Tuesday, April 20th, 2004
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zorbathut
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1:01p
Doing EE labs is always a bit of an adventure.
Today I did the lab on NAND gates. For those who don't know, the idea behind a NAND gate is that you have two inputs and one output. If both the inputs are receiving +5 volts, the output is grounded (i.e. 0 volts.) Otherwise, the output is at +5 volts.
I plug in the "test circuit", which is about as trivial as it gets. You've got a chip. You connect it to voltage and ground. You set something up to measure the voltage, and you set something up to control the inputs.
With both inputs grounded it outputting 4.997 volts, which is well within tolerance. I went to connect one of the inputs to +5vdc, and brushed a wire.
Click. Clickclick.
0.37mV.
Hmm.
I brushed the wire again.
Clickclick. Click. Click.
4.995 - no, wait. Click. 0.54mV.
I don't know how standard this is, but our digital multimeter (which is actually quite nice) clicks when it changes voltage modes. I imagine it's pretty standard. But it does mean that it clicks whenever going from 5v to 0v.
I sigh with resignation, and plug the resistor in entirely. Click. Click click click. Click. 0.40mV.
It *should* be 5v.
Click click. Click. 4.985V.
I write it down, accompanied by the cheerful clicking of the multimeter changing its mind.
The next resistor doesn't go any better. Neither, for that matter, does it work any better with both of them plugged in. It randomly changes its mind - in fact, at this point, it randomly changes its mind even with both terminals grounded.
Next, I have to write the truth table for another NAND gate on the same chip. It's about as productive. At this point, I'm down to poking the circuit with my finger repeatedly, then writing down the first realistic value it gives me.
The second section involves making more complex circuits. For example, an OR gate, which requires the use of three NAND gates. I laugh. Like I'm going to find three working NAND gates in the entire lab. I still test the two remaining gates on my chip, just to make sure.
The third is just as useful as the first two. The fourth, however, actually works . . . well, for some definitions of "works". With one input at +5vdc, it outputs +3vdc . . . which is sort of like answering a yes/no question with "Yno." Or possibly "Nes."
It's still an improvement.
For entertainment value, I set up an OR gate, using the "good" gate and two of the crappy ones. It works too, after a fashion. With both inputs grounded, I get +1vdc out - since the threshold is around 1.4vdc, that's technically a 0. With one input connected, I get +3vdc, and with both, I get +5vdc. (Well, occasionally I do - remember, these numbers involve a lot of circuit-poking.)
I look at the remaining parts of the lab. They don't want the real voltages. They just want 1's and 0's.
I write down what they expect, and turn it in.
Ain't school great.
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pennyroyal
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11:20a
i've been feeling intensely private recently. i guess it's just that some of the stuff that's been going on in my life isn't stuff that needs to be shared, that should be shared, or that i even really want to share. this really doesn't make much sense, i know.
we went to the mall a couple of days ago and i found this confederate biker shop run by an old woman who called me 'sweetheart' at least once a sentence. i bought this belt buckle:

friday night was the chicago kings, a drag king group, and it was excellent. i hadn't done any drag since high school, but cole got really excited and dressed me up, and it was fun. gender is such a curious thing. also, a lot of the girls here look excellent in drag.
last night i went out cole's window and sat on the french house roof with him and then later alone, watching the street below and the lightning in the distance. it made me more excited to be living in a house next year, though i'm not sure if you can get on the marshall roof, but it still feels more like being tied to where you live. the dorms feel temporary and like they belong to someone else. i want it to be next year, to have our living room and kitchen and dinner together every night.
it just started raining heavily. midwest spring, and midwest seasons in general -- it's all such a change. while i miss the steady seattle drizzle, i like how extreme everything is here.
i have sixteen days left here. i feel like i'm starting to disconnect from my life here, but i'm not really connected to seattle. and i'll only be in seattle for a week before i go to greece. i still don't really believe that i'm going to greece, it's rather silly. so much to do. projects to finish, finals to take, my stuff needs to be packed for storage, then i'm in seattle for a week finding a job and sorting that out before i go to greece. everything goes so quickly. leaving indiana will be bittersweet, i don't want to leave as everything is getting so beautiful and i don't want to leave the possibilities. i don't want to leave with just a kiss goodbye. i don't want to leave without knowing what could have been.
current music: bonnie 'prince' billy -- careless love
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sextips
[ bloodyhell83 ]
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11:49a OW!
