So, I stood in the shower yesterday (Saturday) morning, steuggling to wake up and be "excited". Friday night, we came all the way down to NJ, to meet the photographer........at 9:30am......on a Saturday........for 10 minutes. Apparently, No one (myself excluded) figured it would be that short. I guess they thought maybe we would have to take a course in film developing while we were there or maybe plan the proper light metering...

Later on in the day was the woman's bridal shower. 38 women in a house, doing weird tribal woman stuff. I ducked out to a movie to avoid most of the proceedings. Saw "The Passion of the Christ". I don't get why it's "*The* Christ", but then again, I'm not religious. Maybe there's an explanation in the Bible. Anyway, people freak about how graphic and violent it is. To them, I say "duuurrr". It's historical fact that the Romans could be brutal and vicious. It was the Romans who took Jesus through the streets and finally crucified him (from what I understand). Do people think the Romans didn't show the same brutality in this instance? I think people have seen too many glorified, bloodless depictions to believe it could have been anything other than a shining, heavenly ascension.

As for the claims of anti-semitic tones in the movie, I thought that was the way it happened. Again, I'm not a Bible scholar, so I'm not really sure what supposedly did or didn't happen, according to the Bible. Things like Rabbis striking Jesus may have been an embellishment. I'm not sure. Thing is, it was an interpretation, just like every other movie or piece of literature that has been created on the subject. None of us were there (if it really ever happened), so we'll never really know the specifics.

Anyone remember "The Last Temptation of Christ"? Boy, did that one get a rise.

So, back to the shower... I ended coming back while the gifting was in full swing. 38 women staring at me and making silly woman comments, as they're prone to do when in numbers above 2. I just hid out upstairs, until they were done and it was my time to come down, so everyone could meet me. It wasn't too bad at all.

We have *lots* of crap to take back and no room to do so.

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