She's right. In high school I was actually told by a girl that she hated me because I was "so happy all the time". I don't know if she was jealous or what but my near constant good mood irritated her.
I also remember a few people asking me if I was on drugs because according to them it wasn't normal for someone to be so happy all the time.
@lola_in_the_dark: I have a friend who is happy and positive all the time... she is pretty much my polar opposite, but you just can't help but love her!
@lola_in_the_dark: What is wrong with those people?
I don't like "perky", I think it's excessively aggressive - like those cheerleaders who try to *force* you to go to the pep rally.
But if you're just smiling to yourself and going about your own business ... grrr.
I am generally a happy person, but that's because I recognize how freaking great my life is, and I pretty much exist in a perpetual state of gratitude as a result. Of course, this mindset was only achieved after ten years of numbing situational depression, so make of that what you will...
Oh, God, I bet I know some people who went to this.
So many of my friends in the US are animal rights activists, but for some reason, I find Israeli ones super annoying. It's like their advocacy approach is stuck in the '70s.
I've just been reading about a woman who was a pioneering veterninary surgeon whose research improved the lives of huge numbers of animals, but who was driven out of house and home by animal liberation protestors in her old age. So I'm not feeling so much love for the tattoo, although this ritual doesn't sound like much fun for chickens.
@Hiroine Protagonist: Under Rabbinical Law, Jews were not permitted to have tattoos, which was one of the reasons the Nazis placed tattooed numbers on concentration camp prisoners. So by wearing such a prominent tattoo in Jerusalem, the Israeli activist is being particularly provocative
Is it really considered abuse to swing the chicken? From what I read yesterday it sounded like they pass the chicken over the noggin and that's it. Are they upset that the chicken is eaten afterward?
@GirlFailer: If they're performing the traditional Kapparot ritual, the chicken (rooster for men, hen for women) is slaughtered and its meat given to the poor after your sins are passed into it.
@scarletsidhe: So basically, it's no different than the way any other chicken that is used for it's meat is killed. Other than quick pass over the head, I mean. I suppose you have to pick your battles as an animal liberation member.
I'm not even an animal rights person, but I can never help swooning over some badass who believes in the liberation of anything so much she tattoos it on her arm. While wearing Sophia Loren eyeliener. And possibly acrylic nails.
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I also remember a few people asking me if I was on drugs because according to them it wasn't normal for someone to be so happy all the time.
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I don't like "perky", I think it's excessively aggressive - like those cheerleaders who try to *force* you to go to the pep rally.
But if you're just smiling to yourself and going about your own business ... grrr.
(Yes, of course I recognize the irony.)
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I am generally a happy person, but that's because I recognize how freaking great my life is, and I pretty much exist in a perpetual state of gratitude as a result. Of course, this mindset was only achieved after ten years of numbing situational depression, so make of that what you will...
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So many of my friends in the US are animal rights activists, but for some reason, I find Israeli ones super annoying. It's like their advocacy approach is stuck in the '70s.
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I know, world changing.
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It's just funny because I don't find the "animal liberation" aspect to be the problem per se, as much as the militant fanaticism that it implies.
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