I was hoping to hear your thoughts about this, V!enthusiasmflailApril 30 2011, 04:29:35 UTC
I realize we in Canada aren't exactly casting off the shackles of Imperialism with all of our fawning over this wedding, but it's so much easier to fawn when one is not paying for this event. Granted, Kate Middleton's parents and the royal family chipped in for the private reception, and, hopefully, a few other things, but that doesn't seem to make a dent in the price tag that you guys must bear. Yes, the wedding lifts spirits, was a feel-good moment, a truly happy occasion- -but it came at an awfully steep cost.
(Of course, if I mention this in Canada right now, I come off as a total Debbie Downer)
Re: I was hoping to hear your thoughts about this, V!spyderfyngersApril 30 2011, 19:10:43 UTC
Well, hello! I'm sick of it for a few reasons, and none of them are going to make me seem especially fluffy.
I find weddings incredibly creepy. Actually skin-crawlingly creepy. If you want to get married, that's fine and that's great, and I hope it makes you happy. But the concept terrifies me. Dresses, families getting together, binding legal contracts - ohgodno. It's visceral. I actually shudder at the thought.
And then there's royalty. I'm not necessarily a republican, but I do find hereditary privilege of that magnitude hideous and ridiculous. And that palace would make a damn fine museum if we just kicked those goons out of it.
...and then we're invited to fawn. Oh, it's so sweet, oh, it's so romantic, oh, doesn't she look lovely - no. Fuck off. I wouldn't go all gooey over a relative's wedding, let alone someone I've never met whose life is so far removed from my own that it's actually hilarious. It's been inescapable here, and presented as something we all love and crave
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Re: I was hoping to hear your thoughts about this, V!froggyhMay 1 2011, 10:53:26 UTC
"that palace would make a damn fine museum if we just kicked those goons out of it."
Hahaha! It totally would.
When they first got engaged I was kind of 'meh, good for them, I hope they're happy together'. Then they came up here and it was all 'Let's go shake hands with Wills and Kate, and what do you mean you want to go to class instead?! Don't you want to lick their arses rather than talk about Tolkien? You're not allowed to go to class because you're carrying a bag!' (yes, some bloke from Estates wouldn't let me past him because I was carrying a bag. Funny thing for a student to be carrying).
And then there was the day itself, with all those stupid flags hung up in the dining hall and out of the windows and in Tesco. I have nothing against the Union Flag, but it's not something I want to be bombarded with when I'm trying to have my breakfast. Seriously, there was one taped to the juice dispenser.
/rant
If all this makes me a Debbie Downer, well, there are worse things to be called.
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I find weddings incredibly creepy. Actually skin-crawlingly creepy. If you want to get married, that's fine and that's great, and I hope it makes you happy. But the concept terrifies me. Dresses, families getting together, binding legal contracts - ohgodno. It's visceral. I actually shudder at the thought.
And then there's royalty. I'm not necessarily a republican, but I do find hereditary privilege of that magnitude hideous and ridiculous. And that palace would make a damn fine museum if we just kicked those goons out of it.
...and then we're invited to fawn. Oh, it's so sweet, oh, it's so romantic, oh, doesn't she look lovely - no. Fuck off. I wouldn't go all gooey over a relative's wedding, let alone someone I've never met whose life is so far removed from my own that it's actually hilarious. It's been inescapable here, and presented as something we all love and crave ( ... )
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Hahaha! It totally would.
When they first got engaged I was kind of 'meh, good for them, I hope they're happy together'. Then they came up here and it was all 'Let's go shake hands with Wills and Kate, and what do you mean you want to go to class instead?! Don't you want to lick their arses rather than talk about Tolkien? You're not allowed to go to class because you're carrying a bag!' (yes, some bloke from Estates wouldn't let me past him because I was carrying a bag. Funny thing for a student to be carrying).
And then there was the day itself, with all those stupid flags hung up in the dining hall and out of the windows and in Tesco. I have nothing against the Union Flag, but it's not something I want to be bombarded with when I'm trying to have my breakfast. Seriously, there was one taped to the juice dispenser.
/rant
If all this makes me a Debbie Downer, well, there are worse things to be called.
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