i've been going to life group with t lately. life group is once a week at someone's house where we watch a short video and discuss the week's readings. oh, and this is all bible stuff, btw. but it's a casual setting. no one preaches, questions are asked and people give their opinions.
coming into this as a "devout" atheist (i say devout because i'm unwavering in my beliefs), it's really interesting to hear what they're concerned about.last night someone asked what it meant to be a true christian. there are over 40,000 different sects so this is a pretty good question!
...but is it really? there's no "evidence" of which sect, or even which religion, is the true one. so maybe don't waste time wondering what can never be proved. and don't worry about the others; just be sure of yourself. i think as long as you follow your holy book and the basic tenants of your religion you'll probably be just fine. i don't think you can focus too much on the details anyway since even the devil can cite scripture for his purpose and most holy books are written by people, so who knows how much of the original message has been perverted.
god, or whomever, will decide if you get into heaven, or wherever. so live your life without regrets as close as you can to how you think god, or whomever, would approve. that's the best you can do. and honestly, i think that's all god wants.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Friday, February 15, 2013
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
wtf google?
happy lunar new year! that being said, this was the third year in a row that american google didn't make a doodle commemorating lunar new year and i can't for the life of me guess why. they have doodles all the time for the most random shit. seriously. they had one for zamboni, as in the guy who invented the car thing that drives around ice rinks. yeah. he's cool and all, but really? lunar new year is the 2nd largest new year celebration globally and nearly every major city in the world has some sort of public celebration.
whatever. i give up. fuck google and their possible racism. i've switched all my homepages to bing. which, in addition to putting up a photo for lunar new year, is unarguably more beautiful and inspiring that the plain google homepage.
let me know if you join me in switching your homepage!
let me know if you join me in switching your homepage!
Saturday, February 9, 2013
bleached bananas
a friend recently asked me if i ever thought about getting plastic surgery. i said yes. she was surprised and asked how i could be okay with it in terms of my feminism. but i think the motives matter. getting a boob job to look more sexy or appealing to men is different from getting a boob job to have enough boobage to not feel like a pubescent child.
the only plastic surgery i've considered (and not seriously), is double eyelid surgery. mostly because my mom brings it up occasionally and because my cousin had it done (my cousin also had her boobs done, but my mom hasn't hassled me much about that).
but back to motives for getting surgery. the thing that worries me is not that i'd be doing it for men, cause i can't even be bothered to wear makeup or brush my hair, so clearly i don't care that much about what people, much less men, think of the way i look. but i worry that i would be doing it to look more "white." which brings me to this article posted on jezebel about the popularity of plastic surgery in south korea. the article mostly comments about the pictures posted on the korean plastic surgery tumblr.
what got to me tho, was the comments on the jezebel article. specifically ari schwartz's comment about how maybe asians aren't trying to look white, per say, but that they're own standards of beauty happen to coincide with western ideals.
i somewhat agree with his comments. yes, most cultures, including asians, prize lighter skin. and yes, asians don't like big noses or fat chins or teeny tiny eyes. historically, the chinese like a "gua zhi lian" or "melon seed" shaped face, which is larger on top and tapers to a narrow chin. however, (and i'm only sure of the chinese aspect of this) the chinese have always favored almond shaped eyes. not these very large eyes many of these women are striving for. no traditional asian painting has ever featured a women with eyes that big. that you can absolutely attribute to westernization. dyed blond hair and blue colored contacts you can also thank the western world for.
i have mixed feelings about getting double eyelid surgery. my left eye is noticeably smaller than my right one, and i think double eyelid surgery would probably fix that. but deep down, yeah, i would be getting double eyelid surgery in order to have larger eyes, which, at least for me, is because i favor the wider-eyed look of caucasians. so i long ago decided i wouldn't get double eyelid surgery.
another interesting article: "korea's plastic surgery boom attributed to rise of k-pop"
the only plastic surgery i've considered (and not seriously), is double eyelid surgery. mostly because my mom brings it up occasionally and because my cousin had it done (my cousin also had her boobs done, but my mom hasn't hassled me much about that).
but back to motives for getting surgery. the thing that worries me is not that i'd be doing it for men, cause i can't even be bothered to wear makeup or brush my hair, so clearly i don't care that much about what people, much less men, think of the way i look. but i worry that i would be doing it to look more "white." which brings me to this article posted on jezebel about the popularity of plastic surgery in south korea. the article mostly comments about the pictures posted on the korean plastic surgery tumblr.
what got to me tho, was the comments on the jezebel article. specifically ari schwartz's comment about how maybe asians aren't trying to look white, per say, but that they're own standards of beauty happen to coincide with western ideals.
i somewhat agree with his comments. yes, most cultures, including asians, prize lighter skin. and yes, asians don't like big noses or fat chins or teeny tiny eyes. historically, the chinese like a "gua zhi lian" or "melon seed" shaped face, which is larger on top and tapers to a narrow chin. however, (and i'm only sure of the chinese aspect of this) the chinese have always favored almond shaped eyes. not these very large eyes many of these women are striving for. no traditional asian painting has ever featured a women with eyes that big. that you can absolutely attribute to westernization. dyed blond hair and blue colored contacts you can also thank the western world for.
i have mixed feelings about getting double eyelid surgery. my left eye is noticeably smaller than my right one, and i think double eyelid surgery would probably fix that. but deep down, yeah, i would be getting double eyelid surgery in order to have larger eyes, which, at least for me, is because i favor the wider-eyed look of caucasians. so i long ago decided i wouldn't get double eyelid surgery.
another interesting article: "korea's plastic surgery boom attributed to rise of k-pop"
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Sunday, February 3, 2013
facts
“You are entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts.” – Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)