Arts & Humanities - 30 September 2007

What's up my peeps!!! Hey, just kidding, I don't really talk like that...anyway, do people in general have motivation to do things well? Is it out of fear? Is it out of love? Out of pride? I have no motivation for doing the things I do anymore, so I'm looking to borrow some of YOURS. So, PLEASE tell me, why do you do the things you do? Do you just enjoy them, or do you have to force yourself through motivation to do them...or do you not even question it, and just do things because they were given to you to do??

2007-09-30 16:58:44 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

2007-09-30 16:53:08 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

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Does it look scary/cool/weird? I like feedback for this Halloween pic. Thanks.

2007-09-30 16:52:08 · 15 answers · asked by MKS 2 in Other - Visual Arts

I am looking for new authors...or at least new to me. They might be pretty old to you guys!
I adore sci-fi, fantasy, action/adventure, drama, romance, mystery...basically anything fictional and well written.
I've read the classics (degree in Lit kinda demanded that I do so) so post 1950s would be great. Age appropriateness and content isn't an issue as I've passed into adulthood, and yet still love Young Adult Literature as well as the racier subject matters.

OH...please, please, please...No Stephanie Myers suggestions. I have her books and I swear by all that is good and holy that once I get over having seen her name plastered everywhere I will read them. Pinky swear, even.

Thanks for your suggestions.

2007-09-30 16:50:18 · 14 answers · asked by lkydragn 4 in Books & Authors

2007-09-30 16:50:05 · 10 answers · asked by aNgRy YoUnG pOeT 5 in History

does anyone know when les miserables is comin to houston texas

2007-09-30 16:48:08 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Theater & Acting

I hold faith to be a relationship, but atheists also have systems of beliefs, values and assumptions, i.e. rationalism, humanism, naturalism, dialectic materialism, etc. Do any of these point to an external point of reference, even if that is not an entity or person? Is it possible for faith to be totally self involved?

2007-09-30 16:39:59 · 12 answers · asked by Fr. Al 6 in Philosophy

ok so you know the caretaker or whatever at hogwarts?..i think his name is Filch or something like that. is he a squib?? you never see him do magic or anything

...lol this question is really random

2007-09-30 16:34:29 · 16 answers · asked by x3_kat 2 in Books & Authors

(and finally, two worlds collide................. )
{Looking like a banshee hovering, eering shrieking}



Darker your room gets, abnormally

Sitting alone, watching tv

One tape left of your sickening glee

'Bet cha never expected again to see me'





'You killed me! You did! I was so benign!

My torment for years you ended at nine!

A decade flown by, this unspeakable crime!

I emerge from abyss, it's your turn this time!'

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

'Hmm, what's the matter, close your d*mn mouth!'

You afraid of my army brought back from the south?'
(Tortured they were) like me cotton mouthed,

Afraid to fight back as if they weren’t allowed.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

'Sixty-nine souls that you brought together,

By cleaning up evidence, Ooo, you're so clever.'

'You'd never get caught, not you, tch, not ever!

But your ties to the victims weren’t easily severed'

2007-09-30 16:30:18 · 6 answers · asked by ? 3 in Poetry

2007-09-30 16:26:48 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in History

Are you satisfied with your job? If so, is there another job you've always wanted to try?

If not, what would you rather be doing?

2007-09-30 16:21:46 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

Dear Santa


Dec 20, 1998

Dear Santa,
How are you this year?
I've been a real good boy
I’ve been in remission and
Would like a 'tinker' toy
Mum's helping write this letter
So it get's to you on time
Besides, there's some big words to
learn and I haven’t had the time

I loved the puppets you brought me
Last year when I was three
But, I was weak and bed ridden
So the staff did shows for me.

I wish all the kids had saw it,
It was really quite silly
But, there are only 4 kids left
Including little me

Remember Tommy Jamerson,
My 12 year old best friend?
Well, an angel came and took him
To be at Gods right hand.

I miss Tommy really bad but,
He left me with this gift
A baseball hat for my bare head
I think of him when wearing it.

Susan got to go home for
Christmas time this year!
She got that liver transplant
And is doing fine I hear.

2007-09-30 16:20:13 · 9 answers · asked by ? 3 in Poetry

To Kill A Child
up in your face
that desperate plea
brutally erased
A piercing scream
among your ears
what makes you ignore
that fear you hear?
That blank expression
under the surface
Eyes look through you
ominous
What could they have
possibly done
To send you rage
and kill that one
For just one day
if I had the power
To torture you all
and watch you cower
To bring onto you
that which you brought
a last final lesson
that killers need taught.

