The time has come

The day the little girl inside of me has been waiting for. TWILIGHT!!!
So, I know it's incredibly immature and I'm old enough to know better, but I'm so freaking excited to see the movie. I know that it will hardly compare to the book, but I'm trying to go in thinking happy thoughts. Even if the movie blows, at least I get to look at Robert Pattinson for a couple of hours. My darling friend, Mandy, is hosting a pre-party for all the gushing gals we know. There's no boys allowed to this party, and in my experience all-girl parties are often the most fun and entertaining. I guess there's just something about all of the estrogen in the air. :)

So, even though I don't know most of the people that are going, I just can't wait. Those of you that know me well, know that I'm a bit of a social phobe, so this excitement is very out of character. Anyway, just had to get it out there. Don't hate. You're just jealous.

Holy Joseph Smith!

So, I was raised in a pretty non-traditional home. I was taught Mormon beliefs and ideals from early childhood. However, these beliefs and ideals were rarely practiced in my home. It seemed like our family's involvement in the church was more about making friendships with the young missionaries than truly embracing the foundation of the church. I've always had my own doubts and struggles with the religion, the most profound was the extreme inequality that the church teaches. The thing that bothered me the most was that women cannot hold the priesthood. So, from my experience, I've found that the church is fairly intolerant of anyone that is not a straight, white male. I'm so pleased to see that Mormons are looking a little harder into what their own beliefs are, instead of following the leader as I have seen too many times. Follow your heart, not your "prophet".

Here's what sparked this blog:
http://www.abc4.com/content/news/state/story.aspx?content_id=ccfb0624-e720-4504-be2d-5e8c1d6dba1d

And some interesting sites:
http://www.i4m.com/think/
http://www.exmormon.org/
http://mormonnomore.com/

And I thought I had weird phobias ...