Phaedrus

So given the propensity for hammers in the associated visuals for this album, and given that I've been hankering for an excuse to post this... Motorhead - The Hammer

Flowers and walls.... The Mike Flowers Pops - Wonderwall (very amusing, especially if you're familiar with the original)

I take it Sperm Man doesn't approve of Greek, then? :) Sorry. I'll be leaving now, then...

WHAT!?!?!?!! It's not crap. It's legendary awesomeness! And since we're dealing with early punk in the UK, hows about the first punk single released there (just before 'Anarchy', IIRC)? The Damned - New Rose

Well... I'll give it a shot, if you like. It really sounds like you simply need... space. In particular, space in which to be yourself and not worry about how you compare to your friend. Just because you're not as obviously popular as your friend does not mean you're therefore worthless. There's probably a vicious circle at work here; it sounds like feeling over-awed by your friend's social prowess is forcing you into your shell a bit, and the more you retreat into your shell the worse you'll seem to measure up. Yes, there are people who can walk into a room and suck all the attention onto themselves (or suck all the oxygen out of it, for that matter). Yes, they're annoying at times, just like the people who a immediately good at any sport they care to try, or the people who just understand everything at school first time and breeze through every exam without ever putting in any visible effort. The rest of us mere mortals just have to grin and bear it, I'm afraid. You mention that you hadn't heard from your friend for a couple of years... how did you feel about that? Did you spend your days wondering where he'd gone, or were you a bit relieved to have space of your own? And how did you feel when he suddenly reappeared? Happy he'd returned, or "Oh shit, here we go again"? Did you enjoy life more without him around? If so, it may be time to try and do what's right for *you* and create the space that you need. One last question... you talk about "meeting new people". If you'll forgive my being blunt... do you really mean people in general, or are we really talking about the attentions of the fairer sex here? Is the fundamental problem here that he's getting laid and you're not? And if so, is it just a general problem that he's getting some and you aren't, or is it a problem concerning someone in particular where you feel he's swooped in and succeeded where you... hadn't succeeded yet? If it's a problem with a particular person then that's very tough to deal with. If it's any consolation, I'm sure most of us have been there and survived - but ya, it's tough. Whether it is or it isn't, getting some action yourself may help - and remember, nobody ever needs to know. There are plenty of ladies here who can help you on that front - but since you're here, I suspect that thought may already have crossed your mind :) Okay, that's enough ramblings from me. In a nutshell: get yourself the space you need, stop comparing yourself to your friend and focus on your own merits, and do what you need to do to make yourself feel happier.

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Cameras now? Whatever next? Robbie Williams - Life Thru a Lens

Glad you had fun here, Daniel, and all the best for the future.

Nothing, because... Supergrass - In It For The Money

Speaking of organs... this is something I've always loved. JS Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor

Joe Satriani - Friends http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdlgEXQ92bE

Supergrass - Caught By The Fuzz

Another theme song. A bit lame, but I can't think of anything else right now... The Rembrandts - I'll Be There For You

Have a look through the ads/recos. In no particular order... http://www.cerb.ca/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=68495 http://www.cerb.ca/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=68502 http://www.cerb.ca/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=68657 http://www.cerb.ca/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=68654 http://www.cerb.ca/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=68611 http://www.cerb.ca/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=68518 All of these ladies have good reputations. There's doubtless one or two people I've missed. The only thing I'd say is that tomorrow may be pushing it if you haven't seen them before as there will probably be some screening to be done... but you can try. Edit: I did indeed forget someone! Lara and Jude are both good, especially if you care more about the massage bit. Can't find recent ads for them, but they both have reco threads, I think...

"You're being shagged by a rare parrot!" Priceless.

Um... yes. I like 'em. Definitely. In whatever shape or size they happen to be.

Mexico, now? Well, if we want Mexican, here's a couple of awesome Mexican guitarists (doing a cover from back when Metallica were good) Rodrigo y Gabriela - Orion As a bonus on the southern theme... well, this strikes me as very southern :)

Well... I think there may be a serious generational gap between some of us here. I think there's going to be a great deal of difference between those who came of age in an era when there's an entire Internetful of porn just a click or two away, and those of us who grew up firstly being dimly aware of some magazines that we weren't supposed to see, and then finding our Dad's/elder brother's stash, and finally - if we were brave - getting so far as to run the gauntlet of actually going into a shop and buying something yourself. Bear in mind that the available porn then and now is/was very different. What I saw in the magazines when I was a horny teenager was just pics of girls; there were boobs, there was pussy. If you were lucky, you'd get the Holy Grail of teenage fantasy - the split wet beaver (yes, we called it that). It was uncommon to see series of pics with more than one person in a set of pics, and rare to see them actually *doing* anything much - at least in the material I could get my hands on at the time. There were also stories, which contained detailed blow-by-blow accounts of things, and which were - if you had a bit of an imagination - way hotter than the pics. But all of this is a far cry from what you'd find on the various *tube sites now. Back when I was beginning to learn about this stuff, the idea of seeing anything other than photographs was simply incomprehensible. If you wanted video, you'd have to go to the right store, where they'd most certainly wouldn't be serving schoolkids. There were rumors at school that someone (always a friend of a friend) had access to vids and their parents weren't around much... but I never got any more than rumors. So, to finally get somewhere close to answering the question: no, porn wasn't much of an influence on me. Amazingly enough, it turns out that seeing pics of naked girls doesn't help much with actually getting one into a naked state, or give you much of an idea of what to do once you've managed that. Far more important were parents, friends, and good old-fashioned trial-and-error, screwing up and learning from it. Having said all that, I don't know how much my experience would be relevant to the teenagers of today. They'll most certainly have far more knowledge of the "insert tab A into slot B" mechanics of things than I did at that age, and you can absolutely thank porn and the Internet for that. Having said that, I'm not entirely convinced that too many people believe that porn is an accurate depiction of real life. I suspect - and this is probably more relevant to the original cause of the question - that this is just the modern equivalent of the moral hand-wringing about violent movies that went on when I was a kid (violent video games hadn't been invented yet). There were plenty of people that were convinced that violence in the movies and on TV caused imitation violence in the impressionable younger members of society; today, exactly the same anxieties exist, but the focus has moved on to games and sex (and porn in particular). Give it a few years, and we'll find something else to worry about.

So, after what seemed to be an eternity of waiting for one reason or another, I finally got to meet Melia recently. From what I'd read here I was definitely looking forward to it, and I was most certainly not disappointed. Where to start? At the beginning, I suppose... I was met by a quite stunning lady. Beautiful eyes, beautiful smile... and as the lap-dance with which she began things progressed, I found many other attributes to admire as well. If you're wondering what, may I suggest a quick peek at her pics to satisfy your curiosity? I trust there's no argument? Good :) What you won't get from the pics is just how lovely that smile is, or how sexy it is when she bites her lip like that. So, having been turned into a quivering pile of lust, it was time for a shower, and a very pleasant massage with body-slides thrown in all over the place - which was awesome! And then... which was equally awesome. And soon it's time to hit the shower again, alas - too soon, much too soon... And now all I'm left with are the memories - of conversation, of those eyes and that smile, of everything else. Now, could someone please tell me why I didn't go and see Melia before now? I shall have to make up for lost time... :)