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That's right...country...hard, fast, shit kicking country. Didn't expect that after Bauhaus didja :) Anyway...this song will hopefully be my weekend as it was already the feel of last night.



I like getting

high on speed

and runnin' around like some jack rabbit

that's looking to breed

oh lord

I'm a hard living man



And I like riding

them rails of companion

and rolling on down

like some hell bound train

oh lord

I'm a hard living man



I've been known

to gamble

lose more than I win

I've been known

to dabble

in the ways of sin



Some live their lives

like a stagnating pond

just sit in one place

and never moving on

Oh lord

that ain't the way that I am



If life'd be a river

with rapids so wild

I'll go over that waterfall

with a smile

as I die

oh a hard living man



I've been known

to gamble

lose more than I win

I've been known

to dabble

in the ways of sin



Momma says you can't live this hard

but she also knows you can't tame the heart

of this

living hard living man



I've been known

to gamble

lose more than I win

I've been known

to dabble

in the ways of sin



oh lord

I'm a hard living man

Can someone explain to me the reasoning for disabling 'right click' on a profile? Something beyond, "I wanted to annoy as many visitors as possible."



I've only heard of two reasons thus far and both are wrong:



Reason one - To protect my images - well newsflash...it doesn't. I can grab images and drag them off the browser to my desktop and it does the same thing. I don't need to right click in order to download...hell anything that can be done with the right click, can be done either with a menu selection or by using the left click...which brings me to the second excuse I've heard



Reason two - to keep my source code hidden - hot off the presses is this little tidbit of info...if I'm looking at your page and I go to my menu, I can select "view source code". Instantly I can see all the same code that I would with a right click. So that's wrong too.



Do people have any other reasons? "I don't want it easy for you to open a new tab" "I don't like the fact that you have a right click and I don't" "I wanted to be different" ?? Clue me in...just realize that it doesn't offer any protection of your material.

I see so much in the way of copyrights on this site. Don't get me wrong, it's great that your proud of your work it's just that well...most of it is crap :P



Your prom pictures, run through a photoshop filter, does not constitute art that someone is going to steal. A pic of the sky or even *gasp* a sunset, is in little danger of becoming the next album cover or even a cheap calendar. Realistically, the photos we post are all to low of a resolution to use professionally anyway. Even the really good stuff isn't going to get ripped so chill, my brothers and sisters. Don't feel the need to put a homemade (poorly designed) watermark across your images.



Some folks have done some fairly good drawings or tracings as most appear to be. Some people have really got a knack for photo editing. I know however of only a couple people on this site whos work is good enough to warrant use by others...those folks also understand that even then, no one is likely to use them without permission. What I'm saying is even those on this site who model, who have professionally accepted photos, don't put a big copyright across the image. They understand the nature of the web and the likelyhood of their photos being 'stolen'...why don't you?

Am I just jaded today or feeling extra feisty?



Double Dare:



I dare you, to be real

To touch a flickering flame

The pangs of dark delight

Don't cower in night fright



Don't back away just yet

From destinations set

I dare you to be proud

To dare to shout aloud

For convictions that you feel

Like sound from bells to peal

I dare you to speak of your despise

For bureaucracy, hypocracy- all liars



I dare

I dare

I dare- you- you

That's right. Some of us are actually going so far as to make the rest of us a little more stupid just by reading your forum posts.



That's not meant to be bitchy or mean. Let's be honest...some folks are so intent on posting that they do so regardless of how well they know a subject. That doesn't mean belief subjects because really...believe what you want you know...I'm not here to step on your faith.



But don't tell me that the word 'witch' is latin and means 'wise one' and don't tell me that the Necronomicon was really written by the mad arab or that you can and do drink pints of blood at a time. It's not even a question of honesty. It's disinformation. What you're doing is putting out false information and claiming it as the truth and the truth is you probably don't even know you're doing it. You're just repeating something you've heard somewhere but stating it like you're some expert.



We all know that many people will read just a portion of a thread. We know that because half the time a posting just a couple down from the accepted facts or supported definitions and links is someone blurting out the same wrong bullshit again. What that means is that if someone doesn't read the whole thread...and manages to read your post based on false knowledge or heresay without reading further down where it's refuted...you've just made a bunch of people more dumb. You've taken their education back a step. I hope you're happy with that.



Seriously though...if ya don't know...don't say it like you do or at least give it some qualifying "this is what I heard" disclaimer.



Rant over...I know...useless anyway.

Because you're young, sharp as a knife

You need that buzz to come alive

Out on the edge, out on the town

You ain't got time to settle down

You're always sure, you're always right

You see it all in black and white

You never listen to anyone

Because you're young



Because you're young, you're torn between

A world of hate and a world of dreams

So much to lose, so much to gain

So much to fight for, so much to change

You don't look back, you don't look down

You gotta turn everything around

You live your life like a loaded gun

Because you're young



Stop talking back, get off the phone

You're late again, you missed the last bus home

This ain't the way you wanna live

I know something's got to give

You're always sure, you're always right

You see it all in black and white

You never listen to anyone

Because you're young

This particular post was so in-line with what I find annoying about some of the modern living vampire youth that I felt it (and my response) was worth keeping. Interestingly enough and perhaps this is the sign of a positive sea change, there were far fewer posts this time around that nauseatingly said, "People fear what they don't understand"...but there were still some of them.



I am respectful of peoples decisions to be what they are and believe what they wish, but if that's vampirism, don't make it seem like you're really living a hard life because of it...and I beg you not to mention 'hunters' or 'shunned' if you wish me to remain silent.



Mezkha

Marplot (4)

Posts: 16

WHY US!

Posted: 00:19:58 - Aug 26 2007

Times viewed: 406



For as long as I can remember people have shunned our kind and it forever haunts me with every feeding, could this be what fules(sic) me to live? But thats just an extra question,the real question is why must we be the targets for humor and riddicule?





FelixFelix

Sire (28)

Posts: 1228

Re: WHY US!

Posted: 20:17:56 - Sep 10 2007

Times viewed: 12



Firstly - Shunned sounds so overdramatic...like we're living in the middle ages and the Holy Roman Emperor has just given an edict against you...



Second - Are you really 'shunned' for being what you are or is it for discussing something that the average person finds uncomfortable. Blood drinking is creepy for some, sexual (and therefore personal) to others, and just plain nutty and pointless to others still. For a very few, blood drinking (or energy vampirism) is a metaphysical practice, belief or faith. No one is chasing you with torches and pitchforks based on you being what you are.



However, if you try to explain it to anyone and everyone that you feed off others, most will probably just think your crazy or lying or both and not give it a second thought. Even then, they're still going to let you sit at the same counter, get on the same bus, eat next to them in a restaurant, and use the same drinking fountain. Most people don't fear you (that's wishful thinking) and your not being shunned just ignored or made fun of. Let's try to be realistic about what is happening and why.