The Devil's in the details...
I spent part of this week watching cartoons with my youngest niece while she was out from school. Digital Cable is like crack... While there is more stuff I wouldn't watch on it, there's always at least a handful of things I would! We had a ball watching The Avatar, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Ben 10, Pokemon, Spongebob Squarepants, as well as many oldies on Boomerrang like Top Cat, Pink Panther, The Jetsons and that old cartoon featuring an Aardvark... I can't seem to recall the title. Anyways, I had a great time having her fill me in on story lines from Avatar, have silly debates over which cartoon characters were smarter, making ramen for lunch and playing with her Nintendo portables, which, every so often she'd bring over and ask "can you beat this for me?" She liked having an old school gamer crack the tougher parts of Super Mario 3 for her. She also managed to confiscate one of my Metroid games while she spent time at our house. She loves playing it, but to really play it you have to read which she didn't want to do at first.
One of my older nieces was also home from time to time, whenever she wasn't in class at college or working. I asked her what she thought of my new look and she said I looked like Satan. I thought that was pretty hilarious. I said 'Well you know, my birthday is June sixth!...' her shrill laughter was priceless and I continued 'that little Damien bastard, always stealing my thunder! I'M THE DEMON SPAWN!' which caused her to erupt a bit louder. So, does this look make me look demonic?
Should it stay or should it go? Most of me likes it and to an extent I don't mind using this look to fend off anyone who didn't already know me who'd think I looked spooky, evil, or satanic. I can't say I'm keen on people who'd jump to stupid conclusions on looks alone. BOO! Whatever. :) >:)
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A reborn Christian spouse of an extended family member once remarked to his wife (which I heard about later), that he didn't like me when he met me because I "Looked like Satan".
Fuck 'em; look how you like.
Some reborns, hopefully only a few, really bug me. A kid from a reborn family that used to live next door to me once took it upon herself to tell my niece (who was arounf 8 at the time) that because she was born out of wedlock, she was going to hell. On the campus I used to live on, some reborn group used to approach kids on campus that seemed to have a look of despair in their eyes, only to tell them for some silly reason, that they were going to hell and if they wanted to find redemption, they should join the flock. SO, if it helps keep the people who preach of brimstone and condemnation away from me, it's only a notch on the plus side.