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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Wednesday, July 23, 2003
Is our american system strong enough to stand through all the current problems? history says it just might. the exhibit in the American History Museum in dc on the japanese internment during WWII spoke to the current crimes and attiudes against our muslim population. yes, the country committed atrocities, yes, it held people unreasonably, like we are doing in Guantanamo Bay, but somehow, because of the checks and balances of the system, the country eventually stopped and somewhat apologized. The mere fact that a national museum has an exhibit on what the country did wrong speaks to our ability to grow from our mistakes instead of trying to blot them out. A hundred years ago, we also had huge problems with monopolies controlling every part of the industries. some laws helped to take care of the problem, and although it's not entirely fixed, it got better. perhaps the current problems with the FCC and the ever-reaching Clear Channel will be solved eventually as well. McCarthyism too died out after its time.
I've let my fear overrun me a bit lately, despairing that the Bush big-business crowd will ruin our country, but if i had only been alive longer, I would have known that this is just history repeating, and people will hopefully stand up to it, take power away from it. I don't know when to draw the line and say that our country will never recover, but at the moment, it doesn't look like we're anywhere near that point. yes, ridiculous things are happening; the obvious doesn't seem so obvious to the majority; but we're nowhere near sunk.
still, what can i do to help?
1:32 PM
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