Easter Sunday finishes here in 19 minutes. *yawns*

i can't find a church to go to, so i'm just celebrating quietly at home.. ^^;

I can't get out of working 3PM to midnight and Craig worked all morning, so I'm celebrating with ungrateful white collar wenches who believe since they're enjoying their holiday, they're entitled to everything all at once, regardless of the restaurant full of other guests who require the same service.

....

Forgive me, I'm a little bitter that this is the first year I'm not celebrating Easter with my family, it's my first Easter with Craig and I can't even celebrate with him, AND they did all their egg coloring last night without me.

**pout**

~Shadowed Spirit Sage

I'd love to spend Easter with you guys, but I have a secret Hare Club For Men meeting I have to go to... awwwwww crap. *is assassinated by easter bunnies*

My family hasn't really done easter since gran died, so...

Also mang i didn't even get any chocolate what is this *mental note to go shop tomorrow for cheap eggs*

I can't get out of working 3PM to midnight and Craig worked all morning, so I'm celebrating with ungrateful white collar wenches who believe since they're enjoying their holiday, they're entitled to everything all at once, regardless of the restaurant full of other guests who require the same service.

....

Forgive me, I'm a little bitter that this is the first year I'm not celebrating Easter with my family, it's my first Easter with Craig and I can't even celebrate with him, AND they did all their egg coloring last night without me.

**pout**

~Shadowed Spirit Sage

Forgive me for sounding like a total douche, but... who takes Easter so seriously? It's Bunnies. And Jesus. Presumably, Bunny Jesus. Don't worry, better holidays will come your way.

Excluding the few chocolate eggs today is just a normal sunday, 'cept for closed shops.
tl;dr: indifferent about easter.

I can't get out of working 3PM to midnight and Craig worked all morning, so I'm celebrating with ungrateful white collar wenches who believe since they're enjoying their holiday, they're entitled to everything all at once, regardless of the restaurant full of other guests who require the same service.

....

Forgive me, I'm a little bitter that this is the first year I'm not celebrating Easter with my family, it's my first Easter with Craig and I can't even celebrate with him, AND they did all their egg coloring last night without me.

**pout**

~Shadowed Spirit Sage

Forgive me for sounding like a total douche, but... who takes Easter so seriously? It's Bunnies. And Jesus. Presumably, Bunny Jesus. Don't worry, better holidays will come your way.

Well, it is her first Easter with Craig. I'd assume any holiday spent together this year would count as a couple-milestone or something.

Plus my family takes it semi-seriously, as we rarely get together in the course of a year.

Well, it is her first Easter with Craig. I'd assume any holiday spent together this year would count as a couple-milestone or something.

Plus my family takes it semi-seriously, as we rarely get together in the course of a year.

Yeah but... Easter? I mean, c'mon... Christmas and Thanksgiving, yeah, but... Easter? I dunno. My family celebrated it, yeah, but it wasn't any extravaganza or anything like that - and I was raised Catholic!

Well, it is her first Easter with Craig. I'd assume any holiday spent together this year would count as a couple-milestone or something.

Plus my family takes it semi-seriously, as we rarely get together in the course of a year.

Yeah but... Easter? I mean, c'mon... Christmas and Thanksgiving, yeah, but... Easter? I dunno. My family celebrated it, yeah, but it wasn't any extravaganza or anything like that - and I was raised Catholic!

Yeah, I was raised Lutheran and my ma takes the whole resurrection thing really seriously. Pretty strange really.

I haven't had a family done-Easter in a long time. That is, relatives getting together for dinner, getting chocolates, and blahblahblah. I worked a good long shift at work today,which was busy (Even on Holidays >_>), but I rather enjoyed it. Spent a lot of time in the cafe of the store and made gangsta amounts of tips

Maybe some day I'll do something good with Easter. Maybe one day I'll reunite with those relatives, make plans with the family, or try to at least go to Church...when I finally accept waking up in the morning. Pretty nice day though all in all. Eating a pretty snazzy dinner that we're all enjoying in the comfort of our separate rooms. =D

Well, Jin. As shocking as it is, not everyone spends their holidays the same way you do. I don't mean to come off sounding like a douche, but my wife was really upset that she missed her family egg painting tradition for the first time in her 20 year long life and she was looking forward to sharing that treasured family tradition with the newest member of her family.

