Posts by Chemical Emotions

I think it actually has quite a lot to offer other than "shocking" material. Most authors during that time portrayed adolesence differently, far more inaccurately. Not all, but most. Most Young Adult authers nowadays (that I've read) also do this. Salinger and a few other writers were far more honest and accurate. Sometimes that included sex, drinking, smoking, swearing, selfishness, disrespect, etc. For it's time it was shocking, not just for those reasons, but for it's questioning of religion and it's questioning authority. It's a classic because PEOPLE, not just teens, can identify with it. You have to look past the purely teenage elements( there's not that many) and see other "layers". Holden's thoughts on sex, and about "phonies" are two interesting aspects that older, more mature adults could relate to. I find interesting his adversion to "phonies", even when he hypocritically acts like "phony" himself. And Phoebe is wonderful!

Oh, and I've never been a huge fan of Call of the Wild, but it's good.

I've been meaning to read The Hobbit for years!

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What are the best things to first bring up to a JW parent about mistakes, lies, etc., from the GB?

by Chemical Emotions in

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i need advice..

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Thanks to everyone but djeggnog for the excellent advice.

djeggnog, I am not in the mood to srgue. :)

LOL at outlaw!

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The Catcher in the Rye- do you like it or not?

by Chemical Emotions in

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i love it.

:) i'm a big holden fan..

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I love it. :) I'm a big Holden fan.

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"The Family Who Missed Meeting, And Their Child Was Hit By A Bus"

by Bubblegum Apotheosis in

have you heard this skit, about the family that decided to stay home from meeting.

instead of attending the t.m.s.

and book study, they stayed at home to watch the tv.

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I've heard some similar ones as those, the "real life" ones, not skits. A brother didn't go to meeting and got murdered...the rest of the JWs didn't because they weren't at home..."true" story. Ha.

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What are your favourite movie lines/quotes????

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''well there's one thing you got ta ask yourself punk....you felling lucky...well do ya punk".....clint eastwood dirty harry.. "it's life jim but not as we know it" capt kirk star treck..

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I have several favorites, but one that comes to mind is:

(Sookie:) You call your mother "Mimi"? (Igby) "Heinous One" is a bit cumbersome.

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Are you a pecker?

by keyser soze in

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or do your fingers move fluidly across the keyboard when you type?.

i admit, i'm far more proficient with letters than i am with numbers and symbols..

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The only keys I can hit without looking are A, S, D, F, W, and O. But I'm pretty fluid when i type.

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How did you visualize Jehovah when you were young?

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i was born as a third generation (perhaps even fourth gen. but my great great grandfather never got baptized) jw.

i remember that when i was young, perhaps about five years old, i would think about jehovah as this big black ghost with yellow eyes.

to me he was quite frightening, and i was constantly catious not to piss him off.

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Like they portrayed Jesus when he was reigning in heaven (all white, majestic), only bigger, angrier, and meaner.