Posted on 02/27/2005 11:20:21 AM PST by TheOtherOne
LOL!
OK, you have a point.
It's probably the result of liberal self-esteem education in the early grades that causes so many youngsters to confuse "originality" with "talent".
Good post.
He does seem to have enough sense to keep trying. Hopefully, the mission chaplain will tell him the story of the prodigal son and he'll go back to his foster-father. When he's out of his twenties, most likely
Ha! I worked at Harry's Cafe for two years, the sister store of Joe's. Fiesta was so much fun.
It's such a small world, isn't it?
Now that I think about it, there is something hopeful and maybe even good about this story. These kids may have gone about it the wrong way and not know when or how to get out, when they don't succeed. But they at least had the guts to take a stab at their dreams.
Well, don't despair completely about us. You get out of the yuppie suburbia crowd, there are alot of X'ers who are conservative, pretty strict with their kids, and work one job with a stay at home or part-time working mother. You won't see that highlighted in the media I assure you.
Having been thru the BS the first time, we're not falling for it with our kids the second.
I'm glad you escaped after only three days ... but about the novel ... I have written two of them and find it difficult to get anyone to read them, including family members ... so, if you'll E-mail me yours, I'll E-mail you one of mine and I promise I'll read yours if you promise to read mine. Ozman@telerama.com.
It's a deal. See my profile for the first 7 chapters. I'll send the rest within 24 hours.
So is there no legitiamate story about homeless during a republican administration?
Oh yea, and what in this article says anything negative about the current republican administration....other than your comments?
Right. Right. I live near Hollywood too. See first hand the entertainment industry, get them bright eyed innocent youngsters from the Midwest or back east and get chewed and spit up. Raped and stripped of dignity (sometimes). either way, it's the end. also: homeless in santa monica tend not to be those kids. they are the old bums. and yes they are treated well. correctamundo. funny isn't it.
OK, maybe the kids are wrong, mayn are foolish, whatever. BUT they should NOT be prostitutes. that's completely horrible.
I agree, we have the oldies here in SM, you have the kids in Hollywood. We have the better bums by far.
Your point is exactly right. The homeless were absent in the media from 1993-2001.
I've always been an artist, but I've never given up the work a day world in hopes of a "break." I made art on my free time, and loved the work that gave me a paycheck. I am retired now, and realize that I made more paintings when I was working, if only because I knew how to use my free time. It is terribly important for the artist to have one foot in the world of the normal, but the lesson is lost on the young.
Exactly! Our main job as parents is to provide kids the tools by which to make good choices and become productive citizens... they are not pets to be pampered, or objects to be ignored or abused.. they are human beings that depend on us to help them into what they should be.
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