what does it mean to "get right with the lord"?
My friend Amanda says some pretty interesting shit sometimes. One thing she often says is the phrase “get right with the lord”. Sometimes in reference to something she ought to be doing, and sometimes in reference to something somebody else ought to be doing. Regardless, that’s the phrase in question.
So I’m madly scribbling away at my final project for class today and I stop and I abruptly turn to Amanda, who is also madly scribbling away at her own final project (I believe she described her own finals psychosis as “ferret-like”) and I say, “What does it mean to get right with the lord?” And Amanda, bless her, says something like, “I don’t usually mean that in any kind of deep, religious sense.”
And this comment precipitates in me a wine- and finals-induced existential crisis about the whole affair. I’m thinking I’m going to go to hell. Mostly for being a hypocrite, but also for a lot of other things, like the 7 Deadly Zins (http://www.lodivineyards.com/7deadly.htm), um, I mean, SINS. Like lust, vanity, sloth, gluttony, or whatever. I forget the rest. This is another reason that I fear I may go to hell – ignorance.
Generally, lately, I’ve been feeling pretty lusty and vain. I think this is a sign of stress. So, based on that, I think it may be time for a vacation. I can’t wait for finals week to be over.
Ooh, and I wanna try this wine, too.
Addendum: don’t you hate it when there are drunk people yelling outside your window at all hours of the night? When I am drunk, I keep it to myself. I don’t think that’s so much to ask. Is it?
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