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Love trip  [message #61105] Sun, 21 February 2010 04:37 Go to next message
M is currently offline  M

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This film almost made me cry. Please watch it.
I remember having those feelings when i was young. i just didn't understand them Sad


Love Trip (short film) from Sleepless City Productions on Vimeo.




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Re: Love trip  [message #61107 is a reply to message #61105] Sun, 21 February 2010 08:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I never had them at the boy's age. But boy did I fall hard at 13.



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Re: Love trip  [message #61110 is a reply to message #61105] Sun, 21 February 2010 09:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Nigel is currently offline  Nigel

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Should there be a link? Or is this another Mac thing?

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Never of girls with big bulges in their blouses.

…and look forward to meeting you in Cóito.
Re: Love trip  [message #61111 is a reply to message #61110] Sun, 21 February 2010 09:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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It has to be your version of flash, Nigel. Mac thing it isn't.

http://vimeo.com/8896674 is the link



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Re: Love trip  [message #61112 is a reply to message #61111] Sun, 21 February 2010 10:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Nigel is currently offline  Nigel

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I see what you mean. I can now get to the site page with all the page background, but still no movie clip. Thanks anyway,

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I dream of boys with big bulges in their trousers,
Never of girls with big bulges in their blouses.

…and look forward to meeting you in Cóito.
icon7.gif Re: Love trip  [message #61117 is a reply to message #61105] Sun, 21 February 2010 22:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Beholden is currently offline  Beholden

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I loved the film.
Upset me a little inside, if only love these days was that innocent.


Doesn't hurt to dream, I guess.



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Re: Love trip  [message #61118 is a reply to message #61117] Sun, 21 February 2010 23:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Love is as innocent as it ever was.

Love and sex are not the same thing.

Sex does not even always follow returned love. I love my friend Peter, in Australia. I have reason to believe that he loves me. But neither of us have ever had a single sexual feeling about each other. I know because we have discussed it. And Peter was a very good looking boy, and I am told I was not hard on the eye.

Love is innocent.



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Re: Love trip  [message #61121 is a reply to message #61105] Mon, 22 February 2010 01:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I understand what you mean M. But I was also struck at the way the father/son treated other people as they sought their respective loves. The briefcase on the adjoining seat or the refusal to move over...the other people probably had their feelings hurt by that.

It is scarey to think that in the pursuit of our loves of choice, we may be tramping on other people's feelings. >



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For brothers to dwell together in unity!
Ps 133:1 NASB
Re: Love trip  [message #61123 is a reply to message #61121] Mon, 22 February 2010 07:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I don't think you use public transport much, Max. A place to sit is all we look for on a bus or a train. The case on the seat is a normal stratagem to try to preserve some personal space until the last moment. No-one gets upset by that.



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Re: Love trip  [message #61126 is a reply to message #61123] Mon, 22 February 2010 13:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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It still seems rude to me. If a person pays his fare, he is entitled to sit in any open seat. I understand the need for personal space.

I understand wanting to save the seat next to me for a special friend. But, with the kid especially, the clip shows other kids standing and waiting to be admitted to the open seat. The kid rejects them.

I understand; he's just a kid. But the point that gave me pause was that our pursuit of closeness to our special loves is also involves a rejection of others which might be hurtful to them. For instance the fat kid who wanted to sit with the little guy might feel that he is being put down for being fat.

Not saying that we could or should do anything about this. Maybe the key is to be aware that the possibility is there to cause someone hurt, and to try to be cognizant of that and how our simple actions muight have unintended consequences.

Maybe this cognizance might do something like elicit a smile and an apologetic "Sorry, do you mind if I save this seat for my friend?" Something like that might make for a bit less hurt bouncing around the world. Because when someone feels hurt, there are consequences of that that have a domino effect.

Max



Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brothers to dwell together in unity!
Ps 133:1 NASB
Re: Love trip  [message #61127 is a reply to message #61126] Mon, 22 February 2010 16:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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This is normal stuff, Max.

Cruel is letting the kid you don't like sit next to you and then grabbing his testicles and squeezing.

[Updated on: Mon, 22 February 2010 16:07]




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Re: Love trip  [message #61210 is a reply to message #61127] Sun, 07 March 2010 07:10 Go to previous message
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It was a nice cute film. And it did remind me about my 6th grade friend Dale whom I was in love with but hardly knew of it. We were just so into one another at that time. Dale move away after the school year ended. I didn't realize at that time that I would never see him again. I was just too dumb to believe I would lose a great friend. But that's live.
Max, a seat on the bus is gold. But like friendship or love, you sometimes have to give it up. And someday, it will return.



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