Mony,
LMAO!!!
I wonder what that dude would DO with a "soul" after buying one...??? Where would he stash them all? Would they be filed alphabetically? Hmmmm... to deep for me on Monday morning....
looking forward to june 30
love, laura
lauralisa
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The Board
by comforter ini have decided to spend less time on this board because of its explicit content.
i could take the time to wipe the floor with alanf who knows next to nothing about the papacy.
but we have decided to spare poor alan this time.
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lauralisa
Hello comforter,
I think you are hindered from benefiting from a forum such as this in a way that is tantamount to how some people recently chose to focus on Erica's necklace.
Sincerely,
lauralisa
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Daniel chap. 8, Auth. King Farkel version
by Nathan Natas ini hope farkel won't kick my ass too high or too far for posting this here, but i don't recall seeing it here anytime recently, and it is just sooooo much fun.. i'm concerned though, that farkel's affection for fred franz may be dangerously close to the infatuation point.
he has the fred franz action figure, i hear.. - - -.
daniel 8 for dummies - introduction: "the powers of the dark side" .
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That was inspired.
Go Farkelmeister. Or I guess I should say "way to go". Whatever... it rocks for moi.
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Make your own South Park character
by mikepence in.
http://southpark.gamesweb.com/flash/sp-studio.html
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lauralisa
Dude,
Quit calling me fat. You pig-f**ker.
This is SO COOL thank you!
laura, who has a son named Kyle, and who capitalizes on it frequently and threatens to go to his high school and say the following if he does anything dorky like pick on his brother, or does not floss
I'M KYLE'S MOTHER!!! OUR CHILDREN MUST BE PROTECTED FROM THOSE CANADIANS!!!!!!!
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More advice needed for dan!
by bboyneko inokay here is the situation in a nutshell: i am being offered a job with the former vice president of my current place of employment.. here is the details:.
i got hired at an ipo in late april.
it was the ceo, 2 vice presidents and me.
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lauralisa
Hi Dan,
Okay, I'm typing this while my majorly-talented and amazingly creative and successful SO is dictating. We just moved from Baltimore, and he is familiar with the territory in your line of work. (He's a 3-D computer game artist.) Here we go:
Initially, the salary increase is so insignificant that you almost HAVE to counter, especially if these guys are in the 10K/month category.
If you are interested in working in Baltimore, the professionals there are: Carton/Donafrio and Alexander and Tom. These guys are seriously into web development for major corporations. They, in fact, may be looking for new talent, and are worth a consult.
Agree to sign a NDA (non-disclosure agreement) and find out who the clients are and what the scope of the projects on hand actually are. Since the job they're offering you is Senior Designer, you should be privy to contract details such as time scope, budget, etc. This may inform your decision as to the viability of the company.
I can not stress enough: the position they are offering you and the salary quote are not in line with what positions in Baltimore such as this can command. I'd say counter with 5K over what you feel comfortable in accepting, and negotiate back from there. Personally, I wouldn't look at it for less than $40K (and that's working 'cheap').
With good freelance contracts, you could easily earn 32K and work six months out of the year.
If you are a good artist, you might also check out the computer game companies in Baltimore and Hunt Valley; Microprose/Infogrammes, Firaxis, Big Huge Games, Breakaway Games, Leaping Lizard (Silver Springs) among others. A junior artist starting out can command $40K to start, with full benefits and 401K, etc.
Additionally, if you are a good artist, with a good portfolio and wish to look further into this arena, send mail to laura at [email protected] and I'll be happy to provide you with some contact names at these companies.
Be well, Evan
(laura's amazingly talented and fabulous future husband)
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(peeking out from behind cyber-shield)
{{{{Wendy }}}}}}
I've missed you!
The kitty will be fine unless Riley tries to eat its food!
love, laura
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Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
by Wounded Heart inused to be called multiple personality disorder (mpd).. i have it.
i was physically, emotionally, sexually abused.
the tramas in my life were so great that i split into many.
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Walking Wounded:
Please visit http://www.sidran.org
It is an invaluable resource for just about everything you are in need of right now.
A few comments, if I may, however....
