Okay, so I'm looking at the most recent edition of the ARea VII clapper chatter newsletter and I was so excited to see my bio and picture in there that I completly missed the very large and prominent letter to the editior on the front page. It reads as follows:
"I'm wondering if anyone informed you that Paul Weller, pictured in the January Clapper Chatter, resigned his position at Salem Covenant last May or early June. Bev Scripter is the music minister and coordinator of handbell at Salem"
I'm sorry, I did what? I was fired and humiliated, and discriminated against...I did NOT resign. What the hell. I'm getting really tired of defending myself to churches and people who work in them. What a load of crap and who is this person who feels it's her duty to correct this mistake. I'll just say that it wasn't Bev who wrote in.
Do I write a letter as well or do I just let it go?
"I'm wondering if anyone informed you that Paul Weller, pictured in the January Clapper Chatter, resigned his position at Salem Covenant last May or early June. Bev Scripter is the music minister and coordinator of handbell at Salem"
I'm sorry, I did what? I was fired and humiliated, and discriminated against...I did NOT resign. What the hell. I'm getting really tired of defending myself to churches and people who work in them. What a load of crap and who is this person who feels it's her duty to correct this mistake. I'll just say that it wasn't Bev who wrote in.
Do I write a letter as well or do I just let it go?
8 comments:
I want you to get up right now, sit up, go to your windows, open them and stick your head out and yell -- "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
Things have got to change. But first, you've gotta get mad! You've got to say, "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
Then we'll figure out what to do about the depression and the inflation and the oil crisis. But first get up out of your chairs, open the window, stick your head out, and yell, and say it:
I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!
THROW A HUGE STINK, MAKE SOME NOISE, LET THEM KNOW THAT THEIR POLITICAL CRAP DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED.
And possibly post on Handbell El (I'm totally spelling that wrong) commenting on the misprint in the newletter. You know, something like "I was fired for exercising my right to choose my living arrangments. Also, my best friends are all gay."
I'm as mad as hell but I think I do have to take it a bit more.
Marie...it's called Handbell-L but you were very close.
Sometimes I feel like we should just be done with the whole church scene. I get so sick of the politics involved! That is the reason why I hadn't been to church in ages until I started ringing handbells! It's all the damn politics!
Also, I agree with Cathy. You never get angry and yell. You should really try it sometime, and just let it out. Also, make sure our neighbor who yelled at me this weekend can hear you... maybe do it RIGHT as she is walking by so that she thinks you're talking to her. That'll give her a taste of her own angry medicine!
You should even run outside waving your arms at her like a lunatic! (Just don't do it yet, I want to be a witness. I'll be home around 5.)
Was it Cindy who wrote the letter? I can't think of who from Salem would've written in? Maybe it was the person you are running against doing a little mudslinging...
Paul,
I like Cathy's response. Scream and holler. Be Mad for a while. But DO NOT respond for atleast 3 days. After 3 days you will have the anger out and your response will be well thought out, appropriat and it will not have the inevitable anger mistakes in it.
Dean
Cheers to Dean's suggestion. Looks like he's your "sane friend," Paul. It's nice to have one of those. I'm still lookin'.
Handbell-El Cuerpo.
Forget it. Fuck the churchies. If I were there, we would go on a fingerprint- and security-camera-free postering spree all around the grounds at Salem, at about 3am on a Sunday morning. Or we could leaflet cars in the parking lot during a service.
Basically, fuck 'em. Fuck 'em all. They can take their self-righteous bullshit and stuff it up their uptight, judgmental asses, provided there's enough room after we account for their heads.
Fuck 'em.
And Paul, I understand if you choose to delete this b/c of the profanity. I'm simply saying what you all wish you could.
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