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Senior Casey O'Dell of Ware Shoals received the school's top student honor, and Professor of English Dr. William Crenshaw the highest faculty prize
Erskine College senior Casey O'Dell of Ware Shoals received the school's top student honor, and Professor of English Dr. William Crenshaw the highest faculty prize at the yearly Honors Day Convocation Thursday, in which students, faculty and staff members were recognized for scholarship, citizenship and artistic achievements.
O'Dell, who is completing a double major in biology and chemistry, was selected to receive the H.M. Young Ring, the highest of honors available to a member of the senior class. Children of the late H.M. Young, an Erskine graduate, gave the fund, the interest of which is to be used annually to purchase the H.M. Young Ring in memory of their father. The award is based on scholarship, Christian character, and promise of future usefulness to society. O'Dell's name will be inscribed on a large plaque listing the names of Young Ring recipients for more than 60 years.
Crenshaw, who joined the Erskine faculty in 1976, received the Younts Excellence in Teaching Award. Administered by the faculty, which elects recipients from among teachers nominated by the student body, the award includes a cash gift provided in memory of the late Dr. C.R. Younts of Atlanta, Ga., former treasurer of the Erskine Board of Trustees and longtime patron of Erskine College.
Daniel Drechsler of Clover and Ashley Stafford of Lawrenceville, Ga., won the Sullivan Awards, presented annually by the New York Southern Society to "a man and a woman in the senior class who have shown such qualities of heart, mind, and conduct as evince love for and helpfulness to other men and women."
The American Legion furnishes medals to a man and a woman in the senior class who have shown unusual and outstanding qualities of leadership and citizenship. American Legion Medals this year were given to Alex Andryszak of Goose Creek and Kendal Shaffer of Chapin.
Senior Jessica Gregg of Chesnee won the Student Distinguished Service Award. Sponsored by the Office of Student Services, this award recognizes a student whose character and strong qualities of leadership have enabled the Erskine community to experience growth and development in all areas of campus life.
The College Faculty Endowed Scholarship, awarded for the first time last year, was given to Emily Drummond of Columbia. This scholarship goes to an outstanding student in the junior class who has shown excellence in the college's academic program and outstanding achievement in one or more of the following areas: research or independent study, professional service, and creative or performing arts.
The Paula Moore Dillingham Award was established in 1998 in remembrance of Paula Moore Dillingham, a 1988 graduate of Erskine College. The cash award is presented annually to a graduating senior in good standing with the college, who in the estimation of the selection committee shows promise of a faithful Christian life and servant hood and is the most qualified to exemplify Paula's life of exuberance, joy, love and loyalty, representing the purpose of Erskine College — "Knowledge Joined with Morals." The award was given to Sarah Edge of Conway.
The winner of the Mary McDill Family Life Institute Award was senior Jessica Huskey of Lyman. The Mary McDill Family Life Institute recognizes Miss Mary McDill, retired professor of home economics. It is given to a student majoring in behavioral science that has shown satisfactory academic performance, contributed to campus life, and exhibited professional potential.
Winner of the Dr. M. Burton Brown Psychology Award was senior Ashley Stafford of Lawrenceville, Ga. This award goes to a psychology major that, in the opinion of the department faculty, is the most outstanding in academic achievement and is a contributor to campus life. The late Dr. Brown, former professor of psychology, established this fund upon his retirement in 1976.
The Brawley Memorial Music Scholarship was awarded to junior Barry Dreier of Rock Hill. This scholarship was established by the family of the late Dr. John G. Brawley Jr., longtime professor of music at the college. The recipient is to be an instrumental music major and member of Sinfonia demonstrating outstanding talent and proficiency.
The J. Todd Kincannon Award is given in honor of Kincannon, a 2002 graduate of Erskine College who earned a triple major in chemistry, physics, and mathematics. The award is given to students in each of five categories: chemistry, mathematics, physics, home schooled and transfers. Recipients must be upperclassmen who have shown exceptional academic achievement. This year's recipients were senior Heather Blythe of Waxhaw, N.C. (physics); junior Hudson Smith of Piedmont (mathematics); senior Laura Leathers of Rock Hill (chemistry); sophomore Mitchell Hunt of Honea Path, (transfer); and freshman Joseph Spate of Greenwood (home schooled).
The Roy M. Smith Mathematics Scholarship is funded by a generous gift from the estate of Elizabeth B. Smith. This year's scholars were juniors Annette DuPree of Fort Mill, Jonathan Hornby of Grayson, Ga., Katie Moore of Laurens and Hudson Smith of Piedmont.
Junior LaBorde Coble of Columbia received the Bernard L. Poole Government Award, given by the Abbeville Rotary Club in memory of Dr. Poole, a former professor of government at Erskine, to a student showing excellence in the study of American Government.
The McGee History Award, furnished by the family of the late W. Frank McGee, an Anderson businessman and loyal supporter of Erskine College, in his memory, was given to seniors Jaymeson Benton of Columbia and Hannah Crisler of St. Louis, Mo. The award is presented annually to the students judged most outstanding in the field of history by the faculty of the Department of History and Politics.
The Fennell-Lindsay Scholarship, established by Helen Ligon of Greenville, a former voice teacher at Erskine and founder of the Choraleers, honors Mrs. Langdon S. Ligon, the former Minnie Fennell, and pays tribute to the ties between the Fennell and Lindsay families and Erskine College. Recipients are to show promise of future usefulness to society and demonstrate merit, with preference given to history majors. Junior Lydia Hill of Greenville was this year's recipient.
The Robert Stone Galloway Americanism Scholarship was given to sophomore Emily Robinson of Belmont, N.C. This is an award given annually based on a paper on Americanism, and is in honor of the late Robert S. Galloway of Due West. It was established by the late U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond as adviser for the John P. Gaty Charitable Trust.
The Joseph Wightman Scholarship, a memorial scholarship honoring the ninth president of Erskine College, is given to students based on academic achievement, financial need, potential for future usefulness to society and positive campus leadership skills, with preference given to history majors. Junior Jared Baker of Summerville was this year's recipient.
The W. Lindsay Wilson Scholarship was established in honor of Wilson, a historian, genealogist and native of the Old Abbeville District, and is given to a junior or senior history major with special interest in the history of the Piedmont section of South Carolina, South Carolina history, or southern United States history in general. Junior Katherine McMullen of Waxhaw, N.C., was this year's winner.
The Hanora Cuddy Dorn Scholarship Fund was established to provide a lasting tribute to Dorn. Recipients are to demonstrate superior achievement with an aptitude and desire for the study of English, Foreign Languages or History. Chosen this year were freshmen Kristina Culbreth of Newberry, Ellis Evans of Liberty and Lisa Jones of Gastonia, N.C. (English); and sophomore Randy Hudson of Lincolnton, N.C., junior Stephanie McAllister of Early Branch, sophomore Ryan Northey of Mount Holly, N.C., and junior Michael Sewall of Falls Church, Va. (history).
