Thursday, April 21, 2011
Dammit!
"This Easter Sunday in San Francisco's Delores Park, Christianity-spoofing homosexual drag queen 'nuns' calling themselves the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence will stage their annual 'Hunky Jesus' contest -- mocking the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ -- as shirtless men in 'crucifixion' costumes parade on stage in an atmosphere of haughty, homoerotic humor.Porno Pete LaBarbera, in a press release distributed today by Christian Newswire and republished on Free Republic.
ok this is happening like two blocks from my old apartment and I'm missing it...dammit!
ok this is happening like two blocks from my old apartment and I'm missing it...dammit!
curioser and curioser
It seems texas,
I have to wonder if there really is something like divine retribution.
Sorry for all those who are innocent victims in this, but still staying in that place they do give tacit approval to the bigoted hateful shit that place promotes.
In other news, two journalists were lost in Libya. Tim Hetherington created one of the most incredible collections of images in his book Restrepo. And Chris Hondros one of the bravest photographers of his generation, both lost in Misrata. The toll of war never stops mounting and we pay the price in many ways we don't fully understand at the time.
And so it goes:
I have to wonder if there really is something like divine retribution.
Sorry for all those who are innocent victims in this, but still staying in that place they do give tacit approval to the bigoted hateful shit that place promotes.
In other news, two journalists were lost in Libya. Tim Hetherington created one of the most incredible collections of images in his book Restrepo. And Chris Hondros one of the bravest photographers of his generation, both lost in Misrata. The toll of war never stops mounting and we pay the price in many ways we don't fully understand at the time.
And so it goes:
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
reilgious tolerance
Not that we didn't know that religious tolerance was a one way street,but now we see that religious tolerance is intolerant.
from joemygod-
After weeks of demonstrations, yesterday Catholic protesters in France destroyed NYC artist Andres Serrano's classic and controversial Piss Christ. The UK Guardian reports:
The work has previously been shown without incident in France, but for the past two weeks Catholic groups have campaigned against it, culminating in hundreds of people marching through Avignon on Saturday in protest. Just after 11am on Sunday, four people in sunglasses entered the gallery where the exhibition was being held. One took a hammer from his sock and threatened security staff. A guard restrained one man but the remaining members of the group managed to smash an acrylic screen and slash the photograph with what police believe was a screwdriver or ice pick. They then destroyed another photograph, of nuns' hands in prayer.
Protests against the photograph had also gained the support of France's far-right National Front party. The gallery's owner says the destroyed artwork will remain on display "so people can see what barbarians can do."
And so it goes:
Monday, April 18, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Here's the problem
We have nutjobs like this one in the opposing party who will say anything to get what they want, which is of course to turn this country into a holy roller church extraordinaire, and then lie again when confronted with the first lie.
This heinous-ness is of course multiplied by a sitting President who says:
in 2008, and then in 2011 we read in the morning news that he's will be agreeable to cuts in medicare and social security.
I have to ask,exactly why we're messing with a program that's solvent? Social security has plenty of money, if we leave it alone ad stop raiding the coffers, Medicare, is another matter, but that has more to do with the corporatizing of medicine than anything else. It's amazing to me that hospitals ran just fine thank you for decades, nay centuries, without the intervention of corporations and as soon as they entered the picture everything was not only triple the cost, but the forecasts were dreck and doom. it's the single biggest reason I left medicine in the first place, we no longer took care of the patient we took care of he bottom line. Not why I was there.
So here we go tonight, on the merry road to financial doom, if the GOP has it's way in cutting the deficit with one fell swoop. I'm starting to wonder if they and the democrats actually have the cojones to actually do any of this. We need to let the tax cuts expire and get that money back so we can go back to having enough funds to pay our bills and live normally instead of everyone who makes under 50k going to food pantries.
And so it goes:
This heinous-ness is of course multiplied by a sitting President who says:
in 2008, and then in 2011 we read in the morning news that he's will be agreeable to cuts in medicare and social security.
I have to ask,exactly why we're messing with a program that's solvent? Social security has plenty of money, if we leave it alone ad stop raiding the coffers, Medicare, is another matter, but that has more to do with the corporatizing of medicine than anything else. It's amazing to me that hospitals ran just fine thank you for decades, nay centuries, without the intervention of corporations and as soon as they entered the picture everything was not only triple the cost, but the forecasts were dreck and doom. it's the single biggest reason I left medicine in the first place, we no longer took care of the patient we took care of he bottom line. Not why I was there.
So here we go tonight, on the merry road to financial doom, if the GOP has it's way in cutting the deficit with one fell swoop. I'm starting to wonder if they and the democrats actually have the cojones to actually do any of this. We need to let the tax cuts expire and get that money back so we can go back to having enough funds to pay our bills and live normally instead of everyone who makes under 50k going to food pantries.
And so it goes:
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
what was i thinking?
interviewed this morning for a job with the county. I don't want it. I think I got it...SHIT!
and so it goes:
and so it goes:
Monday, April 11, 2011
laugh?!?! I thought I'd die!
there are enough whack jobs out there to keep one entertained for hours at a time. Today they have come up with an entirely entertaining theory about Barack Obama:
Last updated at 9:32 AM on 6th April 2011
He has been plagued with questions and doubts concerning his background throughout his first term as President.
Questions like - is Barack Obama actually American? Is he a Muslim? Is he actually an alien from another planet? - have frequently been asked.
The next question circulating on the internet - has President Obama had brain surgery?
Internet blog sites, conspiracy theorists and forums are awash with rumours as to what those mystery scars on the president's head are from.
In pictures, Obama appears to have a long scar which goes up the side of his head and over his crown.
Some conspiracy theorists claim they are scars that you would see on someone who has had brain surgery.
