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| User: | sophy (57104)  The less I seek my source
Dancing the edge of sanity |
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| Name: | Rosemary | |
| Location: | Madison, Wisconsin, United States | |
| Birthdate: | 1975-07-29 | |
| Bio: | Welcome. About friend’s list, commenting, and filters: Since my health causes me to be absent from LJ for periods of time, I try to keep my list down to people who I really feel a connection to. Sometimes I go away from LJ for weeks or months at a time, so I may not comment on your posts a lot, even if I am reading your journal. I don’t have an issue with people friending me who I don’t friend back or people not friending me back who I friend. If I don’t friend you back, or remove you from my list, it doesn’t mean I hate you. It just means I have very limited time and energy. I post almost everything publicly. There are certain times when I feel the need to filter just to people I know really well and trust a whole lot, but for the most part – I’m an open book. You do have to have an LJ to comment on my entries, though, because I find that leaving entires open for anonymous commenting means I get spam and harassment and that’s no fun. The journal itself: If my health is good, you might find lots of posts by me including political or philosophical discussions, television and movie chat, surveys and polls, babble about my day-to-day stuff, and more. If my health isn’t good, you’re likely to find the occasional “still alive” post, with maybe a long update post every few weeks. Glossary: Dave is my boyfriend/life partner. His LJ is ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} symbioid. I talk about him a lot.Cleo is our cat, and she has many many nicknames. I talk about her even more. Angie is a friend who will become our roommate this summer, so she’ll start appearing more and more in entries, too. Michelle (or Michelley) is my bestest friend, and will often be referenced just as “the bestest friend” or “my Michelley ma’am”. The ma’amers are a group of friends of mine from high school, consisting of Michelley, Carrie (also a local friend who often warrants mention), and Jill. Twinnie is a good friend of mine who shares my birthday. We’re not actually twins. Family – there’s my mom and step-family, my brother and his wife and child, and Dave’s family. I talk a lot about my niece, Zoe, and about Dave’s nieces and nephews – especially the little ones. More about me: I’m fairly homebound. I get out of the house on average of once-twice a week. I live with a number of chronic physical and mental health concerns including fibromyalgia (with lots of co-existing issues there), vaginsmus, PTSD, and OCD. I am survivor of sexual abuse. I think being upfront, open, and honest about that is one of the best ways to combat sexual abuse and sexual violence in this culture. Politically, I’m a raging liberal. I vote either Green or Democrat most of the time. I’m especially concerned with issues around human rights, animal rights, the environment, nonviolence, ending poverty, and voting reform. Spiritually, I consider myself to be a mystic agnostic. I’m on the positive end of agnosticism on most things – I think it’s entirely possible that most things exist but I just can’t be sure. I’m mostly drawn to the mystical beliefs of most religions/spiritualities, and find Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Paganism to be my main spiritual influences. I’m a member of the Unitarian Universalist Association, and specifically of The Church of the Larger Fellowship (an online congregation). Philosophically, I’m an ethical hedonist. I find pleasure to be the highest value in life, but I also believe in living to ensure the best long-term happiness and pleasure – not just doing what feels good in the moment if it will cause unhappiness in the long run. I’m a hopeless optimist. I can’t seem to stop looking on the bright side of things no matter how bleak things look. I really do think laughter is the best medicine. Love, peace, joy, and hope are my main mottos in life and I strive to bring those qualities into my life and to put them out into the world around me as much as possible. I’m a foodie. I’ve been a vegetarian for about ten years, and am slowly working on going vegan. I try to buy organic as much as possible, as well as shop local as much as possible, as well as buy fair trade as much as possible, and love shopping at my local food co-op because I can often find foods that fit all three categories, and usually at least one. I love television and because of my limitations am able to watch a lot of it. I watch all of the US daytime soaps currently on air, and also quite a lot of prime time TV. Additionally, I’ve started renting and borrowing DVDs of TV shows I’ve missed from years past. I also love movies and when I’m caught up on my TV shows, I’ll start in with the movies I want to see. I especially like actually going to the theaters and will take any opportunity to go. Books will always be a love of mine, but I don’t often have the energy to read. When I am able to read, I enjoy a wide array of fiction (especially historical fiction, fantasy and sci-fi), non-fiction (especially philosophy, religious studies, and history), and magazines (I currently have a subscription to MS.). While watching television, I often like to color in coloring books. I especially like mandalas, prism designs, and other complicated patterns. I usually use colored pencils, and especially like Prismacolor brand. I’ve started making mosaics this past year, and while it’s difficult for me, I really enjoy the craft. I also love playing games. Board and card games when with other people, solitaire card games or crossword puzzles when by myself. I’m also a bit of a Sims addict, but still have the original Sims – not Sims2. I suppose that’s me in a (kinda wordy) nutshell. On each of these websites, you can click a button to support the cause -- each click creates funding, and costs you nothing! Bookmark these sites, and click once a day!       Click here to post this on your page or 'blog I maintain ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} homeward_bound, a community for homebound people. | |
| Memories: | 24 entries | |
| Interests: | 150: aclu, activism, acupressure, agnosticism, all my children, american gods, ancient greek, ancient near eastern religion, ancient philosophy, ani difranco, animal rights, athiesm, beginnings of things, bes, big brother, big love, bodhisattvas, books, buddhism, buffy the vampire slayer, butterflies, buying local, christianity, christo-paganism, chronic illness, chronic myofascial pain, chronic pain, clf, co-ops, colored pencils, coloring, coloring books, cooking, dancing with the stars, days of our lives, depression, disability, disability advocacy, drumming, dvr, eating, educational games, ee cummings, egalitarianism, environmentalism, epicurus, ethical hedonism, fair trade, felines, feminism, fibromyalgia, food, food politics, gender queer, general hospital, geography, green party, heroes, hinduism, historical fiction, homebound, hope, human rights, inanna, invisible disabilities, isis, joy, kaleidoscopes, kali, kirtan, krishna das, laughing, lists, literature, livejournal, logic, logos, louise erdrich, mandalas, marion zimmer bradley, martin luther king jr., maya angelou, meditation, moonlight, mosaics, movie theaters, movies, musicals, mysteries, mysticism, neil gaiman, netflix, new orleans jazz, nonviolence, northern exposure, ocd, one tree hill, optimism, organics, paganism, peace, people watching, philosophy, playing cards, poetry, polyamory, positive body image, prison break, pronoia, ptsd, reaper, reduce reuse recycle, reiki, religious studies, responsible consumerism, russian literature, sci fi fantasy, seasonal food, sex positivity, shakespeare, simple living, single payer health care, smallville, snail mail, snuggling, soap operas, social justice, sophia, spirituality, star hawk, superman, supernatural, teen dramas, television, the indigo girls, the office, the riches, the sarah connor chronicles, the sims, theology, tori amos, trees, unitarian universalist association, vaginismus, veganism, vegetarianism, voting reform, walking, writing, young and the restless | |
| Schools: | None listed | |
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| Account type: | Paid Account | |
