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is it possible to dragon roar while bladestormin'?
if so, is this a good talent combo for pvp, specifically bgs
is it possible to dragon roar while bladestormin'?
if so, is this a good talent combo for pvp, specifically bgs
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At the moment no (obviously, since you can't have both), come Warlords, we can't really say for certain, since it's technically (I think) a shout, you should be able to, but no doubt, if it ends up being OP, it'll likely be changed.
so Warlords of Draenor is /'woɹː.loɹːdz ʌv 'ɖɹæːn.oɹː/.I've always loved how in an attempt to make pronunciation through text easier to understand people have created a seemingly alien cypher for which few people without a degree related to language would ever been able to understand.
yeah i meant for wod. i just thought it would be good together
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If you manage to Dragon Roar while you're Bladestorming you've won the game. On live they are both on the level 60 tier, but come WoD they will switch it around so that we can have both. We don't know yet if they can be used together, but from how it looks we won't be able too.
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You can always use dragon roar before you bladestorm considering bladestorm isn't on the GCD, right? If not, best way to test it is to have a mage, dk, spriest, monk or hunter silence you and try to dragon roar. If it's not possible then it's most likely not considered a shout as in the fashion of your usual shouts.
so is it considered a "shout" or not?
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But dragonroar hits for like single digits...... It's been the most useless talent since it was released.
Triple Shockweave, Bladestorm, Triple fear! Slam Slam Slam +12 "whoa that was easy"
Probably not, since you cannot use shouts while bladestorming in WOD.
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Will not be able to as you are no longer able to shout during Bladestorm. For PvP, warriors will either take Stormbolt or Shockwave over Dragon's Roar, as the overall reduction of CC in PvP will make remaining CCs more valuable.
The way I ready it, you won't be able to do anything during bladestorm except move. We will see though. Beta should be coming up soon.
I'm looking forward to Dragonstorm, or Bladeroar, whichever
Yeah, cant wait to use Stormstorm.
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Saturday, January 10th, 2004
6:41 pm
My Final Farewell With A Picture...
So Long Suckers! Now you need to check out my Xanga. =p
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Wednesday, December 31st, 2003
3:35 pm
See you all at Xanga. Blurty sucks, so I'm going 'bye-bye'.
My Xanga. Come visit me:
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Tuesday, December 30th, 2003
5:44 pm
A document found from my last mental breakdown...
This is what happens when my mind goes 'snap', boys and girls:
Listen to my tale of a pale colored ferret and his chicken army! Avast, ye scurvy pipelines! You adore my telekinetic powers of cheese! Scream while squeezing the jelly from your jammy bread-ness! I don't think it will take much more, Automobile Man! Help! Help! Jimmy's stuck in the well again! Oh my! Where's a deluxe dollar store plunger when you need it? Cookies! Cookies of doom! Why must the life of a pheasant be so hard?! Behold the fungal goodness of Hershey's chocolate chips! Quuuuuuuuuuuuuack! Why must placing the ice cube in the container be so damned difficult?! Why why why?! Voodoo dolls are taking over Neptune! OH DEAR GOD! I find your antics funny, Rotted Cheese Boy. Why is there a goddamned growth on my big toe?! Alas, buttermilk was what had slain the horrid Beast of Puddingtown. British! You're all British! Rodney would like to be a pirate some day. Beth likes gangrene. Why is there a corpse on your head? I had a balloon... once. Oh my goodness gracious, why is that clown breathing?! I have become one with the People of the Duck. Sprock, get the lighter fluid! You putrid beings! Please do not dispose of waste in the Chess Club. So, the unitards are manditory for badger-chasing? Why won't your evil voices of evil leave me be? Stop biting the man, Tucker. Wrrrrarghk! Potatoes! Geese are eating the potatoes of death! Run free, department store manaquins! Run free! Weasels are plotting their dominion over the world! No! Punch the butler before it explodes! The tomato is sighing in regret of your pitifully stupid acts. You are a tapeworm! I must dye you purple in my lectures of... soap! Doughnuts! I'm in a kingdom of friggin' doughnuts! Your floor tiles make me giggle like a downsyndrome schoolboy like it was tomorrow. Yesterday?! How can you say that the plattypusses will dance yesterday?! Why? Whyyyy?! Stop staring at my mongoose! By God, what is wrong with you people? Do you not know that monkeys can not breathe anally?!
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Sunday, December 28th, 2003
7:28 pm
Jane is Daria's best friend. They met during a
self-esteem class at Lawndale High, which Jane
had already taken six times (she could have
easily passed the class, but having low self-
esteem "made her feel special"). Like
Daria, Jane is cynical, intelligent, and
talented (she is a budding artist), but she is
also a little more open to the world around
her. She enjoys running, and once joined the
Lawndale High track team... briefly.
What Character from Daria are you?
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You are Wiccan. Calm and peacful, you are in tune
with nature. You cast spells to cure people,
and will never hurt a living thing. You are
skilled at just about everything. Now go
purify that new Athame. WICCA
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Saturday, December 27th, 2003
6:49 pm
I hate roller skating at Palace, so I'm staying home and doing... Nothing.
Buzz buzz, I am
I am popular in the workplace, even though I am often bitter. I am energetic to the point of being frenetic; buzz buzz, out of my way. I tend to overwork myself and need periods of recovery time.
What Flavour Are You?
Whee! I like coffe! ^-^
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2:01 pm
Brittie-Boo for President! =P
This one is cool, eh?
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Graphic Artist
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Up to 6 years of college
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Professional Pick Pocket
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College graduate
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Pizza Delivery Person
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College graduate
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Friday, December 26th, 2003
10:58 am
Another Quizzer-wizzer...-bizzer. o_O
+Stole from friend... But thatr's where most of my quizzes come from, anyhow...
you are goth. You are from the old-style,
everyones perception of a traditional goth &
enjoy architecture, poetry & the Sisters of
Mercy. It annoys you that the metal kids call
themselves goths but you like meeting your
buddies in a quiet corner of the pub to talk
over memories.
Are you goth, cyber or Industrial?
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Wednesday, December 24th, 2003
9:07 pm
+Happy Kwanukkahmas Eve, Everyone! +
Survey, due to boredom:
name -
nicknames -
So many... o_O But mainly Stittchie, Boo-boo, and Brittie-boo
birthday -
October 15th... I'm a spooky baby. ^-^
sex -
Yes. When I'm atleast 18.
age -
school -
Archbishop Ryan... sucks cock.
loc -
amotive? o_O
fav colors -
Black, blue, green, purple, blood red, white, and silver
-do you type really fast? -
This took me three seconds to type... So, I think 'yes'.
-does it annoy people who are around you (like in the library)?
Usually it amazes them for some odd reason.
-do you/did you like high school? -
I tolerate it.
-do you know anyone who has the same birthday as you?
if so name them -
Jonathan Devine... I think that's his name... o_O
-favorite pen color -
-what word do you constantly misspell when typing? -
Nott manie.
-do you have trees in your yard? -
Yes. A lot. My great-grandmother had a real green thumb what I always wanted and admired her for. =] (R.I.P)
-name one comedian that everyone thinks is funny but you absolutely cannot stand -
All of them.
-name one director you hate and tell why -
...One has so much time on your hands to think up such a question... o_O
-what annoys you more than anything? -
Obnoxious glee.
