And now, some personal information that you can only find out through Internet spam.
Here’s a questionnaire my brother sent me once. I like this better than the last superficial list of likes/dislikes I posted.
- Last movie you saw in a theater. Ray.
- What book are you reading now? Catch Me If You Can by Frank W. Abegnale. Better than the movie. (The book usually is.) Finished Elmer Gantry Friday.
- Favorite board game. “Mr. Leslie Gets to Mess With Your Head,” which I invented. After that, I suppose Outburst.
- Favorite magazine. Christianity Today.
- Favorite smells. Brewing coffee. Pine incense. Clean laundry.
- Comfort foods. Cheez-its. Pea soup. Mom’s enchiladas.
- Worst feeling in the world. Knowing the trouble I’m in is my own bloody fault.
- First thing you think of when you wake up. Where’s the %$#@ snooze button?
- Favorite fast food place. Quizno’s. Pizza My Heart. McDonald’s.
- Future child’s name. Jesus. Why aren’t there any Anglo kids named Jesus?
- The most important thing in life. Loving God and one another. I know, Jesus said it first and it sounds like the perfect Christian answer, but I’ve come to believe it’s quite true.
- If I had lots of money I would… pay off loans. Then I could do whatever I wanted and not worry about an income.
- Favorite collectable. Jazz CDs. Bible reference books.
- Do you sleep with a stuffed animal? No. But I do have some.
- Storms: Cool or scary? Neither. Annoying.
- First car. A Honda CVCC that my Dad figured he could teach me to drive, so he put it in my name. It never really was mine. I don’t drive.
- Favorite color. Green. Either hunter or kelly; sometimes lime.
- Do you eat the stems of broccoli? Yes.
- If you could dye your hair any color, it would be: Strawberry blonde; it’s the only other color that looks natural on me. I have made it that color a few times.
- In how many states have you lived? California and Texas.
- In how many cities have you lived? Seven: San Jose, Houston, Hayward, Vacaville, Sacramento, Dixon, Scotts Valley, Grass Valley.
- Favorite place to relax. My room.
- Favorite sports to watch. Basketball. Football. Rugby.
- One nice thing about the person who gave you this. Chad Leslie is one of the coolest guys I know; and “cool” is a term I seldom use about people.
- What is under your bed? Mike Venegas’s bed.
- Of the people you’ll send this to, who will likely respond first? Heck if I know. This is a blog, not email. People can copy this list all they like.
- Least likely? Mom. She’s not on Xanga and it’s hard enough to get her to write email.
- Whom do you hate? I don’t hate people. They may annoy me sometimes, but I reserve hatred for only inanimate objects. I cannot hate what God loves. Not even the devil.
Which leads me into a mini-rant: I think one of the least thought-through ideas in Christendom is the idea that God hates the devil. I’ve heard it taught by many people, and I don’t know where they get this idea from. I suspect it’s through this logic: God hates evil; the devil is evil; thus God hates the devil.
But to teach that God hates is to inadequately represent, or misrepresent God.The flaw in the logic is that God loves His children; and to a certain degree the devil, as God’s creation, is one of his children. God doesn’t love the evil He finds in the devil; and I suspect God wants the devil to repent and turn to Him just like He wants the rest of His children to do. Since He knows the devil won’t, He has sorrowfully prepared hell for the devil and the devil’s angels and followers.
Feel free to disagree. I’m just going from how I understand God.