Holly is yelling at me to post something, so here it is. Last weekend we had a gathering of friends over for our usual Easter dinner and movies. I've decided to call the occasion Atheaster from now on, because I think all those in attendance are atheists, or at least agnostic. I'm considering calling myself an Atheist Christian, being an atheist, who from a combination of apathy and cultural momentum, still celebrates all the Christian holidays. I like the juxtaposition of those words too. It's sure to cause consternation in some.
So anyway, we ended up eating a bunch of pig, drinking too much wine, and having a Trey Parker/Matt Stone-athon by watching Orgazmo and the South Park movie. It was great fun while it lasted, but in my case I drank waaay too much wine and for the first time ever it made me violently ill. I ended up spending most of the night in the bathroom until my stomach was completely empty. Ask me how I know! I have never been this sick for any reason, much less alcohol consumption. I'm usually more careful in these situations, and I have a small stomach and fast metabolism, so ordinarily I just get full and quit drinking. Apparently, for reasons still not fully known to me, that didn't happen this time. I had to take a sick day off work on Monday because of lingering headaches and nausea, and I'm still not 100%. One of my co-workers called it the "Chardonnay Flu", although this time it was Cabernet and Shiraz.
did I forget to mention how strange it is that the person who pushed you to blog, and thereby initiated the Atheaster blog, was at the same time considering marrying a priest, and in thinking about it, was planning on bouncing the idea off of you and getting your take/advice? Oh, funny that I didn't bring it up... it is a little freaky just how few of my friends have the same faith as me. But that proves I don't go to church to gain social acceptance! And here in Wisconsin, so many many people do. How extremely not fun. I miss my atheists...
Posted by: hollyjean | April 26, 2006 at 08:55 AM
Hahahah! I just Googled the term "Atheaster" and it brought me here... very awesome. Happy Atheaster to you, my fellow atheist! Chocolate ftw!
Posted by: Casey McKinnon | March 20, 2008 at 02:09 PM
Heh, glad you got a kick out of it Casey. Happy Atheaster to you too.
Posted by: Tony | March 20, 2008 at 03:57 PM