Thanks to the Supreme Court, I will now be ordering strip searches for anyone who commits minor offenses. Also, anyone who commits offenses involving minors.
I may even invoke the law pending in Arizona, and charge anyone that I deem to be annoying. (Which would include, pretty much everyone in Arizona)
Every time I think the internet has become an “interesting” place, where the group that just a couple years ago ran the “RM eats babies” campaign now spends their time going after –isms that people commit, with the same personalized rage they used to reserve for people who they thought took themselves way too seriously... where I see groups actively urging their members to take things to a third party to settle, instead of actually talking it out with the person they have a problem with, and potentially having a dialogue… where political debate has devolved to the level of Yahoo commenters…. Every time I reach that point, I get a reminder that there is a great big world outside of the internet (allegedly) and this is only a reflection of it.
It’s a Topsy Turvy existence, where facts become opinions – and opinions become wrong as long as someone is willing to get louder than everyone else.
I’ve heard, from some damned foreigners, that this is “very American” and the rest of the world doesn’t deal with things like this. Of course, with so much of the ‘net seemingly centered around the export of US culture, I guess they are dealing with it regardless of if they want to or not – which seems the best way to deal with diversity, assimilate it! That’s always worked so well over the years… ;)
***
Not entirely sure where I was going with that, but there are a couple things that I do know about:
Last night there were Results: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/55
And someone else hit the 100 Weeks mark: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/55
The new topic(s): http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/55
And of course a new Work Room, where you should be going to pick your new partner for the week: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/55
Happy Good Friday! And, as always, don’t offer to help someone carry their large wooden object up a hill. It’s not going to end well.
I may even invoke the law pending in Arizona, and charge anyone that I deem to be annoying. (Which would include, pretty much everyone in Arizona)
Every time I think the internet has become an “interesting” place, where the group that just a couple years ago ran the “RM eats babies” campaign now spends their time going after –isms that people commit, with the same personalized rage they used to reserve for people who they thought took themselves way too seriously... where I see groups actively urging their members to take things to a third party to settle, instead of actually talking it out with the person they have a problem with, and potentially having a dialogue… where political debate has devolved to the level of Yahoo commenters…. Every time I reach that point, I get a reminder that there is a great big world outside of the internet (allegedly) and this is only a reflection of it.
It’s a Topsy Turvy existence, where facts become opinions – and opinions become wrong as long as someone is willing to get louder than everyone else.
I’ve heard, from some damned foreigners, that this is “very American” and the rest of the world doesn’t deal with things like this. Of course, with so much of the ‘net seemingly centered around the export of US culture, I guess they are dealing with it regardless of if they want to or not – which seems the best way to deal with diversity, assimilate it! That’s always worked so well over the years… ;)
***
Not entirely sure where I was going with that, but there are a couple things that I do know about:
Last night there were Results: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/55
And someone else hit the 100 Weeks mark: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/55
The new topic(s): http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/55
And of course a new Work Room, where you should be going to pick your new partner for the week: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/55
Happy Good Friday! And, as always, don’t offer to help someone carry their large wooden object up a hill. It’s not going to end well.
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Thank ye gods I am a forgiving woman...most of the time. If you need me, I'll be slowing to a mere simmer over there in the corner.
So...how are YOU?
I hope your day gets better from here on out. Not a good way to start the day (or I guess it's ending the day in your case?)
And that's all the work whining I'll do right now. Instead, I'll just throw it out there that I'm still on the market for a partner!
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
:gives Gary a VERY EVIL look:
I realize most of my nightmares could be related to Idol. Like the one last week where I dreamt that there was a large group of people held hostage and the head person liked to line us up and randomly shoot some people until our numbers thinned down. It was to mess with our heads.
That sounds all too familiar if you ask me :P
In other news, my fuzzy yellow starfish plushie says hello! His name is Squishy. ♥
*pulls blanket over self*
If the baby cries, one of you will see to her, right? Her drink bottle's on the counter, spare nappies on the chest of drawers. Help yourselves to tea, coffee and caramel chocolate ice cream...
*closes eyes*
*snores a little...*
Now we just need to come up with our idea!
It's not true, you know. She just likes to poke them with sharp sticks every now and then, from what I hear. *EG*
As far as "everyone in Arizona," I'm going to be in Arizona in about a month, on a road trip for my 19th anniversary, and visiting with
Also, we get a half-holiday today in honor of Good Friday, which makes it extra-special good!
There's the drama for the season. There ya go.
so wouldn't that mean that you eat babies?
oh wait thats just my gen x cynisism leaking out.
Of course, considering what types of things were going on in the 1980's I think people should be thankful that those of us who grew up then did not all turn out like Gary - a bunch of paraniod indeviduals declaring our home sovern nations.
After all, every time you turned on the news someone was trying to kill/snach/rape us or, as was oftain the case, all three in some order or another.
But at lest we had a veriety of good music
But I just realized my dream I mentioned above about being held hostage in a big group and randomly being taken out... There was also a raffle ticket component (I told you my dreams were absurd) and we collected them and thought that having more was a good thing but I started to wonder if having the most tickets actually meant they would take you out (like kill you if you had the most).
And that, my friends, confirms it was an Idol dream. Topsy Turvy even made it in there.
Of course, I only want you to look at it when you have time. I'll stop bugging you now, haha.
If anyone is writing the "bridge" topic this week and is in need of a partner, I'm available.
* bats eyelashes *
Don't have a story idea yet. Wish I did.
May post again later.
Edited at 2012-04-06 03:29 pm (UTC)
http://jem0000000.livejournal.com/36009
Edited at 2012-04-06 05:02 pm (UTC)
I'm so lucky:)
I was reading along with this, all like "hell yeah!" and "amen!" and "testify, bro!", and then I got to THIS:
It’s a Topsy Turvy existence
And now I am glaring at you from a safe distance (if there is such a thing around here) and wondering what flavor of doom is in store for us poor unwitting guinea pigs frantically scurrying through the LJ Idol lab.
I need to write on "Bridge" this week. You must promise to be at least half as awesome as my partner from last week,
So, any takers? As a bonus, I don't celebrate any religious holidays this weekend. XD
Hmmmm... well, since thanks to the Supreme Court, corporations are now f'ing people, can we strip search them for the major motherf**king offenses they commit against us all??? I think some of these corporations need a date with a proctologist who has very long fingers and a depth perception problem. I'd say John Boehner and Mitch McConnell do too but they'd probably enjoy that.
Oh whooooops! Did that get outside my thought bubble? My bad!
Yeah, I get the feeling that more DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM is about to descend upon us like Godzilla on Tokyo. With all the Topsy-talk and the telling us to bring something "special" and the extended deadline... well... I think it's going to be like Godzilla meets Bambi. It ain't gonna be pretty. Yikes.
Well, after that debacle with the screen door this morning and chatting here, I ended up scouting out laptops, eating lunch, then falling asleep for most of the afternoon. I'd go back to bed now, but I'm afraid I'd sleep through the alarm!
:wanders off looking for something else to eat:
But you're right, American culture is everywhere, despite some of our best efforts. Rammstein springs to mind.