-tell me about the weirdest pair of socks you own -
Rainbow knee highs with toes... o_O
-if you woke up tomorrow morning as the opposite sex, what would you do first?
Look down to see the new bulge in my pants and scream "What the hell is *that*?!"
-did you read fear street books? -
When I was 6 or 7 I did...
-how about sweet valley high? -
-babysitter's club? the boxcar children?-
No! and No.
-goosebumps? -
When I was younger.
-did you watch are you afraid of the dark? -
Yes! I loved that show!
-did zeebo the clown scare you? -
...I watched IT when I was eight and was fine... So, no.
-where do you vacation every summer? -
...Va...cation? o_O
-do you like the beach? -
At night its quite beautiful...
-do you tan or burn easily? -
Burned... I no longer go in sunlight. I hate it.
-do you eat lots of tv dinners? -
They're disgusting... And yes, I do often.
-favorite hot pocket flavor -
Pepperoni pizza.
-if you could make one celebrity magically disappear, who would it be? -
All who sing pop music... I'm sorry... "Sing"
-how is life treating you? -
I'm alive...
-do people like you? -
No... They don't seem to notice me. I'm alright with that, though.
-are you using a pc or mac? -
-do you like chunky peanut butter? -
I despise it.
-what amazes you about the opposite sex? -
How porn turns them on... I mean, you're watching people that you don't even know fucking... In my opinion, its worse than walking in on members of your family doing it..
Its like "Uhngh! People I don't know 69ing! Uhhhhhngh!"
-are you in love with anyone? -
Yes... Very deeply.
-favorite cereal -
...One has so much time on their hands to ponder such a question.
-name a movie that makes you cry -
I don't cry at little things like that... I only cry when I'm broken or frustrated.
-is it true that only the good die young? -
Some are... It depends on if one is still innocent when dead.
-do you live for today? -
I live...
-how fast can you run? -
Rather quick. 3 laps around the gym in 13.8 seconds. =p
-have any of your friends had kids as teenagers? -
No... not yet.
-were you even born in the 80's? -
-what year? -
...(See above)
-have you ever taught a little kid a curse word? -
I'm usually pretty careful..
-if so which one was it? -
(See Above.)
-do you think little boys are horrendously ill behaved? -
It depends on the child's upbringing.
-have you ever thrown anything at a moving car? if so what? -
Myself! I mean!... o_O
-name a villian in a movie that scared you when you were a kid -
I've always kind of rooted for the villans... So misunderstood are they. -_-
-have you seen the original friday the thirteenth? -
Those movies suck your dad's tiny cock all night long... o_O
-the original chucky? -
(See above)
-the original halloween? -
(See above)
-what's your favorite channel? -
Me does not watches tv much often. =P
-what do you say when you stub your toe off of the corner of the coffee table? -
Ow. +Resumes what she was doing.
-what's the highest thing you've ever jumped off of and landed unharmed? -
Uh... I jumped off a moving see-saw swing and landed about 5 feet away from the initial scene... I was bruised, but it was so great! =P
-does it snow where you live? -
-if yes, do you go sled riding? -
Not often.
-have you ever used anything weird, like a frisbee or a trashcan lid, for a sled?
A corpse... I mean!...
-how many people do you know who were born in november? -
Er... More than one, less than ten. o_O
-what month has the most people you know born in it? -
August... I think.
-do holidays make you festive? -
...Define 'Festive'...
-magazines you subscribe to -
-do you read the supermarket tabloids? -
When bored.
-have you ever smashed somebody's halloween pumpkin? -
No. That's cruel.
-ever had yours smashed? -
-do you celebrate christmas? -
...Define 'Celebrate'...
-do you think the grinch movie starring jim carrey was a waste of money? -
I couldn't tell you. I slept during it and awoke in a puddle of my own drool. 8|...
-ever had a hot teacher? -
Only in dance... Dereck Yanford and Phil Collucci... ^-^
-if yes, did you flirt with him/her? -
-what do you want for your birthday this year? -
Cash or gift certificates. I'm simple.
-have you ever egged somebody's house? -
No... }]
-has someone ever egged yours? -
-do we all go a little mad sometimes? -
-what pisses you off more than anything in the world? -
-do you believe in santa claus? -
Bull shit! That child molester does not exist!... I hope not. o_O
-have you ever worked in a supermarket? -
-how about a restaurant? -
-what color is your bedspread? -
-do your eyes change colors? -
Depends... Most of the time their green.
-do you believe that we walked on the moon? -
No. Just another conspiracy...
-do you live by yourself? -
-have you ever gotten a computer virus? -
No.... Thank god.
-describe your junior high/middle school gym teacher -
Fat Italian dude.
-how do you react when someone is talking to you --up in your face--
Glare... My eyes and shortness usually scare them off. o_O
-what was your first date like? -
...Eeeee... Zac... ^-^
-did you go/are you going to the prom? -
I will go... Kicking and screaming.
-spit out a random song lyric for me. make sure you tell me the name of the song and who sings it! -
I... can... not... save... you!/ I can't even save my...self!....
-who does the chores around your house? -
My mom, grandmom, and I.
-name one person who annoys you more than anyone else, and tell why -
...Many annoy me, yet I say nothing. =X
-what movie could you watch a million times and never get tired of? -
The Nightmare Before Christmas... I've adored it since I was 4. ^-^
-what movie have you watched a million times, and you still laugh at the jokes? -
...That's impossible. o_O
-what movie do you hope you never see again? -
'Them'... It sucked so fucking much! I wasted $6... 6! ><
-have you ever hugged a stuffed animal or pillow and pretended that it was your significant other, or someone you had a crush on, and then someone caught you talking to it, and stroking its soft, fuzzy fur, and laughed at you and told the whole school? -
No. I don't speak of such things.
-do you drive? -
Not yet.
-has anyone ever called you a bitch? -
Yeah. Most of the time the don't mean it, though...o_O
-has anyone ever called you an asshole? -
...Come to think of it... Not really. o_O
-are you a bitch/asshole? - About 25%... People think I'm too nice and a bit of a pushover. o_O
-what's the first thing you do when you get home from school/work? -
Computer. Or dance class.
-favorite pop tart flavor -
-do you play any musical instruments? if so, what?
-tell me about the best school-related activity you ever took part in -
Two Works: Catholic. School. So... None.
-have you ever built a snowman? -
Yes-- And it lived for 5 seconds...
-did you cry when it melted, or when the kid next door knocked its head off with a shovel? -
No. *I'm* the one that knocked its head off...
-what's the best restaurant you've ever eaten at? -
Er... I don't eat much.
-have you ever been flipping channels late at night and caught a glimpse of some porn? - Yes... And I've also seen a chicken 'moo' once, too.... I'm serious! I will never forget that! O_O
-what's the code word or phrase you and your friends use for the word SEX? -
Shush-- Don't tell anyone, but its...'Sex.
-is sex an uncomfortable topic for you? -
Only when dealing with shit-fetishes or people getting turned on by accidentally walking in on their parents/relatives doing the nasty...
-what is the one thing in the world that just looking at it makes you vomit, or come close to it? -
I like gawking at disgusting things... But I don't like touching normal people unless I know them closely. Very closely. Even then, I still question where their flesh hath been. o_O
-when other people vomit, does it make you sick? -
No. I'm ok with seeing vomit and regurgitation... Just not vomitting.
