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#idk if this is just an american suburbs problem or a MY american suburbs problem but like
fantasiavii · 1 year
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I just think if you have to remove a tree from your yard out of necessity (root rot/irreparable storm damage/etc) you should plant another tree
And I just think that if you have a tree the last thing you should do is cut off all the branches until all that remains are ugly leafless stumps
And I just think if you have a tree you should actually take care of the tree
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thoughts on beach89? photos, themes and titles of vault tracks?
ohhhhhh i LOVE this question i think
this post by @sayitslove and this post by @taylortruther are beautifully done and worth a read!
anyways now the photos -> i think they are appropriate as to what the vaults may sound like! the 'tip toeing' one and 'ballerina' gives me very very heavy mirrorball vibes when no one is around, my dear you'll find me on my tallest tiptoes// i'm still on that tightrope i'm still trying everything to get you laughing at me,,, i also think in hindsight 1989 as an album + era was very mirrorball in itself (getting more and more slut-shamed because she was gaining a lot of fame, trying a new genre especially when tons of people wanted to fail including her label being label discouraging and country people especially men perceiving her as a threat, she was as a girlie in her 20s was going through refer to her billboard speech 'you think i am dating to much? okay here is an album about friendship. you think that my music boring and repetitive? okay here is an entire shit of genre' etc etc).
the screaming one -> just the last american dynasty vibes all the way and miss americana and the heartbreak prince although it can be argued that they are very interchangeable songs! i mean she was portrayed as 'an evil woman' who never apologises holds a grudge is and a 'man hater' and writes about her relationships only. so it is so fitting for 1989.
the ice cream one -> is actually my favourite cause it perfectly meshes the suburban or beach and the city which means that she is embracing both sides. this edit by @hits-differently is so telling! given that they all (public during 1989) are calling her a 'slut!' yet she is so unbothered.
the vault tracks
'slut!' -> as i have been saying that i have a feeling that new romantics is going to transition into slut (production-wise) and it would cover all the 'rumours' as mentioned about in new romantics,, i personally think it would be very 1989 as we know it because the core theme of og has always been addressing the wild accusation and just beating the narrative made by the public. i think this edit by @dancingwiththecoven explains it well,, almost as if taylor is acknowledging a word that was used against her and giving it a new meaning.
say dont go -> i am assuming it to have the themes of all you had to do was stay and how you get the girl! i think it is going to be how the story is over but she is still rooting for the two of them. i know this not going to happen but i would love to see first taylor repeating dont go dont go in a pleading voice with a phone call effect on it and then a choir joining it until it is just her again saying that again and again in a high pitched voice and then suddenly it stops (like the calling being cancelled)
now that we dont talk- this like lowkey throwing me off because it feels like a sad song but i have a feeling that she might be a bop with sad lyrics yes but with out of pocket lyrics as well. something like now that we dont talk i have clinging onto your best friend lips every night or something idk!
is it over now-> again feels like a sad song may not but seem like a letter being addressed to the fire situation where she writes a long ass message but deletes it. might go on a limb and say we might get an electric guitar on this.
suburban legends -> i am actually very very excited for this! i do see this as a sad bop honestly as i was saying to @alwaysleadstoyou a month before it gives me the vibes of astronomy by conan gray. defo see it as two lovers who grew apart, although they didn't want to and although they were so talked about and everyone's favourite couple in the suburb (re champagne problems) they moved on but no one else did. lyrics seems like cowboy like me and dorothea,,, production false god.
now the transition from city to beach is a controversial one; i almost dont care. i understand how the beach is more suitable for the 'new taylor' as growth, and understand that the beach makes more sense now that she is older and wiser(especially with out of the woods mv i.e., meeting herself on the beach she is finally clean etc etc). while i understand that others would want the bustling noisy city as she is re-recording NOT making a new record! and the opener does start with welcome to new york.
i just think that she moved to the beach because the vaults match the vibe more with it and just rolled with that. also, i cannot find my post before 1989tv was announced cause of tumblr system but i think it sums this up perfectly she can go anywhere she wants just not home because she left a part of her back in new york to a house, not a home, all alone 'cause nobody's there
[sorry for the very late reply nonie! but i was invested!]
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sems-diarie · 3 years
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something ab the way marsha likes cassie but hates maddy feels racially motivated 😑 also the way nate views maddy and cassie differently feels racially motivated as well. like he sees cas as this amazing dream girl but sees maddy who is a woc as the problem and that she’s crazy as if he hasn’t pushed her to that point. i feel like they made maddy the whole “spicy latina” stereotype whereas in nates dream cas is the all american, traditional housewife. now idk whether this was done purposely bc i honestly don’t think sam levinson is that smart to make the storyline out to be that way w how much he’s fucked up some of the characters this season💀 (*cough* kat *cough*) . and how he treats the black characters like mckay and rue at times feels tone deaf so i’m not really sure he understands how these dynamics can come into play as a white man. but this definitely does happen irl where white men see and use woc as like an adventure or escapade but will ultimately settle down w a white woman in the end. and their families, in this case marsha, encourage them to be w the white woman as well .
when i tell you i felt this bar for bar. it has to be intentional but i truly don’t know if sam levinson is… not experienced enough—but i don’t know if he has the expertise it would take to draw those parallels between maddy and cassie. especially considering what happened with mckay’s trauma, and how they made that all about cassie, as well (then just fucking removing him off the whole fucking show) but if it’s not intentional then that would be too fucking ironic because the narrative surrounding women of color—
actually, no. it might not be sam, but the writers of euphoria are definitely doing this intentionally. cassie isn’t just trying to take nathan away from maddy—look at cassie’s new look in the episode preview. she’s trying to become maddy. how many white girls do we know that imitate woc to seem more excitable or appealing to the white man 😭
like hello? ofc marsha doesn’t like maddy. marsha is a white woman from the suburbs who probably felt in competition with girls like maddy because woc are treated as fetishes rather than actual human beings 😭 either that or she was the kind of white girl who’s never been exposed to minorities (because she’s never had to be) and is uncomfortable with that.
someone also brought it to my attention that she could just be a closeted racist. which actually makes me sick 2 think ab 😭 she had me giggling in this last episode ☹️ now i gotta take my laughs back
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arianajbb · 4 years
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💕 stay by @you-are-my-sanctuary
A road trip to Arizona goes wrong when you catch the attention of a familiar looking dark haired man with steely blue eyes.
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💕 Tell Him, Not Me by @zsiopao
here y/n l/n lands a role in a new television series that will put her relationship to the test.
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💕Stalker by @you-are-my-sanctuary
In which Bucky has a crush on the new PR manager and is being an adorable stalker.
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💕 What Could’ve Been by @you-are-my-sanctuary
Steve stays in the past when returning the stones, leaving you behind and erasing everything you two were to each other. Decades pass and he wonders if he made the right decision. Especially since the memories of you still lingers in his mind years after.
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💕  Let Your Spirit Fly by @starlightcrystalline
At the end of a long week, all you want is to get home. Fate has other ideas.
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💕 painted with bruises by @harryspet
In which Bucky kidnaps you in order to get close to his enemy, Steve, but realizes that Steve isn’t the hero he used to be.
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💕 Wolf, Partner, Gloves... by @revengingbarnes
HYDRA’s words make Bucky go into Winter Soldier mode. Then he meets you, and you make for him words that will bring him back to normal.
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💕 Sleeping With A Friend by @wkemeup
You wake up in Bucky’s bed after a night you’re certain will only break your heart.
