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Oh cool! NPR Music. And they're partnering with Folk Alley.

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aiglet, thank you! Best scarves *ever*! sammy_grrrl firmly agrees. :)

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So, here's something that's bugging me. People/businesses/organizations who use the word Christian to mean "Better". I keep getting spam for Christian Debt Relief, and I've seen signs for Christian realtors, markets, car dealerships and so forth. About eighty badillion people use the phrase "Good Christian {fitb}" without ever thinking about it. I don't even think most of them really mean what the words say, which is "Person is better because sie is a Christian". If that *isn't* what the words are saying, why add Christian? I've never heard anyone say "Oh, he's a bad Christian {fitb}".

What does religion have to do with car dealerships? Am I going to get a better deal there if I'm Christian too? If so, how creepy. Not to mention illegal in many places.

And then there's the War on Christmas. Which, you know, doesn't actually exist. No, I don't say Merry Christmas 99.99999% of the time, 'cause that isn't what I'm celebrating and as I usually have no way of knowing what a stranger celebrates, saying something along the lines of Happy Holidays covers everything and is inclusive. I could rant, but Dusty said it better.

Though I have little doubt that y'all are pickin' up what I'm puttin' down, as you are a very smart group of people, I want to make things crystal clear. I like Christmas, I have nothing against the vast majority of Christians. I do have a large problem with the fake persecution complex, and the "WE are better than you, nananananana" thing.

I realize that, for a lot of people, believing in one thing means disbelieving in everything else. I get that. It isn't how I look at the world, but I do understand it. However, someone's right to be smug about being part of the "right" religion ends at my nose, as it were.

People of different faiths are not better or worse than one another because of those faiths. They are just different.

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In other news, we watched Hogfather last night. I was wembling about it, 'cause I didn't know how Sam would react. So, I asked her. No I didn't ask if she'd be okay with watching the movie, 'cause how would she know without watching the movie? I asked if anything in The Nightmare Before Christmas had scared her? She said the only thing that got to her was when Jack removed his head. Then I asked if anything in The Corpse Bride had scared her. She said no, nothing at all. So, we tried it, with her knowing that if it creeped her out, we'd change it.

She didn't get all of it, of course, but had a pretty good time, and I loved watching it with Jeff. We're quite looking forward to the Colour of Magic next year.

Though, Ion *really* needs to either have a better variety of commercials or fewer breaks, 'cause *damn*. It was a bit absurd. I think they showed the same commercials twice in one commercial break a few times. (They showed the whole thing at once, which took four hours.)

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I've got to make time to dye my hair. I mean to...I have the dye and everything. I just flat out forget. But, maybe one day this week, all my hair will be dark red again. That'd be nice.

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This bit of fiction, from Shadesong, is gorgeous and haunting and sad and just go read it already. *grin*

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I finally tried one of the Peanut Butter & Banana Reeses Cups. I bought the bag a month or two ago, 'cause it seemed both nifty and goofy. But, to be honest, they kind of scared me. But, I plucked up my courage and bit.

They're not bad. Very rich, but didn't make me gag or anything. I don't think I'd have more than one at a time, but I can definitely imagine having another, somewhere down the road.

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I finished the monkey fabric box for Sam's counting animals. And I'll take pictures as soon as I get the new batteries for my camera. I *think* I have a pair around here somewhere. I tried using the batteries that are currently in the camera, but they have just enough juice to turn the camera on, notice they have no juice and turn the camera off. Ah well, the main thing is that I finished it. *And*, it holds all the animals with room for more. Yay.:)

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There's this huge weather thing and it's making my sinuses hurt so fucking much. My usual methods help a little, but nothing helps enough. Crying feels *good* and that makes me feel insane. I slept for a few hours. I need to not be crying when Sam gets up. I fear she'll have a day of dvds and playing in her room. I hate that, though I doubt she'll mind. I remember how scared I'd get when I was little and my mom would cry. It'd make me cry too. I'm glad Sam didn't inherit that. I know I need to go back to sleep. Right now, I don't know how.

It is getting a little better...it isn't as sharp. There may be hope.

