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About fifteen years ago I worked as a dj/barback/dirty work guy at a strip joint out by the airport.

One miserable night I got instructed to mop up some vomit in the mens room. Someone had gotten really sick, really suddenly.

I'd been over the job for some time already, but I dutifully went through the disgusting task of mopping up the puke. While I...
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winter_____:
That site's a little wonky for me too...it's cool though.

Any one of those can still occupy your time. wink

[Edited on May 02, 2003]
a35mmlife:
*giggle*
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I guess losing heart for me started way back when I was in third grade. At the time I lived on a commune in Virginia and attended the local three room schoolhouse with the townies and the other commune kids.

There was one period that involved reading these essays on this microfische machine. We were allowed to go at our own pace, select a microfische...
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miss_piss:
uhm wow?
suoda:
I feel your loss of heart. I have lost it too for the most part. I can't believe that Americans would just sit and listen to whatever their government spews out at them, regardless of the bullshit in their lies. Last weekened, in my tiny town, someone painted a swastica on the jewish temple sign. Is this what it has come to? How many steps backward can we take? It is often hard for me to believe how everyone was so up in arms with everything back in the '60s. You would think we would move forward with that idea, but we seem to have fallen far behind now. But I still see hope in the young children who will be playing at the playground. Black, White, Asian - all together before any racial tendencies. It is perfect. It is the way it should be.
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Well my last entry got all kinds of interesting responses, and I wanted to respond to each one, but life got in the way.

I was going to leave my journal alone until I responded to each comment, but this is too important:

PLEASE READ:

When Democracy Failed: The Warnings of History
by Thom Hartmann

The 70th anniversary wasn't noticed in the United States, and...
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edie:
i've been rereading 1984, and realizing how similiar to the book is to the world's present situation. it's really terrifying.

chinchillas are sneaky little bastards. mine looks for any excuse to escape.
justinhell:
alright.
I think I know you.
If you are the culprit who wore that dog mask to the halloween party at the hollywood forever cemetary (and I knew it was you even with the mask).....then write back.

godspeed.
justinhell.
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I've been wondering it a this free will thing a lot lately, for a long time, lately. Like I was reading all these books and everything went back to this one sticking point that's been rattling around in my old tired head. One of the books was a Palahniuk book, maybe it was Invisible Monsters and if you haven't read it and you've a yearning...
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butterfly2:
Don't worry! *whips cape around* Have no fear! Butterfly is here!

*hugs*

I'm back. thank you so much for the concerned and very sweet post in my journal. I can't tell you what it means to me...

Hope you haev a beautiful day!

kiss
miss_piss:
beautiful dogs
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It's been happening, short moments, mostly late at night, when I feel like something's waking up inside, and sometimes it feels too much to bear and I'm not sure where it's been or how much it will engulf me, and whether that's not exactly what I've been waiting for secure in the knowledge that it's to come.

And what if I were to tell you...
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justlittleolme:
First of all, thanks for the welcome.
Second, your journal.... being alive when you're not feeling anything is worse than being alive when you're feeling crappy. just my opinion.
big hug and kiss to dog for me.
justlittleolme:
Kevin Sands, dds. He's in Beverly Hills... hence the massage therapist... hope you have good insurance. I'm in Hollywood too. Just moved here from the evil land of suburbia... Thousand Oaks.

Big ol dog kiss again.
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My mother was born and raised Jewish. My father was born and raised Christian. When I was about nine years old my father had some kind of spiritual awakening and converted to Islam. He became a devout Muslim, prayed regularly throughout the day, and before he died, he made the Pilgrimage to Mecca. I wish you could've met him, I've never known a more peaceful...
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butterfly2:
*sigh* You are an awesome writer. I really enjoy reading your entries because they seem so honest, and are so eloquent. smile

And I LOVE your answer to Why I love Suicide Girls.

YAY for awesome people like yourself.
miss_piss:
i think i like you
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About four months ago I was at an awards luncheon in Los Angeles which recognized the efforts of several citizens who have fought against racism and intolerance. I was seated beside an elderly woman, I guess she was in her sixties. She had a very sweet nature, a very shy loveable peaceful way about her.

Speaker after speaker got up to recognize someone or to...
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badm0j02:
i like your peircings/tattoos comments. ever entertaining is the truth
badm0j02:
when we feel a hug welling up in us for a stranger, there's always that brief fear of misunderstanding or being shunned.
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Okay, my first entry.

First off, I'm too old to be keeping a journal on SG, I bet, but then, what better way to isolate on a Friday night.

I've been an isolator for a long time; I can remember going to the movies by myself when I was eleven, and before that just wandering around feeling lonely.

I guess I've felt lonely as long...
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melissa2:
Yay!!! I made the list! Thanx!
josebove12195:
yeah. welcome. nice posts on current events.... see ya.