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I think I understand what you are trying to get at here, and I say you are right in that no one can determine oneself other than that person themselves individually in all honesty... However I would want to question your use of the word of "choice" there... As honestly, it seems that really sexuality is less so of a "choice" really and more of a thing you simply discover through time if you happen to be unsure... Considering that, even with the new law in place in America, I don't see why people would willingly "choose" to be a part of a demographic that is widely received with much hatred and bigotry from those opposing the idea. To say sexual orientation in and of itself is a "choice" is kind of a touchy way to put it is basically what I am trying to get at here.

Honestly, and wow I feel weird posting this publicly... .-. But, I've always pretty much been scared my whole life into 'only being straight' basically and that 'everything else is a sin' and all that, of which I personally have come to realize that for a lot of personal reasons, I no longer wanted to eat that crap that was being fed to me about that...... I think ever since about 5th grade, I kinda got a feeling that I may very well have been more or less homosexual, but I never really gave the idea much thought, being that at the time I was so afraid to really be independent and true with my emotions to any of my 'parental figures' at all...... Of course I'd talk about stuff like that very sparingly periodically with some good friends, more so now than ever, but... I never really gave thought to myself back then that I might actually not be totally "straight"... I'm only now really feeling more certain that I'm likely homosexual, being that I never really had found girls too attractive at all through school and all, but I seemed to get some interesting thoughts about a few of the male friends I'd had made along the way in school... Though of course I never acted on those or told any of these friends about that...... Especially after that one day where I ended up being indirectly ostracized for even so much as hinting at the idea that I may have 'liked' a guy friend... So I suppose that's my story.

Hmmm...... Probably the last one for me was waking up at 3:30 in the morning after only getting 5 hours of sleep and typing away here on the forums just 'cause I don't know what else to do. I mean, I love the forums of course, don't get me wrong, but I probably shouldn't be neglecting sleep... .-.

Seems like my situation is a bit similar to OP's. I guess as far as letting my emotions out though... I usually only did so once in a very great while... I never really liked to do so, and if I did, I did it in private, alone... Now I seem to do so a bit more frequently, as well as with my parents, at least to a tiny degree anyway... I still let most of my emotions out when I'm alone only. And often times now I'll actually talk a little about some of my problems with my friends and all, though the two I have in real life that I talk to about that with are soon going to become one primarily for a while, as another is moving away for college. .-.

Let's see now... I suppose I'll begin with the ones I've had for a long time... I've had a Pooh Bear plushie that I've hung onto all these years that I got the moment I got home from the hospital after I was born. I loved that little guy so much... And I...... Also may have ended up ripping him and dirtying him up a little bit in my infancy... But I still have him around and I still kinda cuddle him a bit before bed each night. :3 He used to be the only plushie I really cuddled up with like that, and the rest kinda just were there for me to play with too... But now after my parents saw how roughed up that one was, they got me another one actually, brand new and all, but I still really just loved the old one I'd had all that time... So now I've got him as a bit of a keepsake... Time went on, and I managed to get this giant Spongebob Squarepants pillow/plushie thingy for my seventh birthday... I got a huge pug plushie from the time me and my Uncle went to Dave & Busters... I got a yellow crayon guy plushie from the time I visited the Crayola factory on a school trip... And there was a time I ended up obsessing over all sorts of Mario universe characters and ended up getting plushies of Mario, Luigi, Wario, Donkey Kong, and so on. And now of course, most recently.... I've obtained some of my now most cherished plushies ever, I got a little Fluttershy plushie, then another one of the same kind for Rainbow Dash, and then I actually was given another Fluttershy plushie as a gift, from a very special friend. ^3^ I also have another larger Rainbow Dash plushie as well as a Rarity one of the same type there, then I have two really big plushies that are about 20" tall of Fluttershy and Princess Twilight Sparkle. So that's about 7 pony plushies now in total......... I NEED MOARZZZZEASSSAS!!! Hehe... No, but really, I wanna try to get all the 20" ones of the mane 6 at least... Anything past there will still be greatly loved and cherished of course, but I guess at the moment I'm just out to get all the mane 6 as I can. I may be able to get one of Applejack or Pinkie Pie tomorrow actually.

Considering it's insanely rare for me to even leave my house unless accompanied by either a friend that wants to hang out for a bit or a parent or somerthing... I really haven't ever actually been to the movies alone... But I trust it would be the most anxiety-wracking thing ever for me to be alone in public like that... I'd probably start freaking out.

Well let's see... If I'm just singing and not really doing something serious, and am only just either by myself or with some REALLY good friends, and even then it's hard for me to do so sometimes, then I mean... I'll sing a tiny bit then, but... If I'm in front of any more than like 2 or 3 really good friends or people I know and trust well... Anything else though, nope... Nope nope nope, just sooooo much nope.

This local store by me sells them, not sure where else would, but I'm sure somewhere would, but they are Ty brand plushies and they are the Ty Sparkle lineup, those are about $25 a pony, and they are usually pretty well-made as far as show accuracy. Also they're about twenty inches tall too. :3

With a super emphasis on the Fluttershy part there. But in response to these stats as a whole though... These are kinda interesting... And I'd imagine would be time consuming as heck to actually go through and document like that. And at the risk of making the previous statement sound completely redundant... There's no CMC stats here.

I certainly can't wait for this update myself... As I have two computers that could really benefit from a nice OS upgrade. However, I'll be taking an image of my current Windows 7 install and keeping that away for safekeeping just in case Windows 10 ends up sucking, or there are a bunch of backdoors or something like that. Well considering it releases next month, that may be the only piece you're missing.

"Go-to" relaxing games eh? I suppose I could say Minecraft is certainly one. Any good car racing game is always a great one (currently those would be The Crew or Forza Horizon 2) Saints Row 2 with all sorts of crazy strange and weird mods is always a good classic relaxer for me. A good story-driven game is always a fun one for me when I have the time to really dedicate to one and just get lost in the story, such as Tales From The Borderlands or The Walking Dead games from Tell-Tale. Oh yeah! Euro Truck Sim 2 is always a great one for me when I'm just intending to not do anything else but relax... Been a while since I've done that though. And sometimes Grand Theft Auto V can be pretty fun for me.

Oh, tortillas all the way. I typically find that I like tortillas more personally, mainly being for the overall simplicity of them I guess as compared to any other chips... I mean, tortillas don't have all sorts of artificial stuff and ingredients in them, and they are just more overall natural, and therefore, a bit healthier than potato chips (that's not to say tortilla chips are the most healthiest thing you can eat of course ) but I guess just what I mean by more "simplicity" is mainly how tortillas are just basically pieces of corn and flour, usually with some kind of little blend of salt or something...... Bottom line, they just taste more natural I guess is what I'm trying to get at. .-. EDIT: ...... Dangit! Now I want some tortilla chips.