-do your clothes match? -
Somewhat. Mostly black and white is what I dress in. Mostly black.
-what are you wearing right now? -
Black tank, fishnet shirt under that, my red parachute pants, striped knee-highs, and my pretty newww earrings. ^-^
-did you ever have those fisher price roller skates that go over top of your shoes? -
Yes! Those things kick ass!
-did you have a bike with a banana seat? -
No... Thank Jeebus.
-have you lived in the same house your entire life? -
-what's the weirdest thing you've lived next to? -
The growth on my side that breathes and tells me to burn things... I Mean!--
-who is the ugliest person you've ever seen? -
...So many preps at school.
-tell me something i don't know -
...BOOMshuckaluckawowbingbang! See, unless you know me, you don't hear that everyday... o_O
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Sunday, December 21st, 2003
2:40 pm
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Boredom strikes yet again...
Ultimate Purity Score
Your Score
Never taken out of the packaging
Has yet to see self in mirror
Sex Drive
The Pope is envious
Done the nasty, but not creatively
Repressed, are we?
Fucking Sick
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Average Score: 72.6%
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Saturday, December 20th, 2003
6:36 pm
129 votes
Rate me!
I'm as suprised as you are. O_O
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11:58 am
Rate me, I'm bored:
Oh God, help me. =P Teehee
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Sunday, October 12th, 2003
5:25 pm
I'm breaking down my barriers./ I'm knocking down these walls./ I know I will feel free again./Until you make me a fall./A bitter sweetness lurks in this./Never wrong, but still not right./ The tears scream in my eyes/ As I clamp my eyelids too tight./
Isolate the name./
Decimate the face./
Divide the insolent unity./
My soul is in disgrace./
Screaming through her teeth./
Ripping up her veins./
Because her life is bleeding./
I think I feel the same.
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Sunday, October 5th, 2003
4:48 pm
Yeah, so, I may get dumped. But I understand. It'll most likely hurt me later, but I won't hold anything against him because we're not meant-- Its just simply how life goes.
I'm pretty sure it was love, if not, it was probably just as nice. I just never felt that way for a guy before. He was special, I guess. But he seems to like her very much, and she likes him. I think I'm what's holding him back, but I don't want to be. I won't hold anything against them if I'm outcast as the third wheel- I won't be perfectly fine at first, but I'll get over it soon enough, and they'll be happy. That's all that matters.
Its pretty obvious that I'm the one to be excluded-- I mean, after about 10 months, you'd think that I'd be boring. I'm just too much of a shrinking violet to be remembered or stand out in a crowd, so its kind of obvious.
I'm just afraid that I'll become too numb.
I think my destiny is to just be alone... I'm not the relationship type.
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Friday, October 3rd, 2003
8:39 pm
My Exciting Day.
Hey. I haven't written in a while...
So, I quit dance at the place in Jenkintown. I'm so much happier know at the place in Narberth. So, I went back for my first class there today:
After class, mom is driving us home. We're at a stoplight next to Narzareth hospital near Roosevelt Boulevard. A green-blue mini-truck thingie opens its driver's-seat window, dangeling a white blanket thing. The white blanket appeared to have a bloodstain on it, and something was in it. The driver emptied it, and something brown fell out. Mom thought it was shit, and so did I... until I gopt a closer look.
It wasn't shit at all.
It was a fucking severed hand. Most likely of Afro-American race.
Now, here I sit. Traumatized and scared out of my mind. I think I should call the cops, but I don't know what good it would do since this happened around 6.30 this evening. I'm just scared out of my mind. And my paranoia's kicking in again -- Something's lurking around every corner of my house to get me. Something has to be behind my back right now-- Its looking at my neck, I swear, it feels like it is... but I don't think anything is there. I put all of the third floor lights on in my house. Oh good God, that hand might kill me. I hope the person that it was attached to is alright. Oh my God, I think I may be killed tonight....
After that incident, I come back to the comforts of my own home, where my poor mom has another break-down. She died her hair darker. She looks pretty, but older somehow... but she's still my beautiful mom.
...Do you think whoever was attached to the hand is ok? What if they know what happened? What if they're mad at me and want to kill me for not telling anyone but Zac? What if they want to get Zac now, too? Oh God, I don't know... I feel bad for him [the owner of the hand] and I wonder if he did anything to deserve that...
I'm going off topic again.
After my poor mom has the breakdown, I go upstairs to get Amelia to cheer mom up [I think that's what I was doing.] Until, suddenly, I hear screaming outside [My first thoughts being "It's come to get me!"]
Then I realize that they're cries for help.
I look outside and see this kid crying, doubled-over over his bicycle. I think that he's hurt, so I run downstairs to tell grandpa. Grandpa's already looking out the window. So, my uncle Scott and we go outside to see what's wrong. Apparently, the kid hit the sidewalk pretty hard when his bike tire got stuck. Grandpa said that he was bleeding from the mouth, but I couldn't see because it was so dark outside.
My uncle was checking to make sure that the kid didn't dent his new car [My uncle just bought a new car, obviously. Its nice. Leather seats. Nice paint finish. Volvo.]
Our nice next-door neighbors took the kid inside to clean him up and call his mom to pick him up. I don't know how old he was, but I think he may have been either a bit too immature, or young, to be biking the neighborhood this late....
Especially with severed hands lying helplessly on the road 20 minutes away from us... Oh God, its so close... it can get me... but I didn't do anything to hurt it. I should have called the cops... or atleast mom... I don't know. I'm too scared. I think I could cry.... I don't want the hand to hurt me. I don't want to hurt it. I want to help it. I mean, it didn't do anything bad to me... I just want it to be happy and where it should be. I mean, its a human being... It doesn't belong there out in the cold... I may call the cops anonomously later... I'm scared. I want the hand to be ok. I feel so guilty. I think its mad at me... I don't know. I'm scared. Maybe someone has already found it and called someone... The hand is near a hospital... maybe a nice nurse or doctor will help it. I don't want it to be hurt. It doesn't belong there. Why was it put there? To be smooshed by a speeding car? But that's so wrong... Did its owner do something bad? Where's the rest of its owner? Is he still in one piece? Are his other parts thrown everywhere to be smooshed like bananas? Mybe I was imagining things... maybe it wasn't a hand. I have poor sight, and it was only a quick glance.
Oh God, I'm gonna cry. The hand might get me... and I'm not being sarcastic. Its looking at my neck from behind...-- the right side of it that's exposed. It might choke me... I don't want it to hurt me... I didn't want to see it. I just wanted to go home and take some Midol to take my cramps away. I'm really scared... I think the hand hates me. It's thinking about killing m for just letting it in the cold. I'm really scared now. Its been out there for hours... but it was in a public, open spot... Did any of the other cars see it? Should I call the authorities? Oh God, I don't know what to do... I do, but I'm afraid to. The hand wants to get me. I feel blood rushing o my head. I don't want to be alone. The hand's gonna get me, but I just want it to be ok....
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[Reply to rant in my old, ignored, abandoned site which i thought I had killed months and months ago...]
Would you like to share with the REST of the class : Yes, I am a prep, but I feel your interpretation of social groups is far to provincial and narrow-minded. Not Every prep is an asshole, not every goth needs therapy, not every Thug is a bleeding heart warrior of the streets.
Hi. Thanks for your comment.
