'Hell Bound'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
but DEAR GOD WHY.
Because?
He was atypical, I expect, as he was the keyboard player in a ska band in Utah.
Most of the Mormon teens I meet are some brand of alternative, Goths or emo or skater punk or what have you. Plus you remember that cute "Jane Austen's Fight Club" vid that was going around the internet a while back? Mormons.
but DEAR GOD WHY.
My mom would wear those.
Why would the church cut the missionary food budget and say they can't eat with local members? I could see one or the other for various reasons, but not both!!
but DEAR GOD WHY
That's a lot of decor to become stuck in a zipper.
OK, props for truth in advertising, but DEAR GOD WHY.
I kind of wish I had that for the hipster comedian holiday party I went to Sunday. That's why.
Why would the church cut the missionary food budget and say they can't eat with local members?
The official reasoning is that missionaries were getting lazy and only cultivating local members so they could get food, ie, go hit up the potential converts for dinner invites, but in some areas the locals were beginning to feel like restaurants. As for the budget, church HQ doesn't explain the financial decisions it makes. Unofficial word is that frugality is righteous, etc. etc. Subversive word is that the huge mall/condo complex the church is building in downtown Salt Lake City is already 3 billion over budget, with little hope for the future in this real estate market. The church's books are *not* released for examination to anyone.
Hey, why not try the Necronomicon?
Heh.
Yeah, I figured it was reasons like that, Connie--just didn't get why decrease the food budget at the same time! Poor kids.
I've never had a Mormon attempt to proselytize me while traveling, but if it happens I'll be all set with "So, I'm from Arkansas. Let's talk about the Meadow Mountain Massacre!"