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monta wrote:just read a few pages back. dang you lyrics and cori! i want a new laptop too :beaten: . congrats congrats :hehe:

Thanks! I didn't get it in the mail yet though. Hopefully tomorrow :fingerscrossed: Unfortunately, I probably won't be at home when they deliver it. :banghead:

gaijinmark wrote:Nice new avatar cori!!! That looks like it might be a self-portrait, didn't know you were such a talented artist!! :applaud:[/list:u] Edit: 3 hours later and she changed it!!! :shocked:

Haha, I had to change it because I like this Shiro one more. I like to think that it's me with my high heels stabbing his face. :hehe:

Question: What are forum goggles?

Wynter wrote:Question: What are forum goggles?

Haha.. like Beer Goggles. When you interact with people in forums, you are exposed to a specific variety of individual and you cater your expectations around those exposures - i.e. everyone looks better than you think they must because of the stereotypes of the internet as being full of lonely, unattractive, overweight people - a conclusion which I believe is severely mistaken, especially in recent years.

I think our perception is antiquated and from when the 'internet was new' and it will be some time until we adapt our perceptions to actual cultural changes. We have everyone here: young, old, ugly, beautiful, fat, skinny, etc. And plenty more who are decidedly average.

phlargo wrote:

Haha.. like Beer Goggles. When you interact with people in forums, you are exposed to a specific variety of individual and you cater your expectations around those exposures - i.e. everyone looks better than you think they must because of the stereotypes of the internet as being full of lonely, unattractive, overweight people - a conclusion which I believe is severely mistaken, especially in recent years.

I think our perception is antiquated and from when the 'internet was new' and it will be some time until we adapt our perceptions to actual cultural changes. We have everyone here: young, old, ugly, beautiful, fat, skinny, etc. And plenty more who are decidedly average.

LOL! Ohhhhhhhhh I see I see. I wonder what people think I look like. Mind you, I did post pics of myself, so I guess this question is void. :beaten:

Wynter wrote:

LOL! Ohhhhhhhhh I see I see. I wonder what people think I look like. Mind you, I did post pics of myself, so I guess this question is void. :beaten:

Yeah, but you deleted them soon after. But I did get to see them...

Forum goggles? Never heard of them :nut:

Anime Dad wrote:

Yeah, but you deleted them soon after. But I did get to see them...

It was recommended that I do so. Peoples eyes were melting from their sockets at the sight of such horrendousness.

Forum goggles? Never heard of them :nut:

Neither had I.

Wynter wrote:

Neither had I.

Well.. it was a term that I didn't source from anywhere else - I just adapted the principle from other types of interaction - so it may not be a popular construction.

Was it obscure a concept, really? We routinely examine the world in the framework in which we see the target of our interests

i.e. Nodame would be a crazy person in real life.. but in a drama she can be absolutely adorable :)

Wynter wrote:
It was recommended that I do so. Peoples eyes were melting from their sockets at the sight of such horrendousness..

That's not my recollection ;)

phlargo wrote:

Well.. it was a term that I didn't source from anywhere else - I just adapted the principle from other types of interaction - so it may not be a popular construction.

Was it obscure a concept, really? We routinely examine the world in the framework in which we see the target of our interests

I definitely got what you were saying and I agree with the concept. Kinda like "rose-tinted glasses" on a forum.

i.e. Nodame would be a crazy person in real life.. but in a drama she can be absolutely adorable :)

I'm almost Nodame-like, unfortunately. Except I don't have Juri's cuteness. :sweat:

And no one really commented on my new avvy. Is everyone scared off by it? :mrgreen: I wish I could find the drama that it was from because it looks really intriguing. :twisted:

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I would say "scary" :)

You're definitely as ditzy as Nodame, coco-chan :) In a good way :)


OT: I have to get my eyes tested. Everything goes blurry when I concentrate for too long :(

Anime Dad wrote:I would say "scary" :)

You're definitely as ditzy as Nodame, coco-chan :) In a good way :)

Ditzy, sloppy, horrible cook...I *AM* Nodame! :nut: :beaten:

OT: I have to get my eyes tested. Everything goes blurry when I concentrate for too long :(

I need an eye exam too. I had one last December and got new glasses/contacts, but I know that my eyes are already changing again. Darn those subtitled shows! :grumble:

phlargo wrote:

Well.. it was a term that I didn't source from anywhere else - I just adapted the principle from other types of interaction - so it may not be a popular construction.

