Rayna- how ya feeling now? I need sleep- just got in from 2 nights away- not happy bout this... and I am now sick..... so I think I'll crawl to bed and stay til I feel better! (Which may be never- right GS?)
Hugs
Paige
On Fri, 23 February 2001, Rayna Lamb wrote:
>
> Paige
> Thanks, and lots and lots of hugs to you too!!
>
> Rayna
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 01:46:33PM -0800, Paige wrote:
> (((((((((((((Rayna)))))))))))))))
>
> (((((((((((((Rayna)))))))))))))))
>
> (((((((((((((Rayna)))))))))))))))
>
> (((((((((((((Rayna)))))))))))))))
>
> (((((((((((((Rayna)))))))))))))))
>
> Now can I have some too? I've had a doubly shitty week- and GS- my mind says F**K OFF but my mouth has duct tape over it in those situations. Sometimes I've been known to just spit out- "You're rude." and walk away.
>
> See ya'll in a day or two.
> Paige
>
>
> On Wed, 21 February 2001, Rayna Lamb wrote:
>
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 09:25:32AM -0500, Bobby Greer wrote:
> > In a message dated 2/21/01 2:05:31 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:
> >
> > << I've heard tell that Mr. Foote can be quite a cantankerous old fart, but to
> > listen to his voice was to listen to his quintessential "Southern
> > Gentleman". >>
> >
> > Shelby Foote can be abrupt. He lives in Memphis. I once called him after that
> > series to obtain an autograph for someone. He asks. "Do I know you, Suh?" I
> > say, "Well, no." "Then don't you evuh bother again, I only give autographs to
> > friends!" amd hung up.
> >
> > ------
> >
> > Hey, everyone, do you all (or should that be y'all?) realize that
> > the above is the perfect catch-all reply to all those rude,
> > stupid, offensive, intrusive, idiotic and generally inexcusable
> > questions and comments we all get every day from complete
> > strangers? Only rewritten as follows:
> >
> > (After rude, stupid, thoughtless comment/question from complete stranger)
> >
> > `Do I know you Suh/Ma'am?
> >
> > `Well no' (moronic stranger)
> >
> > `Then don't you EVUH bother me again, I only explain
> > myself/justify my existence to/put up with appallingly rude
> > behaviour from/or educate people who I consider my friends, (or people
> > who are prepared to pay me obscenely huge amounts of money for
> > doing so)!'
> >
> > (Exit moronic stranger stage left)
> >
> > Many, many thanks, Bobby and Kyle for inspiring this idea, you are
> > both true southern gentlemen!
> >
> > BTW, in regards to the widely spread idea that we have to educate
> > the able-bodied about us and our disabilities, how can we explain
> > ourselves to people who obviously regard us as perpetual children,
> > and who don't treat us with the most BASIC respect in the first
> > place. How can you educate someone who thinks you are mentally
> > deficient in the first place??? It is an INSANE double bind,
> > ignored if we do, ignored if we don't. I constantly have people
> > stare at me blankly if I say
> > anything, and my speech is clearer, has better diction, and a MUCH
> > better vocabulary than most able bodied people I encounter - some
> > people would say that the only speech impediment that I have is
> > that I talk too much. Having to constantly educate others about
> > our lives, is EXHAUSTING! I don't know about anyone else, but I am
> > so tired of it. And the worst thing, is that the whole `people
> > just don't understand' excuse is told to children with
> > disabilities. That is an APPALLING burden to place on a child. I
> > have been `educating' people since I could talk, and I still wake
> > up screaming from nightmares at least once a week, because of the
> > way the world treats me. I also don't understand most people, but
> > I don't expect them to explain themseves to me, for me to treat
> > them with respect. The provision of the basic requirements
> > that we all need to live our lives on the same footing as the able
> > bodied world should never be contingent on us `educating' others.
> > No one else has to. RESPECT AND DIGNITY IS A RIGHT NOT A
> > PRIVILEGE, we should never have to earn it.
> >
> > Disabled people have been `educating' people for decades, if it
> > hasn't sunk in now, it never will.
> >
> > I'm so very tired, and all I want is someone to give me a big hug.
> > And I don't want to have to `educate' anyone to get it.
> >
> > Sorry for the above everyone, but I have had a sh** week, and it's
> > only Thursday.
> >
> > Rayna
>
>
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