On the one hand....

[ysobelle]

I set out tonight to get some ribbon, and work on a motif for my sign with Bev. We also thought it'd be nice to see Erin, who, with a broken arm, is almost housebound, and going out of her mind with boredom. So we hopped in the car and drove up to Norristown. And that's when it all started to go wrong....


Well, not wrong, really. We had a fabulous time at Ruby Tuesday's. But of course, by then, Michael's was closed, so no ribbon. But hey, there's a Lowes! So I dragged them both in to see the tabletop I was thinking of getting. Oh, but look! They have cedar! I can get the tabletop I wanted! So suddenly it's 10pm, Erin's broken arm is throbbing because her Percoset's worn off, and I have a trunk full of wood, carriage bolts, and spray paint. Then it's back to Erin's for ice cream and conversation until her eyes start to glaze over from the pain meds she took as soon as we walked in the door. Now it's after 2am. I have no ribbon. But I do have a tabletop.


And in other news?

Why the fuck do I even try? People are always going to believe what they want to believe about Jews. Whether they say, "Israel is killing civilians!" or "Jews are the cause of all the fucking wars in the world!" it's all the same thing. Anti-Semitism rises and falls in fashionable waves, but it never goes away. I'll keep shouting, but sometimes I just feel like a whisper in a noisy crowd.

Comments

[antihope.livejournal.com]

Why do you insist that "Israel is killing civilians" (over 900, one third children) is Anti-Semitic? It's simply a fact. Israel is a country. The soldiers from said country have bombed roads, bridges, power plants, and homes.

Btw, the US Army is also killing civilians. I guess that just makes me anti-western?

The Sudanese militants are murdering many civilians, too. Does that make me anti-sudanese?

You can be Jewish and still opposed to the slaugher of civilians. You aren't anti-Semitic if you're opposed to war.

[surlywench.livejournal.com]

*snorts* what *is* it about lowe's that compels you to wander around like some sort of zombie for HOURS!!!? last time we went, we thought we'd been there for like 45 min TOPS..nope, try 3 hours....D'oh!!!
*much love 2 u*

Need Copies of my Kinky Friedman discs?

[irishcoyote.livejournal.com]

Seriously, I think white male Texan dick envy may have caused more wars than the jews (or, the pagans, or combined) at this point.

And Mel, com on, when your last publicity photo makes you look like Osama-BilltheCat-Laden, is there any criteria by which you should be taken seriously?

And the Israels are total slackers at racking up civillians compared to, well, US.

[christianet.livejournal.com]

Actually, I blame British foreign policy in the 19th century for what is going on in the Middle East right now.

It's not just Israel's fault in this. The problem is that just about everyone in the Middle East can claim ancestors' blood in that soil.

[autumnyte.livejournal.com]

I don't know what to say, as I am completely stunned, appalled and hurt upon reading this. For now I will simply offer *big hugs*