If anyone could help Mr trotter in his case to gain freedom please do so. Watch his interview on MSNBC locked up titled sticks and stone. I believe he deserves a chance at freedom again. Like I said if u could help in anyway please do! Thank u!
hi, Kelly. i've been reading and rather enjoying your blog today. you're a very good writer, and your descriptions of the prison give me a lot of insight into the experience of being an inmate. thank you for that. i feel your anxiety and frustration and think it is very understandable. thank you for reaching out to us here on the outside. there are many of us who stand in solidarity with you, and we do all we can. hopefully, it will amoount to something some day. peace and love to you.
I saw about the shootings in Colorado. It's very sad and I feel for the families. We had a shooting here in 1996. A man shot 35 people and injured 21 in a shooting spree and as a response we tightened our gun laws. We have now have extremely strict laws regarding gun possession and it's one of the things I love about Australia.
I'll start off with your first question. To transcribe a post means to take what you've written (which is posted to the website as a picture), type it and place it below your post on the website. Transcriptions make the blogs more accessible to search engines (like Google or Yahoo).
Yes, racism exists in Australia. I believe that it's everywhere in the world and that we have a long way to go in regards to acceptance of sexuality, religion, race etc.
I'm an only child. My mother likes to joke that she was going to have as many children as needed to have the perfect child but she got it right the first time ;)
The movie Outback Jack is terrible! It only got four out of ten stars but I must admit I watched it anyway. Australia does have urban cities such as Melbourne and Sydney but there nothing like New York. I’m yet to travel overseas but it’s on my to-do list. There are more cities in Aus but I'm trying not to ramble with my reply hah. Australia is kind of broken up into cities, country (bush) and outback (desert). We get snow on some of the mountains but everytime I've gone, it's rained and turned into this brown sludgy mess. I might have to head over to New Zealand for the snow.
The music that's popular in Aus is varied. The radio has been blasting Nicki Minaj, Pink and Carly Rae Jepsen lately. We have a lot of American artists in our top 20 chart but there are also Australian artists. People here listen to anything from rap to metal.
I think Facebook is popular everywhere. I find that I check my facebook and emails about three to eight times a day (bad habit) so yes I use the internet a lot. Probably way too much. I use it when I'm working, at home and even on my mobile (cell phone).
I'm not sure how I came across the BetweenTheBars blog. I think it was in a random search of a website where people ask for help to do things online. There was a post asking for people to transcribe letters and as I can type quickly I figured I'd give it a shot. I've spoken to my Mum about the blogs. She hasn't looked at them yet although she may one day. I've also shown them to my best friend and I think she's commented on a couple of blogs. I'll have to ask her.
I've been working two jobs for a few months which I've just quit one so I have a little more time to myself and I'm also studying a Diploma in Events Management so fun has been pushed to the side for a bit. I go out with friends when I can, dancing, dinners, drinks, shopping etc. I've also started baking more which is awesome but then I have to taste test them for quality and end up in a sugar coma.
Not that it matters but no, I am heterosexual. I just don't think being hateful, ignorant or prejudice is right.
I like to transcribe. It's good for my typing skills and I like to think I'm helping some people out at the same time. I try not to concentrate on what is actually being written, it's not my place to judge, but in this case I felt I was helping to spread your hatred and felt guilty about it.
So you're in prison because you raped someone? And you have the nerve to talk about good, law abiding people the way you did in this post. That's sickening and strangely ironic. If you spent more time thinking and writing about the wrongdoings made in your own life than those you (quite wrongly) assume others have committed, maybe you'd be closer to reaching some kind of rehabilitation or realisation. I hope you're in there for a while because you're definitely not at the level yet where you're safe to be around the innocent population.
Hey again Joe, I was going to get to come visit with Joseph today. Darn pinched nerve! I know you enjoyed your time with him today. I miss having a little one. DJ is 21 and married and just not as much fun anymore. Of course he is still my baby just like Michael is and always will be. Love you and hope to see you soon. Aunt Judy
Michael, I applaud you for speaking up about this issue. GTL seems to me like a huge scam. My husband is in county jail, and we've spent a ton of family money talking to each other. It's disturbing that a big company would exploit the very human desire to hear a loved one's voice, and during a time when money for legal fees, etc. is so crucial. You rock for speaking up. Thank you for providing an address and an agency that I can write to and voice my complaint.
You seem like a person who has taken a very difficult situation and tried to find opportunity in it. Congratulations on your acceptance to college! You're a great model for your children.
The concept of 'entertaining the devil' is quite true, since so many people believe they are under attack from the devil; yet, this is one of the biggest lies. People who are unable to harness the Spirit within them (or never had it), are simply in bondage to their nature. The devil has them right where he wants them, and they beg him to come in and help them with all their needs for sex, drunkenness, power, greed and other sins. It makes me sad; in a season where there is high level financial, employment and relational stress for 'good' family people in all parts of our country, they desparately seek an anaesthetic to take the pain away, and have begged the devil to come to their rescue.
Be strong Christian brothers and sisters! Never forget: Greater is He who is in us, than the Prince of the Air and all of his associates put together. God help us!!
As I read your poem, the energy I feel so reminds me of men and women I've come to know in Central Prison, in the shelter, or in the hospital over two decades. They have been released from their bondage, not from their trial, and their lives are inspiring.
