Friday, March 26, 2010

Kindle Screens: The Big Wahoo

So, I got tired of dealing with blogger's awkward image tools. So I dumped all my Kindle screensavers on Photobucket! Have fun!!

Over 100 Free Kindle Screensavers HERE

Best,
Nix

DISCLAIMER AGAIN: Most of this work is not mine. These screensavers are made in the spirit of promoting some of my favorite artists, webcomics, books, tv shows, movies, etc. , and I do not in any way lay claim to them. I have credited the work of various artists wherever possible, and would be happy to add credit or remove an image upon request by the artist. End small print.

See previous Kindle Screensaver posts here.

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Here are some other sites with screens available:

Kindlerama: Assorted

Jackson Unit: Assorted

B. Tackitt: Assorted (many!)

Whatzits Galore: Disney Princess Noveau

Redeeming Qualities: Piranesis-Carceri

Kevin Guyer: Modern Authors

Nintendo Screensavers (in forum) (Zip File)
Original (Amazon) Kindle Screensavers (in forum) (Zip File)


Wednesday, May 6, 2009

The Story of Thomas and the Possum Head

So today I’d like to share something from way back when. Something that remains to this day as one of the more surreal events of my life. I present to you:


The Story of Thomas and the Possum Head.


(You have to picture that last part with flashing lights and large, sweeping hand gestures.)


As I said, this was a while back, and Thomas and I were both still in high school. Now, when I was a sophomore, the pain-in-the-butt biology project was leaf-collecting in the fall and wildflower-collecting in the spring. I was a fall student. We had regular, designated leaf-collecting days and we couldn’t go home until we filled our list. I retain lovely memories of my 16th birthday, spent running around in the rain trying to reach vines in high places. Clearly, this was something that helped me grow as a student and a human being.


By the time Tom’s turn came around they’d decided to go with a different pain-in-the-butt project. This may or may not have had something to do with the spring wildflowers frequently refusing to bloom on anything like the time frame of the carefully scheduled lesson plans. No, for Tom’s turn they did ‘Biology-In-a-Box.’ They had a huge list of hundreds of Biology related items—“monocot leaf,” “bird feather,” “diatomaceous earth”—and Tom’s job was to find one hundred of the items on the list and put them in a box. Yet another grow-as-a-person assignment (excuse me, I meant “student-active learning project”).


Of course, actually finding one hundred of the list’s items (which included many of the spitefully non-blooming wildflowers and impossible to find leaves) was an ordeal which required many man-hours and whole-family participatory fun. (“Look, Tom! A mushroom! Do you have a mushroom yet? Is there anything on the list which requires a mushroom? What about a rotting log?”)


Students were not actually supposed to purchase items for their boxes—that would be discriminatory against poor students and bad—but as I have it on good authority that students were turning in boxes with walnuts and dried sage and grapefruits it’s safe to say that that rule was honored only in principle. As in, ‘I’ve been working on this box for months and I still need 25 more items and there’s two weeks left and if I don’t actually start making some progress on this thing I will go insane.’ That principle. (“Look, Tom! A Portabello mushroom! Do you have a mushroom yet?”)


So, as I said, time was running out, everyone was getting a little stressed and a little desperate, and correspondingly less selective and more creative (or possibly more demented). All of which goes to explain (for some value of the word ‘explain’) the moment when my dad was driving home from work, saw a road-killed possum, and thought, Ah-ha!


You see, one of the items on the list was ‘a skull.’ No, really. (And I think it’s fair to say, at this juncture, that if my father had crossed the line into psychosis he was well and truly pushed. We’re probably all just lucky no one had an ‘Ah-ha!’ moment looking at a younger sibling.) You may think you can see where this is going now, but believe me, imagination cannot do justice to the events that followed.


The passage of time not proving to diminish his newly formed resolve, my father returned home and placed an ax and a plastic bag in the trunk of his car. On his next trip home from work, he pulled over to the side of the road, took his ax, looked around for traffic, and proceeded to chop the head off of the rotting road-kill. (Did I mention this story is not for the weak of stomach? No? *Ahem.* This story is not for the weak of stomach.)


Actually, I should say he proceeded to attempt to chop the head off of the rotting, road-killed possum. As he explained it later ‘the neck was kind of leathery and rubbery. It wouldn’t come off.’ With increasing vigor he continued to whack at the dead animal, tension mounting. He was very aware of passing cars slowing down… and then speeding up; driving away very, very quickly from the crazy man with the axe dismembering road-kill.


