Happy Birthday, erikaj! May the year ahead be filled with much writing and the publishing of same to wider acclaim.
Don't you have an elsewhere to be?
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
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Calli - Sep 18, 2010 3:05:33 am PDT #3104 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Sep 18, 2010 3:06:07 am PDT #3105 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Happy birthday, erika!
Hil R. - Sep 18, 2010 3:16:19 am PDT #3106 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Hil, I've heard it used as a cutesy-mangled version of dominus vobiscum, i.e. "the lord be with you."
Thanks. I'm far less confused now.
Jessica - Sep 18, 2010 4:04:35 am PDT #3107 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
having that faith and losing it does not have to be seen as a tragedy.
Thanks for posting this, I was thinking the same thing. My own path to atheism was a longer one that included a detour through Wicca, but ultimately I'm a happier and more fulfilled person now than I was then. For me shedding faith turned out to be just part of growing up.
Cashmere - Sep 18, 2010 4:20:20 am PDT #3108 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Jessica is me.
Anne W. - Sep 18, 2010 4:25:51 am PDT #3109 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Hey, it's good to see your font here. How are you doing?
Doing well! Work is much less crazy these days, and my energy and general well-being levels are back up due to a number of reasons, so I'm hoping to be less lurky than I have been of late.
having that faith and losing it does not have to be seen as a tragedy.
Yes. This. I agree fully, even though I wouldn't say that I have lost my faith as much as I have kicked down the walls of the box that were stifling it. I suspect most of my old friends from my more churchy days would no longer consider me a Christian, but honestly? That's not their call.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Sep 18, 2010 4:56:28 am PDT #3110 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I wouldn't say that I have lost my faith as much as I have kicked down the walls of the box that were stifling it.
That's it exactly, for me.
smonster - Sep 18, 2010 5:41:21 am PDT #3111 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Erin, seriously, I would page that bitch in the middle of the night.
erika, happy birthday!
I kicked down the walls around my faith years ago, after a somewhat painful period of dithering brought on by growing up in an interfaith family. And then agnosticism. Now I happily pull from lots of faiths, particularly Buddhism, and have been lucky enough to find a church that embraces that and doesn't care that I have Jesus issues.
Zen, sorry you didn't get the resolution you were hoping for. When do you have to go back? And is there a local antique store that would sell the armoire on commission, or are you trying to keep it in the family?
Barb - Sep 18, 2010 7:24:18 am PDT #3112 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Happy birthday, erika!
And Erin, go beat that doctor senseless. Seriously. YOU know your body.
I finally passed out about midnight and was woken up about 8:30, so I got 8 1/2 hours of sleep after 20 of no sleep, so I feel more or less like a truck ran me over, but better than yesterday.
I think today will be a quite inside pants day with college football and beef stew.
Calli - Sep 18, 2010 7:31:21 am PDT #3113 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
After a slow start I got in a bike ride, started a load of laundry, and am running the roomba. That may be the extent of my being a grown-up today.