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Fashion ranting again
Wednesday, June 7th, 2006 08:17 amI shopped last night at the cheaper one of our two clothing stores down here. I'm ranting now.
( The Short and Fat of Fashion )
( The Short and Fat of Fashion )
Wednesday, June 7th, 2006
An amazing man!
Wednesday, June 7th, 2006 08:55 amI've quoted Rabbi Gellman before. I'm doing it again. This is from a benediction he gave at Marymount College in Manhattan. I love it. I need a new sig or icon or something to use it.
"This is roughly what I said. I told a story that had come to me through the Internet or from my golfing buddies or from drinking with friends or maybe I even made it up—I am just not sure. It doesn't really matter because it is a good and brief story and it tells the truth that every graduate and every person needs to know. I was told that it is an old Cherokee legend, which is good because I love the legends of Native American culture. In fact in my tribe I am known as Big Whitefish. And, as they say among the stand-up benedictors in Vegas, it goes something like this…
An elder Cherokee chief took his grandchildren into the forest and sat them down and said to them, “A fight is going on inside me. This is a terrible fight and it is a fight between two wolves. One wolf is the wolf of fear, anger, arrogance and greed. The other wolf is the wolf of courage, kindness, humility and love.” The children were very quiet and listening to their grandfather with both their ears. He then said to them, “This same fight between the two wolves that is going on inside of me is going on inside of you, and inside every person.” They thought about it for a minute and then one child asked the chief, “Grandfather, which wolf will win the fight?” He said quietly, “The one you feed.”
So to the graduating class of 2006 let me congratulate you, and let me beg you to feed the right wolf."
"This is roughly what I said. I told a story that had come to me through the Internet or from my golfing buddies or from drinking with friends or maybe I even made it up—I am just not sure. It doesn't really matter because it is a good and brief story and it tells the truth that every graduate and every person needs to know. I was told that it is an old Cherokee legend, which is good because I love the legends of Native American culture. In fact in my tribe I am known as Big Whitefish. And, as they say among the stand-up benedictors in Vegas, it goes something like this…
An elder Cherokee chief took his grandchildren into the forest and sat them down and said to them, “A fight is going on inside me. This is a terrible fight and it is a fight between two wolves. One wolf is the wolf of fear, anger, arrogance and greed. The other wolf is the wolf of courage, kindness, humility and love.” The children were very quiet and listening to their grandfather with both their ears. He then said to them, “This same fight between the two wolves that is going on inside of me is going on inside of you, and inside every person.” They thought about it for a minute and then one child asked the chief, “Grandfather, which wolf will win the fight?” He said quietly, “The one you feed.”
So to the graduating class of 2006 let me congratulate you, and let me beg you to feed the right wolf."
Damn I'm talky today!
Wednesday, June 7th, 2006 11:45 amI was recently in a discussion about H/C fics in an M7 and one of my points was the possibility that maybe people write H/C because they don't want to write the socially unacceptable MarySues and it's a way to do the feminine nurturing (lust) in an acceptable manner. I think possibly they also have low self-esteem and feel themselves not worthy of the love of their fantasy men. I have read on the net that some fic readers/writers are of the opinion that any Original Female Character is technically a Mary Sue and a 'bad thing.' Now I have to agree...the story of the original Mary Sue Trek fic is pretty awful. But what about a good OFC and some nice het sex and wonderful relationships and love and all that? I mean, they do such a crap job with our characters on the shows...ie: Andromeda with Dylan and that spy woman (ACK!) or Sheppard and every ascended woman in the Peg Galaxy. What's wrong with putting ourselves out there in our fantasy relationships and having some good clean horney fun?
I think we desperately need an OFC/MarySue sorta ficathon. Boff your favorite person. Don't make her a MarySue that boffs EVERYONE who's hot on the show and is loved by all and is overly good at everything. Just a good love interest for the one you love. Anyone else have any thoughts on this? Totally stupid idea? Or cool, let me at my computer, I'm doing Jack O'Neil and saving him from Sam by matching him up with a real woman? ;o) Would this be encouraging evil? How does one go about announcing and running a ficathon anyway?
I think we desperately need an OFC/MarySue sorta ficathon. Boff your favorite person. Don't make her a MarySue that boffs EVERYONE who's hot on the show and is loved by all and is overly good at everything. Just a good love interest for the one you love. Anyone else have any thoughts on this? Totally stupid idea? Or cool, let me at my computer, I'm doing Jack O'Neil and saving him from Sam by matching him up with a real woman? ;o) Would this be encouraging evil? How does one go about announcing and running a ficathon anyway?