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💕 An Unpredictable Reunion by @head-always-up-in-a-dreamworld
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💕 American Boy by @quarantined-with-bucky
Request: So basically buckyxreader where she is a super successful businesswomen and awfully confident but when she’s with bucky she feels insecure as many women want him and she’s insecure of nat. Based on “American Boy” by little mix where bucky is her american boy and the other girl in the song is nat. So like angst with a happy ending (maybe smut if you’re comfortable idk idk).
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💕 Uptown Girl by @brooklyns-boys
You’re a spoiled, shallow party girl who enjoys pushing any button you can find. When your parents put their foot down, giving you the choice between marrying a suitor of their choosing, or being cut off from your money, you’ll have to decide between luxury and the only person who’s ever given a damn about you.
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💕 pictures of girls by @subtlebucky
you’re prepared for a fun-filled weekend with a friend you haven’t seen in a while. instead, you get a weekend with the guy who sort of rejected you and a camera. what could go wrong?
💕 don’t forget to sing by @sunmoonandbucky
You meet someone new in the most unlikely of ways during the quarantine in New York City.  An alley is six feet apart, right?
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💕 bloody by @buckycuddlebuddy
he looked feral; his eyes black, face contorted in something devilish, lips blood red and shiny and the smirk on his face was promising more than he already had given.
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💕 Home by @softlybarnes
Bucky comes home from his second tour overseas, after a long time away from the reader.
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💕 Kiss Me Better by @blissfullylostinarabbithole
Bucky has your heart, but he seems to despise you. Loki comes up with a plan to make him realize just what he’s missing.
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💕 x by @blissfullylostinarabbithole
Bucky receiving his first piece of fan-mail.
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💕 My Roommate’s Boyfriend by @angstysebfan
Your roommate’s boyfriend and you do not get along. You don’t even know why anymore. When your roommate has to move unexpectedly across the country, you both begrudgingly drive her car to her new home. Adventure, angst, and secrets come alive.
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💕 life with tiny and beefy by @wiensrsoldier
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💕 Safe Place To Land by @sunlightdances
You and Bucky are both standing up for Steve and Peggy’s wedding. Checking in at the hotel for the weekend, you’re horrified to realize there’s been a problem. A big problem.
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💕 A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes by @green-eyeddragonfanfiction
Female!Reader is an Omega. Alphas and Omegas are rare, and Reader’s been able to avoid alphas through sheer force of will and luck in equal parts.
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💕 we’re up all night to get lucky by  @nsfwsebbie
Your soldier comes home after his prevailing victory.
💕 Jealousy Looks Good On You by @tinymalscoffee
You go to your favorite coffee shop after your date from the morning before never shows up.
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💕 x by @sinner-as-saint
uni!seb having a thing for boobies.
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💕 Everything by @mariessecretfantasies
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💕 Stardust And Starfish by @i-am-a-closet-fanfic-fiend
“Hey we kissed once in kindergarten but I haven’t seen you since and I couldn’t remember why you were so familiar.”
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💕 The Flaw Of Belief by @winterdaybreak
Y/N and Bucky fight over who can be more spiteful, who hates who more. Neither really mean it, but Bucky might just win.
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💕 dear... whoever by @whistlingwillows
a mandated series of long and short diary entries from the new head of R&D for Stark Industries.
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💕 starring role by @baezen
in which Hollywood’s former hottest movie star faces his biggest challenge yet – proving that he’s still worth the starring role
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💕 Mr. and Mrs. Barnes by @cherrypickertheory
You and your husband, Bucky, live a normal life in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. Or you did, that is, until you both realize that the other is a spy.
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💕 kitten by @buckycuddlebuddy
“you know,” bucky started, voice low and raspy. “i think i have spoiled you too much lately.”
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💕 Summer Days by @sleepypanda27
You meet a handsome stranger at the beach.
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💕 Power Over Me by @sinner-as-saint
CEO James Buchanan Barnes is a dominant. And he’s spent the last 5 years searching for his perfect submissive. Then one night, he finds you. He thinks everything will fall perfectly into place now; but he thought wrong. Turns out your unfortunate past which still haunts you to this day, and some of his enemies are, well, connected. Things go wrong. And your bond with your dom is tested in many ways…
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💕 Bucky & the Beast by @thejamesoldier
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💕 House Pride by @delusionalwriterr
After encountering Bucky during a Quidditch game, both of you grow attached to each other. But is the attraction enough to overcome the disapproval of your brother, Tony, and the messy past between your families?
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💕 Meet Me In The Hallway by @yikeswtfmate
Y/N and Bucky have hated each other since they were children and now they’re forced to live together, whether they like it or not.
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💕 Postcards by @sebbytrash
Takes place after Civil War. Bucky is your best friend but of course you’re in love with him. He goes off to travel the world and rediscover himself, sending you Postcards along the way, whilst you struggle with your feelings.
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💕 x by @moteldwelling
(this isn’t a fic but it’s amazing omg)
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💕 Helpless by @prongsies
Sirius loved you. Loved you enough to let you go. Loved you enough to selflessly step back, allowing you to love someone he knows could give you the love you deserved - even if it hurts.
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💕 What Is, And What Should Never Be by @whoisbxcky
You wake up one morning to find yourself in an alternate reality, in which the Avengers never came to be, and your friends are living perfect civilian lives. However, things are not all they appear to be, and you find yourself facing the worst fear you never knew you had.
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💕 Impaled by @revengingbarnes
You’ve been pining after Bucky for months. A compromising situation during a mission brings you a lot closer to him than you expected.
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💕 Helpless For You by @sgtjbuccky
A blind date has lead you and Bucky to the fourth date. Each one proving that you’ve got it bad more than prior and it doesn’t quite matter what will happen - you will keep on falling for that handsome devil and you don’t even mind.
💕 Flowers by @bucky-the-thigh-slayer
Love can take a while, but the right love is always worth time, and some old fashioned gestures.
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💕 The (not naked) pin-up calendar by @bitsandbobsandstuff
When you ask for a favor, Bucky (very) grudgingly agrees. What can you do to thank him? Return the favor, of course.
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💕 Rogue Angel by @harryspet
Bucky tasks himself with deprogramming you, a former hydra soldier. Will he be able to show he cares for you as his Daddy or will your training stop you from seeing the truth.
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💕 Saving The Day by @jbbmoved
On your way back home, you are being followed by a couple of creeps. When your eyes fall on the most impressive and handsome Avengers, you don’t think twice and find yourself a fake boyfriend and savior.
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💕 Hidden Lagoons and Seashells by @after-avenging-hours
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💕 my heart, my angel by @paintedface
valentine’s day candy grams basically show how popular you are in the school, so you expect to get none, however, one, extremely sweet one, turns up on your desk. except you have no clue who it’s from.
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💕 Like Silver Glass by @thejamesoldier
Out of all the things you have seen so far in your life – a colorful plethora of alien species, artificial intelligence, an imaginative array of mutants and their abilities, cyborgs, superhumans, assassins, geniuses, etc. – merpeople fell actually pretty low on your ‘Shocking Things That Exist’ list.
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💕 Holiday Heist by @avengerofyourheart
When the art gallery you manage is robbed on Christmas Eve, you suspect the handsome stranger who flirted with you earlier in the day, but instead of involving the authorities, you take matters into your own hands with surprising consequences.
