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[the_gneech]

"So, how was the show?" Greg asked.

"Eh," Brigid replied. "Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick."

"That good, eh? I'm guessing Roger didn't turn out to be the vessel of your hopes and dreams."

"No, more like a VW with a bad transmission."

"Oh, good response!" Greg pulled out his pad. "I'm writing that one down."

"Well, it's not like he's a bad guy or anything, but his values in life are peace, love, and vitriolic rants against the right wing. I've heard enough one-note songs in my life, that I don't have a lot of patience for them any more." Brigid shrugged and started making her coffee. "He started out from the assumption that naturally I agreed with everything he said about politics. When I didn't immediately join in and go rah-rah-rah, he then moved to the assumption that I must be a gay-hating creationist Bible-groupie who wanted to put him into a concentration camp for daring to have an opposing opinion."

"Tsk. Alas, poor Roger," said Greg. "Not one for nuances, eh? If only he knew what he was missing. I am intrigued by the gay-hating aspect in particular."

Brigid smirked. "Yeah, I don't hate gays any more than the normal hatred I have for straight people, men, women, dogs, cats, and everybody else."

"Exactly," said Greg. "Nobody who knows you would think you were anything but consistent on that score."

-The Gneech

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Comments

[susandeer.livejournal.com]

*blink*blinkblink*blink* You've hit a nail on the head with this one, dude. I wanna take Brigid out for a beer.

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Hmm ... now that you mention it, I'm not sure HOW Brigid feels about beer.

-TG

my guess is....

[mammallamadevil.livejournal.com]

that she drinks Rolling Rock in secret...but drinks Wild Turkey neat in public...(grin)...

MLD

[fferret.livejournal.com]

This may have been covered in a fictionlet I missed, but what is their relationship? Roomies? Brother & sister? I was under the assumption that they were a couple somehow, but if she's dating seperately, I guess not. (*winks*)

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

It is a mystery. :)

-The Gneech

[fferret.livejournal.com]

(*grins*) Ah, that's right...just dribble out a little bit of context at a time...we'll figure it out eventually. ;*)>

[level-head.livejournal.com]

Amusing. At about 3 a.m this morning, I was writing in very much the same vein. The "show", in that instance, was the "Brain, Mind, and Consciousness" conference this past weekend at Cal Tech -- which opened with an evening of Bush-bashing and satire. Three of the major guests, including author Michael Crichton and the excellent neurologist V.S. Ramachandran, had canceled out, so after host Michael Shermer's rant about politics we were treated to an evening of satirical (and rather vulgar) political songs, all slanted to the same side.

It wasn't what I was there for.

===|==============/ Level Head

[oceansedge.livejournal.com]

Brigid it my hero :) And Greg is just too cute and cuddly

[iamertai.livejournal.com]

Ah, defenders of the middle ground. We who everyone else refuses to beleive exists.