jedusor | I am happy.

Reasons why:

-Two people said really nice things to me today.
-I feel like I'm not sucking at tutoring English.
-Six weeks into the semester, I have a reputation in the Spectrum office for being a good proofreader, and Craig is adding me to the editing process of the articles.
-I think I did well on my French test today.
-I may be going to St. Louis and meeting

crazybutsound (who lives in France) in May.
-I may have a ride to St. Louis, so I'd only have to pay train fare one direction.
-Ann's birthday is on Thursday, so she's getting her driver's license, and no one who has heard her talk about it can possibly keep the happiness from rubbing off.
-I have permission forms for the lockin.
-Emily, the librarian that everybody loved but who left the Plaza library, is going to be at the lockin, and according to Lis, she's pregnant.
-I had good bus fu today.
-That pasta salad I made yesterday is damn tasty.
-Mirrormask was a fairly enjoyable movie. Does anyone else who knows

vito_excalibur think the main character looks like a younger version of her?
-I just bleached my little brother's hair, and we'll probably be dying it green tomorrow.
-I am wearing the most comfortable clothes I own. I also think I look good in them. I'm tempted to buy a bunch of these pants and shirts and wear them all the time. (The shirt was even free.)

I've been thinking lately about the different forms in which homophobia presents itself. There are two basic types of it that I've seen: "That's wrong/evil/sinful" and "ewww, gross." I know people who fall into both categories, and I prefer the latter. When someone has been around homosexuality and known normal people who happen to be gay, the reaction of disgust tends to diminish. I have friends who are like that; people I like and respect in general, but who haven't grown up around gay people and are thus uncomfortable with them. Many of them profess to be okay with homosexuality, but still cringe around it.

I have less experience with religious bias, simply because I choose not to expose myself to it whenever possible. (Meaning not that I ignore it, but that I try not to interact with that type of person.) However, I have witnessed it to some extent, and I honestly don't know how to argue with it. I do think that the Bible condemns homosexuality. I know that some people, including many Christians, disagree, but I think it's obvious. I can hold my own in a Bible debate- I've found the comparison of gays to women in the Bible to be particularly effective- but I feel kind of stupid, like I'm arguing with these people on their own level. I don't like it at all, but I don't know what else to do when I see people being ridiculous because of their religion. I can't just leave them to their prejudices. My brain doesn't work like that.

I don't really have a point to this, I'm just rambling. Please feel free to share any thoughts.