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just a little something  i want to get off my mind
my biggest problem with the sims 4 if i am gonna be honest is not the lack of content / lazy concepts etc.. thou that does contribute to my boredom of it but the biggest factor is that its an American suburbia utopia simulation and i cannot relate to it ...
and as a person who has grown in big ass packed cities all their lives i have never seen or even been near suburbs,  i like see them in the American movies and that's it, even when they try to branch out and make desert looking worlds its still so far from anything i know and my country is in the middle of the fucking Sahara desert
  its really hard for me to play in a world i have never seen, or build houses in the “ blue suburban” style as lilsimsie would call it cause its a very specific experience to American people and they don't realize that its not the norm and that that is not what everyone else sees as their utopia... in my humble opinion to think that the American suburbia is the norm for everything and is a shared experience is a sort of privilege that you guys dont even know you have,,,
and what saddens me even more is that i just know that if they tried to make a world based on my side of the world it would be the stereotype and not what it really is like, how they made world adventures in the sims 3 ( i was fucking gutted to see what they had for Egypt in that pack after alot of people recommended i get it ) 
i want them to represent me with a world like ridgeport from the sims 3 but with hot weather and the pyramids in the background and maybe some street sellers and a museum because that would literally be the city of Cairo and Alexandria ! it would actually be the utopia version of Cairo and i would be over the moon if they considered this instead of the usual “ lets pillage their history and make fun of their dead ancestors for fun and also disregard their cities and make them live in tents like they did 1000 years ago“ 
because fun fact the mummies are not cursed they are our great great great great grandparents(yes 99% of Egyptians have direct ancestry to those same mummies you gawk at in your museums)  
  and even 7000+ years ago we had cities and people lived in houses and apartment like small buildings that still exist to date we never lived in tents
 and our relics were never treasures for you to claim as your own for fun  .... 
maybe if they did that i would feel more inclined to like the game rather than try to like something i have never seen before and i do not want to even get to selvadorada and how they made it because i am sure you can replace the word Egypt in this post with any south American country and it would still be true  .... idk sorry for the long rant i dont even know where am i going with this but i just needed to get this off my chest..
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omgokiguess · 3 years
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So many people ask me if I miss Chicago. Of course I miss Chicago!!!!! I had it fucking perfect there!!!! Of course I miss it!!!!! Like how dare you even ask!? I'll always miss 2019 Chicago!!!!! Like I was the luckiest girl in the world..... I knew the whole city and the whole city loved me and I had everything any girl could ever want. But that was 2019. It will never ever be the same again. Whatever I loved in 2019 is gone. So far gone. And it isn't coming back. So do I miss it? Yes of course. But whatever I miss is just gone. It's pointless to ask me if I miss it because it's not something I could possibly get back. It's dead and gone. I might go back to the suburbs but that city itself is dead to me. And realistically, if I didn't meet my husband and move to Florida, I'd be dead and gone too. Chicago did me so good until it did me straight dirty. The whole city lost its way overnight. It's not like when I lived there that it was good, it was horrible lol, but everybody living there looked out for each other and was real and loved their neighbors. It isn't like that anymore, now all neighbors think of each other as virus vessels. I refuse to think of anybody like that, always have always will.
I hope that all the people that came to my wedding from the north took away one thing, just one thing, and that it was this virus will only take away your life if you allow it to. Chicago forcibly took my life but I took it back full tilt boogey.
This stupid virus, whether it seemed like it to any attendees or not, was a huge part of my wedding, maybe not the event but definitely planning it. I put right on the invite, well I put it nicely but I put "we don't want any masks in our pictures" and so many people came at me with questions and I was like LOOK. that was my nice way of putting it. A photographer is going to be there the whole time. If you feel like you need to wear a mask literally no hard feelings at all but maybe you just shouldn't come to Florida. It was a lot of hard conversations, and many with his side whom I had never met.
Idk I want to conclude this nicely but I can't even. I thought we were all Americans and this is the land of the free. Get off my back because I'm not on yours. Florida is the place to be and I'm so glad I had us move here.
God bless our souls but in the next 6 weeks we are going to Vegas, San Diego, and NE Pennsylvania and the only place I will wear a mask is getting on and off the plane. I don't even wear it on the plane. I take it off and put my head on the tray table. If you're so scared of covid maybe don't get on a plane, but it really isn't my problem. I'm not responsible for anyone else's health. As it has always been.
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bustedbernie · 5 years
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It’s not coddling developers. It’s a mix of encouraging developers to build more supply for families (and not just “hip singles”) and state sanctioned tax benefits and public housing. The current problems in the USA (and to an extent in Canada) are zoning and parking minimums which have largely made traditional developments not financially feasible. Walk around many older American cities and you will see courtyard apartments, quadplexes, duplexes, wallups, brownstones, or other forms of higher-density developments. In the USA, it has become so onerous to build that the only profitable ways to build are housing developments on the periphery (i.e. suburbia) or LARGE luxury properties inside cities. What we are missing is the framework to build what a lot of urbanists call “the missing middle.” In many American cities, the types of housing I just listed above have been either illegal or too expensive to get any return on investment on. So yeah, I see the criticism. In certain cities (especially LA, SF, DC and NYC) the development we do see is all luxury, large buildings. But why wouldn’t it be when everything else is untenable? This is the issue at hand. To make matters worse, there are neighborhoods in Los Angeles zoned for single-family home construction NEXT TO METRO STATIONS. That is unacceptable and elitist if ever there was a case. And look at where the Red Line terminates in North Hollywood! It’s a GIGANTIC parking lot in the middle of a city of 4million people. That could be converted into parks, housing, shops and workspaces for thousands of people. Instead its parking... Which also places a cap on the utility of having a metro station nearby, one of the most efficient and high-capacity ways of getting around we have in our toolbox.
Bulldozing neighborhoods? This is the problem in places like San Francisco where white liberals are more interested in “preserving the view of the bay” and “maintaining the character of the neighborhood” than they are of building more housing to accommodate folks that need homes. I agree, but the bulldozing of neighborhoods largely already happened during the freeway construction boom of the post-war period through the 90s. Some cities are smartly demolishing these freeways and restoring neighborhoods. In San Francisco, there have been proposals to redevelop industrial areas in the old harbor areas into housing districts. These too have been controversial for some of these reasons (THE VIEW OF THE BAY :’(  ) and it’s just... so silly! Very few live in these industrial areas, so now we throw in people who don’t even live in a largely useless area as it currently is preventing change because they take their tea on the porch and don’t wanna risk seeing different buildings in the distance? I can never grapple with this way of thinking when even the most inoffensive way of adding housing to our cities seems to get people up in arms. Maybe we are too used to our suburban way of life and are trying to replicate that in cities? idk. But we gotta find a way to change this mindset. 
There are also ways to radically increase density without “harming the character” or building giant skyscraper blocks. Many European and Asian cities demonstrate this. Paris is famous for its 19th century apartment blocks that essentially quadruple capacity of a city block and create the situation that Paris intra-muros is about as dense as Manhattan, while only having a few skyscrapers at all. 