The Emily Dean Millice Scholarship is awarded to recipients of high moral character who in the opinion of the scholarship committee are worthy of the high honor associated with the scholarship. Recipients shall either fully intend to major in English, as in the case of an incoming freshman, or be majoring in English, as in the case of a currently enrolled student. This year's recipients were sophomore Annie Baldwin of Savannah, Ga., and freshmen Kristina Culbreth of Newberry, Shannon Field of Sumter, Sarah LaCourse of Taylors, Katelin Manley of Gray Court and Victoria Unthank of West Columbia.
The Edgar Long English Award is offered by friends and family in memory of Long, a distinguished English professor. The award is given to a junior or senior English major chosen by the English faculty on the basis of excellence of work done and promise of future growth. Senior Hannah Crisler of St. Louis, Mo., was this year's recipient.
Recipients of the Dessie Dean Pitts Award were seniors Rebekah George of Mauldin and Emily Roberts of Florence. This award was established by the late Mrs. Pitts, a former English professor at Erskine College, and is designed to encourage students who, by proficiency in reading comprehension, forensics, and the study of literature, have demonstrated ability, ambition and incentive for success in their life work.
The William C. and Margaret Miller Scholarship was awarded to freshman Sarah La Course of Taylors, sophomores Laura Caskey of Lancaster and Emily Robinson of Belmont, N.C., and juniors Elizabeth DeVault of Easley and Howard Wellons of Gastonia, N.C. Recipients are to demonstrate high moral character, usefulness to society and either a declared English major or strong inclination to major in English.
The Delta Kappa Gamma Society Grant-in-Aid Award was presented to junior Anna Zwart of Gilbert. This award is given to an outstanding female student who has chosen to enter the field of education, with the recipient chosen on the basis of academic standing, contributions to school and community, and dedication to education.
The Robert and Mildred Cunningham Excellence in Teaching Award was established by the daughters and Robert and Millie Cunningham to encourage a legacy of distinction at Erskine in the field of education promoting teaching as a profession. Preference is given to students who have demonstrated the ability to integrate technology and the classroom setting. This year's awards went to seniors Tiffany Driscoll of Columbia, Michelle Hornby of Grayson, Ga., and Katherine Malmquist of Anderson.
The Rev. Forrest W. and Kathryn S. Sherrill Scholarship was given to sophomores Anna Cason of Anderson and Randy Hudson of Lincolnton, N.C. The Sherrill Scholarship Fund was established by Dr. Judith Sherrill Bazemore of Spartanburg to honor her parents. Recipients are to be juniors or seniors of exceptionally good character, majoring in elementary education and committed to a career in elementary education.
Teacher Education Scholarships are given by the Department of Education on the basis of potential usefulness to the teaching profession, need, and scholarship. This year's recipients were juniors Kristin Gainey of Hartsville and Brianna Prater of Westminster.
The Micah Mandate Scholarship Fund seeks to acknowledge a student whose life is characterized by an effort to sincerely pursue justice, mercy and humility primarily in the way the Lord requires and secondarily, in the way Erskine desires. This year's recipient was junior Will Miller of Gilbert.
An award was established in 1986 honoring Dr. William F. Junkin III, professor of physics at Erskine for many years. The award is presented annually to a student who has demonstrated excellence in the study of physics. Junior Hudson Smith of Piedmont received this year's award.
Winners of the Everette Askins Sloan Award were seniors Heather Blythe of Waxhaw, N.C., and Eric Coleman of Columbia. This award is given each year to the most outstanding students in physical chemistry, in honor of the late Dr. E.A. Sloan, professor of chemistry and physics and former dean of the college.
The E.L. Reid Awards in Chemistry, one given to the freshman student making the highest grades in general chemistry during the year, and the other to the student making the highest grades in organic chemistry, were presented to freshmen Molly Harpe of Anderson and Matthew Rice of Greer (general chemistry) and sophomores Brittany Brown of Rock Hill and Vincent Chauvette of Levis, Quebec (organic chemistry).
The Eugenia Gurney Carter Scholarship was awarded to freshman Kyle Abercrombie of Donalds and sophomore Brent Wells of Ware Shoals. This scholarship is given to chemistry major showing outstanding academic promise. It honors Carter, who taught chemistry at Hiwassee, Columbia and Presbyterian colleges, for her dedication to her family, lifelong learning, excellence in teaching and devotion to church.
The Dr. Calvin Graham Reid Pre-Medical Scholarship was established by the Phillip L. Van Every Foundation in Charlotte, N.C., to recognize Reid, an Erskine alumnus and athlete. He had a distinguished career in the profession of medicine in Charlotte for more than 25 years. Students taking the pre-medical course of study with an emphasis in chemistry receiving the scholarship this year were freshman Matthew Rice, Greer; sophomores Amanda Reavis, Mocksville, N.C., and Portia Thomas, Camden; and juniors Megan Busch, Round O, and Steve Robertson, Matthews, N.C.
The James N. Bonner Scholarship was awarded to sophomores Brittany Brown of Rock Hill, Rebecca Brown of Anderson and Taylor Wolfe of Gastonia, N.C.; and junior McKenzie Campbell of Belton. This scholarship honors the memory of Bonner, who served Erskine as professor of chemistry and physics and as registrar.
Dr. and Mrs. E.L. Reid Scholarships were awarded to freshmen Chandler Adkins, Gray Court, Molly Harpe, Anderson, Fernando Perez, Gastonia, N.C.; and Chris Waugh, Gastonia, N.C.; sophomore Nikki Miller, Simpsonville; and juniors Katie Henderson, Greenwood and Jocelyn Smith, Greer. This scholarship fund was established by the children of Dr. Reid, who taught chemistry at Erskine for over 60 years, and Mrs. Reid, who taught music at the Due West Woman's College.
The Dr. E.A. Sloan Scholarship was given to freshmen Kaitlyn Lollis of Clinton and Courtney Balcome of Lawrencetown, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada. The Sloan Scholarship is given to a chemistry major of high academic achievement and promise of future usefulness to society.
The Richard Austin Lazenby Scholarship was given to sophomore Oliver Smalls, Charleston; and juniors Rebekah Kidd, Fayetteville, Tenn., and Hannah Oates, Bartow, Fla. The Lazenby Scholar shall be a student majoring in business and shall show promise of future usefulness to society while emphasizing characteristics of the highest in moral and ethical behavior as exemplified by Lazenby, an Erskine College alumnus and a man of principle, integrity, courage, determination, intellect and faith. He began his career as a teacher and moved into the corporate sector.
The Bolt-Squires Scholarship was awarded to sophomores Jourdan Page of Anderson and Cade Weatherly of Lexington. The fund was established in memory of Cornelia Bolt Squires, wife of William H. Squires and mother of William H. Squires Jr., Harold Tappey Squires, Laura Ann Bierly and Cornelia Squires Decker. It is also a tribute to Mrs. Squires' parents, Harold Tracy Bolt and Laura Clinkscales Bolt.
