When I was in sixth grade I got braces and had them taken off my sophomore year of high school (so 4 years)..I broke the retained about a week later and never went back to get it fixed. I know, a horrible thing to do after spending so much $$$ on my teeth..
Anyways, my teeth are fine, all in allignment but not as straight (obviously) as when I got the braces taken off. It's been about 4 years...It's noticeable enough that it bothers me..Not really anyone around me, no one has even mentioned it, but pictures look way different, and Im not as confident as I was years ago- about :) 'ing.
If I used something like invisaline, do you think it would help me achieve that perfect smile? Or even a new fitting for a retainer that could shift my teeth slightly?(haha..is that possible)
I didnt wear a retainer..now it's 4 years later!..It's worth asking:?
Invisalign would be perfect for "tweaking" your smile back to perfect. You will still have to wear a retainer at night after your treatment is complete.
Reply:I had my braces taken off 4-20-2004 and they gave me Invisaline retainers afterwards. I use them occasionally, but my teeth are pretty much going back in their crooked alignment (sans the four teeth that were pulled prior to the braces.) I've been wondering about this too, because I was the PERFECT patient, but when I got my retainers... it all kinda went to nothing.
The Invisaligns stain with ANYTHING... especially if you smoke or drink cola/dark drinks. Mine are cloudy, ugly, and I'd rather not wear them. So, I wouldn't recommend them to anyone no matter their lifestyle.
I'd love to see how your teeth turn out, because I need to get mine re-aligned.
Reply:get invisalign
Reply:no i disagree with you on this one pal...you have a great smile and you know that...i feel every person is self conscious about something whether their appearance whether their mental ability. anyways be happy yours is on the outside..its much more honest and you get what you see sort of deal.. and dont let no one ever tell you else wise especially yourself..i know its a war with the mirror in the morning haha...and i wish i knew something about braces and what works and what not. anyhows best wishes as always pal...
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Tooth Extraction?
I recently had a tooth extracted and I was wondering if it is healing right. Are there and good web sites out that will show pictures for examples. I want to know if it looks normal.
Tooth Extraction?
WELL YOU CAN GO TO GOOGLE AND TYPE IN IMAGES OF HEALING SOCKET AFTER TOOTH EXTRACTION, YOU WILL GET SOME LINKS, BUT THERE ARE NOT REALLY ANY GOOD PICS. USUALLY YOU WILL SEE THAT TEH HOLE STARTS TO CLSOE FROM OUT IN, AND THE GUM COLOR NORMALIZES AFTER A FEW DAYS FROM DARK PINK TO LIGHT PINK, NO PUS SHOULD COME OUT FROM THE SOCKET AFTER 4 DAYS OR SO.
Reply:if the put in stitches they should be coming out soon however it took mine like 2 weeks for me to start healing when i had a wisdom tooth pulled. it should look a little white not alot but a little and you should stay away from foods that clump up like rice.
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Tooth Extraction?
WELL YOU CAN GO TO GOOGLE AND TYPE IN IMAGES OF HEALING SOCKET AFTER TOOTH EXTRACTION, YOU WILL GET SOME LINKS, BUT THERE ARE NOT REALLY ANY GOOD PICS. USUALLY YOU WILL SEE THAT TEH HOLE STARTS TO CLSOE FROM OUT IN, AND THE GUM COLOR NORMALIZES AFTER A FEW DAYS FROM DARK PINK TO LIGHT PINK, NO PUS SHOULD COME OUT FROM THE SOCKET AFTER 4 DAYS OR SO.
Reply:if the put in stitches they should be coming out soon however it took mine like 2 weeks for me to start healing when i had a wisdom tooth pulled. it should look a little white not alot but a little and you should stay away from foods that clump up like rice.
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How do you convince a 7 y/o to stop thumb sucking?
My daughter was already a thumb sucker in the womb.... I have the ultrasound pictures to prove it! She is now 7 and still does it. We've discussed with our doctor ways to help her to quit, we've tried all the old fashioned "remedies", tried reward/punishment system..... yes, we've tried pepper, hot oil, gloves, the stuff to make you quit biting your nails, the stuff to make you throw up..... everything. She has almost completely ruined the nail bed on that one thumb. (She will ONLY suck the right one) She has also caused her teeth to raise and create a "hole" when her mouth is closed. She's now lost one of those top front baby teeth and I'm afraid that she will ruin her "good" teeth when they begin coming in.
We've asked her about her thumb sucking and she pretty much has convinced us that it is a security thing... Like a blanket or favorite doll or something.
How can we help her feel safe and secure with out thumb sucking? HELP!!!!
How do you convince a 7 y/o to stop thumb sucking?
i too have a 7 year old girl who sucks her two fingers on the right hand and she says she just cant help it. she does it when she sleeps and is bored. your right about the teeth thing. her permanent front two teeth are bucked out cause of it and now she will need braces when older. we tried all the remedies too even putting a glove on her hand and offering a toy or out somewhere of her choice and she just cant stop. i was told patience is a virtue but it drives me insane and she knows it. nail polish works for a short time if you want to try that. good luck and let me know if you find a solution. cause i would love to hear it!
Reply:Ask her if she wants to be a "big girl" and explain that "big girls" don't suck their thumb. You don't have to do this in a demeaning way, just try to show her the ups to being "grown up" (because we all know how much they want to be grown up). Try teaching her about courage to help break the security thing. Best of luck!
Reply:Tell the child that if you don't stop sucking your thumb, you will have to get it cut off because your spit has acids in it, and it will eventually begin to eat away the skin on the thumb. Thus, amputation. I hope this helps!
Reply:dip her thumb in hot sauce everyday i don't think she will be sucking her thumb anymore.........unless she wipes it off or washes it.
Reply:Try big ole bulky gloves, sounds silly but she want be able to suck on her thumb. Just make sure that she cant get them off. Good luck
Reply:My brother had tusi problem also so we went to a dentist and he out in a thing on the roof of your mouth that did not allow your thumb to go in so that made him stop and hes never done it since and now hes 9 so for two years Good luck i would suggest going to the dentist
Reply:Sounds like you have tried my suggestions already. We use to put nasty stuff on my little sisters thumbs like you did. We also use to tell them nobody is going to want to hold their hands, big girls don't suck their finger, and anytime we saw them we'd yank it out. They eventually stopped.
Reply:There shouldn't be a punishment or a reward for her thumb sucking. She's doing it because she's insecure. It's not her fault, therefore she shouldn't be punished or rewarded for it.
Don't bring up the thumbsucking. Just sit down with her and ask her "is there anything bothering you or something you'd like to talk about?" Figure out what she's insecure about, and go from there. Once she feels secure, she'll stop sucking her thumb.
Reply:Well, I am going to go in a different direction. Take her to a dentist - she is old enough to understand and kids tend to really listen to a doctor, tend to ignore Mom %26amp; Dad. Pediatric Dentists have so many different things now. Good luck!
Reply:If the traditional methods haven't worked you may just have to wait until her peers make such fun of her for still being a baby that she'll stop on her own.
If it is a security thing, see if you can find something to replace the thumb sucking - a worry stone, bangle bracelet, whatever.
Reply:the dentist can install a sort of extra tooth retainer in the child's mouth to discourage it it worked for my friends little girl it was like shed bite her thumb if she sucked on it with it in go see the dentist not the Dr
Reply:I sucked my thumb till I was in 4th grade. But it was to go to sleep at that point-not all the time. I really needed braces because of it so my mom put a "cage" in my mouth. Some kind of pronged orthodonic thing. They probly dont use them anymore. But it worked. I only got half of my thumb in my mouth! and then I gave up. I also had a blanket and grew out of the thumb and went to the blanket.
Reply:she didn't use a pacifer while being a baby right?
Ask your dentist there's a teeth device that prevents kids from getting their thumbs on their mouth.
Reply:It is NATURAL for a child to loose their baby teeth baby teeth aren't permanent, she will be loosing ALL of them eventually. As for the formation of her mouth, that is caused by GENTICS not her thumb sucking. Leave her alone and let her have her security.
Reply:I think going online and looking up images of teeth that have grown in crookedly and show her that if she cant stop then her teeth will look as bad as the pictures. good luck!
Reply:When i was little I sucked my thumb until I was 10, and I would have kept going but my parents put this "thumb paint" on it. You can buy it but I don't know the specific name. Its called thumb paint though
Reply:My sister in law has a teenager that still sucks her thumb at night. She was taken to the dentist and he gave her a special mouth guard to wear that make it impossible to do. Over time hopefully it will break the habit.
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We've asked her about her thumb sucking and she pretty much has convinced us that it is a security thing... Like a blanket or favorite doll or something.
How can we help her feel safe and secure with out thumb sucking? HELP!!!!
How do you convince a 7 y/o to stop thumb sucking?
i too have a 7 year old girl who sucks her two fingers on the right hand and she says she just cant help it. she does it when she sleeps and is bored. your right about the teeth thing. her permanent front two teeth are bucked out cause of it and now she will need braces when older. we tried all the remedies too even putting a glove on her hand and offering a toy or out somewhere of her choice and she just cant stop. i was told patience is a virtue but it drives me insane and she knows it. nail polish works for a short time if you want to try that. good luck and let me know if you find a solution. cause i would love to hear it!
Reply:Ask her if she wants to be a "big girl" and explain that "big girls" don't suck their thumb. You don't have to do this in a demeaning way, just try to show her the ups to being "grown up" (because we all know how much they want to be grown up). Try teaching her about courage to help break the security thing. Best of luck!
Reply:Tell the child that if you don't stop sucking your thumb, you will have to get it cut off because your spit has acids in it, and it will eventually begin to eat away the skin on the thumb. Thus, amputation. I hope this helps!
Reply:dip her thumb in hot sauce everyday i don't think she will be sucking her thumb anymore.........unless she wipes it off or washes it.
Reply:Try big ole bulky gloves, sounds silly but she want be able to suck on her thumb. Just make sure that she cant get them off. Good luck
Reply:My brother had tusi problem also so we went to a dentist and he out in a thing on the roof of your mouth that did not allow your thumb to go in so that made him stop and hes never done it since and now hes 9 so for two years Good luck i would suggest going to the dentist
Reply:Sounds like you have tried my suggestions already. We use to put nasty stuff on my little sisters thumbs like you did. We also use to tell them nobody is going to want to hold their hands, big girls don't suck their finger, and anytime we saw them we'd yank it out. They eventually stopped.
Reply:There shouldn't be a punishment or a reward for her thumb sucking. She's doing it because she's insecure. It's not her fault, therefore she shouldn't be punished or rewarded for it.
Don't bring up the thumbsucking. Just sit down with her and ask her "is there anything bothering you or something you'd like to talk about?" Figure out what she's insecure about, and go from there. Once she feels secure, she'll stop sucking her thumb.
Reply:Well, I am going to go in a different direction. Take her to a dentist - she is old enough to understand and kids tend to really listen to a doctor, tend to ignore Mom %26amp; Dad. Pediatric Dentists have so many different things now. Good luck!
Reply:If the traditional methods haven't worked you may just have to wait until her peers make such fun of her for still being a baby that she'll stop on her own.
If it is a security thing, see if you can find something to replace the thumb sucking - a worry stone, bangle bracelet, whatever.
Reply:the dentist can install a sort of extra tooth retainer in the child's mouth to discourage it it worked for my friends little girl it was like shed bite her thumb if she sucked on it with it in go see the dentist not the Dr
Reply:I sucked my thumb till I was in 4th grade. But it was to go to sleep at that point-not all the time. I really needed braces because of it so my mom put a "cage" in my mouth. Some kind of pronged orthodonic thing. They probly dont use them anymore. But it worked. I only got half of my thumb in my mouth! and then I gave up. I also had a blanket and grew out of the thumb and went to the blanket.
