Fight Entropy!

[jennielf.livejournal.com]

http://www.ajc.com/living/content/living/stories/2006/10/21/1022natreunion.html

He may not be an actual wizard and he may be "too old", but i think he definetly has the right stuff. I mean how often can onther single people change the minds of so many others?

(Yes, i consider entropy to include racism and violence....I mean, can you think of anything else that can possibly speed up the death of the universe any faster besides death?)

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[terrylj.livejournal.com]

That was an awesome story. Thanks for linking it.

[lunalovegoddess.livejournal.com]

Lately I've been thinking a lot about high school, and how I did not come into my own being until college. I did not have any friends in school, and was continuously ridiculed and bullied from the time I was eight until senior year. Switching schools had not helped, because one girl from my junior high had transfered into my private school. When I went to my five-year reunion, the only one I've been to, half of the class showed up, and some of the girls said that they couldn't imagine how strong I was to come to school every day with the way I was mistreated. They never had their glasses broken, or had people poison their food, or got beat up and ostracized. Not one of them apologized for standing by and watching, or laughing along at the class joke: me. I remember turning to my husband and saying, "well, it's a start. At least they acknowledge that there was a problem."
Then, two girls approached. I would sit at their table, three empty chairs between me and the others, always on the outside. I was too proud to ask if I could sit with them, but insisted on sitting as close to them as I could. Luna Lovegood says it best: "Almost like having friends." I think of my behavior as being like the way cats posture with each other. The more dominant ones allow you to be in the same room or come closer as long as you do not come too close. (pretty sure that in The Book of Night With Moon there is a game the cats play like that)
They had been nice to me more or less and we had worked together on the school musical senior year. More or less, I never knew whether they liked me or not. We barely spoke.
They took the others to task, and it was quite a shock to me. They said that a lot of girls had admired me and that I was remembered as being independent, focused, and above all, kind. That they felt I have always been better than them and more mature.
I still keep in touch with them.

Just thought I'd chime in...

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

They're willing to reach out to their abused white classmate, but still (apparently) not to the black students who were abused along with him.

As Luna said, "Well, it's a start." Every journey begins with a single step.

[ryouji.livejournal.com]

I don't care to put in any information to view the story.
Is there a way to view the story without it?

[jennielf.livejournal.com]

ummmm. i dunno....

[silken-shadow.livejournal.com]

It's always neat to see an icon I've made in use. I should link you to the revised icon with the complete quotation (if you're not familiar with Spider Robinson's works). The final line in the quotation is "...thus do we refute entropy." If you're interested, drop me a comment here.

[jennielf.livejournal.com]

yeah, taht would be awesome...
i am quite familiar with Robinson's works, in fact i chose to make this my default icon because ive been going through stuff lately that made me realize taht I needed to be more vocal in my adopted rules of life :)
so yeah, i love the quote and icon, but the whole would would be even better! :)