Captain Jack Will Get You High Tonight
Well, Thanksgiving has come and gone, and all things considered, it wasn't that bad. The projected massive back-up over Snoqualmie Pass spectacularly failed to materialize, so we were able to make the drive without any real difficulties. Thanksgiving itself was pretty good, as we went over to the Gewins (our surrogate grandparents) for dinner. Jack smoked a turkey, and it was quite delicious. After dinner, we went and saw Harry Potter on the IMAX. I have to say that it was pretty good, as the film-makers did an excellent job of trimming down the myriad subplots of the book, though there were a few things missing that might have made the whole proceedings make a bit more sense, and Gary Oldman seriously needed some more screen time. Friday was uneventful, and Saturday saw Mom, Dad, Anna, and I driving down to Chehalis to pick up a load of Christmas trees for a church fundraiser. Sunday, Anna and I returned to Spokane, with James and one of her friends. Sunday night, Justin came over, and we discussed the Bermuda Triangle.
In other news, I am sick and tired of people using the phrase "The Lord works in mysterious ways." That's bullshit. It's not the means that are mysterious. They are perfectly comprehensible. It's the ends that are shrouded in enigma. Seriously. I heard this from a lot of people after my car accident (see previous posts), and it started to piss me off. There was NOTHING mysterious about the incident. I was distracted, I ran a red light, I hit another car. End of story. There is a clear causal chain of events about which there is no mystery at all. If there was a divine hand involved in it, the methods used by said divine being are not really so opaque. However, nobody has a blind piss of a clue as to the purpose of the events. It's like watching somebody going through a process from the middle. You can see exactly what they're doing, but fuck if you know where they're going with this. At any rate, that's my rant.
UPDATE! Life of Wyma has a serious update (don't read if you are touchy about feminism). Also, check out The Nameless Dread, which is old Family Circus comics remixed with Lovecraft quotes.
2 Comments:
Will,
You will be pleased to know that "God works in mysterious ways" isn't in the Bible. It's actualy in a hymn. So have no worries. To say that God works in opaque ways may be the truth, but mysterious? Sometimes, as you say, the only reason something happened is because somebody made a cockup of something.
Of course I'm not saying the Good Lord didn't cause your car accident, but I'm saving the "all part of the plan" speech for when I finally get to double tap you in our little game.
The point is, even then, it isn't really mysterious. We just don't know what the end result will be. Yeah, some people will say it's to bring us prosperity (that's in the bible), but you never can tell what that will actually mean. And yeah, it is a relief to know that it just comes from a stupid hymn. And no, there will be no double tap for you.
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