Posts by terafera

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What makes you smile?

by WildTurkey in

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what brings a smile to your face?

i cant help but smile when my wife laughs, or when my kids play outside.

i also smile when my boy, who is 15 wants to talk to me.

terafera

Mimilly, I know what you mean...

When someone looks a bit crusty around the edges, sad or just hardened by life...I like to smile at them and treat them warmly.

I have a grumpy old neighbor next door who bites everyone's head off... he screamed out the window many times about my dog who was yapping at cars (my dog is hardly ever outdoors). I had put up with his yelling for a few weeks....I thought of going over and telling him off, but wondered how he got so sad in his life. I figured he must be pretty bitter about life....I also noticed I never saw anyone visit him, no grandkids, relatives, nothing.

So I made some banana bread with a nice note and left it on his doorstep. A few days later I see him walking out to his car and he smiles at me. 'Thanks sweetie for the bread. I know I can be an ass sometimes... I sure hope you didnt poison it!!' We both started laughing and he got in his car with a huge smile. Knowing I rose above the situation and acted with love made me realize how much my attitude and actions affect my happiness. And that made me smile.

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How many Artists here? Which field of Art?

by invisible in

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i know i asked this absolutely yonks back, then by the name of celtic, but with so many newcomers here i thought no harm but to ask once again.. how many artists do we have here or working in art related fields including film, music, theatre, environment, gardening, sculpture, graphic design, illustration, fine art, photograpy etc etc?.

what hobbies do you have?

how do you see your future artistic horizons opening up?

terafera

Mimilly, Im not kidding ya...I think we are related!!!! Too many coincidences..

PeaceLoveHarmony, I know what you mean. I would love to be the lead singer of a band..something like Hole or No Doubt. Lets start our own band!

I definitely agree with the thought that many exjws have artsy tendancies... I know, during the meetings, I would stare at the wallpaper and analyze the different colors used. I would study the font for the scripture on the wall and trace it over and over in my mind. Dont know if that was the creativeness in me or just sheer boredom, LOL .

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I'm busted!!!!!

by terafera in

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oh man....check this out.. my brother, an active jw, whom i am very close too, called me sometime last year to tell me about the un issue.

i never cared to talk about religion .... most of my family is in and i'm not.

so i boringly reply,'oh yeah'..not really listening.

terafera

Thanks all for your kind replies

My sis sent me an email this morning. It said basically how hurt she is because I've 'got so much going for me' and she had hoped I would be going back to the 'Truth someday'. It had talk about the 'time of the end' and not letting ourselves question things and letting apostate material seep in. She also stated she didnt think it would be wise for my nephews and niece to visit me, since I would not bring them to meetings and might influence them in an 'unsafe direction'.

That's actually funny....her kids are not very well behaved and are very disrespectful. They hate going to meetings (they sleep through them) and fight alot. The only direction I could take them is up! LOL

Amazing, your post made me chuckle out loud. I'd love to do that..but am hesitant to put my family through that. Although, as many have mentioned, I too, find it difficult to believe her hubby 'stumbled' across this site.

I'm not going to change my pic or username because I think I'm doing nothing wrong.. I've lived a lie for 25 years of my life and am not about to resume that. Not that I support everyone being 'out' about who they are .... I can respect what some have to lose if they are found to be visiting an 'apostate' site.

Thanks for all your support! It just goes to show how strangers around the world can be more family than your own blood relatives...

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I'm busted!!!!!

by terafera in

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oh man....check this out.. my brother, an active jw, whom i am very close too, called me sometime last year to tell me about the un issue.

i never cared to talk about religion .... most of my family is in and i'm not.

so i boringly reply,'oh yeah'..not really listening.

terafera

Oh man....check this out.

My brother, an active jw, whom I am very close too, called me sometime last year to tell me about the UN issue. I never cared to talk about religion .... most of my family is in and I'm not. So I boringly reply,'oh yeah'..not really listening. He told me an apostate that lives in his apartment complex told him there were articles on the net. I was a little curious... so I go to watchtowerobserver.org. Very interesting stuff.

Now I click on a link that takes me here. After a few weeks of reading, I post my first post. This place has become a hangout for me...I've never even considered any of my family have come here.

So tonight, my sister calls (a regular pioneer) and wants to know why am i apostate??? I said 'what do you mean' and she said that her hubby (a ms) was doing research on jw material and found the link to jw.com. He thought it was for jws and read some threads. He reads a post from me and tells my sister,'boy that looks like Deborah.' He does a search on me, finds out that I am from Alaska, etc and says, 'IT IS DEBORAH!!!' He shows my sis, my sis calls my two brothers, brothers tell all the family...

not that I am worried, I've got nothing to hide. But it kinda blew my cover...I liked getting jw info from her (the latest changes, etc) and have even gently brought up issues to talk about. Now she seems a bit angry with me. I dont think she'll be calling me back for awhile.

