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Today was my youngest brother’s confirmation. I went, because my mother would have been upset if I hadn’t, and because it’s also Jeff’s birthday tomorrow (aside: he’s 16! That’s not possible. He’s still just a little teeny baby.) and I had to give him his present.<\/p>\n

More family than I expected to be there was there (Grandma, 2 aunts, 2 uncles, 2 cousins, other brother) and before the service we all went out to a restaurant. Whilst grandma (who is 80) and my uncle attempted to outdo each other telling off-color jokes, Jonathan plowed through his salad, Jeff’s salad, half a basket of rolls and his entree and then raced back to the house so that he could watch a few more precious moments of the Patriots game. >_< \n\nOne of my aunts gave me 2 new Tupperware things. Apparently the thought that I’m going to be getting married has made her think I need it. Nevermind that we’ve already been living together for 4 years. Nevermind the fact that we have 2 cabinets FULL of Tupperware. They’re so overfull that it tumbles out onto the floor whenever we attempt opening the doors. \n\nThe confirmation itself was 90 minutes long. It was. That’s about all I can say about it. Thankfully, Jeff is the last of us, so there won’t be any more to go to until my cousin’s daughter Madelyn is old enough to be confirmed — and she’s only 6. It was essentially an extremely elongated mass, complete with sermon. Obviously tailored for the high school students being confirmed.\n\nBishop: *blah blah blah* Britney Spears commercial *blah blah blah* television movie *blah blah blah*
K (to cousin): He sure watches a lot of tv.
Bishop: *goes on about how life is wasted if you don’t attempt to spread faith, hope and love* “… and if you see someone discriminated against because of their sex, what do you do?”
K: *chokes* … says MR BISHOP of the CATHOLIC CHURCH.<\/p>\n

Now, I’m not going to go so far as to call him a hypocrite. It’s entirely possible that this dude is one who is attempting to change the church. But I found the statement pretty ironic.<\/p>\n

I also spent a while last night and cleaned up my regular webpage<\/a>. It hadn’t been overhauled since 98 or 99, so it seemed like it was due. This does, of course, leave me with much to do tonight, given that most of today was eaten by travel and family foo.<\/p>\n

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