La Capra

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  taking suggestions for dorm decor

  by tsunami_rid3r in

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  posters?

  street signs?

  lights?

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  La Capra

  Out here in California, there are street fairs and crafts shows. At almost all of them, someone is selling big rectangles of Batik fabric, with finished edges. They can be used as bedspreads, picnic blankets, and the girls wear them as sarongs. Some of them have really cool designs and look great hanging on a wall. They don't rip up like posters, they have the whole bohemian thing going on, and they're bigger than posters, so you they fill in a lot of wall space.

  And in a pinch, you could be wearing the most-cool toga in seconds.

  Try not to go too crazy Tsu, you are there to get an education and a career. There is partying after college, too, ya know.

  Shoshana
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  i want a tattoo!!!

  by tsunami_rid3r in

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  i want it covering my left bicep, shoulder, and left boob.

  add a nipple ring on the left side too.

  maybe tribal, maybe a big ass snake, i dont know, something that expresses me, something artsy...ideas?

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  Tsu-

  Dude, one of these days you will do something to stop the Gravy Train. This could be it. You really don't want to put your parents in a position to put their foot down right now, do you?

  Reasons to wait:

  1) You will change your mind

  2) You still have some growing to do

  3) If you get fat one day the arrows will look like telephone poles

  4) Your parents could cut you off

  And about the car-Since Pops is paying, you don't have a choice, get over it. The only thing you could do is buy your own choice of car outright and refuse to drive the Mustang. Otherwise, just go with it. Your education is key to your life, don't go pissing off the benefactors over little things.

  Shoshana
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  Status Report!!!!!!!

  by tsunami_rid3r in

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  ok this is where i tell whats going on in my exciting life and all of you give me advice.

  1)is a seashell necklace wrapped around a cowboy hat cool or what?

  2)what stuff should i bring to the dorm?

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  La Capra

  Once you get to school, you gotta get some kind of a job related to your major so that you are unable to go home on many weekends.

  Go to local meetings here and there, but mix up the congregations (the whole rolling stone gathering no moss thing)

  Here in California, the khaki/sport coat combo was acceptable for meetings. Just keep a selection of sport coats and ties in the trunk of your car. You can slip them on somewhere between the dorm and the hall.

  If your parents are willing to buy you a newer car, just take it. If you feel indebted, or obligated, you can always give it back, or pay them back later.

  Why do you need a blender? Are you a blended margarita junky?

  There are laundry facilities are in the dorms, and a great place to meet girls, if I recall.

  Lots of theft in the dorms, and you are bringing a number of desirable "toys." Please be prudent.

  Did you pack your graphing calculator? Your dictionary and thesaurus? Ear plugs? Condoms?

  You are going to have so much fun. Study hard, become successful, and leave the borg behind.

  Shoshana
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  "peace and security"

  by rebel8 in

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  tony blair just said those words on cnn.

  must be thee end.

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  In the mid 80s the UN declared it the year of "Peace and Security." With the double whammy of the UN and the talisman of "Peace and Security" failing to manifest armaggedon and ensuing paradise, Tony Blair's announcement ought only create a white-head sized blip in the JWs.

  How many of you think that most JWs, upon hearing this news, secretly hope that this is not it?

  Shoshana
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  named Unbaptized Publisher at the meeting last night...............

  by Buck in

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  last nite they announced i was an unbaptized publisher.

  everyone clapped and there was much congratulations from everyone after it was over.

  my girlfriend has never been happier.

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  After being gone so long (18 years!), I honestly do not remember that "unbaptized publisher" announcements were made.

  Am I being overly negative by pointing out that such an announcement puts Buck in the position of being shunned should he ever choose to return to the ranks of unbaptized "unpublishers"?

  Probably just pointing out the obvious...

  Shoshana
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  How long is too long?

  by Insomniac in

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  just a question, for those who might know.

  how long should you hang onto a relationship, when it's becoming undeniably clear that it's going nowhere?.

  i'm so in love, with the most wonderful person i've ever known.

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  After six and a half years....

  I just wish he'd care enough to make me happy.

  You've said it all in just a few words.

  Is what you have with him really enough? If it isn't then as difficult as it is, it is probably time to move on. You won't have enough without him, true, but you are in a position to have enough with someone else. If you stay with him, you just won't have enough, and (to put it crudely) you will be off the market.

