Holy crap 500 posts... I can't believe I got here. I know its not much, especially in the time that I've had this blog, but it really does mean a lot. This has been something I've been able to stick with no matter what. Also, it's an incredible feeling knowing that someone somewhere in the world is looking at my blog and knows that I exist. That's really really phenomenal.
Goodnight, and thank you for being here for me.
Monday, October 27, 2014
Chicago Fun Shtuff
For some levity, my mom just told me that we're going to go to a Second City show! I'm really excited since I haven't been to improv in ages. I'm pretty excited about this trip. We're staying right in the shopping district in a pretty bombass hotel, and it's going to be fantastic!
Ugggggggh religion class rant
So one of my homework assignments was to read and take notes on a chapter in my morality textbook on sexuality and sexual intimacy, and I have never been so infuriated in my life. The textbook is literally the vaguest, most ignorant piece of propaganda I've ever seen. This book simultaneously covers all the bases and leaves so many bases uncovered. Here's a little list of everything wrong here.
- The wording is the shittiest thing. From calling genitalia "secret places" and "your special temple" to referring to everything under the sun as "wrong," it is beyond simplified for the average high school reader. Also, it's beyond awkward.
- It's vague as can be. I shit you not, a sentence literally said "There is everything wrong with and nothing right in viewing pornographic images." THAT IS BEYOND VAGUE IT IS THE FARTHEST THING FROM SPECIFIC LIKE WHY IS IT SO WRONG, WHAT MAKES IT WRONG? WHAT IS GOING ON?!
- It is absolutely wrong and implies some very wrong things. One passage on homosexuality stated that "MOST homosexuals do not freely choose their lifestyle," and I had absolutely had it. NO ONE CHOOSES TO STRAY FROM WHAT SOCIETY DEEMS THE NORMAL SEXUALITY. NOBODY CHOOSES TO FEAR THEIR FEELINGS, BE OSTRACIZED BY THEIR PEERS AND POTENTIALLY FAMILY, AND NOBODY CHOOSES TO BE TERRIFIED OF BEING WHO THEY ARE. THERE IS SO MUCH WRONG WITH THIS.
- Catholic School Sex-ed is the worst. It's all based on abstinence, and we don't learn anything else. Although it's true that abstinence is 100% effective, unless you're the Virgin Mary, teens are still going to have sex and it is important that they learn to do it in the safest way possible. Obviously, Catholic schools cannot support contraception, but for fuck's sake teach kids how to use it. Teens that go in without knowing what they're doing are going to be screwed when they put a condom on wrong/backwards/twice, they can get STIs or possibly pregnant. 25% of vaginal sex involves using a condom, with 33% use in single people, and for the sake of teens that number should be much higher.
10/27/14
Today was my Aunt's last day in Ohio, she flies out around 7 AM tomorrow morning. I'm gonna miss her, but hopefully I'll see her again soon. Tomorrow marks exactly one day until Election Day. Everybody's fingers are crossed, and even though I am incredibly confident that my dad will win his race, I can't help but get butterflies in my stomach just thinking about it...
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