Should I head to Prom?

[MagicJuggler]

Would it make good PR if I went (as I am also attempting to run for Vice President), or would it really not make a difference.

My issues are the following:
-Paying for tickets and stuff. I am the biggest cheapskate around; rather than buy a new backpack, I stapled and duct-taped my original.
-Heading with a girl. The problem is that the girl of my dreams is going with somebody else (of course, because I am either fickle or a schizophrenic, I really no longer care). Would heading with somebody
-Dress code. Tuxs are passe. I wish to pull off a Keanu Reeves, entering the area in shades, black pants, black shoes, and a leather trenchcoat. What is everybody's opinion on this?

[Kliq]

Its one of those that only come around a few times in your life. I wouldn't pass it up, get a couple of friends together and go.

[MagicJuggler]

Oh yeah, and I don't have my license. My parents would have to drop me off. :(

And of the friends I have, I know about 5 that are going. Most have dates already. I know some people that invited me to a Japanese steakhouse, although as I am attempting to convert to vegitarianism (I went for a week without animal product), I said I would think about it...

[Kliq]

Oh yeah, and I don't have my license. My parents would have to drop me off. :mad:

Get a friend to give you a ride.

[peasantlover]

dont go veggie dude. you'll regret it.


p.s. go to the prom.

[Nate]

-Heading with a girl. The problem is that the girl of my dreams is going with somebody else

DUDE

*SOB*

I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL!!! except its not a confirmation that the girl I love is actually going to go with him...but still.....

[MagicJuggler]

dont go veggie dude. you'll regret it.


p.s. go to the prom.

I am curious, why should I not become vegetarian? Should I undertake it, I shall be able to become an animal-rights activist and environmentalist, without being charged as a hypocrite due to carnivorous tendencies.

DUDE

*SOB*

I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL!!! except its not a confirmation that the girl I love is actually going to go with him...but still.....

Thanks for the sympathy Nate. This girl actually knew that I admired her intelligence, her super-organization, her vegetarianism, and her personality (she looks pretty good too). At least I took things better than my last crush (she freaked out when I found out where she lived...)

[peasantlover]

thats a good reason not to do it right there. btw, environmentalism has nothing to do w/ whether you eat meat or not. (actually, hunting is sometimes good for the environment)

[GTATrumpet]

you should go.....naked.....with a blow up doll.

[IEatFriedPikmin]

yes go, but dont go as keanu reeves. If i saw someone wearing a trenchcoat to prom, i would mistake them as a loner.

[MagicJuggler]

I could play "hard to get" and that might increase my appeal...

[MONSTER ZERO]

^no it wont.. and don’t act too desperate either. just be yourself youll feel better when she likes you for who you are rather than acting as someone youre not.

[Travis]

Who the fuck cares. It's a stupid high school dance where girls dress likes skanks and rub their asses on guy's cocks.

Just get a girl and go on a regular date. It would be more fun, and cheaper, and just better in general. That's what I'll probably do.

EDIT: I shouldn't say they DRESS like skanks, but I should say they act like skanks.

[peasantlover]

Damn, Suzuki, if I had known that in HS I prolly would have gone to my prom...

[Travis]

Seriously, that's pretty much all it is. People doing those slutty dances to rap music in a big dark room.

You pay tons of money to go to a dance with a girl and it's all shitty music and whores.

[MONSTER ZERO]

i dont remember any rap music in my prom. suzuki, where you from?

[Travis]

North Carolina. It's all that "R & B" shit and what not. Not necessarily like, "gangsta rap."

[peasantlover]

Seriously, that's pretty much all it is. People doing those slutty dances to rap music in a big dark room.

You pay tons of money to go to a dance with a girl and it's all shitty music and whores.


so.... know any HS chicks in the south that might wanna invite an older "mature" guy?

[Travis]

Let me work on that for ya, peasantlover.

;)

[The Dude]

Only go if you have a "special someone" to take. Other wise its kinda boring. It was around $150 to go to my Senior prom, I didn't go

[swifferman]

*cough* loser *cough*

jk dude

go, or else you'll feel bad for the rest of your life

[MagicJuggler]

Only go if you have a "special someone" to take. Other wise its kinda boring. It was around $150 to go to my Senior prom, I didn't go

One problem...I don't. Everybody whom I've had a crush on (always the superintelligent ones) always (convieniently...) had another somebody. Like Suzuki, I also live in NC, and I just CANNOT tolerate R&B. I am into British rock: Tears for Fears, Pink Floyd, Supertramp.

