Easter Bunnies And Falling Down Rabbit Holes

 Our Antique Mall Manager asked me to work Tonight {Thursday in Real Time} but I had to decline due to still being weak and not completely recovered from that Stomach Flu.  He understood my reasons and just thought he'd check in and ask, I'm always at the top of the List of Vendors to ask to fill in for Shifts they need substitutes for.  My Friend Cristy is back but having to wear a Heart Defibrillator now that shocks her Heart!  She lost 45 Lbs. while Hospitalized, I had been filling in for her while she was recovering, glad to see she's doing better and back to work.  I Hate that so many of us have had serious Health Scares and some have Died from their Infirmities.

She said they don't know exactly what caused the fluid build up around her Lungs, but speculated it's coz she had Cancer Radiation and Chemo Treatments 20 Years ago?!   She's very Tall, over 6 ft., and very Slender, so she could ill afford to lose 45 Lbs..  Everyone was glad to see me, I haven't been in much but needed to put those "Rolling Stone" Vintage Magazines in my Locked Case.  I just decided to put all of them in the Locked Case and not the Showroom, in a stack I had room for them and put the most Rare Covers on top to attract interest to look thru the rest if a Shopper asks for the Case to be opened.

I stopped by where Princess T works too, she wasn't off yet but it's a Sale day and I got some good Merch 30% Off.  Some of it is New Old Stock I'll be Reselling of Popular Toy Collectibles.  Great Margins on them and they're an Easy Turn in our Showroom.   When a Popular Toy is still New in Original Packaging, yet Vintage, it fetches a lot more than one that was opened, lost it's Packaging and/or played with.  Amazing to me how many people had the discipline and kept their Vintage Toys pristine and never Opened or Played with.  So Rare to find them like that and then just Donated.  You often forget what the Original Packaging of them looked like from way back then.  Very Nostalgic.  Further Below are some Images of Online New Old Stock of "Liddle Kiddles" that now fetch an astonishing $350-$450+ each!!!

Tomorrow, if I feel good, I'll go to "Sweet Salvage" on their 2nd Day of their 4 Day Event.   Just for something to do and The Man can join me since I don't intend to stay long and there's nothing I'm looking for to Buy.  The Sneak Peeks on Social Media didn't reveal anything I would be really intrigued and tempted to get.  But I like the Energy of an Event and so few exist now.   So many great Small Businesses have Closed in recent Years, especially during Pandemic, and I do fear with this Administration's Economic Vandalism, many more will now have no choice but to fold.  Depending on where they rely on Sourcing their Inventory, we're gonna see Shortages, even with the Mega Corporations with enormous Warehouse Caches of Merch.  And price spikes on what can still be had.

So, I don't expect to do much Shopping, not discretionary Shopping anyway, and even Essential Shopping will be done much more strategically if prices soar too much.  There's things you can live without and you will if they're just not affordable or budget friendly.  When Consumers become hesitant to spend, it will hit the Economy hard.   I like Eating Out for example, but, it's not necessary to, so, if it becomes too expensive to, we just won't anymore.  Things like that.  We can and will tighten up when and if we have to, no problem.  I've lived Large and I've lived Poor, I know how to do both equally well.   

 And what I choose to Invest in has to produce the best Payoff or I unload it if it's not performing.  And if someone doing business with me can't perform then I just don't do business with them either.  I have utmost Sympathy for the plight of all Businesses right now, Nationally and Internationally.  This President has pulled the Rug out from under ALL of them and changes his Whims and his Mind so Schizophrenically that they can't project anything with any accuracy.  Literally everything is subject to Change without Notice now and perhaps every 45 Minutes or so and subject to his worst Instincts and inability to Mood Regulate.  He is a Career Criminal in serious Cognitive Decline and is so Old now he doesn't Care about the Future, since he has none, that's extremely dangerous.  He'd be inclined to Burn it all down to Rule over the Ashes.

I had Fun looking up the Vintage New Old Stock of "Liddle Kiddles", since in the early 1960's they were a Fav of mine and I had many of them.  I still have some of them in fact, and their Playhouse, not New Old Stock like these, I didn't have that kind of discipline not to open and play with them.  *LOL*   But, fetching what they command now, Wish I had a few I hadn't opened.  *Winks*   I still have Babe Biddle and her Car, and Bunson Bernie with his Firetruck.   Pretty Priddle was later 1960's so I never got her and don't remember seeing her that much at Stores, so she might be a Rarer part of the Line, I dunno, she was a SEARS Exclusive according to current Online info about her.

