Posted 11:59 PM by RedSox
The Experiment Continues...

Well, last night was Sock Momma’s birthday party. I still can’t believe no one has really celebrated her birthday since she has been in CT. That blows my mind. Well, she can’t say that anymore.

We had a very nice time. It was nice to Tempest, Jacknife, Jupe, and Bar Queen again. We were also delighted to have Bass Man and Cuddles join the festivities. Sock Momma and he have been dating for over 6 months and I had only met Bass man twice previously. And Cuddles is a dear friend of Sock Momma’s whom we have started to get to know and was a welcomed addition to the party.

It was a really nice time with friends celebrating the birth of someone we all love and wish the best for. The over all theme for the night seemed to be ... silly. Yep, silly pretty much ruled the day. And it started quickly too. The evening began with bar Queen dressed up in drag as his favorite Absolutely Fabulous character. Oh I probably forgot to mention that Absolutely Fabulous is a great favorite of Sock Momma’s so the party theme was Ab Fab. So Bar Queen set the tone with a lovely leather skirt and gold top. Simply smashing sweetie-darling. And it went down hill from there. It was all in good fun and everyone seemed to have a really good time.

Today was Easter and I headed over to Mom’s. We had a nice dinner and had a change to chat for a while. It was a good time.

RANT TIME

Ok so we just sit down for dinner, I mean just sit down, and the doorbell rings. Who could it be. One of my Aunt’s coming by to say hello. Or maybe my sister and the kids. That would be great. Or a family friends. That would be nice too. Oh no!!!!! Nothing that pleasant. It was a God Damned Jehovah's Witness. Now if anyone reading this is Jehovah's Witness, please know that this is not directed at your choice of religion. What it is directed at is a fundamental course in manners. This is one of the MOST holy days of the year to Catholics (which my family is) and Christianity in general. What the hell are you doing going house to house spouting your dogma to people celebrating their own faith. That is just ridiculous. That was one fortunate Jehovah's Witness that my mother answered the door instead of me.

As I said, I don’t have any specific problem with Jehovah's Witnesses per se. I have a problem with organized religions in general but that is a topic for another day. I don’t begrudge anyone choosing the way they want to express their faith. Even if I disagree with it. In fact I’ve had some lively and intellectual debates with Jehovah's Witnesses that I have quite enjoyed. But I firmly and unequivocally ask that if you come to MY door, if I tell you I am not willing to able to talk to you. Go the hell away. I respect you enough not to slam the door in your face and not to chase you away with a shotgun. Please respect me enough to not inflict your beliefs on me when I am busy or just not in the mood to hear your point of view.

END OF RANT

Now I am just kind of hanging out. No Sims this evening. My Sim friends are all taking a night to be with their Real Life families and friends. As it should be.

So I’ve spent the evening picking away at this post, downloading and playing music, and talking with a good friend in IM. A got a couple of solid Joe Jackson songs. Bar Queen’s husband had a DVD of Joe Jackson in concert that we watched last night and I had a couple of tunes trapped in my head. I like Joe Jackson. He is one of those “OH he sings that?” guys. You probably can’t name a song of his off the top of your head (at least I can’t) but when you hear it you are like “What a good song, Joe Jackson sings this?” So I picked up “Steppin’ Out” and “Is She Really Going Out With Him?” tonight. Along with Jackson Browne’s “Somebody’s Baby”, a few Carole King songs, The Dave Clarke Five “Because”, and Elvis with “Don’t”. Not a bad haul.

Oh well, it’s almost midnight and I went to bed at 3:00 AM Sunday morning and was up 5 hours later making lasagna. So I’m feeling pretty beat. I think I’m going to wrap this one up.

Until next time...