tosie_bonner (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} tosie_bonner) wrote,@ 2006-10-16 10:49:00 |
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Mmmmmonday...
Today is definitely a Monday.
I want to tell you a story, but I can't make the words in my head work.
Anxiety was a sonuvabitch this weekend, which was unfortunate. I mean, it was a good weekend with lots of good things happening, but it was just hard to get my head and heart to relax enough to enjoy them. And that suuuucks.
Religion! Let's talk about religion.
Or not.
Sometimes I think religion would be a good thing, if we could just get rid of the people in charge of it. The current priest at my church is kind of a schmuck (to borrow a word from my Jewish neighbors).
He just started running our church around a year ago, but he is sooo annoying. As mentioned, I'm Greek Orthodox. Now, that doesn't mean you have to be Greek to take part in my religion, that just gives you an idea of its origins (like being Roman Catholic).
This priest? Not Greek - which is TOTALLY okay with me. As a matter of fact, I was looking forward to having a non-Greek lead our church as my wife isn't Greek. I thought he would bring a fresh perspective, and in a sense, he did - he brought in an old perspective.
The guy is out there like he's got something to prove. He drives me NUTS! He is WAAAY old school. He is more about dogma than any priest I've ever met. He even has his wife and daughter cover their heads in church, and it wouldn't surprise me if he doesn't let them take communion when they're on the rag (FYI - this was an old belief that has since been done away with, just so you don't think my religion is too freaky).
Last week kinda amused me. He talked about watching football and being shocked and dismayed by a Desperate Housewives commercial. I wonder what he would've thought about my old Los Angeles priest who actually appeared in an episode of Nip/Tuck (click here to read that post - http://tosie-bonner.livejournal.com/530
Now, I can go to another church, but I also like my church for the social aspect (all religion and no fun makes Jack a boring a-hole). My church is where I grew up, and it's where my friends are. That said, there are two other churches in town with FANTASTIC priests.
Sounds like a no-brainer. And if I had no brain, it would be easy to figure out a solution.
I hope this week is much better than last week (and I hope you have a great week too!).
Funny links!
This may be my favorite sentence of the day: "A vice president at Core Group Marketing, Eklund, 29, has made six films under the nom de porn "Tag Eriksson," including Training Camp I and II, Desert Pick-Up 2, American Porn Star and The Hole--which is more or less like 2004's The Ring, except the voice on the other end of the phone informs you that you're gay":
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2
'Hottest Mom In America' Finally Recognizes Your Egregiously Undersexualized Mother - I threw up in my mouth a little:
http://tinyurl.com/yzdeg2
Ig Nobel Prizes announced!!! - the last one is my favorite:
http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2006/10/i
The most bizarrely nippletastic Mentos commercial, which you'll never see in America, courtesy of New Zealand:
http://gorillamask.net/mentosnip.shtml
This is the single greatest act ever achieved on rollerskates. I am not kidding:
http://www.break.com/index/indian_girl_
I'm not sure how bungee jumping off of a skydiver could possibly go right, but here's what it looks like when it goes really, really wrong:
http://www.nothingtoxic.com/media/11608
This robot can solve Rubik's Cubes in under 50 seconds. Also, it looks like it's going to f*cking kill you:
http://www.hiptechblog.com/2006/10/15/r
Properly executing a four story drop of a pair of 300 lb water balloons without killing anyone... not as easy as it looks:
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:17133
"Go ski into a vagina!" And other popular foreign curses:
http://www.giantmag.com/2006/10/we
Today is definitely a Monday.
I want to tell you a story, but I can't make the words in my head work.
Anxiety was a sonuvabitch this weekend, which was unfortunate. I mean, it was a good weekend with lots of good things happening, but it was just hard to get my head and heart to relax enough to enjoy them. And that suuuucks.
Religion! Let's talk about religion.
Or not.
Sometimes I think religion would be a good thing, if we could just get rid of the people in charge of it. The current priest at my church is kind of a schmuck (to borrow a word from my Jewish neighbors).
He just started running our church around a year ago, but he is sooo annoying. As mentioned, I'm Greek Orthodox. Now, that doesn't mean you have to be Greek to take part in my religion, that just gives you an idea of its origins (like being Roman Catholic).
This priest? Not Greek - which is TOTALLY okay with me. As a matter of fact, I was looking forward to having a non-Greek lead our church as my wife isn't Greek. I thought he would bring a fresh perspective, and in a sense, he did - he brought in an old perspective.
The guy is out there like he's got something to prove. He drives me NUTS! He is WAAAY old school. He is more about dogma than any priest I've ever met. He even has his wife and daughter cover their heads in church, and it wouldn't surprise me if he doesn't let them take communion when they're on the rag (FYI - this was an old belief that has since been done away with, just so you don't think my religion is too freaky).
Last week kinda amused me. He talked about watching football and being shocked and dismayed by a Desperate Housewives commercial. I wonder what he would've thought about my old Los Angeles priest who actually appeared in an episode of Nip/Tuck (click here to read that post - http://tosie-bonner.livejournal.com/530
Now, I can go to another church, but I also like my church for the social aspect (all religion and no fun makes Jack a boring a-hole). My church is where I grew up, and it's where my friends are. That said, there are two other churches in town with FANTASTIC priests.
Sounds like a no-brainer. And if I had no brain, it would be easy to figure out a solution.
I hope this week is much better than last week (and I hope you have a great week too!).
Funny links!
This may be my favorite sentence of the day: "A vice president at Core Group Marketing, Eklund, 29, has made six films under the nom de porn "Tag Eriksson," including Training Camp I and II, Desert Pick-Up 2, American Porn Star and The Hole--which is more or less like 2004's The Ring, except the voice on the other end of the phone informs you that you're gay":
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2
'Hottest Mom In America' Finally Recognizes Your Egregiously Undersexualized Mother - I threw up in my mouth a little:
http://tinyurl.com/yzdeg2
Ig Nobel Prizes announced!!! - the last one is my favorite:
http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2006/10/i
The most bizarrely nippletastic Mentos commercial, which you'll never see in America, courtesy of New Zealand:
http://gorillamask.net/mentosnip.shtml
This is the single greatest act ever achieved on rollerskates. I am not kidding:
http://www.break.com/index/indian_girl_
I'm not sure how bungee jumping off of a skydiver could possibly go right, but here's what it looks like when it goes really, really wrong:
http://www.nothingtoxic.com/media/11608
This robot can solve Rubik's Cubes in under 50 seconds. Also, it looks like it's going to f*cking kill you:
http://www.hiptechblog.com/2006/10/15/r
Properly executing a four story drop of a pair of 300 lb water balloons without killing anyone... not as easy as it looks:
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:17133
"Go ski into a vagina!" And other popular foreign curses:
http://www.giantmag.com/2006/10/we