Eventually, however, he succeeded in acquiring one possum skull, still inside one possum head. He put it in the bag, threw it in the trunk, and brought it merrily home. This was the point when the rest of the family was introduced into the venture. (“Look, Tom! A rotting possum head! Do you have a rotting possum head yet?”)


The possum head was foul. The bag did nothing. As I recall (the memory has grown blessedly hazy on the details) maggots were involved. The stench seemed to permeate everything. My mother very intelligently decreed that the thing was not coming anywhere near her house.


Now, if it had just been me, I would have had no idea how to go about removing a skull from the inside of a head. Color me a white-bread product of suburbia. But, apparently, the solution to that particular problem is to boil the flesh off of it (weak stomach people, have you left the building yet?). Once again, my mother very intelligently decreed that the thing was not coming anywhere near her house or her pots and pans, but she did dig out an old camping cook set that was collecting dust in the garage and deemed it disposable. Then, in a scene reminiscent of ritual sacrifice ceremonies (and also cookouts), we dug a pit in the farthest corner of the backyard, started a coal fire, and set the pot on to boil. (Yum!)


If possible, this made the stench even worse. It seemed to rise up on the steam like a tangible presence, spread through the yard, and sink into the pores of anybody unfortunate enough to be caught in its path. I don’t recall precisely how, but I was nominated for fire-watching duty. At that point, a freak fire, engulfing everything, might have been a mercy.


Although I was learning a lot about biology.


Anyway, time passed, my olfactory receptors mercifully took their own lives, nothing caught on fire, and eventually we had a possum skull amid a sea of some indescribably unpleasant matter that I will refer to in the most liberal of interpretations as ‘soup.’ (When Mom served spaghetti that night seven-year-old Matt piped up, “But I thought we were having possum for dinner?” I harbor serious suspicions that we warped him forever that night.)


The skull itself, when finally separated from the unmentionable horror it floated in and boiled a few more times in increasingly clean water (I use ‘clean’ only in the relative sense), was actually pretty neat. Improbably tiny, maybe three inches long at the outside, it was hard to picture it belonging to an animal the size of a possum. (My sources inform me—for about the billionth time during this writing—that the North AmToman version of this rodent-like marsupial is more properly referred to as an ‘opossum.’ My sources can go soak themselves in possum water—I’m telling this story and I’ll call it whatever I like.)


Anyway, the skull was tiny and perfect, the sharp little teeth were fascinating, and there was definitely an element of ‘nobody else has their very own road-killed possum head skull thing.’ This made it all the more distressing when the students turned in their ‘Biology-In-a-Box’ projects (cue sounds of family members snapping out of their psychoses) and Tom’s box was never heard from again. All traces of our hard work were gone; we were left with only memories, and a really disturbing story to tell at dinner parties.


Oh, and I guess Tom got an ‘A’ or something. I do know he escaped the 10th-grade, and went on to bigger and more pain-in-the-butt school projects, although none of them ever quite measured up to the Box’s sheer capacity for generating ludicrously farcical scenes. Oh, and I know one more thing:


Somewhere out there is a high school biology teacher cackling over an ill-gotten possum skull.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Kindle Screensavers again!

Another post for my Kindle screensaver collection.

...somebody should really take away my Photoshop access. I can't stop myself!

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Let's start us off with some screensavers made from classic art:

Escher





Girl With the Pearl Earring



Italianate Landscape (Jan Both)



A Picture just because (Luke Shorty)-



I don't know where these pictures came from, but these are some nifty tattoos!





Paul the Wineguy's Understanding Art for Geeks collection is hilarious!











I've been watching too much Buffy. I watched it while studying for my Genome Evolution and Biostatistics finals. I may never be able to separate Xander cracking jokes and segregation distortion ever again. But I do adore Spike!







Another from Girl Genius. The comic is awesomeness incarnate.



This one's a combo of sketches from Skin Horse and panel remix from a guest artist. Ah, Skin Horse. The ultimate misfit comic.



Looking For Group-- Laugh at things that shouldn't be funny!





A nifty scene from College Roomies From Hell. Sometimes I just can't make up my mind!





From Bunny:



Sam and Fuzzy! Ninja Mafia! Love!



'nother from Joe and Monkey...



Lily-chan pointed out I had somehow failed to make *any* Narbonic screensavers. I had to rectify that right away. Now we just need some Dave and Mel and Artie!





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Have you seen all my screensavers? I got bunches!

Monday, April 27, 2009

Omegle: The Meaning of Life

So. Omegle is a new website which randomly connects you to an anoymous stranger in order to chat. I thought this was the perfect opportunity to go on a search for meaning. What follows is....

