forgotten, but i can't think of a better word. i've done that before, i sorta thought i liked someone and was good friends with them for like a month or sometimes a little longer, and then suddenly i find myself not liking them that way or not at all.
actually, i now remember a specific time that happened. i had to take a summer biology class and i made friends with this kid named robert. we both liked anime, british comedy, guitar, computers, blah blah blah, we hung out a lot and talked a bunch, and he even took me and my friends out to see "shrek 2" where he payed for all of us. for a while i was seriously considering dating him, because i kinda liked him and it was insanely obvious he liked me (and of course my friends wanted to have free movies ^_^). but then he started not letting me get off the phone in less than 10 or 15 minutes of a goodbye, he always wanted to do stuff with me and for me, and my affection towards him waned until we sort of just did not talk anymore. i haven't spoken to him since (though his number is in my phone still :P). so really, it's not always intentional, but people can start out liking each other and getting along well and talking a lot, but then just sort of grow apart and it's almost like you "forget" about each other.
my advice is that if you really want to have him as a friend still, then go ahead and IM him if he's online, or give him a call if you want. and i'm all for having friends, especially guy friends, which is in no ways apparent at all on my column... ^_^ if you don't think it's worth the effort, or if he doesn't want to talk, then just shrug your shoulders, go "ah well, such is life", release any thoughts about this from your mind, and go and find something fun to do and move on. either way, however it works out, don't fret too much over it. there will be plenty of other guys who come around that you will have the opportunity to be friends with and possibly date.
hope this helped. good luck!
~*kitty*~
k well i met this guy a lil over a month ago and we talk for hours every night now and we get along really great. i kno he likes me because he always is super sweet to me + he jus came out n said that he likes me not too long ago and asked if i like him. i said i kinda did [cuz i kinda do] and ive kinda been more of a flirt with him but now i sorta wish i hadnt been doin that. yes i do like him but i dont want a bf right now bc im really enjoyin the single life and im worried that if he asks me out and i say yes that i wont be into the relationship or w/e or that if i say no that, like any other guy, he'll move on to someone else and ill regret it. what should i do?
good evening and salutations, my dear. ^_^
that's great you and this guy (whom i'll asign the pseudonym of "rocco") talk a lot on the phone. it's not always as good as talking in person but there's always fun to be had with a good'n'weird phone chat.
just a cautionary note that doesn't even really apply to this case, i'm just throwing it out there for all the girls (and guys too) to think about: while some people may act nice and super sweet and says that they like you, that doesn't necessarily mean that that's how they really feel and think about you. you don't need to always expect the worst in people but the phrase "ulterior motives" should always be tucked in the back of your mind as a possibility. just be careful, s'all i ask of you, moi dears. ^_^
anyways, rocco sounds like a nice enough kid. i don't know too much about him so i can't tell if he's what would be classified as a "nice guy", one that would really take it hard if you've been flirting with him a lot and he takes that to mean that you majorly dig him, but then you decide that you don't want to date him. i'm not saying you're leading him on or anything, again, i'm just giving you things to think about and take into account.
if he likes you and you like him, then sure, if you guys want to date, go ahead! you say you don't want to give up the single life, and that's fine too. but remember, if he does ask you out, feel free to go ahead and go out! just because you go out on a date (and i mean when both you and he have verbally confirmed that that's what it is) doesn't mean you two are a couple. if you go out once or twice or a few more times, you still could just be casually dating, and not considering each other to be bf/gf.
if he does ask you out on a date and you still don't feel like you really want to be in a relationship, then make sure you tell him that's it's just a date and that you're not sure you want to go into a relationship right now. if he likes you he'll probably be ok with that and you two can go to lunch, see a movie, have a good time, and then you can see if you like him more or if the idea of having him as a boyfriend appeals to you more. as long as you're honest, think carefully, don't overthink things too much, take things slowly, and stay open to having a fun time with someone who could turn out to be a really great friend (or, potentially, boyfriend), things should work out fairly well.
if you have any more questions, feel free to email me again. hope this helped. good luck!