The Jacob O. Kamm Scholarship was presented to freshmen J.P. Duncan, York, Katelin Manley, Gray Court, Matt Sluga, Greer, and Kevin Ussery, York; sophomores Joe Anderson, Belton, Patricia Cardinale, Rock Hill, Samantha Collier, Columbia, Raleigh Davenport, Belton, Tyler Evans, Alcolu, Alesia Jerrells, Blythewood, Katelin Manley, Gray Court, and Jourdan Page, Anderson; and juniors Beth Carlisle, Essex Junction, Vt., Andres Castano, Winter Garden, Fla., Rebekah Kidd, Fayetteville, Tenn., Rebecca King, Tillman, Hannah Oates, Bartow, Fla., Lauren Parrish, Easley, Hugh Russell, Greenville, and Amanda Tinker, Enoree. This program provides annual scholarships for business and economics majors with the highest grade point ratio in courses taken in the department.
The Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) Leadership Award, given for most outstanding leadership in the development and sustainability of the SIFE program along with leadership in the development and implementation of service projects, was presented to eight students: freshman Kevin Ussery, York; sophomores Sam Collier, Columbia, and Will Middleton, Anderson; juniors Rebekah Kidd, Fayetteville, Tenn., Hannah Oates, Bartow, Fla., and Cory Robinson, Clinton; and seniors Kim Bussey, Vero Beach, Fla., and Alex Kessell, Gastonia, N.C.
The Wall Street Journal Student Achievement Award, presented to a graduating business major based on knowledge of accounting, economics and finance as well as overall performance and service to the business program, was given to seniors Kim Bussey, Vero Beach, Fla., Alex Kessell, Gastonia, N.C., and Kendall Wurtz, Mooresville, N.C.
The Galloway Award, a certificate and medallion presented to the senior who scores the highest on the business capstone exam, is given in honor of Professor Louis Galloway, who taught the first business course at Erskine in 1915. This year's recipient was David Hubbs of Florence.
The William Lee Ellison Biology Award was given to four seniors: David Camak, Ware Shoals; Jessica Cooley, Pelzer; Charles Kidd, Fayetteville, Tenn.; and Casey O'Dell, Ware Shoals. Sponsored by the Tri Beta Biological Society in memory of the late Dr. Ellison, professor of biology at Erskine College, this award recognizes outstanding senior students in biology.
Receiving the Dr. Calvin Graham Reid Pre-Medical Scholarship in biology, established by the Phillip L. Van Every Foundation in Charlotte, N.C., were juniors Daniela Arias of Columbia and Dezirea Jones of Rock Hill. An Erskine alumnus, Reid served the Charlotte area as a physician for more than 25 years.
Receiving the Beta Beta Beta Award for Service and Achievement were sophomores Sarah Brown of Clarks Hill and Angelo Ciarrocchi of Port Elizabeth, Eastern Province, South Africa, and senior Jessica Cooley of Pelzer. Beta Beta Beta is the biological honor society.
The T.D. Brown Scholarship, honoring the late Erskine College professor of biology Thomas D. Brown, was awarded to juniors Lauren Files, Bremen, Ga., Kerry Fincher, Easley, Kristy Fincher, Easley, and Sarah Franco, Williamston.
The American Association of University Women Freshman Awards were given to Erin Tovo, Aiken (art); Kelley Griffin, Due West, (Bible); Anna Dailey, Clinton, Brandon Hammond, Belmont, N.C., Logan Hammond, Belmont, N.C., Kelsey Spurrier, Charlotte, N.C., and Lana Ward, Gaffney, (biology); J.P. Duncan, York, Kevin Ussery, York, and Schadell Brooks, Belmont, N.C., (business); Chandler Atkins, Gray Court, Courtney Balcome, Lawrencetown, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada, Heather Emch, Chapel Hill, N.C., and Kaitlyn Lollis, Clinton (chemistry); Will Cooper, Greenville, Kelley Griffin, Due West, Abby Hope, Due West, Leighton Morgan, Greenville, and Lana Ward, Gaffney (English); Heath Major, Anderson, Liz Massey, Greenville, and Chelsea Strupper, Simpsonville (health and human performance; Heather Emch, Chapel Hill, N.C., Eric Goodwin, Greenville, and Victoria Unthank, West Columbia, (history); Schadell Brooks, Belmont, N.C., and Peter Kim, Rock Hill (music); Emily Brown, Clemson, (physics); Joseph Spate, Greenwood (politics); and Megan Kunkle, Sumter (psychology).
Recipients of the James William Thomson Bible Scholarship, awarded to students at or above the sophomore level majoring in one of the programs offered by the Department of Bible and Religion, were sophomore Jon Oliphant, Taylors; and juniors Kaela Brown, Bradenton, Fla.; Scott Cook, Easley; Zach Keuthan, Belmont, N.C.; and Christina Land, Simpsonville.
The Paul P. McCain Library Award, established by the late alumnus Dr. J.A. Young in memory of alumnus Dr. Paul P. McCain, and given annually to a student who demonstrates the most profitable use of the library during the year, went to senior Hannah Crisler of St. Louis, Mo.
The Dr. Janet Alexander Scholarship was awarded to sophomore Vincent Chauvette of Levis, Quebec, Canada. The Student Christian Association established this fund, which awards scholarships to foreign students, to honor Alexander, a medical missionary to Pakistan and physician at Erskine College.
Associate Professor of Psychology Dr. Rob Elsner was named Renaissance Person of the Year. Alpha Psi Omega gives this award to one who has contributed the most to the cultural arts at Erskine College.
Charles Hardy of Iva received the Patrick Lee Davis Award, given annually in honor of the late Patrick Davis, Class of 1979, to a senior of the Rho Psi cast.
Erskine College and Seminary President Dr. Randall T. Ruble received SGA's Distinguished Servant Leadership Award for 2009-10. This award recognizes a member of the Erskine College community who has exemplified the ideals of servant leadership.
Vice President for Student Services Dr. Robyn Agnew was named the Athenian Literary Society's Woman of the Year for service, leadership and interest in the Erskine family.
SOURCE: http://www.erskine.edu/news/05.12.10/hd.05.12.10.htm


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African American DNA Research Forum
Re: Difference in Nat'l Geo. DNA test and African
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I was asking the same questions not too long ago. After much research, I decided to take the DNA tests, as an extension of my research that I have done on my maternal line for almost 20 years.
I made a decision to take both tests because the results and the presentation of the results are different, yet significant to me.
I am just as interested in learning about more "recent" information that African Ancestry provides. I want to know where those genetic markers are found in today's African countries. Knowing that an ancestor was in East Africa 10,000 years ago is interesting. However, our history in America is less than 500 years old, and the African Ancestry DNA will provide where in today's Africa I might find the largest cluster of people who have the same markers that I have. Since Dr. Kittle's test breaks down this information much further and provides the recent information, I will be able to take this information and learn something that standard records won't provide from me. In other words, I can learn where in Africa my enslaved ancestors were from before their forced arrival in America.
In addition, the results from African Ancestry do not come with haplogroup information, therefore I decided to take the National Genographic test to get that info.
There are limitations to both. National Genographic will not give you recent genetic info on your lineage. At the same time, African Ancestry does not give you info to connect with others who share the same markers. This is significant---because, With National Genographic, you have access to the databases of FamilyTreeDNA (yet another test) and they allow you to put your markers in a database and find others who may share a similar ancestor. This allows for possible genealogical connections to be made. For descendants of people whose families were separated by slavery, this might be a method of locating "new" cousins.