The truth is...I am kinda desperate, if only for the social status and the subsequent power it affords me. I have managed to score Dysfunctional Geek on the Online Geek test, so that pretty much tells me how bad I am.

[MagicJuggler]

*cough* loser *cough*

jk dude

go, or else you'll feel bad for the rest of your life

Hmm...regret is what you're implying. Ad bauculum!

[swifferman]

Hmm...regret is what you're implying. Ad bauculum!


umm
yeah

*walks away*

[Sendok]

I personally hate dances...so why on earth do I want to spend over 200 -for the whole thing- when im not even going to dace w/my date?

Some of me and my friends are just going to go out to eat, dress semi formal, then probably come back to my house or Jed's house and just hang out.

[Dark_Cloud]

God, just quit being such a pussy and get your ass to prom and cut a little rug.

[Yes]

Go, nerd.

[MagicJuggler]

God, just quit being such a pussy and get your ass to prom and cut a little rug.

You know what, fuck you! Just kidding, just kidding. I am not a pussy; rather I have this weird tendency to scare people just by being around them. Maybe it's the fact I'm 2nd-gen Colombian, or maybe it's the fact I know that AK-47 stands for Auvomat Klashkinov 1947. Just kidding! I'm really a nice guy, whom gets along with nearly everybody.

I've heard slang, from "mack out" to "pimpin" but "cut a little rug" is one I haven't heard.

Ad bauculum is the logical fallacy of appealing to fear. Example:
Boss: Get this assignment done or you're fired!

But the money is what I am most concerned about; how to go in as cost-effective format as possible. To that end, semi-formal dress, hitching a ride with somebody else, getting my hair cut on a budget, and just looking for ways to cut on cost. Like I mentioned in my first post, I am a true cheapskate.

Yes I am a nerd. Yes I look like a nerd (at least when I am not wearing contacts). No I am not afraid of girls. Yes I know a lot of them are skanks (although I am friends with quite a few of the "nerd" girls). Yes I want to run for vice president (of student council anyway; the presidency is being run for by another ubermenschlich that has the same political policies I do and I don't want to go down in history as another Wendell Willkie), and that an area like Prom is a great place to initiate a PR campaign.

[Greg]

I'm not going, to much money, not enough fun, the problem is there will be nothing to do that night since everyone will be at prom.

[MagicJuggler]

I'm not going, to much money, not enough fun, the problem is there will be nothing to do that night since everyone will be at prom.

Do you play Starcraft? My Battlenet name is Gen.Belisarius.

[Greg]

^I used to play it, haven't for a while now though, I've been thinking about gettin back into it

[MagicJuggler]

^I used to play it, haven't for a while now though, I've been thinking about gettin back into it

I play all three races equally. When fighting Zerg, I play Protoss. When fighting Protoss, I play Terran. When fighting Terran, I play Zerg.

[swifferman]

I play all three races equally. When fighting Zerg, I play Protoss. When fighting Protoss, I play Terran. When fighting Terran, I play Zerg.

are ya sure girls aren't afriad of you because of that?

[MagicJuggler]

Nah...I don't mention my Starcraft enthusiasm to others, unless they too play Starcraft. And NO I AM NOT KOREAN!!!

[Dark_Cloud]

Cut a little rug is dancing. Ah, losers never saw major paine...

[Bryan]

I am curious, why should I not become vegetarian? Should I undertake it, I shall be able to become an animal-rights activist and environmentalist, without being charged as a hypocrite due to carnivorous tendencies.

There's nothing unnatural about eating animals..

Thanks for the sympathy Nate. This girl actually knew that I admired her intelligence, her super-organization, her vegetarianism, and her personality (she looks pretty good too). At least I took things better than my last crush (she freaked out when I found out where she lived...)

Ohh damn.

[Travis]

I'm all for animal rights, but I will certainly eat a steak if I was at a restuarant.

I want to join PETA. People for the Eating of Tasty Animals.

[Bryan]

Hell yes. Food chain!

