This is what passes for blogging these days, bulleted thoughts. But I do have some things in the works that should be enjoyable. In the meanwhile, here we go:
- A West Indian guy preaching on the subway this morning, you know the type, all fire and brimstone, kept screaming that we would all be punished for our immortality. It's immorality, asshole. We will all be burning in hell for our immorality. Geez, if you're gonna scream during my entire train ride at least get it right.
- The Mel Gibson scandal reveals the strange marriage between fundies and Israel. On the one hand, the birth of the nation of Israel is to many evangelists/fundamentalists, the key sign that the end times are near. Yet, on a whole, fundamentalists don't really care for Jews and believe that Jews won't be in heaven unless they accept Jesus. As for Gibson, he would have been dismissed long ago as just another pompous celebrity who shouldn't open his mouth if it weren't for the fact that he was making a movie that the fundies supported - The Jesus Chainsaw Massacre.
- I feel like I need to take advantage of the remaining summer weeks. Anybody have anything cool planned before summer ends?
- I finished reading Jose Saramago's Seeing and hope to have the review up soon. I know, you're all waiting with bated breath. I just started and am seriously digging John Banville's The Sea.
- I live in a railroad style apartment which means there are no windows, and more importantly, no AC in my bedroom. I've taken to sleeping on the couch during the heat wave so I could benefit from the chill of my 12,000 btu best friend. The other night in the early stages of sleep I was awoken by the sounds of the power flickering off and on. The thought of trying to sleep through the night without my AC was one of the scariest moments of my life.
- Of all the tech I've purchased over the last couple of years my favorite is my self-setting alarm clock. What a joy. Daylight savings, power outages, Bring It! You may remember, I didn't have high hopes for the relationship when it started but things have worked out nicely.
- I'll be making some Tilapia this weekend. I'll let you know how that goes.
- Happy Birthday Sheila, Luz, and Emmely. If you're in BK tonight swing by the party at Ripple (Washington and St. John's). Should be fun.
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Don't know about anyone else, but hell burns inside me whenever I'm subjected to the inane ramblings of unsolicited subway preachers.
I'm afraid that one day I'll snap and just blurt out "STFU" in one of those out of body out of mind out of character moments.
I always feel like saying "hey why do you have to wait until the doors close for you to start preaching -- don't you have faith you wont be pushed out of the train before then"
While annoying, they could be worse...they could be violent/psychotic.
I have always been tempted to ask, "excuse me but how many people have you saved this year?" "Wouldn't you serve jesus in a more effective manner by volunteering at a soup kitchen than preaching to people who don't want to listen to you?" but i guess i always forget about it.
The guy this morning was saying that the heat wave was one of the signs fortold signalling the apocalypse. Had I wished to get into a fight I would have said, no asshole, that's called weather.
haha...he was that crazy huh? i think it is best to stay away from religious nuts. They might confuse you for the devil and attack you.
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