smartie1685

@smartie1685 (450)

United States • Age 40

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Favorite Literary Hero or Heroine?

irisheyes @irisheyes (4370) • United States 29 Apr 07

Hi There Everybody!I haven't put up any threads in a good long time and so I thought I'd go with this which stems from a conversation with some friends a couple of nights ago. Who is your all time favorite fictional hero or...

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smartie1685 My favorite heroines stem from my childhood. Jo March from Little Women is one of my favorites and also Scarlett from Gone with the Wind. They are both flawed but that's what makes them human and they are both strong, confident women that anyone can look up to...

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Who's your favorite character from the Harry Potter series?

eriennenadine @eriennenadine (211) • Philippines 27 Apr 07

Who do you like best among the characters from the harry potter series and why? And who can you relate to the most? A lot of people seem to like harry potter the most, but my personal favorite is Ron Weasley, because I had a...

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smartie1685 Thats a hard question. :) Sometimes my favorite is Hermione and sometimes its Harry. It just depends on my mood. I relate to both of them although I think I am more like Hermione.

27 Apr 07

Taking time off from myLot

byfaithonly @byfaithonly (10698) • United States 27 Apr 07

This discussion is mainly for my friends and apologize for it being breif but I am rather rushed and don't have time to message all my dear friends. I am afraid for the next 3-4 days I will not be able to respond to many if any...

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smartie1685 Good luck with your assignment. I'll see you when you were back.

27 Apr 07

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Writing a book in one night is possible...

waynet @waynet (2649) 25 Apr 07

Although I only wrote the outline... Has anyone wrote something in a night that they have thought fantastic and they was really proud of?....

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smartie1685 I don't think it is possible to write a whole book in one night. Books need editing and revisions before they are complete. Sure you could get a good outline or first chapters done, I've done so myself. But like I said there needs to be a lot more time put...

25 Apr 07

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Do you often go back and read responses to discussions you've started?

jollyjeangiant @jollyjeangiant (219) • United States 24 Apr 07

I regularly read the responses to discussions that I've started (and when I was new, I tried to respond to all the thoughtful responses, but I've given this up due to time constraints now). I find that's more for curiosity's sake...

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smartie1685 I try to read every response that I get to my discussions. It is hard when you get a lot of responses but since I haven't really made any discussions lately its not that bad. :) I first started trying to respond to everyone but it is really hard. It's a lot...

24 Apr 07

Alec Baldwin's Tirade To His Daughter

wachit14 @wachit14 (3595) • United States 23 Apr 07

If you are one of the people who hasn't heard the tape of actor Alec Baldwin berating his young daughter for not answering his phone call, then I can tell you that this has been the topic of a lot of news websites the last few...

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smartie1685 I don't know if he should lose custody but he should at least get some anger management classes or something. I don't think you should ever speak to your child that way.

24 Apr 07

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Do you write characters similar to yourself?

jollyjeangiant @jollyjeangiant (219) • United States 23 Apr 07

Do you believe the old adage, "write what you know"? Are your characters similar in personality to yourself? Can you write another gender, or another economic class, or another ethnicity? Do you run into problems with the dialects...

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smartie1685 I do believe in that a little. The book I'm writing does have a main character that is similar to me but over exaggerated. I can write other genders and economic classes but I have trouble writing about a different ethnicity. Mostly its because I don't want to...

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Do you hang out with people who talk more or less than you?

jollyjeangiant @jollyjeangiant (219) • United States 23 Apr 07

There's an old theory that in every relationship, someone's the talker and someone's the listener. In groups, this can get much more complicated. Which are you better at? Which are you usually? Does this change when you're around...

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smartie1685 That's a hard question, a lot of people tell me that I talk alot but sometimes I don't really talk at all. It depends on the situation. Like you said at school I don't talk hardly at all although most of that is because there are so many students that I don't...

23 Apr 07

How fares thee writing?

xParanoiax @xParanoiax (6987) • United States 22 Apr 07

I just didn't see this question anyway and thought I should post it.. So how goes it? I hope it's doing well and that you're having a blast with it..but any snags? Hard opsticles? Interruptions? Me..I'm kinda on writing...

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smartie1685 I've hit a snag myself. I have so little time to work on my writing that when I do I"m just so tired that I don't feel like thinking. Hopefully during the summer I will have more time.

22 Apr 07

If you were locked in a bookstore overnight....

dopey22girl @dopey22girl (3319) • United States 22 Apr 07

What would you do?

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smartie1685 That would be wonderful! I would read the whole night and then of course buy the books in the morning, but it would be great to have the time to read uninterrupted.

22 Apr 07

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Do you enjoy reading Harry Potter Books?

prettiemammie @prettiemammie (835) • United States 22 Apr 07

I love to read books but my forte is Science Fiction, References and Romance. Three days ago my hubby and I visited the Library and I got so curious with Harry Potter Book, so I borrowed it. I am so hooked into it, rather than...

