a mormon's take on homosexuality

i do not personally represent the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this is just my personal view as an active member of the church.

i am not a gay-hater. every human, every child of God has the right to agency, and nobody should interfere with that. i have no intention of telling anybody they can't choose the lifestyle the want. there are plenty of people in the world who are gay and can't help it, because they don't know how to. because some understand differently than i do, they don't want to help it. that's their decision, and i'm going to love them either way. as mormons, we are so quick to judge. acting on homosexual desires keeps you out of the temple. no one is going to force anybody to be temple-worthy. just because someone give into a weakness doesn't make them any less of a person. they should not be shunned or bullied or asked to change. everybody breaks and gives in in some aspect at some point in their journey. it's only human. some people sin differently than you- so what?! there are so many factors that come in to play that we have no room and no right to judge. there are so many details that God only knows. i beg mormons to stop playing God. it's a little favorite dirty habit of ours. no one's telling you to route on people who act on their homosexuality. all you have to do is be okay with them. a simple "you're a person, just like me, and i like you because of you" will suffice. their homosexuality is not your problem. let it be.

if someone wants your help, let them ask for it.

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happy corner

999 true things about me

1. i like cold tea. not iced... just cold
2. i would rather take the long way instead of changing lanes
3. i love coconuts
4. if i'm alone in the car, i'll turn my blinker off and back on so it blinks in time to the blinker in front of me
5. fast blinkers are annoying
6. when i walk my left foot points straight and my right foot turns out
7. sometimes i fine thick, coarse, black hair growing out of my head
8. i get headaches from headbands
9. i love old things
10. i love the smell of coffee
11. i've taken 3 years of spanish
12. i can't really speak spanish
13. i started playing violin at age 3
14. if i fall asleep and my feet are cold, i have bad dreams
15. if i'm too hot at night i wake up at exactly 2:14 am every single time
16. i think stupid things are funny
17. i don't really like milk
18. i like pear-scented things
19. i like pear jellybeans
20. i like dr pepper jellybeans
21. peanut butter and pickles is surprisingly delicious
22. i wish i liked science
23. i am a mormon
24. my ancestors were mormon pioneers
25. if i'm walking fast, it means i have to go (like, to the bathroom)
26. my great-great-something-grandfather was on the Mayflower
27. i am 5 feet 6 inches tall
28. disneyland was my first memory
29. i remember random useless things
30. i love asian food
31. i love asians
32. i am very irish
33. i used to irish dance
34. i get allergies in june, only in june
35. i like 9's and 3's
36. i wish i was born in the 50's
37. i love sitting at the bottom of swimming pools
38. i hold my pen wrong
39. i have a weird bump on my knuckle from holding my pen wrong
40. i know how to spell subpoena
41. i usually compose music in Ab major, so the Db doesn't feel left out 
42. i will make fun of your utah accent
43. i love oregon beaches
44. i like being cold, unless i'm asleep
45. my feet turn purple regularly
46. i name all my instruments
47. i love going barefoot
48. i love buying shoes
49. i don't like necklaces
50. i want a pet pig named george
51. i want 2 cats, ringo and linguine 
52. during the summer i pray that my future husband will be smart at scout camp
53. i love rollercoasters
54. i hate heights
55. i like indie music
56. i wish at 10:10
57. i like indian food
58. i want to live in india
59. i can't sleep in
60. i love nature
61. i hate hiking
62. i wish i liked to run
63. i have tiny ankles
64. i have a birthmark on my left temple
65. my birthmark is commonly mistaken for a bruise
66. my second toe is longer than my big one
67. my favorite color is yellow
68. the first thing i ever bought was a pack of that zebra gum at safeway
69. i miss orange blossom special ice cream
70. most everything i own is pink
71. i don't really like pink
72. i absolutely love the beatles
73. i think paul mccartney looks like a monkey
74. i wish i was british 
75. i need a pet sloth
76. i wish my hair was wavier
77. i like being alone
78. i wish my hair was auburn
79. belle is my favorite princess
80. i like guys who wear skinny jeans
81. i like wearing skinny jeans
82. i can never get away with cheating
83. i love goofy sweaters
84. i don't like twilight
85. i don't like justin bieber
86. i make harry potter references a lot
87. i read the entire harry potter series backward
88. i don't like adele
89. i wish i liked adele
90. i stress out about everything
91. i don't like wicked
92. i used to act
93. i was hypolyta in a midsummer night's dream
94. i want to legally change my name to aubrey-claire
95. i went on a cruise to alaska
96. i use to love barbies
97. i'm scared of things grabbing me from behind
98. i have a weakness for black skin
99. gorillas are my favorite animal
100. i like sleeping in the tub (probably not the greatest...)

to be continued...

everyday vegan

okay, yeah, as a continuation of my bridge obsession...

this is the 59th street bridge  in beautiful nyc...

and this is the 59th street bridge song.

and it's pretty groovy. 

even though i enjoy cheese. a lot....

like... A LOT. 

i have made one of the greatest life decisions. 

i'm going to be vegan. 

like, a vegetarian who doesn't eat cheese. 

or yogurt, or milk, or eggs, or butter, or jell-o, or chicken broth.

or cheese. 

i love cheese. 

is it unethical to not be an ethical vegan? because ethical vegans don't use glue. or crayons.

and i like crayons almost as much as i like cheese. almost. 

and apparently i'm not allowed to call myself vegan if i use crayons.

so i guess i'm just your everyday unethical vegan.... 

goodbye:(

bridge obsession

i have this new obsession with bridges. i love them. so much.

it may or may not have something to do with the fact that i'm going to portland in a month. portland is full of bridges. portland is also my favorite.

there's also this really cute one outside my bedroom window. it crosses an irrigation ditch. (welcome to utah)

but the ditch got filled, so it just crosses... dirt. pretty(:

this one is my favorite. i am very emotionally attached to it. when i was little, we crossed it almost every day.

i mean, it was the first bridge i ever crossed. ever. in my entire existence. i was born on one side of the bridge, and we lived on the other. it's very special and near to my heart.



are you laughing? cuz that would be very rude.

and this one...isn't it so pretty?

and look at that gorgeous oregon sky.

i miss clouds. real clouds. and i also miss bridges.

we would cross this one and go to the rose festival parade. i was positive it would lift up while we were on and then our car would fall in the river. it was traumatic.


and anyway... i really like bridges. and in july, i will be in the city of bridges and i will relive my childhood.

sort of.

and i'll just be happy, because i'll be close to a bridge. actually, lots of bridges.

and really, the only reason i like bridges is because i like rivers. because rivers are water and water is life.

and i like life.