42 Conversations on the Meaning of Life.

Conversation 1:

Connecting to server...
You’re now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!

You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: boys?
You: LOL
Stranger: or girls!
Your conversational partner has disconnected.


Conversation 2:

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
You: *jeopardy music*
You: *tick tock!*
Stranger: lol
Stranger: im high right now
You: ...laughter?
You: ...drugs?
You: Those are passable answers.
You: kthxbai!
You have disconnected.

Conversation 3:

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Your conversational partner has disconnected.

Conversation 4:

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: SUUUUUUUuup
Stranger: there is no meaning
Stranger: i guess.
You: Oh noes!
Stranger: i dont know
Stranger: OH NOES!?
Stranger: i love ohnoes
You: Maybe ohnoes is the meaning?
Stranger: probably.
You: Cool!
Stranger: :D
You have disconnected.

Conversation 5: Reality is an Illusion

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: you get high then ye die
You: you are the second person to say that to me.
You: ...wild.
You: The meaning of life is drugs?
Stranger: fucking clones we are
Stranger: reality is an illusion through lack of drugs mate
You: good to know.
You: Cheers!
Stranger: nah the meaning really is
You have disconnected.

(It’s like one of those scenes where the messenger dies before he can finish the message!! Drama! What was the meaning?!)

Conversation 6:

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: Hi.
Stranger: 42.
You: Yes!
You: DING DING DING!
Stranger: What’d I win?
You: …my eternal gratitude?
Stranger: WOOHOO!
Stranger: Okay, but seriously.
You: srsly?
Stranger: What’s up?
You: I am seeking the meaning of life on the internet!
Your conversational partner has disconnected.

Conversation 7:

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Stranger: hi
You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: 42
You: YES!
Stranger: YEEEEAH!
Stranger: SWINE FLU
Your conversational partner has disconnected.

Conversation 8: The Book

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Stranger: hi
You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: 47
You: ...?
Stranger: Or was it 46? I can't remember...
You: You forgot the meaning of life?
Stranger: 42! There we go.
You: Yay!
Stranger: Sorry about that. ^.^
You: That could have been a life-altering mistake.
Stranger: Yes, it could have been.
You: Crisis averted.
Stranger: Aye.
Stranger: So, how are ya?
You: Seeking the meaning of life on the internet!
Stranger: Don't, you'll be disappointed.
You: You think?
Stranger: I've already told you much more than they ever can.
You: So far my answers are drugs, drugs, I don't know, 42, 42, 47.
Stranger: Also: you should read a Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Stranger: In it, the meaning of life is 42.
You: Excellent.
Stranger: As told by a GINORMOUS supercomputer who was built to do nothing but determine the meaning of life.
Stranger: Good stuff, really.
You: Cheers!
You have disconnected.

Conversation 9:

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
You: hurry hurry!
Stranger: well
Stranger: depend of you.
Stranger: there's no meaning.
You: Oh noes!
Stranger: if you do what you like, live the way you want... I don't know;
Stranger: why?
You: I am seeking the meaning of life on the internet.
Stranger: HAHAHA, but, the life has no meaning.
You: Oh noes! (x2)
Stranger: why this is so important?
You: ....well, it is *life.*
Stranger: but. someday you'll go. you don't have to waste time thinking about the meaning
You: I should waste my time on something else?
Stranger: yeah
You: Cool!
You: Cheers!
You have disconnected.

Conversation 10:

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Stranger: Hey! What's your country and native language?
You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
You: ....I'll answer yours if you answer mine.
Stranger: the answer to life, the universe and everything = 42
You: Yes!
You: USA- english.
Stranger: Canada/French, myself
You: Awesome.
You: Cheers!
You have disconnected.

Conversation 11:

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: nothing, die
You: Aws...
Stranger: webcam it too
You: life?
Stranger: sup
You: I am seeking the meaning of life on the internet.
Stranger: what did you find out so far?
Stranger: because honestly. i dont know
You: nothing, drugs, drugs, I don't know, 42, 42, 47, nothing, nothing.
Stranger: i ike drugs
You: It does seem to be popular.
Stranger: yeah, but when you od its no fun
You: That would be the second part of your response.
Stranger: oh well, good luck with your search
You: Thanks!
Your conversational partner has disconnected.

