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It was a pretty good Saturday, I think.

To get the not great news out of the way first, I got back my LSAT score and it was 151. I have to look at the more detailed site to find out where I did well and where I didn't. (151 will get me into a second-rate school, but without a scholarship. Not acceptable.) The I have until June to try again, though the prospect of sitting through that 5-hour hell again is one that makes me hesitate. I am also leery about taking on more student debt.

On the other hand, we went to the Y and I had a really good workout. After that we went to a record store in Hillcrest that Steve had heard about. It was kind of like L'Echange, but with more new stuff and more spread out. Not that that's difficult; the subway at rush hour is less cramped than the Mont-Royal L'Echange on a Sunday afternoon. I came out with a used copy of Peter Gabriel's "Us" and The Clash's "From Here To Eternity". I just bought "Combat Rock" the other day and don't know how I've lived so long without owning it. And Tony says that's not even their best one!

Yeah, Tony came down and we went to TGI Friday's for dinner since they have an Atkins menu and they're fairly inexpensive. We came out with dinner for 3 being about $32 all told. Then we went to Dave & Buster's until about 1. Fun was had.

Breakfast time! We have church and then Steve's friend Jim's 8th birthday to celebrate.

Teppy and the Taliban

Okay, granted that one of the reasons I left this country originally was the prevalence of religion in government, when did this place officially become a theocracy? I've spent the past couple of days in an atmosphere of pervasive mandatory Christianity. Now, I'm a Catholic Christian, but the surest way to turn me away from something is to tell me I *must* do it.

At work, Trini and Josephina are loudly Christian. Today Steve and I went to Jim's 8th birthday and only stuck around for an hour. We were the only non-family members there, and they had all just gone to see the Jeezus movie. So a bunch of them were sitting around debriefing from the film while the rest were kind of quiet. Steve looked at my watch and said he had to study, so we left and I was glad. He said I was behaving myself wonderfully, but that he could see it was really a strain.

On Monday, if anyone brings religion up, I'm Buddhist. This is actually true; Buddhism doesn't demand you give up previous religious beliefs to begin with, and I've been reading Buddhist masters and incorporating their practices into my life.

Cause the Dalai Lama and Thich Nhat Hanh make a heck of a lot more sense than any Christian I've come across recently.