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momo3kaj
**********It's Elvis's birthday. He's dead, so he doesn't care, but
it would have been his birthday.**************
"Elvis isn't dead. He just went home."
Men in Black
I couldn't resist : )
And our Xmas list was really heavy on the movies/video stuff...
(Firefly, Sherlock Holmes, Hogans Heros 2nd season, Madagascar,
Oceans 11/12, Much Ado about Nothing and The <original> Grinch)
with no appologies!
Beth in MD (who thinks movies are an awesome source of fun and
information.)
it would have been his birthday.**************
"Elvis isn't dead. He just went home."
Men in Black
I couldn't resist : )
And our Xmas list was really heavy on the movies/video stuff...
(Firefly, Sherlock Holmes, Hogans Heros 2nd season, Madagascar,
Oceans 11/12, Much Ado about Nothing and The <original> Grinch)
with no appologies!
Beth in MD (who thinks movies are an awesome source of fun and
information.)
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My husband grew up with a mom who LOVED Elvis...he really likes Elvis too.
He has a BUNCH of his movies and believe it or not, the kids don't mind them
too much...
My favorite is GI Blues...LOL...It has a lot of "travel info" on Germany
(kinda like the Hawaii movie) as that's where it's set.
Nancy B.
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He has a BUNCH of his movies and believe it or not, the kids don't mind them
too much...
My favorite is GI Blues...LOL...It has a lot of "travel info" on Germany
(kinda like the Hawaii movie) as that's where it's set.
Nancy B.
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elizabeth roberts
Speaking of Elvis..did anyone see this: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/wireStory?id=1485590
Basically..a guy auctioned up his Elvis memorabilia collection to try to win back his girlfriend.
I think that's sad..giving up a part of his self to please someone else. But when we (in general as a society) are raised to please everyone else...please our parents, please our school...there's no room for the self. It's hard to regain self once you've given it away, and I'm trying to be so much more aware of how I've done that and to regain myself, that this just hit me.
Beth, NC
Sing, Dance, Laugh...LOVE!
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Basically..a guy auctioned up his Elvis memorabilia collection to try to win back his girlfriend.
I think that's sad..giving up a part of his self to please someone else. But when we (in general as a society) are raised to please everyone else...please our parents, please our school...there's no room for the self. It's hard to regain self once you've given it away, and I'm trying to be so much more aware of how I've done that and to regain myself, that this just hit me.
Beth, NC
Sing, Dance, Laugh...LOVE!
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Got holiday prints? See all the ways to get quality prints in your hands ASAP.
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From: elizabeth roberts <joyfullzoo@...>
Speaking of Elvis..did anyone see this: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/wireStory?id=1485590
Basically..a guy auctioned up his Elvis memorabilia collection to try to win
back his girlfriend.
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That's really, really sad.
And the chances that something like that ---giving up a huge part of
yourself---something you love---would make someone love you more? It's just insane.
He won't win her back. She's not really someone he should be trying to win back. Something else would have
ticked her off before too long anyway.
He would probably have been happier with Elvis!
~Kelly
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From: elizabeth roberts <joyfullzoo@...>
Speaking of Elvis..did anyone see this: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/wireStory?id=1485590
Basically..a guy auctioned up his Elvis memorabilia collection to try to win
back his girlfriend.
-=-=-=-
That's really, really sad.
And the chances that something like that ---giving up a huge part of
yourself---something you love---would make someone love you more? It's just insane.
He won't win her back. She's not really someone he should be trying to win back. Something else would have
ticked her off before too long anyway.
He would probably have been happier with Elvis!
~Kelly
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In a message dated 1/9/2006 11:39:30 AM Central Standard Time,
kbcdlovejo@... writes:
That's really, really sad.
~~~
I don't think it's sad. She gave him an ultimatum and he made a choice,
fully knowing what the consequences would be. I don't think it's wrong to
choose a person over a thing. I guess it could be wrong to ASK someone to give up
something they love in order to keep the relationship...but not always.
I watch this show on A&E called Intervention. It's basically a reality show
about people who are addicted to something or other and the intervention
their loved ones stage to get this person help. There was a guy on there who
was 21 years old and playing video games all day every day and ignoring his
family and not pulling his own weight, etc. He wouldn't agree to treatment
during the intervention until his girlfriend said, "I won't be able to take your
phone calls or answer your emails or talk to you anymore if you don't get
treatment."
When she said that, he decided it was time to make a change, and he went to
treatment. He chose her over video games. She gambled and won.
We don't know the Elvis collector's girlfriend's side of the story. I have
a feeling there is more to it than what was in the article.
Karen
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kbcdlovejo@... writes:
That's really, really sad.