First off, the site was really only meant for my friends. How people got the link, I honestly have no clue. I figured my friends were the only ones to actually see it, so I thought that I'd put in a comical and blunt little poem on the front page. I kind of just turned thirteen at that time, and I can admit that it was very stupid of me.
...Then again not really since my friends were the only ones to see the site.
Second, I do *have* an open mind, thanks much. The fact that you judged my personality solely on no more than 5 lines of blunt and comical nothingness then call my "thoughts" on social "provincal" only makes you the hypocrite in this situation.
Third, If you hate stereotypes so much, why call yourself a prep? Why can't you be a person? Why not be an individual instead of becoming another sheep in the little flock of 'perfect' society? You're not God, so why not face the fact that insulting someone that you hardly know is entirely too judgemental and... to use your own fantastic words, narrow-minded. You don't have the power of insight on people. If you do, which I strongly doubt, you have every right to make comments about things you honestly have no clue about otherwise. Please, do continue.
Fourth, I hold nothing against preps. I hold no quarrels with anyone solely because they wear pink or sports outfits. A great majority of my friends are in fact self-proclaimed preps. They read the mantra and found it hysterical. I just don't see why you have such a huge stick up your ass to correct me for something that wasn't even meant to be offensive. I only hold something against preps that bend being a prep disgustingly out of proportion-- thinking that to be a prep you must act slutty and stupid. And those aren't preps by the way, they fit more or less under the categorey of "Assholes." Its just that they call themselves preps, therefore create a totally different collaboration of "prep" traits all their own.
Fifth, you need to re-think your actions, and the other possiblities on that matter. I'm not blaming you for your accusations, but what you did kind of shows that you weren't thinking. Fine, you hate stereotypes? So do I. So why do you insist on being one? Does it make you feel more like a human? It should do the opposite...
And finally, I did not take all of ten minutes to write this only to offend you. I wrote it because I respect you as an individual, because you have a great mind and a lot of guts to state your opinion, and am simply warning you not to fall under the stereotype. To stereotype is prejudice, so why bother? For your catty comments: I wasn't bothering with the stereotypes when I wrote that. I was more or less insulting stereotypes for what they are, not for what their aspects are. Anything reffering to stereotypes was solely meant towards a blunt, comical reference. I don't care if you're a prep -- Congrats. You did something stupid and petty.
Every Jock needs a Prep (burn)...
Every Punk needs a Chick...
Every Thug needs a Lady...
Every Goth needs a littly therapy...
Tell me what you think.
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3:00 pm
I've recently decided to make my journal 'Friends Only.' Some of my entries are public,yes. But the public ones usually suck.
If you'd like to read some of my good entries, just comment on this one. I'll just read your info and add you to my friends list if I like what I see, somewhat...
This will be the last ever entry if you don't want to be added.
Au Revoir, asholes! Wooooot!
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Sunday, September 7th, 2003
3:02 pm
My Opinion of the VMA's...
A convo with a friend and I. Obviously, I'm Stittchd0ll:
StittcH d0LL (2:20:18 PM): [wipes tear off of face preppily. fans face with hands like preps do]
Like, ohmigawd! Thhis is so, like, totally happening! Like, I'd like to totally, like, thank those who, like, totally helped me along the way...
[wipes away another tear, yanking wedgie out of her hot pink shorts that are up her fat ass and say booty-licious on the back]
Mainly, like, I'd totally like to so thank myself for being so, like, totally incredible, and wonderful... I'd also like to thank the jock that just raped me and gave me crabs- I love you! Like, finally, I'd like to thank myself... and my plastic surgeon from changing me from a C-cup to a S-cup. I love you all... almost as much as I love... ME!
[swipes award and walks away from podeum. falls off of high heels, then down stairs]
Megmari (2:23:33 PM): OMFG!! dats so funniiE
Megmari (2:24:01 PM): dats so great \
StittcH d0LL (2:24:07 PM): lol... my exceptance speak was, like, so sexxy, ya know? like, just say 'yeah' or I'll, like, totally call my agent...
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Saturday, August 23rd, 2003
6:41 pm
i'm back from vacation
fun times. fun times. so many new inside jokes between geri and i... heh heh.
If anyone here is into the Alt./Goth/Raver fashion scene, here're my designs if you wanna check 'em out:
There's only 7 on this site, but hopefully I'll be able to scan and post some more, including some from my men's line. [49 designs total...] They're not exactly terrific, but, cut me some slack, I've only been doing this for about a year now ~_~...
Thanks so much. I really want to get more traffic to the site. Send any comments in e-mail/ blurty comment-thingies if you want... ^-^
Yup. I'm done. Sorry to waste important, irreplenisible seconds...^-^
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EEEEEEeeeeeeeeEEEEE! [runs into wall and bounces off]
I'M SEEING ZAC TODAY! I haven't seen him in so long!!! [does happy dance, not putting weight on the hip that went out in ballet class two days ago...]
My grandmom told me too that whenever I want to go to the mall with Zac alone to just tell her and she'll take me to see him. ^-^ I get to go out with Zac without pestering my poor friends.
eeeeeeeeeeeeeee! teehee. I'm so happy I could scream. ^-^
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There's a common adage in mountain biking that it's safer to ride fast. Momentum allows you to roll over things that would stop you cold if you were moving slowly. The same could be said for the creative process. When you work with deadlines, you often have to work fast. There's no time to stop and be introspective or to question ourselves and worry that we're making the correct decisions. Time pressures force us to go with our gut, just as velocity forces mountain bikers to go with theirs.
"Going with your gut" sounds like an offhanded way to approach something, but the more practiced people are in their profession, the more often their instincts are right. This is what athletes and creatives call being "in the flow." Flow is the result of natural ability combined with practice and skill acquisition. When people are at their best — when they are truly in the flow — they can get out of the trenches, see beyond the next bump in the road, and look holistically at a landscape.
So how do you find flow? According to author Richard Sennett, you practice — a lot. In his book, The Craftsman, Sennett, who is also a professor of sociology at the London School of Economics, writes that humans require 10,000 hours of practice to achieve technical mastery of a given skill such as carpentry or playing a musical instrument. Sennett says that until you hit that mark of true craftsmanship, you're focused on the mechanics and the minutiae of the problem rather than the whole picture. You're basically trying your best not to mess up.
When you get in the flow, however, you're not worried about a single element of a project or a skill set. The master craftsman defines and owns the overall vision by understanding the complexities in the connection between elements. As the philosopher Michel Foucault writes, "The map is about the relations between sites, between people, between objects." Getting from point A to point B is not about simply plotting coordinates — it's the intuitive awareness of how to move through space, where the route may (or may not) take you, who you'll encounter along the way, and how to use all of this knowledge to craft your narrative of the journey.
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There are some states, such as California, if there is 'evidence' of physical violence, they do NOT need the spouse's testimony or statement to place the abusive person under arrest. Of course, this is in response to a 911 call or just bringing the matter to LE attention.
I have a friend who was in an abusive situation. Long story as it went on for years, but the last time police were called regarding her and her husband's situation, she wasn't even the one who called LE. It was a friend and it was the worst attack up to the point. She had awful visual evidence on her neck and face. All she had to do was tell LE he did it, they did the rest and arrested him within hours, if not minutes.
My friend did get a RO, but the attack was so visually vicious, the courts ordered a 'criminal restraining order,' meaning while he was in jail, even verbally say on his phone calls, which were monitered, he couldn't even 'utter' her name! Yeah......she finally wised up and filed for divorce WHILE he was still and jail and stuck to it!
