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, May 26, 2004
Salon.com has offered free subscriptions to their news reporting for active duty military members. As much as I'm jealous that I didn't have this opportunity when I was in, I'm proud of them for hoping to combat the one-sided news that most military members hear and read. Of course, i realize fully that not too many members will consider the subscription, if they're even aware of Salon in the first place. However, I wrote this letter of thanks to Salon for the idea:
I was an active duty member of the Air Force from 1998 to 2003, after which I received a conscientious objection discharge. I am pleased to see your latest offering towards active duty military and appreciate the attempt to show an alternative side to politics than what most military members hear. I started reading Salon.com around 2000, when I first started to read online news, and tried to create a perspective on life instead of simply listening to those around me. I can't tell you how much I appreciated the efforts of Salon to write about stories most news sites did not carry, and to do more investigative journalism about important subjects. I read Salon at work predominately, although i constantly feared co-workers or bosses realizing i was reading a left-wing publication. It's amazing how even a perception of being different than those around you leads to trouble. I also dealt with being gay and trying to hide that, but the two seemed to go hand-in-hand. I feared people would think I was gay because I was liberal and vice versa (the stress from my fears of being caught led to minor paranoia). Nevertheless, I knew that I needed to read other voices than those presented to me and still remain dedicated to reading Salon as well as many other sources of journalism.
I of course have complicated feelings over my friends who remain in the military, but i am always glad to see military people open to alternative perspectives and attempts to fully understand America and the consequences of our actions. Thank you for being a part of my life, and for your push to be more available to those who most need to understand the ramifications of our new empire.
7:20 PM
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