Paybacks And Karma

 Princess T woke up this Saturday Morning with a severe Migraine Headache and had to call in Sick, pretty sure she's gonna get Written Up, but, it renders her completely not functional.  She will have to lay in a darkened Room now with absolutely no Noise until it subsides.  Both of The G-Kid Force were plagued with Teen Migraines and Stress Triggers it badly.  Not that there's any Stress these days, mind you... huge Eye Roll... and even ole' Eli The Cat has been wailing with the Song of his People the whole Morning.  He feels there is a Disturbance in The Force and he doesn't like it either, not one bit!  He Protesteth Loudly in fact.  As do we all it seems.  I know I'm a complete Head Case right now and I'm pretty sure I'm exuding that Dark Energy roiling in my Brain.  *Bwahahaha*

But, The Man and I had planned on going to the Christmas Event over at HIGHLAND YARD VINTAGE anyway, as a Mood Booster and to Buoy the Spirits, and we still will.  Only now I won't have to rush Home to get the Grandchild from Work, so, everything is as it should be in that regards.  *Winks*   We usually stop for Breakfast at "The Tipsy Egg" and I won't bore you with more of the same Images of different Orders of the same Two Fav Items on the Menu I'm Addicted to and always Order of Mascarpone Mint or Espresso Dream French Toast.  *LOL*  I don't know how many times you really need to see my Two Fav Versions of their Gourmet French Toast and a Lavender Latte Iced Coffee they make for me, even tho' it's not on the Menu?   But, here you are anyway, one Image of each dredged from the Photo Archives of Brunches Past, you're Welcome.  *Bwahahahaha*

 Creature of Habit such that I am, I know, I don't mix it up very much, do I when it comes to my Dietary Predictability?   Sometimes the Staff just yell out my Order to me as if I've Telepathically sent/ordered it already when I walk in!  The Man says if I ever wanted something different, well, I'll really throw them a loop and discombobulate the Usual they expect from me.  *Smiles*   I don't know which of the Two I'll have this day, sometimes I close my Eyes and just pick one or the other randomly.  *LOL*   Comfort Food, which, when your Appetite has been Killed, is important, since, I could get at least half an Order of either of these down me and call it a Day Foodwise.  And, probably not faint or fall out with not eating, as if I'm on a Militant's Hunger Strike.  *Winks*  For a Foodie I can abstain when I'm Stressed, I still got enuf Fat Reserve on my Bones to Fast for Days actually.  *Le Sigh*

LATER:  We're Baaaaaack.   The Event was fantastic and Festive, Fabulous and very well attended, I got to visit with a Vendor Friend there, whose also an Artist.   Love her Spaces in the Antique Mall and the Event in the Warehouse behind it.  Only ran into one MAGA Conspiratardia Old White Woman, who intruded on our Private Conversation we were having with my Vendor Friend.   None of us took The Bait and just Smiled and Ignored her, when she said how "Happy" she was after the Election... pretending we had no Idea what she was passively aggressively really eluding to.  *Bwahahhaha*  I just casually said, "This IS a very Uplifting Event they're Hosting here, you should Happily spend a lot then..."  *Winks*   My Vendor Friend Laughed and agreed, then we went back to OUR Conversation she interrupted.

 You should have seen her Face when we refused to Engage or Indulge her being Obnoxiously Rude, Intrusive, and attempting to be Confrontational with the whole MAGA Devotion Thing.  We don't want to Hear it, fuck off... which is conveyed without Words when you just turn your back on and ignore folks like that and remain Cheerfully Engaged with people you have a Connection with.  *LMAOROTF*   Later my Friend caught up with me and Thanked me for shutting MAGA Woman Down so adeptly.  Being she's a Vendor Selling there, of coarse she was being more Diplomatic and Polite than I had to be as just another Shopper.  I actually Delight in Shutting Down Asshole People in ways that leave them Speechless and looking Foolish as Fuck.  *Winks*  It's like a Sport to me and I can do it whilst Smiling broadly, yet Maniacally.  *Ha ha ha*  Ah, so ya wanna Play do ya, let me Introduce you to Dark Dawn now... that Darker side of me Loves to Play Rough... Fun Times!  *Snicker*

