So I’m sitting in the office, having just got through class.
Kinda stunned.
Before the election I and many friends joked that Canada was looking mighty good now. But today over morning coffee, hunched in bed I realized that I could never go that route. I refuse to cede this country to charlatans.
I talk a lot here about being a freak. And I am. An American freak, one who believes that history is not the inexorable progress of fate, or divinity, or market, or class, but rather that history is the record of brilliant improvisations within circumstances, something that is within the capacity of any of us to make or unmake. This America’s naivete’ and wisdom and it has helped me make my way through the world.
I can’t provide the counter example from the sidelines, and I won’t give them the satisfaction of chasing me out.
So today I read the phrase “the center cannot hold” as one of hope, and I think it’s time for me to slouch off to Bethlehem
And be reborn.
Yo, we are waiting!
Yo, we are waiting!
You are a brilliant freak, a wonderful freak, a freak with a lot of integrity. You give me hope and inspiration.
You are a brilliant freak, a wonderful freak, a freak with a lot of integrity. You give me hope and inspiration.
from your lips to the slumbering collective consciousness of America
from your lips to the slumbering collective consciousness of America
An American freak, one who believes that history is not the inexorable progress of fate, or divinity, or market, or class, but rather that history is the record of brilliant improvisations within circumstances, something that is within the capacity of any of us to make or unmake.
That was pretty much the theme of Assassins. Remember?
But how else can we make and unmake? Shouting and marching in protest? Giving money to organizations? I think you (I, we) do it best by being/remaining the freak that you are. Daily, unabashedly.
BTW, did you know ‘Bethlehem’ means “house of bread”? Keep it spicy, ya big freak….
An American freak, one who believes that history is not the inexorable progress of fate, or divinity, or market, or class, but rather that history is the record of brilliant improvisations within circumstances, something that is within the capacity of any of us to make or unmake.
That was pretty much the theme of Assassins. Remember?
But how else can we make and unmake? Shouting and marching in protest? Giving money to organizations? I think you (I, we) do it best by being/remaining the freak that you are. Daily, unabashedly.
BTW, did you know ‘Bethlehem’ means “house of bread”? Keep it spicy, ya big freak….
Beautiful. Thank you, sincerely. I am not sure I will come to the same conclusions. I need time to quit reeling. And time to think, eventually.
Right now, I would leave if I had the finances. And I have my reasons.
But it is also amazingly good for me to see folks’ whose faiths lie in differently shaded but similar directions can express their position so inspiringly.
There is hope … .
Beautiful. Thank you, sincerely. I am not sure I will come to the same conclusions. I need time to quit reeling. And time to think, eventually.
Right now, I would leave if I had the finances. And I have my reasons.
But it is also amazingly good for me to see folks’ whose faiths lie in differently shaded but similar directions can express their position so inspiringly.
There is hope … .
Thank you. You have captured much of my feeling today.
If you haven’t already, I invite you to read my posts from today.
Thank you. You have captured much of my feeling today.
If you haven’t already, I invite you to read my posts from today.
well said. thanks
well said. thanks
I like you!
You’ve nothing to cede and have no need to accept any mainstream notion of “normal”. You make a significant contribution to your community, nation and world–on your own terms, to no one’s detriment. And I too must attribute some the character traits that have served me so well in life to my “Americanism”.
So yay!
I like you!
You’ve nothing to cede and have no need to accept any mainstream notion of “normal”. You make a significant contribution to your community, nation and world–on your own terms, to no one’s detriment. And I too must attribute some the character traits that have served me so well in life to my “Americanism”.
So yay!
I had similar thoughts, and I’m a Canadian!
I had similar thoughts, and I’m a Canadian!
Thank you Naylandblake for this bit of calm in an otherwise ugly and rediculous day.
My brain felt as if it would boil dry all day.
Now I sit in my college library having finally sorted out a bit of writing that has haunted me all day.
It is quiet. Just keys clacking.
I am feeling a bit better.
*freak1 makes freak2 feel better*
Maybe I’ll cancel my escape plan to Barcelona after all.
Thank you Naylandblake for this bit of calm in an otherwise ugly and rediculous day.
My brain felt as if it would boil dry all day.
Now I sit in my college library having finally sorted out a bit of writing that has haunted me all day.
It is quiet. Just keys clacking.
I am feeling a bit better.
*freak1 makes freak2 feel better*
Maybe I’ll cancel my escape plan to Barcelona after all.
I’ll get right on it..
I’ll get right on it..
Takes one to know one!
Takes one to know one!
Sic Semper Tyrannus?
Probably the reason why it’s one of my favorite Sondhiem shows. It makes me deeply uncomfortable.
How do we make? Resist the flow, the easy answer, the accelleration and simplification of political discourse. And as you say, being emphatically ourselves. I’ll keep it spicy if you will – I love having a cohort!
Sic Semper Tyrannus?
Probably the reason why it’s one of my favorite Sondhiem shows. It makes me deeply uncomfortable.
How do we make? Resist the flow, the easy answer, the accelleration and simplification of political discourse. And as you say, being emphatically ourselves. I’ll keep it spicy if you will – I love having a cohort!
Well it’s a worldwide problem and a worldwide job.
Well it’s a worldwide problem and a worldwide job.
Thanks for the comment and the clarity of your postings.
Thanks for the comment and the clarity of your postings.
Closer to home, any news about those lunchboxes?
Closer to home, any news about those lunchboxes?
Cafepress sent me a notice today that they shipped – I asked for next day so they should come to ICP tomorrow.
Cafepress sent me a notice today that they shipped – I asked for next day so they should come to ICP tomorrow.
Yay! I like you.
Yay! I like you.
I’ll get right on it..
Takes one to know one!
Sic Semper Tyrannus?
Probably the reason why it’s one of my favorite Sondhiem shows. It makes me deeply uncomfortable.
How do we make? Resist the flow, the easy answer, the accelleration and simplification of political discourse. And as you say, being emphatically ourselves. I’ll keep it spicy if you will – I love having a cohort!
Well it’s a worldwide problem and a worldwide job.
Thanks for the comment and the clarity of your postings.
Cafepress sent me a notice today that they shipped – I asked for next day so they should come to ICP tomorrow.
I need to install them by 4 pm… how do we do this? It will be quite a large volume of stuff! Maybe I can send over an army of interns to pick them up…
I need to install them by 4 pm… how do we do this? It will be quite a large volume of stuff! Maybe I can send over an army of interns to pick them up…
Up with freaks!
This one’s for you, Nayland.
Up with freaks!
This one’s for you, Nayland.
Just cause you won’t have me horning in on all those Toronto area cuties you’ve got up there!
And the feeling is mutual.
Just cause you won’t have me horning in on all those Toronto area cuties you’ve got up there!
And the feeling is mutual.
Re: Up with freaks!
Wow! So amazing, dude – thanks!
Re: Up with freaks!
Wow! So amazing, dude – thanks!
Many thanks for the warmth of these words -and for your call to civility in your own post. We do need more light than heat at this moment.
Many thanks for the warmth of these words -and for your call to civility in your own post. We do need more light than heat at this moment.
We freaks have to make each other feel better.
We freaks have to make each other feel better.
Make the US safe place for them to visit and THEY will come to YOU 🙂
Make the US safe place for them to visit and THEY will come to YOU 🙂
Just cause you won’t have me horning in on all those Toronto area cuties you’ve got up there!
And the feeling is mutual.
Re: Up with freaks!
Wow! So amazing, dude – thanks!
Many thanks for the warmth of these words -and for your call to civility in your own post. We do need more light than heat at this moment.
We freaks have to make each other feel better.