Ugh. My stomach is rebelling this morning. Aside from that, I'm just trying to stay warm-- it's sleeting out, and I feel the chill creeping into my bones. I'm drinking tea and getting packages together for a mail-out tomorrow. Last call for domestic Christmas stuff, y'all. Winter's Gift necklaces are also going out tomorrow.

I found the right components for the first month of the Earring Subscription. I bought sterling earwires in bulk (it was an agonizing choice, as I am kind of particular about earwires). I made a really simple, fae necklace with mystic amethyst. I found some really cool matte black earring bits for January, too.

And in non-work news-- yay, I get Ashley and Aster and Heather and fondue tonight.

Alrighty. I am officially done playing nice with Catholic Aunt Linda and her five-daily evangelical emails.

This was today's:

( Cut for one of the worst emails I have ever gotten.Collapse )

Okay, first of all-- WHAT THE FUCK. What a fearmongering, hateful piece of work. Basically, be a Christian or you'll die a horribly painful, untimely death. 'Cause y'know, that never happens to Christians. If this is the nature of your God-- if he's vengeful, angry and painfully insecure-- you can keep him. I'm fine over here. Ready my fucking casket.

Second of all-- way to send this to your niece whom you know to not be Christian. How fucking disrespectful. I mean, I put up with the five mushy glurge emails a day and a constant stream of 'praying for you' reminders. Whatever. But this? This is actively malicious in tone. FUCK. THAT. Also? Do I send you several Pagan emails a day? No.

So much I have to say to her but I don't currently have words that don't begin in "f" and end in "k."

Note: this is not a slam on Christians. This is a slam on the tactless, disrespectful, mean-spirited fear tactics that some evangelicals employ. This is not the Christianity I was taught when I was young and she ought to know better.