And if the other is other than us, then that otherness is either something we would like to have, so we choose to romanticize the other; or it is something we would like to leave behind, so we choose to derogate the other; or it is something we would like to keep available, so we choose to celebrate the other ( Read more... )

So, I can't sleep. I had this horrible dream last night, or rather this morning. It wasn't truly horrible, just in content. Probably one of (if not the) bloodiest dreams I've ever had. Lots of blood. The dream dictionary translates it as: Essence. Life energy. Unfortunate love affairs. Severe disappointment. I suppose any of those could apply. I ( Read more... )

I was in NYC for a few days moving my friend (and roomie for the last month) to an undisclosed location. Undisclosed because no one (including her) knew where we were going. We were running all over the City (Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Manhattan, Washington Heights, Innwood, Spanish Harlem, New Jersey, Coney Island, etc.) looking at places. It was ( Read more... )

Return from New York City. Valiant efforts all around. Most notedly, I rationalized and defended my lifestyle rather adequately in the face of evangelists, other ideologues, the occasional mentally disturbed vagrant, hyped-up artsy types (like myself), and various burrows - being sure to specify as to my many biased and preconceived notions. ( Read more... )

Scratchy throat and runny nose. I think my body is revolting against my benevolent dictatorship. The germs formed a union and wish to negotiate, but I refuse to relinquish any one of my organs so they can use it as their own personal grounds for a ménage à trios, or however those tiny microbes living inside me get their kicks. Of course, they ( Read more... )

There are just a few things which I must free from my mind before freeing my mind to sleep. One being my extreme discomfort with my invariable discontentedness. Just when you rise, rise, rise….throwing yourself toward a meta-level with tricks and acts… bouncing fondly off the backs of the inferior…dragging by amply on the coattails of the ( Read more... )