Make Lunch Not War

Make Lunch, Not War

Feb. 17th, 2020 | 01:59 pm
mood: happy

Hi, this is a semi-private journal. It wasn't private for a long time but then fandom goings-on made it necessary for me to draw the blinds.
Bleach fandom, you're hell. There are sure a bunch of angels playing around in my personal hell, though, and I'm always glad to see more.
I'm not adding new friends at the moment but if you want to drop me a line, don't hesitate to say hi. I'm introverted and shy, believe it or not, and awfully busy these days, but I like meeting new people.

Thank you Ana for the pretty new layout and thank you Kubo-sensei for the pretty Ishida doodle. Layout credits: stylesheet by

kuribati /

beatcrusher, Ishida reskin by

nomoreprinces, mood theme by

sublimeparadigm, friends only graphic by

khyata

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Schroedinger's Bird

May. 3rd, 2012 | 10:37 am

Oh GOOD LORD, Ichigo chased a bird into the house and for half an hour knocked over EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE anime figurines, magazine racks cups and spice shakers and stacks of papers and THERE WERE FEATHERS EVERYWHERE EVERYWHERE. Asher just shut himself in his room and said "tell me when it's over." The chirping finally stopped but I went to clean up and heard chirping inside a empty UPS box. I didn't dare look inside. There was no blood anywhere but from all the FEATHERS you'd think the bird would've died of hypothermia. I put the box outside. So .... I guess it will escape or die... it's Shroedinger's bird right now to me. Ichigo was last seen chasing a lizard under some baskets in the living room. YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE THE AMOUNT OF FEATHERS. I can't vacuum them up--they jam up the vacuum so it's going to take some major sweeping and mopping.

Momo is always so efficient--she stabs the birds right in the chest and leaves them outside. Ichigo has to cause this kind of ruckus. ;(

ETA: THE BIRD GOT OUT. I WENT OUT TO CHECK AND THERE WAS BIRD POOP IN THE BOX BUT NO BIRD. I hope it had a good story to tell its friends. Oh man, Ichigooooooo.

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Apr. 26th, 2012 | 02:06 pm

National Autism Association recommends wiring your kids to school.

Told ya the incident I posted about wasn't isolated.

http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-parents-wire-students,0,427139.story

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Apr. 25th, 2012 | 01:22 pm
mood: I don't know

When people show their true colors, does your heart turn darker? If there is no Supreme Being and the universe speaks only a language of light and dark, our prayers are dark.

*praying*

*always praying*

People pray, the way ducks fly in formation, because they need to, because there’s a reason.

Or if there is no reason, there’s a check mark in the sky saying “job done.”

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Please read and watch

Apr. 25th, 2012 | 08:51 am
mood: outraged

Abuse of special needs children in the US public school system is rampant.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/n-j-father-records-teacher-aide-mocking-autistic-004254452.html

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Please sign this petition for this little girl's sake

Apr. 23rd, 2012 | 10:04 am
mood: outraged

Woke up this morning to this news and have been sick and outraged ever since. Copy-pasting what I got from Alex. I was forwarded the message by several friends before the news even came up on my email from change.org whose feed I subscribe to. The "zero violence tolerance" policies of public schools and the increasing police involvement in "disciplining" issues involving very young, often undiagnosed special needs students is APPALLING. This case isn't an isolated one. Police are called before the parents are. Happens all the time. School psychologists and child advocates get involved too late. Salecia Johnson has already been victimized by her school administration. Please sign this petition and bring this issue to the awareness of others. Justice in the handcuffing and arrest of 6-year-old Salecia

http://www.change.org/petitions/justice-in-the-handcuffing-and-arrest-of-6-year-old-salecia-johnson?utm_campaign=iAYgUBfXSW&utm_medium=email&utm_source=action_alert

Why This Is Important

On April 13th, our six-year-old daughter, Salecia Johnson was handcuffed and arrested at her school, Creekside Elementary in Baldwin, GA for a so-called ‘temper tantrum’. She was charged with battery and suspended for the remainder of the school year. The school took all of these actions without notifying us. Although they claim to have called, we did not have any record of these calls on any of our phones. As a result our daughter was in police custody for more than an hour before we knew. Salecia has been traumatized by this experience. She’s afraid to return to school and recently woke up in the middle of the night saying ‘they are coming to get me.’ In all of this, the most important thing is that this incident does not become anymore of a setback for Salecia and her future. Although we are now being told that Salecia can return to school after a week and there are reports that the charges have been dropped (the police have not notified us), a record of her arrest exists. Also, we believe there should be a more in-depth examination of what happened and why police were brought in to deal with a matter of school discipline.