Conversation 12:

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: love
You: Neat!
Stranger: yep
Stranger: what do YOU think is the meaning?
You: that's actually pretty close to my own response. :)
Stranger: haha
Stranger: what did you say?
You: happiness or 42 would be the first two words coming to mind.
Stranger: whats 42?
You: The answer in the book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Stranger: OH
Stranger: oh
Stranger: i remember now
You: I like 'love' better than 'happiness.'
You: It's more specific.
Stranger: tehehe
Stranger: thank you
Stranger: i work hard on that
Stranger: have a good day now
Your conversational partner has disconnected.

Conversation 13: I am a wise stranger.

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: 42
You: Yes!
Stranger: I want to strangle myself now
You: ...um?
Stranger: Because that is so gay.
You: the response?
Stranger: Yes, only the worst nerds think that is funny.
You: ...and so far about 50% of the people I've asked. :)
You: The other leading response is drugs. Go figure.
Stranger: 50% answer correctly?
You: Do you have a non-funny response?
Stranger: DO you want one?
You: Sure.
Stranger: Because I just about to strangle myself with my mothers utherus for answering that question correctly.
You: so...
Stranger: 42 is a non funny response.
You: It is losing its novelty...
Stranger: Indeed it is.. I wonder if it could be because of people like you?
You: ...the meaning of life is thinly veiled hostility?
Stranger: There is not a common meaning of life, we all have different meanings to our lives, that is my approach to that question.
You: I like that one.
Stranger: I just made it.
Stranger: I am a wise stranger.
You: So what's your meaning?
Stranger: I am aware of my meaning, but I rather not say it to tell you the truth.
You: Fair enough.
Stranger: Even though this is strictly anonymous, I don’t feel comfortable sharing it. And what do you believe is the meaning of life?
You: For the moment I'm leaning towards 'love' as a catch-all response.
Stranger: Ahh, love hehe, well I could see how that could be a popular answer.
You: Not as much as you might think.
Stranger: Oh?
Stranger: Well maybe not on omegle
You: Yes, this is a somewhat particular crowd.
Stranger: Then again, I doubt this is the best place to conduct such a test.
Stranger: Yes, you could say that.
Stranger: And why are you conducting such a test, if I may ask?
You: To see what would happen. :)
Stranger: Fair enough
Stranger: Are you really bored?
You: ...you'd think that would be an easy question.
You: ...not at the moment. :)
You: And why are you on Omegle?
Stranger: Taking a small break from some work I am doing, basically procrastinating.
You: Procrastination 4evah!
Stranger: Indeed...
Stranger: I am excellent at it, I might add.
You: that *was* a very tardy response.
Stranger: It probably was.
Stranger: All my chat's are different, I change personality in everyone.
Stranger: Just to make it more entertaining.
You: So how do I know you're who you say you are?
Stranger: I have not told you anything about myself, eitherway you could not know.
You: dun dun DUN.
Stranger: It was the butler.
(…and somehow I proceeded to have an hour long conversation with this fellow. We wound up threatening each other with trout. It was interesting!)
Your conversational partner has disconnected.

Conversation 14: Britney Spears

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: i dont know :(
You: aws...
Stranger: do u know that ?
You: the meaning of life?
Stranger: yep
You: Maybe love?
Stranger: maybe ..
Stranger: do u like britney spears ?
You: ...
Stranger: ?
You: I don't have strong feelings
Stranger: how old are u ?
You: 23
Stranger: If u dont have strong feelings , you already have it
You: it?
Stranger: yep
You: ...I see.
Stranger: do u listen to britney ? haha
You: Not so much.
Stranger: love is a feeling that we feel and sometimes it make us suffer
You: That's a fair description.
You: But it's also an action.
Stranger: yep
Stranger: If the pain of love comes to u someday , cry a tear , and keep ur faith in the heart .. Cause its not everybody that suffers because love , some people suffer because they dont love with a fear to suffer..
You have disconnected.

Conversation 15:

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: ME
You: Ah!
You: I see!
Stranger: i know
Stranger: puhuks suomee?
You: That's good to know.
Stranger: yep
Stranger: so where did u find that shirt?!
You: ...shirt?
Stranger: or pants
Stranger: i guess u r wearing clothes right?
You: One would assume.
Stranger: yes
Stranger: wouldnt u?
You have disconnected.

Conversation 16:

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: love
You: Yay!
Stranger: OSASKOSAKOSAKOSAOOASK
You: ?
Stranger: it's laugh
You: okay...
You have disconnected.

Conversation 17: Ready Response

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: um\\
Stranger: this
Stranger: Just Think.
What If...
Every day was treated like a new beginning?

