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Dec 15 2007
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Dec 15 2007
Pony Reindeer Party… Prancer. He’s one of Santa’s.
gotta tell you. this is one of my all-time favorite movies of any kind. it is funny and sweet and the little girl, jess, with her stuffed nose and nasal “sand_ta” brings joy to my heart and tears to my eyes.
i love the way it was filmed. the sense of time and place. hardship. being little and how the power of believing makes you powerful.
and even if you never saw the movie and will now look for it, you can watch the spoiler vid. because i’m pretty sure you’d expect the ending. but maybe not expect how it makes you feel.
Dec 14 2007
it’s the complicity, stupid (& a xmas wish list)
my interpretation of a mandate:
November 2006: the electorate votes in Democrats as its way of saying NO to George W. Bush.
… we Democrats celebrate.
Post November 2006, poll after poll expresses the tangible, palpable anger citizens harbor towards George W. Bush’s policies and administration. Poll after poll says NO to Bush.
Citizens giving Congress its lowest approval in history for its refusal to say no to Bush says NO to Bush.
High ranking military retire in order to come out, in public, to say NO to Bush.
perhaps it’s the speaking in ancient Sumerian that’s confused Congress. now. let’s try it in English:
WE WANT CONGRESS TO say no TO GEORGE W. BUSH…
Dec 14 2007
writing in the raw: live from new york
i was going to write about what i imagine it will be like to live in leiden, the netherlands. but it’s been snowing all day and i have on christmas music. i’ve done a little decorating, have the candles lit, and poured a glass of red wine.
i’ll be out of this place in a few weeks. life or time or whatever it is keeps us moving… and we seem never to stop making changes. my nephew ryan turned 10 today. on christmas day, i’ll be 53. holy fucking moly.
but tonight, i’m happy. i love how snow quiets things down. slows things down. i love milky night skies and how moon glow backlights falling, floating drop_lets. i love snowstorms and being out with my dog. I love the way the snow catches in his fur and how he rolls on his back. i love the sun coming out after a big storm… and the glint and sparkle of the snow snow snow.
i love the way a house can smell warm when you come back inside. oh… and sometimes it’s so nice to curl up into blankets and take a nap. not really sleep though, but how you feel in those perfect moments between sleeping and waking.
i decided i should take some pictures of my little cottage-like apartment, with my few christmas decorations and the abundance of snow outside, and show you all where i am right now and where i won’t be for much longer.
and yet, right now i’m so fully here. not fully grasping deconstructing all of this. walking away from each part is an odd thing. how it all changes and the things that held you in orbit have disappeared. and you walk away. energy going forward in light years or heavy years. the drag of memory, holding you still. making you think you’re still where you’re not. it will all melt like the snow outside. the landscape. the way it looks right now. it will never be that way again.
big chest-heaving sigh.
and i’m up in five minutes and maybe i’ll just keep writing this in the comments. as i chase after myself. as i try to let go and grab onto something new, all at the same time.
hey. here i am. that’s funny now. here i am. until i melt away.
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Dec 12 2007
a momentary blip
i go back and forth over it. the circumstances in which we find ourselves. sometimes it’s plain: nature taking its course. there’s something better than humans out there. so we, along with all the other creatures who disappeared to make way for others, will be swallowed up into a swirling universe.
on the other hand…
Dec 08 2007
Pony Party: The Dark Side of Love
on saturdays in leiden, the vendors fill the streets with their carts and tents of clothes and food and olibolo (did NOT spell that right) balls for Sinterklaas… middle eastern scarves, heavy wheels of cheese, african carvings, and books. people here love books.
i found this slim volume of poems by John Smith (?) at one of those carts. a book in english and i liked the subject… so i bought it. and, after reading, thought some of the poems might generate discussion, as love tends to do.
Nov 29 2007
Pony Open Thread: UPDATED Docudharma Christmas Song!!!!
Hey, we’re back with a first draft of Docudharma’s 12 Days of Christmas. Most of the lyrics have come from Rusty1776 and On The Bus. Take a look and if you have any ideas for making it better, please join in!!! But first…Frank Kelly’s 12 Days of Christmas is just hysterical. I’m laughing as i try to embed this… really and truly… this is great.
and this, holly hocks and ivy, is bizarre…