TheCrystallineEntity
Istar
Apparently I'm Luna, too. No surprise there.
Farewell Stephen Hawking----
I didn't just buy A Brief History of Time and put in on my shelf. I actually read it. Twice. Great book.
If someone says they don't want to be hugged, don't hug them. I have a very tactile group of friends where hugging cheek kissing and even hold handing is common and I hate hugging, cheek kissing and hand holding. So they know not to include me most of the time. I don't mean like like or love them any less. I relent when I feel comfortable but that isn't often. [relent - even my choice of words is defensive...]Ack. This happened a few days ago but it's been hurting me more and more. My friend told me the other day not to hug her in front of her sister or mom because they think I'm a lesbian...??? Imagine being so homophobic that you don't want best friends to hug each other in front of you. The best/worst part is, I'm not even gay?? Maybe it's the pixie cut??? Martial arts???? The fact that I'm not prioritizing getting into a guy's pants over everything else in my life?????? I don't know. Anyway, it's really hurtful. i wonder if she's indirectly signaling that i'm making her uncomfortable too? How can I tell? Should I back off? idkkkkk. Have i broken some kind of boundary somehow? I'm so bad about seeing those.
To clarify, I live in an uber-conservative southern state where a lot of people seem to think gays can "turn" people. Zombie-fashion, i guess?
I want out of this stupid town so bad.
anyone down for writing a satirical piece about the gay apocalypse? it might make me feel better
If someone says they don't want to be hugged, don't hug them. I have a very tactile group of friends where hugging cheek kissing and even hold handing is common and I hate hugging, cheek kissing and hand holding. So they know not to include me most of the time. I don't mean like like or love them any less. I relent when I feel comfortable but that isn't often. [relent - even my choice of words is defensive...]
As for people thinking that you are gay, there is nothing you can do about that. They will think how they will. For a long time, I thought a Russian student I knew was coming on to me because they always held my hand when we talked, but apparently its a thing in parts of Russia.
Personally, I'd ask your friend if you've missed something because I'm terrible at working that stuff out as well.
Update: Two hours of frantic research has taught me that CS3 is only compatible with Windows OS older than Vista. I have 7. So much for saving money on a lighter weight program than newer editions...My laptop and Photoshop CS3 met today. They do not like each other. I don't understand why--my laptop meets the system requirements (and then some), but Photoshop won't get past the damn boot-up screen. All I want to do is process my camera raw files outside of school...
At home, I'm running CS3 on Win10 with no problems... It was installed on Win7 and then I upgraded.Adobe is the worst...they know they're industry standard, so they basically get to set all the rules. And no one can object to them because as of right now there's no real professional-quality alternative to Photoshop. I could say a lot more but I'm going to stop myself there, lol.