So, Next Tuesday is My Birthday--you know, 6/6/6?

I've been contemplating this day since I was a kid--well, actually ever since I saw the original film The Omen, really. What would happen on 6/6/6? Since it's my birthday would I turn into some sort of demon? I even wrote a short story about a guy who deals with this possibility.

I figured if there was going to be any sort of hubub about it, it would have happened already. In a way it has happened. There was an article linked to on DrudgeReport.com that I didn't click through to about a pregnant woman who wanted to induce birth so that she wouldn't give birth to her child on 6/6/6. I did find [http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=2&aid=102038|this article from May 30, 2006] that talks about what might happen on Tuesday. Here's a clip:

Next Tuesday will be 6/06/06. June 6, 2006 will be a big day for conspiracy and end-of-the-world theorists. LiveScience.com reports:

With 06/06/06 looming (June 6, 2006), authorities in some cities are worrying prophecy theorists or hate groups might read something ominous into the date and use it as an excuse to stir tension. Some expectant mothers are making birthing appointments to ensure they avoid the date, according to The Sunday Times in London.

And for others, it is a marketing opportunity. 20th Century Fox's remake of "The Omen" and Ann Coulter's book, "Godless: The Church of Liberalism," will both come out June 6.

Don't ANYBODY buy me that Ann Coulter book for my birthday!! Though, I wouldn't mind not having to pay to see that crappy Omen remake. If you haven't seen the original, go rent it--it's awesome. Even an Atheist like me can enjoy it because it assumes the viewer is a non-believer like Gregory Peck is in the movie.

As for Hollywood being lame and using the date out of some disgusting urge to capitalize on the date, I've posted before about this: duh! The movie is about the son of Satan who is born on JUNE 6!! What's next? Railing on the producers of ID4 for releasing their movie July 4th?

The point is, this shows you how lame this supposedly Christian America is. We're too scared of Muslim terrorists to really care about Satan's kid being born. To me it's absurd to be afraid of either, but still, for a country that keeps begging God to bless it, we're not too up on the whole Christian-lingo.

Ah, well. I'll probably spend the day at home, enjoying my DVD copy of the original Omen or perhaps watching a whole buttload of anime. I'm not big into parties and oh yeah--I just got a temp gig starting today (Friday) so I'll probably end up having to work on my birthday.

If that's not Satan's work, I don't know what is!