Posts by LadyDragonfly@universeodon.com
(DIR) Post #AZ0wMGEZswPhZaZ1Si by LadyDragonfly@universeodon.com
2023-08-22T16:13:54Z
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@RickiTarr @AirlockDoc I froze. I wasn't supposed to be here. But the question didn't seem like someone upset at my presence. The voice itself was kind, and if anything, a bit bemused.Slowly, I turned around. There, seated comfortably in one of the plush lounge chairs, was Mr Yo-yo Ma himself. I blinked. I blinked again. He was still there. He gestured at the opened soda can in my hand and repeated himself. "Mind grabbing me a coke from the cooler?" I stammered out a "Oh! Uh! Of course, Yo-yo Ma. Mr. Yo-yo. Mr Ma? That can't be right. Um. Sorry. Sure." He laughed off my nervousness and accepted the coke I snatched up from the fridge cooler. Then gestured to the lounge chair next to him, inviting me to sit down and stay. What followed was probably the most surreal couple of hours of my teenage life. I got to sit and chat with my idol, Mr Yo-yo Ma, about everything and anything. Music, the cello, my life, school, everything. 🧵/6
(DIR) Post #AZ0wMILO2b347HlULw by LadyDragonfly@universeodon.com
2023-08-22T16:20:32Z
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@RickiTarr @AirlockDoc He was gracious and kind and a VERY funny conversationalist. He instantly put me at ease, and we sat there surrounded by luxury listening to the orchestra perform Haydn, sipping our cold Coca-Colas. From time to time he would ask me some small question about the performance. What did I think about this cadenza, how did I like the conductor's dynamic choices during this phrase. Most times we just sat in silence, enjoying the music. It was like being with an old friend. You don't need to say much. You just like knowing they're there.As the orchestra neared the final few bars of the last movement, he checked his watch, and said "Well, I suppose I'd best get down there. They'll be needing me soon."I had nearly forgotten that I was talking with the featured performer. I laughed a bit. "Of course. Good luck, break a leg.""Hope you enjoy it. And, you might want to make sure you toss those out before you go back down....don't want to get caught," he winked.🧵/7
(DIR) Post #AZ0wMLpd4c1QvwwBPM by LadyDragonfly@universeodon.com
2023-08-22T16:25:41Z
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@RickiTarr @AirlockDoc And one would think the story ended there. The time I snuck into a luxury lounge space for billionaires and hung out with a celebrity for several hours just shooting the shit while Haydn played in the background just for us.But it wasn't.Years later, I was working on a piece I had written for an author named Eric Metaxas. The words of his book were being set to music, and I had been selected from a group of other composers to write the score.The piece called for a folksy guitar singer, and a solo cellist. The name that came up to perform it was...you guessed it. Yo-yo Ma. As soon as he came into the recording booth to lay his part down, I was flooded with a sense of familiarity. He came in and introduced himself with a smile. I began to say "I don't know if you remember me, but..." When he leaned in and interrupted me with a conspiratorial whisper: "So...did you get rid of the evidence?"I cracked up. I couldn't help it. He remembered. 🧵/End
(DIR) Post #AZ1s0yOgnmMFVrqaSO by LadyDragonfly@universeodon.com
2023-08-23T17:08:40Z
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Past Socialist Plots:1776 - Veterans Benefits1790 - Public Schools1812 - Veterans Spouse Benefits1853 - Public Fire Fighters1905 - Public Parks1921 - Public Roads1929 - The Weekend1933 - Farming Subsidies1935 - Social Security1938 - Child Labor Laws1938 - Minimum Wage1940 - 40 Hour Work Week1955 - Handicapped Accessibility1956 - Federal Highways1965 - Medicare1970 - Clean Air Laws1972 - Disability Benefits
(DIR) Post #AZ23ik04n1h56CPJNg by LadyDragonfly@universeodon.com
2023-08-23T19:07:58Z
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Hey you. Listen up.White supremacists and fascists have co-opted your liberalism. They've trained you to say things like "on both sides" and "violence is never the answer". They have airdropped fascist-approved ideas like centrism and horseshoe theory on your doorstep.They don't want you to oppose them.They WANT you to stay in that comfortable middle ground, so that you can act as a buffer between them and their opposition. You're their bodyguards.Stop being complacent. Stop being complicit. It's really not complicated. You don't have to go out every night to pick fistfights with Nazis or get maced by the cops, but for FUCKS SAKE stop HELPING them.Be vocal. Denounce them! Stop making apologies for them. If you can't say "no" to the people waving swastikas and gunning down store owners who fly the pride flag, then what the fuck are you even good for? Stop hiding behind cowardice and calling it enlightenment. Take a damn side.
