Fame Goes Straight To My Head (And Other Things)

A couple of semi-related things.

A. The post below this one has a comment (supposedly) from Randall Terry himself. He's the founder and head of Operation Rescue, one of the leading groups promoting the Pro-Life movement. Ding! That's the sound of my striking a teeny tiny cord, albeit a pleasant and wonderful sounding one.

B. If you have Netflix, and love people, and don't mind being horrified by the rotten things that people do, you should check out the following. I strongly recommend following up these viewings with some hot chocolate, good company and lots of laughter to remind you that not everyone is entirely evil.

1. Fall From Grace: all about Westboro Baptist Church and Pastor Fred Phelps.
2. The Last Days: the last year of World War II, as told from the perspective of Hungarian people who are Jewish, survivors.
3. Deliver Us From Evil: about one particularly horrific Catholic priest and the atrocities he committed against the youth in his parish throughout the years, including the (apparent) cover-up by the Catholic Church.
4. Lake of Fire: a comprehensive look at the debate surrounding abortion and inspiration for my previous post resulting in the comments mentioned in section A.

Fire and brimstone! And so much hatred. I am constantly astonished by the amount of anger that people have towards others simply for existing. As I was watching Fall From Grace, I tried to imagine how I would react if confronted with their hate propaganda. Part of me wants to meet them with rage and protest, but it would only be feeding them. Part of me wants to meet them with Tim's coffee and timbits, but that would literally be feeding them. Another part of me knows that doing nothing might be the best thing. These are not people who are going to change.

Blah... Screw it. I'll just punch them in the face. And their little dog too.

C. Turns out, people in rural areas of Canada, particularly Manitoba and Saskatchewan seem to really love Plenty of Fish. Unfortunately, most of them don't understand that having "common" interests means liking the SAME things. For example: one eventual-rejectee messaged me saying that it seemed that we had a lot of common interests and to message him. Something very generic. So I checked out his profile. A comparison:

HIS interests: movies, beer making, football, tv, video games, poker, wine making, ufc, pool

MY interests: none of the above. The closest it comes is my listing of "Sci-Fi/Horror Movies." My list is also 29 items long.

...

So I message him, and asked him "what things in particular" he felt we had in common. I got the following as a response... it's a gem:

"Well it seems we like a lot of the same TV shows and I agree about card and board games. I'd love to hear about your dvds I have big collection too. Also it says your in swan river."

Translation: you are geographically near to me and don't seem entirely undesirable. Also, this time I've actually looked at your profile.

I'm a harsh bitch people.

D. I need to see Black Swan like my life depends on it. So there.