Viva Forever

I get quite annoyed when people of faith use retorts like “yeah well atheism is a religion to science” or “how can you criticise other’s beliefs when you believe in atheism?”.

ATHEISM IS NOT A RELIGION, IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. I’m pretty sure that the “a”-prefix means “absence of”.

Someone (presumably clever, but whose name eludes me at the moment) once wittily said, “calling atheism a religion is like calling not collecting stamps a hobby”.

Like Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins would say, most people who are religious are atheists to other gods. A Christian is an atheist to Greek mythology, Hinduism, Muslim, Buddhism etc. Most people only believe either in one god or one particular group of gods to the exclusion to all others. Atheists just go one god/(group of gods) further.

Sleeping last night was hellish: my eyes were so red and it felt like there were needles in there, poking from inside. I woke up this morning with a headache and red red eyes.

So I was dropped off to the doctor by my dad and after an hour so of waiting, I was seen by a doctor. Turns out I have Conjunctivitis. I was prescribed eyedrops and sent packing. It was pure coincidence that I got conjunctivitis (and I never have before) an hour after taking the antibiotics.

Time to clean my room! There’s so much clothing and yarn all over the place, I’m sure that won’t contribute to the wellbeing of my eyes. :P

Not in the convention way, have some kind of infection in me. Doctors not open on Sundays, so I took antibiotics that I still had around from last year, I *hope* it’s a less severe version of the same problem. I’m reacting this time round quite poorly to the antibiotics, very headachey and nauseous. My eyes are so bloodshot, they’ve turned almost completely red (which is kinda cool). So… maybe it’s the wrong type of medication.

This goes to show that 14 years later (from the last post), I still don’t really think about what I’m eating. :P

What’s the worst thing you’ve ever eaten (either accidentally or out of curiousity)?

When I was seven and my brother a new baby, I was insanely curious about the little glass bottles of baby food that was fed to him, tasted like. I was too embarrassed to ask my mum for a taste, so when they weren’t looking one day, I found a bottle of baby food. I got a small fingertip worth of the stuff and put it in my mouth. What I tasted was the foulest, bitterest, synthetically textured slime that I’ve ever encountered and I ran to wash my tongue under the faucet immediately.

It… wasn’t baby food. -_-

Unbeknownst to me, my dad had reused the small glass containers and, wait for it, put shoe glue in them. Lucky I wasn’t poisoned or made sick by it. I can’t remember where I picked up the bottle from but I guess I should’ve realised something was not quite right when I didn’t find it in the kitchen but possibly in the lounge room. Until that day I still never got to try out what baby food is like.

Just a tip: If you suspect (or know of) identity theft on your credit cards, phone, bank card bills etc (either online or offline), besides obviously contacting the appropriate service institution (e.g. bank or phone company) also call the police. Try to get a copy of a police report and/or theft declaration. I just found out today (for a client) that some companies would not accept a dispute regarding identity theft without these documents. I’m sure not all companies are that crabby, but now you know, better to be safe than sorry.