words, words, words
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If I begin to detail myself here, will you understand?
P. I am me
Q. I don't always know exactly who that is
R. I am Quaker
S. I like words and playing with them
T. I like genmaicha tea
U. I like the word napkin more than most others
V. I spend time walking my neighborhood
W. I cook rice often
X. I sleep well most every night
Y. I eat large amounts of fruit and vegetables
Z. I munch, sleep, write, create, cook, bike, watch, walk, listen, hope, learn, drink, live, breathe, touch, know, question, taste, copy, read, stare, carry, talk, dance, finger, try.
raisin@gmail.com
albums:
Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs
Erasure: I Say, I Say, I Say
Depeche Mode: Black Celebration
The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On?
David Bowie: Hunky Dory
George Michael: Listen without Prejudice
George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Yo La Tengo: And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
songs:
Wild is the Wind: Nina Simone
Come Undone: Duran Duran
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: Rachmaninov
My Funny Valentine: Chet Baker
Feeling Yourself Disintegrate: The Flaming Lips
This Must Be the Place: The Talking Heads
Hyperballad: Bjork
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Tuesday, October 08, 2002
Yes, Saddam Hussein may be capable and willing to kill Americans. I still have to love him. Even Hussein loves the people who love him. What I know is that I should love even my enemies, anyone who wants to hurt me, namely every human. In my mind, that means not killing them, no matter what they have done or what they may do. I recognize the inherent risk of my own death and those around me. None of that would compel me to think it's right to kill someone else. I know this is so against modern society that it seems lunatic. But how is wanting to save lives lunatic? I can't say what the world should do in this situation, to thwart any possible danger from Iraq. I see countries like Switzerland who is neutral, and nobody has attacked them in a hundred years. Aren't they doing something right? If we didn't have vital interests in other countries, would we be so vulnerable? Again though, I don't have enough education to supply my own solutions. I know that I too need to wean myself from the complications of oil. Like the rats of NIMH, I need to be more independent, stop taking from the system which has caused so many problems. My first step is to say that I will focus on love, loving everyone around me. Sometimes love is easier when done from a distance, and I need much practice. So this start will be to stop my involvement in a killing machine and to remember that I cannot blindly insult those who decide this is worth their lives. I am making this decision for myself, and not for anyone else. Were someone to judge me, I am afraid they would not look very kindly on my past. I must reserve judgement of those around me, hoping to escape their judgement of me. One step, although this seems like the most frighteningly giant step I could possibly take. Help me take it, won't you?
8:38 PM
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