Jim's Cafe 19.2.2020

[Tana]

Oh guys...
These were epic;

6. I once thought it would be cool to eat a fly in front of my friends, so I did and was like, *see no big deal, I'm THAT cool*, and they just stared then one said,"...Do you know where that fly has been?" (..fail).

And another time -

6. I thought it would be cool to lick someone's blood... ...so hardcore... but someone ruined it again and said "What if he has HIV?"

....party poppers...also, something tells me I had no idea what being cools meant...just a hunch..but anyway. I know now. ( It's wearing sunglasses).

 

[Bbear82]

1. Did you have a favourite toy?
a stupid baton that my brother broke the same i got it

2. How about an imaginary friend? What was the first (or the most memorable) one like?
yes i had one

3. Which memory is your favourite? Describe it in as much detail as you want. The event doesn't have to be huge. It only matters how much it meant to *you.
with my brother in our safety hide out we ate berries

4. Share something you were proud of doing when you were younger. From drawing a pretty picture to getting a diploma
i was proud of myself for keeping a 4.0 gpa all from middle and high school i graduated with a 4.0 which is the highest. also when i got my nursing degrees

5. Who was usually your favourite person? It can be a peer/adult, or even a celebrity you looked up to.
the one person i ever looked up to at that point was my brother who was my best friend.

6. Share an embarrassing moment, you now find sort of funny, as silly as it might be.
going to give my dog a bath in a kiddy swimming pool some one held his front legs and i held his back he wrapped his hind legs around me so when we went to throw him in i went in under him only his feet were wet i was soaked

7. Anything else you'd like to share today, regarding this theme? Or perhaps you have a positive message to share with others; - please do!
hold on this too shall pass

 

[LonelyHiker]

1. Did you have a favourite toy? Care to tell us about it?

Model 🚀 rockets when I was a preteen/teenagers - trying to get my son into them these days!

2. How about an imaginary friend? What was the first (or the most memorable) one like?

Nope

3. Which memory is your favourite? Describe it in as much detail as you want. The event doesn't have to be huge. It only matters how much it meant to *you*.

Probably solo backpacking in Big Bend National Park in SW Texas (on the border with Mexico) in December 1999...that or working in Denali National Park in Alaska the summer of 1989

4. Share something you were proud of doing when you were younger. From drawing a pretty picture to getting a diploma.

If 35 qualifies as younger, lol.. (I'm 52, or will be in April)..

Cutting off my psycho mother for good and finally completely freeing myself from her toxic, borderline bullshit...

5. Who was usually your favourite person? It can be a peer/adult, or even a celebrity you looked up to.

Not sure I ever really had a 'favorite' person... relationships are organic and constantly changing...I did have two uncles on my mother's side (who were mercifully free of her psycho bs) that were a lot of fun and whom I really looked up to..

6. Share an embarrassing moment, you now find sort of funny, as silly as it might be.

Getting caught by my psycho, ultraprudish, catholic-brainwashed mother pleasuring myself (forgot to lock the door lol) when I was 16-17 .....

7. Anything else you'd like to share today, regarding this theme? Or perhaps you have a positive message to share with others; - please do!

Just a quote..

'The past isn't dead...it isn't even past..'

- William Faulkner

 

[Tana]

I'm so confused...I thought everyone had imaginary friends. XD

Or rather, I thought everyone daydreams and that's just kind of a part of it (can be)???

 

[Tana]

Okay guys for a random, unrelated bonus: What do your daydreams look like?

 

[Charliex8]

1. Did you have a favourite toy? Care to tell us about it?
Yep, a ragdoll called Baba. My gran bought her for me for 50p when I was a tiny baby. She's falling apart but I still have her at the end of my bed 29 years later <3

2. How about an imaginary friend? What was the first (or the most memorable) one like?
I actually created an imaginary dragon when I was around 15 I think....I know! So old for an imaginary friend! But I was really struggling with anxiety and he helped keep me calm when my life was so chaotic.

