Monday

[nightdog_barks]

By virtue of some inexplicable rift in the time-space continuum, this morning it was cloudy and only about 83 degrees (28.3 degrees Celsius). Now the sun has come out; it's warmed up and is terribly humid, but the clouds were such a relief while they lasted.

To the dentist this morning to have a back molar pulled. For a while I was stuffed with gauze and talking like Marlon Brando in The Godfather. Also they gave me a prescription for Vicodin (heh). What I really hate (aside from the wrenching and tugging itself) is this icky numbness, where about half your face feels fake. Ugh.

Here's a short article from the Guardian on 'Macho' Jesus. I quite enjoyed the illustration that goes with the report. *g*

Comments

[silverjackal]

"Macho Jesus" makes me cringe because there is enough aggressive proselytization around as it is. (I've had someone start squawking very loudly and "Christianity" at my work place on a couple of occasions, and it's always unpleasant and awkward. Not everyone is a Christian (particularly of fundamentalist stripe), and not everyone wants to be.)

That said, do you read Sinfest? His Jesus is a badass, and innovative. Even the macho image is entertaining. That said, I prefer the dragon.

Edited to add another strip (because I really like Sinfest!). And now, back to the Paperwork from Hell^TM

[nightdog_barks]

Aw, I like Jesusman and BuddhaBoy! No, I had never heard of Sinfest. *g* It looks like a lot of fun.

[silverjackal]

All of the characters are entertaining, and he manages some fairly trenchant social commentary while still being both subtle and funny. (Obama, for example, is a *Rock star* -- literally!) If you liked BuddhaBoy, then you will like Little Buddha. I've been entertained by him from the first Sinfest strip I ever saw. Heh. Where else can you see the Judeo-Christian God as a giant hand in the sky that communicates using finger puppets? Or a stoner pig who functions as a shaman because his sofa flies? There are scantily clad Lesbian Devil Girls, also. Essentially, he covers all the bases. :D

[hannah]

Back in middle school I had a dentist's appointment with a shot of Novocaine the day they took pictures for school IDs. I looked like I was posing for a mugshot.

[nightdog_barks]

Novocaine is great stuff but I hate the way it makes me feel and how badly it stings sometimes going in.

I looked like I was posing for a mugshot.

Heh. It has that unfortunate effect.

[taiga13]

(clicks link, cringes) Well, I see their point. Jesus was a radical and a carpenter, he wouldn't have looked like the illustrations they usually have of him. But surely he wouldn't have looked like a Hell's Angel either.
What always drives me nuts is that he never looks like a Hebrew. He always looks like a WASP. Hate to be the one to break it to you, hardcore Christians, but Jesus was Jewish!

[nightdog_barks]

I know! Did you click on the link for that artist's other works? They're all like that -- Jesus as a muscled hunk with a friendly, ultra-brite Hollywood smile on his face and not a hint of Mediterranean ethnicity. Don't get me wrong -- I think the model is pretty damn hot, but he's a far cry from what I'd think of as an ancient Hebrew guy who works with his hands a lot. :-D

[taiga13]

I'm reminded of the "Hey Buddy!" Jesus from that movie with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, what what it called, where George Carlin played the cardinal.

[nightdog_barks]

Dogma? Where Affleck and Damon are fallen angels, and Alanis Morrisette (sp?) is God? That is one awesome movie.

[taiga13]

That's it! I love that movie. The Church has launched this campaign to make Jesus seem more hip, and they show this statue of him winking and giving a thumbs up sign.

[taiga13]

I just looked at the other works and yeah, the model is pretty damn hot, and that's another thing that bugs me (though not nearly as much as the WASP looks). The only thing the religious texts tell us about his appearance was that "he did not possess fairness of face", that he WASN'T good-looking. Yet he's always portrayed as gorgeous. The same with Cleopatra, for that matter.