Here and here alone.

[hathycol]

I have just watched the appeal for Earthquake Relief. I get paid tomorrow, and you can bet that I'm giving everything I can. Still doesn't feel like enough, but I will do what I can. The number in Britian is 0870 60 60 900.

With all this in mind, I am making my opinions of what I am going to term the OSA Splooge public. Once in a lifetime offer, and I will explain that why in the little speech.

1. I enjoy OSA. I have made many friends - Splooge and otherwise - and I consider myself honoured and lucky to have found both them and the website.

2. Despite my nasty, bitchy tendancy, I am also a coward when it comes to people and things that I care about.

3. People and things that I care about have recently come into conflict.

4. This makes me incrediibly sad. I believed that if I ignored it I could remain loyal to both - if I just stayed quiet that I might somehow let it all wash over my head.

5. Just call me Switzerland. I'm staying out of this one. My opinions - which have not changed in either e-mail - have been sent seperately, and privately, because I didn't want to be dragged into this publically. I'm sorry this has happened.

I just want this whole argument to stop. It's demeaning to either side, and people are getting HURT. Now stop and think a while. Go and look at BBC News 24. See the pictures in Indonesia, in Sri Lanka, in Thailand.

If the argument continues, it continues - that's everyone's right. The people concerned are good friends of mine and an archive that I still enjoy visiting, whatever has happened. I have defended people privately over e-mail because I am desperately trying to remain non-controversial, but this is my public statement.

Comments and discussion are welcomed, but ONLY on this post. I am trying not to hurt anyone. I'm sorry if I have. Deeply and genuinely.

Now for the LOVE of GOD can we get back to the pr0n? Please?



This morning, I arose at 11 and bellowed downstairs "CAN NO ONE IN THIS HOUSE CONVERSE WITHOUT THE STAIRS IN THE MIDDLE?" possibly proving my point as I did so. There is no need to bellow up and down the stairs when I am trying to sleep into the early hours of the afternoon!

Foiled again, I wandered downstairs and decided to go and hunt for a mobile hpone, having seen an advert that I could get a pay-as-you-go for £9.99. Hmmm, I thought. As I about to leave, Andrew phoned. I neded up going shopping with Andrew and not getting a phone - the hidden part was the £15 credit you had to get each month. I am far too tight to spend that much on my phone per month. Oh well. I will get a nice phone in the summer, as I originally planned, as well as a magazine and another spare tongue bar. Andrew and I then spent the rest of the day generally arsing around. A good day, despite the fact I am vaguely panicking about my workload now. Tonight, since due to late rising I will be going to bed late, I plan to at least do the additional reading and tomorrow and Friday day will contain something in the way of Real Revision.

*wibbles*

We have new mugs. This makes me happy, as they are rather cool and studenty, and unless I find better ones I may nick them in September. I've started to mentally assemble a list to Stuff To Steal - right now it includes the grater, at least one breadboard and a casserole dish. Fingers crossed, El Parento won't notice until I've crossed the border...

Anyway. I have nothing else of interest to post, although I do have Colleen Show fanfiction... *is tantalising* Appalling piece, to be enitrely honest, but there's nothing else to compare it to. So NYEH.

~Hathy_Col~

Comments

[spacellama.livejournal.com]

Your bit on the OSA fracas is a model of understated diplomacy.

Earthquake relief... I've already donated this morning and may send more after I check with the hubby (to see if he sent something separatly). How is it that these horrific things happen most often to the folks who can least deal with it?

[hathy-col.livejournal.com]

Understated diplomacy? Gosh. I am rarely told that - normally I argue and shout and rant. But this is something that is delicate, that affects people and things that matter. More importantly, you can't see my face or hear the tone of my voice - things get confused, arguments grow, Splooge goes nasty. Hence my generic Switzerland approach. Or the Ostrich approach - ignore it and it will Go Away.


The Asiain Quake continues to horrify me. I have a friend who left Sri Lanka about a day before it happened, and this scares me immensely. As I said, will give what I can, because I have it and I should do. I'd be a pretty crap humanitarian if I didn't.

[kittyc1978.livejournal.com]

It may be understated, but your position is well recieved. Love to you I would be nutral if I could.

[balthaser.livejournal.com]

I want to read the Colleen show fanfic!!!

[elfnut.livejournal.com]

I've been reading different takes on the OSA matter in spite of my shrink's advice of letting the matter GO.

Your approach, as well as Miriel's, Viv's and many others make me feel better, as I see that not only do people think that there are times to raise the flag and attack and other to lay down and see past through things.

Thank you for your insight,
Elf

P.s.: Your card arrived!!! Thank you!!!

[me-and.livejournal.com]

Seconded.

[hathy-col.livejournal.com]

*huggles*

[hathy-col.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Us neutrals nee to stick together. *grins* No, I'm joking. I'm obviously not going through the same things as you, but we do share the feelings that this is all just horrible and nasty and bleurgh. I want it to end.

And the card finally arrived?! I sent it ages ago!