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I'm not really a Livejournaler

2007-05-03T15:03:15Z

<a href="http://chalicechick.com">I'm actually a blogger.</a>

Updating on my life.

2004-07-24T13:47:31Z

It has been a strange few weeks, so I haven't written much.

I'm really sick, first of all. I started coughing last Tuesday or so and have continued to do so with greater and greater enthusiasm for the last few weeks. Now I'm draining. (Pleasant, huh?)

Work is good.

As I think I've mentioned, I'm a frequent poster on the UU section of beliefnet.com. We end up fighting about politics there a lot of the time and that bugs me. I wonder sometimes if perhaps having an argument about politics is easier than a real discussion about faith. Actually, I'm pretty sure that is true.

I posted there yesterday about how I am a victim of "Liberal Outrage Fatigue" in that I have seen so much to be angry about that I am really loosing my spirit.

But, in truth, I've been losing my spirit for any sort of organization for some time. This is sad because I do consider myself an institutionalist, and am more so than a lot of people in my life. I really do believe that supporting an institution that does good things is about the most effective thing a person can do to make the world a better place. However, all the institutions in my life are pissing me off right now.

Politics especially tires me. A friend of mine went to hear a high-ranking Republican speak the other day and reported back that he'd said that politics was all about compromise, but sometimes the only thing the Republican party could agree on was that they disagreed with the Democrats. To say I find this an unproductive attitude is to put it mildly.

Howdy

2004-06-27T12:29:13Z

My name, as it were, is ChaliceChick. Naturally, that's not really my name. But it is the handle I've been using on the internet for several years at this point and feels like my name.

I'd really like to be ChaliceChick@gmail.com and have been kissing up to various people, trying to get an invite. As soon as one no longer needs an invite, I may well pick up GRERockstar@gmail.com because I teach GRE and SAT classes as a part-time job.

That is the first quirky thing about me that someone who doesn't know me has read.

I am something of a standardized testing savant. I don't view myself as really all that smart, particularly since making smart friends is something of a hobby of mine. When some of your amigos have terminal degrees from Harvard, it is hard to remain too terribly impressed with yourself.

Anyway, I don't doubt that I will write more later. Writing is sort of how I figure out what I feel about things. I really like the UU section of Beliefnet and can often be found there, posting under the same name.

That's that for now.

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