In my "about me" section of my profile I say the Jesus is like a cool, migrant Mexican worker because his feet are dirty, he can make alcohol out of anything, no one really understands what he's saying, and he can probably get you free onions from his boss.
I go on after that to insult atheism (sorry).

Anyways, today I noticed that I got a moderation message. Someone said that my profile was offensive and I offended their religion by what I said about Jesus. If I'm offending your religion with that then I guess I'm offending mine as well. This is what was written:
"optophobic's profile page was reported as offensive.
Reason: this guy is insulting my religion, saying those things about jesus in his about me section" (Oh, the dude can't even show proper respect to Jesus by capitalizing his name. That offends me:( )

Remember in the Family Guy Christmas episode where Peter talks about the Ghost of Jesus coming back from the grave and we have to lull him to sleep by Christmas carols? There is the guy in the front row while Peter says this that says that was really offensive. The guy next to him tells him that he can't do anything abou it, and the guy says "then I guess I'll have to get a sense of humor." Remember that? That was paraphrasing it and no quote is completely accurate. Well, take his advice and get a sense of humor!

But It's the truth. When you can't have a sense of humor about your religion, you take it too seriously. Now, it is suppose to be a lifestyle and is a revered idea and all, but Jesus and God have a sense of humor. Read 2 Kings 2:23-25. It's hilarious. And it's in the Bible. Also, as it says in Dogma, God laughs at the faces we make during sex.

So do I offend you? Get over it. When you really look into Christianity, the entire religion is about offending people or being offended. Do you think Jesus was worried about not offending people when he went into the temple and turned over tables? Do you think the Jews were worried about offending people when they dragged women having affairs to the city limits and stoned them to death. Do you think Spain was worried about offending people during the Spanish Inquisition. Do you think Paul and Peter were worried about offending people by telling them that they were sinning and going to Hell?

If you have a problem with something I wrote in my profile and it isn't explicit, just email me (optophobic@yahoo.com) and tell me. I'll talk reasonably with you about it and explain it to you. Just don't be a little baby crying to a moderator because I hurt your feelings or offended you. Jesus didn't tell you to be a baby, he told you to be a warrior. If you're that concerned and you think what I wrote is so horrible, maybe you should just pray for my soul instead of whining to GameSpot.

But they deleted that section from my "about me". Why not delete the stuff about "the worst day in an atheist's life is the day the die and find they were wrong or they were right." That's offensive to atheists. It's one thing when whiny liberals use PC bs to make a point, but conservatives (and Christians are conservative by nature) shouldn't use PC bs. That's just going against everything Christ stood for.

Also, what I said about Jesus is as offensive about Jesus as it is about Mexicans. So where are all the Latinos in an uproar? I guess they have a sense of humor.

In my last entry I told you how I bought BattleTanx (I misspelled it before). Well, I went to play it last night and Mario Kart 64 popped up. So that's even better. That's generally at least a $15 game whenever I've seen it and I got it for $6. I did beat the 50cc cup in about 10 minutes last night. That's exciting.

And a lot of people like to bash Jet Force Gemini. I don't know why, but that's still a pretty decent game in my book. Compared to games now, the controls are a little awkward, and you can't look as easily as you would like, but it's still a good game.

Pilotwings 64 is hard as crap. Fun, but hard as crap.

Gauntlet Legends is a great game too. It's almost just like the arcade. I still want the arcade, but it's cool.

That's all for today.

I saw a billboard the other day that had a picture of a bible and the words "more precious than gold." My first thought was, "That must be why they're so expensive."

Not much else going on. Still looking for a job. I bought Pokemon Snap on the N64 for a little girl that is going to be the flower girl in our wedding. She said she wanted a video game where you go around and take pictures, so I went out to Blockbuster last night and looked through their used N64 games for that. I never played it, but from what I understand that's the whole purpose of the game.
I also bought Battletank (N64), because I always wanted to play that game for some reason.

I'm a little busy right now and I haven't played any video games since Thursday, but I might get a chance to do the Battletank or WWF No Mercy tonight for a little bit. All I have any more is my N64 and computer. I'm getting tired of the computer right now because I always forget to save.

But I need to go take a shower since I got my haircut.

Y'all keep 'em straight up, a'ight!

On my last entry I talked about how the University of Clemson's School of Education only wanted to pay me $6.65 an hour. I have a BA in history from Clemson. So to Clemson, their degrees are only worth $6.65 an hour. That's really sad. I wish that someone would've told me that from Clemson years ago and I would've just gotten a certificate in weilding or something like that.

