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    BOOK: Michael Crichton's "Prey"

    in Movies, Music, Books, Art

    Posted

    quote:
    Originally posted by ex10:

    Zix

    Honestly, the only Crichton book I've read is Timeline, because I got it as a freebie through my book club. But I enjoyed it, not because the plot or story was neccesarily so intriguing, but because of the picture it painted of life in Medieval times. I just never had considered the brutality and violence that abounded then.

    The science part generally loses me.

    Didn't Michael Chrichton also do that Beowulf update...I forget what it was called but that movie "The Thirteenth Warrior" was inspired by it.

    Am I The Only Trekkie Pissed Off About...

    in Movies, Music, Books, Art

    Posted

    quote:
    Originally posted by Zixar:

    P-Mosh: If you like James Bond pix, Die Another Day is actually one of the better ones. My wife liked it.

    Two Towers comes out Wednesday the 18th. Nemesis next Friday.

    Actually, I didn't like the new James Bond movie as much as I thought I would because of the non-Bond-like beginning of the film (how could James Bond become a prisoner of war?) and a few other minor things. I do agree that it is still one of the better ones, at least since Sean Connery defined the role. I'd say Pierce Brosnan is the 2nd best James Bond. He just needs to become a little bit meaner and I'll be happy.

    Am I The Only Trekkie Pissed Off About...

    in Movies, Music, Books, Art

    Posted

    I hear that Solaris really sucks, Analyze That is horrible, and there's not much else out there that I would have considered going to watch. My wife wants to go see a movie this weekend, but I don't know what it should be, since there's not anything of any quality out there that I am aware of. Also, the Two Towers comes out in one week or two weeks? I'll probably wait two weeks after it's release to go see it, but I am looking forward to it.

    Japanese text

    in Humor

    Posted

    quote:
    Originally posted by Zixar:

    Well, it's a mixture of hiragana and kanji, but little katakana. (maybe character 12, "ra")

    I translated it on babelfish. It's supposed to be, "I think I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so." Of course, babelfish is hardly as good as a human translator.

    I meant to post this on the computer forum anyway, it was an accident here. I was just curious if I could post it.

    I don't care who reads this

    in My Story

    Posted

    quote:
    Originally posted by Oakspear:

    Thanks for sharing here Mr. P-Mosh.

    I've got children your age, and sometimes wish I could rewind and undo some of the damage that was done to them by remaining in twi.

    Oak,

    I don't know you or your situation with your children that well, but I don't blame my parents for anything. Whether you were in TWI or not, I think that as long as you've done your best as a parent with the knowledge you had at the time, your kids shouldn't blame you for anything either.

    I don't care who reads this

    in My Story

    Posted

    quote:
    Originally posted by Hope R.:

    I wonder how many 2nd generation Wayfers still stand with TWI, especially the ones in their late teens and 20's who are out from under their parents' roofs? I'd bet money that it's less than half of those who were born into it.

    Pulling the statistics off the top of my head based on what I've seen, I'd say less than 5% for non-corps, and probably closer to 40% for corps. The main confusing thing though is how to distinguish this between parents who are still in TWI and those who are not. I was including both groups in my guess.

    I don't care who reads this

    in My Story

    Posted

    I have been wanting to write something, but I didn't want innies that I know to end up being harassed by TWI for association with me, especially my relatives. I'm pretty sure that quite a few people who may read this site from the state I first mentioned can figure out who I am, and probably WC could too if they cross checked some of the info I listed. However, I didn't put all of my information, I'm not quite ready for that.

    I don't care who reads this

    in My Story

    Posted · Edited by Guest

    Well, I've hid my identity in the case of WayGB here harassing innies that I know, but as time has gone on, I don't really care anymore what they do, because they can't touch me, and if any TWI leadership harass anyone I know because they are in contact with me, then the TWI leadership will reap what they sow. Anyway, I'll get on with telling a little bit about my life.

    I first got into TWI as a very small child, about three years old or so. I don't remember a time before it, but I do remember the early days of TWI in my life as being around good happy people. They had some of the same beliefs as the churches my grandparents went to, but seemed to be a lot happier and more tightly knit. I would grow up with this image of TWI in my mind for many years.

