I'll have to respectfully disagree with Ben about steeling yourself against death.  Last year I lost both Spunky and my friend and mentor Michael.  Love is something God calls us to throughout life.  Steeling yourself is the exact opposite of love.  It's the harding of our hearts which has caused great evil in this world.  Death is a natural part of our life here.  Steeling ourselves against it is as wrong as railing against it or mouring our loss.  All are selfish reactions, when God calls us to selflessness.

 

So, I broke down and built an lj today.  I'll use it as my fan and semi-pro gaming site.  Wayne built an lj community for our HLA and DAL games, so it seemed like the time had come to break down and make the account.  Real stuff about me will still be here, so I'd appreciate no real me stuff posted there folks.  Thanks in advance. 

 

Anyway, as I had been discussing, Jen's jaded view towards gender relations left me thinking.  Has our society really gone to the point where the act of procreation outside of marriage is a norm?  Looking at my various friends and acquaintances, I guess it must be so.  And yet, I still have a number of friends and acquaintances which would argue that we are the norm instead. 

 

Another thought that conversation brought to mind was what if all of my various female friends thought the same as her?  I guess it doesn't matter, but in a way it matters that people would think that of me.  You know what I mean?  Even though it shouldn't matter what other people think of me, the possibility that people might think I'm ruled by hormones does matter to some small part of me.  I guess I'm only human. 

 

Thanks to captain_e  for this quiz:

 

 

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