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Came upon it in a dream?
Posted Mar 5, 2006
Nah. I came upon it after a half hour of searching for some of my poetry because I *knew* I had left some on the internet somewhere. And then, out of no where, like phoenix rising, I find h2g2 again. Its.. scarey.
I can't believe it.. the last time I was here was in 2004? I'm a *shadow* of the person that this so-called "ametropia" once was. I don't even recognize this girl.. and she was me! Its incredible how much changes in just a couple of short years.. absolutely incredible. And scarey.
It scares me to look back on this place now. It stirs harsh feelings I never wanted to encounter again. Its very frightening. I wasn't sure whether or not to run away from this place, or to go ahead and find my old password and try to clean up this destructive mess. Destructive? Its destructive because it destroys the overview of who I *really* am.
I'm going to start by trying to clean up my profile and get rid of the information that is no longer correct. Then.. I'll take it from there. Stay, or not stay, I'm not sure yet. I have no friends here anymore. I know no one and not a thing on here any longer. I just don't know.
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2 years.. wow..
Posted May 22, 2004
I've been a member for H2G2 now for about 2 years.. if it isnt over 2 years, its very close to being the 2 year anniversary.. I either joined in early may or early june, two years ago, although my memory is typically poor on the grande scale of things.
I can't believe I'm back here.. to be honest, I'm not sure what has brought me back. Generally when my life is crap, I seek out community to try and balance things out, online community to immerse myself in, people to call my friends, to chat with, to love and cherish and all the other movie-quality emotions..
That isn't the case now.. I'm dating a wonderful guy, I'm moving across the country in less than two weeks, granted I dont have work lined up yet and its a move where I will be riding by the seat of my pants for several months, but you have to admit that its an adventure.. if nothing else it will be an exciting change and a challenge in life.
Why did I come back? What even made me think of the name or the URL of this place...
I'm not sure.
But welcome back to me.
I will be sulking around in the shadows once again.
~ Nesi
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Latest reply: May 22, 2004
Baptist Church
Posted Nov 22, 2002
There is a Baptist church on Big Bend Road where a friend of mine lives, in the United States (unsure of the exact area). Their web site is http://lbbc-stl.org/. Their sign outside the church says "Our founding fathers believed in Jesus Christ--not Muhammad."
My friend has requested the following on her webblog:
" Please take a moment to call or write them about taking that down...or at least removing the "not Muhammad" because it isn't necessary. Their number is 636.225.5225. If you receive a busy signal, try 636/225-3714. The pastor's email is [email protected]. Their address is Lafayette Bible Baptist Church, 929 Big Bend Road, Manchester, MO 63021. Thanks! If you don't mind, let me know if you called, wrote or emailed so I can sort of gauge the amount of pressure that has been placed upon them. "
Her (my friend's) website is http://www.kimbered.com and her email address is [email protected] for anyone else who finds this information about that horrible sign as appaling as I do and wants to write the pastor even though you don't even know him at all. I wrote him an email giving him a piece of my mind. But that's just like me 
- ametropia
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Tract or Treat, the return of Ametropia
Posted Oct 30, 2002
Haven't been around for awhile, but I'm back, sort of. Moved into a new apartment with my wonderful boyfriend, working at my job as a Tech Support Engineer, and crawling through life as usual. I have no internet access in the apartment, but I do at work, and now, here I am, back with another article 
On Tract-or-Treat >:|
Tract or Treat
I have no problem with a single religion in the world. Religions are not what bother me. It is the people *in* these religions which can really tick me off royally, that they would go to such extreme lengths to try and convert people to accept their faith. I give you a lovely example:
Hallowe'en is a great holiday. Kids love it, heck adults love it (well, when they don't have to drag screaming 2 year olds door to door of course) -- there's candy and costumes and parties and all kinds of general fun. It has nothing to do with any religion whatsoever. Unless you consider Paganism of course, but then you're talkiong more about Samhain than anything, not the cute kiddies holiday of ringing doorbells for sugary rewards. Now, Christmas, that's a different story. That particular holilday happens to be associated with particular religions. So is Easter, the real Easter I mean, with the exception of colored eggs and candy.
But Halloween... its just not a religious event. But leave it to the evangelists to turn it into one, and to be "recapturing the holiday for the Lord" -- give me a break, please.
Its being deemed "Tract-or-Treat". Up until this point, dedicated Christians who were dead set against the holiday of Halloween with its witches, ghosts and goblins would just turn off their lights and refuse to answer their doors. Which was just fine and dandy. But this year it may be a little different in your area -- with some Christians handing out not peanut butter cups and snickers bars, but bible tracts that come in a bad with small pieces of candy. Sounds more to me like bribing for the Lord than anything else.
Taken from Beleifnet (www.beliefnet.com):
"Our Halloween program provides what the average Christian is seeking--easy, non-threatening and culturally relevant evangelism tools and a way to start a meaningful Christian Halloween tradition," says ATS president Dan Southern. "When but Halloween do we have folks coming up to our doors? All we have to do is answer with more than they are asking--a gospel tract and a candy treat." -- uh, is this really what the average Christian is seeking? I happen to think I come from a pretty average town myself, and I know that none of these little novelties will be circulating in this area of the world.
The tracts comprise of kid-friendly characters that all end with a bible meaning of some sort, trying to get children and even older kids and adults to accept the Lord on Halloween.
All I have to say is: Leave sleeping dogs lie. Accept people and things as they are. Be happy with who you are. If you are truly happy with who you are, its my belief that you will never feel the compulsion to convert anyone to your belief system. People who are insecure about themselves or what they believe in feel it necessary to convert all the people that they can to their own belief system in order to validate it for themselves and in the eyes of others.
Its sad..
keep it real,
- ametropia 
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update
Posted Aug 30, 2002
Sorry, hardly time to update, here's the basics:
I love Matt
I hate my job
I like fish (wait, that's Matt, heh)
I still have no sanity
I'm still an emotional basket case and forever a burden
End of story
happy journies, and I'll be back,
- ametropia
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