now, as biased as the film is, and it *is*, said incident makes me wonder...do you really make a case for yourself or your cause if you act as you have been portrayed in order to get said portrayal removed from public view? somehow, "i'm going to kill you if you keep saying my people are terrorist killers" doesn't quite gel with me ( Read more... )

been thinking today about the difficulty a lot of people have with changing patterns; myself included. nothing in particular in mind; just following a train of thought. it's so logically obvious that no matter how much i might have invested in something, i need to take a look at the way things are if its effect becomes detrimental to me(or if i ( Read more... )

any other takers?

http://autumnsshadow.livejournal.com/298547.html

why am i still seeing this tripe in electoral dialog ( Read more... )

fwiw...i can't get tickets at the moment, but Matthew Good is playing the Middle East downstairs on sunday @ 9:00. i'm going to try to get in if i can. if you're interested, let me know and i'll get you a ticket when i try to get mine...looks like they're $20 - i'll pick up the fees ( Read more... )

so, some of you may have noticed my new user icon...the old one was so old that i figured it was time to update it...i uploaded the big version HERE if you care.

a year ago today i was intent on *doing something* and all i've done is talk and think about it since. in all, the last two years have pretty much been a complete waste for me in a lot of ways. attempting to do anything in the face of that is very, very hard ( Read more... )

you ever notice how many people attempt to engage you with no obvious point of reference ( Read more... )

0uroborus and i watched Martian Child last night. it reminded me of me. there are many(most?) of us around who are not quite of this world in some ways. now, i was neither adopted nor abused as a child, but my parents raised me to be who i am and i most certainly have created my own version of reality in order to fit myself into the world...and so have ( Read more... )

my liver protests that i should find a better way to open myself up. aside from a very, *very* small number of people to whom i have come to do so otherwise, that is not such an easy thing to do. and they fade faster than they seem to accumulate, so that's not really a motivator. but still, there has to be a better way - or rather, i know there ( Read more... )