This double-post brought to you by Seamus.

I have no Be True To Your School. I guess cause I went to one where if you're breathing and have 2.5 GPA they had to take you.(And they're not so picky about the 2.5.) So I don't care when they paint the mountain or any of that homecoming stuff

Peeps tend to get all proud of their self-selected group--that's why they selected that group in the first place.

Agreed. But there's being proud of your group and there's thinking that your group is so awesome that all others suck. And verbalizing that. Loudly. Unrelentingly.

Kristin, I hope that Byron's tumors are nothing to worry about.

But there's being proud of your group and there's thinking that your group is so awesome that all others suck. And verbalizing that. Loudly. Unrelentingly.

This. I mean, fine, you think your school or church or BDSM dungeon is Da Whip Sheeit and Constructed Entirely of Awesome, but, dude...

1) Shut the fuck up about it.
2) Do not presume to tell anyone your social whatever is so Divine In Nature that MY group must, by dint of Not Being Your Group, suck.
3) Shut the fuck up about it.

But there's being proud of your group and there's thinking that your group is so awesome that all others suck. And verbalizing that. Loudly. Unrelentingly.

Fear of this keeps me far, far away from joining. Me? Not a joiner...except of course, here...and my March community...and my neighborhood group...and, okay...I' guess I'm a serial monogamist when it comes to groups.

I don't, however, have any be true to your school. Not really sure why.

eta:

1) Shut the fuck up about it.

2) Do not presume to tell anyone your social whatever is so Divine In Nature that MY group must, by dint of Not Being Your Group, suck.

3) Shut the fuck up about it.

Manifesto! We have a manifesto!!

looks at glass on desk

I HAVE BEER!!!

I went to a college where the cheer was "Beat 'em up, tear 'em up, kill Quakers, kill!" (actually my college's brother school, but you get the idea ... OUR cheer was in Greek).

I HAVE BEER!!!

No fair! I don't!

bonny, how'd your sessions go today?

kitty~ma

I had an unpleasant encounter in front of the gorcery this morning. A lady asked if I wanted to sign her petition. When I found out it was to define marriage as between a man and a woman I declined. She proceeded to try to sway me. I told her I believe in the freedom to marry regardless of orientation.

She said, "but they're in our schools teaching our children!"

"yes! and I'm one of them! Leave me alone!" I finally shouted before storming off. Sheesh

(this is the Albertson's in Lakewood at the corner of Clark and Del Amo if anyone's in the neighborhood and wants to go tell her to piss off)

I went to a college where the cheer was "Beat 'em up, tear 'em up, kill Quakers, kill!" (actually my college's brother school, but you get the idea ...

Earlham College? I went to a football game and they were the "hustling Quakers" on account of the whole non-violence thing.