    After VPW died, I remember that I wasn't a big fan of LCM. I was very young, so who knows why, he just reminded me of Cobra Commander or something. He wasn't the warm grandfatherly leader that VPW seemed to be. However, the people I was surrounded by were good people and I liked them.

    As I became a teenager, LCM became more paranoid and more evil. I first started feeling the effects of the corps becoming more dark hearted. In particular, a corps family I had known very well and cared a lot about, R&V Oxxxx had moved to Florida, and new corps came in. TWI had changed at this point for me, as our new leader, John Gxxxxxxxx was one of the new fascist corps leaders. This guy began a purge of many people, he had public confrontations of families. Our state was probably one of the largest in the country at the time, but he had singlehandedly M&A over half of the people in the branch. One divorce in particular that he had caused was messy, and I remember I was brought along to help carry the stuff out of the house of the guy that was staying in, while his wife panicked. She was having a panic attack at the time, which was bad enough that I mistook it for devil spirit posession. It was also during this time that the ROA was starting to go downhill and LCM would scream at everyone during the meetings, he become obsessed with homosexuals, accusations flew around of teenagers having big orgies at the ROA, and the "Bless Patrol" became a mandatory thing to do if I didn't want to scrub toilets.

    In my youth, though, I thought this was actually a good thing. I thought that the purges really would protect us from devil spirits, and I thought that it cleaned things out. Some of the people who were kicked out of our fellowship (as my parents were HFCs at the time) I didn't like anyway, so it made sense for the most part. I was far in denial about the things I knew were bad, and just thought that we were in a rough patch that would eventually smooth out. In 1995, I took the advanced class and was there when LCM claimed that "the word was over the world." I was confused, but being at the AC, leadership explained and covered it and was harsh on our "old wineskins" of understanding of what WOW meant. I had a good time at the AC, met some nice people my age, and came back home gung ho for TWI.

    At the ROA in 1995, LCM's .... hit the fan even harder, and this was the last year of the ROA. I was on bless patrol right outside the fountain of dead waters, and was mean to people who just wanted to go hang out there, especially if it was during a mandatory teaching session. After that, other people were becoming M&A that I knew, including some that I wasn't very comfortable with. The Corps leader that was in charge of my branch was reassigned, and we had J. Wxxx come in, who I think is a good guy, and was not a grand inquisitor like J. G. was. Although things settled down there with that, the pressure on debt was stronger, and my parents were being scrutinized strongly. They stopped running a home fellowship at some point around then because they had not finished paying off their house. Suprisingly, they were not told to sell it because with four kids, they couldn't rent anything at as low a rate as their mortgage, and they also were working on paying it off very quickly. Other people did sell their houses though, and live in somewhat run-down rentals to this day.

    I had made a major change at this point, and moved into a house with other believers. There were some problems with us living together, so after a while I moved back into my parents house for a couple months, and then got a job at a local university. It was there that I started to meet other people in walks of life that I hadn't really known before, and other ways of thinking. I was in community college before that, so it wasn't exactly known for people coming from all over the world to attend. Anyway, I moved out into my own apartment and turned 21 and started drinking legally, but was not really an alcoholic. However this lifestyle change did affect who I hung out with and some other things in my social life.

    Ultimately, I had wanted to leave TWI while I was working at the university, but the threat of M&A had caused me to not want to do it. I cared for my family too much to put pressure onto them and stress if I left. I did end up taking a job in GA, and mulled quitting TWI, but for some reason ended right back attending a home fellowship. I got along with a couple of the people, but we split, and I was left with people that I wasn't very close to, plus having a little LCM wannabe for my HFC. His pressure on me to either join the corps or go Way Disciple, plus the complaining about things I did, and the intense scrutiny any time I coughed or wanted to go out of town finally got to me. I started attending less and less fellowship meetings, going only when I was scheduled to teach or lead. Soon afterwards, I decided it wasn't worth it at all, and stopped going altogether. It was then that I stopped calling the HFC to tell him why I wouldn't attend his fellowship that night, and I didn't return his calls anymore. TWI leaders left calls on my home phone, work phone, and cellphone, but I didn't respond. They tried everything from being stern and like a drill sergeant to trying to be tender and acting hurt that I hadn't called back. This went up to the branch coordinator, down to the people I attended fellowship with. Some of them were good people, and there were a few in with me that I know wanted to quit, or at least find somewhere less restrictive.

