Friday the thirteenth

[fpb]

Was it an unlucky day? It was a very weird day. It was a day in which I found myself at the same time fighting against someone who found the idea of a forced marriage acceptable in Great Britain in 2005, and at the same time admonishing a homosexualist extremist. A day in which I found that the Pope, famous for being the watchdog of doctrine, had appointed as his successor one of the least qualified candidates in the Church. It was a day in which I found that one of the loveliest women in the world - that is, the woman who had been among the loveliest in the world - is suffering from bone cancer, and that chemotherapy has been devastating her looks; and that at the ripe old age of 39. But you cannot speak of an unlucky day, because the poor lady had known of her condition for years. What it has been is, an emotionally very charged day.

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[kikei.livejournal.com]

emotionally charged would be an understatement. It's funny... I've never held to the whole idea of Friday 13 being unlucky. I was even telling my dad that last night.

today... was a different story.

*headdesk*

-Kiks

[thepreciouss.livejournal.com]

I am terribly sorry about all of these things!

(I totally forgot it was Friday 13...the only suspicion I harber is the number 666)

(also, what's with appointing the dude from San Francisco?!!! In case you don't know, San Francisco is the armpit of America. The place is full of drag queens, heroin addicts, homeless who defecate on the streets because they can, and married homosexuals who would bite your arm off if you said anything against them.)

[goreism.livejournal.com]

I beg to differ. ;-) In terms of culture, greenery, weather, oddity and sheer variety, I don't think you can really beat SF. It's not everywhere in this country where you can have authentic mì quảng for lunch, go next door to score some Wáng Fēi albums and have dessert at an authentic Russian pastry shop.... It's the place to be for those of us who like spending our time on the MUNI guessing what language the couple sitting opposite are speaking.

Of course, I might just say this 'cause I'm from Berkeley, across the bay. We consider places like Denver, Salt Lake City or Montgomery to be the armpits of America—a country deformed enough to have three.

[thepreciouss.livejournal.com]

Perhaps I was too hard on SF. After all, it is a beautiful city and there are a ton of things to do.

Plus, it's a hell of a lot better than Detroit.

My favorite U.S. city is Chicago. :)

[fpb.livejournal.com]

It may interest you that it also has some singularly clear-headed and courageous members of our Church: http://www.sffaith.com/

[fpb.livejournal.com]

I know. Possibly it is a matter of removing him from a position in which he has been notably ineffective - you know, upwards and outwards. And possibly the Pope has nominated this famously ineffective individual just because he intends to keep ultimate control of his old Congregation himself. At least, that is the only way that makes a little sense.