Students For a Sensible Drug Policy
» my name is Megan. i'm twenty-two years old. i attend caldwell college, where i major in social studies and education, with a poli sci minor. i'm a lifeguard and swim coach. i am a borderline socialist. i am a cranky optimist. i believe that everything should be fun, even if that means dancing down the aisles of the super market. i love the outdoors. i have chronic spring fever and christmas spirit. i'd rather eat veggies or fruit instead of potato chips and fast food. i love dvds of television.

»loves: water, pools, the shore, political science, life guarding, my Beatles, Caldwell, pacifism, free will, freethinking, optimism, blue and green, new ideas and revolution, thunder storms, the seasons, dolphins, my porch and family, democrats, democracy, democratic socialism, participation in the gov't by common people, learning, television, bazooka bubblegum, fruits and veggies

»dislikes: my anxiety, sunburns, war in all forms, republicans, anyone or anything that inhibits freedom, fried food, the US PATRIOT Act, fake food and people, people who ask stupid questions, those who do not understand the meaning of lifeguards and our whistles, competition, excessive sunlight and drama, too many people in the pool, when anyone wakes me up early, most reality TV, being ignored/ underappreciated

» Saturday, August 2, 2008, @ 06:02 p.m.
Shintoism is cool.

Shinto teaches that everything contains a kami ("spiritual essence" which is translated into "god"). Every rock, every squirrel, every living and nonliving thing contains a kami.

The kami are not transcendent deities in the usual Western and Indian sense of the word. Although divine, they are close to humanity; they inhabit the same world as we do, make the same mistakes as we do, and feel and think the same way as we do.

The most widely worshiped of all kami is the sun-goddess Amaterasu, often symbolised by a mirror. Everything that one sees through the mirror is the embodiment of Amaterasu and every other kami.

Love of nature: Nature is sacred; to be in contact with nature is to be close to the kami. Natural objects are worshipped as containing sacred spirits.

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