 Liddle Diddle was my Fav of the Line of the Girl Dolls, I still have her, but, not all of her Stuff that came with her.  My Fav of the Line of the Boy Dolls was Howard "Biff" Biddle, I still have him too.  He came with either a Red Wagon or a Yellow one, I don't know which was Rarer... but most of the Packaging Graphics showed him with a Red Wagon so I'm Guessing the Yellow version was Rarer?   Online says the Red Wagon is Rarer so I'll take their Word for it.  I don't have either Wagon, just Biff in good Condition.  It's hard to find them at all except Online now.  And, I've been known to Buy Back some of my Childhood for the most Nostalgic things I just want to Own again, if the Price is Right.

The Man sorted out his Fishing Lures I Scored recently for him coz when we picked Princess T up from Work, her Chazza had a Lures Carrier that would hold them all for $3.  So, now I don't have to give him one of my Antique Typeset Cabinet Drawers, he's happier having his Plastic Carrier Case anyway, he doesn't wanna Display them anywhere.  He sorted out the ones he's making Necklaces for me of, I'm Happy with the selection we'll be making Jewelry out of.  He's Happy with the ones he's keeping as Lures and just having stashed away with his Fishing Merch Hoard.  *LOL*  You'd think he was opening a Sporting Equipment Store for Fishermen.  I'm encouraging him to actually GO Fishing with The Son and some of the other Young Male Friends who would gladly take him.

 

Problem is, he won't go, he declines every Invitation they've offered to him.   It would give me a Respite to have him go do some things with a bunch of Trusted Guys who'd look out for him and show him a good time.  I know that the Issue is that he is Aware he probably would become difficult and not behave, if Emotionally he deteriorated, coz it has happened before.  It has cut short everyone's Good Time and I think he doesn't wanna be the reason that happens.  But would have to happen if suddenly he wasn't Coping well with whatever it is and everyone else was All In and had to abort the whole Outing, spoiling everyone's Good Time. 

  TJ once took him Gold Panning and that happened rather quickly into the Outing, they had to turn around before even arriving at their destination, so, he never got another Invitation.  Too stressful for TJ and I didn't blame him, he had good intentions, it didn't work out.  Sometimes if someone isn't used to Dealing with someone with TBI and Onset Dementia, they don't know how unpredictable any activity can become.   Even when he thinks he really wants to engage in something, the Idea of it Appeals to him more than actually doing it.  He overwhelms quickly in the doing of a lot of things now and just can't with any measure of success.  He can do Environmental Cleanup for Hours, so we spend a lot of Recreational Time doing that, since, I like doing it too and he can Cope with that Activity happily.  

Anyway, the Stomach Flu Virus mercifully only lasted 24 dreadful Hours, it was really rough, but by Day Two I had no more urgency to use the Bathroom and no more Nausea.  I had eaten some Yogurt late into Day One, even tho' I had no appetite and couldn't keep anything in me, that seemed to Help a lot.  I figured your Body gets flushed of good Enzymes when you have a Digestive Flu and I wanted to replenish them with Yogurt Cultures to try to rebalance everything.  I also ate a Banana for the natural binding that Fruit provides.  Plus the over-the-counter Meds for the Trots, so, it all, combined, was Helpful.  I was so Thankful I didn't have Two full Days of being that Sick, I was Weak for half of Day Two, but could eat regular Food again with no incidents.  *Whew*

So, I've decided I'd go to Day Two of the Four Day Event I usually go to, even tho' I'd missed Opening Day, which is when I usually attend it.  Like I said, for some unknown reason they Hosted it a Week earlier than usual, so I had Calendared it for Next Week.  Usually they Host it on the 3rd Thursday of every Month, so I didn't expect Opening Day to be on the 2nd Thursday and except for Social Media, wouldn't have known.  Probably would have showed up next Week and thought WTF?!  *LOL*  That happened once before when they inadvertently changed it from being on the 3rd Thursday, as I recall, due to a major Holiday falling during what would have been the usual Event Dates of that Month.   And since Easter is Sunday, April 20th this Year, perhaps that is Why, since it always runs Thursday-Sunday?

