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My dad cheated on my mom, and they tried to make the transition as smooth as possible for me i.e. not traumatic and whatever. The truth will come out. It did when I was in 7th grade and my new stepmother turned out to be the girl my dad was fucking behind my mom's back. It took about 2.5 seconds for all respect and love I had for my father since the divorce (6 years earlier) to completely disappear. I have had an absolutely terrible relationship with my dad since then, and feel that the better majority of my childhood was based off and around a lie. What came out of it? My mom and I lived poor as hell for many years. She had been screwed out of going to school so she couldn't get a very high paying job, and I spent most of my time raising myself. My advice as a 21 year old used-to-be-one-of-those-kids: if she really was screwing some other guy and you are up for the challenge of raising the kids, get custody, take all her shit, take all her money, and if it really is possible to get the other guy's money, do that too. Not that money will make things better for you, but the world is full of materialistic people and if these two people are low enough to consciously fuck each other while a marriage tries to go on somewhere in the background, then I would be willing to bet not having very much money for a while would be a nice little jab in their side every time they write a check in your name. Plus, stuff is cool. -shrug- Seriously though, I look back on the situation now and wish my parents had just come clean right away (or in your case as soon as they are old enough to understand it). At least then I wouldn't have wasted my time and love on someone who didn't truly deserve it. She sounds like she doesn't really care. It sounds too easy for her. Don't sign all your shit over to her too, especially if you're not even out of school yet. Keep and gain everything while you can, don't let her needy vagina sit on top of the totem pole. Or some other guy's totem pole, while they drive around in your car spending your money on everything but your kids. Now I am sounding materialistic.... if you take anything from my post, let it be the point that I WAS what your kids are about to be..... and I would rather have my cheating dad out of my life and a stable home than a lying sack of shit i visited once a month while my mom and I ate the free samples at Costco for dinner three nights a week. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

I get both, both are enjoyed. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

Yeah I walked the block a few times and checked the bushes and all the trash cans on the corners. I even put up a few sign offering a cash reward for it hoping returning the rest of the wallet might be some incentive for some of them, but no luck so far. The crappy part is I live in between a church and two half-way houses. I don't think anybody who walks that sidewalk (there are a lot of tweakers) would have the resources to use much more than the cash. Oh, did I mention the MOST IRRITATING PART??!?!?!?!!?!!! I do freelance photography and was at the San Francisco Zoo on Saturday. I had taken EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS CARD out of my wallet so I could easily hand them out to people. I usually keep at least 10 in there.... it would have been soooooooo easy to figure out who to call if someone with some integrity found it. Also, have moved from the address on my driver's license. My only real concern at this point is my medical cards, since I am on my parent's policies.... my info is safe, but I am pretttttty sure my stepfather's SSN was on the card :/ It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

Somehow in a distance of about 200 feet between a restaurant and my house I managed to lose my wallet. I NEVER let that wallet out of my sight. I check my pocket for it every 10 minutes out of habit. Hours on the telephone canceling credit cards and such, trying to protect myself (I lost medical cards, driver's license, ugh....) Not to mention a money order that I meant to take care of Saturday but never made it to the post office... there's money lost for both parties (I think?) I think I have covered all the bases including setting up a fraud detection protection thingy through Discover. Can anybody think of anything I haven't done? I really hope some crackhead just picked i up and took the $15 in cash and burned the wallet for warmth. Lets not forget to mention my 21st birthday is Thursday. It's going to be a blast not having a valid form of ID to get in anywhere or legally purchase and drink anything. I feel so empty and lost, it's weird.... I feel so incredibly unorganized all of a sudden. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

http://www.digitaldexterity.net/365days Some of these are available for email... gratuities happily accepted in exchange (guy's gotta eat!) It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

Get a tandem master who would be willing to land a tandem canopy alone. Put on a tandem harness backwards, then put your rig on over it. It's kinda fun hanging on watching the drogue bob around, especially if you get someone to fly video and they are zippin' around too. It's nice because you can relax on the opening for the most part, don't have to worry about hanging on until your arms break.... Once you deploy, have sluggo (tandem master) curl his feet up, stand on his toes, unhook, and enjoy. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

