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2006 Guestbook

Name: Fran
Age: 100
Email: fran @ pure.net
From: SoBo
Remote Name: 208.27.1.148
Date: Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Time: 03:56 AM -0800

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Yohoo Kim and Jim

Name: Julie Price
Age: 38
Email: cu_tiger3 @ yahoo.com
From: Florida
Remote Name: 68.18.60.11
Date: Sunday, March 05, 2006
Time: 11:16 AM -0800

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Hey! I finally visited and I love it! It's March 6, 2006 and I am looking for work in Jacksonville. I've gotten a few offers, but none that I want yet. If anyone out there needs me, let me know! Tell Kim "hi" and hope you two are having fun!

Name: deepak naidu
Age: 27
Email: frazile @ hotmail.com
From: India
Remote Name: 202.91.78.220
Date: Saturday, February 25, 2006
Time: 01:03 AM -0800

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this site rocks...i just got to believe myself that i got other job to do besides browsing.i often forget sometimes deny

Name: Mike Snead
Age: 25
Email: mdsnead @ earthlink.net
From: hmm?
Remote Name: 65.41.109.130
Date: Friday, February 24, 2006
Time: 03:06 PM -0800

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exactly.

Name: Christine
Age: 2-old
Email: it's me again!!
From: Boring So.Bo. Va.
Remote Name: 71.106.6.132
Date: Friday, February 24, 2006
Time: 12:49 AM -0800

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In response to "ME"... You wrote it like it is,, No dumping behind the bushes so to speak!!! Tell it like it is!

Name: ME
Age: GUESS
Email: droberts @ yahoo.com
From: So Boston
Remote Name: 208.27.1.23
Date: Thursday, February 23, 2006
Time: 12:49 PM -0800

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Hi, I'm from So Bo or Slo Bo...anyway..i don't know you personally but i know of you. I've lived here all my live and i LOVE it here. I know it's not as exciting as CA...of course there's more to do there, but I love the small town. I respect your decision for never moving back here, but you just make it sound soooo terrible, when actually it's not.There are some great people that live here.We've been thinking about maybe moving to Richmond ourselves (hubby's family lives there),but I don't wanna move. This is the first time I've been your site. My sis-in-law knows you guys and visits all the time so thought I'd take a look. Pretty cool, but just wondering why you don't want to move back...tho it's none of my bbusiness...just curious.

Response From JP:

Hi droberts! Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to sign the guestbook.

Before I answer your question as to why I will never move back to SoBo, let me first say that I have fond memories of growing up in such a small town before the onset of cell phones, the internet and 24-hour news. It was a time when South Boston still had some life in it and kids would actually  go outdoors to ride bikes or play football or hide and go seek or whatever. It was a time where when two kids had a disagreement, they may have gotten in a fight, but no one could ever conceive that one might shoot the other. It was time when on a warm summer night, every kid with a driver's license hopped in his/her car and went into town to be seen and hang out with all the other kids instead of sitting at home and chatting on the computer.

I too know a lot of GREAT people that live in South Boston. My best friend still lives in South Boston as do my parents, my future in-laws, and lots of other great people whom I consider my friends. Just cause I have no desire to move back to South Boston doesn't mean I think any less of those who choose to stay.

I just remember a South Boston that had a pulse and whenever I visit these days I don't see that anymore. Actually, that was happening before I moved to California and it just seems to get worse each year when I visit. I guess I need more in my life than just work, Wal-Mart, and church cause those seem to be the only things to do in South Boston these days...from what I can see.

First, there are no real clubs in South Boston because certain people don't know how to act in public which ruins it for everyone else. Case in point: Steve's used to be THE place to be and was always filled with young, fun loving people looking for a good time. Over the years, that changed as different elements starting showing up and again, ruining it for everyone. All of a sudden, you had all these brawls breaking out and who would ever have thought you'd have people shooting at each other in the Best Western parking lot? That's why South Boston will never again be able to have a real club where people can go dancing or just to hang out and  have a good time. Bars can't exactly have an "intelligent and civil people only" admissions policy, you know?

Second, there aren't enough job opportunities in SoBo and at least from all my experiences, employers in South Boston don't really value their employees like they do here in California. Companies here reward good employees with higher pay, better benefits, and promotions for being a good employee. I never experienced that in my all years working in South Boston. In fact, I was fired from my last job in South Boston because I had the silly notion that being the webmaster, pc repair tech, and tech support for a "local ISP" meant I should make more than the secretary who answered the phones. What was I thinking? I actually don't have any regrets about that because it was the best thing that ever happened to me. It led me to California and eventually to start my own company and I will never again have to answer to anyone else or work my ass off to make money for anyone other than myself. Maybe I should send my former SoBo boss a gift basket. Ha!

Third, there just isn't any art or culture in South Boston. Here, we can go see plays or art museums or have a nice dinner in a swanky restaurant while a jazz band plays in the background.  There are book clubs, photo clubs, dog parks, festivals and street fairs, parties on the beach, bike trails, and more stores and restaurants than you could ever possibly visit. In other words, you can never be bored out here. There's always something to do here and you never have to worry about undesirable elements messing it up...at least not where we live.

