Two of a Kind

Long question… embarrassing, too. Please answer seriously.?

First of all, I’d like to ask readers to keep in mind that this is a serious, somewhat embarrassing question. I would appreciate serious answers. Second, I want to apologize for everyone for my question being so long. In addition, please forgive me for re-posting this. I just need to broaden my answers. Long answers will not be ignored. To the contrary, they would be most welcome. Below, I’ve divided the words needed for my question into paragraphs to avoid people getting lost in reading it.

Okay… all in all, this is a question about my love life. I’ve only had one girlfriend, during my sophomore year at high school. I live in kind of a small town, so it was a bit of a miracle that she said yes when I asked her out. She dumped me after two months, and I haven’t had a single date since. We parted on as good terms as possible. She sees me as a friend, but she doesn’t know that I am still slightly angry at her for leaving me. However, I don’t have any desire to get back together with her. All I’ve ever truly wanted is a girl who would love me and allow me to love her back. I want to be the supportive, loving boyfriend that every girl wants. But, since my ex-, I have asked countless girls out, and been rejected by all of them. And this has made me cynical. It’s hard to keep believing that one day you will find a girl if every single one that you ask out doesn’t want to go out with you. It makes you think that either you are ugly to the bejesus line, or that you just aren’t someone that a girl wants to go out with. I don’t consider myself to be drop-dead John Travolta gorgeous, but I’ve been told that I’m pretty attractive. Knowing that, I can’t see why I can’t get *any* girls to go out with me. Sometimes, I think that my bad luck stems from some certain… sexual tension inside of me.

I don’t really want to include this in my question, but I think you deserve to know what I’m talking about, since you’ve taken the time to read my question. Sometimes, I go on the internet and I find images of girls and women that stimulate me. At the time, I just see these as some hot images, but the rest of the time, I just see them as a sign of weakness. I mean, should real men need to go on the internet and look at this stuff? I actually think sometimes that maybe my doing this is what’s causing my lack of a relationship, like karma or something. It’s also made me think that perhaps I don’t deserve a girlfriend if I do this kind of thing. It makes me think, “You should be ashamed of yourself. You’re a disgrace to every woman on Earth.” And most of the time, I think that my thoughts are right. I don’t think that doing that kind of thing is respectful to girls or women, and even if it was, I tend to doubt that any girl or woman would be willing to try any of the things that I see on the internet.

All of these things and more are my problem. I can’t get a date, and that really depresses me. My depression is actually getting to the point where I can’t even summon up the necessary enthusiasm to write a fanfiction story or play a video game.

My question to all you patient readers is, what can I do about my problem? Do any of you know what I’m doing wrong? Do you have any advice for me?

If you guys need more information in order to answer my question, feel free to send me a message, and I will give you whatever you need to know. I thank you all for answering.

Long question… serious answers only?

First of all, I’d like to ask readers to keep in mind that this is a serious, somewhat embarrassing question. I would appreciate serious answers. Second, I want to apologize for everyone for my question being so long. In addition, please forgive me for re-posting this. I just need to broaden my answers. Long answers will not be ignored. To the contrary, they would be most welcome. Below, I’ve divided the words needed for my question into paragraphs to avoid people getting lost in reading it.

Okay… all in all, this is a question about my love life. I’ve only had one girlfriend, during my sophomore year at high school. I live in kind of a small town, so it was a bit of a miracle that she said yes when I asked her out. She dumped me after two months, and I haven’t had a single date since. We parted on as good terms as possible. She sees me as a friend, but she doesn’t know that I am still slightly angry at her for leaving me. However, I don’t have any desire to get back together with her. All I’ve ever truly wanted is a girl who would love me and allow me to love her back. I want to be the supportive, loving boyfriend that every girl wants. But, since my ex-, I have asked countless girls out, and been rejected by all of them. And this has made me cynical. It’s hard to keep believing that one day you will find a girl if every single one that you ask out doesn’t want to go out with you. It makes you think that either you are ugly to the bejesus line, or that you just aren’t someone that a girl wants to go out with. I don’t consider myself to be drop-dead John Travolta gorgeous, but I’ve been told that I’m pretty attractive. Knowing that, I can’t see why I can’t get *any* girls to go out with me. Sometimes, I think that my bad luck stems from some certain… sexual tension inside of me.

I don’t really want to include this in my question, but I think you deserve to know what I’m talking about, since you’ve taken the time to read my question. Sometimes, I go on the internet and I find images of girls and women that stimulate me. At the time, I just see these as some hot images, but the rest of the time, I just see them as a sign of weakness. I mean, should real men need to go on the internet and look at this stuff? I actually think sometimes that maybe my doing this is what’s causing my lack of a relationship, like karma or something. It’s also made me think that perhaps I don’t deserve a girlfriend if I do this kind of thing. It makes me think, “You should be ashamed of yourself. You’re a disgrace to every woman on Earth.” And most of the time, I think that my thoughts are right. I don’t think that doing that kind of thing is respectful to girls or women, and even if it was, I tend to doubt that any girl or woman would be willing to try any of the things that I see on the internet.

All of these things and more are my problem. I can’t get a date, and that really depresses me. My depression is actually getting to the point where I can’t even summon up the necessary enthusiasm to write a fanfiction story or play a video game.

My question to all you patient readers is, what can I do about my problem? Do any of you know what I’m doing wrong? Do you have any advice for me?

If you guys need more information in order to answer my question, feel free to send me a message, and I will give you whatever you need to know. I thank you all for answering.