To further my point, I will again point to France, which is the only capitalist country that kept up housing pace against communist peer nations in the post-war while also continuing to add housing in urban centers. Of course, France has a ton of problems, particularly in the Paris suburbs, but those are slowly being addressed. Paris is currently adding 60,000-80,000 new units of housing per year with the Grand Paris project. Many of these units are built by private developers, and many are subsidized or built directly by the state. In addition, the state is funding the construction of over 200km of new metro to better connect existing neighborhoods throughout the region, expanding the RER (an express regional commuter system), as well as new light rails and rapid bus lines to further these goals. This is partly why the Paris region remains much more affordable than London, which is not too far away and struggling to keep up. You can also compare it to New York. Just googling, I’ve found several studio apartments for rent for under 600€ in the 14th arrondissement. They are even cheaper if you’re willing to live near an RER station outside of the city proper. Looking at places near NYC, not at all comparable. Yes, Grand Paris has its detractors, particularly those that don’t want power to continue concentrating in the capital city, but, the results seem to be speaking for themselves and Paris is actually trying to fix many of its problems with inequity and poor orbital area transport whereas we’re still having stupid fights here. Metro and RER stations are more and more becoming important nodes in the urban fabric even on the periphery and building around these new stations will provide the housing the region needs as it sustains growth. And France is the example that is not kind to developers and has lots of state involvement. If you want another radical proposal, look to Japan which has state centered urban planning. Zoning doesn’t exist as it does in the USA, which means a family house in Tokyo can be torn down and replaced by 20 apartment units without the years of public hearings we have to deal with here. You will see plenty of urbanists point to Japan as the ideal way to handle these issues as Japan handles housing prices far better than the USA and UK are currently. I personally prefer the French model, but that’s me. Just trying to give another example that is far more friendly toward developers that has been shown to work. 
So yes, lets not coddle developers, but also realize the USA has a 30 year backlog of construction, and not the government nor developers can alone rise to meet this challenge without radical changes and playing every card we have. Even more concerning is I read some months ago that there simply are not enough construction contractors and workers in LA County to even keep pace with some of the CURRENT construction, let alone what we need to be adding to our current stock to make cities more habitable and affordable. 
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English isn’t my native tongue and I feel really lazy, so I’m going to make it quick. I am alone and lonely at the same time, I have no friends like I have messenger, snap, instagram, twitter, tumbler, even fucking tinder( lol to fill the emptiness inside of me with some men’s attention tbh, I don’t really care about none of these dudes and even on tinder, I may have a lot of dudes who seem into me, nobody is talking to me), I can’t make friends at my job because I just cannot trust these people. The closest person I am at my job is this white girl who’s like the boss favorites but she is kinda hypocrite and I don’t know I don’t really trust the girl. My family never calls me, like my parents call me like 2 times a month maybe, but my two other sisters ? It’s like I don’t exist to them. And oh let’s not talk about my aunts and my cousins who live in the same area as me, they don’t want to fuck with me, not even a bit. One of my aunt came to my job( i work in clothes store) and I was like so happy to see her and she just ignored me. In August, I had no more money left so I couldnt eat, and I asked my cousins and aunts to help me ( in christmas time, let’s call her aunt 1 told me that if i need food and help i can call her, that’s what i did and her son barely help me ) and like yeah i’m not even going to continue on this that is too disappointing for me lol. My family doesn’t financially and emotionally help me and that shit hurts. My sister is probably “ wealthier” than me ( we both live on our own, im 18 almost 19 btw and my sis is 22 i think) and i asked for one damn dollar one day( i wanted to see her reaction) and she said no. So that tells you a lot about my family.
Friends now. HA HA HA. i feel miserable, at my job no one wants to fuck with me idk why, everytime i talk to them at break they are doing shit on their cellphone. My friends from other cities, they never talk to me. There was this white bitch who came back in my life and like i really liked her and we were good friends but i’ve noticed that that she was always being dramatic and making the convo about her like even when i was like feeling down she was like “ okay why it is right now who tell me this??? You dont trust me???” like i need emotional support dumbass right now, not a fuckinng lesson. And she gives these super rainbow calinours advices that we all know that cant help, and since she have her boyfriend, she just stopped to talk and she told me she will never let me down and she is and im not even being dramatic about and like aaahhhh fuck off. My life is just shit. The two “ friends” that are the same area as me is this lightskin girl but she is like so toxic and disrespectful but at the same time, she is the only one who can chill me with me and stuff and she’s kinda cool and the other one is an asian who is cool but like she always want to go in a bar and get drunk, i dont like spending my money. When i am in bars with her, she is the one who get all of the attention so no.

The people around me suck, i am not the attractive kind of black girl, i am self centered and kinda of narcissic, and like i really need help. I am not in college, i took like few months to relax myself from college but i want to go back in winter if they accept me but im scared as fuck. I applied to an anglophone college and maybe y'all dont feel concerned about this because this blog is predominantly african american but as a franco canadian this is a big challenge for me. The college i go to is not only super anglophone but like most people there are fucking rich kids from the suburbs and i’m not. I live on my own, i pay on my shit, since im 16.
You know what scares me the most? Is to be alone but like forever. I will never find true love dont fucking tell that i will because that is a lie that im tired to believe in. Like yo, im not your typical black girl. Full 2017 trendy dressed, with beautiful loose curl and a random straight wave with makeup on point, and big curves, im not like that. I am not trying to brag here but i really do believe im different from most black girls and that is a good and bad thing. People expect me to be extravertie and funny but i just cannot be like that, not everyone understand my humor sense, anyway. And yeah, this is mean but i dont like to waste my time talking to unecessary people if there’s not something in it for me, right??my personality is horrible as well as my looks and i reallly dont think a men will find a once of beAuty in me. I forced myself into loneliness because i dont want to have hope and get disappointed. The last dude i like “ dated” is on fucking hard drugs and want to become a girl ( not because he’s trans tho because he wants to “ experience” and he’s tired of his masculinity) ohh good lord, i hate seeing these average boring lightskins or black or asian girls getting all the men and like people seem to easily like them. I make one fucking mistake at my job and everyone be hating me for this. Jesus christ, how other black girls deal with being … a black girl? Im 18, caribbean, franco canadian and black and i’ve always have problems because i am francophone and black and a girl. Can someone help me. I have my first appointement with a therapist soon ( like tomorrow, we are the october 9 today) and i hope this wont be useless and will lead me to something good. Most therapist i met, just let me down and disappeared.
To fill my lack of daily love and cuddles and attention, i decided to focus on money and grades. But i know that one day, when i’ll be really wealthy i’ll miss being with people. 
Im getting bad and bad and bad. I started AGAIN to cut and to bleach. This time im using lemon and baking soda instead of buying toxic shit, doesnt seem to work tho…

I need comfort please 
Help me
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inklingofadream · 4 years
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There are some posts going around talking about abolishing the Electoral College- which, they’re right! they’re totally right!- but some of their arguments give me. The worst bad vibes.
Like one of the supporting statements is often the projection that 40% of Americans will live in 5 states in the nearish future. The whole argument and necessity is based on rural areas emptying out more and more. And that... kinda terrifies me?
The idea that We All Live In Big Cities Now freaks me tf out. And it’s not like the idea that urban areas have crime or are more dangerous, or even that they’re worse for building community and connection than rural/suburban areas.
And maybe this has something to do with my main experience of rural/suburban areas being kind of uncommon? Like a city’s a city, with more or less crowding, greenspace, etc. But I’ve almost always lived in suburbs that aren’t the endless bedroom communities that get discussed a lot or rural areas that aren’t map specks with miles between neighbors, but the two of those like. squished together, so that you have a decent size housing development right next to fields and stuff.
And obviously there are a lot of social and racial and environmental issues inherent to the construct of suburban areas, and a different set of issues surrounding rurality and sustainable farming while still making a living and small towns being hostile to minorities. But I really honestly believe that a lot if not all of those problems are solvable without completely eliminating that... not quite the lifestyle, but community structure, I guess? I don’t think that’s any more difficult than building cities that don’t have the issues of overpolicing, lack of natural areas, pollution, etc.
Idk, i think part of it feels like a trend toward hegemony. In high school a teacher showed us projections of how much empty land we might have if we concentrated ppl around like the 5 biggest cities and gave them all the population density of NYC and that freaked me out too.