Where grudges, bitterness, unforgiveness, and worries died the moment your head hit the pillow. And at the time you had awaken to a new morning your mind would be renewed, not lacking knowledge or wisdom from the past, but building on what has been made from prior situations and circumstances.

Each person you'd come into contact with you'd treat like it had been the first time you'd met them and your first impression persona was at the top of it's game. Being kind, loving, unconditional in terms of your friendship in how things are done to show thanks. What if, we did things without having presumptuous intentions of wanting to be thanked for what we had done.

What if, we shared our gifts just out of love and never had the expectations of wanting to be loved in return, because we had the reassurance of knowing we're already loved regardless of what we do.

What if, our confidence was placed in something bigger then ourselves so that our dreams weren't limited to our own fears and insecurities.

What if, believing was reality?
You: ...how did you have that on hand?
Stranger: im GOD
Stranger: child
Stranger: be gone
Stranger: this place is not fit for humans
Stranger: Dont let me get the cross boy
You: ...wow, a stunning turn around!
Stranger: :D
Stranger: now now now
Stranger: And Like that i will vanish
Stranger: MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Conversation 18:

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: WEED
You: You think?
Stranger: YUP
You: How's that working out for you?
Stranger: AMAZINGLY
You: Cool.
You: Good luck with that.
You have disconnected.

Conversation 19:

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: i don't want to answer quick
You: So answer slow.
Stranger: fine
Stranger: 42
You: Haha!
You: Don't you mean foooooorty twooooooo?
Stranger: no i don't
Stranger: and its not the meaning
Stranger: its the answer
You: to life.
You: the universe.
You: EVERYTHING!
Stranger: nope
Your conversational partner has disconnected.

Conversation 20:

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: hi
Stranger: i don't know
Stranger: bitch
You: No?
Your conversational partner has disconnected.

Conversation 21:

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: BURGERS
You: Really?
Stranger: ya
You: That's a new one.
Stranger: i said the first word that popped into my head
You: No, I like it.
You: I think I could get a working life philosophy out of that.
Stranger: Hm, you might just be onto something there
You: Burgers are pretty darned delicious.
Stranger: ain't that the truth
You: yep.
You have disconnected.

Conversation 22:

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: [web url]
Stranger: that
Stranger: as of right now
Stranger: DO IT
You: Something to do with blonde chicks and bananas?
Stranger: mmhmm
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Conversation 23: pleaseee

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Stranger: cyber sex?
You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: pleaseee
Stranger: ?
Stranger: 42
You: yes!
Stranger: and penuss
You: hm...
You: maybe?
Stranger: i know im amazing
You: well, good luck with that!
Your conversational partner has disconnected.

Conversation 24: Meaning of Love

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: dead
You: ...oh yes?
Stranger: maybe
You: anything else?
Stranger: do some significative thing
Stranger: and u?
You: love
Stranger: oh,I don't think so
You: no?
Stranger: love is short-lived
You: You think always?
Stranger: y
You: what about types of love like 'I love my family'?
Stranger: if your meaning is love including love yourself and others, I agree with you.
You: :)
Stranger: where are you from?
You: Texas!
Stranger: cool
Stranger: where are they the same word , love with lovers and love with familys in the english?
You: I don't know.
You: Where are you from?
Stranger: In chinese, they are the different word
Stranger: from Beijing
You: That would probably help avoid confusion.
Stranger: you are right
You: I guess the only way we make a distinction is the difference between 'love' and 'in love'
You: But there's overlap.
Stranger: I agree
Stranger: all people need love.
You: Yes, exactly.
Stranger: why are you interested this?
You: I am seeking the meaning of life on the internet!
Stranger: cool
Stranger: On this issue,your understanding is relate of your age
You: You think?
Stranger: The greater the age the more you can clearly feel the love
Stranger: The more you desire to be loved
Stranger: How do you feel like Obama
You: I like him.
You have disconnected.

Conversation 25:

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: study
You: oh?
Stranger: kindness
You: :)
Stranger: learn to be a good person
Stranger: what do u think
You: love!
Stranger: yeah...that's part of meaning of life
Stranger: but u still should learn to know the meaning of love
You have disconnected.

Conversation 26:

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Stranger: hey
You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: You've stumped me.
You: Oh noes!
Stranger: Huhhh?
Your conversational partner has disconnected.

