vovat | Don't do witchcraft...Do your HOMEWORK!

bethje recently alerted me to the existence of this new Chick Tract. Just a few thoughts I have on it:

Apparently Charlie Brown turned to witchcraft when he learned that it would allow him to finally grow a full head of hair.
"Magic" being misspelled on the book cover is probably the only INTENTIONALLY funny bit in this tract.
This isn't the first tract where some kids wanted to sacrifice a cat on Halloween. I wonder if this is referencing an actual incident (it does sound like the kind of thing some sicko would do), or just a straw man. Even if it DID happen, Chick probably threw some highly inaccurate details into the mix, like how he apparently thinks people putting razor blades in apples is a common occurrence perpetrated by Satanists. I know that most self-identified witches I've known and heard about were total animal lovers, but they also didn't worship Satan.
If this is a public school, Miss Johnson (who appears to be wearing dark sunglasses indoors) is going to get in big trouble for preaching to a kid. And if it's a Christian school, shouldn't she have covered Jesus long before this?
Poor Pig-Pen can't get into Heaven. Seriously, the drawing style is a total Peanuts rip-off.
What's with that animal that looks like a cross-breed between a dog, a rabbit, an alligator, and a diseased sewer rat?
Probably the best part of the whole thing is that the kids want to sacrifice a cat in order to GET GOOD GRADES. Boy, they do the darnedest things, don't they?

I got this from

rockinlibrarian. As is usually the case, I answered it over a prolonged period of time, so the answers are accurate for when I wrote them, not necessarily for when I'm actually posting this entry.

1. Where were you when it turned 2006?
Seeing They Might Be Giants in Brooklyn with Beth.

2. How did you get the idea for your livejournal name?
High school physics class

3. What song are you listening to right now?
Frank Black - I Burn Today (live acoustic version)

4. Has the death of a celebrity ever made you cry?
I can't recall any actual tears coming to my eyes, but some of them have definitely shaken me up.

5. What color underwear are you wearing?
Sort of a dark pinkish color, I guess?

6. Do you own an ipod?
No, but I have a similar product made by a company other than Apple.

7. What did you do this morning?
I went to bed around 6 AM, so I didn't get up until the afternoon. Once I DID get up, though, I put away my clean clothes, took a shower, got my car's oil changed, and went to Wal-Mart for a few things.

8. Where do you work?
I mostly do temp work now, so I guess the answer is "wherever I'm asked to."

9. Why are so many of these quizzes missing numbers?
It's possible that people just delete them accidentally over the course of the quiz getting passed from one person to another. Or maybe the creators just don't know how to count.

10. What are the last two digits of your phone number?
60

11. What was the last concert you attended?
Cracker in Atlantic City

12. Who was with you?
Nobody I knew. I went by myself.

13. What was the last movie you watched?
The Pajama Game

14. What do you dislike at the moment?
The fact that I have a lot of stuff I should do, but don't feel like doing any of it

15. What food do you crave right now?
Nothing in particular, but I could use some more food.

16. Did you dream last night?
I think I did.

17. What was the last TV show you watched?
Embarrassingly enough, I think it was The O'Reilly Factor. The spin stops here! That's why O'Reilly's washing machine doesn't work!

18. What is your favorite piece of jewelry?
I don't wear any. There were times in the past when I did, but it never really worked for me.

19. Name someone on your Friends list who is just like you?
I don't think anyone is THAT much like me.

20. What was the last thing you ate?
Cheese steaks, using those frozen sandwich steaks that you can buy at the grocery store.

21. Who is your best friend of the opposite sex?

bethje

22. Who last messaged you?
The phone company

23. Are you on any medication?
No.

24. What side of the bed do you sleep on?
The right side (from my perspective, anyway)

25. What color shirt are you wearing?
Dark blue

26. What color is your razor?
Gray

27. What is your favorite frozen treat?
Peach ice cream, I guess.

28. How many piercings do you have?
None

29. What's your favorite store?
I guess I'd say Borders, even though I don't go there all that often. I can usually find something to look at there, though. And I like that they carry both books AND music, because really, what else is there? Well, okay, food, but they have that as well. I've never gotten it there, but it is technically available.

30. Are you thirsty right now?
A little, now that you mention it. Maybe I'll get some more grape soda in a little bit.

31. Can you imagine yourself ever getting married?
Yeah, sure.

32. Who's someone you haven't seen in a while and miss?
I'm sure there are people, but no one specific comes to mind.

33. What's your favorite sport?
I don't think there's any sport I like enough to apply the word "favorite" to it. I do like some better than others, though.

34. How do you feel about what people think about you?
I worry that people think I'm an annoying weirdo. I don't mind being seen as weird, but I want to be a loveable eccentric, not the crazy guy that everyone avoids and/or laughs at.

35. Have you ever done something to instigate trouble?
Maybe at some point in my life, but if so, it was relatively minor. I certainly haven't done anything like that recently.

36. Do you like your nose?
It's okay, but too prone to breaking out.

37. What color is your bedroom?
It has white walls and beige carpeting. I had no say in these colors, mind you.

38. What are your font colors on AIM?
Black. I'm boring.

39. Have you ever kissed a member of the same sex?
Probably family members as a kid, but I don't think that counts.

40. Where do you live?
South Jersey

41. Do you like the person who posted this last?
Yeah, she's pretty cool.

42. Do you know their Birthday?
Yeah, it's March 31.

43. What is the thing that you would most like to change about yourself?
I wouldn't mind being more charismatic.

44. What color is your car?
Green

45. What do you smell like right now?
I don't know. I'm not wearing any particular scents or anything, aside from deodorant.

46. What is your favorite color?
I usually say red, although I also like dark green.

47. What do you tell yourself when times get hard?
Nothing positive, usually.

48. Would you ever sky dive?
Probably not.

49. Do you sleep on your side, tummy or back?
Back, usually.

50. What character from a movie most reminds you of yourself?
I don't know. Does anyone else think I'm like any movie characters?

51. Have you ever bid for something on eBay?
Yeah, but not all that often.

52. What do you think of Angelina Jolie being pregnant?
I'm not sure why she feels the need to give birth to children when she's already adopted so many. And it bugs me when celebrities have babies for publicity, and then don't do a lick of actual parenting after the kids are born. That might not be the case with Jolie, though. (And besides, the celebrities wouldn't be able to get away with it if the tabloids stopped reporting their pregnancies as if they were any of the general public's business.)

53. Do you enjoy giving hugs?
To some people, yes.

54. Would you consider yourself to be fashionable?
I'm the total opposite of fashionable.

55. Do you own a digital camera?
No

56. What celebrities have you been compared to?
I know I've been compared to some, but I can't recall any right now. Well, unless you count those picture matches from a few posts ago. {g}

57. Who is your favorite Star Wars character?
Jar-Jar! No, seriously, I don't know. Maybe Obi-Wan or C-3PO?

58. Does it annoy you when someone says they'll call but never do?
Yes, it does.

59. What books, if any, have made you cry?
I won't say outright that I've never cried at a book, but I can't specifically remember ever doing so.

60. What are you allergic to?
Pollen

61. Are you a jealous person?
I try not to be, but I think I am anyway.

62. Do you ever feel guilty after eating meat?
I've occasionally considered whether eating meat isn't such a good idea, but I've never actually experienced pangs of guilt after eating a ham sandwich or whatever. I do sometimes feel guilty that I eat so few vegetables, though.

63. If you were born the opposite sex, what would your name be?
Anna, I think.