So I'm having a problem with painful sex. It's happened the last few times I've stayed at my boyfriend's house. I've never had this sort of pain during sex before and it's starting to worry me, so here I am asking for insight or advice from you lovely sextips members.
Last night we went at it pretty roughly and it didn't hurt at all. Well, it was a tiny bit sore at first but in a normal way, and after a minute it felt perfectly fine.
Later on, we started again (with me on top), and since I was a little dry I lubed us both up well. When he fully entered me I had a sharp, searing pain shoot through my entire pelvic area. It was absolutely terrible and there was no way I could continue so we stopped right away. I had a strong urge to pee so I ran to the bathroom and that made me feel a bit better. I rationalized that I was probably just rubbed raw from the first round and need some time to recover.
So this morning we attempted it again (and again with me on top), very slowly. I noticed the pain was concentrated in a particular spot, about an inch and a half up and on the back wall of my vagina. The sensation of his head rubbing against it was like a knife scraping the flesh right off. But, stupidly, I decided to keep going, hoping that when he was fully inside of me it wouldn't hurt as much. His penis going in wasn't so bad, but coming out it hurt like hell. I also felt a strong need-to-pee sensation, but it wasn't my g-spot - I know (and love) what g-spot stimulation feels like and this defintely was NOT it. It almost felt as if he was hitting my bladder and an uncomfortable tingling sensation went through my whole body when it happened. I went up and down on him about a total of four or five times before deciding it hurt too much and we had to stop.
As I've said, I never had this type of pain before. It only hurt when he was inside me and the pain faded minutes after we stopped. It does seem like I was rubbed raw by the roughness, but rough sex is common for me and it never had this affect. The position I was in on top of him was also very normal so I doubt it was that. And I definitely was wet enough. So... any ideas would be helpful and appreciated. Thanks!
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trahari
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9:11a
d00d
Some guy had a baby.
Babies are weird.
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bad_sex
[ moon_stars82 ]
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9:10a
Bad sex is messing around really really drunk, him not having enough energy to keep up with you and litterally passing out every 30 seconds, and then being sore from when he was not passed out.... :)
current mood: sore
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karen2205
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11:51a Driving
I can't believe that I've passed, but there's a piece of paper right here telling me that I have, so it must be true!!!
So a motorway lesson on Sunday and then no more driving lessons for me.
current mood: bouncy
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bad_sex
[ crimsonea ]
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6:35a Question
I see a lot of stories from girls here have to do w/ the guy's size. (Which strikes me as somewhat unfair at times, because some girls immediately blame the bad sex on the size rather than other possible factors.)
I was curious though, what do you consider "small"? Which measurements prompt the "OMG, where's the penis, I couldn't feel anything" response, and which are like, "Well, thank God he'll go easy on my cervix"?
I sort of am looking for inches here, because from the comments I'd read, I'm confused as to how small some of the guys mentioned must be. (o.0)
(I haven't seen many men naked, but of the ones I have, no-one has yet made me go, "Oh my god, that's tiny.")
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physics
[ firstashore ]
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8:27p
Ashamed as I am to admit this, I have read this joke over several times and I don't understand it in the slightest. Can somebody explain it to me? It's driving me insane.
One day in class, Richard Feynman was talking about angular momentum. He described rotation matrices and mentioned that they did not commute. He said that Sir William Hamilton discovered noncommutivity one night when he was taking a walk in his garden with Lady Hamilton. As they sat down on a bench, there was a moment of passion. It was then that he discovered that AB did not equal BA.
current mood: confused
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12:52a bleh
my cell's down til I find like another 40 bucks. umm.
i woke at 6:40, then i drove to school, and worked on my project from 7:15 tol 10:00, then i went to eat, and to class til 12:30, then i worked on project til like, 4:00pm, then i ate and slept til 7:45pm, then i checked out some books, and finished at 9:00pm, and turned it all in. hooray!
and i'm downloading porn. yay!
current mood: crazy current music: The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
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12:27a Bill Bavasi is a fucking genius.
CLEVELAND-- Contrary to original reports that the Twins' acquisition of veteran left-handed pitcher Terry Mulholland was a free-agent signing, it technically was a trade.
For $1.