Conversation 27:

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: AA
Stranger: umm
Stranger: to live?
You: You think?
Stranger: ya
You: Cool.
Stranger: ya
Stranger: ....
Stranger: soooo...
Stranger: .....
Stranger: ...
Stranger: .
Stranger: .
Stranger: .
Stranger: ........
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Conversation 28:

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: Hi male/ female?
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Conversation 29:

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: hi, meaning of life! Do you know? does it have to have a meaning?
You: That's what I want to know!
Stranger: Why?
Stranger: can't you live your life, without knowing
You: Maybe.
Stranger: I do
You: You think it's better that way?
Stranger: If there is a meaning to life it would sure be better to know it. But, what if there no such a meaning. It would be chasing something that does not exist, like a mirage.
You: That's a well thought out response.
Stranger: thx
Stranger: Tell me about yourself. It is interesting that you start off with a total strange by asking about the meaning of life
You: I am seeking the meaning of life on the internet.
Stranger: LOLOLOL
You: :)
Stranger: I spend a lot of tme on the internet. Do you?
You: Yes, quite a lot!
Stranger: not just searching for that elusive meaning I hope
You: Nope.
You: Just thought it would be interesting.
You: Cheers!
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Conversation 30: Gender roles

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Stranger: Do you consider yourself highly intelligent?
You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
You: I'll answer yours if you answer mine.
Stranger: 3.14
You: Pi?
Stranger: Pi.
You: Pi is the meaning of life....
Stranger: Find the exact number of Pi
Stranger: and you find the meaning of life.
You: Ah.
You: That would take a long time.
Stranger: Get working.
You: Okay!
Stranger: BUT FIRST
Stranger: ANSWER MY FUCKING QUESTION
You: lol
You: I consider myself highly intelligent.
Stranger: FUCK.
You: This is disappointing?
Stranger: No.
Stranger: You're male, I assume....?
You: Nope!
You: Wait...
You: only males can be highly intelligent?
Stranger: Usually only males are cocky about it.
You: Heh heh. It's not cocky if you know you're right.
You: Are you conducting a survey, too?
Stranger: Of sorts.
You: What have you found?
Stranger: That women are ashamed of intelligence, in most cases.
You: Or trained to be modest?
Stranger: "LOL no i dont think so hehee =) r u a boy??"
You: *wince*
Stranger: That doesn't read as modesty.
You: Nope.
You: Society has issues.
You: I find writing resumes/CVs/applications to be very difficult.
Stranger: Particularly in the US, with gender roles like that.
Stranger: Where women are educated, but trained to act like idiots.
You: Probably true.
You: Are you male or female?
Stranger: What's your impression?
Stranger: What do you think I am?
You: Well, the fact that you are interested in the subject says 'female.' But my impression would be 'male.'
Stranger: Your impression is correct. I'm just observant, I suppose.
You: Have you read the book 'Self Made Man'?
Stranger: Never even heard of it.
You: It has an interesting look at gender roles...
You: ...a woman poses as a man in various situations and records her experiences.
Stranger: I'm only interested in them because I'm sick of stupid, stupid women.
You: Or stupid acting women?
Stranger: Both.
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Conversation 31: all wamen are wrong

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: pay bills
You: Aw, you think?
Stranger: in america yes
Stranger: for you?
You: Love?
Stranger: woman.. huh?
You: ...and paying bills. :)
You: Yep.
Stranger: oh my
Stranger: all wamen are wrong
You: ...?
Stranger: forget about love men think on sex all the time
You: Not bills?
Stranger: for us bills for you shopping
Stranger: for us sex for you love
Stranger: different languages
You: That's your take?
Stranger: half of humanity
Stranger: women are too complicated say my sister
Stranger: are you?
You: Too complicated?
Stranger: what do you do for a living?
You: I'm a grad student.
Stranger: studing what?
You: Zoology
Stranger: are you cute??
You: ...yes?
Stranger: really?
Stranger: nice
Stranger: and you have a bf..
You: Nope.
Stranger: whay not?
Stranger: why
Stranger: too busy/>
You: Generally.
Stranger: ic
Stranger: i have to go.. i wish you the best..
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Conversation 32: It matters

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: sex
You: Oh yeah?
Stranger: yeah
You: Huh.
Stranger: male or female
You: Female.
Stranger: oh yeah?
Stranger: how old
You: 23.
Stranger: are you lying?
You: Does it matter?
Stranger: ha maybe
Stranger: does it matter to you
You: See, I know if I'm lying.
Stranger: are you hot
You: Does it matter?
Stranger: yeah
You: Good to know.
Stranger: soo....
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Conversation 33:

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: im rubbing my boobs
Stranger: theyre D's
You: How's that working out for you?
Stranger: Let me [censored]
Stranger: and ill let you know
You: No thx.
You: Cheers!
Stranger: :(
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Conversation 34: Déjà vu

