He is Raisin

Happy Zombie Jesus Day!

The Easter celebration is, in my opinion, another way to further enmesh people of faith in this idea that they are "unworthy sinners in need of redemption." Think about it. The message here is:

You are full of sin. All humans are.
Jesus came, lived, taught, and was tortured brutally because we are all sinners. He carried our sin for us. 
So you need to accept him.

The latent message here being: seriously?!? He suffered!! He went through so much just for you!! And you are thinking of rejecting him??

When you think about it, what happened was that God was just tired of animal sacrifices and just wanted a human one. A sacrifice by his own son. Who is also him? But he forsook him when he was sacrificed because of all of the sin that he was "carrying--" since god cannot look upon sin. But he can be in the presence of Satan...who is sin incarnate.

Because reasons.

Eat My Tarts!

Today, I spent time with family. It was refreshing and just...nice. I have so much going on lately it was nice to just have a day off, sip tea, and eat tarts (mmm they were delicious!) at my cousin's Alice in Wonderland-themed party while catching up with everyone.

I am worried for one member of my family though. (Not one present at the party). I am not sure what to do in this situation. I find this person is making mistakes that I did when I was younger, and making more as well. Unfortunately, I think now I will just have to say that the best teacher is the cold, unforgiving reality of the real world--especially when one will not listen to reason otherwise.

Update on Corporate Creep

The person I initially told about the work situation in a previous post still hasn't spoken with the offender, so I spoke with someone else who has told me that they will talk with the offender. I have a feeling that this person actually will. 

We shall see. This situation has peaked my curiosity, however: why has the person I told initially still not reported it? Research suggests that for victims of workplace harassment, fear of retaliation can be a factor. But what about people to whom the incident has been reported? Perhaps the person fears retaliation as well. 

Mmm, Crunchy Soul.

As my newfound atheism brings me "closer to the devil," and my vegetarianism has been a part of my lifestyle for years, I find this all too appropriate.

Mr. Corporate Cookie-Cutter Strikes Again

There are many things at work that cause me to make this face.

However, one comment in particular resulted in the previous face, plus....

Allow me to explain. For those of you who have been following my blog, you may remember me making mention of a certain new director that we have at the nursing home. Not only did he reek of corporate greed with a stench that would have caused even Mr. Krabs to cringe in horror, but he just creeped me out. Now he creeps me out even more, and to be honest makes me pretty irate. 

I was helping wash dishes in the kitchen when Mr. Corporate walked by and smiled his trademark plastic smile, saying "Thank you!" "Yep," I replied, not wanting to continue any further conversation. Another coworker said to Mr. Corporate, "She's great, isn't she?" (This coworker appreciates my work ethic, and has pointed this out on numerous occasions). "Yes..." replied Mr. Corporate, "best-looking dishwasher I've seen in all my thirty years [being in a managerial position]." 

Cue my anger, and my coworker whispering "...weird..." as he walked by me following that...debacle.

Firstly, that comment was extremely inappropriate for anyone to say in the workplace, let alone someone in a managerial position. Secondly, it's just degrading that to him, my presence there can be distilled down into my looks. Nevermind that they dump the work of two, sometimes three people on me. Nevermind that I have ideas and concerns (which usually end up being shut down now that Mr. Corporate is here...I may get into that story with another post). As long as I have a pretty face, that's all irrelevant. 

I did go to someone about his comment. That person has yet to discuss the situation with him. Frankly, I don't think he will. 

Telepathy to the Imaginary

I came across this picture today.

Aside from the poor grammar, I have a problem with this post. A couple, actually--one being the depiction of a child at the top. Yes let us all teach our children that this is the one true way! No other possibilities whatsoever. 

I have a question for the creator of this post: how exactly does prayer "work?" Does god have some sort of filing system, or is it one of those pick-a-card-from-a-hat deals? I have a feeling that if prayer worked, this world would be a lot different. What does work? Action and, well, work. If you want something (realistic) done, do it. If it's something unrealistic, I'm sorry to say that you will need to accept it. Denial only works for so long. 

It's not just people of faith who hold closed-minded attitudes like these, however. And they're more common than you might think. If one holds onto something mentally for so long and someone provides them with evidence that flies directly in the face of that belief, it is very difficult to simply let that belief go. The thing is, one has to be able to say "I am wrong," or at least concede the possibility of being wrong. It's, in my opinion, narcissistic to say otherwise. 

I'm Just Gonna Leave This Here