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Glimpse of the future
We can't resist it or deny it anymore. It's become painfully obvious. The next President must be chosen by reality show.
"A prematurely grey soul singer from Alabama who was once likened to a drunken dad at a wedding triumphed in the American Idol finale, which drew more votes than have ever been cast for a president in a US election." linkAnd ( Read more... ) -
Gentleness
Oh darling what a sad and dreadful day, the fullness of the air, the gray and the damp. Fitting to my moods, fretful and solemn and just a tad overdramatic. Had thoughts circling around in my brain last night, after the crying. Not bad thoughts. I wasn't afraid of them ( Read more... ) -
A day.
Sadness rages within me like the river, and my sensitivities are smashed against the rocky bottom. I'm pulled up for an unwanted gasp of air. Should there be art in everyday life? Would it have the beauty? I want the beauty that culminates my sadnesses. I want the hush, the whisper. I am calm now, I can breathe. I hear the sounds of the street ( Read more... ) -
How does one survive in oneself and in society?
There are so many systems in the world. How people interact in setting a, b, c, etc. Politics, economics, development. Whatever. And we hem and haw and pick a topic from a whole long list. Like intricate technology where everyone is assigned a function but never knwos what the whole thing does ( Read more... ) -
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My head slapped against the side of the jeep as I tried to hold the bottle steady while I poured the liquid into the bottle cap. We'd hit a muddy spot of the road through the vineyards, full holes and endless streams of water, but it was better than the icy spots. The two men in the back eagerly watched me. I waited for a calm moment, then downed ( Read more... ) -
everything we see and seem
If you haven't heard, the recent controversy over Will and Grace came about over rumours of an episode starring Britney Spears as a fundamentalist Christian with a cooking show "Cruci-fixins". After the AFA dug its nails into the matter, NBC responded with complete denial.
NBC countered that the dispute stems from an inaccurate press release that ( Read more... ) -
Slipping towards sleep ...
Each night is a goodbye, the death of a day ( Read more... ) -
A blank
What is it, the basic essence we recognize in others that lets us understand that they exist, behind their eyes, that there is a reality there, a vat of experiences and insights and emotions and prejudices and hopes? An awareness and a solitude? With most people, there's something connecting. Even with people I dislike, I understand that. It's ( Read more... ) -
Goodbye to Tookie Williams: Unordered Babblings
I can't say I know much about the whole deal. I know what everyone else knows. I know the crimes he was convicted of, I know the history. I know he'd been working to prevent kids from joining gangs, I know he never admitted to the murders, and that proponents also sometimes doubt his guilt. Sometimes not. How important is any of it? Depends on whom ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
I ask him which mantra he is doing - but he tells me ( Read more... )