Green Room - Week 3 - Day 7

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I got the call last night from Ratzinger asking if I could take over the job.

I can’t say it was entirely unexpected, after all, I knew that I was on the short list last time around. Apparently, the work that I have done with Idol has been noticed and they wanted to speed up the process of getting me on board. So Ratzinger is resigning at the end of the month, and I will be officially announced soon after that!

It’s going to be a lot of fun! I’ve already been writing out some practice decrees, so that I will be prepared to get the ball rolling, in the right direction on Day 1! And by “right direction”, I of course mean activating the Vatican Monkey Army for immediate deployment!

The transition from a “free world” to “under my boot” will be startling for some people I’m sure. But hopefully they won’t last long anyway…

Until then though – we have a poll! Or, as I like to call it “practice for global domination”! http://www.livejournal.com/poll/?id=1895227

So make sure to get out there and read, comment and vote for your favorites!

Comments

[mac-arthur-park.livejournal.com]

First?

[noodledays.livejournal.com]

yay for FIRST!

[audreybuttercup.livejournal.com]

Woohoo!! First bump!!

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Woo, Firsties!

[jem0000000.livejournal.com]

Yay first!

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

Yay for first :)

[noodledays.livejournal.com]

BIG CONGRATS, Gary! of course, I know you're going to leave us far behind and eventually forget us all. :o

[phoenixejc.livejournal.com]

All hail Pope Hippie Kicker the first!

[mac-arthur-park.livejournal.com]

I KNEW there was a reason I left the Church!

Although I bet I can outrun Gary in that dress. ;)

[audreybuttercup.livejournal.com]

Fifth?

ETA: Woot!! Fifth bump!! (I'm going to F bump any fifth-- position. :D)

:facepalm: Oh Lord, monkey government. It's the end of the world as we know it.

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Well, a congress of monkeys can't be any worse than a congress of, well... congress! Bananas for everyone!

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

Did a lot of reading but not much commenting due to getting my husband back from Rehab.

Tough field with lots of good writers.

[comedychick.livejournal.com]

I want to quickly do another shout out. This time for momebie. I loved her entry. It was both engaging and exciting, and I think it should be doing better in the poll. If you haven't read it yet, do check it out!

[momebie.livejournal.com]

Thank you, dear. ♥

[adoptedwriter.livejournal.com]

Congrats Gary! So happy for you! AW

[momebie.livejournal.com]

ARE YOU PLANNING TO STEP ON US? /Fury

I'm pretty much really looking forward to the Uber Schism this will no doubt create. I do love watching the Catholic church chase its tail.

In other news: I ONLY HAVE A THREE DAY WORK WEEK. WOOOO.

[beldar.livejournal.com]

When I saw Gary's announcement, first thought was "talk about a 'Papal bull'..."

[audreybuttercup.livejournal.com]

Shout out to the "Buddy Christ"! Love Him!

[zephyrly.livejournal.com]

I called my devout Catholic grandfather this morning and told him about the Poor. He said "Good. I never trusted that damn Nazi, anyway."

My grandfather fought in WWII, and I didn't want to school him on the fact that participation in the Hitler Youth was mandatory. He turned eighty-something last week, so I'm just going to let it go and allow him to have his "I told you that he was bad news, but nobody would listen! And I hate those Nazis!" moment.

I'm also going to add that he can be kind of conservative at times, but he also still says that FDR was the best president ever. He also wanted Hillary Clinton to be president because she was "tough", and said at one point "Yeah, it's probably time we had a lady president. Why is the news making such a big deal about it?"

[mac-arthur-park.livejournal.com]

I am can't wait to call my grandma. She's a devout Catholic.

She's also very, very, very Polish.

I'm expecting to hear something along the lines "I KNEW my anti-Nazi novena would work!" She's probably out at Perkins right now, having a celebratory breakfast. :)

You don't fool me, Gary!

