Did the Russ/Janel babies shower yesterday. Turned out very well. Met some great folks with the exception of one rather unstable chick who I’ll refer to as The Martyr. The Martyr appears to be a broke ass hippy who volunteers all over the place but apparently doesn’t have the time to earn money. You know you’re in trouble when they start off “I do lots of service volunteering like NPR, DragonCon and…” DragonCon? DragonCon is NOT a service!! It’s a stupid convention!! And it just gets worse from there.
I, of course, can’t resist harassing a hippy, so I point out that DragonCon is NOT a service and furthermore the volunteers are rude and ineffectual. I thought she was gonna throw a temper tantrum! She hops up and says “Well, those are my friends you are talking about!!” and stomps into the house. I look over to Caroline and we both mouth “martyr” to each other. She came back out with Janel and tried to sound logical but she had already shown her hand (and ass, I might add) so I didn’t listen to anything else she said.
Here’s the ranty part:
Gods, I hate hippies who feel so self righteous about the fact that they spend all their time volunteering for us unenlightened employed folk. Who do they think supports NPR, anyway? Broke ass hippies? I think not. Try white collar folks with jobs and discretionary income who DONATE MONEY to keep NPR running so the hippies can have a volunteer position to make themselves feel important. I think it’s a psychological problem when people need so much to feel important that they’ll do volunteer work as a full time job just to feel gratified and or validated. This psychological need to feel important is illustrated perfectly by the legion of Con Slaves who work 20+ hours for a $80 badge just to get to carry a Con radio and shout at attendees. Ooo, the power!! These people need to find their own passion, get a job and find satisfaction in themselves and their little corner of the universe. No amount of outside validation will ever ever feel as good as knowing you are doing what you should be doing, paying your bills and are contributing to society. Couch surfing and being un/underemployed is not really contributing, it’s depending on the success of others to pay your way. Paying your own way is extremely rewarding aside from just money in your pocket. It’s also rewarding that you can support the arts, your favourite charities, etc. and make a discernible difference. I know because that’s precisely what I do. END RANT
Yes, volunteer, but more importantly donate $$ to your favourite causes. That is what will help the most. Ask anyone at NPR. As for DragonCon, your badge payment is a donation – but only to their bank account. DragonCon is a FOR profit event, not NON profit. Apparently some people don’t understand the difference.
Don’t get me wrong, I liked everyone at the party other than The Martyr. Janel is surrounded by hippies fer sure, but they are mostly the funny laid back hippies not the I’m gonna beat you with my holier than thou hippiedom hippies. I know I’ll never fit in with the hippy set completely and that’s fine with me. I think the hippy to non-hippy ratio is about equal and I’m certain we can take them in a fair fight. Heh! :-D
Once the party cleared out and it was just the core group we had a ton of fun and conversation about real stuff. It was awesome to have Caroline out with the adults. Welcome back! :-)
Today is about cleaning up around here and getting some of the clutter organised. This place gets cluttery faster than a speeding bullet. ::sigh::
On another note, we have decided to build a studio. My brother is actually stepping up and helping with this project, too. Miracle! The current plan is a 12×14 studio with attic storage. It will have climate control, phone, ethernet for internet access and many outlets. We’re so excited – we just can’t hide it. We’re about to lose control and we think we like it…Â
Uh. Well, on that tangent, I’ll sign off before another bad 80s song pops into this post!