[Laszlo's Scrapbook] If you only knew.

by **Rorugir** on March 3rd, 2012, 3:20 am

Don't worry, I can't do facial ridges either. I completely skipped it when I messed with Rorugir's pictures.

After him, I just gave on Photoshop and started using you instead. :,D

by **Laszlo** on March 3rd, 2012, 10:16 pm

It is so frustrating that, even when you try your hardest to get people to like you, just to feel accepted, there is always that one, unimpressed person who will bias against you on principle. In fact, he might dislike you just BECAUSE you are so well received, because there's that desire to go against the status quo, to think for yourself. He tries SO HARD to make his own opinion, skirting the influence of other people, that his desire for nonconformity has made up his mind for him. He's got to be above it all, the renegade, the outside-thinker. Maybe he's jealous, or feels excluded, but mostly he's just determined to outsmart the masses.

John isn't the nice guy he pretends he is. He's insecure, desperate, shallow, manipulative, and all those blanket words that need no explanation.

There is nothing more insulting than having that outside-thinker talk like he knows you.

And there's nothing you can do to convince him otherwise. All you can do is turn the other cheek, treat him with the same dignity as everyone else, and hope that he has the self awareness to see through his mask of bitterness. It's hard not to reciprocate that spite, to remember that everyone is only human.

It's long been said that you can't please everyone, but it's hard not to take it personally.

We all sit and complain about how cold and sad and pitiful the world is, how infuriating "people" are (like I'm doing now). We need to remind ourselves that "people" is us, and we all have the ability to make the world a friendlier, happier place. Instead of using "people" like it's a group that somehow excludes the speaker, use the words "we" and "us". Ask yourself how you can make something better before you blame someone (even yourself) for the sorry state of things. Choose love before hate, choose modesty before pride, give the benefit of the doubt, remember the golden rule.

This world is only as pathetic, or amazing, or happy, as the peope who live in it.

There is nothing uglier than a closed mind.

by **Seven Xu** on March 3rd, 2012, 10:47 pm

I made you a motivational and uplifting sign because that's what folks do.

by **Seven Xu** on March 3rd, 2012, 10:59 pm

And a demotivational sign in case that last one lifted your spirits too much.

by **Laszlo** on March 3rd, 2012, 11:05 pm

Hahaha that is adorable.

Nevermind me. I'm just having one of those days where I need to reassure myself that the world isn't conspiring against me. Sometimes I think I'm not paranoid so much as REALLY self centered.

Edit: Also that is a gorgeous self portrait!

by **Seven Xu** on March 3rd, 2012, 11:07 pm

Thanks, next I'm going to draw ASOIAF spoilers in MS paint and put them in Vic's scrapbook. That way, he won't have to read the books.

by **Inwe** on March 5th, 2012, 5:32 am

In order to catch up with all my threads and mod duties, I need to put some threads on hold. I need to list them here so I know what the heck I'm doing and I don't accidentally forget about one.

Laszlo:
NEED TO POST:
Thread for Abalia Spring 44th
Modded travel thread Winter 92nd (Placeheld)
Seven bathing thread Winter 25th (Placeheld) whee bathing

ON HOLD:
Sifting Solo
Ball is Rolling
Fading Embers
Internal

Inwe:
NEED TO POST:
Friends
Edge
Borrowed

Nathaniel:
NEED TO POST:
Better Days

Lazybones:
NEED TO POST:
Unbridled Chaos

Not so bad, really.

by **Laszlo** on March 9th, 2012, 8:46 pm

What would I look like if I were...

Mixed Blood :

Myrian :

Nuit :

Pycon
Pretend I'm a statue.

Svefra :

Symenestra :

Zith :

by **Verilian** on March 9th, 2012, 9:31 pm

Lol, love it.

by **Laszlo** on March 18th, 2012, 6:34 am

Sorry, everyone.
I'll be posting regularly again soon, I promise.

I owe posts on: Inwe, Lazybones, Laszlo, Boris, and Nathaniel.

I've been in a bit of a slump lately. The only character I can seem to write for lately is Laszlo. Many threads, even the ones with Laz, I just don't have inspiration for. I'm trying to keep writing, by doing the threads I still have the energy to write for. Sorry if you're not part of those. I'll try to get back into the swing of things soon. I've been picking up a lot of extra hours at work. I feel like I have very little free time. Hopefully things will wind down again soon.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for being patient with me. NO ONE has complained and I REALLY appreciate the way everyone's been so great to me and hasn't said anything. You guys are awesome.

Thank you!!