Monthly Archives: May 2006

Observing Grief (XI)

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The “Celebration of Life” for my grandfather was this afternoon in Mt. Vernon and the fact that it’s happening has been making me weepy for a couple days.Â? I’m chill with him being in a better place and all that — it’s just that having the CoL (which is the Episcopalian euphemism for a “funeral”) is a reminder that he *IS* dead and no matter how much I believe in everlasting life, I still am gonna miss him.

So… to deal with my grief, I did this. Â? I’ll be at my grandfather’s burial in June — I think that will be my healing point.Â? Meanwhile, it’s going to be somewhat comforting to know that a kid in Kalispell is going to be getting a comfort blankie because a 26 year old chica wanted to do something meaningful to remember her Opa.

I’m the Birthday Princess, Darn It!

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Jen the Birthday Princess

The story behind my birthday crown: for my boss’ birthday, I made her a birthday princess crown out of construction paper.Â? This is her getting me back.Â? :)Â? I would have worn it all day except that it’s too small for my head.

Attention Hollywood: PICK ANOTHER DATE!!!!!

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OK… why is it that all the blockbuster movies come out on or around my birthday?Â? Three of the Star Wars ones did (Empire Strikes Back, Phantom Menace, and Revenge of the Sith) and now The Da Vinci Code.

Could you pick another day so that people actually spend time with me instead of going to see said flicks!?!?!?!?

(Still a little bitter about 1999 when everyone went to see Star Wars and left me alone in my Chem 1N lab…)

OMG!!!! I’m A Fan Girl!

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OK… like the ending of Grey’s Anatomy last night was just so… I dunno.

[+] So Katherine Heigl (Izzie) is leaving to pursue other projects or something? Duuuuude… Is Callie going to replace her in the house?
[+] It was emotionally wrenching on all levels — putting Doc to sleep, Denny passing away…
[+] Kinda predictable that Denny dies from a stroke — it’s a danger with heart surgery and heart problems period. (I’ve seen it happen a few times.)
[+] Meredith had BETTER choose Finn — Derek has soooo lost his chance with her. I fastforwarded through their getting-back-together scene because I sooo did not want to see it.

*returns to normal cynical person without the valley girl accent*

ARGH!!!!!

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How pathetic is it that an episode of Grey’s Anatomy can depress me?!?!?!?!?

Duuuuuuuude… they should have like gotten rid of Desperate Housewives tonight and put all 2 hours on the same night!!!! What am I gonna do until tomorrow?!?!?!?!?

And Izzie, WTF have you done?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Resolution 2006-2

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At the synod assembly, we were asked to consider a resolution from a church that is east of us (I think?) which would memorialize to the Churchwide Assembly that we want the ambigious language out of the decision they passed on sexuality in 2004.Â? (The English translation of that: we’d be telling Churchwise Assembly to take a definitive stand on whether or not homosexuality is kosher with us and to stop dialoguing with churches that want to bless same-sex unions and ordain practicing GLBT folks.)

My first reaction: OK… we’ve beat this horse to death already — why are we still beating it by discussing sexuality yet again?

We had 30 minutes set aside for discussion and we only used like 10 minutes of it, with 4 people speaking — 2 in favor and 2 in opposition.Â? We then voted and the resolution was defeated by a 2/3 (I think?) majority.

OK… so what exactly is the precedent set by this? I know that some people are saying that the synod is affirming homosexuality and we’re going to start being like the rest of the ELCA.Â? Others are going to say that this is a bad sign and those of orthodox faith should leave the ELCA.Â? My thought (and probably the thought of the rest of the assembly): we’ve discussed this ad nauseum for 5 years.Â? Can we please do something else?Â? (One of the speakers actually voiced this opinion and I have to agree.)

Most of you know where I stand (I probably would have voted “yes” on the measure but while rolling my eyes because we’ve been voting on this issue for so flipping long) and I actually agree with the defeating decision.Â? The language in the Churchwide statement is ambiguous for a reason: NOTHING was going to pass unless it left room for dialogue withÂ? churches that had an opposing viewpoint.Â? (I know those involved in getting the resolution passed — it was a pain to get ANYTHING through.)Â? The ELCA is a BIG church and as such, there is a pretty big continuum on what people believe about the issue.Â? While I think we need to actually take a definitive decision one way or another and stop being so Laodicean about it, we also need to accept that people are going to disagree and we need to keep talking with them, whether or not we agree.

My only hope right now: that there aren’t going to be people in my midst who take this decision and start flipping out about how the ELCA is going to hell in a handbasket and how all those orthodox people need to leave.