Wrar!

I think I just wrote a nasty letter to the entire Democratic party.

"I recently received an email about Democrats standing up "for the nation's best ideals." The letter struck me as hypocritical. I could hardly see a single argument through the thick coating of mud being slung at the Republicans. I am well aware that the mud flies from both sides but, don't we look silly on our high-horses, chests puffed, hands covered in mud, and shouting silly names across the field. Are we not talking about being the better man in this political fight? I would hope that was, at least, our aim. Thank you for your time."

Gee, I hope I spelled everything right.

I Beleive

I believe that God exists. however I don’t think that he is the only one. I don’t believe that one single being could create a world with so much harmony and amazing beauty as ours. I believe that there are other gods who helped to shape our world - one who helped nature to bloom into what it is, one to shape the earth and another to bring shape to animals, things like that. Everything takes a team and I don’t believe that even God could escape that.

I don’t believe that anyone could ever be totally sure about what or who or how god exists but only that he does exist. I believe that the all the holy books (the Bible, the Koran, ect.) of the world are versions of what I’m writing now, someone’s personal beliefs. Mine are hardly accurate and theirs couldn’t possibly be either.

I believe that we should just live our lives and not worry about trying to make God proud. We should live our lives to be proud of ourselves. If god truly did make us in his image then he’ll be fine with what we’ve done and we will find absolution in his loving embrace. and maybe we already have. We should be thankful to be living in a world to great as this, not be worried about what’s to come next.

Whenever you tell a story you get a little bit wrong and I believe that’s what’s happened with religion. at one point we had it right but now it’s like the end of the line of a game of telephone - slightly off. I believe that the best I can do is try to make sense of all of them. I believe that if none of us are right then none of us are wrong.

I believe that I want my beliefs to be private because of afraid of being persecuted for them. I don’t agree with organized religion and I don’t ever want to be a part of it. I believe that organized religion leads to a “we’re better than you” mentality. If nothing else, it excludes those who don’t believe in exactly what that group believes in. I find that I am more passionate about my beliefs when I don’t have to defend them. if that means being alone in them, then that’s fine.

My Puppy-Butt

My dog has accompanied me to "my office" today. usually, when my parents are out of the house and I'm alone in the house, Misha (my puppy) stays in her kennel (she's still puppy enough to chew on anything she feels necessary if we let her roam) but, today I have fallen in love with her all over again.

A little info on her before I tell you how 'effing cute she is: She's a pure bred German Shepard (AKC if we weren't such a lazy family), about a year old. She's very cute but very thick headed sometimes. She has these bright brown eyes, very expressive ears and an ever moving mouth. I don't mean that she's always barking, though she often is making some kind of noise, her mouth is just always moving - yawning, licking, begging. She eats constantly yet she's thin in a healthy looking way. She's also very excitable.... oiy.

Right now she's standing up with her paws on the windowsill and barking at another dog that has somehow gotten into our un-fenced back yard. I have to yell at her... ... ... ... Ok. now she's just sitting and staring at the window.

That's the thing, she knows when she's in trouble. Like earlier today - like any other dog, she loves to chase the cat but is not allowed to. So earlier, I can't see her so I call her and she , very slowly, traipses out of my parent's room (the cat never leaves that room unless she's sure that the dog is in her kennel or in not in a place where she can see the cat), her head down toward the ground and her ears back a bit. I tell her to "go to bed" (her kennel) and she hops up, front paws in my lap and starts licking my face. I can almost hear her saying, "Please, mommy, don't make me go to bed. I'm sorry!" So , so cute. But I resist. I tell her, "No, baby-girl, you have to go to bed."

As I say this, she crawls up further and further into my lap until her whole body is on the couch and she lays down with her head on my chest looking up at me with the trademark Puppy-Dog Eyes and i go all melty because she's so damn cute. Without moving her head she starts licking the tip of my chin, barely even touching my skin. Of coarse, with all this cuteness having me crumbling I tell her it's ok - she doesn't have to go to bed.

Right away, she sits up and looks all surprised for a second before she climbs on top of me. This is no joke and I am not exaggerating. She puts her paws on my chest and starts licking all over my face, smearing my glasses and making me giggle like a little girl, but she doesn't stop there. Oh no. She proceeds to climb fully on-top of me. Her feet are behind my shoulders on the arm of the couch and she's giving my kisses and making those cute little sounds that are so characteristic of German Shepards (which put a smile on my face no matter what the situation) by the time she's finished. Then she just decides to stop and lays her head down on my shoulder in a very cuddly-huggie fashion which just melts my heart away. The only problem was that I could barely breath all her hair in my face, so I had to push her down. :(

Anyways, there's my one "look how cute my kid is" post. And she is. So shut up. XP

Laters.