[Nate]

Just go dude.....you will probabally regret it. If girls deny you because you're a nerd or what ever, fuck them....because anyone who thinks they are better than anyone is a fucked up person.

[peasantlover]

I play all three races equally. When fighting Zerg, I play Protoss. When fighting Protoss, I play Terran. When fighting Terran, I play Zerg.

I could slaughter you as the Protoss with me being Zerg :)

Tho, thats the way to do it... Terran have natural advantages against Protoss, Zer against Terran, etc..

[MagicJuggler]

Well, that's the problem. Even the "Nerd" girls can find dates. I just can't find anybody to go with. thanks for the support Nate; I shall not let any pretentious snot debase my humanity, my dignity. And if I wish to go dressed as a trenchcoat-wearing Keanu Reeves-knockoff, I shall go as a trenchcoat-wearing Keanu Reeves knockoff; to heck with the conservative tux!

[peasantlover]

yay. good for you.

p.s. why arent you at school boy? its 9:30 (central time)

[MagicJuggler]

yay. good for you.

p.s. why arent you at school boy? its 9:30 (central time)

Actually I was at school at the time I typed this in; it was my Travel Period. I go between two schools, a home school and a "Career Center." Career Center is the only way to take many of the AP level classes.

[Rabunis]

Here's what you should do:
Go to the prom with some buddies if you can't find a girl
Don't dress like Neo. That will solidify everyone at your school's assumption that you are a weirdo (which is bad if you are running for president)
Have fun

Prom is one of those things that some people think is a total waste of time and money but it is a really good experience that you will probably remember for the rest of your life.

[MagicJuggler]

Well, things have gone from bad to worse. There is nobody to go with. Every girl whom I asked is taken, and I mean EVERY girl from the 11-12 range.

Only one group has invited me. I know nobody in their group.

[peasantlover]

so what. they invited you. go. or dont go.

[Bryan]

Just go. It's a political function.

[MagicJuggler]

Just go. It's a political function.

To quote Friedrich Nietzsche, "What does not kill me only makes me stronger." Bought the ticket today.

[swifferman]

To quote Friedrich Nietzsche, "What does not kill me only makes me stronger." Bought the ticket today.
ok
dude

like

fuck

stop fucking talking like that...There is smart and there is outright wierd.

Thats just fucking wierd!

jk(kinda) :D

[MagicJuggler]

ok
dude

like

fuck

stop fucking talking like that...There is smart and there is outright wierd.

Thats just fucking wierd!

jk(kinda) :D

Friedrich Nietzsche: German philosopher whose teachings would be later used by the Existentialists. Among his teachings were that there was no such thing as good or evil, that the laws need not apply if one was an ubermenschlich (superman; unfortunately, the Nazis and Facists also used this argument to justify the Master Race Theory), and that whatever doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

Don't worry; just because I know how to quote Nietzsche, or other philosophers (I wish not to wear a tux, for it's expensive, and as Solon said, "Nothing in Excess"), doesn't mean I am going to become the next Nietzsche (or Voltaire; I personally enjoy his quote "In the absence of a God, man will invent him) or some other famous philosopher; a humble position as a videogame programmer is all I covet.

[Colin™]

Would it make good PR if I went (as I am also attempting to run for Vice President), or would it really not make a difference.

My issues are the following:
-Paying for tickets and stuff. I am the biggest cheapskate around; rather than buy a new backpack, I stapled and duct-taped my original.
-Heading with a girl. The problem is that the girl of my dreams is going with somebody else (of course, because I am either fickle or a schizophrenic, I really no longer care). Would heading with somebody
-Dress code. Tuxs are passe. I wish to pull off a Keanu Reeves, entering the area in shades, black pants, black shoes, and a leather trenchcoat. What is everybody's opinion on this?

-Sometimes, you have to spend money to get something you want.
-Don't be so goddamn picky. Just find a cute girl and ask her. You don't have to go to prom with the girl you're going to marry. Its all just fun.
-Anyone who wants to dress like Keanu in the matrix, would probably look like a very big nerd. Only Keanu could pull that stuff off. In a movie. Don't try to look "cool" in your wack ass definition, but look classy.