Reply:she didn't use a pacifer while being a baby right?
Ask your dentist there's a teeth device that prevents kids from getting their thumbs on their mouth.
Reply:It is NATURAL for a child to loose their baby teeth baby teeth aren't permanent, she will be loosing ALL of them eventually. As for the formation of her mouth, that is caused by GENTICS not her thumb sucking. Leave her alone and let her have her security.
Reply:I think going online and looking up images of teeth that have grown in crookedly and show her that if she cant stop then her teeth will look as bad as the pictures. good luck!
Reply:When i was little I sucked my thumb until I was 10, and I would have kept going but my parents put this "thumb paint" on it. You can buy it but I don't know the specific name. Its called thumb paint though
Reply:My sister in law has a teenager that still sucks her thumb at night. She was taken to the dentist and he gave her a special mouth guard to wear that make it impossible to do. Over time hopefully it will break the habit.
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Drugs? i want to know what you think?
arent people scared of what people are going to look like when they get older? like come on people have you ever sean what a meth person looks like first they look ok in a mounth but in two mounths they have scars and there face is mest up and they end up looking crazy dont you think that is sad? i do and iam onely 15 years old and i watch on tv about this stuff and the pictures i have sean are hard to look at this is know joke!!! this is searoice that horrabale things happen to people like when you look in the mimoure you dont see your self you see a monster and you end up saying what happend and this is true to ypur teeth dont you know that your teeth will rout and fall out and the dentis has to pull the decay tooth out that is dusting dont you think?
Drugs? i want to know what you think?
It is serious and it is sa, but at the same time, those people are doing that to themselves. If they really want to stop they can get the help they need to do it. Just let that be a lesson learned on your part to never do drugs.
Reply:Look at Kieth Richards from the Rolling Stones. He would be the perfect poster boy for just say no
Reply:Good Lord, hon! You are 15 and your spelling and grammar are that BAD!! Stay away from drugs at all costs! And, in your case, ask for remedial help with your English skills.
Reply:THAT'S WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER DO DRUGS . THAT'S GOOD YOU THINK LIKE THAT YOUR PARENTS SHOULD BE PROUD
Reply:I appreciate your concern and look very much grown up for your age. The improvement in spelling will mature you further when you know the difference in fowl and foul. Keep up the zest dear kid. Happy learning!
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Drugs? i want to know what you think?
It is serious and it is sa, but at the same time, those people are doing that to themselves. If they really want to stop they can get the help they need to do it. Just let that be a lesson learned on your part to never do drugs.
Reply:Look at Kieth Richards from the Rolling Stones. He would be the perfect poster boy for just say no
Reply:Good Lord, hon! You are 15 and your spelling and grammar are that BAD!! Stay away from drugs at all costs! And, in your case, ask for remedial help with your English skills.
Reply:THAT'S WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER DO DRUGS . THAT'S GOOD YOU THINK LIKE THAT YOUR PARENTS SHOULD BE PROUD
Reply:I appreciate your concern and look very much grown up for your age. The improvement in spelling will mature you further when you know the difference in fowl and foul. Keep up the zest dear kid. Happy learning!
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Do i need to get braces?
Hey guys,
i am thinking of getting braces soon, but i am not sure if i need one. I am posting my pic. Can someone please tell me if i really need a braces?
Also, i have been told to remove 2 teeth from top and 2 from the bottom in order to push my teeth in. Is this normal removing teeth? Is there a big difference with the quality of orthodontists' work? I am asking this question since the first place i went quoted me $8375 but the 2nd place quoted me $6000. I live in montreal by the way.
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Do i need to get braces?
The call is yours to make, all according to how much straight teeth mean to you. I did get braces, but my teeth were way bad lot worse than yours. And I did have to have two teeth on top and two on bottom removed to have them straightened. It hurt very much every month going to get them tightened again. And it also hurts because of the wires next to your gums. But if I had it to do over again I would. I love the way my teeth look now.
Reply:yes
Reply:yes you could use braces.
but if you like your teeth then there's no need :]
Reply:It depends on the kind of work you are doing, for some types of work, appearances are not very important
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i am thinking of getting braces soon, but i am not sure if i need one. I am posting my pic. Can someone please tell me if i really need a braces?
Also, i have been told to remove 2 teeth from top and 2 from the bottom in order to push my teeth in. Is this normal removing teeth? Is there a big difference with the quality of orthodontists' work? I am asking this question since the first place i went quoted me $8375 but the 2nd place quoted me $6000. I live in montreal by the way.
click on the links to see the pictures
http://img99.imageshack.us/my.php?image=...
http://img181.imageshack.us/my.php?image...
http://img136.imageshack.us/my.php?image...
thank you.
Do i need to get braces?
The call is yours to make, all according to how much straight teeth mean to you. I did get braces, but my teeth were way bad lot worse than yours. And I did have to have two teeth on top and two on bottom removed to have them straightened. It hurt very much every month going to get them tightened again. And it also hurts because of the wires next to your gums. But if I had it to do over again I would. I love the way my teeth look now.
Reply:yes
Reply:yes you could use braces.
but if you like your teeth then there's no need :]
Reply:It depends on the kind of work you are doing, for some types of work, appearances are not very important
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How honest are you?
Lets have a brief description of how you look visually - be honest - warts and all if you have them! Its nice to be able to picture someone your speaking to and sometimes you get it right. Lets see how this works out? I'm five foot three tall, size fourteen, blonde bob which really is grey but for the salon colour, green eyes and good teeth - no warts (had two removed last year) and at 56 most of the avatars pictures are too young for me and my daughter is trying to find a pic of an old bat! Grrrrrr!
How honest are you?
I'm going to be very honest
I'm 5'11, size 14, blonde hair (natural) in a short bob, my bum is way too big since having my daughter but i can't be bothered to exercise, used to be a slim size 12 but ate too much when i was pregnant and still haven't lost my baby weight, feel very unattractive and have no self confidence but my little girl and my partner love me regardless so it doesn't really matter!
Reply:Very honest
Reply:well yes i am very honest
Reply:I am 97% honest.
Reply:I'm honest (but how do you know I'm not lying?)
Reply:ok. i really do have red hair (but it's out of a bottle), i wear glasses (which i left off my avatar on purpose), i have blue eyes, and i'm dismally short!
Reply:I am same age dark brown hair not enough grey to warrant a colour (yet) vastly overweight (I am doing something about it) good teeth (thanks to my mum giving me free milk and vitamins in th 50s) lotts of laughter lines (due to having a fine outlook on life and being lucky enough to have had a lot of joy with my lot)my avatar is more like me 5-10 years ago but hey so is my passport photo its still me and I have always thought its what on the inside that matters
Reply:I'm 5 foot 5", my hair is actually blonde just now although it does change a lot! I wear glasses and am of average build (size 12) bit a button nose and big eyes. 24 years old.
Reply:I am 63 - have my own teeth - hair is dark bobbed (bottle) grey eyes - bit overweight really - good complexion - apparently look younger than I am and have young voice, no warts - short - yes avatars are too young for me as well - walk with a limp at the present time due to an accident - hospital apt at end of month to see if operation is needed.
Reply:how honest are you
Reply:This above all:
"to thine own-self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then, be false to any man.”
Reply:To be honest, I am very honest
Reply:lol...yeah they should update the avatars...they are all to lookey-likey which is why i use my own photo!
Anyhoo im really honest! Im 24 (25 in may-grrr), 5ft 8, size 12-14 (uk) as well so curvy! and thats my face so thats what i look like!
Reply:Yes I am honest, I'm 5ft 2 a size 8 to10 and was 50 on the 3rd of this month, I have bottle blond hair medium length that I put back over my ears, hair was jet black only started to go grey at 15 had streaks only that was torture so all blond now. My eyes are bright green and I have good teeth, my skin is fine I go on a sunbed twice a weeks for 6 mins my GP says fine as long as it is no more, not for a tan as I do cover my face a lot only it helps with severe arthritis in the right side of my face and my knees. I have a few health problems and am thankful each morning that I wake and am OK. I have wrinkles, some say I don't look my age, I feel it. I have pics on my 360. In the summer and this IS the truth I get lots of beeps from cars from the back but very few from the front. I would do anyone a good deed and am very caring, I'm a bad liar so I don't tell them.
Reply:Er, 5ft 4, size 12 (with a very large bump at the moment - his name is Caleb lol). Blonde, midlength hair, champagne blonde - natural so very lucky!! Green/grey eyes, teeth are OK I suppose, nothing to moan about. Erm....also no warts :-S lol.
I did have my pic up, but the wee man deserved his turn to be famous!!
Reply:Totally honest.
Reply:I'm very honest!
I'm 21, 5ft7 size 8/10, I have longish dark hair and blue eyes
lol no warts on me either!
I do use my picure as my avatar sometimes
Reply:I think youre being too honest Helen S .................(shudders)
Reply:I'm 63 short fat and a helluva tap dancer..
Reply:lmao Helen you do not get much more honest than that, Definately worthy of a star.
I try to be as honest as I can, say what I think and if people do not like it oh well such is life
Re the avator thing I agree, thats why for me its Calvin and Hobbes all the way
Reply:I'm honest i go to high school love a guy in ma class i have NEVER permanently colored my hair (Only spray in wash out that day hairspray). I love Zac in ma class.. I have moved 3 times. I have moved school 4 times and ma favorite subject at school is SOSE. I love sci-fiction mainly firefly,stargate SG1 and Atlantis and farscape. and ma favorite actor is Claudia Black. and lots lots more to much to list
Reply:37, over weight (though working on it), I have a haircut that makes me look like a Nazi football hooligan. I am 6ft tall.
I smoke which means that I also smell of cigarette smoke. I have hazel eyes, and not bad skin.
Reply:i'm 5' 7", size 12, blonde flicky out hair (like my avatar) - but i am around 30yrs older than my avatar. my boobs are great though...i had cosmetic surgery on them..so thats the best part of my 50yr old body!. lol!
Reply:I am very honest. Honesty is the best policy.
Reply:Hi Helen S. I'm 48, 5'9 1/2" tall. I am a size 16. (US system) I have blonde hair, green eyes. Yes I have some gray also, which I keep highlighted. No warts, but a few freckles on my arms and legs, nothing too bad. My teeth are pearly white, and yes they are my natural ones...lol. I'm sure I look a little older than my avatar also, but thank goodness I don't look like an old woman...yet. LOL
The eye shapes and the hair resemble me closely.
Reply:I have just turned 51,curly hair, going grey around the temples, decided to let it grow after years of it being very short. Truth be told, I met my brother who used to call me names because of my hair, and he is as bald as a coot!!. Who said there is no God!.
I have a goatee beard, still blond, very good skin and look younger than my years. Never smoked or sunbathed. Front tooth missing because I hit a steering wheel in a car accident and cannot find a NHS dentist in my area for love nor money.
Reply:very and has been my down fall
Reply:Red curly hair and green eyes. I'm 5'3".
Reply:very honest.. i admit to this, i lie everyday
Reply:im 44,blonde blue eyes,5ft4 an swear by oil of ulay lol
Reply:Silver hair, I'm 53, and am 5'4" tall, size 8, green eyes.
I vote for more avatar options how about you, Helen. And if Helen is your real name, that is one of the prettiest names there ever was. (..and I am being honest! lol)From the 50's on back it was popular, but seems since the 60's on it became less popular.
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How honest are you?
