here is a portion, a collection of my life.
some of it has to do with travel. a lot of it has to do with photos. a bit of family, a bit of friends. a whole bunch of nonsense, really.
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I went for a hike today up the big hill behind my parent’s place.
And I took some photos! With something other than my phone! How ‘bout that.
Pepperdine Admin Halts Creation of LGBT Club on Campus, Says It's Against 'God's Will'
From the administration’s perspective, the issue remains how Reach OUT will align with the Pepperdine mission and tradition. While Davis acknowledged that the relationship with the Churches of Christ is important, more central is honoring the biblical conviction that sexual activity should be reserved for a husband-wife relationship.
“Pepperdine seeks to be faithful to this teaching because we believe it is God’s will,” Davis said, “and therefore we cannot endorse another view or take a neutral position on sexual morality. Although Reach OUT stated in its application that it has no position on sexual activity, we do not believe it is possible for a LGBT student organization to maintain a neutral position.”
I spent 4 years at beautiful (but painfully conservative) Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. Much of me loved it, I can’t deny the benefits of going to college on the beach but I also wish that, as a non-Christian, I had chosen a school that would have exposed me to different ideas, views, religions and people, which Pepperdine did not.
This latest move by Pepperdine is unacceptably embarrassing. University administration have “denied a student application to make gay-straight alliance “Reach OUT” an official university club.”
Please consider signing this change.org petition, which already has more signatures than the total of undergrad students at the university.
Happy Australia Day!
It’s a bit dreary. I’m road tripping to Canberra to see my folks and the pups.
Here’s Lake George.
Paul Rudd Takes Tim and Eric’s Pledge
(via willw)
I love this. But I don’t like being reminded that Paul Rudd has a family and as such, will probably never return my undying affections. But we did go to rival high schools! So that’s cool.
Don’t know what Tim and Eric’s Pledge is. I should probably look that up.
It’s straight up weird living in a place where it’s normal to see water dragons just laying around, sunning themselves. We must have seen about 20 today.
French filmmaker Vincent Moon, director of The Take-Away Shows tonight at the Seymour Center.
I’ve been a fan of Vincent’s work for years, and I speak about The Take-Away Shows like they are gospel. I’m always thrilled to come across a music-lover who hasn’t heard of them. Oh the hours you can waste (not waste) on that site.
Vincent was…fascinating. An exhausting mind, very passionate, very confusing.
It was interesting to hear him speak of how much of a struggle it was to shoot the Sigur Ros take-away show, which is one of my very favourites.
Anyway, a great end to a wonderful day.
Balcony smoothies are the new balcony beers, or so I’ve heard.
My tumblr-turned-real-life friend Breanna just moved to Sydney from Minnesota! We had a beautiful brunch today in Mosman, roamed the Manly beaches and got sufficiently burnt, and wound up at my lovely home where I allowed her plenty of time to gush over my view, which I will miss so, so dearly.
Welcome to Sydney, Bre! Great to have you here.