Graphic Designer/Photographer, freelance/contracted work for three years now. In my second year of college, have tested out of all my courses to qualify as a senior academically. Done some design and photo work most people here have probably seen at some point (A decent amount of work for GoFast, ParaGear, Larson and Bruusgard, Bonehead) I also teach a Photoshop course during my winter/summer breaks. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

My most memorable skydive to date was with Elijah. Naked night jump. Through hail, and rain. Attached photos: Elijah and I after the naked night jump, and a shot I snapped of him from our hopeful (and ultimate failure) "SkyBear" jumps I am really, really going to miss you Elijah. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

I am surprised nobody had anything to say about this specifically. I think spinning canopies are the most unpredictable objects in the sky. Regardless of altitude, a person who is spinning til' their eyeball pop out is extremely unpredictable. Are they burying a toggle? They are going to lose a lot of altitude. Are they on rears? They aren't going to lose as much altitude. Are they on fronts? Kiss their altitude goodbye (all generally speaking of course-- what is their wingloading?). But most importantly, a spiraling maniac... when the hell is he going to stop? "Okay, he's done 3 full turns... 4.... 5.... 6.... will he do 7? 12? 7.5? Will be facing north? south?" Nobody has any idea except for the jackass with the toggle tied around his ankle. At least with swoopers, I can make a logical prediction. "Oh gosh, he's spiraling. Where will he stop?" I'm no mind-reader, but the better majority of the time, I'd be willing to bet it's before he hits the ground. And if he is semi-proficient in what he is doing, he (or she) should at least be headed in the same GENERAL direction as the landing pattern. Wreckless eyeball-popping playground-bullying spiraling is a bad idea. that's just a fact. Just as much as swooping through traffic, head-down with velcro risers and wingsuiting with a HP canopy loaded at 3.0. Doesn't mean it doesn't happen... but that doesn't negate the fact that it's a less-than-good idea. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

I went ahead and put your problem in bold italics. All seriousness aside, i hope you find your music. I understand how depressing of a loss that is. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

Why thank you! In response to the saturation issues, it's something I have been trying to work out... I recently starting using Aperture, and something in my export setting takes the saturation up to +20% on jpg's and I can't figure out what I did/am not doing (.png's exports fine ) They sure look great on my screen though Edit to add: just figured it out.... thanks for the motivation! It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

I'll go buy some beer for my first contribution to this thread... It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

Even worse (because I am an idiot): I was working a summer job at a construction site, where our favorite entertainment was catching grasshoppers (by throwing our gloves at them-- stunned 'em so they still would move, but not get away) and then feeding them to the abundance of black widows we had around the site. Then we got in to catching the spiders themselves, and throwing them in each other's webs (rarely as exciting as we hoped). But one day we caught a couple and kept them in gatorade bottles, which accidentally got brought home by me, the retard. Left 'em on the back porch, they laid a couple eggs, those hatched.... infestation. Holy crap, I had the heebie-jeebies for about a month after the last extermination. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

Unless you can stay within that very, very short range that is preferred for this camera, most of your photos will be useless. Distortion and such will make it so that even cropping and enlarging portions of the photo will look like crap. But if I had the $$, I'd buy it. Fun lens to have around, for sure. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

great catch! Fixed it up... thanks! It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

I just noticed after posting this how many errors remain on the cvhallenge website (I recently had to re-upload the whole thing, haven't re-worked out all the bugs) Anyway, Day 4 lives here (it is obviously very small on the site): http://www.digitaldexterity.net/panorama/scroll It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