I'm not saying that happened here But this is an example of the different ways LE takes and reacts to domestic violence calls, both verbal and physical.
PS....OTOH, if there's NO physcial evidence, LE just has the alleged victim's word. My friend called 911, he was gone (by the time LE responded) but they took a report. He was eventually cited and ordered to appear in court. She relented her 911 statement (eventhough it was TRUE), but he had talked her into relenting. When she did, she stuck to it, even as the judge sentenced her to 100 hours of community service and a blemish on HER record, for filing a 'false police' report, or 911 report.
But, if it was that BAD, WHY did she go back so quickly, drop the kids in what appears to be in a hurry, possibly taking all their stuff in the house (including her purse or personal ID'd items), what did she see/hear for her to take off with only the keys and cell phone, leaving her children behind? Many would agree they wouldn't take children with them if they felt they'd be put in harm's way?!?
I think it's interesting that for two of the police calls Gail was the one who left the house.
One time she left and spent the night at the mother-in-law's house.
But that begs the question of why he didn't go there, since it was his mother, not hers?
I don't think that's normally what happens. It's true the police will try to diffuse the situation by asking one or another to leave, usually the husband if they suspect abuse is going on. Not leave forever, just for the night.
So why was Gail the one who had to leave the house?
This may seem like nitpicking, but it fits with the husband's attitude of separating Gail (and her family) from the children and her own house (which he quickly protected with a restraining order against her).
I told my husband about that today and he said, "Doesn't sound like he wants her to come home - how can she?"
Then we have Gail asking to leave with the kids to drive all the way to Wetumpka, AL, alone with kids and dogs in the car. That sounds desperate to me. The fact he didn't want to go with her or insisted on driving in a separate car sounds like his problem, not hers. So I understand why she wanted to get away with the kids, especially if he was already saying she wasn't in her right mind. What I don't understand is why she came back so quickly since school was out until Monday, and until I hear a good reason I'm just not going to be satisfied.
Did hubby call and give her an ultimatum? Did he threaten her? Did they talk on the phone at all while she was in AL?
ETA: Was the mother-in-law involved in persuading her to come home from Alabama? I want to know more about that, since the husband was with his mother (he says) just before Gail arrived home.
All of this starts to remind of the old movie "Gaslight" in which a husband convinces his wife that she is going mad, when really he is the cause of all the weird things happening to her. It happens all too often, I'm afraid. We see this all the time.
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We have seen this before, where the ABUSED spouse will actually leave their children behind. IMHO, it's usually because the victim feels personally threatened but NO threat to the children. It might be actually, quite the opposite, IMHO. The abuser of the spouse, is over-indulgent with the children.
As far as her returning them when she already had them. Well think about this for a minute. Just a SUPPOSE. ......while she was at the lake home, he called her, threatened her as he MAY have done in the past, but told her she could just leave the kids and he doesn't give a darn what happens to her. She MAY HAVE known if she took the kids he'd go to the ends of the earth to track her down. But if she left the kids, they'd be safe and she, being away from her POSSIBLE abuser, is safely out of his reach.
Just some possiblities,
JMHO, of course!
As you can see from my previous post which echoes yours, I am beginning to wonder what went on while Gail was in Alabama.
Who called her?
Was she threatened over the phone or in text messages?
Did the mother-in-law get involved and persuade her to bring the kids home?
She knew the husband loved the kids, but probably didn't love her anymore.
The more I thought about this today, the angrier it makes me feel about her situation. I feel she was being pushed to always concede to someone else's demands and felt alone except for the police. It's horribly sad.
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Just a heads-up!
One of the owner-partners of Websleuths is on Websleuth Radio right now. To hear Tricia talk to some of our Websleuth members just go to the top of the Websleuth's page and and click on the proper link. On the right side when you see Tricia, click to listen in!
She's talking about the Anthony case....
LOL, I hope I didn't run anybody off! We can still post!
The show was awesome and quite a success as far as listeners went! Even caused a {blip} on our own forum.
Keep in mind though that Matt has told the media this was an unplanned trip to Alabama. If he has been so worried about Gail taking the kids, maybe he was worried before she disappeared, too. Maybe he got mad that she was leaving with them for the lake house, thinking she was "stealing" them, and they got into the verbal altercation.
When Gail called 911 she was presented with options like the safe house, she may have decided to just go on down to Alabama like she wanted to in the first place. Matt may have insisted she bring the kids back, which would explain why she came back so soon on the 30th. She and the kids weren't even at the lake house 24 hours.
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"It's been clear from day one that the contradicting statements from the family members are not the truth," said Capt. Johnny Greenwood, spokesman for the Putnam County Sheriff's Office.
Per MP they were to meet back at the house...to do what? Why didn't she wait for him to return? (if he was even at his mother's), and I read she lives at the bottom of the W road...so 25 minutes is a stretch!
Sounds to me that perhaps her husband was intimidating and frightening her on a regular basis, and is now hoping to capitilize on her departure by gaslighting her -- i.e. making it appear that she is the one with the problem. Manipulators are exceedingly skilled at doing that sort of thing.
Maybe she left the kids at the house because someone asked her to meet at another location without the kids.
In the state I now live in if there is a physical altercation involved then someone is going to jail period, no ifs, ands, or butts about it.
In my state if you file any sort of legal action against someone who has not been notified of said action then they have to run it in the paper for a period of time before any action can go forward.
I recently filed a restraining order on behalf of a minor child (not in TN) but because the injunction could not be served they will only issue a 20 day temp. with me re-filing every 20 days..... crazy....
He is asking for the emergency custody and TRO be granted prior to service in the best interest of the children and in due time they can address the separation and permanent arrangements.
IOW's when she can be properly served and respond they can settle everything out. But in the meantime he wants to have a TRO and exclusive use of the home for the sake of the children.


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Castle Return Promo: Not the Man She Thought He Was?by Steve Marsi at . Comments
Castle closed out 2012 with a fun Christmas installment, one that undoubtedly left its fans saddened that they have to wait five weeks for the show's return, but such is the case with the December midseason hiatus.
Follow the link for our Castle review and discuss Monday's "Secret Santa," then look ahead to the new year with the first promo for Rick and Kate's return. It looks like it could be a bumpy one, given a sudden arrival.
Ex-wives have a way of throwing a wrench into a lot of things, especially if they want to crash with you. Hopefully it's just another bump in the road for the two characters who have come so far in the last nine weeks.
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@FlySi - that's exactly what I was thinking. Beckett saying "You're not the man I thought you were" is probably going to end up being Beckett realizing that Castle isn't as much of a womanizer as she thought.
