lunarmission:orionebula: lorenrochelle
Let it never be said that my dog does not win for cutest set of ears.
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“When I returned to my family after that first semester of college, I felt like a sore thumb. A newly agnostic, highly uncomfortable sore thumb who suddenly refused to go to anything resembling church. If I remember correctly, if they begged hard enough, they got one holiday service out of me, during which I didn’t sing, as I had once done, or pray along, as I had once done. I have a lot of flaws, but a lack of integrity isn’t one of them, or at least I hope it isn’t. I wasn’t trying to be rude; I just had no intention of disrespecting the church or myself with any sort of spiritual fakery. This, and the fact that I also nearly had to clap my hands over my mouth to keep from screaming, DON’T YOU SEE HOW NONE OF THIS MAKES EVEN A LITTLE SENSE WHEN YOU REALLY STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT? combined to make me a not-so-great parishioner, and after that first year, I grew a spine and refused to go at all, under any circumstances, even when my family asked that I go “for them.” Church, to me, is not something you should do for anyone but yourself. It’s that sacred, and I respect it that much.”
via Schnozzfest 2.0 (sadly her archives are no longer available)
Tchotchke Power Ranking.
Kismet.
You have to read the comments, too.
Wait, so only the first few comments are funny then people get all: restrooms are gross! Women only throw up because men expect them to be tiny!
And lame.
I totally cried from laughter.
Maybe I need bigger sunglasses?
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t need a magnifying glass necklace.
“Did you know the Greeks have 4 different words for Love? That’s not fair! I think I deserve to have a way to say I really love ice cream and I really love my Nanny (grandma) without bringing my Nanny into a world of lactose intolerance and a madman’s craving for chocolatey deliciousness.
Eros is the passionate love, with sensual desire and longing: where erotic comes from. Philia is friendship, a dispassionate virtuous love. Storage [sic] is natural affection, like that felt by parents for children, or little ones for Nanny. Agape THIS ONE IS MY FAVORITE is an all-inclusive unconditional love. This is the one widely used in religious teachings. To have agape is to see all people doing the best they can with the light they’ve got. Agape is not spoken about. It’s a space you rest in, a state of being that is pure uninhibited love. Someone in this state is not looking for a return on the investment. In fact they don’t see it as an investment at all. This is remarkable compassion.”
I would like to add Thelema to that awesome, all encompassing list. As I understand it, Thelema is love in the sense of desire for states of being, like being occupied or focused.
Just another way to show that English is a very limited language especially in tense and context.
Jason, will you marry me?
Via Jason Mraz’s online journal
Wikipedia links added by moi.