Off to see my lady and find a new job. Oh, and hope my lady doesn't yell at me for quiting my job. Finger's crossed!

I think my largest flaw is trusting people that I know and respect. That or beer. Wait, that's my largest weakness.

Before I graduated I work for the Eugene T. Moore School of Education here at the fine and bureaucratic Clemson University. I was a work study student and I made around $5.65 an hour. Not horrible for a nothing job.
In December I graduated from our fine institute with a degree in History and a minor in Religion, which is incredibly hard to find a job with that field. Before you ask, no I can't teach because I am not certified. I didn't even try for my certification because my future wife is a teacher and turned me off completely from that field.
But the nice people whom I had worked for and with for 2 1/2 years in the SoE offered me a temp position until I found a job or at least through the middle of Feb. I didn't hammer out any of the dimensions of this job before leaving for Christmas break because I wanted to find a real full time job and not have to rely on a temp position and hour from my house. It was a worst-comes-to-worst position for me. So January rolls around and I still have no job, so I decided to go ahead and take the job. I assumed, which is a huge mistake, that I would be payed the same as any temp worker. At least $9 or $10 an hour easy.
So I've been working here since the 10th, asking around, prodding, and annoying people to tell me what I was making. I had a few people on my side trying to help me get at least $9, which really isn't a lot to ask. I realize my job isn't vitally important, but I am saving the people I'm working for many hours of work, which they aren't going to do. I mean, I have enough time at my job to write all this out. That says something. But I do all the boring data entry and scanning that no one else wants to do.
I've been asking since the 10th, and I decided last week to come back because they said they needed me this week, and I am fairly broke, so any money is better than none.
Today they told me I would be making $1 more than I made as a student. That's right. I have a BA in History from a top twenty college, and I get paid $6.65. So I told them I won't be back Monday morning. They've been jerking me around for two weeks saying how much they need me and how important I am, and that feels great that they say that, but by only paying me $6.65 they aren't really showing me the appreciation they so desperately feel for me.

Oh, and Jax and Daxter is a very fun game, but I hate the three hits and you're dead. I guess it's better than one, but it's still annoying.

My friends got me started on The Face Book.com. It's a highly addictive sight. If you're on you can add me. Just search for Kevin McVicker in SC. Then I can know a lot of people and be cool.

The time we waste on the Internet is so amazing. I mean I could be doing meaningful things at my job, but no! I choose to surf the internet. (Actually all I do at work is answer phones half the time, so my free minutes are spent on the net). But think about the minutes, hours, weeks, years we waste away on the internet.
Remember those stories about the guy who got so involved with Everquest he forgot to eat for several days and didn't sleep and eventually died. Wow, just him there. If he hadn't died think about the time he spent.
Now, I realize as I'm saying this I've spent over 2500 minutes on gamespot alone, which equal a little over 41 hours. So I've spent close to two days of my life on gamespot. And I really haven't posted all that much, and I haven't written that many reviews. There are probably people who got on gamespot early and have spent months on here. And I'm not saying that's bad, but have you ever said you didn't have time to do something like help a friend out or just hang out with a friend? Or have you ever just felt like you don't have enough time to do the things you need to do?
I mean, crap, not even online. Think about the hours we've wasted our lives on bad videogames. Not good videogames. Not fun videogames. Just bad videogames because we were bored. I've spent at least several days of my life that way. And not to mention the money.

I'm not saying this to critize anyone. If anything I'm saying this more as self-actualization and less pointing a finger. But it is something to think about. Life is too precious to throw away on gamespot or any website.

But I'll be here same time tomorrow anyways.

I had to share this. It's too interesting not to share. Yahoo! News Story

Penny Arcade is great if you've never read it.

So it's another 5:30am morning, and I'm about to drive to work for what could only be described as a less than mentally depleting day. Yes boys and girls, that means any moron could do my job!

I got a little flak for the comparing the Holy Spirit to Gas in my last entry. It happens. I still think it's golden material. I can't always be expected to do serious theological ideas. Sometimes you have to not worry about the implications of predestination in a "free-will" world and just compare God to bodily functions.

Outside right now the temperature is 20 degrees in Moore, SC. Now I know to those of you use to negative temperatures this probably isn't a big deal. But I am from SC and about to freeze my skinny butt off. And for being skinny, I have a very nice butt which would be a travesty to lose.

