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Monday, June 08, 2009
as some people might know, i got into a tiff with my landlord about a week ago. okay. tiff sounds too nice. i dont really know what to call it. the whole bringing-a-ba-zhang into a muslim house, i-dont-even-want-to-talk-to-you-lets-just-communicate-through-the-agent thing. okay. so never mind. we have our differences, ill be staying on for a little while, i try to stay out of your way, i try to be civil whenever i bump into anyone of the household. but today tops the cake. usually i stay in the room when theres somebody in the house. especially when shes in the house. but i had to go out what. anyways. i said hi. and i asked if shed prefer if i moved out asap or the end of the month. but her replies sounded as if she thought i wasnt fit to like, i dunno. talk to her or something. in other words, i was very offended. not by what she said but by her tone. ive never been offended by anyones tone before. at least not that i can remember. god, do you have to be such a bitch? so much for strict observance of prayer times and food restrictions and uber-long headscarfs. (i really hope im not crossing the line between ranting and being anti-religious here)
but seriously. would it hurt to be civil? by golly, thats what i tried to do when we were kinda talking before things went sour. she was talking about how islam allows polygamy (but only multiple wives, never multiple husbands) then i asked how about multiple husbands? she was like: of course not! which religion in the world allows you to have multiple husbands?! No 1, of course there are. except they are far and few the minority. (or, at least im sure there are..... paiseh.) No 2, why on earth would we need religion to give us the mandate on what to do? stop degrading yourself already! No 3, whattttt... you mean you dont have an inkling on feminist pride in you..? if i had been reading that online or in a book, i would have laughed out loud. like, LOL. but i was being nice and tolerant and respectful to the best of my abilities okay. i kept my mouth shut. im sorry okay. i brought the ba zhang into your house. I AM SORRY. but acting like a bloody bitch is insane. just like you dont expect yourself to take people who believe that you cant eat say, carrots, because the elf in their garden says so, and who take offence if people eat carrots in front of them, seriously, its a little trying when my landlord who was previously all smiles and i-am-such-a-nice-landlord becomes all oh-you-mortal-sinner-not-worth-being-civil-to-ish. i mean, i even read/heard somewhere that the pork thing is in the quran because of some pig disease in that time or something? =/
anyways. i read i quote somewhere recently that said something like: atheists are always talking about religion. yeah i know. it sometimes feels like that too. i dont wanna be a single issue person either. but you cant help but feel the need for some consciousness-raising on the part of the rest of the world. i mean, how can all the other religious people go about their stuff with such an air of legitimacy while we have to say quietly oh, you know, actually... i dont believe in any god.... *shrugshrug* and im not even an atheist. more like a... how do you put it. agnostic. maybe even a theistic agnostic. or a.. humanist?
1:54 pm
gail.
loves anything new
gets caught up in causes, events, loves
but doesn't do anything about them.
professes to be a supporter of the green movement
but leaves the lights on
disapproves of mcdonalds
but eats there anyways.
godwise, the jury's still out.
schoolwise, fass rocks my socks
but why do i have like a ton of work to do?
familywise, i guess theyre/its great
we just need to figure out what to do around each other?
freindswise, hey you guys are awesome.
blogwise, realises that the profile section is crappy
but doesn't know how else to fill up the space.
