Friday's alright for fainting

So, I'm sure you've heard stories of people fainting in church on Good Friday during the reading of the Passion. You have to stand still for a long time, it's usually warm in the church, and your blood sugar is probably low because you're fasting between meals. Prime conditions for fainting.

When I was in junior high, a guy in my class fainted in church on Good Friday. He was an altar server at the time, too, so everyone saw it happen. My sister has taken a dive as well, not on Good Friday, but on Palm Sunday. I've seen lots of older people collapse as well. Sometimes, they even have to ask for a doctor in the church to help revive the person.

My mom told me once that if you stand totally still during the reading of the Passion, God will bring a soul from hell into heaven. I think I was around eight at the time. Now, this could be true, but it also could have been the words of a mother desperate to keep her squirmy child still. Ever since that time, I have always tried to stand really really still when the Passion is read, so I could save someone's soul. Who wouldn't want to save a soul?

By the way, if it's not true, I don't want to know.

So there I was, standing in the middle of the church while the Passion was being read. I was trying really hard to save a soul. And then, all of a sudden, my arms got all tingly, and my head got fuzzy, and my ears started to ring. I felt detached from reality. I broke out into a cool, clammy sweat. Even my thumbs were sweating. This is it, I thought. I'm either dying or fainting. So I broke my "no moving" rule and sat down. Then I put my head between my legs. Thankfully, I didn't lose consciousness, but it was pretty close.

Once I felt better, my sister drove me home. I felt best not to stay for the rest of church. After the Passion is read, there's a whole lot of standing and kneeling that would have been tough to handle. I spent the rest of the day not laying low and not exerting myself.

So, since I missed posting yesterday (let's just say it's tough to share computer time with siblings), today's Alias highlight is a two-part episode from the first season. In "The Box", Sydney is about to quit the CIA and SD-6 when McKenas Cole (played by Quentin Tarantino) takes over SD-6. Sloane gets tortured (and Jack breaks off his finger!), Vaughn sneaks into SD-6 to help Syd, and we get to see some great Spy Daddy action. Oh, and Sydney and Cole have a kick-butt action scene in the vault. Nice stuff.