yay!
my photographer friend is back from seattle for the holidays :) im excited to hang out with him, and excited to shoot a set.... i might try and talk him into shooting a couple since he is here for about a month.... so why not take advantage?
im sitting here with a clay masque on my face.... i have a love/hate with these things.... they make my skin awesome, but i hate how it feels when it's on....
but then i have to finish this paper for tomorrow, and hockey is on tonight.... so id like to have it done by then....
but once i turn in this paper ive officially only got one class standing in the way of my vacation! unfortunately.... that requires editing another paper, and studying my ass off for a final thats on friday..... ugh. so hoping i pass.......
but then its on to christmas!! my set hits MR christmas eve! which.... i hope people are on SG to see it... id hate for it to get lost in the fray because of the holidays.... and then christmas!!
i fucking love christmas. my famly has had some ugly christmases before but since ive been older they have been so much better. much more pleasant... i can drink out in the open..... it's very nice. and my nephew! it's technically his 2nd christmas, but he was only a month old last time, so this is his first REAL chirstmas and i cant wait for that. and christmas breakfast is a family tradition. my dad makes the best orange and banana pancakes..... its seriously the one thing i look most forward to.
i dont believe in god though. neither does the rest of my immediate family im pretty sure. my dad and i are really open about it. i think my mom is in agreement but she grew up in a really catholic portuguese family so im really not sure... and my sister just doesnt care to think about it from what i can tell. some people get on my case about celebrating christmas because im atheist.... but to me, with the consumerism and everything, its not a strictly religious holiday. its about family and friends and giving gifts. and it's something to enjoy. my dad is jewish so we celebrated hannukah growing up too... it's something ive been doing my whole life. with no consideration to the god concept. so why stop now and give up that joy just because i have a refined concept of my devotion to reason and science now?
do any other nonbelievers deal with this??? do you not celebrate? or do you just not give a shit like me and celebrate for secular reasons?