Other than that Old Pretentious White Bag, we really were around a lot of People just out having a Good Time and thoroughly Enjoying the Festivities and the Christmas Atmosphere and being in the Christmas Spirit.   It did get really Crowded fast tho', we got there 5 Minutes after Opening and within the Hour, had to leave lest The Man get Sensory Overload.  I was even feeling like the Crowd Sizes had become uncomfortable for me, and, we'd chosen what we'd come for.  We got a couple more of the Antique Coat Hooks for more of The Man's Custom Cowboy Hats being Displayed in our Boudoir over our Closets.  I got Two Medium Sized Jade Carved Skulls for only $7 each!   An Antique Butterscotch Striped Train Case with Lucite Handle for only $6!  And an Antique Crock with the Portrait, Hand Painted, of the Indian Warrior Three Eagles of the Nez Perce Tribe {Taken from a 1910 Photo}, who was an Associate of Chief Joseph, that was marked down 50%!!!

Our Breakfast at "The Tipsy Egg" was Sublime, I opted for the Espresso Dream French Toast this time with Seasonal Fruit on the Side.   The Man went Rogue and tried something he'd never had there before, the Pot Roast Bennie with Sausages... he said it was SOOOOOO good.  They were the Cutest little Fat Sausages ever.  *LOL*  We got Takeout for Lunch and brought it Home for ourselves and Princess T from "Chino Bandido".  Her and I LOVE the Jamaican Jerk Fried Rice with the Emerald Chicken, The Man went with Pork Fried Rice with a Chile Relleno... all come with a Complimentary Snickerdoodle Cookie.   So, that's your Daily Dose of Food Porn from Phoenix and Chandler, you're Welcome.  *Winks*

The Young Prince has been checking in with me just about every day, concerned about me and I've been concerned about them too.  It's been complicated in both of our lives lately and we can talk about anything and everything, always have been able to.   So, anyway, if he has to come back to Arizona it's Okay... he rather Hates Clovis, NM at this point... very MAGA Territory he says, too near TX to be like other parts of NM that aren't.  Allen is used to that, being from and growing up in Rural TX, The Young Prince is NOT!  Quite the Human Sideshow and he's not one that ever wasn't annoyed by folk who run with Low Information. He's got a 148 IQ and tends to not wanna leave it alone when someone is parroting stupidity or ignorance.  *LOL*   He jokes, rather Ricky Gervais Style, that he probably should have left it alone... but... it's just too fucking Tempting to mess with Idiocy and Conspiratardia.   He's such a Genius that he can debate circles around me and mess with me, so, I can only Imagine how much Fun he has with a complete Moron.  *Winks*

And, becoz he has severe Schizophrenia too and is a very Femme Trans Guy, well, he says the Clovites, or whatever they're called, are rather viewing him as they would The Devil.   Yeah, he mos def ain't making any Friends there and he's not sure he'd want to anyway.   Here in the City, it's so big and so diverse, how he is, how anyone is, well... pretty much ignored by and large.   In most Metropolis locations, you've seen it all, so, not much even turns a Head or is noticed.  And I mean, Arizona is pretty Red, tho' we did go Purple in 2020, still too Red and yet, in Urban Areas enuf Sanity prevails these days to be not greatly outnumbered and messed with.   I Guess if you Live Deep Red, well, it's way different, no Thank You.   Visited some Rural Arizona that was pretty fucking Wild during Election Cycles, especially during 2016 when we were House hunting and Selling our Historic Property and decided to Buy Luxury Real Estate to push thru the Adoption of The G-Kid Force while there was Blood in the Streets with the Housing Market.

