I got the call last night from Ratzinger asking if I could take over the job.
I can’t say it was entirely unexpected, after all, I knew that I was on the short list last time around. Apparently, the work that I have done with Idol has been noticed and they wanted to speed up the process of getting me on board. So Ratzinger is resigning at the end of the month, and I will be officially announced soon after that!
It’s going to be a lot of fun! I’ve already been writing out some practice decrees, so that I will be prepared to get the ball rolling, in the right direction on Day 1! And by “right direction”, I of course mean activating the Vatican Monkey Army for immediate deployment!
The transition from a “free world” to “under my boot” will be startling for some people I’m sure. But hopefully they won’t last long anyway…
Until then though – we have a poll! Or, as I like to call it “practice for global domination”! http://www.livejournal.com/poll/?id=189
So make sure to get out there and read, comment and vote for your favorites!
I can’t say it was entirely unexpected, after all, I knew that I was on the short list last time around. Apparently, the work that I have done with Idol has been noticed and they wanted to speed up the process of getting me on board. So Ratzinger is resigning at the end of the month, and I will be officially announced soon after that!
It’s going to be a lot of fun! I’ve already been writing out some practice decrees, so that I will be prepared to get the ball rolling, in the right direction on Day 1! And by “right direction”, I of course mean activating the Vatican Monkey Army for immediate deployment!
The transition from a “free world” to “under my boot” will be startling for some people I’m sure. But hopefully they won’t last long anyway…
Until then though – we have a poll! Or, as I like to call it “practice for global domination”! http://www.livejournal.com/poll/?id=189
So make sure to get out there and read, comment and vote for your favorites!
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Although I bet I can outrun Gary in that dress. ;)
ETA: Woot!! Fifth bump!! (I'm going to F bump any fifth-- position. :D)
:facepalm: Oh Lord, monkey government. It's the end of the world as we know it.
Edited at 2013-02-11 03:05 pm (UTC)
Tough field with lots of good writers.
I'm pretty much really looking forward to the Uber Schism this will no doubt create. I do love watching the Catholic church chase its tail.
In other news: I ONLY HAVE A THREE DAY WORK WEEK. WOOOO.
My grandfather fought in WWII, and I didn't want to school him on the fact that participation in the Hitler Youth was mandatory. He turned eighty-something last week, so I'm just going to let it go and allow him to have his "I told you that he was bad news, but nobody would listen! And I hate those Nazis!" moment.
I'm also going to add that he can be kind of conservative at times, but he also still says that FDR was the best president ever. He also wanted Hillary Clinton to be president because she was "tough", and said at one point "Yeah, it's probably time we had a lady president. Why is the news making such a big deal about it?"
Edited at 2013-02-11 03:21 pm (UTC)
She's also very, very, very Polish.
I'm expecting to hear something along the lines "I KNEW my anti-Nazi novena would work!" She's probably out at Perkins right now, having a celebratory breakfast. :)
I figured out years ago that Ratzinger was just your "sock puppet", and his whole supposed tenure as the Pontiff of the Western Church was a carefully orchestrated deception on your part to inflict maximum pain and suffering when you finally decided to step out of the shadows and publicly reveal that you have, in fact, been ruling this pitiful excuse of a planet for about a decade.
Well played, sir. Well played.
PS: Too bad for you that while you were busy with your convoluted political shenanigans, I went and anointed myself The Man Who Would Be King Of The Popes... and after I crown myself you'll be reporting to me. But if you behave and do as you're told, I'll spare a hippy or two for you to kick for my amusement... *MAYBE*!
I didn't even know they could do that. Which shows you just how shitty a religious reporter I was.
Lots of good stuff out there this week, but the standout for me was
The only thing worse than a Vatican Monkey Army would be their air division - the Vatican Flying Monkey Force (see Wizard of Oz for earlier varieties)! They can fling pooh with the best of 'em!
Edited at 2013-02-11 04:13 pm (UTC)
I'm almost through chapter 10 of my book edits/rewrites/reworks and yaaaaay. Writing in order is weird but kind of awesome. Too bad I seem to have to write totally out of order first before I can do it. :)
I'm working on the reading--doing pretty good so far, but abandoned commenting at this point, so I can do the reading part.
I started taking an Open Course Ware class last night and feel pretty excited about that.
It's raining here and I need a cup of tea. Then I need to read more and do some laundry.
Edited at 2013-02-11 08:01 pm (UTC)
Thanks again for the recommendation.
Should be voting in the next few hours...
I hadn't heard the news about the Pope. Interesting.