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- JesusFreak84
- 23, Theology major, female. Prone to random bouts of randomness. This is my main 100% public blog.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Friday, October 21, 2005
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Coolness
Podcasts are so much fun. =-P I swear, they're a better argument for an iPod than music is. I should update this more often. Doing some Visual Basic homework right now. BORING!!! -_-
Wish there were people around on IM to talk to. =-
Later.
Wish there were people around on IM to talk to. =-
Later.
Thursday, August 18, 2005
Thursday, August 11, 2005
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Monday, August 08, 2005
I love how it only goes one way...
Will transfer this post to Live Journal later, but since I don't have as many readers here, I don't mind letting my mind just fall out on here. Anyway.
So my 21st birthday is this Friday, but I'm going to be in Michigan then with the Veritas campout. My parents' 25th anniversary is this Tuesday, but that's during the week, and have fun getting ahold of a priest then. =-P They wanted to run into and talk to the priest who married them, baptized me, and confirmed my dad. He's at St. Bede's, on the south side of Chicago. Their former pastor is in jail. Poor parish. However, I was really psyched to see the old style of confessionals and a COMMUNION RAIL!!!! ^_^ However, according to my parents, now that Fr. Bill is their pastor, within 5 years all of that will probably be gone and the parish will be thourghly "modernized." And they talked like this was a good thing!!! This poor parish has suffered enough lately, and now this priest is going to take away their sense of their Catholic heretage.
On another peg, Fr. Bill considers Mother Angelica, from EWTN, to be the worst thing that has happened to the Catholic Church. This after giving a whole long lecture on how we should accept everyone's opinions, even if we don't agree with them. And my family thinks I'm a hypocrite. This is also the same priest who told my parents that it was OK to use contraception. Know how that makes me feel, as the oldest child? Like an egg that just happened to get lucky. Ick. No child should grow up feeling like that. This priest also thinks everyone, Catholic and not, should recieve communion, not discerning the Body and Blood of Christ at all. THIS IS NOT A COOKIE AND SODA!!! IT'S THE BODY, BLOOD, SOUL, AND DIVINITY OF JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD!!! Fr. Bill basically thinks I'm an idiot, but seems to think I'll "grow out of it" or some junk like that. My parents were impressed, though, that I bit my tougne. WANTED to go after his jungular vein. Priests like him do grave harm to the Body of Christ. My family was all like, "He can get anyone to come back to the Church." Hardly. He just tells them they're still in the Church, whether they believe it or not. And I thought St. Julie's taught bad theology.
Since it's almost 2AM CDT, I'm going to end this for now. My only parting comment is that the cantor couldn't sing for a darn. Ah well. And the altar server oufits were ugly. Ah well again. Can we just all go back to the Tridentine Mass or something, where people didn't horse around anywhere NEAR as much. Oye.
Guten Nacht!
So my 21st birthday is this Friday, but I'm going to be in Michigan then with the Veritas campout. My parents' 25th anniversary is this Tuesday, but that's during the week, and have fun getting ahold of a priest then. =-P They wanted to run into and talk to the priest who married them, baptized me, and confirmed my dad. He's at St. Bede's, on the south side of Chicago. Their former pastor is in jail. Poor parish. However, I was really psyched to see the old style of confessionals and a COMMUNION RAIL!!!! ^_^ However, according to my parents, now that Fr. Bill is their pastor, within 5 years all of that will probably be gone and the parish will be thourghly "modernized." And they talked like this was a good thing!!! This poor parish has suffered enough lately, and now this priest is going to take away their sense of their Catholic heretage.
On another peg, Fr. Bill considers Mother Angelica, from EWTN, to be the worst thing that has happened to the Catholic Church. This after giving a whole long lecture on how we should accept everyone's opinions, even if we don't agree with them. And my family thinks I'm a hypocrite. This is also the same priest who told my parents that it was OK to use contraception. Know how that makes me feel, as the oldest child? Like an egg that just happened to get lucky. Ick. No child should grow up feeling like that. This priest also thinks everyone, Catholic and not, should recieve communion, not discerning the Body and Blood of Christ at all. THIS IS NOT A COOKIE AND SODA!!! IT'S THE BODY, BLOOD, SOUL, AND DIVINITY OF JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD!!! Fr. Bill basically thinks I'm an idiot, but seems to think I'll "grow out of it" or some junk like that. My parents were impressed, though, that I bit my tougne. WANTED to go after his jungular vein. Priests like him do grave harm to the Body of Christ. My family was all like, "He can get anyone to come back to the Church." Hardly. He just tells them they're still in the Church, whether they believe it or not. And I thought St. Julie's taught bad theology.
