Posts by PaulJ

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Flat Eric

by misspeaches in

have any of you guys heard of flat eric.. i was giving this yellow ball of fun by a friend who travelled in europe and the uk.

they tell me he was quite big over there.

but i have no idea what his story is.... but he's such a cute toy.

PaulJ

Yeah he advertised Levi's I think. Mind you he was popular about 4-5 years ago i think. Havent seen him since.. ITS A PUPPET!!!!

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Reveal something "weird" or "unusual" about yourself

by JH in

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whatever i drink from the fridge, i put it into the microwave for 10 seconds so that it won't be too cold to drink.. .

whenever i drink ice cold liquids, it irritates my tongue/mouth and often triggers a sore throat.

now you have additional proof that i'm weird .

PaulJ

I've not yet met anyone who can be as sarcastic as me.

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What would you put in Room 101?

by PaulJ in

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for those of you that do not know what this is- room 101 is a place where you can bannish forever all the things that really annoy you.

the only requisite is that you have to justify why you want to put that 'thing' in room 101.

(if anyone can explain it better, please go ahead!).

PaulJ

have you read it then Mum- what do you think??

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Are there any writers on here?

by PaulJ in

ok, i work in a dull 9-5 job that is busy but quite boring.

i guess by being a jw in the past i've been encouraged all along to be settled, work to get by.

my focus was supposed to be serving jehovah and nothing else.

I've asked myself this and the reason why I want to write is because I enjoy it. Of course, Im sure most writers would like to get published, and I'd be included in them, but thats not what is motivating me. Writing, now I've decided to do it, is quite a focus. I try and write on the train on my way to and from work, plus I like to write before I go to sleep. I'm always thinking about the next chance I'm going to get to write.

Thanks for the advice.

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Are there any writers on here?

by PaulJ in

ok, i work in a dull 9-5 job that is busy but quite boring.

i guess by being a jw in the past i've been encouraged all along to be settled, work to get by.

my focus was supposed to be serving jehovah and nothing else.

PaulJ

Thanks Bryan and jgnat!

I'm working thru a creative writing course book called "The Creative Writing Coursebook" By Julia Bell and Paul Magrs. The first thing they say is to write as much as possible even if its nonsense, so I'm doing just that.

Thanks for the advice!

PaulJ

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Are there any writers on here?

by PaulJ in

ok, i work in a dull 9-5 job that is busy but quite boring.

i guess by being a jw in the past i've been encouraged all along to be settled, work to get by.

my focus was supposed to be serving jehovah and nothing else.

PaulJ

The exercise was to write a page (notebook paper) on each of the following subjects-

1. Garden Furniture

2. Marilyn Monroe

3. The Earth's Core

4. Eagles

5. Fireworks

It takes about 5 minutes or so to write each one. The idea is to just go with whatever comes into your mind, even if it goes off at a tangent. One of the points it made was that if you allow go with your instincts, you will probably write memories or common associations eg. "Happy Birthday Mr President!" but you should find something there that will generally suprise you. It worked for me.

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Are there any writers on here?

by PaulJ in

ok, i work in a dull 9-5 job that is busy but quite boring.

i guess by being a jw in the past i've been encouraged all along to be settled, work to get by.

my focus was supposed to be serving jehovah and nothing else.

PaulJ

Im still at the stage where i dont know what to write. I did an exercise recently that got me to write stuff as i thought it and that was exiting because so much of the things I came out with suprised me.

I've always liked the idea of comedy as I've written a number of sketches, or maybe childrens books, but i honestly dont know.... discovering what im good at writing about is a curious path but Im just enjoying the walk.

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Are there any writers on here?

by PaulJ in

ok, i work in a dull 9-5 job that is busy but quite boring.

i guess by being a jw in the past i've been encouraged all along to be settled, work to get by.

my focus was supposed to be serving jehovah and nothing else.

PaulJ

bttt

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Here I am asking for advise again....

by lola28 in

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hi everyone i hope you guys can give me some advise ( the other times i have asked for help all of you have given me good and sound advise) so here i go again.. we hired someone today to work in my office and i will be managing her, this is the first time that i have had to mnage any one.

any advice on how to take on this responsibility?

just for a little backround, for the last year and a half only my boss and i have been working here, so for those you that have to do this every day what is your advice when it comes to managing another person?.

PaulJ

Always be focused and give them plenty to do. Talk to them and build a professional relationship with them. Let them know what you expect and what they can expect in return.

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so what are the "anointed" you know/knew like?

by nowisee in

there were two quite old females in my congregation.

sweet.

but then they died.. i met several members of gb.

PaulJ

I knew a lady who was kind, mellow and very focussed. Then she did something that I felt was so unchristian I couldnt believe it, it kinda knocked my faith at the time.