And like. My dislike for apartments is obviously not universal. But it still feels like the same pattern that makes it impossible to really own a book, instead of the DRMed file. And the same pattern that makes it unacceptable to be disabled, or neurodivergent, or just have needs that aren’t met by that kind of situation. Like I don’t know that the percentage of wheelchair accessible homes I’ve seen is better than the numbers on accessible apartments, but I’ve definitely seen more single family homes that could be made wheelchair accessible for fairly cheap than apartments.
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softnorwegians · 6 years
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Another bunch of asks that I didn’t want to leave unanswered! Note: tread lightly if you love the remakes or William or P Chris, opinions in asks not necessarily my own.
man, I can already see the fourth of july instead of may seventeenth plot...oh god! Skam Austin gets worse everytime I think about it too hard!
I think it’ll be prom or homecoming or something that’s a thing?
I had my problems with skamit but kept watching until ep 4. When italian vilde was going upstairs to hook up with you know who she actually stopped and asked italian chris if she was doing the right thing bc she was not sure and she was like wtf are you kidding me, just go with him. I just, idk, no best friend would tell you to follow some guy just like that. It might sounds stupid but that scene really made me feel so damn bad. I am afraid this remake might be a bit too much for me.
Mmm, yeah, I didn’t keep up with that one past the first ep so I don’t know. I’m glad the Italians seem to enjoy it but I could understand why they’re like “oh god, how to we explain this to non-Italians” at least once an episode. 
I think the positive thing about it being on Facebook watch is that it is the only free streaming platform it could have been on, meaning it has the potential to reach more people. I mean okay you need a fb account but that’s better than paying for Netflix or Hulu every month. Plus as of now it isn’t geoblocked. And Facebook owns Instagram so the social media can be filtered better than it would have on any other network. I just see how in terms of what US networks have to offer why FB was best
Yeah, I think it’s a fitting choice? I’m not sure how much being on a certain platform gives you a greater reach, I think some people were thinking more people might stumble onto it elsewhere.
I’m from jersey too! Man north and south jersey are like two different states. Imagine Skam Jersey City or something - never on time to anything because NJ transit sucks, the multiple malls within in a 20 minute radius is the hangout on weekdays and you go into the city or Hoboken on weekends for no reason with no money to spend. Your neighbors pretty much make your block more diverse than the UN. Real non chain pizza and Chinese take out are eaten religiously.
Jersey has a little bit of everything?? Because I was from a small-town, little suburb that was all tree-lined and beautiful. But that town was also surrounded by highways and stripmalls if you went ten-fifteen minutes in several directions?
i used to be meh about the remakes but the longer they go on the more i hate them. the european ones feel like a bunch of bad cosplayers decided to remake skam. I HATE THEM
I have this thing where it’s kind of fun to compare them at first but then the novelty wears off and I’m more “why... no...”. I generally hate remakes though so I’ve actually felt like I’ve grown as a person to be this accepting!
Lol Isak and Even were barely in s4 and when they were the storyline was either dropped halfway trough or Isak was used to further Sana's story, develop their best friends story they build in s3 or to use Isak as preacher to justify muddy waters. Just like Sana and Noora's ONLY SOLO scene did, to "call out Noora's hypocricity" but it was more to excuse and get a wise, popular character to make William look better (lol). Yet Vilde and Chris were close and had build up with Sana, not Noora...
My two least favorite scenes in Skam...
If the Uk is the biggest it's not what Scandinavia is getting. 90% is American based, it's always been like that and that's why we have so much American integrated in out cultures and also why we are also very good at English because while we study it early on we are constantly surrounded by English and American film and television.
Maybe part of that stat is the UK/USA co-productions? Like a British production company doing Skam Austin like this. 
US Willhelm looks like the most genetic white football player douschebag and he looks exactly like that scumbag from 13 reasons why. I wonder why the remakes never changes the ethnicity for Willhelm when he's supposed to be the dream goal?
Yeahhhhhhhh, it does say something that they’ve changed P Chris to a minority twice while the most popular guy is always remarkably the same.
I mean I get that Julie is doing skam Austin so it’s being critiqued more BUT there are so many other remakes going on to watch instead. So many countries have the opportunity to make skam and I’m sorry but so far they all either did an exact copy and/or are not keeping up with the point of daily updates in real time.People hate on Julie but the other creators so far have done little to adapt it correctly. Clearly from Skam Austin we see that the characters do not have to be exact copies 🤷🏻‍♀️
Well, I don’t think people were very accepting of the other remakes either? People have been pretty harsh on all of them. It’s just a different kind of harsh with Skam Austin because it’s tied up with people’s existing feelings about Julie Andem and s4 and the end of Skam and etc.
"The argument is racist" omg stop throwing that word around it actually has an important meaning and using it for something inappropriate is just defeating its purpose. Also idk if it's just because that anon is American, but not every argument needs to have an underlying note of racism in it and it's frustrating when people just use the "you're racist" card just to look better in a discussion, it just destroyes the job we put into fighting against racism when it actually matters.
Yeah, that happens a lot. There’s a thoughtful way to consider race in what we’re talking about but that’s not it.
I think skam austin is going to be another repeat of the same plot , like I think if they wanted to do something new, they would change the name at least but calling it skam austin immediately connects it to og skam and I think the other remakes have shown us just have different they can go with the plots...
I don’t know, I’ve really gone back-and-forth about how close it’s going to be? I think we have to wait and get some footage at least.
imagine how it was when she broke the news to the actors? the deal was done during s3, they must have at least thought of her going to the states, then finding out s4 is the last season.
I wonder if they did find out in stages or all at once. Was Skam ever possibly going to continue? Without Julie, maybe? I’d kind of assume she told them both at once.
I remember reading a while ago when a p Chris fan was going ***** over Jonas and that Eva didn't give Chris a chance because he's so much more than a fuckboy. They said they had seen vines of pchris and Eva and I though of course it would be vines rofl so imagine a bunch of people falling for this hot badboy over vines expecting this great badass character and then he's barely in the show? I think it's 90% Herman projection onto Chris and Eva. They love him because he's apparently hot.
Yeah, with P Chris I’m like “he’s barely there????”. At least William is a character!
it's weird that all the remakes chose to start in the middle of the school year. even weirder that skam france has chosen to put out 2 seasons in the space of about 4 months... I feel like they're doing that to dominate the skam remakes, you know to be the most predominant remake. Seems fishy to me. I don't trust them. Don't even get me started on these fake leaks of the episode for publicity!!!!! We're not falling for it! Who else could it be except THEIR OWN TEAM!!! yeesh lol sorry ANYWAY
Didn’t episodes leak twice or something? I don’t know, I’m not following it very closely. I did find the whole “just wait, things will change more after episode three!” thing annoying though.
"Is it true that skam Italian uses a white actress to play a muslim character? If so it is so wrong!!" Anon,let me just remind you that what is wrong about it is the fact that she's a non muslim girl but she wears a hijaab and plays a muslim (if we get s4..I can't imagine all the scenes with "Sana" praying, knowing she's not muslim). Please, remember that there are white muslim people and it'd be more okay for a white girl to play this character IF the actress was muslim herself I guess.
Yeah, I think you have to be careful not to conflate that, but also it is a shame that they’d change a POC character into a white character? Just because someone can be white and a Muslim doesn’t mean that’s actually a good representation of the Muslim minority there? 
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"I'm real proud of you, You know. We didn't know who they were but we could have been real hurt," little Tiny Queen Girl just almost 4 years old, hands on hips just telling me how it was. How she felt.
My Little co-member in our Army of Two.