~*kitty*~
ok i feel like a total nerd asking this since im 16... but what do people mean by "blow job" and "giving head"? my friends and stuff always talk about it but people at my old school never did so i never really got clued in on all these slang terms and i dont wanna ask my friends and seem like an idiot.. lol.
heh, i can understand your embarrassment of not knowing all the hip sexual slang, because i lived through that. now i probably know more than most college guys. :P
(disclaimer: if graphic sexual language offends, shocks, or disgusts you, either don't read on, or get over it and just read. ~_^)
"blow-job", "b.j.", "giving head", "going down on", "dome", etc. all mean the same thing really; they're slang for the sexual act of fellatio. those above slang terms are rather cryptic. one of the most obvious slang phrases for fellatio is (don't hit me for graphic language ^_^;) "sucking dick".
basically, it's oral sex. or if you want me to be more specific, it's when a girl (or even a guy, i guess) sucks on/licks/breathes on/etc. the shaft of a guy's penis and sometimes the testicles. it's not one specific thing. other things are often incorporated with it, like hand-jobs (i'll just hope you know that one ^_^), kissing/licking/nibbling inner thighs, or in a girl/guy couple both people perform oral sex on the other at the same time (this position is sometimes called "69", just look at those numbers and figure it out if you don't know the term ~_^).
if it's your guy buddies that are always talking about it, that's probably because with many guys, getting a girl to give you a blow-job gives you major automatic points in popularity with other guys and somehow earns their respect. i wouldn't know why they think that. it might be because the stereotypical average girl doesn't like giving head because it's gross, demeaning, etc., and it sometimes affects the female crowd and makes them think that only real sluts would give a guy a blow-job. neither of these things are really true. i do know that some girls just hate the thought of their mouth being anywhere near a guy's crotch (understandable, as some guy's don't bathe well before having that done to them... ^_^;), unless they really really like/love them in which case they might consider doing it. and not all girls who perform fellatio are sluts; many do it for practice, because they really care about their partner, or even because they've never done it before and want to explore something new.
remember: you don't need to feel like a nerd or an idiot if you don't know what a word means. unless it's something like demagogue, eschew, quadrennial, antediluvian, leviathan, or peripatetic. that's when you should be worried. ^_^ (all right, that was supposed to be a joke. did ya laugh? feel any better??)
hope this helped. good luck!
~*kitty*~
Okay, so it's almost summer time and I would like to look good in a bikini. I'm 14 years old and about 4"10. But I'm not sure which exercises to do. What exercises should I do for:
Thighs?
Stomach?
Love Handles?
Upper Arms?
&&&&&&&
Calves?
before you start going into crazy barbi-twin-exercise mode, why do you want to lose weight? are you sure you really even need to?? i can understand wanting to exercise so you'll be healthy and more fit (because now is a good time to start regular exercise, like a good workout once or twice a week, so you don't have what my old gym teacher called "jiggly arms" ^_^), and that's fine if you're doing that.
still, if you're only 14, i don't think you need to worry too much about looking good in a bikini. they're mostly overrated. i suggest tankinis. they stay on better. ^_^ plus, they're usually more comfortable. unless of course the reason you want to wear a bikini is to show yourself off, which (in moderation) is ok too, but don't do it just to attract boys. then they can only blame you if they try to make a move later and you say no and they get pissed. :P heh.
if you really want to lose weight, ask your doctor about it next time you visit, about whether or not you're a healthy weight for your height and such. don't go on any quick-fix diets. but at least you were starting in a better place than that, with exercise.
go to google or wikipedia and search for those specific exercises.
hope this helped. good luck!
~*kitty*~
every time i go out on first dates with new guys or w/e my mouth always gets ridiculously dry and i cant even half smile right, let alone be able to talk. its crazy. im not really nervous or anything, no more than most people would be.. but my mouth dries out soo much. anything i can do to fix that ? thx
hee, i know how that can sometimes happen. you can try having a drink with you, i would suggest water or possibly naked (fruit juice drink, a pound of fruit in every bottle, really freakin' tasty...), so that when your mouth starts to feel dry you can take a little drink. try putting on some carmex lip balm on your lips a few times a day. chew some gum, but make sure not to smack it or chew it noisily. ^_^
also, try not to worry about it too much or to think too intensely on it. it's like when you're trying not to think of something, which just makes you think of it.
hope this helped. good luck! tell me how things go.
