This was quite a bizarre week. And this will be a short digest. Your Bloguero was obsessed all week long with the California Prison Hunger Strike. Five essays. One every day. Monday through Friday. And because your Bloguero was convinced that the Trad Media TM weren’t giving the story any real coverage and that what there was, was simple stenography of the official half truths and maliciousness of prison officials, your Bloguero decided these essays should be cross-posted at various blogs. Good idea. Hard to carry out. Your Bloguero found himself involuntarily drowning in the fabled ocean of Java and html errors. Repeatedly. Let’s face it. Your Bloguero can tickle the keyboard, and maybe he can write the essays, but alas and alack, when that dreaded red warning jumps up when he hits “publish,” he freaks out. And curses. And gets impatient. And frustrated. And does not know how to fix the problem so the essay will actually publish. And so, it has been a week both of frenzied hammering away at the keyboard and the soaring agitation and frustration the red warnings elicit.
This could be crazy making anywhere. And it probably is. But because he is back from Mexico and is again in Upstate New York, the heat and humidity have fueled both the intensity and duration of your Bloguero’s massive freak outs. Let’s not mention his impatience. Or his irritation. Or his reactions to the comments your Bloguero took umbrage at. Or the epithets he muttered (but did not type).
Thank goodness that the hunger strike has now ended peacefully so your Bloguero can now attempt to re-establish his so often lost equanimity.
Here are the essays supporting the prison hunger strikers:
Friday, Thursday, Wednesday, Tuesday, and Monday.
Was there anything else in the Dream Antilles other than your Bloguero’s obsession? In what seems like a million years ago, your Bloguero actually wrote a piece on Sunday about Hoaracio Castellanos Moya’s book She-Devil in The Mirror. Moya is a wonderful writer, and this book is an unusual description of the pervasive corruption in post Revolution El Salvador, told by a very distinctive and unusual narrator. An interesting book that should be wider known.
This Week In The Dream Antilles is a weekly digest. Sometimes, like now, it is actually a digest of essays posted in the past week. Your Bloguero always solicits your support. No, not your money. Just leave a comment so that your Bloguero will know that you stopped by. Humor him. Or, even easier, just click the “Encouragement jar”. Your Bloguero likes to know that you’re visiting.