I enjoyed reading the old photography threads, where people were posting their favorite personal shots. Photography is something that I care about very much... so much so, that I have pretty much devoted an entire year of my life to it. So here it is, after 120-something days, I am revealing the photo challenge to those on DZ.com! I would like to point something out that I value a lot, and know you might all appreciate it. I have never posted any of my skydiving photography on this website, submitted it to any publications or advertised myself as a regular photographer. The primary reason for this is my jump numbers and how they are numbers, not any indication of a person's photography (and even flying!) skills. I have only recently added skydiving photos, all of which I think will be enjoyed by my fellow skydivers. I am building a website now that is dedicated to skydiving photography, but for now, this gallery contains the only examples. So please, check everything out! Join the mailing list, spread the word, help a college student out! I hope my arrival on the skydiving photography scene is as exciting for all of you as it is for me! This is my photo challenge gallery/website: http://www.digitaldexterity.net/365days Most of the skydiving is on the last couple pages, if that's all you are interested in... Of course, the images are all uploaded at low resolutions to prevent them from being stolen and whatnot. If you see anything you really like, email me and I'll see what I can do for ya! It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

Dammit. I was so happy to be the one that was going to offer that little trick. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

Alright, I was sitting here in the heat of my house with no AC and decided despite not having any money, I am coming out to this little shindig. I am packing up my gear as we speak, and should be there in less than three hours. Anybody looking to jump should email me (alex@digitaldexterity.net) and I should still be able to get those emails by phone for the next couple hours. See you all out there! (somebody buy me a jump ticket? ) It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

The bottom line is 90% of kids are only slightly influenced by the lectures their parents give them now. THe primary source of decision making comes from pop culture and the media which sells sex. It's inevitable. My reasoning when I started hitting that "hopeful" age as I will call it was it can't be bad if so many people are so addicted to it, right? Which was pretty much confirmed by every sex-ed class that talked for about 5 minutes about abstinence and an entire semester on safe sex. I already know I will tell my kids not to be idiots. I will tell them all the best advice I have, but the bottom line now having just finished my 2nd year of college is without sex I would have been enjoying myself a whole lot less without it. And I am not speaking entirely from a bias point of view here. My roommate of two years now is still a virgin and saving himself for marriage with his (so far) 4-year girlfriend. They were raised in a small town and never knew society as it is until moving to the big city for college. It took him about a month before he came to me telling me he now regrets having saved himself, as well as being in such a long term relationship. He said it only took that long of seeing how it affects life before he realized everything he had known was so old-fashioned (yes, it is). My mother was pregnant with my sister when she was 15, my sister was pregnant at 16, so I have heard all those end of the argument as well. Sex is good, which is why it is sold to everyone. Most will give in. In my honest personal opinion, anyone who has convinced themselves that they can get their kids to save themselves, is very close-minded. Times change. The smartest thing anyone can do now is educate kids from every angle and let them decide. I don't think it's entirely coincidental that the area of the US which has the highest concentration of people saving themselves is also the region with the highest concentration of segregation and prejudice, all things that were common, accepted practice back in the 17-1800's. Not to say saving yourself is wrong... just pointing out that region bound by the bible belt is going to be much more prone to resisting change, especially when it goes against religious practice. I lost my virginity at 15 with a girl who I later had a strong relationship for 4 years. She was a Catholic school girl who had sworn to God and her family she was saving herself for marriage. It sure looked bad when the Atheist boyfriend came through ruining everything, huh? So I guess my point is, good luck? I have a lot of respect for people who accomplish such an incredible display of self control and patience. But I was quick to cut off any relationships with girls who I found out were virgins (2 so far). Nothing against them, it's just a part of my life I am not willing to give up. Not at this point, while everything is in perfect working condition. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

I guess I am technically in the picture... It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

I have a couple jumps on training boards. It just felt like frustratingly difficult freeflying. Like trying to stand on a boogie board when you are holding it underwater in a pool. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

Whatever it is, it must be REALLY exciting. Obviously someone had to say something about it and get it off their chest. "We found something!!!!!! I'll tell you later. K thx bai." It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

I don't find a digi altimeter to be hard to read at all. In fact, it feels much faster for me. It's not hard, especially once the internal clock starts to develop... something hard for students early on. Glance at it, anything between 6 and 13 for a first digit is all I REALLY need to know most of the time, below that you should have the time to analyze the second digit (4.3, 3.9 etc). That being said, can't beat an analog for shooting video, IMO. Just bring it into your peripheral, and bam, you know where you're at. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye

I once hooked up with a fat girl and got cock blocked by her gay male friend! Hm, I think I am going to go to counseling after just listening to that story. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye