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A BUSKER FOR VAMPIRES

May 15th, 2009

Here’s a profile from the TBBN network about a smart human who realizes that there’s a mutually satisfying way to get along with the vampire world. He’s a street busker, or performer, who discovered that if he learned the old tunes vampires remembered from their youth, he could support himself handsomely.

As I mentioned, many vampires have had a long time to build their coffers, and can count themselves among the well-off. Normally their money goes towards necessities and lifestyle maintenance. But in cases like these - where humans are providing a service they value- vampires can also prove themselves to be most generous tippers.

Who knows. One day years from now I might even be compelled to offer vast sums of money to a street performer who’s bothered to learn about Grunge Rock.

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ECONOMIC CRISIS

May 14th, 2009

Everyone’s feeling an economic crunch right now. Nobody’s immune, whether they be vampire or human. In most cases, I like to believe that this has led to positive contributions: later business hours, new ranges or products and services, not to mention a number of consumers with years of stored wealth at their disposal. But here’s an interesting video from a news program exploring the other side, how vampires’ coming out of the coffin has had a detrimental effect.

While I don’t want to see humans hurt by vampires (or vice versa), in this case I can’t find myself fully sympathetic. For years, a subset of humans have become involved in the Goth community, a thriving counterculture for people who fantasized about being vampires, or at least some facsimile. In short, they were poseurs, pretenders, claiming powers and abilities that weren’t necessarily even accurate, much less theirs to boast.

So in this case it’s refreshing to see that more and more of them have abandoned those who profit from manufacturing an illusion to seek out the real thing.

While it’s unfortunate that this woman has lost her business, her hate filled rant proves that she’s forgotten any lessons she might have learned from the Goth scene about tolerance