Lord Blesses us with the moat precious for such a short amount of time.
This idiot shot her and when he realized he had shot a small child and she was in the hospital on life support, he went and kidnapped her from the hospital.
Finished killing her and hid her body in a freezer at his house.
It wasn't for years later that he thought the coast was clear and he placed her body partially in a trash bag next to a dumpster in that Compton neighborhood.
He didn't want the body to not be found. He wanted it to so his message was clear -- "No ni**ers in his neighborhood"
She was labeled only as missing by the family, at least to me anyway. They didn't want me to get crazy and go on a killing spree. Her brother joked that was what little 3 year old Laquisha Antuana Jefferson would want.
After the Rodney King Trial, I took racism hard. I took it differently. No longer could I be on top of it and stop it.
It was here to stay and there was no changing it. I was glad I lived in a mostly white suburb because I felt i could talk to the few African Americans at my school and make sure they were doing okay, individually and not have to worry so much like i did in NYC.
There were less. So less could get hurt and i closed my mind off to the rest of the world.
7 weeks before i was called to Compton they found Laquisha Antuana Jefferson by that dumpster behind the 711 Chevron.
My mom thought it would be good because she was shot just 6 blocks from the race track.
Maybe I could do something.
I bought him a house in a white suburb. I got him transferred to a predominantly white neighborhood and made him promise his entire family and anyone he associated with would never kill or go near a black person again.
He just had to pay bills in a Beverly Hills home.
If he broke the rules he would be killed but i didn't tell him that. I just told him he would move out and it would be grave.
The house is still in my name and he never did break the rules.
But he hadn't killed just Laquisha Antuana Jefferson, he had killed over 700 others.
This i didn't know or understand or I would have had him killed.
He was black so I couldn't understand how he would say African American children were niggering up the neighborhood or "bone thugging the street" part of me didn't believe he killed Laquisha Antuana Jefferson but the whole of me couldn't deny he was capable.
Her whole death was horrific and hard to believe. Who would do such a thing and to such a precious child?! I loved her with my whole being, everyone did. There wasn't anyone i loved or respected more than that child.
I had a nervous break down for three weeks. I visited all the places she had been and I cried the whole time. I was miserable.
Queen Elizabeth II had to come fetch me and get me awake, see there was more life to live and Laquisha Antuana Jefferson wouldn't want me so upset and she believed what happened although I couldn't wrap my head around it, She could.
So she bugged his house and set speakers in it and we tortured him. Part of me thought it was wrong but it made me feel so much better, healed even and brought me joy.
Could you imagine Queen Elizabeth II egging and toilet papering a house!!?? Well we both sat in the car while Prince Harry and William and Princess Diana did it
I owned it and still do so it was alright with me.
Princess Diana painted a red bloody swastika on the door and Prince Andrew hung a white paper mache man made from reprinted newspaper clippings of the people he had killed from his garage.
It gave me a sense of pride. I knew that my little Royal Army did just what my co-conspirator in our Army of Two would had wanted. It was perfect retribution for Little Queen Laquisha Antuana Jefferson. The reincarnated Queen Nefertiti.
As Princess Diana returned to the limo, laughing, I said "thank you, I have never been more blessed than I am just right at this moment. I don't even want to leave. I want to sit and stare all night"
About an hour later, a patrol car with its lights on came up behind us and rapped his knuckles on the window. "Oh you're all white good. Does anyone know what happened here tonight or were you all just driving by?"
"Well see Its just..." Oh in the pit of my stomach I felt bad.
"Oh Sabrina you're all here. Good."
"Well see me and my friends were just driving past, I wanted to show the Queen the luxury of Beverly Hills and the good neighborhoods here and well we saw all this and thought we might want to stay and catch the vandals in the act in case they came back" I hung out the window and looked around "nope all good"
Princess Diana took to a snort of laughter midway through my speech and tried to cover it with a fake sneeze. Then a cough and a mere sound of strangling herself.
"Hey miss! Are you alright?!"
"Oh that's Princess Di"
"Too much champagne it went down the wrong way÷"
"Yeah I gotta laugh at her, sometimes she's much too silly"
"Well take a look at my house! That's serious enough for you!"
"Oh God! William help me! This is much to much!" And she leaped forward and buried her head in his chest so she could laugh freely.
"Oh is she crying?!"
"Oh she will be fine" I was relaxed and drunk myself and wow how easy i found it to lie! We could get away with anything! Even murder! Nope! I told myself we must'nt lie. I just got too carried away and didn't speak soundly enough. I said all I was supposed to but much too much so it was actually a lie! But I must'nt have to be tooo careful, After all I did just buy him a house didn't I? Even so that wasn't the right way to be and I felt surrendered to guilt.
"Well I say, I say do y'all want to come in?! I've said it three times but yet no one is to answer!"
"Oh yes. Please move. Lets show off this mini mansion bought just for you" I opened the door and Queen Elizabeth II slid out quickly behind me
"Oh it feels so good to get out and stretch! I haven't gotten out since well id gotten in it!"
I snorted drunk laughter "Oh yes we have been truly blessed to be in this limo"
"So shall we?" He offered the crook of his arm for my hand to take which I did "I don't want y'all stumbling all over, you ole drunk things!" The queen had rejected his arm and allowed Princess Diana to take it. And i felt suddenly less callous. I felt sober and somber. Walking up to the house we just destroyed wasn't the problem. It was his ability to take over the situation with peasantry and take two drunken women into his home. The "goblin" hung from his garage blowing in the wind, saying all that he was accused of. In the dark, suddenly I imagined myself as a black woman. I thought that soon i would be inside and i could puke and wash my face and still take a shit if i needed to. My nervous tummy did that.
"Here you two stand here and hold yourself up if you need to. I'll be right back. No no I meant each other. I wouldn't take my face off him but i peeked a glance at Princess Diana and she was pleasantly smiling as ever. Still having fun. Queen was patiently pleased as well. The boys seemed fine looking around at all the had done. "You know i didn't kill that kid. You know that right?"
"What?!?! What the Hell did you say?!?"
Princess Diana grabbed me and put her arm around me and put her finger to her lips and Queen Elizabeth II put on her black leather gloves
"Oh i suppose you didn't hear me, i said "let me get my key out" it will be just a moment" he bent at the waist "oh it seems someone put gum in the lock. Let me go out back and hopefully i can get in"
I watched him and heard the back gate click "did he say about the key twice?!" Princess Diana nodded solemnly. "He didn't say anything about killing a precious black kid?"
"NO!! SHH!"
"Hey you know i been praying to Jesus a lot ever since i put that girl out" the lights for the front porch turned off. I let out a giant terrified scream!! Princess Diana slapped her cupped hand over my mouth instantly. I nodded and breathed in. She removed her hand and wiped my germs away. On his wall. -.- good DNA to prove ive been here in case they aren't seeing the truth. Not that anyone would check that place though for sure.. Maybe i ought to pee in the bushes?? Thank God Shaquille O'Neal stayed in the car. Maybe i could light this house on fire and send him smoke signals before he gets stabbed in the neck!
The door suddenly swung open "WELCOME TO MY HOME!" he spread his arms and stood back. Like a Royal Butler "i will even bow!" And he did so. "I'm not drunk. Not yet. But I did take a couple swigs of this, to catch up you want?"
"No thanks I'll pass" princess Diana put her palm out
He pleaded
"No I've got the boys and mom's already drunk and so someone has to be able to watch them. She will drink tho. She's a real drunkard especially with guests. She swishes it between her teeth, says it gets her drunk faster" wow we were all gonna die. But hopefully we wasn't gonna feel it. "Sabrina i feel you and i hoped you weren't right, but it's all here. The writing is on The wall. This is a beautiful home."