I think this is a clearly a case of ABC misleading fans with its promos. Undoubtedly, it will be awkward for Castle having Beckett and Meredith to contend with (and probably Martha winding him up). But I seem to recall a comment (possibly from Marlowe) in which he said that any tensions or problems between Beckett and Meredith are resolved quickly - and then they move on to have some fun with Castle. Who knows - it could be a case of the girls winding Castle up. There's also the "You're not the man I thought I knew". I think everybody is missing a big issue here; for over 4 seasons Beckett has believed that Castle is a womaniser. Two marriages/two divorces do not harbour well for the future (Beckett and Lanie had this chat in 4x20). Beckett still thinks that Castle is the culpable party in the breakdown of two marriages and he's done nothing to disavow her of that notion. What's to say that in this episode - at long last - she finds out that Meredith left Castle holding the baby? What's to say that Beckett realises that the man she thought she knew - the womaniser, the one with two failed marriages, etc. - isn't real? That Castle isn't the man she thought he was but is, in fact, closer to her ideal of a partner, husband and father. It's a wake up call to Beckett - she's been too wrapped up perhaps in her own past to take a look and ask the really pertinent questions. Castle has stood by her and discovered things about her but she has barely scratched the surface of Castle's life. Castle isn't the man she thought she knew. He's the man that we all knew he was but Beckett didn't see it. This might just be the chance for her to commit more fully to the relationship.
I hope the promo is misleading...because if Kate says to Rick....you're not the man I thought you were. And he stands there and takes it....I'm gonna scream. I would love to see just 1 scene where Rick says to Kate...Are you ever gonna have faith in me or us? And knowing Kate...she'd stall and what I would give to see Rick just get on the elevator and have Kate chase him just once! Just Sayin'!
Yes I would like to see Rick...man up and tell the ex-wife to get a motel room! But would also love to see Kate....step up and show Meredith the door and let her know Rick is her man and she loves him!
@Anon - Totally agree. The previews are pretty much always misleading.
And the way they edit the previews who's to say that Kate even says it to Rick?
yeah Castle is going to have to grow a pair and tell the X to take a hike like he couldn't put her up at a motel?
Rick it's simple do like I did when X wanted to stay.
Say "I'm with her now, I don't want you to stay and your intruding, find somewhere else"
Good grief grow a pair of balls Castle!!
Alexis is old enough to work out her own things with her Mom but having the X wife stay over?? hell no.
About time we started to see Castles dark side like what happened to him to make him start writing crime etc/...
Oh please...like the deep fried Twinkie is going to get in between Rick and Kate...


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Jehovah's Witnesses and Divorce
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|posted Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:51:04 GMT(1/14/2013)
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I really hate divorce. It was my parents getting divorced that helped messed up my childhood.
Part of why I came to conclude the Jehovah's Witnesses don't have the "spiritual paradise" they claim to is how many of their marriages end up in divorce.My parents I could dismiss as an exception to a general rule, but I could never understand how often it seemed to keep happening to lots of different people when the Watchtower Society teaches that divorce is wrong except in case of adultery.
But what really brought things home for me was this study by the PewForum on Religion Survey showing that even though Jehovah's Witness are less likely to be married than the general population, they're MORE likely to be divorced or separated.
They really have a nerve telling people in the Jehovah's Witnesses religion that they shouldn't have sex outside of marriage when they've done so little to protect JWs who get married, and their children, from the extreme stress and conflict of divorce.
It's really messed up.
Heck, even the Catholics they're are always dumping on have a lower divorce/separation rate than the JWs.
JW Divorced/Separated = 14%
General American Population = 12%
Catholics Divorced/Separated = 10%
Mormons, Orthodox, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Evangelicals, Buddhists, Mainline Protestants, and the Unaffliated all have lower Divorce/Separation rates than the Jehovah's Witnesses.
Of those surveyed only the Other Christians, Other Faiths (probably Wiccans and such), and Historically Black Churches have Divorce/Separation rates worse than the Jehovah's Witnesses.
I feel sorry for Jehovah's Witnesses, you can either be celibate your entire life or you can put yourself at an even higher risk of divorce than the divorce happy general American population.
|posted Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:05:43 GMT(1/14/2013)
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Many marriages are broken up when one mate learns the "truth about the truth" TTATT .
The JW loyalist then uses the excuse their spirituallity is at risk to either separate or divorce.
The elders will in many cases support this.
This has happened to many on this board .
Other religions have people that counsel marriages in danger . No such thing in the witnesses , elders are worse than
worthless .
Witnesses are the worst hypocrites when it comes to divorce.
|posted Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:12:38 GMT(1/14/2013)
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I think it is the rush to stay ahead of passion that does in JW marriages. The couple hardly have time to come to know each other. Compound this with marry "only in the Lord" which is interpreted as "another Witness" and you've drastically reduced the pool from which to choose a compatible mate.
Canadian divorce rates have been falling for years and the statisticians speculate that this is because couples are staying together longer before committing, marrying when they are mature and sure.
|posted Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:43:27 GMT(1/14/2013)
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Joined 1/13/2011
Nearly every couple we were friends with in our original congregation from 30 years ago, are all divorced. A quick count is at least 10 out of 12 couples. Most JW born-ins.
|posted Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:56:21 GMT(1/14/2013)
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A friend I made within the org just told me that her and husband separated due to her "making some bad choices". I truly found it hard to believe since they seemed like "the perfect couple". She never talked about any issues they had. Married close to a decade, didn't have kids. I know he wanted kids but she was always saying how she wasn't ready to be a mom. Really at 30 yrs old, ok?! And it's not like her husband is her age... He is a decade older than her!
It seems to me they didn't discuss important things like children and goals for the future. I remember when I got pregnant with my first she would always say oh the paradise may be here in a few yrs so we'll have kids at that time. This was back in 2004! To me, it seemed they woud stay married forever so it's sad to see they are getting divorced but it goes to show the statistics are right.
|posted Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:38:59 GMT(1/14/2013)
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I just looked through a list of publishers (including elders, etc.) for our congregation and, exluding minors, here's how it shakes out for us:
Observably stable marriage: 31%
Separated/Divorced (at least once but not necessarily at present time): 21.7%
Not separated or divorced but with HUGE problems in the marriage: 33.3%
Single: 14%
Knowing some of the couples in the "huge problems" category, separation or divorce would lead to a much higher quality of life for all involved.
|posted Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:45:49 GMT(1/14/2013)
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Joined 4/17/2011
Jgnat hit the nail squarely. It's not rocket science.
I performed 3 marriages. All three are divorced. I once made a tally in the margins of my Watchtower (study on Marriage) of all the weddings I could think of attending. As a witness you go to a lot of them. Half were divorced.
Once when Karl Klein was visiting my parents we were discussing the problems with the failed 1975 date. I mentioned how so many of my peers got married because they were afraid that if they died during the great tribulation they would never experience sexual intercourse. The result was a sunami of broken marriages. Klein said he would have to add that to the list of causalties of 1975.
The big mistake is that the Watchtower teaches you that prayer, study, and communication will solve all your problems. They pay little attention to temperaments that just don't get along. They should at least allow couples to divorce without consequences if they are mutually agreeable to that solution.
A lot of times the problems begin right after engagement. The mask comes off and people start showing their real personality instead of their courtship facade. So what clever rule does the society come up with? They declare you imature if you break an engagement and even take away congregational positions. Losing your responsibilities is viewed as a loss of Jehovah's confidence so you go against your intuition and marry setting the stage for a miserable life.
|posted Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:20:53 GMT(1/14/2013)
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You need look no further that JW's are a cult than their marriages.
Don't forget, the elders are given authority to insert themselves in your marriage. I will never forget one of my polarizing moments. I believe it was 2008, at Kingdom Ministry School with the elders........sitting in the audience with elders that had gotten involved in my marriage, (including meeting with my wife alone in his bedroom), ......they then began to explain their new 'porn doctrine'.......if a servant was caught watching it....the elders were to meet with him AND his wife in the B school and see how the wife felt about him watching porn. They would then decide whether to delete him or not.
