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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Sunday, January 18, 2004
I posted a piece about one of the best articles I've seen yet on queerday today. Tomorrow is the celebration of Martin Luther King's life and accomplishments. How do we as gays and lesbians fit into his dream? for most of us, it's clear that civil rights means that we are included as well, that discrimination against a black man is discrimination against a lesbian is an injustice for all of us. We cannot fight one battle and ignore another. I cannot leave the Air Force as a conscientious objector and not work for justice and peace around the world. My mother said it even, what you going to do to stop Hussein, march around protesting his policies? You can't just do that, you can't just not fight, give in and hope that things will work out best if you don't complain too much. sure, you're not killing anyone that way, you're not contributing to discrimination, but to stand up against it means to do something about it.
it's all connected, the hunger of poor people, the discrimination of gays and lesbians, the persecution of political enemies, the threat of AIDS, the tolerance and love of all people, of all of us. I see King as someone who understood that, who argued that if he stood up for African American civil rights, he had to stand against the Vietnam War. I grew up being taught he was a bad man, unworthy of the nation's respect, but I've since learned that he is one of America's greatest heroes, one who fought against hatred and fear, one who fought using the crazy ideals of peace and love but whose creative methods started a great force of people working together and accomplishing change.
2:03 PM
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