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so here it is... my christmas and new years rant. you knew that it would be here eventually.
so i went home for christmas break from school, and that turned out to be the biggest waste of my time in the world. believe me, i would rather watch those poor sappy fucks on the inspiration channel, then go home again. i had originally planned to go to work and make money for my bills... well that too turned out to be a dead end. so i went home, and on the way to my mothers house, which has now had a name change to HELL, i noticed some of the funniest things. the funniest thing that i saw many times was the futile attempt of the clergy to keep christmas christian. in all seriousness, on the marquees, a lot of churches had put: "keep CHRIST in CHRISTMAS!" now, im a lil naive about this, but i sure as hell dont understand what that is about. it isnt like you can avoid the word "christ" while saying christmas. it is part of the word, you know? i guess that people are finding it simpler to say "xmas" rather than christmas. and as we all know, americans are lazy. so anyway, i saw maybe 5 of these signs, and it got me thinking. what possesses the clergy to say things like that? christmas was originally a pagan holiday. so i think that as america becomes more lazy, the clergy is afraid that they will lose money and so they force people to remember that christ is in christmas.
so the presents... im sure the few of you that read this want to know what the lil atheist's parents got him for xmas. if you could put National Lampoons Christmas Vacation into real life, that would be my family. it was a nuthouse. so i had to work on xmas eve, and it sucked. when i got home, the family wanted to open presents. well first off, im a college kid, and so i am poor. i got a few presents for the family so that they wouldn't hound me about it. so anyway... the moment came when the presents were passed around. well, what do you give an atheist on xmas? my mom got me the coolest shit in the world. i got bathroom stuff. you know, like floor mats and stuff. now what the fuck can i show off to my friends? i remember growing up and showing what santa claus had brought me, but damn. i cant show off my bathroom mat. so i had a shitty xmas. but oh well.
new years came around, and i think that it too is over rated. i heard that people were in time square for over 12 hours to see that big ball drop. why the fuck wouldn't you watch it on tv? i dont know. not to mention, that i got totally sloshed and i honestly think that it is the official night to get shit faced. i dont know why it is ok to drink on that night. i guess it is comforting to think that if the end of the world came about on new years eve, and we were all shit faced, we wouldn't be scared. i dont know.
anyway... i hope that xmas was great and i know this is late.
so i went home for christmas break from school, and that turned out to be the biggest waste of my time in the world. believe me, i would rather watch those poor sappy fucks on the inspiration channel, then go home again. i had originally planned to go to work and make money for my bills... well that too turned out to be a dead end. so i went home, and on the way to my mothers house, which has now had a name change to HELL, i noticed some of the funniest things. the funniest thing that i saw many times was the futile attempt of the clergy to keep christmas christian. in all seriousness, on the marquees, a lot of churches had put: "keep CHRIST in CHRISTMAS!" now, im a lil naive about this, but i sure as hell dont understand what that is about. it isnt like you can avoid the word "christ" while saying christmas. it is part of the word, you know? i guess that people are finding it simpler to say "xmas" rather than christmas. and as we all know, americans are lazy. so anyway, i saw maybe 5 of these signs, and it got me thinking. what possesses the clergy to say things like that? christmas was originally a pagan holiday. so i think that as america becomes more lazy, the clergy is afraid that they will lose money and so they force people to remember that christ is in christmas.
so the presents... im sure the few of you that read this want to know what the lil atheist's parents got him for xmas. if you could put National Lampoons Christmas Vacation into real life, that would be my family. it was a nuthouse. so i had to work on xmas eve, and it sucked. when i got home, the family wanted to open presents. well first off, im a college kid, and so i am poor. i got a few presents for the family so that they wouldn't hound me about it. so anyway... the moment came when the presents were passed around. well, what do you give an atheist on xmas? my mom got me the coolest shit in the world. i got bathroom stuff. you know, like floor mats and stuff. now what the fuck can i show off to my friends? i remember growing up and showing what santa claus had brought me, but damn. i cant show off my bathroom mat. so i had a shitty xmas. but oh well.
new years came around, and i think that it too is over rated. i heard that people were in time square for over 12 hours to see that big ball drop. why the fuck wouldn't you watch it on tv? i dont know. not to mention, that i got totally sloshed and i honestly think that it is the official night to get shit faced. i dont know why it is ok to drink on that night. i guess it is comforting to think that if the end of the world came about on new years eve, and we were all shit faced, we wouldn't be scared. i dont know.
anyway... i hope that xmas was great and i know this is late.