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Of course it's Gresham. I went to HS with this girl, Melissa.
Gresham is the armpit of Portland. It's chock-full of winners just like her.
Um, I beg to differ. The armpit of Portland is about 50 blocks south in the land of no sidewalks, gravel roads, and crappy apartment after crappy apartment. They only thing that out numbers the potholes are pawn shops and strip clubs. The strip club by my work is aptly named "The Pitiful Princess".
But yeah, Gresham is full of "special" people and ugly ass Coach purses. I avoid it as much as possible.
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Of course it's Gresham. I went to HS with this girl, Melissa.
Gresham is the armpit of Portland. It's chock-full of winners just like her.
Um, I beg to differ. The armpit of Portland is about 50 blocks south in the land of no sidewalks, gravel roads, and crappy apartment after crappy apartment. They only thing that out numbers the potholes are pawn shops and strip clubs. The strip club by my work is aptly named "The Pitiful Princess".
But yeah, Gresham is full of "special" people and ugly ass Coach purses. I avoid it as much as possible.
LOL! Yes, that is just as bad as Gresham. That area used to be nice, too, when I was a kid. Now that N and NE are so gentrified everyone has been pushed out to Powellhurst. At least we're seeing a little improvement in Lents.
I wonder if these very holy people check to see if the straight folks they are selling cakes to are on their second or third marriages. Divorce ain't holy ya know.
I wonder if these very holy people check to see if the straight folks they are selling cakes to are on their second or third marriages. Divorce ain't holy ya know.
This is an *excellent* point. What a great question. I wish I lived nearby; I'd totally drop in and give it a try.
Sigh. I guess this is ammunition to use against H when he says all of OR is awesome, and I will love it despite the rain/overcast
I don't want to be flippant, but, really, at least I thought OR had some sort of liberal tolerance going for it.
soozy sucks so much I hate that I basically share a name. Such hatred is disgusting it seriously (no, really, not exaggerating) turns my stomach. That such hatred gets support is even more disturbing.
If I ever own a business, I'll refuse to serve bigots. They're not a protected class, right? I'll have a questionnaire before service to determine how tolerant they are.
We're pretty damn liberal in Portland, but the rest of the state, including Gresham, is the yuck. Portland really should be it's own state. Perhaps Seattle and Portland could join up and let the rest of Oregon/Washington fend for themselves.
I must add Corvallis is pretty awesome!! Mrs. O's brother is the Basketball coach too. Other than that the state is full of redneck, "christian", bigot assholes. There are piles of awesome here and there (Bend), but you have to be careful where you step for the most part.
“Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes.”
― William Gibson
I'm not sure if I can chime in on towns I want OR to keep, since I've never actually lived there. However, I'm a resident with an OR license. So, with that, I say we can lose Ashland. With one of the worst vaccination rates in the country, I'm happy for someone else to claim that festering germhole.
You know - deep abiding sadness about people flocking to this place aside - I really have to wonder about people who honestly believe that God cares, DEEPLY, about whether or not you sell somebody a cake. That an omniscient, omnipresent, loving God could possibly be offended by....cake.
What kind of small, petty, score keeping, asshole God are these people worshiping? Not the God that all my Christian friends worship, I can say that with absolute certainty.
Seriously. I have this idea that St Peter has a projector at the gate where he shows you video of how you done fucked up, so he doesn't have to explain it. MrP's video will be filled with every time he made fun of me. This little incident with the cake is going on these people's highlight real. Love thy neighbor? You got it WRONG.