"Dear Joshua" written by Ladycroft on estrip.org

03/08/13 05:12 - ID#57347

Dear Joshua

I still think of you fondly. Every time I say Tobie's middle name a little image of you pops in my head. Usually making a face, like this one:

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10/17/12 10:56 - ID#56834

more random thoughts

I've lost 10% of my body weight. Slow and steady wins the race to keep it off right? I'm still pudgy, but less pudgy and it feels good! Maybe in a year I'll reach my goal weight.

The little monkey started pulling himself up and cruising on his 8 month birthday. He is currently working on sprouting another 4 teeth all at once. Oh the joy. He grew again and is now in the 99th percentile for height. Poor kid will probably be like my dad and end up 6 ft tall by the time he's 12.

Just 2 more weeks until our 3 year Halloweeniversary. Time absolutely flies when you're happy. We were going to host a party but in the end decided to pig out on popcorn and watch a spooky movie.

Still no word on work, what I'll be doing and if they expect me to live-in.

Is there a US equivalent TV show to The Great British Bake-Off?

that is all.

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08/31/12 04:40 - ID#56718

random thoughts

We're coming home for Christmas! I know it's a busy time of year but if anyone would like to see me/us/meet Tobie let me know! He can charm you with his cute little dimple chin and sheepish grin. Or maybe just slap you in the face and drool on you :)

I can't believe it has been almost 3 years since Rory and I got married. Seems like yesterday!

I can't believe I'm turning 37 next week. I don't feel 37. I don't look 37. I don't think I can blow out 37 candles. I'd like to lose 37 pounds (times 2). There are 37 minutes until the show I like comes on this morning. I change at least 37 nappies in a week.

This Christmas is going to be filled with feel good homemade gifties! Not just because I like doing heartfelt things like that, but holy monkey butts flights are insanely expensive -and - they charge you bloody 10% of your fare PLUS about 400 pounds in taxes just to have an infant sit on your lap for 7 hours! Horse pucky!

In the last week Tobie seems to have sprinted down the growing development path. Babies are funny the way they seem to do nothing, then BOOM. Just in the past week he has:

sprouted 2 teeth
started frog crawling
started sitting up on his own

With his new found toothy nubs he likes to bite my toes, the little weirdo!

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06/07/11 07:25 - ID#54438

Dear Joshua

Dear Joshua,

Some time has passed and my heart is healing. It was very hard to say good-bye to you, especially being so far away. The day of your funeral there was a man playing the bagpipe outside the station. It was a fitting song.

That night we went to dinner and toasted you. I tried to say it myself but I got too choked up and Rory had to finish it off. Even writing about it now brings tears to my eyes.

We were in the middle of a great conversation you and I, which will have to wait some time to be finished. When I gave you that book and your 'license', I don't think either of us envisioned this road trip.

I came across this poem and I couldn't help but think of you. It's a shortened version.

Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end.
There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days.
All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else.

Your grudges, resentments, frustrations and jealousies will finally disappear.
So too, your hopes, ambitions, plans and to-do lists will expire.

It won't matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant.

What will matter is not your success, but your significance.
What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage or sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example.

What will matter is not your competence, but your character.
What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when you're gone.
What will matter is not your memories, but the memories that live in those who loved you.

(An excerpt of 'What Will Matter' by Michael Josephson)

Jason, we think about you often and hope your heart is healing!

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12/24/10 07:28 - ID#53327

happy christmas-now find the shitting man

This is bizarre and a little scary!

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11/14/10 03:10 - ID#53104

to make you laugh out loud

This video is great!

I always wondered what the training video for Chuck E Cheese might look like, and now I know, with some entertaining voice overs.

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06/08/10 09:14 - ID#51823

round 3

3rd round interview with the folks in London tomorrow night! They said they were impressed with me after the phone interview, so maybe this is the formality to make sure I don't look like a spaz nut. I've never done a video interview before. First time for everything :) Stoked!!!