I couldn't believe my ears.
I closed my Flock Book and decided it was over.
When I look back, its a minor miracle that I didn't drag a few of my fellow elders outside the KH and beat the living s**t out of them.
|posted Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:07:50 GMT(1/14/2013)
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That's fer darn sure! My ex-FIL counseled a couple who had conflicting sex drives (he wanted it all the time and she didn't) by telling the husband, "That's what she's there for - use her!"
|posted Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:22:20 GMT(1/14/2013)
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I wrote an article about Jehovah's witnesses and divorce that looks at the statistics from some other sources as well, and they all tend to show that JWs have a similar divorce rate the to general population.
What was shocking to me was that the Watchtower dishonestly quotes statistics to make it appear they have a substantially lower divorce rate than "worldly people."
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|posted Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:31:10 GMT(1/14/2013)
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A major source of disillusionment for me was my parents divorce. I spent all of my life praying to Jehovah to keep my parents and family together. When they were separated, NOT 1 elder attempted to meet with them to help them work things out.
Many JWs divorce for "unscriptural reasons" also. If you lie on your mate and the story is dramatic enough, then the divorce is ok with the org.
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|posted Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:57:44 GMT(1/14/2013)
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we had 9 divorces in our congregation in a few years
|posted Tue, 15 Jan 2013 03:16:27 GMT(1/15/2013)
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My brother (an elder) told me when he was talking to me,
trying to get me to come back, there was a problem with
brothers getting divorces, getting DF, getting reinstated
and remarrying sisters that cause them to be DF. I knew of
three such cases. two of the brothers were elders. Over
40% of the brothers that I knew that came in around the same
time I did are divorced today.
|posted Tue, 15 Jan 2013 04:07:56 GMT(1/15/2013)
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I'm part of that 1975 generation but I did not rush to marriage. From 1973 to 1975 there were 2 to 4 marriages each month in our circuit. Sometimes 2 weddings on one weekend so that there were weddings after the meeting on Sunday. Of the weddings 1 out of 20 survive today. I never knew where the idea came from that there would not be marriage among the survivors of the GT since I can't find that in the pubs. I remember the wild idea that was passed around that at some point marriage itself would be done away with in the new system. This vow seemed to indicate that the arrangement might end.
*** w74 5/1 p. 275 What Kind of a Wedding? ***
In refreshing contrast to such trends, which dishonor the God-given state of marriage, Jehovah's witnesses use the following vow, as was recommended in The Watchtower of March 15, 1969:
For the groom: "I ————— take you ————— to be my wedded wife, to love and to cherish in accordance with the divine law as set forth in the Holy Scriptures for Christian husbands, for as long as we both shall live together on earth according to God's marital arrangement."
For the bride: "I ————— take you ————— to be my wedded husband, to love and to cherish and deeply respect, in accordance with the divine law as set forth in the Holy Scriptures for Christian wives, for as long as we both shall live together on earth according to God's marital arrangement."
*** w60 11/1 p. 657 par. 34 Marriage in Paradise ***
Single survivors will enjoy the privilege of entering into married life with theocratic partners and will have the happiness of raising children under Paradise conditions, with Satan the Devil bound.
|posted Tue, 15 Jan 2013 04:18:28 GMT(1/15/2013)
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I think you have hit it, Blondie. There may not have been specific stuff in the publications, but I know there was thinking that if you died during the great tribulation, then you would be resurrected and could not marry. Hence the "as long as you both live on earth" part in the vows.
I know I always had the thought in my mind that I was going to be raped (as per the horror stories we were fed), so I hoped I'd at least get to enjoy my first sexual experience with someone I loved.
Of course, then I rebelled and married a non-JW. Twice. Both ended in divorce, though, and my religion played a big part.
I wonder whether these statistics are looking at current JWs who get divorced while JWs, or if they include divorced people (mostly women) who join the religion?
|posted Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:55:32 GMT(1/15/2013)
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In my own case, once I left the WBT$ things went downhill over about 2 years.
It started with my JW wife adopting a religiously superior stance. I was comitting no ''sin'' I simply wouldn't have any truck with WBT$ propaganda.
After she failed to turn the children against me she left.
Then she secretly planned to leave me over a period of..???....how long I don't know.
After she left she rang me out of the blue one day to say: 'I didn't leave you because of the watchtower!'
I took it from this that she is so frightened of 'the tower' that she felt compelled to say this so Jehovah(TM) doesn't kill her.
She is now trying to get back at me by continually badgering my JW mother and reporting her to the elders for talking to me.
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|posted Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:05:14 GMT(1/15/2013)
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Unky Punky get a avo against her...
the courts wont allow her to do this...it is a form of domestic violence
|posted Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:41:57 GMT(1/15/2013)
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l p - That'd be great but it would get a lot more complicated if I did
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|posted Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:18:32 GMT(1/15/2013)
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They're a crazy and f*cked up organisation and that's the bottom line. I won't mince my words because they ruin people's lives and get away with it.
My wife and I have been separated for a year and a half. The decision to separate was a mutual agreement and we agreed it was only temporary, but her JW parents got in her ear once she went back home to where she's originally from and she then decided we had no chance of reconciliation and that the marriage was over for good. Now looking back, it's obvious she had planned this from way before. But the point is, I spoke to a JW aunt at the time (whom I now totally DESPISE) trying to get comfort (which is a mistake for anyone to do - trying to get sympathy from a witness is a bad move) and all this witch could tell me is that if we had followed bible principles, we'd still be together and that I shouldn't initiate divorce proceedings as long as she hasn't committed adultery. She's telling me that if no adultery has been committed then I should just remain celibate for the rest of my life and come back to the organisation where I will supposedly have "mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters etc" whatever that stupid scripture says.....you know, the very same people that caused me to leave in the first place. She's telling me that there are "brothers" in the org that have chosen to remain single and they are being "blessed".
So that's supposed to be of comfort to someone whose marriage has been destroyed?! I'm 33, I was 32 at the time when I spoke to her and you're telling me as a healthy, fairly young male who has needs like anyone else, I'm just supposed to throw away any possibility of settling down and starting a family just to go back to knocking on doors and handling a microphone amongst of group of people who wouldn't even give a shit about me any old damn way?
It's times like this when you see the difference between the dubs and most other religions....and not in a good way. I have another aunt who actually calls me to find out how I am and invites me over to dinner (unlike that dub aunt). Now this aunt is a REAL christian....she attends a Baptist church. Now I consider myself a spiritual person and don't subscribe to any religions including christianity, however what she told me is this: If you and your marriage partner have separated and one is adamant that the marriage is over and doesn't wish to reconcile but you did everything in your power to make things work, then God knows you made and effort but also recognises that you are a human with needs, therefore it isn't wrong to initiate a divorce and remarry.
You see the difference? Dubs have this black and white, one size fits all hardline approach to things and if you don't like it, tough shit. Irrespective of the lives ruined, Jehovah (more like the GB) says this and you just have to fall in line. Don't they see that there are so many unscriptural divorces taking place for a reason??? I mean, for goodness sake, you can't even court the person for more than a year or really get to know them on a private level without people looking at you funny, then when things don't work out, everybody's surprised.
I just know that I'll hopefully start divorce proceedings sometime this year so that I can truly move on with my life and eventually meet someone else. The dubs and their beloved GB can shove their doctrine.