I'm going to be very honest
I'm 5'11, size 14, blonde hair (natural) in a short bob, my bum is way too big since having my daughter but i can't be bothered to exercise, used to be a slim size 12 but ate too much when i was pregnant and still haven't lost my baby weight, feel very unattractive and have no self confidence but my little girl and my partner love me regardless so it doesn't really matter!
Reply:Very honest
Reply:well yes i am very honest
Reply:I am 97% honest.
Reply:I'm honest (but how do you know I'm not lying?)
Reply:ok. i really do have red hair (but it's out of a bottle), i wear glasses (which i left off my avatar on purpose), i have blue eyes, and i'm dismally short!
Reply:I am same age dark brown hair not enough grey to warrant a colour (yet) vastly overweight (I am doing something about it) good teeth (thanks to my mum giving me free milk and vitamins in th 50s) lotts of laughter lines (due to having a fine outlook on life and being lucky enough to have had a lot of joy with my lot)my avatar is more like me 5-10 years ago but hey so is my passport photo its still me and I have always thought its what on the inside that matters
Reply:I'm 5 foot 5", my hair is actually blonde just now although it does change a lot! I wear glasses and am of average build (size 12) bit a button nose and big eyes. 24 years old.
Reply:I am 63 - have my own teeth - hair is dark bobbed (bottle) grey eyes - bit overweight really - good complexion - apparently look younger than I am and have young voice, no warts - short - yes avatars are too young for me as well - walk with a limp at the present time due to an accident - hospital apt at end of month to see if operation is needed.
Reply:how honest are you
Reply:This above all:
"to thine own-self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then, be false to any man.”
Reply:To be honest, I am very honest
Reply:lol...yeah they should update the avatars...they are all to lookey-likey which is why i use my own photo!
Anyhoo im really honest! Im 24 (25 in may-grrr), 5ft 8, size 12-14 (uk) as well so curvy! and thats my face so thats what i look like!
Reply:Yes I am honest, I'm 5ft 2 a size 8 to10 and was 50 on the 3rd of this month, I have bottle blond hair medium length that I put back over my ears, hair was jet black only started to go grey at 15 had streaks only that was torture so all blond now. My eyes are bright green and I have good teeth, my skin is fine I go on a sunbed twice a weeks for 6 mins my GP says fine as long as it is no more, not for a tan as I do cover my face a lot only it helps with severe arthritis in the right side of my face and my knees. I have a few health problems and am thankful each morning that I wake and am OK. I have wrinkles, some say I don't look my age, I feel it. I have pics on my 360. In the summer and this IS the truth I get lots of beeps from cars from the back but very few from the front. I would do anyone a good deed and am very caring, I'm a bad liar so I don't tell them.
Reply:Er, 5ft 4, size 12 (with a very large bump at the moment - his name is Caleb lol). Blonde, midlength hair, champagne blonde - natural so very lucky!! Green/grey eyes, teeth are OK I suppose, nothing to moan about. Erm....also no warts :-S lol.
I did have my pic up, but the wee man deserved his turn to be famous!!
Reply:Totally honest.
Reply:I'm very honest!
I'm 21, 5ft7 size 8/10, I have longish dark hair and blue eyes
lol no warts on me either!
I do use my picure as my avatar sometimes
Reply:I think youre being too honest Helen S .................(shudders)
Reply:I'm 63 short fat and a helluva tap dancer..
Reply:lmao Helen you do not get much more honest than that, Definately worthy of a star.
I try to be as honest as I can, say what I think and if people do not like it oh well such is life
Re the avator thing I agree, thats why for me its Calvin and Hobbes all the way
Reply:I'm honest i go to high school love a guy in ma class i have NEVER permanently colored my hair (Only spray in wash out that day hairspray). I love Zac in ma class.. I have moved 3 times. I have moved school 4 times and ma favorite subject at school is SOSE. I love sci-fiction mainly firefly,stargate SG1 and Atlantis and farscape. and ma favorite actor is Claudia Black. and lots lots more to much to list
Reply:37, over weight (though working on it), I have a haircut that makes me look like a Nazi football hooligan. I am 6ft tall.
I smoke which means that I also smell of cigarette smoke. I have hazel eyes, and not bad skin.
Reply:i'm 5' 7", size 12, blonde flicky out hair (like my avatar) - but i am around 30yrs older than my avatar. my boobs are great though...i had cosmetic surgery on them..so thats the best part of my 50yr old body!. lol!
Reply:I am very honest. Honesty is the best policy.
Reply:Hi Helen S. I'm 48, 5'9 1/2" tall. I am a size 16. (US system) I have blonde hair, green eyes. Yes I have some gray also, which I keep highlighted. No warts, but a few freckles on my arms and legs, nothing too bad. My teeth are pearly white, and yes they are my natural ones...lol. I'm sure I look a little older than my avatar also, but thank goodness I don't look like an old woman...yet. LOL
The eye shapes and the hair resemble me closely.
Reply:I have just turned 51,curly hair, going grey around the temples, decided to let it grow after years of it being very short. Truth be told, I met my brother who used to call me names because of my hair, and he is as bald as a coot!!. Who said there is no God!.
I have a goatee beard, still blond, very good skin and look younger than my years. Never smoked or sunbathed. Front tooth missing because I hit a steering wheel in a car accident and cannot find a NHS dentist in my area for love nor money.
Reply:very and has been my down fall
Reply:Red curly hair and green eyes. I'm 5'3".
Reply:very honest.. i admit to this, i lie everyday
Reply:im 44,blonde blue eyes,5ft4 an swear by oil of ulay lol
Reply:Silver hair, I'm 53, and am 5'4" tall, size 8, green eyes.
I vote for more avatar options how about you, Helen. And if Helen is your real name, that is one of the prettiest names there ever was. (..and I am being honest! lol)From the 50's on back it was popular, but seems since the 60's on it became less popular.
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Is the composite resin used in dental bonding the same with the white fillings?
also, does bonded teeth look fake? i mean, can you tell the real teeth and the bonded part? it looks too good to be true in before and after pictures.
Is the composite resin used in dental bonding the same with the white fillings?
yes, it is the same, and no you shouldn't be able to tell. the only ways that you would know is if the dentist selected the wrong shade or they do a really shotty job. also if you are a heavy coffee drinker or a smoker, your "normal" part of your tooth will yellow and the bonding will stay the lighter color. also, if you whiten your teeth the bonding will not change color.
Reply:yes
Reply:There are several kinds of white fillings.
Composite fillings are also known as resin and/or plastic
This is the most common meaning of "white filling"
White fillings always look great going in and when done correctly in a dry field using the right materials are a fine solution for restoring a tooth. They do fail, everything we place has the potential for failure. When they fail it is usually noticable right away in the front of the mouth. When done in the back problems tend to get worse before they are caught so the failures tend to be more devastating to the patients pocket book and tooth.
There are also glass Ionomers and porcelain inlays.
good luck
Reply:yes
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Is the composite resin used in dental bonding the same with the white fillings?
yes, it is the same, and no you shouldn't be able to tell. the only ways that you would know is if the dentist selected the wrong shade or they do a really shotty job. also if you are a heavy coffee drinker or a smoker, your "normal" part of your tooth will yellow and the bonding will stay the lighter color. also, if you whiten your teeth the bonding will not change color.
Reply:yes
Reply:There are several kinds of white fillings.
Composite fillings are also known as resin and/or plastic
This is the most common meaning of "white filling"
White fillings always look great going in and when done correctly in a dry field using the right materials are a fine solution for restoring a tooth. They do fail, everything we place has the potential for failure. When they fail it is usually noticable right away in the front of the mouth. When done in the back problems tend to get worse before they are caught so the failures tend to be more devastating to the patients pocket book and tooth.
There are also glass Ionomers and porcelain inlays.
good luck
Reply:yes
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Will there still be gaps after the braces is complete?
had my 4 of my teeth removed today and im getting braces soon. i was wondering, after my braces are complete will there still be gaps? because when i smile now, i can see the gaps...and yes i know the teeth will shift because my teeth are crowded, but im pretty sure there will still be gaps no? unless the back molars move too. sorry if im not making sense, im only 16=)
here are pictures the show the gap
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/2745/...
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/6044/...
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/3263/...
Will there still be gaps after the braces is complete?
Your orthodontist recommended you have the 4 teeth out because you have small jaws with over crowding. Especially around the front area. When the braces go on, your orthodontist will use those gaps to spread your teeth around so they can all fit in. At the end you will have a full set of teeth to chew and no gaps anywhere. The spaces are vital for your treatment so dont worry, there wont be any gaps by the end of your braces treatment. Make sure you wear your retainers very well after the braces come off to ensure no gaps open up. Once you stop growing (usually by early 20's) the teeth settle.
Reply:no there will not be any gaps I've had personal experience
Reply:If there are, you can always get fake teeth. My that happened to a really good friend of mine and she has a gorgeous smile, but she is getting fake teeth soon to cover up the gaps. it all depends on the orthodontist you use, i suppose.
Reply:There will probably be no gap after they are done. You will probably have to have them on longer than normal but the results will be great!!!
Reply:I'm assuming you're talking about when you get the braces off? I couldn't really understand that, but anyways....When you take them off there shouldn't be any gaps, i think that's part of the point of having braces anyways. Just make sure you brush your teeth as often as possible (like after every meal) or you'll have spots on your teeth when you take the braces off.
I know a girl who went through that and unfortunatly she has these big white spots on her teeth.
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here are pictures the show the gap
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/2745/...
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/6044/...
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/3263/...
Will there still be gaps after the braces is complete?
Your orthodontist recommended you have the 4 teeth out because you have small jaws with over crowding. Especially around the front area. When the braces go on, your orthodontist will use those gaps to spread your teeth around so they can all fit in. At the end you will have a full set of teeth to chew and no gaps anywhere. The spaces are vital for your treatment so dont worry, there wont be any gaps by the end of your braces treatment. Make sure you wear your retainers very well after the braces come off to ensure no gaps open up. Once you stop growing (usually by early 20's) the teeth settle.
Reply:no there will not be any gaps I've had personal experience
Reply:If there are, you can always get fake teeth. My that happened to a really good friend of mine and she has a gorgeous smile, but she is getting fake teeth soon to cover up the gaps. it all depends on the orthodontist you use, i suppose.
Reply:There will probably be no gap after they are done. You will probably have to have them on longer than normal but the results will be great!!!
Reply:I'm assuming you're talking about when you get the braces off? I couldn't really understand that, but anyways....When you take them off there shouldn't be any gaps, i think that's part of the point of having braces anyways. Just make sure you brush your teeth as often as possible (like after every meal) or you'll have spots on your teeth when you take the braces off.
I know a girl who went through that and unfortunatly she has these big white spots on her teeth.
girls myspace
Pure himalayan?
Heres some pictures of my cat.
is he pure himalayan or mixed with some other breed too.
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn34/...
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn34/...
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn34/...
%26amp;he has a massive over bite, kinda like buck teeth.
it was like that when i got him and im concerned it makes it harder for him to eat.
but also he has very long teeth.
Pure himalayan?
he looks more like a ragdoll Himalayans look like the cat on meet the parents almost like Persians
Reply:Beautiful cat.....How old is he?
He looks like he could be a Flamepoint Himalayan MIX. Most Himalayans have a "mashed in" face (Persian).
If this is a Himalayan / SIAMESE mix, that would account for the "regular head" and the blue eyes, too. Himalayans have blue eyes, and so do Siamese, so that would give him "double" blue-eye genes.
I raised Siamese / Himalayan kittens for over 14 years, and that's my opinion.........
Be sure to have him neutered, so he'll live a longer, healthier, happier (for both of you) life...no raging hormones, wanting out all the time, fighting with other toms, and spraying!!