The Circus was on full Display with the Clown Cars and all... tho' usually here they're Big Trucks festooned with Flags, Big Cardboard Cutouts of their Orange Jesus... and filled very raucous Lunatic behaving White Guys whooping it up in Red Hats and Cowboy Hats.  Yeah, a Real Treat and Spectacle.  I remember when we were House Hunting and just happened to be in the Cave Creek/Carefree Area during that Election Cycle of 2016 looking at Real Estate.   It was Full On Big Top there, who knew, since, it's quite an exclusive enclave of Money and so I didn't even expect the whole Sideshow to be in Town and so deeply appreciated and entrenched there... I mean, who fucking knew?  We didn't.  We had probably the most Twilight Zone Experience EVER as a Family, naively entering a big MAGA Hangout Steakhouse Type Restaurant.   *Ruh Roh... when we entered it was Dark inside and Bright outside, so took a moment to have your Eyes Adjust to see your Audience...* 

All the Red Hats went Dead Quiet as we entered, turned and glared at Dreadlocked me, who was pretty Browned by Summer... and our Hispanic Granddaughter... disapprovingly, like Scenes from "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers" {1978} Movie, we're walking thru the Restaurant gingerly.  Before any of them pointed and opened their Mouths like the Afflicted in that Horror Movie did.  *See Below... LOL but Eerie and Unsettling as Fuck lemme tell ya folks!*  In fact, the MAGA remind me of the Afflicted in that Cult Classic Movie.  Not Kidding, it is like they've been Taken Over by some Alien Force that physically outside might still look Human... but... a Transformation of the Inside is just Not Right anymore and has gone pretty Inhumane and potentially Dangerous to the rest of us.  You can't ALWAYS tell who they are, until... *See Below again... Winks*

 The Perky Whitebread Waitress, Wearing a MAGA Shirt along with her Red Hat, seated us outside in the Back, at a slew of Picnic Tables, but, where, nobody was, I kid you not!!!  And it was a very Crowded Restaurant!   She went from Bubbly to Resting Bitch Face with us and a little Creepily so.  Kinda like I felt as a Young Hippie when you had to use the Back Door and all, so knew you weren't really Welcome hardly anywhere and they didn't Care to extend an iota of Civility towards ya in their contemptuous assessment of ya.  I Imagine it was probably like wandering into a Klan Meeting unawares might Feel like too, and I'm not being hyperbolic.  They get emboldened in Numbers and sometimes enough to even take the Sheets off and not Hide their Identities.

 I think the only thing that Saved us was The Man had his Red Hat on, USMC Special Forces festooned with his Purple Heart, Marksmanship and Bronze Star Medals.  And a USMC Shirt saying something to the effect of "USMC Sniper Don't Run Or You'll just Die Tired."  *Winks*  Yeah, go ahead, make his Day.  So, tho' they didn't like us being there AT ALL and no Words were Needed, I was too Proud to retreat, I'm Militant like that and don't Bow Down to no Man, Dear Ole Dad Taught me that.  He was hardly Welcome anywhere outside of a Rez or Military Base all his Life, so, had loads of Experience of a proper Amerikkkan Welcome.  So, it's not "New" to me either, but... it's never a pleasant feeling when other Humans behave in such a way and "Other" ya becoz they feel Superior and have an Illusion of actual Superiority.  And, if someone like that has to be taken down a Notch, by Inviting Trouble, I'll oblige and we can have ourselves a Full Blown Situation.  I have no problem going back to Psyche Lockdown whatsoever.  Wheeeee and Yippee Kai Yay Motherfucker!!!!!   Coz we're ALL Mad around here in this Familia! Nobody is disputing that fucking Fact.  *Winks*

Princess T had whispered to me that she didn't like how they were looking at her particularly.  Being that 100% were Angry White Folk that looked like a Lynching Party gathering, to eat, drink, then go find hapless Victims, her Concerns were quite valid actually.  We didn't know if Retreat was an option, things had been Hairy in the Streets with how they all were Whooping it Up when we arrived.  Her Grandpa just gave the Crowd his Thousand Mile Stare and Calmly told her that if anyone there even felt the least bit Froggy, there better be plenty of Toe Tags at the Coroner's Office.  It was a Stage Whisper and we knew they'd heard him.  Most of them turned back around immediately and couldn't or wouldn't look him in the Eye.  I don't know any of them wanted any Real Trouble... so... we were ushered to The Back of the Bus so to speak... past all the Inside Seated Welcome Patrons.  Yeah, it was like that.