I really don't see why you'd risk upsetting her more by basically calling her feelings on the matter inconsequential because you don't happen to do anything with the day.

To be honest, I would have let you be with it, but replying to someone defending Trish's position to push your own "But I don't do anything..." stance is a bit annoying.

Anywho. We spent Easter Sunday at work. No chocolate. No eggs. Just a pair of college age kids doing the Tommy and Gina thing and working for da man to bring home our pay for looooove.

Side-note: What's so special about the Sunday anyway? Jesus dies on Friday, ressurects on Monday. What happened on Sunday?

Side-note: What's so special about the Sunday anyway? Jesus dies on Friday, ressurects on Monday. What happened on Sunday?

One of the earliest-recorded playings of "The Waiting Game".

What happened on Sunday?

Big J partied HARD!

Worked on Easter Sunday with a massive hangover. Fail. =(

Getting paid double time for 6 hours of standing around doing nothing? Totally worth it.

Oh yeah, did nothing to celebrate. No one in my family brought chocolate for anyone else. Yeah, we're all a little Scrooge-ish on pretty much every holiday.

Just a pair of college age kids doing the Tommy and Gina thing and working for da man to bring home our pay for looooove.

They gotta hoooold on, to what they got, it doesn't make a difference if they make it or not. They got each other and that's a lot etc.

You know, I always thoughts Sunday was when Jesus resurrected. Shows how much I know.

Anywho. We spent Easter Sunday at work. No chocolate. No eggs. Just a pair of college age kids doing the Tommy and Gina thing and working for da man to bring home our pay for looooove.

@ shops being open on Easter Sunday, most here are closed. Also college age kids? Sagey maybe but you are an old man! *gives Craig his walking stick*

But alas with age, commitments etc comes responsibility and change. Unfortunately that change has come at the expense of Sagey's Easter family traditions. Hopefully with time you two might be able to come up with different ideas which could be used to form your own traditions which can accommodate your works/education and the like, which you can then in turn share with your own family. Also next year buy some eggs!

i know how that feels, i had a lovely christmas this year at will's parent's home.. but it didn't really feel like christmas to me. no church, no queen's speach, few silly gifts, no christmas crackers, no traditional after8 mints, no stocking from 'santa'.. etcetc. ^^;

also, what the heck is with the public transport over the holiday period? half of them have treated this as a 4-day holiday! many shops and the universities and etc are all closed for teh 4 days period. ..which reminds me. *lures will off PSU to go hunting with her for discount chocolates* the sugar calls meeeeee~

My church celebrated Easter with a music service. We had to be there at 7:00 in the morning to practice. I was tired afterward.

Oh, I also turned 22 as well.

I spent it by myself, I'm not a religious fellow, nor do I have good memories of my family, so I'd rather spend it by myself. Other than that, ate some chocolate, went to bed, woke up, later on in the day got on a computer and posted this message I suppose.

Spend it at home with my brother and my laptop...chocolate less and entirely bored. D:

Real Dark Steves Don't Celebrate Easter. This is mostly because of Monty python and the Holy grail.

Well, Jin. As shocking as it is, not everyone spends their holidays the same way you do. I don't mean to come off sounding like a douche, but my wife was really upset that she missed her family egg painting tradition for the first time in her 20 year long life and she was looking forward to sharing that treasured family tradition with the newest member of her family.

I really don't see why you'd risk upsetting her more by basically calling her feelings on the matter inconsequential because you don't happen to do anything with the day.

To be honest, I would have let you be with it, but replying to someone defending Trish's position to push your own "But I don't do anything..." stance is a bit annoying.

Oop. Sorry. Didn't mean to come off as a total jerkbag. I honestly don't know - or rather, didn't know - of anyone that took Easter, so... well, seriously. It really, really took me by surprise.

