i went to see it today - by myself (mr bee is on a golf junket).
i was glad that that i was by myself because i cried so much at the end, i wouldn't have wanted to be with anyone who wasn't crying - and that would not have been mr bee!.
les miserables the current film is adapted from what is considered one of the half-dozen greatest novels of the past 150 years and one of the longest novels ever written.
Musicals give me a bad rash. They suspend my imersion into the story. Who really bursts out sining their thoughts into song.
(except for Caberet, but that's part of the story)
I love the older versions that Berangira mentioned and an old black and white French one too.
I've read the book and found Victor Hugo's words so mesmerizing.
Oh and I skipped the play too, when I heard it was a musical. 'Le' Mis'... ok my pet peeve
thw wts likes to play games with their statistics.
one interesting but truly tragic is the number of jwhovah's witnesses who commit suicie.. now i suspect that if a person commits suicide shortly before or after they are disfellowshipped then the elders would say that person wasn't a witness or that they had done something so terrible that they were too guilty to admit it and by their action of committing suicide they pretty much declared they were no longer a jw.. yup fancy talk to make sure any crap didn't fall on them.. so my question.. do you know of cases like this?
if so then can you answer a few more questions.. had this person been dfed or in real danger of being dfed or whatever the equivalent is if they were never baptized?.
I am so sorry gone for good.
I can not imagine losing a child this way.
I have lost my little brother . So I can undrstand a lttle bit.
But, your loss is so heartbreaking.
thw wts likes to play games with their statistics.
one interesting but truly tragic is the number of jwhovah's witnesses who commit suicie.. now i suspect that if a person commits suicide shortly before or after they are disfellowshipped then the elders would say that person wasn't a witness or that they had done something so terrible that they were too guilty to admit it and by their action of committing suicide they pretty much declared they were no longer a jw.. yup fancy talk to make sure any crap didn't fall on them.. so my question.. do you know of cases like this?
if so then can you answer a few more questions.. had this person been dfed or in real danger of being dfed or whatever the equivalent is if they were never baptized?.
I know of 3 .
They were in the last 5 years or so.
One was a newly reinstated young man. He was Dfed for being gay and had just been reinstated. Very tragic, as he was so young and desperate to please the Borg.
The other 2 were Elders. It was such a complete shock . They were very loved and considered the nice guys. They had families. Tragic also.
i haven't been to a meeting (other than some cousins' weddings) for well over twenty years.
i've always wondered what the fds was going to do with the "generations" thing once pretty much everybody who had been alive in 1914 is gone.
i get that they've come up with some "new light" about this topic, but when i ask my mom (who's still in) i only get "well, the new understanding is complicated...".
I do a Steve Martin versain of King Tut , but I call it the Overlap.
edit..opps
i haven't been to a meeting (other than some cousins' weddings) for well over twenty years.
i've always wondered what the fds was going to do with the "generations" thing once pretty much everybody who had been alive in 1914 is gone.
i get that they've come up with some "new light" about this topic, but when i ask my mom (who's still in) i only get "well, the new understanding is complicated...".
Undrcover, which 'old belief' ?
There are so many to chose from on this subject...LOL
i,am watching the rose bowl parade, and the wife.
call me to the front of the house.
a couple knocking on doors at 10 oclock in the morning.
Never here too.
The local congreation does not even meet on New Years Day for Field Service.
Maybe the C.O. is going to visit soon.
i have a sick kid.
how was your day?
any new year resolutions?.
First Day of the New Year.
Got my supplements out of my basket that has been in the closet all last year. I am now ready to take my Krill Oil [stink ass stuff] B vitamins [ stinky too] , ...Way to many to mention. Last year I slacked, due to stress and family worries. This year I am taking care of myself. I think I am of an age that can be a tipping piont. It will determain wether I feel good for the rest of my years.
Have my ingrediants to make a Tuscan vegetable soup tomorow. My lemons and feta for a complement.
The sky is beautiful tonight . Clear as a bell. I can not even count all the stars. It's cold and I love my velvety blanket about me.
It will be a good year.......smile.
Best wishes to everyone on this first day of the year.
i am really going to miss having her as a close friend.
we both helped each other this past year, as we were both dealing with the passing of people we loved.
she was a strong part of my support group.
'Where ever you are in Life , it is an improvement on where you have been.'
Becca's words
Soory for the loss of your good friend Zed.
i was in an used bookstore this weekend and saw a new world translation and some other society publications.
this made me think, what did others do with their books?
i gave mine to my mother, 22 years ago.
All my old books got ruined in my garage when it flooded. They blew up from the water and had mildew. So they were tossed along with many other things. Later my sweet mom helped me get a new JW library. By then I was finished, but still keeping up the Charade . So I tossed out hard cover bound volumes, etc. I did save my NWT with all my angry notes, scratched out verses that were missused. Things I was learning here. This bible was like a journal of my feelings. I also saved a brand new Aid book. I loved that book as a kid. A friend sent me an old paradise book. I'm saving that too. Also a 1974 year book. Thats it.
follow this brief convolution for a second:.
bex and i are friends from the kh we had attended.
i found a friend of bex's, leesa, also from that same.
Very sad news.
