December 2008
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Ad Lib Blues
A character lives.
I know that much is true. I could call him male - although no “I” is truly present - and could tell you that he walks and thinks, just like everyone else. More than that, though, I cannot say. You see, the information on which I am basing this character consists of a full spectrum of vague thoughts and highly subjective impressions; many of which are the product of...
“The end of our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place...”
– TS Eliot
Jungle Cat
Writing with a red, white-striped pen and eyeing a strikingly illustrated cover to a book of Fidel Castro’s collected speeches titled “Capitalism in Crisis” as the sounds of a Jazz record - I’m guessing Miles Davis, either “‘Round Midnight” or “Kind of Blue” - floats up from below stairs. It’s coming from the kitchen, perhaps, and...
“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient...”
– Dr Seuss (via theministryoftruth)
“What began twenty-one months ago in the depths of winter must not end on this...”
– President-Elect Barack Obama
We’re not done yet. This isn’t even the beginning. It’s go time.
(via webmarc)
Wow...
November 4th, 2008. Barack Obama has just been elected president of the United States. The decision, which was made by literally hundreds of millions of people in the country, from coast to coast, was predicted and thus made official by CNN; the news broadcast internationally and heralded by the unified voices of hundreds of millions - most likely billions - of people, all sharing a moment of...
maniacalrage:
We did it. We did, you and I, the generation everyone thought were too lazy or too detached or too careless. We did it. We, the generation who believe that our government should work for us, not against us. We, the generation who doesn’t care about race, who doesn’t judge people for their sexual or religious preference. We did it.
God damn what a good day.
YES!
“…We can choose hope over fear, unity over division, the promise of change...”
– Barack Obama, TIME.