3. Which memory is your favourite? Describe it in as much detail as you want. The event doesn't have to be huge. It only matters how much it meant to *you*.
Hmmm I have a few good memories but the first thing that comes to mind is when I helped a sheep give birth. I did a farming course at school. It was incredibly hard (because of my anxiety) but I loved it! Lambing season was the best! Feeding the lambs was amazing but helping to bring a newborn into the world was a fantastic feeling!

4. Share something you were proud of doing when you were younger. From drawing a pretty picture to getting a diploma.
Completing the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for the first time. Haha! So proud of myself!

5. Who was usually your favourite person? It can be a peer/adult, or even a celebrity you looked up to.
Not sure I really had a favourite person...I was never really into celebrities and people are scary lol

6. Share an embarrassing moment, you now find sort of funny, as silly as it might be.
All of my embarrassing moments remain embarrassing to me....Something I've always struggled with....

7. Anything else you'd like to share today, regarding this theme? Or perhaps you have a positive message to share with others; - please do!
My memory is awful but these were fun questions Thank you for opening your first cafe someone123!

 

[Witty_Sarcasm]

My mom was talking about color changing lipstick, and that reminded me of something else. I had one of those lipsticks, it was green but would change to dark pink on application. I slashed it all over some guy's overshirt in woodshop class in like 8th grade. I said something to the effect of, "Beware of lipstick wielding girls". lol

 

[KM76710]

1. Did you have a favourite toy? Care to tell us about it?

Joke answer. Yes, my dick. Real answer. I always loved books.

2. How about an imaginary friend? What was the first (or the most memorable) one like?

Joke answer. I had one called himself Captain Howdy, a creepy and scary looking guy, but he took off claiming I scared the shit out of him. Real answer. Can't remember one.

3. Which memory is your favourite? Describe it in as much detail as you want. The event doesn't have to be huge. It only matters how much it meant to *you*.

Christmas time at my Grandparents house with all the family. It was funny with them, and about 10 people crowding into the house and it was break out the quilts, blankets and sleeping bags with all us kids snoozing on the floor.

4. Share something you were proud of doing when you were younger. From drawing a pretty picture to getting a diploma.

I could always crack people up.

5. Who was usually your favourite person? It can be a peer/adult, or even a celebrity you looked up to.

My grandmother, she taught me a lot about life in in the country and how things were in the old days when she was young back in the 19 teens and 20 and how to cook

6. Share an embarrassing moment, you now find sort of funny, as silly as it might be.

When I about 12 my grandfather had a stripped down VW bug he used on the deer lease, all the grandkids were riding around on it I leaned out looking at something behind us in the road and next thing the asphalt was hitting me in the face and I got ran over on the ankle, had to walk around with one of my grandparent's old canes and was calling people whippersnapper.

 

[Aurelia]

also, something tells me I had no idea what being cools meant...just a hunch..but anyway. I know now. ( It's wearing sunglasses).

Just not inside. To quote the wise words of Dean Winchester from Supernatural: "You know who wears sunglasses inside? Blind people and douchebags."

 

[Baywasp]

1. Did you have a favourite toy?
I liked my stuffed animals a lot. I had one of Stitch from the movie Lilo and Stitch that I loved. I also really liked it when my dad let me play with his old toy cars, but he didn't very often.

2. How about an imaginary friend? What was the first (or the most memorable) one like?
I never really had one particular imaginary friend the way it's portrayed in the media, but I would imagine myself having adventures with my favorite characters sometimes. Like Carmen and Juni from Spy Kids. More often my sister and I would make up our own characters and act out stories about them.

3. Which memory is your favourite? Describe it in as much detail as you want. The event doesn't have to be huge. It only matters how much it meant to *you*.
Spending some time on a boat on Lake Geneva with one of my French host families the summer I went to France with some of my classmates when I was about 16/17. Pretty much the whole time I spent with those host families was amazing. (I had 2 host families because my family had hosted 2 students when the French students came to our school since my mom felt more capable of that, being fluent in French herself.) I just remember being really happy in France/Switzerland with those families.

4. Share something you were proud of doing when you were younger. From drawing a pretty picture to getting a diploma.
Got one of the highest scores in the country on a national French exam one year in high school (got a silver medal), got a perfect score on a national language arts exam my freshman year of high school and earned a gold medal.

