It makes perfect sense

Pretend you are a soldier for a really big nation that you are really proud of and you've been sent to this tiny little place in the middle of nowhere to occupy it while the locals are being educated about how lucky they are to be included in such greatness.

It makes you angry how ungrateful they are... so, one day you see one of these guys set himself on fire to protest the occupation. You think to yourself, "what an idiot. I"ll teach him to kill himself trying to prove that we aren't as wonderful as we are." And so, you shoot him. Man, you sure told those ungrateful locals.

Some Offensive Song Lyrics

I guess you would say I'm having a crisis of faith, but it doesn't feel all that bad from here. I just haven't gone to church in a very long time and I haven't missed it and I don't think I've really been missed there... also, I got tired of justifying my role in supporting the craziness of Catholic dogma.

Anyway, here's something even more offensive than my lack of participation in organized religion. I've never shared this because I didn't want to hurt the feelings of a friend but since she's moved away and not called or contacted me in two years, I don't think it'll get back to her. If it does I hope she can take it in the lighthearted way it is intended.

The church asks for a lot of money, regularly, and generally I don't have any. I've got enough to deal with trying to pay all the things I have to pay to keep this place going. This friend of mine used to say on a regular basis that she always paid the church first because God is more important than the cable bill. We don't have cable because we really can't afford it and while watching Veggie Tales (in a video from the library) with Jasmine my brain came up with these terribly sinful alternate lyrics to one of their songs...

God is bigger than the cable bill.
He's bigger than the mortgage and the Roto Rooter man.
Oh, God is bigger than the cable bill,
and he can make the check to me.

Are you frightened?
No not really.
Are you worried?
Not a bit. I know whatever's gonna happen,
God can pay for it.

Oh, God is bigger than the cable bill,
and he can make the check to me.

On the other hand... God really is bigger than my financial troubles, I think, so maybe if you look at it in the right light, the song isn't that bad after all.

Nobody said I was a GOOD blogger

Hey, I was a good student. I'm a (mostly) good mom. I'm a good (I think) wife. I'm a rotten blogger. So, instead of a well thought out post, you get this list.

1. Load of laundry... done today, but not folded.

2. Hours spent trying to make eyelids on a character in blender (the 3-d software that is my new unhealthy obsession).

3. Meals I ate today. Exciting, huh?

4. O'clock is when I listen to the news. I missed Obama's speech because it wasn't on at four and I forgot to turn on the radio. Doh!

5. The number of dollars that a used movie cost today at the local going-out-of-business Blockbuster, but it wasn't worth dealing with the crowd. Also, there were no good Wii games left when we got there. We want Legend of Zelda- Twilight Princess, which isn't made anymore and I'll probably have to get on e-bay.

Happy End Of Fat Tuesday

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I'm Here. I'm Here.

Hi guys. We just got high speed internet access so you'd think that I'd be a speedier blogger, but it turns out that there's a ton of stuff on the web I was missing out on.

Also, Jasmine can do Webkinz again and some other games she likes and she seems to think I should let her have a turn with the computer.

I'll be by soon. Honest.