Censorship is probably the funniest concept in media.

NP: Aftershock - Letters

EDIT:

Holy hell did this take me by surprise:
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcMosDuuZ3M&search=killswitch%20engage[/url]

Definately not what I was expecting when I heard Adam Dukiewicz and Ken Susi were in a band together.

Pussy...filter

Huzzah!

I have written a third of the first draft of my coursework.
just another 2000 words to go!

sleep soon, methinks.

NP-Motorhead-Make my day.

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]Huzzah!

I have written a third of the first draft of my coursework.
just another 2000 words to go!

sleep soon, methinks.

NP-Motorhead-Make my day.[/QUOTE]
Whats happenin ollie?

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]Huzzah!

I have written a third of the first draft of my coursework.
just another 2000 words to go!

sleep soon, methinks.

NP-Motorhead-Make my day.[/QUOTE]


When is it due?

I am the happiest man alive right now. :D

[QUOTE=GenuineImitation]When is it due?[/QUOTE]
Well, the doctor said I wasn't far on, so it'll be a December birth.

Oh...you mean the coursework...*cough* forget that...

Friday is when the first draft has to be in.

NP-Motorhead-Lawman

Why the happiness, Trev me old china?

and Deconstruction-I'm doing fine, man, yourself?

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]Well, the doctor said I wasn't far on, so it'll be a December birth.

Oh...you mean the coursework...*cough* forget that...

Friday is when the first draft has to be in.

NP-Motorhead-Lawman

Why the happiness, Trev me old china?

and Deconstruction-I'm doing fine, man, yourself?[/QUOTE]


You can't hide your pregnancy forever Ollie.


Whats the paper on?

[QUOTE]Why the happiness, Trev me old china?[/QUOTE]

Well, Ollie, let's just say as of 3/14/2006, Trev's girlfriend =/= girlfriend.










Trev's girlfriend = fiance!

:D

Oh boy Trev, why you feelin so glad?!

edit: a bit late i guess...

G_G that's freaking awesome!

[QUOTE=ICB]Well, Ollie, let's just say as of 3/14/2006, Trev's girlfriend =/= girlfriend.










Trev's girlfriend = fiance!

:D[/QUOTE]


Congrats dude.

:eek: Dude!

Congratulations! I thought you were waiting until May? What happened?

[QUOTE=ICB]I am the happiest man alive right now. :D[/QUOTE]
congrats dude.

Congratulations Trev. Good for you man!

And the essay involves comparing Sebastian Faulkes' novel Birdsong to first world war poets such as Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon.

EDIT: Congrats to Trevor for getting engaged on Steak and Blowjob Day, heh.

Guys, I need an opinion on something :(

In one of my classes, we are going to be holding a simulation of a Supreme Court hearing of pending cases in the American Supreme Court (pardon me for my worldly ignorance on matters... this is Europe's Parliament? I do not know for certain, sorry).

Here's the thing. We're going to be holding three simulations, and people are basically divided up into two groups: the lawyers and the Justices.

All the Justices have to do is sit there and decide the verdict for the cases. Again, in reality, these cases are pending in the Supreme Court or are currently being addressed, or in queue, or whatever.

My professor stops me before and told me that he wants me to not be a Justice, but instead, a lawyer.

He says that in my arguments in the classroom and in my writing indicate that I would be ideal for the lawyer position of this simulation.

However, lawyers have to read through the current briefs and make an opening statement and rebuttal to the Justices. These opening statements take quite a bit of time. I can't just read through pages upon pages of legal code and jargon and extract an argument for a case that's being addressed or is in queue in the American Supreme Court today.

So basically, I have to read, interpret, and analyze the dockets, write up an argument, and present it in front of the Justices, who essentially only have to pick who is the better lawyer (they're supposed to emulate a liberal or conservative Justice like the Court is today, but nobody's going to do that, I bet).

So, here's the dilemma. I don't want to be a lawyer in this simulation because of all the reading I have to do (it's going to be boring, bland, and incredibly difficult to get through) and then present an argument from this crappy law jargon stuff to these Justices (other students in my class, some of whom are bona-fide adults [30+ years old and up] because it's a night class). However, my professor goes out of his way and tells me that I'd be perfect for it because of how I write and argue. He didn't say it'd be easy, but it's like he's putting the pressure on me to follow through and succeed with this.

