Sparkly bubbles for Equality!

[leora]

So, being a touch bored, I was wandering through various web sites, when I discovered something that a very small percentage of the people reading this are going to think is awesome. Note, summer_jackel especially needs to read this

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[lady_angelina]

Or... If you're okay with giving me your mailing address, I could stop by the one in my area this weekend (was already thinking of heading out this weekend to attend the Pride ceremony in my downtown area) and pick one (or several) up for you. :3 I would be more than happy to do it, especially for the cause of marriage equality. <333333 *Still very pissed at her state for passing a ballot measure that recognizes only heterosexual marriages, and that was 7 years ago*

[leora]

Wow, people are nice. But it seems unnecessary to involve shipping. I'm trying to figure out how long they're going to be in the store for... although I got side-tracked by debating marriage equality with someone who had a particularly stupid argument (but a novel one) and was complaining that nobody would refute it. (Her argument was that we can't say rights are being violated because it's legal and so legally they are not. You'll note that by this argument we could not have said that the rights of slaves were being violated. However, it in no way states that it isn't wrong, and thus is kind of irrelevant and an odd semantic argument. I pointed out that she might feel differently if we made it legal to enslave and torture specifically her, which would then mean her rights were not violated, because it was ~legal~.)

[lady_angelina]

Pfff... like that'd be any problem for me. <3 Besides, your birthday's coming up soon... >.> And I'm still strongly considering heading there this weekend to get a few of those, if nothing else but because the proceeds are for a cause I strongly believe in... AND they'd probably make a great gift for folks. :3 (I wouldn't use them myself because I'm not big on bath and beauty products.)

Wow... that is a pretty ridiculous argument right there. =/ Just because something's on the books as legal (like those silly laws that have persisted throughout a town's history, which no one bothered to repeal, like... um, no carrying ducks on your shoulders to the General Store or something equally asinine-sounding) doesn't mean that it makes sense or is fair to everyone. This is why the referendum process exists, so that the public can put in their effort to have those stupid laws changed. (Yes, it also gives them the chance to ADD stupid laws, but that's beside my point.)

[leora]

Umm... okay, I guess. I guess it's okay for people to do nice things for me because they're friends with me. My contact info can be found at http://leora.livejournal.com/tag/contact the most recent such post is up to date, and you should have access to it. I just get confused when people try to be too nice.

[lady_angelina]

Ahahah, now I'm confused here. XD; I honestly didn't see the offer as being "too nice." You're a friend who wants to enjoy a nice thing, but said you're short on funds for the time being, and I know that you would appreciate it (unlike SOME people who shall forever remain unnamed). <3

Besides, it's my way of paying it forward. People have done nice things for me when I was broke (like sending me a replacement machine gratis when my old one BSODed into oblivion, at a time when I couldn't afford to buy a new one), so why shouldn't I do the same? <3

Unless, of course, you're truly uncomfortable with the idea, in which case, let me know. I'm still going to buy them because the proceeds go to the cause of marriage equality, though, and might as well send them to friends.

[leora]

Oh, I'm not short of funds. What is the issue is whether or not I can easily get to the store to get them. For me, it's much more a short on energy and mobility issue. And umm, I don't think I did do that for you; I don't recall it. You may be mixing me up with someone else.

I rarely do anything that involves the mail for anyone, because getting to a post office is really, really difficult for me. Really, all travel is. I have to ration how much I go out. So, when I was considering getting them, I was wondering whether I'd end up going within the time that they'd be out. But it's a lot easier if I go by car when someone is driving, thus checking on the interest in the more local people.

See, I'm not as nice or as deserving as you think I am.

[lady_angelina]

Ahh, okay. For some reason, I misread one of the things you said in one of your comments to JD to mean that you're low on funds presently ("I don't have an infinite budget"). Sorry about that! But even the mobility issue can be a huge factor. I know from firsthand experience, being transit dependent, how limiting it can be of where and when you can go somewhere. While my issues aren't the same as yours, the end result is still quite similar. (For example, the only Fry's store in my area can't be reached by bus at all, so if I wanted something from there, I'd either have to get someone to drive me -- fat chance -- or order it and have it shipped.)

And still, both the local Lush store AND the post office are very easy for me to get to. They're both on the bus line, so like I said, it's absolutely no problem for me! =) (The post office, as a matter of fact, is two blocks away from my work. XD ) So as long as mail retrieval isn't an issue (and you don't have a PO Box number listed, I'm assuming that's true

[leora]

Oh, I see. That makes more sense. Yeah, I just meant not having an infinite budget just in that I'm not going to be all the Lush, all of it. I like Lush a lot, but it is a luxury, and thus I am not going to constantly splurge on it. I certainly don't use a bath product with every bath I take, that would get expensive really fast, and that's okay.

Paying it forward is a concept I approve of. Although I kind of wish I could do a bit more of that sort of thing. I guess I do that sort of thing to a mixed amount. I certainly don't help people as much as I'd like these days, but that's not surprising given that taking care of myself uses up so much of my energy and resources, but I do try to help others. And I haven't stopped helping random people to at least some extent now and then. I just often do it through less tangible means, because that's much more what I can do most of the time.