No, ladies and gentleman I did not turn homosexual. I turned fabulous. I went from evil aura to fab aura. I really got the idea when a guy posted a thread (a mod removed it) that asked one question. One simple heart breaking question! "Why do people hate fab?".....that was his question. Now me, I don't hate fab I was just enjoying being delightfully evil so much that I never considered another aura. I posted a response talking about how I don't hate the fab aura or anyone who wears it. I decided to take a stand! I have gone fab. We'll see how long this lasts. It has been several days and I enjoy it so far, the pink aura is a tad wonderful in my opinion. Comments, questions, anything?

Do you have enough James Blunt in your diet? I don't think you do so here are a few videos. I like his songs because I think they are really nice. James Blunt is like a chocolate chip muffin in the sense that you can't get enough of 'em. Enjoy.

Good Bye My Lover- James Blunt

You're Beautiful- James Blunt

If you have any other James Blunt songs leave a comment with a link to them :D if you need MOAR Blunt go to http://www.youtube.com and search him up :P Enjoy guys and gals of Newgrounds.

I am trying to install a trial version of Adobe Fireworks CS3 but it just won't do it. I download the program fine, no problem then I set it up and then I open the installer, close my internet browsers so it will start the installation and wait 25 minutes only to see a screen that says "(1) Component successfully installed: Shared Components. (1) Failed component Adobe Fireworks CS3." Or something along those lines. So basically Adobe Fireworks will not install. I downloaded the Windows Install Clean Up program and I also have WinCS3Clean which I ran on lvl four about three times :O I am at wits end guys.....maybe I just need to try it again and if it fails run the WinCS3Clean at level four again. I had this problem before and it was immediately solved by simply downloading the Windows Install Clean Up program but this time it appears it isn't going to be that simple. See I only have to reinstall Fireworks because a system restore was performed some time ago. :/ I have frequented the Adobe Forums for help but after a while I just get so impatient and sick of searching. If any of you know how to solve this problem please post a comment, thanks for your time. Cheers.

This is a really fun thing I learned how to do and it is fairly simple. If you guys are paranoid or just like to play it safe I recommend you create a restore point right now! Name it something like "Before start bar edit" or something along those lines, just so you know exactly what it is. Now in here I will have links to pictures that help show you what to do I suggest you right click on the links and open them in a different tab or window :D

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Anyway you will need one extra program. The program you'll need to download is resource hacker and you can click this sentence to go to the website. I recommend that you download the Europe version. Anyway once you've got that downloaded and set up open it. A window will pop up, click on Run. Then click on File and click on Open. Go to your WINDOWS folder which is in C:\WINDOWS. Now look for "explorer.exe" and open it. Once it is open in resource hacker you will see 10 folders that all have a + sign on the left of them. Click on the + next to the "String Table" folder then click the + next to the folder titled "37" then you click on "1033". You will see "start" now you erase the word start and put in what you want but make sure the qoutation marks are still around the word. Like this.

As you can see I changed it to say Fire-Weasel so if this works when I finish the process my start bar should say Fire-Weasel :D. Now once you have changed the word start to something else hit the button that says Compile Script, just click that. Then go to File and click on Save As. I recommend you save it as ExplorerEdit.exe make sure it has .exe on the end of it. Also be sure to save it in your windows folder like this. Boom you have created your start bar but now you need to do some registry editing, nothing too major I promise but damn it be careful because if you go and edit something you aren't supposed to, you could do some damage. If you do that then you have to restore your PC so only do what i tell you to and nothing else. Now to get to where you need to be next open up Run. You can get to it by clicking start and then boom to the right you should see a program named run. Once you have opened run type in regedit, like this. Click o.k. then you should get a menu that says Registry Editor as the title. Click on the + next the the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" folder then click the + next to the "SOFTWARE" folder then click the + next to the "MICROSOFT" then click the + next to the "Windows NT" folder then click the + next to the "CURRENTVERSION" folder now click on the "winlogon" folder, don't click the + next to it click on the folder.

Scroll down until you see a icon titled "Shell" and double click it. Then change the value data to ExplorerEdit.exe. Once you've done that, your screen should look like this. Now the work is done, boom congratulations if you have done it right the text should have changed. Mine certainly changed. In order for the changes to take effect you must restart your PC. Once you do that then it should change.

