I find it interesting that those against welfare plans tend to be the one's who abuse it, specifically in college. I have found that many "so-called" republicans who have openly complained about taxes being taken out of their paychecks, or those who flat out reject welfare plans tend to apply for financial aid even if their parents pay for their tuition and they can support themselves just fine.
I am for welfare, because I think it is an important program for those who generally can't afford the American lifestyle. I think that the importance of politics is to help the people living here live the fullest lives. The problem however is those people who don't need that money and spend it towards a plasma screen TV or a vacation. Each school only gets a certain amount of money, and by taking it when you don't need it, you are essentially taking money away from someone who could really use it. The funny thing is though, that even though I support welfare, I have never applied for Federal Aid. Sure, Daren and I make somewhere in the range of $20-25 K a year, but we have made sacrifices because we can live off of what we make.
I'm not trying to preach here, but I would like to say, if you are going to abuse federal aid or food stamps, at least support welfare and don't say that you don't. Don't pretend to be an uppity stuck up conservative if you're a beneficiary of any sort yourself. There's nothing worse than being a hypocrite!
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Monday, February 26, 2007
School, school
I have decided to go to EVERY SINGLE DAY of class for the rest of the semester, for the ENTIRE TIME PERIOD that it is in session. I should have made that my lent goal. Seriously.
I'm majoring in Sociology, minoring in Business, and will be done in December 2007. I am VERY EXCITED!
If it snows anymore I think I'm going to barf. Yesterday night Daren and I were coming home from a friend's and of course it was snowing. Not only that, but NOT A SINGLE ROAD in Provo was plowed! We were in Daren's civic too, so that didn't help. Yikes! We BARELY made it up the hill to our apartment. And when I say barely, I mean, BARELY!
Okay I'm done, tired, and half a study group in an hour and a half.
I'm majoring in Sociology, minoring in Business, and will be done in December 2007. I am VERY EXCITED!
If it snows anymore I think I'm going to barf. Yesterday night Daren and I were coming home from a friend's and of course it was snowing. Not only that, but NOT A SINGLE ROAD in Provo was plowed! We were in Daren's civic too, so that didn't help. Yikes! We BARELY made it up the hill to our apartment. And when I say barely, I mean, BARELY!
Okay I'm done, tired, and half a study group in an hour and a half.
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Old Roommates...
Daren and I went out with my old roommates today, and it was a lot of fun! It was great to see how everyone has changed in just two years since I lived with these girls. Four of us are now married, which is definitely weird, one is on a mission and the other two are almost done with school. It was a lot of fun to see everyone.
It got me to thinking about life just in general, and how life can take such different courses in general. It's also weird to think that Daren and I will be done in 10 months with school, and actually working. I'll be 21 when I graduate, but in a lot of ways I feel like I'm already 25.
It was great to see old friends today. I hope that in 20 years from now, we'll fly to the same place and have dinner just like we did today.
It got me to thinking about life just in general, and how life can take such different courses in general. It's also weird to think that Daren and I will be done in 10 months with school, and actually working. I'll be 21 when I graduate, but in a lot of ways I feel like I'm already 25.
It was great to see old friends today. I hope that in 20 years from now, we'll fly to the same place and have dinner just like we did today.
Friday, February 23, 2007
Engaged and Underage - the Mormon wedding
First blog - what to write about? I watched Engaged and Underage, and as many know, it was about a mormon wedding. I surprisingly found it very tasteful, except when the girl (Amanda I think?) flipped out about the ring ceremony. I think that she was just very young and stressed out though.
I'm actually really glad about the ring ceremony in the show, because I think that it is important to make everyone feel involved in a wedding. Daren and I didn't have one, but then again most of our family came into the temple with us. I know that if Daren or my family had been non-members, we definitely would have had one. I think that it doesn't matter whether you wanted one or not, as this girl in the episode did not, because it is important for everyone in the intermediate family to feel included. I have a friend who married a convert to the church, and since his parents couldn't go to the temple because they weren't members who had gone through the necessary steps, but her parents could, they decided to go to the Hawaii temple by themselves and get married, JUST the two of them. They had a reception about two weeks later. I'm sure this hurt her parents, but I also think it was good of her to not let one family feel excluded and the other one included. However, if I had been in the situation, I would have probably just have done the ring ceremony.
