Envy

Happy to see that it's not another generic Southern California/Mediterranean/Tropical Beach style world. Don't get me wrong those themes can be very neat, but... They're soooo overdone in The Sims community. OMG.

Well, some people prefer the more prog rock oriented Gabriel Era, which i also really like. I guess the Collins era is a bit off putting for some, because it's so commercial. But commercial dosen't always equal bad for me.

It doesn't for me, either, actually. However, I suppose oddly enough a lot of my opinions over the bands of the time when they were more progressive versus when they were not line up quite a bit with those who do not like the commercialization.

I just really don't like the direction music was taken in the 80s, and Genesis was very much a case of this for me. I usually point at the instrumentation, but Genesis always had more electronic components in their music versus a lot of the 60s/70s music I like. Still, I suppose it's the way it's used, and still the ratio at which the synths are used versus other instruments... Which is clearly different from early Genesis to Phil Collins-era Genesis.

Well, I'm glad someone likes them, I guess? Personally, I just really don't like really like anything Collins era Genesis except for maybe "In Too Deep". I have no idea why I like that song, but I do.

You live in Oklahoma and you consider that bipolar?

I've seen it go from 80 degrees to snow overnight! And I've seen, in western Oklahoma, it go from the 90s to an ice storm in the span of a couple of days.

Stormy and then partly cloudy? Come on now, that's normal area weather! xD

If they're going to tackle Kanto and Johto again, I'd much rather them go full 3D. Even though X/Y are in 3D, the world is still designed very closely to that of a 2D one.

We've already seen Kanto and Johto like that. Either they go all of the way and reimagine them in 3D, or don't bother IMO.

Cool, i'm so used to the dub wub that i don't stand back and listen to music like this. So go for it!

What is "dub wub"? I don't even know. lol

I wish you luck, I know that learning a new instrument is more than difficult.

Thanks. The oboe is a very difficult instrument to learn, I've heard. It's also a bit grating on the ears in the beginning. Which I've already learned. xD

Oh my god it's beautiful, aaah!~

I'm considering going to school to play classical oboe, but since you play a double reed already I'm sure you'll have a fine time getting it to work. (I went from a brass to oboe, bad choice.) It can be a pain but it's all so worth it! (All the solos!)

Oooh so nice and shiny. I wish I could afford to buy my own oboe. They're quite expensive, is yours used?

You lucky goose. Treat him/her it well.

(I named my oboe, okay? <__< >__>)

I started with brass as well, actually. I was a trumpet player in high school and before. Embarrassingly enough, my embouchure is still too loose for the bassoon after all of these years. Or moreover I set it right to begin with, but then it goes back to being loose outside of my control. D:

I actually think the oboe might help me there because I've already learned that it's hard to even get a sound out of it if you don't have the embouchure set right.

Yes, it's used. I really wanted to get a new one, but things didn't really go my way in that regard. However, that's fine. The oboe is in very good condition and you can hardly even tell it's used. The keys are slightly scratched, but that's it.

Don't worry, it's mutual. lol

 

Well then, I suppose I reject reality. ^^

Be careful, you never know how harmful that can be to yourself in the long run.

Were I to be an Atheist, that would have ensured my death years ago.

 

I refuse to live through 80 years of bullcrap and torture if I can off myself and get it over with.

That's sad. But for me the fact that I don't have an afterlife to hold onto just gives me more motivation to live and make this world better. This is the only life I have, this is the only world we have. It's hard for me to understand how one can't find value from that.

 

Is any less blind faith required to make that statement than to believe in a God or afterlife?

Quite a bit, actually. So far we have not required any supernatural explanations for anything, yet. The thing is, once again, we see absolutely nothing suggesting the existence of a God or afterlife. It is a random proposition. It is just as random as saying that there are invisible pink unicorns all around you and I. There is no precedence to believe that whatsoever, just as there is no precedence to believe in a God or afterlife. There is some precedence to believe that the universe is all naturalistic. Perhaps it won't be in the end, but believing that it is is significantly different than believing in random supernatural causes right off the bat when we have no evidence of them whatsoever.

Here's one issue: It's not really a 'choice'. I don't believe in a God or afterlife because, quite simply, I don't see any reason to. Nothing about this world or universe suggests the existence of either. This isn't a choice, this is my worldview.

With everything I've been through in the last several years, if I could choose to believe in an afterlife, I would. But it just doesn't match with reality. I just can't see such a thing existing, and forcing myself to think that it does would only harm myself. As it actually did harm me in the past.

It's fun to have an imagination, but you've got to keep that imagination where it belongs, because it's not reality.

No... =(

I always really enjoyed reading your posts. The community will never be the same. And I've been careful to not just go around saying that, so I do mean it.