OK, this is a first
As some of you may or may not know, my 'daughter', my best friend, my roomie, has been going to school to become a nurse.
She has been doing so well, I'm so proud of her!! She only has one semester left until she graduates.
The problem is, according to their website she was supposed to get her financial aid...come to find out, she's already used her max allotment during the fall and spring terms. :wtf And the money for her summer term is due on the 8th :walk_sad
I tried...I really did, to get the money for her tuition...unfortunately, my beacon score is to low (even with my cars as collateral) to qualify for a 1,000.00 loan, :hammer which is all she needs.
I really don't think it's fair that she might have to give up this dream because she cannot afford it...so we're asking, if you can, to help her out.
I realize this is a lot for a virtual stranger to ask of a bunch of people...but if you're in a position to help, I do have a paypal account, and the email address for it is redeagle1@redeaglespirit.com and thank you from the bottom of my heart. :1luvu
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about 4 days ago, I had a post typed up and ready to go...and my browser crashed...poof, all gone
I was to damn disgusted to try and retype it all. :angry
it was written after we had went to pride, and Ran and I had a very in depth conversation after looking at some pride stickers for her new car...
it goes without saying that it really pisses me off the way so many people view the GLBT community, even the ones that "love us, just don't agree with us". I don't recall asking you to 'agree' with me, just quit discriminating against me!
I'd love to have just one of them tell me what is so different about the majority of us. I'm not talking about the ones they want to use to represent us, I'm talking about those of us who have jobs we work hard at, families we take care of, financial worries just like most other Americans, who live out our lives day to day just like everyone else...
we are just attracted to people of the same gender...perhaps to the point of wanting to spend the rest of our lives with that person, just like people of opposite genders do...and want other people to recognize our level of commitment to each other, just like they do for straight people.
someone PLEASE tell me, how in the hell that will affect 'traditional' marriage?!?!
we're not asking for church sanctioned unions...my first marriage (to a man) was before a JP, I was considered just as married as someone who had been married in a big church wedding.
how is it right, to discriminate against an entire segment of the population? didn't we go through this battle before (different groups, but same concept) it wasn't to long ago that interracial marriages were illegal, (June 12, 1967 it was no longer illegal in any state)
the fact of it is, I don't need my goverment, or someone who's salary I contribute to, to tell me what I can or cannot do. I know my own mind well enough to know who I want to spend the rest of my life with, who I would want to make decisions for me if, goddess forbid, something should happen to me, (and the answer to that second question damn sure isn't my family, or worse, my ex!)
you cannot legislate love...'outlawing' us will not make us go away, it just pisses us off :flames
With my upcoming ceremony, you can figure out for yourself why this would be on my mind...
This last week, not one, but TWO countries legalized gay marriage :scared
I know, whatever were they thinking???
How dare they have the nerve to let all of their citizens have equal rights!!!
Yes, I'm being sarcastic...but it did make me think....isn't America supposed to be the 'world leader'? or does that only count when we're invading other countries? or talking about the size of our 'weapons'? Because I'm sad to say, lately, it certainly hasn't been in any other area.
Reading these almost brought tears to my eyes...This one, was made by the Prime Minister of Spain
Gay Marriage Speech
And this one...I want to change the word "Canadian" to American and send it to every Right Wing Religious Zealot out there!!
Gay Population finally gets some fair treatment
I watched a program on Showtime the other night, called "Same Sex America", there was a member of congress (I believe) that said no one could tell him or give one example how denying gay's marriage rights was a civil rights violation :confused11
No, I didn't break my TV, but I did wonder when he would pull his head out of his ass and gain a little common sense.
How can you call, denying an entire group of people, who make up at least 10% of the population (if not more) the same rights and privileges of everyone else, anything BUT a civil rights issue???
This article in Newsweek sums up what I feel so beautifully. Equal rights are not 'special' rights, that's all we're asking for.
One final thought, with Pride month just coming to a close, and tomorrow being the day we celebrate our countries freedom, don't you think it's time we offered those same 'freedom's' to everyone??