Common threads by actors?

Do you know of any actors/actresses out there who have a common thread throughout each movie he/she does? For instance, Will Smith and Tom Cruise run in every movie. John Travolta does some kind of dance in each one of his.

Big or small. Ordinary or extravagant. What have you seen? Name the actor, the thread, and at least two movies that state your case.

Enjoy!

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two of a kinds 1983 John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

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Do you like movies that recouple actors from more popular movies?

*Pretty Woman and Runaway Bride- Richard Gere and Julia Roberts.
*Titanic and Revolutionary Road- Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet
*How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and Fool’s Gold- Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey.
*Grease and Two of a Kind- John Travolta and Olivia Newton John.

SEIZURES

The terms “seizure” and “epilepsy” are used more or less interchangeably. Perhaps when the seizure is more visibly evident by muscle jerking and loss of consciousness, the more it might be said, “That person has epilepsy.” In any case, the process is caused by repetitive and abnormal electrical discharges in the brain. These can be mapped and recorded by the electroencephalogram, or EEG, which involves hooking a lot of wires to the scalp and recording where the abnormal activity is taking place. If the discharges are taking place in the motor area of the brain, the typical jerking movements are seen. If they are taking place in the temporal area, the patient might smell something funny. Seizure activity in the occipital, or back area of the brain, might cause odd things to be seen. The abnormal activity can spread from one area to another, causing combinations of these. When the entire brain is discharging abnormally, this is called a generalized seizure.  There are other variations of seizures: ones that result in abnormal emotions, problems with learning, or dysfunctions in systems controlled by the autonomic nervous system. It simply depends on where the abnormal discharge activity is taking place.

There were a lot of descriptive terms used in the past to try and classify seizures. This has been simplified into two specific types and seems to work well. The first group is “partial” or “focal” onset seizures. They start in one specific area. The second type is “generalized” or “distributed” seizures which start in all areas of the brain cortex at once. In simple partial seizures there is no loss of consciousness; in complex partial seizures there is a loss of consciousness. There is a loss of consciousness in all generalized seizures. The generalized seizures are further classified according to their effect on the body, and may include absence seizures, myoclonic, clonic and atonic seizures. These two main types of seizures (partial and generalized) are called primary epilepsy. Secondary epilepsy might include alcohol withdrawal seizures, drug overdose seizures, and the seizures of brain infections such as meningitis.

It can be a challenge at times to diagnose a seizure condition. One interesting side note is that if a person has bite lacerations to the tongue after a seizure-like episode, it is 99% certain that he indeed had a seizure; only 24% of people having true seizures actually bite their tongues, however, so you can’t say they don’t have seizures because the tongue wasn’t bitten. To proceed, however, the usual first step in diagnosis is an MRI scan. The purpose is to look for structural abnormalities like tumors, enlarged blood vessels, or atrophic brain areas that might be the cause of seizures, and which might be potentially repairable. The next step is the EEG, or brain wave test. It is usually done after a period of sleep deprivation, as this condition might elicit an otherwise quiet seizure. It is important that the entire EEG be performed. It is done awake, during rapid- fire strobe lights, and asleep. Often the patient is videotaped during the entire test to look for subtle clues to seizures. The other thing is that some kinds of seizures, like partial seizures especially of the frontal area, tend to occur during sleep. Generalized seizures are more prone to occur in the morning. The video camera might pick up subtle changes, like appearing stunned, having rapid blinking, or inability to follow directions.

It would seem obvious why seizures should be treated, that is, not to have them. But there are a lot of other issues which mandate treatment of seizures. People with seizures don’t live as long. The most extreme example of this is Sudden Unexplained Death of Epilepsy (think of John Travolta’s tragic loss of his son). A person with epilepsy is forty-two times more likely to die suddenly of unexplained causes than a person without it. There is increased risk of cognitive impairment: epileptics often don’t finish school, often do not marry, and many have difficulty finding employment. Depression and suicidality are greatly increased in epilepsy.

The good news is that there are excellent treatments for seizures. First-line drugs that have been around for a long time are Phenobarbital, valproic acid, and carbamazepine, though these can have side effects like sleepiness which may make them less desirable. There are at least nine new “second generation antiepilepsy drugs (AED’s) which have become available since 1993. These often work as single agents, though sometimes they have to be combined. They have to be carefully chosen and tailored to the seizure patient based on other drugs taken and the condition of the liver and bone marrow. Blood levels of the drugs sometimes require careful monitoring. Some of these newer drugs include gabapentin, lamotrigine, and topiramate.

Here’s the downside, though. In up to one-third of cases, the drugs simply do not bring complete control. It used to be that people were walking around for years and years on three or four drugs which were not working. Current thinking now is that if three drugs have been given in sufficient doses over a sufficient length of treatment, it’s time to refer for epilepsy surgery evaluation. This type of treatment is bringing complete control in over 80% of those treated, and over half of those referred are surgical candidates. The numbers are that there are a hundred-thousand people out there right now who would benefit from surgery.

So, in conclusion, epilepsy or seizure disorder, affects over two and a half million Americans. There are excellent drug treatments available after the diagnosis has been established. Drug treatment is demanding and exacting, and is probably best managed by physicians who deal in seizures all the time. If there is a situation where drug therapy is proven to be ineffective, referral to an epilepsy surgery center is warranted. There are numerous reasons why seizures should be completely managed; most of them centered on longevity and quality of life issues.