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Writer's pictureAmanda Riddell

Cannabis isn't cannabalism

Ok, I don't entirely remember my first posting spree (I didn't sleep for a week solid, so obviously there's memory gaps), but I remember that slogan. I dunno what I was thinking, but I'd say it was probably a play on "Soylent Green is people" and as for the paedo stuff: that's what my brother really thought of Dakta, and it seemed like a potentially common mistake. It's fascinating how contradictory some of the things I said were: for example, I was passionately advocating for rongoā while being a stick-in-the-mud about the language, though, in my defence, I shared the academic links that made me think there'd been some anglicisation of Te Reo Māori, and there were other voices who had expressed similar things about the death of the dialects. The stuff about Kali Yuga is because that is genuinely my faith system. I converted while reading Danielou's books, and Peter Marchand's The Yoga of Truth. - As for Jane and Owen: I was just expressing my sadness, and I thought the Bob Blair/Bert Sutcliffe analogy was a fair one. For those who didn't know the story of 110 in the Shade, Lizzie doesn't end up with Starbuck, and the name coincidence was something that struck me as funny because Jane was on the cusp of "old maid" status and the other (male) students were obsessed with this idea that she didn't want kids and wouldn't marry. I was crushed when Jane was crippled, and people had been whispering about us for years. Yes, we were close, but I never expected her to leave Owen or anything like that. I may have hoped, but I never expected it. Particularly given she's 17 years older than me. That's the lot of you who thought something sinister was happening... shame on you, NZSM and this gossipy bullshit is why I'm not ever coming back. I spread my gossip, and I bet you were all surprised about how much I knew. - Chloe... well, I had a crush on her. That's more or less all that was going on, while the one after the Election was because I'd just completely lost my mind. It seems like she gets that, though. 😀 - And, as for Barbara: I bet she probably did attribute the cycle to helping her conceive, though I bet her story was probably rather different to my story. I wouldn't be surprised if she's bipolar as well, and she wrote me back, which really meant a lot to me. Sadly, though, Flora is a bit of a reach for me: I'm pretty, but not that pretty, so I prefer to be obviously trans rather than seamless. - I'm fairly sure I only implied Meesh was a ho, but yeah, it was a pretty tasteless joke. I was pretty angry with her about the fetish ball invite, and that was probably what sparked off that rant. I thought we were more than friends, and having coffee with someone while saying that you're thinking of leaving your boyfriend tends to create that impression, Meesh. 😀 I'm not a fetishist in the active sense: I get off to the imagery, but I'm not keen to bring that into a relationship, because it makes me feel less womanly. I felt like she just wanted to get me into the orgy room (which she made a point of mentioning 💜) and bone me, which made me very uncomfortable. - The James Cameron bit... hey - he's growing weed! 💜😒 That really pissed me off -- he had massive hemp farms, while all my buddies who grow/sell the plant have to live in fear. It felt disingenuous and by that point I was operating on pure adrenaline, so I don't know exactly why I took a swing at him, but there you have it. - For the people who think they're being kind, but are really torturing me: There is NO 'have to' re: live performance. There is always the option of refusing, and I think you should all be more aware that I've been traumatised by walking the streets and being treated like the most unwelcome person in the city, so I'm not very keen to play for crowds who actively hate me. That's the crux of it, and I will not be settling. Put me away, if you feel, but don't force me to do anything music-related. 😒

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