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Tag archive for ‘hope’

The Reaction: Election Style

Between Tumblr, Twitter, obsessively refreshing fivethirtyeight and CNN, texting and calling my friends, mostly Crush Girl, I didn’t have time to think about what was actually happening. When Barack Obama was announced as President Elect, the 44th President of the United States, the obsessive refreshing only continued. During the last phone call of the night, [...]

I didn’t say it before, but I’ll say it now: Vote

In my last post, I tried to avoid saying that voting for Obama was the right thing to do. I mean, it’s obvious how I feel about the guy, and how I feel about McCain, but I try not to say what’s right for everyone when it might not be. However, I’ve been talking a [...]

Thoughts on politics, the world, humanity, and my pessimism

The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom.
Without access to true chaos, we’ll never have true peace.
Unless everything can get worse, it won’t get any better.
This is all stuff the Mommy used to tell him.
She used to say, “The only frontier you have left is the world of intangibles. Everything [...]

The 9/11 Post

I’ve never written about my 9/11 experience before and now that today marks the 7th anniversary, I think I’ll take the time to write down my experience and thoughts. This will probably be the only time I ever write about this. Read what I have to say, bitch about it later.
Where I Was
Even though [...]