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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Monday, May 05, 2003
Have you read Alternet before? I want to point to a few articles because they carry heavy weight to current problems in our country and in the world. the site is clearly on the left, and a bit depressing as many leftist sites are. It's so easy to look at all the terrible parts of our world and find them overwhelming, to lose yourself in the miserableness of hunger and poverty, of all the uncaring people who simply want to get richer. the challenge though, is to work on the bad parts while seeking out the good in life, and celebrate what we can.
Still, I appreciate the journalism Alternet seems to offer. Jason Halperin's article, Patriot Raid about his experience at an Indian restaurant should haunt anyone who values freedom and liberty. I can hardly read an article like that and not angrily send it off to my Mother shouting, See? But that doesn't do any good, and won't convince her anymore than her sending me a clip of a story on Fox news about how much the Iraqi people love us. Somehow, we have to be able to have conversations about these kinds of things. somehow, we have to love each other enough to listen, and speak honestly.
Because I don't watch tv, I don't know who Ashleigh Banfield is, but she made an excellent speech at my boyfriend's (no, i haven't yet mentioned that i cared for someone enough to label him) soon to be alma mater, Kansas State University. How beautiful to hear this story from a journalist, to know how much she cares about searching for news, how much she cares about the world and all of us in it, even how much she cares for america, and how she wants to keep it safe, not by destroying everyone else, but by talking to the world, and trying to convince them that we are better people than we appear.
so, keep up on your reading, forget the tv. it's just entertainment, and not news. but, even when you're learning about the horrible plight of so many of us in the world, remember to love the caterpillers that you see on the sidewalk while you're outside, or the people in your life who have made you smile, who have cooked you dinner, and wished you a safe journey home.
9:27 PM
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