Amanda Blog and Kiss

I had more animal abuse dreams last night.  Something about cats and dogs killed for their fur.  I think it was because I ran into this girl that I knew from fashion school in the gym yesterday.  She asked what I was doing lately, and so I told her about some of the protests I have been to and am planning on going to.

I mentioned the anti-fur protest here in Amsterdam, and I kid you not, she said: “But the fur thing….what’s the problem there?  I mean, yeah sure ‘poor little animals’ and stuff (she rolled her eyes here), but why is it such a big deal?”

I was gobsmacked.

But I held back from smacking her and said that due to great advancement in technology, there are lots of great synthetics that make it completely unnecessary nd cruel to use the real thing, and pointed out the fact that most of the time, it was actually puppies and cats fur, and not really those exotic minks and things that people think they are paying for.  And not to mention the methods of killing the animals are just barbaric.  (Do people really not know this?)

I also mentioned a list that I came across recently of designers who, when asked what their stance is on fur, either had a strong NO FUR design concept and had never used it in their collections, or were pledging to stop using fur at some time in the near future.  (Here is the list- really cool!)

And do you know what she said?  Do you know what she told me about?

Her grandmother’s fox stole that she now has and wears sometimes.  She told me this giggling, kind of embarrassed, but also going into quite a bit of detail about how it still had its little mouth and fake beaded eyes, and you closed it by having it bite its own tail around your neck.

I was standing there like, ‘……a-huh.’
like: ‘Is it that you WANT me to smack you?’
thinking: ’Cuz I’ve always wanted to anyway, so this is perfect incentive.’
thinking: ‘Why would you tell ME, of all people, just after I told you my stance on fur, that you sometimes wear a FOX FUCKING STOLE?’

Idiot.

MySpace Comments:

Wendy	Ahh… see …. my imaginary watch was there for a reason then! I’ll use it more often, let’s agree upon a secret sign anytime I need to produce it, no problem. My real watch is rather lovely too now I’m on the subject, it looks just like a stamp and…. No seriously, let’s push her in a shower cubicle with her clothes on next time. Posted by Wendy on Friday, August 17, 2007 – 2:37 PM

	Slush	hahahaha! could you tell then that I was steaming?! grrrrrr! we’ll trip her too! Posted by Slush on Friday, August 17, 2007 – 2:46 PM

	Dawn	She’s obviously not getting the “Listener of the Year” award…. What a stupid, self absorbed little . I want to say kudos for keeping your cool…I would lost it around the eye rolling… :/ She’s lucky I was not there with you…you know what they say about Americans being more violent, right? lol (and yea, you are American too but I’m getting my daily dose living here while you are peddling through the park, high on life…yea that’s it, life.) lol Posted by Dawn on Friday, August 17, 2007 – 4:20 PM

	Glinda the Good Witch of the North	Wow. This chick gets Clueless of the Year award. One, for not getting the point, and two, for not listening to a damned word you said. I’m with you on the fur thing. I find it absolutely abhorrent. Besides… I don’t want you to smack me. ;^) Posted by Glinda the Good Witch of the North on Sunday, August 19, 2007 – 9:09 PM

	Mike Diesel	should of slapped her, then wore HER as a stole Posted by Mike Diesel on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 – 5:15 PM

Slush

HAHAHAHA! Like that part in Ace Ventura 2 where he picks up the little Monopoly guy ‘Do not pas Go! Do not collect 200 dolars!’ Posted by Slush on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 – 5:28 PM