36 years this fight has been going on :shakehead
I can't help but think, if people would just come to the realization that we're really not all that 'different' things would change.
Imagine a day when you wouldn't have to worry about how to "explain" it, you could just accept it for what it is. Two people, who care about each other, spending time together, wanting to spend their lives together...how is that any different than any straight couple out there?
It looks like a few things need to be clarified, and this is way to long to do it in a comment.
first off, I did not link you up, nor did I call you by name, it's called a 'trackback' they would have had to read YOUR post first, where this shit started, to even know it was there.
second off, the comment was made to you, not Kristi, about it being none of her buisness how often I call my kids, I stand by my friend in that comment, how often I call them is between them and I, not you, or anyone else tyvm
the only comment made to Kristi was about who is she, because no one had seen or heard from her in these parts for a very long time until you posted what you did.
thirdly, no one had said jack shit to me about you until YOU CALLED MY EX, you put yourself in the middle of that one, and knowing you, and how you talk on the phone for hours, gave me, and by association them, cause to be worried.
I have never known you to be a "yes" person, yes, I have hung up on you many times, it was either that or say something that would have caused a major fight, and every time I was at work and couldn't have really done that...but I think most people here have talked to me enough on the phone to know thats a crock of shit.
and the similarites between mine and Kristi's situation is this....neither of us really knew what was going on in it, except for what you had told us, and that comment I will stand by, I no more know what was going on in her situation than the man in the moon, other than you called me in a panic one night about it, and I made the comment on the blog that started that war...same thing pretty much applies here, she hasn't talked to me since...hmmm...well since that happened, so how can she know anything thats going on in my situation unless you have told her?
call me teflon if you will, hell, call me whatever the fuck you want, I'm simply stating my side...
and now, if you all will excuse this train wreck, I have to get to work
yes, I know I've been quiet lately, after working 95 hours last week it barely left time for sleep, much less posting. So you know something must really be bothering me for me to post, especially what I'm about to.
I've never really thought of myself as the type to get on her 'high horse', I've always thought of a very decent judge of character, and I've always thought myself to be loyal to a fault, even when I knew things weren't right, even when everyone around me told me differently, if you were my friend I would defend you to my dying day. period.
I've done some changing over the last year, I'll be the first to admit that. Perhaps not all for the better, definitely not all for the worst, I've been lax in some things, people I used to talk to on a daily basis I no longer talk to as regularly, and I've had more than one (hell, more than 10) tell me the reason why those people took such an issue with that fact is they were jealous, they had been used to having me pretty much to themselves for a time on a daily basis and got upset when they no longer did...and I'm sorry to say friendships changed over that. When it was always my opinion before that your true friends would understand such things...
when I first moved to FL, my phone was roaming, I was staying with friends and didn't feel comfortable having anyone call me there, not that they would have minded, but it wasn't my phone. when I got a job and my own place, the last thing I wanted to do was sit home, hell, I'd been forced to do that for years! I was working days, I couldn't stay up all night and talk anymore. I had bills I was trying to pay and kids I was trying to go see.
So, I did see my kids...and I met M, lost jobs, found new ones, changed them a few times, and now I'm in the situation I'm in now.
My friends also did the same, found jobs, had responsibilities, and for the most part, when I could have called (meaning, not being around someone and being considered rude for talking on the phone) they were still at work, or I was, so conflicting schedules were a factor.
Over 4 months ago, I called this someone I've called friend for years, someone who's stood by me through the rough times, and I thought she felt I had done the same, and I wanted to share the good news with her, to say her reaction was a major letdown would be putting it mildly, at least, that's what it felt like to me...no matter how much she swore that was not the case, that she was happy for me, You have a hard time changing that initial impression.
Then two months ago, or thereabouts, this same person takes up a relationship with my ex husband, "for the boys"... and I tried to believe this reasoning, defended her to friends that tried to say otherwise, and truly wanted to trust her, no matter how hard that was.
