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  1. CarolinaAsh
    I'm so late with this response but I just saw that, I came here for another reason... but we had bagged milk in Upstate NY too, in the schools. It was a pain in the rear. It looked like this: ANYWAYS! I wanted to know if anyone visited #DeadRaccoonTO because I thought of you lot when I saw the news thing on my facebook. I love it. It's awesome. Poor raccoon.
  2. CarolinaAsh

    I AM ALIVE. And I posted in Oldings.

  3. CarolinaAsh
    Love that poem. It inspired the Red Hat Club. Of which I will one day be a member. For now I shall wear pink and lavender as belies my relative youth... Oh wait. If Mika says 32 is when you can start wearing those then I only have 2 months.
  4. CarolinaAsh
    I dunno. I mean we don't hear much. I didn't even know he did a duet with Gaga though it doesn't surprise me. He still can make news here though but it's usually when it's slow and more because he is so classic and also I think they like to say "Sir Elton John" but mostly I remember him with Eminem on I think the MTV awards as the last big thing.
  5. CarolinaAsh
    Floppy earssss
  6. CarolinaAsh
    I love this piece!
  7. CarolinaAsh
    I translated this back to English with google which I know isn't accurate but oh em gee. what? Like... Are there maybe some mistaken words here? Or does it really read like they were on something when they wrote this?! Especially this bit: Et je me fous d'être seul au monde, de finir fou, d'compter les secondes
  8. CarolinaAsh
    Wanna cry.
  9. CarolinaAsh

    I kissed a camel and I liked it...

    1. crazyaboutmika

      crazyaboutmika

      camel? Interesting!

       

  10. CarolinaAsh
    Where can I read this press release? This is the first I've heard of it.
  11. CarolinaAsh
    Sorry, I'm not translating that one! I'm not even sure what language that is. Though I can tell kind of what it's about.
  12. CarolinaAsh
    Aww he has cheat sheets...
  13. CarolinaAsh
    And guys, lets be honest. Mika is not one to shy away from standing up for what he believes in. Sure, he may not have said anything if it hadn't gone so viral, but it's not like he hasn't done things on his own before. From his songs, to his pictures and messages with Fedez for Milano's pride, to when he attended the rally for JeSuisCharlie. That last one really made me nervous for him admittedly. He's very brave, not just with his personal life and open-ness more recently, but with his courage to take a stand on public matters. Heck even his tweet about Cecil the Lion! I can see how some of it is that way. People only thinking "how dare they attack my precious Mika!" (Nooo I'm not being snarky at all right there! ) But there are some, and enough, that are using it more as another means of starting a dialogue about the problem. That's a good thing. But I haven't participated in the hashtag. Because I don't know anyone Italian who isn't a Mika fan lol. However his comments afterward are what really get me. About his instinct being to run and him fighting it and that love cannot be controlled. That speaks to me on a deep and personal level. I imagine it does to so many others as well. Not just about homophobia and LGBT issues, but just in general standing up to bullies and realizing love isn't something you chose. I can only hope some others see his comments from this and find them as inspiring and true and relevant to them as I do to me.
  14. CarolinaAsh
    Oh boy. What I would give for a pool right now... lol.
  15. CarolinaAsh
    Is it one of the pics he was upset about in the Belgian article I just translated? 'Cause he said that incident happened in Sicily.
  16. CarolinaAsh
    Him cancelling his concert would be giving them what they want. And he tweeted in Italian, so he's clearly aimed it at his Italian fans who do have a say and can spread the word. Plus it's received media attention there now; not only the act of vandalism but his response. So the word will spread and give people a reason to talk about the topic. Sure hash tags in general are silly and I am not a big fan. However, they are useful when following topics of major importance or significance to a person. And while it's not life changing at this exact moment and hasn't shown any direct results of changing minds it is something in a positive direction that is simple enough to do. Plus his elegant statement about going against his instinct to run and the nature of love is inspiring not just to those in Italy facing the same persecution but even others in difficult situations. So while it may not change the society's views and Italy's homophobia it could be just the encouragement that some young person living there needed to go on fighting their struggle another day. Sure, you and I can't do anything about it. But I don't think it was intended for us. I do have to say though that the vandal may have gotten their word out or whatever but they're a coward hiding behind illegal (I assume in Italy it's still illegal?) graffiti. If they had truly wanted to fight for their cause they would have... I won't say because I don't wanna give anyone ideas.
  17. CarolinaAsh
    I think Charlie means that people are silent about the treatment of homosexuals in Italy. Not reporting assaults, harassment etc. Not standing up for them. Because it is so bad. It sounds like so many things in the past and present here. From people averting their eyes during desegregation because they don't want to be involved in any investigation to even campus rapes and sexual assaults not being reported because of some places having a mentality and system that makes it hard on the victims to get justice. It's a shame. That's the silence to be broken, no longer letting people getting away with vulgar, hurtful, vicious and violent acts against humanity just because people are scared to speak up. But together the silence can be broken. With a support system. Also someone, somewhere, almost always knows something about who what when and why etc. And they need to break the silence. (That last bit comes from personal experience. 2 years ago a young girl who had worked with my dad went missing here. They still have not found her body. They did find enough evidence to charge a couple with her kidnapping and murder, but no body yet. Her dad actually runs a print shop and makes the fliers and banners and such, and the big slogan has been Break The Silence because someone knows something. They just either won't come forward or don't realize what they know.)
  18. CarolinaAsh
    No problem. It was kind of fun. Except a couple of words. One I knew the meaning of but knew it'd be blocked here hence the []. Then the word used in the bit about the binoculars was "flipper" and it took me some serious rearranging and searching for double definitions and how it may be used in slang to figure out he meant flip out. At one point I even almost gave up that word thinking the article had a typo lol. Didn't help I kept picturing a dolphin.
  19. CarolinaAsh
    Alright my french bilinguals, how'd I do? Edit: Also, I haven't compared to the Auntie Google version... so not sure if it's a huge improvement or not? and I'm too tired to do so now...
  20. CarolinaAsh
    I tried.
  21. CarolinaAsh
    Oh I wantttt.
  22. CarolinaAsh
    Yup. There's a part of me that wants to try and translate it as practice for my French. What do you guys think?
  23. CarolinaAsh
    Great pictures and also dang those are some good looking people.
  24. CarolinaAsh
    AWESOME! In Image 8 he's looking right into the camera/at you! Lucky ducky! Great reports, looks like he had a good time, LOTS of laugh pictures. Can't wait to see the video.
  25. CarolinaAsh
    Auntie Google was drinking too much. Yikes. I get the general idea though. and I like it.
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