I decided that any time I feel the overwhelming urge to share something stupid with the internet, I'm going to do it here instead of on my standard social media platforms.
So here's my Something Weird for today.
Despite being a complete and total Atheist, Easter is probably my favorite holiday.
Though in the midwest, the weather is 50/50 on whether it will be a shitty lagging winter day or a beautiful, surprisingly warm spring day.
When the weather is at least comfortable enough to sit outside on lawn chairs in my aunt's driveway while we have a good laugh at the kids and their kites while drinking sangria and pretending we don't hate each other, Easter is kind of great.
I feel there's so much drama and unnecessary bullshit surrounding Thanksgiving and Christimas - at least in my family that by the time Easter rolls around, we all just want to eat brunch and get drunk and laugh.
My favorite Easter in recent memory was one of my last with my mom before she moved. We spent a gorgeous afternoon on my aunt and uncle's driveway (in lawn chairs, yes) and we all laughed and had some drinks and some brunch. It felt like a really lovely relaxed day full of candy and bubbles and kites and beautiful weather and alcohol.. did I mention the alcohol?
During this time, my mom was also trying to finish her degree at the local community college and she was taking a film course as an elective. She asked me to pick a movie for her to watch and analyze and I chose Garden State - which is in my top ranked movies of all time. Fucking fight me.
It felt like letting my mom in on a little piece of my life and my brain and my emotion, even if she didn't really get why it was important to me at the time.
I just remember sitting on the couch sharing this bit of my life with my mom and a storm coming down outside and thinking "this is the best Easter we've had in a while...".
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