Both are important, as I see it.
That is my perspective. I am sure others can share their perspective with you.
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Yahoo! Geocities Domain
I have my family history website at Yahoo! Geocities which recently discontinued the individual web pages and set up domains for members there. When I transferred my data from my old site to the domain, everything went well except for the audio portion. The audio plays in the Geocities' file management section of my site, but does not play on my domain website. Can anyone help me with this problem? Thanks.
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Friends of the Blue Star Trail is an all volunteer organization located in Casco Township, Allegan County, Michigan. Its purpose is to assist area governmental units, the county parks department and the county road commission in the development and promotion of a proposed 20 mile recreation pathway. Read more....
A local citizen made a comment at a Saugatuck City Council meeting that "we are not building a nuclear power plant, we are building a recreational trail!" It is sometimes difficult to keep this simple perspective on the Trail in the face of sensationalistic headlines from the Local Observer. The following is a response to some of the comments in these articles.
Trails have been built all over Michigan, now including the mile recently built in Saugatuck Township. Most have used a similar funding strategy as The Friends of the Blue Star Trail; obtain federal and state grants available for trails, raise matching funds from donors and build the trail in manageable segments. The Friends obtained a $355,000 federal grant and raised $263,000 in matching funds to build the recent segment. No local tax dollars were used. The Friends plan is to repeat this process to build additional Trail segments from Saugatuck Township to South Haven. They are already raising funds for the next phase.
Using what the Friends' learned from the section recently built, and reflecting the general increase in construction costs, they revised their original 2009 estimates and now project the Trail will cost $11.1 million. This includes a pledge of $600,000 for a maintenance endowment. This will require $3.5 million in matching funds from donors. Not surprisingly, the cost estimate has risen, but this doesn't impact the communities in which it will be built. Utilizing government grants, matched by donor funds, the Friends pledge to pay for the cost of construction, engineering, and maintenance.
The Friends recently approached Allegan County to review the ownership plan agreed to in 2014. The plan needs an update as a result of changes to the order of the trail segments that the Friends are constructing. To address these changes Allegan County is creating a new resolution to review and consider. The County has never been asked, nor did they ever pledge financial support for the Trail. The Friends group and their supporters are hopeful they will approve the ownership resolution as they did in 2014.
A 2014 Douglas Saugatuck Parks survey soliciting input from local residents demonstrated significant interest and support for trails. When asked what recreational facilities should be more developed, 80% of those who responded indicated they strongly supported or supported development of recreational trails. The plan and survey results are available at: http://saugatucktownship.org/kcuTaGuaS/wp-content/uploads/bsk-pdf-manager/parkplan2019_118.pdf.
Once built, trails become a valuable asset of the local community. A 2014 survey of trail owners done by Allegan County Parks Department demonstrated communities that embrace trails, love them. A sample of the comments from owners were "The trails are an extremely popular aspect of our Township"..."The linear path is the most used park in our system"…"Yes, we believe that it has brought visitors to our county"... "Significantly popular, written up in national publications, races, destination."
Yes, and here at home, we are having difficulty keeping people off the Trail until the official opening. People want to get out and use it. This is not a nuclear power plant, it is a recreational trail.
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Goodnight My Friend Lyrics
Artist: Vertical Horizon
Album: Running On Ice
Goodnight my sun
Goodnight my friend
Rest your soul at this
Long day's end
The fire inside
Will warm our night
And Daddy's arms will
Hold you tight
Dream of summer skies
Sunset is bound to each sunrise
Rest is your first right
My friend goodnight
This world spinning
Time always winning
The silverchains keep thinning and
This is just your beginning
Sleep my friend
At last be free
No we won't forget
Our merriest melody
Gone to another place
Of carousel rides round an angel's face
I'm sure we'd both laugh at the sight
My friend goodnight
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A week immersed in nature, sea, sun and relaxation. We will explore the waters of Croatia by discovering unspoiled places and visiting picturesque villages. You will taste the specialties of fish and not only, you will be hiking in places that, believe me, you do not think can exist so few km from home. It will be a lifelong life experience on board in a participatory way, if you wish, so you can bring home, in addition to a pleasant memory, a general flattering of how you are sailing a sailboat. On board you will be welcomed by myself and my partner who will be hostess by my side to make your experience at maximum comfort.
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There are still 6 spots available, If you book this holiday, there will be missing only 3 people to confirm it! If you book all the available spots the holiday will be automatically confirmed!
Our itinerary
Portorose, Piran, Slovenia
Saturday 1 July from 17:00
up to Saturday 1 July at 19:00
Portorose, Piran, Slovenia
Saturday 8 July from 11:00
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Our skippers
These are the skippers who are taking part in our flotilla, who will be yours?
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President Paul Biya has instructed Cameroon's Posts and Telecoms minister to restore Internet service in the two English speaking regions.
The instructions come about 100 days after the service was shut down for allegedly being used by activists to foment unrest.
Cameroon's English speaking Northwest and Southwest have witnessed protracted unrest over alleged marginalisation by the Francophone Yaoundé government.
The United Nations recently urged Cameroon to release all detainees of the Anglophone protests to unlock the unrest that has paralysed the English speaking part of the nation for over six months now.
The UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Central Africa, Mr Francois Lonseny Fall, said he met with all the detainees, the striking lawyers and teachers, the civil society groups, politicians and government officials.
Mr Fall also said the Internet shutdown in the two English speaking regions was a violation of citizens' right to the freedom to access information.


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Basically that. Create your own Battle Frontier. It can be mixes from what we already know, pure new concepts, pure old ones, etc. Give name to the facilities, a brief description of the mechanics, title and name of the Brain.
My ideas:
-Battle Mansion: 6 Pokemon each, 3 are randomly selected to battle. Lead by Mansion Noble Pinoh.
-Battle Puppet Theatre: 3 Pokemon each, 1 Pokemon can be swapped with the opponent (can be optional or arbitrary). Lead by Theatre Owner Shiela.
-Battle Ship: Weather and other field conditions can be seen in battle. Lead by Ship Admiral Francis.
-Battle Circus: Pokemon have no STAB. Lead by Circus Tamer Mike.
-Battle Circuit: After each turn, Pokemon are switched. If it was Rotation Battle, rotation is done strictly in one direction only. Lead by Circuit Ace Jeanne.
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Europe has a wonderful train system for passengers and freight. It was also nearly completely destroyed during World War II.
The United States had a fledgling system that was built up until the highways took over in the 1940s, at which point it began declining. Passenger train service for most communities ended sometime before I was born in the early 1960s. I don't remember seeing livestock transported via train since the mid 1960s. In the 1970s, train tracks were being abandoned and ripped up, leaving vacant corridors through farms and towns across the nation. Some of the routes have been taken over by Rails to Trails, providing hiking and biking paths. Many lay overgrown and forgotten, locations remembered only when the blackberries that have swallowed the rail bed are ripe.
