You know the other day I mentioned the pregnant women and anyone with a lick of sense who sees a woman who looks as if they may be pregnant waits for the woman to announce her condition rather than risk congratulating someone one their belly fat. Well I’ll tell you something else that happens to me all the time. (swearing below the break)
You know how people say, “I hate insert zodiac sign here“? I am forever having people tell me how much they hate a sign and the sign they hate is my own. Yes! Can you believe that? You hate that sign -> I know you -> so obviously this means I also hate that sign too. Whaaaat? Do I look like a motherfucking mirror? DO I?
Because now it is happening with politics. For GODSAKES quit writing me about last nights election with the assumption that my feelings are the same (or even similar) to yours. Are you crazy? Well are you?
I am getting this from both sides by the way and I am about ready to blow a fucking gasket.
Now I have Libra and I try to be polite. I try not to tell you what an idiot you are when you tell me how much you hate everyone born under my Sun sign but I am at my wits end.
I am an American. That is my statement and I don’t need anyone’s imagination to embellish that for me.
Thank you (says Libra out of sheer obligation)
36 Responses to “RANT – I Am An American”
I hate it when people people say I’m a lousy american because I don’t share their views. I don’t think that when people disagree that one person necessarily has to be wrong.
Well I got news for people. Not all astrologers are democrats and not all people who love soldiers are republicans!
I’m sorry people are projecting on you in this way Elsa. And I agree with satori. It’s time people started showing some class and respect for their “opponents” and NOT call them down in this way, because I really believe that Pluto in Capricorn will demand it.
Agreed to all this you guys are saying. However, I would just say that a lot of times when people assume you agree with them they do that because you are someone they admire (for a host of very good reasons 
and so they want it to be true that you think like they do, so they can congratulate themselves on their similarities to someone they like or admire. And it is disturbing to learn you think differently on something fundamental (perceived fundamental, anyway) than someone who you’d like to identify with.
bew, I understand but it is equally disturbing for me to stand there while you talk to my hologram. It is incredibly disturbing to hear you (not you personally but in general) go on about the stupid motherfuckers… when I happen to be one of the stupid motherfuckers you are talking about.
And I do try to be polite. I keep my mouth shut and hope like hell you never find out but there is a limit to my patience and by God, I have reached it.
Do you know how many emails I have gotten in regards to this election and my (I mean their) feelings about it? There have been hundreds of them… seriously there have been hundreds and I am just at the point where this is my response:
Shut the fuck up, fool! A woman with her stomach sticking out is not necessarily pregnant!!!!!!!
Matter of fact – my stomach was sticking out – waaay out 2 weeks ago and guess what? Hernia surgery! I was swollen!
LMAO!
I’m sorry for laughing because I can see how frustrating this must be, but at the same time if you can step back and look at it, it’s pretty funny. It’s like the teenage girls who think they’re going to marry (insert boy band idol figure here). The disconnect from reality is just so stark!
If anyone ever asked me if I was pregnant, I’d reply:
“Noooooo…
Are you mentally retarded?”
This is a particularly interesting entry for me for a couple of reasons. I only happened on this blog a few weeks ago but am now a compulsive reader (frequently updated blogs are like crack for me AND I have a burgeoning interest in astrology), so I’ve been trying to get a sense of who you (Elsa) are. However, one of the first things that struck me is there might be things about you that I like and things about you that I don’t, things that I can deduce about you and things that I can’t — and being mostly able to deal with that kind of complexity and ambiguity is one of the few things that makes me feel like a grown-up (at the age of 41) or that I have my shit somewhat together.
Anyway, my point is that sometimes it’s good to get comfortable with NOT knowing, and it’s almost never a good idea to assume.
hundreds? WOW! i am totally floored by that. because i thought you’d done a fantastic job of keeping your opinions the issue to yourself and was quite grateful that this blog continued throughout the whole election season to be about life, and living, and being a better person in fundamental ways. i considered it a respite from the turmoil.
