I believe that my security is wrapped up in your security. and that we are only as secure as everyone else in the world. This means that I am only as secure and happy as someone in Haiti, Afghanistan or China, even though I have never met them. If they are not secure (and secure here means safe and healthy, and yes, happy too), then in some way, that will trickle over and affect my security. We are now more than ever a global society, and  I can’t stand people saying “well I was born in America so I deserve x y z). You do not deserve it for being an American citizen, you deserve it for being HUMAN. 

“All men are created equal and have the same inalienable rights.” This does not mean only people born in America have these rights. Especially since the Declaration of Independence was written before we were ‘America’. I do not believe in borders, either. We are citizens of the WORLD, and we all need to work TOGETHER, for EACH OTHER. I do not believe in borders, borders do not make people more secure. We are more connected as a global society than we ever have been, which means now more than ever before, what is happening in Mexico and Honduras and North Korea and even in Somalia and Egypt, affects us whether we are aware or not. 

Something as arbitrary as where you happened to be born should not determine whether you have access to education, or whether you have the right to live in a peaceful society. 100 years ago, being born female and black meant you were automatically a second class citizen. So because someone was born at a geographically different location than me, they should be treated differently? Even after they fought much harder to get to, stay in, and become a citizen or refugee of this country? They worked harder than I ever have to be American. 

If we are going to have this mentality, then forget citizenship by birth, why not make everyone work for their citizenship? Everyone has to pass a test once they graduate high school or turn 18 to determine whether or not they can become a citizen of the United States, born here or not. I know so many international students who work so much harder than American students. 

Immigrants aren’t stealing your jobs. I would like one person to come show me a specific job that an undocumented immigrant stole. If you want to pick oranges and mend clothes for 25 cents and hour/piece, there is a job for you. 

No human being is illegal, and I get really fired up about these things because I care about the world at large, and because I have experienced what it is like living in different countries. 

If these makes me an idealistic hippie liberal, then so be it. 

In the post below, my father is getting really happy with the seal-a-meal…

So we have pizza crusts, baguettes, and granola bars on top of the doughnuts. Pics of the graham crackers and pop tarts to come.

Special thanks to Jules Gluten Free for all the amazing recipes. These are the first baguettes I have made that tasted and felt like real bread. :)

GF Doughnuts made yesterday…

Posting all the pics of my “baking storm” from the weekend

Disclaimer: Mommie Millie did most of the work, as my carpal tunnel makes me quite useless while baking these days.. :(

fuckyeahsharks:

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Help California become a leader in shark conservation

Senators are voting on a CA shark fin ban THIS WEEK. 

Shark finning, a brutal and wasteful act where fishermen cut off sharks’ fins and toss the bleeding shark overboard to die, is now banned in US waters. But sharks are still not safe.

There is a booming business in the shark fin trade, leading to the deaths of tens of millions of sharks every year. And many of those fins come from overseas, where finning still occurs.

Sharks can’t reproduce fast enough to keep up with the demand for their fins. But California can make a difference. AB 376 will make it illegal to possess or sell shark fins in California, which will take some pressure off these magnificent and important animals.

Tell your Senator to support AB 376 TODAY!

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GET ON THAT, FYS’ERS. 

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I LOVE broccoli. When I was little I pretended broccoli were trees and I was a BIG HUNGRY DINOSAUR…I would growl while I ate ALL THE TREES IN THE WORRRLDDD!!!! grrrr

silhouettex:

Left speaker and a right speaker.. yea im fucked

My night cap and my head phones….im gonna die.

A lounge chair and a printer -.- I’m fucked.

A tissue box & a lamp. BRING IT FUCKA! *.*

Pillow and blanket. Goodbye guise, I’m dead

A stick of 5 Gum and a vanilla pudding cup.
Well, at least I’ll die with delicious num-nums in my tummy. 

My boyfriend to my left, a glass of lemon cordial to my right :/ well, the bf and I have played enough L4D… I think we’ll be okay

My shark pillow pet and an empty paper plate….

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silhouettex:

zomg hello kittayyyy

Totes already had ice cream fo’ breakfast today

Last night I finally got to talk to my mom about all of the previous mentioned feelings. I told her how I just havent been happy and basically broke down to her about how I dont feel at home anymore, and I have been struggling with a lot of things. It felt so good to tell her how I have been feeling. And she was completely understanding and not judgmental. We both think part of it is because I went from having no time on my hands and being completely overwhelmed, and now I have a lot of time on my hands to think and mope. I am not a person that reaches out and says “Hey I need help”, so even talking to my mom last night took a lot. I try to achieve the idea of not having feelings, theyre complicated and I like to live objectively. I no longer feel guilty for my feelings, and just letting my mom know how I feel took a huge weight ff my shoulders.

Today will be a good day.