In video gaming news, I have played Dracula: The Last Sanctuary. That was yesterday for about five minutes. It took more time to load the game on my computer than it did for me to play it. The game just was kind of stupid. I believe that is the correct way to put it. Then I installed Undying. It seems like a decent game with only some minor glitches. I doubt I'll ever play it religiously, but I could kill some time with it. For poor graphics (compared to today's standards) it really is a fairly spooky game.

In other news, the lead singer of Fuel (remember them!) cursed at the Presidential inauguration for young people. Why is Fuel playing a show with Hillary Duff as the headliner for starters? Have they sunk that low that they are musically lower than Hillary Duff? That's pathetic. Or maybe Hillary rocks out at her shows.
Another question is why does the President have an inauguration party for people who listen to Hillary Duff? I don't think those people are old enough to vote. And if they are, maybe they shouldn't be allowed to vote.

And a war still rages on, but who cares when Hillary Duff is playing for the President!

Update: Latest Review...F-Zero (SNES) Update: Yes, I've actually played this game...Monster Rancher Advance (GBA) Update: If you tell me stop I'll stop. If you don't want me to, trust me, that's all I ask...Star Wars Shadows of the Empire

In the original manuscripts of the Bible, the references to the heart as being the resting place of God or Jesus or the Holy Spirit was actually the bowels. That's right. When you hear people today say they've accepted Jesus into their hearts (which is full of flawed theology in itself), the people of Peter, Paul, and Mary's day would say they accepted Jesus into their bowels.
So that got me thinking, of course, in terms of all the bathroom humor that you could now bring about in church. If you pass gas, you aren't being rude, you're just sharing the holy spirit with everyone. And if you talk a bunch of crap you aren't full of s***, you're full of the holy spirit. And if your slidin' into first and you fill something burst, it's not diarrhea, it's...well, yeah, that's just diarrhea.

On a side note, finding a job is still stupid and hard. Kids, be prepared to go for your masters if you want a decent job in your field. I take that back, finding a job isn't hard, it's finding a job that could become a career that's hard.

Later.

I went and saw Elektra today. I was going with my future wife to see In Good Company, but it wasn't playing when we got to the theatre. That's ok though, because I kind of wanted to see Elektra. It was a decent flick. I'd give it a 7 out of 10. Nothing great, but a fun popcorn movie that both a girl and a guy will probably like.

What I was disappointed in was the trailer for the Fantastic Four. With most every trailer that Marvel puts out, I'm excited to go see the movie. Even when I saw the Captain America trailer years ago on White Fang II, I was excited. I can't remember anything about White Fang II because of that trailer. It was the same with the trailer for the original Fantastic Four movie that was never released. I was excited about that movie. I wasn't excited about Elektra, but I was still interested enough to want to go see it. But not so with the Fantastic Four trailer.
The text of the trailer says something like, "5 people go into outerspace and change. 1 bad. 4 fantastic." And then you see a lot of disjointed clips, as in most trailers. The only thing that looked interesting was the Thing being run into by a semi-truck. Oh, and I love Nip/Tuck, so "Christian" as Dr Doom interests me.
Seriously, I was more excited by the trailers for Sahara and XXX: State of the Union than Fantastic Four, and I'm a comic book nut. I'm so big a comic book nut, I generally like comic book movies because I think they're fun to watch to see interpretations of my favorite characters on the big screen. I like the Flash series on tv in the mid 90s. I liked the Captain America and original Fantastic Four (which I own) movies. The only comic movie I have gone out of my way to avoid it Catwoman. I actually even like Daredevil. Yeah, that's how big I'm into comic book movies. And this trailer has made me more excited about some Clive Cussler book adaptation, and I don't even like Clive Cussler's books. Constantine's trailer looked better, and Batman Begins, well, that looks like it might be as good as Spider-Man. What have you done Marvel? You let the Barbershop dude direct the Fantastic Four!

Oh, and I saw Little Black Book, which is a surprisingly decent chick-flick. It was funny in parts, and actually kind of unpredictable. Very fresh as modern movies go. I still always think of that chick as the ugly chick from Clueless though. She'll always be her.

Also, I went and registered at Target today with my future wife for our wedding. It's under McVicker in SC if you're wanting to get us something! Just kidding though. But she did let me register for a Phillips HDTV, a DVD/VCR and a PS2. So no one will get us those, but that's pretty cool anyways.

I'm going to go read Prey (which I hope to God they don't make into a movie similar to Timeline). Crichton is the man!