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Tons of great hardcore/metal/punk band shirts up for SUPER cheap! I'm pregnant, could use the extra cash for the holidays and these shirts look sad sitting in our closet. They need to be brought back to life. Here's a list of what's up for auction: T-SHIRTS: -Green Day -Bleeding Through -Bloody Sunday -Comeback Kid -Casey Jones -Cancer Bats -Poison the Well -Tiger Army -Bad Religion -NERD -New Found Glory -Folsom -Defiance of Authority -Total Eclipse -Curbside Service -All But Forgotten -Till Death Do Us Part WORK SHIRTS: -Social Distortion dickies work shirt OUTERWEAR: -"EDGE" track jacket (womens) ELECTRONICS: -SONY Cybershot DSC-P200 7.2MP digital camera + TONS of extraspost commentwe're all just one of a kind[07 Nov 2008|11:05pm] infiniteabysI wear my loyalties on my wrist. check my journal for more information.we're not as alone as we think.4 comments|post commentfor those of us who don't read the bio-questions[01 Nov 2008|11:31pm] rachel_laine[music|Eighteen Visions - Beautiful People | Powered by Last.fm]( background to this question... )Is the reason you became straight-edge still the reason you keep edge? If yes, what made this reason so strong that it will ideally keep you away from drugs and alcohol for the rest of your life? If no, what changed?13 comments|post commentThe Gordie Foundation[24 Oct 2008|10:38am] soupypicturesFor the past couple years, my college has invited The Gordie Foundation to campus and has had them speak to the student body. The Greeks and athletes have been in the past required to attend (my guess is to fill the seats, but also to make it look like these representatives of the school care the most), though I've been able to skip it because of previous commitments.My roommate and I have had discussions about this lately. She's not edge, but she doesn't drink or smoke or do drugs (and neither do her parents). We share the exact same view on just about everything drug-related, right down to the fact that I'm a libertarian in name and she may as well be but isn't as vocal about it.Anyway, here's my problem with Gordie (as we so lovingly refer to it here at school): it's a lecture about binge-drinking and the signs of alcohol poisoning. Take care of your friends when you're out, don't binge-drink, yadda yadda. The guy was a freshman in college when he died (after a frat hazing thing, don't even get me started on that), but does anyone mention the underaged drinking thing? Does anyone say the words, "But it's okay not to drink at all"? No. And sometimes, that's all the kid needs to hear. I was one of those kids a year and a half ago, trying to decide if it was something I wanted to do. I had a lot of apprehension about my 21st birthday -- I'd always been against underaged drinking -- that I just couldn't trace back to an origin. I'm not one to succumb to peer pressure easily, but man. Even at my small school it's almost suffocating. What harm could a couple drinks do? I'd always been uncomfortable when my teammates, especially older ones, drank in front of me or talked about their weekends partying. I was pretty damn close to just falling in and being a "normal" college athlete. Then I read a little about CJ Wilson, closer for the Texas Rangers and one of the few straightedge professional athletes out there. He considers himself a role model figure and he knows that poisoning his body isn't going to make him a better pitcher. In a profession that accepts all kinds of drug habits -- even condoned speed for years and provided it in clubhouses -- CJ made the choice to reject that for himself and for the kids out there who look up to him.I figured it out -- I was expected to drink. But I didn't want to, and I read his reasons for claiming and thought, "I think this is for me. I think this is what I need to do for myself." I needed someone to look up to on my team, and no one was there for me. For my last two years on the team my class has been the oldest, and going into my junior year of college I wanted to be able to be there for my teammates like no one had been there for me. I felt immediately better after making my decision to claim. All that apprehension was gone. It's okay not to drink.It's such a simple sentence. It's so obvious, too. But sometimes kids need to hear it from someone they respect, admire, look up to, or even just enjoy being around. CJ Wilson was that for me, indirectly. I want to be that for others, for my teammates, classmates, close friends. I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but I just had to get it out. It's usually hard for me to articulate out loud my reasons for claiming without sounding like a crusader. And I'm not -- I just want the message out there. What people do with their own lives is their own business. But if I can help, I want to. I especially want to help my friends if they need it. I wil always be the person they can go to if they need to be told to stop (that's happened a couple times) or have someone hold them accountable. Going to the Gordie lecture and hearing what they say -- look, I think it's great that they're bringing about awareness of alcohol poisoning and recognizing the symptoms. I think that's important. Just like I think ed is important in high school, teaching kids about condoms and birth control and STDs and all that. But I also think it's even more important to mention that it's okay not to. Any time there's a discussion about doing things that are dangerous to your body but are somehow socially acceptable, abstinence must be highlighted as a choice./exhaustive mind-dump. Thank you for reading. <327 