Doing things the hard way?
Nov. 23rd, 2009 09:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
serynI saw something where we're supposed to pat ourselves on the back for something we did that was hard, or that we did well, or that we did even though we didn't want to.
I knitted a rabbit. It is lifelike enough that my SO saw it on the sofa and yelled, "Agh! Squirrel!"
You can imagine that I am not sure how successful that means it was. To a certain extent, my SO is a city boy, it's possible that all small mammals are "squirrels".
I am still volunteering even though it half sucks so bad I never want to knit anything myself again. The other half hovers at about B- because there's a lot of meh intermixed with the lightbulb moments. I did actually talk to someone today about further volunteer opportunities.
Of course, the new opportunities are church related so I will most likely pass. I really do understand that Christianity should not be inherently evil. I just can't get past the problem when evil people stand up and claim affiliation and no one says, "Not like me you're not." but people who aren't Christian aren't allowed to argue against them because of the catch-all "devil quotes scripture". So the only people who can make a difference sit on their hands and say they don't think anyone should intrude on personal faith. All the while the evil people are saying that Christians think killing all Muslims is what "God wants" and that it's right for soldiers to die because the country they're defending doesn't slaughter homosexuals. There are evil people who believe murdering doctors is right even when it has to be done inside a church. And the only Christian I saw discussing it said we shouldn't assume the guy did it since it's only an alleged crime. See, the system is set up so all Christians defend other Christians, but none of them naysay anyone's activities that are done in the name of any church. And anyone non-Christian is going to be arguing with logic against pure faith--- and a faith that demands unquestioning acceptance of doctrine at that. But no one seems to be able to see that this perpetuates evil. I'm afraid that the hard thing to do in this case will be giving up an opportunity I would really enjoy because I refuse to help people learn to knit who stand idly by while evil is preached in their names.
Some stuff got screwed up this morning, schedule-wise. I got really upset about it. Beyond what was reasonable. About 12 hours later I discovered I hadn't taken any anti-allergy stuff and, *shockingly*, my head was hurting.
I have jury duty in about 2 weeks. I postponed it last May because I was traveling. They sent me a reminder. I'd wondered if they did that or if I was supposed to be responsible for remembering. I'm hoping that I don't get picked for the trial. Although I am grateful that some of the big scary cases have been granted changes of venue. I've been a juror before, it's unlikely that I wouldn't be removed from the panel during whatever passes the lawyers are given. They seem to prefer "virgin" jurors. (Every single juror with experience was excused during the trial I was on.)
I suspect that if I did get picked, it would be very hard for me to be objective if a similar thing happened. I would hope I would try my best, but I just don't believe "You're accusing me because I'm black!" is a valid defense. Until the trial, I really believed there was an institutional bias, but after the trial, I think there's a corollary to "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you." with "Just because you were arrested for being black doesn't mean you're innocent of the crime in question."
I made guacamole.
I knitted a rabbit. It is lifelike enough that my SO saw it on the sofa and yelled, "Agh! Squirrel!"
You can imagine that I am not sure how successful that means it was. To a certain extent, my SO is a city boy, it's possible that all small mammals are "squirrels".
I am still volunteering even though it half sucks so bad I never want to knit anything myself again. The other half hovers at about B- because there's a lot of meh intermixed with the lightbulb moments. I did actually talk to someone today about further volunteer opportunities.
Of course, the new opportunities are church related so I will most likely pass. I really do understand that Christianity should not be inherently evil. I just can't get past the problem when evil people stand up and claim affiliation and no one says, "Not like me you're not." but people who aren't Christian aren't allowed to argue against them because of the catch-all "devil quotes scripture". So the only people who can make a difference sit on their hands and say they don't think anyone should intrude on personal faith. All the while the evil people are saying that Christians think killing all Muslims is what "God wants" and that it's right for soldiers to die because the country they're defending doesn't slaughter homosexuals. There are evil people who believe murdering doctors is right even when it has to be done inside a church. And the only Christian I saw discussing it said we shouldn't assume the guy did it since it's only an alleged crime. See, the system is set up so all Christians defend other Christians, but none of them naysay anyone's activities that are done in the name of any church. And anyone non-Christian is going to be arguing with logic against pure faith--- and a faith that demands unquestioning acceptance of doctrine at that. But no one seems to be able to see that this perpetuates evil. I'm afraid that the hard thing to do in this case will be giving up an opportunity I would really enjoy because I refuse to help people learn to knit who stand idly by while evil is preached in their names.
Some stuff got screwed up this morning, schedule-wise. I got really upset about it. Beyond what was reasonable. About 12 hours later I discovered I hadn't taken any anti-allergy stuff and, *shockingly*, my head was hurting.
I have jury duty in about 2 weeks. I postponed it last May because I was traveling. They sent me a reminder. I'd wondered if they did that or if I was supposed to be responsible for remembering. I'm hoping that I don't get picked for the trial. Although I am grateful that some of the big scary cases have been granted changes of venue. I've been a juror before, it's unlikely that I wouldn't be removed from the panel during whatever passes the lawyers are given. They seem to prefer "virgin" jurors. (Every single juror with experience was excused during the trial I was on.)
I suspect that if I did get picked, it would be very hard for me to be objective if a similar thing happened. I would hope I would try my best, but I just don't believe "You're accusing me because I'm black!" is a valid defense. Until the trial, I really believed there was an institutional bias, but after the trial, I think there's a corollary to "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you." with "Just because you were arrested for being black doesn't mean you're innocent of the crime in question."
I made guacamole.
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Date: 2009-11-24 06:38 am (UTC)