~*kitty*~
heyy there im the freshman that wrote awhile back about me and the senior who i couldnt get an answer out of whether or not he liked me. well in yer response to my question you mentioned that you'd like to kno how things turned out. well, they didnt, haha. although he talked about girls at work and stuff that liked him & even told me he picked up two girls at the beach during spring break, he started acting really jealous and gettin upset if he saw me talkin to any of my guy friends or called and i was on the phone w/ a guy friend or anything like that.. so after he had a little fit and hung up on me 3 times in one night a couple weeks ago, we havent talked since, so i think im givin up on him, ha. but thx fer yer help anyway, keep it up!
aw poor girl. poor guy too, what's he bein' so whiney for?? ^_^ ok, i'm kinda just kidding there.
sorry to hear that thing's aren't working out, but sometimes--though it sucks majorly--that's life. hopefully both of you can pull through outta this and grow and learn from it.
if he does call you again, or if you guys meet randomly by accident, don't be cold or freak out. be civil and generally kind; just because he hung up on you doesn't mean you should slap that kind of poor attitude back at him (even though maybe he might kind of deserve it...)
thanks for letting me know the turnout of things! i love it when people actually take up my offer on that. have fun during the rest of your freshman year!
much love,
~*kitty*~
i have a problem reading school materials, i cannot read when i want to (there is a specific time i can read effectively like in the morning) and i cannot read for a long time. 1 or 2 things happen when i read, i either get distract and cannot continue to read due to the lack of concentration or when i read it for a long time nothing seems to come into my head and basically i read nothing even though i did.
So how do i get myself to read effectively and for a very long time? especially with biology and chemistry i know there are a lot of readings to do but then i cannot continue to read after 1 hour or 2. I need help bad because im falling behind and need to catch up with all this reading
along with soendearing, i am similar in the gets-distracted-easily aspect. ^_^ now, i've been officially diagnosed with ADD (attention defecit disorder), even though i don't believe in it to the extent my mother does. i take medication for my ADD-ish-ness, concerta, which acts as a stimulant to sort of give me the energy to concentrate and stay on task.
but medication is a little extreme i think, unless it's a very extreme case. there are lots other things you can do to help improve your concentration.
***eat fish (especially cold water fish), or specifically, something with fish oil in it. it sounds silly but go find some flavoured chewables. ^_^ i started out with source naturals "attentive child" chewable wafers. they're actually pretty tasty... :P
***drink a moderate amount of tea or coffee, especially in the morning, or a little while before you are going to be reading, and while you're reading too if you can help it. like the proteins in fish oil, caffeine (in moderate amounts) can help you concentrate.
***make sure you're getting enough sleep, and that you have a normal sleep routine, i.e. you go to bed at 10 and wake up at 7. trust me. sleep. good. end of story. ^_^
***watch your diet. too much sugar (or most any simple carbs) can make you jittery and cause your thoughts to scatter. make sure to eat a sufficient amount protein, fruits, and veggies.
***talk to your teachers and friends in those classes. ask for help. figure out some ways to make it easier to go through your reading, like a certain way to take notes, highlighting, etc. for me, i usually take notes for my math and science classes on my tablet laptop so i'm actually writing everything down with a pen, but it still is stored on my computer which is always with me. ^_^ find a way that works well for you and the way you think and learn and process/store information.
hope this helped. good luck! and hey, if you want any support and just someone to talk to about distracted-ness, or if you'd like help figuring out some things that might help you, feel free to email me anytime.
~*kitty*~
i have known my friend for 12 years now and we do everything together,she has recently got a boyfriend and is completely leaving me out. im always with her cos i have had trouble at school so shes my only real friend there,i feel completely alone.
Shes ok somedays but other days she will plan to meet me at lunch and then never turn up,its really upsetting me and i dont know what to do! nicole jane, 13
oh poor girl! if it makes you feel any better, trust me, this happens to all of us, in one way or another.
you need to confront her about it, but not in a confrontational way. tell her that it seems like she's becoming unreliable and maybe even a bit inconsiderate. i'm not saying be mean about it or matter-of-fact, say things calmly, honestly, and let your emotions of feeling (maybe?) feeling abandoned and forgotten show through.