Today, our sole option for train travel in most areas is Amtrak, and that is IF service exists. You can't always get from here to there via train, and it certainly won't be easy or convenient to get there. Here in Mississippi, our major cities are Gulfport-Biloxi, Greater Pascagoula, Hattiesburg, Jackson and the Northwestern corner as a portion of the Greater Memphis area. Most residents would also add Meridian, Columbus, and Tupelo to those "metropolitan" areas, as they are the largest cities in their regions. That makes a short list of just eight areas in the state that are anything resembling "urban".
Using Mississippi as an example, just try to get from one city to another via a train. Most don't have passenger service at all, including the Gulf Coast, which is also the big tourist destination of the state. You can get to Jackson from Meridian or Hattiesburg…if you don't mind a multiple day trip with a layover in New Orleans.
There are two trains in Mississippi, both of which are either departing New Orleans or terminating there. One is the Crescent, which runs from New Orleans to New York. It makes multiple stops in Mississippi: Picayune, Hattiesburg, Laurel, and Meridian. The other one is the City of New Orleans, which runs from New Orleans to Chicago, stopping in McComb, Brookhaven, Hazlehurst, Jackson, Yazoo City, Greenwood and Memphis, TN. That's eleven stops, and includes four areas that we've identified as "urban".
So let's do some comparisons here. England alone has just over 130,000 square miles. Mississippi has just over 48,000 square miles. We'll be generous here, and we'll triple the size of Mississippi's train service to a total of 6 trains making 33 stops at 33 different stations which may or may not be "attended."
Compare that to England, with 11 terminal stops. I couldn't count all of the stops or trains on the map. It was a lot more than just 6 trains that passed by a station once a day, going one direction or the other. The USA hasn't had such poor train service since the days of the Wild West.
Okay, I'll admit that Mississippi isn't exactly a prosperous state. We don't have a lot of industry or tourism going on here, and most people can't afford to travel much even if there was a good service to get somewhere they wanted to go. So, we'll turn to our southern neighbor, Mexico.
Mexico has roughly 738,000 square miles of territory. It includes deserts, mountains, and rain forests as well as farms and ranches and urban areas. They have three tourist trains and one commuter train for their passenger service.
Wow, we have train service better than Mexico?
I'm not sure we should get excited. We also don't need soldiers armed with machine guns on our trains in the USA to prevent robbing by bandits. In fact, train robberies are not something that has occurred in recent history in the USA, and if it did occur, there would be ample press coverage of the event. Americans don't like seeing soldiers armed with machine guns in tourist areas. It just makes us nervous. We're funny that way, considering our attachment to the right to own a gun.
We talk a lot about mass transit, about reducing our carbon footprint, and about energy efficiency. We talk about reducing our dependency on oil. I'm all for it. But we need safe, efficient, economical, accessible alternatives. Our country is vast, the distances often are equally long. We have a stagnating economy and shrinking industrial and manufacturing base too. But our government is not addressing these transportation issues.
Think about it. We need jobs, not more welfare lines. Mississippi may be the poorest state in the union, but all states are having trouble with their economy. Imagine the jobs that would be created when rail lines are repaired and upgraded, when train stations are put in place, when cheap and efficient transportation is readily available for cargo and commuters alike, whether within the same state or to a distant port. Imagine the gates being opened, allowing travelers to experience more of America, to visit the towns where their grandparents or great grandparents lived. Imagine businessmen and women having the ability to easily visit small manufacturing facilities in rural communities without chartered planes or hours of driving.
And it's not going to put trucking companies out of business either. There will still be the same need for trucks as ever, especially since the bulk of their business is bulk customers, not the small company that needs to ship out one or two pallets of goods to each coast each week. It's not going to end the days of the road trip either–there are times and places where roads and cars are essential transportation.
It is going to create jobs of feeding workers and travelers near rail stations. It's going to create a need for taxis and buses to get them from the train to their destination. It's going to create a need for small trucks and couriers to transport goods to and from the rail station. Manufacturing will have an increased need to supply parts and supplies for trains and rails, stations and offices, ticket sales and on-board meals too. Mom and Pop businesses, whether selling local memorabilia or fast food from a cart will explode near the stations, further enriching local economies. Accommodations, from cheap motels to fancy restaurants, will also have a central place to attract customers from. Don't think that corporations won't look at the possibilities too, but in rural areas with a few trains a day, it will be the Mom & Pop businesses that can fill a niche and pay taxes.
Oh, and you too. You'll be able to get to Jackson for that special event or doctor's appointment without having to drive your car. If we're smart about it and push for it, we'll even have all passenger trains allowing passengers to board their bicycles too, further reducing carbon footprints for those avid cyclists who also spend money on everything from more bicycle stuff to cold drinks on a hot day. European travelers, accustomed to train travel, will find that spending their Euros in America to be even more attractive, as they enjoy a familiar mode of travel, renting their bicycles at the train station for their jaunts around small towns and cities, through the countryside or to a special attraction.
We can do it. We should know how–we spent a great deal on repairing the European train system after World War II. We can draw on European and Japanese expertise as we devise an All-American solution that is better, faster, cheaper, and greener than anything ever conceived before. If we can be the first to the moon, surely we can manage to make a train trip simple and cheap on the USA.


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We've all read them on the walls of public restrooms. Post the best ones you came across.
A classic
written above an urinalhere I sit all broken hearted
tried to shit but only farted
then one day I took a chance
tried to fart and shit my pants
toilet tennisWhy are you looking at the wall? The joke is in your hands.
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The actress sought to ban Aubry from contacting Nahla last month after former nanny Alliance Kamdem accused the male model of shoving her while she was holding the child.
The former couple has been locked in a bitter battle over Nahla since they split.
Berry's move is reportedly prompted by death threats. Robert Hoskins, who has reportedly vowed to "slit her throat," managed to evade security at an undisclosed mental hospital last week and is now on the run.
He previously made a similar threat to Madonna and was shot by the singer's bodyguard in 1995 after he was caught trespassing on the Material Girl's property.
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Review Of Salvation
I am way too old to be in a mid-life crisis, but I don't think it takes a mid-life crisis to stop and consider the journey of life that we are on. Where have we come from? Where are we going?
As a part of a life review, it is also occasionally helpful to review our salvation. To do so is an important reminder. As we think about our salvation, it is a reminder of who we are. It is also good to review our salvation because it is such a great encouragement to think about what we hope for. But such a review of our salvation can also be a great challenge to recommit ourselves to what we must be.
This morning, I would like to look at Titus 3:3-8 as a way of reviewing our salvation.
I. What We Were
Paul begins these thoughts with the words, "we too were…" A review of salvation appropriately begins with a reminder of what we were. As we read these words we need to think about who is speaking. Paul admittedly had been a persecutor of the church, but in another sense, he was one of the most religious men around. He believed with all his heart that he was being faithful to God. In Philippians 3 he identifies his strong religious background when he says, "…circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to law, a Pharisee; as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for legalistic righteousness, faultless." In this description, we see a lot about Paul and his solid religious life. He tried with all he could to live for God. He knew the Old Testament and was determined to live according to all faithfulness to God.