    Anyway, this was my story, at least for the parts pertaining to TWI. There were some major events I left out, such as the time I had to spend with my genetic father, who gave me as much hatred as my mother and stepfather gave me love. I left out the car accident I had where I should have died and how that changed my life. I left out the death of my grandfather which helped me clearly see that "God's plan" is a joke. I left out many other things that were fairly important as well, but this is all I feel like typing for now. If you have any questions, I'll address them here.

    [This message was edited by Mister P-Mosh on December 03, 2002 at 13:52.]

    Switching over from phone line to cable question!

    in Computer Questions

    Posted

    quote:
    Originally posted by ChattyKathy:

    Mister P-Mosh,

    Yepper, it now begins for ya man.

    Hey I am cable modem now, this sucker is flying around cyberspace. I am pumped!!!!!!!

    Kathy

    Now it begins for you too, at least as far as broadband is concerned. If you're interested in getting music, I use a program called KaZaA Lite. The full version of KaZaA is really bad, but the lite one doesn't put ads on your screen or put spyware on your hard drive.

    TWI/MUSIC/"WAY PROD EARLY DAYS"/THE BEAT GOES ON/ETC.....

    in Entertainment Archives

    Posted

    When I was about 14 my dad made me go see Three Dog Night performing in a park. That sucked really badly and was a quite scary and embarassing experience for a young teenager. They were playing for free in a park, and it was full of 50 year old hippies who got out their clothes that they wore in the 60s from storage to wear just for that one night.

    Of course, I've been to many, many concerts after that, and had friends in bands (I was never good enough with the guitar to be in a band, but I was a decent trumpet player.) A few of the acts I've seen are Metallica, Staind, KoRn, Wu Tang Clan, Cake, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Life, Smashing Pumpkins...and a lot more that I can't think of right now. As far as non-rock music, I've seen a few different orchestras, Mariachis Vargas de Tecalitlan (one of the world's most famous Mariachi bands), and some small club bands of various music.

    I listen to weird stuff now though. For example, this morning I've listened to Ween (.... Up A Rope), Ministry (New World Order), Cowboy Bebop (Tank), Inspector (Amnesia), and that's about it.

    Walking in the wrong direction...

    in Getting help for cult dysfunction

    Posted

    quote:
    Originally posted by CompletelyComplete:

    Hey, wasn't the 90s the decade of prevailing?

    CompComp

    Ummm...according to the present truth, Jesus was crucified with four people rather than two, and it appears that God actually defined a decade on base 12, which is a more spiritual number than 10, and 12 is easily divisible by 4 to coincide with the present truth concerning the crucifixion. We also know that 12 divided by 4 is 3, which is the number of completion, so we have completion in the world to signify completely complete prevailing in the world which is the realm of the adversary. Therefore, the "Decade of Prevailing™" is an actual decade of 12 biblical years, which are different than secular years.

    (This was a joke.)

    Does Victoria really keep Secrets?

    in The Birds and the Bees

    Posted

    quote:
    Originally posted by diazbro:

    If a person thinks these pics are sexist and degrading then such a person would have 12 cardiaques watching TeleMundo or some of the popular television shows in Mexico or South America where provocatively dressed women are the rule as opposed to the exception. But its seldom

    interpreted as a challenge for all women to

    converge on some standard of beauty.

    The U.S. has some of the worst censorship in the world when it comes to TV. To get worse, you'd have to go to a fundamentalist Muslim nation like Iran. I'm not just talking about sexy women and stuff like that either.

    In the U.S., it's illegal to have a roll of toilet paper on TV in a position that leads you to believe that it will be used for it's actual purpose. You can have TP rolling down a hill, you can have a kid using it as a shelf for his stuffed animals, but the moment your commercial has a guy walk into a bathroom with TP and insinuate he's going to do #2, you get fined by the FCC.

    Drinking alcohol is also illegal on commercials. You can show someone with a bottle of beer in their hand hanging out with their friends, or you can show the aftermath of it, but the minute you have a person taking a sip you're busted.

    I could go on and on, but the FCC are a bunch of bad words that I'm not going to type here. They censor the most rediculous things, it's suprising that they're not al Qaeda themselves.

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