Take good care of him........
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is he pure himalayan or mixed with some other breed too.
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn34/...
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn34/...
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn34/...
%26amp;he has a massive over bite, kinda like buck teeth.
it was like that when i got him and im concerned it makes it harder for him to eat.
but also he has very long teeth.
Pure himalayan?
he looks more like a ragdoll Himalayans look like the cat on meet the parents almost like Persians
Reply:Beautiful cat.....How old is he?
He looks like he could be a Flamepoint Himalayan MIX. Most Himalayans have a "mashed in" face (Persian).
If this is a Himalayan / SIAMESE mix, that would account for the "regular head" and the blue eyes, too. Himalayans have blue eyes, and so do Siamese, so that would give him "double" blue-eye genes.
I raised Siamese / Himalayan kittens for over 14 years, and that's my opinion.........
Be sure to have him neutered, so he'll live a longer, healthier, happier (for both of you) life...no raging hormones, wanting out all the time, fighting with other toms, and spraying!!
Take good care of him........
acne scar
Does this narrative essay contain philosophical meaning and is it A,B,C,D, or F quality?
I am in 11th grade AP English Literature and would like to know if the essay seems appropriate for a coming of age narrative. Also: is it interesting, meaningful, does it bring any questions to mind, believable (in which it is a true personal narrative), clear, or descriptive? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
A Wild Pack of Wolves
The surging air flowed freely from the gaping wound of a door behind me. A blanket of humidity greeted me now with a suffocating intoxication, quickly reminding me how nice the air-conditioned the department store had been. Trudging along, I began my exile through the parking lot to my car. I left the store behind me and filtered through other corpses that stick baked to the asphalt. My skin glistens and reflects the unforgiving yet naïve sun, the same light that gives the moon its shallow glow. The sun seemed to give this day an individual energy and reality, a true ecstasy giving a hope to those banished from the gaiety of life. Any other day I would have hurried to my car, but today I let the sun’s inescapable veracity sizzle and soak me through, as do novelties a consumer. The tint from inside the car induced the purging of what existed beyond the window from out of what withered inside. Bliss, no matter how much I thought I had wanted it, and tried to get, ended in misery. Who was I fooling; I’m no more human than a puppet that will dance with the flick of a social conformist’s wrist. It’s days like this one that the red curtain retreats before me, giving way to life’s actors who seem to dramatize the same play repeatedly while I watch and recite their next words. I could no longer eat of the apple in all its décor of waxy perfection while this picture hung vainly rotten before me like a day’s till. Is having never tasted the sweetness of truth worse than the infinite dream of a false beauty? I twisted the ignition and cranked the air-conditioning, drinking in my artificial air until I was hydrated enough to adjust to the new light of the car. I sat there, fleeing far from the recesses of the parking lot; from where I sat, I could quietly add up my whole life. However this is no more than what could be fitted inside the plastic bag that lay strewn across the adjacent seat. I sat and wondered about past memories, surfaced from spotting The Jungle Book inside the department store. I wondered, if the boy in the story had continued living with the wolves and lived a lie his whole life, would it be better or worse than living with humans. If his life continued with the wolves he would never know responsibility, love, or religion. On the other hand, is living with humans and knowing hate, jealousy, malice, and vanity better? The time for my innocence had come and left, ripped out of my cradle before I knew whom good, evil, Adam, or Eve was. As I drove away from all that wilderness of the parking lot, all the cries and howls of long ago seemingly transmuted into nothing more than the glimmers of light, reflecting from the stream of asphalt that grew longer, until it became nothing more than the infinite luminosity of the sun that trailed past the distant mountains.
“Travis…Travis…--oh there you are. Hello my name is Doctor Newton and I’ll be your doctor for the next couple of weeks. Now you just come right through this door and we’ll get started with our first session—O.K.?”
I nodded, leaving the quiet emptiness that can only come from a group of people each silently enduring the weekly pain of a not so anticipated doctors appointment. The only detectable manifestation of this pain was the occasional crinkle of a magazine page being turned. As I passed under the ominous arch of the doorframe overhead I prayed silently that I would never have to read any of those magazines again. Doctor Newton’s office was littered with pictures of babies crawling in diapers and clowns with face paint. One clown had a sad face painted on him with a single real tear on his cheek--only the tear had been caked down from all the paint.
A long pause passed before the doctor’s and my eyes met somewhere on her desk; I was sitting on some Playskool desk with paper and crayons.
“So…” the doctor said, “can you tell me why you are here today?”
Another pause passed by without a word. I questioned myself why I was here in the first place and also whether her question was entrapment. Finally, I answered, “I can’t really say, my dad wouldn’t tell me.”
After the brief conversing I was told to “draw a picture—any picture I wanted.”
So I began to draw the clown I saw earlier and a couple other familiar things. I drew for ten minutes and she complimented me on the art. I began to take quick glances at her eyes, for they said what we both knew but only one of us would admit. I wanted to leave. I could feel a stinging pain on the back of my eyes and a queasy sensation in my abdomen.
Doctor Newton cracked the edges of her lips, paused and finally asked, “How do you feel about your mother?”
I uttered silently, “I don’t know—fine I guess.”
“You don’t have any problems you want to share--you know nothing leaves this room,” said Doctor Newton.
I knew she was going to ask, and it came like a reflection in a broken mirror.
“Could you tell me a little about your relationship with your mother and how you feel about her illness?”
The whine of the Ford in the driveway and the horn blow immediately following the clap of a door usually sent happiness through me, enough to send me sailing towards the front door of the house. This evening carried no such melody, only torture. There I sat, listening to the strikes of thunder from her high-heals tear through my heart, and to an awareness of a screaming ever so true. Yet it filled me like a dream that comes like a shadow and all I could do was sit there, paralyzed on the ground next to the door. I knew something was wrong when it should have been right; I could feel the warmth of harmony’s momentary embrace grow desolate as it covered my eyes as I sat crying. The door slammed shut sending a flash of light through the room and then silently returning back beneath the door from where it had abruptly entered. I know not of money, jobs, worry, responsibility, hate, rape, illness, divorce, and now I know not my mother’s eyes before me. These things were cold and sunken, empty shells of the loving and pretty world through which I learned of good and evil. They were dead, destroyed, from another world I had not learned of but heard so much about. I moved down her face to black rivers that tainted the shores of her cheeks. Further down rested a set of vicious white edges, made visible by the panicked wrinkles that made a martyr of her face. I searched violently for my mother, but the closest thing I would ever find to her would be found only in a mirror.
Night came in, relieving shame from the earth and its creatures. I always liked the night for it unmasked the ambiguities of day and gave true shape to what had previously been blinded so childishly by the sun. Tonight I sat in bed and adjusted my eyes enough to see past the glare of the lamp out into the light of night. There was a tall eucalyptus, hunched from the irregularity of its large branches and lack of roots, which grew centered in the lawn and around it was the rest of the backyard lawn. This sanctuary of infinite youthful possibilities tonight would not find relief from the usual cry of laughter, but host the paths of two lives, each tied to survival dependent on the other’s death. The two shadows unveiling themselves, circumvented around the corners of my eyes to find one another at the base of the eucalyptus. There they scratched, bit, tore, and capsized until they became one snarled mess of the same shadow among the sea of grass. I picked up deafly howls and cries, but neither sound belonged to a definite shape. Not until the hissing stopped and one shadow floated erratically back in the direction it had came from could I tell. It was my aged smitten cat Chelsy, but she was the mound of flesh that remained. She had seen night before day, child after parent, prey facing predator, and now she and her tree would see life after death—but never would the roots be less uneven or the leaves greener.
“ ‘And God made the wild beasts of the earth according to their kinds, and domestic animals according to their kinds, and everything that creeps upon the earth was good and He approved it.
God said, Let Us make mankind in Our image, after Our likeness, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the tame beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth--,’ ”
“Why did God create us?”
“I don’t quite know, maybe God got lonely or maybe he just wanted praise,” Mommy answered. I bent my neck backwards and gawked at her. Her eyes were recoiled and wounded as before, but a little warmth still radiated in the sparkle I always remember her having. I have seen her look at others but the glint of light never shows itself.
“Honey why don’t you just let me finish so we can go to bed,” said Mommy exhaustingly.
“O.K., but I have already heard this part tell another,” I cheered.
“How about this, ‘And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was delightful to look at, and a tree to be desired in order to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she gave some also to her husband, and he ate.
Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves apron-like girdles.
And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden—’ ”
“Why did God make the tree? And was God angry at them?”
“Honey, how can a parent ever be angry at a child, except for when that child is no longer one anymore. Even then a parent’s love never dies. God doesn’t create bad people only bad situations. If you remember anything I ever tell you remember this, Love is what you don’t give not what you do give. Maybe truth is supposed to be glorious because you know what love is and you are closer to God for it. So maybe Bliss is what defines innocence and choice is what defines love. If a person doesn’t have choice can they ever really know true love?”
I was now asleep, only I was dreaming dreams that have no place inside a child. Murky dreams where I could feel my teeth come loose and scrape the sides of my mouth, then dangle from the veins that give them life. All the while I watch helplessly the scene of my Mommy willingly feeding herself to a pack of wild wolves. I feel no pain, no emotion, I only watch while I frantically try to understand why I don’t stop her. Upon waking, I could see the door to my now dark room, it was cracked transcending a long triangular light across my bed and up onto the edge of my pillow next to my face. On the illuminated sliver of my pillow I could see pools of dampness that had been absorbed into the inner depths of the cushioning. I sat there, face down wondering if the wet was from tears or saliva, for I had none on my face.
I had already been seated along side the cul-de-sac curb when the shadow of Dad’s Bronco screeched and eased to a halt, blocking the evening sun from my view. The faint circular outline of the moon could already be seen directly overhead. The curb upon which I sat was still warm, the only remnant left of the Sun’s presence in the horseshoe shaped neighborhood that crowned the hill on which it rested. I placed my right hand on the curb for I no longer needed to shield my eyes from the glare angled off from the side-view mirror on the Bronco. The brown cardboard box of memories that lay between my legs lined up with the back tire of the Bronco. These few random objects I managed to salvage before my Dad told me we had to go held no value, but they were the best I could find. A stuffed wolf Mommy had given me for Valentine’s one year sat on the surface of the opened box. Wolves for as long as I could remember had been my favorite animals but now the stuffed sentiment left me with a sickening feeling inside. The sensation wrenched onto my heart, turning it black with blood, until the failure of it all floated down to the pit of my stomach. I flipped the wolf on its face after having seen my opaquely convex reflection in the wolf’s testing eyes. Dad’s words still rung loudly in my fragile skull, forever trapping the question of what my Mommy really was. How could she be? My Mommy of six years could not have a mental illness. Could I still love her? Did she still love me? And ever more troubling, whom could I believe, my Dad or my Mommy? The only truth I could decipher was through the back window of my Dad’s Bronco, for I could see my mother’s face as it grew smaller. She was kneeling down against the garage door, each hand covering one eye; and so the sparkle was gone forever and so was I.
Although I could not bear to look up into Doctor Newton’s eyes I knew from her utter silence that she too was on the verge of tears. If she could see through all that saturation she would have found a boy who once knew the sweet clap of a rubber ball on concrete, a boy who could have told her the difference between the way a blue crayon and a red crayon smells, and too a boy that once knew the sweet taste that fruit could give in the shimmering presence of an ice-cream truck’s innocent call. But today she only found what made all those memories so precious.
Doctor Newton whispered, “that’s enough for today, you may go.”
And so I did, leaving her with nothing to look at but all those frowns of babies and clowns.
