This is a REAL "blog" entry.
2 weird things happened today, both had to do with religion and atheism.

First one: I went to the local independent book store. This girl was there, and she's really, REALLY cute. So she asks "can I help you?" I say "yeah, I'm looking for 'The End of Faith' by Sam Harris, and I can't seem to find it in "religion". Do you have it in another section?" "Yeah!" (much more enthusiastic than she normally is to me) and goes and finds it. I decide to get that book, and order in another copy, as one copy is going to my youngest brother for his birthday. We then talked a bit about the book. She asked "have you read it?" and I said
"no, but I've heard Sam Harris talk before" and she was like "YOU HAVE???" I had to inform her that it was all interviews and stuff, not in person. She'd never read anything by Sam Harris or Richard Dawkins, but she seemed really enthusiastic about it, and interested in both of them. (I think she's said she saw Dawkins on the Hour, and sounds like she has heard Sam Harris talk as I had.) I mentioned the God Who Wasn't There and she seemed familiar with it (didn't say she saw it, but it seemed like it) I'm not sure that she's atheist, but since I'm ugly and awkward and she has never seemed to notice me at all before today...I'm thinking I found an atheist who is HOT! And in my town! And friendly! And HOT! I really hope this is true. (the part about her being an atheist)

Next, I got a haircut. The conversation I had with the hairdresser went basically like this (abridged and edited and stuff):
She: You taking a vacation this summer?
Me: Probably not, [quick description of my trip to Edmonton I took last month. I only take 1 purely pleasure vacation, maximum, a year]
She: I was there recently for a wedding and met my boyfriend's family
Me: [describes time he met ex's family, crazy religious nuts and conspiracy theorists. I think they thought I was a spy or something, given their evident suspicion of me]
She: Haha. Yeah, my mom's whacko religious too. At least she wasn't as nutty as her family.
Me: Turns out she was, actually, I just didn't notice because I was so in love.
She: Wow. You still talk to her?
Me: Occasionally. She married the Antichrist.
She: You think he's the devil?
Me: No, he does. [quickly explains the guys beliefs, which are basically that Satan chose him to be the Antichrist and he turned to Jesus and now Satan is after him]
She: Whoa! How do you meet these weirdos?
Me: College.
She: How can someone believe that?
Me: [talks about how religion can influence the marginally nutty and strengthen their nuttiness]
She: [agrees and adds some examples]
We: [talk for several more minutes about the insanity of religion, and laugh a bit. It turns out she believes in a god but is not religious]

I commented at least once how weird it is to discuss religion with a hairdresser, but she was OK with it.

So, I met one person who's hot and might be an atheist, talked at length about religion with a hairdresser, and did some other stuff (including buying the new Feist CD, finally). That's my day up until now, not including work (7 PM last night to 7 AM this morning). With that, I'll go to sleep.
[about time somebody used their RRS blog to make an actual blog post!]