  Listen, The Man can spot Cowards when he sees them too, their exaggerated Bravado and prolonged Smack Talk is always a dead Giveaway.  An authentic Bad Ass isn't gonna waste Words before they just fucking take you Down or Out.  Nobody I ever Fucked Up I felt the Need to say a Word to before I just did it, if they took me THERE to where it became Necessary.  The Man either, he said Words aren't Necessary when you need to Neutralize any Target, just Swift Action and Mission Accomplished.  Then go have a Sammich... becoz don't expect us to Feel Bad about it either.  *LOL*  And, tho' Modest and Humble about it, he's a legit Bad Ass.  And he Bows Down to no Man either, so, in that we're Unanimous.  One could say we're quite Mental LIKE THAT.  If we're Going Down we're taking a bunch of Motherfuckers with us, in more than a Two to One Ratio.  So, they have to consider, is it really a Hill you wanna Die on?  Coz, when Challenged or Threatened, we will go on the Warpath like we're Hopped Up on some Peyote.  And who knows, by January, mebbe we are?!   A few Rez are very close by.  *Bwahahaha*

 And, remember, The Man also comes from a Segregated Background and persecuted Experience, since he was Segregated in the Military initially, due to his Religion, and that wasn't Desegregated for a long time actually.  A bit of Real Hidden History Trivia there for ya to chew on, I didn't even know that until he told me.   He's got enuf severe PTSD going on that no matter how Old he gets, if he loses it, Feels Threatened and Pops Off, someone is at the very least gonna get hurt... or, having a Eulogy.  He has HAD to Kill many People during War, as a Sniper, they were very Specific People, and some were neutralized in Hand to Hand Combat too, so, a few more won't bother him at all.  Mistake staying and eating there tho', coz we all got Sick from the Food and Honestly, I wasn't convinced they didn't do something to taint our Order, I kid you not!  Or mebbe their Staff have Nasty Hygiene and all the Food there is Bad, I dunno?  Needless to say, even Post-Election, we have never gone back to Cave Creek/Carefree.  The Man said our only Trip there now will be to get buried in the big VA Cemetery that is adjacent to those Cities.  I'm Cool with Occupying that Real Estate and Haunting those MAGA Motherfuckers forever and ever, no problem.  *Winks*

   Anyway, we cancelled all the Viewings of the exclusive Real Estate there we'd expected to Tour that Day and consider Buying.  Our Realtor, who is also a Dear Friend, is Black, so, when we gave him Recon of what it was looking like out there, he Agreed, Cancellations in Order, he'd relay it to the Seller's Realtors that we weren't coming to such a Hostile Environment to fucking LIVE and Invest in.  *Ha ha ha*  Yeah, tho' the Luxury Home Market was in the shitter, so great Deals abounded, I didn't want Neighbors like that!!!  Tho' at Villa Boheme's McManse, that Community turned out to be not much better.  Actually, they were NO Better just more covert about how they were.   And we didn't start seeing the Signs on the Lawns during that Election Cycle until AFTER we'd fucking bought the House... dammit!!!   I think becoz loads of Luxury Homes in Waddell at the time were For Sale and had been Stale Listings and a lot of the Homes were 2nd Homes too of folk who spend a Week or Weekend Annually there and it's Vacant and rather Deserted 360 Days a Year. 

So, anyway, Fun Times as we gird ourselves to Return to the Dark Old Days.  A lot of my Book of Faces Friends are Blacking Out their Profile Pix in Solidarity right now.   I've rather avoided the whole FB Jam at the Moment, it began getting Ugly in it's exchanges Post-Election, with much Hostility directed at any Non-MAGA.  I mean even when they Win, they can't shut the Fuck Up and not try to initiate Trouble and Provoke, can they?   Holy Mother Of God, Enough already!!!   The rest of us are fatigued by the whole senseless Shitshow.  But know, it's gonna get a whole lot worse before and until it gets better, so, Game On I guess, if they wanna go to War... many of us are Battle Hardened already... so, whatever.  I'm All In for some Good Trouble as John Lewis would say.  Hey, at the end of my Life Cycle, The Man too, so go ahead, give me Nothing to Lose and see how that Plays Out for ya.  I've always looked at Prison like a Retirement Plan anyway, since, can't afford Long Term Care for either of us.  And we both Plan to be very Expensive "Residents". Paybacks and Karma are always the ultimate Motherfucker. *Winks*

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Fun Times my Friends... Dawn... The Bohemian