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  Sorry, need to moan and belly ache

  by Elsewhere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i normally try not to moan and belly ache here, but today i'm really down.

  the other day i was kidding and joking about being "socially-challenged", it can be fun to do this... but sometimes it catches up to me.

  i spend the vast majority of my evenings and weekends alone... movies, restaurants, community events, parties, you name it.

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  Brigid

  Else,

  I'm so glad your girlie emailed you back with a special "thanks" at the end (it's so funny how such a little tiny thing can make your day).

  I'm sure you're feeling much better now, but I was reading your experiences in Jr. High and had to let you know that you're not alone. Grade school was hell for me. There are probably about 5 of you here that know my real name (it is truly aweful and I got made fun of--alot. hint, it rhymes with Grody). Then there were the freckles, the glasses, being a JW--it just all wrapped up into one freakish little package. I was made fun of mercilessly. The worst cut down you could give any guy in our school was to call him my boyfriend. Then there was the cooty spray---aah yes, you couldn't occupy any space where I'd been without spraying it with cooty spray first. But hey, at least I had my nice loving non-abusive JW family to go home to and take comfort in---NOT!! LOL!!! I learned a lot about myself, though and luckily I "blossomed" and moved by Jr. High. Life has been much better for me.

  Love and Light,

  ~Brigid
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  Do you love/care for people here?

  by lonelysheep in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i care about all of you.

  i love some of you and have told you that, some i love and haven't told (yet).

  for some of us, those here truly are family and friends.

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  Brigid

  Of course I love and care about everyone here (even the difficult ones lol!). This is our tribe, is it not? We, who live between worlds? We can never go back and most don't want to (I don't) but not able to fully integrate without baggage in the "real world".

  I love you all.

  Love and Light,

  ~Brigid
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  Pictures...Of Our New Home

  by Legolas in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here is a few pics of our home...they are not very good though ...lol...i don't have any pictures up yet, most of my plants are setting on my table (still), some stuff is still out in the moving van and our grass is not in and garage is not built (the cut lumber in our yard is going to be milled and used for our deck and garage)!

  kitchen.

  here's our back yard ...but since we faced the home inwards..i guess it's our front yard!..lol.

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  Brigid

  Mazel Tov! Love that kitchen!!! I'm jealous!

  ~B.
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  Anyone Here Do Any Stock Market Investing?

  by BlackPearl in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  not sure if this is the right forum for this, but....anyone want share any recent stock purchase?

  if you own stock, please make an argument as to why you purchased it.

  this is my hobbie, i look for undervalued companies to buy and wait for wall street to recognize it's true value (anyone heard of warren buffett?

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  Brigid

  Outside of real estate, I am blind when it comes to investing. I have someone do it for me (and gotten killed, btw, in the past few years). REITs are interesting (securities usually based off the secondary mortgage market). But with the housing situation in most areas of the US, these are risky at best. There are a few cities that are really booming, though (been looking at San Antonio, Albuquerque).

  Anyway, good luck! I'd hire someone to do this, unless you just really enjoy it.

  ~Brigid
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  My big date!

  by Sparkplug in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i had an big date with my kids tonight.

  i just really do love them.

  we went to the theater and saw les miserables.

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  Brigid

  My god, Sparky! You have a beautiful family, hon. Aren't children the greatest???

  So, tell us about Les Miz...I LOVE ALW. My daughter can sing so beautifully and she learned as I listened to Les Miz ad nauseum when she was younger (she makes a great Cosette with Castle in a Cloud)

  I love Fantine's song:

  There was a time when men were kind,
  And their voices were soft,
  And their words inviting.
  There was a time when love was blind,
  And the world was a song,
  And the song was exciting.
  There was a time when it all went wrong...
  
  I dreamed a dream in time gone by,
  When hope was high and life, worth living.
  I dreamed that love would never die,
  I dreamed that God would be forgiving.
  Then I was young and unafraid,
  And dreams were made and used and wasted.
  There was no ransom to be paid,
  No song unsung, no wine, untasted.
  