Since it's almost 2AM CDT, I'm going to end this for now. My only parting comment is that the cantor couldn't sing for a darn. Ah well. And the altar server oufits were ugly. Ah well again. Can we just all go back to the Tridentine Mass or something, where people didn't horse around anywhere NEAR as much. Oye.
Guten Nacht!
Thursday, August 04, 2005
An update...
Soooo bored....I should be cleaning my room, but it's so cramped in there right now because of everything being everywhere. Grrr...I have to work Saturday. I don't want to. At least it's a country concert, so things should be reletivly tame. I can't believe I'll be 21 in a week...freaky. That also means one week to campout! ^_^ Wheee!!! And I get to see my Sara friend! One of our friends was joking a week or so ago that all of us girls who are on anti-depressants should form the "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pills." Let's see. I've tried Lexapro, Zoloft, Effexor XR, and am settling on a non-time-release version of Effexor. I'm just glad I found something that worked reletivly quickly. Sara's been on the pill merry-go-round for years now. =-(
Sounds like Michelle's up. Oh dear...
Should...clean...room.......don't...want...to...Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends rotting my brains...will have no brain cells left for school...
I want a cookie. Or a whole box of them--Girl Scout cookies, thin mints or carmel delights....MMMMMMM...
Alright, I really do need to do something constructive today. Time to put CDs on my clock-radio and finnish gutting my room. Some of the stuff I cleaned out yesterday hasn't moved since I moved into the room in the summer between 5th and 6th grade. Packrat/slob extrordinare {sp?}!
Bis Spater / Ja ne!
Sounds like Michelle's up. Oh dear...
Should...clean...room.......don't...want...to...Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends rotting my brains...will have no brain cells left for school...
I want a cookie. Or a whole box of them--Girl Scout cookies, thin mints or carmel delights....MMMMMMM...
Alright, I really do need to do something constructive today. Time to put CDs on my clock-radio and finnish gutting my room. Some of the stuff I cleaned out yesterday hasn't moved since I moved into the room in the summer between 5th and 6th grade. Packrat/slob extrordinare {sp?}!
Bis Spater / Ja ne!
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Dangit all...
What do I have to do to get rid of these stupid democrat adds? Grrr...
NEWSFLASH TO GOOGLE!!! I AM NOT A DEMOCRAT!!!! GOP4ME!!!!
OK, back to rotting my brains on television...
NEWSFLASH TO GOOGLE!!! I AM NOT A DEMOCRAT!!!! GOP4ME!!!!
OK, back to rotting my brains on television...
Monday, July 25, 2005
Blech
Blech--my stomach feels like trash. I want to go back to sleep. Going back to school would rock, too, but I'd like to take my bed from home with me. Soooo much comfier. {sp?} I'm a little antsy about classes and all. I'll be fine...I hope. Worried about other stuff, too, but that's for a private entry on my Live Journal.
I get to see the shrink this week. Found my referall, but the paper I wrote the appointment time (I know the date,) and address on got thrown out. Why am I not surprised?
*Yawn* I hope Meg's OK. She seemed OK when I called her today, though tired, but she has been working today. Better at the vet than at Tweeter (though I'm tempted to ask her sometime which job leaves her smelling worse at the end of the day. ^_~)
I want more anime. And some Pocky. Would anyone like to get me some Pocky? There's like NOWHERE to get Pocky around here, except this gross almond stuff at Suncoast in the mall. Um, no. Meg gave me some for Christmas this past year, and it was OK enough, I guess, but I wouldn't repeat the experience. I want strawberry Pocky...or dark chocolate....mmmmm... I read in last month's Shojo Beat that manga anthologies in Japan can be the size of an American phone book. I wish I had one of those. I read fast when I'm pulled in, and manga is no exception.
Watching X-Play. To their credit, the hosts gave plenty of stern warnings that for their first review the children should leave the room. I would obviously rather they don't cover that kind of stuff, but at least they give a heads up before they do. I know a lot of people today don't want to bother going the extra mile, but I'll be happy if they take the extra inch, darn it.