It is interesting then, that in Titus, which is written to a pagan audience, he says, "we too were…" He had not been anything like the people in the church in which Titus was pastor. They had been pagan, disobedient to God, ignorant of the ways of God, living in immorality and enslaved to sin. That is very different and we wonder why he would so closely identify with them in regards to what they were.
As people who have also grown up in Christian homes, who have gone to church all of our life and have never seriously broken God's law, we might find it hard to say with Paul, "we too were…" especially when we look at the list of things which these pagans were. They were foolish - they did not understand God. Their worldview was likely one of pantheism in which every tree and bush and the sun and moon were gods. They were among those whom Paul speaks of in Romans 1 as knowing God but being disobedient to the knowledge of God revealed in creation. Instead of listening to the voice of God, they were deceived. They listened to and obeyed the voice of the gods of their mythology and refused to listen to the voice of their creator. As people who lived under a worldview of paganism, they were also enslaved to various lifestyle habits which they could not get away from. Lifestyle habits, not only of alcoholism, drug abuse and immorality as we might think of. Paul indicates that they were enslaved to "passions and pleasures" but also to "malice, envy, being hated and hating one another."
How could Paul identify with them and say "we?" Paul knows what we also must know in the depths of our heart. Even the most religious person who does not accept God's way is disobedient and consequently enslaved to various passions. Before we gave our lives to Christ, we didn't get it either. Before we believed in Jesus, we were disobedient to God and deceived. Before we let God change our hearts through Christ, we also were bound in hopelessness and enslaved to all kind of things, even if those things were not the worst of sins, they were still sins!
So if Paul says "we," we also must acknowledge as we review our salvation, what our starting point was. It was a starting point of separation from God.
We will not truly appreciate our salvation until we are able to say "we too were…"
II. How We Were Changed
But how thankful we can be that all that changed! In Titus 3:4-8, Paul goes on to talk about how that change took place.
A. Out of Kindness
The salvation we have experienced has arisen out of the love of God. It happened, as the text says, "when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared." Several times in this passage we note that it is the mercy and love of God that is the reason that there is salvation. Love is only one of the characteristics of who God is, but it becomes most meaningful when we understand it in the context of the holiness and justice of God.
The fact that God is holy means that he cannot stand sin. If you have ever tried to start a fire with gasoline, you know that gas does not last long in the presence of fire. So it is with the holiness of God. Sin cannot last in his presence because that which is unholy is consumed. God did not have to save us, the holiness part of his nature would be correct in destroying us in our sin.
God is also just. His justice is not like our justice. His justice is such that he knows all the facts, is able to judge justly and to carry out his justice. The facts of the case are that we are all sinners who deserve to die because of our sin and rebellion. The justice part of God's nature would sentence us all to punishment for our rebellion.
But God has chosen instead to act in love. The love of God is that part of his person in which God says, "I cannot stand evil, I cannot stand injustice, but even more, I cannot bear to destroy those whom I have created." God loved us so much that he chose to bring his love to bear on his holiness and justice in order to save a people who would be holy and just in his sight.
That love was expressed in the coming of Jesus Christ. Our salvation is centered in Jesus who came from God, lived for God, died for us and rose victorious.
Salvation arises out of God's compassion.
B. By Mercy
Because we were hopelessly lost and under His just condemnation, salvation also had to be His work and so the text says, "He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy." It is so important for us to realize, as Isaiah 64:6 says that, "all our righteous acts are like filthy rags." Salvation is entirely an act of mercy, not of what is deserved. When we further realize that "there is none righteous" we understand and know that the situation is hopeless apart from the mercy of God.
The only reason we are saved is because God chose to do it for us.
C. Washed & Renewed
The text tells us that it is actually the Spirit of God who does this work in us. Titus 3:6, 7 says, "He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior,"
The two words used here are interesting. The word "rebirth" comes from two words which are put together to mean "born again." Regeneration is "a change of nature from God." It is the Holy Spirit who causes that new birth to occur in us. The word "renewal" is made up of two words put together to mean "making something new." This is what the Spirit of God has done for us.
Years ago when one of our children was younger he was busily trying to clean a bottle. It did not get clean and he was getting rather frustrated, until he realized that the dirt was on the inside. This is the same with us. Our sin makes us dirty on the inside. Until the Spirit of God cleanses the inside, we can do all we want to clean the outside, but we will still be dirty.
There was a man showing a building to a potential buyer. The place had been vacant and had been badly vandalized. The owner promised that it would be cleaned up before the prospective buyer took over. The prospective buyer told him not to bother with that, his intention was to tear down the whole building and build a new one on the same site. That is the work of the Holy Spirit, to remove sin completely and to make a new creature out of us on the site of the old one.
D. Through the Holy Spirit
God's Spirit is highly involved in our salvation. Jesus died on the cross and rose from the dead to make it possible as the text says, but, it is the Holy Spirit of God who mediates salvation to us.
The Holy Spirit empowers the proclamation of the message of the gospel, as we learn from Acts 1:8.
John 16:7-11says that the Holy Spirit prepares the heart. We read, "But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me; in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned."
And, as we have just seen, it is the Holy Spirit who brings the new birth into our lives to recreate us.
As we review our salvation it is an amazing thing to see what God has done in Christ and through His Spirit to bring our salvation to us. This passage in Titus is a wonderful reminder of all that has been accomplished in order that we should be redeemed from what we were.
III. What We Have Become
As a result, we are what we are today. What is that? What have we become because of God's grace in our lives?
A. Heirs of Eternal Life
Titus 3:7 says, "so that…we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life."
This reminds us of two aspects of what we have become. We have become heirs of God. That is, we are His children who have now received the right to belong to Him. We are no longer strangers and aliens, we are children. We belong to our creator and He is not ashamed to call us His children. What a great blessing that is!
With any inheritance, we also have inherited the estate of the Father and that is the promise of eternal life. How often we rejoice in that hope! Jesus promises that He is preparing a place for us. We are waiting for that great marriage supper of the lamb! Being heirs of eternal life allows us to look beyond the death which is the inevitable end of every person and to embrace with joy that we are bound for eternity. There is no end! Now we are nearing the end of summer. Soon the gardens will be emptied of their harvest; the fields which have been green will become black once again. The wonderful summer days we have enjoyed for the last week or so will shorten and we will once again have to think about long johns and winter boots and danger on the ice and snow.
Sometimes we focus on the grey hair and the failing limbs and the mind that is slowing down and lament that life is drawing to an end. But as heirs of eternal life, this broken end of life is just a pause before the unending summer in the presence of the eternal king.
B. Doing What Is Good
But the hope we have as Christians is not just eternal. It begins now. Our salvation implies a life that is different. We have become people who begin now to devote our lives to God. Titus 3:8 says, "I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good. These things are excellent and profitable for everyone."
One writer says, "When Christians are awed by the magnificence of God's saving work, they will be careful to 'devote themselves to doing what is good.'"
What we have become is people who have an "intrinsic motivation" towards good deeds. Let us keep doing them.
When I review my salvation, I am thankful that this is the course of life upon which I have been set. I sometimes have tried to imagine what my life might have been like if I wasn't a Christian. It is a scary thought. Would I be married? Would I have a good marriage? What would I be addicted to? Would I have a life of meaning in serving God?
