Today was just one of those days. It began with my waking up to discover I had slept in. And I'd only had about seven, seven and a half hours sleep. For some people that seems to be plenty, but functioning on less than nine hours of sleep is no picnic for me. Not to say that I don't do it all the time. School resulted in more than enough homework, and in Science and Math to boot. It was also one of those paranoid days when you feel like everyone is upset at you for something you don't know you did. The sort of paranoia that leaves you with your stomach churning because you're not sure if you're just being paranoid or if people are really upset with you. I havn't been feeling very well the last couple days, and after school my thermos fell out my locker, hitting me on the head a leaving me with one bitch of a headache. Following this incident, I went to the counsellour's office, only to find out there's no way in hell I can take biology--the only science course of any interest to me--next year because of my lack of dissection capabilities. Namely I cannot make myself do it, so I'm now back to the dilhemma of trying to figure out which science I want to take next year. I have no fucking clue what I want to do with my life and selecting these courses is really making me start to feel pressure over that. Upon coming home with a headache, I tried to call the driver's licensing office to get an appointment, only to find out that my phone book was not up to date so the numbers I was calling weren't connected. Following which, my mother had apparently had a hard day at work, and decided that she didn't feel up to cooking dinner, so I could do it. Me, when the knock on the head I'd taken from the bloody heavy--and full--thermos was leaving me feeling dizzy whenever I stood up. All in all, it has really, really been a truly sucky day.
I'm more than a tad late on getting this up, but I keep forgetting to post this. Maybe a week and a half, two weeks ago, there was a letter to the editor in one of the local newspapers. It was titled the same as my post is. Disgusting. The former babysitter of a friend of mine replied with this:
Stop the Ignorance About Being Gay:
Dear Sir: This is in response to the letter in The Citizen Feb. 11 "Raising son correctly so he won't be gay."
I am a gay young adult and have grown up most of my life here in Prince George. I grew up in a household with both parents, who were both a part of my life. I graduated high school, attend university and work. Both of my parents are very proud of me and don't think any less of me because of my sexuality.
I find it a personal insult to hear that someone thinks that if parents are not a part of a child's life, that they will turn out gay. Like I mentioned. my parents were a part of my life and I turned out gay. My parents did an excellent job raising me and I could not have asked for a better upbringing.
I find it extremely difficult to understand how people can be so ignorant to other people they do not even know. Who are they to judge? I think it these people found out a close friend or relative was homosexual, they just may think differently. This friend or relative will continue to be the same person they have always known and will continue to be so.
We are all human being and we need to learn that diversity is what makes up unique. A world where everyone is the same would be extremely dull. I think it's about time people put aside their ignorance.
-R Penny
All I have to say is go Ryan... Has anyone else noticed that my blog has become a tribute to gay rights?
Those are all the ones I can think of for now, but heck, read 'em all. They're complete and utter nonsense, but totally worth it.With the stoires available only, I may eventually get around to posting about specific ones...Maybe.
Spring Break is here, which brings on late nights, late risings, and procrastination against anything that reqires me to do anything besides move my eyes from left to right repeatedly. So essentially, I've done nothing but read. And I swear to the Pixie, for every page I read in this book, it grows two more. How can one possibly read for two hours a day, and make no visible dent? The book is not that long! At any rate, this following quote was pilfered from swirlspice's blog. I'm quoting a quote. Lovely. But really, I think this totally sums up all the bs about the 'sanctity of marriage'.
Like I said, Amy and Sonia and I didn't show up at the county building last Friday because we were planning to sue. We came to make a point about the absurdity of our marriage laws. Amy can't marry Sonia, I can't marry Terry--why? Because the sanctity of marriage must be protected from the queers! But Amy and I can get a marriage license--and into a sham marriage, if we care to, a joke marriage, one that I promise you won't produce children. And we can do this with the state's blessing--why? Because one of us is a man and one of us is a woman. Who cares that one of us is a gay man and one of us is a lesbian? So marriage is to be protected from the homos--unless the homos marry each other. Is it putting too fine a point on it to say that this is a pretty fucked-up situation? |
It definately is a fucked up situation. That point is one I've tried to sum upbefore from my muddled thoughts, but never quite managed to do with any semblance of coherency. So there it is. The single best arguement to blow to hell the 'sanctity of marriage' crap. On the coding front, lo and behold! I have learned to use the mighty table! Insert applause here.
I'm sitting here, meaning to blog something, but note entirely sure what I'm trying to put down. Sometimes things just run around in your head, and you can't get a handle on them. It's more than slightly frustrating to not be able to know your own thoughts, but I guess that's just the way things go sometimes. I'm hoping that typing continuously will eventually allow it to just flow out of my fingers, but so far no such luck. I'm not sure I'll post this. It doesn't really serve any purpose to read, nor communicate any coherent thought. It does naught but ramble to no end. For the time being, I give up on trying to express my thoughts. The hungry winds of time will erode inhibition and bare all.
This is truly amusing. Quite possibly the best solution I've heard for this issue. If gays can't marry, no one should be able to marry. Of course that doesn't seem to be the official viewpoint. It's more like they wish to quietly make a point by claiming to avoid controversy. Classy. Congratualtions Benton County, you have balls.
Religion is something of a pet hobby of mine. It's of great interest to me to read about and learn about. The majority of my knowledge is in Christian religions. Namely Catholicism and Mormonism. I also know some about Baptists and Jehovah's Witnesses. My favoured religions of study--and I use that term loosely--are Wicca and Buddhism. Wicca has a lot of interesting ideas and practices whereas the philosphy of Buddhism is more of a way of life than a religion. When learning about any two or more religions, one tends to notice the emerging similarities and differences between them.
The concept of Karma is a fairly common one,even outside of religion. What goes around comes around. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. What ye send forth comes back to thee, so ever mind the Law of Three. Like anyone, I have my agreements and differences with the theory.
Let's say that Arif steals Kaiya's boyfriend. Kaiya is going to be looking for revenge the first chance she gets. At the same time, Arif pisses off Kaiya's friends who are obviously upset about what has been done to their friend. So instead of receiving the same number of negative feelings as she put out, Arif is now facing the combined dislike of a number of people. All of them would likely take any opprotunity to exact their revenge upon her.
There are obviously conditions under which the example wouldn't work. Maybe Kaiya is the kind of person who believes that if her boyfriend could be lured away from her, then she is better off without him. Maybe she leaves without regrets, smiling for what she had, not crying for what could have been. In this case maybe Arif gets off scot free for doing such a scummy thing. Perhaps all the negative feelings are directed at Arif's boyfriend for being a spineless weasel. No theory is without exception.
Several of the karmaic theories state a specific number. Threefold, tenfold, etc. I personally don't believe that you can measure the repercussions of your actions. Whether you kill someone or rough them up a bit to much in a soccer game, you can never tell how people are going to react, or how much hate is going to come back your way. In some cases you don't get what you deserve, and in others a small action may seem to procude punishment of an unprecedented level. So bide the law of three, and do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Because you never know when the universe in going to be in a vindictive mood.
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