Ok, I just got back from what is probably one of the weirdest events that has happened to me in recent times. Edgar got me to go to mass with him again (round two), apparently it was bring a friend night or something, but I wasn’t the only person he decided to bring along, for some reason he talked Yusaf into it as well. So here we are, walking to St. August’s, a Catholic, an Atheist, and a Muslim. Considering the odd company, Yusaf and I began to worry that this might be some sort of Catholic conspiracy to kill of all the non-believers and that as soon as we walked in there the doors would be locked and we would get gassed. This discussion somehow branched into a debate about what orifice we would prefer to get “the pear” in (you really don’t want to know, it is a torture device that came out of the inquisition).
When we arrived, a large group of deranged Catholics did not actually leap up to kill us. I actually toughed the holey water this time, and I it didn’t burn me, so far so good. Every thing went smoothly (I didn’t swear this time) except for a small skirmish with the old lady who sat next to me. I didn’t go up to take communion, since I can’t, and realizing this she tried to get me to go up and get blessed instead. I told her that I couldn’t and she persisted, showing me how to cross my arms to indicate that I wasn’t supposed to take communion. I shook my head and told her again that I couldn’t, and finally she gave up and walked away looking confused. I had a slight change of heart later on and wished that I had, after all, what the hell, if the holey water didn’t hurt me that why would that have? Maybe next time, I’m probably going to go again some time, I’ve almost got the moves down.
The topic of the sermon was kind of creepy in a prophetic/coincidental type of way. A bunch of stuff about the trinity’s embodiment being represented through the love that is given in marriage, I, naturally, disagree with this statement, because a) I don’t believe in a trinity and b) I don’t believe, in a semantic sense, in marriage. The theme isn’t the thing that got to me, but the actual content. The priest, kept on this rant about love should not be given for a night, for a year, only when convenient (I inferred that I should assume that the words love and fuck and semi-interchangeable in this statement, or so I assume form the fire explosion analogy). Frankly I think that it’s all bullshit, I enjoy sex to much to wait to love someone, something that I don’t think is ever going to happen anyway, but it still stirred up this strange panky sort of feeling that I get in my stomach some times when this type of subject. I realized that I’ve argued myself into a corner. Despite what I tell myself, despite my reason and despite the fact that it is impossible for me to find someone who would be able to tolerate me (I’ve kind of just chosen to accept that I’m really not a likeable person), I (really)3 want that, or at least I think I do. Someone who is dedicated to me would be great, but I just would feel so weak and complacent. How could I feel unique if I were to just do what every one else on does? But still I go to sleep most nights comforted by the imaginary person by my side, knowing well how baseless and lacking in truth this fantasy is. I think for know I’ll just stick with my old opinion: I don’t believe that love is possible for me, but I would like to be proven wrong.
Current Mood: 
confused