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First post (in a year)!
Wow…Last night I just took a deep trip down memory lane. While scrambling last-minute finish up a scholarship application, I came across my LiveJournal Book I made back in the day with that tool that converted all your posts into a PDF. Anyway, it wasn't complete (it only went back to January of 2006, and I distinctly remember starting LiveJournal ( Read more... ) -
Random things
I finally told my parents I'm vegan. My mom still puts chicken in food that she (allegedly) makes for me, and my dad thinks I'll get angry at him for eating lobsters, oysters, and steak. Eh…
On a completely unrelated note, I was skeptical when I first heard of the TV show Huge (kids going to fat camp? Another move from the obesity-police?), but ( Read more... ) -
Privilege
*Is feeling awkward over jokes that someone's garden shed is nicer than most homes she's stayed in in all of Central America (because it's not like any countries south of our border have had their democratically-elected leaders assassinated and replaced by pro-American, anti-socialist/sociallift dictators or anything…)* -
Will you shout or will you cry when the fire rains from on high?
I was having tea the other day at a local coffee shop and was pleasantly surprised that it was open mic night. I couldn't stay for the whole time, but the host opened with a few songs, and gave a powerful rendition of the Louvin Brother's Great Atomic Power (1957). Unlike my brother, I can catch lyrics pretty quickly the first time through. I had ( Read more... ) -
Wait, what century is this again?
Migrant worker faces deportation after marrying in Israel
A migrant worker who arrived in Israel legally from the Philippines four years ago to work as a nurse is currently facing deportation over her marriage to another documented migrant worker in Israel. Charlene Ramos married her husband, Judser Maclenda, also from the Philippines, earlier this ( Read more... ) -
"Only people who are politically apathetic can get away with being superficial"
[A] very common view: that political activism is something only incredibly serious and morally upright people do. And anyone who dares to express political or radical views, anyone who calls themselves an activist better be completely perfect and never allow themselves any iota of privilege or wealth or comfort or selfishness…something that is ( Read more... )
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