Since Easter Sunday a lot of folks will be attending Church Services and spending time doing Easter Activities with Family, perhaps they felt Easter Sunday, the 20th, would be a bust for the last Day of the Event?  So, decided to Host it a Week earlier instead, it would make sense.  Tho', for Regular Attendees like myself, we wouldn't be Aware unless we happened to visit the Website on Social Media, which, I just happened to do, but normally might not. 

  It doesn't matter to me, I no longer attend Easter Sunday Church Services, my Pastor passed away during the Pandemic and his Dear Wife, our First Lady, now just does Online Services, which is where I keep connected.   It was a small Street Ministry in the Inner City and they gave up the Building they were in.  Pretty sure they still do Street and Prison Ministry Work tho'.  When my Caregiving became more extreme I had to give up my various Volunteer Ministry Work I'd done for Decades. 

  

I never did the Prison Ministry, I did Food Ministry work for the Marginalized and Hungry of Society, and I did Street Ministry Work as well.  The Daughter actually met my Pastor first while she was Institutionalized and told me about him and his small Church.  I attended it in South Phoenix and after that, knew it was a good fit for me Spiritually and aligned with my Calling to Help the Marginalized Populations that often aren't Welcome in a lot of Houses of Worship.  A lot of Churches and their Congregations don't want the Homeless, the desperately Poor, folks with a Criminal or Mental Health Challenged Past or Present, folks with Lifestyles they don't approve of like Sex Workers, Alcoholics or Drug Addicts, or the LGBTQ+ Community, attending their Churches.  

So many Marginalized and maligned folks know they are being Judged, not by God, but by other People who are self-righteous, pious, discriminating and judgmental.  Personally, I feel Christian Scripture made it quite clear Jesus hung out more with the Marginalized of his Time and had more Issues with the Churchy folks.   And I can see Why, pretty sure during Christ's Time the extremely Religious had similar Issues as they do to this day.  He got angry with many of them and their hypocrisy, not with the Non-Religious or Sinners.   Some of the most Hateful, Judgmental and Prejudiced folks I've ever encountered were Churchy.  

They might have had Religion, Legalism and Denominational Dogma depending on what Brand of Religion they espoused, but by their behavior towards too many of their fellow Human Beings, I didn't see they had Relationship with God that would be evident enough you knew God was IN them.  And a lot of Atrocities against Humanity have been done in the Name of someone's various Religions.   And how each one feels Superior to every other one and thus feel Superior to other Human Beings who don't Share their particular Brand of Religion.  Anyway, for many, Easter has become a form and a fashion of Celebrating the Holiday rather than a Holy Day.   Same with Christmas.   Hey, how you choose to Celebrate anything is none of my Business, you do you.  I know Atheists and Non-Christians who Celebrate Christmas.  Why, who knows?  Mebbe it's just a Fun Holiday to participate in for them and the Meaning is completely diluted, misunderstood or Lost?  

  

Many folks Adopt Holidays they didn't grow up with or just decide they want to participate in for whatever reasons they feel like.  I'm not the least bit against it, Rituals and Traditions are formed for a myriad of personal reasons.   Many Christians Celebrate Christian Holy Days more like it's not a Holy Day to them either, just a Holiday.  You know, Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, take precedent over the Reason for the Season.  And they get more caught up in the Commercialization aspect of it and what it's become.  Hey, sometimes I do too, I like the Decorations of both Holidays of Modern Christmas and Modern Easter.   I'm just saying that if you wear a String of Pearls, it doesn't make you an Oyster.  So someone saying they're "Religious" doesn't prove anything to me, I'm gonna pay attention to your Actions, are they Godly, or are they not?  Do you have any Spirituality and Relationship with your God/Creator, or not?  Is it Evident if you were to SAY nothing?

I'm not a Fan of Organized Religion, never have been, never will be.  I prefer Non-Denominational Worship just as I prefer Non-Partisan Politics.  I don't feel the Need for a Label or to define myself by one either.   And rarely, ever, have I discussed Religion or Politics.  Well, the latter changed in 2016 for obvious reasons and it has far less to do with Politics than it is with the Choice made to install a Criminal Sociopath to the highest position in the Nation.   Hey, if a Guy like that was leading even a Church, I wouldn't step Foot thru their Doors, I dislike Cults more than I dislike Organized Religions of any Faith.   Cults are dangerous by their very Nature and if you can't distinguish if you're in one, the main difference is, what happens when you try to Leave.

