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January 05, 2007
-Eleanor Roosevelt.
The BF and I have been thinking about this quote a lot lately, given that we fell into a bad habit of gossiping too much and not talking about a whole lot but the petty drama that was going on. We made a pact to stop, and since have had a number of delightful discussions, some going on late into the night. It's been incrediably refreshing to remember there are better things to discuss than who did what to whom, and we've learned more about one another in the process.
Our trend continued when we decided to break routine by getting gussied up to go down to Stone Cup and read over coffee. It was a little odd to run into two classmates and a teacher from high school on one of my rare corset-wearing occasions, but we didn't talk for long, much to my dissapointment. The teacher I ran into was one of my favorites, and one of the few at GPS who didn't make me feel worthless and unintelligent. When I saw him I was hoping we would be able to catch up, but it wasn't to be I suppose. He and the two GPS alumns seemed to have gotten together specifically to catch up amongst themselves, and so after a little bit of polite run down it seemed time to make my exit.
Instead the BF and I discussed a really great book I'm reading, Elaine Pagels' "Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas." It brings up some interesting points about the value of taking Biblical scripture literaly or accepting and celebrating the many layers of symbolism and meaning. Which acknowledge's god's power more effectivly? I am personally in favor of celebrating the nuances of Scripture, but I seem to be in the minority in that regard here in the Bible Belt, Scopes and all.
| By Spike | 06:29 PM
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So this morning I found one stray apples to apples card and the little cardboard divider... I will do my best to keep track of them and get them back to you!
Posted by: shana at January 7, 2007 06:22 PM