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, January 21, 2003
I marched yesterday in the Martin Luther King parade with my fellow Quakers. I felt in some ways that many groups had hijacked what seemed like a black pride parade to promote our peace rally. Granted, many people there of all races were holding signs with quotes of Dr. King's anti-war beliefs. Of course, I say it seemed like a black pride parade, but we surely copied our gay pride parades from what black people had already been doing. Moreover, they have something to really celebrate, a man who had worked very hard and accomplished very much for them, for all of us. Who or what do we actually celebrate during a gay pride parade? The riot at Christopher Street, certainly, but how many people do you see holding up signs recognizing that? Our parade seems more just a time to jump around and show off instead of actually celebrating what few civil rights gains we have made. I enjoy our parades, but I loved yesterday when everyone was marching. There weren't many people watching which was a bit depressing, but that was because people were in the parade, marching along with us. No floats, no awards, just people who were happy to celebrate a great man and a great change in society. We still need a voice, don't we? We still need national recognition. We still need people who care, who don't brush it off and say, eh, we do all right with what we have. We still need to stand up for ourselves.
10:09 AM
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