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This morning I was offered a second treat on the subway. I say second because this isn't the first time I dealt with Mister Homeless Preacher, oh no. The first time was yesterday morning when I was too tired to read my copy of Nabakov on the way to work (his toying with styles, by the way, is utter brilliance. But I digress). As I stood around with an mp3 player keeping me zombified properly from having to look at people, M.H.P. came to my life at 59th Street station dressed in a dirty dark blue winter jacket, a snow cap, and a dolly with a post office crate bungied onto it.

Now here's another thing you should learn about the Upper West Side that also annoys me. Apparently, people must be more sympathetic to panhandlers there. I have lived in New York long enough to become damn right callous to all of them and when I have been sympathetic, it usually led to disappointment. If you're used to disappointment, perhaps from a crappy job or from having a spouse that can't get it on, then you can probably handle this better than I can. The Upper West Side trains tend to be loaded with some panhandler or another accompanied with their own theme. One of them attempts to insult your callousness, one talks about their experience in Vietnam, the list goes on. The increase in variety around there may be because of more families/tourists coming through there, who probably are still unjaded from their request for alms. As for me, the only one that ever brought me into appreciation of him was a man that carried a painting mount over his head. He walked around the streets going, "I was framed! I was framed!" Sheer hilarity.

( Anyway, back to the protagonist of this ramble... )

So this entry is to you, M.H.P. man. If you find a way to make religion look more plausible without offering rhetoric, then maybe I'll listen. Until that time, I'll archive you in my list of "Idiots that give Religion a Bad Name," like Osama bin-Laden, Pope Urban II, Tammy Faye, and every goddamn Scientologist in existence.

Edit: delennamachoo has taught me the error of my ways. Tammy Faye will not be in my shitlist anymore, unless she starts using people for her gain again, in which case I place her next to Falwell and Jim Jones.

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This morning I was offered a second treat on the subway. I say second because this isn't the first time I dealt with Mister Homeless Preacher, oh no. The first time was yesterday morning when I was too tired to read my copy of Nabakov on the way to work (his toying with styles, by the way, is utter brilliance. But I digress). As I stood around with an mp3 player keeping me zombified properly from having to look at people, M.H.P. came to my life at 59th Street station dressed in a dirty dark blue winter jacket, a snow cap, and a dolly with a post office crate bungied onto it.

Now here's another thing you should learn about the Upper West Side that also annoys me. Apparently, people must be more sympathetic to panhandlers there. I have lived in New York long enough to become damn right callous to all of them and when I have been sympathetic, it usually led to disappointment. If you're used to disappointment, perhaps from a crappy job or from having a spouse that can't get it on, then you can probably handle this better than I can. The Upper West Side trains tend to be loaded with some panhandler or another accompanied with their own theme. One of them attempts to insult your callousness, one talks about their experience in Vietnam, the list goes on. The increase in variety around there may be because of more families/tourists coming through there, who probably are still unjaded from their request for alms. As for me, the only one that ever brought me into appreciation of him was a man that carried a painting mount over his head. He walked around the streets going, "I was framed! I was framed!" Sheer hilarity.

( Anyway, back to the protagonist of this ramble... )

So this entry is to you, M.H.P. man. If you find a way to make religion look more plausible without offering rhetoric, then maybe I'll listen. Until that time, I'll archive you in my list of "Idiots that give Religion a Bad Name," like Osama bin-Laden, Pope Urban II, Tammy Faye, and every goddamn Scientologist in existence.

Edit: delennamachoo has taught me the error of my ways. Tammy Faye will not be in my shitlist anymore, unless she starts using people for her gain again, in which case I place her next to Falwell and Jim Jones.

In Other News

You know myspace has got it bad when even CNN comments on the issues there. Are you guys really sure about signing up for it? o_O

I guess I wouldn't feel so off-kilter about it if I didn't know someone that actually was raped from someone she met off that blog site. Now, I'm sure it won't be as bad for the rest of you folks since she was pretty much within that young age group, but I also know that this surprises the hell out of me since I know she's relatively careful, too, with respects to how I've seen her deal with men (including me) and from her already tumultuous family life.

I don't know, there's also that idea of meeting people on a site that's more tailored towards getting the reputation of unknown bands out there for the public, and if you do it for that then it's cool, but I also know that some people try it to look for other people.

Offering the two cents of concern, folks, don't take it personally.

In Other News

You know myspace has got it bad when even CNN comments on the issues there. Are you guys really sure about signing up for it? o_O

I guess I wouldn't feel so off-kilter about it if I didn't know someone that actually was raped from someone she met off that blog site. Now, I'm sure it won't be as bad for the rest of you folks since she was pretty much within that young age group, but I also know that this surprises the hell out of me since I know she's relatively careful, too, with respects to how I've seen her deal with men (including me) and from her already tumultuous family life.

I don't know, there's also that idea of meeting people on a site that's more tailored towards getting the reputation of unknown bands out there for the public, and if you do it for that then it's cool, but I also know that some people try it to look for other people.

Offering the two cents of concern, folks, don't take it personally.

All in all it's just another victim to the wall

Yesterday, I found one of my cories caught in the mesh of the moss wall. I released the dude, noted severe trauma and damage, applied melafix, and then went to bed. Tonight, he's gone. I found his corpse hidden under the debris that collects by the bubble wand. Damn it, he was one of my oldest tank buddies, too. I'd consider getting the pair a new buddy but it's hard to need scavengers when half your tank is bottom feeders. Damn it!

Remolded the fence and applied the suction again. I should have kept the stupid thing closed with something like wire instead of by overlapping corners. Then it wouldn't have been warped enough to lose its grip and let fish get in.

Poor cory. He will be missed for his cute little dolphin gray body of rubberyness and his shuffly flaps as he hung out with the cory crew. I don't know, maybe if I find juliis again I'll consider it, but it's tough luck losing a reliable fish. :(

All in all it's just another victim to the wall

Yesterday, I found one of my cories caught in the mesh of the moss wall. I released the dude, noted severe trauma and damage, applied melafix, and then went to bed. Tonight, he's gone. I found his corpse hidden under the debris that collects by the bubble wand. Damn it, he was one of my oldest tank buddies, too. I'd consider getting the pair a new buddy but it's hard to need scavengers when half your tank is bottom feeders. Damn it!

Remolded the fence and applied the suction again. I should have kept the stupid thing closed with something like wire instead of by overlapping corners. Then it wouldn't have been warped enough to lose its grip and let fish get in.

Poor cory. He will be missed for his cute little dolphin gray body of rubberyness and his shuffly flaps as he hung out with the cory crew. I don't know, maybe if I find juliis again I'll consider it, but it's tough luck losing a reliable fish. :(