Day in the Life of an Idiot

I went to a Lutheran college, Augsburg, in the 80s. In "Old Main," we had these lovely old-fashioned wooden desks that had been carved on and doodled on by generations of students before us. When I was bored during lectures, I would scan the desk and read the annals of human history in rude college grafitti. There was actually a practical joke from the 1950s-60s that involved a former student named "Warren Hawkins" that I uncovered while reading these -- and, actually, when I volunteered to do the phone back calling for alumni, I got to chat with the REAL Warren Hawkins, who explain to me how his name came to be carved in so many desks around campus. But, that's actually not the point of this story. The point is, that there was this phrase that, as a Unitarian Universalist, I never understood. On a lot of the desks was scrawled, "The wages of sin!" My favorite response to that was where someone had written "Are $7.99/hr" (which was minnimum wage at the time.) Finally, someone explained to me that the wages of sin, to a Christian, is death (without resurrection.)

Now-a-days, I like to mutter, the phrase "Ah, the wages of sin!" after a night like last night where I had a great deal of fun hanging out with my fangrrl friends and staying up WAY PAST MY BEDTIME. I didn't get HOME last night (after kuk sool, Wyrdsmiths, and my friends) until well after midnight. Considering that I have to get up at six o'clock in the morning to start to get my family ready for school and work and such, I really feel like I'm paying for my sins, as it were.

But, unlike the original concept, I really feel the wages are worth the sin.

And, on the note of how awesome my friends are, A BIG THANK YOU to all the furry folks who chimed in to answer my question and help spread the work about my Komamura fic (which now I feel was underwhelming... because, you know, I didn't expect all this wonderful pimping! And I really kind of just wrote it for myself and fairly serious BLEACH fans. But, wow, thanks!!) Now neary 100 people have viewed/read it. That's... wow, I just have the best friends, ever. (Especially you kyellgold. Damn. Your superpowers!!)

Now today I have pay for all this partying and get serious about working on my original projects....

See ya later!