Clingy
by Yeah, so my mom calls me a lot......last week, she called me multiple times each day, a few of those times, just to tell me something she thought of that was funny. And once to talk about Grey's Anatomy.
Oh,....and she lives 5 minutes away and goes to the same hall as us.
So, she's moving to PA in a month, and I am forseeing some MASSIVE phone bills racked up on her end.....this terrifies me, because I know she'll call me every.single.day.
Not to be insensitive to the fact that she's moving away from her youngest child and her only grandchild, but would it be totally wrong to ignore some of those calls once in a while? Don't get me wrong, I love her with all my heart......but I feel like I already need a break from her, and she isn't even gone yet.
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my parents have been surprisingly awesome in "letting go". They miss me, but I think they are loving their new found freedom, and space.
same here... i'm very proud of my mom, she was very upset when i moved out but now she's fine about it
Your parents are losing both their children now, right? When Jamie's married, they can date again. Your mom used to talk about that.
Tell her to make friends with email.
tell her to use MYSPACE
i hear it's what all the cool kids are doing
Annoying.
Don't tell our District Overseer that.......he went off about it at our Circuit Assembly last month.
Man even down there huh.. so it's pretty nationwide. good times.
Its nuts. I get buddy requests from people in Canada and random guys asking if I'm Indian.
Yeah....saw a funny shirt at Hot Topic today, though. It said "You looked better on Myspace."
Haha! Thats great! So true. I bet people steal random pictures of other people and put them up as their own.
Ugh - you mentioned hot topic, so I have to refer you to this
kinda funny. i don't like those self righteous "punks" who hate everything though
Not everything, just a store that proclaims to be "punk" and/or "hardcore" and sells only major label mass produced junk.
I was kind of commenting on not just the comic strip, but also his little blog
i do see his point but i think it's extreme, the comic is humorous though
"the comic is humourous though" - your vernacular cracks me up.
so are real punks angels now? and they burn up in fake evil punk stores?
or are real punks demons? and they burn up in real holy punk stores?
i've created a new term .. it's called "Haps"..
we're not emo.. we're not punk..
We're just happy human beings who live our own lives and don't feel the need to push our sense of music or style of clothing unto others, nor define our lives by it. We live to be happy and have fun and enjoy ourselves
YAY HAPS
YAYYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYA
JOIN US
or die.
i'm a hap
I wonder if it'll be mentioned at our circuit assembly this weekend. I've heard several brothers mention it in talks. I had actually deleted my account for a while because of that.
What's wrong with myspace?
Nothing, per se. It's what some people do on it and use it for that's the problem.
Well, what are some people doing and using? Dating? I don't have a page and I rarely go on.
it's my understanding that the organization feels it's a serious cause for concern. i had a myspace and i deleted it to avoid trouble.
They haven't mentioned anything about that in our hall; I guess I'll just wait for our assembly and CO visit to hear about it, if at all. I just don't understand specifically why that page is bad.
I'm not aware of it being an organization wide thing. It certainly has been a cause for concern in certain places. If it comes up at the circuit assembly I'll rethink having an account, but I've really only heard it in passing during talks about things that we need to be careful about.
i think it'll get a comment from the big boys soon. watch out. i miss my page tho. it was devoted to Toshiro Mifune and the movies he's done with Akira Kurasawa. anyway, there are different, safer ways to keep track of friends and peep hot witness chicks, lol.
Dating is the big thing that I think most people are concerned about. Another is kids giving out way too much personal information that could potentially be used by predators. Yet another is bad association, which relates to the first issue.
Of course none of these problems is really myspace-centric, so blaming one particular website is going a little overboard, but I certainly understand why parents and elders are concerned given the popularity of the site.
Ahh, that was my thought, that the entire internet is dangerous for all those reasons, not just one site. I didn't realize there were so many friends on myspace. It's funny, I'm rarely online when I'm home, I just sort of assume everyone else is just as busy as I am with theocratic stuff, so it always surprises me when I hear how much time some friends spend online. I mean, I'm stuck behind a computer here at work, so I surf around this site, but I wouldn't spend as much time online at home.
hahaha i'm the same way....when i get home i dont even want to look at my computer.
