lost angels

This past weekend, I visited Redondo Beach, in Los Angeles. I have been a San Diegan most of my adult life, I rarely venture much north of San Diego County, but I have indeed been up to LA a handful of times. Los Angeles means "the angels" in Spanish, or often referred to as the "city of angels". However other than the Anaheim Angels Major League Baseball team, I have not seen an angel, or anything "holy" for that matter, in this particular region of Southern California. This region is home to perhaps the most immoral, ungodly people, with focus on SELF, their egos, their bodies, even plastic surgery for some in maintaining this focus. Thus many individuals are seemingly "fake" or trying to "be someone", as Hollywood beckons and debauchery abounds. Of course ungodly and immoral people live all over the world, but in the United States, Los Angeles has always been known as a mecca for sin-filled lifestyles. There is a lot more crime, violence, and illegal activity to match. In recent years, Arizona seems to have become an "extension" of Los Angeles, as many Californians realized how much cheaper the cost of living is there, and have migrated east. Hence the Phoenix metropolitan area has become overrun by Lost Angels, and I continue to detach myself from this mayhem each year I move away to someplace different (Israel, Seattle, now once again to San Diego).

In recent blogs, I have mentioned a group of people who live in Arizona (extension of LA), known as Team Hostile. These are perhaps some of the most "lost souls" I have encountered in my lifetime. Most of them are addicted to illegal drugs, alcohol, pornography, other evil-influenced media, and choose to live the same sort of self-proclaimed immoral lifestyles as in LA, and as in the Bible before the Great Flood. While spending time in Redondo Beach with my best friend who is a flight attendant (on a long layover there), I shared many stories with her regarding these immoral people and their incredulously ludicrous antics. I told her I ended up filing a police report due to threats upon my safety by a few of them. One of them (a health professional who is ironically a Marijuana addict, dating another drug addict, go figure) spouted off all sorts of delusional banter in an email to me, going off on me about my beliefs, told me "no one cared about my beliefs" or my blog (lol you're reading it aren't you?), accused me of stalking her, and other ridiculous talk. Another friend of theirs threatened to hire a "hit man" to come after me and kill me. And yet another threatened to violently beat me to death. This was a 20-something year-old girl who had just been released from an Arizona Prison on substance abuse charges. I was rather appalled, as although over the years people have shown opposition to my beliefs, no one has actually threatened to physically injure or kill me.

My friend was perhaps the most startled by the revelation that the leader of this pack (Captain Hostile himself) has his own pornography website. She asked "if he has his own porn website, how does he never have any money?" I thought that was a great question, and I told her probably because he spends all his money on upkeep for the website, alcohol, and drugs. His friend who is a gambling addict keeps up that addiction to feed his drug addiction. Its an ongoing dependent cycle, but certainly not a healthy one (as co-dependence rarely is). I also heard that these two men practice bisexual acts with each other and other men. Really, are these REAL people I write about? Who lives their lives like this? A few of my friends have asked "where do you meet these people?" Seriously, right? I didn't even realize such immoral souls existed in this world. Coincidentally, I was introduced to them by a former friend, who is a pedophile (a 40-year old man who historically dates 17 year-olds, and has not yet broken that unresolved pattern). They all feed and support each other's addictions, they accept and encourage each sin as normal and healthy behavior, and I am ostracized for not supporting it. That's fine, I don't need that kind of dirty energy in my life. Honestly, these are NOT quality people for me to be spending my time around/with/on. But, strangely enough, they are Catholic, and I've always wanted to learn more about Catholicism, so this has been a great opportunity. NOT. They are Lost Angels. Skipping right past Pergatory and heading straight to Hell in a handbasket. Burn baby burn!

I've had a few other friends get mixed up in this mess, a few guys (Catholics also, ironically) who basically helped me uncover a lot of this information about these lost souls. Team Hostile and their friends opened their Facebook pages up to the public eye, at which point their immoral lifestyles were revealed publicly. Then they got upset when their naivete regarding leaving the information exposed was brought to their attention. They of course blamed their idiocy on my friends and I, deleted all of us from their Facebook accounts, and blocked a few of us. A few of the team (the gambling/drug addict and the ex-con) referred to my male friends as "girls", and other ridiculous claims. Again, they are on drugs, causing paranoia and delusions of grandeur, and these guys are basically coming out with their bisexuality by referring to men as women, and some of the other things they post on various websites. The whole thing is just bizarre, regardless of whether they delete my friends and I, they are the ones who still have to live with themselves, and rot in their filth. Of course, the individuals who threatened me have been reported to the Police, so I definitely did the right thing in detaching myself from them in this way. Drugs are illegal in the United States. But of course, these people are in Arizona, which seems to currently be burning down by wildfires. Natural disasters: random coincidence or a signal from "Mother Nature" or "Father God"? (see my last blog). Arizona's normally uncomfortable above-100 temperatures already makes it the closest place to Hell on earth, add to that all the socially-accepted debauchery prominent throughout the dull dreary state.

I am blessed to live in San Diego, known as America's Finest City. We keep it classy, people are real and down-to-earth, and we generally have no time for the superficiality of the Lost Angels from neighboring LA or Arizona. Not to say this fine city does not contain sinners, we have quite a few! All human beings are inherently good, but with the fall of Adam and Eve, sin is forever present in each individual. I'm just saying that, although I've had my share of drama in San Diego over the years, nothing tops the cake quite like Team Hostile with their beyond-human levels of debauchery. San Diego does have a big homosexual population. I recall a few years ago when we had our own wildfires causing severe devastation throughout the county, just after a bill was passed favoring homosexuality. I immediately saw it as God's Wrath upon the people for their liberalism in support of homosexual acts, although many residents did not see it as that (other people's homes were destroyed besides left-voters or gays). I just think that all God needs to do is exhale and a tornado can uproot trees. God judges the heart - each individual is ultimately responsible for his or her own soul, and his or her own Karma based on their conduct. This can indeed extend to others in their close circle or community.

I do realize drug abuse (illegal or pharmaceutical) is prominent in San Diego as well as in LA and Arizona. Because San Diego is close to Mexico, we have quite a bit of activity and trafficking here, and always have. Regardless of that I've come to accept Mexican culture as part of our own, many of the city and street names are in Spanish, and we enjoy many of their regional foods. I generally date Mexicans due to their prominence around these parts. I was in Vons the other day and noticed a series of "Jesus candles" (candles inside tall glass jar with decorative Jesus iconography on the outside), a type of votive used by Catholics - displayed randomly on the shelf next to the Mexican spices. It caught me off guard (almost like "Jesus is watching you" even while in the grocery store), so I took a picture and posted it on my Facebook page. Someone posted a comment "are Mexicans and Catholics always synonymous?" My response: "Except for the Juans who aren't." Offering a prayer for the Lost Angels - only Jesus can save you!