futurearchitect

For people with depression like me, the words, "the meaning of life" start a neurological chain reaction, sending my thought train through the tracks of a killer roller coaster, stopping just in time to let me catch my breath...that is, when I'm in a mood swing. Luckily for you, I'm not in one so you'll be spared my despairing, depressing remarks, maybe. But getting to it, I think the reason why we're all here will be one question which cannot be answered by a single statement. One day, be it December 21, 2012, in 2200 or 3500, the world as we know it may come to an end. Armageddon or the second coming may occur. Aliens may come to attack or develop relations with us. The meaning of life may be to live up to or through this day, to conquer evil or survive a catastrophe, but none shall know until that happens. So until then we wait. We wait for something we're not sure is ever going to happen. To many, including myself, living just to live seems wasteful. I have a very privileged life, and I'm sure the attention given to me could be applied to save dozens of homeless or diseased children from Africa or Asia. For me to live just to live, without purpose, is like boiling water, not knowing if you're ever going to cook anything with it (probably a bad analogy, but that's the first thing that popped into my head). The energy could be put to something I know I'm going to use. Some may say only people with low self esteem feel like they are wasted space, which I tend to agree with slightly. To be honest, I don't think I'm wasted space at all...But the point is that people need focus; they need a goal to reach. Religion offers the ultimate action plan for some. If you live a pure life, you will be rewarded in the end. People look to the future for gratification. Many, myself included, work best when under a deadline. In this instance, the deadline is death. Where many disagree, though, is what one must do to reach this deadline. For some it may be to investigate the science behind the universe, as BlondeTwiggy said. But I think there is no mathematical explanation. It is all determined by your values. If you value wealth, then you must become financially succesful. If you respect and find faith in mankind, then your destiny may be to have children and propel the race. Maybe you value others more than yourself and dedicate your life to service of the disadvantaged. For those who find no meaning in life, there is left the ultimate sacrifice. I guess all I'm trying to say is that it is up to you, and you only to determine what the MOL is. *Yawn* *Stretch* *Rub eyes* https://www.simtropolis.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=148&threadid=83063&enterthread=y https://www.simtropolis.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=148&threadid=83063&enterthread=y *Look at watch and read 3:15 A.M.* Well I hope I didn't bore you too much. G'night

Congratulations on opening up Psycho_Teddy!, I can only imagine how hard it must of been to live with that secret for that long. There have been some issues with close friends/families of mine so I can almost understand. My aunt's husband left her and their four kids after he realized he was gay. I'm not sure how long he knew, but I feel really bad for him as well as his kids. I think he did the right thing in not covering it up any longer, even though my cousins must feel really strange knowing their birth father is homosexual. A couple months ago, my best friend who is pretty shy (although not as shy as me lol) started asking out a girl from school. We both find it difficult to find hopeful relationships (guy friends or girlfriends) because 90% of the pop. is arrogant, stuck-up, and prejudice, sexist, homophobic, etc...lol, but anyway, he really connected with this girl, but she would never go out with him. She made normal excuses after a while and then finally said that her parents wouldn't let her date until she was 17 or 18. So my friend waited until then and tried again. Finally she told him that she is a lesbian. I guess she's been keeping it from most of her friends, and even her dad! But boy was my friend crushed when he found that out...so I guess it can actually hurt NOT to tell too. Well that's just some of my experiences. I've had some good gay friends and bad ones, just like any other person. G-L-B-T find out what they can do for me! C-A-R-E Care, Accept, Respect in Ernest ...that was just some dumb little blip I typed out....

Personally, my mom came from a liberal Christian family (don't even know what denomination :? and my dad came from a liberal Jewish family (although that's pretty redundant jk's, jk's...I consider myself to be culturally from both religions, and enjoy the history and, well, deep culture that each provides. This also leads me to think and realize that all religions are equal and that following any of them can help lead you to a decent life if not performed in excess. In terms of faith, though, I find myself secular. To be honest I think all religion is a combination of conspiracy created on fear by power-hungry dictators, as well as a general explanation of the unknown (like quantum theory), but that doesn't stop me from admiring the complexity and evolution of this fascinating aspect of human consciousness.

I just graduated from a large high school (about 2400 students) in Austin, Texas, and chalkboard/dry erase use is mixed. As a senior my middle-aged Physics teacher used dry erase (he only used the smelly ones because he says they erase better =0 . He also says he can't smell them anymore lol). He is fairly new to the school I think but not to teaching. My older-ish Calculus teacher uses chalkboard. He's been here since the start of the school in 83'. My Economics teacher uses/d chalk...he's been teaching here a while...and same with my Gov't and English teacher. My younger-ish Computer Science teacher uses dry erase. So basically I think it depends on how old the teacher/school are. Older teachers who are used to the chalkboards still use them unless the dry erase is already installed in the classroom (like for my Physics teacher). Younger departments like Comp. Sci. with younger teachers I guess want to upgrade. Come to think of it the high school I went to for 9th, 10th grade in Massachusetts was mixed like that, and it only had 700 students. It was built in the mid-eighties too. ...And that's just my thoughts spilling out .:`:.:`:.:`:.:`:.:`:.:`:.:`:.:`:.:`:.:`:.:`:.:`:

A sad day for fellow comedians and fans. That's scary that he died so young and from pneumonia RIP

Oh well. I was excited to see this project completed but I understand that doing something once is most often enough ("Hmm what's in this file? Oh well I'm tired..." *DELETE*). Thanks for listening to our input and giving it a go. All the ones you've completed are fantastic! Pink Floyd will still live on in our hearts! ROCK ON!

Hmm I suppose pink lights would work but if that's too similar to purple maybe alternating pink and some other color would look even better. I'll let you use some judement on it if you don't mind lol. If it's possible for the query sound that would be great to have the opening clip of a PF song like Another Brick in the Wall or Money (the cash register sounds) I''m probably incabable of finding/uploading anything but if you could find something that would be awsome.