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06/04/09
Pun aside, that is a very serious sentiment. [www.rsf.org] Donate if you can.
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05/14/09
Which struck me as nonsense, but I wonder if anyone out there can speak to the issue? I think it's far more likely that, for all that we say "we have nothing to do with those stinking Persians!" all the time about Iran, we actually do have many sources of contact with them (less than a year ago, for instance, Thomas Pickering was doing some back channel negotiating, and US and Iranian diplomats met -- though didn't actually, you know, talk -- in Geneva) whereas North Korea has managed to all but Saran-wrap itself off from us and everyone else. So: We had ways to talk to people in Iran, and we really don't in North Korea.
Does this make sense?
Having said that, oh lord, I hope they're ok and will somehow get released soon. I feel ill just thinking about it, and imagining what their families must be going through.
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12/12/08
Amen, sister.
12/12/08
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12/12/08
But then I got engaged, and we had to pick out a ring, and it turns out as klutsy as i am, nothing less than diamonds will do, solely because they're basically indestructible.
So I got a conflict free deep brown (also known as chocolate) diamond rose gold ring designed by a local artisan on Etsy. It's awesome, and so unique and I love it, and don't feel weird about it all.
Brown diamonds are basically garbage diamonds, so it was super cheap - but it's soooooo pretty and unique and matches my hair. And it looks NOTHING like a cliche, and it was ethical. It went something I was wary of, to something I show off to choruses of ooooohs and ahhhhhs, which is something I never thought I'd do. But we also saved money to spend on important things. Like not jewelery.
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12/12/08
But mostly they tap into scary doubts I have. Not about whether Mr. JB loves me. And not ones that are assuaged by jewelry. Doubts that are assuaged by smacking other people in the mouth. I can't be doing that. They'll put me away.
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12/12/08
And I just realized you are named for a Freaks and Geeks character. So clearly, you are awesome.
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12/12/08
But.
I need my diamonds. I am young and without heirloom jewelry. Not a lot, but one or two big old rocks will do. I want my engagement ring. I want my studs. I want these things. I know about blood diamonds, and I am fine with lab created diamonds. I also realize they are generally not a big deal:
[www.neatorama.com]
So I love you Sarah Haskins. You are brilliant. You are right to be irked about the way diamonds are advertised.
BUT I WILL HAVE MY DIAMONDS.
12/12/08
12/12/08
That said: I want a piece of jewelry from bf this year for my birthday or for christmas. I want to wear something from him that he picked out for me. I want it to be small & simple (hint to boyfriend: I like pearls and garnets), and ideally it would be from an estate sale.
Last year, when he sent one of his spies to ask me, oh so casually, what I'd like for xmas, I said that I thought jewelry would be nice. According to spy, his response was that he was uncomfortable buying me jewelry because "it's so personal."
Hey, bf, you know waht else is "so personal?" Fellatio. And you don't seem to have a problem with that!
12/12/08