(i don't know if this is true exactly but bear with me) while she shouldn't be letting herself become clingy and unhealthily obsessed with her "boyfriend" (no offence meant by the quotes, go read this question and my answer to it, http://www.advicenators.com/qview.php?q=418476), but i think you should try to branch out and meet some other friends. i know it's hard, but you should take this as an opportunity to grow, socially and within yourself, to find confidence and a sense of identity and individualism in yourself. it's good to have friends, we all need them i think, but we all need to be able to stand on our own as well.
again, be upfront and direct and explain to your friend why this is affecting you so. be honest, tactful, and sensitive to how she feels about you and about her boyfriend, and i think you can come out of this successfully.
hope this helped. good luck!
~*kitty*~
well i also dont know :-( uhh just a model for a normal apple laptop! it dosnt matter
http://www.notebookreview.com/
http://www.laptopadvisor.com/
http://www.macreviewzone.com/reviews/hardware/powerbooks.php
look through those. you can find the basic stats of certain models, and rankings and ratings and such. you can also look up prices and warranties and things.
you can email me again if you want any more help.
~*kitty*~
ok..I have an Xbox 360 and we bought xbox live for it and we cant get it to work..It has worked one time since weve had it...We have called our internet provider and we called the xbox people and they tried to help us but nothing works....it keeps saying "DNS failed"....how can I make it work again??...please help
google "xbox help", "xbox live help", and "xbox dns error". you'll find personal websites, the xbox site, ask.com stuff, and teamxbox, among other things. do some research, you'll be sure to find something.
i'm more of a playstation and pc gal myself ^_^, but i do play some xbox (by-the-by, oddworld rules!! >.> um. yeah. kitty's done...). i haven't played in a while, but if you want i can ask my boyfriend and a couple of my guy-gamer buds about it.
i don't know all the stats of this (in the sense that i'm not standing right there with the xbox and the tv and the connections, etc.), so here's the best i can come up with for right now: "DNS" stands for "domain name system" or "server" or "service", so a DNS error probably means something like the configuration for the internet connections are not right, or that it's not even picking up the internet connection. and, if all else fails, even though it sucks, read the manual. ^_^
again, if you want to email me directly and give me some more info, i can ask around my techie/gamer circle and see what i can dig up. good luck.
~*kitty*~
i just got some wedges. the kind with the ribbon that you tie up the leg. i was just wondering, should the bow (after you tie it) go in the front or back of your leg? thanks.
like they said, it's up to you. ^_^
the style in which the shoes are fashioned, the outfits you're wearing the shoes with, how long the ribbons are, and the shape of your calves are all things that can influence what looks better.
mix and match things, experiment, have fun!
by the way: i'm soo immaturely envious of you. i've been wanting to get lace-up wedges forever. all i have are my ballet point shoes... :P
~*kitty*~
is a tomato a fruit or veggie i need to know now !!!!
tomatoes, depending on what kind they are, can be counted as either fruits or vegetables.
fruits have seeds, which we usually don't eat, like with peaches (the pit), apples, watermelon, etc.
vegetables have seeds, but they are or part of what we eat, like corn, asparagus (the tips are the seeds i think), peas (they are the seeds ^_^).
technically speaking, the fleshy stuff that grows around seeds is fruit, so from that perspective, vegetables are really fruits... sorry, just bein' smart, not trying to confuse you.
a classic question, heh, that was fun to answer. anybody wanna know which came first: the chicken or the egg? :P
~*kitty*~
okay a friend really wants to get a laptop uuhh and he's getting apple and does anyone knows like a good model like he asked me
what model is that laptop??
and i totally dont get it so can anyone tell me a good "model??" pleeeaaasse and make it fast I NEED THAT ADVICE :-D
wait, so do you want to know a good model of APPLE laptop?? or just any good model of laptop???
google laptop reviews, or apple laptop reviews i suppose.
depending on what he's gonna use the laptop for, like school and work using mostly word processing and making presentations, or like for media editing for a film or art course or something, etc., he'd need to take that into account when choosing a laptop.
give me some more information, i can help you immediately. email me through advicenators and tell me more about the situation. i might be able to chat live with you.
