And if I'm flying solo, at least I'm flying free.

Ok...I totally clicked on Blogger's Blogs of Notes for today and found this amazing site:

The One Minute Writer

The premise is simple, the author gives you a prompt and a 60 second YouTube countdown clock to write whatever you feel on the topic. You can post it in the comments section or keep it for personal reflection. Today's prompt:

What would you tell an 18-year-old American to encourage them to vote today?

It's your godforsaken right. It's your chance to finally do something that screams, "adulthood". There are people in this country who were persecuted that don't have the right to vote anymore. Like Wen Ho Lee. And I'm sure he's pissed. Just go out and exercise your own mind man. I know it's hard. but do it. whew.

I guess I could have been more eloquent, but whatever, it's 60 seconds. I also found a great quote, "The world is run by the people who show up." Just by being there, you have a %100 greater chance of making a difference than the people who didn't. Here are some other thoughts.

SanyuSays said... If you do not exercise your rights, what is to keep them from being taken away? If you wont even represent yourself, why would anybody else have the desire to?

zeke said... Voting is the most sacred duty that we have as Americans. It is our moment as individuals to directly affect the destiny of the entire country. To relinquish that power is to make the statement that you do not matter, that your voice should be silent.

Lady with a View said... It is your responsiblity to be informed and to vote - it isn't just your right. You owe it to the people who died for your right to live here - to be free - to worship (or not worship) as you desire. It is your legacy - what will define how future generations see this generation...and yes...you are apart of this generation.

VDL said... I would tell them that this is a time of change that very clearly defines what will happen in our Nation and the rest of the world. Their vote gives them an opportunity to have an identity, be heard and to be a part of history. I would also help them understand history and link it to thei daily experience. That would certainly get them out to vote.

Cyndi Mulligan said... “Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost." ~John Adams
Overwhelmingly, the admonition here is to take up your privilege and vote responsibly. Take it for granted by ignoring it, and you may lose this precious right.

cute pwns sleep

I need to take a shower and I need to go to bed and I can't....

Why?
Why?
Why?

THIS IS WHY.

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Damn you Wen. Damn you.
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Blogs for Obama

He's like fucking Gavin Rossdale or Prince. He's rockin' out, in the RAIN. In Virginia.

"You don't need to boo.
You just need to vote." - Barack Obama

"It doesn't matter. We're all Americans."

Seriously you guys. Tomorrow, it's easy. Next year you can even vote absentee like me. Which is even easier. You can take four DAYS to vote. In your pjs. On the couch. Eating brownies. Farting.

I'll fart with you.
Let's change the face of American politics.
vote.

video via Gates @ Hellafied

elephants

If the elephants have past lives,
Yet are destined to always remember,
It's no wonder how they scream,
Like you and I, they must have some temper.

And I am dreaming of them on the plains,
Dirtying up their beds,
Watching for some kind of rain
To cool their hot heads.

And how dare that you send me that card
When I'm doing all that I can do.
You are forcing me to remember
When all I want is to just forget you.

If the tiger shall protect her young,
Then tell me how did you slip by.
All my instincts have failed me for once
I must have somehow slept the whole night.

And I am dreaming of them with their kill,
Tearing it all apart,
Blood dripping from their lips,
And teeth sinking in to heart.

And how dare that you say you will call,
When you know I need some peace of mind..
If you had to take sides with the animals,
Won't you do it with one who is kind?

If the hawks in the trees need the dead,
If you're living you don't stand a chance.
For a time, though you share the same bed,
There are only two ends to this dance.

You can flee with your wounds just in time,
Or lie there as he feeds,
Watching yourself ripped to shreds
And laughing as you bleed.

So for those of you falling in love,
Keep it kind, keep it good, keep it right.
Throw yourself in the midst of danger,
But keep one eye open at night.

It's been one of those weekends; that passes you in the blink of an eye. And you hardly remember what you did or what it was for, but you think you did well. And you are thankful, but at the same time, falling down a marble well. Slipping & sliding and unable to find a handhold, to catch your breath. So do you let go? Slide into oblivion? Or continue to claw as the whiteness goes streaking by?

I love this song, by Rachel Yamagata. But don't take it literally, I just like it.

Look, I just want to know if Tampa tied up the series.

A lunch discourse with my very straight boss.

