It has been forever since I posted. I really don't have much to say for myself. Right now, I'm drinking coffee, watching Star Trek VI, recovering from a night on the town with my cousin. Lately I have been hitting the books hard at University. Really not an interesting subject to discuss... well, I do find it interesting which is why I'm studying... but I find that when I try to discuss it with others they zone out and I'm left rambling about social structures that generate inequality and other criminological issues. But I handed in my first honours essay a few days ago. Big achievement. I almost went insane writing it. Considering I'm usually on the brink of insanity, it doesn't take much... What else? I moved out a few months ago. LOVE my new place. It's my 70's style Aspen ski lodge retreat. And with the weather the way it is at the moment, I couldn't be happier with that description. The only thing I miss is a dryer. Clothes don't dry to well here in the winter. And I HATE damp. But everything else is easy. Shopping, bills, cooking. My flatmate is awesome. We've been friends since we were 5 so we get on really well. I miss my little brother. He moved up north for his degree. Sucks we can't hang out as much as we used to. My older brother has gone to the States for 3 months so I'm totally jealous. Can't wait until this year of study is finito. I'm going to go on holiday. Hopefully Europe. I just need to get out for a bit. Only like a month or so. I'm thinking Greece or somewhere Mediterranean. And so that's me.
LL&P.
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I don't want to grow up.
I've spent the past week listening to stories from my parents about people they work with or associate with and all I was thinking was aren't adults supposed to have glimpsed some wisdom or understanding, not act in ways reminiscent of their high school years? Stories about petty workmates who do everything to make themselves seem all important and better than anyone and everyone... everything other than actually doing their job. And then their are those workers who employ their own caste system! In NZ... are you kidding me? The people who are 'better' because they have a higher perceived status than others so are allowed to make their lives hell! I can't really go into detail as I don't want to name these people or put my parents into awkward situations... but it really disgusted me. Especially the caste system person. The absolute racism and hate he directed toward one of my dad's good friends who happened to be Māori and a groundsman was staggering. Why are janitors, groundsmen and custodians labelled as stupid, lower class and unintelligent? Some of the ones I have met (and I have also worked as a janitor) have been the wisest and most caring people. So they may not have a university degree. Some of the stupidest people I have met have a PhD. Qualifications may show people you are smart in a particular area but they do not make you more intelligent, wiser or have more common sense than anyone else.
The more I open my eyes to the world, the more I am disillusioned with people's narrow mindedness and hate. But it does make my resolution to treat all people with love and respect all the more important. I MUST COUNTERACT THE NEGATIVITY!
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The Laramie Project
The Laramie Project is a play by Moises Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project. It was written in reaction to the 1988 murder of 21-year old student Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming. He was brutally beaten and left to die alone in a field, simply because he was gay. The play looks at the aftermath of the murder on Matthew's friends and family and the rest of the town. Absolutely stunning, harrowing and thought provoking. You need to see it, read it or watch it (a film was made 2002).
In my 7th form year (2005), my drama class performed the Laramie Project. It was an absolutely amazing experience. I learnt a lot from the play. Introspectively it made me think of prejudices and the absolute hate that some people harbor. And not only individuals, but whole communities. Communities who hide behind religion in the sexual orientation debate. That really baffles me. I was brought up Catholic. For a short while I was involved in Evangelical Christian community. But not once did I ever think that those who were gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender were evil, possessed or diseased human beings. I only use that terminology as a lot of the talk surrounding these issues were discussed in terms of evil spirits or mental illness (so was depression which is another, yet just as ridiculous, story). I guess I just don't understand the religious movements that attempt to convert the whole world, that is their mission. Any means necessary. If they don't, it makes them unworthy. Yet the Catholic values I learnt growing up, and keep with me now even though I am no longer a practicing Catholic, were of acceptance, love, peace. It scares me how you can twist messages of humanity, forgiveness and love into discrimination, hate and condemnation. Matthew Shepard was my age. A student. A friend. A son. He was killed because of one characteristic he had that someone didn't agree with. I can't bring myself to believe that an all powerful and ever-loving God would condone violent actions (both words and behaviour) and look graciously on those who hate and hurt people with such a vengeance.
There needs to be a lot more love and peace. A LOT more.
Be happy that you have found God, spirituality and understand your place in the universe.
Let others find their place in peace.
The Matthew Shepard Foundation
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