Amazing. I never imagined you’d get hundreds of such emails. Just thought it was one or two people who wanted to buddy up in the “Hey Elsa, aren’t we two peas in a pod” sense. I feel the “Us vs. Them” mentality is all about the “Us” need people have. It’s a destructive thing.
Assuming that you think as I do about anything is the last thing I personally could do because the fact your point of view is unpredictable is the first thing I perceived when I started coming here, and is the value I get out of it.
I can feel your very real anger about this. (tho’ you’re one of those people who manages to be entertaining even when angry. I don’t have that skill, I just come across as shrill . ) I”m sorry you have had to deal with all this projection and misconception.
Well I am not exaggerating and it gets to a point where some people have made DOZENS of comments in this vein (that I have ignored) and how long am I supposed to string them along allowing them their mistaken assumption? Because if they find out I’ve done this, who do you think they are going to be pissed off at, hmm?
“you should have told me right away!”
“Oh really. You say, those stupid motherfuckers and I say, oh you mean me? Oh yeah, that’s going to go well.”
See, if someone was paying attention (and I can tell you hardly anyone does) they would notice I did NOT CONFIRM their assumption. But nooooooooooo. I get 3, 4, 5, 10 and 12 mails from the same person making shitty comments (from either side) and guess what?
I DON’T LIKE SHITTY COMMENTS! I don’t care who you are hating, I don’t like your comments I HAVE LIIIIIIIIIIIIIBRA Goddamnit!
And speaking of Libra, this is what it’s like when one of us blows. Take notes!!
I have a friend who must have some Libra in her chart (all I know is that she’s a Virgo) because I also find her anger sort of entertaining. (is this insulting to you? I hope not.) Anyway, I’m just hanging around for the show (but I’m hearing you at the same time.) And taking notes. But it feels like I should go and get you a cup of cocoa or something. Where’s Dora? She looks kind of comforting.
bew, I just meant if you want to learn astrology…
I say sometimes that when Libra blows,you better look the fuck out and this is an perfect example. Libra contains anger (especially a Libra MARS). It tries to be polite and considerate and so forth so stores and represses anger but eventually it’s going to blow.
ESPECIALLY when there is no sex or exercise to be had (surgery) and you’re me! So I am saying I am sitting here already pissed off and here comes another email from someone who thinks I am them and I don’t know. Have you ever seen Billy Jack?
If not you should. I will see if I can find the clip…
People are so dumb. Why is it even important to anyone that you think just like them? Do they not have enough people in their real lives that they can control/project on?
Hee hee hee! :::munches popcorn::: I love a good Libra blow-up. You tell ‘em.
Unreal. I don’t understand why people seem to think that anyone with a viewpoint of any subject other than their own is a motherfucker or stupid. At the same time, I don’t understand why anyone would want everyone to see the world the same damned way as they do.
Borrrring!
I’m sorry, Elsa, that people are so thick. I don’t give a damn who you voted for, or why, or even if you voted. It’s nobody’s damned business but your own.
I find it interesting that anyone even wants to talk about elections. I mean, I’m one opinion and one vote, and once cast, it is either going to be part of the winner’s group or the loser’s.
Beyond my one vote, I have no control on the outcome; believing anything more is an illusion, speaking of projection! Funny how people think that by talking about it, they are manifesting something.
Ohhh I have Libra Mars. I thought it was just me being polite taking shit only soooo far…..then watch out.lol. I do blow,hahah. So sorry you are getting a lot of shit sent to you,lol. Maybe just hit delete,lol.
Bew, I think that you’re new to me cuz I been on self imposed Elsa-sabbatical, but i’m thinkin you’re pretty funny. I loved that comment about Dora looking ‘kinda comforting.” [Awwwww Dora, but Dora fan here]!
It has always seemed pretty glaringly obvious to me Elsa, that you would not be a fan of spam of any flavor and I am shocked and I mean SHOCKED that you got any of it, from either side. Well, no, not shocked exactly, but I wouldn’t expect any of your regulars to be that stupid or presumptuous.