That's because Mulholland, the last player cut from Seattle's big-league camp this spring, was working under a minor league contract at the time of the transaction. By keeping him under contract, and assigning him to one of their Class A rosters, the Mariners were able to extend him the courtesy of continuing to work out with the team.
Seattle general manager Bill Bavasi gave him permission to seek a big-league deal elsewhere.
So when he agreed to terms with Minnesota - for the same $600,000 plus $75,000 in performance incentives as his Seattle deal - the Twins officially completed the transaction as a trade from Seattle for "cash considerations."
"A dollar well spent," Mulholland cracked.
current mood: rolling eyes current music: Duncan Sheik - On A High
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(comment on this) Monday, April 19th, 2004
valdara
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11:27p
God damn, I love my playlist. My computer is back up and running and working and happy. I can't get my CD drives to work, so there's that minor hitch, but other than that, it's like-a perfect.
Also, the Blue Man Group is the coolest thing I have seen in a damn long time.
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theologydemon
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11:28p When I grow up.
In case you were wondering THIS is my life goal.
I WILL be the next Neil Gaiman...
Even though I'm a girl. Doesn't mean a damn thing.
Just wanted you guys to know.
current mood: determined current music: Garbage - Untouchable
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skycrashesdown
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11:13p
So it's ridiculously late, but I figured I'd get to it eventually. (Part II tomorrow, this takes forever.)
( 2003 in Quotes, Part I: January - June )
The second half of the year won't have nearly as many since I hardly ever posted in lj (and most of those quotes will be Matthew during play-testing.)
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foilman
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11:09p
There were drunk girls in my apartment tonight. And crackheads huffing compressed air earilier today. I think i need to go to bed, it is way past my bed time. My girlfriend fell off the horse again, and i dont know what to do to help her any more than I already have. More later im sure.
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10:21p You never do what you know you ought to, Something tells me you're the devil's daughter.
Hei Hei! I guess I have a fair amount of updating to do. Since the last time I posted...
I had a lovely time over winter break seeing people, and having a super fun party. My love for 80s music does not falter, nor does my love of dance. I've downloaded well over 10 GB of 80s music videos and each and every single one of them is a little treasure.
In mid January my grandfather passed away. It was the most horrible thing that has ever happened to me. He has been a wonderful role model for how to be a good person. He was good and Norwegian, and had always supported all of my goals. Apparently when I was born my mother couldn't believe that a baby could smell so much like her father. I think a lot of me comes from him.
In school news... The UW trods along, giving me pretty great grades in return for, what I consider to be, a decent amount of studying and work. Fall quarter I took CHEM 142(first quarter gen chem), MATH 124(first quarter calc), and NORW 101, and got 3.9, 4.0, +4.0, respectively. Last quarter I took CHEM 152(second quarter gen chem), ENGL 131(required english comp. ew.), and more Norwegian. Receiving a 3.9, 3.7, + 4.0 respectively. This quarter I'm taking my last quarter of gen chem, more norwegian, and the first quarter in a 3 quarter biology series. It's all very stressful because I'm constantly thinking about getting into dental school, but I think I've got a good start. Just today I had my first biology exam, which went a little too well. Unless of course they were trick questions. I do love Norwegian, and hardly need to study for that quarterly 4.0.
In totally awesome news... I went to see David Bowie. Holy Crap. Woah. Oh man. If I could... I don't know. He's just as sexy as hell, and I love the music and the image and the voice. The merch was way too expensive, but my homemade shirt (encouraged by the deb-o) was better than any of their options anyway. David Bowie. I'm in the process of trying to get Reed to let me dress him up as Bowie, but I wouldn't do it until the gang was around anyway.
Also in that same week I went to see The Sounds and The Strokes. The Sounds are way cool and Swedish and a bit like Blondie, with a totally hot lead singer and back up Swedes (They thank you from the bottoms of their little Swedish hearts). The Strokes show was fun. I danced it up, and they played it up. It was, of course, over crowded, but as a treat on the Reedster I was quite happy to go. Also on a very fun show note, seeing The Unicorns with Kathryn was a blast, and I'd definitely recommend them to people who like fun.
My job hunt has halted as I've been swamped with school (7 hours of lab time on top of 13 hours if class time), and much studying. I should get back to the hunt soon though, or else all of the animals will die before I've got my gun loaded. I'm also spending 3 hours every Saturday volunteering at the Norse Home. The Norse Home is a retirement community started in the 50s by Norwegians, and it currently has about 80% Norwegian residents. I generally help a blind lady read and write letters, and various other odd tasks around her room.
