February 2012
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and for my next trick
Tonight’s task: Devise an outfit that is somehow appropriate for both this discussion panel about Christian modesty at SPU* and bartimes with forestofclouds later. Um.
*I know, I know.
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peer pressure peer pressure
thundernick replied to your post: forestofclouds replied to your post: a numerical…
all i needs is a place to live, a car to drive and a church to work at, lawl.
Place to live.
Car to drive.
Church to work at.
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forestofclouds replied to your post: a numerical account of my life
Thursdays, man. Crazy times.
I’m pretty sure all the most exciting things in my life have happened on Thursdays. Fun fact.
thundernick replied to your post: a numerical account of my life
i need to move to seattle, apparently.
THAT’S WHAT I’VE BEEN SAYING.
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a numerical account of my life
Six stalwart friends hanging out at the bar
Three new numbers added to my phone
One offer for a threesome from a beautiful lady to me and M (to which we responded “Wow, we’re flattered! But no thank you.”)
An unknown quantity of beverages consumed
Four hours of drunken theological ramblings on the floor of my room
Three and a half hours of sleep before my 11-hour workday
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what is even happening to me.
I have finally succumbed to the heresy that is Glee fanfic.
…Judge me. Please. Harshly. :( :( :(
……Klaine!
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Everyone around me is getting married.
toranseisstrong:
mysoultokeep:
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And I’m just like, “fuck that, I just want a cuddle buddy.”
GPOY. My facebook feed is full of wedding pictures and I’m just like DANGER WILL ROBINSON.
In other news, guess who’s not gonna be divorced by 25? :D /cynic
Oh yeah. Most people I know are the Christian homeschooling type, hence all the young marriages. In fact, this is kind...
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Everyone around me is getting married.
toranseisstrong:
And I’m just like, “fuck that, I just want a cuddle buddy.”
GPOY. My facebook feed is full of wedding pictures and I’m just like DANGER WILL ROBINSON.
In other news, guess who’s not gonna be divorced by 25? :D /cynic
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mshedden replied to your post: that awkward moment
I’d go with separate creation accounts and that in the first humanity is created at the same time, thus deconstructing essentialist views in the second. It seems many 1st year assignments assume you will agree with the professor.
Yeah, that sounds like a good approach - if my current plan falls through I may swipe it from ya. Right now...
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that awkward moment
when you have to write a paper about “God’s design for marriage” with regard to gender. And you vehemently disagree with the professor’s heteronormative, Christian-centric, gender-essentialist views of both gender and marriage. And you’re only supposed to use Genesis 1-3 as source material.
…Sometimes I hate seminary.
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I don't want to be a feminist anymore. →
I am tired of being told. I am tired of being told that “a key that unlocks many locks is a good key, but that a lock that can be unlocked by many keys is a bad lock”. I am tired of the fact that nobody who says this has ever been able to tell me what it is that needs to be locked up. I am tired of being told “your boobs are awesome, you should show them of “. I am tired of being told that...
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Why Dave Ramsey is the Problem →
My problem with Dave Ramsey is not with his straight-forward, old-fashioned financial advice applied within a specific context which makes perfect sense to me. Don’t spend beyond your means. Take manageable baby steps to get out of debt once you’re in it. It’s common sense. There’s nothing to oppose about it, but there’s nothing really earth-shattering or “Biblical” about it either, despite the...
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And The Band Played Badly →
My own playing set the standard. I play the bassoon, even if not quite the whole bassoon. I have never quite mastered C-sharp, and I am weak on the notes above the high D. In general, I leave these out if they crop up, and I find that the effect is not unpleasant. I am not entirely untutored, of course, having had a course of lessons in the instrument from a music student who looked quietly...
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almyownstunts:
plot twist kanye west imprints on blue ivy
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Conservative Christians “with a heart for the... →
And as long as you come to us with the message that God wants us to live a love-less life of aloneness and think that we are going to see this as good news, don’t be surprised that we are not impressed. If you think that you are doing us a favor by being “compassionate for our struggle”, then don’t expect any more congratulation than what your are already giving yourself. And until you come up...
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Coupling and Culture: What has marriage been... →
The main difficulty in refuting people who make the claim that “marriage” has “existed since the beginning of human history” for “men and women [to] come together…for the purposes of having children” is actually that there is too much historical fact that refutes it to easily summarize.
As an anthropologist, the temptation is to cite other...
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“According to the monastics, learning the ways of love is a matter of unlearning...”
– Roberta Bondi, To Pray and To Love
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This week has been yet another week of learning to care for myself. I wish I could post about all the things that are currently contributing to my current state of emotional turmoil, but most of them are rather personal situations involving folks who haven’t given me permission to blog about them.
All that is to say. Today (this week, this semester) I’m giving myself grace, in the...
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!!!!!!!!!!!!
I GET TO BE
THE FLOWER GIRL
IN MY FRIEND’S WEDDING.
I am so excited.
