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Plum's avatar

What a wonderful idea! And got me thinking. I live in a gated community (I’m old, don’t hate me) and many in this place are very conservative paranoid haters who voted for President Orange FF. I don’t want to become like them or spend my days full of hate and range. I think I’ll build off the positive graffiti idea and go with the small rocks painted with positive messages. I can grab a rock, take it home to paint it, and casually drop it on my daily walks.

Maintain the resistance, people!!

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Robin Wilding's avatar

Love the rock idea!! I've come across a couple of those before and they bring such joy to my day.

Viva la resistance!!

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Linda Blatnik's avatar

We are with you. Go get em.

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D. Denise Dianaty's avatar

Let's all be like Bishop Budde. At every rally he can't resist, folks show up and be Budde at him.

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Linda Blatnik's avatar

Be Budde. New phrase for the resistance. Love it!

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D. Denise Dianaty's avatar

Perfect! Make it a hashtag — and every time you see "Be Best," answer #BeBudde!

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Robin Wilding's avatar

Love it!!

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D. Denise Dianaty's avatar

Go forth and make it trend! #BeBudde

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The Long Game's avatar

No real people appreciate that cloying, crybaby nonsense. We just laugh and cringe. Trump is crap but so are all the others. No, creeps don't get to give kids puberty blockers or participate in fantasies as though they are real life.

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Paul Riddell's avatar

Oh, I have ideas on the positive anarchy. I came of age in the zine era, when “DIY” wasn’t an overused Hime Depot slogan but a punk attitude to Do It Yourself rather than whine about how someone else needed to do it for us. It’s the perfect anti-hipster attitude, and one I’m gladly re-embracing in the following year.

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Robin Wilding's avatar

Ooh anti-hipster attitude, love it Paul!

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Jan M. Flynn's avatar

Love all of these, with the possible exception of glitter bombing because I'm still vacuuming up the sparklies from Christmas and I'm about to start sprinkling the rug with acyclovir.

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Robin Wilding's avatar

😆😆 omg the acyclovir comment sent me. Nicely played. And about the glitter...fair hehe

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Jan M. Flynn's avatar

I am honored to have given you a giggle, Ms. Wilding.

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Linda Blatnik's avatar

Under your wise advisement and having laughed, cried and peed at your words, I am hugging everyone who looks at me, dancing in the elevator while playing my music loudly and getting some eyes to paste in strange places.

Hate glitter, so won't do that, even for the promise of someone liking it. See you at 6:00.

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Robin Wilding's avatar

And thanks for coming to the live! :)

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Linda Blatnik's avatar

Had to leave early...dinner,laundry,

phone call. Liked the theme.

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Robin Wilding's avatar

😆😆 I love the havoc you're about to wreak Linda.

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Linda Blatnik's avatar

Already doin it. playing Billie Eilish Bad Guy on the elevator and woman's knees started to move and she was swaying back and forth and trying not to. Then I got the googly eyes in the mail. The 2 people at the front desk were laughing as I pasted

googly eyes on them and did a little movement to

Bad Guy. A Day in the life 💃

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Kim Vale's avatar

Pillows from the time of Obama? I think my partner has pillows from the time of Nixon… the newer ones at least!

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Robin Wilding's avatar

😆😆 Is there even a feather left in them at that point

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Kim Vale's avatar

I don’t think they are feather… chunks of rubber maybe…

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Kathy Minicozzi's avatar

I personally favor standing in the middle of a sidewalk or dancing along it and singing "Lullaby of Broadway," "On the Street Where You Live" or "On Broadway" at the top of your lungs, a cappella. People will give you funny looks, but some of them might join along. Who knows?

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Sallyfemina's avatar

Some friends and I started singing a show tune in an elevator at the top floor of a building (in harmony, because theater kids). About halfway down, it opened to some middle-aged guys who said "We'll get the next one..."

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Kathy Minicozzi's avatar

Some people just don't know how to have fun! LOL!

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Gillie's avatar

Or one of my favorite songs to sing, “Animal Crackers in my Soup”!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NKxYyh6IZCk

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Kathy Minicozzi's avatar

People who love to watch old movies will recognize that one!

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Danielle Amory's avatar

I've started dancing waiting in grocery lines, swaying at bus stops and doing the old school 2-step in government buildings. I'm adding to my repertoire - hugging every bored security guard I see (most are).

I have the original and remix of Anarchist Cookbook, then again if it's a banned book, likely I have a copy.

Thanks for more ideas to feed my crazy. There's 140 hours of music in my stash.

Look out world, crazy cat lady on the loose!😂😂👏👏😎

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Robin Wilding's avatar

😆😆😆 Sounds amazing Danielle.

And kudos on the banned books! Keep that shiznit up too! :)

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Joseph Schaumberg's avatar

Wonderful ideas. It gives me something to focus on. Googlie eyes are good 👀 .

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Robin Wilding's avatar

Thanks Joseph. Googlie eyes are the best. :)

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Elaine's avatar

Cool ideas (I love glitter!)! Does the Canadian graffiti need to be in English and French? ;)

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Robin Wilding's avatar

😆😆 Fortunately street art is too 'street' to conform to language laws.

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Sheila (of Ephemera)'s avatar

"Kill 'em with kindness," has always been one of my mottoes. It highlights dickish behaviour and makes 'em want to crawl under a rock, heh heh. Which you can then put googly eyes on!

Loved this, Robin, thank you for the reminder to always look on the bright side!

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Robin Wilding's avatar

haha 'then put googly eyes on'. I love that.

And glad you liked it, we need more bright side right now. :)

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Clark's avatar

Kind of year where we need more gonzo! Wish that Hunter S. Thompson was still around.

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Robin Wilding's avatar

Absolutely, Gonzo for 2025. I think we all wish Hunter was still around, sigh.

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Karen Scofield's avatar

Onward and Upwards 💥💯👍

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Robin Wilding's avatar

Exactly :)

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Mark Hayes's avatar

I'd definitely go with the "pay someone else" method if glitter bombing.

I mean we could all send glitter bombs to 1600 Penn in DC, there's nothing in them that would trigger the sniffers and imagine the awesomeness if Herr Groppenführer was walking past on the way to harangue a camera as one was being opened...

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Carol's avatar

I love dancing to music only I can hear! And sometimes, if I give evidence of a real strong beat, by moving my shoulder up and down or something, someone standing near by will almost unconsciously join in!😂

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Robin Wilding's avatar

😆 That would be hilarious to watch someone join in without even realizing it.

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Carol's avatar

Always makes me smile!

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David Perlmutter's avatar

I have to make sure not to mix up anarchist William Powell with the Hollywood film star of that name from the '30s and '40s who was more likely to play detectives than anarchists.

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Robin Wilding's avatar

I'm not sure who that detective one was, but yes, don't mix them up hehe

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