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Comment on Reflections on Family by Diva Jood

Diva Jood — Mon, 12 May 2008 22:13:06 +0000

Ah, Betmo, after I saw the film, “Snow Cake”, I decided that I am probably autistic. Then my friend said, “No, that would be ARtistic.”

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Comment on Reflections on Family by betmo

betmo — Mon, 12 May 2008 22:09:00 +0000

very true
betmos last blog post..‘let them be autistic’

Comment on Hill Embraces Klanservatism by proudprogressive

proudprogressive — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:46:56 +0000

This particular shade of hillary is beyond appalling. She will stop nowhere, where is her moral compass ..oh never mind rhetorical question. Every body BUT HER seems to know its over for her - now her actions are ONLY malicious. May she and bill receive the legacy they truly deserve..narcissitic, power mongers. The two of them are shame..and well wait a second..this goes along with their DELUSION that billy was america’s first black president…that is so offensive on so many levels..it makes me fume !

Comment on Reflections on Family by Diva Jood

Diva Jood — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:15:17 +0000

You know, Betmo, I think there are times when the chronic pain I live with colors everything. I am pretty comfortable in my own skin, but when I ache, it skews everything. I take it your dad is still an active, rather than recovering alcoholic. That’s tough. It’s the reason my daughter is seperated. I am grateful I found AA, it has saved a lot, and actually brought me to forgiving my parents, as well as myself for my own bad behavior. And NORMAL is what we are familiar with; healthy is something else entirely!

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Comment on Reflections on Family by betmo

betmo — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:55:18 +0000

your kids have to figure it out for themselves- and i hope that they will. there comes a time in everyone’s life where they have to stand up and decide to be an adult about things. that means thinking rather than just reacting- as adolescents do- and parsing through what it means to be human. it means forgiving other people for the wrongs that they have done to you- because you are human and have wronged other folks. it’s about letting go of the past but keeping the good memories. it isn’t easy. my dad is an alcoholic- and not really very nice. i guess you would say that we are estranged because i don’t care if i speak to him or not and i don’t go out of my way. if he contacts me- fine. i keep the lines open because he and my mother are still married although they haven’t lived together for years and years. i used to lament the fact that i didn’t have a ‘normal’ family- where the kids were free to be kids and do what they wanted and the parents were happy together. and then i realized- as i started getting to know people better- there aren’t any ‘normal’ families. everyone has some kind of issue. and i discovered that the past was what i had no control over- and that i held the fate of my future in my own hands. i didn’t have to carry my parent’s baggage around with me- i could make my own and it was freeing.

i also discovered that i didn’t have to be bothered with other folks. not really. of course, there are social settings where i have to go- based on relationships of mine or my husband’s- but i don’t have to have friends that i don’t want- and i can cut the ones that were toxic or stagnant and i don’t have to extend myself any further than i want to. i am not a people pleaser or schmoozer anymore. i don’t have to smooth the waters or get triggered by foul language and misogyny or interact with people who are emotionally stunted. and i can look back at my parents’ lives from a more objective point of view and see them as people- not my parents- and i can be more understanding. sometimes.

and the most freeing thing i have found- it’s ok to be me because i don’t give a shit what others think about me anymore. you can like me or not- and it simply doesn’t bother me because i have decent people in my life who love me and i love them- and that is really all that matters. there will always be the small minded or mean spirited broken people who try to tear you down or cut you out- but it’s all good. tmi into betmo’s life- i know but you don’t have to feel alone and you don’t have to be lonely when you are by yourself- it sounds like you are comfortable in your own skin most days.

betmos last blog post..no surprises there

Comment on La Vie en Rose by Diva Jood

Diva Jood — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:12:24 +0000

This was a great film. It was also an amazing performance.

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Comment on Nepal police arrest over 500 Tibetan protestors. by fran

fran — Mon, 12 May 2008 01:05:00 +0000

This situation is heartbreaking. A simple protest could land a person in jail for 20 years in China. I hope Nepal is not adopting the same practices. In China many prisoners die from “falling down stairs” and other apartheid type ailments- in other words- they are killed in prison, but listed in a variety of circumstances as cause of death.

First sentences since Tibet protests began: monks to serve life, 20 years
The Chinese authorities have announced the first sentences of Tibetans, ranging from three years to life, since the protests and unrest began on the Tibetan plateau on March 10. Thirty sentences were handed down yesterday in connection with the riots in Lhasa on March 14, according to a Xinhua report, citing the Intermediate People’s Court of Lhasa. One monk was sentenced to life, and two others to 20 years.

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Comment on Judge to review torture memo. by Dusty

Dusty — Sun, 11 May 2008 23:22:58 +0000

The judges are pretty much appointed for life. That is the problem. BushCo’s courts will still be there even after our Fuckwit-in-Chief is long gone to his ranch.

But some of them are true to the constitution..but not all of em.
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Comment on Cheers to Moms by Diva Jood

Diva Jood — Sun, 11 May 2008 20:12:53 +0000

My daughter and granddaughter called today to wish me a Happy Mommy’s Day. Not my son, although I am at work, so he may have called me at home and gotten my voice mail. However, it is a day, like any other day. Each day is worthy of celebration, believe it or not. Each day that voices speak out in truth is worthy of celebration. Happy Mommy’s Day!

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Comment on Cheers to Moms by Jim

Jim — Sun, 11 May 2008 19:08:24 +0000

Happy Mothers Day Fran and all you wonderful women!

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