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Jan. 9th, 2008 07:03 amSince Proboards is being, as Kitty used to say, sizely, I'm just going to natter here.( Political Nitwittery follows. )
Jan. 9th, 2008
Some days...
Jan. 9th, 2008 10:20 amI just can't win.
We got proselytizers. I was polite. "I'm sorry, we aren't Christians".
Didn't work. She said, "Oh, that's okay" and kept right on pushing.
So I upped the ante. Politely. "We're pagan, but thank you anyway".
That worked. She thanked me for opening the door, I told her to have a good day, she left.
So Emily started in on me, because Emily is an agnostic (at the moment) and she felt that I was insulting her and limiting her rights, or something.
I explained that (a) I didn't want to go into the scope and variance of religious belief and non-belief in our household and (b) it wouldn't have worked anyway, since the woman didn't take "not Christian" for an answer. Then I walked away, because smiteage leaves such a mess on the carpets.
Now I, personally, am an agnostic of the pagan sort, but that's hard to explain and wouldn't have helped anyway. Maybe I need a pentagram plaque or a goddess statue for the front entrance (or just a bigger Buddha in the front garden). A Gaia in the front porch box, with the gnomes, the lawn flamingos, the hummingbird-on-a-stick and the wingéd piggy, that'd be cool.
Anne, I thought 2008 was going to be better, or at least less of the suck?
We got proselytizers. I was polite. "I'm sorry, we aren't Christians".
Didn't work. She said, "Oh, that's okay" and kept right on pushing.
So I upped the ante. Politely. "We're pagan, but thank you anyway".
That worked. She thanked me for opening the door, I told her to have a good day, she left.
So Emily started in on me, because Emily is an agnostic (at the moment) and she felt that I was insulting her and limiting her rights, or something.
I explained that (a) I didn't want to go into the scope and variance of religious belief and non-belief in our household and (b) it wouldn't have worked anyway, since the woman didn't take "not Christian" for an answer. Then I walked away, because smiteage leaves such a mess on the carpets.
Now I, personally, am an agnostic of the pagan sort, but that's hard to explain and wouldn't have helped anyway. Maybe I need a pentagram plaque or a goddess statue for the front entrance (or just a bigger Buddha in the front garden). A Gaia in the front porch box, with the gnomes, the lawn flamingos, the hummingbird-on-a-stick and the wingéd piggy, that'd be cool.
Anne, I thought 2008 was going to be better, or at least less of the suck?
I miss my S'cubies.
Well, I haven't heard back from Paradise Fibers about my order, but mysteriously the UPS tracking page now shows that the package was scanned on arrival in Salt Lake City, was delayed due to adverse weather, and has now departed.
Let's see, from Spokane WA to Hermiston OR to Salt Lake City (according to UPS) to Brea... That seems a rather roundabout route, especially for something that was supposed to be delivered in 3 days, like, tomorrow. I guess somebody shouldn'ta taken that left turn at Albukoykee.
Damn, I just realised that Kitty "forgot" to show me her homework assignments again. I'll have to grill her when she's finished. I am so tired of fighting this war that I'm about ready to surrender, except for the small detail that I'm the one who will suffer the most if she has to go to summer school or repeat a class she hates.
I've stayed on my diet for two-and-a-half days now, counting today. So far, so good, but if I get much more stressed... Oh well, there's always microwave popcorn.
Anne, figuratively tearing out my hair
Well, I haven't heard back from Paradise Fibers about my order, but mysteriously the UPS tracking page now shows that the package was scanned on arrival in Salt Lake City, was delayed due to adverse weather, and has now departed.
Let's see, from Spokane WA to Hermiston OR to Salt Lake City (according to UPS) to Brea... That seems a rather roundabout route, especially for something that was supposed to be delivered in 3 days, like, tomorrow. I guess somebody shouldn'ta taken that left turn at Albukoykee.
Damn, I just realised that Kitty "forgot" to show me her homework assignments again. I'll have to grill her when she's finished. I am so tired of fighting this war that I'm about ready to surrender, except for the small detail that I'm the one who will suffer the most if she has to go to summer school or repeat a class she hates.
I've stayed on my diet for two-and-a-half days now, counting today. So far, so good, but if I get much more stressed... Oh well, there's always microwave popcorn.
Anne, figuratively tearing out my hair
