by joelbear 174 Replies latest jw friends
jan, wanna come over and play with my legos?
love
harmony
Most people think, Great God will come from the skies, Take away everything And make everybody feel high. But if you know what life is worth, You will look for yours on earth: And now you see the light, You stand up for your rights.~~Bob Marley
You Know,
Of all your posts, this one of yours was my absolute favorite. You let the facade drop.... very good, my man. Very good.
peace,
tj
p.s. thanks, Joel.
1. I was born in Mexico in 1945. Presently living in Bolingbrook, a suburb of Chicago, where I teach.
2. Have three daughters and one son. Three granddaughters from oldest daughter.
3. I will soon be divorced after over 2 and a half years of proceedings.
4. I have a one-year-old Pomeranian.
5. I have a weakness for traveling and taking pictures of archeological sites, town’s gazeboes and flowers.
6. Favorite subjects were Math, Chemistry, and Latin.
7. Love to party and bar hop, but damned diabetes was my party pooper.
8. I am a sucker for science fiction, especially Star Trek and offspring.
9. I’d like to learn the private eye trade, lock picking, surveillance, martial arts, etc.
10. My children are the center of my life.
JRP
NOT BAD JOELBEAR!
a 5 page thread in less than 13 hours! Cool
PS Mony, can I be a groupie when yer a Rock star?
My ten,
1. Myself, my wife, and three kids were all born in Akron, Ohio (home of Alcholics Anonymus). We now live in Dayton, Ohio (home of the Wright Brothers)
2. Myself, my wife, and my oldest daughter are all left handed. My wife, myself, my son, and my oldest daughter were all born in October. My youngest daughter was born a week before Christmas. We have a two month old grandson, and a nine year old grand daughter.
3. I love all kinds of music. My two favorites are rock and roll, and classical.
4. I like to read nonfiction, but don't read a lot. I prefer good educational television for the visual compontent of learning.
5. I dabble in photography, but would like to get more into it.
6. I enjoy stand up comedy in particular and humor in general.
7. My wife and I enjoy eating out, listening to live music, baseball games, and short week end trips to near by points of interest.
8. The most I learned about people was during the 15 years I worked out of town and spent many an evening at the local old fashioned neighborhood tavern. I miss the place now that I have retired back home.
9. I have been out of the JW organization for over 35 years, and haven't given them much thought in the last ten years until I found this forum. In the last month, I have had three JW related dreams, and that bothers me. Never had any before that.
10. I am very lucky to be married to my wife. She has put up with a lot of BS from me over the years. It only took me 25 years to figure out how to get along with a woman.
Quiz question: There are five people in a family. Three of the five are first born. How could that be?
Damn it Dave you're not being fair!!! Pricsa and ladonna I hate you, love you, hate you, love you, hate you, love you. OK I'm just jealous as all hell. If I had breasts mabey Dave would love me to! (hmmm silicone or saline?, nah the chest hair would be a dead giveaway and I wouldn't shave even if Sister Theresa asked me to, which won't happen because she's kinda dead!!)
Peace and love,
Jon
PS Joel your threads always get more responses than mine. I'm going to go cry myself to sleep now.
Hey Riz, me love you long time too baby....J (and take my word for it, our anniversary was fabulous. A good time was had by all, especially jonjon!!!)
Great posts, I love reading them all. Here's mine.
1. I was born three months after my parent's wedding in 1967. I was my mom's ticket out of a very scary, disfunctional situation. Her alcoholism and becoming a JW during my childhood made me just as eager to leave home (well, not that eager). I had a lovely little girl out of wedlock that I nursed 5 minutes after saying "I do" to Joel, my husband and best friend.
For that matter, I nursed both my children (now ages 5 and 11) for two years each.
2. I was a witness most of my childhood until age 14. My parent's could no longer keep up appearances at the Hall and with their worldly alcoholic buddies, so we got a break. My brother, sister and I went trick or treating that year for the first time in our life. Stupidly, I felt guilty about leaving Jehovah and headed back into the hall after the birth of my daughter.
3. I change my color preferences with the seasons, but I'm constantly drawn to vibrant fuschias and oranges.
4. I love to cook and I'm a food writer. You can read some of my articles at Emeril Lagasse's website or in various food magazines.
5. We have a Persian kitty named Bijou and a Sheltie called Lucy. I've always been more of a cat person than a dog person, but I love all animals. Cats are just a lot more cool.
