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 Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 1:58 am
deadmanjay So, apparently, certain people, say that Thanksgiving is all about giving thanks to God and it was created to give thanks to God. Quick! Someone tell the Native Americans who helped the settlers that they were actually giving thanks to God! *insert mumblings about people ******** history cause they are stupid* Also, GET OFFA MAH LAWN YA DAMN HIPPIES!! I think Thanksgiving has become a day of mourning for some tribes, and thus is not even celebrated... I am sure it is called something entirely different... I mean, there isn't much to be thankful for when the men that you fed and taught to survive turn on you and force you and all of your family a couple thousand miles away to live in desert whilst they enjoy the bounty of your lands... stare Edit: This of course is my dramatic explanation to your observation... rolleyes
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 3:56 pm
Eltanin Sadachbia deadmanjay So, apparently, certain people, say that Thanksgiving is all about giving thanks to God and it was created to give thanks to God. Quick! Someone tell the Native Americans who helped the settlers that they were actually giving thanks to God! *insert mumblings about people ******** history cause they are stupid* Also, GET OFFA MAH LAWN YA DAMN HIPPIES!! I think Thanksgiving has become a day of mourning for some tribes, and thus is not even celebrated... I am sure it is called something entirely different... I mean, there isn't much to be thankful for when the men that you fed and taught to survive turn on you and force you and all of your family a couple thousand miles away to live in desert whilst they enjoy the bounty of your lands... stare Edit: This of course is my dramatic explanation to your observation... rolleyes Colbert had a commentary about this saying that the Natives should give thanks to the settlers for giving them blankets filled with small pox. He totally pawned those assholes to the cheapest dumbass farm.
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 5:24 pm
MAN! If I miss anything about having satellite it's The Cobert Report... cry
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 5:46 pm
Eltanin Sadachbia MAN! If I miss anything about having satellite it's The Cobert Report... cry
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:01 pm
I am so tired of the same old angtstheist troll or christian troll. How hard is it for people to realize some of these people are just trolls who realy have no knowledge of what they are trying to speak about? anyone can use the buzzwords.
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:12 pm
jaden kendam I am so tired of the same old angtstheist troll or christian troll. How hard is it for people to realize some of these people are just trolls who realy have no knowledge of what they are trying to speak about? anyone can use the buzzwords. Because most people are ignorant except for the basics and what's popularly promoted about such movements thus anyone who appears to know more by using buzz words, are going to be believed to be more knowledgeable. I long have lost the link but there is a movement with the university system to not use certain words, since charlatans have latched on them.
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:27 pm
rmcdra jaden kendam I am so tired of the same old angtstheist troll or christian troll. How hard is it for people to realize some of these people are just trolls who realy have no knowledge of what they are trying to speak about? anyone can use the buzzwords. Because most people are ignorant except for the basics and what's popularly promoted about such movements thus anyone who appears to know more by using buzz words, are going to be believed to be more knowledgeable. I long have lost the link but there is a movement with the university system to not use certain words, since charlatans have latched on them. I try to stay away from buzzwords as much as possible where it comes to dealing with certain groups. Some buzz words help a discussion, but once the true meat of the argument is looked at, then questions about what the persons actual motives are, should probably come into play. I guess I was a little ignorant in assuming that more people who be able to spot the buzzwords and the fallacies.
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:53 pm
This is the day after my mother's passing, six months ago. Graduating with a degree was one of her wishes for me, and now I am going to be the first of her sons to do so... How sick and Ironic is it, that my final days of my schooling will end on the same week of that anniversary. Everyone says she is/would be proud that I am sticking it out. Personally, I don't know anymore.
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 6:37 am
Southern_cross_nemesis This is the day after my mother's passing, six months ago. Graduating with a degree was one of her wishes for me, and now I am going to be the first of her sons to do so... How sick and Ironic is it, that my final days of my schooling will end on the same week of that anniversary. Everyone says she is/would be proud that I am sticking it out. Personally, I don't know anymore. If her wish was for you to get your degree then I doubt that she would change her mind Southern. She would want you to do what makes you happy and at the same time, be overcome with joy that you have made it. Have you thought about writing her a letter?
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:19 am
jaden kendam Southern_cross_nemesis This is the day after my mother's passing, six months ago. Graduating with a degree was one of her wishes for me, and now I am going to be the first of her sons to do so... How sick and Ironic is it, that my final days of my schooling will end on the same week of that anniversary. Everyone says she is/would be proud that I am sticking it out. Personally, I don't know anymore. If her wish was for you to get your degree then I doubt that she would change her mind Southern. She would want you to do what makes you happy and at the same time, be overcome with joy that you have made it. Have you thought about writing her a letter? I haven't made it yet two more quarters till I graduate... close to the top of my class... and all the honor rolls and perfect attendance means little to me. It was just something to make her smile, even if it was for a moment. It was that small motion of the cheek muscles that made everything worth the trouble for me... Now, I just don't feel anything but sadness that I won't be able to see her. My dad doesn't smile or show any emotion to me, nor does any of my siblings. What is the point in writing her a letter? I mean I try to visit her grave, but I can never stay long.
