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 Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 3:55 pm
I just brought it up because recently, there was an absolutely amazing episode that was, to be frank, inspiring. It was about "The Secret" a book written by Rhonda Byrnes that has a lot of important things to say in regard to today's society, I think.
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:26 pm
i have a bit of a thing about that type of show and avoid them like the plague sweatdrop
Oprah hasn't been aired over here for years, the UK went through a phase with US chat shows at one point, with Ricky Lake, Gerry Springer and a few others gracing our screens aswell as Oprah, but we have our own low-life daytime chat shows now instead sweatdrop
it IS good when you see something inspiring on one of these shows, it's just a shame that people have to go on these shows in the first place to push whatever it is their selling. i see it as selling out i suppose, i'm so judgemental rolleyes
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 3:22 pm
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:05 pm
Yeah... it is a bit like selling out in some ways, but in others, if it truly is a good, amazing idea, there's nearly no better way to spread it than through Oprah. It's truly scary how much power she has... One time she did a show promoting Live Strong armbands in which profits go to cancer research.... that one short show caused a new record to be sold of the bracelets for one day. and it was a huge number...
That's too much power for one person...
And... i'm not sure what I think of that picture. It's certainly not funny to me though. He's blind.
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:24 pm
yeah, i didn't find the pic very amusing, but each to their own confused
it is scary how much power some media people end up wielding, from what i gather though Oprah is still a pretty decent person..
or am i wrong? does she think she's God? i have heard some people refer to her as St.Oprah, don't know how much cynisism was behind that though.
if you have the attention of a large audience, and the ability to manipulate them, and you use that to do good then there's nothing wrong with that in my opinion, but it must need a lot of subtle psychology, to not come across as preachy, or for people to feel like you're simply plugging something for your own financial benefit.
it's not a job i'd want! plus of course public opinion can turn just like that..
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Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 6:52 pm
well, from what I understand... Oprah definitely doesn't think she's god. She actually encourages people not to act just like her, because every person is their own self.
Talk about media being scary.... if you're powerful, you're almost untouchable.
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Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 2:33 pm
good for Oprah if she's hung on to her sense of self then.
shame a few (or a lot) of others couldn't share the same humility..
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Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 7:56 pm
Jay624 This is funny ....  OMG RIP Ray Charles
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:21 pm
yeah... no kidding. There are a lot of people today, it seems, who live only when they have a person. By that I mean a lot of the younger generation--the ones who just have to have a significant other to be a person, if you know what I mean.
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:20 pm
you think that's just attention seeking maybe? they need to have a constant audience? someone to assure them of their self worth and so on?
i've seen a lot of women who seem to think they're worthless unless they have a man, even if said man is a total sleaze, thankfully i'm not one of them!
to be honest i don't sympathise with them much either sweatdrop i used to be a bit of a mouse when i was younger, but as i've grown older and developed into a more rounded individual i've become very comfortable in my own skin and don't feel the need for anyone else to make me feel whole, not that i ever did but that's not the point.
i'd never be with some scumbag just to not be single, i'd rather chew my own arm off talk2hand i'm totally the opposite, someone's got to really sweep me of my feet before i'll give up any of my valuable ME time for them.
does that make me sound like a b***h? ninja actually i don't care if it does!
i've had my 'practice' relationships, all that anguish you go through when you're younger! sweatdrop been through emotional pain of varying sorts and now i know what i want from someone at this stage of my life, if an applicant isn't up to scratch he's straight in the reject bin lol
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:24 pm
WOW... A lot happen in my aussence
I will try to catch up with you guys...
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:39 pm
Hmm... you know, I never really did a lot of the practice relationship thing, I always wanted it to find the real thing, so it was always something that lasted quite awhile. But first it does take a lot of sweeping!!
I just reminded my friend of that, the one who's trying to find a boyfriend. Well, the other night, an ex who broke up with her out of the blue Feb 13th a year ago, talks to her, apologizes in a long speech (huge ego boost to her) and wants her back. I mean, come on.
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:31 pm
I never did practice relationship. I only had one girlfriend.
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:14 pm
That's really sweet though... My grandparents were like that. They met when they were 15, and have been together ever since. Let's see here.... over 60 years, and over 50 years married. That's so incredible to me.
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:28 pm
i'm going to try and explain my 'practice relationship' comment a bit better..
hmm..i suppose i look at it this way, when you're younger you don't really know what you're looking for in a partner, you like someone, you get together, time passes, you split up...then you start all over again with someone new..
each time you learn a little bit more about yourself.
so, maybe 10 years down the line you happen to look back at your first relationship...would you go out with that person if you met them now? the answer is probably no..because you're not the person you were back then, you've added a few more layers to your personality, and are maybe better at finding a mate who is a good match for you.
when i was in my late teens/early 20's i had some boyfriends who were completely unsuitable, but i didn't know any better then, i certainly do now though 3nodding
hope that's made a bit more sense this time ninja
it is lovely when people find their perfect mate early on in life, makes me feel all warm and mushy when i hear about that happening.
Dragon i hope your friend doesn't fall for this guy's story, i wouldn't give him a 2nd chance, especially not as he ended it on Valentine's Eve to save having to buy a gift or card!
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