Sith would like to be a Pastafarian

[burntcopper]

Now that Easter is over, time for ponderings.

Easter : the *single* major Christian date that's specifically dated in their holy book, even if Rome for some reason decided to divorce it from that, focal point of it. Even if for most of the world, its major associations are the old spring festival trappings (eggs, hares, chicks, chocolate, new life, etc - tells you something about Europeans, we're far happier with nature and the old religion's markers of the seasons than the stuff laid over it by a weird desert culture full of prophets that doesn't seem to like anything that actually comes naturally to the human race)

Except. Um. I've asked around and I've yet to find a name for this period that actually has anything to do with the nailing people to torture devices bit. All the names are variations on 'Spring' or 'deity of Spring'.

cangetmad has spawned again. The Gnome has a little brother. The world is DOOMED.

Life on Mars didn't fully answer any questions, but made everyone very happy. Plus, we get a spin-off series with Gene and Ray and Chris! Set in 1981! Also, still so very amused by the newspapers' commentary which was 'how to judge how popular a series is - how many people yell 'Don't bloody tell me anything, dammit!' and also 'one thing they never guessed, which was how much people would love and adore the force of nature that is Gene Hunt'.

Tried to use the 'against my religious principles' excuse to get out of ed checks today (guaranteed to turn brain to swiss cheese) except I have the slight problem that officially I'm Jedi, and I don't think there's much that's against our religious
principles. Especially if you're Sith denomination, since it's all *about* oppression and honing your rage. Is one allowed to be Sith with Pastafarian leanings?

:muses: the more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that Pastafarian is actually the natural state of most people under the age of fifty in this day and age in the UK.

Looking at play.com sale. need to divorce self from incoherent squeaking period before can actually figure out whether I want to re-watch the LoM series enough to buy the dvds. Also, the bastards have a 20GB Sony MP3 player on there for £99. I... I really do not have £99. but :whimper: 20GB MP3 player.

Comments

[snowballjane.livejournal.com]

Well, there's 'Holy Week' - although that officially ends just before Easter day starts. In some churches "The Feast of the Resurrection" is a synonym for Easter and er, where hymns are really reaching for scansion you get things like "this paschal season". Nailing people to the cross-wise, I think is covered by Good Friday and Black Saturday.

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

:cough: except that 'paschal' is another word for 'passover'.

[snowballjane.livejournal.com]

Well, yes, my point was just that we (ie. English speakers) do use terms related to the Jesus-story in general. Not a lot, as Easter is certainly the most common term.

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

:sigh: sometimes you just wish they'd been more imaginative.

[tirinar.livejournal.com]

You too have been touched by his noodly appendage!

*bought the T-shirt*

[mrslant]

From the list on Wikipedia:

Tongan (South-pacific) Pekia (literally "death (of a lord)")

Some of the names for Good Friday refer to lamentation/passion, though.

[cangetmad.livejournal.com]

Incidentally, are you implying that when my kids take over the world, it won't be much better?

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

:hunted look: I for one welcome our new infant overlords.

[jane-somebody.livejournal.com]

Well, there's 'Passiontide'. Okay, not used a whole lot, but it's there (base from Latin for 'suffer').