Posts by 13th_apostate

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Anyone Collect Homies??

by jaccilynn in

my friends and i started collecting these little figures from the quater machines in the grocery store called homies... just wondering if anyone else has these in their supermarkets/drug stores... they are so funny... little guys drinking 40's, holding skateboards.

they're great.

check them out.... .

13th_apostate

source magazine did an article on the creator of homies a year or so ago. I thought they looked interesting and I thought that if I ever ran across some I would buy them (I collect toys and comic books and that sort of thing). I can underestand why people with children would have a problem with them. and I can also see how some would view them as bad sterotypes or caricatures. but I guess I dont take offense because the creator is from that culture and community. if I recall correctly, a few of the homies are based on some of his friends. if a person can not criticize or comment on his own culture and community, who can? dont get me wrong, I am not advocating the gang lifestyle. to me, that lifestyle, while it makes for good storytelling, is one born out of desperate need and is predicated on violence and raw capitalism. it is not something I would want anyone trapped into. but someone doing something creative within that environment I think is something that needs to be supported.

will

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Witnesses Just Want To Have Fun!

by Englishman in

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there are hundreds and hundreds of permitted extra-curricular activities for jw's to enjoy.

activities that have nothing to do with religion or worship where jw's can really have a ball!.

so, for all of you people who sometimes wonder if you should perhaps go back, lets all list the permitted fun things that any witness can do in his / her spare time.. i'll get the ball rolling:.

13th_apostate

um, johnny, what exactly is a pleasure ground? sounds like something I should have known about years ago.

will

61

Witnesses Just Want To Have Fun!

by Englishman in

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friends

there are hundreds and hundreds of permitted extra-curricular activities for jw's to enjoy.

activities that have nothing to do with religion or worship where jw's can really have a ball!.

so, for all of you people who sometimes wonder if you should perhaps go back, lets all list the permitted fun things that any witness can do in his / her spare time.. i'll get the ball rolling:.

13th_apostate

for a time a couple MS who were brothers organized volleyball games after

the meetings on sunday. it actually was fun...the first time. the idea was

to do something that all the kids and adults could do together. in no time,

the only people who should up were the brothers who were already into playing

basketball at the same park and the under 18 crowd who had nothing else to

do. the captains were usually the brothers in their 20s and in a matter of

weeks, their competitive natures came out. it got to the point were certain

ones didn't want to play at all and it became like a freaking circus maximus.

if I remember correctly, the elders had to step in and comment on the

"too worldly and competitive nature". as a cong activity, it died a quick

death after that.

 will

26

What irritates you?

by writerpen in

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what irritates me is when the car in front of me on the interstate leaves his turning signal on for 8 miles.

i was so irritated at this coming back from lunch today that all i could think of was, 'wouldn't it be great if i had a rocket installed in this little car so i could blow his car off the road?

' why do we get pissed at little stuff like this?

13th_apostate

yay, a gripe session!

this week, my irritations are:

screaming children (i work in a library and we have a childrens reading program every summer)

old people who sunday drive every day of the week

the aforementioned turning signal on w/no turning going on

the aforemention ignorance

stupid people who think they are clever

clever people who act stupid

stupid people with lots of money

dogs that "do their business" in my yard

rude children

people who don't bathe regularly

extremely cheap people

old (as in over 65) racist people who spend too much time explaining to you how they are not racist

poor people who keep having children

bad parents

ineffectual parents

women who douse themselves in floral perfumes

the guy on the dell computer commercials ("dude, you should have got a dell"; I want to strangle him at this point)

that's it. join me next week when I shall be irritated with having to work on the weekend, mowing my yard in 90 degree weather and homeless people who fart while talking to you! :p

will

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boomboom car stereos...

by DanTheMan in

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i live in klumbus ohio, in a neighborhood that ain't da hood but it ain't the 'burbs either.. it seems that if you are a male under 25 in my area and you don't have a 10,000 watt car stereo that shakes the whole neighborhood, well, you're nothing.. i don't get hip-hop culture.

i think that it is a screaming commentary on the cultural rot in the usa.. could someone comfort me or help explain the appeal of this pervasive sub-culture?

the depravity of it all makes me feel so hopeless sometimes.. maybe i'm a little too narrowly caucasian in my outlook.

13th_apostate

Overbeer: I have caught a few nappy roots videos and was considering trying

their CD. the last rap CD I bought was expansion team by dilated peoples.

I didn't like that one as much as the first one. I am patiently waiting

for another roots CD. I also bought AOI: Bionix by De La Soul not too long

before expansion team. I think I liked Art Official Intelligence better.

I'm just getting old. ;is the new blackilicious any good?

will

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WERE YOU CONSIDERED A GOOD EXAMPLE?

by minimus in

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have you ever had to deal with the thought that you really weren't that good of an example?

perhaps, the congregation was encouraged to pioneer or reach out for bethel service or go to seldom worked territory, etc.

and when you applied, you were told that you didn't qualify.