OK, tummy isn't happy with me today.
Bis Spater/ Ja Ne!
I get to see the shrink this week. Found my referall, but the paper I wrote the appointment time (I know the date,) and address on got thrown out. Why am I not surprised?
*Yawn* I hope Meg's OK. She seemed OK when I called her today, though tired, but she has been working today. Better at the vet than at Tweeter (though I'm tempted to ask her sometime which job leaves her smelling worse at the end of the day. ^_~)
I want more anime. And some Pocky. Would anyone like to get me some Pocky? There's like NOWHERE to get Pocky around here, except this gross almond stuff at Suncoast in the mall. Um, no. Meg gave me some for Christmas this past year, and it was OK enough, I guess, but I wouldn't repeat the experience. I want strawberry Pocky...or dark chocolate....mmmmm... I read in last month's Shojo Beat that manga anthologies in Japan can be the size of an American phone book. I wish I had one of those. I read fast when I'm pulled in, and manga is no exception.
Watching X-Play. To their credit, the hosts gave plenty of stern warnings that for their first review the children should leave the room. I would obviously rather they don't cover that kind of stuff, but at least they give a heads up before they do. I know a lot of people today don't want to bother going the extra mile, but I'll be happy if they take the extra inch, darn it.
OK, tummy isn't happy with me today.
Bis Spater/ Ja Ne!
Monday, July 18, 2005
Friday, July 15, 2005
Monday, June 20, 2005
BillOReilly.com: Bill's Current Column
BillOReilly.com: Bill's Current Column: " Extreme Dean
By: Bill O'Reilly for BillOReilly.com
Thursday, Jun 16, 2005
This week a bunch of newspapers in places like Cincinnati and Pittsburgh tried to rally support for the beleaguered Howard Dean, and I am with them... well, somewhat.
The thing you've got to love about Howard Dean is that he is sincere in his hate. No phony is he, Dean despises Republicans and everything for which they stand. If it were up to Dean, those white, Christian layabouts would be shunned, scorned and mocked. Come to think of it, it is up to Dean. As the DNC chief, he is launching personal attacks against Republicans all over the place.
Honestly, where would Howard Dean be without hate? Last year it made him the darling of the far-left internet crowd, which poured millions into his presidential campaign. Dean's loathing of the GOP sent the self-described 'Deaniacs' into ecstasy. The more Dean poured on the vitriol, the more money came rolling in. Dean embraced abhorrence with a vengeance Joseph McCarthy would have admired.
But that was then, and this is now. Some democrats like John Edwards and Senator Joseph Biden have recently criticized Dean's personal attacks, but that's akin to ordering salmon for dinner and then, when it arrives, complaining that you don't like fish. Democrats knew Dean was a character assassin when they elected him chairman of the National Committee. This is like the scene in 'Casablanca' when Claude Rains announces he's 'shocked' there is gambling going on in Rick's place.
The truth is that hate has been very good to Howard Dean. Without his animus, he'd probably be running a bed and breakfast in Bennington. Dean broke away from the bland political crowd by being a mean guy. He relished calling people names and surrounded himself with media smear merchants. Can you imagine a responsible politician saying publicly that he 'hates' Republicans? That's alienating about half tThat's alienating about half the country with one sentence. So much for Dean's insistence that the Democrats are the party of "inclusion."
To be fair, at the height of the Clinton bashing hysteria, there were Republican politicians throwing defamation bombs all over the place. But they were very specific. Clinton was the devil. The GOP did not expand its hatred to include Sally and Joe who voted for the man. They kept their fire concentrated on Bill Clinton and pretty much left the civilians alone.
Fair-minded Americans know trafficking in hate is foolish and destructive. Howard Dean's anger may be amusing, but the unintended consequence is it has made him a joke. Dean can command a forum of true believers now, but America has always dismissed haters over time. And that's what will happen with Dean and anyone else who deals in character assassination.
I know some readers will disagree with that assessment, because the hate industry can be very profitable. But there's a price to pay for blood money. Let's look at two examples, one from each side. Ultra-right wing radio talk show host Michael Savage was recently ignored by most media when he attempted to hawk his new book, a kindly tome that says liberalism is a "mental disorder." Savage couldn't get booked anywhere in the national media. His use of personal attacks has made him radioactive.