comments|post commentEdge & medication[27 Sep 2008|02:29am] snow_vs_asphaltHey everyone. I have a question about reconciling taking medication with being edge. I've had some fairly crappy things happen in my life recently and I was just put back on antidepressants after a year and a half without any medication whatsoever. I know I need to get on the meds to be able to cope and be safe at the moment, but I still feel really guilty. As well as abstaining from drug and alcohol use, I don't drink caffeine or take aspirin and I avoid nonorganic foods whenever possible in order to limit the amount of chemicals I ingest. Although I know that taking something prescribed by a doctor is not recreational use or drug abuse, I still feel like a big hypocrite. I really do need to be on the meds again to function at the moment and just get my head to shut up for a while as I figure out how to deal with things, but I know it's still a drug. It's been prescribed to me by a medical professional... but it's still a drug. I've had some people tell me that it's not breaking edge because it's just like being treated for a medical issue, but others have said that it's not possible to be edge and take a bunch of pills every morning. I know this is something I have to figure out for myself but I don't know what to think. It would just break my heart to not be "properly" edge because the straight edge is this core part of me that I absolutely cannot and would not be without. A friend put it to me in a way that really made me think; she said people take drugs to experience an altered state, whereas I am already in an altered state and I will be taking my meds to help myself get back to normal. I do feel in my heart that it's not breaking edge to be taking something for a mental illness that has been diagnosed by a doctor, but I guess I've been really affected by the disbelieving attitudes towards mental illness that are out there, and I know a lot of medications are overprescribed these days. Ultimately, although I feel like I need these meds at the moment, a niggling part of me still feels bad, like I'm not being the best edge person I can be or something like that. Has anyone else ever come up against this? How did you deal with it?7 comments|post commentModeration[27 Sep 2008|01:54am] medlirAs so many people have noticed, this community, like so many others, is mostly dead. I also haven't been around much, and I increasingly seem to miss the emails notifying me of new posts to moderate, so I just removed the moderation requirement entirely. When it was added, the traffic here was generally several posts per day, and even double digit posts per day at times... there was a lot of junk. These days... the rare posts that are made are far between, and I haven't declined anything in ages, so it doesn't make sense to keep it on. If anyone notices any spam/junk being posted, etc, please let me know.post comment[09 Sep 2008|10:10pm] heykatiexcoreI've been straightedge for over three and a half years. The way I describe straightedge to someone who has never heard of it is by saying that I adhere to a philosophy that promotes well-being, self-discovery, a drug-free lifestyle and lifetime positive commitment to myself and the ones I love. It's the only promise I've never broken, and the only one that I know for a fact that I never will. My edge is my life, and my friends all know me well enough to know that nothing they say can make me ever want to be any other way.All of my friends except for one. My best friend, Kayla. We've known each other for over 4 years, and we've been best friends for over 2. We go to college together, and just recently moved into an apartment together. She's always been there for me, and I love her like she was my own sister. The only fights we ever get into are over the fact that she doesn't understand why I'm so passionate about my edge. She gets why I'm doing it right now while I'm young, but recently we spent a weekend at the beach with my mom and her best friend. One night of the nights, my mom and her friend sat on the balcony talking and sharing a bottle of wine, and Kayla turned to me and said, "See? Why can't that be us in 40 years? Hanging out, drinking wine. That's not so bad, is it?" She's said similar things about 'just having a beer while you're watching the game' and things like that. She thinks that I won't fully be able to experience college life without alcohol, however moderate. I've tried telling her time and time again that this is the only thing that's ever meant something to me, but she doesn't understand. How do I express to her that straightedge is more than just a 'for now' type deal? I just want her to be able to see that this is me, for life, period.11 comments|post comment[03 Sep 2008|01:48am] thinkclearA new lj-community related to the STRAIGHT EDGE:It seems like most interesting straight edge communities are now almost dead, and people don't talk about their thoughts and their feelings anymore.THIS IS A COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SHARE THEIR VIEWS AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER. Feel free to joinedgeapproach edgeapproach post commentsXe without prejudices[17 Aug 2008|10:48pm] tommy_oakmanHello to everybody.Nowadays in Russia there is a growing number of neo-nazis who call themselves straight edge. I'm sure that only leading a healthy way of life doesn't make you a straight edge anyway. I think that so called "ns sXe" is just a bullshit. So, could you, please post here some links on different interviews or articles, explaining that real straight edge has nothing to deal with right wing shit.1 comment|post commentLittle story and question...