You are an incredible person and mother in your devotion to helping your daughter. You must learn quickly though how to proceed so as to keep yourself healthy... and this may break your heart to read, but... your very genuine, loving efforts to help her just might be exacerbating her condition.
In which area of the country do you and/or your daughter live? Please find a licensed psychotherapist, preferably one who is a member of the ISSD, as soon as possible to get expert and appropriate direction. This is critical.
I'll edit to post URLs that may help you in this regard
Another thing that strikes me after reading your last post - and I hope this makes sense (well, as much sense as anything can) - PLEASE, it is imperative that you and your daughter and her fiance know that ALL of her alters are well-meaning and think they are doing the best thing to protect the entire system, despite how their behaviors manifest. It's incredibly difficult to comprehend, but the only way to "get" to them is through a compassionate, accepting approach. If they are regarded as "bad" or "enemies" or such, no progress will be made, and it could get A LOT worse.
I hope you find some support, relief and comfort soon, and that things quiet down for everybody involved.
lauralisa
PS to waiting
I'd love to know what your conclusion was...
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Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
by Wounded Heart inused to be called multiple personality disorder (mpd).. i have it.
i was physically, emotionally, sexually abused.
the tramas in my life were so great that i split into many.
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Encouraging book excerpt moment !
(Dedicated to waiting)
But after recovery, after they have chosen to live, these same people often truly live - passionately, in a way many other people never achieve. Survivors embody extremes of human experience, such that everyday misery is a near-stranger to them. At first, their pain is much worse than our everday misery, by a factor so large that it would be difficult for most people to conceive of it. And then later, after recovery, everyday misery is simply unacceptable. Life must be a passionate, conscious journey, or it is just not worth the survival effort.
In the context of their own personal experience, and their struggle to come to terms with it, survivors inevitably address certain questions. Does anyone every truly care about anyone else? Is love just a word? On this planet, is it possible to be in control of anything? Is it all right not to be in control? Does human life, in its pain and vulnerability, contain something that makes it worthwhile? And these questions are not asked philosophically, from the relatively detached stance that the rest of us might enjoy at times, but rather from a position of intense and consumingly personal relevency every day.
Eventually, the trauma survivors I see glean their own answers to some of the mot fundamental human questions. And the beliefs, strategies, and personal values they come to live by are fascinating, a school for human life. Perhaps the most instructive of all is the recovered trauma survivor's intimate relationship with what is for many people the most distant of philosophical concepts: awareness of the truth. That awareness is life-giving: that dissociation and numbness are lethal, is a lesson the recovered survivor has learned down to his or her bones. It is the lesson that sparks the missionary's glint. It restores faith, and makes living a workable choice. And though the turnabout may seem ironic, this lesson is precisely the one that many of us have not learned deeply enough to make genuine living possible. Perhaps, like grandchildren, we can learn it from the "old souls", from the survivors.
From The Myth of Sanity: Divided Consciousness and the Promise of Awareness by Martha Stout, PhD, one of the best books I've ever read
Highest regards to all who have survived,
lauralisa
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Anyone from Minnesota?
by scootergirl inlooking for anyone from the st. cloud congregations (i was in the north one)...or surrounding areas.
oh heck, anyone from minnesota is fine!
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Hi Scootergirl,
I'm just south of the cities. I've only been here for six weeks, so I have to look at a map to find St. Cloud!
If Harmony, Gopher and Thirdson are examples of how cool ex-dubs are here, then we're in good shape. I hope to get to meet you someday.
lauralisa
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Thanks to Everyone!
by Amazing inright now my body is half shaven with needle marks and bruises everywhere.
if i were stopped on the streets of chicago looking like this, staggering with fatigue, i would be arrested.
something we men have a hard time getting through our thick heads is that just because we feel basically okay, does not mean that we can or should do a lot physically after a traumatic event ... and i found this out by doing a little too much walking at the hospital chest tightened, became out of breath, and got dizzy.
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lauralisa
Hi Amazing,
I'm so relieved to find you "out" and faring well. So, no mowing the lawn for you. Please take care,
lauralisa