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There's a new reality series called Stars Earn Stripes that is being called a cross between Survivor and Dancing with the Stars. It pairs celebrities with military-trained operatives (including SEALs and Green Berets) to compete in events based on real training missions. Each celebrity is playing for a military charity.
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I am a veteran and my dh is a retired E8 and we watched. We saw nothing wrong with it. Granted, they can't show just how we do things, but I see nothing wrong with showing the civilian sector just what we have to do every single day in training to keep them safe. If it helps more people respect our troops, then it is not a bad thing at all.


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Credit checks for a security system? Okay yeah I'm new to the whole home owner thing but I was surprised to learn that they actually needed to do a credit pull on me. Does anyone have an idea as to weather or not this is a HP or SP?
IME, ADT did a hard pull. EQ IIRC. I have a post in here somewhere with more details. Also ADT delegates the report pulls through their dealers, and is optional with each one.
I'm with a small agency, no pull at all. They set up our work system and it's great. They're in Cleveland, however.
I can imagine the logic for the pull involves the propensity for people with bad credit to be robbed more often or to recklessly set their own homes on fire with greater frequency. In a nutshell, ADT presumes higher risk customers will use more services. Thus, they should charge more.
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There is no heater control valve listed in the parts listings that I have but there is a heater control unit listed. that is where I would focus my inspection of your issue.
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Heater valve I believe is in the engine compartment center rear on the firewall operated by a cable two hoses attached to it approx 3/4 inch diameter.
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Should I tell relatives we didn't get what we need at our shower?
Recently my mother-in-law and sister-in-law threw a baby shower for me. My husband and I created a baby registry, but not one person used it. Instead of getting baby gear, we got a lot of clothes that we didn't need. Since then several family members have asked if we got everything we needed at the shower. Should I tell them the truth?
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haha too funny, I too had a shower for my first and got NOTHING i needed. NO ONE used my registry and i ended up with some cute outfits, a random piggy bank, and a bunch of other stuff I either already had or would never really use. I mean how many onesies and receiving blankets can one really handle!! I do not think a baby shower is where you stock up on other's generosity but they have registries and gift receipts for a reason! I would love to have a shower for my second (5 years apart) but my family tells me it's inappropriate, so i guess i just have to keep thinking i wouldn't get anything I needed anyway! :)posted 09/06/2010 by kiyanasmommy
Some of you women sound really jealous, bitter and plain ole angry, probably because no one threw you a shower or your family/friends have a "no shower" rule/standard, which is ridiculous. Of course it is no one's responsibility to provide for your child...what a silly thing to suggest anyway. For me personally, the people I invited to my shower in Nov. were honored to be invited and maybe it's just my circle of friends and loved ones, but they expected that they would be bringing a gift as well. One friend asked me what is the one thing that I really wanted. When I hesitated she said, nope! Don't think about it. Just tell me. I told her a crib! And I feel no qualms about it.posted 10/18/2007 by tbyrdswifey
Be honest and tell them that no, you did not get everything you needed. You can say that without mentioning that you didn't need what you did get. If they offer an exchange of their gift, accept it graciously. Otherwise, drop the issue.posted 12/05/2006 by cgardunia
I just had my baby shower, and we found ourselves in the same boat. If people ask, we're pretty honest. "We received some very nice gifts, but most of the things we really needed from the registry are still hanging over our heads, so it's gonna be a little more expensive than we expected..." The truth is, we had to spend a fortune to prep for our son (due any day now). But we have all sorts of outfits in other people's tastes!posted 03/05/2008 by Shan Kat
If you're going to be honest don't be brutal, be gentle. I had two showers, pre baby and post baby. Even though we were waiting to find out the sex I had received more blankets and clothes then I knew what to do with. I was thankful for gift reciepts. When people asked if I got everything on my list I jokingly said "No, but I won't have to buy blankets or clothes until she's in college." My daughter is 16 months and I have spent less then $75 on clothes for her.posted 10/14/2008 by twinglesmama
i had two showers the first one was 5 years ago i didnt recive everything i needed at the time i was a single my family was nice enough to get what they could for me yes it was alot of washcloths and towels, and bottles even though they new i was breast feeding LOL. and lot of of clothes which im really happy they bought and undershirts.and alot of shampoo and babywash.and one of my aunts bought me a bath tub. but the big things i bought yes but i was thankful they did buy me something cause iwas going to raised him on my own and i was going on 20. and my second shower was on feb 2008 i was 9 months hardly got anything. but my mother in law surprised us with our crib, playpen changetable and and bathtub and alot of other stuff.if there asking you just let them know theres no chame in asking for help or letting people no what your misssingposted 08/20/2008 by mommy of now three
I don't know if you had to plan your baby shower like I did, but if I helped plan everything, the least they could have done is use my registery for at least a reference. My family has the bad habbit of looking at the registery, noting what's on it, and going somewhere else and buying a knock-off item (While using my Aunt's employee discount). I'm sorry, but I spent the time to create a registery to help everyone out, and when they do that, and someone else gets me the registery item, I feel obligated to take back what was from the registery, EVEN THOUGH I registered for it. Tell them the God's honest truth. That's what I'm doing from now on.posted 07/03/2008 by Luke's loving Mama
I can't believe the pettiness of some of the posters! If it is family asking, by all means tell them! There may be some Swing o matics lurking in attics along with some other goodies that they may not have wanted to drag to the shower because it wasn't "new". I don't feel you are whining, maybe more worried about being tactful about a potentially touchy subject. I always thought showers were for the first baby.AS for gear, you would be suprised at what shows up at garage sales. Just be judicious. There is some really nice, barely used gear running around. My own mother returned a brand new crib and kept the one she got a a garage sale the week before I was born.The garage sale find was nicer, sturdier and a heck of a lot cheaper( price wise). It went through me, my two sisters and a slew of cousins. Same thing for pack and plays, swings, TUBS! CAr seats should be bought new, however.posted 12/04/2007 by medic34
I know how you feel. The same thing happened to me. I think you should tell them the truth.posted 12/04/2007 by SadieBugsMommy
First, some perspective. This won't matter a few years down the road, so don't sweat the small stuff. The sad fact is, life isn?t fair. People are frequently clued out and don?t always treat you as well as you may treat them. But no matter how bad your situation, you live in the richest country in the world and have no room to complain. Most people out there are way worse off. Don?t focus on what you haven't received, or you are robbing yourself of joy and contentment. Think instead about what you can do for others who have less opportunity. That being said, when it comes to others wanting to shower you, anyone with couth would be thoughtful enough to get something you want or need. The shower is for you and baby, after all, not them. Shame on any guest who is so selfish in "giving." So since they are clued out, what good would telling them do? You can't control them, only yourself. Keep your conscience clean, do the right thing and respond with kindness. Think of them in your response, not yourself. Isn?t that what you find offensive about their behavior? So don?t do it yourself. Even though you may be very thoughtful about showers, we all inevitably need grace for being insensitive from time to time so be sure to give it out if you want to get it back. You buying your own diapers or high chair while overlooking an offense is better for you and your baby in the long run, and will probably pay back eventually. Let their behavior hang on their own heads, and don't let it bring you down. If you hold a grudge, it will only hurt you, so let it go.posted 12/10/2006 by a BabyCenter Member
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