when you were raising your right hand whatever defenses you had planned

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[14:46] http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/profile)matociquala (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/): we forgive the Christians many trespasses for the annual inlfux of jelly beans
[14:46] http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/profile)matociquala (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/): especially the licorice ones
[14:47] http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif (http://cristalia.livejournal.com/profile)cristalia (http://cristalia.livejournal.com/): We forgive them for the paid day off right in the heart of essay-deadline season. *g*
[14:47] http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/profile)matociquala (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/): Hee
[14:48] http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/profile)matociquala (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/): Good Friday isn't a formal holiday in the US
[14:48] http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif (http://cristalia.livejournal.com/profile)cristalia (http://cristalia.livejournal.com/): It's a stat here. Everything closes.
[14:48] http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/profile)matociquala (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/): *nod*
[14:48] http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif (http://cristalia.livejournal.com/profile)cristalia (http://cristalia.livejournal.com/): Alas, the Monday is optional and they're making me go to school.
[14:48] http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/profile)matociquala (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/): Alas.
[14:48] http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/profile)matociquala (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/): other people's holidays are nice
[14:49] http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/profile)matociquala (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/): You get a day off without obligations
[14:51] http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif (http://cristalia.livejournal.com/profile)cristalia (http://cristalia.livejournal.com/): Yes.
[14:51] http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif (http://cristalia.livejournal.com/profile)cristalia (http://cristalia.livejournal.com/): Although the closing the grocery stores is less fun.
[14:51] http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/profile)matociquala (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/): yes
[14:52] http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/profile)matociquala (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/): mostly grocery stores do not close here
[14:52] http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/profile)matociquala (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/): Or just in the afternoons on major holidays
[14:52] http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/profile)matociquala (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/): because we are a soulless capitalist society that worships only convenience and the greenback dollar.
[14:52] http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/profile)matociquala (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/): But we do get mail on Saturdays.

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