Diary of a Teenage AtheistDiary of a Teenage AtheistLife as seen through the eyes of a 17-year-old newly-minted atheist in a small, heavily Catholic country.
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It could?ve been?worse?
2008-06-07 03:27:00 On a whim after breakfast, two friends and I went to a large, museum-like antique shop, with ancient relics and furniture from India, Sri Lanka and the like. The store owner was a handsome, 50-something woman named Layla who was the kind of person every woman (or me, anyway, if every other woman was wildly ...
The importance of being earnest
2008-05-26 13:08:00 I have this grotesquely ugly friend who, for some reason, finds himself totally hot (which makes him like…a lot of other people I know). Don’t ask me why. He’s the kind of dude who is baffled why he can’t seem to make it with women, and he thinks that a mere glance his way from ...
I?ve finally earned my wings!
2008-05-18 05:42:00 I don’t think I’ll ever tire of using theist references. Although I’m currently in the process of graduating from “OMG” to “OMJ(oe)”. Anyhoo, two days ago, I received a wonderful present from Benj of Atheista.net. Despite the fact that Atheista may have inadvertently outed my nationality as a result of this blog post, I’m still totally ... More About: Finally , Wings
The one blog that can convince us atheists that God is awesome
2008-05-16 12:07:00 If not “awesome,” then at least ridiculously funny. Not even the Almighty Creator is immune from finding some of the shit in this (Godforsaken? Hee) world annoying, so He’s decided to create a blog about it. Over at Stuff God Hates, nobody’s safe from His Wrath. God takes potshots at cats, Africa, Patrick Swayze and anal ... More About: Awesome , Blog , Atheists
Ask Teen Atheist, #2
2008-05-15 03:20:00 Hi. My name’s Emily and I’m 14. I’ve been athiest for about a year. I haven’t told my parents, and I still go to church with them. I don’t have the heart to tell them. Anyway, I’ve found one other atheist, my best friend. All of my other friends are very religious. I’m afraid to ... More About: Atheist
Let?s make things easier on all of us by not telling me anything
2008-05-06 08:10:00 M’kay? Seriously, this office is TMI Central. I’m just a kid, let me flounce around in my weirdo outfits and devil-may-care grin without having the weight of your problems on my shoulders. Don’t you hate it when people tell you shit without you asking for it? Just when I’d forgotten about my problems with Carl and ... More About: Make , Things
Ask Teen Atheist, #1
2008-04-13 09:36:00 Hooray, somebody finally wrote in to ask me for advice! I would have answered this sooner, but my PC frickin’ ate my thousand-word response. Spurred on by the promise of a love letter (yay!), I finally got my lazy ass around to writing a new one. Feel free to give your own input to help Luke ... More About: Atheist
Mixed messages
2008-04-06 08:28:00 Watched Horton Hears a Who with my Mother Dearest last Thursday. The animation was downright stupefying, the characters were likable (slightly emo son Jojo was so cute, and my favorite would have to be that weird sheep-porcupine-looking thing that goes “aaaah”), and the story was really good. And Seth Rogen. That’s my future husband, right ... More About: Messages , Mixed
When stupid pops up out of nowhere
2008-03-14 14:05:00 Ooh, an atheism-related post! Finally! Many might find it condescending that I refuse to get into debates with theists, or that I immediately delete anti-atheist comments on this blog. Then again, I never said it wasn’t. I’ve recently come across the perfect example to show you all exactly why I refuse to dignify theism-laden arguments with a ... More About: Stupid
Varying degrees of condescension
2008-03-02 18:16:00 This is steadily rocketing up to the top of my Statements That Annoy Me the Most list, simply because I hear it almost every single fucking day now from various co-workers: You’ll understand when you’re older. Like when I told Gina, 34, that I was planning on being one of those never-gonna-get-married types, like Oprah or Susan ... More About: Degrees
An anonymous letter I would like to send
2008-02-19 03:47:00 Yeah, I don’t know if I’m actually going to send this, but I do want to. Only, I don’t really want to be responsible for fucking up other people’s relationships. I’m torn. Aaaanyway. Dear Mrs. Carl, You do not know who I am. In the interest of keeping my job and maintaining a good rapport with all my ... More About: Letter , Send , Anonymous
The world is shallow. Trufax.
2008-02-16 15:29:00 [Apologies in advance for the number of non-atheism-related posts recently. If I limited my blog to experiences pertaining to my beliefs, this blog would be waaay thinner. This is most likely because I haven’t interacted much with my sanctimonious, preachy Mother Dearest since I started working, and god damn it, I love working!] I realized in ... More About: World , The World , Kenzie
TA would hit it (she totally would)
2008-02-10 04:31:00 Just finished my first week of work, and it was hella fun. Yay, me! I met all sorts of interesting people at work. There’s my semi-cute, early-30’s boss, Mr. McKenzie , who doesn’t really make my heart race when I see him (plus he kind of has a beer gut), although I’d still hit it. I’d totally ... More About: Carl , Dexter , Judy , Murray
Act your age
2008-01-30 09:23:00 While waiting at the clinic for my pre-employment medical exam, I met Janice, a 45-year-old fellow applicant who had three kids, all older than I am. (Most of my co-workers are in their mid-20’s to mid-40’s. Am I intimidated? Naaah.) Like many other fellow applicants, as well as a couple of the folks at HR, Janice ...
When the going gets tough, the tough kick ass.
