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Curious to know, myself, @DragonFox91 . If you don't mind sharing.
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A quote I found just now from an actress who has a very small resume on IMDB:
There is nothing I'd rather do than perform. But I will not risk my health to get a part. I will not demean myself. I will not keep quiet about Hollywood's abuse of actresses and the resultant harm to young girls. We can have exciting adventures too. We can be rescuers too. We are more than just our biology.
I found this after looking up the actress who played Shelia Tubman in a movie I found on YouTube a little while based on one of Judy Blume's books, Fudge-a-Mania, which I did not read myself when I was little but discovered a couple of years ago when a friend from YouTube who graciously loved my read-aloud videos on my channel suggested that I check out Blume's books based on Shelia and similar characters, because they were favorites from her childhood and she grew up in the same age I did. And I was curious to see if Sheila's actress, Nassira Nicola, had been in anything else after that movie, which I think came out in 1995. She was in two other movies/shows I had never heard of before around that time, with likely bit parts, and that was it.
And it may very well be because of what she revealed in the above quote. It may sound as strawman-feminist as her Sheila character seemed to be in the Judy Blume books I read, as well as the Fudge-a-Mania movie I just saw, but she's probably right. Even as a little kid, assuming she gave this quote at the time she played Shelia, she may have made a wise observation.
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I guess I don't feel comfortable sharing right now, Mik & Knight. I hope that's okay.
That's a good quote by the actress, Knight. I'd be interested in watching that movie! Where did you watch it? I don't remember reading it but the title sounds familiar.
Oh my goodness that seal! I like how it's just having enjoying life too. He has a big life ahead of him!
That's a good quote by the actress, Knight. I'd be interested in watching that movie! Where did you watch it? I don't remember reading it but the title sounds familiar.
Oh my goodness that seal! I like how it's just having enjoying life too. He has a big life ahead of him!
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Sermon this Sunday was on Mark 10:1-12. About marriage and divorce. The key thing that stood out to me was that love never fails. It is people, who fail to love one another.
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It was on YouTube. Just type in "Fudge-a-Mania full movie" and you should find it no problem.
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I'm exactly six weeks away from my wedding day. I've been absent around here through choice, but in six weeks, that'll literally be it. I shall have to declare myself "out".
I'm sad, but glad; Singles has been a constant companion for over twelve years (nearly thirteen), but I honestly can't - in my wildest imagination, even begin to fathom the idea of a better wife for me personally. There's too many coincidences, similarities and personal "green ticks" for this to be anything else other than an act of God.
She's untangled my complex mind and has seen me for what I truly am. The good, the not so good, and the downright ugly - and yet, she loves all of the facets unconditionally, because they're "of me".
My advice for those who are single is pretty much the same as it's always been: love yourself. And love yourself enough that you look past the loneliness to a place of unlimited opportunity. It's the self love, strength of character, and high personal value that romantic love later gravitates towards anyway. So you might as well relish the journey.
I know, those words will feel like granite to some of you, but I pray that you see what I mean. Being your own best friend is difficult, it takes dedication to BE the person you want to marry, but in being that person, you eventually find them.
I'll be back at some point to write a formal goodbye thread - full of special mentions and stories from over the years. That's if anyone is still here.
I'm sad, but glad; Singles has been a constant companion for over twelve years (nearly thirteen), but I honestly can't - in my wildest imagination, even begin to fathom the idea of a better wife for me personally. There's too many coincidences, similarities and personal "green ticks" for this to be anything else other than an act of God.
She's untangled my complex mind and has seen me for what I truly am. The good, the not so good, and the downright ugly - and yet, she loves all of the facets unconditionally, because they're "of me".
My advice for those who are single is pretty much the same as it's always been: love yourself. And love yourself enough that you look past the loneliness to a place of unlimited opportunity. It's the self love, strength of character, and high personal value that romantic love later gravitates towards anyway. So you might as well relish the journey.