Anyway, with Easter coming up next Week, evidence of the Holiday is popping up here and there.  Not as much as it used to, guess the Holiday is fading out Commercially or something, I dunno?   I don't see a lot of Easter Merch, much like Thanksgiving, it's becoming almost one of those Holidays barely evident in a lot of the Stores now, almost invisible.   A nod to it, mebbe an Aisle, or even a small endcap Display, that's all I see when out and about these days.   And for Easter I don't see Religious Inspired Product, it's all Easter Bunnies, Baskets, Plastic Eggs and Candy.  Even a lot of Traditional Easter Fancy Wardrobe is sparse.  Remember Easter Bonnets, Kid Gloves, Fancy Adult Easter Hats, tiny Little Boy Suits, tiny over-the-top Little Girl Easter Dresses and Patent Leather Shoes?   If you're Younger, you probably don't even know what the Hell I'm talking about, Right?  And I rest my Case.  *Bwahahaha*

I would venture to Guess that most Younger folks know more about the Trippy Falling Down the Rabbit Hole and the White Rabbit of Alice In Wonderland, than about what Easter is about?  *Winks*   And, how on Earth did it evolve into Bunnies and Eggs, Candy, Gifts, and all that anyway?  Rather than mainly about Christ and His Resurrection?   Well, in the 1700's the Tradition was brought to America by German Immigrants. Specifically those that settled in Pennsylvania, of an Egg laying Hare called Osterhaus.  The Kiddos would make Nests for the Bunny to leave Colored Eggs, over time it evolved, with said Bunny not just leaving Eggs, but Chocolates, Candies and other Small Gifts.  And there ya have it... Ta-Da... what has morphed into Modern Easter Traditions and Rituals that accompany a once Holy Day focusing on Christ.   And Santa Claus, much the same kinda Story, the morphed Modern Version starting in the 1800's.  

But St. Nicholas goes back to the 3rd Century, a Bishop living in what is now Turkey... so, over 1,700 Years, Origins Dating back to 280 A.D., so, he has endured pretty well actually in his various incantations over Time, as has that Bunny.  So, no wonder it's become a pretty solid Tradition and Ritual with both of them for many people.   I do miss the Egg Hunts we did with our Kids and then the Grandkids we Raised, I ain't gonna Lie, it ain't the same without Children Celebrating Holidays with you.  Adults tend to just skip over them really and not bother so much if they're not doing it for The Children.   Since I'm a Big Kid at Heart, I do still like going over-the-top with most Holidays and Holy Days, I just do.  I am a Tradition and Ritualistic Being by Nature anyway, tho' I totally Respect if you're not or don't Celebrate anything at all for whatever your reasons.

I have a fair amount of Easter Decor set up in The RV Garage Mahal and not so much in the Main House this Year.  We've had a lot going on and Transitioning from Holiday/Holy Day to Holiday/Holy Day has been Challenging for me in recent Years.   I still enjoy them all, but the setting up and taking down of them has become just harder.  It's probably Why a lot of Seniors ditch it completely or scale it way the Hell back I Suspect?   And once all your Kiddos are Grown they aren't as All In and exciting about it all as they were when they were Children.  So, you can get away with doing less and less after they're Grown.  In fact, if I didn't do it, not sure any of them would take over and do it.  Princess T does put  up a Christmas Tree in her Room too during Christmas, but, other than that, she isn't one to Decorate for other Holidays at all on her own.  She does like a Costume for Halloween tho' still, even if she goes nowhere in it.  *LOL* 

After Easter there won't be anything to get me into a Holiday Mood until Halloween again.   The 4th of July I've never Decorated for and frankly it's been a couple Years since we even bothered to watch Fireworks, even at a distance.  July in Arizona is Crazy Hot and going anywhere to hang around until late when they set them off, is just uncomfortably miserable and I'd just rather not.  The Traffic and Crowds are just as gnarly as the Summer Heat, so, No Thanks.  *Smiles and Shrugs*  I think we put up large semi-circular Red, White, and Blue Flag Buntings once at the Historic Home, along the Eaves and stuck some small American Flags in some Hay Bales one 4th of July, long, long ago.  I remember doing Sparklers as a Child, that's it.   We do usually have a BBQ, since, Why not?  *Bwahahaha* 