2008-01-27 12:33:00 On the heels of my semi-rejection (the “Uh, we’ll think about it” kind) from Dream College, I blew a lot of money on clothes and shoes. Totaling the receipts post-retail therapy brought me to the conclusion that I needed to get a job. The following day, I checked out the classifieds and some online listings to ... More About: Tough , Kick
I think I?m in love.
2008-01-16 02:34:00 Just watched Detroit Rock City last night on HBO, and I’ve decided that Jam (Sam Huntington) is officially my dream boyfriend. Besides, as far as I’m concerned, anyone ballsy (or horny) enough to lose their virginity in a confessional booth is a real fuckin’ inspiration. More About: Love
Like that cheerleader from Odessa
2008-01-14 09:17:00 If I haven’t updated in a while, that doesn’t mean I’m dead. Sometimes, writers get writer’s block. The best way to coax me out of my “I don’t feel like saying much” mood is to give me an idea for a blog post. Ask me about my life. My friends. My opinions on love and ... More About: Cheerleader
Update: Dream College
2008-01-05 11:31:00 I got waitlisted. Well, shit. How dumb does somebody have to be to not pass the entrance test for the school known as Everybody’s Second Choice? And, like, I picked Creative Writing, which is probably the least popular course on the list. I don’t know whether or not I still consider myself smart, but I’m definitely not ... More About: College , Update , Dream
Update: Christmas
2008-01-04 02:26:00 I’m not sure why I haven’t updated recently. I don’t think it’s because I’ve run out of things to say, but because I’m starting to worry that my parents might find this blog and ream me. I really should work on finding a job and moving out. My mother (we’re on speaking terms now, more ... More About: Christmas , Update
12 Things I?m Thankful For
2007-12-24 18:09:00 So, it’s Christmas, and despite all the shit I’ve been put through recently, I still think that it’s a time to be happy and to reflect on the things that made 2007 a spectacular year for me. I figured that 12 was a Christmassy enough number, so here are the top 12 things I’m thankful ... More About: Things
Anger management: Sporkage
2007-12-22 16:40:00 I haven’t talked to that judgmental, self-absorbed bitch Mother Dearest since last Monday’s argument, and with every day that passes, I just get more and more upset about what a total asshole she’s been. (I’m sorry, Mom. I know I shouldn’t talk this way since you pay for all my shit, but I’m angry, and when ... More About: Management , Anger Management , Anger
Vulnerable
2007-12-17 03:22:00 In tears once again. Fresh from a particularly acrimonious fight with Mother Dearest, where she let a lot of bitterness come to the surface. Apparently, I have no right to feel offended by anything they say or do, just because I’m still living under their roof. Because they’re paying my tuition. She actually stooped to guilt-tripping: “We ...
What are you doing [Christmas] Eve?
2007-12-16 01:48:00 Mom, Okay. Fine. I’ll leave you all alone on Christmas ; I’ve picked out a nice enough hotel and a dance club where I’ll spend the evening. When you and Dad and Pete have your Christmas dinner, though, and you’re looking at the one empty chair at the table, I hope you know that you did that. ... More About: Christmas Eve
And where is this line I?m not supposed to cross?
2007-12-12 18:47:00 We were having lunch at a Chinese restaurant I really liked, and the waiter had just served the cold cuts and fried rice. “Wait,” my mother said as she always did, “let’s pray first.” The rest of them prayed while I immediately helped myself to the jellyfish. This scenario happened every time we ate out. Today, however, ... More About: Cross , Line
What I did for love (TA at the gay pride parade)
2007-12-09 16:21:00 (Why yes, that post title is a reference to A Chorus Line. Man, I’m cheesy.) It was the night before the parade, and I approached my mother in the kitchen to ask her again if I could attend the gay pride parade. She, again, refused. “Please,” I whined, “my gay friends are counting on me to be ... More About: Love , Gay Pride , Pride , Parade , Gay pride parade
I don?t know any better, but you might!
2007-12-02 15:56:00 So I’d like to ask you all for your advice again. There’s an LGBT Pride March in our country this month, and as an LGBT supporter, I of course want to go to show solidarity for the awesome gay/bi/transgender people of this ultra-conservative country. And my gay friends too, hee-hee. I approached my mother and asked her ...
This makes me want to punch right through my laptop screen.
2007-11-27 04:26:00 Pardon my French, but fuck this shit. I haven’t gotten this upset over an e-mail in, like, ever. This dates back to that time when my parents asserted that atheists have no moral code: TA’s mother: ?Well, I can?t encourage your atheism because I don?t know much about it, but I think it is very important to ... More About: Screen , Laptop , Punch
Survey: Christmas and religion
2007-11-22 02:20:00 A journalism student in London recently sent me a group of questions through my Contact page that he would like answered for an article that he is writing. I hope you don’t mind that I answered them here instead of replying via email! Please let me know when you’ve read them, Marc! 1) Figures show that on ... More About: Christmas , Religion , Survey
The hard part
2007-11-19 06:08:00 People who have read this blog from top to bottom may have noticed that I have a rich smorgasbord of expletives and negative adjectives with which to describe my brother Pete. You see, swearing is a way for me to release my anger, and God knows I have a lot of anger when it comes ... More About: Hard , Part
Just because I?m an atheist doesn?t mean I?m [adjective]
More articles from this author:2007-11-14 14:11:00 I have a religious friend, Alice, who is working on a chick lit novel for National Novel-Writing Month. We haven’t known each other all that long (we met at an event), but we get along fine even though she knows I’m an atheist. Reading her plot synopsis, however, made my facial muscles twitch a little bit: ... More About: Atheist , Theist 1, 2 |
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