~~~
I don't think it's sad. She gave him an ultimatum and he made a choice,
fully knowing what the consequences would be. I don't think it's wrong to
choose a person over a thing. I guess it could be wrong to ASK someone to give up
something they love in order to keep the relationship...but not always.
I watch this show on A&E called Intervention. It's basically a reality show
about people who are addicted to something or other and the intervention
their loved ones stage to get this person help. There was a guy on there who
was 21 years old and playing video games all day every day and ignoring his
family and not pulling his own weight, etc. He wouldn't agree to treatment
during the intervention until his girlfriend said, "I won't be able to take your
phone calls or answer your emails or talk to you anymore if you don't get
treatment."
When she said that, he decided it was time to make a change, and he went to
treatment. He chose her over video games. She gambled and won.
We don't know the Elvis collector's girlfriend's side of the story. I have
a feeling there is more to it than what was in the article.
Karen
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Sandra Dodd
On Jan 9, 2006, at 11:32 AM, tuckervill2@... wrote:
If it's alcohol or drugs, it's not a bad thing to ask them to give it
up.
If it's a collection of Beatles albums or a bunch of old Barbies,
it's not so good a thing to ask.
If a person is desperate for human affection and gives away umpty-
thousand dollars worth of Barbies (or sells them) so that the guy
will "love" her, what will he demand next year?
Holly's sitting here sorting through her Barbie food and dishes.
Very sweet stuff. Any guy who would say "I'll marry you if you get
rid of your Barbies and My Little Ponies and your CDs of 60's music"
would be a selfish bastard. Of course if Holly decided she wanted to
become a nun and for that she herself voluntarily for spiritual
reasons gave up that stuff, that would be Holly's choice. And it
would be Holly's choice if she sold the stuff to marry a guy too, but
Holly's not a desperate person.
I'd give up having cats to be with someone who had allergies.
(Just rambling now...)
Sandra
> I don't think it's wrong to============================
> choose a person over a thing. I guess it could be wrong to ASK
> someone to give up
> something they love in order to keep the relationship...but not
> always.
If it's alcohol or drugs, it's not a bad thing to ask them to give it
up.
If it's a collection of Beatles albums or a bunch of old Barbies,
it's not so good a thing to ask.
If a person is desperate for human affection and gives away umpty-
thousand dollars worth of Barbies (or sells them) so that the guy
will "love" her, what will he demand next year?
Holly's sitting here sorting through her Barbie food and dishes.
Very sweet stuff. Any guy who would say "I'll marry you if you get
rid of your Barbies and My Little Ponies and your CDs of 60's music"
would be a selfish bastard. Of course if Holly decided she wanted to
become a nun and for that she herself voluntarily for spiritual
reasons gave up that stuff, that would be Holly's choice. And it
would be Holly's choice if she sold the stuff to marry a guy too, but
Holly's not a desperate person.
I'd give up having cats to be with someone who had allergies.
(Just rambling now...)
Sandra
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In a message dated 1/10/2006 8:46:01 PM Central Standard Time,
Sandra@... writes:
If a person is desperate for human affection and gives away umpty-
thousand dollars worth of Barbies (or sells them) so that the guy
will "love" her, what will he demand next year?
~~~
I already said that a person who really loved me might not be showing it if
they ask me to give up something I truly love.
But some people's collections go too far and they're too obsessed with it
and it interferes in relationships and I don't see a thing wrong with asking
them to stop or get rid of or do something that doesn't involve the collection
for once. Some people have reached their limit with what they can tolerate
of their beloved's collecting. Collections and obsessions and intense
interests can be as disruptive to relationships as chemical addicitions.
~~~
. Any guy who would say "I'll marry you if you get
rid of your Barbies and My Little Ponies and your CDs of 60's music"
would be a selfish bastard
~~~~
I really don't think that's what was happening. I think there's more to the
Elvis memoribilia thing. Definitely not what was happening with the guy on
the show.
People over things.
Karen
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Sandra@... writes:
If a person is desperate for human affection and gives away umpty-
thousand dollars worth of Barbies (or sells them) so that the guy
will "love" her, what will he demand next year?
~~~
I already said that a person who really loved me might not be showing it if
they ask me to give up something I truly love.
But some people's collections go too far and they're too obsessed with it
and it interferes in relationships and I don't see a thing wrong with asking
them to stop or get rid of or do something that doesn't involve the collection
for once. Some people have reached their limit with what they can tolerate
of their beloved's collecting. Collections and obsessions and intense
interests can be as disruptive to relationships as chemical addicitions.
~~~
. Any guy who would say "I'll marry you if you get
rid of your Barbies and My Little Ponies and your CDs of 60's music"
would be a selfish bastard
~~~~
I really don't think that's what was happening. I think there's more to the
Elvis memoribilia thing. Definitely not what was happening with the guy on
the show.
People over things.
Karen
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