Oh that I was not blogging because of some interesting reason.  But, no, again I am not blogging because I am lazy and because Bravo insists on running Project Runway marathons so dang often.

Things are, however, interesting here at camp TheologyGirl, and there is a new project in the works that should go live in the foreseeable future.  A new project that I am sure to ignore once the new season of Top Chef starts running.

Of note is one of my recent interactions with my apathetic significant other, the United Methodist Church.  No, maybe that’s not quite right.  They care about me.  In the way that my very breathing annoys them.  So they’re not apathetic.  They’re quite the opposite.  What would that be, then?  Pathetic? 

Anyway, recently I received an email stating that the battery of psychological tests I had taken a few years ago were never paid for.  Fascinating, since I took them at my school and the UMC conference here paid for them.  But I didn’t “own” these results and one conference can’t transfer the test interpretation to another.  If I wish to own the results, I could pay about 500 dollars to my home conference and retake the exams.  In West Virginia.  Which is very far away.  Why this needs to happen, I do not understand.  I mean, it’s all one church, right?  Hence the “United” part.  But, somehow, in the ordination process information cannot be shared between conferences because of, uh, money?  Ownership?  All of the paperwork is held in Nashville, on the national level.  So is this some sort of partisan issue between national and state rights?  Would becoming a Democrat help? 

I’m at a loss.

So, instead of stopping people in the street and telling them of John Wesley, I have taken up the odd task of spreading the tenants of the Catholic faith throughout the land.  I lack street cred to do this in many circles, as I am not Catholic.  Actually, come to think of it, I once had “LutherRulz” as a password on an email account.  However, what do you do when you are protesting against the Protestants?  Why, you light a candle for the warm fold of Rome, friend!  Today, a group of co-workers were talking about a recent wedding (the bride was in this group).  There was communion at the (Episcopal) mass and the people there were of many faith backgrounds, but all were a little fuzzy on whether they were allowed to actually take communion.  The bride said, “Well, Father said anyone who is baptized could come for communion.  So that’s really what he meant.” But one person who was Catholic said, “Well, Catholics aren’t really supposed to because of Transfiguration.”

Because of the squid conversation, I knew in my heart I should just keep my mouth shut.  But COME ON people.