5. Who was usually your favourite person? It can be a peer/adult, or even a celebrity you looked up to.
Whoever was my best friend at the time (I've had a few "best friends" ditch me in elementary school and now I have my current best friend that I've been friends with since age 12), and I was also always really close with my sister too.

Can't think of anything for the last 2.

 

[JMG]

Tysm for the tag @Auri Fun q's too.

1. Did you have a favourite toy? Care to tell us about it?
Lots really but esp. loved my cupcake dolls they were so cute.

2. How about an imaginary friend? What was the first (or the most memorable) one like?
Never had this lol.

3. Which memory is your favourite? Describe it in as much detail as you want. The event doesn't have to be huge. It only matters how much it meant to *you*.
It's kind of a long story but basically when I was 8 I got in "trouble" for wanting to spend time with my mom & sis for a week in the summer and my crazy psycho stepmother from hell was mad about me wanting that so she sent me to my room at about 5 or 6 in the eve with no dinner as a result. I was so upset & cried for hours before finally somehow falling asleep. Anyway around midnight that night she came in my room & woke me up & told me to come downstairs so I did & her & my dad had gotten KFC for us to have for dinner! This was very special cos I had a VERY strict bedtime whenever I lived w/ my stepmom & dad & was NEVER allowed to stay up past 8 or 8:30 or w/e ridiculous, way-too-early time it was, NO exceptions, ever.
I felt much happier after that & have just always remembered it as being an ultimately happy day.

4. Share something you were proud of doing when you were younger. From drawing a pretty picture to getting a diploma.
Can't really think of anything, wasn't exactly "encouraged" in my family to say the least, quite the opposite most of the time. Yet to this day they wonder why I'm not some majorly successful, well-adjusted woman of the world. Some people really are just doomed to be clueless morons for the their whole lives I guess (meaning them, not me lol)

5. Who was usually your favourite person? It can be a peer/adult, or even a celebrity you looked up to.
My lil sis, definitely. We pretty much always got along pretty well, the only "rocky" time we ever had were as teens a bit but considering we shared a room for all of our teens it def. could have gone a LOT worse. Always had celeb crushes since age 9. Have had a total of at least 22+ major crushes on various guys in my life since that age, most of them famous.

6. Share an embarrassing moment, you now find sort of funny, as silly as it might be.
Can't think of any sorry.

7. Anything else you'd like to share today, regarding this theme? Or perhaps you have a positive message to share with others; - please do!
It was fun to answer these q's, hope my answers weren't too negative, sorry if they were.
Hmm a positive message, ok how about "never give up" lmao ugh sorry but just such a damn cliche no I'm so jk I mean it's true I guess but also kinda lame imo lol.
Ok how about "we are all at our own level of personal evolution". My uncle used to say that to me all the time & I've always found it very comforting & positive.
I also love the quote I have in my sig & find it is positive too ❤

 

[HappyKitty]

@Lilmeowmeow

thanks for tagging me


1. Did you have a favourite toy? Care to tell us about it?
YES! Kitty likes fidget, squishy and bouncy toys. I always carry it around with me.

2. How about an imaginary friend? What was the first (or the most memorable) one like?
Kitty has. From best friend to lovers to imaginary husband. He's on the right side on kitty's pic. Only... I've been with him for years but I don't know what his name is. 2

3. Which memory is your favourite? Describe it in as much detail as you want. The event doesn't have to be huge. It only matters how much it meant to *you*.
Every time I'm in school. ^^

4. Share something you were proud of doing when you were younger. From drawing a pretty picture to getting a diploma.
Younger... Hmm.. I guess not listening to my parents and pursuing my own dreams, not pursuing what they want me to be.

5. Who was usually your favourite person? It can be a peer/adult, or even a celebrity you looked up to.
So long as I haven't given up looking for help, there's no fav.

6. Share an embarrassing moment, you now find sort of funny, as silly as it might be.
Oh, when my old classmates read my diary. How dare they!

7. Anything else you'd like to share today, regarding this theme? Or perhaps you have a positive message to share with others; - please do!
Nothing much. I hope you had a good day!