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: What is the most important thing in your life?
Stranger: oh shit.
You: Whoah
Stranger: um.
You: You answer mine, I'll answer yours.
You: :)
Stranger: Love.
You: Woah.
You: Love.
You: ....
Stranger: ...
You: It's like we're sharing a mind.
Stranger: yeah
Stranger: uh
You: Spooky.
Stranger: in case you're me in the future or something
Stranger: man
Stranger: I don't know what just happened.
You: Wow.
Stranger: we should talk
You: You think?
Stranger: mhmm
You: Are you conducting a survey, too?
Stranger: yes
Stranger: and writing down the results
You: I'm saving the chatlogs.
Stranger: I have a journal
You: That works, too.
Stranger: hey, let's share results
You: Yeah!
Stranger: okay
Stranger: well
Stranger: 1. Love
Stranger: 2. How I help others
Stranger: 3. Myself
Stranger: 4. Girls
You: lol
Stranger: 5. Bitches money music
Stranger: 6. My mates
Stranger: 7. Family and Friends
Stranger: 8. Music
Stranger: 9. My head
Stranger: 10 is you
You: Cool!
Stranger: what about you?
You: Um... mostly 42... then 'no meaning'... then I don't know...
You: ...then drugs
You: love
Stranger: haha, I haven't gotten 42 once.
You: to live
You: lol
You: let's see...
You: boys
Stranger: probably because I'm phrasing it a different way
You: sex
You: Yeah, I set myself up for that one
Stranger: haha
You: oh, and one very confused '47'
You: also, burgers.
Stranger: that's another one of mine
Stranger: close behind love
Stranger: and the 47 is hilarious
You: :)
Stranger: so why do you think love is the most important thing?
You: I guess because it's a general statement about how you deal with other people and their importance in life.
You: You?
Stranger: I can't logically think of any other reason to live
Stranger: evolutionarily
Stranger: what else could we possibly been built for?
You: Sex?
You: j/k
Stranger: but really!
You: Yes
Stranger: viruses
Stranger: plants
Stranger: when it gets down to it, all any life does is reproduce
Stranger: or it isn't considered life
Stranger: what is love and sex but the manifestation of that principle in humankind?
You: True enough.
You: So you would lean primarily towards romantic love?
Stranger: not exactly a warm and fuzzy way to reach that answer
Stranger: yeah
Stranger: I'm not really a fuck and run kind of guy
Stranger: which goes against my whole evolutionary way of thinking about it
You: Well, as opposed to 'love thy neighbor'/ family/friends type love.
Stranger: but that's fine, I'm not really a cold hearted scientist anyway
Stranger: oh
Stranger: hmm
You: Though there's overlap.
Stranger: yeah
Stranger: I love my friends and family
Stranger: I want everybody to be happy and prosper in their own way
Stranger: why not?
Stranger: why bother wasting time with wars and conflict over property?
Stranger: or between countries or in the different systems we put up around ourselves?
You: Search me.
Stranger: Love surpasses all of that. You can be happy with love, no matter what situation you're in
Stranger: so I choose love.
Stranger: mhmm
You: It was nice talking with you!
Stranger: same
Stranger: have a good day
You: Good luck with your survey!
Stranger: you too
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Conversation 35:

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: COCK!
You: you think?
Stranger: I know.
You: interesting.
You: How's that working out for you?
Stranger: Indeed.
Stranger: Well.
Stranger: It's pretty good. I think I'm becoming a cocknazi.
You: ?
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Conversation 36:

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: 42
You: Yes!
Stranger: B)
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Conversation 37: Are you PT?

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: pt
You: ?
Stranger: you?
Stranger: PT
You: ?
Stranger: what is your meaning of life
You: but I want to know what PT means...
Stranger: tell me ehat your meaning is and i will tell all
You: Love.
Stranger: nah, you can do better
You: Tell all.
Stranger: byw, PT includes love, but it is so much more
You: oh?
Stranger: you must first to better than love before all is revealed
Stranger: meant do, not to
You: I could try 42.
Stranger: i don;t un derstand 42
You: It's from a book.
Stranger: what book?
You: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Stranger: 'read it, i don't remember the refernece. the movie sucked
You: I liked the movie. *shrugs*
Stranger: PT is phantasy tour, a message board for the group phish and where i got the link
You: Huh. Cool.
You: I got the link on xkcd
Stranger: people on that board are posting some really funny conversations that happened on this site.
Stranger: so i came to take a look
You: Having fun?
Stranger: yes, it is different. however, i do not know the meaning of life
You: Aw...
Stranger: is xkcd cool? i just goolgled it
You: I like it. It's funny. XD
Stranger: i will check it out
Stranger: where are you
You: ?
You: Texas?
Stranger: near nyc here. i have a friend who lives near austin. says very hot in the summer
You: Yes indeedy.
Stranger: nice talking to you, hope you find the meaning
You: Cheers!
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As a side note: When we were kids we had this (hilarious) practical joke in which you asked someone ‘Are you PT?’ If they said ‘yes’ you shouted, “Ha! You’re a pregnant teenager!” If they said ‘no’ you exclaimed, “You’re not potty-trained?!” It was all very entertaining.

