Normally, I get really annoyed when I read stories of poverty or near-poverty from formerly upwardly mobile college educated 20-somethings. Something about those accounts usually stinks of "ugh. I got laid off and now I have to go work at some place that's beneath me." Oh, the horror of having to work a $10/hour job instead of a $40K/annual starting salary!

Instead of that, you're actually – you know – a real person. Scratch that, you're being a fucking adult about it. I think a mature perspective is what is often lost from these narratives.

Now that I'm done being a pretentious ass, yeah, atheism is pretty dope and your beastly pupper is so cute!

Thanks for the link! I too am an atheist (although not a drunken one, at least at the moment). I actually read the Hateraid article you linked to, and was surprised that it was far gentler and more analytic than most of the negative ones I have read on the story (although the majority of the feedback I've gotten has been positive).

Anyways, appreciate the kind words and honored that you've read part of my blog!

~Bri