hey all, i'm not sure if this has been posted before, so i apoligize in advance if you all have seen it.
what's your color?.
if your birthday is on....... december 23 ~ january 1...............red.
I am
*WHITE*
You dream and have goals in your life. You get jealous easily and you
don't react to things easily. You are different and sometimes thought
highly by others.
It's kind of accurate, but I think the funniest thing is that Simon is pink - HA HA!
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anyone have any pet peeves they'd like to air?
here's one that just happened at work that is an annoyance for me: when you are speaking and the person interrupts the conversation with a corny play on words or the like.
for example, "i had to sit on the phone on hold for about 5 minutes, waiting .
Eating noises drive me insane!!!!
Chomping, crunching, slurping, gulping, talking-with-your-mouth-full, drooling, munching slobs!!!!
Shut your damn trap and chew quietly like a civilized human for God's sake!!
AAAUUUUUUUGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!
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kaitlyn marie is born
8 pounds, 5 ounces.
21 3/4" long.
Thank you all for your kind thoughts.
I never thought being a father would be this great!
I was looking forward to it, but it's sooooo much better than I ever imagined.
Thanks again
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kaitlyn marie is born
8 pounds, 5 ounces.
21 3/4" long.
3/6/02
8 pounds, 5 ounces
21 3/4" long
(edited to enlarge photo)
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what i am talking about a movie that you thought was great, but is mostly forgotten by most people today.. well, my favorite overlooked movie is "a perfect world.
" in it kevin costner is an escaped felon who escapes from prison with another felon.
they then break into a house and kidnap a boy who is a (gasp!
I love a good movie!
The Ref with Dennis Leary and Kevin Spacy
PCU with Jeremy Piven and David Spade
Love Stinks with French Stewart
Comedy classics, every one - check 'em out
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what is your favorite kind of pickle?.
and, do pickles go bad if you open the container and don't refrigerate them?
I like 'em all... sweet, dill, half-sour, gerkins, relish. It's all good!
The only bad ones are the giant ones you find in huge jars on the deli counter, you know, the pickles as big as your arm. They have a skin on them like rubber and the inside is pickle-mush, yuck!!
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i was once counselled by the elders for watching 'knots landing'....it became widely known in the congregation that me and a few other sisters would rush home from field service to watch our favourite soapie.
if we missed it, we would ring each other up for an update...or...if we weren't near a tv we would ask someone to put the phone handset on the top of their tv so we could hear it...pathetic huh...but that was all the excitement we could scrounge up in our otherwise dull and uneventful lives.
one of the elder's wive's conscience got the better of her...and she confessed to her husband..lol.
Lets see.... Where do I begin? It seems as if I was always receiving 'loving' counsel for something.
I was counselled for having worldly friends, so I started a bible study with a local marajuana dealer in high school. He didn't study for real, but attended the occasional meeting so we could keep our friendship.
I was counselled for playing dungeons and dragons. My mother actually called an elder to our house and asked him to bring all reference material he had on the subject. I learned alot from that meeting - like how to hide my things so mom don't find them.
I was counselled for my hair being too long, it was just touching the collar of my shirt. So I got it cut, a short buzz job, but not bald headed - at the very next meeting I was counselled that it was too short.
My entire family was counselled about our appearance. We were so poor that sometimes we couln't afford to eat, but the elders had to gall to tell us 'good christians will find the means to make themselves presentable'. I'm not talking about coming to the hall in torn clothes with patches or anything, it just wasn't as fasionable or up to date as the rest of the congregation in their 1970's polyester.
I am amazed we stayed as long as we did.
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it seems that i'm a dangerous man.. last time we went over to vist my dad in canada, my sister rang the local congregation to warn them that i was going!.
wow ... i feel like 'the jackal' or something ... international danger man!.
what sad pathetic little lives they lead ...
FELLOW APOSTATES UNITE!
We don't know the power we hold in our grasp.
The dubs fear us. We are a plague to them. They know we are stronger. They know we are smarter. In their heart of hearts they know we will win. They are right to fear us!
BWAAAHAAHAAHAA!!! CAN YOU FEEL THE POWER!?!
Sorry, irrational fear brings out the worst in me.
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well, i had a run in with my sister in law this weekend.
nothing direct between me and her since she shuns me.
but my brother dave told me something that just pissed me off to no end.
Harmony,
Hugs! After all the kind words and support you've tossed my way, it's only fitting to send some back to you.
Dealing with believing family mambers is probably the hardest thing about leaving their religion - you hit the nail on the head about your fear of losing them.
I don't know your parents other then what you've stated here, but they do appear to be somewhat reasonable, for example, not shunning you in your da'd state. Hopefully they never would.
For some families the bond between its members is strong enough to bring everyone out, and I wish this for you. In spite of your JW upbringing you have grown into a loving and caring person - that in itself is something to be proud of. But instead of taking care of you and saying 'screw the rest of them', you carry on and try to help them out.
Saving someone who doesn't want to be saved or realize they're in danger is far harder than saving yourself. But I know you have the strength and resolve to see this through.
You have my email address, use it if you need to.
More hugs,
Conflicted
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and this good news of the kingdom will be preached inall the inhabited earth for the purpose of a witness to all the nations, and then the accomplished end will come.
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belbab
I fell asleep. What were you saying?
