I'm a lemur. Humanity is too stupid a species to belong to in dignity anymore.
I may steal this at some point.
Tracy: Well-- That call -- That call means you just murdered me. Mal: No, son. You murdered yourself. I just carried the bullet a while.
'The Message'
Natter 61*
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
aurelia - Oct 11, 2008 12:51:29 pm PDT #4102 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Lee - Oct 11, 2008 12:56:09 pm PDT #4103 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Aurelia! I get to see you in just a couple of days! YAY
aurelia - Oct 11, 2008 12:57:25 pm PDT #4104 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Yay! I still don't have hotel info. I hope they don't plan on putting me on the Equity cot.
brenda m - Oct 11, 2008 12:58:16 pm PDT #4105 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
"I would also pray, Lord, that your reputation is involved in all that happens between now and November, because there are millions of people around this world praying to their god — whether it's Hindu, Buddha, Allah — that his opponent wins, for a variety of reasons," [Pastor] Conrad said.
"And Lord, I pray that you would guard your own reputation, because they're going to think that their god is bigger than you, if that happens. So I pray that you will step forward and honor your own name with all that happens between now and Election Day,"
Let's get ready to rrrruuumble! Five gods walk in, some equal or lesser number walk out!
Theodosia - Oct 11, 2008 1:06:24 pm PDT #4106 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Wasn't that an episode of South Park already?
Anyway, there is something unbelievably presumptuous about telling God that He'd better shape up or He'd be emboldening the terrorists. I think the Greeks called that hubris, in fact.
JZ - Oct 11, 2008 1:22:07 pm PDT #4107 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
there are millions of people around this world praying to their god — whether it's Hindu, Buddha, Allah
Adding an almost parenthetical ::headdesk:: here -- there's so much Teh Stupid in the entire invocation it's almost not worth breaking it down, but: Hindu? A faith, not a god. Buddha? A person, not a god. Allah? Some fairly substantial doctrinal differences in the expressions of faith, but generally acknowledged to be basically the same god as the one you're praying to, moron.
Plus, as Theo points out, the gigantic hubris of telling God to stop dicking around and honor His own name by making everyone vote the way we think they should.
Speaking as a Christian, this guy's theology is made of utter epic fail. And I can only imagine how irritating, obnoxious and nauseatingly offensive the whole thing must be to atheists and agnostics.
Can I join the lemurs, too?
Barb - Oct 11, 2008 1:23:24 pm PDT #4108 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
Hey Erin, what about this? (Or for all of us who would like to belong to the lemurs.)
Just a quickie-- I may go back and futz with it more, but I loved this guy's face. Seemed perfect.
Anne W. - Oct 11, 2008 1:24:34 pm PDT #4109 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Some of these people who call themselves "Christian" would probably be the first to nail Jesus back on the cross if he were to show up again preaching what he did in the Gospels.
"Help the sick? Give to the poor? Huh?.... Kill the socialist!"
amych - Oct 11, 2008 1:31:00 pm PDT #4110 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Some of these people who call themselves "Christian" would probably be the first to nail Jesus back on the cross if he were to show up again preaching what he did in the Gospels.
The hub (who grew up amidst some serious fundie) refers to this particular breed of idiots as "the ones who think 'casting the first stone' sounds like just a great idea."
§ ita § - Oct 11, 2008 1:52:17 pm PDT #4111 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's Essie Clutch Me If You Can, I believe.
Thanks!
Just got to spend time with kat and K and Noah, who's getting very big and mobile and even more flirty. Well worth it despite my exhaustion.