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Happy Ressurection, Jesus!
Yesterday:
I wake up at 6:30am to leave Nick's and return to Ballard, in keeping with my dogsitting duties. I arrive downtown around 7:00am and have 15 minutes until the number 15 bus to Ballard comes. Still being slightly inebriated from the Road House drinking game the night prior, and working on like 6 hours of drunken slumber, I decide to get ( Read more... ) -
Awwwww.
You ought to read this. A highlight:
Then, for reasons he can’t wholly explain beyond pure desperation, a month after his Valentine “date” - “We never actually went out, just walked around school together” - in the midst of math class, he told a female friend. By day’s end it was all over school. The psychologist called him in. “I burst into tears ( Read more... ) -
Follow up.
So, I didn't go to church on Sunday. I stayed up late talking to an old friend, and I set the alarm for the morning, but wasn't feeling enthusiastic when it went off. I worry about this loss of momentum, though I don't rule out the possibility of going next weekend ( Read more... ) -
Read this.
http://www.religiousconsultation.org/Catholic_defense_of_same_sex_marriage.htm#1
A highlight:
All the religions of the world give marriage a very high place. Marriage can be defined as the unique and special form of committed friendship ( Read more... ) -
Modern Consumer
So many people posted on livejournal today (it's about time! this place is such a wasteland) that I thought I'd throw my hat in the ring. I posted on Vox a few days ago, but it was friends only, so the people who check it but won't join (*cough*Mandy*ahem*) were plum out of luck. Here's the opening paragraph: ( Once I had a lover who admired my faces. ) -
Greetings, Spacefans.
I am the least updatey updater ever to update over here in Updateville; for that, I apologize. I also apologize for the previous sentence. Ugh ( Read more... ) -
Happy (Belated) Lent!
I love Lent. Ever since my very first one, those long ten years ago, I've tried to give up something (with or without a religious context), to varying levels of success. Had my first Lent not gone so well (I gave up red meat, which led to me becoming a vegetarian), I probably wouldn't get so excited about it. But it did, and I do. Much better than ( Read more... ) -
Mean People Suck
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/06/health/psychology/06essa.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Not long ago, one of my psychiatric residents called in distress about a patient who was demanding a different therapist. “This guy is in my office shouting ( Read more... ) -
You don't have to be a genius, but it helps to.
(This was originally a Facebook note, but here I've expanded it ( Read more... ) -
A Well-Stated Point of View
http://dulcimeoww.livejournal.com/167692.html#cutid1
"There are prison sentences which are kinder and shorter than pregnancy for a woman who doesn't want one. Nine months of legally-dictated servitude. Nine months of being unable to function normally, due to ( Read more... )