Finally, it's all the little things that make such a huge difference:

• You can be yourself here. No one judges you for what you believe, what you wear or have, who your parents are, how much money you make, whether or not you were in church on Sunday morning, etc, etc. Everyone here just gets along cause life is too short to play silly social games.
• You can buy liquor in the grocery store. You don't have to go to some special store to buy liquor like some outcast.
• Cops aren't hovering like vultures out here trying to give you a ticket for every little thing. They're after the real criminals, not everyone going 5 miles over the speed limit.
• No rumor mill...because there's so many people and so much to do out here, everyone isn't running around gossiping about everyone else or what they're doing. They're not spreading lies or making innuendos.
• Worker's rights. California looks out for the rights of workers, not the other way around like Virginia.
• You aren't required to have those silly county and inspection stickers in your front windshield of your vehicle...that's such a racket.
• Here, you can have a pizza and a six pack delivered to your door.
• The weather here is awesome!

Response From KW:

Ditto!  So Bo ain't what it used to be. Times, places, and people have changed over the years. Nothing will ever be as it used to be.

I agree w/everything he's said, but I miss my family and friends tremendously and seeing them only once a year is definitely not enough. I can hardly wait to move back to the east coast. Of course, I don't look forward to the bugs, the cold, or the humidity, but I'm willing to trade the positives of CA for the negatives of VA. I miss you all and love you so much!  And don't let Jimmy fool you...he may mean what he said above, but he feels the same way as I do about family and friends.....and moving back to VA.

Name: stephanie
Age: 16
Email: noahs_penguin @ yahoo.com
From: virginia
Remote Name: 209.145.80.83
Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Time: 07:24 PM -0800

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That is so funny. Maybe it might be nice to have something like that. It couldn't be all that bad.

Name: N H
Age: nope, nope!
Email: chippy_cookiee @ yahoo.com
From: Right Here :)
Remote Name: 209.145.80.49
Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Time: 11:12 PM -0800

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Yeah, I can second that one!!! I was riding in Scottsburg, Va and seen.... well good grief..... hadn't seen one of those my entire (nope nope I ain't tellin) life..... there it was....... a freakin'.... WHITE DEER!!!!!!! and where was my digital camera..... video camera......... at home...... *ssshhhheeesh!!* I bet that'll nevah' happen again, dude. Cool rainbow shot! :)

Name: N H
Age: still not telling! *hehe*
Email: chippy_cookiee @ yahoo.com
From: Your home town :P
Remote Name: 209.145.80.49
Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Time: 11:08 PM -0800

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Yeah, it snowed...... a dusting..... we can't seem to get a deep snow to save our a$$e$!!

Name: N H
Age: who tells that anymore? LOL
Email: chippy_cookiee @ hotmail.com
From: Well, near you *heh*
Remote Name: 209.145.80.49
Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Time: 11:05 PM -0800

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That's a pretty cool bathroom...... I wonder how well hub would like it when he came home to one of those..... hmhmmhhm.... that could sure spice up some dull folks... well ...... ahem, ya know.... well s*x life? I like that ya post some totally cute/funny stuff... as well as some seriousness on this site, dude! "Become Famous" I already am! *haha* You'll see...... :P ~Chippy~

Name: Christine
Age: 2old
Email: u got that
From: Southern VA
Remote Name: 65.254.161.114
Date: Friday, February 17, 2006
Time: 06:08 PM -0800

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I know exactly what U mean,,, 3 weekends ago, My hubby & I were taking a drive around the block after a rain storm, & the most beautiful rainbow appeared,,, We tried to get home quick enough to take a picture of it ,,, but fell short of our mission!!! Don't u just hate it when that happens? Don't feel like the Lone Ranger!!!

Name: Christine
Age: 2old
Email: u know
From: SoBo VA!
Remote Name: 65.254.162.203
Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Time: 06:42 PM -0800

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I find it most Sickening 4 Kanye to wear a crown of thorns,,,,, He is nothing like JESUS CHRIST!!!!,,, OR WENT THROUGH HIS SUFFERING!!!! Simple: DON'T TRY TO BE SOMETHING YOU ARE NOT!!!

Name: Christine
Age: 2-old
Email: u-know
From: SoBo VA
Remote Name: 65.254.161.138
Date: Monday, February 13, 2006
Time: 07:44 PM -0800

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Don't sell your-self short... even if it is a composite,, It still is a beautiful picture!!!! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder! Keep It Up!

Name: Art Lopez
Age: 30 something
Email: art @ lopezlounge.com
From: Hermosa born, baby
Remote Name: 68.122.144.113
Date: Monday, February 13, 2006
Time: 09:18 AM -0800

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Jimmy, you rock!!! Thanks for the pics....I'm all about your photography so the more you put up, the more stoked I am!!Keep on takin pics bro!!!!

Name: Jonah
Age: 27
Email: jp_bugg @ yahoo.com
From: halifax
Remote Name: 141.152.203.135
Date: Friday, February 03, 2006
Time: 11:57 AM -0800

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LOL...thank God there addressing the real issues...like pool addiction...and gang related pool deaths... Pool prohibition...does it get it dumber than that? Where's Kevin Bacon when you need him?

From JP

Dude, I was sooooo close to making a Footloose reference! You have no idea!

Name: Mike Dixon
Age: 30 F-ing 1
Email: mike @ mikedixon.com
From: So F-ing Bo
Remote Name: 65.254.161.198
Date: Thursday, January 19, 2006
Time: 01:18 PM -0800

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What's Crackin? Thought I'd get myself in the mix here and become famous....does this mean I'll make millions??? I feel famous now as I am 4 degrees from Paris and 5 degrees from all the other celebs she knows! Wow. this is the life, LMFAO!!!! Talk to you soon!

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