Well, hi there, everyone. Des, the dog is fine right there. Thanks for the drink. Hey, who let that Texan in here? No, LB, you're not spiking my drink. But we can dance if you wanna.
If I ever manage to get to Europe I suppose I will find quite a few friends there. It's one thing to realize we are everywhere, another to look up and see--there you are! I have a couple 24's myself.
Okay, so I'm officially unemployed right now and probably for the next two years. I've been underemployed and in and out of minimum wage jobs since I got laid off in 2001.
There are (as has been said) lots of reasons for being unemployed. I'm in school for awhile. I haven't been able to find a job yet that correlates to my school schedule. I chose to enter an intensive program that will give me a very good job when I get out. Right now my job is learning what I need to know.
But I thought about the dating/relationship thing carefully, because I don't know if it's fair to try to date someone while I'm being really tightfisted with money. And I decided that this is his decision. If he knows I'm a "starving student" and that ramen looks pretty good to me most times, and he still wants to date me, that's his choice. There are lots of things we still can do.
a cheater deserves whatever they get....or don't get. Seems to me no one understands that you can bring that stuff home and, uh, KILL your potential mate. According to the surveys, the majority don't care. Pretty selfish on both sides, I think.
So if the wife gets herpes, or something worse in a few months, all he had to do was stand on the street.
Crickets, frogs, katydids, cicadas back and forth, back and forth. No more rain. Haven't heard one of those buckeyes in a while either, but ya never know.
There's a St.Francis prayer that describes compassion to me. I can't remember the whole thing, but some of the lines from it are:
To listen, that we might be heard To understand, that we might be understood To love, that we might be loved.
It says two things to me; that I must have the tools to know what the other person is going through (I can't give what I don't have), and that I must use them. Compassion is about treating others as you would be treated and forgiving others as you would have them forgive you. JMO
A couple of months. Getting to know people, visit the Forums, finding out that we are more the same than any of us think. Learning a lot about how the other countries view the US. It's grown on me.
It's Friday!!! And I'm gonna study a while till the rain stops some, and pay some bills, do some laundry, check the change in my pockets, and here's to Friday! (that's for my dog's Friday)
Oh, my. My sister's married to a Mexican man, I have two beautiful nephews. My other sister married a Black man, I have another beautiful nephew and niece. We've got a Jew, Catholic, Baptist, Pagan and Agnostic hanging around the family....
and a few who are Antagonistic, too.
I ain't married to anyone but I've got the United Nations when I visit! Who can ask for more out of life?
The other part for me is not having expectations of other people. Y'know, if they can't or won't do a certain thing or be a certain way, that's just okay. Because I am not perfect, there is a Creator, and it ain't me.
I firmly believe it is okay to marry anyone you want to. Part of the responsibility to that relationship, though, is to be strong enough and understanding enough in your love to withstand the outside and internal problems you may face.
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RE: The Bar Is Open .......................It Is Always Ladies Night..........
Well, good to meet you, Ken. Hey Des, the dog was serious about that ginger ale. I'm driving her tonite. My name's Pat, how ya doin?