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Do you celebrate Easter and slash or Good Friday?

16:23 / 14.04.06

I don't. My mother is strictly atheist, so we try to avoid any holidays associated with religion. Although, we do celebrate Christmas as a time for family to get together. The same goes for Easter; it's an excuse to bring the whole family together for some good eats.

What do you do?
Do you sprinkle chocolate over the house for your tots to discover? Do you share chocolate bunnies with your loved ones? Do you go to Mass?

16:30 / 14.04.06

S'like Christmas. My family(ies) celebrate on surrounding weekends, leaving Xmas the most boring day of the year. Easter's not so bad, because you can kind of go outside and play and stuff.

16:35 / 14.04.06

I've gone for a walk, eaten a crisp sandwich and ignored the work I should be doing, later will ring my father and wish him a happy birthday, nothing much else doing, my presence may be requested somewhere later, but if not early to bed.

P. Horus Rhacoid

16:37 / 14.04.06

When I was living at home we did, but I'm 9 hours from my parents so it's really not worth it.

At the moment I'm about to ring in Good Friday by starting an essay that's due in 2 hours.

16:38 / 14.04.06

I'm not religious (anymore), but I usually have dinner with my family on Easter. Look for eggs with the little kids. Drink a couple of Coronas. Easter is always, always, always, freezing cold and for that I've always hated it. As a kid we used to have to attend sunrise services (common among many Christian churches on Easter) outdoors. Brrrr.

This year my dad, not a preacher but once in a blue moon he preaches, is delivering an Easter sermon back home. Much as I'm dying to sleep in this Sunday, I'm going to wake up at the crack of dawn and go see Dad preach. I know it will mean a lot to him to have me and my boyfriend there.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

16:41 / 14.04.06

So far it's been walking the dog and playing World of Warcraft. Now I'm listening to the Now Show and having my first beer of the day.
It was quite sweet being out with TangoMango and his daughter earlier, though, with her getting all excited about the prospect of painting eggs for Easter.

Spyder Todd 2008

16:42 / 14.04.06

well, right now I'm at work, and all this weekend I'm going to be helping my aunt move. I wouldn't exactly call tha a celebration, but maybe I'll get some free food.

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16:47 / 14.04.06

Had a strange mental experience yesterday, though. Thought to myself "oh, I should phone my mum- no, hang on, she's gonna be really busy what with it being Easter. It's like Christmas for Christians, really". Then thought what an utterly ridiculous thought that was.

Got me thinking, though- Christmas gets all the attention, whereas I'd say as a religious observance Easter has far more to do with the actual message.

16:54 / 14.04.06

This feels like sunday.
I went for a walk, too (april weather: heavy rain, then sunshine, then pouring rain again). Monday, shops will be closed again, so I have to go shop for groceries tomorrow with everybody else.

I bought some new movies this week and will watch one (possibly Alien - Director´s Cut. There´s this parallel to Easter: where is the monster hidden? And lots of eggs with surprises)

16:57 / 14.04.06

Currently, I'm (not) writing a paper on "Penelope" in Ulysses while my dad paints the living room and my ma paints the kitchen. We had pancakes for breakfast and now I'm in my room procrastinating.

Tomorrow, I go to work for a fun ten hours of hot restaurant bullshit, then dinner with the grandparents, aunt, uncle, and the myriad of canines we all own.

Sunday, I will continue to (not) work on this paper which is due on Monday. As well, my parents will paint. Then, we'll all sit down and watch The Sopranos.

Our Lady Has Left the Building

17:23 / 14.04.06

Did you say Easter slash? This was the best I could do.

17:25 / 14.04.06

Naughty Lord!

18:01 / 14.04.06

I don't celebrate Easter per se, and given conditions at work I was actually resenting the idea of mandated time-off - "too much to do at the moment! two days further away might kill me!" - then I realised how ridiculous that was.

I've just been in a conversation with a friend who feels the same as me, however, and it's a basic feeling about Bank Holiday weekends - a feeling of extreme Demob-happiness, more or less. Take someone with a lot of impetus/stress behind them, force them to take days off, what's going to happen? Boredom and resentment, that's what.

However, I've spent today wandering around and basically not doing much - put a couple of things up on Ebay, which is a new addiction, but we shall speak of that no more, and I'm now the proud owner of a Black Peppermint plant, to replace the Rosemary I have at work (Rosemary, while aromatic, isn't the greatest aroma to have in a working environment...), and, and, and, Hustle is on in an hour...

I'm learning to love the quiet boredom, I really am... Then again, Tomorrow promises to be interesting.

Tryphena Absent

18:24 / 14.04.06

I don't care why it's there, this is a bank holiday and I love it.

Today I got out of bed at half past 1 in the afternoon, watched two episodes of Firefly and then wandered around Kentish Town and bought some bin bags. I watched two episodes of Firefly on a FRIDAY, usually I would be doing data entry/processing on a Friday so HAHAHA.

Tomorrow I'm going to a synagogue to a baby blessing so this Easter will be pleasantly emphasised by Judaism. Then I intend to eat an easter egg.