So, what do I do? Do I read and analyze all this law jargon (for good practice, derrrrrrrr) and hope for the best when it comes to presenting my argument, or do I just take the easy way out (at the probable behest of my professor) and just be a Supreme Court Justice?

I mean, I'm sure the simulations will go really shi[font=verdana]t[/font]ty if there are other people who are lawyers, but when the sign-up sheet was getting passed around, nobody was filling in spots for lawyer positions, only Justice positions.

So, yeah. How would you guys spin this?

/kind of hopes Bartender and Med see this, among others

[QUOTE=ShadowsFallen]:eek: Dude!

Congratulations! I thought you were waiting until May? What happened?[/QUOTE]

We were waiting til May to move in together because I graduate then... I was waiting til mid-April to ask.

And I popped the question because...well I don't know I got this urge in my head, "ask her, you fricken' twat" and I was reluctant because, you know, I wanted it to be all planned...(this is all while we're making love by the way so that may have induced it as well :lol:) but I mean, I was overwhelmed, and I guess I finally just said, ok this is a sure thing, she loves me, I love her, I'll be a goddamn man and stop pus[SIZE="2"]s[/SIZE]yfootin' about it, and I said "stop" and did my little speech, saying "this isn't the way I wanted to ask, but..." and she said yes! Goddamn man, I am so happy right now.

[QUOTE=Jomtallica]EDIT: Congrats to Trevor for getting engaged on Steak and Blowjob Day, heh.[/QUOTE]

Funny, I have yet to recieve a single steak OR blowjob today. :-/

And it's kinda wrong thinking this is Steak and Blowjob day because it's (was I guess, do dead people have birthdays?) my mom's birthday, hah...

[QUOTE=Jom]EDIT: Congrats to Trevor for getting engaged on Steak and Blowjob Day, heh.

Guys, I need an opinion on something :(

In one of my classes, we are going to be holding a simulation of a Supreme Court hearing of pending cases in the American Supreme Court (pardon me for my worldly ignorance on matters... this is Europe's Parliament? I do not know for certain, sorry).

Here's the thing. We're going to be holding three simulations, and people are basically divided up into two groups: the lawyers and the Justices.

All the Justices have to do is sit there and decide the verdict for the cases. Again, in reality, these cases are pending in the Supreme Court or are currently being addressed, or in queue, or whatever.

My professor stops me before and told me that he wants me to not be a Justice, but instead, a lawyer.

He says that in my arguments in the classroom and in my writing indicate that I would be ideal for the lawyer position of this simulation.

However, lawyers have to read through the current briefs and make an opening statement and rebuttal to the Justices. These opening statements take quite a bit of time. I can't just read through pages upon pages of legal code and jargon and extract an argument for a case that's being addressed or is in queue in the American Supreme Court today.

So basically, I have to read, interpret, and analyze the dockets, write up an argument, and present it in front of the Justices, who essentially only have to pick who is the better lawyer (they're supposed to emulate a liberal or conservative Justice like the Court is today, but nobody's going to do that, I bet).

So, here's the dilemma. I don't want to be a lawyer in this simulation because of all the reading I have to do and then present an argument to these Justices. However, my professor goes out of his way and tells me that I'd be perfect for it because of how I write and argue. He didn't say it'd be easy, but it's like he's putting the pressure on me to follow through and succeed with this.

So, what do I do? Do I read and analyze all this law jargon (for good practice, derrrrrrrr) and hope for the best when it comes to presenting my argument, or do I just take the easy way out (at the probable behest of my professor) and just be a Supreme Court Justice?

I mean, I'm sure the simulations will go really shi[font=verdana]t[/font]ty if there are other people who are lawyers, but when the sign-up sheet was getting passed around, nobody was filling in spots for lawyer positions, only Justice positions.

So, yeah. How would you guys spin this?

/kind of hopes Bartender and Med see this, among others[/QUOTE]


Thats tricky. If you take the Justice role, your teacher may be annoyed. Then again, he may not think twice about it. If you are majoring in law, I would consider the lawyer position if you have time to do it. It may give you some extra experience that the Justice position will not.

Even if you don't take the lawyer role. Im sure he'll find other students in your class to do it. I would be a lawyer unless I was bogged down with work.

Today is important for more reasons than Trev's stupid relationship or Steak and Blowjob day.

It's my mommy's birthday.

