Thursday, December 14, 2006

fucking awesome

The best thing that will ever happen to you is stored...

HERE

You will never be the same again. Don't ask questions; just absorb.

posted by siobhan @ 2:13 AM 6 comments

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

today is not a good day

Today I was supposed to be at the doctor's office by 9:30 for an appointment...and only woke up at 11:45...

Then I received an email from my major advisor about a conference, which I attempted to forward to K to ask his opinion, and of course signing it with a pet name which is far too sugary for me to tell you, and instead hit the reply button...so I just sent my major advisor a letter signed with a pet name. She replied with an email that was basically like "ummmm...."

I think I'm going to go back to bed and try to erase Wednesday from the record. Just shoot me now. Please.

posted by siobhan @ 1:38 PM 0 comments

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

allow me a minute on my soapbox

I was incredibly glad to see this article:

Gay and Evangelical, Seeking Paths of Acceptance

First off, Episcopalians 'R' Awesome :) And secondly, I really commend the individuals in the article that didn't give up and didn't allow others' perception of them to call their faith into question. It makes me really happy that there are some people out there providing support to those facing discrimination from other Christians for their orientation. It must take extreme strength of faith and character to stand up to that kind of stone-throwing, and I really admire that.
It makes no sense to me that there are people that ascribe to a doctrine that preaches love and acceptance of even the "lowliest of the low" and yet can turn around and denounce someone else's behavior. Being up in arms about the seven ambiguous passages in the Bible regarding homosexuality and preaching discrimination because of it seems to go against so many other passages. There are those who believe it is a sin but still do not practice discrimination, and want to "help" homosexuals and fully believe that they are truly helping. This is different. I'm talking about the congregation mentioned in the article that told the gay couple that they were no longer welcome inside. I suppose by commenting on this, I'm judging as well, but it just seems like a contradiction to me; I'm sure they think what they are doing is right and if that's true, their actions are inexcusable, but they themselves are simply ignorant. In sum, I'm very happy to see these changes being made, and hope that this is the beginning of better times to come.

posted by siobhan @ 1:54 PM 0 comments