seriously!
i've been planning on going to this foreign langauge district convention for over a year and because some genius in new york planned it on july 4th weekend all the hotel prices have been jacked up making it impossible for me to attend.
f**k!!!!!
Wow that really sucks! I guess you could...
a) ask to stay with a friend or relative in New York
b) rent a RV
c) share a hotel room with a brother
d) pony up and pay the exorbitant hotel prices
or
e) go down to penn's landing for fireworks and the all you can eat icecream festival from wawa welcome america
good article.
do you know any psychopaths?.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/may/21/jon-ronson-how-to-spot-a-psychopath.
Yay I got 24 on that list!
Brown, I envy those who have light colored eyes because they're so pretty and bright lol.
Does anyone on this board have heterochromia or know someone who does?
Sample Picture:
one day i hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport.
we were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us.
my taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches!
Thanks, I'll remember this one!
lately, i have noticed that many suddenly have died or as it is usually expressed, died "unexpectedly" in the local obituaries.. i have come to know of many young people suddenly deciding to kill themselves for whatever reasons.
most that i have known about had either financial or personal issues and sadly, they just gave up.. i wonder if we were suddenly gone, would people take notice?.....
(and don't worry about me.
Nope, nor do I care. It's not like I still have feelings when I'm dead.
nearly a year ago my uncle was diagnosed with prostate cancer - he initially thought it was just a bladder infection and it took him passing out to go have more serious tests.
thus he received this news and shared it with us, his family.. the family rallied behind him and we all did everything we could to get him to his treatments, make sure he ate properly and supported him.
my cousins came out from the uk when it looked like he was going to die in a couple of days.
Sounds like your uncle lived a good life. I wish you and your family well on his final days.
if you've seen it, what sort of "adult" stuff is in it?
why is it pg-13 and not just pg?.
would you bring a relatively mature 11 year old to see it?.
IMDB has a parents guide so you can decide whether this movie appropriate for kids or not. It doesn't contain spoilers or names.
Thor (2011) Parents Guide: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800369/parentalguide
I saw the movie and liked it, and I also saw some kids there too.
There's also a secret ending after the credits.
i know i havent been on here forever!
i still am very happy and researching and reading all i can to keep me from going back.. i want what is best for my baby boy, ian.
he is so precious to me!!.
He is adorable.
around here in fundiedubland, it was considered practice for political elections.
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we were not allowed to do it at all.. i had to get a parental note stating i wasn't allowed to participate.. watchtower society: sucking the normal out of childhood since 1881.tm.
Nope, that could be stumbling others and it was a step towards "real' voting and politics.
So I always felt awkward during school elections.
many people in the jehovah's witnesses , older ones, younger ones have been expected to pioneer, go in field service with physical disabilities and are even considered "martyrs" if they push themselves to their physical capacities beyond reasonableness .
thus many witnesses feel sick, exhausted, tired, and essentially fight depression due to high expectations to " burn out " for the wt society.
have any of you experienced this while in the witnesses ?.
Yes, the hall that I went to was notorious for attendance. I also knew some dubs who put the meetings and service over their health. Here are some real examples:
- An older sister remembered going out in service as a little girl. Even with colds or illnesses, her mother would still take her out. When the friends notice something is wrong the little girl, her mother would tell them: "She's faking it." Eventually the little girl would pass out during service.
- A sister came to the meeting with a cold, and it eventually spread to the congregation.
- One sister's Bible study came to the meeting after being missing for a while. The study had some sort of non-contagious skin condition (excema maybe). Barely anybody walked up to her to say hello or anything.
- There was an older sister who was aux. pioneering in the summer, and she could hardly walk. She carried a foldable stool and also used it as a walking cane.
- A door fell on a 17 year old girl's finger during service. She was out in service the next morning with a bandaged stint on her finger. The reasoning was that she had 9 other healthy fingers, armageddon could come any minute, and that her finger will be healed at paradise.
- One sister came in sick, then half way through the meeting...her appendix exploded. She's still alive today, but still...
There were other medical emergencies that occured during the meetings, and they're usually rushed to the hospital.
This whole thread kind of reminds me of a riddle one former Bethelite learned from Bethel:
When should you miss meetings?
When you're sicker than Job, older than Methuslah, and wiser than Solomon.
