Talked just the right amount of shit that got me out of my cycle of 2 years of douchebaggery and #imgettinmine to follow every break up. Just changed my perspective on dealing with people as a whole.
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Talked just the right amount of shit that got me out of my cycle of 2 years of douchebaggery and #imgettinmine to follow every break up. Just changed my perspective on dealing with people as a whole.
smart stance.
no one was talking to you dummy head.
Bulletproof
Get a drink of water, your mouth is getting dry and reckless.
got that Devo credit?
honestly...
i hope nobody wins the superbowl
My dad drilled it into my head that everything is on me. Potential to change every outcome, regardless of absurdity, lies with self.
Which... isn't a 'bad' outlook. And yes its made very, very attentive to detail and allows constant self-improvement but you can't live a whole life like that.
i hope nobody wins the superbowl
My dad drilled it into my head that everything is on me. Potential to change every outcome, regardless of absurdity, lies with self.
Which... isn't a 'bad' outlook. And yes its made very, very attentive to detail and allows constant self-improvement but you can't live a whole life like that.
EscoBlades
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Dat Game of Thrones season 4 trailer.
This wait till April is gonna suck.
Damn straight!
TheKaeptain
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I want Winter's Tale to be good. 
Going to suck watching alone on V-day.
Going to suck watching alone on V-day.
Devolution
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The mistake is in thinking too much about it all. Shit happens. Sometimes people meet someone else. Sometimes people just grow tired of you. Sometimes they hit a point in their life where they just drop everything including you. Sometimes you fuck up. There's just so many possibilities the only real assurance you have is not making the same mistakes again but you can't factor in all of the possibilities on their end so don't drive yourself crazy with that shit.
It's beneficial... to a point.
Then you come at a crossroads where you can't manufacturer the answer you are looking for from within anymore, and if you spent an entire lifetime avoiding opening up to people? That's a deep sinkhole to be in.
It took me until my mid-20s to realize that you can't do everything on your own, and some shit that happens to you isn't also entirely your fault. If you fucked up, you know.
And on those days you didn't and things still didn't turn out the way you wanted them to? Well, it probably wasn't on you, either, and that's really hard to accept.
Devolution
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The lesson I learned with my first relationship is that you can't even account for your own feelings 8 years down the road, let alone theirs. All you can hope to do is get enough experience to see some shit coming and head that off at the pass with good communication so when you get further along in your relationship there isn't a bunch of "what the fuck do we want from each other anyway?"
Yup. And not come to terms with what you actually want from someone and communicating that to them and yourself.
Sometimes the biggest mistake you can make is telling yourself that the other person was the right one for you. If you start from something like that, it's hard to imagine any other possible outcomes.
Devolution
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I fucked up badly in my first serious relationship but one can only learn from shit like that and grow. If you're getting better from every encounter and relationship, you should know that, if you're just getting bitter and angry, well what's that going to do to your future efforts and relationships?
I reached a stress limit. I can trick myself into believing I can strong arm or endure any situation but that's not how life works. When you've got every success in your life from solving problems in that manner and you're abruptly forced to admit that is no longer an option... well, you gotta change.
change sucks
invincible is something else
from monster girl being a father, to bullletproofs origin, that world irks me. if it was more of allen and mark dicking around in space i would like it more
soundscream
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Yo this new McDonald's commercial with the old black dudes and the iPad is all types of SMH.
It's weird because even when shit wasn't ever my fault, I'd get bitter and angry at myself. That's not healthy.
Yup.
Mrs. Manky
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As Slayven has pointed out with his Darius Rucker pic. Hell, old Hootie and the Blowfish was more country than a fair amount of what is playing on the local country music station today. Also, the Eagles.
TheKaeptain
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Seriously bros and devo and view the Golden Globes are horrible. I wish my son was here right now. I'd much rather be playing his Godzilla toys.
I may end up saying a lot more about it if/when I get out but getting up after being hit by a truck was not even the third hardest thing I've had to do in my life.
That weird, freaky Spanish girl somehow got me out of that and I have no clue how.
I don't think I know about the Spanish girl.
It makes you powerful. Like you can control anything that happens in your life. But then one day something happens - often something involving another person - and you're just confronted with the fact that sometimes shit just happens.
My experience was the opposite of yours in that my parents had to drill into me that everything is not my fault and that I can't control anything since my natural instinct has always been to look inward for every solution. I eventually became way too hard on myself every time shit didn't go my way.
In recent years, I've found I'm most successful with a "I'll just do what I'm supposed to do, and whatever will be will be" attitude. It still sucks when things go awry, but it doesn't stop my whole world like it used to.
Devolution
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AM is the spanish girl.
this the first time i ever watched it. it's...interesting. it's better than most music award shows i watch
I want the Seahawks to win it all, just so their fans will shut the hell up about Super Bowl XL. After that, it goes Broncos (although the thought of a post Manning SB commercial onslaught makes me nauseous) > Patriots >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Having to go down on Honey Boo Boo's mom >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 49ers. I hate the Patriots as much as the next person, but Bay Area sports fans don't deserve shit. I wish them decades of underachievement and failure. Can't wait to see Bipolarbaugh, his midget headed squidward lookin' shitty QB and Boldin's short tempered ass fall short again. The Sharks choking again in the Playoffs will be icing on an already beautiful year of Bay Area underachievement.