(DIR) Post #AZ2gtPzRQLzyR6BzrE by LadyDragonfly@universeodon.com
2023-08-24T02:04:13Z
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Garbage Jail Kids#1 Rudy ColludeyAKA Rudy GiulianiBest known for: - Leaky Hair- Four Seasons Treason & Landscaping- Farting in Court
(DIR) Post #AZ2gtQpYIbgN2iZc5A by LadyDragonfly@universeodon.com
2023-08-24T02:05:42Z
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Garbage Jail Kids#2 Shakin' KrakenAKA Sydney PowellBest known for:- Not being a Kraken- Lying- Literally drunk all the time
(DIR) Post #AZ2gtRh55aV5ijcMW8 by LadyDragonfly@universeodon.com
2023-08-24T02:06:47Z
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Garbage Jail Kids#3 Jenna SmellisAKA Jenna EllisBest known for:- Smiling inappropriately- Treason- Being farted on in court
(DIR) Post #AZ2gtSK4kbgzffrVIW by LadyDragonfly@universeodon.com
2023-08-24T02:08:33Z
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Garbage Jail Kids#4 Jailbird John-E.AKA John EastmanBest Known For:- Making lists- Planning treason- Doing treason
(DIR) Post #AZ2gtT2k4XQBuClAv2 by LadyDragonfly@universeodon.com
2023-08-24T02:09:56Z
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Garbage Jail Kids#5 Cheese BroAKA Kenneth CheseboroBest known for:- Being cheese- Being bro- Orchestrating treason
(DIR) Post #AZ2gtUsXFSRfb803Hs by LadyDragonfly@universeodon.com
2023-08-24T02:11:39Z
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Garbage Jail Kids#6 Shoddy ScottyAKA Scott HallBest Known For:- Being Forgettable- Vote Tampering- I forgot who we were talking about
(DIR) Post #AZ2gtXHmIZpF3zpEuW by LadyDragonfly@universeodon.com
2023-08-24T02:13:22Z
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Garbage Jail Kids#7 Dumb DaveyAKA David ShaferBest Known For:- Forgery- Impersonating an Officer- Thinking he can get away with it
(DIR) Post #AZ2gtYzlwUbwMjPt7g by LadyDragonfly@universeodon.com
2023-08-24T02:14:55Z
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Garbage Jail Kids#8 Ray o'SunshineAKA Ray SmithBest Known For:- Perjury- Fucking around- Finding out
(DIR) Post #AZ2gtb1GPuzadw86j2 by LadyDragonfly@universeodon.com
2023-08-24T02:16:50Z
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Garbage Jail Kids#9 K-K-K-CATHYAKA Cathy LathamBest Known For:- Stealing Computers- Not Knowing How Computers Work- White Supremacy
(DIR) Post #AZ2gtcoDlNkQC42ifo by LadyDragonfly@universeodon.com
2023-08-24T02:23:39Z
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GARBAGE JAIL KIDS!They're garbage.They're infantile.They're literally in jail.COLLECT THEM ALL!
(DIR) Post #AZ46TQiAuXGJ6wLQhs by LadyDragonfly@universeodon.com
2023-08-21T17:11:56Z
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@PeterAperlo @davidaugust
(DIR) Post #AZ8Gg28hMDDaq9EsfQ by LadyDragonfly@universeodon.com
2023-08-25T18:12:05Z
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Not to brag but it turns out I'm really good at American History
(DIR) Post #AZ9fXXKOilhwyZiTTs by LadyDragonfly@universeodon.com
2023-08-26T23:53:17Z
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Just a reminder...Inmate PO1135809 will not see your prison rape jokes. But your friends who are survivors of sexual assault will.
(DIR) Post #AZDzTIt5FCF4kM2U1w by LadyDragonfly@universeodon.com
2023-08-27T04:52:26Z
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If famous poets asked you out: Emily Dickinson As day expires, a simple Plea; Storm-toss'd upon your Shore — That You might stroll the Night with Me And ne'er ask for MoreDr Seuss Let's have a drink inside a bar I know a place, not near or far We'll talk of this and laugh at that Of fleeblegiffs and garblesnattsBashō A crowded bar Lady walks in The sound of record scratchE. E. Cummings and what if we talk(ed) a prette(yes) glimpse in the endbeg(in) and this is how it goes: your (evermoon not merely clasped in my) heart — it is my heart.William Carlos Williams This is just to say I have asked your sister out tonight at The Icebox. you know, that new club downtown? forgive me she was attractive so hot and so singleAram Saroyan My arms are wahrhrm
(DIR) Post #AZDzTM2lVelkXFal2O by LadyDragonfly@universeodon.com
2023-08-27T05:35:10Z
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Famous Poets Asking You Out (part 2)William Shakespeare Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art hot.Charles Bukowski sometimes I think the gods deliberately keep pushing me into bars as hard as this whisky just to hear me yelp a few corny pickup lines at women and now my cigarette lighter has gone dry. I sit here hopelessly flicking it.Robert Frost And I shall be telling this with a sigh When I am grey and gone over the hill Two roads diverged in a yellow wood And I - I took whichever one you're taking, baby. Netflix and chill?