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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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Though, that coffee chain sounds awful. >:(
And arg, not good at all. I'm crossing my [fingers&]toes with you!
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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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As for the bad-Well that just really sucks, but hopefully as your little part of the world is open and loving and accepting of all, the VNCC will not find itself with many customers.
Yay for small liberal communities!!
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LOL painted Jezebel. That's my suburb you're talking about! But I get south end street cred.
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Your lil village sounds so wonderful I bet it magickal at Chridtmas time.
but that's because Newtown is a painted Jezabel of a suburb, who will whore herself out to the highest bidder. LOL I Love it the description.
Everything's crossed that Mother Nature stops PMSing. You and Austrailia are still in my Prayers/Blessings and I took some more pages of links to Church last week and I'm taking more this week.
I Love You Sis *holds you*
I Love you
gDWtbYUrc
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