TV Rots Your Brain Due to Possession by Demon
There is absolutely no truth in that title, but it sounded pretty cool.
I was just reading an article where apparently Michael Brea, an actor on the show Ugly Betty, gutted and decapitated his mother with a samurai sword earlier this week. He claimed that God told him to kill her because she was possessed by a demon. I'll borrow a friend's phrase: This is why we can't have nice things. I get the need to believe in a higher power, I really do, but this is seriously crossing the line. Brea claimed that his mother "...had the voice of the demon." You can read this whole account in this article.
My reaction:
The guy is serious bat-shit, but it reminds me of
when my grandpa passed away almost twenty years ago. My grandmother is slightly religious, I say that meaning she believes in God and Demons and praying, but she doesn't go to church or really "follow the rules". Mostly because she's been living in an old folks Home since her stroke about six or seven years ago. Anyway, back when I was a kid she was married to my step-grandfather Mundo. He was a heavy drinker and thus suffered a massive stroke one day. I love my grandma dearly, but she didn't quite know how to handle the situation and began "sweeping the demons off him" with a broom. He died. I don't know exactly what else happened, who called the paramedics and whatnot, but nobody blames my grandma for that. I have to make it clear that I don't blame my grandma for Mundo's death either, but I'll admit that if I really wanted to break it down analytically that story is one of many that lead to me agnosticism.
I don't like death, and I don't like excuses for killing people like Brea gave, "God made me do it." That's bullshit, either you're lying or you're just plain crazy. Too many people have died "for God" and I just can't believe that for a million and one reasons. I'm not going to list them, because frankly that's just too heavy a topic for my LJ and that's not what I want this blog to be about, but that guy just got to me.Moving on.
I recently started watching the show Dexter. It's actually pretty cool. I had heard about it before, but I was worried that it would just be another vigilante killer show. It's basically about this guy Dexter, a sociopath, who every now and then has the need to kill someone (not OK). His adoptive father discovered this problem early on in Dexter's life and tutored him on the qualities of life, how to blend in, and still tend to his "needs". Now Dexter works in blood spatter analysis of the Forensics Department in Miami. It's a multifaceted show following multiple story lines, not just Dexter, not just trying to find the killer, and not just Dexter killing people. I really like that the show is not as repetitive as say House for example, where every episode is a mystery solved. Also I really like that the character Dexter is a sociopath, and not one of those Bruce Waine type emo vigilantes, not that I'm dissing Batman, I like Batman, and House for that matter. I just like that Dexter is, so far, different though I've heard that in the later seasons it becomes more a family drama. I noticed a lot of similarities between Death Note (a Manga/movie/anime) and Dexter, except Death Note has a more supernatural overtone, the plots are generally similar: we got a serial killer who's good at what he does and is involved with the police department on one side pretending to help stalk this killer and on the other is trying to lead everyone away from him without looking suspicious. But eh, I'll deal with it.
How was everyone's Thanksgiving? I'm still sick, and yesterday was the most understated Thanksgiving at home because everyone else is sick too. Not to mention the thick layer of awkward that fell over the table when my idiot brother showed up. Everyone held their tongue and acted civilly to appease my step-mom, but I can admit that I am still not ready to have him back in my life. That's a rant for a later time. The food was great and I'm thankful that no drama erupted.