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i have a crazy dog.
who runs all over the house like that dog in Spanglish in order to get her silly little ball.  It's funny.
Aside from that, life is pretty evenly tempoed right now.  I'm going into my senior year, and for that I am SO excited.  I was talking to my cousin over the weekend and she's all "I'm not looking forward to it.  I like highschool!"
Well, my friends, I don't.  It's just been this period where I question EVERYTHING, where nothing that used to be right is right anymore, and where people aren't who I thought they were.  It's just been tough, tough, tough.  I remember posting in here once about how high school had started out being pretty rough, and I'm sorry to say that that hasn't changed at all.
I think I'm way more built for college.  I may have my expectations crushed when I get there, but for now it seems like it'll be so much better, or at least so much more worth dealing with!

Right now I'm just catching up on my art stuff and avoiding having to see anyone that I don't want to see.  I'm relishing in my aloneness, that's for sure.  It's awesome.
I got contacts, too, last Friday.  They're weird, but I think I'll get used to them.  I just don't want to wear them much at home because it's hard for me to draw with even my glasses on, and since I draw so frequently there's no reason for me to have contacts in around the house.  And I've already switched brands once.  I had to deal with a really uncomfortable pair the entire time that I was at work on Sunday, for like, 6 hours, so we went back to the store yesterday and he upped the strength of them a little bit and gave me a different brand to try.  They made a remarkable difference!

Sooo, I think that's all that I have to say.  I just wanted to update this lovely blog! :]
 
 
   
 

Help, I forgot....
I have forgotten how to post a picture on here.  Can someone refresh my memory?
 
 
 

   
Woman Accuses Shelter of Discrimination

After reading this I got a mixed message, first to be thrown out because of some novels and jewlery of any  faith is really uncalled for and sad commentary of people . Second it states she couldn't get along with the other women, but does not mention why? Was it because she was pagan and they weren't or was she confrontational? it just made it sound like the latter and that they were using it as a second excuse to their behavior  and back tracking and using that as their excuse instead of the pagan/religious intolerance theme, kicking her out in the streets because of religious intolerance looks bad on them. What do you all think, were they within their rights? or what?

 

Woman Accuses Shelter of Discrimination

Woman Accuses Shelter of Discrimination
Save a link to this article and return to it at www.savethis.comBy Danielle Leigh
A young lady seeking help from a faith-based temporary housing program in Idaho Falls is on the streets tonight, looking for shelter.

I spoke with Rachel "Raven" Litzau this afternoon after she was kicked out of the Ruth House. She tells me the organization is discriminating against her because of her beliefs.

Litzau came to the Ruth House two weeks ago with her 17-month-old son. She was trying to get away from her abusive husband and get back on her feet.

"They help you with job searches, with resumes. They try to help you combat any addiction you might have," says Litzau.

The Ruth House is a non-denominational christian housing center. They say they will accept anyone, but Litzau is pagan. And she tells me that quickly became a problem.

"It was along the lines of, 'Oh, well we've had a lot of complaints about this,' and then suddenly it was like she saw my ring for the first time, and said, 'Oh, and that's got to go that's satanic and your jewelry has to go,' and I said, 'I'm sorry I can't do that. It was really insulting because there's a big difference between satanism and paganism," says Litzau.

In addition to her jewelry, an administrator at the Ruth House had an issue with Litzau's choice of literature, a fiction series on witches.

When Litzau refused to discard her jewelry and books, she was asked to leave.

"It's upsetting because of the fact that it's supposed to be helping women get on their feet no matter what their faith," says Litzau.

Tonight, Litzau isn't sure where she'll stay.

"At the moment it's looking like a park bench or a bridge tonight because all of the shelters in town are basically filled up," says Litzau.

I couldn't talk to the director of the Ruth House on camera, but did reach him over the phone.

Robert Gulden tells me he's not even sure Litzau violated any of the organization's rules.

They don't have any standards on jewelry and the only rules on literature state that the ladies can't read books with descriptive words or pornographic pictures.

Gulden did mention Litzau was struggling to get along with the nine other girls in the room, and that probably influenced his staff's decision.

"At least be open minded. At least be accepting of others differences because that's what it feels like they're not doing right now," says Litzau.

Before I talked to Gulden, he hadn't even heard of the issue. He tells me he should have been notified and that his staff didn't follow proper protocol.

That's why Gulden is asking Litzau to come meet with him personally and try to work things out.

On a side note, Litzau was being housed through private funds and was required to contribute 30 dollars a week to continue staying at the shelter.

She had not paid this week, but Gulden says that's not an issue because they knew she was actively looking for a job and for that reason wouldn't kick her out even though she couldn't pay.
 
 
   
 

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

 

SO WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK, SHOULD HE BE ABLE TO KEEP IT OR NOT? DO YOU THINK THAT IF THEY WERE CHRISTIAN SYMBOLS, THE CROSS, OR THE FISH THAT IT WOULD BE AN ISSUE?

PERSONALLY I THINK THAT IF IT IS NOT TRASHY, OR PORN AND DOES NO HARM THEN WHY THE HELL NOT?

 

 

Pagan symbols on fence must go, city insists

By MELISSA WALKER • mewalker@dmreg.com • June 10, 2008

 

Robert Frost once said "good fences make good neighbors."

Apparently not when the fence is used to express religious beliefs.

A Des Moines couple say city officials have attacked their pagan religion and their civil rights after a complaint from a neighbor led to a notice to remove symbols that had been painted on the fence. Officials said the symbols are graffiti and must be removed.

"Those are religious symbols; they're not mean or obnoxious in any way," said Ryle MacPebbles who lives in the 2000 block of Southeast Sixth Street. "I just don't like them telling me my religion isn't anything.

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"When they start making it personal with my religion, I'm sorry, we'll take it to court," said MacPebbles, a member of the American Pagan Church.

The MacPebbleses said a city inspector approved the fence earlier this year. The symbols - a bull that represents food blessings; letters of ancient Germanic alphabet that mean good health, protection and larger perspective; a pentagram; and other Celtic paganism symbols - were on the fence when it was inspected.

City inspection officials said that may be the case, but a permit and development inspector reviewed the fence, not the neighborhood inspections division, which issued the graffiti removal notice after a May 8 complaint.

"When he said the fence is OK, he said the fence is constructed correctly," said Ben Bishop, neighborhood inspections administrator. "Our position is this was graffiti and it was inappropriate."

City law defines any "inscription, drawing, picture, letter, number, symbol or other written communication" on a surface not intended for such use as graffiti. It does not specifically address religious symbols. MacPebbles said he painted the symbols on the outside of the fence to protect the family's home and to ward off evil energy.

Phil Delafield, the city's permit and development administrator, said he did not know whether the inspector had reported the symbols as graffiti, but normally wouldn't.

"They were not reacting to the symbology of the fence," he said. "It's not within our area of authority."

The MacPebbleses appealed the removal notice on Monday. "Don't you think being a good neighbor you should have put them on your side of the fence?" asked hearing officer LeAnn Ducey, who will decide whether the symbols must be removed.

Rachel MacPebbles said an attorney told them they have a case and to contact the American Civil Liberties Union.

"Pagans have worked hundreds and hundreds of years to have the same rights as Christians to avoid persecution," she said.

 
 
 

   
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I'm writing this blog hoping some one can interpret the song question to me. I need an outsider's opinion on what the song means.
 
 
   
 

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