Mistletoe killing an oak

[sovay]

I went to bed last night wanting to wake up to something good, like an adolescence for my godchild and my niece and and an old age for my parents that I did not have to fight so hard for. I am so tired of the sensation of history wrenching itself awry which I have experienced since my very first chance to vote. I wanted even a narrow margin of proof that a necessary body of my fellow citizens would choose the chance of amending the future over the pleasure of burning it down and I have no patience for the hot takes already proliferating about how no other choice was ever possible in America, which rather seems to let those who open-eyed chose hatred off the hook. I am off to contest a parking ticket, since none of the petty impediments of life have had the decency to evaporate in the face of the wall of the void. I can't believe I have to keep staying alive out of spite.

Comments

[hawkwing_lb]

I am glad the world has you in it. Strength go with you and your spite.

[sovay]

I am glad the world has you in it. Strength go with you and your spite.

*hugs*

[aurumcalendula]

Same here *hugs*

[sovay]

Same here

*hugs*

[troisoiseaux]

*hugs*

[sovay]

*hugs*

*hugs*

[kaffy_r]

Beat the ticket. And strength to you and yours. This is ... nah, can't say it yet. So I'll just repeat, strength to you and yours.

[sovay]

Beat the ticket. And strength to you and yours. This is ... nah, can't say it yet. So I'll just repeat, strength to you and yours.

*hugs*

I have to show back up for the ticket tomorrow, so I will show back up for the ticket tomorrow. I am not at this moment feeling especially compliant.

[a_reasonable_man]

*Hugs*. We must stand together and support one another.

[sovay]

We must stand together and support one another.

*hugs*

[theseatheseatheopensea]

I can't believe I have to keep staying alive out of spite.

I know how that feels, and it's awful, and it's so hard, but I'm glad you're still here. I was just saying to another friend that the world is a shitshow all over, but it *has* to count for something that we still have each other--and it may sound lame, but it's the last thing they can take from us. (I always think of Víctor Jara: la estrella de la esperanza continuará siendo nuestra.) All the hugs <3 <3 <3

[adore]

it may sound lame, but it's the last thing they can take from us.

That's not lame at all. It's heartening. <3

[sovay]

that we still have each other--and it may sound lame, but it's the last thing they can take from us. (I always think of Víctor Jara: la estrella de la esperanza continuará siendo nuestra.) All the hugs

There's nothing lame about it. It's important. So is that star.

*hugs*

[minoanmiss]

Well and truly said.

(inchoate angry noise)

[sovay]

(inchoate angry noise)

*hugs*

[selkie]

Glad unto the limits of my heart and my blubber to have you with us on the spite bus, though.

To mix vehiculars, it seems as if we just have to burn the fuckers to the waterline and eat the undrowned.

[sovay]

Glad unto the limits of my heart and my blubber to have you with us on the spite bus, though.

!אויף צו להכעיס אויף אייביק

To mix vehiculars, it seems as if we just have to burn the fuckers to the waterline and eat the undrowned.

Nothing to plunder, hole 'em and go.

*hugs*

[gwynnega]

Staying alive out of spite is where I am right now, too.

::hugs::

[sovay]

Staying alive out of spite is where I am right now, too.

There should be enough to power all of us, but man, I wanted to use some other fuel.

*hugs*

[thomasyan]

I'm relieved the results are not close. I don't know and have no wish to know how bad it would have gotten if the election were contested.

Also, I like to think that a lot of voters (in their head) were not choosing hate (even if that is the actual result), but complaining about past inflation: news articles say incumbents in lots of countries lost due to such sentiments. Not much comfort, but gives me some hope many of those voters are not a lost cause

[sovay]

I'm relieved the results are not close. I don't know and have no wish to know how bad it would have gotten if the election were contested.

I would rather have elected Harris and dealt with whatever came after. I would rather have the path forward.

I can't see how it was possible, this time around, not to know who and what they were voting for. He certainly told everyone often enough.

[thomasyan]

I can't see how it was possible, this time around, not to know who and what they were voting for. He certainly told everyone often enough

In my gut, I am with you, but with my mind I am unsure due to news coverage and also, from his first night in a phone bank, a coworker said

talked to an undecided voter in Nevada who said he's working two jobs and just hasn't had time to follow the election and make up his mind. I hadn't realized voters like that still existed! Anyway, going through the talking points provided by the campaign seemed effective, and by the end the call, he said he thought he would vote for Harris.

[asakiyume]

Wave yourself in their face for a good, good long time. (And I hope you got rid of the parking ticket)

Also, I hate this.

[sovay]

Wave yourself in their face for a good, good long time. (And I hope you got rid of the parking ticket)

It will take a return visit to deal with the parking ticket, so I'm returning tomorrow. I was ticketed while parked on the correct side of the street and I'm not letting it go.

Also, I hate this.

It's loathsome.

*hugs*

[kindkit]

I want to live long enough to dance on that motherfucker's grave.

[sovay]

I want to live long enough to dance on that motherfucker's grave.

I'll sing for you while you do.

[nineweaving]

*hugs*

Nine

[sovay]

*hugs*

*hugs*

[alexxkay]

Someone on Bluesky quoted Sigrid Ellis, from a Wiscon panel on disability:

"Joy is the best reason to work for a better world, but if joy is inaccessible to you right now, spite will do."

[sovay]

"Joy is the best reason to work for a better world, but if joy is inaccessible to you right now, spite will do."

I just thought joy would make a nice change.

[kathmandu]

I feel like we got jinked onto the wrong timeline. AGAIN. I really did not think this would go this way.

[sovay]

I feel like we got jinked onto the wrong timeline. AGAIN. I really did not think this would go this way.

I was not expecting Harris to win by a landslide, but I was a lot more prepared for a close Harris victory, civil unrest or no, than for this map bleeding out.

[labingi]

One day at a time. Wishing you strength.

[sovay]

One day at a time. Wishing you strength.

Likewise.

[julian]

I have to pay my ticket, because they have me dead to rights. (Hadn't gotten my car inspected. Which is what *I* did this morning.) (But they pulled me over on the *4th*, for gossakes. That's early!)

But, anyway. *hugs* to you and your spite.

[sovay]

I have to pay my ticket, because they have me dead to rights. (Hadn't gotten my car inspected. Which is what *I* did this morning.) (But they pulled me over on the *4th*, for gossakes. That's early!)

That is early! The spirit if not the letter of cheating. My condolences.

But, anyway. *hugs* to you and your spite.

*hugs* to you and yours.

[ashlyme]

I stand with you. Distance be damned. I stand with you. Stay alive. I'm glad you're here. Sending love.

[sovay]

I stand with you. Distance be damned. I stand with you. Stay alive. I'm glad you're here. Sending love.

*hugs*

Love. You stay here, too.

[ashlyme]

I'll stick around. Promise.

[kate_nepveu]

I'm glad you'll keep living though of course I wish it were for more joyful reasons and hope you will be able to add some such soon.

[sovay]

I'm glad you'll keep living though of course I wish it were for more joyful reasons and hope you will be able to add some such soon.

It becomes so much harder when I can't use the gap between me and the world as evidence that it's just me.