I savagely look forward to every weekend, not to mention the summer. Future trips, funded by my father because they involve his side of the family include a weekend trip to NYC in late May, and a 10 day get away to Israel in early July. My quarter will be over June 9th, and I doubt I can hang out too much before then. Hope all goes well out there in college land, and I look forward to seeing you all again soon.
Ha det bra! (have it good) -S
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physics
[ dlakelan ]
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10:03p Coriolis diagrams
Here's a couple of PDF's I did to try to examine what goes on in rotating coordinate frames.
Hopefully someone finds them interesting:
Constant linear accelleration
Uniform linear motion
They display properly in landscape mode in gv. Let me know if they're turned upside down or anything in acroread.
The first one shows the actual path of a ball which appears to a rotating observer to travel in uniform linear accelleration.
The second one shows the path for a ball which appears to move in linear constant velocity motion.
Coriolis effects and centrifugal force can be calculated via geometric "numerical approximation" using a couple of triangles and a ruler.
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9:49p one subject down...
so, i finished my "women's studies" reading. yay? now only 149 pages left, 112 of which are for "american popular song" gag. *SUCH* slow going.
studying in quiet school places is lonely.
where is my chris? haven't been able to reach him at all today. *sigh*
current mood: discouraged current music: near absolute silence
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[ starsofmysoul ]
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9:38p
New to the community just thought i would post a really bad and really good sex story.
My partner and I were in the shower and things were going well. I was all fired up for some steamy shower sex, and so was he, but having a hard time staying hard. boys + water = problems. But right after he got really hard, he slipped and fell hitting his head, and was knocked out. Needless to say after waking back up, he wasn't really in the mood.
The best sex i have ever had was once in the back of a car. Which is surprising. We both came at the same time, and now my partner isn't very vocal during sex but he couldn't even speak a word but "holy s**t" for a good 30 min. We both laid shaking for an hour or two in his back seat, in a sort of high uphoric state. His phone rang and he answered it "This is --. I just had the best sex ever, i can't really talk now I will call you back." And hung up. I don't think he ever did call the person back because we went at it again right after that.
current mood: horny
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seattle
[ lanzi ]
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9:42p Denim Day
SUPPORT SURVIORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT: Wear Jeans on Denim Day
Wednesday, April 21st, 2004
Denim Day remembers one woman’s story: An Italian Supreme Court decision in 1999 ruled to overturn a rape conviction because she was wearing form-fitting jeans at the time of the assault. The court dismissed the case, arguing that she must have helped to take off the jeans, thus constituting a form or consent to the sexual act. Since then, Denim Day has become an international day of protest and awareness. The Italian Supreme Court’s decision is an example of victim blaming, which takes the fault off the perpetrators and puts it on survivors of sexual violence. By increasing the shame and guilt felt by survivors, victim blaming silences and isolates them from society, causing many of these crimes to go unreported and unpunished. Denim Day is a day for all women and all people to speak out against this injustice. Wear jeans to show your support for Denim Day on April 21st, 2004.
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(12 comments |comment on this) Tuesday, April 20th, 2004
zorbathut
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12:29a
<ZorbaTHut> you know, there's this one quest that's really disturbing <ZorbaTHut> you give a little Mithra girl a flower <ZorbaTHut> and she tries to figure out how to reward you, then thinks of something <ZorbaTHut> the screen fades to black, then fades back in, and she's saying "And it's just our secret!" <ZorbaTHut> and then it turns out you've learned how to get around the back alleys of San d'Oria <ZorbaTHut> am I the only one who thinks this is severely creepy? :P
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cadetdru
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11:24p Notes from Public Speaking (triggery)
*flips off Doug* Leave me stranded in that class, will you.
( Yeah, I got notes for you )
And then the StrawberryBlond gave me a ride home. It was a full and eventful evening.
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9:22p things rob wants you to know
I'm going to submit this to t3h p4p3r.
420, 4:20, 4/20, is not: A police code for marijuana smoking in progress. (It is a section of laws about theft and deception in the Penal Code of India.) The number of active chemicals in marijuana. (There's only 315.) The best day to plant marijuana seeds. (As with all plants, this varies by the season and climate and God knows what else.) The room number that the Grateful Dead always stayed in. The time of day of Albert Hoffman's first (and unintentional) acid trip.