Little Red Riding Hood (Wolf's Diary)
By Fire-Weasel

After the wolf had eaten Little Red Riding hood, he fell asleep almost immediately. A woodsman who was outside heard the heavy snoring of the wolf and walked into the cabin. After walking in, he found a wolf sleeping heavily while wearing what appeared to be the elderly woman's clothing. After seeing the wolf, the seemingly omniscient woodsman knew that the wolf had eaten the elderly woman who lived here. He didn't want to use a gun because he believed the grandma could still be alive and if she was, he could risk killing her. He cut open the wolf's stomach with a pair of scissors and rescued Little Red Riding Hood and her grandma. Little Red Riding Hood gathered some large stones which they placed inside the stomach of the wolf. The wolf woke up and attempted to flee but the weight of the stones caused him to fall down dead. After all of this, Little Red Riding Hood and her grandma sat on the bed relieved and thankful for the huntsman quick actions. Little Red Riding Hood stood up and noticed a small book out of the corner of her eye. She picked it up and to her amazement, it was a diary that had belonged to the wolf. She thought it was effeminate of a male wolf to own a diary, and his willingness to dress in a woman's set of clothing only encouraged her thoughts. She ignored these thoughts and opened the book.

"There are several entries here grandmother, but they all mention foolish ideas for traps."

"Just search for a recent entry sweet. Try to find an entry that was made yesterday if you can." the grandma replied.

"Here is one" Little Red Riding Hood said while he grandma peered over at the entry with her.

Dear Diary, (May 23, 1694)

"It has been weeks since I have eaten and I hope to find something to eat soon.
I grow hungrier as the days go by. I am running out of ideas to use to capture potential
prey and I am desperate to eat something. I've heard of the pigs gullibility and decided
to attempt to eat them but apparently they have already had an encounter with a wolf.
Besides after I blew down two houses they ran off to a relative or acquaintance of theirs
who was too smart for any of my tricks. He even built a house of bricks. Without anything
to eat my ideas grow more foolish each day because I lack the energy to think of a good
trap or trick. I leave this first page of my Diary and hope that my next page offers a much
more fulfilling entry."
Till next time,

The Wolf

Dear Diary, (May 24, 1694)

Today I have spotted potential prey. My nights of hunger may come to an end now. She was a beautiful
young girl who was affectionately called Little Red Riding Hood. She seemed like a nice girl and was so innocent that she chose to talk to a wolf. A girl with the best of intentions talking with a creature with only the worst of intentions seems like something that couldn't happen. I chose not to eat her yet because she was sent to her Grandmothers house with a basket to deliver so if I killed her, someone would surely worry about her. Luckily after a small amount of idle conversation, she told me where she was headed and how long it would take it get there. I was able to distract her by mentioning the beautiful flowers and the beautiful tweeting of the birds. She is now going further into the forest and I have to get to her grandmother's house quickly.
Till next time,

The Wolf
"I knew it," Little Red Riding Hood began with an angry look on her face. "I thought he was trying to distract me but I guess my love for the forest and the beautiful out doors captured my interest." Her grandmother took the diary from Little Red Riding Hood's hands and looked at the next entry. Little Red Riding hood sat behind her grandmother on the bed and peeked over her shoulder so she could read along with her.

Dear Diary, (May 24, 1694)

I am now in the grandmother's house. I have eaten the old woman, but unfortunately I am still hungry. The radiant
young girl I met earlier should be here soon so I will wait here for her. To fool her and keep her from leaving I will dress in her grandmother's clothes. I hope this works.
Still Hungry,

The Wolf

Dear Diary,

This is my third entry and all in one day! The young girl, Little Red Riding Hood did arrive. Before I ate her, the seemingly kind girl pointed out some of my features that I feel she thought disgusting or at least odd. She mentioned my large ears, my big hands, my big eyes and even my enormous mouth. Maybe the girl wasn't as nice as I thought she was. Maybe she wasn't as radiant as I thought she was! I bet I could find a few flaws in her appearance! Come to think of it, her nose was a little bit more to the left. Anyway before I get carried away, I did eat the girl. I am now full and feel better than I have in a week. Now I shall rest. This eventful day has left me tired.
Till next time,

The Wolf

"I guess this was the last entry the wolf made before this brave man killed him. How dare the wolf try to trick me! Grandma my nose isn't off center is it? It isn't to the left is it?"

"Honey," grandma started while she took her grand-daughter's hand.
"Yes it was cruel of the wolf to trick you, but you shouldn't have been so trusting. You should never talk to a stranger unless another person is with you. Trust is a great thing, but some people or beings are not worthy of your trust....at least not right away. You are.....we are lucky that this man saved us. If he hadn't, then you would not have learned such a valuable lesson."

"I love you grandmother." Little Red Riding Hood said while she wept softly.
"I promise I'll try to use proper judgment. I will try to be safer. I'll be safe not only for me, but for you and my mom."

After sharing a heart-warming hug, the huntsman decided to take his leave. The grandmother told the mother about what had occurred and it was so shocking that she didn't believe it at first. They all lived happily and now because of these current events, informed that although it is cruel to make assumptions, you can't assume that everyone is kind of heart and only has the best of intentions. You should never talk to strangers or go anywhere with them unless you are accompanied by an adult. Trust your "gut feeling". If the person seems to shady, get out as soon as you can.

