Saturday, April 9, 2011

It's a big world


It's a big world. That's my mantra of choice sometimes, particularly when I see billboards like the one above all over town. That sort of thing usually doesn't show up in the streets of Los Angeles, aside from the random corner of Wilshire Blvd. with dull-eyed picketers calling out to the flip-flops that God is coming to wreak revenge on your sinful soul. I crossed Wilshire Blvd. one afternoon with my son Oliver who wondered why and what these people were talking about. They look hungry to me, is all I said to my son. I don't think they really know what they're talking about. I used to ride the bus to work in New York City from the Upper West Side through Times Square and on to Grand Central where I was the assistant pastry chef at a giant hotel. There was a man standing on a crate for what seemed like years in Times Square (before the Disneyification of the area), and he shouted about the lord and Jesus so loudly that you could hear it through the bus windows, over the honking horns. It's a big world, is what I thought, and I thought that, too, when I read about people who like to dress up like stuffed animals and hold conventions and walk around in their costumes and call themselves Plushies. I attended a healthcare conference once in Orlando and had lunch in a hotel that was hosting an international Plushie convention, so I know what I'm talking about. It's a big world, and you can't make that shit up. If Jesus is coming on May 21st, I hope he deals with stuff like THIS in Florida but somehow I don't think he will. It's a big world.

24 comments:

  1. It's a big CRAZY world. Should I make plans for May 21?

    Best,
    Bonnie

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  2. At least that billboard looks nice. We have one in our town that's bright yellow and says in huge black letters "REPENT NOW! JUDGEMENT DAY IS MAY 21ST!" I think it's just going to cause mass hysteria.

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  3. So sad to read what is happening in Florida -the cuts to programs for the disabled. Maybe part of the problem is the "price culture" that seems so prevalent in our society today. The value of a person, or an action, is determined on the sole basis of their monetary value. I am not a person prone to bemoaning the good old days; I think our society has made progress in so many areas - women's rights, civil rights, etc. But it seems like there has been an consistent erosion of our culture's compassionate economy - the value we put on acts of simple caring.

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  4. Better make sure my crap is on order by then and by the looks of it,I am in serious trouble.


    Been thinking of you all morning.Not sure why.Must be the pox thing.I have been praying and willing it away from Sophie.Hoping it helps.Can't hurt.

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  5. I saw my first one of those billboards yesterday. I've already made plans to steal my neigbor's giant television and to loot Costco then settle in since my work an obviously Christian company since we get all those days off for Christmas will be no more.
    xoxox

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  6. Damn, May 21st? Guess I'm a short timer then.

    xoxoxo

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  7. whew , good thing I've book my mom reunion for next week. I shall go and sin no more.

    and I like that it's a big world. except for the icky political stuff.

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  8. if Jesus was way cool, like the scriptures say, and he really could walk across the puddles in the sidewalks and not get his socks wet, turn flour into cocaine and meth into crack, I am sure he will give them the chance to make voluntary cuts in a Jesus Rational way.

    And when they don't and try cuts like the ones Richard Rick did, they more than likely are going to get very, very angry at Jr.

    but what can they do about? by than there will be two more governments overthrown, by the people, for the world, and the betterment of the firmament. 12.o magnatude on the richter scale proof. (than almost 24% more betterment)

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  9. Jesus better be careful if he returns on May 21st. It is likely he could end up at Gitmo. Especially if he started talking that crazy stuff about the least among us, how it's easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. And if he started after the Pharisees & the money changers, all the while looking like someone from the middle east, well I'm just saying......

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  10. May 21st doesn't work for me...I have an appointment about Bennett's Autism Scholarship, whether or not he gets to keep it. I'd much rather have God or Jesus or WHOEVER focusing on that.

    Hey you remember when you said 'And I would love one of your long hijack comments on my blog, so go for it, any time you want!'

    For some reason that got me thinking...I knew I almost did that once but could not remember why I didn't, but it was about some American Indian dude and a hotel. I started writing, it got really long, so I blopped out and started writing a blog about it.

    As a lot of blogs do, it got sidetracked and then lost in the shuffle of me trying to kill my son with drugs.

    Found it today while I was looking in my computer files for my insurance policy to find anything about ways I could possibly drive my car into a wall and still let my family collect the insurance.

    Not sure if it is even relevant anymore, but thought you might think it was cool that I actually did write one, I just never tweaked it, found the right pics, and finished it.

    Although this ALMOST counts as a hijacking.

    What were you talking about again?

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  11. I like that it's a big world, too.
    Sarah Palin will be raptured up on that date, right? And in the spirit of the big world theme, I'd like to hear about the American Indian dude and the hotel...

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  12. Oh, I do love these comments. The best.

    And, Jesus. Jesus H. Christ.

    There is one of the crazy billboards here, too. The aliens have them all over, obviously. Disturbing. So, I watch the road and texting drivers. Careful.

    They know not what they do.

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  13. The post that Blogzilly is referring to is here: http://elizabethaquino.blogspot.com/2009/06/flagstaff-part-2.html

    It's a big world and there's proof everywhere.

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  14. Woot Woot! Thanks for the Florida plug. Happy Birthday to me on May 21st and I hope Jesus does come to my party but like He said..."But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." So if He does come on May 21st it will be a surprise party for both of us to say the least...where did this May 21st jive originate anyway? One of my clients was telling me about this 2 weeks ago.

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  15. Well, all I can say is- I live in Florida and yes, Scott IS the anti-Christ.
    You have no idea how bad it is here now.

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  16. and silly blogger, ix nay on the surance inay. I don't think anybody ever made claims to be some sort of a saint (plus no claim was ever filed) I'd like to see God and his merry angels try to track down all the pieces of that car (and that dare was a bluff:if they really could pull it off the last thing I want to do is dig enough holes to fit all those angels in and that's assuming I can inflict spiritual death, but hey stranger things have happened when someone tells me I cannot do something)

    although I would much rather not, and just say I did

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  17. "If Jesus came back and saw what was being done in his name, he'd never stop throwing up."

    — Woody Allen (Annie Hall)

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  18. don't get me started on rick scott. it's awful. that's all.

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  19. Why does ogling participants at a Plushie convention in ORLANDO (please tell me it was 100 degrees) sound fun to me? As far as budget cuts go, you know my stance. Our country's finances are wildly out of control, and I don't feel like any one person can make an impact.

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  20. I'm glad we don't have those billboards .... It would scare my kids. Bet they don't think about that ........

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  21. Oh this is just what I need! May 21st is Jude's First Communion, and ALL of Jimmy's family is coming in from New York, as well as all his cousins from San Diego. And now JESUS is coming too?! I don't know where I'm going to fit all these people. Though actually, maybe Jesus could help me feed all these folks.

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  22. So I researched this May 21st jive ans it comes from an elderly minister who predicted Jesus was coming back a decade or so ago also. Of course he did not arrive so now we're on to another date. The man does not know his scriptures very well so it's an unfortunate waste of bill board space if you ask me. Think of all the wells he could have provided or the beans and rice....

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  23. Why May 21st? Am I missing something? And what is he expected to do?! I guess I am thankful I live in a rural area and in a town that prohibits billboards.

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