  But the tigers come at night,
  With their voices soft as thunder,
  As they tear your hope apart,
  And they turn your dream to shame.
  
  He slept a summer by my side,
  He filled my days with endless wonder...
  He took my childhood in his stride,
  But he was gone when autumn came!
  
  And still I dream he'll come to me,
  That we will live the years together,
  But there are dreams that cannot be,
  And there are storms we cannot weather!
  
  I had a dream my life would be
  So different from this hell I'm living,
  So different now from what it seemed...
  Now life has killed the dream I dreamed...
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  What do you do when you get bored?

  by averyniceguy in

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  Brigid

  Mess around online. Read. Draw. Daydream.
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  Garlic

  by Bookey in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was wondering how many of you eat raw garlic daily?

  i have begun to start again, after a short break from it.

  i have noticed that i am breathing much better since starting again...it truly is a first defense against all kinds of diseases and bacteria.. let me know friends.. boo key

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  Brigid

  A garlic plait? To ward off vampires? lol! It's okay to love your garlic, just don't love your garlic....hehe

  Anyway, this reminded me of a theory I once heard about the Roman Empire becoming so strong because their soldiers ate so much garlic that it made them far more disease resistant than other armies.

  Eh, who knows?

  ~Brigid (the healthnut who finds ways to put garlic in just about all her recipes...garlic cookies anyone?)
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  Sorry, need to moan and belly ache

  by Elsewhere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i normally try not to moan and belly ache here, but today i'm really down.

  the other day i was kidding and joking about being "socially-challenged", it can be fun to do this... but sometimes it catches up to me.

  i spend the vast majority of my evenings and weekends alone... movies, restaurants, community events, parties, you name it.

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  Brigid

  Oh (((sweety))),

  Your story brings home something I always remind my daughter of (who at 13 is beautifully blossoming into the full embodiment of maiden goddess and attracts boys like crazy). I remind her that when boys approach her (she is not allowed to "date" yet) to remember how hard it is for boys to talk to girls knowing that 50-90% of the time (depending on the male), they are facing absolute rejection and that takes a lot of guts. She does not have to be "nice" or falsely encouraging and she must reject jerks outright, but to always be respectful of those who are respectful of her.

  It is hard for the male. You guys always talk about the things you would hate about being a woman (giving birth, monthly cycles, etc.) This is the thing that would terrify me.

  As far as social anxiety: I grew up painfully shy (literal pain would ensue in social settings). I have learned as I get older that most people are just as afraid as you are. Keep asking questions about people...you will be amazed at how another human longs to be heard. Besides, chicks will think you're genuinely interested in who they are as a person and "dig it"

  Love and Light,

  ~Brigid
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  We were supposed to worship the moon tonight! I forgot to tell ya.

  by gumby in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  been wonderin why i been so horny lately...then i remembered...it's the full moon!.

  i'll betch you guys didn't know what a big part our moon has played in worship and tonight is one of those nights but it's 10:10 pm and i just remembered.. the ancients reasoned "no one really knows what the moon is or what keeps it from falling on us.

  it must be a god or controlled directly by one".. just think about how important the moon is to us.

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  Brigid

  No need to remind me. I had it covered (and somethings uncovered....ahem).

  And Wednesday, you did fine, girl. You did just fine. Next time just add a bowl of water, some incense and a candle (warning: do not burn thyself or others with fire--always play safe with fire, kids ; )

  Goddess Bless,

  ~Brigid the Moon worshiper
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  WERE THERE ANY `YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS,MAN' moments in KH

  by badboy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  did something say something like that po who said`cats represent the beast' so you shouldn't stroke them'

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  Brigid

  I just remembered another one! An elder at a "get together" with two very faithful, upright pioneer sisters from Puerto Rico and he starts talking about stuff like "it's a matter of fact" that latino sisters dress more suggestively---TO THEM!! I was so embarassed for them. If I was the person I am today back then, I would have stopped the conversation right there and told him off.

  Instead, we all 3 just sat there taking his every elder word as gospel--because if an elder says it, must be true!

  BAAAARFFF!!

  ~Brigid