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are those the only two options?

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this? Just brainstorming and all

this any better?

I am not willing to forget about Santa.

yeah I downloaded Snatcher back in the day for oh, 100ish megabytes. Let me check... 118

not as impressive as other stuff, but it seemed as quite a lot back then.

SSH, Helm is basically saying that he wants to able to fully evaluate his own self, in a Jungian fashion, partly to achieve complete control of his subconciousness, and in extension to experience the only relgious experience you can experience without being conventionally religious.
Of course, this practice requires a strong psyche, which is why he also asks for a hardening of the tool which is also his monitor. Pretty much like a Richter-scale meter would have to be very stable in order to measure an earthquake which shakes the ground on which it stands, so to speak.
As a result, he aims for gaining free will in its rawest meaning.

Personally, I'd like to be able to drink without getting a hangover.

It's wonderful that you understand me. Drink's on me next time.

yeah you worded the same thing differently. When I enjoy someone's company, I enjoy someone's company. I don't expect this to "lead" to something. When something does happen, something happened. I don't expect that to "lead" to babies, personally. I guess it's a matter of perspective, just saying keep in mind that other people might enjoy a relationship for what it is, as long as it is, and then mutually break up when there's nothing good there left. I've done this (admittedly, as a younger person) a lot.

Isn't a romantic relationship's point to grow closer and eventually make some sort of long-term commitment?

I wouldn't take that as a given, and nor would a lot of people I know. Personally, I'd be more interested in having a relationship that I find fulfilling in the short-term sense without bothering to either consider the future or manouver a relationship into 'the next level'. Being  content with simple things that work for the now I find, is an appealing way of life. If things get more serious, they do. Wouldn't call that 'the point' of the relationship, ever, though.  Not afraid of relationships that end, things end. I used to be friends with an amazing person, and he went away and I can't be friends with him anymore. Things end. I was in love with a person, things didn't work out, I'm not in love anymore. Things end. You move on. Be more afraid of relationships that either stagnate, or become psychologically fartiquing. Then again I'm still only 21 and I don't have peer pressure of the "OMG STILL NOT IN A STEADY RELATIONSHIP HELM? WHAT, ARE YOU GONNA DIE ALONE? LOLOL" variety.

Complete, thoroughly transparent and systematic self-awareness, the necessary expansion of the mind as a tool that could withstand such rigorious self-examination, hopefully a set of aristotelian-organon-like-tools which would interpret the raw data into more meaningful patterns. Furthermore, since we're talking impossible, complete a priori biochemical control of my person. And a ship that is just sailing towards an unknown destination.

I don't think anyone will tell you anything you don't already know in this thread. It seems to me these are not choices you discuss with your friend the internet, or really, discuss at all.  Theoretically, you should weigh your options and go for what you think is best, but try not to be dishonest. If the only honest thing left to do is to make your feelings plain and split, then that's it. For my two cents, the "just tough it out for a few weeks and things will blow over" tactic is not very smart, especially if the friction in the relationship is slowly eating at the foundations of it, which should I guess be mutual adoration, respect and understanding.

you can start by taking out the lensflare.

I'd be all for god and religion and shit if it weren't for the fact that god raped me when I was 8 yrs old. It's hard to get over it.

lol

I do hope to have the chance to get to a "Mittens" someday, and I'd be quite happy to show a "few moves" or even do a bit of impromtu training with some of the AGS guys 'n gals.

only if you promise it will hurt a lot

"Escape from Helm's House" has been frozen in production. Direction of project is now being reconsidered

I think the biggest problem is you have 2 different resolutions going on... Did you scale up an image and then paint on top of it?

you need something so bare-bones you.. might as well... do it by hand....