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June 7, 2006
hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
well, the "International Day of Slayer" has come and gone, and the world is still intact. Tuesday's earthshakingly ominous date, 06.06.06, was either a perfect day for cowering in fear at home, or, if you tend to wear a lot of black, get married. all this hoopla about "Devil Day" actually makes me laugh; for those of you late to the game, the number 666 has always gotten special treatment due to a reference in Revelation 13:18, a passage about the destruction of the earth. the Bible is no joke; however, taking it way too literally can cause some weird behaviour. besides, recent historical research has been consistently indicating that 666 was a mistranslation, and the number that's been causing so much fear and loathing (to the extent that there is a special name for being paranoid about 666: hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia) should actually be... 616.
so this means that my birthday, June 16th, is actually the Day of Freaked Out People? great...
Posted by hadashi at June 7, 2006 11:11 AM
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Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Tink at June 12, 2006 9:02 AM
thanks, Tink! despite the devilish number, it was quite a happy day. :)
Posted by: hadashi at June 21, 2006 8:14 AM
Oh! A Belated "Otanjoubi Omedeto~!" to you!
Hehe, I laughed at this entry...I got married on Halloween a few years back. Imagine my mother's reaction to the announcement (who had started going to Central Baptist when I left for college and has since become a bit...um, "hardcore?"). Oh yeah, many many lectures. No matter how many times I explained that I am not trying to marry the devil, that it just happened to be our most favorite "holiday", she didn't believe me.
Of course, now she gets to point the finger and say, "I told you so!" Because of the divorce. I gotta laugh at that. Maybe I should've waited to get married on 06.06.06? Pffft.
Posted by: Kijimuna at July 8, 2006 2:05 PM
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