Does this narrative essay contain philosophical meaning and is it A,B,C,D, or F quality?
F quality sorry
Its a little short on words and it resembles a question more than an essay... but keep trying and don't forget the potential for a good....E ........Cheers
Reply:Again, if I knew which essay you were referring to I could rate it.
Reply:umm..i dont see any narrrative?
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A Wild Pack of Wolves
The surging air flowed freely from the gaping wound of a door behind me. A blanket of humidity greeted me now with a suffocating intoxication, quickly reminding me how nice the air-conditioned the department store had been. Trudging along, I began my exile through the parking lot to my car. I left the store behind me and filtered through other corpses that stick baked to the asphalt. My skin glistens and reflects the unforgiving yet naïve sun, the same light that gives the moon its shallow glow. The sun seemed to give this day an individual energy and reality, a true ecstasy giving a hope to those banished from the gaiety of life. Any other day I would have hurried to my car, but today I let the sun’s inescapable veracity sizzle and soak me through, as do novelties a consumer. The tint from inside the car induced the purging of what existed beyond the window from out of what withered inside. Bliss, no matter how much I thought I had wanted it, and tried to get, ended in misery. Who was I fooling; I’m no more human than a puppet that will dance with the flick of a social conformist’s wrist. It’s days like this one that the red curtain retreats before me, giving way to life’s actors who seem to dramatize the same play repeatedly while I watch and recite their next words. I could no longer eat of the apple in all its décor of waxy perfection while this picture hung vainly rotten before me like a day’s till. Is having never tasted the sweetness of truth worse than the infinite dream of a false beauty? I twisted the ignition and cranked the air-conditioning, drinking in my artificial air until I was hydrated enough to adjust to the new light of the car. I sat there, fleeing far from the recesses of the parking lot; from where I sat, I could quietly add up my whole life. However this is no more than what could be fitted inside the plastic bag that lay strewn across the adjacent seat. I sat and wondered about past memories, surfaced from spotting The Jungle Book inside the department store. I wondered, if the boy in the story had continued living with the wolves and lived a lie his whole life, would it be better or worse than living with humans. If his life continued with the wolves he would never know responsibility, love, or religion. On the other hand, is living with humans and knowing hate, jealousy, malice, and vanity better? The time for my innocence had come and left, ripped out of my cradle before I knew whom good, evil, Adam, or Eve was. As I drove away from all that wilderness of the parking lot, all the cries and howls of long ago seemingly transmuted into nothing more than the glimmers of light, reflecting from the stream of asphalt that grew longer, until it became nothing more than the infinite luminosity of the sun that trailed past the distant mountains.
“Travis…Travis…--oh there you are. Hello my name is Doctor Newton and I’ll be your doctor for the next couple of weeks. Now you just come right through this door and we’ll get started with our first session—O.K.?”
I nodded, leaving the quiet emptiness that can only come from a group of people each silently enduring the weekly pain of a not so anticipated doctors appointment. The only detectable manifestation of this pain was the occasional crinkle of a magazine page being turned. As I passed under the ominous arch of the doorframe overhead I prayed silently that I would never have to read any of those magazines again. Doctor Newton’s office was littered with pictures of babies crawling in diapers and clowns with face paint. One clown had a sad face painted on him with a single real tear on his cheek--only the tear had been caked down from all the paint.
A long pause passed before the doctor’s and my eyes met somewhere on her desk; I was sitting on some Playskool desk with paper and crayons.
“So…” the doctor said, “can you tell me why you are here today?”
Another pause passed by without a word. I questioned myself why I was here in the first place and also whether her question was entrapment. Finally, I answered, “I can’t really say, my dad wouldn’t tell me.”
After the brief conversing I was told to “draw a picture—any picture I wanted.”
So I began to draw the clown I saw earlier and a couple other familiar things. I drew for ten minutes and she complimented me on the art. I began to take quick glances at her eyes, for they said what we both knew but only one of us would admit. I wanted to leave. I could feel a stinging pain on the back of my eyes and a queasy sensation in my abdomen.
Doctor Newton cracked the edges of her lips, paused and finally asked, “How do you feel about your mother?”
I uttered silently, “I don’t know—fine I guess.”
“You don’t have any problems you want to share--you know nothing leaves this room,” said Doctor Newton.
I knew she was going to ask, and it came like a reflection in a broken mirror.
“Could you tell me a little about your relationship with your mother and how you feel about her illness?”
The whine of the Ford in the driveway and the horn blow immediately following the clap of a door usually sent happiness through me, enough to send me sailing towards the front door of the house. This evening carried no such melody, only torture. There I sat, listening to the strikes of thunder from her high-heals tear through my heart, and to an awareness of a screaming ever so true. Yet it filled me like a dream that comes like a shadow and all I could do was sit there, paralyzed on the ground next to the door. I knew something was wrong when it should have been right; I could feel the warmth of harmony’s momentary embrace grow desolate as it covered my eyes as I sat crying. The door slammed shut sending a flash of light through the room and then silently returning back beneath the door from where it had abruptly entered. I know not of money, jobs, worry, responsibility, hate, rape, illness, divorce, and now I know not my mother’s eyes before me. These things were cold and sunken, empty shells of the loving and pretty world through which I learned of good and evil. They were dead, destroyed, from another world I had not learned of but heard so much about. I moved down her face to black rivers that tainted the shores of her cheeks. Further down rested a set of vicious white edges, made visible by the panicked wrinkles that made a martyr of her face. I searched violently for my mother, but the closest thing I would ever find to her would be found only in a mirror.
Night came in, relieving shame from the earth and its creatures. I always liked the night for it unmasked the ambiguities of day and gave true shape to what had previously been blinded so childishly by the sun. Tonight I sat in bed and adjusted my eyes enough to see past the glare of the lamp out into the light of night. There was a tall eucalyptus, hunched from the irregularity of its large branches and lack of roots, which grew centered in the lawn and around it was the rest of the backyard lawn. This sanctuary of infinite youthful possibilities tonight would not find relief from the usual cry of laughter, but host the paths of two lives, each tied to survival dependent on the other’s death. The two shadows unveiling themselves, circumvented around the corners of my eyes to find one another at the base of the eucalyptus. There they scratched, bit, tore, and capsized until they became one snarled mess of the same shadow among the sea of grass. I picked up deafly howls and cries, but neither sound belonged to a definite shape. Not until the hissing stopped and one shadow floated erratically back in the direction it had came from could I tell. It was my aged smitten cat Chelsy, but she was the mound of flesh that remained. She had seen night before day, child after parent, prey facing predator, and now she and her tree would see life after death—but never would the roots be less uneven or the leaves greener.
“ ‘And God made the wild beasts of the earth according to their kinds, and domestic animals according to their kinds, and everything that creeps upon the earth was good and He approved it.
God said, Let Us make mankind in Our image, after Our likeness, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the tame beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth--,’ ”
“Why did God create us?”
“I don’t quite know, maybe God got lonely or maybe he just wanted praise,” Mommy answered. I bent my neck backwards and gawked at her. Her eyes were recoiled and wounded as before, but a little warmth still radiated in the sparkle I always remember her having. I have seen her look at others but the glint of light never shows itself.
“Honey why don’t you just let me finish so we can go to bed,” said Mommy exhaustingly.
“O.K., but I have already heard this part tell another,” I cheered.
“How about this, ‘And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was delightful to look at, and a tree to be desired in order to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she gave some also to her husband, and he ate.
Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves apron-like girdles.
And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden—’ ”
“Why did God make the tree? And was God angry at them?”
“Honey, how can a parent ever be angry at a child, except for when that child is no longer one anymore. Even then a parent’s love never dies. God doesn’t create bad people only bad situations. If you remember anything I ever tell you remember this, Love is what you don’t give not what you do give. Maybe truth is supposed to be glorious because you know what love is and you are closer to God for it. So maybe Bliss is what defines innocence and choice is what defines love. If a person doesn’t have choice can they ever really know true love?”
I was now asleep, only I was dreaming dreams that have no place inside a child. Murky dreams where I could feel my teeth come loose and scrape the sides of my mouth, then dangle from the veins that give them life. All the while I watch helplessly the scene of my Mommy willingly feeding herself to a pack of wild wolves. I feel no pain, no emotion, I only watch while I frantically try to understand why I don’t stop her. Upon waking, I could see the door to my now dark room, it was cracked transcending a long triangular light across my bed and up onto the edge of my pillow next to my face. On the illuminated sliver of my pillow I could see pools of dampness that had been absorbed into the inner depths of the cushioning. I sat there, face down wondering if the wet was from tears or saliva, for I had none on my face.
I had already been seated along side the cul-de-sac curb when the shadow of Dad’s Bronco screeched and eased to a halt, blocking the evening sun from my view. The faint circular outline of the moon could already be seen directly overhead. The curb upon which I sat was still warm, the only remnant left of the Sun’s presence in the horseshoe shaped neighborhood that crowned the hill on which it rested. I placed my right hand on the curb for I no longer needed to shield my eyes from the glare angled off from the side-view mirror on the Bronco. The brown cardboard box of memories that lay between my legs lined up with the back tire of the Bronco. These few random objects I managed to salvage before my Dad told me we had to go held no value, but they were the best I could find. A stuffed wolf Mommy had given me for Valentine’s one year sat on the surface of the opened box. Wolves for as long as I could remember had been my favorite animals but now the stuffed sentiment left me with a sickening feeling inside. The sensation wrenched onto my heart, turning it black with blood, until the failure of it all floated down to the pit of my stomach. I flipped the wolf on its face after having seen my opaquely convex reflection in the wolf’s testing eyes. Dad’s words still rung loudly in my fragile skull, forever trapping the question of what my Mommy really was. How could she be? My Mommy of six years could not have a mental illness. Could I still love her? Did she still love me? And ever more troubling, whom could I believe, my Dad or my Mommy? The only truth I could decipher was through the back window of my Dad’s Bronco, for I could see my mother’s face as it grew smaller. She was kneeling down against the garage door, each hand covering one eye; and so the sparkle was gone forever and so was I.
Although I could not bear to look up into Doctor Newton’s eyes I knew from her utter silence that she too was on the verge of tears. If she could see through all that saturation she would have found a boy who once knew the sweet clap of a rubber ball on concrete, a boy who could have told her the difference between the way a blue crayon and a red crayon smells, and too a boy that once knew the sweet taste that fruit could give in the shimmering presence of an ice-cream truck’s innocent call. But today she only found what made all those memories so precious.
Doctor Newton whispered, “that’s enough for today, you may go.”
And so I did, leaving her with nothing to look at but all those frowns of babies and clowns.
Does this narrative essay contain philosophical meaning and is it A,B,C,D, or F quality?
F quality sorry
Its a little short on words and it resembles a question more than an essay... but keep trying and don't forget the potential for a good....E ........Cheers
Reply:Again, if I knew which essay you were referring to I could rate it.
Reply:umm..i dont see any narrrative?
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Anyone ever gotten a replacement tooth?
I'm wanting to get a down right rotted, barely there molar extracted and a replacement tooth put in place. Where they do the surgery and, well, "screw" a new tooth in place. Anyone ever gotten this done that can tell me a bit about that experience or know someone who has? What about the overall total cost of something like this? I've heard it's around 1200 per tooth. Does insurance cover it? Any details or personal experiences would be appreciated. Any good websites that have pictures and details of this kind of surgery?
Anyone ever gotten a replacement tooth?
had the 'screw'' pro. done. went good. want the perm. bridge tho. if that tooth chips it starts all over.