Go f[SIZE=2]u[/SIZE]ck yourself!

[QUOTE=Eleventeen]Today is important for more reasons than Trev's stupid relationship or Steak and Blowjob day.

It's my mommy's birthday.[/QUOTE]


It's also Pi or 3.14 day.

[QUOTE=GenuineImitation]It's also Pi or 3.14 day.[/QUOTE]

That too.

[QUOTE=Eleventeen]Today is important for more reasons than [B]Trev's stupid relationship[/B] or Steak and Blowjob day.

It's my mommy's birthday.[/QUOTE]

It's your mom's birthday too? MAN that is trippy!

To bolded statement:

8=============D(_@_)

look familiar? :angry: :p

LOL

An ascii wang going towards an ascii anus.

(o'')p|..|

Kirby is kneeding the delicious flat chest

L&R Jom. L&R.

Anyhow, For what I've watched in TV shoes like, Boston legal, or the Practice, you can create metaphors around the subjects you are defending, with very scarse connections to it in reality, but the dots that connect them are sufficiently good to make them valid, or at least good enough to change the minds of the jury and kind of put them on your side.

About the jargon, just memorize the key facts and words, and the laws involving your case so you don't have to memorize EVERY SINGLE CODE and law, or use the good ol' fashioned constitution, that never fails to impress. Anyhow, memorizing the few key elements of your argument, plus the laws and amendments concerning your particular case should be a good idea.

Unless you have no idea of what you are defending. That changes the whole issue. Makes it more complicated. :(

But yeah get an overall glimpse of the case, make a synthesis, consult some bibliography and a fe wbig words to make it all more astonishing, and always remember to use metaphors. metaphors are your friends.

[QUOTE=TojesDoLan]L&R Jom. L&R.[/QUOTE]

Jeez, I haven't been there since this afternoon when allalone decided to spam it with all his problems. I can't even begin to fathom how many times I merged his posts.

I hope it's not too bad there.

/braces for impact

PS: I wrote a synth-pop-era Genesis review on Sputnikmusic, which I fully expect zero of you to read.

EDIT: Er, you guys are kind of missing it, I think (thanks though Genuine + Tojes). I have to formulate an argument and argue it like a lawyer in the class. I have to cite precedents and all that other blah-harky. I don't want to go up there for ten minutes talking to nine students to have them just say, "Der, we don't like your argument, you lose." That'll just piss me off and I may wind up killing some fools.

I've finally decided to check out Every Time I Die... I was expecting LOL BREAKDOWNS but wow, I'm pretty surprised.

[QUOTE=Jom]EDIT: Er, you guys are kind of missing it, I think (thanks though Genuine + Tojes). I have to formulate an argument and argue it like a lawyer in the class. I have to cite precedents and all that other blah-harky. I don't want to go up there for ten minutes talking to nine students to have them just say, "Der, we don't like your argument, you lose." That'll just piss me off and I may wind up killing some fools.[/QUOTE]

ehehe yeah that happened to me once defending Mp3 music. That made me upset for a while.

Anyway, I suppose what I said kind of applies there. Nonetheless, a lot of reading will be indeed recquired to have a solid argument, which of course will be extra boring, and probably not very recomforting after a while.

mmm... I've trried to think of ways around it, but I don't think there are clear paths, which are as well easy. Research is the only way around it, so it's succesful. You said it though, it will be a bitch to get that down.

I wish I had better ideas at the moment.

Jom: If you fundamentally don't want to do it for whatever reason, I see no reason to not tell your teacher about it and request another assignment, as he can't possibly downgrade you or punish you for making a choice on behalf of your own personal and academic welfare. If you're feeling pressure to do this it's probably just you putting it on yourself, because YOU think you could do well at it, and you're weighing out the balance between your desire to excel at it and your desire to maybe get a little bit less of a workload so you can potentially do other things. Ultimately, you need to decide. But as with everything: if it's a challenge that you think you may do well at, go for it. If it's a challenge simply for you to accomodate the responsibility along with everything else you're doing, and there are more important things for you, then don't do it. Simple as that.

So my team just swept our first round playoff opponents, 4 straight games, with a 3-2 victory tonight!:chug: I know you all care so much.:p

So my band just got the rest of our recording software, and now we are just waiting on our drummer's new kit to arrive to record our first full-length........I know you all definitely don't care that much.........