The Shoe’s on the Other Foot

Yesterday and today’s news headlines have been making me laugh: December 17, 2008, 7:27 pm Gay Activists Decry Pastor’s Role in Swearing-In By Sarah Wheaton The Rev. Rick Warren, a conservative evangelical pastor, has been tapped to deliver the invocation at President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration – and gay rights advocates are not happy about it. … Read more

Counting Down

3 days until I’m done with school. 18 days until I take off for Spain. Right now my feelings are split between apprehension about looming finals and pure excitement about Spain. I’m sure that all the academics-related anxiety will go right out the window come Wednesday and I’ll be giddy as hell. I have a … Read more

Happy Christmas

WAR IS OVER! (If You Want It) from Yoko Ono on Vimeo.

An Open Inquiry: The Meaning of Romance

Today I had a really interesting conversation with someone about what things like marriage and romance mean to us. And by “interesting,” I mean that we disagreed on almost everything! 😀 (Actually, it wasn’t as much disagreement as it was approaching the subjects from very different perspectives.) I find it fascinating how we use words … Read more

An Election Prayer

May this country’s future be one worthy of its founding ideals of freedom, equality, and self-determination. May we come closer and closer to liberty and justice for all. For everyone who has made up their minds and fears a negative outcome, comfort. For the polarized and disagreeing, understanding and respect. May we not be a … Read more