Reply:I CHIPPED my tooth one time. and i got a filling. uhm. i couldnt tell you the cost, but i know it doesnt cost as much as my braces do!
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Anyone ever gotten a replacement tooth?
had the 'screw'' pro. done. went good. want the perm. bridge tho. if that tooth chips it starts all over.
Reply:I CHIPPED my tooth one time. and i got a filling. uhm. i couldnt tell you the cost, but i know it doesnt cost as much as my braces do!
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Are you at this age yet? I'm not quite there but I guess this is how you would feel. What do you think?
~When you look upon special things to happen,sometimes they appear~J E M
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Ramblings of a Retired Mind
I was thinking about how a status symbol of today is those cell phones that everyone has clipped onto their belt or purse. I can't afford one. So, I'm wearing my garage door opener. I also made a cover for my hearing aid and now I have what they call blue teeth, I think.
You know, I spent a fortune on deodorant before I realized that people didn't like me anyway.
I was thinking that women should put pictures of missing husbands on beer cans!
I was thinking about old age and decided that old age is 'when you still have something on the ball, but you are just too tired to bounce it.'
I thought about making a fitness movie for folks my age, and call it 'Pumping Rust'.
I've gotten that dreaded furniture disease. That's when your chest is falling into your drawers!
When people see a cat's litter box, they always say, 'Oh, have you got a cat?' Just once I want to say, 'No, it's for company!'
Employment application blanks always ask who is to be notified in case of an emergency. I think you should write, 'A Good Doctor'!
Why do they put pictures of criminals up in the Post Office? What are we supposed to do...write to these men?
Why don't they just put their pictures on the postage stamps so the mailmen could look for them while they deliver the mail? Or better yet, arrest them while they are taking their pictures!
I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older. Then, it dawned on me, they were cramming for their finals.
As for me, I'm just hoping God grades on the curve.
' Enjoy Your Days .%26amp;. Love Your Life' Because :::
' Life is a journey to be savored
Are you at this age yet? I'm not quite there but I guess this is how you would feel. What do you think?
We had our share of Good time of fresh air,mountain breeze,river and ponds and well swimming,thatched roof cinema hall,pollution free earth than the present age inherited,lot of folk songs,road side dramas,singing competitions,group dancing,church,temple gathering very devoted,totally believing there is GOD.Can Henry David Throue go to walden living now,can r.frost write in New hampshire poems like " A cosiderable Speck".The modern times have their own toys like laptop,cellphone,computers,and if you are rich enough sports car,private planes.We may not exchange our golden days for these modern toys.so we may not fully in the prsent age isn't it
Reply:HAHA!
Reply:it's fun
Reply:different!....different.
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Ramblings of a Retired Mind
I was thinking about how a status symbol of today is those cell phones that everyone has clipped onto their belt or purse. I can't afford one. So, I'm wearing my garage door opener. I also made a cover for my hearing aid and now I have what they call blue teeth, I think.
You know, I spent a fortune on deodorant before I realized that people didn't like me anyway.
I was thinking that women should put pictures of missing husbands on beer cans!
I was thinking about old age and decided that old age is 'when you still have something on the ball, but you are just too tired to bounce it.'
I thought about making a fitness movie for folks my age, and call it 'Pumping Rust'.
I've gotten that dreaded furniture disease. That's when your chest is falling into your drawers!
When people see a cat's litter box, they always say, 'Oh, have you got a cat?' Just once I want to say, 'No, it's for company!'
Employment application blanks always ask who is to be notified in case of an emergency. I think you should write, 'A Good Doctor'!
Why do they put pictures of criminals up in the Post Office? What are we supposed to do...write to these men?
Why don't they just put their pictures on the postage stamps so the mailmen could look for them while they deliver the mail? Or better yet, arrest them while they are taking their pictures!
I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older. Then, it dawned on me, they were cramming for their finals.
As for me, I'm just hoping God grades on the curve.
' Enjoy Your Days .%26amp;. Love Your Life' Because :::
' Life is a journey to be savored
Are you at this age yet? I'm not quite there but I guess this is how you would feel. What do you think?
We had our share of Good time of fresh air,mountain breeze,river and ponds and well swimming,thatched roof cinema hall,pollution free earth than the present age inherited,lot of folk songs,road side dramas,singing competitions,group dancing,church,temple gathering very devoted,totally believing there is GOD.Can Henry David Throue go to walden living now,can r.frost write in New hampshire poems like " A cosiderable Speck".The modern times have their own toys like laptop,cellphone,computers,and if you are rich enough sports car,private planes.We may not exchange our golden days for these modern toys.so we may not fully in the prsent age isn't it
Reply:HAHA!
Reply:it's fun
Reply:different!....different.
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White Teeeth..?
yes i do brush my teeth and i would love them white so i can smile on more pictures.. i have assked my mom if i could have them whitend and she said its lots of money.. but whats the cheapest and also were is it cheap ?? but if not is there any think like without having them whitend making them whiter ??
White Teeeth..?
You could always try the Crest Whitening strips, They work.
Reply:I wish I could answer your question, but I have the same problem. So, if anyone out there knows the answer, please, inform us.
Reply:white strips at wal-mart... the're like 20 or so dollars!
Reply:you have to rinse your mouth out with a solution of hydrogen peroxide and water 2 times a day for a month
or
you can get some baking soda and put in on a cloth and rub it on your teeth
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White Teeeth..?
You could always try the Crest Whitening strips, They work.
Reply:I wish I could answer your question, but I have the same problem. So, if anyone out there knows the answer, please, inform us.
Reply:white strips at wal-mart... the're like 20 or so dollars!
Reply:you have to rinse your mouth out with a solution of hydrogen peroxide and water 2 times a day for a month
or
you can get some baking soda and put in on a cloth and rub it on your teeth
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Can someone tell me how to insert batteries and memory card in a Canon Powershot A560?
And can they please explain it like I am a five year old. I am 73 and got roses for my birthday, and would like to take a picture of them before they open all the way.
I have the two batteries, and the door is open on the bottom of the camera. With the lens facing towards the left, it looks like the left battery should be a minus on top, now the right battery should be a plus on top, because it has a little circle on the right of it that has a plus.
Then the memory card, I read all the instructions, how to handle, how not to write on it with the wrong thing, how to slide the little metal switch up so it can be erased, deleted, I guess they mean the pictures, but how to install it, nothing, now this is my first digital camera. The memory card is a Kingston, it has an arrow on the top, and if I look on the back it has copper teeth in a line, So does the arrow mean that when you put the memory card in the copper teeth go first, and which way do I turn card, Lid will not close. Thanks
Can someone tell me how to insert batteries and memory card in a Canon Powershot A560?
Here's a link that tells you how to install batteries %26amp; memory card. Type "install card" in the search %26amp; it will bring up page showing how to install batteries %26amp; card. If you're installing correctly, you usually need to press in with a little pressure so it clicks into place. Good luck!
Reply:please check the user guide for assistance ..
Reply:The copper teeth are the first to go into the camera (it will only go in one way ... and there should be an illustration in your manual showing that, in any case don't force anything when it comes to cameras) Keep the card "unlocked" at all times so you can use the memory card ..locking it has no real benefit to those who use them with cameras.
Loading the batteries is just like putting them in any device that uses them. The plus sign on the battery goes where plus sign is on the camera.
The other part of the equation is owning a computer and having at least intermediate skill using it. It has become the "darkroom" of the millennium, so any changes you want to make to the images are done using the photo program that comes with the camera.
Reply:Hello Anne2
I recommend to take again the instruction manual for d the card at the overview may be signed whre the slot for the card is. For the batteries I recommend to go after that what is on the camera marked.
In general the slots for the memory chips are often at one side of the cameras and a cautchuk door to open. I hope I could help.
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I have the two batteries, and the door is open on the bottom of the camera. With the lens facing towards the left, it looks like the left battery should be a minus on top, now the right battery should be a plus on top, because it has a little circle on the right of it that has a plus.
Then the memory card, I read all the instructions, how to handle, how not to write on it with the wrong thing, how to slide the little metal switch up so it can be erased, deleted, I guess they mean the pictures, but how to install it, nothing, now this is my first digital camera. The memory card is a Kingston, it has an arrow on the top, and if I look on the back it has copper teeth in a line, So does the arrow mean that when you put the memory card in the copper teeth go first, and which way do I turn card, Lid will not close. Thanks
Can someone tell me how to insert batteries and memory card in a Canon Powershot A560?
Here's a link that tells you how to install batteries %26amp; memory card. Type "install card" in the search %26amp; it will bring up page showing how to install batteries %26amp; card. If you're installing correctly, you usually need to press in with a little pressure so it clicks into place. Good luck!
Reply:please check the user guide for assistance ..
Reply:The copper teeth are the first to go into the camera (it will only go in one way ... and there should be an illustration in your manual showing that, in any case don't force anything when it comes to cameras) Keep the card "unlocked" at all times so you can use the memory card ..locking it has no real benefit to those who use them with cameras.
Loading the batteries is just like putting them in any device that uses them. The plus sign on the battery goes where plus sign is on the camera.
The other part of the equation is owning a computer and having at least intermediate skill using it. It has become the "darkroom" of the millennium, so any changes you want to make to the images are done using the photo program that comes with the camera.
Reply:Hello Anne2
I recommend to take again the instruction manual for d the card at the overview may be signed whre the slot for the card is. For the batteries I recommend to go after that what is on the camera marked.
In general the slots for the memory chips are often at one side of the cameras and a cautchuk door to open. I hope I could help.
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Can you draw a picture of God, show it to someone else and have it correctly identified?
Because.... I'd bet £20 that you can't.
Now... think about this.
You could draw a picture of the Easter Bunny.... and the most deviation you would get is "rabbit" or "rabbit with eggs" or "funnily coloured rabbit".
You could draw the tooth fairy.... and the strangest response you'd get would be "winged person collecting teeth".
Draw Santa... and just about anyone in the western world would correctly identify it.
Same with a dragon.... pretty much...
There are plenty of folks out there who could identify a Griffin, Chimera or Manticore as well.... and the rest would simply claim they didn't know.
Now try drawing a picture of God.
Compare it to the next person's picture.
See if either of you could actually identify without prior knowledge what the other one had drawn.... and the responses could be anything under the sun.
I strongly doubt anyone has the slightest clue....
So...
.... Who wants to believe in THAT?
Can you draw a picture of God, show it to someone else and have it correctly identified?
Badger claws are made for digging; not for art.
We're practical; not poncey.
But if one of you humans could accurately draw the great Seytnurr... any Badger would recognise him.
Any other god? You'd have a bit more trouble there.
The old Egyptian human gods were easily identifiable. Some of the Norse ones too. The Greek / Roman ones not quite so much. The Abrahamic one? No hope.
Reply:How do you draw a picture of something that doesn't have a physical appearance? You are succumbing to a logic fallacy known as Ignoratio Elenchi (Irrelevant Conclusion).
Ask 10 people to draw a picture of air, wind, love, saddness, anger, an atom, etc you will get a variety of depictions.
Even worse, you use examples that would actually refute your point.
"Draw Santa... and just about anyone in the western world would correctly identify it."
Draw a picture of Jesus and anyone in the western world would correctly identify it. I guess you argument is meaningless then.
Reply:NO
Reply:I'll take that bet.
Reply:LOVE LOVE LOVE U R loved he is u and I
Reply:Sure. I'd just draw him wearing a "hey, I'm God" t-shirt.
Reply:Only if I could get them to lick the backs of the toads first.
Reply:Well since I have a Native American Indian heritage. Yes, I could draw a picture of the Creator and show it to someone that believes in the old way of our Ancestors and they would recognize it.