[swifferman]

Friedrich Nietzsche: German philosopher whose teachings would be later used by the Existentialists. Among his teachings were that there was no such thing as good or evil, that the laws need not apply if one was an ubermenschlich (superman; unfortunately, the Nazis and Facists also used this argument to justify the Master Race Theory), and that whatever doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

Don't worry; just because I know how to quote Nietzsche, or other philosophers (I wish not to wear a tux, for it's expensive, and as Solon said, "Nothing in Excess"), doesn't mean I am going to become the next Nietzsche (or Voltaire; I personally enjoy his quote "In the absence of a God, man will invent him) or some other famous philosopher; a humble position as a videogame programmer is all I covet.


*suicide*

...

man

gawd damn

btw

Voltaire is a bitch

[peasantlover]

yeah, actually he was a bitch. lol.
Friedrich Nietzsche: German philosopher whose teachings would be later used by the Existentialists. Among his teachings were that there was no such thing as good or evil, that the laws need not apply if one was an ubermenschlich (superman; unfortunately, the Nazis and Facists also used this argument to justify the Master Race Theory), and that whatever doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

Don't worry; just because I know how to quote Nietzsche, or other philosophers (I wish not to wear a tux, for it's expensive, and as Solon said, "Nothing in Excess"), doesn't mean I am going to become the next Nietzsche (or Voltaire; I personally enjoy his quote "In the absence of a God, man will invent him) or some other famous philosopher; a humble position as a videogame programmer is all I covet.
eh, how old are you kid? you are too young to be studying Nietzsche or Voltaire, its dangerous.. why dont you study Plato instead, he's much more suitable for ya youngster.. p.s. I am pretty sure that quote doesnt come from Nietzsche..

[MagicJuggler]

yeah, actually he was a bitch. lol.

eh, how old are you kid? you are too young to be studying Nietzsche or Voltaire, its dangerous.. why dont you study Plato instead, he's much more suitable for ya youngster.. p.s. I am pretty sure that quote doesnt come from Nietzsche..

Too young? I like to study this sort of stuff. And yes, from Beyond Good and Evil (NOT THE VIDEOGAME!)

[peasantlover]

Anyway, Nietzsche didnt exactly believe there was NO good and evil... his definition just wasnt the same as traditional definitions. It was more like "good" = strong, heroic, dont hold grudges, etc. "evil" = weak, resentful, sick, etc... (he calls them "good" and "bad"...)

[MagicJuggler]

God is dead. Today, I realized that the group was also bringing along their dates; if I went along I would've been the 13th member. Also, I managed (unintentionally) to scare another crush simply by finding out her phone number from a friend. I called her for help in AP Chemistry (the academic form of chemistry), and just before I hang up, she asks, "Where did you get my number?" I think I may have scared her thus :eek:

[Bryan]

That is true. Very true.

[Travis]

Hmm...that's an interesting situation. You should ask that crush to the prom without hesitation, before she gets time to be scared.

[MagicJuggler]

Hmm...that's an interesting situation. You should ask that crush to the prom without hesitation, before she gets time to be scared.

Too late for me to ask; I asked last week and she said she was going with ANOTHER computer geek. Durnit!

[Bryan]

Have you looked at other schools?

[MagicJuggler]

Have you looked at other schools?

Unfortunately, yes. I guess I asked too late :(

[Zac]

Invite Mysterio to the prom with you!

[MagicJuggler]

Too late; I already went. Not surprisingly, the shades weren't too weird; at least 5 or 6 other people were wearing some as well (yet they entered later; in the meantime, amidst positive comments on the jacket "Is it real leather," "Did you rent it," "It's really your jacket? How come you don't wear it to school?,"You went all out!," the only negative comment I recieved was "You security?" to which I reply "Could be."

Suzuki was right about there being too much hip-hop. They had virtually no music from the '80s, which kinda ticked me off. Songs like Seeds of Love, Obsession (great if you're dating a psycho), Addicted to Love, Time of my Life, etc. would have been perfect for such a social function, but alas, too much hip-hop permeated the area.

PS: The reason I commented on Obsession like that is (besides the title), the song's main lyrics are:

You are an obsession! You're my obsession!
What will I have to do (separate) to make you sleep with me?
You are an obsession! My obsession!
I want to collect you! I want to capture you!
etc. etc.