Between Friends

I am such a loser! Why am I such a loser?

Stop it or I'll kick you in the shin.

Man, I wish I wasn't so fat.....

Now you stop it!

Or what? You're going to kick me in the shin?

No, I am a pacifist......but you could maybe kick yourself.

Baptism for the Dead.

While driving home from soccer yesterday evening, a report came on NPR saying that the LDS Church had done a proxy baptism for President Obama's deceased mother. The following conversation is what followed:

Mom,what is baptism for the dead?

It is when someone stands in for someone who has died, but wasn't baptized in a religion. Mormons do this to baptize people that hadn't been baptized as Mormons.

So they dig up peoples bones and sprinkle water on them? Did they do this to Obama's mom? Did she want this done?

No, they don't dig up bones. They have a person who is alive stand in for the person who is dead, and they are baptized for them.

Whaaaaaaaaa???!!! What if they don't want to be baptized??! What if they wanted to be their own religion, or no religion??!!! THIS MAKES ME SOOOO MAD.

If you have more questions, you should talk to D about it. He knows much more than I do. I think that the Mormons are just doing what they think is right. And if we don't believe the same thing that they believe, then how are they harming us by saying our name and taking a bath?

I don't think I want to talk about it. I am too mad.


Read more here:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/05/presidents-late.html

I've got an idea...

Let's all just settle down for a minute and indulge in a little Scout Niblett.





That's better.

♥

Skin

As a person with skin issues, I am loving this.



Please meet artist Ariana Page Russell.


"My skin is very sensitive and I blush easily. I have dermatographia, a condition in which one’s immune system exhibits hypersensitivity, via skin, that releases excessive amounts of histamine, causing capillaries to dilate and welts to appear (lasting about thirty minutes) when the skin’s surface is lightly scratched. This allows me to painlessly draw patterns and words on my skin, which I then photograph. Even though I can direct this ephemeral response by drawing on it, the reaction is involuntary, much like the uncontrollable nature of a blush."

See some more of her skin work here.

New York is cold, but I like where I'm living

I love Leonard Cohen. There was a great interview with him on NPR this afternoon. You can hear it at:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102692227

Words are blunt instruments.

Words are sawn off shotguns.

Molly Manners

A person whom I can't stand posts something that says "So and so is sick of dealing with dumb people!!" Is there a rule in etiquette that says I shouldn't comment back to her and say, "Maybe you should go kill yourself then."?

BURN!!

St. Patrick Comes Out of the Closet

When the boy asked why I wasn't excited about St. Patrick's Day, I said, "Because it is a dark horrible day and I will tell you the truth about it tonight if you want to know." So right before bed he said, "Hey, you were going to tell me the truth about St. Patrick's Day...". And so I did. I went into a long diatribe about Christians verses Pagans in 400 AD. And on and on and on.

He listened to me patiently then looked me in the eye and said, "Are you trying to tell me that there are no such thing as Leprechauns?" to which I answered, "Absolutely not, I have just never seen one......"

If you want to get technical...

Telling the boy about me being up at 4:00am with sinus problems...

So I wake up at 4:00am and I can't breathe and my throat is killing me because I have been breathing through my mouth for god only knows how long. I get up, try to blow my nose...and NOTHING. I do everything I can do without taking medicine that could potentially keep me awake. Nothing works. I end up taking the medicine, 30 minutes later it is working and I finally fall back asleep.

Well, technically....you take in more oxygen when you breathe through your mouth. It is good for you. You should have just gone with that.

And surprisingly, I didn't strangle him. Why didn't I strangle him? Because revenge is sweet, and now I wait patiently for him to get congested so that I can use his words against him. Paybacks are a bitch son, and that bitch is your mama.

Masta Killa, killing carrots and stuff...

Wu Tang's Masta Killa is the newest face of Peta.


Find out more about Masta Killa at peta2.com.