He was towering over me "this is the nigger you want" and i was fuckonf terrified. He was staring into my eyes with possessive lust and i looked back in terror. I was trapped between the fireplace and him
"Uhm sir?" He tuned to her and slipped his flask into his pocket. Idk why but Princess Diana and I both saw Freddie Kruger instead of a police man in uniform. She stifled her scream better than i did. I played the fireplace scraped me. And i was told to sit and i did.
"Excuse me, i have to take this" Queen Elizabeth II had brought in her satellite phone and she went to the far end near the bottom of the stairs to talk to Shaq.
"Is it Snoop?"
"Oh no. The man in the car. Much better than smoke signals!!" I squeaked
"Oh are you hurt? Let me see that for a second"
"Oh uh sure" I let him lift my leg into his lap but kept it straight so it would not go to his crotch and put my hand between my kegs to hold my short party skirt down to protect my vagina.
"Oh a prude are ya?"I wondered if he said that out loud. NO one seemed to notice I felt alone and I felt scared. I wondered if he left a gaping hole in Laquisha Antuana Jefferson. I hoped she was dead when he did or at least the fear killed her... If she had any. I hoped she did for her sake
"Oh don't look sad! You'll be alright"
"Yeah because I'm old..." My eyes drifted to the Queen, "and big enough" i would take one for the team but i was gonna fight first. If i had to. Just keep my eyes open and my ears ---
"All i can tell you is that she is seeing truth and all is alright." She looked up at me "or was. I must go. Please stand by"
"Was that Snoop?"
Oh dear God i wish she would quit saying that. We were all gonna die. He grabbed my chin and stuck his tounge in with a French kiss. Okay let's die first. Much better on that.
"Uh yes. Was it Snoop?" I removed my leg and put my knees together and pulled my skirt to cover them both.
He reached down, grabbed my ankle and pulled up my leg again
"Oh you're so gentle!"
"I wouldn't do that if I were you she has a fiancee" warned the Queen then she turned to check on the boys.
"Oh is he white?" He asked twice. In our culture we didn't speak of race so we all remained silent to his quest.
He turned to me "oh just one more" I pulled back
"Ouch! This thing is poking me!" I lied. I was scared. In my ways of life i didn't reject people. I distract. I dont like to be put in those situations. And the Queen had my back. We just needed to leave. "Queen please this house is attack-- guh ugh" somehow puke was on my breath although I hadn't yet, his tounge must had gotten my gag reflex as he kissed me rudely
"Ugh" I cursed him and had disgust in my face. "Im not into snoop. He's married and i am almost" he had fingered me during his kiss it seems or he was imagining it i wasnt sure but i seemed unaltered between my legs but the next kiss brought promises. I put my foot down and slid over.
"Snoop is? To who?"
"Shaquille!! I mean Shawntee!! You met her she came to this house with us!"
"What oh. Oh. Yeah get off. I guess i was jealous i thought you were fucking him. So who are you about to be married to, huh?"
I just kept seeing dead bodies and my heart was going to kill me. Inside i was screaming loudly we got to get out. It was as urgent as i had set a smoke signal. In my mind I saw the limo and I beat on the glass next to Shaquille's head. Maybe that would do the trick. I was sitting on the fire place after all. I saw a satellite view of the limo driver door opening and I resurrected back into Hell.
"Huh? What did you say?" I asked drowsily.
"Ah man! Y'all are drunk!! I gotta catch up! Now wait where is my flask?"
I saw in my mind Queen come to me and say "oh no she has a heart condition and touch my chest to gain a proper rhythm. I was dying and she knew.
That's what I get for pretending to be a drunk black woman alone in his home with him. I bent forward and breathed rapidly. Sweat dripping off me.
"Oh no Sabrina is coming down we must take her home"
"Here drink its bourbon" I did and felt hourly sick.
"Its sweet huh?"
The phone rang again "What is going on?!?! I got Sabrina beating on my glass and you two are all stand by?!?! Are you two in trouble?!?"
"Yes she is dearie. Every thing is fine. I'll see you... Next week? That all sounds fine"
"What is that nigger doing to you!?! I'll kill him! I've rang the phone twice already now!!"
"Oh yes. Please. The first. That sounds lovely. Soon. Soon. Yes i tell you the week will pass before you know it"
"Now? You want me to come now?"
"Absolutely! Of course!" She said angrily.
"Mom! You're drunk!!" Scolded Princess Diana. And nodded towards him
"Oh yes Please dearie you know just how it is --"
"Im coming now. Keep on talking. I'm killing this nigger!"
"Me first!" I rose the flask. "Oh here. I can't drink this shit"
"Oh yeah mixing liquor that may not be good. Who is she talking to? What y'all gonna have tea or something? Can i come?"
"Hey have you ever been to a hospital to see a little girl?"
His eyes looked at me in alarm
"About 6 weeks ago? She dead."
The doorbell rang while he looked at me in horror when i said the time frame. The bell rang again and he got up.
"And did you place her body into a trash bag?" I slurred.
"Shaquille! The greatest basketball player of all time! What you doing driving a limo?!"
"Oh you know. A favor to the Queen! Come on girls! Lets go! I got basketball tomorrow and i can't be out this late I still got to drive you all home then go to Vegas"
"No snoop I dont need no help i got this." I waved my arms drastically in the air and did not move my ass
"Come on girls Lets move!"
"Shaquille just pick her up, she's being a slut. Don't worry he's married too. To my -- mom! What in the hell get off the phone!! Come on let's go!"
"Shouldn't we call 911 to report this"
"Ah. No I am a cop and I don't mind as long as it was white people and I know it was because of the swastika"
"How many people have you killed with a plastic bag"
"Come on shh what is with you?"
"You're my legs! Lets move forth!" I announced then whispered "let's get away from this murderous uhhhh town" i got scared and kissed Shaquille
"Don't kiss me! What's going on with you?!?"
"Idk you!!" Was my reply.
"See? Slut" was Princess Diana's smooth comment as she passed. "Come along boys" she said beautifully
"Oh yeah and she fell -- by my fireplace isn't it exquisite?'"
"Oh yeah. You were being raped and all you could do was sit there? What's going on wit' you?!?!"
"Don't forget you belong in jail for killing that little girl!!" I accused and pointed as the door closed quietly. "He's drunk too he don't know. Come on Shaggy! To the Mystery va -- uh limo!"
"Who the hell is shaggy?! Which one of us?!"
"You Shaquille -- shaggy and he always has to carry scoobs the dog"
Princess Diana burst out laughing. "This is a conversation I expect to have with one of the boys! Not the two of you!"
"Well you get to carry the Royal Slut! Can you imagine the words that would be spoken at the police station tomorrow?!?!"
"Who gives a shit? Hes a piece of shit" stomped the Queen
"Well,from what he said to us. No one is gonna believe him anyway. He sounds like a complete doofus and a near rapist. Oh Sabrina that was brave asking those questions!"
"Oh I figured we would die anyway" i took off running to the car.
"What was with that shirt anyway? Didn't he really look like Freddie Kruger?"
"Was he really wearing that!?! I thought I was going crazy and your mom's black gloves didn't help at all i thought for sure we would all die!!"
