Me: He said that the reason I have failures in life is because of sex, and that I needed to have a relationship with Jesus.
New Friend: That’s crazy.
Me. I know.
New Friend: I mean, sex is the only thing that makes failure tolerable.
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…and alcohol to celebrate the passing of failure.
New friend sounds very very wise.
Wow…New Friend hit the nail on the head.
I’m protestant. It’s all about forgiveness of sins and stuff. That means, Jesus’s job is to reassure me that it’s okay to make mistakes and do bad things, he and God still love me. Jesus and I have a very forgiving and loving relationship. VERY forgiving.
what if you fail at sex?
sniff sniff smells like stiff snark competition. we like new friend.
Hmm… You’re closer to the border now. Maybe you can find yourself a hot guy named Jesus, have great relationship (sex!), and kill two birds with one stone.
Ice cream works, too. Ben and Jerry’s Cherry Garcia or Haagen Dazs Vanilla Swiss Almond. Of course, then you can be a fat failure with no hope of sex…not that anything like that ever happened to me. Nope, I’m a girl and you can always have sex. Just maybe not with the best characters.
Hence why I have had lots of sex (and alcohol)
Sounds like another immaculate conception to me.
Conversations are different in Texas than elsewhere in the world
jesus is for those that are content to let life manipulate them.
sex is for the ones that aren’t happy until they’re manipulated it.
You don’t have to give up sex to know the J-man. *crossing myself and asking for divine forgiveness* He was pals with Mary Magdalene, after all!
Besides, why would there be sex if G-d didn’t want us to enjoy ourselves?
Do what makes YOU feel good about yourself!!!
I like your new friend.
If you fail at sex… try, try again!
It feels appropriate to point out that I have tabbed browsing, and the phrase that shows up on the tab for your page is:
“This Fish Needs a Bicycle–A Blog That Celebrates Sin…”
Oh, Sarah, I love it. I love that I celebrate sin!
I am so very glad I found your blog.
I wondered how a blog like yours got so few negative comments. Thanks for answering that in a comment in your last post — that you don’t post most of the negative comments. I wonder how the folks who pay you at iVillage would feel about you misrepresenting the responses to your blog by making it seem more popular than it really is.
From This Fish: No, I believe I said I don’t publish the “offensive” ones. Go on, I’ll give you a second to go back and read what I really said. And by offensive, I mean ones that use the “c” word. Stuff like that. And according to iVillage Terms of Service, that’s not only within my rights, but my obligation.
Oh wow, Nikki. Just wow. I’m sure the iVillage suits are all KINDS of concerned about the threat of unfair commenting practices. Fascism! On a pink blog!
Are you really that worked up about it? Why don’t you try reading through the comments…I see plenty of negative ones in there.
I’m tempted to call ‘em as I see ‘em, but if I told you what I really thought of crazies like you, Fish would probably have to delete it.
Hey Fish, It’s ironic that I was going to ask this question before I saw the direction the comments had taken! I was just wondering if negative comments ever cause you to censor your writing?
I think people who don’t like to read your blog, or have negative things to say, are just lonely people who have nothing better to do with their time but TRY to make others feel bad with their own negativity. sad. if they don’t like it, why keep reading?
like i’ve said before, keep up the great blogging. my whole office loves it! thanks for making work a little easier!
Geez, it is her blog, why can’t she get rid of the nasty comments that people feel compelled for whatever reason to post. If people don’t like her blog, they certainly aren’t forced to read it. Love you fish, you make my day.
Nikki, Nikki, Nikki… Are we still in junior high that we’re trying to figure out how the “it” girl got so popular? This blog is popular because it is so well written, hilarious and interesting. Fish’s audience loves her writing, period.
Fish,
I enjoy your blog, even if I really don’t agree with a lot of what you write about (I’m a fairly conservative girl). I was wondering, are all the negative comments posted in an offensive manner? Just curious.
PS You always make me laugh! Way to break up the cubicle boredom. Keep writing and making yourself happy
Definitely, what would life be without sex?
A series of uninterrupted failures!
Fish- love your blog. You & I would be great friends.