31/03/2002 - 11:39 p.m.

Spectacular Spectacular!

I hate getting my news from Diaryland, it happens all too often. George Bush and the no STD testing for teenagers (bastard), the death of the Queen Mother, I really ought to start listening to the news myself.

So, Easter. Lah lah lah. I wish they'd run the secular holidays different than the religious. Then I wouldn't have to feel religiously obligated to be terribly greedy (ie Christmas and Easter). We could have "Spring Bunny Day" (hey, you come up with something!) on March 21st, and then have "Santa Claus Day" on, er, maybe St. Nicholas Day (though that doesn't really seem right). It's just that, participating in secular holiday traditions makes me feel like I've got religion and am participating in it. I don't and I'm not.

Well, my mother missed the point- I've not eaten anything but Cadburys or Twix in the way of chocolate (Twix taste so terrible you could hardly call them chocolate so it doesn't matter so much) and pointing out all the lovely imported Creme Eggs and Robin's Eggs and things (I think they're not exactly the same, but still) in the stores recently and how much I can't abide Hersheys. She must've assumed this was reverse psychology I was trying.

I was going to do my homework, but I watched movies instead. Don't ask which ones. Wouldn't take too hard a guess. Just finished putting away the tissues (yeah, told you it wouldn't be that hard to guess) and it's 11:30ish. I'll be up for hours even if I do go to bed. However, if I stay down here everyone will freak out and say I stayed up forever. Sighs.

I wish we got tomorrow off. We ought to have Spring Break for two weeks like everyplace else in the bloody world. But, we live in a country without an established religion so we can't favour it (that's why we have Christmas Break and all).