Conversation 38:

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: 43
You: ...yes?
Stranger: yup
You: I mostly get 42.
Stranger: heh
Stranger: what is this website?
You: ?
You: Omegle?
Stranger: how did you type so quickly?
Stranger: i'm skeptical
You: Ctrl+V
You: (Paste)
You: :)
Stranger: yah
Stranger: how long have you used this site?
You: Since yesterday.
Stranger: thoughts?
You: It is interesting to see how different people think.
Stranger: any creeps yet?
You: Depends on your definition of creep.
Stranger: shady people
You: If you're offended by random people shouting profanity and/or propositioning you... yes. :)
Stranger: haha
Stranger: really?
You: On occasion.
Stranger: doesn't bother me.
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Conversation 39:

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: HII
You: *jeopardy music*
Stranger: i dont know
You: No?
Stranger: the one you are?
Stranger: no !!
Stranger: you know ?
You: Not for sure.
Stranger: of where you are?
You: USA- Texas.
You: You?
Stranger: BRASIL São Paulo
You: Cool.
Stranger: M/F ?
You: F
Stranger: M !
You: Cool.
Stranger: How old are you?
You: 23
Stranger: I 20
Stranger: YOU SPEAK PORTUGUESE
Stranger: ???
You: No, sorry.
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Conversation 40:

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Stranger: hiya
You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: sleep eat die
You: You think?
Stranger: no u jus put me on the spot
Stranger: lol
Stranger: wats ur answer
You: Maybe love?
Stranger: so without love there is no point of living?
You: Hmm...
You: I think there are no circumstances in which you are incapable of love.
Stranger: yea but wat if u jus never happen to come across love is ur life less meaninful than others
You: But that assumes only romantic love. There are many types of love.
Stranger: there are still some people in this worl who never experience love. they are few granted but still may exsit
You: Do you believe you have to experience love to be capable of loving others?
Stranger: maybe not
Stranger: it would be pretty sad to love some1 and never have know love itself. i feel sad for that person
You: That would be sad.
Stranger: there is more to life than love tho
You: Yes?
Stranger: other wise why do we do all the other things we do
You: like?
Stranger: we have to exsit in a material world
You: So you're saying 'staying alive' is part of the meaning of life? :)
Stranger: yea
You: Fair enough.
Stranger: otherwise y dont we jus not exsit at all
You: That's almost circular.
Stranger: yup indeed
Stranger: why the question anyway to a stranger on the internet
You: I am seeking the meaning of life on the internet!
Stranger: not sure if that will work on this website judging by sum of the people i have talked to
You: It has been interesting.
Stranger: to say the least
You: What are you doing on Omegle?
Stranger: a friend showed it to me earlier and i have been amusing myself with random chat as i cant sleep. there are sum very strange people in the world
Stranger: u?
You: I already said. :)
You: Meaning of life.
You: Thought it would be interesting.
Stranger: is it
You: Yeah.
You: I have interesting conversations.
You: More interesting that the a/s/l ones.
Stranger: haha
Stranger: and have u discovered a decent meaning of life yet
You: No, but I've gotten a variety of viewpoints.
You: Also, a lot of people read Douglas Adams.
Stranger: lol
You: Good luck sleeping!
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Conversation 41:

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: 42
You: Yes!
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Conversation 42:

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You: Quick! What's the meaning of life?!
Stranger: 42
Stranger: right?
You: Hehe!
You: Yes!
Stranger: yay
You: Anything else?
Stranger: no, where's my prize?
You: Hm...
You: in the mail.
Stranger: liar it's night over here
You: It could still be in the mail!
You: Just... at night.
Stranger: that's impossible
You: Where does mail go at night?
Stranger: i didn't hear the mail man
You: lol
Stranger: it doesn't
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