minicorpse

it is exactly this kind of attitude that enabled so much abuse (sexual child abuse in my case) to go unchecked in TWI for decades. i feel like i'm 5 years old again. barf

my parents who are still in say everything is just peachy! but for some reason i doubt it...

excuse me while i go barf now... oldies you make me sick.

when i was a youngin' in da werd, twigs basically consisted of the following: not wanting to hug people, getting in trouble for not hugging people, hoping not to get called upon to SIT, having to listen to other people FAKE SIT (and being totally creeped out by it), not being able to find bible verses quick enough, hoping i didn't get made an example of by unknowingly wearing the wrong shirt or having a less-than-blessed expression on my face, being totally bored out of my mind! and the constant fear of getting whacked by the spoon, er rod... so uhhh letsseee... twig sucked!

really? skunk? i always remember it smelling like cow poop... now there's an idea...

of course you don't. neither did TWI. wikipedia says: "In keeping with the Latin etymology of the word, religious believers have often seen other religions as superstition. Likewise, atheists, agnostics, deists, and skeptics regard religious belief as superstition... From the broadest perspective, all religion is a form of superstition. Religious practices are most likely to be labeled "superstitious" by outsiders when they include belief in extraordinary events (miracles), an afterlife, supernatural interventions, apparitions or the efficacy of prayer, charms, incantations, the meaningfulness of omens, and prognostications." i am reminded here of TWI's self-righteous (ie: cultish) habit of using terms like "religious" or even "christian" in a pejorative sense to apply to everyone but themselves. meanwhile they are just calling the kettle black. all belief systems are all just different means to the same ends...

remember LCM's comment that no one should ever need to see a shrink because they should just be able to pray and believe all their problems away? now i understand why TWI is so anti-psychotherapy! heaven forbid we ever talk about our problems! basically i grew-up with my parents telling me everyday that if i was feeling anxious or depressed it was because of my faulty believing. so not only did i feel like crap, but then i felt even crappier because i was such a crappy believer! meanwhile my mother is thanking god for every stupid little green light and the parking space closest to the mall, because she is such a great believer. what a crock.

first of all, loved it! second of all, does anyone know TWI's stance on potter? i mean, both my innie parents read the books and see the films... but when i was a kid i couldn't even watch care bears! WTF? i suppose this is more of a rhetorical question than anything else.. but WTF?

i got a BFA in painting and now i'm working on my MFA. i'm also teaching and having a wonderful time of it. thanks for asking!

so does that mean there's no 6 am yoga-for-the-lord? (or whatever the heck they call it). how strange. does this mean it's open to the public now?

ok, sorry, i just want resurrect this threat because i think it's so durn funny! i personally still have my old green F12 tag-- why? i have no idea because in every single photo of me in rez (or children's camp) i am never wearing it! not once! though curiously i did have a nametag for one of my favorite stuffed animals made at ROA one year... yes, i was a major dork. here's are great poll idea: what kind of name tag embellisher were you? -fabric rose stickers? -any lame stickers? -rounded corners? (who else tried to saw off the corners of their tags on the pavement while waiting for the rome city PS bus in the morning? i always got in caught... alas, i was never cool, even in FC. sigh). -plastic clip converter? -staffey wood panel tag? c'mon, we know who you are! (oh, man i was always in envy of those fake wood-paneled veneer staff tags! they were so 70's looking!!) ----uh...what else?

SHOCK! HORROR! lindyhopper, i am afraid for you...

whew, no kidding! i think most of us junior/mini c's are still having a really hard time even acknowledging that what went on every single freakin' day in the corps was indeed ABUSE. we were conditioned to accept it from the get-go, never mind what all the MOGs did to cover up after the fact. we were never allowed to question anything, ever, for fear of being "off the word" or worse... still trying to get my brain un-washed