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fenderlove ([personal profile] fenderlove) wrote2011-03-29 01:41 pm
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WTF, Commercial?

There's a carpet retailer in here in Tennessee that has, for years, used little children spouting "Made in the USA" catchphrases and waving cheap plastic flags in their commercials. Well, now they've hit upon a new gimmick- claiming that their carpet was made "by the Heavenly Father." *head-desk* I sorta want to go into their business and demand that their carpet better not only be resistant to wine spills but should turn water into more wine to refill my glass.



There are a lot of businesses around here that use the tactic of claiming to be a "Christian business," but they are the ones most likely to cheat and gouge their customers. I told one fellow who owned such an establishment (that had improperly installed tires to my mother's van and then refused to fix it), "I wouldn't care if you said you were a Satanic business as long as you did the job correctly!" He acted like I had slapped him and then got all holy-roller on me for "daring" to mention the "S-word" (No, Mr. Connery, that's not swords. :D) in his Christianly business.

Of course, I had the lady who owns the local Christian bookstore throw a loaf of bread at my face in Wal-Mart because she said that my Greek Orthodox cross was a "mark of the Beast" and that I was "one of the damned!" I don't know why I didn't just walk away, but I tried to explain to her to calm her down.

Me: No, it's just an Eastern Orthodox cross.
Her: Eastern? *gasps* Terrorist!
Me: It's Eastern Orthodox Catholicism.
Her: *starts wringing her hands and shouting* CATHOLIC DEVIL! DEMON! DEMON!

God, I hate this place so much. One of these days, I'm going to go to the print shop and have a small yard sign made that reads "ZEUS" in big bold san-serif letters to combat the huge amount of "JESUS" signs that people have in their yards. Yes, neighbours, Jesus is going to care more about a useless plastic sign in your yard than the fact that you treat others like garbage.

[identity profile] fenderlove.livejournal.com 2011-03-30 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
In high school, there were some kids I hung out with that diverged from their families, risked being disowned, and moved far, far away. Unfortunately, a lot of them that wanted different for themselves, held different beliefs from their families, stayed here and stayed in their families' churches, afraid that their mothers and fathers would never speak to them again. I dated one guy for two years in high school with the knowledge that he and I wanted very different things out of life, so there was no pressure, and it was more like a friendship thing. Of course, at the time it was assumed he would stay here, get an average joe job, and live forever in peace, and I would go away to college and stay gone... and now that my college time is over, I'm the one that's still here and he's moved away to start a new life. *head-desk* This town does stuff to you. Your icon is perfect because that scene with Buffy in the Doublemeat Palace, where she gets that look on her face as she's preparing food like "Is this really my life? Is this all I have to look forward to? What happened to me?" and then for Spike to come in and she tells him that he's making it worse... that's me every time I go into a store here and see someone that I knew in school. They always manage to make me feel like crap by saying, "Weren't you one of the smart girls? Smart girls are supposed to move away from here. Guess you weren't very smart at all." I just want to scream at them, "I am smart! I was top of my high school class, top of my college class, made the Dean's List every semester. I just never imagined the job market would be so terrible when I graduated." :(

[identity profile] diebirchen.livejournal.com 2011-03-30 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
Awww, sweetie! Just remember, the job market comes and goes, and when it comes back, you will go. In the mean time for those too insular to understand your situation, just remember this: smart is on the inside, and jobs are on the outside. And as far as some of your school cohort goes, ignorance can be corrected, but dumb is forever. Intelligence is a gift, even where you are. What you have isn't sale. Physically, you are where you are only for the time being, but more importantly, we live our whole lives inside our heads. Some heads are furnished with a wealth of education and experience. Others are rather barren, dusty attics. Be grateful for what's rattling around up there.

[identity profile] fenderlove.livejournal.com 2011-03-30 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
My head is filled with vampire fanfiction. And sadly, that's what keeps me sane, I think. :D I keep thinking that one day an idea is going to hit me, and I'll rocket the train to success, and then I realize that I'm full of ideas, but lacking ways to execute them properly. I'd like to get a book published in the next year or so, but I'm having a problem finding an agent or knowing who to trust with my manuscript. I thought maybe I could get an art book published so that it could be sold at conventions as I've seen some of my friends do, but even there it seems that a majority of my personal work is fanart which can't be published. I guess I need to lay off the fanart and start doing some original character pieces. XD