i had a sandwich at subway today and my seat was near the door.
one of the patrons left with his buddy and i could hardly believe my eyes.
i'm no prude but it turned me off to see the belt line of his jean shorts down to the middle of his thighs.
I cannot believe this fad is still around. And no, as a female it does NOT turn me on.
In their attempt at being different these boys have managed to be cookie-cutter images of each other. When I see it it screams: STILL TRYING TO FIND MYSELF!
Yup! This is also why I hate Hot Topic and have such a dislike of the "goth" crowd.
since leaving behind jw beliefs, i have been interested in learning other belief systems.
i am really interested in native american beliefs as i have native blood in my background, and i feel more at peace and closer to god when i am in nature.
from what i have read, it is not a set religion with rules and such, but more a cultural/community based faith.
Since leaving behind JW beliefs, I have been interested in learning other belief systems. I am really interested in Native American beliefs as I have native blood in my background, and I feel more at peace and closer to God when I am in nature. From what I have read, it is not a set religion with rules and such, but more a cultural/community based faith. So that makes researching it a wee bit harder. Has anyone here had any experience learning about it? I enjoy reading and resaerching other's faiths, and so far this has been the hardest one to find anything about.
1. whenever we did the kingdom hall cleaning and would wear casual clothes, we weren't allowed to wear any shirt/sweatshirt/top w/ a logo on it!!!
(and not obvious stuff like "camel cigs" or "budweiser"), but stuff like "reebok" "quiksilver" etc etc etc.
(omg) (hey, on the way out, you reminded me of this in another post!!).
The Watchtower's depiction of a "party." (a Grandma and a brother wearing khakis and a button-up shirt playing Kerplunk, and NO loud music, or music-period-in sight)
Hey, that is not a party, that is a "gathering"!
have you ever seen a witness get absolutely giddy over placing a measly tract with a neighbor and get up on the platform and tell the "experience" of how the neighbor actually said that he'd read it!
big deal!!!.
in our hall, they loved to applaud over the dumbest things!
Local congregation gossip
New releases at the convention
Grooming! I remember a conversation where a sister was airing her opinion on multiple ear piercings..she felt it was worldly. My brother got counseled about his hair a lot...some sisters got on to my mom about letting me wear makeup at 13.
Disasters
since i left.... so there i was, a disabled single dad bereft of all he had known or believed for 30 years.. i had moved a good 45 minutes away from the area where the events in my introductory post went down, but was now living in an area where i had resided some ten years earlier and still had a few stale connections with the organization.. i was lonely, depressed, pissed off, and really disgusted with the god i had been shown in my years of unfruitful association.. in my mind, he had made me the way i am, which apparently entailed being unable to meet his 'righteous requirements', and was going to kill me for it.
he had endowed all of us with a natural human nature (apart from our fallen sinful nature,) and now expected us to conquer our every natural impulse or desire, even the healthy ones, to survive the big a.. hold off on marriage or kids, no college, no success, no normalcy... the big a'll get ya if ya don't watch out!.
so i railed against him, defied him to just take me, do anything to show he even existed or had any power at all.. i went around saying 'god is an a$$h*le' and the like, but then i realized something that shook my world..... i was just as much a witness outside the organization as i had been inside!.
Thank you for sharing your story. I hope to read more about you, very thought provoking.
in the morning what drink do you first like?
(or need).... i find anything hot such as a tea/coffee or maybe even a hot choclate.
maybe its not necessarily the drink but more the time you allow yourself..
Hot tea. I enjoy the ritual of it more then the caffiene. I really loathe being rushed when I get up.
i'm kind of partial to strauss....listening to "tales from the vienna woods" now......(with images of bugs bunny cartoons in my head).....what are your favorite classical pieces?
Germaine Taillefaire's concert for harp and orchestra. Also adore Chopin, Mozart, Lili Bolongar(not sure if thats how you spell her name)
i'm currently listening to john mayer, ....what a voice!
also love seal, cat stevens, crosby, stills, nash & young.. i love many of the many new male voices but can't remember them...... tell me who you love!.
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Jack Johnson, Michael Stipe, Thom Yorke, Justin Hayward(the Moody Blues), and....Jim Croce
i love frou frou, but the men in my house can't stand her!.
i also love cheryl crow, norah jones, enya and old joni mitchell.
there are more but will leave it to others to list!.
Tori Amos, Bjork, Fiona Apple, Siouxie Sioux, Jenny Lewis, Amy Mann....
i am new to this forum, and am just starting to get over the guilt of reading posts here.
i was raised as a witness, was disfellowshipped last year.
all my brothers and sister left too, so my parents were devastated when i left, as i was the only one left going to meetings.
btw: You in Australia?
No I am in the states. My dad lives in Australia though.
I want to talk with her about it, but I worry since her faith does keep her going. I want her to see things another way, and at the same time I don't. She is getting so weak lately, I just don't want to drop a bomb on her at this stage.