420, 4:20, 4/20, is: Slang for smoking marijuana. The unofficial pothead's holiday. Hitler's birthday. The date of the Columbine massacre. The time of day of Albert Hoffman's second, intentional, acid trip. National Pineapple Upside-down Cake Day (this year).
According to Snopes (http://www.snopes.com/) and The Straight Dope (http://www.straightdope.com/), this common slang term probably arose in the early 70's from a dozen or so students at San Rafael High School in San Rafael, California, who would meet at 4:20 after school to smoke pot. Apparently some of them started following the Grateful Dead around, and the slang spread from there.
Another possible explanation lies in the work of H.P. Lovecraft, who was, like, the Stephen King of early pulp fiction. He wrote a lot of horror stories, infamous for their verbosity and difficult vocabulary. Have you seen that fugly, tentacle-mouthed beastie at the end of Hellboy? Yeah. Straight outta Lovecraft. Here's a little quote from Lovecraft's 1939 story "In the Walls of Eryx."
"I had encountered at least one of those curious mirage-plants about which so many of our men told stories. Anderson had warned me of them, and described their appearance very closely - the shaggy stalk, the spiky leaves, and the mottled blossoms whose gaseous dream-breeding exhalations penetrate every existing make of mask . . . Although everything was spinning perilously, I tried to start in the right direction and hack my way ahead. My route must have been far from straight, for it seemed hours before I was free of the mirage-plant's pervasive influence. Gradually the dancing lights began to disappear, and the shimmering spectral scenery began to assume the aspect of solidity. When I did get wholly clear I looked at my watch and was astonished to find that the time was only 4:20. Though eternities had seemed to pass, the whole experience could have consumed little more than a half-hour."
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(comment on this) Tuesday, April 20th, 2004
acerbic
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12:13a
Poll #281414: Personal Opinions Needed Open to: all, results viewable to: allIf the following were to come out of your mouth, what would be in the blank? "Emeril Lagasse invokes _______ in me."
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(comment on this) Monday, April 19th, 2004
sextips
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11:15p Tip and question
To avoid the whole "am i pregnant" thoughts, do the following if using a condom. When the guy cums, pull it off, take it to the sink, fill it with water. Then dry on the outside. If there is a hole, water will leak through.
ok.
Question: Whenever me and my SO have sex, he holds back so that we can orgasm at the same time. Cute huh? Anybody else do this?
current mood: thirsty current music: Magic Carpet Ride
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sextips
[ wildrosefairy ]
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11:38p Threesome action
Ok, so heres the deal... My best friend and I are interested in threesomes. With a catch tho. Shes a girl and im a girl and we love eachother and all but we are totally straight. We're just interested in pleasing the guy and fulfilling his fantasy of having 2 girls at once. We have kissed, made out and felt eachother up but thats as far as we'll go... Anyways, we have done a dual blowjob to 2 different guys and they loved it but we want to go all the way now. We're both experienced (shes been with 8 guys and ive been with 10) What i want to know is what interesting things we can do...any help would be much appreciated!!
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theologydemon
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8:40p
Today I wheedled my way out of the WASL, handed in my senior research paper (15 pages of Victorian Mourning traditions, bitch) and went to Arons house.
I also cooked dinner, got movies, and am now trying to decide which one to watch.
And people in MY CLASS need to talk to me tomorrow.
Oh! And I got work done on my fantasy novel! WORK! VIABLE WORK! THINGS I LIKE!
current mood: mischievous current music: Nick Cave - Red Right Hand
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sextips
[ sdcmusic98 ]
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8:30p
I have looked in the memories for answers to this, but no such luck for my specific case. I was wondering if anyone knew of positions that I may try that would be more pleasurable for my boyfriend. I am plus size and he is average, and he gets soft sometimes when we have sex because he stays on his knees so long while we're doing it they hurt. The pain from his knees cause him to go soft. I know I could get on top, but I am not comfortable with that. Also, I need suggestions on how to bring up trying new positions. P.S. He doesnt go soft all the time, just after we've done it several times in a row. Thanks in advance
current mood: curious current music: depeche mode~dirt
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sextips
[ glassjawbreaker ]
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7:36p
I have a huge favor to ask any of you who are willing to help me..I am not good at asking people for help, let alone help with sex. I am with this very very very great guy and I would do anything to make him happy..anything. We have been active for about a month and a half now and we want to try something new. We are both down to try anything atleast once and we were talking the other night about doing it rough...I can see how a guy can make it rough on the girl in many ways but what can I do to make it rough on him to where hed like it? Im not talking whipping etc..Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance!
