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cause you can sense what has been lost
cause you can sense what is at stake
cause you can sense what is at stake
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melancholy
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fleeing thought
i cannot wait until i can turn my cell phone off at night. i cannot wait till i can go to sleep at night without subconciously having to listen for a ringing phone or knock on my door. i can just relax and sleep.
that sounds like bliss.
that sounds like bliss.
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*jumps on the bandwagon*
i decided to leave this entry public. hopefully no one in the general public will act like douches, or i'll lock it down.
clicky clicky. follow the directions and be honest =)
johari
i'll edit this entry later to include the negative attributes link later tonight
edit:
and the negative one, the nohari:
clicky click
clicky clicky. follow the directions and be honest =)
johari
i'll edit this entry later to include the negative attributes link later tonight
edit:
and the negative one, the nohari:
clicky click
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new favorite poem
i believe i have a new favorite poem...
we are liars, because
the truth of yesterday becomes a lie tomorrow,
whereas letters are fixed
and we live by the letter of truth.
the love i feel for my friend, this year,
is different from the love i felt last year.
if it were not so, it would be a lie.
yet we reiterate love! love! love!
as if it were a coin with a fixed value
instead of a flower that dies,
and opens a different bud.
dh lawrence, "lies about love"
we are liars, because
the truth of yesterday becomes a lie tomorrow,
whereas letters are fixed
and we live by the letter of truth.
the love i feel for my friend, this year,
is different from the love i felt last year.
if it were not so, it would be a lie.
yet we reiterate love! love! love!
as if it were a coin with a fixed value
instead of a flower that dies,
and opens a different bud.
dh lawrence, "lies about love"
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i've started reading al franken's new book "the truth, with jokes." so far it's pretty good---i liked "lying liars" better, but that's probably because it displayed much more franken humor. this book is definitely more truth than jokes, and once the reader gets over the expectation to be reading another "lying lairs," it pretty much cruises.
the reason i write about it--everyone who knows me knows i went into a deep political funk after the 2004 election. it continues today. i still read about issues, especially those important to me, i still get angry, i yell at the tv occassionally..but i just am not as passionate as i once was. i guess i am (was?) simply spent after that election.
what i love about "the truth"...first, it IS the truth. franken does not hero-worship kerry, but does debunk key republican smear tactics and he systematically explains how rove won bush the white house again. he also debunks the "mandate" claim (THANK THE F-IN LORD). it serves as a factual guide into what to expect from the republican spin/lie machine in future elections by providing a guide to the 2004 election tactics. sure, it has its occassionaly pundit characteristics, which, for franken usually means pundit-humor, but as i stated before.. well, franken's simply gotten serious. i believe he's as fed up, as crushed, and as...AAAHHH as the rest of us.
second, it's started inflaming my passion again. i'm starting to get angry again. i've left my little "blah" bubble and i'm starting to feel that fury at the bush white house and the republican congress. the nice thing, of course, is that this happens in just enough time to allow me to somehow volunteer for the midterm elections that are coming up. i will have left my job by then and will once again have -gasp- freedom and free time to volunteer in some form.
what i think i love most about this book so far (im 50 pages(?) in)...is that it's facts tempered with anger and humor in an appropriate balance. part of the democrat's problem is that they are *too* angry at bush, much like the repulicans were *too* angry at clinton. instead of forming logical, well-stated opinions on bush policies and developing an effective counter to the republican spin tactics and media machine, they simply sputter out of sheer anger at bush's bullshit. even now, the dems have issues forming coherent ideological arguements and political tactics. they are still seeming to run scared from the repubs. franken tempers his anger (and his humor) and has apparently written a book that just lays bare a factual counter-arguement to the republican's lies in the 2004 election.
too bad it's just a year to year and a half too late.
i'm curious as to what the rest of the book will bring.