A Blast From The Past Pix of me and my Friend Shelly, in the Fabulous Shop she Owned back then, when I was in my 50's.   When I was more inclined to do a lot of things about a Decade or more ago, that I don't do so much, if at all, anymore.  I think when I hit 70 soon, I'll abort a lot more of shit I used ta do, and I won't Care?  *LOL*  Sadly, she had to Close all her Shops, but now does a Monthly Event in a Shop she Shares with several other Industry Friends that is only open on Weekends.  They used to only be Open one 4-Day Period per Month as a Monthly Event, but, said Customers were asking for more Weekends to Shop, so they're trying that out since the Building is Rented all the time, not just for Four Days.   I haven't attended yet in April and only once in March.  I tend to be over there when they're not Open, since, a Fav Antique Mall that my Friend Nan Owns, and several Friends are Vendors at too, is right beside them in the smaller Strip Mall they're both located in.

I'm trying to grow some Spring Bulbs right now, this Pix gave me Inspiration to.  I used to grow a lot of Spring Bulbs at the Historic Home.  I got more into Air Plants at the Villa McManse and has that Phase.   Now I've come full Circle and back to wanting Spring Bulb Flowers around Eastertime.   I had Daffodils and Tulips here the first Year we Moved in, but, didn't grow them from dormant Bulbs.  So, I don't know how successful I'm gonna be with my Spring Bulbs, tho' I got good Dirt, Sod Starter Pots and Vintage Art Pottery to put them in, we'll see what happens?  It's already Triple Digits now, so, they might Fry and not do well Outside, I dunno?   The Greenhouse Bulbs I had that first Year were already Flowering and stayed Inside.  Where, they didn't do that well Inside, so, I'm trying Outside this Season.

I did have a Wheatgrass growing Phase too, not this Year.   Tho' when I was going thru that Phase I put that shit in Juicing Drinks and everything that Year I was all Into It.  *LOL*  It's pretty and will grow in damned near anything.  For Easter Vignettes it's pretty and very Springlike too.  Back in the Day the Events had more Live plants in their Spring Events and people could Buy them already planted in Vintage items to instantly use for Easter or just to Display thruout Spring at Home.  I didn't see any of that in the Sneak Peek Imagery of the Event I'll be attending Today {now it's Friday in Real Time}.   I expect all the Designers are glad they moved it up a Week so their Easter wasn't ruined, and probably in part why they don't do it that Weekend, as usual.  Tho' the Designers aren't required to all be there, most usually are.  There are Paid Employees too who assist with Customer Service and Heavy Lifting and Loading.

So, it's rather like our Antique Mall where Vendors also work, we just aren't Salaried and get some comped Space Rent for Hours on the Clock, but, well below Minimum Wage equivalent.  Anyway, each Designer there just stays in their own section and assists their particular Customers browsing their Merch.  So, there's lots of people there to help everyone, tho' they don't have Booths, it's blended areas with discreet separation of each person's Merch.  Now, that said, if another Designer's Merch goes well with theirs, they have been known to Display it together here and there on occasion.   They've had a rotation of Designers over the Years, many of my Friends in the Industry have been part of the Event for a time.  Then moved on, some came back again, like my Friends Roman and Gisele who Closed their Brick & Mortar Store recently.

The Brick & Mortar Stores have had a rough time of it, so the Events where many Designers get together is a bigger draw and less overhead and so it goes.   Kim, the Owner of this Event has weathered not only all the ups and downs of the Economic Storms, constantly re-inventing her Venues superbly, but she also was a Warrior while doing it and fighting Cancer some Years ago!!!   She had Leukemia and Thankfully is a Cancer Survivor and had Success with her Treatments.   She also weathered a Divorce thru it all, so she's quite an Inspiration of someone who remained relevant in the Industry and the Storms of it, while going thru epic Personal Crisis and not missing a beat with her Business being a huge Success Story.   Some weren't so Lucky when they got a Diagnosis or had a huge Personal Crisis of other kinds.

