Friday, November 11, 2005

Why, we all come to the same stairway landing

Days of coffee with Jun (though I don't drink coffee) are so precious. Because she holds my hand, listens to me, shares her heart with me, and climbs over booth seats to sit next to me- 'I want to sit closer to you!'

Best of all.. She gives me insight on my problems with a definitive vision I never can manage for myself. And I tell her things about her problems she didn't realize for herself before.

I like that.
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I went into a handicapped bathroom in school today. And when I was inside, I had to supress the urge to yell, "Hey mom look! I'm using a handicapped toilet! I should be in the news!" This is the cue to roll your eyes heavenward with me.

Yes I'm talking about the Xiaxue fiasco. Now I am not a Xiaxue reader, I personally prefer pinkshoefetish and ickleoriental, thank you very much. I don't like Xiaxue's sarcasm, and her love for rolling the male/female genitalia labels off her tongue leaves much to be desired. BUT the thing is, what's the deal about this whole ballyhoo about her using the damned handicapped bathroom? Why has it blown to such proportions that even newspapers other than The New Paper (which as always, runs such trashy stories) have articles about the toilet fiasco?

All because of ONE post she made on ONE experience she had. Sure, I might not agree totally with what she says (For the record, I don't think it's right to hog the handicapped toilet, but I don't think it's wrong to use it if nobody needs it urgently), but c'mon give the girl a break. It's just ONE opinion she holds. One opinion contrary to the views of her detractors. Why should the opinion of one single person make everyone else condemn that particular viewpoint and slime her as a person too in the process? Why should the BLOGpost of one girl make the nation sit up and shout 'Damn those irksome able-bodied people who take more than 4 minutes in a handicapped toilet they shouldn't even have a right to use!'?

Honestly, is it worth it? Gee, all that hoopla probably played right into Xiaxue's court. She loves attention, doesn't she? And hey, even bad attention is attention.


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