"And you for real kissed me don't ever do that again. You know who I'm with"
"I panicked all I saw were lips and a face this close to mine and I thought it was him and I was scared too death!! I thought give in, it would go easier on me!! Its not my fault you're wearing a red shirt!! All I saw were lips!! But thank you for not kissing me back!! That was real gentlemanly of you like! And I can see why he just kept kissing me. I think he kisses allot of dead bodies as a matter of fact and he didn't even notice I wasn't responding. Like that woman that was strangled and had ligature marks all pink and he said. He said. Now you're all white and pretty like your vagina"
"Now You listen to me -- you get in this car this instant! He is standing in the drive way looking at you and me. In!" The queen just shoved me in the limo as i climbed blindly in and Princess Diana dragged me in the rest so the Queen could get in.
"Mom!!"
"Oh so nice to meet you!! Thanks again dearie!! Yoo hoo bye to you!!"
The Queen Elizabeth II relaxed as we got onto the freeway and further away from Beverly Hills. She rolled down the partition "to the ghetto, please sir" Shaquille stepped on the gas harder. "Then we will all feel a little bit better. Get away from this trashy ass place!"
We all looked at her like wtf
"I know! The irony of it!"
And we laughed joyously.
"Y'all were in there 45 full minutes now what did you find!?"
Velma? Queen Elizabeth II
Daphne? Princess Di
Freddy? Well half was Harry and the other Willaim since after all, they were just half pints in 1993.
Laquisha Antuana Jefferson died far too young.
3 days later i had a heart attack and a stint was placed in my chest which later failed in 1997.
I can't handle racism. I can't handle the pain and suffering of innocent people.
I'm not like all the rest of you. I talk to the dead. And sometimes I'd rather be there than anywhere.
My days are long and hard. And sometimes I don't want to live any more.
I'm tired of loving and I'm tired of caring and not receiving anything proper in return.
So for someone like me, just a white girl in a wheel chair. Black Lives Matter marches and people being out and saying it and being seen supporting it.
For little Queens like Laquisha Antuana Jefferson, they were everything. She was out in 1991, she would escape and run down the street sometimes naked in her little wooden sandals with white leather straps.
"Girl! You need a shirt!"
"´hey i know you! You're my Army of Two! I didn't have time to get dressed. I knew the door was opening and. I had to escape! They keep me locked in you know but i can't miss this! Im all about Black Pride and Beauty!"
"Well let's cover some of that up, Miss Queen Nefertiti, you want a pink shirt or black?"
"Oh no!! There he is!! Hide me!!" This tiny child grabbed a shirt off the table, slipped it over her head and dove under the table in front of my legs. "Is he coming?"
He was going straight... So i called him over "miss queen Nefertiti just ran off on me like she own me. Like i don't have my own friends"
"Well what are you doing?"
"Well looking for her now?"
"No i mean what are you supposed to be doing besides looking for her?"
"Oh just meeting my friends to go on the prowl. See?" He lifted his shirt and showed his Panther Pride most people hid in case of cops or white supremacist "i got one, too. He tapped the table
"I got one, too!" She piped up. She knew not to run and hide in the streets and had some hope if she had one she could attend like it was a licence to prooowl.
"Shh... Do you hear something? What's that scuffling? It sounds like her wooden shoes! Do you got her?!?"
I nodded quietly
"What?! Where?!?"
"So i mean if i see her do you think you or your parents i mean your ma would mind she sit here for a spell while you're out on the road?"
"Aw man! I want to prowl. Aw shit! I said it again!" Ahe grabbed my leg and held on tight
So i told him silently.
"I mean sure uhh if you don't mind!"
"Well i got two little boys over there having lunch. Thwyre on break but usually they are over in this chalk lined area."
"I want to prowl!! I want to go meow!" I could feel her jaw move against my calf.
"I can take them for a walk up and down the street"
"Okay that willl work!!" She jumped up excited. She saw her brother and tried to take off.
"Wait I'm gonna stop you!!"
"No way!" She zig zagged right behind me.
"You'll stay right there?" He rubbed his skull "uggggg you know what?! My friends can wait!"
"No! I'll stay! I'll stay! I swear I'm like her! We're an Army of Two!"
"Okay but you know what? Since you're no longer butt naked" he knelt down next to her
"I know! I got dressed fast!"
"She did and all goddess like i never seen someone so fast
"Really? Now what?" She put her hands on either side of his face
"Maybe ill take you for a walk instead. And let you meet my friends then bring you back Here where its safe. Then you can play with those two boys ew yuck icky and be a mascot? Hey? What do you say?"
"I think i will enjoy that. I will go with you." They both stood and she placed her tiny hand in his extra large one.
"Do you want a double layer?"
"No i think it will be safe. If I feel any danger I'll just pick her up and hold her close and hide her black panther. Okay? And you if you feel disgusted or moody or anger, you just come to me and tell me up! I don't want the white supremacy to see they might hurt us and that's not fair is it?"
She shook her head while looking at her toes and she looked up with sad eyes "okay you up?" He picked her up quickly
"Who?!!? Where?!?" He spun around wildly.
She laughed joyously "oh i just wanted a hug!! I didn't know you would protect me!! You are like her! An Army of One! Okay put me down! Lets prowl!!"
When they returned a short time later he looked disturbed "what? What's happening?"
"Turns out my friends are from the white supremacy! She would run around acting wild and when she would see a cop she would bolt back to me Then we would walk silently and she would be all calm then as soon as we passed she would bolt off again which was fine, that's what she do. But then once we got to my friend she didn't know him cause he was alone prowling and she ran to me all "up up" but do you think she knows instinctively that is who is taking m3 away from her at nights? And maybe she thinks they are trouble for me and her? Because we are reincarnated and I'm not her brother that is for sure! But do you think that is what it is? I sure hope so?"
"How about one night instead of prowling you just come over here and BBQ for me? You know it hurts me to stand and.."
"Nope I'm looking for the white supremacy because I have a feeling they're out to kill my Queen Nefertiti"
"Well the ones she is afraid of, have him or them play at the BBQ and then i can find out. I have a nose for it"
"But theyre black!! Is that even possible?!"
"Id have to call Miss Harriet Tubman for sure, But i think anything is likely."
"But can you see past his skin color? He is dark! Darker than me!"
"I don't see skin color I promise if it makes you feel better I can imagine him as white"
"Okay that will work. Come on Miss, lets go in"
3 out of 4 additionally including himself I could imagine as white. Which i could derive as only no racial prejudice between those.
The 4th was the only one she liked. Turns out he was most afraid of white people.
And none were like the man who killed her who was black and a white supremacist living in Compton when they went to go visit her grandmother.
Laquisha Antuana Jefferson
6 months after her body was found, he drowned himself in the Buttermilk Channel between Brooklyn and Governors Island. The Coast Guard attempted to resuscitate and even called me to see him to bring him back to life.
"Oh no. I know him. He wont come back." When everyone moved away from him, I knelt down next to him and prouncounced him dead in the language of the Egyptians. And i leaned over him in a hug and cried.
I kissed his lips, closed his eyes and placed two gold coins over them "in love may you always be. I am too sorry for you. You will be my friend" i picked up his left hand and placed it between his belly button and heart then picked up his right "always for me and for her always in love. I am too sorry for me. I will always cry" I gently folded his stiff cold fingers together. "And in silence you will bear the heart of a true man. May you always be beautiful, kind and unsuffering in her love. May you rest in peace. Ah man"
Laquisha Antuana Jefferson you were a wild one.
The world has suffered in your death. May you always be risen again. In true love and faith. May your heart always be bright and safe from us and all the world. I will love you again. Ah man.
Thank you for understanding why we have killed her killer tonight. June 8, 2020. It has been long awaited and her murderer has suffered plenty in his life in Beverly Hills.
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