therealljidol Post of the Week: Welfsylvania

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therealljdiol Entry #2: My Favorite PetWhen old friends visited, a shaggy dog hobbled to the door to greet them. He no longer jumped and panted excitedly like he once did. A look of confusion passed over these friends' faces. "Dammit Erin, is this the same dog?" I'd smile and nod. "Yeah. My one and only dog ( Read more... )

therealljidol Entry #1: "I can't believe I actually did that!"

This topic was taken from Season 3, Round 10.All of us can remember our first job. Some will reminisce and sigh wistfully. Others would sooner scratch it off their resume, block it from their memory, and move as far away from that first job as possible. I did all of the above ( Read more... )

therealljidol Topic of the Week: "My Happy Place"

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therealljidol Topic of the Week: CRASHING

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crash - verb
3. (of moving vehicles, objects, etc.) to collide, esp. violently and noisily.A crash can depict a sudden stop. For instance, when I reached the Pennsylvania border that fateful winter day in early 2005 ( Read more... )

therealljidol Topic of the Week: MY GREATEST ADVENTURE.

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Chills run down my spine when I hear these six simple words:

"We'd like to take a tour!"I cannot think of many people who must endure this particular phrase on a daily basis. Out of duty and obligation, office workers push papers from the safety of their desks ( Read more... )

therealljidol SECOND TOPIC of the Week: "Mother"

"DON'T FORGET MOM"My eyes shot a glance at the shoddy cardboard sign as Rob and I sped down US-25 in my car. Both Pennsylvania transplants living in Kentucky, neither of us could properly spend time with our mothers. But Rob saw the sign. "Don't forget Mom!" he exclaimed in a sing-song voice, and within ( Read more... )

LJ Idol Topic: TROLLS

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"[Being beautiful] has never been my problem. I was born funny-looking. Not like my friend Marjorie whose father took one look and said, 'Give me a stick. I'll kill it'....I was proud of looking like him. I thought it gave me an exacted position in the family. It ( Read more... )

therealljidol Topic of the Week: My Favorite LJ User and Why.

mandy_moon hailed from a Boston ghetto. We had become friends on a strange message board online in 2000, where she existed under the handle "Turpentine." We hadn't originally been friends either; in fact, we had been enemies. She had written something that angered me so much that, in the heat of fury, I ( Read more... )

therealljidol Topic of the Week: "I could have sworn I heard them say. . ."Before my father passed away from a 4-year bout with cancer, my family enlisted the help of hospice care. Nurses buzzed about our house like nurturing bees, tending to Dad's every need ( Read more... )