Far-left guttersnipe Al Franken, whose defamation skills dwarf those of Savage, still has access to some media (which says something about industry bias), but in the last presidential campaign, John Kerry's handlers kept their candidate far away from Franken. Jimmy Carter took major heat for sitting close to Michael Moore at the Democratic Convention, and Kerry's advisors took note. Extremist associations are not good for any candidate.
Which is why Howard Dean's conduct is so strange. Do you think Hillary Clinton or any other democratic candidate for president in 2008 will want Howard campaigning for them? I can just hear it now: "I hate Republicans and so does Hillary! Hooorah!"
Despite the absurdity of Dean's demeanor and the chorus of fellow Democrats who want him to button it, the Governor remains unrepentant and seemingly untroubled with his tactics. Many in the left-wing press are solidly behind him, and the guy continues to talk the trash talk.
He does this because ol' Howard Dean knows something that many of us do not know: Hate means never having to say you're sorry.
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By: Bill O'Reilly for BillOReilly.com
Thursday, Jun 16, 2005
This week a bunch of newspapers in places like Cincinnati and Pittsburgh tried to rally support for the beleaguered Howard Dean, and I am with them... well, somewhat.
The thing you've got to love about Howard Dean is that he is sincere in his hate. No phony is he, Dean despises Republicans and everything for which they stand. If it were up to Dean, those white, Christian layabouts would be shunned, scorned and mocked. Come to think of it, it is up to Dean. As the DNC chief, he is launching personal attacks against Republicans all over the place.
Honestly, where would Howard Dean be without hate? Last year it made him the darling of the far-left internet crowd, which poured millions into his presidential campaign. Dean's loathing of the GOP sent the self-described 'Deaniacs' into ecstasy. The more Dean poured on the vitriol, the more money came rolling in. Dean embraced abhorrence with a vengeance Joseph McCarthy would have admired.
But that was then, and this is now. Some democrats like John Edwards and Senator Joseph Biden have recently criticized Dean's personal attacks, but that's akin to ordering salmon for dinner and then, when it arrives, complaining that you don't like fish. Democrats knew Dean was a character assassin when they elected him chairman of the National Committee. This is like the scene in 'Casablanca' when Claude Rains announces he's 'shocked' there is gambling going on in Rick's place.
The truth is that hate has been very good to Howard Dean. Without his animus, he'd probably be running a bed and breakfast in Bennington. Dean broke away from the bland political crowd by being a mean guy. He relished calling people names and surrounded himself with media smear merchants. Can you imagine a responsible politician saying publicly that he 'hates' Republicans? That's alienating about half tThat's alienating about half the country with one sentence. So much for Dean's insistence that the Democrats are the party of "inclusion."
To be fair, at the height of the Clinton bashing hysteria, there were Republican politicians throwing defamation bombs all over the place. But they were very specific. Clinton was the devil. The GOP did not expand its hatred to include Sally and Joe who voted for the man. They kept their fire concentrated on Bill Clinton and pretty much left the civilians alone.
Fair-minded Americans know trafficking in hate is foolish and destructive. Howard Dean's anger may be amusing, but the unintended consequence is it has made him a joke. Dean can command a forum of true believers now, but America has always dismissed haters over time. And that's what will happen with Dean and anyone else who deals in character assassination.
I know some readers will disagree with that assessment, because the hate industry can be very profitable. But there's a price to pay for blood money. Let's look at two examples, one from each side. Ultra-right wing radio talk show host Michael Savage was recently ignored by most media when he attempted to hawk his new book, a kindly tome that says liberalism is a "mental disorder." Savage couldn't get booked anywhere in the national media. His use of personal attacks has made him radioactive.
Far-left guttersnipe Al Franken, whose defamation skills dwarf those of Savage, still has access to some media (which says something about industry bias), but in the last presidential campaign, John Kerry's handlers kept their candidate far away from Franken. Jimmy Carter took major heat for sitting close to Michael Moore at the Democratic Convention, and Kerry's advisors took note. Extremist associations are not good for any candidate.
Which is why Howard Dean's conduct is so strange. Do you think Hillary Clinton or any other democratic candidate for president in 2008 will want Howard campaigning for them? I can just hear it now: "I hate Republicans and so does Hillary! Hooorah!"
Despite the absurdity of Dean's demeanor and the chorus of fellow Democrats who want him to button it, the Governor remains unrepentant and seemingly untroubled with his tactics. Many in the left-wing press are solidly behind him, and the guy continues to talk the trash talk.