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:52 pm
Southern_cross_nemesis jaden kendam Southern_cross_nemesis This is the day after my mother's passing, six months ago. Graduating with a degree was one of her wishes for me, and now I am going to be the first of her sons to do so... How sick and Ironic is it, that my final days of my schooling will end on the same week of that anniversary. Everyone says she is/would be proud that I am sticking it out. Personally, I don't know anymore. If her wish was for you to get your degree then I doubt that she would change her mind Southern. She would want you to do what makes you happy and at the same time, be overcome with joy that you have made it. Have you thought about writing her a letter? I haven't made it yet two more quarters till I graduate... close to the top of my class... and all the honor rolls and perfect attendance means little to me. It was just something to make her smile, even if it was for a moment. It was that small motion of the cheek muscles that made everything worth the trouble for me... Now, I just don't feel anything but sadness that I won't be able to see her. Some belief systems, even some Christians don't believe that when a person dies, they are gone forever or gone to a place where you can't talk to them. Yes, the physical is gone, but not the emotional and it is completely understandable to miss that physical presence. Maybe you should see a counselor and talk to them about this. Southern_cross_nemesis My dad doesn't smile or show any emotion to me, nor does any of my siblings. Maybe they are jealous or just the way they are. Has your dad ever congratulated you on being in school or encouraged you to study harder to get the good grades? Southern_cross_nemesis What is the point in writing her a letter? I mean I try to visit her grave, but I can never stay long. The point in writing her a letter is to express everything you want to say to her. Everything that is welling up inside of you. Every tear that has been shed, every smile that has been cast at the thought of knowing she loved you and loves you eternally. There are some who believe that the person you are writing to, if you burn or bury it, will see the letter and will let you know. I am not sure on how much of a stopper Heaven is for spirits, so I will go no further.
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:30 pm
jaden kendam Maybe they are jealous or just the way they are. Has your dad ever congratulated you on being in school or encouraged you to study harder to get the good grades? Nope, not on anything... I question some times how he truly feels about me. I only heard him encourage or congratulate my brothers, about sports or mechanical things, grades was never a issue for him... unless if it stopped someone from playing in the "game"
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:21 pm
Southern_cross_nemesis jaden kendam Maybe they are jealous or just the way they are. Has your dad ever congratulated you on being in school or encouraged you to study harder to get the good grades? Nope, not on anything... I question some times how he truly feels about me. I only heard him encourage or congratulate my brothers, about sports or mechanical things, grades was never a issue for him... unless if it stopped someone from playing in the "game" Oh, okay. I see a little better now. Is there another trusted relative or someone that gives you any encouragement? To offer another suggestion: During your Christmas break, maybe you should sit down and figure out what you want. Why you want it and how you are going to go about getting it. Or do you just want to quit that which you have so far worked hard to get?
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:54 pm
jaden kendam Oh, okay. I see a little better now. Is there another trusted relative or someone that gives you any encouragement? To offer another suggestion: During your Christmas break, maybe you should sit down and figure out what you want. Why you want it and how you are going to go about getting it. Or do you just want to quit that which you have so far worked hard to get? My younger brother is too much into video games, to strike up any kind of conversation out side of what he did on Skyrim, Wow, Pokemon, or what ever game he is into at the moment... He even said, he was ready for her passing 2 months before it happened. When we first heard it was cancer... My older brother is too wrapped up in work and providing a "better life" for his son to notice anything.... including his son. My oldest brother could care less about anything that isn't "farm stuff". My sisters I don't even get to talk to them normally. All but one friend abandoned me, and by abandon... I mean, I leave for work. when I got back all their stuff was gone from an apartment we were renting, with no forewarning or any word since on why. That one friend is more of a fair weather guy than anything, not that anything is wrong with that... So, to answer your question no... all I had in real life that gave encouragement, in any way, was my mother. I know I don't want to quit, if nothing else to honor her memory. Also, I believe it is my best chance at getting a career/job.
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:27 pm
Well, sometimes all the support we have is what we make for ourselves... It's hard,but true... and it's the most reliable.
Families don't always say the things we need to hear, although they are the ones we expect to have our backs first. Brothers and sisters normally have their own projects, ideas, and events going on, especially when everyone grows and gets out of school and begins the real rat-race... It's easy for them to not say anything or show concern when you would like them to, because they usually focus on their own new little personal worlds. It doesn't mean they don't care, it just means they are distracted by their own lives to notice yours...
Some dads have a way of making us feel inadequate, I know mine does... and he isn't always very up front about how he feels... My dad expects me to just know what he expects or how he feels... and most of the time, I don't. Most dads I know, including my husband, and his dad, are more vocal when they are upset or disappointed in the kids, Dads tend to be silently proud...
... And not knowing your situation personally, I can't say any of the above is truly the case for you. If you need some sort of verbal affirmation from someone, you may need to be blunt with the people you need it from...
In any case, it may not mean much, but I can say I am proud of you, because I know it had to be hard to continue in school with how much your mother's death had affected you... and I KNOW beyond a shadow of a doubt that she would be proud of you, because you stuck with it despite the struggle...
I can say this with all certainty, because I am a mom, and I know I want my kids to continue on, even when I am gone, and I want them to be as successful as they can be, even if I can't be there to see it. I only want the best for my children, even if I can't be there to see them enjoy it... I love them beyond measure, and I know your mother must have loved you at least as much as well, otherwise, I don't think you would be hurting so much...
But since she loved you so much, she wouldn't want to see you hurting. She would want you to remember the good things, and she would urge you to move on and create new good moments in your own life.... and I think that she would feel like you trying to improve your life through schooling would be a good start... She already got to see the beginnings of that, so of course she would be proud of you for completing...
..and now I have to go find a tissue, because I just misted up...
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