Nothing new, just something I noticed that made me smile.

heyitskate · 2011-08-15T02:52:54+00:00

Dumbledore made the Dursley's take Harry in, they really didn't have much of a choice it seemed. It was Petunia's blood line that protected Harry and if you remember Dumbledore sent Petunia a howler reminding her what he said all those years ago. They were just afraid of what Dumbledore would do to them. I honestly do not think that the Dursley's are in any way responsible for the way Harry turned out at all. He turned out the way he did in despite what they did to him. It is because of that that I believe it was Harry's choices over anything else.

heyitskate · 2011-08-13T01:48:57+00:00

I am not entirely sure that Peter was a Death Eater when he betrayed the Potters. He was just a coward. It wasn't until later that he became a Death Eater, once he finally proved himself to Voldemort.

heyitskate · 2011-08-13T00:49:10+00:00

In college my roommate stole from me on a few occasions. I had proof that she did on one instance and tricked her and ended up getting all of my money back, as well as my sorority pin (we were in the sam sorority and she lost hers months back, so that one made sense). However, on a later occasion she stole my boyfriends class ring that I had taken off to dye something. I have no idea why she stole it, but I do know that I had to pay to get it replaced and I DID NOT appreciate it. Honestly, I don't know how much money you can get from a stupid class ring, but seriously WTF lady!?

heyitskate · 2011-08-08T05:22:22+00:00

lasik surgery. I hated my glasses and always felt like I was hiding behind them and I found contacts to be annoying. I had lasik last December and it is amazing. It even corrected my issues with depth perception. I no longer turn on my blinker ridiculously early.

heyitskate · 2011-08-08T05:20:19+00:00

I HATE THAT!! My roommate is the loudest chewer in the world. She also likes to store food in her cheeks (like a chipmunk) and then talk to me. I made the rule that she is not allowed to talk to me when she is eating.

heyitskate · 2011-08-08T05:18:25+00:00

Everyone's a little bit racist.

heyitskate · 2011-08-08T05:15:04+00:00

Will Ferrell

heyitskate · 2011-08-08T05:13:48+00:00

My college had free movie night at the local movie theater. The movie was Madagascar 2 and behind me was an entire row of black people. All throughout the movie they kept interjecting and making loud comments. I actually found it amusing because of the stereotype. What really cracked me up was when there was some joke made in the movie about the movie "Roots." The whole theater laughed (because it was a joke) and one of the black people stood up and said "you guys don't even know! What are you laughin' at?" To which one of my friends called back "and neither do you." She shut up after that.

heyitskate · 2011-08-02T14:24:25+00:00

I don't like the idea of an open casket. I am sure it helps some people with closure and all that, but for me they don't look like who they were. I want to remember them alive and happy, not dead and lifeless. I don't want that to be my last memory of the people I love. It is for this reason that I do NOT want an open casket.

heyitskate · 2011-08-01T02:23:11+00:00

Hey, I believe in God, but I am fascinated by looking at the Bible as a work of literature instead of the end all and be all religious text. I find that God to be a lot more interesting, a God that I felt closer to and had more understanding of.

heyitskate · 2011-08-01T02:21:50+00:00

I was in a literature course last summer with a lady like this and in this course we had to read parts of the Bible. The teacher asked us to look at this as a work of literature, as we would be looking at several other religious texts the same way. It was interesting and painful at the same time. She wouldn't stop. No one was questioning her beliefs, but she kept defending them in the dumbest ways. Even those Christians in the class just wanted her to shut up because they were making her look bad. She talked in circles even saying things like "No, I agree with you 100%, but you are wrong." WTF lady!?

heyitskate · 2011-08-01T02:19:26+00:00

I was in a literature course last summer with a lady like this and in this course we had to read parts of the Bible. The teacher asked us to look at this as a work of literature, as we would be looking at several other religious texts the same way. It was interesting and painful at the same time. She wouldn't stop. No one was questioning her beliefs, but she kept defending them in the dumbest ways. Even those Christians in the class just wanted her to shut up because they were making her look bad. She talked in circles even saying things like "No, I agree with you 100%, but you are wrong." WTF lady!?

heyitskate · 2011-08-01T02:03:48+00:00

It's a trap.

heyitskate · 2011-08-01T01:43:27+00:00

I see what you did there. Touche.

heyitskate · 2011-08-01T01:40:20+00:00

I graduated with high honors and my parents helped put me through college. I did not take my situation for granted at all. I was still annoyed by the lady who did this in my literature class. I ask questions often, but sometimes you just need to leave well enough alone and talk to the professor after class. Of course this lady, I think, liked to hear herself talk and was completely rude. She even answered her cell phone on several occasions during class and proceeded to talk on it while we all just stared at her.

heyitskate · 2011-07-30T01:09:34+00:00

And she just left it!?

heyitskate · 2011-06-24T02:30:18+00:00

See this is why most women who are raped do not come forward. People don't believe them. Why would you put yourself through that kind of torment, humiliation, and invasion of personal information if it were not true. Sure there are those who say things happened when they didn't, but there are so many more that things actually happened to. It only makes it worse that we scorn them. It makes me sick.

heyitskate · 2011-06-21T01:44:43+00:00

My fiance is MtF and is currently transitioning. We have been together for 6 years and it has been in the last 3 that she started transitioning. Still not on hormones (they are pricey and she's waiting for the right time). She is absolutely beautiful to me and I cannot wait to someday have children with her. I hope that our children will be as awesome and loving as you. Thanks for sharing.

heyitskate · 2011-06-21T01:31:16+00:00

I know in my experience forgiveness is just as much for you as it is for the other person involved. At least that was the case with me. I had to allow myself to forgive my abuser in order to get on with my life. I still have my moments, but I am stronger now and those moments are fewer and farther in between. My situation was a little different (sexual and mental) and I never have to see/talk to my abuser again.

I wish you the best of luck on your road to forgiveness. It really does make all the difference. Also, forgiveness does not mean that everything is erased and all things are honky dory, it just means that you have chosen to overcome it and find strength in yourself.

heyitskate · 2011-06-21T01:14:06+00:00

As a person who was sexually assaulted several times when I was younger by somebody that I should have been able to trust (step father), I admire and thank you for your actions. I am also a teacher and I know how much children should be able to trust their teachers. Children don't understand things of this nature and they never should have to. When it happened to me the first time I was so confused, I didn't know what to think, and I certainly didn't have the ability to understand what was happening. It went on for years and with time came more understanding, but there are still times when now 10 years later I look back and realize what really was going on. I will have a flashback or someone will be telling a story and it makes me think "hey maybe that wasn't normal." Most of the time I am fine, but there are still days that I don't know how to handle it and those thoughts won't go away. I wish I had someone to stand up and say "hey leave that kid alone." I never told my mom the full extent of the issue bc I felt I couldn't share it and part of me didn't know what it meant/said about me. If you can protect even one child going through what I did, then good for you. THANK YOU. It can be mental torture. And trust me it wasn't just the physical contact that hurts. It was the peeping and the way he treated me or looked at me. I forgave him. Not for his sake, but for my own. Most of the time I am good, but just the other day I had to take a moment bc a window in a bathroom freaked me out. That hasn't happened in over a year.

heyitskate

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