He does this because ol' Howard Dean knows something that many of us do not know: Hate means never having to say you're sorry.
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Friday, June 03, 2005
Monday, May 30, 2005
I wish Michelle would turn the music down--way too freaking loud!
Haven't updated this blog in a while. Yeah, yeah, I know-bad Janet. Let's see...what is new and exciting in my life besides absolutly nothing...
Saw some of my friends from high school for the first time since like graduation. Signed up to play intermural co-ed softball again this summer. (16" slow-pitch, if anyone cares. =-P ) Was interesting. I didn't feel like as much of an outsider as last summer when I tried hanging with the old crew. I still don't think I'll ever again be as close to them as I once was--we've all changed too much, I guess.
Still looking for a job, with no success. Some of the TNT college students actually have jobs by campus, so they're staying in that area. Wish that was an option for me; I'd be a lot closer to all my AQ friends. Ah well.
Geeze...how am I so tired when I just woke up like 7 hours ago? Oye...and I'm cold, too.
At the shing-ding tonight, Mrs. Pluchar had us fill out these salmon-colored forms with contact info and any activities we'd like to do as a college group. I put down some stuff the Catholic Studies Club at Aquinas has done that I've really liked, like Eucharistic Adoration, praise and worship, Bible studies, and the like. However, I fear it will be like high school all over again--I don't know if their hearts are any softer now than then, or if they've gotten even harder. =-\ Shows the contrast between TNT and my friends at Aquinas. I really hope my parents let me go back this fall...
Can't stop yawning...might just set InuYasha to tape tonight and hit the sack early. Dad, in his facisim, has decided to put a time limitor on my screen name for AOL. He forgets I know more about these things than he does... 0;-)
Yeah...so I have nothing to write...laters!
Saw some of my friends from high school for the first time since like graduation. Signed up to play intermural co-ed softball again this summer. (16" slow-pitch, if anyone cares. =-P ) Was interesting. I didn't feel like as much of an outsider as last summer when I tried hanging with the old crew. I still don't think I'll ever again be as close to them as I once was--we've all changed too much, I guess.
Still looking for a job, with no success. Some of the TNT college students actually have jobs by campus, so they're staying in that area. Wish that was an option for me; I'd be a lot closer to all my AQ friends. Ah well.
Geeze...how am I so tired when I just woke up like 7 hours ago? Oye...and I'm cold, too.
At the shing-ding tonight, Mrs. Pluchar had us fill out these salmon-colored forms with contact info and any activities we'd like to do as a college group. I put down some stuff the Catholic Studies Club at Aquinas has done that I've really liked, like Eucharistic Adoration, praise and worship, Bible studies, and the like. However, I fear it will be like high school all over again--I don't know if their hearts are any softer now than then, or if they've gotten even harder. =-\ Shows the contrast between TNT and my friends at Aquinas. I really hope my parents let me go back this fall...
Can't stop yawning...might just set InuYasha to tape tonight and hit the sack early. Dad, in his facisim, has decided to put a time limitor on my screen name for AOL. He forgets I know more about these things than he does... 0;-)
Yeah...so I have nothing to write...laters!
Thursday, May 26, 2005
Clicky!
http://www.passthepotato.com/potato.php?potatoid=050524233643-686513
Also check this: http://www.institute-christ-king.org/ !!!!! ^_^
Rock out! Makes me happy to be Roman Catholic! ^_^
Also check this: http://www.institute-christ-king.org/ !!!!! ^_^
Rock out! Makes me happy to be Roman Catholic! ^_^
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
An Update
I should probably update this every so often.
Despirate for funds, I am going to try this Google Ad-Sense thing. You click, I get money. Still need to set it up, though.
Ewww...Michelle's watching some "Top Moments in Horror Film" thing. I think I am going to hurl. ICK ICK ICK ICK!!!
I think I could go shower now...ugh...
My sister is very sick and twisted. >_<
Despirate for funds, I am going to try this Google Ad-Sense thing. You click, I get money. Still need to set it up, though.
Ewww...Michelle's watching some "Top Moments in Horror Film" thing. I think I am going to hurl. ICK ICK ICK ICK!!!
I think I could go shower now...ugh...
My sister is very sick and twisted. >_<
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