  The deal with marriage is that it is the only way (besides adoption) that people who were born unrelated can become "kin." Family is the foundation of any society. This is not some childhood fantasy, or old-fashioned notion. It is so deeply connected with the human condition that people have fought for the right to marry, against astronomical opposition, throughout human history, in every culture. That you want all that the notion stands for is just fine, and not to be criticized.

  What's enough? Only you know.

  Shoshana
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  POLL!!!!!! I need your opinion!!!!!

  by JV in

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  ok, here's my question du jour, is it ok to let your kids practice their instrument outside so the whole god damn neighrbourhood can hear them???

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  La Capra

  There is the whole theory of the right to quiet enjoyment of one's property. Most cities and counties follow this notion and if there is music, television, loud yelling, etc., the police will make the courtesy contact and explain it to the offenders. To broadcast publicly requires a permit for the noise. Do these children have a permit to have daily concerts? If you are annoyed by it, trust me, everyone else in the neighborhood is too. There is only one thing worse than a beginner wind instrument player, it's multiple beginning wind instrument players.

  The morning to evening noise ordinances usually have more to do with incidental noise, such as construction, yard equipment, etc., not playing the radio, television (or musical instruments) too loud. Since this would probably be rememdied by their practice indoors, if they don't cooperate then they obviously are asses.

  Shoshana (whose mother would only let her practice flute before mom got home from work....)
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  Ive faded too successfully !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by vitty in

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  we moved nearly 2 years ago, quite a way from our old hall, and only attended our new hall for 6 months before we started to fade.

  so we have never had a elders visit and we didnt have time to make friends, so our fade has been very successful here.. the only problem is, my family dont know we dont go anymore, which is a problem when they visit, cos we have to get around the "are we going to the meeting when we visit?

  " we have managed to get around it one way or another .

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  I think you may be able to string this along indefinitely. When your people visit, special events get planned. On meeting nights or Sunday, get tickets to a game or a play, go to natural attraction, plan a special meal-either at home or a nice restaurant. After all-how much time do you have to spend together catching up on life these days.

  When most JWs vacation, they don't go to the meetings (unless they are vacationing with JWs that are not related). If these folks were suspicious, or if they were dead set on going to meetings, they would have called ahead to the Kingdom Hall in your area, thus finding out you have faded. That they have not done this thus far is telling. Either they don't care, or they don't want to know. Either way, you are in a don't ask don't tell sort of relationship with these guys.

  Sounds like a good thing, until some event forces the issue, just enjoy.

  Shoshana
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  What did shunning do to you?

  by hillary_step in

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  there can be little doubt that the wts 'shunning' policy is a dangerous weapon.

  each year tens of thousands of people are disfellowshipped, and experience the reality of being shunned.

  many of them still believing the wts doctrine that if they die in this condition they will shortly be executed by god at har-meggedon and die an eternal and disgraceful death some leaving the faith altogether.

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  This may sound cavalier, but before I DAed, I was banking on the shunning. I was so sick of everyone in my business (my very boring business, by the way), that I was looking forward to being let alone.

  My mom doesn't shun me (I just went to see her yesterday, for the sole purpose of having lunch with her and my dad. I made it, she ate it, at the table with me, we talked about law school). I knew my mom would not shun, before I DAed.

  About five years ago, a JW started to talk to me at the gym. It annoyed me. I was friendly and polite, but she was one of the reasons I wanted to be shunned. I fired them for a reason.

  Shoshana
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  what the hell is up with witness girls???

  by tsunami_rid3r in

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  haha, are they desperate for sex or a relationship?

  because if it is like that, hell i see something here.

  today, when i was out in field service, this chick kept playing with my hair all day, then at the restaurant she was feeling up all over me.

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  You will have to invite her to visit you at your dorm in the fall. Show her around campus. "Expose" her to everything she is missing in the cult... Always use a condom. Be prepared for her to rat you out, which will embarrass and piss of your parents, but will seal your fate with the JWs.

  You gotta feel sorry for the other guy-it sounds like he was trying too hard. (Now, Tsu, do you see what that looks like and the effect it has on girls?)

  You are doing a great job of being 18. Carry on.

  Shoshana