Well, I personally don’t do the little head nod thing. It bothers me, because by the time I’ve seen them do it they’ve passed me by before I could aweknowledge them doing it. I see it as aweknowledgement that they know you. Something like that.
I don’t have a name for my penis, euphenisms are funny/good enough. Although I’ve never hung out with guys and discussed our pet names for it, but maybe that’s me. 
It could be that while you can plan it all out in private, it wouldn’t account for said person to be able to talk to a girl in public. Whenever I speak in public, be it to anyone, even I try and prepare before, I have difficulty and get tongue tied/Don’t really know what to say.
That could be it.
Yes, you should. I don’t remember when it was, my memory isn’t the best. I know VB6, and some (SOME) HTML. I’ve got Caesar 3 (sucked, I know a lot of people like it, but it was crap compared to Pharoah, which I also have). I still play Pharoah, even though I’ve created paradise, in every shape and form possible. It’s almost worse than SimCity as far as addictiveness. I’ve heard good things about Civ3, I’m considering getting it. I’m a Piers Anthony addict, and love Ben Bova. I have two copies of the Narnia series. (that’s actually what drew me to this thread)… and if you haven’t read them already, you might like Susan somethingorother’s (I’ve just forgotten the last night, I’ll go check later) Dark is Rising series. It’s quite good, in the same way Narnia is.
For me, and I assume other teenagers, saying things like that are difficult or even impossible to say in public, because the feeling may not be mutual. I think very few guys like doing that because it’s hard for them. It’s hard(I think) for a guy to say something like “Do you want to go to the Prom?”, for fear that he’ll get laughed at by the girl they ask. That’s pretty much the answer for both of them.
Kind of dishearting, I’m sorry.
If you plan on getting Civ3, I suggest a fairly large hard drive. My drive, which had around a gig space lef, had 500 megabytes taken off because of the CD(it would be 750 if you wish to have sound and animation stored on drive), and after about 30-45 mintues there was no drive space.
I’ll check out the Dark is Rising. I found a Ben Bova book, but apparently he was editing it. He had a short non fiction essay in it. I liked his writing style, I’m going to look for books actuallly written by him. Those other games sound quite interesting, if they are like Civ3.
Thank you.
Oh I have a big enough drive(s). I hope anyway. The Ben Bova books I’ve read are Orion and Revenge of Orion. They’re both excellent. Caesar is sort of like Civ3, but Pharoah turns a little more governish as in you’re doing more ruling than building. Welcome.
Thanks, Aslan2. I liked the essay. It gave me a good description of what’s in your room. I particularly liked Chim Chim.
How do you like the essay? How long did it take to write? How did you feel while writing it?
What would have been a more interesting subject for you? Did you consider any other approaches to the essay?
Oh, and in case you’re wondering… I think if you don’t know i won’t tell likes you.
I liked the essay, the only thing I would likely change about it is indenting it better, and perhaps placing words in a slightly different fashion.
It toke me about 25 minutes or so to write it, and about 5 for proofreading.
I felt good writing it, because the hardest part in writing was writing the “And next over to it is my bed…” type sentences… I felt it segued(sp?) nicely between locations.
Another subject? Comics. Steroid Abuse. Dyslexia. Art. Stephen King. C.S. Lewis. File Sharing. A lot of subjects interest me.
Yay. I like her, too.
ahem. I eh. Nevermind.
Your email account is full, aslan2. Just thought you should know.
I’ll clear it.
Still full. You should check your email more often. Mine gets full quickly too, but I check it daily and weed everything I don’t want to save out.
Done.
Aslan2:
I am a 34 aunt of a 16 year-old. I know you answered before about how sometimes you want to talk and sometimes you don’t. Here’s my questions:
My nephew is becoming increasingly tight-lipped around us (his aunt’s and uncles - all in their 30’s) which is no big deal. I remember wanting EVERYTHING about my life to be private. I can respect that. However, what’s the best way to acknowledge him/interact with him so that he knows we’re there, we care (Get over it??? Ha.) but that we also respect his space?
Also, I’m sure that he’s on the verge of becoming sexually active, if he’s not already. Is it just beyond annoying to a teenage male for the cool aunt to let him know that she respects his choices and wants to make sure he’s safe physically/emotionally? I want to make sure he feels he can talk to me about anything and that I will respect his privacy, and also that he has adults who can guide him in a non-judgemental way.
Your thoughts?
Are you planning to show the world how much of an individualistic rebel you are by getting a tattoo like all the other teens nowadays do?
Do you wear your pants below your ass? Why is this considered cool?
I just had a friend to got a tattoo, and it wasn’t meant as a rebellion (yes I know it wasn’t directed at me but that’s an unfair generalization about teens)
This applies to both: Indicate that you would be there if he had any concerns, because he’s able to say something without being asked, if that makes sense. I myself would rather my parents(they have told me this) say “If you have questions about sex/relationships/life, you can talk to me. I wouldn’t laugh.” or something like that.
Hope that helps.
Nay; because 1- this individualistic rebel would need mom to give him the money to pay for it 
2- I would chicken out because I’m afriad of needles and 3- Chances are any tattoo I would want would be too expensive or take too much time.
Nay, I don’t wear my pants around my ass, I get made fun of enough for being me 
It’s considered cool because you’re being SO DIFFERENT FROM EVERYBODY ELSE!!!1 ::cough :: Also, I’d imagine that all their assorted bling bling would pull it down everytime they move and they’re too lazy to care.
LOL nice response. That’s unusual, which is why I tend to stay away from guys my age, they think they’re all… as you put it, bling bling. I have a question though. You had said you liked comic books, what’s your favorite series?
Oh, and what on earth are you doing up so late?