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06/02/10 09:17 - ID#51784

salman rushdie

Was the opening plenary speaker at NAFSA last night. He was amazing! It felt so good to hear someone speak about human rights and literature. Plus who knew he's such a funny guy!

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05/19/10 10:46 - ID#51681

possibilities

I have an interview for a job in London this Friday. I really want it. We really want it. Wish me luck!!

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04/21/10 09:36 - ID#51433

promiscuity = earthquakes?

"Many women who do not dress modestly lead young men astray and spread adultery in society which increases earthquakes".....

According to an Iranian cleric:

metalpeter writes at 05:13:04 04/22/10 - Comment #55885: First of all you have to remember that they think that no one can see "Their Savior" this is the idea that lead in the end to the riots the killing of the Dutch guy, and who knows what it might cause to Trey Parker and Matt Stone (South Park) hopefully nothing.

I don't know the beleif system. But what I can say is modesty is good to have there are a lot of people in this world who need a lot more of it. The best example I can give is during summer walking down the street you see some chick with these long great looking legs, this tiny little top, the beasts are all nice and shiny and perky. Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, there is of in the distance. Then once you get a bit closer and you can see the person a little better you feel sick to your stomach and notice that the person from a far you thought was an adult is about 12 or 15 at most and looks slutty. This is some little girl who should be at home playing and she is trying to look like she is drinking age at a bar.

I'm not saying High School Girls shouldn't have sex with kids there own age, but you know what maybe they shouldn't. That way there would be no need for shows like 16 and pregant and there wouldn't be all these broken homes with broken familes, and kids growing up with one parent. If there was just a bit of modesty in kids instead of trying to show off all the goods.

Do I like when Ladies show everything off, well of course I do. Do I believe in Sin, not really. But for those that do I can see how they believe this.

In Terms of "The Chip Strip". I think there are a lot of "Emotional Earth Quakes" caused by it.

The Theory is sound though. You do something "God" disaproves of then he will punish you or the world. I'm not saying I buy this but many do. However that being said who says HIV/AIDS isn't a punishment for all the crazy sex of the 60's (Man I wished I lived back then) and then the 70's. Hey if you believe that there where plegues then why can't HIV be the newest.

Is this guy a little Nuts yeah. But if you where brought up in that same faith overthere you would think the same way. When you think about some views in the Christian faith it does make some sense. Not that I agree with it though.......

drew writes at 09:46:45 04/22/10 - Comment #55881: technically, unless the immodesty leads to adultery, it won't cause earthquakes--at least according to the quote. I guess if you are going for "boobquake," you need to go all the way!

carolinian writes at 02:25:44 04/22/10 - Comment #55879: If his theory is correct, wouldn't Chippewa St. be a pile of rubble by now?

heidi writes at 10:31:29 04/21/10 - Comment #55878: In response, Boobquake:

:::link:::

uncutsaniflush writes at 07:36:45 04/21/10 - Comment #55876: I wonder if this is why Carole King wrote

"I just lose control
Down to my very soul
I get hot and cold all over

I feel the earth move under my feet"

Sorry, I just couldn't help myself.

metalpeter writes at 06:23:22 04/21/10 - Comment #55875: Well there is a lot of information that they leave out that if you included would make that statement make sense. At least in the sense of the Bible. You know that sin thing and good punishes people for their sins. For those that beleive in Karma hey if you do things you shouldn't do then bad things will happen. I wonder if it is left out because they are crazy or because they know that people who follow that faith system know what they are talking about.

I find this a timely post because tonight they are continuing South Park from last week. The entire thing is about how all these people who got made fun of are suing the town. Well Mohamed can't be mocked or made fun of so these famous People want to get him and take his power. And there have been references to how he can't be mocked, but also that he also can't be seen in public. So they do things like put him in a bear suite. And they show a clip from some super hero team he is on and there is a black box that says censored. Well I guess this cartoon has pissed some people off in that world.