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The Radical Femininity of Christ →
The men didn’t get it. They betrayed, abandoned and hung him on a cross. Yet while he was there, who stayed with him? The women. They got it. They stayed at the cross. They returned to the tomb, and as a result, were the first to see the risen Christ. The crucifixion and resurrection stories do not have a “masculine feel.” Indeed, the whole life of Christ is decidedly opposed to the masculine...
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“In our emphasis on being individuals we forget that we live in a whole world...”
– Roberta Bondi, To Pray and to Love
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replies from a million years ago
mshedden replied to your post: Fabulous agenda for tonight Finish reading book…
Which marriage book is dreadful? Passionate marriage or Dan’s book?
Dan’s book, though Passionate Marriage is pretty awful in parts, as well. Dan’s just reads like your stereotypical Christian dating bullshit — I’ve been having flashbacks to Captivating and Wild at Heart as I read. I...
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Fabulous agenda for tonight
Finish reading book for class
Purchase bus pass for February
Purchase additional book for a different class
Pick out a pretty outfit for tomorrow
Paint my nails a pretty color <- I did one hand and got tired of it. We’ll see if I finish tomorrow or if I decide to start a new trend.
Watch last week’s Glee on hulu
Go to bed
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January 2012
26 posts
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my bff karly just graduated from bartending school
I WANT TO GO TO BARTENDING SCHOOL.
KARLY WE WOULD BE THE HOTTEST BARTENDERS LET’S WORK TOGETHER FOREVER WE WILL MAKE ALL THE TIPS.
!!!!
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in which kristen is somewhat whiny.
I don’t fit in with the folks who drink the Christian kool-aid and are all “on fire for God~!” and all that shit because I can see how the church continue to marginalize, abuse, and otherwise wound vulnerable members of its congregation and generally be a huge, collective asshole.
BUT.
I don’t fit in with those who have left the church because I am still deeply in love...
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oh man.
Now I am getting all sorts of ideas for crockpot food. All you do is mix stuff together! And it makes it delicious! WHAT IS THIS SORCERY.
WHAT IF.
Chicken + red potatoes + rice + curry = ?
Corn + rice + tomato soup + salsa = ?
Chicken soup + spices + potatoes + carrots = ?
I could be eating like a grown-up.
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nom.
32 oz tomato and roasted pepper soup
4 oz marscapone
Several heaping teaspoons pesto
Salt and pepper to taste
One crockpot
Combine and wait in anxious anticipation.
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things to blog about when i finally stop Doing...
I have been crazy busy, and sadly that means that I don’t ever get a chance to sit down and unload my brain onto tumblr. ALAS. Here is a list of things I have been thinking about:
Online dating and what it has taught me about myself, healthy relationships, grown-up dating, sexuality, and other people
Why criticism of Seattle’s (over)reaction to snow is so annoying
Proper online...
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just requested an audition for the seattle women's...
:D :D :D
but they’re not until march
:( :( :(
i am very tired of not having music in my life.
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AHHHHH
My friend S just heard back from a missions organization in Mexico he’s been working with for years and they want him to come down and spend four months with them, and possibly stay on full-time after that! Oh my goodness, I am SO excited for him; this is what he’s been wanting to do for as long as I’ve known him, he just hasn’t had the resources/support/opportunity to do...
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how to be a kristen: snowpocalypse edition
Look up snow routes/snow schedules for the different buses in your region. Feel like a Responsible Adult for planning ahead.
Stand at the bus stop for one hour. Encounter no buses.
Curse mightily. Cancel your date for that afternoon.
Return to your house, check the internet, and confirm that yes, there should have been no fewer than three routes servicing your stop.
Giving up all hope in...
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Dave Ramsey's "Truth" About Unemployment →
This is the biggest load of horse shit I’ve read in a long, long time. Let’s look at his major points:
The economy isn’t that bad! Over 90% of Americans are employed! Yeah, and that means that one in ten are still unemployed. Your putting a “positive spin” on well-known statistics isn’t fooling anyone. Saying things like “lots of people lose their...
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The Nicest Place on the Internet →
I need to remember this the next time I’m sad and alone online. :3
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ahhhhh
I just finished The Girl Who Played With Fire on my Kindle and I NEEEEEED to know what happens next, oh my god.
But I have precisely $16 in my checking account and the next book is $12.99. And that sixteen bucks needs to last until the 20th. :(
Amazon wish list? <3
Also it is a full moon tonight and my cats are going crazy. It’s kind of adorable, but then they start chasing each...
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things that excite a grad student
The newest version of Adobe Reader has a highlight text function! No more laboriously taking notes by hand whilst squinting at my tiny computer screen! THIS WILL SAVE ME SO MUCH TIME, OMG.
<3 <3 <3
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The Other Story: De-bunking the Welfare Lie →
A few weeks ago, I was listening to a radio program about the current Republican primary candidates. At one point a woman called in complaining that the candidates are not talking enough about welfare reform. She went on to say that she is a single mom working 60 hours a week to pay for a lifestyle her son’s friends get for free, because in their households one or more parents aren’t working, in...
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