DU Insomniacs check in (9 May)

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8 May Insomniac Thread

The Chair checks in at 12:07 CST. Check in time is midnight local, as always, or 1 am for EST.

In other news, I get baptized in approximately 18 hours.O8)

[LastKnight]

1. LK checkin In at 12: 11

grats on your Baptisim. what brought you to that decision?

well, for me... today was kinda cool... cut off a bunch of my hair... lost 5.5+ inches. i like it, no more high maitenence hair.

-LK

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7. Uhh...faith?

I was an atheist for a long time. My nonfundie grandmother took me to see a Passion play four and a half years ago.

Something went on in my head that I cannot to this day explain...something clicked. I got very strong flashbacks of walking through drug-addict infested alleys during fourth grade because it was safer than taking a conspicuous route (bullies). The play made me think, "Wow, I should have been found dead in a gutter in Phoenix years ago."

Thus on 7 August 1999, I became a Christian. I did not go to church regularly (transportation issues) until I started college. However, now that such issues are resolved (except during summer), I go regularly.

It was only a couple of weeks ago, after I had had the time to take the pulse of the church, so to speak, that I committed to baptism. I had been putting it off.

Christianity gives me a very powerful sense of hope, a sense that my suffering had a purpose. It allows me to use this experience constructively (I want to become a teacher, primarily to help other kids in similar situations), instead of doing something that is not so helpful. Looking back, I'm surprised I didn't commit suicide years ago.

Those experiences were a long time ago; I'm fine now. Such is my life story:)

I need to get a haircut, too. I hate my hair; I wish I was bald. But I'm young enough for people to think I'm a skinhead if I get rid of it entirely.

[LastKnight]

13. whatever works for ya my friend.

been a christian since birth, grandfather is a pastor, been to church almost every week since i can remember, but... i guess i just dont get it... ive been through some hard low points in my life and religion didnt seem to provide an anwser for me. i donno why i kept going, but i just knew there would be something better later on. im trying to believe, but its just something i cant force. nothing that has happened in my life has been beyond the realm of coincidence... and considering the direction of the country and world... youll understand if i find it hard to have faith.

i donno... to each thier own i guess. if you believe, more power to you, but i dont know what to believe really

-LK

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17. Yes, I understand

Atheism didn't work for me. I guess Christianity doesn't work out very well for you, either. To each his own.;)

Have you ever considered that you might be stale in your faith because (speculation here) your family shoves it down your throat? I'm inferring this because you said your grandfather is a pastor and you were "born into" Christianity. Coerced religion is no religion at all to me...

[LastKnight]

21. my family arent fundies... far from it...

very liberal infact.

while they did make me attend church, they let me form my own opnions about it. im not sure what the reason is, it might be something along those lines, but i doubt it. who knows... i want to believe, but somethin just isnt there for me.

-LK

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23. Hmm...

ive been through some hard low points in my life and religion didnt seem to provide an anwser for me.

Religion didn't provide an answer for me either, at the time my "low points" occurred, as I was a total atheist back then. However, becoming a Christian forced me to reexamine the events of my life. Perhaps you have reached this juncture.

Feel free to PM me if you want to chat some more.

[huellewig]

26. This seemed like a good place to jump in.

I think if we have a heaven we should be judged by actions and not by worship. I try to be good to all the people around me. If that isn't good enough the end result a place I don't want to go.

{edit: inserted gender nuatral pronoun}

[LastKnight]

27. why even care about heaven?

why not be a good person for the sake of being one. is it not its own reward? is not being a good person enough of a reward in the end?

my idea is... no matter what you believe, just make sure you live your life so that you can bear to look at yourself in the mirror.

-LK

[i_no_knothing]

2. recovering insomniac

I just got a fresh refill of my prescription sleeping pill so I won't be here long

[i_no_knothing]

16. night folks

kickin in ,to sleep ,perchance to dream.

[imax2268]

3. here...

present...:hangover:

[Teddy_Salad]

4. Present

:boring:

[Rowdyboy]

5. Yo

Same time, new night....I gotta get a life

[moof]

6. How about a thread for latenighters that just can't sleep ?

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10. I thought this thread served that purpose

Do you work midnights? Feel free to post here anyway!;)

[moof]

19. what if we want to be together separately ?

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20. I guess you can start midnight shift threads then (nt)

[Insider]

8. here

and by the way, "mississippi burning" was on tv today. i'm in love with frances mcdormand. that probably won't fit in any other thread, and does not deserve a thread of it's own. but it needed to be said.
thank you.

[SmileyBoy]

9. I've still got my adrenaline rush from the big T-Wolves victory.

I won't be sleeping for a while.:)

[dweller]

11. present and accounted for

dammit.

:(
dp

[Champ]

12. Checking in

I hate being awake at night. It sucks.

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14. Why? I enjoy it.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have stayed up until 6:30 the last two days.:evilgrin:

[Champ]

15. Because

The only place that's fun to hang out at night is DU, everywhere else on the internet I go for information and over here the threads are slow and there is like maybe 3 or 4 people in the lounge the entire night. Also TV bores me after awhile and my 2 video games are no longer fun, I mastered them.

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18. Have you checked out my sig?

Collectively, the links contained therein can offer about an hour's worth of edutainment. (Well, quite a bit of it is serious, actually, but some is humorous parody...)

[TrogL]

22. Here. 12:19 a.m. MST

(right timezone would help)

Watching DVD's and catching up on DU news.

[Book Lover]

24. Midnight by the Pacific

Just got back from a wedding a little while ago - what a great day! Beautiful weather, bride, guests, mood, chapel (Norwegian's Seamen's Chapel and Men's Club in San Francisco), dress (hers and mine) ... It was just wonderful. People can be just fabulous sometimes!

Also, congratulations on your decision. I was raised Roman Catholic, and so had no say in my baptism. I am glad you are doing yours as an adult by choice. (I feel like I should make a full disclosure - I am a hard atheist and have been so since the age of about 15, 20 years ago).

[GirlinContempt]

25. Checking in at

2:30something






Drinking... is bad

[TreasonousBastard]

28. It is?

[GirlinContempt]

29. Yes.

And people are bad, for buying me so many drinks...


Not my drunkest birthday ever, though.... which I'm yet unclear as to if its good or bad...

[Champ]

30. Hey happy birthday

:toast:

[GirlinContempt]

31. Thank you

Though its not till Monday... we just decided Saturday was a far better day to get tore up than Monday

I want to pass out, but I'm wating for arcane1 to get home.... *falls over*

[fujiyama]

35. Smart idea

Give yourself that day after just to recover or relax...

And BTW, Happy Birthday!

[GirlinContempt]

37. Except today is Mothers day

So I had to drag my hungover self out of bed and cook breakfast for the whole family *groan*


Thanks :)

[strategery blunder]

32. Happy birthday Woo Hoo

:bounce:

[GirlinContempt]

33. Thanksya :)

[TreasonousBastard]

36. Hey, that's what friends are for...

and happy birthday.

(Whenever you wake up.)

[GirlinContempt]

38. heh

thanks

[fortyfeetunder]

34. putting a fork in it, the final exam is done...

the prof gave this take home exam on Thursday AM and it was due this coming Tuesday. Since I have a paper still due to this guy, decided to take a halt on finishing the paper and finished the exam a few minutes ago. Bloody easy. Now I have to finish the paper...do that today...

Actually my peak hours for academic work is 1-5 AM. However that sucks when I also work FT.