ROFLWAFFLESSSSSSS
changito
yeah, i think it's mainly the association thing + all the half-naked teeny boppers
Eww! What?!
it's quite popular on myspace to have very risque pics of yourself on your profile. so if you look at myspace for 10 seconds, you'll probably run into some of them.
myspace is HUUUGE HUGE HUGE
yeah there's what, 60 million people on it..
ewww, yesss!!!
Thats why i spend all my half naked time in person and avoid the whole "online" thing.
yeah i know mike, why don't you put some pants on at work for once?
In our Circuit, it was mentioned that there were actual names mentioned of people, accusations made of sorts, rumors going around.....started big drama apparently. The DO didn't go into it too much, but apparently it was bad enough that people were hurt, and it wasn't neccessary. It basically could have been avoided.
They actually did mention it in one of the last talks at our assembly this weekend (it was either by the CO or the DO). When I got home, my dad asked me about it, and if it was as bad as it was made out to be, and if I had a page on it. I guess its all in how you use it.
Actually, it was mentioned by our CO at the circuit assembly last week too. He didn't actually mention the name but he mentioned several high-profile cases involving the site, so it was pretty clear what he was talking about. So I finally deleted my profile. I didn't really use it that much anyway, so it's no big loss.
I just found out that a longtime friend of my husband's, who he recently got back in touch with after many years of being out of contact with each other, is an elder at a hall on the other coast, and he actually mentioned that he and the other elders in their hall peruse Myspace from time to time, to 'check up' on some of the young ones in the area, to make sure all is going well and no one's doing anything wrong.
Interesting.........
i've never been on myspace, but it just seems so incredibly lame
The only thing I like it for is that some bands now send out their newsletters and updates through myspace instead of their own website.
I dunno. I find it kinda cool to see how everyone is connected somehow. Also, it's a really good way to get info on bands. One of my friends uses myspace to recruit local bands for concerts, so it can be really useful. It's a shame that so many people have gotten in trouble on it.
Knucklehead kids, double-lifers, apostates, etc. They ruin it for everyone!
the same thing happens here, btw.
That's just interesting to me.....not that I have a problem with it or anything....I honestly think it's a very practical way to find out what people are up to, because a lot of times they aren't forthcoming with certain info. It's just another example of how bad this system is getting.
moms are for guilt trips
tell mom that you love her, but that if she calls more than three times a week, you'll have to hire Jack Bauer to poke her eyes out.
give her thai's phone number and home address, and explain that she is in charge of organizing the next Katrina Canned Drive
Parents never see you as an adult (they still see you as a kid) - with my parents, the 1st time I moved (lived 2 hours away) out my mom would call me a lot. But I looked at it like, this is my time to be an adult - and I wouldn't always call her back - but everyother call I would. And I would call her and leave a message now and then...
I moved home for awhile with them and now getting married and moving about an hour away my parents are okay. I talk to them about once a week and they have visited once or twice... I think now it is harder for me - missing them and my brothers and my friends... but such is growing up - you know.
you say you miss them sometimes but i try to say "let's go visit your family" as often as we could go, i think :(
No I know you do - I appreciate it a lot...
you know it's just an adjustment... not seeing them at the meeting or hanging out for the heck of it - living in the house with Ben (that is an experience and a half)
ahem.... its Ben-N
cant believe there was no grey's anatomy this week due to the stupid oscars. so upsetting.
somebody forced me to watch that show the other week... so lame!! sorry guys but i don't understand how people watch that stuff, it's just so corny. now i really know why I don't watch TV
Matt if anyone ever says that you are ghey on this site, refer to this comment for proof of your heterosexuality...
thank you pat :)
i know. people told me to watch this. many, many people. so, i watch it and i rolled my eyes so much i'm sure i have retinal damage.