School's out! Wordy post (not latale related)

I figured it was time to update the blog since I haven't posted anything on here for a while. I think I'm going to split up those old latale pictures so I don't have just one massive post with pictures (because we all know posts like that have a tendency to crash the browser/computers). I'm thinking one picture per post :). And that starts next post because this post has been in the making for a while now.

On a happy side note I got my associates degree (Associates in Science if anyone is wondering) but I'm still a broke college student trying to work on her bachelors degree.

The previous semester was pretty fun from a research perspective. I sort of got back into quantum physics a little bit and there is a lot of new stuff written on the subject since the last time I did research (back in 2010/2011). Oh and the sleep research I did last semester came in handy this semester when...I should actually write a post on how to improve the quality of your sleep so you need less sleep total (because for sleep quality > quantity).

All blogs post their religious beliefs opinions at some point and I figure now is the time I should post mine...don't read below the cut if you get offended easily.



My mom is still dating the passive aggressive catholic I shall not name. He actually tried to get me to come to church with him last Sunday, which ended badly with both of us pouting. 

And my mom tried to get me to go again yesterday (for Sunday/today's service). I'm officially ticked off... 

Oh and today to top it all off, today, both of them tried to convince me to go to a service next weekend.

They have brought it up casually in conversations about how opposed to it I am and in return I have politely told them both no repeatedly. I have even refrained from bringing my (I like Buddhism) beliefs into it. I get where my mom is coming from (really I do, they have crazy loud "fun" at night if you know what I mean) and I get where he is coming from (he was raised by a super religious family, and it would be nice if we were all good Catholics and went to church with him in place of his ex-family that he got divorced from)...just yo! My beliefs are not your beliefs! No I won't like church because I: (and sorry to the Catholics/Christians out there that do like it- these are my opinions and my blog)
1. Don't believe in what you believe in. Do you really think I want to sit through a sermon talking about how Jesus died to save our souls when I don't even believe that in the first place? <-the answer to that is no.
2. Consider it a waste of time due to the above #1 reason.
3. Don't like lying to myself. I have tried Christianity out and it is not for me.
4. Will be uncomfortable/unhappy trying to be nice to everyone who tells me Jesus/the Lord saved me when I don't believe in that.
5. I will be even more unhappy if they think they have converted me by taking me to church in the first place.
6. Finally I don't want any of the crazy ones putting a face and name to a non-believer. I've already had one person tell me I am going to hell this year and I don't want that number to increase so I'm taking evasive ninja action :P.

^And yes for #6 that happened and I sat through an hour of that because I'm not as outspoken in real life as I am on this blog...I'm actually sort of quiet in real life. I also didn't want to step on her beliefs like she did with mine/basically I didn't want to hurt her. So I listened to her for an hour and then left, made it down to the cafeteria, and cried for two hours because I was upset those people actually existed in real life (and not just on the internet).

So if you are reading this mom/mom's bf please listen to the below song and stop asking me to go to church with you.

And just to make any hardcore Christian/Catholics feel a little bit better, it isn't the religion I dislike. I actually don't mind any religion I find them all fascinating. I have some Christian/Catholic/Jewish friends and they are all decent people. It is the combination of how aggressive Christianity/Catholics are + the people that do it in for me. Buddhism calms me down and helps me relax, and I like that, that's why I follow it. If you don't understand that or at least respect that, then you don't know me or don't really care about me.

I don't mean to upset anyone with this post but I'll probably have some upset people anyways. I know that is life/internet life and I am fully expecting at least one crazy person to tell me I am going to Hell below. 

p.s. If the comments on this post get out of hand I will be deleting all of them. I don't want a religious debate on this blog. I am literally posting this to vent because I can't do it out loud (without offending my mom/her bf) and all of my friends have heard me vent about this for the past two weeks so yeah...T.T please no fighting. Peace.

edited for Noah's sake- spelling ew =w=