Badran

That would be wonderful! Bring DS with you and let's all hang out! We'd be the Three Musketeers!

Oh that sucks!
Giving up smoking is very hard, I do not envy you. I hope all else improves for you.

Thanks!

How come you are bored? Do you do things outside of home?

I miss you too B!
I hope I won't be 'away' for long. Possibly end of November. That's when I predict things to settle down here.
How are you doing?

Well...I can't say for sure, since I don't know about your personal preferences. What activity do you feel most alive while doing? Is there a sport like running, dancing, ninja-ing , that while you are doing it -- even though it requires a lot of energy output -- also results in a calming affect for you?

For me, personally, I have found that dancing (around the house) moves energy enough for me for it to be a good outlet -- because I really get into it. Additionally, writing from the heart works as a good outlet, too, when I am writing simply to express myself to myself, without the intention of anyone ever reading it. Sometimes, I have even just purged thoughts and emotions onto paper and destroyed it immediately, if they were the expression of negative or confused emotions that I did not wish to hold onto, or that I did not wish others to ever read -- since it was from the depths of my soul.

(Sorry if I am getting too life-serious here.)

Hey, no need to get carried away with it & resign yourself to such an extreme situation as life in seclusion. What will the world do without seeing your bright and smiling face, and experiencing your wit and charm?

Perhaps all that is needed is to remember that, "with great power comes great responsibility."

May I propose a compromise? What if you simply don't lose your temper in a way that directs it at people, individually -- since there is obviously great power there. What if you reserved that strength & power for some creative purpose or competition in a particular field -- like an athletic field, or a game that always remains a game.

(I must admit that I was playing & needling you with the winks. I thought it was funny, & that you would, too.) Apparently, I must watch how I wield my Divine Goddess powers as well. A good lesson learned is a valuable thing. We can dispense of any pain that may have been involved in learning that lesson in an instant. See, it is gone already.

Thanks for the frube Mate,hope your day was good.

:blowkiss: Thank you. That's a relief.

(Just a little while ago a huge and severe thunderstorm came through our area. Our location was under a tornado warning for nearly an hour. I kept thinking, "Man, this guy is powerful. He'd better forgive me, or I may really be toast.")

I am breathing a little easier now.

I have learned my lesson and will wink at you no more.

My ninja friend is certainly capable of taking care of himself. Some things are so silly, they aren't even worth defending. (How's that?)

It may please you to know that while it did not technically draw blood from me, immediately after I posted my second to last reply to you and logged off RF, I injured myself. I got up from the computer & turned off the overhead light. The room was dark. I intended to navigate it by memory. Only, I had taken a bucket out of a closet earlier and forgot to put it away. I fell against it, scraping several layers of skin off my shin. It really hurt. I shed a couple of tiny tears. (This is really true.)

That is why I am asking you to have mercy on me and remove the desire to hurt me. Additonally, if I may be so bold, since I know that your mercy & generosity is abundant, I ask you to replace it with well wishes -- even though I may not deserve it, since I started it with the whole wink thing. I humbly ask for it.

OK. I've reconsidered. It's still your birthday -- here where I am, so I am going to offer a little concession on the matter.

It's almost bedtime for me, and I want to be able to sleep well tonight. I know there is a great distance, including a large ocean, between us. But, who knows? You may be a fast swimmer. I started it with the winks. I'll admit that. I did it to mess with you. I apologize. I am prepared to offer you:

Something to offset the two winks, with a :sad4: thrown in for good measure. That should satisfy your lust for revenge.

Now can you take back the whole life being ripped apart and shedding of blood thing?

(You won this one. I apologized.)

You're getting a little bit wound up there, honey.

My champion ninja is already in Cairo! He wouldn't put up with the way you are talking to me.

I'm already showing you mercy by not putting forth my request that he put a stop to all this nonsense that you are talking.

Take a deep breath. Center yourself. Breathe. Breathe again, more deeply and slowly this time.

See, isn't that better? Now, reconsider what you said to me.

And, I want to hear some freakin' compliments in your reply.

I did. It was shameless, wasn't it? (A wink would go great right here.)

Why?

That doesn't sound like much fun.

edit: And, you'd better watch out, or I might send "I'll Go On a Quest for the Rarest Rose for You Guy" after you. He knows where you live.

I'm so sorry. I shall refrain from using them in the future.

Happy birthday!! :balloons:

No. I am not trying to guilt bait you. That birthday wish was sincere. When I bait you, it will be obvious. (OK, maybe that wink was bait. )

Happy birthday!

Hey Badran! I have missed you so much too! Family life has been pretty crazy lately, but things have settled down a bit now, so we should see more of each other. Let's find some good threads to post in together!

Thanks!