6. I love to travel. So much so that I worked for the airlines loading luggage for several years just for the free flight benefits. After becoming pregnant with the last one I called it quits.
7. I'm part Native American, Potawatomi to be exact. Ok, there's about 10 other nationalities in there too, but they're not as interesting.
8. I love to read just about anything, except western romances or stuff like that. I love Roald Dahl and reading for the kids is one of the highlights of my day. The BFG is one of my favorites.
9. I played the violin for two years until the pedophile teacher I had moved on from asking me stuff like "do you love me?" to trying to touch me inappropriately. I was finally able to stand up for myself and get my parents to let me quit. I didn't tell them the real reason, but my mom suspected it and I told her more details years later. He was arrested several years later in another state for molesting children. I've just now started to be pissed that he ruined my love of music for me and am thinking of taking violin lessons again.
10. I recently got pierced in an unusual spot. I think I mentioned that already though. ;-)
"When caught between two evils I generally pick the one I've never tried before." Mae West
#1.I was born and raised in Texas (still a southern girl)
#2.Went to 9 different schools for grades1-12(we moved alot)
#3.Raised as a witness and walked away this year at age 35.
#4.I've been married for almost 19 years (he was 25 and I was 16)
#5.I have a daughter 14 and a son 9(I also have a dog, two cats,two hamsters,and two 10gallon aquariums full of fish)
#6 My mother is still a witness ( remember church lady from Saturday Night live?)My parents are seperated.My Father and only sister are Df'd.
#7I love all kinds of music except for rap and country (some old time favorites:Queen,REO SPEADWAGON,PAT BENETAR,JOAN JET, too many to name
#8Love to go 4wheeling .I have a Honda Rancher.Fishing,Reading &cooking
#9 I think I'm Agnostic
#10 I'm so happy to be Free!
I couldn't help myself. I squeezed in more than 10 things.
Ranchette
#6
Larc,
Quiz question: There are five people in a family. Three of the five are first born. How could that be?
Father, mother, and eldest child.
Shaneliza,
A kinder, gentler Scarlett, eh? Perhaps Scarlett after she realized she loved Rhett?
Have you read the book? I like the family history and how it explains Scarlett's divided personality--wanting to be a great lady like her mother but having the earthy, lusty Irish blood of her father, too.
I'm not sure who I'd be. As a JW, I wanted most to be like Melanie, long-suffering, kind, self-sacrificing, trusting to almost the point of naivete. As I grew older, I identified more with Scarlett and her struggle to survive and take care of those around her. Some days I feel like Mammy, "It ain't fittin', it just ain't fittin'!" Other days I feel like Prissy. I love Butterfly McQueen in that role. "Just a few more days for to tote the weary load . . ."
My father censored my reading like a hawk. He raked me over the coals after finding The Vicar of Wakefield in my bedroom closet. A school chum had loaned it to me, and it looked boring, so I hadn't read it. According to Dad, it was rather risque. Even his backhanded recommendation couldn't induce me to read it.
Always remember, parents--if there are classic novels you want your children to read, put them on a high shelf in a dim corner and grimly warn them that these books are obscene and were once banned. Did you know that an illustrated edition of "Little Red Riding Hood" was banned in two California school districts in 1989? Following the original story from Grimm's Fairy Tales, the book shows the heroine taking food and wine to her grandmother.
Because Gone With the Wind was an old book, it somehow escaped the censor. I picked it up one summer in sheer boredom and soon found myself devouring it. I was only 12, and boy, did I learn a lot! I still remember the naughty horror of reading Rhett's offer that Scarlett be his mistress and her answer, "What would I get out of that except a passel of brats?" I looked up from the page and around at my family in amazement that this book had gotten past Dad.
Ginny
Just ten? ONLY ten???? Awww shucks. Here I go:
1. I am 19 years old and female.
2. I am going to school to be an Emergency Medical Technician.
3. I live in New Jersey, the pothole state. (I really hate it)
4. My favorite color is burgundy, because it has a 'sexiness' to it
5. My favorite book is 'the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe'
6. I am afraid of myself sometimes.
7. I am 2 brothers and 2 sisters i have never met.
8. I am a bit opinionated, but i try to be as tactful as possible.
9. The concept of God confuses me sometimes.
10. I am at work right now, but wish to be naked.
Joanne