GreyGoose: Ugh. I'm just trying to look at sports. And there are these two women flirting with me.
Everyone: What?
GreyGoose: I'm on Fox sports.com, and there's this ad! Of this girl in a tank top. She's winking at me, it's distracting! I just want to read sports.
Sugar: Are you sure you're not on foxy sports?
GG: No! Ugh...now she's in her bra and panties! Subversive advertising and there are chicks trying to flirt with me!
Pen: ...Those bastards.
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First ladies get tagged on a lot of things: health care, libraries, international relations. But also a lot of things that don't make a whole lot of sense: chocolate chip cookies, hostessing and their wardrobe choices.
To me, the clear front runner this year has been Michelle Obama. She epitomizes well cut, classic and exemplary American style. She's not trying to be French or European, nor has she resorted to stuffy, ill-fitting pant suits. Girlfriend can wear the hell out of a floral pattern just as well as online favorites from J. Crew. And the Democratic nomination purple dress? Iconic.
And now there's a website where you can view Michelle's wardrobe selections on a daily basis. I kid you not. (What? Like Carla Bruni doesn't have one?) Mrs. O dot org.

ahah! The Review for Rocky from the San Francisco Tribune

ORIGINAL SPANISH TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH via the Google Translator. Fabulous program really....

Grisly show that will make you die of laughter and enjoy the great music of Rock. A classic and cultists, a play super crazy and fun, finally there's a lot we could use adjectives to describe what indescribable, but words are not enough ... you have to see it in shade for you to be the main witness to this crime against the seriousness and the good manners count. The Rocky Horror Show will be presented for the first time in the real drama of the royal court in London; the year: 1973. This book was written by Richard O'Brien, together with Jim Sharma Australian director. In a short time I place the number eight in the BBC radio and the first scene of the musical key. This show has won countless awards and musical theater, and also because it has not received much criticism for his subject as controversial and that no call: crazy. The only downside is that without this madness, without this incredible creativity of someone who possibly take LSD before writing it, had not been the success it is today. As well as music groups of the caliber of the Grateful Dead, which has many followers, this musical also has many supporters and usually presents at midnight. It left the 1973 movie Rocky Horror Show, and was a success. Mostly this movie shown in theaters around the world and obviously they do at midnight, while the effect of horror is more stimulating. The people in the audience are essential and crucial part of this musical so much fun. These viewers are dressed in the costumes more incredible, the costumes imitating sensual and unimaginable of artists. Girls and boys are Negligees, men dressed as women and vice versa, or dressed as Dracula, or beings beyond the grave ... there is no limit to the imagination. These same viewers interact with the players and fun to shout at them all, jokes, insults, lines learned from the libretto, but all with respect and class, but if a lot of atmosphere in celebration, celebration and excitement. The direction of this fun musical is very well done, tant0 the theater director: Cate Caplina, as the musical director Shane R. Ray has developed a Herculean task to bring this difficult production to the stage and do so with an incredible taste. They have succeeded in bringing the audience to a "scary" that kills laughter. This music has its own rock band that gives life to the festive atmosphere in case, we will see James Deprato on guitar, living his own music; Michael Shion on bass; Hermann Lara in the Christian Schnorr saxophone and drums. The group of players is great, masterfully developed jointly and individually, we need to give much credit Al Franken-N-Furtado (Jef Valentine) that puts the gold in this funny musical, Jef is the transvestite vampire who seduces half world and commits the most incredible monkey. Do not miss seeing this fun book, will weary laugh. It is presented until November 15, in the theater district victory of the Mission, 2961 16th St. San Francisco. Reports http://www.rockysf. com/

ahah! Classic. And trust me, with our snarky cast, there have been plenty of jokes made in the last four hours alone. Mostly about who is the monkey. But also that our artistic director is now apparently our musical director. hee hee.

the crucible

"As wonderful as moments of being-to-being union can be, the alchemical play of joining heaven and earth in a relationship involves a more subtle and beautiful dance: not losing our twoness in the oneness, while also not losing our oneness in the twoness. Personal intimacy evolves out of the dancing-ground of dualities: personal and trans-personal, known and unknown, death and birth, openness and karmic limitation, clarity and chaos, hellish clashes and heavenly bliss. The clash and interplay of these polarities, with all their shocks and surprises, provides a ferment that allows for deep transformation, through forcing us to keep waking up, dropping preconceptions, expanding our sense of who we are, and learning to work with all the different elements of our humanity."

-John Welwood, Intimate Relationship as a Spiritual Crucible.

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I think my greatest wish in this lifetime for others is that they would have the possibility of having a friend like Jerrsika who will send things like this to them.

(photo credit: Vaillencourt Fountain - Justin Herman Plaza, SF. Christopher Chan on Flickr)