much better

Alright, talked to my dad, he's going to cut down on the workload once this project he's on slows down. This is good.

Now, some good things because I got some of my shit done already this morning and need a break.

( work, weather, and I can't think of another w word )

And while I'm at it, let's have a meme. Gotten from, well, everywhere.

Everyone has things they blog about. Everyone has things they don't blog about. Challenge me out of my comfort zone by telling me something I don't blog about, but you'd like to hear about, and I'll write a post about it. Ask for anything: latest movie watched, last book read, political leanings, thoughts on yaoi, favorite type of underwear, graphic techniques, etc. Repost in your own journal so that we can all learn more about each other.

Request! A Post on Organized Religion

As per request by tijuana_pirate from that meme thing.

I've got nothing wrong with organized religion, just religious institutions. Of which I believe there is a vast difference. Organization can be simply a handful of people hanging out at each other's houses. An institution in inevitably corruptible and hard to maintain a level of humanism. In fact, institutions are the bodies in any arena which I have the most problems with in areas besides religion. Am I just trying to be cool and anti-establishment? Not really. But the level of personal responsibility is something that oftentimes diminishes in an institution, and especially in the case of religion, I believe that it is a matter of personal responsibility.

You really can't honest believe something if your only incentive to believe is that you've got some authority figure telling you to. They might be able to point you to the path, but it's your job to take it.

Maybe I have too much faith in people but the only religious people I've ever trusted have been the type that make their beliefs their own responsibility. This doesn't exclude wanting to inspire people to their mode of thinking or talking with them, but it does exclude them being wholly responsible for someone else's faith. Which I don't think any human being has the right to do. Institutions discourage autonomy outside of their structure, and I don't know, maybe I'm just hippie enough for that to bother me on a fundamental level. I don't include advisers because for them to truly be labeled as such means they were asked for their expertise. Mentoring and the like should not be a matter of control, and if it is, then it's warped into something else. Nothing gets my goat more than abused authority.

In short: I don't care if you get together in prayer circles and even hand me fliers about my damnation, but the instant people within your group feel the need to govern my life, I have issues. I don't care if you're a prophet, my connection to or disconnection from god is my own. I'll extend the same courtesy.

~Cendri

Request! A Post About Cartoons

As requested by astralavator from the meme-thing.

Alright, since I took myself Way Too Seriously as a kid, I didn't actually watch much cartoons, not compared to my peers. I actually watched a ton of MTV or PBS during my prime cartoon targetted years. So. Um. Yeah. But, I did watch some, so here's my favorites in no particular order:

( cut because it's longer than I expected )

Request! A Post About The Environment

Requested by first_seventhe because she clearly wants to get me in trouble. Sorry for the spam, I just have nothing to do atm.

So, um, alright. Just to get it out of the way, I don't believe in global warming.

( I would appreciate not being attacked over this plz )