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Look at that and tell me what you see.
James'll be able to do this, I'm sure, he's amazing at these things.
Oh - and read this:
This is a newsletter that St. Mary's church in Colorado Springs sent out this week:
If Your Child is a Gothic, Reform Through the Lord!
Listed below are some warning signs to indicate if your child may have gone astray from the Lord. Gothic (or goth) is a very obscure and often dangerous culture that young teenagers are prone to participating in. The gothic culture leads young, susceptible minds into an imagined world of evil, darkness, and violence. Please seek immediate attention through counselling, prayer, and parental guidance to rid your child of Satan's temptations if five or more of the following are applicable to your child:
-Frequently wears black clothing. me
-Wears band and/or rock t-shirts. me
-Wears excessive black eye makeup, lipstick or nailpolish. me
-Wears any odd, silver jewelry or symbols. Some of these include: reversed crosses, pentagrams, pentacles, ankhs or various other Satanic worshipping symbols. still me
-Shows an interest in piercings or tattoos. Lol - me
-Listens to gothic or any other anti-social genres of music. (Marilyn Manson claims to be the anti-Christ, and publicly speaks against the Lord. Please discard any such albums IMMEDIATELY.) Hehe - me still
-Associates with other people that dress, act or speak eccentrically. once again - me
-Shows a declining interest in wholesome activities, such as: the Bible, prayer, church or sports. sports - ick. Not all that sporty me.
-Shows an increasing interest in death, vampires, magic, the occult, witchcraft or anything else that involves Satan. Heh -yeah, minus Satan. I don't believe in any God. Neither do I believe in Witchcraft, although I do believe in wiccanry.
-Takes drugs. Heh, not me (yet...)
-Drinks alcohol. Yeah... so what? I don't get drunk
-Is suicidal and/or depressed. Always :P
-Cuts, burns or partakes in any other method of self-mutilation. (This is a Satanic ritual that uses pain to detract from the light of God and His love. Please seek immediate attention for this at your local mental health center.) -no comment-
-Complains of boredom. I don't actually. Not always anyway. I can amuse myself easy, computer, music, anything like that. reading. etc.
-Sleeps too excessively or too little. Lol yeah, I do both
-Is excessively awake during the night. Does that matter. I don't sleep well anymore. I stay awake all night long sometimes.- -Dislikes sunlight or any other form of light. (This pertains to vampires promoting the idea that His light is of no use.) Oh dear lord. So what I hate sunlight?
-Demands an unusual amount of privacy. I enjoy being alone.
-Spends large amounts of time alone. As above.
-Requests time alone and quietness. (This is so that your child may speak to evil sprits through meditation.) Yes yes. All the time :P heh, lol.
-Insists on spending time with friends while unaccompanied by an adult. As do all bog-standard teenagers
-Disregards authority figures; teachers, priests, nuns and elders are but a few examples of this. So?
-Misbehaves at school. I appear an angel - let me tell you now that I am not
-Misbehaves at home. I wouldn't dare! Quite litterally. I wouldn't dare. My mother would torture me, without my death as the final result.
-Eats goth-related foods. Count Dracula cereal is an example of this. Never heard of them, they sound nice though. I eat chocolate filled head though. Their kewl.
-Drinks blood or expresses an interest in drinking blood. (Vampires believe this is how to attain Satan. This act is very dangerous and should be stopped immediately.) Yeah, I bite people like that all the time. O.o NOT I have a lot of fake blood though, and I love it when I get a cut on my lip :) I actually drank Katies blood once. Okay - her leg was bleeding, so I said "do you dare me to taste it?" I got my finger covered in it, and - yes - put it in my mouth. It's not very nice cold though, be delicious warmer. Haahaa! That was at Naomi's sleepover-party thing in September when they still liked me.
-Watches cable television or any other corrupted media sources. (Ask your local church for proper programs that your child may watch.) Oh. Dear. God. That's so pathetic.
-Plays videos games that contains violence or are of a role-playing nature. I don't actually.
-Uses the internet excessively and frequently makes time for the computer. When don't I? I'm Online constantly, I just set my staus to offline sometimes. when I got to school etc.
-Makes Satanic symbols and/or violently shakes head to music. Head banging, yeah? Frequently. Mosh too :P
-Dances to music in a provocative or sexual manner. No thanks.
-Expresses an interest in sex. Heh, my best mate does.
-Masturbates Apparently masturbating is normal. Just "exploring your body" O.o. I think it's gross, but some may disagree.
-Is homosexual and/or bisexual. I'm going to say Bi. But I'm only saying that because I don't want to decicde yet, I want to wait and find out.
-Pursues dangerous cult religions. Such include: Satanism, Scientology, Philosophy, Paganism, Wicca, Hinduism and Buddhism. Heh, I converted Buddist a while back, because I hate god, because he hates me. Philosophy, yeah sure. It makes a lot more sense and I love thinking about it.
-Wears pins, stickers or anything else that contains these various phrases: "I'm so gothic, I'm dead", "Woe is me", "I'm a goth". God no. i hate steriotypes!
-Claims to be a goth. What I say above
If five or more of these apply to your child, please intervene immediately. The gothic culture is dangerous and Satan thrives within it. If any of these problems persist, enlist your child into your local mental health center. ~St. Mary's Catholic Church
Come on! Loads of those apply to normal teenagers!