[11 Aug 2008|07:11am]junkteenFirst of all, I am on the road to no pills at all. I generally stopped taking them about 2 weeks ago, but yesterday, after going ice skating and falling down like, 5-7 times when spinning, I hurt. So when my mom handed me a bottle of ibuprofen I took two. Before I did, we had a little exchange.Me: You know how much I hate this, right?Mom: What?Me: Popping pills.Mom: (somewhat sarcastically) What, is that part of "straight edge"? (I swear you could *hear* the quotation marks.)Me: It's part of mine, yes.Mom: *sighs deeply and rolls her eyes*Brothers: *look at me like I'm crazy*I don't get it. I mean, I know I'm the only straight edge person in the house, I got that. But why do they act like it's some big inconvenience to them? I've made it clear of what I do and what I don't do. I've assured them that I don't hold their beliefs against them, and while I may roll my eyes when my brother says he's "going outside to smoke one*", so does everyone else in the family. Everyone acts like I'm out of my mind when I turn down an offer to try some of their alcohol. This is my family. I thought they'd be a little more supportive of my edge lifestyle, at least I'm not a pothead. Instead, they're basically mocking me, without actually mocking me. Anyone have any "fun" family stories they'd like to share, or any explanation as to why families act this way? *one = cigarette3 comments|post commentalcohol free beer?[11 Aug 2008|12:16pm] xmegaxtronx[mood|busy][music|1. Sleepmakeswaves - One Day You Will Teach Me To Let Go Of My Fears]hey!i have been sxe for 10 years now.not once have i come in temptation to drink alcohol beverages.i don't plan to either.something got me thinking.what do you think about alcohol free beverages (ie. beer)?i usually don't "believe" there is such a thing as alcohol free beer because although tiny procentage (0,05%) is really small but is alcohol nevertheless.but, i found this one type of alcohol free beer with 0,0% alcohol ... so that got me thinking ...what do you think about such beverages?would you drink it or do you drink it already?thanks for your thoughts!stay strong!stay positive!xDx3 comments|post commentI just feel like my heart has been ripped out of my body...[25 Sep 2008|10:10pm] x_girlgerms...and thrown at a moving vehicle.I don't know where else to post this but here. There's teardrops all over my keyboard and I've finally found enough courage to stop crying. It just hurts inside, how many people I know who do these things that I hate so much with the sole purpose of destroying themselves. It makes my insides ache. Especially when it's people who have purposely kept this from me. Now they tell me, after months and months of lies. </i>Why?</i>I know no one has posted here in awhile, but I felt the need to post here tonight. I just feel so lied to. So hurt. So disgusted. I don't even know what to do anymore. 1 comment|post comment[07 Aug 2008|02:06am] an_onnot doing drugs and alcohol has been such a positive influence on my life. go sxe!3 comments|post commentLiferuiner[28 Jul 2008|02:24am] cabaretshowsWhat does everyone think about this, if anything? It was posted not too long ago in the band's myspace blog.7 comments|post comment"Inside Straight Edge" by National Geographic[23 Jul 2008|03:01pm] tushkin_asNew documentary about sxe. "Inside Straight Edge" by National Geographic.( Youtube )Watch it on site of National Geographic in the best quality. Few photos.5 comments|post commentplease join my site[10 Jul 2008|12:21pm] spliffrdI have an edge community on ning and trying to get new blood over there.xstraightedgex.ning.com come over and if you like it, join up! I met a lot of cool people there!post comment[03 Jul 2008|10:21am]junkteen( Militant Edge )7 comments|post commentn00b.[18 Jun 2008|01:36am] cassandraisradhello, new kid! i've beed straightedge for around two years. i had done the "drinking and smoking teenager" thing and was tired of it, because i realized that using alcohol, cigarettes and drugs were self-indulgent and only caused problems. becoming edge made me a happier, more confident and respectful person. it was a great change in my life. i'm about to head off to college and was wondering if maybe there was some sort of straightedge group that had chapters in different states? if not, has anyone started a group in their school? i'd like to start something to that affect at my university - maybe nothing as formal as a school sponsored club, but a way to meet other straightedge people and/or spread the word - and was wondering if anyone had any tips, tricks or witty anecdotes.4 comments|post commentFinally[17 Jun 2008|12:54am] casperkillsamI've found an entire edge community!Ooh, this makes me happy, haha.Hope you all are doing good [:( Q's and A's )5 comments|post commentintro :D[15 Jun 2008|08:22pm] dinosaur0kissesHello, I'm Rachel. I'm 16. I've always kind of been drug and alcohol free, but it's only been recently that I've started claiming straight edge, since until recently I was open to the idea of trying out things once I left home. But that was before starting school where I am, and now that I've pretty much seen enough of what drugs and alcohol do to people, I've made up my mind to adopt the straight edge lifestyle.( more )4 comments|post commentnavigation[viewing|most recent entries][go|earlier]AdvertisementCustomizeAdvertisementCustomizeif (SnapShots) { SnapShots.init('livejournal.com', 'livejournal.ru', 'sol-agency.ru', 'last.fm', 'lastfm.com', 'lastfm.ru');} |
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