Angela

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    Some in the bar were passing the then-eight-week old kitten around, making fun of his extra set of ears, mocking his appearance and calling him names such as "Devil Cat" and "Beelzebub."

     

    It wasn't quite love at first sight, but the Rocks felt sorry for the cat and offered to adopt the kitten from the bar's owner, who kept the animal caged atop the bar for his customers' amusement.

     

    This made me angry, cats are wonderful, even if they can be a bit odd.

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    I was looking at my signature today and realised it needed upgrading. Not least because the site it represents is now defunct.

     

    When thinking what picture shopuld replace it I imediately dismissed a heck of a lot of ideas and went for something serene. However the thought occured to me that I had no idea what other people liked, and also what makes people chose theirs.

     

    So what is it guys?

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    When I ask about it affecting you. I don't mean comedy shows, they are gearedtoaffect you

     

    I mean drama, where you agreed with something, of iff they have accurately depicted the way you have orlatterly had experinced events, or if there was an episode that summed up feelings , or allowed you to access something emotional you hadn't allowed yourself to access before.

     

    My two episodeof television come from2 different genres

     

    Teen Horror; Buffy the Vampire Slayer "The Body"

    Can be see here

    WhenI first saw it, my mum was still alive, so I wondered if it would be like that when my mother died. When my mother died infront of me (Yes click of the fingers sudden) I did react as this acharacter did ("Mom...MOm?...Mommy?") And whilst the paramedicaswere attempting to revive her I had the flashes ofthe alterna worldwhere she was right as rain. It was actually in my experience one of the most accurate portrayal of sudden death I have experienced, and also what mademe realise that this show was the reason I wanted to explore the themes it brought up in a psychological thesis (The idea that whilst tv affects us, we affect it too)

     

    medical Drama; ER, "On The Ocean"

    Can be seen here

    My father was diagnosed with prostate cancer when I was 16, it was tough on us all especially my father, so I became stoic, and didn't show much emotion about the diagnosis, remained 'strong' for my father. when saw this episode, I sobbed, it allowed me to feel the emotions I had bottled up. Now my father has died of a completely unrelated cancer, I watch and sob for another reason. I can hear all the things my father would have probably loved to have said inhis last days to me,about life, about living, and probably also about dying.

     

    Thats why given a chance I will always watch thse episodes,becausethey gotitright, because it reflected our collective experiences back at us in a meaningful and accurate way.

     

    Are there any that have affected you?

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    I am watching Nelson Mandela's 90th Birthday concert and 46664 (HIV/AIDS) benefit. And it kinda hit me, AIDS/HIV isn't some african's disease or someone elses illness. It became everyones, the entire human races illness when it started infecting innocent children. The human race is dying out with this pandemic, when children are born with this illness our future begins having a ticking clock attached.

     

    We need to do something about this. We need better education, perhaps even classes dedicated to what the illness is about and how to prevent and what is actually happen. ignorance is the real killer here, and the less ignorance the more time the human race may have!

     

    Feel free to disagree its just how I feel about it. Perhaps this is the field I need to work in.

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    I'm in a boogie down mood at the moment so escuse that, but I thought this board could do with each of us, saying one thing were greatful for, each day. (Or something positive within your day)

     

    I am greatful that my father taught me how to fix things, because I fixed some shelves and my CD Changer today!

     

    What are you greatful for (or is the most positive point of your day

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    That bike would stick out like a sore thumb in my area.

     

    If I happen to see it, I will detain the culprits and extradite them to your area for prosecution.OddBall-copper.gif

     

    Its great having a bobby on the boards (Bobby is English Slang for police officer... the good kind of slanfg, the bad one is pigs or filth, neither I use, despite a talkin to earlier in the week for making out with an ex.)