2007-09-30 16:17:40 · 9 answers · asked by ? 3 in Poetry

2007-09-30 16:16:58 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Books & Authors

What motivated Northerners & Southerners to fight in the Civil War?

2007-09-30 16:15:54 · 7 answers · asked by nonoame :] 2 in History

2007-09-30 16:13:32 · 11 answers · asked by heatherinphx 2 in History

2007-09-30 16:12:24 · 2 answers · asked by seashell n 1 in Books & Authors

there's a whole lot of labels at school : preps, jocks, emos, goths, punks, nerds, geeks, dorks, etc.
then, nationalities : yanks, brits, mexicans (usually ignorats refer to them as the whole hispanic nation, which drives me crazy), chinese (usually refered as the whole asian nation too), and blacks.
then, also, religion : christians, jews, catholics, atheists, buddhists, etc.

but, in ALL this, there's a whole chain going on of hate (like a hates b, b hates c, c hates a...), what's the deal with that?!

I am so tired of it because it's everywhere! I can't say I don't do it, because that's the type of country I was born in (argentina), we think we're the best...

BUT DO YOU THINK THIS WILL EVER CHANGE?

2007-09-30 16:10:34 · 12 answers · asked by wallflower 5 in Philosophy

Screamin' Demons'
Soulless eyes
Trapped by fate
No compromise
Slowed by chains
In life they wrought
By steering away from
What they were taught
Some bare the torture
Of senseless wars
Constantly wailing
Of mental scars
And those whom did not
Keep searching for years
For those who were takin'
And thrown to their fears
The ones lying quiet
We must'nt be fooled
For all eternity
They are ridiculed
As man once was
It all passes over
The jealousy and hate
Forever they'll suffer
Take one night
To visit Pine Hill
Stroll into the middle
Stand perfectly still
In a minute or two
The wind will start blowing
The fog will roll in
And you'll begin knowing
The restless souls
Who dwell here forever
Making all the tales of
'Blood Cemetery' better


(every year)

2007-09-30 16:09:05 · 3 answers · asked by ? 3 in Poetry

2007-09-30 16:08:08 · 3 answers · asked by anicento@sbcglobal.net 1 in Books & Authors

please describe two results of the glorious revolution in U.K~

2007-09-30 16:00:20 · 5 answers · asked by Wu K 1 in History

2007-09-30 15:59:46 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Books & Authors

what can i do to get into acting.most of the agents say that i need a resume(probly spelt that wrong) with all the projects that i done.I have 0 commercials or anthing that is big.I live in Boston MA.its a cupple of hours away from NY.Are agents expensive?
Thanks

2007-09-30 15:57:46 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Theater & Acting

2007-09-30 15:55:40 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

Your input please. No spam please. I sorta think that, but its all worth it when you achieve your goals, and the thrill of victory pushes all of that away.

2007-09-30 15:52:05 · 8 answers · asked by Suki 4 in Philosophy

I think it is, so I want to see what the masses think. Your input please. No spam please.

2007-09-30 15:50:39 · 34 answers · asked by Suki 4 in Philosophy

What were the promises of the American Revolution and do u believe that those promises were achieved by the end of the Jacksonian era? Whick Americans benefited from the fulfillment of these promises ans which Americans found themselves on the outside looking n?

2007-09-30 15:50:30 · 1 answers · asked by barcajv@sbcglobal.net 1 in History

Is it something in human nature? So many of them were alive during the Third Reich and the response during that time was to do nothing. So many of them must have saw what was happening to the Jews (getting kicked out of their homes, etc) and had to have had at least a slight idea of what was going on (Some of the books I have read seem to confirm this).

Yet after the war the response was to ban everything associated with Hitler and the Nazis. Now to have parades, symbols, etc associated with the Nazis is illegal.

To me it's completely fake. These people were willing to do nothing or aide in the Final Solution and now they act like nothing has happened and that they did nothing wrong. I guess in the end the people that are still alive from that time period are the ones that have to live with themselves and that they are blaming it on Hitler and a few individuals.

2007-09-30 15:49:15 · 9 answers · asked by MLeinart7 2 in History

I need a link to a great book. i know gutenberg and all those free book websites but i want to know which books that are good if you've read them before.

2007-09-30 15:48:49 · 6 answers · asked by Animal Luverr™ 4 in Books & Authors

I want to writed a childrens book, but I am not sure where to go to get started? Does anyone know where I can go if I want to write childrens books

2007-09-30 15:47:55 · 3 answers · asked by emma 2 in Books & Authors