there are a ton of songs i hear that take me back to certain times of my life or one event in particular: .
pour some sugar on me- def leppard-- my sixth grade last day of school party .
parents just dont understand-dj jazzy jeff and the fresh prince--the summer going into six grade, i remember recording the song and trying to memorize all the words .
Guns & Roses Paradise City
Always reminds me of fifth grade. Last year I spent in public school.
Metallica The Unforgiven
Makes me think of the time I spent in depression as a teenager and the first time I thought about suicide.
George Strait Blue Clear Sky
First time I ever fell in love.
LH
Traveling Overbeer
this may have already been posted before, but there is a very good article at salon.com which talks about jw kid publications (esp the most recent) and their attempts to link demonology into the sex urge to frighten children.
here is the link and i will also imbed it.
http://blogs.salon.com/0001561/stories/2003/06/08/sexdemonsandchildreninthejehovahswitnesses.html.
That well written article and the accompanying blog was written by one Jan Haugland of Norway. He posts under the name of 'JanH' at the JWD bitching forum, or JWO for short.
LH
well my fellow compatriots, since i haven't posted any topics lately of an interesting or fascinating nature (and probably never have in the past either); i just thought you might all like to know that yesterday i took the plunge and put a closure on my 4 decades of being one of them there jw's.
you guessed it...i went and got myself a tattoo!
just needed to share this important moment in history.
I got this tatto when I turned 18. My dad nearly had a heart attck. Like Valis said, you can't get just one. I wound up with three.
LH
have you had any close calls?
what's the closest you've ever been to kissing it good-bye?
did your outlook on life change because of it?
I've only had one instance where I thought I might die. I was heading down I-45 just south of Corsicana, TX very early in the morning on my way home to Houston. It had been raining very lightly and as I rounded a curve the truck lost traction (In oil on the road I think). I went into the soft ground next to the shoulder and the trailer started to jacknife. My steer tires found their way back to the road and I began bouncing sideways down the freeway. I really thought the Truck was going to flip. The only thing that saved me was the load I had on. 42,000 pounds of Kraft cheese. It was stacked low in trailer thus lowering the center of gravity. Plus the landing gear on the trailer was hitting the road surface everytime it bounced. In the end it was more embarassing than anything since my truck and trailer were blocking both southbound lanes while we waited for a tow truck.
LH
they are doing it again in spain.
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one day i will.
I thought I was going to ride a bull once. When I went sailing into the air kicking and screaming I realized then I wanted no part of any sports involving bulls.
LH
it would make him the greatest cyclist ever.
he has just gone into the lead in the tour de france and his team look incredibly strong (it is a team sport).. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/3874523.stm.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5359289.
If I were him I wouldn't mind losing. Just look at the girlfriend he's got to comfort him. Shwing!
LH
i'm feeling really good today.. i had lunch with prisca yesterday, it was really great.
we talked about the reasons we both left the borg, it was really great to talk to someone face to face about everything.
the best thing is she only lives 10 minutes away from me, how great is that.. she moved to melbourne about 12 months ago.
You must have her introduce you to Refiner's Fire.
LH
i'm startin' off this jwd soul train thread with something that's not very "soul-ish", but very appropo.....50 ways to leave your lover....with a few of the words changed to fit in with our "pause to see".....can anyone help this thread with a "lift-off" by changing some of the words in aretha's "think" and "r.e.s.p.e.c.t."???.
50 ways to leave watchtower.
the problem is all inside your head.
Welcome home, Kingdom Hall
Welcome to where time stands still
No one leaves and no one will
Moon is full, never seems to change
Just labeled a rank and file
Dream the same thing every night
I see our freedom in my sight
No door to knock, no tracts to place
No watchtower to make my brain seem scarred
Sleep my friend and you will see
That dream is my reality
They keep me locked up in this brotherhood
Can?t they see it?s why my brain says no blood
Kingdom Hall, leave me be
Kingdom Hall, just leave me alone
Build my fear of what?s out there
And cannot breathe the open air
Whisper things into my brain
Assuring me that I?m other sheep
They think our heads are in their hands
But violent use brings violent plans
Keep him brainwashed, it makes him well
He?s getting better, can?t you tell?
No more can they keep us in
Listen, damn it, we will win
They see it right, they see it well
But they think this saves us from armaggedon
Kingdom Hall, leave me be
Kingdom Hall, just leave me alone
Kingdom Hall, just leave me alone
Fear of living on
Natives getting restless now
Mutiny in the air
Got some preaching to do
Mirror stares back hard
Preach, it?s such a friendly word
Seems the only way
For reaching out again.
Love it when bands like Metallica give you such a great canvas.
LH
shakespeare wrote in ?romeo and juliet?
why, such is love's transgression.
griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast, .
Unfortunately, that can also prevent you from finding your real soulmate, so I think you should just go visit her and "hit" on her. Either she'll tell you to screw yourself, and come up with many creative names to call you (and replace all those perfect memories you had of her) or she'll have an affair with you (and replace all those perfect memories you had of her!) Either way, it will end those unresolved questions and you'll be able to move on with your life.
That's probably closest to the truth. Unfortunately, she is married and I simply could not bring myself to interfere in her marriage.
LH
shakespeare wrote in ?romeo and juliet?
why, such is love's transgression.
griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast, .
Thanks Reboot.
I actually returned to the road early simply because I couldn't resist the bottle. I've been down that road. Plus I've been in a good deal of pain from a back injury I recieved while home. Although I hurt my back after finding out from her dad she had remarried. I thought I put these demons to rest eight years ago. I guess I was wrong.
LH