I have tried never to judge this person in her life, everyone believes differently and I try to respect that, even when they tell me how I need to 'be careful' around her children if I bring my partner to visit her family. There are a lot of things I don't agree with that go on in HER life, but I guess I don't feel as free to discuss them like she does.
No, I don't call my children every night, and I've tried to explain the reason to her. Even though I do truly believe the saying that used to grace the top of this blog "never explain, your friends don't need it, and your enemies won't believe you anyway"
but it hurts to talk to my kids, especially when they blow hot and cold on whether or not to come see me, due to what they've been told and who they've been around that day. it pains me because I don't see them every day, and I usually am in tears every time I talk to them, and that has been the case for the last year...
Do I love them any less? Do I think about them any less? Does my heart ache any less because of that, HELL NO!! there is not a moment in any day that goes by I don't think of them, I've cried more in this last year than I have in my entire life, and having someone remind me that my children are still there with HIM :shakehead, I don't need it, I'm very aware of it.
The last thing that bothers me, before I close this book, is the way you can talk about someone behind their back about what a horrible person they are, and how horrible someone is to another person, yet, 2 minutes later, they're your dear friend and best buddy again...
it really makes me wonder about things you say about your other 'friends' when they're not around
This is just WRONG! :let_it_all_out
Now I understand that the DOMA says that states don't have to recognize gay marriages performed in another state, which I don't believe is right either, if hetero couples get legally married in any state or country for that matter, their marriage is valid no matter where they go, the same benefit should apply for gay couples who are legally married!
So in reading over this, it also 'defines' the word 'spouse' according to the federal government, 'spouse' is only used to define 'one man and one woman'.
First thought that comes to mind is "then :wtf is W getting his panties in a wad trying to amend the constitution for?
Second thought that comes to mind is these marriages are LEGAL, why can they not be recognized as such by the IRS?
"King George" seems to forget that what he is trying to do, and that the DOMA already in place, are, in fact, UNCONSTITUTIONAL!!
yes, that's right, Amendment 14, Section 1 clearly states...
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
And before some of you start hollering about the 'immoral' aspect of it, let me remind you of a little thing we call Seperation of Church and State while, not stated specifically in the Constitution, is certainly implied, and my religion is obviously not your religion, otherwise that whole 'love thy neighbor as thyself' thing would have a lot more meaning for you.
for some reason, this just frightens the hell out of me!
but this gives me hope, that somewhere, out there, someone has a brain they're using!!
Gay marriage does no harm to outsiders
no kidding Sherlock!! :rofl
:wtf
I think focus on the family needs to focus on pulling their head out of their collective asses!!
More on the religious rights campaign against sponge bob
will sponge bob make you gay?
The video causing all the controversy
there is no reference to anything even resembling homosexuality, or even gender identity in this video, acceptance and love of family, yes, I failed to see anything more though!
While I'm on the topic, I've got a news flash for the people at focus on the family...NOTHING will MAKE you gay!!
Thats right, Nada, zip, zilch, you get the picture yet? You either are, or you are not, we don't recruit, assimilate, or anything else in the gay community, we simply are, some of us it make take a while to realize it, but no one MADE us gay! :hammer
And certainly not an annoying little kids cartoon :fdup
Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, Utah and Oregon all voted to ban gay marriage yesterday.
I feel like we've taken a giant step backwards in time, and once again its accepted to descriminate against another class of people just because they're different from us.
What is everyone so afraid of? It's not like we were asking for special treatment, just EQUAL!
As everyone who knows me knows...I stand beside my friends 100%
I don't take kindly to people giving them problems...
I also take real personal issue, when you come to this server, where they have been given a place to express themselves in whatever way they damn well please, and feel the need to stir up more drama.
I also hate having to de-link very close friends of mine, so that anyone that does not need the link, cannot get it.
oddly enough, this is not even the first time this has happened, there was another time not so long ago that I had to relocate a dear friend and remove the link, because someone felt the need to put their nose in where it didn't belong.
so to everyone who has them, keep it to yourself, if you don't, and want it, you should know how to contact them to get it, if you don't fall into either catagory, then leave it ALONE!