~*kitty*~
hey, i used to be the former leader of my clique at school. then for some reason the people that i used to lead became retarded and started acting dumb. so i have a new group of people now, but everyone is pretty much individuals. like i wouldnt be able to boss them around. basically they wouldnt let me lead them. what should i do.
it sounds like most of the other answers have addressed the "you shouldn't boss your friends around" thing, so i'll try to advise about something else. ^_^
you say your new group of friends is a group of individuals. what do you mean when you say that? do you mean individual in the sense that they're cynical goth/emo non-conformists, or cool laid-back beatnik theatre people, or rebellious libertarian punk-rockers, or free-spirited new-agey hippie-folk, etc.?? i don't really have a specific point here, i just want you to think about the kind of people you're hanging out with and where you fall within the categories of individualism.
also, why do you want to boss people around? do you have some overwhelming need to be the one power, or do you feel like you need to be in charge and in control to feel like you have power over your life, or do you feel like nothing will get done if you don't take charge? again, i'm not saying you fall under any of those, i'm just giving you something to think about.
another tidbit of wisdom from someone who is (i'm guessing) older and more experienced: cliques don't last; they seperate and segregate people; they create artificial hierarchies that give the nobles an empty sense of belonging and the monarchs the illusions of grandeur, power, and often, self-worth that they don't think they can find anywhere else.
here are two websites you might want to check out. now, i don't think of enneagrams and other personality tools as the end-all-be-all, but at the very least, they're interesting and tell you a lot about yourself. not just what you like to do and how you learn things, but with enneagrams especially you learn more about what you want and what you fear, how you interact with others, and how you think about things. so go on, take the enneagram test at http://www.enneagraminstitute.com/, and try out some of the tests on http://similarminds.com/
remember to answer honestly and you might be surprised at what you'll find. if i had to guess, i would probably say you were an 8, or possibly a 4 with a 3-wing, or a 3 with a 4-wing, but most likely an 8 i think.
and on a side note, it's not exactly leaderly, or even particularly nice, of you to be calling your former group of "followers" retarded and dumb. maybe that's why they didn't want to "follow" you anymore, because you belittled and insulted them. a hard truth to hear? yeah. it is. but it's still a truth, and you need to hear it, and you need to come to grips with it, accept it, learn from it, and change.
take my advice and go take that enneagram. go have your "individualist group" take it. see what you all get. if they're a bunch of 3/4s and 4/3s i wouldn't be surprised. and again, there's nothing wrong with being any of those things, and the 4 in me says you can't be defined by a number. ^_^ it's only bad when you're an unhealthy 4, or whatever number you are. the enneagram is only a tool; you're the one who has to make the changes.
hope this helped. good luck!
~*kitty*~
I've finally decided where to go to college next year. I cancelled the housing/dorm form since I figured I could live with my sister in her apartment right by the school. I thought this would be great since the dorms at the school are notoriously crazy and that's not me at all.
Yet, now I'm having second thoughts. I already have a boyfriend, so I'm not worried about finding a 'hot guy' to hook up with or anything, but asside from classes, will I meet as many people? Would I be missing out on basic college experiences if I don't live in a dorm?
well, i can't say i've been through the entire college experience per se (y'know, still having a few more weeks of high school to go and whatnot), but most people i know that have gone through college say that living in the dorms is a fairly big part. i don't think the social reasons are the biggest, but. well wait.
*social aspect (meeting and living around/with other people): 30%
*learning to live on your own (take care of all/most of your food, bathing, cleaning, housekeeping, waking-up-on-time, doing-your-homework-without-your- parents-nagging-you, etc. needs): 50%
*living with people your own age, meeting like-minded people, makes it more conducive for the learning environment: 20%
that's all the time i have for now. if you decide to go ahead and live with your sister, have fun. ^_^ or if you're able to get into the dorms, maybe next semester, best wishes, oh, and definitely have fun with that!
~*kitty*~