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I'm sorry for your loss emotion_hug

I've never heard the song before, but it does sound appropriate. What language is that in besides English? It doesn't look familiar to me.

You're welcome smile

And wow surprised I didn't know you were from Norway! That's cool! biggrin

Well, each country has it's problems. I mean, I feel that there's a lot here that I strongly dislike and would like to move to another country. The only thing is, I wouldn't like to have to fluently learn another language, get used to a new law system, etc. etc. I will probably end up staying in the United States, but definitely move to another state.

I don't give out my state anymore. Although, I will say I live in one of the desert states.

I've never been to Michigan or even close, but I've known people who have. I'm sure it's a lot colder there a lot of the year than it is here, though. I'm sure it'd be too cold for me, especially during the winter.

What I've noticed is some states just seem nicer than others. Where I'm at, it's not the coolest place ever. Most of the people are rude and it's hard to find friends that won't stab you in the back. This town is getting worse for me to live in. We try to just get by, but can't wait to move somewhere more friendly. The place I live also scares me a lot spiritually because of how most of the churches act and try to outdo each other. I try to find the good in it, but it gets hard in a small town. When one person doesn't like you - many others follow.

Some places have nicer people than others. Some places are stranger than others, some are more dangerous, some aren't as welcoming, etc. Areas change from state to state. smile I've just happened to be in the same place for far too long and it hasn't gotten better over the years.

Yeah, drinking is a problem here to so I totally understand that one about being weird because you don't do what everyone else does. I remember I was in an English class in high school and this girl who got on my nerves and always bragged about beating people up and stuff said to me, "You've never had alcohol?" I said, "No." and then she said, "Not even smoked?" I said, "Nope." and then she said, "Not even a little puff?" I said, "No." and then she said, "What?! You're a saint then, aren't ya?" and I said, "Not really." and then she just gaped her jaw open as if she was gonna say, "What?!" and left me alone. I didn't care for the way she talked, though. All she could talk about was drugs, drinking, and fighting. There were so many other kids at that school who talked about the same thing. Some were all talk no action, though, but the thought of doing things of that sort still isn't good.

I'm honestly surprised I never got involved in some of that stuff because it was so common. You just have to stay strong and stick to your morals and end up having a few good friends.

Here, we have separation between church and state so they are completely different matters. Although, considering that the church is separated from the state, it is good and bad. Good because people can believe what they want and there are rules in some churches and not rules in others. Although, it can be a draw back because the state isn't involved when there are things that go horribly wrong in churches. There have been prositution rings in places that have labeled themselves a church and the police got involved, but I'm sure it went on silently for so long. Although, the separation helps when someone wants to build their own chruch as a non-profit organization.

It's interesting in other countries that some are run by state and others run independently. I guess I've been in the US so long that I don't even realize some stuff that's out of this country. I realize what I see and hear on the news, but other interesting facts or things that don't make it to the news - not so much.

I don't believe in infant baptism myself. I know it exists, but I don't support it. That practice seems like it's come out of the Catholic church a bit in the past years, too.

Sorry that you live in a small town that's similar. It's not the best stuff in the world because if you do something wrong or hurt someone's feelings by doing the right thing - everyone knows about it and a lot of people turn their backs on you. It's like someone knows everyone and things spread too fast. I would like to be in a bigger area where things are harder to spread and there's people with stronger opinions that won't believe every rumor they hear.

Yes I am. smile