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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Friday, April 11, 2003
I am, of course, conflicted over the news of the victory over iraq. i hesitate to call it a victory (can i quote yoda and say this is just the beginning of the clone wars?) because i can only hope that america will not betray the iraqis with the new government we install. but yes, i am glad that hussein and his party are out of power, even if he is old rumsfield's buddy. that is an obvious good, and it's a good that the iraqis dont' seem to hate us for invading their country but in fact welcome our advance. i still mourn the loss of so many iraqis, americans, and british as well as the destruction of land, homes, social structures, and hospitals. I hope we bring them medicine and food and energy soon. i shouldnt' be so pessimistic, and yet, i can't help it. i don't trust our government to protect and serve us as americans, how can i imagine our government to do better for a foreign nation? Now the rest of us will have to work; since we are in iraq, we owe them our ability to rebuild their communities. let's not forget that. i feel as if i have stopped an assault on my mother by a crazed lunatic, but in my attempt to save her, i have killed the attacker. of course, i am happy to have saved my mother, but i am equally sorry i could not contain death. my celebration at the saving of life is heavily dampened by the loss of life i took to save another. i am happy for the immediate ends we have reached in iraq, but i still do not agree with the means that saw so many casualties (there's nothing casual about death).
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