Just My Journal

There are plenty of things in the world that piss me off, these are a couple of them. This article describes how Jessica's rapist still has visitation rights to her sons. She was raped multiple times when she was a teenager and now has two sons. In addition, she miscarried once and another son died due to "a disease common in cases of incest." Her rapist and step-uncle was never convicted, despite DNA evidence. How in the world is someone not convicted despite DNA evidence ! Especially if this is happening multiple times. And for her family to not only allow this to happen, but to encourage it, is disgusting. Apparently she was also forced to marry her step-uncle. In Alabama, rapists still have their rights, which is insane! So the judge told Jessica, with each visitation denied, she would have to spend 48 hours in jail. So you're telling me you want a pedophile rapist to have visitation rights to two young boys? Guess I'll never visit Alabama. Shall we m...

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I'm not going to lie... Winter break is highly unproductive for me. I sit around at home and basically just veg out. I'm a self-proclaimed homebody and am perfectly comfortable just sitting around. But when that is the only thing I do every single day, even this girl gets restless. I could be checking out new places, but in the winter it's just so cold. Yeah, it's a lame excuse, I know. But this winter, my sister and I are completely revamping our living situation. She has enlisted in the navy , so over the course of the next 6 years or so, she's not going to be home much. This is part of her motivation to de-clutter. Selling (text)books , clothes , and other items around the house that don't mean that much anymore. This will also give her some extra cash before she flies off. For me, I'm embracing a more minimalist  lifestyle this year. What does minimalism mean to me? It means consuming deliberately. If you were to ask either of us, our mom is a ...

Let's just put the fact out there: Donald Trump is the 2016 president-elect Am I thrilled? Not really, but here are my thought's after the past couple days #NotMyPresident - to me it's not about not accepting the results of the election. Instead, it's a sentiment that Donald Trump does not represent the people (and not just in the sense that he lost the popular vote). I would never wish for him to fail, in fact I hope for the opposite. I hope he proves me wrong But in response to the protests and the harsh sentiment towards each other... Peaceful protests are fine, great really! But don't turn into the people you were protesting against in the first place. I always thought the point of protests was to bring awareness. To tell people that being sexist, racist, homophobic, etc is wrong. If that's why you are protesting, great. But if you are protesting in order to diminish those who voted for him, stop You can't dismiss someone's fears about the...

hi everyone! so if you weren't aware, there was a " 10 Atheists' Commandments  contest" for athiests to write their own "rules." because I am on winter break, I just finished a religion course at my college and this post definitely peaked my interest and I was pleasantly surprised! all of the following "commandments" are statements I also believe in, and here's why: ~ be open-minded and be willing to alter your beliefs with new evidence if science and life has taught you anything over the course of history, it is that things change. being narrow minded will get you nowhere, especially if you are proven wrong. being open-minded doesn't make you any less strong in your beliefs, it just means you are mature enough to know that you can be wrong. ~ strive to understand what is most likely to be true, not to believe what you wish to be true though this might not be the best "rule" concerning religion, it is a good rule for life....

So, I'm watching The High Low Project hosted by Sabrina Soto on HGTV. Although I love that Sabrina is saving people money by being a savvy shopper I was thinking about the money that doesn't get put into the design. What if Sabrina went to a home that is able to do her upscale design but still saved the family a bunch of money? What if the money that the family saved was written as a check to an organization of their choosing? Thus, giving back to the community. Do you think this is a good idea, a bad one? Do you have other ideas that HGTV could do to raise money for organizations? Leave a comment! Later, ~ Tali Follow this link to learn more about the show http://www.hgtv.com/the-high-low-project/show/index.html