Kim is tough and very no-nonsense, but she's been a Friend of mine for Decades now and I have great Respect and Admiration for her.  I don't get involved either in any Industry Friction between people, most of them are long time Friends of mine and if they happen to be having some Industry Drama, they all know I don't and won't participate.  I'm a Drama Free Mama and if someone is being a Problem for me personally, I make it clear that I won't tolerate that either.  Usually whoever it is has been able to make Peace with me, which is always preferable and I'm very much a forgiving person if you've offended me or been problematic.  I feel that everyone has the capacity to work things out if both Parties want to.  I'm always Open to that if the other person genuinely is too.   We can have our disagreements and misunderstandings, but, we can still be Friends if we work it out amicably.

I usually manage to get along with just about everyone.  If I can't get along with you then it's usually becoz you refuse to get along and play well with others.   And, I'm one of those 'others' that won't play that shit with you and make it abundantly clear that I make a better Friend than an Enemy.  *Winks*   I've come to Believe that a lot of times people cause an Offense they didn't actually intend to and you Took the Offense of.  It's hard to Offend me coz I won't just Take an Offense easily.  You gotta be really out of Line and too far into my Lane for us to have us a Situation.  *LOL*   But, a Situation you damned sure will have if you get up in my Face and decide you want to Square Off or say something totally inappropriate that I will respond to forcefully and publicly if I must.   I can and will come out of the Bag in front of God and everyone on your Ass.  I have never Started a Fight in my Life, but I will and can End one with a Flourish.  If you Trigger me you get Dark Dawn.

The Man and all the Kiddos HATE it if someone Triggers me in their Presence coz they know it is not gonna End Well for that other person and they won't be able to stop me.   Even as Crazy as my Crew are and can be individually, not to be trifled with either, they know if someone Sets me Off, and takes me to The Edge of my capacity for Restraint, shit is gonna get Real and fast.   In fact, the Calmer I get the more likely I am to be absolutely merciless in a confrontation or Situation someone initiates with me.   So when I feel absolute Calm wash over me, I really, really try hard as Hell to hold back and not go completely Mental on some Fool's Ass.   Nobody is worth catching Charges for, especially a Fool, and most Fools don't even recognize they are one as a Situation is playing out in Real Time and they really fucked up with someone.

It was last Spring that was the last time I had a Situation with anyone and she didn't take a very long time to apologize.  I stayed away for a couple Months and everyone knew it was uncharacteristically of me to be MIA so many called me to find out what was Wrong.  I told them and she was confronted about it by the Right person to confront her about it in the Right way.  She publicly then apologized to me and was very sincere about it and we're Friends now.  We hadn't actually been "Friends" before the Incident that became a Situation, I knew her and she knew me, but, there was no Friendship.   Now there is and I'm glad about that, we were able to reach an Understanding about what wouldn't be an acceptable way to Approach me and I'm Cool with anyone who didn't realized they crossed a Line with me and makes an Apology that is Meaningful and from the Heart.   I can Honestly report I have no Known Enemies and I like to keep it that way, best for everyone.  *LOL*

 

You don't have to Like me, that would never make you my Enemy in Life, so long as you're Honest about just not gelling with me and remaining Respectful, that's Enough for me.   But don't stray into Disrespect Territory or think a Confrontation initiated by you would be a Wise Idea, it won't be.   I'll make sure you Regret it and it won't ever happen again.  Now, that said, there are people I seriously Dislike, like the Thief at our Antique Mall whose Targeted me at least Twice that I know of.  I put her on Blast all the time for her Skimming of other Vendors, but, I can be near her and ignore her.   Other that speaking the Truth boldly and unapologetically about her Shady Activities at the Mall, so long as she keeps her Distance, she has nothing to worry about.  {FOOTNOTE: Hey remember me Buying a Box Lot of Ukrainian Easter Eggs and this one had a petrified Chick inside that didn't manage to peck out?  I thought they blew the contents out of these Eggs, so, it was Freaky and Creepy as Fuck!  It is now in my Cabinet of Morbid Curiosities, too Artistically relevant to throw out.  LOL}

I do not Like her, I do not Trust her, we will never be Friends.   Pretty sure she is Okay with keeping her distance.  Especially after I publicly Squared Off with her in front of our Manager and anyone who happened to Witness the Confrontation about the Mannequin Theft.  She returned it promptly after being caught and confessing she did it, I didn't press Charges or fuck her up, she'd be a Fool to Steal from me again tho'.  I'd be more likely to choose pressing Charges and insisting she have some Legal Woes to Deal with, than the satisfaction of meeting her in the Parking Lot and handing out some Street Justice.   But some Intimidation went a mighty long way and she's a Mousy Cowardly little Thief, who is very MAGA, so, fits the Usual Suspects Profile of being all of that.  Her strong Political Leanings didn't Surprise any of us, it fits her to a Tee.

