You had plenty money 1922

Cornwall has a lot more churches per capita than most places in the UK. So certain things get a bit more noticeable. Like the fact that in recent years, the christmas neon decoration is more frequently a cross. I'm sure angels and stars used to be more prevalent. Anyone know what's with this trend? Trying to establish brand loyalty when church attendance is going down the tubes?

Not to mention torture symbols are a wee bit innappropriate during the time the religion is supposed to be celebrating birth of its messiah. Seriously. keep the freaky neon crosses to Passover, churches. (refrains from yelling 'Romans didn't tax around Saturnalia!' ...Okay, I'm not refraining. but I haven't seen a single preacher around, so I can't be snarky at anyone in RL.)

Cornwall is *cold*. it's weird. Today, went Eden project and it was covered in a thick layer of hoar frost. Which was very pretty. No ice skating as still clearing up from the flooding, but mmmm warm biomes.

Pouting slightly in the Eden gift shop as I could see some really cool stuff that was just either too bulky or too heavy to get back on the train. Or in the case of the pig shaped watering can, possibly a little bit too gimmicky for the gardeners of my acquaintance.

Continuing to stuff self and then walk it off. It's a terrible fate.

This morning, I joined the cult of Cthulhu.

Instantly, all worries evaporated. I no longer felt the urge to smite my enemies or the idiots in other departments or customers. My dental bills halved, as did my tension and stress levels.

Because I was secure in the knowledge that the world and all its inhabitants will fall into the pit when the Elder gods rise - as they eventually will - and what's going to happen to my enemies and those who annoy me will be so much worse than anything I could ever imagine. It's going to happen anyway, so cause myself worry now?

Secure in this knowledge, I've been urging everyone else to join and espousing this way forward.

Well, that and going '_insert name here_, if it's happening more than once, email the manager so it's on record and he can do something about it. That's what he's *there for*. And he told us to.'

Self, you are not allowed to snigger at authors just because their last name is 'Dalekos'. Resist the urge to go 'exterminate!'.

Went Anthony Gormley at Hayward yesterday. ( Wee, disorientation )

And in conclusion to the post yesterday - after a bit of a doze yesterday evening (interrupted by letting agent, during which I opened door, went 'grmph', stumbled back to bed, then went 'grmph - yeah' on them asking to check the room, went 'grmph' again as a goodbye - I think I'm adopting this for all future viewings, it *works*) and getting what I think was 7 1/2 hours last night (took me a while to fall asleep), feeling oodles better.

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.