I know, those words will feel like granite to some of you, but I pray that you see what I mean. Being your own best friend is difficult, it takes dedication to BE the person you want to marry, but in being that person, you eventually find them.
I'll be back at some point to write a formal goodbye thread - full of special mentions and stories from over the years. That's if anyone is still here.
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Congratulations mate! Not all goodbyes are sad, and given the circumstances I'll gladly hold the door open as you depart on your next chapter.
Praise God.
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Ugh ... I looked it up .... I HAD to look and see if it existed once the thought crossed my mind ....
There's a romance novel named after me.
And you can't tell me, from this cover and that author name, that the "romance" in this story is anything beyond utterly cheap.
Let me guess, she's an ice queen who trusts no man but gets her heart nice and defrosted by the end of act 2, he's a "dangerous" bad boy who doesn't give the hundreds of women he's had a one-night stand with another thought once she leaves in the morning, and finally learns to settle down for "real love" when he meets the alleged heroine, probably getting "scared" and returning to his old ways briefly after they establish an exclusive romance (i.e. blatantly cheating on her, but then casts the other woman aside when he realizes his mistake like she was the only bad guy in this situation), and suffers zero repercussions for it. Returns to the once closed-off and guarded heroine like nothing happened with naught more than a one-sentence, emotionless apology.
Yes, I highly doubt it's a better love story than Twilight. =/
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Now, to find a far better love story with more likeable protagonists in order to wash all that cynicism away from my person, by returning to Pride and Prejudice. (Mr. Bingley, you've won this one! But you'd just better take amazing care of Miss Jane Bennet from here on! ^-^ )
There's a romance novel named after me.
And you can't tell me, from this cover and that author name, that the "romance" in this story is anything beyond utterly cheap.
Let me guess, she's an ice queen who trusts no man but gets her heart nice and defrosted by the end of act 2, he's a "dangerous" bad boy who doesn't give the hundreds of women he's had a one-night stand with another thought once she leaves in the morning, and finally learns to settle down for "real love" when he meets the alleged heroine, probably getting "scared" and returning to his old ways briefly after they establish an exclusive romance (i.e. blatantly cheating on her, but then casts the other woman aside when he realizes his mistake like she was the only bad guy in this situation), and suffers zero repercussions for it. Returns to the once closed-off and guarded heroine like nothing happened with naught more than a one-sentence, emotionless apology.
Yes, I highly doubt it's a better love story than Twilight. =/
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Now, to find a far better love story with more likeable protagonists in order to wash all that cynicism away from my person, by returning to Pride and Prejudice. (Mr. Bingley, you've won this one! But you'd just better take amazing care of Miss Jane Bennet from here on! ^-^ )
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I was listening to one of my favorite Kamelot songs, called "The Great Pandemonium", based on the biblical poem by Milton. Its about the fall of man in the garden of Eden, and the rebellion of Satan.
The first part of the chorus goes:
"On a silent shore I confronted fear
I spoke to God but he wasn't there"
What if that is our greatest fear? Praying or reaching out to God, and not hearing back? What if we're all alone here, in the universe?
After that album, which that song is from, the singer, Roy Khan, left. He spoke out to his fans over a year later on why he left. He ended his message with "I spoke to God, and he was there." Roy became a Christian, after a heavy burn out from his time with the band, and with other struggles. Funny enough, the bands first album with their new and current singer, is a story dealing with faith and forgiveness.
The first part of the chorus goes:
"On a silent shore I confronted fear
I spoke to God but he wasn't there"
What if that is our greatest fear? Praying or reaching out to God, and not hearing back? What if we're all alone here, in the universe?
After that album, which that song is from, the singer, Roy Khan, left. He spoke out to his fans over a year later on why he left. He ended his message with "I spoke to God, and he was there." Roy became a Christian, after a heavy burn out from his time with the band, and with other struggles. Funny enough, the bands first album with their new and current singer, is a story dealing with faith and forgiveness.
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