Cranky= Evil in your book? Boy you've had it real easy in life eh? lol!

You're right. Horror flicks just don't seem to scare people as much anymore. And that's an interesting topic. Since it's your idea, You should start a thread on that in BTS. Link me to it if/when you do. I love topics about movies.

Avatars and Signatures are as interesting a topic as names. And while we're there, I have a question for you. I know you saw it coming too.

What's with the monkey(s)???

I just really, really like monkeys

1. They are simply common letters that make up words.
2. Each letter also expresses a symbolic concept.
3. Each letter represents a mathematical value.

OM/AUM
...The Mandukya Upanishad is entirely devoted to the explanation of the syllable. The syllable is taken to consist of three phonemes, a, u and m, variously symbolizing the Three Vedas or the Hindu Trimurti...

...Some accepted definitions include:

The eternal process of birth, life, death and rebirth, and life incarnate. The Aum is the Universal symbol of Creation. Its four parts represent the four stages of consciousness: Awake, sleeping, dreaming, and the transcendental state.

The sacred syllable of creation, the Word that went forth in the beginning and from which all other sounds originated.

Unity between all people, creatures, and things...

"OM" or "AUM" has been called the "Sound of the Universe" as it is believed that the whole Universe, in its fundamental form, is made up of vibrating, pulsating energy. Om is considered as the humming sound of this cosmic energy and is the most important and significant word of Mantra tradition. Moreover, OM is the most often chanted sound among all the sacred sounds on earth. This sound is considered as the sound of the existence too.

Ok, gimme your 5 thread ideas, and I'll make the one I most like for you.

Oh, and I loved your thread on Guitars. I'm gonna add to that myself when I have more time.

I just really, really like monkeys

...I really don't know what to say. lol!
Damn right it was less than satisfying! Care to tell me more about this fascination of yours?

is this from the Kabbalah?

you see - this is just the sort of ting I can't get involved in - because that would be it - that would be my life...

secret messages inside secret messages...it's the sort of thing I would try to create on my own - if I had the time - and if I were a little bit crazy

I'm not saying I'm not a little bit crazy - but - who has that kind of time? :-)

monkeys are funny - who DOESN'T like monkeys? :-)

okay...I love their faces - their eyes - I pretty much see us when I look at them

and - most of the time - I really dig us

some days more than others - but, you know how that goes...

but, once you get away from the symbolism, the truth is - I just really, really like monkeys :-)

well not exactly from the Kabbalah, but Ancient Hebrew, before the creation of it's diverse dialects, is said to have this design.

lol! What an interesting person you must be! I bet you were one hell of a preoccupied child when you were young....

I read somewhere else that the language of Hebrew is so well structured, that the mathematical value of certain words add up logically. For example, if you add the mathematical values of the letters in the hebrew word for 'Mother', and add them to the sum of the values in the word 'Father', you gat a value which is equal to the sum of the mathematical values of the letters in the Hebrew word for 'Child'!

The concept of OM truly is a beautiful one.

About being older than Hinduism, well you see, Hinduism itself is a concept that can not be tied to a date of origin. It was a philosophy whose scriptures and written evidence dates back to about 1500 BCE. But that's only the written evidence. And in the written evidence, there's more evidence to believe that before anyone ever attempted to put the Hindu Philosophy in writing, it was traditionally propagated by word of mouth for many thousands of years. So the concept of OM might just be as old as time itself (in a manner of speaking). There's no way of knowing.

Are you into spirituality?

monkeys are funny - who DOESN'T like monkeys? :-)

I don't NOT like them. I'm just indifferent to them. I dunno, maybe you were just lucky to meet some really interesting monkeys.

...You see, I'm more of a dog person...

Oooh! I like this avatar of yours better. Gorillas are sometimes scary/angry looking. Baboons are more friendly looking. Or at least non-threatening looking.

I think I picked wrong on career day maybe

preoccupied child? My mom used to tell me she would have to check in on me often just to make sure I wasn't dead :-)

I don't NOT like them. I'm just indifferent to them. I dunno, maybe you were just lucky to meet some really interesting monkeys.

indifferent? impossible :-) "

I've got some baboon pics that will change your mind

...My thoughts have no substance until they are shaped into words. Once they become words they can be strung together to make statements. And the statements I make create my reality...

I think I picked wrong on career day maybe

Haha! Didn't we all? Don't even get me started on that.

Oh, by the way, best avatar yet! I wonder how many of those you've got...

Also, in case you're trying to change my mind about gorillas by fixing up that pic of a gorilla with angelic wings... it's working. lol! He looks adorable sitting there like that.