With Regard to Easter

I was telling a friend the "Why, in my opinion, my relationship with my father is somewhat strained" story this past Thursday. We ended up trying to go out for supper. Stopping first at the LC (because no LCs are open on Good Friday), we proceeded to Wawanesa. Jocelin was closed. Coming back into Brandon on the 340, we tripped through Treesbank to see a house I didn't buy due to it's lack of structural integrity, and popped up to Albert's - who it turns out closes at 9.

Calling Rod to see where he was at (with a mind of crashing it because he cancelled our weekly Thursday because his girlfriend was in town for the fair), and he said he'd whip something up for us. We stopped to pick up another friend and went to Rod's.

Now, here is the part of this post where I tell you that I refer to Easter as 'Zombie Jesus Day' because of people's predilection for taking the Bible and the dictates of the people at the top of Christendom's hierarchies literally.

We were all standing around talking and I was recounting how we'd ended up there. I made a reference to 'Zombie Jesus Day' (and needing alcohol) and the shit hit the fan. His girlfriend panicked on me. She was offended. I said "I'm sorry". She started slamming shit around to get ready to go out and made most people really uncomfortable. The kicker? She actually got the lead out when she saw the time was 9:52 and she ordered her husband out of the house because they only had eight minutes to get to the LC before it closed and it wouldn't be open the next day.

So. Yeah. I don't mind her, in theory. I understand that she's crazy and it's her way or the highway. What I didn't get was why people (Rod and my brother) keep alluding to me not liking her. It turns out, I'm thinking, that it is she who doesn't like me.

Anyways. She used to be a member of the Anglican communion in Brandon (and a 'prominent' one at that). Guess what was in today's paper? An article, about Good Friday, written by a retired Anglican priest of Brandon, which is linked here. It makes for interesting reading. You know what else is interesting? The article is hosted on the Diocese of Brandon website. Meaning, it's somewhat sanctioned. I love being proved not wrong.