[lit-ideas] Re: Random Compulsion
- From: "Erin Holder" <erin.holder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 22:40:54 -0400
>>Jeez, that poor town will never be the same.
You know, I was thinking the same thing. But really, what can I do? It's
not my fault the town happens to be there. It's not my fault my friend is
moving to England, and we planned a road trip. It's not my fault that going
to Hell is what we happened to plan or that we happen to have the means to
get there. That's just the way the cookie crumbles. The poor townsfolk
will just have to suck it up, I'm afraid, and stay the hell (oh I made a
funny) out of the bars.
Erin
"Let the moment do its work, let it reabsorb your dreams."
-- Cioran
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 10:30 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Random Compulsion
> Jesus descended into hell, you know. But he returned after only 3 days.
> That doesn't bode well for you, Erin. I mean, when a goody two-shoes is
> bored by a place, imagine what it must be like for a hell-bent, hell for
> leather, whiskey-drinking, tobacca-spittin', straight-talkin',
groin-kickin'
> cowgirl like you. Jeez, that poor town will never be the same. I'm sure
> you'll put the ex in 'excursions' for them.
>
> When Jesus descended into hell, I wonder did he have to deal with Satan
or
> did Satan keep his distance? I'd have kept my distance, like maybe in
Lake
> Michigan. I'm sure Jesus wasn't any too pleasant down there. Yeah, I
know,
> Jesus said, "Forgive them for they know not what they do", but noblesse
> oblige forgiveness is one thing, to wake up in hell is another, that must
> have really pissed him off. "God, it's hot!!!!" I can hear him saying.
> What was he doing down for three days anyway? Calling roll, maybe?
Surely
> he didn't have to talk those poor souls out of leaving hell. If I'd ever
> read the Divine Comedy, I could make a bunch of very literary jokes right
> here, like maybe what the Duke of Livermore said when he saw Jesus hopping
> about on the hot coals of Circle Six -- but, alas, I've never read the
> Divine Comedy. What a tragedy. Nevertheless, I'm not a total Philistine,
I
> do have a copy in my library. I've read at least 13 pages. Some day.
Some
> day.
>
> If I remember my Catholicism correctly, it's not mandatory to believe in
> hell as a place of eternal punishment -- it's not an article of faith,
that
> is, though a traditional belief. So John Kerry can relax. Even if he
gets
> excommunicated by the Altarboy Buggers for not voting against abortion,
> still, he won't necessarily go to hell, neither though will the Altarboy
> Buggers, not necessarily. You see, that's the problem with consistency.
>
> I decided I didn't believe in hell when it became obvious that that's
where
> I was headed. I've always found it easier to change my beliefs than my
> habits. I think God is the same way. He keeps on doing the same shit,
but
> look how many religions he's created to try to justify his ways. Me and
> God, we're two of a kind.
>
> Good luck in Hell, Erin. Take a bat with you.
>
> Aloysius U. Luc
> Hope, AR
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Erin Holder" <erin.holder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 6:46 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Random Compulsion
>
>
> > I feel compelled to share with you all just how sick I am of this school
> year,
> > how bored I am of writing papers, how utterly unappealing I find the
> prospect
> > of memorizing grammatical rules and extensive lists of German vocabulary
> for a
> > tedious three hour exam, and how little enthusiasm I have for summer
> school,
> > which starts after a pathetically short vacation. I am, however, after
a
> quick
> > excursion to Chicago, going to Hell. Michigan. I can't imagine it's
very
> > interesting, what with being a small town and all, but apparently it has
> "fun
> > excursions". I think I'll be the judge of that, thank you very much.
> That's
> > all I really have to say.
> >
> > Back to the essay. Blah.
> > --
> > Erin
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