Reply:(laughs out loud) I could draw it, but my portrait would look like Keanu Reeves.
:D
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Reply:I can't draw worth a flip.
that's for picking on me.
GB
Reply:I can't even draw a stick figure and have it identified as... a stick figure...
So,... no!
Reply:Believing as I do that God doesn't have a form, as he/she/it is a force and not a personality, no, I couldn't draw you a picture.
But how would you draw a picture of friendship? Maybe your best friend? If you show that to someone else, it will be meaningless to them unless that is their best friend as well. God is too highly personalized a construct to have a universally accepted depiction. Each person believes/experiences God differently.
Reply:I do! I want to believe in God. God is Love. It's the Power of Love - and it works through us. It's pretty easy to believe in Love.
But - you're right - I can't draw a picture of Love.
And yet - I can talk about it. Communicate about it. No need to draw pictures because most of us have brains that allow us to communicate at a higher level!!
Namaste!!
Reply:Here is an interesting artistic rendering of the Trinity:
http://www.mgr.org/Trinity.JPG
Reply:Impressions of God are never the same, because God is a theory made up to explain the unknown.
Therefor, the will of God and the nature of God are all subjective, so different types of people worship different God's. Some are loving, some are merciful, others are judgmental and jealous. God doesn't exist, an is therefore undefined universally.
Does he have six arm or a white beard? Neither, he is an emotional crutch that is based on myth.
Reply:Actually, I'd bet I could draw a picture of an old guy in a robe surrounded by a bunch of clouds and most people would call that "God" though it would depend on their culture. I might not get such a positive response in India.
So I think you're probably wrong about that.
Reply:God's love is the same for everyone. I'd draw a heart with a cross in it.
But any God that can be drawn on a piece of paper isn't a god worth worshipping, in my opinion.
Reply:I always thought that was the cool thing about God - since he's invisible and a spirit creature, each person can visualize him how they wish. They can visualize an old man with a long white beard - or even a woman in a white robe.
The difference is you are asking people to draw mythical creatures that were created by man - and therefor have many books and images after themselves - unique characteristics that define them physically.
How can you define or picture God when he is not flesh?
Reply:i must say, middle aged white guy with white beard, and surrounded by clouds, probably would be identified as god....
or you could draw a picture of morgan freeman
Reply:I would not serve a god I could draw a picture of!
Why, you ask?
Because God imagined me and not the other
way around!
God is supernatural and too complex for someone
to draw on a mere 2-dimensional sheet of paper!
Any god or fairy tale creature I could draw would
be a myth for the very fact I could draw it and it
would be recognizable to so many!
Reply:The closest I could come to that is trying to draw a picture of Jesus.
This guy is quite good at it:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8M4_IlbaZHA%26amp;m...
Jesus Christ is how God showed us his heart.
Reply:i can-it would be a picture of a lovely woman-naked-smiling and looking willing and most people-at least most males and some females would take one look and go OH GOD-----enjoy the day and remember what is important
Reply:I'll try to draw God the way I feel He looks but I have to be honest, I've never seen Him, I've only felt His amazing grace and love I can draw that, but I can't draw His image until I've seen Him.
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Now... think about this.
You could draw a picture of the Easter Bunny.... and the most deviation you would get is "rabbit" or "rabbit with eggs" or "funnily coloured rabbit".
You could draw the tooth fairy.... and the strangest response you'd get would be "winged person collecting teeth".
Draw Santa... and just about anyone in the western world would correctly identify it.
Same with a dragon.... pretty much...
There are plenty of folks out there who could identify a Griffin, Chimera or Manticore as well.... and the rest would simply claim they didn't know.
Now try drawing a picture of God.
Compare it to the next person's picture.
See if either of you could actually identify without prior knowledge what the other one had drawn.... and the responses could be anything under the sun.
I strongly doubt anyone has the slightest clue....
So...
.... Who wants to believe in THAT?
Can you draw a picture of God, show it to someone else and have it correctly identified?
Badger claws are made for digging; not for art.
We're practical; not poncey.
But if one of you humans could accurately draw the great Seytnurr... any Badger would recognise him.
Any other god? You'd have a bit more trouble there.
The old Egyptian human gods were easily identifiable. Some of the Norse ones too. The Greek / Roman ones not quite so much. The Abrahamic one? No hope.
Reply:How do you draw a picture of something that doesn't have a physical appearance? You are succumbing to a logic fallacy known as Ignoratio Elenchi (Irrelevant Conclusion).
Ask 10 people to draw a picture of air, wind, love, saddness, anger, an atom, etc you will get a variety of depictions.
Even worse, you use examples that would actually refute your point.
"Draw Santa... and just about anyone in the western world would correctly identify it."
Draw a picture of Jesus and anyone in the western world would correctly identify it. I guess you argument is meaningless then.
Reply:NO
Reply:I'll take that bet.
Reply:LOVE LOVE LOVE U R loved he is u and I
Reply:Sure. I'd just draw him wearing a "hey, I'm God" t-shirt.
Reply:Only if I could get them to lick the backs of the toads first.
Reply:Well since I have a Native American Indian heritage. Yes, I could draw a picture of the Creator and show it to someone that believes in the old way of our Ancestors and they would recognize it.
Reply:(laughs out loud) I could draw it, but my portrait would look like Keanu Reeves.
:D
.
Reply:I can't draw worth a flip.
that's for picking on me.
GB
Reply:I can't even draw a stick figure and have it identified as... a stick figure...
So,... no!
Reply:Believing as I do that God doesn't have a form, as he/she/it is a force and not a personality, no, I couldn't draw you a picture.
But how would you draw a picture of friendship? Maybe your best friend? If you show that to someone else, it will be meaningless to them unless that is their best friend as well. God is too highly personalized a construct to have a universally accepted depiction. Each person believes/experiences God differently.
Reply:I do! I want to believe in God. God is Love. It's the Power of Love - and it works through us. It's pretty easy to believe in Love.
But - you're right - I can't draw a picture of Love.
And yet - I can talk about it. Communicate about it. No need to draw pictures because most of us have brains that allow us to communicate at a higher level!!
Namaste!!
Reply:Here is an interesting artistic rendering of the Trinity:
http://www.mgr.org/Trinity.JPG
Reply:Impressions of God are never the same, because God is a theory made up to explain the unknown.
Therefor, the will of God and the nature of God are all subjective, so different types of people worship different God's. Some are loving, some are merciful, others are judgmental and jealous. God doesn't exist, an is therefore undefined universally.
Does he have six arm or a white beard? Neither, he is an emotional crutch that is based on myth.
Reply:Actually, I'd bet I could draw a picture of an old guy in a robe surrounded by a bunch of clouds and most people would call that "God" though it would depend on their culture. I might not get such a positive response in India.
So I think you're probably wrong about that.
Reply:God's love is the same for everyone. I'd draw a heart with a cross in it.
But any God that can be drawn on a piece of paper isn't a god worth worshipping, in my opinion.
Reply:I always thought that was the cool thing about God - since he's invisible and a spirit creature, each person can visualize him how they wish. They can visualize an old man with a long white beard - or even a woman in a white robe.
The difference is you are asking people to draw mythical creatures that were created by man - and therefor have many books and images after themselves - unique characteristics that define them physically.
How can you define or picture God when he is not flesh?
Reply:i must say, middle aged white guy with white beard, and surrounded by clouds, probably would be identified as god....
or you could draw a picture of morgan freeman
Reply:I would not serve a god I could draw a picture of!
Why, you ask?
Because God imagined me and not the other
way around!
God is supernatural and too complex for someone
to draw on a mere 2-dimensional sheet of paper!
Any god or fairy tale creature I could draw would
be a myth for the very fact I could draw it and it
would be recognizable to so many!
Reply:The closest I could come to that is trying to draw a picture of Jesus.
This guy is quite good at it:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8M4_IlbaZHA%26amp;m...
Jesus Christ is how God showed us his heart.
Reply:i can-it would be a picture of a lovely woman-naked-smiling and looking willing and most people-at least most males and some females would take one look and go OH GOD-----enjoy the day and remember what is important
Reply:I'll try to draw God the way I feel He looks but I have to be honest, I've never seen Him, I've only felt His amazing grace and love I can draw that, but I can't draw His image until I've seen Him.
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Advice for braces???
Im 16 and the dentist said i needed braces. but i love to take picture of myself and i dont want braces to get in the way and make me look bad. plus i would need them for 2 years, that mean i will have to have them for my senior year pictures. and i dont want to wait to college to have them. i want to get them now to get it over with. the dentist also said i do not qualift for invisiline. and i would proabably look bad with braces since my teeth are so small. also everyone in my grade had them and already had them all. and everyone has perfect teeth. no one has braces anymore and i dont want to be the only one to have them. I need help... should i get them or not????
Advice for braces???
id get them, there totally worth it in the end. Ive had mine on for about a year now but i love them because i know that my teeth will be gorgeous when i get them off. they shouldn't look bad on your teeth though.
but you need to do everything that they tell you to do, i mean floss and mouthwash etc. the better you take care of your teeth the less complications therefore you can sometimes get them off earlier.
if you do get braces, right before your appointments make sure to take some pain meds so your mouth doesn't get super sore at first.
Reply:Two years isn't really that long, I had mine on for 5 and 1/2 years. I would wait till college so you don't have braces in your senior pictures though, if it means that much to you.
Reply:if your teeth really need them, then yea. ive had my braces for over 2 yrs and im about to get them off. After like a couple of months ull get used to ur braces and they wont be as big as an issue u think they'll be.
Reply:I would get them now, and get them over with. You can always do a smile in your senior pictures where you're not showing your teeth and it would still look good. Just focus on your lops in the picture. Good luck, it really won't be that bad. You'll have a nice smile when they come off.
Reply:i am so sorry 4 u. i am 14%26amp;have braces and get them off in 2009 like around july or so.
Reply:yeah i will so be worth it in the end and plus if they make fun of you for having braces its way better than having people make fun of your teeth
i hope you get really straight teeth in 2 years :)
Reply:You can atully get braces and the INSIDES of your teeth, so no one can see them! It's great for adults or older people who dont want to be seen in braces!
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Advice for braces???
id get them, there totally worth it in the end. Ive had mine on for about a year now but i love them because i know that my teeth will be gorgeous when i get them off. they shouldn't look bad on your teeth though.
but you need to do everything that they tell you to do, i mean floss and mouthwash etc. the better you take care of your teeth the less complications therefore you can sometimes get them off earlier.
if you do get braces, right before your appointments make sure to take some pain meds so your mouth doesn't get super sore at first.
Reply:Two years isn't really that long, I had mine on for 5 and 1/2 years. I would wait till college so you don't have braces in your senior pictures though, if it means that much to you.
Reply:if your teeth really need them, then yea. ive had my braces for over 2 yrs and im about to get them off. After like a couple of months ull get used to ur braces and they wont be as big as an issue u think they'll be.
Reply:I would get them now, and get them over with. You can always do a smile in your senior pictures where you're not showing your teeth and it would still look good. Just focus on your lops in the picture. Good luck, it really won't be that bad. You'll have a nice smile when they come off.
Reply:i am so sorry 4 u. i am 14%26amp;have braces and get them off in 2009 like around july or so.
Reply:yeah i will so be worth it in the end and plus if they make fun of you for having braces its way better than having people make fun of your teeth
i hope you get really straight teeth in 2 years :)
Reply:You can atully get braces and the INSIDES of your teeth, so no one can see them! It's great for adults or older people who dont want to be seen in braces!
flirt
Photoshop this pic for me please?
In both of these pics my teeth look really crooked, if the two front teeth could be fixed in both pics that'd be awesome.
