Dorm "Essentials"? SOS

So one thing I've been working on lately has been finding supplies and decor for my dorm room at DePaul. I'm incredibly excited for college, and I'm unbelievably stoked to move someplace new! However, It's very hard to tell if I will really need everything that's considered an essential.

For instance, one thing my school had on their list was dishes, dish towels, and silverware. Like if you live in an apartment-style housing unit, that makes sense since you'd probably be doing some of your own cooking! In a dorm however, not so much. Especially since we are only allowed to have a microwave, Keurig, and mini-fridge. Like they have community kitchens on every floor for when you just have to bake, or cannot stand meal-plan food any longer, but would I really need to bring all sorts of utensils and plates and the like?

Storage is one thing that I'm not too sure about. I've seen what a dorm in my building looks like, and they're pretty spacious! Being a hoarder of pretty much everything though, I know I'll need to find ways to make the most of that space, though. The thing is, I don't want to have too much storage to the point where it becomes unnecessary. 

I'm worried that I may go overboard with decor, as well. Like I'm dying to get a tapestry from DENY Designs (THEY ARE SO COOL!!!) but they're all $50, just for a 4 foot by 5 foot tapestry. The larger ones cost $70.... I don't know if I wanna spend that much, you know? In addition to that, I have like a bazillion pictures that I have to display SOMEHOW but I don't wanna take up too much space. I definitely need to look into some other options. Like I have this great magnetic chain thing, but that only handles so many of my priceless memories! I may try using a cork board, and using paper clips with tacks. I'm not too sure yet.

Like this is stressful! Moving into my college dorm is my first foray into adulthood, and I'm terribly ill-prepared! 

Trolling Christians for Funsies got me feeling Introspective

I'm changing my major to "fighting strangers on the internet" and I'm going to get a doctorate in reading bitches for filth in 140 characters or less.

I've been dragging people who have made incredibly homophobic tweets under the #JesusWins tag on twitter. It's a response to the #LoveWins tag that came out when gay marriage was legalized nationwide. Some of the responses are kind, like "Love won 2,000 years ago when my savior died for me," but others are like "Leviticus 420:69 homos are an ABOMINATION and need to DIE" like I know my fair share about Christianity from attending Catholic school since I was 7 and attending Vacation Bible School many summers when I was little and I know that no kind, loving god would wish death upon somebody no matter what they did.

It's people like this that make me incredibly glad that I'm leaving organized religion behind. Faith is great, it's beautiful and if you have a faith you deserve every right to practice it! However, sometimes people hold onto their faith so strongly they refuse to let other people believe in their respective faiths.Using religion as an excuse for hate is a real abomination, not worshiping in a different manner, loving someone of the same sex, etc. 

I don't know if I'll ever find faith again, but I don't think I will until I find something loving and accepting of all.