She has the most MAGA Merch in the Mall, so I like to fuck with her by putting Satirical Merch about her Orange Jesus in my Spaces, I can tell it bothers her immensely and is Why I do it.  Plus, it Sells very Well.  She particularly abhors if I find some great Obama Merch, coz, she's your typical Racist MAGA, not all Racists are MAGA, but so far every rabid MAGA I've ever met have been Racist to varying Degrees, just sayin'.  Her Locked Case is right next to mine, so, I make sure to have at least one Anti-MAGA thing Displayed in it.  I'll be putting in the greatest Annoyance to her this Week, I Sourced a Lovely Obama Cross Body Bag, which is New Old Stock, it's Magnificent.   I miss his Presidency more every Day, and Biden's.   I know it won't last long in Inventory coz he was and is a Popular President and the Merch is way more Tasteful than the MAGA Merch, which is so Tacky and often inappropriate, that, well... we know Who Buys it.  *Bwahahahahaha*

Now, I'm not talking about the Anti-MAGA Merch, which is a Hoot... and those of us who Buy or Trade in that do it for our own Amusement really.   I mean, how can one resist an Orange One's Effigy Voodoo Doll after all?   Not I.  *Winks*   Oh, and Trust and Believe that Blog Friend Shirley and I have put some Hexes on that Motherfucker big time.  *Double Winks*   Anyone closely Associated with him has the Bad Mojo which will come upon them too, Guilty by Association and Complicity, so, if they're collateral damage, so be it.   Listen, I can't recall throwing a Party for anyone's demise, but I'd make an exception for that Evil Psychopath's sticky End... and it will come.   And he will be as deserving of it as any other Evil Motherfucker thruout History whose been on the Wrong Side of History and more will Rejoice Globally than Mourn his Passing.   Some might be hesitant to admit it, since it wouldn't be PC, but, they'll be Celebrating Secretly I Suspect.  I'll be Celebrating Openly.

I keep it 100% always like that, you'll never find me being disingenuous or fake, in order to put on Appearances or gain Acceptance or Approval by having a Hive Mentality.    If you have a strong tendency to fall for Group Decisions, even if they're Wrong or inappropriate, I get it that for most like that, they feel invulnerable and Morally Correct when they're part of a certain Group.   Perhaps unable to even make decisions on their own, so that's just how they're Hardwired.   Those Judgments and Decisions tend to be more Extreme than those who Think for themselves.  Loyalty to the Group becomes the Top Priority, even if and when things are very Dark or Wrong within that Group.   They'll find it hard to go against the Group's Decisions or be Fearful to.   When a Group decides what's Right and what's Wrong, those with a Hive Mentality may not Question whether an Action is Ethical or Just.  That's what's happening with MAGA and why it's gone to Cult Status and so Extreme.

A Hive Mentality isn't always a Bad Thing if you retain some Independent Thinking to Balance your allegiance to that Group or Cause and make sure it outweighs the repercussions of Associating with that Group.  You can take anything too far.  Defective Groupthink happens and a deterioration of Personal Judgment often occurs.   Depending so heavily upon the Opinion of the Group can often make your Moral Judgement skills weaken and your Thinking less effective and damaged.  I've known some MAGA already having Buyer's Remorse for belonging to that Group, that, for whatever reasons, they aligned with in some way.  Only they know Why they Partnered with a Devil or more likely a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing who they bought into the Illusion and Spin of that was Myth and a Long Con.  People get Fooled all the time, some folks are Master Manipulators and know far too many Followers just like a Good Show, so, perfect the Showmanship of their Grift and Con, coz, it Works for them.

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Listen, if you're still part of a Cult, you can deprogram yourself and get the Hell out before it all implodes and your Mental Health suffers... and it will... they never tend to End well... Dawn... The Bohemian