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blamebrampton) wrote2009-03-02 10:28 pm
blamebrampton) wrote2009-03-02 10:28 pm
The good, the bad, and the fucking terrifying
The good: HAPPY BIRTHDAY el_princess ! You were my first fest recipient, and a sweeter, better prompting recipient I could not have hoped for. I hope you have a wonderful day, you look fantastic, bring on the cake!
The bad: I live in a cool inner-city suburb, a few miles from the harbour, a few minutes from the chaos of Newtown and with a nice little village atmosphere, filled with cafes and the gay. A Vile National Coffee Chain, with strong links to a church that vilifies gays and even 'cures' them has decided to use my lovely little part of the world as the setting for their latest ad campaign.
To which I say, Fuck off, VNCC! We do not welcome your ilk here! You may have a shop in Newtown, but that's because Newtown is a painted Jezabel of a suburb, who will whore herself out to the highest bidder. And that shop is usually mostly empty.
Our cafes are filled with gays and lesbians who need no curing! And atheists! And Jews! And Muslims (well, the gang fron the greengrocer at least)! And very few radical fundamentalist Christians, not that we would not be welcoming and kind to them so long as they were genuinely Christlike around us! You would not like us, so do not come and appropriate our sweet and cool locale to popularise your Vileness that stands for everything we don't.
The fucking terrifying: In Victoria, the fires are still burning. Forecasts for tomorrow are for gale-force winds. Winds bring down power lines. Power lines start fires. Winds also bring down trees, especially the ones that have already been burned in the over a million acres that have been burned out in the past few weeks. Trees block roads, preventing residents escaping and fire crews coming in. Gales stop water-dropping helicopters taking off. People in the threatened areas have been advised to evacuate early, and to keep track of the fires through the night.
My toes are crossed that the weather has a change of heart and rolls down to Antarctica instead. And that still days with long, soaking rains descend upon the state for a few weeks.
el_princess ! You were my first fest recipient, and a sweeter, better prompting recipient I could not have hoped for. I hope you have a wonderful day, you look fantastic, bring on the cake!The bad: I live in a cool inner-city suburb, a few miles from the harbour, a few minutes from the chaos of Newtown and with a nice little village atmosphere, filled with cafes and the gay. A Vile National Coffee Chain, with strong links to a church that vilifies gays and even 'cures' them has decided to use my lovely little part of the world as the setting for their latest ad campaign.
To which I say, Fuck off, VNCC! We do not welcome your ilk here! You may have a shop in Newtown, but that's because Newtown is a painted Jezabel of a suburb, who will whore herself out to the highest bidder. And that shop is usually mostly empty.
Our cafes are filled with gays and lesbians who need no curing! And atheists! And Jews! And Muslims (well, the gang fron the greengrocer at least)! And very few radical fundamentalist Christians, not that we would not be welcoming and kind to them so long as they were genuinely Christlike around us! You would not like us, so do not come and appropriate our sweet and cool locale to popularise your Vileness that stands for everything we don't.
The fucking terrifying: In Victoria, the fires are still burning. Forecasts for tomorrow are for gale-force winds. Winds bring down power lines. Power lines start fires. Winds also bring down trees, especially the ones that have already been burned in the over a million acres that have been burned out in the past few weeks. Trees block roads, preventing residents escaping and fire crews coming in. Gales stop water-dropping helicopters taking off. People in the threatened areas have been advised to evacuate early, and to keep track of the fires through the night.
My toes are crossed that the weather has a change of heart and rolls down to Antarctica instead. And that still days with long, soaking rains descend upon the state for a few weeks.
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But instead you can take your laptop out onto the village green-ish thing and read The Administration Series, which truly is a thing of beauty!
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Erko is fabulous. But horribly misrepresented on national television. This makes me sad. I might write to the Vile Chain and share my feelings, not that it's done any good the previous times I have written to them on topics ranging from 'Why do you support vile policies?' to 'How can your coffee be so ghastly?'
You should visit! We have spare cats!
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You know, one day I'll take you up on that and come sleep on the cats and ogle your queers!
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The kitties say they would sleep on you, as a way of keeping you warm on frigid 16 degree nights ;-)
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Ah yes, those cold, cold winters you have. A hardship! :p I'd say we had about seven cm of snow during the night here, you can have my share if you like.
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Our winters are silly, though the houses lack insulation, so you feel every bit of the feebleness ;-)