Tag: isolation

  • You Called It Freedom. We Called It Abuse

    You Called It Freedom. We Called It Abuse

    The chants were never subtle. Go back to where you came from. This is America—speak English.

    They were declarations, not conversations. Ultimatums masquerading as patriotism. And now, you’re living in the world you demanded.

    The rest of us heard you. We believed you. And we acted accordingly. We went back, we stayed back, and we chose not to return—not out of spite, but out of self-preservation. Because what you’ve built is not safe.

    We watch from a distance as you turn inward, hunting your own citizens, targeting them as prey, and justifying it with the same hollow rhetoric you once sold abroad as “freedom.” The weapon has come home, and you wield it against yourselves with the same zeal once reserved for foreign soil.

    This is not a matter of politics; it is a matter of pathology. The rest of the world has broken up with you—not in a fit of rage, but with the weary resolve reserved for an abusive family member. The one who shows up drunk, lobs racist jokes across the table, spews misogyny between mouthfuls, and turns every gathering into a hostile takeover of the room. We’ve stopped inviting you, not because we don’t care, but because you don’t.

    No more staged reconciliations. No more “maybe they’ve changed.” The couches you once sprawled across with your super-sized comforts are empty now, and so are the streets of the cities you once believed were irresistible. You wanted to be left alone, and now you are.

    …The silence is yours to keep.

    And spare us the “Well, I didn’t vote for this” chorus. Or the “Not this American” disclaimer. That’s the same empty comfort as “not all men” or “not all white people.” If you knew and you stayed quiet, you gave permission. Your silence is a vote in favour. Your inaction is a voice of approval.

    If you really are “not all,” then you’re the one who has to speak—loudly, often, and until it costs you something. Otherwise, you’re just nodding along while the order is taken: Do you want to super-size your fries for an extra 300 billion in taxes?

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  • SO MANY PANTS

    SO MANY PANTS

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_separator color=”black” el_width=”40″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]It occurred to me last night that if I get rid of all my pants – since it seems I won’t be leaving this small studio apartment I call home, any time soon, plus there is no ‘where’ to go to which would require me to wear said pants – I would probably have enough room to be able to convert this closet of a studio into a junior 1 bedroom!

     

    Thank you – I am here all weekend!

     

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  • GIVE YOURSELF SOMETHING TO FREAK OUT ABOUT

    GIVE YOURSELF SOMETHING TO FREAK OUT ABOUT

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ google_fonts=”font_family:Creepster%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Looking for something that is SAFE to do this Halloween? Something that will help ya get your freak on but follows safety and physical distancing requirements?

     

    Head over to Mix Cloud and create yourself an account, install the appropriate apps on your devices and then get ready to party this Halloween.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”5316″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” onclick=”zoom”][vc_btn title=”STREAM NOW” style=”flat” shape=”square” color=”pink” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2Fsashay_online%2F|target:_blank|rel:nofollow”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sexy names like; Maus, Mark Falco, Ashley Gauthier, DJ BUGO, Aeryn Pfaff, Kevin Aviance, Sofonda Cox, Kiki Coe, Markida Brown, Charli Deville and Jasmine Dymond are lining up to entertain you from 8PM starting 31 October 2020, going all the way until 8AM the next morning!

     

    That is 12 hours of non-stop live entertainment – right at your streaming fingertips! Learn more about Mix Cloud here.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1600664548223{padding-right: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]EDITOR’S NOTE:

     

    This event is NOT intended for the purpose of having a few friends over to your place for a “little get-together.” By all means connect with your friends via social and chat apps during this party; but if they don’t have a toothbrush in your bathroom and they are not drinking out of a carton of something in your fridge – then they better not be there.

     

    ALWAYS remember to wear a mask when you leave your home. ONLY leave your home for essentials. Then we will see case numbers and deaths reduce. Need help understanding the science and physics and FACTS. Click here.

     

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  • ANY GROOMING REGRETS

    ANY GROOMING REGRETS

    [vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″ icons_position=”left”][vc_column_text]It should be no surprise that a large number of people have done something on a whim either to their appearance. Like bangs or tried something like a home waxing-kit.

    We have seen this kind of behaviour in way less serious cases of isolation. Like that rained out weekend at the perfect cabin?

    Remember that time you drove into the little town and went straight to the Drug Store and picked up a combination of bleach, dye and wax…maybe a perm…GASP!

    Have you ever taken a plunge in the world of aesthetics/grooming and regretted it on some level?

    What happened?

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  • RAY OF LIGHT

    RAY OF LIGHT

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    HOWZURHED: It’s like some strange sign. This has never happened before, to my recollection.

     

    However with all the  construction of massive condo towers, this has changed the patterns of sunlight and shadows I get in my apartment.

     

     

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    I just find some irony with, the rectangle of sunlight shining on my doorknob at a time when I am locked up in my apartment, sometimes not leaving for 3 or 4 days, and often that just to take the garbage to the chute down the hall.

     

    It’s like a strange “the sun only shines on the spot when …. Venus is here and Mercury is NOT in retrograde (fucking shit up), the Earth is here, blah blah…” Stonehenge or Pyramids of Giza & the Great Sphinx, alignment trick.

     

    Is it there to torment me, tease me or is it there to show me that there is something to strive and hang on for?

     

    About a year ago I was working on writing piece about how I was hopeful that 2020 was going to be the year we used our HIND SIGHT, which we all know is 20/20, and start making some drastic changes moving forward.

     

    I was hoping we had learned lessons we needed to learn in order to become a better version of ourselves, as a group.

     

    I see how wrong I was. I am just scared what rock bottom is going to look like.

     

    Put a mask on when you leave your home.

     

    Wash your hands…all the time.

     

    Please, stay safe!

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