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sextips
[ jaymefoxx ]
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9:45p my first entry
well me and my boyfriend jus had sex. it wasnt like "wow" OMG.. i see fireworks..it was kinda blah..not that he was bad..it jus wasnt magically.,.. i was jus wondering if that is a sign, FYI= i did not lose my virginity:)
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sextips
[ ephignia ]
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6:10p Approaching Your SO About Porn: A Few Tips for Men
I'm sure I've seen many more complaints from worried young women who have found out that their boyfriends look at porn then are listed in the memories section, which leads me to believe that communication on the subject just isn't working out for a whole lot of people. Instead of writing a few tips out for women to learn to cope with their men's naughty habits, I thought I'd address the men themselves, and try to give them a few pointers on how to bring up the topic with their SOs.
So the following tips are meant for men who are in long-term relationships with women they are truly serious about, but who would like to continue watching porn in private or with their female partners (I will refer to them as “girlfriends,” but apply whatever term is more appropriate for you). I’m going to generalize a lot about men and women, and I’d rather not get too many responses accusing me of stereotyping- anyways, it’s up to you to tailor these tips to suit your own needs.
( Cut for your pleasure )
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bad_sex
[ smokeandreason ]
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11:25p The sex . . .
Was jaw-dropping. Mind-numbing. Amazing. With him, I'm brought to shudder almost every single damn time -- but when he's actually quaking, then you know you've done something right.
And today, I'm paying for it. Oh, and how -- my shoulders, my arms, my abs, my ass-muscles (I'd say gluts, but it's nowhere near as amusing as "ass-muscles"), my neck . . . but it's such a good pain. Everytime I move, it's like, "Ow! Ooooh, I remember that . . . "
Jesus tap-dancing christ on a mother-fucking pogo stick. I daresay I'm fucked out. Well, for today, anyway.
I better stop with all of these good_sex posts before all of you form a collective mob and lynch me -- although, hey, at the very least they prove that good sex exists ;-)
current mood: exhausted current music: The Bangles -- "Hazy Shade of Winter"
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katieimp
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8:02p blah
my god it's hard to study with a raging headache... 202 pages to go. i'm not going to make it tonight. guess i live at school again tomorrow.
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physics
[ closet_rockstar ]
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7:27p
This is an alias for another LJ account, which I cannot reveal. I'm here to tell you my dark and shameful secret.
I'm was accepted to a very prestigious graduate program in physics. I've committed to the offer and they are very excited to have me, but there is one big problem: I hate doing research. I tried it for two summers and hated with a passion. Most of the work I did was tedius and inconsequential. I wish I had spent the summers flipping burgers instead, at least that way I would have contributed something mankind.
I'm going to tell you how I got into physics. When I was a kid I wanted to be a rock star. Well, that didn't exactly work out -- whenever we played in public people would either boo or throw stuff at us; and boy, whoever told you girls dig all band members is one big liar -- so I thought being a professor was the next best thing. I thought it would be cool to lecture in front of 500 people and then terrorize them on exams, or boss around grad students and get credits on the work they do. Essentially I love the spotlight, being on stage, and have people pay attention to me.
I started college as a history major. But the girl I had a crush on at the time majored in physics. So I switched to be in the same classes with her. Too bad she flunked out after 3 semesters (i think the last time I talked to her, she was dating some outlaw biker or unemployeed alcoholic). Anyway, I stayed and did pretty well in physics. I can't say I have an intense passion for the subject, but at least it's something I can figure out better than most people.
So here I am, plagued by senioritis and waiting for graduation, unsure about my life. I will almost certainly go to grad school as planned. But I see it as an excruciating rite of passage to professorhood, a punishment if you will. I want to be a professor so bad that I'm willing to give up 5-7 years of my youth to accomplish the goal.
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uw
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6:46p anybody know...
a place on campus outdoors where i can burn some papers safely without interference from the authorities? i have a gas fireplace, and frankly that's not very satisfying for a pyroaddict.