Lighting on my face in pic 07038 be fixed (make it look better, like it wasn't there)
can you separately work on a "new" third picture after the above fixes are made:
Can my head be moved from pic 07038 to pic 07037?
So I would get back 3 pictures 07037%26amp;07038 fixed and the combined 07037and07038
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd197...
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd197...
Thank you so much!
Photoshop this pic for me please?
koshsh heheheheh
Reply:haha...why bother? His teeth are screwed, too. You match...no one will notice but you.
Reply:That's a hefty ask.......
....%26amp; I think that you're seeing faults that others wouldn't....
Reply:I know your intentions are sweet (at least I hope they are) but if I were you I would remove the photos asap. This isn't the forum for it.
family nanny
Lighting on my face in pic 07038 be fixed (make it look better, like it wasn't there)
can you separately work on a "new" third picture after the above fixes are made:
Can my head be moved from pic 07038 to pic 07037?
So I would get back 3 pictures 07037%26amp;07038 fixed and the combined 07037and07038
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd197...
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd197...
Thank you so much!
Photoshop this pic for me please?
koshsh heheheheh
Reply:haha...why bother? His teeth are screwed, too. You match...no one will notice but you.
Reply:That's a hefty ask.......
....%26amp; I think that you're seeing faults that others wouldn't....
Reply:I know your intentions are sweet (at least I hope they are) but if I were you I would remove the photos asap. This isn't the forum for it.
family nanny
To agree or Dont agree! (Hilary Duff)?
Hilary Duff hasn't had the best veneer work!
Her teeth are so big she doesn't even know how to smile anymore!
Before:
http://gfx.download-by.net/screen/15/153...
http://entimg.msn.com/i/gal/HilaryDuff/D...
After:
http://static.flickr.com/34/72002218_198...
http://www.aceshowbiz.com/images/events/...
http://egotastic.com/image?path=0709/hil...
When her mouth is closed it still looks akward
http://www.mtv.com/shared/media/news/ima...
http://images.askmen.com/galleries/actre...
Even when shes trying to pose
http://www.freshwunder.com/hollywood/hil...
You dont have to agree with me...Shes beautiful dont get me wrong, but i personally think her teeth were fine the way they were.
To agree or Dont agree! (Hilary Duff)?
I agree, she looked way hotter when she was in her teens. She's still beautiful like you said, but it's not the same...
Reply:I agree with you...
She looks a bit different when shes young.
Reply:yea her teeth were perfectly fine.
Reply:hm its pretty hard cos i guess the b4 1 wud b nic if she had done the whitenin, but her pose was really nice i liked it, but ya i agree that she looks a bit akward when she s tryin to close her mouth like that, nyways i like her,and she s not into any bad behaviors, so great example,
Reply:maybe
Reply:the pose one was fine but i agree she has awfully big teeth
Reply:yup....ur right but I still like her for her innocence.......and she is still pretty.....god knows what shes done with her teeth...........its like a beauty blockage.......!!!
Reply:she looks a little different, but she can do what she wants no needs to tell her what to do.
Reply:Yep, I kinda agree with you ! I think her teeth where perfectly fine the way they were before but... ohh well. She can do whatever she wants with her teeth. Even if they do actually look alittle too big. LOL.
Reply:Yeah, although her teeth looks beautiful, I think she needs braces cause her teeth looks big.
Reply:I think they look fine....
computers
Her teeth are so big she doesn't even know how to smile anymore!
Before:
http://gfx.download-by.net/screen/15/153...
http://entimg.msn.com/i/gal/HilaryDuff/D...
After:
http://static.flickr.com/34/72002218_198...
http://www.aceshowbiz.com/images/events/...
http://egotastic.com/image?path=0709/hil...
When her mouth is closed it still looks akward
http://www.mtv.com/shared/media/news/ima...
http://images.askmen.com/galleries/actre...
Even when shes trying to pose
http://www.freshwunder.com/hollywood/hil...
You dont have to agree with me...Shes beautiful dont get me wrong, but i personally think her teeth were fine the way they were.
To agree or Dont agree! (Hilary Duff)?
I agree, she looked way hotter when she was in her teens. She's still beautiful like you said, but it's not the same...
Reply:I agree with you...
She looks a bit different when shes young.
Reply:yea her teeth were perfectly fine.
Reply:hm its pretty hard cos i guess the b4 1 wud b nic if she had done the whitenin, but her pose was really nice i liked it, but ya i agree that she looks a bit akward when she s tryin to close her mouth like that, nyways i like her,and she s not into any bad behaviors, so great example,
Reply:maybe
Reply:the pose one was fine but i agree she has awfully big teeth
Reply:yup....ur right but I still like her for her innocence.......and she is still pretty.....god knows what shes done with her teeth...........its like a beauty blockage.......!!!
Reply:she looks a little different, but she can do what she wants no needs to tell her what to do.
Reply:Yep, I kinda agree with you ! I think her teeth where perfectly fine the way they were before but... ohh well. She can do whatever she wants with her teeth. Even if they do actually look alittle too big. LOL.
Reply:Yeah, although her teeth looks beautiful, I think she needs braces cause her teeth looks big.
Reply:I think they look fine....
computers
What makes a person Powerful?
Today in world history, we talked about when Egypt and Nubia collaborated. They had two picture of two rulers in our books, and she asked us why might they not be smiling. The corret answer was they did not want to show their teeth because they were not perfect, and perfect teeth show power. So then she assigined us a project about what makes a person powerful, and she asked us to ask around to see what people though, and then take what they said and find similar pictures to match what they said. So what do you think makes a person powerful. Powerful as in, makes us want them, want to be them, for us to envy them. Basically for them to have some sort of power in any way over us. Please help me
What makes a person Powerful?
A powerful person must have 2 things, lots of money and political influence.
Reply:i will say something stupid to get points hiii
Reply:do it yourself
Reply:Leadership
Reply:Having control is power being able to change something is having power
Reply:if they have a lot of money and are strong. if they own a buisness or head of something important. famous people usualy have power.
Reply:You've lost me - referring to the egyptian's I would say one who was buried in a pyramid - because they had riches in life and in death in accordance with their belief.
Reply:well,native americans it is to believe spirit is the most powerful thing.....everything has spirit.
Reply:Powerfull people can either be physically stronger or mentally.
People in power are good leaders, they have a lot of experience in life, they have to be really good decision makers, they also have to do something good for the people to gain their support. Like a politician can't advertise military power and murder, they have to talk about things that will make the people feel happy and improve their lives. Basically a powerfull person is someone who you can trust and let them guide you in life.
Reply:This is a very good question,I think.Some people would say money equals power,others family and relationships(love).
Money may have advantages,as far as medical care prolonging life,making life easy,bending others to your will(money talks).
On the family side,the push and support from family and friends may grant you inner power.
The truth is,the only real power is realizing you have none what so ever,that it is an illusion,you may get to control some things for awhile,but in the end ,you really have no real control
Reply:I would suggest you look up the word "charisma", on the web.
Of course, money equals power, and will in most situation negate charisma.
Then, of course, you may by accident of birth, be born into a powerful family.
Interesting assignment, your teacher is to be complemented.
Enjoy.
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What makes a person Powerful?
A powerful person must have 2 things, lots of money and political influence.
Reply:i will say something stupid to get points hiii
Reply:do it yourself
Reply:Leadership
Reply:Having control is power being able to change something is having power
Reply:if they have a lot of money and are strong. if they own a buisness or head of something important. famous people usualy have power.
Reply:You've lost me - referring to the egyptian's I would say one who was buried in a pyramid - because they had riches in life and in death in accordance with their belief.
Reply:well,native americans it is to believe spirit is the most powerful thing.....everything has spirit.
Reply:Powerfull people can either be physically stronger or mentally.
People in power are good leaders, they have a lot of experience in life, they have to be really good decision makers, they also have to do something good for the people to gain their support. Like a politician can't advertise military power and murder, they have to talk about things that will make the people feel happy and improve their lives. Basically a powerfull person is someone who you can trust and let them guide you in life.
Reply:This is a very good question,I think.Some people would say money equals power,others family and relationships(love).
Money may have advantages,as far as medical care prolonging life,making life easy,bending others to your will(money talks).
On the family side,the push and support from family and friends may grant you inner power.
The truth is,the only real power is realizing you have none what so ever,that it is an illusion,you may get to control some things for awhile,but in the end ,you really have no real control
Reply:I would suggest you look up the word "charisma", on the web.
Of course, money equals power, and will in most situation negate charisma.
Then, of course, you may by accident of birth, be born into a powerful family.
Interesting assignment, your teacher is to be complemented.
Enjoy.
flickr
Which is prettier?
Of course you can't really know because I don't have pictures. Don't tell me that cause I already know. Just try to picture the faces and then tell me #1 or #2.
#1 Died Dark brown shoulder length hair with a slight natural wave to it. Very dark brown eyebrows. Heart Shaped face. Very large green/grey eyes. Slightly upturned and short nose. Very large, naturally dark, and definied lips. Perfect beige skin (no blemishes, scars, unevenness in tone) and no freckles. Wide smile, widely shaped white teeth.
#2 Natural brown hair with many natural blonde highlights on top--loose natural curls down to a mid back length. Oval face. Light blondish eyebrows. Small yet really bright blue eyes, deep set (set kind of like an asian girls', though she has no asian in her). Long nose. Freckles in a bridge across the nose and cheeks with a few strays across the face. Very dark lips, the upper one pretty thin but the lower one extremely full and curved. Long white teeth.
Which is prettier?
#2. I think the first one sounds too perfect, and the second ones seems a bit
prettier.
Reply:#1 the whole pretty skin thing got me
Reply:Died Dark Brown
Reply:Number 2. I just like long hair.
Reply:I actually think the first one sounds prettier. It's like you said, though, you don't have pictures so you can't be for sure, but it definately sounds like the first one would be more beautiful than the second.
Reply:#1 totally other one sounds grossss
Reply:first one sounds prettier..
Reply:I like #2 because it kinda reminds me of myself.
Reply:#2
Reply:2
Reply:First one.
Reply:#1 might be the lonliest number but its the best!
Reply:#2 is more natural %26amp; guys love natural beauty!
HORSE
#1 Died Dark brown shoulder length hair with a slight natural wave to it. Very dark brown eyebrows. Heart Shaped face. Very large green/grey eyes. Slightly upturned and short nose. Very large, naturally dark, and definied lips. Perfect beige skin (no blemishes, scars, unevenness in tone) and no freckles. Wide smile, widely shaped white teeth.
#2 Natural brown hair with many natural blonde highlights on top--loose natural curls down to a mid back length. Oval face. Light blondish eyebrows. Small yet really bright blue eyes, deep set (set kind of like an asian girls', though she has no asian in her). Long nose. Freckles in a bridge across the nose and cheeks with a few strays across the face. Very dark lips, the upper one pretty thin but the lower one extremely full and curved. Long white teeth.
Which is prettier?
#2. I think the first one sounds too perfect, and the second ones seems a bit
prettier.
Reply:#1 the whole pretty skin thing got me
Reply:Died Dark Brown
Reply:Number 2. I just like long hair.
Reply:I actually think the first one sounds prettier. It's like you said, though, you don't have pictures so you can't be for sure, but it definately sounds like the first one would be more beautiful than the second.
Reply:#1 totally other one sounds grossss
Reply:first one sounds prettier..
Reply:I like #2 because it kinda reminds me of myself.
Reply:#2
Reply:2
Reply:First one.
Reply:#1 might be the lonliest number but its the best!
Reply:#2 is more natural %26amp; guys love natural beauty!
HORSE
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