ok. we have that "special" campaign ahead.....i still don't know how i will avoid participating....my family is all excited and will put the pressure on.....i might get my 50 tracts and toss them somewhere......it will look suspicious that i finished after an hour and "placed" 50 pcs in a territory that is closed to jw.....anyway.
here a few thoughts that crossed my mind:.
everybody at my hall is all excited about this special tract and i can't get the nice conversations i usually have with a few going, because of the excitement.
"Oh-this-MUST-be-THE-END" campaign, because you see "Pope-making-funny-comments-Spain-Government-tossing-Catholic-Church-out-All-World-hates-bad-Religions (not ours)-like-Muslims-and-now-this-tract-IN-OCTOBER (if you are/where a witness you know what october means for them"
What's special about October? I don't remember any special emphasis ever being put on October....of course I never paid attention anyway.
Welcome btw!
~luv, jojo
typically, by the end of the summer, i usually take off some weight due to good exercise and better eating.
then, in late fall and in the winter, it gets tough again.....what do you do to keep the weight off or if you've put a few pounds on how do you keep them off??
?
I spend all of my money on clothes and makeup, so I don't have money for expensive processed foods. Only fruits and veggies.
At least 1 hour every day on the treadmill at 4.5 mph on a number 4 incline. And take the stairs whenever possible.
Also, no alcohol. I lost 10 pounds in 2 weeks when I quit drinking.
Coffee and green tea to boost my metabolism.
And lots and lots and lots of water.
~luv, jojo
in some ways lfe as a jw was full - is life now more interesting or more of a chore?.
i have businesses to see to tomorrow (saturday) then perhaps i will go out for a few beers with my wife n saturday night.
sunday, catch up on a bit of paperwork and then perhaps watch the football (soccer) on the tv at our local pub.. .
My life is a hell of a lot interesting since I moved out here to Nashville. I don't have any friends yet, so there's noone for me to party with on the weekends. So I'm going to pick up a burger, and a 6 pack on the way home to enjoy alone.
**sigh** This weekend's gonna be reeeaaallly lonely.
~luv, jojo
once an elder asked me if i had any problems with masturbation?
i told him, no !!!!
that was before getting baptized.
What positions?
How many times?
Who serviced whom?
Did you climax?
Did he climax?
How many times?
And it got worse and worse and worse, much too graphic to post on here.
I was 19. In my first JC. In a room with men I grew up with, men I viewed as uncles and grandfathers. I walked out of that room, thinking "WTF just happened?" I was in disbelief and shock. But of course the brainwashing runs deeply because I believed there was something seriously wrong with me and they were just doing what they had to do to serve Jehovah and "keep the congregation clean". (Seriously, WTF.)
((((((((GGBG))))))))))) I went through the same thing on my JC. I was 17 at the time so I know exactly how you feel. ~luv, jojo
greetings, my name is marcio from brazil, i'm a jw sine 1994. i speak others language, and i'd like to make friendship after, change some magazins in others language.
i'v got awake publications in portuguese.
with you interest in change , writte me back at [email protected] or in my home adreess... marcio francisco.
Hi! My name is JoJo and I've been an apostate since 2005. I only speak English, but I too love to make new friends! You wouldn't happen to have any magazines regarding the failed prophecy of 1975 would you?
~luv, jojo
this poem was written by a 15 year old jw to encourage one of my younger relatives to get back to the kh.
to get to the meeting ahead of time.
to make our way to the counter to get in line .
To not forget that contribution box
Wow.....wow.....
That made me laugh my ass off.
God only knows how important that contribution box is.
To keep my Bible and book bag clean and neat
And what the hell is that all about?
~luv, jojo
last night i was reminiscing about my teenage years, and this came up.. in the congregation i was raised in there were a number of contractors.
i knew that college was out of the question, and i didn't want to run the family busines (though i ended up running it for a time).
so i asked a number of these elder contractors if they were willing to appentice me in their trades.
Not that exactly, but the mention of college reminded me of something I experienced.
From the time I started Jr. High, I KNEW that I wanted to be a psychologist. I loved and still love the human mind in all it's workings. I checked out every book in the library on mental diseas and psychiatry. I even found an old college text book someone had donated to the library, and I read every chapter and did all of the question and answer studies....anyway. Of course my jw mother was fully against this, and she gave me the hardest time about it. So one day I was out in service w/ some highly respected elderette, and she just so happened to ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up. So I took a deep breath, and said, ''I would like to be a psychologist.'' She smiled at me and said that it sounded like a very noble endeavor and that they could always use doctors and such at Bethel. I was elated! Finally! Someone of honor and prestige in the congregation to back me up. So I went home that day and proudly told my mother what the elderette had said. So then my mother calls me a liar, and says that Sister So-n-so would NEVER say anything so stupid! I kept insisting this was true, so my mother then proceeds to call the elderette at home to ask her herself...
THAT FREAKING BITCH TOLD MY MOTHER SHE NEVER SAID SUCH A THING!!!!!!
I was completely dumbfounded!!!! I stood there in shock for at least 10 minutes! So then the elderette's husband (PO) and another elder arranged to meet with me to discuss my problem with lying and to try to convince me to drop the whole college thing.
It took me forever to be able to trust ANYONE in the congregation after that.
~luv, jojo
edited to add: sorry this is so long...not trying to hijack, but i just had to get that out!
i often wondered this myself a lot growing up, and i must know.... if there was no paradise hope, no promise of living forever or having your dead loved ones resurrected....would you still serve your god and follow the organization?
would you have ever began studying with the witnesses for that matter or stayed in the ''truth'' if you were raised in it?.
because isn't that the golden ticket that jw's wave in front of their studies or interested ones?
IMHO, this is the basically the same "golden ticket" that ALL religious believers acquire when they adopt their own particular beliefs in the supernatural. Ultimately, religion comes down to this: an attempt to avoid the inevitable: death and an eternity of nothingness.
Hmmm....I never thought of that KidA. That's a good point.
So basically, if you break it down...all religion is just an attempt to avoid the inevitable. That you ARE going to die someday whether you like it or not.
And really...what's so scary about dying anyway (unless you believe in hellfire and all that)? All that happens is that you just cease to be....maybe there's something more to it, what with energy and everything. I personally wouldn't mind being a ghost or roaming spirit or whatever. But even if you just die...who cares? Maybe I'll finally get to catch up on my sleep.
~luv, jojo
man!
wtf is wrong with people in walmart?
did they leave their manners at home?!
All I can say is YAY TARGET AND KROGER!
**hands MsMcDucket a cookie**
Spending a few extra dollars somewhere else is well worth my sanity to me.
~luv, jojo
......................mine has got to be the weekly grocery shop....................oh how i dread and hate it.
i used to think it was the ironing but id rather do a ton of ironing if i didnt have to shop.. its so boring, same food week in week out.................loading it onto the conveyer belt, packing it putting it in the car.........taking it out of the car...........putting it into cupboards then saying " what shall i cook for dinner?
" but by then i just can face the food.. so whats yours?, mowing the lawn and cleaning the car are included .
I agree with Nancy Drake...
I HATE cleaning the litter box...I always feel all icky afterwards, and I have to hold my breath when I'm doing it, b/c I'm afraid I'll breathe in the dust and it might have little kitty poopoo particles in it.
BLECH!
~luv, jojo