I'm busted!!!

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Can You Feel My Pain?

by D8TA in

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oh darn...i hate when life grants those wishes, when you ask for them.

this august 7th i leave the u.s. and fly to rio de janeiro and will be coming back late january or should time provide, mid march.

i dread staying untill march, because of carnival...i know, i know...terrible, absolutely terrible.

terafera

LOL!! Someone else remembers Xuxa?? LOL Oh man my bro and I would watch her kids show...'Xuxa Xuxa Xuxa'... what a porn chic for little kids!

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Do you ignore certain posters?

by LDH in

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ok before we get off on the wrong foot this is not a flame war.

i read a comment by belbab on hillary's post this morning...he remarked that he had asked a question after the 09/11 attack, that no one answered.

well, i didn't even remember reading it, so i did a simple search.

terafera

One of the posters I really try to avoid clicking on is happyman. His posts are so hard for me to understand.. ' vhat u inn see nowd dee happininggs ov dat worlr' ..I cant make heads nor tails of it.

There are others that I know will give me a chuckle or laugh outloud. I almost always will click to see what Beck_Melbourne has said because we think alot alike and she is crazy!

I miss Beans on here because he would throw in a little spice in a thread. Bonezz has said some pretty funny stuff...

For serious threads, I enjoy all the regulars here... I too, have calmed down on the welcome wagon..not that I didnt enjoy new people but sometimes they make a big fuss about being new and they're gone after a week.

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Anyone w/anxiety disorders? Describe it.

by ashitaka in

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i'm curious to see if anyone here has any major anxiety disorders and how it affects their lives.

as a semi-confession, i think i may have something of this sort, but i'd like a comparison first.

being a male, i never go to the doctors unless my leg is falling off, so i don't just want to go to a doctor to medicate a problem that could be overcome in other ways.

terafera

As a result of having a very abusive home growing up and possibly chemical inheritance from my parents...I started having panic attacks a few years ago. Now I dont suffer from them anymore, thanks to some good books dealing with panic attacks and meditation. I chose not to take anything for them...I dont believe in clouding my head with chemicals..not that medication doesnt work wonders for some people. I know many that take meds for depression/anxiety and it is a life saver.

For me, meditation and reading up on panic attacks and what triggers them has been great. In my case, it's definitely been mind over matter.

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How many Artists here? Which field of Art?

by invisible in

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friends

i know i asked this absolutely yonks back, then by the name of celtic, but with so many newcomers here i thought no harm but to ask once again.. how many artists do we have here or working in art related fields including film, music, theatre, environment, gardening, sculpture, graphic design, illustration, fine art, photograpy etc etc?.

what hobbies do you have?

how do you see your future artistic horizons opening up?

terafera

I consider myself very 'artsy'..

I write, play guitar, write songs, paint, draw (sketch with charcoal), decorate my home, cook, sew and do just about any other crafty or resourceful thing I can do with my hands....

I wont talk about how I use my body as a canvas and my many men as the paint...

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Did you use drugs and go...INSANE!?

by refiners fire in

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when i was 27 my brother held a bucks night party for my first marriage and we went to a strip joint.

de rigeure for the boys bucks night.

it was all a bit of a none event, so next night he brought around drugs to my house, marijuana.

terafera

God!!!! I've been wanting to ask someone the exact same question!!

Many moons ago (I mustve been about 18,19), I was visitng a friend who liked to smoke pot and her sister was a major pot head. We went to her sisters house (who was also an exjw!!) and they rolled up a big one. I smoked some with them (and another man I didnt know) for a couple of hours and then it hit me.....

I grabbed my head and almost fell out of the chair. I remember seeing my friends faces staring at me..but everything was moving in jerk-like movements... it was like someone was hitting the pause button and everything would move and stop..move and stop...

I ran up to the guy I didnt know and yelled, 'what the *%$^ did you put in this???'.. I was really freaking out. They all tried to calm me down and kept saying how he was cool...he swore he hadnt put anything in it. They had my friend go outside with me..but I couldnt stop talking...everything seemed surreal ..it took a few hours for me to come down. The next day they laughed and said what a 'lightweight' I was and said maybe I hadnt eaten enough that day.

It always worried me.... can you freak out like that on weed? I've heard some kinds are more potent than others. Do you think it was laced??

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Cleaning for Assemblies

by terafera in

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by hank schaller, of the oakland press june 09, 2002 .

when it comes to being a house of worship, the pontiac silverdome has a long history.

it has served as a site of a papal mass by pope john paul ii, a crusade by evangelist billy .

terafera

Mustang..too funny!

I was a bad jw girl..I was always scoping for boys to flirt with instead of cleaning, LOL. I can actually say I never helped clean at the assemblies. Now I'm starting to feel guilty..you guys did all the work!