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Kitty Jones ([personal profile] rathercommon) wrote in [community profile] maskormenace2015-08-04 09:49 am

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Hullo, everyone. It's Kitty. I've not been around for a little while, but - I'm back now. In Heropa. And, erm - just for anyone who cares - both Mandrake and Bartimaeus have gone home. So I'm the only one left from my world now.

[ Her expression following that announcement is a mixture of disgust (because that sounded dreary and pathetic, didn't it) and sadness. Then, with a little shake of her head (you can practically hear her telling herself to stiffen her upper lip) she continues on: ]

Right. So - all right. I recently made a rumblr - that's an account on the website rumblr-dot-com - and I've actually managed to get quite a few followers. It turns out people are completely mad for having imPorts friended on social media. Anyway, it's actually really great - there are lots of really worthy causes out there, and when I pick them up they get spread around pretty nicely. It keeps this celebrity thing from being overbearingly stupid. I generally ask my followers to bring causes to my attention. This week I'm trying to help raise funds for maintaining latrines in areas where people practice open defecation. A lack of proper sanitation is linked incredibly closely to higher rates of infant mortality and shorter lifespans, but a billion people in the world live without access to it. And it doesn't take all that much money to make a change. So I'm trying to raise funds for that this week. Next week, we're going to be taking a look at raising money to help with mass deworming.

My rumblr is called 'therealkittyjones,' if anyone wants to follow me.

I'm also looking for people to help out with some fundraising for these causes. I've been in touch with a radio station, and I'm thinking we ought to do a celebrity version of two truths and a lie - in honor of all that rubbish at the last swear-in, you know. What happens is you come onto the program and you give me two true statements and one lie. Listeners go online and they wager five dollars on which one's the lie. If they get it right, they get an autographed picture of you, and if they get it wrong then their money just goes to charity. You'll also put up some of your own money, and if I manage to guess on-air which one's the lie you have to donate too. I've gotten asks for some of the imPorts in particular - [ She leans forward and clicks to another window on her communicator, her eyes moving as she reads. ] So, Superman, Mr Stark, Mr Hundred, Mr Wayne, Mr Gamagori, Mr Taylor, Mr Xanatos, Mr Callaghan, consider yourselves called out - you know, reading off all those men, I just realized how sexist my followers are, eurgh. There are a few women on this list too, but not nearly enough. Olivier, Sabriel, Power Girl...Actually, you know, pretty much everybody's interesting to the locals. I think all of you are on here, the list is like five pages long. We've just got far too many men here, haven't we?

[ And she sits back, her eyes focusing as she comes back to the window of her webcam. ]

Anyway, it'll only take about an hour of your time, and it's for a good cause. A series of good causes. Plus you'll get to talk about yourself, and I've never met anyone who wasn't at least a little bit obsessed with themselves. So...let me know if you're interested and I'll set up all the details.

Right. Anyway, thanks for listening.
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[personal profile] deadtective 2015-08-04 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Hope you had a good time blessing the rains down in Africa.

[it's a jab at both her having been 'away' and all these asinine causes. like holy shit, this was the kind of thing that trust fund kids puts on their college applications to make them seem well-rounded and conscientious.

Hazel really should know better than to engage with people she doesn't strictly get along with unless it's absolutely necessary, but that's a lesson that she has just refused to learn yet. compared to the necromancers and fellow undead she goes at, what's Kitty Jones?]
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[personal profile] deadtective 2015-08-04 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[come on Kitty, get with it. if you're on rumblr then you're obligated to know this shit.]

No? What a shame, I'm sure they were all looking forward to the benediction.
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[personal profile] deadtective 2015-08-04 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
What, you don't know? And you're working on all that shit? Some philanthropist.
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[personal profile] deadtective 2015-08-04 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
If you're just bawling your eyes out while huge swathes of the globe are suffering from drought, it's pretty obvious you don't give a shit about water issues just yet. Couldn't even visit a desalinization plant before having that shame breakdown, huh?
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[personal profile] deadtective 2015-08-04 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Several, at all times. What about you?
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[personal profile] deadtective 2015-08-06 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
I'm making a joke you don't understand, so really this is all on you.
deadtective: (twelve.)

[personal profile] deadtective 2015-08-06 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't want to be impolite and say that to your face, but since you pointed it out...
deadtective: (forty-four.)

[personal profile] deadtective 2015-08-06 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, but that would ruin your little run at sanitizing third world countries, wouldn't it?
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[personal profile] deadtective 2015-08-06 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
[aw, won't even rise to the deliberate misinterpretation of piss off? she should have known better, but harassment is always worth her all.]

Do you actually think you're being much more helpful? Because this is as plastic as it comes.
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[personal profile] deadtective 2015-08-06 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
No, I had absolutely no idea whatsoever, having lived in complete isolation for the past twenty years. Wow!!!

You're fake is what I'm saying, since apparently I need to spell it out for you.
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[personal profile] deadtective 2015-08-13 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
It means exactly what it sounds like it means. You're an insincere, condescending asshole doing this for all the wrong reasons.
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[personal profile] deadtective 2015-08-19 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
You want to be able to pat yourself on the back because look!! You're doing something!!! What the hell are all you people doing??

This is an argument-ender, not a charity.
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[personal profile] deadtective 2015-08-26 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
Well, fuck! I didn't know that there were requirements I needed to meet before I could post here. My bad.

Let me just go out and steal a few people's life savings to give to the cause, then. It's going to help people so it doesn't matter where it came from, right? As long as the end result's what you want the in between doesn't matter!