We are calling on Milledgeville officials to remove any record of Salecia’s arrest and end the use of police in school discipline. Please join us in demanding justice for Salecia. We cannot allow this to happen to another child. Thank you, Constance Ruff

—— REBLOG, PLZ. So sickening that an ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILD can be arrested, but adult murderers like Zimmerman are allowed to bypass punishment due to legal loop-holes. And NO, wee Salecia is NOT the only child who has been treated this way in the southern U.S. states. At least one mother I know personally who will be reading this has dealt with similar concerning her own little girl. CHILDREN. Being arrested/restrained by POLICE for having “tantrums”. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE crossposted from http://debbiechan.dreamwidth.org/ to users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/ You may comment at DW using OpenID. There are

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Seems I Am Not The Only One...

Jan. 25th, 2012 | 01:48 am

Originally posted by

digitalwave at Seems I Am Not The Only One...

Originally posted by

morgandawn at Seems I Am Not The Only One....

...who feels the need to take a break from an increasingly dysfunctional relationship.

ETA
We can't usually afford to do much in a given month regardless but I'll gladly save any money we would have spent to help this cause. Megaupload was just the beginning. If we don't make our voices heard now the internet will soon change and it won't be for the better.

*hugs*

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Decided to do this yesterday. Personally, not buying media is not much of a sacrifice since my book budget was being cut anyway. Stay tuned for how this decision will affect bleachness--not much, I reckon, since discussing manga chapters doesn't have to do with downloading them from legal sources but viewing them online (if available), but no posts of copyrighted media will allowed to be posted. How fanfic and fanart posts will be dealt with, hmm? Suggestions?

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Writer's Block: B.Y.O.B. Holidays

Dec. 16th, 2011 | 07:22 am

If you could solve one problem in the world, what would it be?

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The maddening, frustrating inability of people and countries to work together to solve their OWN PROBLEMS. If people could only work together, many many of the world's problems would not even exist. Without cooperation, there is no solving of future problems. My wish is for people to cooperate, to see past their differences, put past their selfishness and work to use their brains and hearts TOGETHER.

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Mississippi Personhood Amendment

Oct. 13th, 2011 | 10:33 am

Originally posted by

gabrielleabelle at Mississippi Personhood Amendment

Okay, so I don't usually do this, but this is an issue near and dear to me and this is getting ~~very little~~ no attention in the mainstream media.

Mississippi is voting on November 8th on whether to pass Amendment 26, the "Personhood Amendment". This amendment would grant fertilized eggs and fetuses personhood status.

Putting aside the contentious issue of abortion, this would effectively outlaw birth control and criminalize women who have miscarriages. This is not a good thing.

Jackson Women's Health Organization is the only place women can get abortions in the entire state, and they are trying to launch a grassroots movement against this amendment. This doesn't just apply to Mississippi, though, as Personhood USA, the group that introduced this amendment, is trying to introduce identical amendments in all 50 states.

What's more, in Mississippi, this amendment is expected to pass. It even has Mississippi Democrats, including the Attorney General, Jim Hood, backing it.

The reason I'm posting this here is because I made a meager donation to the Jackson Women's Health Organization this morning, and I received a personal email back hours later - on a Sunday - thanking me and noting that I'm one of the first "outside" people to contribute.

So if you sometimes pass on political action because you figure that enough other people will do something to make a difference, make an exception on this one. My RSS reader is near silent on this amendment. I only found out about it through a feminist blog. The mainstream media is not reporting on it.

If there is ever a time to donate or send a letter in protest, this would be it.

What to do?

- Read up on it. Wake Up, Mississippi is the home of the grassroots effort to fight this amendment. Daily Kos also has a thorough story on it.

- If you can afford it, you can donate at the site's link.

- You can contact the Democratic National Committee to see why more of our representatives aren't speaking out against this.

- Like this Facebook page to help spread awareness.

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Another good day before I pass out again...

Sep. 30th, 2011 | 02:40 pm
mood: tired

I know evolutionary psychologists aren't everyone's cup of tea--there are some major jackasses out there, but I've had a huge crush on one for over a decade. Steven Pinker tells us why violence against men, women, children, and animals is going down in this Edge essay and interview---

Murder, rape, torture – a typical day during the Middle Ages. The world today, by comparison, is Edenic. Has human nature changed? Steven Pinker explains the humanitarian revolution... more»

Also, Penguindrum--COULD YOU BE A CRAZIER, LOVELIER ANIME? Holy Mother of Penguins! Today's episode! My sexy librarian is back--this time with EVIL LOOKING BLACK BUNNIES, OHNOES. Oh sex and bunnies and cabbage rolls of reconciliation, I love this show--thank you Sea and Andrew for turning me onto it!

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