Oswald Chambers tells us that God doesn't give us trials to teach us anything, but to help us unlearn a lifetime of bad habits and to simlify our lives. The endpoint; the mind of a child who can think of nothing but God.
As we go thru our trials, we can take one of two paths: A path in Christ's light; marked by hope, joy, love, purpose and freedom. The alternate path is in darkness; lives here are marked by hopelessness,anger despair, self-centeredness, fear and bondage. Irrespective of our situation each of us is free to choose the dark or the light; whether we live in opulence and comfort, or in abject poverty, addiction, incarceration, or chronic illness.
Those who walk in the light, with a sense of hope and purpose, don't endure or cope with adversity, but find in it a depth of joy and peace. This mighty power is from God, and it compels the lost from the dark into the light. Let's not go to war with our trials, using our shallow power as a weapon, or fast-forward thru them in search of happiness. Rather, embrace them as a mission field; an appointment for service from God for God.
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I saw about the shootings in Colorado. It's very sad and I feel for the families. We had a shooting here in 1996. A man shot 35 people and injured 21 in a shooting spree and as a response we tightened our gun laws. We have now have extremely strict laws regarding gun possession and it's one of the things I love about Australia.
I'll start off with your first question.
To transcribe a post means to take what you've written (which is posted to the website as a picture), type it and place it below your post on the website. Transcriptions make the blogs more accessible to search engines (like Google or Yahoo).
Yes, racism exists in Australia. I believe that it's everywhere in the world and that we have a long way to go in regards to acceptance of sexuality, religion, race etc.
I'm an only child. My mother likes to joke that she was going to have as many children as needed to have the perfect child but she got it right the first time ;)
The movie Outback Jack is terrible! It only got four out of ten stars but I must admit I watched it anyway. Australia does have urban cities such as Melbourne and Sydney but there nothing like New York. I’m yet to travel overseas but it’s on my to-do list. There are more cities in Aus but I'm trying not to ramble with my reply hah. Australia is kind of broken up into cities, country (bush) and outback (desert). We get snow on some of the mountains but everytime I've gone, it's rained and turned into this brown sludgy mess. I might have to head over to New Zealand for the snow.
The music that's popular in Aus is varied. The radio has been blasting Nicki Minaj, Pink and Carly Rae Jepsen lately. We have a lot of American artists in our top 20 chart but there are also Australian artists. People here listen to anything from rap to metal.
I think Facebook is popular everywhere. I find that I check my facebook and emails about three to eight times a day (bad habit) so yes I use the internet a lot. Probably way too much. I use it when I'm working, at home and even on my mobile (cell phone).
I'm not sure how I came across the BetweenTheBars blog. I think it was in a random search of a website where people ask for help to do things online. There was a post asking for people to transcribe letters and as I can type quickly I figured I'd give it a shot. I've spoken to my Mum about the blogs. She hasn't looked at them yet although she may one day. I've also shown them to my best friend and I think she's commented on a couple of blogs. I'll have to ask her.
I've been working two jobs for a few months which I've just quit one so I have a little more time to myself and I'm also studying a Diploma in Events Management so fun has been pushed to the side for a bit. I go out with friends when I can, dancing, dinners, drinks, shopping etc. I've also started baking more which is awesome but then I have to taste test them for quality and end up in a sugar coma.
I like to transcribe. It's good for my typing skills and I like to think I'm helping some people out at the same time. I try not to concentrate on what is actually being written, it's not my place to judge, but in this case I felt I was helping to spread your hatred and felt guilty about it.
So you're in prison because you raped someone? And you have the nerve to talk about good, law abiding people the way you did in this post. That's sickening and strangely ironic. If you spent more time thinking and writing about the wrongdoings made in your own life than those you (quite wrongly) assume others have committed, maybe you'd be closer to reaching some kind of rehabilitation or realisation. I hope you're in there for a while because you're definitely not at the level yet where you're safe to be around the innocent population.
You seem like a person who has taken a very difficult situation and tried to find opportunity in it. Congratulations on your acceptance to college! You're a great model for your children.
Blessings and peace to you, Brother.
Be strong Christian brothers and sisters! Never forget: Greater is He who is in us, than the Prince of the Air and all of his associates put together. God help us!!
Oswald Chambers tells us that God doesn't give us trials to teach us anything, but to help us unlearn a lifetime of bad habits and to simlify our lives. The endpoint; the mind of a child who can think of nothing but God.
As we go thru our trials, we can take one of two paths: A path in Christ's light; marked by hope, joy, love, purpose and freedom. The alternate path is in darkness; lives here are marked by hopelessness,anger despair, self-centeredness, fear and bondage. Irrespective of our situation each of us is free to choose the dark or the light; whether we live in opulence and comfort, or in abject poverty, addiction, incarceration, or chronic illness.
Those who walk in the light, with a sense of hope and purpose, don't endure or cope with adversity, but find in it a depth of joy and peace. This mighty power is from God, and it compels the lost from the dark into the light. Let's not go to war with our trials, using our shallow power as a weapon, or fast-forward thru them in search of happiness. Rather, embrace them as a mission field; an appointment for service from God for God.