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katieimp
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5:18p the long haul
269 pgs of reading, minimum, to do before 11:45pm. wow. 6.5 hours to go.....
current mood: determined
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xlxdarktouchxlx
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6:48p I'm just repeating myself....
My first entry after the drama on my own damn journal. You know... yet again, it amazes me when people take sides after a relationship ends. It's like... you have absolutely NO clue what goes on between two people, or what took place to make the relationship end.. but yet, YOU think its your right to actually have an opinion on the matter.
I feel like being mean. I feel like expressing every mean little thought in my head. I have this running list in my head of people I would just like to tell "shut the hell up." Eric and I touched on that subject the other day when we were out to lunch. Oooh yeah, by the way... Eric and I are still friends. That's realistic. What's not realistic is giving a damn about someone that had no respect for you, and flirted with every girl that came his way when he was supposed to be with you. Rarrr... What's not realistic is thinking he's going to come back to you. SHUT THE HELL UP.
I need to stop before my thoughts get out of hand. But why should I, really?? It's not like I have any real desire to mend this friendship I'm thinking of now.
/insane rant.
Today was a good day. It went by quickly, and I'm actually waiting to hear from Shemeka to see if she is planning to come over to do some school work on my computer. We shall see. I asked off for Memorial Day today, and I'm thinking about taking a week off in late June, or early July. I think it will be a nice little break.
current mood: pleased
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sextips
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5:53p lube?
I was wondering, would you consider lube a necessity to sex? I know it can be quite painful if you aren't naturally wet enough, but aside from that fact, would you consider it necessary? Because I know there are times when people spontaneously have sex without planning ahead of time, and there may not be lube handy... and I was just wondering, lol. Is there anything at all that's safe to use for lube that you can buy at the store, etc and not necessarily used for sex? I've heard mixed stories on that... some people say certain things are okay and others say it's a bad idea. Thanks in advance.
current mood: curious current music: Saves the Day - Rocks Tonic Juice Magic
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zorbathut
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6:49p
I'm sitting in the SUNY computing lab right now, and I'm about to go print something. There's a twenty-person-long line, but that's OK.
As usual, nobody's using the Mac.
Time to go skip the line!
Followup: I skip the line, use the Mac, print out what I need, and leave. I pass the line, turn, and look for a minute.
Nobody's moving to use the Mac.
I say, "Guys, you realize the Mac prints just fine?"
They look at me in confusion.
I give up.
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11:04p just me whinging...
i was hinting to my boyfriend tonight that i wanted to have sex with him. we've only been going out for a bit over a month, but i feel so close to him and theres such a lot of chemistry between us. that's why i was surprised when he said he didn't want to yet and that he wanted to take things slowly. i've got to respect his descison i guess, but i just feel really upset about it. i know it's kind of pathetic, but it makes me think theres something wrong with me. why wouldn't he want to sleep with his girlfriend. he's a guy! he's supposed to be sex obsessed. we have oral sex almost every night and is intercourse really so much of a big deal? i want to fuck him. he's hot. i guess i'm just gonna have to wait.
so, my question is, is someone who wants to take things slowly really into their partner? or are they just really not that bothered about them. or scared?
i'm sure i always come over as a cunt when i write in here...
current mood: rejected
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abuse_lj_abuse
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2:54p
Okay, I had a question for LJAbuse and I figured the best way to get this question answered by a few people on the team would be here. As opposed to writing an e-mail to LJAbuse and only getting one persons perspective.
We all know, or should know what happened to communities such as exalted_my_ass, nonugly_my_ass etc. To the best of my knowledge they either got suspended for harassment or evading suspensions.
Putting my opinion on that matter aside, I wanted to create a community basically around the same context without violating any of LiveJournals TOS. You may think, why? Well..entertainment, and entertainment only.
Now, my idea is that the new community would be based off an existing rating community that I maintain( newnonuglies). So basically it would be a second community of the first. This second community would be practically the same but it would allow non-accepted members to post and say whatever they feel like UNDER the condition whatever they say is about members ONLY of newnonuglies. newnonuglies user info would state something like "By being a member or applying you leave yourself open for ridicule by members of newnonuglies and insertnamehere(second community). In the second communities userinfo it would state something like "You are only open to make posts based off members of newnonuglies.
