Yes, the long war on Christianity. I pray that one day we may live in an America where Christians can worship freely, in broad daylight, openly wearing symbols of their religion, perhaps around their necks. And maybe--dare I dream it--maybe one day…
Not safe, not pretty, never quiet, always thinking. Bitter earth-mother, clothes-horse hippie chick in bluejeans and heels who knows that the stars weren't hung in the sky, but nailed there. My mother never ate diamonds, so why do the faces on milk cartons talk to me?
I write, I think too much, I curse like a truckdriver and cry too often over things I'll never change. Inspired by music, pursued by guilt, past wedged so tightly inside my skull that trepanation seems appealing. Prone to overanalysis, defined by irrational flights of fancy, emotionally crippled and pathologically kind.
I'm currently majoring in English and writing for a national animal welfare organization. After spending over three years working as a librarian in a local historical society, I find it enjoyable (if not very profitable) to do genealogical research in the South Jersey and Philadelphia areas. In all, I seem to spend a good bit of time in dusty archives and the rest trying to keep foot-out-of-mouth, where it seems to want to take up permanent residence.
Mildly organized, kinky but not uptight about it, subby, owned (you can see a bit of the collar in my user pic), far from politically correct (or polytically correct, for that matter, as I tend to eschew the term "polyamory" in favor of "courteous and consensual non-monogamy") and reasonably tolerant, except when confronted by stupidity that fairly cries out to be mocked.
School/College/University
Rowan University
Profession
English major, business writer.
Age Group
31-40
City and State (For Member Searching)
New Jersey
Country (For Member Searching)
USA
"Nun Fight" -- Paul & Storm
This never fails to make me laugh until I can't even breathe.
Trepanation seems appealing! Awesome. I know just what that feels like. I am an overthinking academic freak with a memory that is frequently irritating.
The fact that your family accepts your non-monogamy is great. My parents have had to come to grips with the fact that one of my best life skills is picking up women. But still, the atheist part would be too much.
My last gf died a few years ago, and since then, my mother has been HOUNDING me about religion. Stuff like, "Do you no longer believe in the God of the Bible?" I just change the subject. I'm sure she thinks I am turning my back on god because of my dead gf, but in reality, I let go of god a long time ago. I guess the fact that my gf was an atheist and her funeral was godless really freaked her out.
So, you live on a farm right next to your parents? I have always made sure to live far enough away from mine that pop-ins were out of the question.