Devolution
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I'll never understand so much Bay Area saltiness most of which isn't directed at Raider Nation.
TheKaeptain
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harSon needs a hug.
Bullshit aside.
Her is an amazing movie so far. About halfway through it. Phoenix is GOAT.
TheKaeptain
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Are you posting during a movie?
Why are you on GAF while in the movie theater?
EscoBlades
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I blame myself for everything, my own harshest critic, even when it isn't my fault (and i can clearly see that). I somehow feel i could/ should have done better.
However with age, i've been able to curb that feeling down from sometimes months, to mere hours in some cases. ESPECIALLY when it comes to personal matters like the opposite sex. Easier to let the chips fall where they may, rather than trying to put things in place. I've only been in one past relationship where i honestly thought she was THE ONE.
Last few years, i've actively avoided relationships. Not in that place yet. I'll know when I am. And i'll have all the relevant experience to not make the mistakes of the past next time.
Live life, love it. Whatever happens will, regardless of your intervention.
However with age, i've been able to curb that feeling down from sometimes months, to mere hours in some cases. ESPECIALLY when it comes to personal matters like the opposite sex. Easier to let the chips fall where they may, rather than trying to put things in place. I've only been in one past relationship where i honestly thought she was THE ONE.
Last few years, i've actively avoided relationships. Not in that place yet. I'll know when I am. And i'll have all the relevant experience to not make the mistakes of the past next time.
Live life, love it. Whatever happens will, regardless of your intervention.
Multi-task breh
ViewtifulJC
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And just think, the Oscars are gonna be even less entertaining.
TheKaeptain
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Pssh I love the Oscars. It's like the Superbowl to me. Last year I made some money.
ViewtifulJC
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dy not even trying to hide his Her screener
EscoBlades
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Oscars tend to be cringe.
TheKaeptain
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I have a real screener and still won't watch it. I need to see it in a Cinema.
Not when your friends are film students. It's fun watching the salt.
So, my best just posted on FB that he dumped a girl for reasons and is ignoring all forms of communications of hers.
He plays this Simpsons game on FB and apparently she wrote in the game to call him on one of the tiles.
I wish I had those kinda girl problems.
He plays this Simpsons game on FB and apparently she wrote in the game to call him on one of the tiles.
I wish I had those kinda girl problems.
ViewtifulJC
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As long as 12 Years wins BP and Lupita Best Supporting Actress, I'm straight, no salt in bloodstream.
Since the preferential ballot change of '09, the PGAs have been batting a thousand on predicting Best Picture, so we'll probably know the winner this saturday(and the nominations this Thursday, of course)
Since the preferential ballot change of '09, the PGAs have been batting a thousand on predicting Best Picture, so we'll probably know the winner this saturday(and the nominations this Thursday, of course)
the niners though? i hate the raiders as much as the next man, but the niners are cool. and thats coming from a pats fan
EscoBlades
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Lone Survivor is another one I'm sitting on. Wanted to see it in theaters but I had to walk out.
Watch it man. It got a wider release on Friday. I caught it on Saturday and it was damned good. Was down on Jonze a bit after Where the Wild Things Are, but Her easily stands toe to toe with Adaptation. and Being John Malkovich.
Why you gotta give slightly-racist GAF ammo like that?
TheKaeptain
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I won't watch it. Ever.
I will probably catch it while my dad is in chemo this week or when I go home to LA. I haven't had time for shit since my dad is really sick and I have had my son.
Mrs. Manky
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So, I don't watch the NFL, I admit it. I'm in Cleveland.
I'm watching a game with my dad, and I noticed that both the starting quarterbacks are black. And no comments from the announcers, so this is obviously accepted as normal and not something crazy like the All Black Coach Superbowl. And I realize that there are more than a few black quarterbacks, starting QBs, right now, of varying levels of ability, but still there. Is this the year of the Black Quarterback, or has this been going on for a while?
I'm watching a game with my dad, and I noticed that both the starting quarterbacks are black. And no comments from the announcers, so this is obviously accepted as normal and not something crazy like the All Black Coach Superbowl. And I realize that there are more than a few black quarterbacks, starting QBs, right now, of varying levels of ability, but still there. Is this the year of the Black Quarterback, or has this been going on for a while?
So, I don't watch the NFL, I admit it. I'm in Cleveland.
I'm watching a game with my dad, and I noticed that both the starting quarterbacks are black. And no comments from the announcers, so this is obviously accepted as normal and not something crazy like the All Black Coach Superbowl. And I realize that there are more than a few black quarterbacks, starting QBs, right now, of varying levels of ability, but still there. Is this the year of the Black Quarterback, or has this been going on for a while?
You got to listen to sports shows and am radio to hear the dog whistling.
EscoBlades
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So, I don't watch the NFL, I admit it. I'm in Cleveland.
I'm watching a game with my dad, and I noticed that both the starting quarterbacks are black. And no comments from the announcers, so this is obviously accepted as normal and not something crazy like the All Black Coach Superbowl. And I realize that there are more than a few black quarterbacks, starting QBs, right now, of varying levels of ability, but still there. Is this the year of the Black Quarterback, or has this been going on for a while?
Slowly been happening. Vick (whatever you might think of him) kinda made it fashionable again though. Dual threat....a QB that can throw and run (they usually tend to be black)
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