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smartie1685 You hadn't read Harry Potter until a few days ago? That's crazy! I love Harry Potter since I read all the books in a week about 3 years ago. I can't wait for the next movie and book to come out. Have you only read the first book or are you reading the rest?

22 Apr 07

Books That Should Be Movies

Transformed @Transformed (1259) • United States 22 Apr 07

What book have you read in your life that you just could not get (or even could understand and just adored all or most aspects of the story) and wish could be turned into a movie so that it can either enhance your understanding of...

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smartie1685 Most of the books that I would like to be movies actually are so thats a hard question. :) I'm especially glad that The Time-Travelers Wife is becoming a movie because that will be very interesting. Also Angels and Demons I'm sure will be a great movie. There...

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Finally

Dirtysauce @Dirtysauce (50) • United States 21 Apr 07

This kid sonjaya is gone for good. Hopefully, we won't see this kid on any other singing contests or on some disney kid's show. Tell me what you think might happen with the boy. Plus, who do you think will take the cake!

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smartie1685 I am so happy that he is gone! He was entertaining to watch for a while but when he started beating out those who are so much better than him (like Gina) I got mad that he was still there. I think he will at least make one album and try to milk his "stardom"...

22 Apr 07

Do you feel degraded or annoyed when

jennybeans @jennybeans (912) • United States 21 Apr 07

Service people call you "hon"? For example, there is a woman who works at our local Subway restaurant who calls everyone "hon" constantly. "What can I get for you, hon?" "Do you want lettuce on that, hon?" "Is there anything...

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smartie1685 I know exactly what you mean. I hate it when people call me hon or deal or something like that. They don't know me and people that do know me, know that I don't like to be spoken to like that. I think when people speak like that it just reminds us that they...

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Would you consider adopting a baby?

contuletz2007 @contuletz2007 (734) • Romania 19 Apr 07

Would you be able to raise and love a child that is not yours? Would you get over the fact that he/she is not part of your family completely? Have you ever thought of adopting a baby? Have you ever done it? What are your views...

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smartie1685 I would love to adopt a baby. There are so many children in the world that do not have parents or at least don't have caring parents. I will for sure adopt one especially if I don't have one of my own. But I will wait until I have enough fiancial security to...

19 Apr 07

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Fox's new show Drive... I like it!

thescribbler @thescribbler (386) • United States 17 Apr 07

Did you see it? I liked it. Gritty, dark, dangerous. Not your usual tv show, more like a movie in weekly episodes. Nathan Fillion stars. Loved him in Firefly. Charles Martin Smith is lightyears beyond his geek in American...

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smartie1685 It was good and I'll probably watch it again but it doesn't really grab me yet. I also think I missed an episode. Have there been two or just one?

18 Apr 07

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How Do You Handle A Chronic Complainer?

wachit14 @wachit14 (3595) • United States 17 Apr 07

We all know someone who complains constantly about everything in their lives. They really don't want any advice from you, they just want to have someone to complain to. Personally, I try to extract myself from any situation where...

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smartie1685 Sometimes people tell me that I complain a lot or whine, but I don't think I do really. What I do is when its quiet and no one's talking it makes me nervous so I tend to just say whatever I think of. Sometimes that may be a complaint about how cold it is or...

17 Apr 07

Cold, Heartless, Callous, Harsh, Gruff, Unsympathetic, Insensitive,

byfaithonly @byfaithonly (10698) • United States 17 Apr 07

Then add to the list: Uncaring, unfeeling, indifferent, cheater, plagiarizer, thief, robber, crook, fraud, scammer, and con. So, what do all of these very negative words have in common besides being negative?They can all be...

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smartie1685 I do think a lot of it is that they can't see the people that they are being mean to. If they were face to face with the person they probably wouldn't say the same thing. The Internet provides a sense of being able to say whatever you want and not getting any...

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Another School Shooting

wachit14 @wachit14 (3595) • United States 16 Apr 07

This one was apparently at Virginia Tech, which had another shooting last year by an escaped inmate from a nearby jail. How awful that so many people died. It makes me wonder why school shootings have become so common place in our...

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smartie1685 I think a lot of it is that kids are so mean to each other now. So like Columbine the kids that are tortured feel like they need to strike back. It is difficult to say why anyone else would go to a school to shoot anyone, but I guess they just want to go to a...

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I don’t know what to do!

byfaithonly @byfaithonly (10698) • United States 14 Apr 07

Do you ever feel like the world is against you? Like everyone hates you or you are the last person on earth that anyone thinks about?That’s how I feel, not all the time but it seems that’s been my mood the last week. The real...

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smartie1685 I'm really sorry that you are going through this, it is hard to feel like that. I felt that way through much of high school and didn't realize till recently that it might have been depression. It's hard to tell you what to do, at the very least tell someone...

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