"yes and i think when you grow up surrounded
by willful ignorance
you have to believe that mercy has its own country
and that it's round and borderless
and then you have to grow wings
and rise above it all...
ask any ecosystem
harm here
is harm there and there and there and there
and aggression begets aggression
it's a very simple lesson
that long preceded any king of heaven
and there's this brutal imperial power
that my passport says i represent
but it will never represent where my heart lives
only vaguely where it went..."
the reason i write about it--everyone who knows me knows i went into a deep political funk after the 2004 election. it continues today. i still read about issues, especially those important to me, i still get angry, i yell at the tv occassionally..but i just am not as passionate as i once was. i guess i am (was?) simply spent after that election.
what i love about "the truth"...first, it IS the truth. franken does not hero-worship kerry, but does debunk key republican smear tactics and he systematically explains how rove won bush the white house again. he also debunks the "mandate" claim (THANK THE F-IN LORD). it serves as a factual guide into what to expect from the republican spin/lie machine in future elections by providing a guide to the 2004 election tactics. sure, it has its occassionaly pundit characteristics, which, for franken usually means pundit-humor, but as i stated before.. well, franken's simply gotten serious. i believe he's as fed up, as crushed, and as...AAAHHH as the rest of us.
second, it's started inflaming my passion again. i'm starting to get angry again. i've left my little "blah" bubble and i'm starting to feel that fury at the bush white house and the republican congress. the nice thing, of course, is that this happens in just enough time to allow me to somehow volunteer for the midterm elections that are coming up. i will have left my job by then and will once again have -gasp- freedom and free time to volunteer in some form.
what i think i love most about this book so far (im 50 pages(?) in)...is that it's facts tempered with anger and humor in an appropriate balance. part of the democrat's problem is that they are *too* angry at bush, much like the repulicans were *too* angry at clinton. instead of forming logical, well-stated opinions on bush policies and developing an effective counter to the republican spin tactics and media machine, they simply sputter out of sheer anger at bush's bullshit. even now, the dems have issues forming coherent ideological arguements and political tactics. they are still seeming to run scared from the repubs. franken tempers his anger (and his humor) and has apparently written a book that just lays bare a factual counter-arguement to the republican's lies in the 2004 election.
too bad it's just a year to year and a half too late.
i'm curious as to what the rest of the book will bring.
"yes and i think when you grow up surrounded
by willful ignorance
you have to believe that mercy has its own country
and that it's round and borderless
and then you have to grow wings
and rise above it all...
ask any ecosystem
harm here
is harm there and there and there and there
and aggression begets aggression
it's a very simple lesson
that long preceded any king of heaven
and there's this brutal imperial power
that my passport says i represent
but it will never represent where my heart lives
only vaguely where it went..."
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ahahahaha
if you haven't moused over "kurt halsey fredricksen" on www.kurthalsey.com, go do it now. too funny =)
kurt rocks =)
kurt rocks =)
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if only this shit was made up
Top 10 Funniest Bushisms
The Top 10 Funniest (and Saddest) Mistakes, Misstatements, Bloopers and Blunders By President George W. Bush (so far...)
1. "I am here to make an announcement that this Thursday, ticket counters and airplanes will fly out of Ronald Reagan Airport" - Washington, DC October 3, 2001
2. "Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNS aren't able to practice their love with these women across the country." Poplar Bluff, September 6, 2004.
3. "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." Washington DC, August 5, 2004
4. "There's no doubt in my mind that we should allow the world worst leaders to hold America hostage, to threaten our peace, to threaten our friends and allies with the world's worst weapons."
5. "There's an old...saying in Tennessee...I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee that says Fool me once...(3 second pause)...Shame on...(4 second pause)...Shame on you...(6 second pause)...Fool me...Can't get fooled again." Nashville, Tennessee, September 17, 2002. [I really, really wanna see a video of that one. That has to be fruckin hysterical.]
6. "See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction." Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 3, 2003
7. "The ambassador and the general were briefing me on the---the vast majority of Iraqis want to live in a peaceful, free world. And we will find these people and we will bring them to justice." Washington, DC, October 27, 2003.
8. "I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep on the soil of a friend." on visiting Denmark, Washington, DC, June 29, 2005
9. "Wow! Brazil is big!" after being shown a map of Brazil by Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Basilia, Brazil, November 6, 2005.
10. Tie between:
"Rarely is the question asked, 'Is our children learning'?" Florence, SC, January 11, 2000
and
"The illiteracy level of our children are appalling." Washington DC, January 23, 2004.