What most people don't know is that even though members who get married in the temple don't go through any of the traditional wedding things, many traditional wedding things happen after. I had bridesmaids at my wedding, and ever mormon wedding I've been to has had the traditional bouquet throwing, garner toss, cutting of the cake, bridesmaids and groomsmen. I had the daddy-daughter dance, and our first dance as a couple. While I would have been perfectly happy just getting married in the temple and that being that, I'm glad that I had the rest. It truly helped to make the day memorable, and it was a lot of fun.
So to those who saw the episode, I thought it was a very tasteful episode, but I do wish they would have done it for a couple who didn't live in Utah. There are those of us out there who aren't from Utah that are mormon and married young.
I was concerned for the family though. I wish that I had something to say to the aunt in the episode about the whole family thing, but I think having a ring ceremony helped to compensate it. There are a few things that I find hard to accept in the church, such as how she said that we focus so much on the family, but don't allow them to see anything regarding the wedding. I truly empathize with them, and wish there was something I could have said to make her feel better. If I am ever in a similar situation, I hope that I can be understanding and careful with my words. However, there really wasn't any ta da's in the temple. It was very simple, and I think if a non-mormon had come to see it, they would have been like, "That's the big deal? That's what is so restricted from non-mormons and mormons who haven't gone through the temple?" Like I said, it wasn't nearly as fancy as a typical wedding. I think a lot of mormons grow up thinking temple marriage ceremony is different than it is, I know that I did.
That's all I've got on the issue, but for the most part, I thought the episode was well done. Sorry to write so extensively about it, it just hit close to home. My only complaint is that they should have gotten a more mature 19-year-old mormon girl. There are plenty out there to represent the mormon community. But I think the girl was really happy with the ring ceremony in the end, and that's what I think is important.
I'm actually really glad about the ring ceremony in the show, because I think that it is important to make everyone feel involved in a wedding. Daren and I didn't have one, but then again most of our family came into the temple with us. I know that if Daren or my family had been non-members, we definitely would have had one. I think that it doesn't matter whether you wanted one or not, as this girl in the episode did not, because it is important for everyone in the intermediate family to feel included. I have a friend who married a convert to the church, and since his parents couldn't go to the temple because they weren't members who had gone through the necessary steps, but her parents could, they decided to go to the Hawaii temple by themselves and get married, JUST the two of them. They had a reception about two weeks later. I'm sure this hurt her parents, but I also think it was good of her to not let one family feel excluded and the other one included. However, if I had been in the situation, I would have probably just have done the ring ceremony.
What most people don't know is that even though members who get married in the temple don't go through any of the traditional wedding things, many traditional wedding things happen after. I had bridesmaids at my wedding, and ever mormon wedding I've been to has had the traditional bouquet throwing, garner toss, cutting of the cake, bridesmaids and groomsmen. I had the daddy-daughter dance, and our first dance as a couple. While I would have been perfectly happy just getting married in the temple and that being that, I'm glad that I had the rest. It truly helped to make the day memorable, and it was a lot of fun.
So to those who saw the episode, I thought it was a very tasteful episode, but I do wish they would have done it for a couple who didn't live in Utah. There are those of us out there who aren't from Utah that are mormon and married young.
I was concerned for the family though. I wish that I had something to say to the aunt in the episode about the whole family thing, but I think having a ring ceremony helped to compensate it. There are a few things that I find hard to accept in the church, such as how she said that we focus so much on the family, but don't allow them to see anything regarding the wedding. I truly empathize with them, and wish there was something I could have said to make her feel better. If I am ever in a similar situation, I hope that I can be understanding and careful with my words. However, there really wasn't any ta da's in the temple. It was very simple, and I think if a non-mormon had come to see it, they would have been like, "That's the big deal? That's what is so restricted from non-mormons and mormons who haven't gone through the temple?" Like I said, it wasn't nearly as fancy as a typical wedding. I think a lot of mormons grow up thinking temple marriage ceremony is different than it is, I know that I did.
That's all I've got on the issue, but for the most part, I thought the episode was well done. Sorry to write so extensively about it, it just hit close to home. My only complaint is that they should have gotten a more mature 19-year-old mormon girl. There are plenty out there to represent the mormon community. But I think the girl was really happy with the ring ceremony in the end, and that's what I think is important.
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