Craig Bayfield wrote:

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Side-note: What's so special about the Sunday anyway? Jesus dies on Friday, ressurects on Monday. What happened on Sunday?

See? That was my pooooint.

jinsoku wrote:

Craig Bayfield wrote:

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Side-note: What's so special about the Sunday anyway? Jesus dies on Friday, ressurects on Monday. What happened on Sunday?

See? That was my pooooint.

Actually Craig and Jin, a slight misconception with that.

Good Friday: Jesus is crucified. The first day.
Holy Saturday: Jesus is still dead. The second day.
Easter Sunday: Jesus is resurrected. The third day.

So when the Bible states the Jesus arose on the third day, it means two days later from a Western perspective. It stems from the understanding that the Hebrew day began at sunset (hence why, in the Catholic Church, the Easter Triduum lasts from Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday; it seems like four days to us, but it's actually three days from the Hebrew perspective: from Thursday evening to Sunday evening).

Forgive me for sounding like a total douche, but... who takes Easter so seriously? It's Bunnies. And Jesus. Presumably, Bunny Jesus. Don't worry, better holidays will come your way.

Well, given that there's the whole 'died for the sins of all humanity past, present, and future' thing and the Resurrection and the Ascension into Heaven...it's basically one of, if not THE (depending on who you ask) most important facet of Christianity. So yeah, it's a serious deal. o.o

*and is also officially confirmed as a Catholic as of Easter Vigil*

*so woohoo*

it must be easier to celebrate easter on a sunday, as it's already a church day.

*noms her way through the easter sweets and chocolate will's parents gave to her yesterday*

@HPA: That is somewhat disturbing/hilarious. Though now I am hungry...

jinsoku wrote:

Craig Bayfield wrote:

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Side-note: What's so special about the Sunday anyway? Jesus dies on Friday, ressurects on Monday. What happened on Sunday?

See? That was my pooooint.

Actually Craig and Jin, a slight misconception with that.

Good Friday: Jesus is crucified. The first day.
Holy Saturday: Jesus is still dead. The second day.
Easter Sunday: Jesus is resurrected. The third day.

So when the Bible states the Jesus arose on the third day, it means two days later from a Western perspective. It stems from the understanding that the Hebrew day began at sunset (hence why, in the Catholic Church, the Easter Triduum lasts from Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday; it seems like four days to us, but it's actually three days from the Hebrew perspective: from Thursday evening to Sunday evening).

Forgive me for sounding like a total douche, but... who takes Easter so seriously? It's Bunnies. And Jesus. Presumably, Bunny Jesus. Don't worry, better holidays will come your way.

Well, given that there's the whole 'died for the sins of all humanity past, present, and future' thing and the Resurrection and the Ascension into Heaven...it's basically one of, if not THE (depending on who you ask) most important facet of Christianity. So yeah, it's a serious deal. o.o

*and is also officially confirmed as a Catholic as of Easter Vigil*

*so woohoo*

Yet it never gets the crazy flare that Christmas does, for example. I guess that's what I'm getting at, y'know?

Yet it never gets the crazy flare that Christmas does, for example. I guess that's what I'm getting at, y'know?

Peter Cottontail isn't as marketable as Santa Claus.

Plus, which one do you think kids (and, via demanding to the parents) go for more? Hunting for Easter eggs (and getting lots of chocolate, which is part Halloween) that don't really seem to have that much of a connection to Christ's Death and Resurrection? Or 'FREE TOYS OM NOM NOM' amidst a backdrop of gift-giving to all, peace on Earth, good will to all men, and that sort of thing...which at least has some narrative significance to the birth of Jesus?

I'm guessing the latter.

Eh, I'm not complaining. The less crazy "OMG SHOP SHOP SHOP ALL FLUFF ALL FLUFF" commercialized holidays, the better. I'm just... surprised.

I spent the entire weekend camping out and running around a field at a LARP event.

And I didn't get a single egg.

Growing older is overrated.

Growing older is overrated.

So is growing up.

Growing old is mandatory.

Growing up is optional.

I've heard that quote before, Sam. Still a lot of truth in that quote though.