Eight Lives Left

– and a heart that wants to be true –

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Archive for January 2nd, 2008

SQT: Privilege Meme

Bold the things that true. (Stolen from Cas&.)

Father went to college
Father finished college
Mother went to college
Mother finished college
Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor

Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers (I don’t understand this one.)
Had more than 50 books in your childhood home
Had more than 500 books in your childhood home
Were read children’s books by a parent
Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18 (I don’t understand this one either.)
Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18 (Or this one.)
The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively
Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18
Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs
Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs
Went to a private high school
Went to summer camp
Had a private tutor before you turned 18 (Didn’t need one.)
Family vacations involved staying at hotels
Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18
Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them

There was original art in your house when you were a child
Had a phone in your room before you turned 18
You and your family lived in a single family house
Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home
You had your own room as a child
Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course

Had your own TV in your room in High School (Didn’t want one!)
Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College
Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16

Went on a cruise with your family
Went on more than one cruise with your family
Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up
You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family


I WANT THIS

Look here. So much fun! So expensive!


Quotes

These are some quotes I stole from hyjinx. Thank you, hyjinx!

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
~Author Unknown

If malice or envy were tangible and had a shape, it would be the shape of a boomerang.
~Charley Reese

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.
~James Baldwin

The jealous bring down the curse they fear upon their own heads.
~Dorothy Dix

People pay for what they do, and still more, for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it simply: by the lives they lead.
~Edith Wharton