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Oh cool! NPR Music. And they're partnering with Folk Alley.

~~~

aiglet, thank you! Best scarves *ever*! sammy_grrrl firmly agrees. :)

~~~

So, here's something that's bugging me. People/businesses/organizations who use the word Christian to mean "Better". I keep getting spam for Christian Debt Relief, and I've seen signs for Christian realtors, markets, car dealerships and so forth. About eighty badillion people use the phrase "Good Christian {fitb}" without ever thinking about it. I don't even think most of them really mean what the words say, which is "Person is better because sie is a Christian". If that *isn't* what the words are saying, why add Christian? I've never heard anyone say "Oh, he's a bad Christian {fitb}".

What does religion have to do with car dealerships? Am I going to get a better deal there if I'm Christian too? If so, how creepy. Not to mention illegal in many places.

And then there's the War on Christmas. Which, you know, doesn't actually exist. No, I don't say Merry Christmas 99.99999% of the time, 'cause that isn't what I'm celebrating and as I usually have no way of knowing what a stranger celebrates, saying something along the lines of Happy Holidays covers everything and is inclusive. I could rant, but Dusty said it better.

Though I have little doubt that y'all are pickin' up what I'm puttin' down, as you are a very smart group of people, I want to make things crystal clear. I like Christmas, I have nothing against the vast majority of Christians. I do have a large problem with the fake persecution complex, and the "WE are better than you, nananananana" thing.

I realize that, for a lot of people, believing in one thing means disbelieving in everything else. I get that. It isn't how I look at the world, but I do understand it. However, someone's right to be smug about being part of the "right" religion ends at my nose, as it were.

People of different faiths are not better or worse than one another because of those faiths. They are just different.

~~~

In other news, we watched Hogfather last night. I was wembling about it, 'cause I didn't know how Sam would react. So, I asked her. No I didn't ask if she'd be okay with watching the movie, 'cause how would she know without watching the movie? I asked if anything in The Nightmare Before Christmas had scared her? She said the only thing that got to her was when Jack removed his head. Then I asked if anything in The Corpse Bride had scared her. She said no, nothing at all. So, we tried it, with her knowing that if it creeped her out, we'd change it.

She didn't get all of it, of course, but had a pretty good time, and I loved watching it with Jeff. We're quite looking forward to the Colour of Magic next year.

Though, Ion *really* needs to either have a better variety of commercials or fewer breaks, 'cause *damn*. It was a bit absurd. I think they showed the same commercials twice in one commercial break a few times. (They showed the whole thing at once, which took four hours.)

~~~

I've got to make time to dye my hair. I mean to...I have the dye and everything. I just flat out forget. But, maybe one day this week, all my hair will be dark red again. That'd be nice.

~~~

This bit of fiction, from Shadesong, is gorgeous and haunting and sad and just go read it already. *grin*

~~~

I finally tried one of the Peanut Butter & Banana Reeses Cups. I bought the bag a month or two ago, 'cause it seemed both nifty and goofy. But, to be honest, they kind of scared me. But, I plucked up my courage and bit.

They're not bad. Very rich, but didn't make me gag or anything. I don't think I'd have more than one at a time, but I can definitely imagine having another, somewhere down the road.

~~~

I finished the monkey fabric box for Sam's counting animals. And I'll take pictures as soon as I get the new batteries for my camera. I *think* I have a pair around here somewhere. I tried using the batteries that are currently in the camera, but they have just enough juice to turn the camera on, notice they have no juice and turn the camera off. Ah well, the main thing is that I finished it. *And*, it holds all the animals with room for more. Yay.:)

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There's this huge weather thing and it's making my sinuses hurt so fucking much. My usual methods help a little, but nothing helps enough. Crying feels *good* and that makes me feel insane. I slept for a few hours. I need to not be crying when Sam gets up. I fear she'll have a day of dvds and playing in her room. I hate that, though I doubt she'll mind. I remember how scared I'd get when I was little and my mom would cry. It'd make me cry too. I'm glad Sam didn't inherit that. I know I need to go back to sleep. Right now, I don't know how.

It is getting a little better...it isn't as sharp. There may be hope.