Random Snapshots of a Random Life

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

I hope you all have a lovely Christmas Eve and a merry Christmas.

I do not claim to be on either side of the debate.  I firmly believe that, at this point, neither side involved in the conflict is completely right or completely wrong.

That being said, I have no way of knowing who is going to read this and what their sensitivity to the subject may be.  If I inadvertently say something that offends you, I apologize.  Do not lambast me if you are offended, though - you chose to read what I had to say.

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All in all, not an especially exciting New Year's.  Spent the first part of the day watching Jessy, and then took her and myself to the hospital to visit with Ariel.  We spent the rest of the day there, until we got thrown out at 8:30.  Since then we've been watching X-Files and Friends and preparing to drink our apple cider.

A low-key evening, but one that I'm kind of enjoying.

And to all of my FList:


HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!  WOOOOOOOO!  2009!!

Dani told me to post something - so she'd have something to read - and I never got to say what *I* thought about the Christian privilege shit storm without censoring myself (because I'm all senior staff-y, and thus attempt to be tactful and non-offensive at all times).

So, for those on my F-List not in the know, here's what happened:
Jamal posted a note on Facebook titled "Christian Privilege" and tagged a bunch of us on it.  Here is what it said -

"I have recently discovered that there are a decent amount of people who cannot understand the way in which our society privileges Christians. In the same way that white people are put over minorities, the same way that men are put over women, married put over single people. Christians are privileged over non Christians. Before ou go doubting me ask yourself these 6 questions.

1. When was the last you got out of school for ramadan?

2. Why was it an issue that Obama may have been muslim?

3. Do you go to school/ or work on Sundays?

4. Have you ever had to prove to a teacher that you were absent because you were celebrating Easter?

5. Has Budda ever been the reason for any season?

6. How many times has someone thanked Allah at an awards show and gotten a standing ovation?"

This became an intense issue amongst the RA staff - we have a lot of people who are hardcore Christians and they felt attacked.  There were also a bunch of RAs who aren't Christian (not even nominally so) who felt empowered by this note to speak their mind.  Which isn't a bad thing, and the purpose of the note was to spark conversation, but the whole thing turned kind of ugly.

What're other people's thoughts?

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I am SO FUCKING STOKED that Obama won!  FUCK YES!

Now I'm just waiting on Prop results.  It's not looking very good on Either of the ones I care about.

EDIT: Okay, Prop 4 is looking okay now.  I feel slightly better.

EDIT 2:  Uh, hey, Europeans and Canadians:  Stop it.  No, seriously.  I don't care how much you guys disagree with how we've voted in the past or voted yesterday.  I really don't.  Do I always agree with how the votes go either?  No.  But stop saying that the entire population disgusts you or that you're shocked we "did the right thing".  Bite me.

K thnx.

EDIT 3:  In other news, SoCal still homophobic.   Sucks.

EDIT 4:  I hate my "home" county.  Really do.  Voted yes on Prop 4 when everyone around them voted no.  Also voted yes on 8.   I mean, really?

Hey guys!

So I have a new computer and, after the two previous HD crashes most of my music is gone.  I have some of it on CD and I have a bit more back home.  And, of course, it's all on my first HD (which I magically still have, but I don't have the equipment to transfer that info).  

So I am asking you all for music.  Please.  Help me out.  I need THINGS!

Memeage:

YOU fill in the blanks about ME ... even if you don't have any idea ... and send it back to ME (via reply). But first post a blank one out to all your friends so they can return the favour to you.

If you have no idea, make something entertaining up.

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Hey all.  YAY!  It's New Year's!!

I'll put up all my reflecty stuff (hey, it's High Holidays, even *I* get a little serious then) later, because school and work has refused to stop just because I took a holiday.

But...

L'SHANA TOVAH!

I'd forgotten how much I loved German pancakes.  God, lunch was amazing.  German pancakes with Nutella.  Life is complete.

My German host-mom said she'd teach me how to make them next time, so I can do it in America.  :D