As I review my salvation, I am thankful for the hope that is mine. I can face anything that comes in life and know that God is the Lord and that in the end; I will enjoy eternity in His presence. I have been reading the story of my father's family. They came out of Russia as refugees during the Second World War. After they came out, some people asked them how they could still have hope and believe in God, in spite of all they had experienced. My grandmother responded that they had experienced too much of God's grace to live in any other way and they always kept an eternal perspective.
As I review my salvation, I know that there is so much I still have to learn. I want to keep growing in learning to understand what it means to do good works. I am glad to learn these things and so continue to seek God's leading.
How do you feel about a review of your salvation? May it remind you! May it encourage you! May it challenge you!


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I was the oldest of 4 kids. I had a very strict childhood. We wern't exactly poor but money was pretty tight. In my senior year of high school I got a job at a local pharmacy trying to raise money for a car of my own.
I wasn't the greatest looking kid and combine that with no money I didn't have much of a social life. At 18 I was a loser with the ladies.
I would usually take the bus home everyday to get the car from my mom so I could go to work. On Mondays though, my mom worked late so I had to get a lift to work. My mom arranged a ride every Monday with a friend of hers who also worked evenings down the block. She would pick me up at school, we would stop for a bite to eat before work at McDonalds, then she or my mom would pick me up at 9:00.
As the weeks rolled on, Mrs. C. and I became friendly. She and I started sharing intimate details of our lives. Her husband was having an affair and they were seperated. I confided in her that I was still a Virgin. She was blown away by this. She had lost her virginity at a much younger age.
The topic of masturbation eventually came up. I was horrified and embarassed when she asked me if I touched myself often. She volunteered that she masturbated at least 2 times a day. I confessed that I did it up to 3 0r 4 times a day.
I have to describe Mrs. C to you. She was a 40 plus year old. She had piercing blue eyes, tinted reddish hair. She was a little overweight with massive breasts.
She asked if I looked at pictures when I beat off. I told her sometimes but mostly just fantasized. She asked if I ever thought of her. I was scared to reply but was also getting extremely aroused and she knew it. She asked if she had ever actually seen or touched a womens breasts. The loser I was I replied honestly, No.
Without any warning, right there in the parking lot of a McDonalds, she unbuttoned her blouse, undid her bra, and let those beautiful breasts fall free. She slid over to me and started to kiss me. Her tongue exploring mine. Believe it or not it was my first frenching. She took my hand and placed it on her breast. I felt myself already close to cumming. Again without warning she pulled away from kissing and undid my zipper and pulled out my penis which was the hardest it had ever been in my life. After just a few strokes I started orgasming. What a mess. She held me and kissed me then wiped up the mess. She told me the more we did it the more control I would get, she was right.
She picked me up from work that night, and we immediately picked up where we left off. This time though it was her turn. She pulled her skirt down and gave me an anatomy lesson. She showed me how to finger her and eventually rub her clitoris. When she came I found out she was a women who screamed when she came. To this day, I get instantly hard when I hear a women having an orgasm and always picture her.
Mrs c and I went on to have an affair for the next 6 mos. until I went away to school. She eventually got a divorce and remarried. We saw each other only one more time. She still turns me on.


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Etiquette Hell
General Etiquette => Etiquette Hell Classics => Topic started by: violinp on February 04, 2012, 11:33:24 AM
Same Wedding, Two Different Perspectives Two Years Apart
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February 04, 2012, 11:33:24 AM
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One of blog readers contacted me with a very astute observation he had made while reading the Ehell archives. If you are a fan of the blog, did you know there was an archive of 7,000 stories from previous years? Hours and hours of entertaining reading!
Anyway, after finding said stories, I have to agree that this is a case where a single wedding has yielded two very different stories, two years apart, from two completely different perspectives. The first story was submitted in 2003 by a guest:
Its kind of long, but this story may even qualify as Faux Pas Of the Year, instead of just Weddings From Hell. Although dubbing it From Hell would certainly be appropriate. A couple of years ago I was dating a guy named Tay, and he told me that some friends of his that I didnt know were getting married, but theyd invited him and guest so would I like to be his date? Hed take care of the gift, since I didnt know the couple. He said Id find them somewhat strange, but how strange could a wedding be, I thought. (DUN DUN DUNNNNN . ominous music) I said Id be delighted to go. Big mistake. Yeah...for them.
It wasnt just a tacky wedding. EVERYTHING about the wedding was downright HORRIFIC. One disaster after another. I shudder to think about it even now. To start off, the wedding was held outdoors. In the dead of night. On a full moon. In front of a CEMETERY. AAAAAHHHH! There were even no decorations in the wedding area. The closest thing there was the flowers scattered throughout the cemetery. Most of the guests wore black. Some even had black hair and makeup. Even male guests. I couldnt believe it. And one woman wore a floor-length (or ground-length, I suppose) white gown. Another guest was carrying a cat, another was carrying a SNAKE .. you get the idea. Ooo! Ooo! Can I bring a raven? ;D
The bride and groom had hired a string quartet, they were dressed all in BLACK LEATHER and didnt play anything that wasnt in a minor key. Even the here comes the bride music sounded like a dirge. Oh, my heavens. No one likes minor - key music. ::)
The wedding party, thats where I finally admitted to myself it wasnt going to improve. There were two male and two female grooms attendants, and two male and two female brides attendants, too.There was NO clear MOH or BM. Really? They're supposed to stand out? :o The grooms attendants all wore purple shirts and black pants, purple lipstick and black eye makeup and white face paint, and carried one white candle. The brides attendants all wore white shirts and black pants, black lipstick and eye makeup and white face paint, and carried one purple candle. Me likey. No flowers, pants on the female attendants, and makeup on the male attendants.
THEN came the couple. The groom wore leather pants and boots, and a white, open-necked shirt. In any other setting, that shirt may have been nice, if a bit nineteenth-century. You say that like it's a bad thing. Needless to say, it may have been the highlight of the event. Anyway, he was wearing a LEATHER COLLAR, five earrings, and an eyebrow ring, and the same makeup as his attendants, and his hair was purple to match it, his attendants, and the brides attendants candles. And the brides gown.
The bride where do I begin? She was about a foot taller than the groom, The shock! The horror! she wore white face paint and black lipstick and eye makeup that swirled onto her temples and cheekbones. And combat boots. No veil, no train, no flowers, nothing. Her gown showed off her arms, back, and some of her legs above her boots. It also showed off the tattoos she had all over those parts of her body. Her (black) hair was pulled back to show off the seven rings in each ear.
I dont know who told these people that this was acceptable at a wedding. The pastor was old, he looked about five minutes away from disintegration. Nice to know you have respect for the elderly. The blessing was unbelievable, he said the most appallingly inappropriate things, like how in just a few short decades they would be buried here in this cemetery, side by side, six feet under, in matching coffins, rotting together for all eternity. I remember that part word for word because it was in the Addams family. I thought I was going to be sick. (Not at the imagery, but at the fact that it was being said as nuptials.) See, I would laugh. Maybe I'm appallingly innappropriate.
