Aw - How Nice... Ha!

La mode estivale sera romantique !
Nanette Lepore dévoile sa collection fleurie.

A new collection for the coming summer has been issued.
And it sells rags while riding high
on the pheromonal high of romance -
otherwise known as that fluff
and imaginary thing called romance, yes.

Barf bag included with each purchase?
THAT is the question... FOR...
To market romanticism, these days,
is utterly SICKENING now.
Not only has it been done to death,
IT IS THE WORST LIE OF ALL
for none, NONE, ever truly find
that which is sought after -
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.
For nothing is ever devoid of those pesky things
called CONDITIONS - nope, not in this world, pal!
And as far as ROMANTICISM goes -
it is long gone, DEAD AND BURIED
and it probably never really was, ever,
in the first damn place!
Tainted as it has always been
by those pesky conditions, goals, ambitions,
other desires that are not born out of love
and 1001 various constraints
brought about by the constant struggle that is
just maintaining a daily existence in this life,
courtship has NEVER truly been "romantic"
as it has been portrayed in countless works of fiction
throughout the ages, really!
And the only mere semblance of romanticism
ever attained, at any given time,
was truly and in fact...
role-playing.
Perhaps veiled in wishful thinking,
hoping it could be real,
longing for possible total abandon,
never able to truly achieve it...
Disappointment after disillusionment,
continuously trying to find that spark,
again and again,
ever more conscious
of the hopelessness of the quest
as years go by...
Still, with each new relationship,
with each new attempt,
the role-playing starts anew...
Tainted love indeed.


Play that tainted song
all of this forthcoming summer long,
as you parade around in Nanette clothes!

And as for the role-playing
it sure is laudable role-playing...
but still!



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Jeudi 25 Décembre 2008 -
Aujourd'hui, c'est la Saint Emmanuel...!

Does anyone know what that truly MEANS anymore, though?!?

Not judging by this GIF:





They don't!


Granted, the story of RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER is a heartwarming tale or acceptance, maybe even redemption (in the raising of self-esteem area) in the otherwise cold season...!
Like many an addition to the now vast Christmas lore (Frosty the Snowman; Jack Frost - I do mean the Michael Keaton movie, mostly here; a 1001 other Christmas time tales in writ and in movie form - and the myriad of tales told through song as well...) RUDOLPH is meant to be a lesson in GOODNESS and the merits thereof...

But really now - all those critters DON'T EXIST.

Only a saint by the name of Nicholas ever truly did - and even if he was the generous type, he never established the impossible record of giving at least one gift to EVERYONE ON THE PLANET within ONE SINGLE NIGHT...

I hope you're not learning anything new here...!!!

What truly did happen is that a great prophet (according to Islam) and a Redeemer, the Messiah (according to us, Christians!) was born sometime around this date - He Did Live, He Did Come to this world and there were astral signs when He Did. That is all FACT. Moreso, further down the line, there is evidence that He Was Crucified... And He Did Resurrect - but that is best saved for around Easter Time!
(Hey - I'm tackling Rudolph and Frosty right now; the Easter Bunny can wait its turn, like every other year!)

JESUS WAS BORN.
And we choose to celebrate His Coming... today!

So forget about Rudolph!

(And if the GIF image above ever blinks out of existence - I am not replacing it! I'd sooner say "good riddance" - *lol*)




So, really, folks - WAKE UP!

JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON!
And that is The Truth!


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