[ellakite.livejournal.com]

The idea that a reigning Pope would step down just for you to take over the papacy and "crush the free world" is preposterous.

I figured out years ago that Ratzinger was just your "sock puppet", and his whole supposed tenure as the Pontiff of the Western Church was a carefully orchestrated deception on your part to inflict maximum pain and suffering when you finally decided to step out of the shadows and publicly reveal that you have, in fact, been ruling this pitiful excuse of a planet for about a decade.

Well played, sir. Well played.

PS: Too bad for you that while you were busy with your convoluted political shenanigans, I went and anointed myself The Man Who Would Be King Of The Popes... and after I crown myself you'll be reporting to me. But if you behave and do as you're told, I'll spare a hippy or two for you to kick for my amusement... *MAYBE*!

Re: You don't fool me, Gary!

[myrna-bird.livejournal.com]

And you will be FRIST of such Kings!

[notodette.livejournal.com]

Wow. I love that I used to work for the Catholic Church, essentially all Pope news all the time, and I had to hear from Gary that the Big Guy is stepping down.

I didn't even know they could do that. Which shows you just how shitty a religious reporter I was.

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

I didn't know they could do that either. I thought being the Pope was a job that you left feet-first.

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

I have read, I have made many comments, and I have voted! W00t!

Lots of good stuff out there this week, but the standout for me was audreybuttercup's.

The only thing worse than a Vatican Monkey Army would be their air division - the Vatican Flying Monkey Force (see Wizard of Oz for earlier varieties)! They can fling pooh with the best of 'em!

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

Dresden Files flashback - flaming demon monkey poo.

[audreybuttercup.livejournal.com]

Just as a stupid aside, I was going to make a joke about whether he asked you to take the job in his Hamm or Cliff voice but I didn't think anybody would laugh.

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Ahahahaha! John Ratzinger - I got it! :)

[n3m3sis43.livejournal.com]

Kid is on his way to the pediatrician (again), booooo.

I'm almost through chapter 10 of my book edits/rewrites/reworks and yaaaaay. Writing in order is weird but kind of awesome. Too bad I seem to have to write totally out of order first before I can do it. :)

[jem0000000.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[cacophonesque.livejournal.com]

Finally got some cold medicine.. anti-drowsy kind, even. Which makes me feel a little... over-stimulated. But I guess it's better than being a zombie.

I'm working on the reading--doing pretty good so far, but abandoned commenting at this point, so I can do the reading part.

I started taking an Open Course Ware class last night and feel pretty excited about that.

It's raining here and I need a cup of tea. Then I need to read more and do some laundry.

[jem0000000.livejournal.com]

*hands you tea*

[cacophonesque.livejournal.com]

Yeah, her entry has really stuck in my head. It was such an excellent piece of writing--just hit everything perfectly.

[jem0000000.livejournal.com]

I just finished reading. Are we still doing rec lists?

rattsu's story about defeating Bloody Mary stood out for me this week. Other favorites were theun4givables' tale of friendship, porn_this_way's poem, and kathrynrose's piece about secrets and the keeping or telling of them.

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I've had mixed reaction this week, and it seems my story changes meaning for some people on the second read. I would like to try to figure out how to tweak it so that it's clearer on the first read, if anyone wants to join in the discussion in comments on the post.

Thanks again for the recommendation.

[halfshellvenus.livejournal.com]

I am almost done with my reading, with two of my favorite authors saved for last. Lost a little time this weekend because I'd opened myself up to writing a little fanfic, and it was not as easily done as I'd hoped. As in, neither is finished yet (and these were supposed to be drabbles!).

Should be voting in the next few hours...

I hadn't heard the news about the Pope. Interesting.

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

I only found out about it because I was reading my FL on my phone while at break at work!

[rattsu.livejournal.com]

Got a new haircut. My weekend has now started. I got vodka and blankets and will now speed-read and vote.Hell, those 12h shift weekends are killers!

[jem0000000.livejournal.com]

Good luck! :)