Elijah, Freelance Rabbi

19:09 / 14.04.06

I used to go to the movies every easter and christmas. It was cool, it would usually be me and the other 4 jews in the neighborhood alone in the theaters all day.

Now everyone goes to movies on easter and christmas, ao it is just as crowder as most weekends, so I stopped going.

19:35 / 14.04.06

I´m hoping, I can by lots of not-bought chocolate Easter Bunnies on tuesday for half price!

On the other hand, I ate part of one of those big bunnies yesterday, and although these bunnies are hollow, that was too much chocolate. The three year old son of my friend was eating alongside me and I´m very tolerant but I got a bit upset when he started throwing bunny parts on the ground. For the rest of the evening he only got chocolate eggs then.

20:06 / 14.04.06

Does anybody know of anybody going to Mass? Do people still celebrate the meaning of Easter? Other than watch Chuck Heston part the Red Sea?

20:16 / 14.04.06

We walk into town to see the stone being rolled away from the mouth of the cave. When Jesus emerges, if he sees his shadow and scurries back inside, we know it'll be Winter for another six weeks; if he stays outside, we know Spring's here to stay.

Tryphena Absent

20:53 / 14.04.06

I'm guessing that all of the people I know who go to church every Sunday are probably celebrating Easter by going to mass. So yes I can think of six or seven off the top of my head- a few evangelicals, two C of E and a Roman Catholic.

P. Horus Rhacoid

21:08 / 14.04.06

My pop's Episcopalian so I grew up going to church on Easter, but never on Good Friday. I believe my dad goes to services on Maundi Thursday (however the hell you spell it), Good Friday, and Easter though- possibly two on Easter, actually, since he's in the church choir. So Easter was a religious thing for the family, even though I never really bought into it. I've pretty much abandoned that aspect of it now, especially since going off to school.

Having finished my paper and subsequently discovered that the office where I was supposed to turn it in were closed (presumably for the holiday) I'm cooking dinner and then heading over to some friends' house to eat it, drink oatmeal stout, and, apparently, to watch 'Bring It On.' Saturday and sunday will be spent rocking faces at a frisbee tournament and catching up on schoolwork. It's looking to be a solid weekend.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

21:09 / 14.04.06

I don't care why it's there, this is a bank holiday and I love it.

See, I hate bank holidays. I hate all national holidays. You know why? Because the entire reason I took a 7 on/7 off nightshift is so I could have some time to do stuff WHEN EVERY OTHER FUCKER IS AT WORK OR AT SCHOOL.

I know it's selfish, but I really resent sharing my time off with other people. (That said, I also resent sharing the park with non-dog-owners, so I may have some issues here).

22:05 / 14.04.06

Does anybody know of anybody going to Mass?

Um, yeah? Are you asking if anyone knows of any Christians anymore? Because, well, yeah, of course. There are, like, thousands of them in the world. Or so I've heard.

22:10 / 14.04.06

Well!

I don't know any self-identifying Christians who are going to Mass. Except for one, and he's in California on missionary work and I can't be sure if he's going to Mass or not (but I can safely assume he is).

I guess I wasn't clear. I meant "Does anybody know of any people who consider themselves to be Christian who are going to Mass on Good Friday and/or Easter?"

22:11 / 14.04.06

Yes, my Mum.

22:12 / 14.04.06

Does anyone celebrate Easter and slash? The Manchester Passion certainly had me eyeing the wristknives.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

22:14 / 14.04.06

I'm still astounded nobody else thought that looked shit right from the get-go.

22:32 / 14.04.06

I'm mainly just saddened that so many of us were in to watch it - shouldn't the Easter weekend, before it's anything else, be an opportunity to go out drinking?

22:39 / 14.04.06

... shouldn't the Easter weekend, before it's anything else, be an opportunity to go out drinking?

Limbering up for a heavy Saturday and Sunday (this being Bear & Leather Pride weekend too). Have spent the day potting up geraniums and getting pleasantly wazzed on the chiantitastic blood of Jeeesus.

22:46 / 14.04.06

I'm mainly just saddened that so many of us were in to watch it - shouldn't the Easter weekend, before it's anything else, be an opportunity to go out drinking?

See my earlier post

14:18 / 15.04.06

My Easter weekend is pretty much standard. Fast, whip myself until I pass out from pain/loss of blood, and sleep on a wooden board.

The big upside to Easter this year is that I gave up cookies for Lent and I'll finally be able to partake. It was a trying 40 days.

ONLY NICE THINGS

14:30 / 15.04.06

Wonderfully, No More Nails means that you actually can secure yourself to a cross without assistance.

14:51 / 15.04.06

Another one of the Lord's blessings!

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

15:03 / 15.04.06

How was your Easter week, Haus? I only ask, cos last Ash Wednesday I had tantric sex and it was shit.

14:36 / 16.04.06

Well, working on my paper again on this really nice sunny Sunday. After that, I plan to wash my new vehicle and take my dogs out to the leash-free park for some running and chasing flying discs. After that, Sopranos, of course.

21:06 / 16.04.06

Here are some Easterbunnies I photographed, that were sitting in the window of a hairdresser. Apparently, they were having an appointment.