We are the 100%
14 Nov 2011 Leave a Comment
in Life-such as it is. Tags: 99%, change, encampment, protest, thinking
Pretty much everyone is talking about word-wide protests and the Occupy movement constantly right now. I talk about it pretty much every day because every day something new happens. With its beginnings I have come to think about how I view the system. The way I look at how economics and social issues relate to each other has evolved drastically as I’ve returned to studying critical theory like Marx, Weber, feminist economists and systems theorists………
An interesting post written by my sister…the original post can be found here:
http://rangerbagel.com/2011/11/14/we-are-the-100/
Senbazuru: Wishes for the End of Vengeance (via Ranger Bagel: The Press Ranger)
18 May 2011 Leave a Comment
in Life, Life-such as it is., Love Tags: compassion, Earthquake, humanity, Japan, Senbazuru, vengeance
An eloquent exploration of the “vengeance meme” and a lovely call to our humanity. Well worth the read…
Silence Poisons the Soul…
09 May 2011 Leave a Comment
43. Dorcas Gustine
I was not beloved of the villagers,
but all because I spoke my mind,
and met those who transgressed against me
with plain remonstrance, hiding nor nurturing
nor secret griefs nor grudges.
That act of the Spartan boy is greatly praised,
who hid the wolf under his cloak,
letting it devour him, uncomplainingly.
It is braver, I think, to snatch the wolf forth
and fight him openly, even in the street,
amid dust and howls of pain.
The tongue may be an unruly member -
but silence poisons the soul.
Berate me who will – I am content.
- Edgar Lee Masters (1868 – 1950)
And So Another Year Begins…
01 Jan 2011 Leave a Comment
Yesterday, everybody smoked his last cigar, took his last drink and swore his last oath. Today, we are a pious and exemplary community. Thirty days from now, we shall have cast our reformation to the winds and gone to cutting our ancient shortcomings considerably shorter than ever.
~~By Mark Twain
Knowing Saber…
06 Mar 2010 Leave a Comment
in Life-such as it is. Tags: Frida, knowing, perception, Stalin
A zero-budget film that wonders about the possibilities of truly knowing anyone. It also happens to have been created by my younger sister…. :0)
Fantastically Marvelous….
27 Feb 2010 Leave a Comment
in Quotes Tags: atoms, Feynman, god, Human, motion
“It doesn’t seem to me that this fantastically marvelous universe, this tremendous range of time and space and different kinds of animals, and all the different planets, and all these atoms with all their motions, and so on, all this complicated thing can merely be a stage so that God can watch human beings struggle for good and evil — which is the view that religion has. The stage is too big for the drama.”
–Richard Feynman
Skillz, baby…I gots them.
20 Feb 2010 Leave a Comment
So, they say (whoever they are) that worry is the misuse of imagination. Whatever. I’m good at it…my worrying skills are finely honed. Self torture is my forte, my art. Why on earth would I want to give that up? WHY?
Ambivalent….
20 Feb 2010 Leave a Comment
in Life-such as it is. Tags: Journey, Life
It’s not about the destination…it’s about the fucking journey, blah, blah, blah. I could go on about how my life is essentially good-but I don’t want to. Is it so bad to be ambivalent? Where is it written that I have to be grateful for every last little thing? That happiness hinges on finding the silver lining? Fuck that. Fuck your silver lining. Sometimes life simply sucks.
Invincible Summer
20 Feb 2010 1 Comment
In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.
Albert Camus
I’m ready for my closeup, Mr. deMille….
22 Jan 2010 Leave a Comment
in Film Noir, Gloria Swanson, over the top creepy crazy, William Holden
