Jess

Okay, please bear with me.

There is a guy that I always found to be cute. I wouldn't say I was into him, really. But I went on a trip with my church out of the country and he was added to the trip last minute as an aid to his mom. He was the only one there my age.

I am also friends with him on facebook.

now, here is where I get stuck.

He really never answered me much on facebook before the trip, so I didn't think much of it. Actually, I figured he was just 'whatever' about me. Didn't like me, didn't dislike me. On the plane I was looking for my seat and I saw him in his really quick and looked away. Almost immediately he went out of his way to say hi. So of course I did the whole "Oh hey _____!" and I saw that my seat was behind him.

I later had an opportunity to talk to him on one of the metro things at the airport and he asked me about what school I went to and what I go for and stuff. I figured it was just small talk and that he was being friendly because he is good at making a point of talking to everyone on the trip.

I know I blushed like an idiot because I tend to be insecure about the school I go to and such... because we are both Christian and he goes to a Bible teaching school and all that... and I don't. [sigh]

We'd be able to have small talk every once and a while. and then we went to this one location. While our tour guide was talking to us, he came up to me and was like "interesting stuff isn't it?" or something like that. But he always asks a brief question, and then when I answer I am a bit more detailed because I am a girl after all (lol) and I feel like I was too long winded because he pretty much just nods then... haha

well our bus stopped really quickly to let us take pictures..and I was taking some and out of nowhere... (it completely caught me off guard) he was like "You want a picture together?" (or something to that effect) and I was like "oh! sure!" and we used my camera and gave it to his aunt.

Well, she didn't know how to use my camera lol, so we stood there for a minute with his arm around me and the sun in my eyes big time. When she finally took the picture, my face was all scrunched lol i showed him later and he chuckled.

I was able to ask for another picture later with him on a boat saying something like "you know, a nice picture where my face isn't all messed up" and we got another picture. Same thing, arm around me and everything.

Later in the trip also, he had noticed when I bought a new scarf, he'd ask me to take pics of him at different locations, openly let me sit next to him at a show, I thanked him at one point for bringing something to my attention and he was like "no problem" with a smile and kind of rubbed my shoulder as he walked by, complemented a drawing i did, let me have a sip of his drink, and gave me a hug at the airport when leaving. Then I saw him in church a couple weeks later, and when I saw him he gave me a hug. And then couple days later gave me a hug again when I saw him.

During service my sister turned to me and said "you are going to be happy". when I asked why, she said it was because he was just staring at me from his seat. I know he has talked about having problems with A.D.D so I told myself that's what it was... but i don't' know.

So in person, he seems happy to see me and we talk a briefly.

But then I get stuck because on facebook, i'm lucky if he answers a message. even in chat.

so guys, how do you see this? When you like a girl, do you show it this way? Do you kind of retreat and do nothing at all if you think you like someone? am I right to think he likes me? Because I like him..and I really want to believe he like me... but I don't know. I haven't seen him or really talked to him much since new years..

I'd really appreciate your answers!

I want to get an XBOX 360, and there are some 4GB ones on sale! So to XBOX owners: is a 4GB any good? If anyone has one, is there anything bad about it or anything I should know before purchasing one? There's a lot of them on sale, but I wonder if they are all getting rid of the ones people aren't buying, and I wonder if there is a reason for that. Is a 4GB really worth it?

I have been very big on not cutting my hair... but I have been considering getting it cut shorter. I don't know though, and I don't know if it would look good with my face shape. I'm 19, and I would like to look a little bit older. Should I keep the length? And if so, is there something else I could do to it to look more mature? Or should I cut it? If so, what style would look good with my face shape? Here are some pictures; some are webcam, and some are from my camera.

Thanks :)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4152/4836239741_e78...

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4129/4836841870_047...

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/4836834910_091...

I am trying to teach myself animation... and I use Photoshop CS3. I'm not looking to do basic animation. I want to do detailed ones. The problem is is that... for example, if I do a blinking eye, I have to do every little line or else it doesn't play smoothly. My dad told me that there is software where I can (using the eye as an example again) draw the eye open, then maybe do it halfway shut, then completely closed... and it will morph it and fill in the missing parts so that it plays smoothly.

Does anyone know of any software like this? Or can it be done in PS CS3 and I'm doing it the difficult way when there are much easier ways to go about it?

I know it may be an odd question. I will be leaving the U.S. for 2 weeks, and so I need to getting a series of vaccinations. And I am really not looking forward to them at all! I know that people liked to burn Christians because they would take longer to burn and would speak in tongues.

So I wondered if there could be a similar effect when undergoing such things. Like, if I focused on Jesus, if I would be somewhat spared the pain of vaccines or not be nervous about them. Like, I may need one in the hip and stuff...

Has this ever happened to anyone? Have you been spared?

For my design class we have to either mat our work, or spray it (and I don't remember the term used for that). He recommended using non-scented hairspray and said something about making it glossy? I don't recall.. I have a spray already that I bought from a store, and it prevents smearing. Is that the same thing? And does that make a picture glossy as well? Or is there a specific spray I have to buy to make it glossy? If that it the case, would hair spray be okay?

Thanks!

I'm really looking for a Christian guy's point of view on this. So please, no rude and unnecessary comments. I appreciate it :)

-qualities

-traits

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Okay so...I know that was pretty open-ended. So to be more specific; For me personally..I blush a lot. And I mean A LOT! At least I think so anyway. And I'm actually quite self-conscious about it.. Sometimes I blush even when I'm not necessarily embarrassed. I find I do it most when I'm:

*Forced to present something to a class(but not if the lights are off...which is weird..)

*If attention is focused on me in any way. - To elaborate on that.. I can be quite humble. And shy. If I meet someone for the first time.. i'm a little shy. I don't talk for the sake of talking. But I also don't just..not talk either. If I get along with someone and hang out enough.. I'd like to think I'm quite easy to talk to. But I don't like talking about myself. Like, if someone asks me to share something about myself...or anything along those lines..I blush. I just end up feeling like people will learn those things just by hanging out with me. I'm not going to answer questions like.. "I'm funny, talented..." all that good stuff. It makes me uncomfortable.

*If a guy thinks he's being funny and asks me a ''personal' question(if you know what I mean....). I definitely blush then.

*And if I'm a source of a joke. really depending on the situation I suppose. I can tell if a guy is being a jerk and is really making me some part of their inside joke. Even if they deny it. I'm not stupid. I can tell.

Some answers I hear are like... "yes, when it's a little bit. But not all red" I never understood that. I don't think I've ever seen someone blush..just a little. Like.. a little pink or something. I always figured it was all or nothing. That's how it is for me anyway. And what's worse is,

1: If I feel my face start to get hot and I know i'm blushing...I get even more red because I know I am...

or

2: If I'm not blushing..or I barely am at all..and someone tells me I am.. I will definitely blush then.

I really don't like it. I feel like it looks pathetic or lame...Or I worry if a guy gets the wrong impression and thinks I like him or something because he made me blush.

Like I said... usually it only happens around people I don't know. If I know somebody..and have talked to them a few times and get along with them..then I don't just blush for no reason.

I'm sorry if this was so long winded...I just had to explain my situation. So, with that said... is blushing the way I do considered attractive and/or cute? :)