VanillaSkyGirl

I've met Brad, and he's great! Regarding the name, did you mistype this? Do you mean that they changed the name from "Flyaway" (not iFly) to Vegas Indoor Skydiving? I hope to fun fly there, someday!

Wishing you a fantastic and very happy birthday weekend, Squeak! Thank you for your friendship!

Which thread is that? I have to catch up on these threads...I'm not here enough! You are always welcome to any DZ, especially Skydive Elsinore...so we can meet!

Beautiful - inside and out! (Love you, honey!)

Wonderfully tall, amazingly warm and very fun woman!

Pre is a total sweetheart, who always has a big smile and warm hug!

Has equally good taste in music!

Is Andrea's stalker!

(Thank you.) I don't know enough about Broke, except that he seems to be a really nice guy!

She is sooo beautiful! I agree with Wendy's advice. Hopefully, when placed into the situation where each dog can interact with her individually, each one of them will begin to build a relationship and trust with her. Introduce the dogs to one another, but don't make a big deal out of it. Then, make sure to model what you want the other dog to do by letting the other dog know how special she is to you. Play with her and pet her, then play w/ both and pet both. Maybe the other dog will begin to copy your affections towards her. I hope it works out sooner, rather than later. Good luck!

Wishing you a very happy birthday, Bozo!

Hottie South African, who looks good in latex...or is it leather!?!

One of my favorite quotes:

Hahaha, how funny! I promise to only wear thong undies (under my clothes) in your presence! (I was going to write that without the part in the parenthesis, but it could get misinterpreted.)

Thong-pusher.

I agree that it's a beautiful thing for someone to be able to do a good deed in silence, but a good deed is still a good deed. It's still better than not doing anything, and it's definitely better than getting upset about someone else's good deed. I think that people often surprise themselves with their good intentions and want to share them with others. I struggle with this all of the time. I enjoy doing things to help others. However, although I enjoy the way it makes others feel, I worry about the fact that I like how I feel about myself in the process. I don't want others to get the wrong idea of me, since I'm only human. I definitely cannot say that I am always entirely selfless in my actions. These good deeds and selfless actions, that people talk about do often inspire others to try their own good deeds. I don't see the harm in that. It takes a lot for someone to go to that next level and do good without ever sharing it. I have achieved that a few times, but I usually want to share something special with my mother or boyfriend or whomever. I hope to be able to fully get there myself, someday. I certainly won't condemn someone else for feeling good about something that they did to put a smile on someone else's face. Also Tigra, if you want to know why Banesanura is posting about this, why not just ask her?

I disagree that giving the homeless person the umbrella did no good. It's the intention to help someone that matters. The homeless guy probably felt pretty good that a young girl stopped to give him something of hers. That is worth something. Everyone matters...no matter how down and out they might be. Like Mamajumps, I also believe in paying it forward.

I agree 100%. Yes, he should pay. He should do the right thing and support his children, regardless of what she is doing. I feel sorry for the children. Hopefully, the parents will learn how to put their children first, so they won't be too damaged by this. I'm hoping that the situation is worked out in the children's favor, whatever that may be (more visitation time w/ father, more financial support, etc.)

Well, I'm glad it all worked out, and baby girl is finally here. She is really cute. Congrats, again!

Haha, you were even wearing a Skydive Elsinore shirt on the big day! Congratulations, Shermie...much love to the whole family!

I'm bumping this thread because some people have joined our AIDS Walk Team 7502. There are four of us (all women) walking, so please continue to support or join us on Oct. 19th. Thanks!

Ok, Keely. I'm not going to ask for more the information, since I understand how you feel about this. It seems to be something that you feel strongly about, and I respect that. I also feel the same about child abuse/child sexual abuse. I am very strongly against anyone who would harm a baby, child or teenager in any way. Trust me, I think there is no greater monstrosity in this world. Personally, I may have never seen the photographs that you did. I only did a google search using the artist's name to see some of his work. I am going based on what I've seen. I cannot comment on what you're referring to in your posts.

I know that you were being sarcastic. I think the argument that you gave is not valid. It's comparing apples and oranges. These girls were not being touched, and I never saw any sexually suggestive photographs either. Showing nudity is not the same thing as showing sexuality. Am I missing something, or have I not seen all of the pictures. What I have seen is not sexual, and I am quite private and modest as a person. Like I said, we don't know the artist's intention for the exhibit. It may even be to make a point about what we are arguing about. I don't think that I can talk about someone else's vision without hearing his or her explanation for doing what he or she did. It may be to make a point in the opposite direction of what some people are assuming. It would be different if it was truly sexual. I would find that most definitely wrong. I am a modest person myself, but I don't think that being nude qualifies as being sexy or sexual or sensual or anything. It's just being nude.

Yep. Just as much as I can see the potential harm in letting a teenage girl pose nude with her legs spread apart in a suggestive position. What??? What specific photograph are you referring to, Keely? I never saw anything like that.

Exactly what the hell are you saying? This is wrong and a non-rational argument. That act is most certainly harmful behavior and definitely sexual abuse. I don't care how you look at it. When a person (adult or another child) places their private parts into or near a child or touches another child's private parts, it is most certainly not OK. This is sexual abuse. That has nothing to do with nude paintings, drawing, photographs.