So, ok.
Silvana and I both had a bit of a hard day, and I think we had a little bit too much of rape today, in general and our own, and we both spent some time crying. But THEN: there was this chat conversation. And we both lived happily ever after. The end.
leblanc: i hate stupid rape
gayle: ME TOO
let's ban rape
leblanc: i am laughing
because
"i hate stupid rape" is funny
gayle: i know!
i laughed
i can imagine yelling at it
like a dog that peed on the floor
leblanc: i want to go to all the rapists
and say
I HATE YOUR STUPID RAPEY FACE
SHUT YOUR RAPE FACE
gayle: HAHAHAHA
"stupid rape!! NO!"
leblanc: hahahahahhahaa
BAD RAPIST!
gayle: i want to be able to like, throw them out of the house and make them whine at the back door
BAD! NO!
leblanc: see,
now these are funny rape jokes
we should totally blog this chat
gayle: funny rape jokes exist!
leblanc: hahaha
gayle: just, like, NEVER when men make them, and only when rape victims make them, mostly
leblanc: basically.
i am cracking up
which is good
because i was pointlessly weeping for a while there
gayle: seriously, if we could teach rape to sit and stay and throw it outside when it misbehaves, we'd all be ok
leblanc: give it a treat when it doesn't act like a fucking asshole
gayle: and it will never get any cookies. ever.
NO
NO TREATS
leblanc: what about dog biscuits
NEVER?
gayle: because then it will beg at the table
leblanc: oh.
we dont want that.
no fucking chicken bones for you, rape
i would rather throw the bone DOWN THE DISPOSAL AND RUIN IT
than give you a tasty bone
gayle: HAHAHAHA
leblanc: i would rather have to pay $400 to a plumber to fix my disposal
then let rape eat my chicken bones
gayle: and ol' yeller made me cry, but i think that would be ok to pull that on rape
like, i am ok with rape maybe being taken out to the barn and shot when it's time
and everyone will go YAY
leblanc: the kids might cry
when rape dies in the hay
gayle: it's rape. no one will miss it
leblanc: and i will be like SORRY KIDS RAPE IS DEAD
gayle: i'd be nice and let them bury it in the back yard
leblanc: that's very magnanimous
gayle: like, i wouldn't insist it be flushed down the toilet
leblanc: although it would totally ruin your garden forever
that is not the kind of fertilizer you want for the petunias.
gayle: yeah, but teaching kids healthy emotions about death and all
leblanc: you would end up with a tim burton garden
with dead-ass flowers and shit
gayle: i was just thinking that
like, the flowers would grow dead
leblanc: hahahaha
gayle: ACTUALLY
no
i reject that rape is that powerful
because i think once you shoot it and bury it
it is over!
you know the bit in monty python where they eat the minstrels and there was much rejoicing? LIKE THAT
leblanc: truth!
because!
even though we have both cried today
because of stupid rape
we are also
EXTREMELY AWESOME
and way more successful than our stupid rapists will ever be
gayle: OH FUCK
i left shit in the oven
NOT AWESOME
leblanc: go get it!
gayle: HA!
I like the idea that the flowers are like, "hey: rape, death, shite, I can turn anything into fuel."
ReplyDeleteFor years after the rape, I used to refer to the person who raped me as "the bozo" or "that bozo". I have no idea who he really is aside from the half hour or so he spent strangling and raping me, but based on what I saw of the choices he made, he was a parody of human.
ReplyDeleteThe whole concept of rape is utterly absurd. It turns all that is beautiful and good inside out and upside down.
Humor helps --- a lot. When used right it makes truth easier to handle or helps us see it in a new empowering way.
This made me lolsob out loud, in public.
ReplyDeleteI may or may not feel (A POEM OF DEATH) coming on about your Tim Burton flowers.
Hope you and Silvana are both feeling better.
Haha! As long as you label it "A POEM OF DEATH" so we are not confused.
ReplyDeleteSurely, in all his sketches, Tim Burton has drawn Tim Burton flowers. I will see if I can find an image - I have a big book of his stuff at home.
Yup. Tim Burton flowers: definitely creepy.
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