The Top 10 Funniest (and Saddest) Mistakes, Misstatements, Bloopers and Blunders By President George W. Bush (so far...)
1. "I am here to make an announcement that this Thursday, ticket counters and airplanes will fly out of Ronald Reagan Airport" - Washington, DC October 3, 2001
2. "Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNS aren't able to practice their love with these women across the country." Poplar Bluff, September 6, 2004.
3. "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." Washington DC, August 5, 2004
4. "There's no doubt in my mind that we should allow the world worst leaders to hold America hostage, to threaten our peace, to threaten our friends and allies with the world's worst weapons."
5. "There's an old...saying in Tennessee...I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee that says Fool me once...(3 second pause)...Shame on...(4 second pause)...Shame on you...(6 second pause)...Fool me...Can't get fooled again." Nashville, Tennessee, September 17, 2002. [I really, really wanna see a video of that one. That has to be fruckin hysterical.]
6. "See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction." Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 3, 2003
7. "The ambassador and the general were briefing me on the---the vast majority of Iraqis want to live in a peaceful, free world. And we will find these people and we will bring them to justice." Washington, DC, October 27, 2003.
8. "I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep on the soil of a friend." on visiting Denmark, Washington, DC, June 29, 2005
9. "Wow! Brazil is big!" after being shown a map of Brazil by Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Basilia, Brazil, November 6, 2005.
10. Tie between:
"Rarely is the question asked, 'Is our children learning'?" Florence, SC, January 11, 2000
and
"The illiteracy level of our children are appalling." Washington DC, January 23, 2004.
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meas…
can they really claim that Iraq is better off now? sure, saddam was a horrible man. but it doesn't appear that things are much better...
*sigh*
can they really claim that Iraq is better off now? sure, saddam was a horrible man. but it doesn't appear that things are much better...
*sigh*
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typing is hard and it hurts (i either broke my finger or jammed it VERY badly)...but oh well =)
oh lord, i have made you a place in my heart
among the rags and the bones and the dirt
there's piles of lies,
the love gone from her eyes,
and old moving boxes full of hurt.
pull up a chair by the trouble and care.
i got whiskey, you're welcome to some.
oh lord, i have made you a place in my heart,
but i don't reckon you're gonna come.
i've tried to fix up the place,
i know it's a disgrace
you get used to it after a while--
with the flood and the drought
and old pals hangin out
with their IOU's and their smiles.
bare naked women keep comin in
and they dance like you wouldn't believe.
oh lord, i have made you a place in my heart,
so take a good look---and then leave
oh lord, why does the cold get colder each year?
lord, why can't i learn to love?
lord, if you made me, then it's easy to see
that you all make mistakes up above.
but if i open the door, you will know i'm poor
and my secrets are all that i own.
oh lord, i have made you a place in my heart
and i hope that you leave it alone.
(found the song via an ani boot--tis by greg brown. she sings slightly different lyrics than the above. great song...just kinda fitting for tonight *shrug*)
oh lord, i have made you a place in my heart
among the rags and the bones and the dirt
there's piles of lies,
the love gone from her eyes,
and old moving boxes full of hurt.
pull up a chair by the trouble and care.
i got whiskey, you're welcome to some.
oh lord, i have made you a place in my heart,
but i don't reckon you're gonna come.
i've tried to fix up the place,
i know it's a disgrace
you get used to it after a while--
with the flood and the drought
and old pals hangin out
with their IOU's and their smiles.
bare naked women keep comin in
and they dance like you wouldn't believe.
oh lord, i have made you a place in my heart,
so take a good look---and then leave
oh lord, why does the cold get colder each year?
lord, why can't i learn to love?
lord, if you made me, then it's easy to see
that you all make mistakes up above.
but if i open the door, you will know i'm poor
and my secrets are all that i own.
oh lord, i have made you a place in my heart
and i hope that you leave it alone.
(found the song via an ani boot--tis by greg brown. she sings slightly different lyrics than the above. great song...just kinda fitting for tonight *shrug*)
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i have a free hour on friday morning, so i decided to schedule time in for me to fucking LOSE MY MIND.
/breakdown & lame humor
/breakdown & lame humor