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Mandala creation
Buddhist Monks from Tibet visited campus this week. They created a Mandala while they were here.
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what do Fred Phelps and Ann Coulter have in common?
Ok, that's probably an easy question to answer. But a group of honest-to-goodness sodomites have taken it one step further, and are now promoting a campaign called Phags for Phelps that proposes that Westboro Baptist Church are the strongest force for the spreading of acceptance of gays in America today, and are collecting money or something to ( Read more... ) -
MY FAVORITE ALBUMS OF LAST YEAR
I've had NOTHING to do with my time for the past week. It's been depressing. I am not good at sitting in one spot for days on end. Anyway, so Jeff asked me to compile a list of my favorite albums of last year and I'm gonna put it up on here because, fuck, no one reads my papers, so I might as well. Disclaimer: this is not in any particular order or ( Read more... ) -
Notes from the Blonde Redhead concert tonight
Moods:
Tense, Calculated, Claustrophobic, Menacing, Post-apocalyptic, Fragile, Druggy, Atmospheric, Spooky, Dense, Creepy
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I wanna have kids
yeah yeah, I know. But I wanna be a dad. I'll probably adopt with my partner unless there are some massive changes in both law and science in the next ten years. Anyway, here's the list of names: Sofia, Ana-lucia, Sebastian, Simon. Too many s's but it'll do for a start. I don't plan on making this happen for a long time, at least not until I am ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
I am entertaining the idea of dropping out and moving away.
My degree will be useless. I'm prolonging my adolescence. -
PLease do forgive the cliche
My father has never been in a good mood in his life, that I can remember. This gets worse as time passes. The fights sprang up every two hours with five minutes of verbal spittle launched to and fro, birthed from the quiet that was too quiet to be real or easy. There is so much space there that you can easily forget there are other people until a ( Read more... ) -
musey, lately?
This is part of an article about celebrating Christmas as an atheist:
"Having no religious faith myself, the faith of others moves me all the same. Without sharing their beliefs, I share their religiosity-the deep desire to commit ourselves to some higher purpose, to care for our families and for humanity just as they care for us, to care for the ( Read more... ) -
Parables.
God is Power---
Infinite,
Irresistible,
Inexorable,
Indifferent.
And yet, God is Pliable---
Trickster,
Teacher,
Chaos,
Clay.
God exists to be shaped.
God is Change.
- Octavia Butler
It's imperative that you read her books. I am blown away by her wisdom, her humanity, her insight.
It's no joke that they make me cry.
I don't understand why she isn't ( Read more... )