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It seems that the internet is filled with competitive people. IF they are on a website, they will strive to prove their worth to that website. This may seem like it is coming out of no where to you, so I'll explain. I just got to thinking about this a little while ago.

The most verbal abuse can be seen on a game called Maple Story. If you are not a higher level than someone you argue with, you're a noob. Hell I've even been called noob by someone 8 lvls lower than me. It doesn't bother me, but why is this word even popular.

It isn't a real word....yet it rolls off of every condescending arse-holes tongue. Here is a checklist of things that make you a noob on Maple Story and on Newgrounds.

Newgrounds Noob test:
[] Low post count (this changes per user for they have different ideas of what is low post count. Usually below 1k post count
[] no contributed pieces of work such as flash, games, etc.
[] Low lvl.....yes even on Newgrounds to some people lvl matters
[] content and quality of work. Not everyone judges this way but some do
[] use of memes can cause some people to think your a noob although a large amount of people use memes themselves. Examples: Do a barrel roll, pedo bear, etc.
[]sign up date is very important to these people....if you signed up after 2001 or later you aren't considered an original and can be called a noob
[] Writing in "walls" of text is frowned upon and can cause you to be a "noob" in one's eyes.

I'll stop there for Newgrounds....people tell me if I missed something. Now Here is Maple Story

Maple Story Noob test:
[] You are between lvl 1-35. Now if you are a lvl 50 some people may call you a noob still
[] You will run to pick up 10 mesos that someone drops.
[] You will run to pick up an item someone drops
[] You go around begging for mesos
[] You try to sell things in Henesys instead of in the FM
[] You don't have NX cash

Now these are only a few things that cause you to be called a noob on Maple Story. The point of this topic is..."What causes people to be so competitive on the internet?". Is it the nature in every man? To be an alpha male in at least one aspect of their life? Please post why you think people are competitive on the internet. Or you can just post stuff like "lol your topic sucks" because I know I'll see a post here that wasn't worth my time reading and your time typing. Anyway just post your opinion please. It won't surprise me to see negative comments, but please....put effort into what you type lol.
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This was a post on the forums but I brought it to my personal page because this is a still a matter that baffles me. Two posts I recall that were very much worth my time reading were these two:

"That and/or insecurity combined with the relative anonymity that the internet provides."- StephanosGnomon (in response to the questions: " The point of this topic is...'What causes people to be so competitive on the internet?'. Is it the nature in every man? To be an alpha male in at least one aspect of their life?')

"The way I see it, seeing someone with "alpha male" behavior on NG can show how full of themselves a person really is. It's one thing to point out that someone is acting like an idiot based on the content of what they write, but directly using someones level, post count, etc. shows that that person can't come up with a creative insult or message to offset what the other person said, even if the other person said something nearly incoherent.

I'm also loving the new fad of using someones age as a point in an argument. You can really get a grasp of someones intellectual capacity when they have to use that to say that they're better.

But from what I've seen most of the people worth giving a damn about don't fit my description of an alpha male (Most)."- 36Holla (in response to the entire post)

UPDATE:: O.k. apparently if you save this picture to your computer desktop it will have white material or white lines. If you don't know what I'm talking about save the picture then try to move the image over another background. I put it in bitmap format and BAM problem solved. I then tried putting it up on photobucket but when I did it transferred the image into a JPEG format and the white material shows up again so if you want the image without the white material send me a PM requesting it and please provide an e-mail address.

I will say right now that if you send me your e-mail adress I won't add you to messenger or send you chain e-mails. I will only send you this image and then remove your e-mail from my contacts.
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O.k. I felt like if I made a topic with this picture it might be banned so then I thought 'how can I get this out to the people? MY BLOG POST!!!!'. So here it is. I did this one is MS Paint so it is technically not a 'photoshop', but I put effort forth so I hope you like it. Anywaythis one is a picture of the Predator with a Guitar Hero controller.

I made this because I thought it might be funny. Anyway, if you like it feel free to snatch it. I may post some more picture I 'photoshop' if the quality is up to par and I am in the mood. Anyway here you go. Hope you likey. I made sure to cut out as much of that textured white material as possible so if you take it and try to put it over a background like a fire-burst or something, then white pixels should not appear.

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Possibly the most delicious thing I have ever seen. The McDonald's McGriddle. It is a breakfast sammich, but not an ordinary sammich!! To take the place of the bread, there are two pancakes, filled with syrup and between them are one sausage patty, one egg patty, one slice of cheese and to top it off, there is the beautiful trademark McDonald's golden arches on the top "bun". "BUT I WANT BACON TOO!!!" you may say, but I'm sure if you ask, you shall receive. I love the McGriddle, when I first tasted it I said "this, is the secks!!!" I'm sure you'll love it too if you haven't tried it. Why the fuck are you here? GO GET A FUCKING MCGRIDDLE!!!!!