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Offline jtyangel

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Re: The Trip. (cont.)
« Reply #50 on: May 20, 2008, 05:56:52 AM »
Quote from: RobJohnson on May 19, 2008, 05:46:28 PM
Asdf...touching story about your father. Brought back alot of memories of my relationship with my father, both the good and the bad.

You are taking a journey so that many of us will not have to.

Thanks.

Agreed and I also think many folks take their own journey in different ways.
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Re: The Trip. (cont.)
« Reply #51 on: May 20, 2008, 05:57:48 AM »
Quote from: Texacon on May 19, 2008, 05:55:35 PM
Quote from: jtyangel on May 19, 2008, 05:43:18 PM
That's really something, asdf. I'd write more, but I have to get to class. Suffice to say, I can relate to so much of what you have written in these last two posts...so much. Glad you are doing well, my friend. Take good care of yourself, up there...your family awaits.

Badcat, I'm going through mine by running up bleachers everyday.  :lmao: I may figure nothing out, but I'll have a rock hard ass when I finally find where I'm going.  :lmao:

I'll be the judge of that......bring it over here for the 'TEST'.   :naughty:       :-)

KC

Somehow I can see a testing station for these things at a CC get together.  :uhsure: :naughty: :-)
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« Reply #52 on: May 20, 2008, 07:23:50 AM »
Awesome stuff asdf.  At least once per year...oftentimes more....I enjoy the solitude of the backcountry.  Helps me assess priorities and gives me a new perspective on things.
When you are miles from nowhere and all alone, you tend to realize how fragile things really are.  Those dark nights when you are aroused from your sleep for no reason at all...but are left wondering what lurks in the darkness nearby.  In fact in a few weeks when the snow in the high country subsides a bit more...I am heading out into the backcountry for a jaunt of my own.  This time I am taking my camera and hopefully will provide some pics of the local grandeur. 

Jty if you want to make that butt rock hard, I can take you up a couple of mountain trails that will make those bleachers look like ant hills.   :naughty:
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Re: The Trip. (cont.)
« Reply #53 on: May 20, 2008, 08:10:31 AM »
Quote from: Taxman on May 20, 2008, 07:23:50 AM
Awesome stuff asdf.  At least once per year...oftentimes more....I enjoy the solitude of the backcountry.  Helps me assess priorities and gives me a new perspective on things.
When you are miles from nowhere and all alone, you tend to realize how fragile things really are.  Those dark nights when you are aroused from your sleep for no reason at all...but are left wondering what lurks in the darkness nearby.  In fact in a few weeks when the snow in the high country subsides a bit more...I am heading out into the backcountry for a jaunt of my own.  This time I am taking my camera and hopefully will provide some pics of the local grandeur. 

Jty if you want to make that butt rock hard, I can take you up a couple of mountain trails that will make those bleachers look like ant hills.   :naughty:

When I am ready for that challenge, I think I may have to take you up on that! Love hiking anyway!  :-*
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« Reply #54 on: May 20, 2008, 09:53:23 AM »
asdf, if we ever meet, I'm buying you a beer.

Thanks for posting this stuff!
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Re: The Trip. (cont.)
« Reply #55 on: May 20, 2008, 10:20:47 AM »
That was a great post asdf, I am glad you have realised what I suspect your family knew all along! This would make a great book.
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« Reply #56 on: May 20, 2008, 12:50:04 PM »
ASDF - I've got tears in my eyes. I'm really speechless. The thoughts, fears, worries, questions...I've experienced them all. I feel privileged to be able to read about your journey. You've posted a lot of food for thought and I thank you for that. Sometimes you really do need the silence. The everyday noise of life can be deafening. I'm walking on my own journey right now. I just hope I can find the clarity you seem to be reaching.
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« Reply #57 on: May 20, 2008, 02:39:41 PM »
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I have had this weight sitting on me like an anvil the past five or six years. This constantly whispering and capering shadow thing haranguing me and criticizing. When are you going to grow up and get on with your life? Why the hell haven’t you even tried to do anything? Is this the best you have?



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« Reply #58 on: May 20, 2008, 06:06:49 PM »
Wonderful, insightful narrative, asdf.  You've really been a stay-at-home dad for fourteen years?  Lucky you.  Hell, if I tried that my wife (who had a career of her own as well) would have kicked me out long ago. 

Our society certainly imposes the gender-based roles that you discuss.  It's interesting to hear from someone who has broken those roles and spent a life performing what are traditionally classified by society as "female" tasks.
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Re: The Trip. (cont.)
« Reply #59 on: May 22, 2008, 11:27:01 PM »
Thanks all.

I have been buried in a writing project and doing constructive loafing the last few days. :-)
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« Reply #60 on: May 22, 2008, 11:39:41 PM »
Your daughter and my sister share a birthday.

Over 36 years ago, my mom and dad asked me if I wanted a brother or a sister....I said "sister" so they adopted me one.....I have never had any regrets.
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« Reply #61 on: July 01, 2008, 11:49:57 PM »
This is the first I've read this thread....I don't know what to say....except I think you have the makings of a book, asdf.

The pictures were incredible, the narrative not only extremely descriptive but also you deliver some very personal, private thoughts with such clarity.....I felt as if I was sitting alongside you listening to you.

You have much to be proud of.....as I'm sure your Dad thinks as he watches over you and yours.

Bravo....
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