Why are catholic girls so hot?
E-word,
As I get older, I realize I don't have time for misanthropy, it that makes sense. When I was younger it was so important to judge people on taste, or intelligence, or whatever, but I don't have time for exclusivity, except for maybe excluding those who define themselves by exclusivity. I want earnest friends who have given up on irony, mostly!
Which reminds me of this great Onion article about a guy who buys porn ironically, and masturbates to it unironically. It's the unironic part that's so true.
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My first girlfriend was Catholic. She refused to have sex with me for years, which meant I got a lot of oral sex and hand jobs, which were justifiable as they weren't intercourse. I finally got her to have sex with me, and now, over 12 years later, I wonder if she still deals with Catholic guilt. Isn't it crazy how serious things seemed when you were 23? I mean, I don't know, I'm just glad I'm not as insecure, defensive, and angry now.
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I don't know where I'm really going with all this stuff. I'm scattered, and have a dozen thoughts of a dozen things.
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This is water. This is water. This will break your heart. Stupid David Foster Wallace, why did he have to kill himself? Yesterday we attended the Korean service at church, and I couldn't understand much of the sermon at all. However, I remember the verse, John 4:10, where Jesus talks about 'Living Water', and I couldn't help putting his Kenyon Commencement speech and this verse together.
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We're leaving for Seoul tomorrow. It's going to be a full trip, for sure. 5 days in Japan (split between Osaka, Kyoto, and Tokyo), 3 days in Hong Kong (I still have no idea what we're going to do there. I got a tour book, but I think we'll be depending on input from El's friends who are living out there), and the rest of the time hopefully relaxing with family in Korea. I'm bringing 'Something Happened', 'Mere Christianity', and one more book that I haven't decided on yet. I'm thinking maybe 'The Screwtape Letters'?
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It was great talking to you last week. Again, I'm glad that you were able to be there for your friend, that kind of friendship is the most important.
Yikes, my brain.
Love,
Toe
posted by Toe Jaleo @ 10:45 AM
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after i moved to pittsburgh i became very much aware of catholic guilt, as my roomate and best friend dealt with the possible pregnancy of his then girlfriend. late 2000 maybe, but what i remember is helping both of them through this, individually. i can still see the hallway to her bathroom and her opening the door, tearfully saying there's nothing to worry about.
i also got talked into attending my first mass that next week. went to a few more after that just to smooth the waters but i couldn't be a part of the tumultuous end that was coming.
"catholic guilt".
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