24 dic 2003
Trisyllabic
So... Christmas? Yeah. It was... not festive. Lameo. (Lameo rhymes with Romeo, and can be inserted in any song or sonet containing the name Romeo; such as that classic from the Empire Records soundtrack, "a lovestruck Romeo, sings his song so sweetly seranade..." as AJ is dopily gazing at Corey as she's sorting CDs even thougth she's not working. What's better than Empire Records? Empire Records REMIXED. Longer, funnier, and... longer. I've seen that movie too much.)
So Christmas. We're in Milwaukee & I'm a great big liar. I'm a liar because I thought I'd have no internet access here and suddenly I do, plus lots of time to use it. Too much time. Oh that Christmas Blarrrr...
We went to a Lutheran service, complete with kids reading the Xmas story poorly. Kids are so cute. Their voices are so annoying. I love them anyway. Usually i would really have liked to have been a somewhat normal 'Christian' but the whole Xmas pagent thing only interests me as a novelty. I can rent movies if i really wanted to be in the holiday spirit.
Rachel refuses to do Christmas next year, as we only do it for the presents and Daddy-o (also rhymes with Romeo, but should not be inserted in songs from mid-nineties movies) reliably screws up the purchasing of presents. See her blog for a complete list of the follies this year. I got movies, books, a random bag, and a DVD player that may or may not work, in any case i'm not too concerned. I don't think that anyone who is obese and has internet access has cause to complain about current dearth of luxuries. I'm rollin' in it baby, but i still really want a copy of Russian Ark.
My fundamental problem with Christmas is Christianity. The whole socialize with your family and such sounds like a great idea, so i'd probably like it lots if i had the same family for three consecutive years. But Christianity: it is by definition an unbalanced religion. If you don't know what i mean, stare long and hard at that Cross. Then rotate it a bit. It puts itself intentionally above something, and that something is much more important that it ever was. Christ came to us as our Savior. Who needs a Savior? Someone who believes they are flawed. I don't think I'm flawed. I was made perfectly fine the first time and don't need to be reborn or whatnot (I made me myself!). Also I think God is way too easy a belief system and i really, really like making things hard on myself.
However, the fact that a major percentage of our population is Islam, Jewish or Christian strongly suggests that monotheism has something going for it. I must be pretty stupid as i cannot fathom what that is, though once upon a time i believed it myself.
¶ 20:47
So Christmas. We're in Milwaukee & I'm a great big liar. I'm a liar because I thought I'd have no internet access here and suddenly I do, plus lots of time to use it. Too much time. Oh that Christmas Blarrrr...
We went to a Lutheran service, complete with kids reading the Xmas story poorly. Kids are so cute. Their voices are so annoying. I love them anyway. Usually i would really have liked to have been a somewhat normal 'Christian' but the whole Xmas pagent thing only interests me as a novelty. I can rent movies if i really wanted to be in the holiday spirit.
Rachel refuses to do Christmas next year, as we only do it for the presents and Daddy-o (also rhymes with Romeo, but should not be inserted in songs from mid-nineties movies) reliably screws up the purchasing of presents. See her blog for a complete list of the follies this year. I got movies, books, a random bag, and a DVD player that may or may not work, in any case i'm not too concerned. I don't think that anyone who is obese and has internet access has cause to complain about current dearth of luxuries. I'm rollin' in it baby, but i still really want a copy of Russian Ark.
My fundamental problem with Christmas is Christianity. The whole socialize with your family and such sounds like a great idea, so i'd probably like it lots if i had the same family for three consecutive years. But Christianity: it is by definition an unbalanced religion. If you don't know what i mean, stare long and hard at that Cross. Then rotate it a bit. It puts itself intentionally above something, and that something is much more important that it ever was. Christ came to us as our Savior. Who needs a Savior? Someone who believes they are flawed. I don't think I'm flawed. I was made perfectly fine the first time and don't need to be reborn or whatnot (I made me myself!). Also I think God is way too easy a belief system and i really, really like making things hard on myself.
However, the fact that a major percentage of our population is Islam, Jewish or Christian strongly suggests that monotheism has something going for it. I must be pretty stupid as i cannot fathom what that is, though once upon a time i believed it myself.
¶ 20:47
