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Name: Wick, just Wick
Birthday: 10/23/1986
Gender: Male
Interests: Activism and glam rock. Is there anything else in life?
Expertise: Confusion. AIM me at The Mach Turtle
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Member Since:
6/4/2003
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| During this trip I have had two amazing compliments.
The first was that. "You have this energy about you, that's so positive. I felt like I had an immediate connection with you. The only word I can think of to describe it is 'goddess energy.'"
The second was tonight. Cylest, who was raised evangelical said, "I've found you, without professing any sort of faith, are more Christ-like than any, or probably all, of the Christians I know."
Lack of faith doesn't mean lack of love and ethics.
I got an apology from Phil Lawson, a veteran of the civil rights movement, brother to the main who trained the Freedom Riders. He apologized for what his generation failed to do. He apologized for things he fought so hard for, but still aren't fixed.
I don't want to give that apology. But if I do have to one day, I want to be able to say that I tried to make the world a better place. I tried like Rev. Lawson did. There were those of us in the world, who realized the problems and tried to make a difference. This motivates every aspect of my life. From my veganism to my work on the Equality Ride. It's all related. And it's all for my children. And my niece. And my children's children. Make our generation the one that doesn't have to give that apology. | | |
| I arrived in Minneapolis. I had a nice evening of sleeping in an airport, that was new. Now I'm here. It was neat to see everyone. It feels like everyone has only been away a few days. I fear I'm finding that more and more in my life. That everyone around me feels transient. As if I have a million friends everywhere in the world. Life is feeling more and more like some silly techno montage instead of actual happenings. It's nice, but I wonder if it's going to fast. | | |
| I am very upset. It seems as if Valentine's Day has discovered how to extend itself for several days.
One trip to the emergency room, being cancelled on last minute for a really important thing, realizing you are a hypocrite, losing some faith in yourself, and falling down in the middle of broadway while crossing the street after unsuccessfully trying to get financial aid, and here we are.
Sometimes it's really hard to be optimistic. I understand and am able to consciously think about the fact that most things are temporary, which is why I'm hardly ever angry. But at the same time these things are affecting me now, and sometimes I feel like I am letting myself be walked on because I won't get angry.
I had a nice conversation with my sister the other day. She told me that when I fall in love, she will accept that person as a part of the family, even if it is a he. That made me cry. I spend so much of my time trying to help other people who are gay that I forget that I still have these issues with my family. Nothing would make me happier than my family just accepting me as I am.
I am really wondering if I am brave enough to do something like the equality ride. I don't even know if I should be there since I am one of the few people who is not Christian.
I really hate the common Christian mentality of love the sinner, hate the sin.
It still allows you to hate.
I have so much that I have to do in the next two weeks, and unfortunately it looks like I might be fairly upset during them. | | |
| Fuck you Valentine's Day. | | |
| Booo Valentine's Day.
jaja por supuesto. | | |
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