How much do you think a person's spiritual belief is influenced by what they want to believe? I know a lot of people believe in gods and religions, and find it very comforting. I don't believe in any sort of god, and I do not want to. The thought of a creator, or an afterlife cheapens life for me. I dislike the idea that we're here for some purpose ( Read more... )

So, the semester's almost done.  In 4 days, I will be 3/8 done with high school. And, okay, that may not seem like a lot, probably because it isn't a lot, but I'm really happy to be moving along. Maybe I try to grow up too fast, to mature too fast. I mean, I'm not stupid enough to think that things like having sex will make me grow up any faster, ( Read more... )

This is kind of a survey-ish post, so please respond. I was just wondering what qualities/traits (I'm tired, if you can think of a better, less wordy way to put it, please say so) people value the most, and, if you can put your finger on what you value about those qualities, then that too. Also, if you think they can be bad qualities, and what you ( Read more... )

I'm reposting the link to my little grid-thing, because that was fun. So...
http://kevan.org/johari?name=Rose+A-A

Merry Christmas! I've had a very nice Christmas. I got a lot of awesome hand-me-downs, and some really cool stuff. I took Rosie for a special two-hour Chirstmas walk, and we are going to have Christmas dinner very soon.

The last dance I ( Read more... )

So. I'm staying. No Brasstown for me. But, I get to take care of my precious Rosie! Hope to see y'all on the 30th, and Merry Chrismukka, and Happy New Year.

1. Open your library
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie about the songs (they ( Read more... )

What would it be like if everybody just did what they wanted, when they wanted? If nobody ever had to do anything they didn't want to do? Nothing would ever get done, that's for sure, but would it stay fun? I think it would be fun, but I don't think anyone would really know what it meant to be happy. I'm sure they'd be happy, sometimes, but how can ( Read more... )

Week's been very blah. I had 2 tests today, and 2 quizzes. Not so much fun ( Read more... )

So, I've been to three regattas this fall. Each one was out of the boathouse of a school that is in a town where a Pinewoods/Ogontz friend lives. And guess how many people I saw? None. Amy was busy, Shanon never checks his email, and we tried to look up Jeremy's phone number, and it wasn't listed. I haven't seen any Pinewoods people since the Dawn ( Read more... )

We had our last real practice today. It was bittersweet. I love crew. But I am ready to be done with crew  for the season. We just have one more regatta, (in fucking Saratoga. Go figure!) and one day to take the boathouse apart, and then we're done. And I'm actually pretty happy about it. Next week, I am going to get my hair trimmed, which I have ( Read more... )

The Fall Ball was wonderful. I was there from about 1:45-10:30-ish, which wasn't quite as long as I might have liked, but I had a really great time.  As much as I love rowing, I kind of can't wait for the season to be over. When it's over, I'll have so much more time to go to dances, and to play  the fiddle. I learned to play Nottingham Swing,  ( Read more... )