I only stayed because I wasnt sure I wanted to be seen leaving early by these people. Needless to say, I spent most of the ceremony reconsidering dating anybody whod have that type as friends. Well, he was probably reconsidering dating a snob like you, so it's okay.
We all had to walk to the reception which was at a big old house three blocks away from the ceremony. The leather string quartet came with us to provide music there, much to my dismay.
It didnt get better away from the cemetery. The house was dimly lit and full of cobwebs. There was no champagne, instead they had a lot of red wine to drink and toast with. I hate champagne, so me likey. I didnt recognize a single one of the dishes in the buffet, and a lot of them were cold. There was no planned seating arrangement, they barely had tables. A lot of people had to just stand around holding their plates in one hand, with their wine glass on a nearby sideboard. Or else sit on a sofa with their plates in their lap. Tay managed to get us seats at a table, but then I had to work to avoid making eye contact with anybody.
Since there was no best man, nobody made a speech, and most of the guests who tried to dance didnt have partners. All the gifts had been given earlier, and they were on display on a table. Not a one of them was an appropriate wedding gift. Only one person had even given money, Really, lady? I'm pretty sure they'd appreciate an actual gift rather than a bunch of cash. and HE had folded a check up and put it in a puzzle box. Tay pointed out the gift with the tag that said From Tay and [my name]. It was a pair of hip flasks, one with a dragon on it, the other with a skull and crossbones. Cool beans!
So I wrote two notes, one saying they should be disgusted at what theyre doing to the tradition of marriage, and another breaking up with Tay, and then went to the bathroom and climbed out the window. How mature. Needless to say, Ive been screening my calls ever since. Wedhell0524-03
And here is same wedding from the brides perspective, submitted in 2005. I suspect Tay was the culprit in alerting the bride to his former girlfrinds Ehell submission.
This happened at my own wedding. Ill be the first to admit it was .unconventional! lol. My (now) husband and I were very into the Goth scene at the time. I was actually a writer for a well-known horror mag, and hubby-to-be worked as a well, as a gore designer. Think slasher flicks, and you get the idea! We were, therefore, very into the sceneas were most of our mates. We chose to hold a Goth weddingcemetery, memento mori-style imagery the whole nine yards. It was a few years ago, and yes, Id do things differently now but at the time (and since!), my more-than-loving friends went at their leather togs with gusto and a good attitude.
I had to give you a rundown on my untraditional wedding before getting to the Main Course. A good friend of my HTB was invited with his guest. The friend (whom Ill call T) was NOT a subscriber to our lifestyle, but had been more than supportive and got completely into the swing of things. Ts girlfriend, however, was another story! I didnt hear about it at the time, as I was a nervous bride and my friends and family (God bless my mum and sister!) kept this girl from me. But I gather she spent the whole ceremony Female Dog at those who looked normal (her quote) about the setting, lack of decor (we were in a cemetery! Would bows and flowers on the gravestones be more appropriate???), makeup on boys (my mate and I have oodles of friends who are gay, straight, and everything in between. If they came in glitter and neon, if they were happy, ID BE HAPPY. Who was this woman to belittle us?) , and (gasp) my freakin footwear! (I had a long dress, and chose to wear comfy shoes as opposed to new ones ) Yay for you!
So this stranger is accepting our hospitality whilst yipping to a LOT of our close friends about how nasty and uncouth we were. Oh for pity's sake. Even her Boyfriend was embarrassed by her behavior. She went off about our choice of a cold buffet (although we had a seafood bar ), and refused to sit with any of our friends T actually went and set up a table for her, and her alone so she wouldnt be contaminated!
The one interaction I had with her involved her commenting, Wow, Im amazed (hubby) knew where to put the actual WEDDING ring. I am quite pierced, and, in fact, have several tattoos. But what the heck? Do my browrings somehow nullify the wedding ring?
As a final indignity, this girl left a note IN MY BOUQUET, written on tissue, accusing me of making a mockery of marriage, and telling ME, the bride, to tell T that she didnt want to see him anymore! Great googly moogly! :o
all I can say is that hubby and I are still deliriously happy, and T is now marriedto one of my best friends! While we might not do things the way we did, neither Jay nor I regret our wedding. And all this girl did was prove to me that I have the best, most unjudgemental, most loving friends and family ever. Theyll know me to read this, as they ALL remember herand I love you guys! Guests1102-05
I'm not the biggest fan of theme weddings, but there's no excuse for insulting your hosts' hospitality while you're being hosted by them. And that wedding sounds cool; I wish I could go back in time to see it.
Re: Same Wedding, Two Different Perspectives Two Years Apart
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February 04, 2012, 11:47:01 AM
I wish there was security footage of her climbing out that window! I would get still stills from it and add them to the wedding album if I were the bride. :)
I honestly had to check the date after reading this to make sure it wasn't April Fools Day.
The wedding sounded great and I am glad the bride wasn't bothered by her bizarre and psychotic behaviour.
I'd hate to see how she'd have reacted to the last wedding I went to. One of the bridesmaids was bald and covered in tattoos and we were in the middle of the countryside (no escape) lol.
Re: Same Wedding, Two Different Perspectives Two Years Apart
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February 04, 2012, 01:32:09 PM
I thought the wedding sounded wonderful. But I am into the whole goth scene as well. ;D
I really don't see how it was "mocking the institution of marriage". It was an "alternative" wedding. So what? It's not going to affect the HC later. Tons of people do alt weddings. It's should be about what makes the couple happy.
Re: Same Wedding, Two Different Perspectives Two Years Apart
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February 04, 2012, 03:40:10 PM
Already discussed here
Re: Same Wedding, Two Different Perspectives Two Years Apart
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February 04, 2012, 06:14:21 PM
Quote from: Asharah on February 04, 2012, 03:40:10 PM
Already discussed here
Ooops :-[
Re: Same Wedding, Two Different Perspectives Two Years Apart
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February 08, 2012, 04:24:32 PM
You know, when people ask "why is 'and guest' considered such a bad idea?", this explains it totally.
Re: Same Wedding, Two Different Perspectives Two Years Apart
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February 29, 2012, 04:16:32 PM
Everybody at Elfqueen's pirate wedding had a lot more fun than the people at her first wedding. (A Small White Wedding -- couldn't afford a BWW!) She's not any less married because she wore a gypsy/belly dancer outfit instead of another white wedding gown.
Re: Same Wedding, Two Different Perspectives Two Years Apart
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March 03, 2012, 06:55:11 PM
I know this is a duplicate thread, but it's my first time seeing it so I wanted to comment.
The only thing I can agree with is the point someone brought up that using a cemetery as a backdrop is bit iffy. However, from the tone of the guests post that wasn't even her big issue. It was everything else that went against convention. Women wearing pants. Men wearing make up. The bride being taller than the groom, wearing combat boots, showing her tattoos, and not having a veil (I don't like veils either!). Having red wine instead of the traditional champagne. The dancing not being closed couple dances.
And leaving a note to the bride telling her how much you think she's making a mockery of marriage is just appalling.
I don't know whether the response, or possibly both entires are fake, but, even if they are, this represents a commonly occurring theme on ehell. Not my taste =/= rude.
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