Personal:
So, when I'm interesting/dating in someone, I tend to imagine what it would be like with them in my life. Like if we were together, or if they lived with me. Does anyone else do that/used to do that when they were single?

That's one reason I won't date just anyone because if they don't fit, then there's no reason to basically waste my time (so many other things to be doing lol).
May be one reason I fall so hard/so much.

For the first time in a long time I'm currently interested in two people at the same time, and it's weird. Maybe it's good for me to allow me to be able to pull back from that.


Fandom:
Okay, so on Hawaii 5-0 I like Catherine, but hate her with Steve. Most likely because I ship Steve/Danny. I only tolerate Steve/Danny/Cat stories if Cat is basically handing Steve over to Danny.
I understand about her being a good character, but why can't she be a character on her own, without having to be supported by Steve-like if she meets the rest of the team, and becomes friends with them, as well.
I don't ship Steve or Danny with anyone else at all, especially not Kono.
Which is weird, because I totally don't mind seeing my other big ship-SGA John/Rodney-with other people (except Rodney/Keller because it was out of nowhere, and Keller is a horribly unethical doctor), like John/Cam, Rodney/ONeill. This may be because it's no longer on the air, and I don't have to see one of my pair actually with someone else. Partner betrayal/infidelity is a big no for me, so 'seeing it' on screen is what I think upsets me. And I don't want to not ship Steve/Danny because that's a big part of the fun of the whole thing (besides Kono being a total badass rookie, and Chin being just badass).

I was also wondering why I adore slash over het. I actually recently read a genderfuck(adore genderfuck) where Danny was a girl, and she got together with Steve. Liked the story up to where she got pregnant, and it was all happily ever after-perfect little all-American family unit. That's not what I will ever have, and really don't want. I think one reason I really like slash is because it's a different kind of family/relationship, and I can relate to it better. Also, you know, hot guys.

Glad I went to church today. He was talking first about how he had his days mixed up (the days leading to the death and resurrection), and that in that time they looked at days and evenings differently. A day was only 12 hours, and was separate from night, and that the new named day actually started at 6PM. So this morning is Sunday, and at 6PM tonight it becomes Monday - which is how he was in the tomb 3 days and nights.
Then, there was the part where he ate at Simon the leper's house. A very short description that took 20 minutes to explain because to socialize he had to actually have been cleansed of leprosy, because in those days the lepers were cast out of society, and had to stay away from everyone.
Then there was the woman who annointed his head with oil, which sounds kind of gross in our time, but in context it was a very worshipful thing to do.

All of that means that you need to take the Bible in context of the history and traditions of that time. Which means that when people then say that you can't use that same argument in other parts of the Bible, they're full of it. Either you can, or you cannot. Not both. The parts that talk about homosexuality, if taken in historical context, don't actually refute it. So, make up your mind, people.
Also, thinking about it being in a historical context makes me wonder about today. I mean, do we take what was done and said then, learn the basic lesson, then apply it to today? Otherwise, you would take the verbatim message, and apply it to today (without the possible adjustments necessary with context), and see what happens. If you do that, then a lot of things are really odd, or don't make sense, or whatever. Do we just take the most oft repeated and emphatic messages? How does the fact that we do need to see it in a historical context affect us/it?

Makes me want to read about what society was like at that time. Do I need just Jewish life, or the surrounding cultures, or the controlling cultures? Which ones were influencing and dominating? And/or, which ones were supposed to be used at that time, and weren't?
Hmm...I do better with historical fiction (gives you the gist of the culture, but makes it interesting by putting in characters you can follow in a story format rather than reading dry facts). Anyone have suggestions?

When I was in church a few weeks ago, I was in some sort of weird, thinky mood, and wrote all of this down. Was gonna post it then, but I got distracted, or lazy, or something. lol
( Cut because it's not completely coherent, and might irritate some, although if you take it that seriously, then pbpbpb.Collapse )