Was it obscure a concept, really? We routinely examine the world in the framework in which we see the target of our interests

i.e. Nodame would be a crazy person in real life.. but in a drama she can be absolutely adorable :)

Everyone has different experiences, and come from different locations, so when on the net, it's sometimes impossible to assume anything. Tho, mind you, most of the time the metaphors fly. :D

Do you always over analyze everything? Just take things in stride, phlargo-kun! If we don't get it, that's okay! We're just dumb.

>>starts club with A-Oyaji<< :beaten:

Anime Dad wrote:I would say "scary" :)

You're definitely as ditzy as Nodame, coco-chan :) In a good way :)

I love how my name for coco-chan has stuck. :hehe:

Wyn-chan wrote:
Do you always over analyze everything? Just take things in stride, phlargo-kun! If we don't get it, that's okay! We're just dumb.

Hai, thick as two short planks we are ;) I guess that's the lawyer in him, analyzing things ;)

Wyn-chan wrote:
>>starts club with A-Oyaji<<

Yay! :dancing:

Wynter wrote:

I love how my name for coco-chan has stuck. :hehe:

Only with you and me, it seems :(

Wynter wrote:I love how my name for coco-chan has stuck. :hehe:

Reminds me of my good friend in Japan, whom I rarely keep in contact with these days. :( "Coco" was his nickname when I first "met" him. Incidentally, his last name is Sano (Shiro!) and his first name is close to Kohinata Fumiyo's. Weird.

Wynter wrote:

I love how my name for coco-chan has stuck. :hehe:

Over-analyze? I don't like to think so. I like to think I analyze it just enough :)

In my life, nothing is safe, nothing is beyond reproach, nothing is without question. It doesn't always make for the most comfortable living, but it's amazingly rewarding.

I claim to live by true scientific method: I don't look for things that are true - I only try to determine what is false to get closer to what the truth may be.

It can cause some discontent among people who aren't comfortable with that level of criticm (or who assume the word criticism is a negative word)

In this way, I'm a lot like Galileo Sensei.. I get amused by everything I don't understand and find ways to make it reconcile within my framework.. or expand my understanding to encompass it. I'm just a hell of a lot better with people than he is ;-)

phlargo wrote:

Over-analyze? I don't like to think so. I like to think I analyze it just enough :)

In my life, nothing is safe, nothing is beyond reproach, nothing is without question. It doesn't always make for the most comfortable living, but it's amazingly rewarding.

I claim to live by true scientific method: I don't look for things that are true - I only try to determine what is false to get closer to what the truth may be.

It can cause some discontent among people who aren't comfortable with that level of criticm (or who assume the word criticism is a negative word)

In this way, I'm a lot like Galileo Sensei.. I get amused by everything I don't understand and find ways to make it reconcile within my framework.. or expand my understanding to encompass it. I'm just a hell of a lot better with people than he is ;-)

Sounds like over-analysis to me :)

cori wrote: I wish I could find the drama that it was from because it looks really intriguing. :twisted:

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Are you sure it's not from a movie? He has a really long list of credits, drama and movie :sweat: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0762965/

I just made myself a lovely dinner.. Wild Sockeye baked with a spicy tomato/pepper sauce I made myself, and a beautiful salad with a nice glass of viognier to accompany.

And I talked my mom and sister and wished them a happy father's day and had some nice thoughts about my father (he passed away while I was in law school).

And while I enjoy my dinner, I'm gonna watch Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshitachi ep04 after working hard this weekend and doing a great job drafting something for work :)

phlargo wrote:

Over-analyze? I don't like to think so. I like to think I analyze it just enough :)...

Spoken like a true lawyer. :)

Anime Dad wrote:

Are you sure it's not from a movie? He has a really long list of credits, drama and movie :sweat: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0762965/

It's definitely a Jdrama: http://jdorama.com/drama.64.htm

Here's where I got the screen cap from:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9WzjKw_1aU

cori wrote:

It's definitely a Jdrama: http://jdorama.com/drama.64.htm

Here's where I got the screen cap from:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9WzjKw_1aU

Sou desu. Interesting!