People who don't know what they're talking about
rarely hesitate to open their mouths and prove it.

Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together ( Read more... )

And also,

do you really think that "-ologies" and "-isms" are good things? Do we need separators, things to label people's ideals and opinion patterns? Are they good things or bad things?
Phrased a bit differently,

Do you think that Conservatism and Liberalism, and such labels, are constructive to the development of society? If so, how? If not,

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Note to all: This journal is the place I go to unleash ANYTHING that I would never say in normal life. Secret crushes, anger toward Christian fundamentalist worldviews, PMS ( Read more... )

     I decided to become more assertive. Typically, people walk all over me, while I sit back and force a smile. Well, I had planned to change that over break. I would be Super Stand-Up-For-Your-F.ing-Self-Jena.
     So when my father mentioned that his Verizon bill was twice as much as usual, it was ME who volunteered to call the phone company. I ( Read more... )

1. Make her trust you. Listen to all of her boring stories, laugh at her half-witted jokes, and look her in the eye when she speaks. Ask her incessant questions about her life -- this will make her believe that you care about her. Ask her how she feels about different issues and events. These may be tedious and irritating chores, but enduring them ( Read more... )

Asia is breaking my heart ( Read more... )

Okay, I lied, but not completely, because I'm not posting from my parent's computer. I'm at the public library this time ( Read more... )

All right folks and dearly beloved, the month-long sabbatical from Livejournal begins tomorrow. We are all very familiar with the following equation ( Read more... )