You Have to Earn It
Mar. 30th, 2010 01:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
errantemberIf you aren't black, and you wear any kind of faux animal skin, you need to be aware that the Fashion Police are tracking your every move, hovering above you in a wasp-like Minority Report transport, just *waiting* to swarm out of the darkness and remove you from a public you are so clearly endangering. I'm not saying it's impossible to get away with it, but you have to *earn* it. And until you do, the rest of are not responsible for the consequences to you of taking whatever action we feel is necessary to protect ourselves.
There was one such person at Elysium on Sunday night, and I have to admit that when I first saw this individual, the arrogant, propriety part of me that considers that particular rectangle of long-leaf pine to be *my* dance floor was very close to taking Extreme Measures. I don't think I was alone. But, despite The Darkness, the better part of me was able to restrain the demon *just* long enough to allow for the *small* possibility that this person had what it took.
It took a few songs. It was *not* an easy sell. However, in the end, she did.
Still, she plays a dangerous game.
A game Kung-Fu Miss Lou once played *so* well.
There was one such person at Elysium on Sunday night, and I have to admit that when I first saw this individual, the arrogant, propriety part of me that considers that particular rectangle of long-leaf pine to be *my* dance floor was very close to taking Extreme Measures. I don't think I was alone. But, despite The Darkness, the better part of me was able to restrain the demon *just* long enough to allow for the *small* possibility that this person had what it took.
It took a few songs. It was *not* an easy sell. However, in the end, she did.
Still, she plays a dangerous game.
A game Kung-Fu Miss Lou once played *so* well.