13th_apostate

ve9gra: I am so glad I didnt take the plunge. if I hadn't have listened to myself, I could see what would have happened: a 10 yr bid at bethel and then on to a life time of elder corruption.

SYN: dude, it was a rumor. really. I only read the good parts. besides, I read more comic books than I did watchtowers. hell, I still read more comic books than I do watchtowers. heh.

will

50

boomboom car stereos...

by DanTheMan in

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friends

i live in klumbus ohio, in a neighborhood that ain't da hood but it ain't the 'burbs either.. it seems that if you are a male under 25 in my area and you don't have a 10,000 watt car stereo that shakes the whole neighborhood, well, you're nothing.. i don't get hip-hop culture.

i think that it is a screaming commentary on the cultural rot in the usa.. could someone comfort me or help explain the appeal of this pervasive sub-culture?

the depravity of it all makes me feel so hopeless sometimes.. maybe i'm a little too narrowly caucasian in my outlook.

13th_apostate

let me play the part of the (semi) apologist:

loud car stereos started out as a part of hip hop culture in the early 80s. kids created block parties out in their neighborhoods and often rigged up sound systems by illegally tapping into street lights. this eventually passed as growing gang activity and police raids as a result became all too common. the zulu nation was formed in part to negotiate gang fueds and to keep the neighborhoods more safe. as time went on, souped up car systems became the way to have outdoor parties. now some how in the mid to late 80's, the outdoor party aspect of the loud car system dropped the party aspect and became a status symbol - the louder it was the cooler the driver and associated riders were. hence brings us to today where most kids bangin' their systems have no idea where the idea came from or how much money the stereo manufacturers made from this long ago fad that is now a permanent fixture in youth culture.

I came of age when hip hop was breaking into the mainstream. a lot of my becoming an adult is tied up with the golden age of rap circa 1984-1989. I love classic rap.

HOWEVER....(hence the "semi" part)

IMO rap dallied in the "gansta" phase much too long and lost almost all of the positive, unique voices from its golden age. there are a few left but their popularity is miniscule in comparison with the gansta/playa/playboy/millionaire-wannabe rappers that are currently popular. and, hip hop lover that I am, I still get tired of the same "ole shit" over and over booming at me from over a mile away. youth culture always forgets what came before and why. that is why they still play their music too loud. kids will be kids....with better toys as time marches on.

will

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WERE YOU CONSIDERED A GOOD EXAMPLE?

by minimus in

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friends

have you ever had to deal with the thought that you really weren't that good of an example?

perhaps, the congregation was encouraged to pioneer or reach out for bethel service or go to seldom worked territory, etc.

and when you applied, you were told that you didn't qualify.

13th_apostate

I was considered a very good example for a while. I was a very quiet, intelligent, shy kid. a lot of people in my local cong were "amazed" at my "ability to grasp the deeper things of the publications." (yeah, like it was hard to underline obvious answers to their shallow questions). in retrospect, I guess they wanted to fast track me to serve as an elder or MS. only thing was, I never got baptised. I was the "good son" and went to the meetings like my mom wanted me too, but once I had studied the requisite books, I didn't feel like it was right or that I was ready. all I knew was that I was not ready for this "big committment" that they wanted me to. they always kept putting out the idea of going to bethel like it was a better idea than college. I for the life of me could not figure out how having every moment of your day planned out, living with strangers, and working for practically nothing was something to aspire to. my mom raised myself and my two younger sisters alone and we were poor more times than we weren't growing up. I did not want to live hand to mouth all my life. bethel seemed to my young mind the sure road to continued poverty. of course all the other kids my age sort of shunned me because they thought I was a "know it all". it took years before I was able to glimpse their double lives and what really went on at circuit and district conventions. they smoked, drank, had sex; they did more partying at district conventions than kids did in movies. that really blew my mind. of course no one thought to ask if I wanted in on the fun. :( anyway, I was considered a very good example until I moved out of the house and did a quick fade. I think because of my perceived intelligence (there were rumors going about my cong that I had read the entire Aid to Understanding the Bible book from cover to cover), the elders never really pursued me after I left. I mean, I was even a book study reader by that point. but once I quit, I never went back. I dont know if I kept my "good standing" after I left or not.

will

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Your'e All In Your Own Right - Stars

by invisible in

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13th_apostate

"my god...it's full of stars..."

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friend's encounter with jws,this may interest U.

by badboy in

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my friend was swiddling with his car when he noticed a group of jws going door to door, one of them (a lady) approached him and said they wanted to interest him in the bible etc etc.. he said that jesus christ was the head of his household so he couldn't accept wt publications.. he also said u should pratise your faith or something similiar.. he also made an interesting observation,all the jws were carrying laptop computers!.

the idea,being they could beam images onto your living room wall or insert a cd rom into the laptop to show u things.. my friend believes they r carrying out a test run using laptops in their ministry.. is he right?.

13th_apostate

if this is true, it means we can use their own computers to show them how wrong the WT&S is when they come to our doors. how much fun would that be.

"ah, I love the smell of apostacy in the morning."

:p

will