Cassiea, hi, and good point. Elsa will keep ya on your toes. She’s like my Astro-Zen-Master and, in my opinion, something of a mystery goddess ~floaty neptune googley eye elsa fan~
What happened to me is that I got one (yes, ONE, n=1) evil spam type thing from someone I used to know who had the prepostorous presumptuousness to (I guess?) assume that I would actually agreee with that kind of revolting, odious, distasteful rude idiotic and moronic insanity, and get this for laughs….the thing he sent, on top of all that, was 180 degree opposite of my political viewpoint of the world and I am no kinda moderate! He and I, while we had met in social settings many times, had never discussed politics, so how dare he presume to think I would see things from that same Extreme Radical side that he did (and of course there is Radical right and Radical left) so if you’re gonna send someone something radical, at least try??? to make sure that you share the same general kinda viewpoint?
Nope, this dude did not do that, and i will never see him the same way again, but what I did is I first made him sorry he sent it by blasting the living crap out of his position and then cramming my opposite position down his throat because he deserved it for opening the door. Then I made a few good solid jabs at the quality of his brain cuz I knew some stuff about him that did not jibe at all with the kinda stuff he was promoting (very little Libra in THIS chart….)
But first, I was a bit more rational and I offered him him the opportunity to apologize for sending me something that was not only a piece of shit from my political viewpoint but also just piece of shit in general and just plain downright un-American from any end of any political spectrum.
So this wanker what does he do? he writes me back with SOME KIND OF LAME PLATITUDE and NO APOLOGY!
so I write back, “fine, if you are not going to apologize, then you are not going to apologize” and I whacked him off of my facebook friends list and drop kicked any memory of him right out of my brain other than for the purposes of this comment.
So that happened to me one time and I really let it kinda dig a hole in my day. To have it happen hundreds of times? Elsa, I just couldn’t handle it. I guess that is why someone like me, someone who does have quite a bit to say, cannot and does not have a blog of her own. I couldn’t handle it. Not enough Libra, I reckon
Well, I swear I try to be nice. I actually am nice and like to stay that way but there comes a point where it’s clear I am just not going to win.
Because if I am going to get these comments AFTER the election, I am going to get them period!! You know. As things occur in the county I am going to have to hear about that motherfucker Bush or that motherfucker Obama and I am just about ready to tear my hair out and when it gets to that point, it is going to be your hair not mine because I have LEO!!!!!!!!
I can see your frustration Elsa…man can I ever. I deal with this sort of thing on a regular basis with my uber-religious sister and it has hampered the development of our relationship, to put it mildly.
“I am not you”
Sigh. You know that expression “You gotta be cruel to be kind” ? I wonder if a Libra came up with that.
Oh, is it?! Sweet! I have to run out the door but can’t wait to watch it tonight! Thanks…and thanks for being YOU Elsa!
What I am interested in, is what is it about your writing that makes everybody think that you are one of them? That takes talent.
iride, that’s interesting but if you ask me it takes talent on THEIR end.
Imagination beyond my wildest.
How about an out of office reply? We are away on vacation until such time as people start focusing on their own lives. All e-mails containing political questions or commentary, will be automatically deleted.
ha ha! That’s a great idea, eye. Had I thought of it before I did this… however I am a hothead!!
oh, dear, this isn’t a political blog.
though there’s astrology in politics, of course.
still. no reason to take sides when looking at charts, is there?
…aaaaaanyway…..
Oh I like eye’s idea.
Go get ‘em Elsa. Sorry you have to, though. People suck a lot of the time.
And I should say thank you to Elsa for staying away from the political. I can get that in so many ways this last year I come here to read about funny/difficult/change/astrology/learning and enjoy it immensely. I don’t come here for politics and am saddened that someone(s) felt that was an open door.
There is a regular life to be lived and Elsa, you teach a lot about regular life – keep at it and ignore the ones with their own agenda.
hah hah hah on the hair comment Elsa, hilarious!
I tend to think you’re right most of the time about everything 
So I always hope you’re on my team.
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