This would work IMHO because there is no harassment involved. exalted_my_ass and other "my ass" communities ridiculed members of all different rating communities, without those other rating communities knowing. This second community would only ridicule members that KNEW and accepted that they would be ridiculed. Sooner or later the second community could establish ties with other rating communities as well, as long as those other rating communities put something on their userinfo stating they would be ridiculed by a separate community and let their accepted members know about this change.
Obviously the general rules would be applied in the second community as well. No reposting of other peoples pictures, no going to their personal journals and harassing them, etc.
I don't know, just an idea..
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1:49p i tried to think of some sort of appropriate song lyric here, but i've got nothing
Odd. My plans for the future have up until this past week or so consisted of "Bum around at Central until I get my AA degree and then transfer somewhere else and get a degree in... something." Now that I'm on track to finish my degree fall quarter next year, I suddenly very quickly have to figure out where that "somewhere else" is and what degree I want. I'm either going to go to the UW and get a technical writing degree (falls under General Studies) or go to Evergreen and get my BA in Liberal Arts and Sciences.
For a long time, I didn't enjoy Central that much. After my wierd turn at Scripps, I mucked about at Central, because, well, college is what you do after high school, right? I went because that's what you're supposed to do, but I didn't care too much, I was just filling time. In the past year or so, I'm finally starting to develop a sense of purpose about me, about the future, about what I want to do, about a lot of things.
I created this LJ on September 20, 2001, I've made 1,564 posts in it, and I've been on Livejournal even longer than that. I found Bree's one day from a link off her website and registered mine the next day when no one else I knew had even heard about it. I've been harriet_thespy, summercore, skycrashesdown, and I have a new one now that's pretty easy to find if you know what you're looking for. I was thinking of switching over to the new one entirely, but I think I'll stay here for a while longer. This journal/identity has seen me through two different colleges, a number of boyfriends, angsty exgirlfriend dramas, break-ups, some total assholes, an unbelievable amount of angst and melodrama (and I'm sure much more to come), good times and bad. It's a fairly amusing and accurate chronicle of the past two and a half years of my life, both what's written in it and what you can read between the lines.
I remember Jess saying at least once either in her livejournal or on AIM to me that while things in her past have made her hurt or made her unhappy, it's hard to regret any of it, because she wouldn't be where she is and who she is today. It's odd how sometimes the more things suck in the immediate sense, the better I feel about what's going to happen in the future, or about myself. I am learning, finally, in many ways. I've learned a lot at school in the past year, but I don't mean just that. I'm learning to say "I'm sorry." I'm learning to say, "Yes, that made me angry/upset/anxious/whatever and here is why." I'm learning to listen, to remember, to relate, to understand, to forgive, to communicate, to talk about what bothers me. Better late than never, I suppose.
I want to write for a living, if possible. (Yes, I know this entry is incoherent and all over the damn map. Shut up. I don't need a map. [This parrot TOTALLY knows how to get there.] <-- that's for you, Hawk. Anywyay.) I want to write popular science books like Richard Ellis. I want to write a comprehensive and entertaining history of Marvel and DC and their long-running rivalry. I want to write about phlogiston. I want to write a history of the laws of thermodynamics. I want to write children's books and articles for Scientific American and short, wry pieces for the New Yorker, and everything everything EVERYTHING!
It's wierd that I'll be getting my two year AA earlier in the same year that most of the people from my grade are getting their four year BA. But you know what? Fuck that shit. Does it matter if I'm happy and content with the path I'm on?
current mood: i need new icons current music: pablo picasso - david bowie
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captainhightop
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4:51p "we like the boom"
i've been getting the most amazing love letters these past two weeks. just reading them is an electric thrill. i can't wait til summer.
my boyfriend really knows where it's at.
( he's got 50 inch woofers all along the back )
p.s. my itunes is now called "kevin sparxxx's slow jamz for the ladiez" and i'm only sharing my "dyke rock" play list.
current music: i hear a symphony - supremes
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sextips
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4:36p Toys and Boys.
Getting together with my guy next month (LDR's are so not fun) and he suggested I surprise him. I am quite the novice when it comes to toys, I'd rather not go into a store without an idea of what I want.
I have already been through the memories. I've got the vibrator, but I'm looking for something a bit more daring and would be pleasurable for him - something that won't freak him out, although he is very very open to just about anything and enjoys anal penetration.
Ideas?
current mood: thoughtful
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