Random Thought of the Day

[GunnyHighway]

I feel like I'm forgetting to do something...

Laundry?


I kinda forgot to finish mine >.>.>" smilieid="165" class="inlineimg" border="0">

[Demerzel]

I gotta remember to do my laundry tomorrow.

[Heelsbythebridge]

I may be an asshole, but at least I have a shred of human decency in me. But just a shred.

[Inscrutable Banana]

It's almost 3AM, I should probably go to sleep. :/

[Demerzel]

Hmmm, weird. I wonder if the world is about to turn upside down.

[IllusionOfHappiness]

Laundry?


I kinda forgot to finish mine >.>.>" smilieid="165" class="inlineimg" border="0">

Nope! But that is what I am forgetting to do tonight.

[Demerzel]

Fudge. I didn't do my laundry. Today hasn't been productive.

[Chantellabella]

Is everything alright over there? *hugs*
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Read an amateur fiction a day ago that's making me kind of uncomfortable. It's good, definitely good, which explains why I can't stop ruminating over it... But the subject matter makes me mentally fidget. It's a Taliban-like society where women are considered property of their fathers/husbands, a man can marry multiple wives, and women have no rights. The uncomfortable part is when one of the protagonists is considered one of the "good" men who treats his spouses gently- i.e. doesn't beat them (*rolls eyes*)- and yet still treats his wives like lesser human beings... such as requiring them to ask permission before leaving the house, or threatening to send them back to their fathers where they will be abused if they disobey him.

Freedom can't be given- only taken.

Gahh I don't regret reading it, but it's not going to leave my mind too soon.

Yep. I'm just trying to make sense of my life presently. Thank you for caring though. I appreciate it.

I read a lot of women's biographies from other countries and yes, their stories are very moving. I've often felt like history is best told in memoirs and biographies because your are able to participte in the person's fears and emotions.

[Heelsbythebridge]

Yep. I'm just trying to make sense of my life presently. Thank you for caring though. I appreciate it.

I read a lot of women's biographies from other countries and yes, their stories are very moving. I've often felt like history is best told in memoirs and biographies because your are able to participte in the person's fears and emotions.

That's good to hear Are there any biographies you would recommend?

Somaly Mam's autobiography was on her life being caught in a human trafficking ring in Cambodia. Disturbing, horrific, and harrowing. Just when you think you've discovered the most disgusting bowels of humanity on earth, something worse presents itself. (Somaly leaves me speechless with her strength- it's so hard to comprehend for me).

Evelyn Lau's biography was also good, but it's focused less on events and more on her thoughts and musings. A 14yo girl who ran away from home to live on the streets (of my own hometown!). It's a thick book, quite rambly and boring at some points, but her personality was a draw for me. There's no mincing of words, and no attempts to be "above it all".

Although it's also hard to describe them as "inspiring" because that somehow implies some kind of justification of what they went through.. or that anything that I go through could even come close.

[Chantellabella]

Let's see if I can remember some of them

Lucky child by Loung Ung( growing up in Cambodia)
When broken glass floats by Chanrithy Him (growing up in what used to be Burma)

My forbidden face by Latifa ( growing up in the taliban)

Princess by Jean Sasson

Inside the kingdom by Carmin Bin Laden

Left to tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza and Steve Erwin

[Demerzel]

Almost time to take my balls out of my purse, and stop procrastinating.

[NikNik]

Grab your jacket

[Sagan]

It's what matters that counts.

[NikNik]

I'm a ghost and you know this..

[Heelsbythebridge]

Shiiiieeeet. A good online friend sent me a giant package, and its just arrived. Cue scrambling online with my credit card to find the order that was meant to be sent as his and his wife's Christmas gift a few weeks ago...