- Oct 9, 1999
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So my dad asks me what I want for my birthday, and I think about it for a minute. Now the way my dad, he gets pissed if you say "nothing", which is what I usually say to such questions, so I tried to think of something I wanted that was relatively cheap. So I sez, "Fiction Writer's Market 2002. They've got it at Waldenbooks."
Well, I'm talking to my stepmom tonight and she's all, "We got your birthday present." And I'm like, that's cool. She goes, "Don't you wanna know what it is?" And I say, well, I wasn't going to ask, but is it the book I asked for? She sez, "Oh no, we didn't get you THAT."
The way she says this forces a sinking feeling in my chest. I say, "You guys got me a Bible, didn't you?"
Yup.
Don't get me wrong, I'm religious. But according to my parents I'm not religious ENOUGH, or in the right way.
What do I mean? I guess I mean that the two Bibles I already own are not enough, so much to the fact that I need another, because the two I have are not the proper version according to their church - which, of course, is not my church, but that's beside the point. Because after all, when the Rapture comes, I will be sitting by myself while the rest of my family is kicking it in the Kingdom of God. Oh, wait, nevermind, I'll at least have the dog for company, because, according to my dad, dogs don't go to Heaven. But that's another story . . .
Thread Title @2002, Hzl_eyed_grl
Well, I'm talking to my stepmom tonight and she's all, "We got your birthday present." And I'm like, that's cool. She goes, "Don't you wanna know what it is?" And I say, well, I wasn't going to ask, but is it the book I asked for? She sez, "Oh no, we didn't get you THAT."
The way she says this forces a sinking feeling in my chest. I say, "You guys got me a Bible, didn't you?"
Yup.
Don't get me wrong, I'm religious. But according to my parents I'm not religious ENOUGH, or in the right way.
What do I mean? I guess I mean that the two Bibles I already own are not enough, so much to the fact that I need another, because the two I have are not the proper version according to their church - which, of course, is not my church, but that's beside the point. Because after all, when the Rapture comes, I will be sitting by myself while the rest of my family is kicking it in the Kingdom of God. Oh, wait, nevermind, I'll at least have the dog for company, because, according to my dad, dogs don't go to Heaven. But that's another story . . .
Thread Title @2002, Hzl_eyed_grl
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