Eight things I love about me:

[wednes]

1. I seem to have a troll from the UK. Not any more intelligent than our home-grown trolls.

2. The Nervous Witch is one of those wonderfully stupid Chick Tracts designed to teach you how everyone who doesn't witness for Jesus is a terrible, terrible person. This one is especially funny and delightful because it's so laughably wrong. It also warns people of the growing menace of Harry Potter. Because all Harry Potheads hate Jesus, love Satan, and enjoy swearing at their moms--because who's gonna stop them? Jesus? *menaical laugh* Enjoy!!

3. Paul bought us a fabulous lunch at La Shish which is far and away my new favorite restaurant. Anyone who wants to impress me should take me there. It is both the best lemonade, and best caesar salad I have ever had. And kibbee? You bet. Better hommus and babaganoj than Whole Foods. And better service than any place since Aloha Grille went under. And no, get that, NO screaming children. I'm guessing because American children don't know enough to love Mediterranian Food.

4. Several of you informed me about this new children's book about marijuana. Really. It's Just a Plant is currently sold out due to it's intelligent, informative line on pot, pot laws, and pot use. Good, strong stuff here...the book, not the pot. Anyway, I want a copy and I think anyone with a kid should have one too.

5. Bill Paxton. I love him. He's in the frakin' Fish Heads video for crying out loud. There is no end to his cool. If you didn't already love him because of Near Dark, Aliens, Weird Science, Boxing Helena, Titanic or Twister...you would have to love him because of the genius that is Frailty. This is a fave of mine since it deals with many of my favorite topics: murder, religion, insanity, and nefarious deeds. Mmmmm...nefarious deeds...
Bill can now be seen on the surprisingly entertaining Big Love on HBO. I really suggest you catch it, since HBO's prices for buying DVD's would have to be lowered considerably to be called highway robbery.

6. My illustrated copy of 'Salem's Lot will be here soon. I love everything there is to do with this story. I love the short story that inspired it, the novel, the Tobe Hooper directed miniseries, even the new miniseries had lots to like about it. Why do I love it when I'm not huge into Vampires? I should think you would know that I love it because they are only vampires in the technical sense. For the most part, they are zombies. And boy, do I love zombies.

7. I am behind on my writing and will have to get caught up before I go on vacation next week. Otherwise, I'll have to edit while I'm there. I'm moving away from the frantic produce at all costs pace of NaNoWriYear. I really need to do a good strong edit of What to do About Franklin that cannot be measured in word count. Duh. By NaNoWriMo time, I should have the tentatively titled Kitten Claws outlined and ready to go. Funny how I didn't appreciate the value of a makeshift outline until my mid 30's. Actually, it would be more accurate to say they are character summaries and chapter synopses than outlines.

8.
1) If you were to star in a movie, who would you want to be cast as your love interest?
Adrien Brody, Oliver Platt, Ralph Feinnes, PS Hoffmann, Michael Imperioli, or Kathy Bates.

2) What genre of movie would you most like to star in?
Duh, horror.

3) What song would you insist be on the soundtrack?
Girl on Fire by Rob Zombie

4) What would you wear to the premiere of your movie?
Lederhosen. Okay, not really. Probably some sort of hippy crap a freind of mine made.

5) Who would you thank in your Oscar acceptance speech?
My Mom Hahahahahahaa!

Comments

[everythingtold.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing because American children don't know enough to love Mediterranian Food.

Unfortunately, that's true for my little cutie (who will turn 5 on the 21st). He's a meat-and-potatoes kind of kid. I personaly have NOTHING against ppl who eat meat, I'd just rather they hunt their OWN animal as opposed to raising animals for the specific purpose of killing them. Did you know that filet mignon (sp.? - yeah, I'm a bit ignorant there) is as tender as it is b/c as soon as the calfs are born they're suspended in the air and their feet never touch the ground? *gets off vegetarian soap-box).

Erm - Anthony does a lot of strange Nate-things I think he inherited: he'll eat an assload of plain cheese, refuses to wear anything but sweatpants around the house and lies on his stomach w/ his ankles crossed while watching T.V. Crap. I need to break him of that. Not bad in itself but creepy what genetics does. Really.

What i really wanted to say was "I totally want that book now - the one on marijuana."

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the pot book is a good, good thing.

FYI though, Filet Mignon comes from regular beef cows that are treated as humanely as any other. I do concede that raising an animal for the purpose of killing is is questionable. But I eat meat and don't think it would have any impact on the industry if I did not.
I have killed meat for myself and family to eat: turkey, various fish, and even a deer. Though I confess I've never killed a lamb, cow or pig which are the meats I eat most often.

[stranger-tales.livejournal.com]

I went to the post office today and on my way out noticed a couple of religious tracts on the window ledge. They weren't the work of Jack Chick but immediately brought him to mind just the same. Which then made me think of that hilarious Cthulhu Tract that was making the rounds a couple years ago. The one whose site was shut down by Chick's attorney. Even if I didn't want to murder Jack Chick for his one man war on Jews and Muslims and individuality and tolerance, I'd want to gut the son of a bitch for having that done away with.

I wish someone had saved a copy of that and would send me one. I also wish someone would give me directions to Jack Chick's house.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

No more Cthulu tract? But I would have sworn...

Oh wait, here it is.

Enjoy!!

[stranger-tales.livejournal.com]

Oh that's tremendous! Thanks so much! I wonder how Chick's attorney missed this one though. I remember there being such a big deal about it back in the day. At that time, I couldn't find an existing copy anywhere nor could anyone I knew who'd seen it. I just did a search on my own and found the one you provided and a few others. Oh happy day indeed. Though I do still feel bad for the guy who caught all the flak for it to begin with.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

It is a drag that people get so nutty about parody. I don't see how Cthulu tract is any more offensive than half the stuff on SNL.

Plus, if you read his tracts, it's easy to see that Jack Chick is fucking insane.

[stranger-tales.livejournal.com]

Actually, the one you linked me to appears to be someone else's interpretation of the original. Basically the same panels but the artwork is different. The original artwork appears much closer to the work of Chick himself.

Cthulhu Tract (http://bellend.strtok.net/~tyler/cthulhu/)

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Really? Cool.

[(Anonymous)]

It's been like... 15 years since I've seen the fish heads video. Any idea where I can catch it? Something like that should be on the internet.

I know I'll be buying that book.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Well, mysterious stranger, it used to be at the Barnes and Barnes website. But I don't see it there now, just the song.

Maybe if you write to Bill Mumy, he will tell you.