The Finwë/Miriel Dilemma

Today has so far been a depressing day for me, and so I am compensating by becoming momentarily lost in a dilemma I have discovered that has absolutely no bearing on real life. Friends are losing friends (and pets--my condolensces to you, Juno) and my boss and I just had a long discussion about the state of the United States. Another hurricane is brewing in the Gulf of Mexico. I am pissed off at a group of friends right now for behaving in a heathenish, inconsiderate manner. I tried to do a flip jump on foot last night, in my parents' driveway, and got a sharp pain in the knee of my landing leg...the problems range from petty to profound, and so I am doing what any good writer does: losing myself in unreality.

( Attitudes about Finwë and Miriel, Their Choices, and Their Impact on Fëanor )

The Drabble of the Day, Late Though It Be

Well, it's official. I twisted my knee. I had group skating lessons tonight, and as I did a (hopefully) lovely exit from a spin, it was like EEK!OUCH! a sharp pain in the inside of my right knee. It seems to be only when I take a strong outside edge, but that eliminated all jumping (since few are the jumps that don't require a right outside edge, as it is the most common landing edge) and made me nervous on certain spins.

We did holds, though, and I did some lovely spirals, including some backward spirals on my right outside edge. And they didn't hurt. Weird. Perhaps because the knee is locked and not bent on spirals (whereas it bends to absorb the weight of landing a jump or leaving a spin).

I think it happened while horseback riding. My right stirrup was shorter than my left, and by the time I realized it, we were on our way. And it twisted my poor right leg most unpleasantly, and my ankle and knee hurt quite badly by the end. At least the ankle is okay....

Well, that's enough about my stupid knee that doesn't hurt except while skating...grrrrr....

I didn't drabble during the day today. Not because I didn't have time but because I was lazy and didn't feel like it. So I am drabbling now, an hour-and-a-half shy of my deadline to call it a "Daily Drabble" and not just a drabble that I do whenever.

( Word of the Day--capitulate )

( Forgiveness Lost )

Thank You for Protecting Me from Pornography!

Forget the terrorists. Forget the people who have been killed in 9/11, the London subway bombings, and in the other terrorist attacks occuring daily around the world. Forget the efforts of people like my husband and my coworkers, who go out every day and risk their lives to stop crime and terrorism.

Because what we need is protection from pornography.

The following article appeared in The Washington Post on 21 September 2005:

( Recruits Sought for Porn Squad )

( Commentary from the 'gund--THIS WILL BE POLITICALLY INCEDIARY. IF YOU WILL BE BOTHERED BY THIS, DO NOT READ IT. (Also, there is a discussion of sexuality. ::gasp!:: )