But without medical records (along with his school records and birth certificate) no one seems to be able to provide an answer as to the cause of the mystery scars.
Ben Hart, a blogger for Escape The Tyranny a website which presents itself as a Social Network & Forum For Conservatives, said: 'Obama's almost done with his first term, and we still know almost nothing about the background of the President of the United States.
'Whatever happened to create that scar, it was clearly something serious. Was it a brain operation? Has it affected his thinking?
'No one is allowed to see his birth certificate. He is just one big mystery man, which adds intrigue to what that huge scar is all about.'
He also said that surgery might explain why the President gets lost speaking without a teleprompter, and posted a video of Obama struggling through a speech, repeating his words and getting lost mid-sentence.
Speculation about different aspects of Obama's life first gathered momentum when questions over his actual birthplace started to emerge, with many believing he was born in Kenya rather than Hawaii, as he has stated.
Millions of dollars have allegedly been spent trying to ensure that it is not released to the public, not even the Hawaiian governor has access to it.
Added to that are the fact his medical records have also been sealed.
A spokeswoman from the White House said they were not willing to comment on such claims, saying they were 'ridiculous'.
Countless neurosurgeons said it is 'not their place' to comment on whether or not distinctive scars on the President's head are as a result of brain surgery.
Others offered explanations such as a bad haircut or even a birthmark though many did agree that the scars are similar to those a produced after major brain surgery.
Without medical records or an admission from the White House, the public may never know the answer to the question, along with the contents of his birth certificate.
Mystery scars on Obama's head prompt another question from conspiracy theorists - has the President had brain surgery?
By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 9:32 AM on 6th April 2011
He has been plagued with questions and doubts concerning his background throughout his first term as President.
Questions like - is Barack Obama actually American? Is he a Muslim? Is he actually an alien from another planet? - have frequently been asked.
The next question circulating on the internet - has President Obama had brain surgery?
President Obama meeting comedian George Lopez as the First Lady looks on. Some observers believe this image shows a distinctive scar which looks like those left after brain surgery. However, there could simply be another explanation such as a bad haircut or birth mark
This enhanced image purports to show the scar running from the top of the President's head to behind his right ear
Internet blog sites, conspiracy theorists and forums are awash with rumours as to what those mystery scars on the president's head are from.
In pictures, Obama appears to have a long scar which goes up the side of his head and over his crown.
Some conspiracy theorists claim they are scars that you would see on someone who has had brain surgery.
But without medical records (along with his school records and birth certificate) no one seems to be able to provide an answer as to the cause of the mystery scars.
Ben Hart, a blogger for Escape The Tyranny a website which presents itself as a Social Network & Forum For Conservatives, said: 'Obama's almost done with his first term, and we still know almost nothing about the background of the President of the United States.
'Whatever happened to create that scar, it was clearly something serious. Was it a brain operation? Has it affected his thinking?
'No one is allowed to see his birth certificate. He is just one big mystery man, which adds intrigue to what that huge scar is all about.'
The 'scar' seen from another angle. One blogger says the surgery might explain why the President has, on occasion, got lost speaking without a teleprompter
Rumours: The Escape The Tyranny website strongly questions Obama's head scars as well as why no one has seen his birth certificate
Speculation about different aspects of Obama's life first gathered momentum when questions over his actual birthplace started to emerge, with many believing he was born in Kenya rather than Hawaii, as he has stated.
Millions of dollars have allegedly been spent trying to ensure that it is not released to the public, not even the Hawaiian governor has access to it.
Added to that are the fact his medical records have also been sealed.
A spokeswoman from the White House said they were not willing to comment on such claims, saying they were 'ridiculous'.
Countless neurosurgeons said it is 'not their place' to comment on whether or not distinctive scars on the President's head are as a result of brain surgery.
Others offered explanations such as a bad haircut or even a birthmark though many did agree that the scars are similar to those a produced after major brain surgery.
Without medical records or an admission from the White House, the public may never know the answer to the question, along with the contents of his birth certificate.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Inspiration strikes
So let's start with the op-ed piece from CNN.com.
Editor's note: John P. Avlon is a CNN contributor and senior political columnist for The Daily Beast. He is the author of "Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe Is Hijacking America.
(CNN) -- It's great that the government shutdown was stopped just before the midnight deadline. But it's pathetic that it got so far. And the damage done during the bitter and contentious debates is a troubling sign for what lies ahead.
After all, if a $5 billion difference in short-term cuts can bring the government to the brink of a shutdown, how is Congress going to deal with the multi-trillion dollar cuts in long-term spending that will be necessary to bring down the deficit and the debt?
Even worse was the stubborn insistence by social conservatives that policy riders defunding Planned Parenthood, NPR and the EPA be included in their list of demands until the 11th hour. These cuts were not about fiscal discipline, they were about social conservative litmus tests imposed to please the activist class.
House Speaker John Boehner is getting squeezed on both sides of his own caucus, trying to please social conservatives and the Tea Party crowd while also avoiding the massive popular backlash that would have accompanied a government shutdown. He is in the thankless position of being the responsible Republican in the room.
The $38 billion in cuts is the largest one-time dollar-for-dollar cut in American history, but still he gets no respect. Immediately after the compromise deal was announced, conservative congressmen and professional partisans were taking to Twitter to announce their disappointment, liberated by the absence of responsibility that comes with leadership.
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann pronounced the results "disappointing" while Dick Morris' hot air reached Robespierre proportions, tweeting "The budget deal is a total surrender by a gutless Speaker. Those who vote for it deserve a primary!!!" Off with their heads!
No-drama Obama swooped in late to the negotiations, but was able to ultimately salvage a deal without getting strong-armed on social issues. Still, liberal activists like former Labor Secretary Robert Reich were unhappy as well, Tweeting, "The Prez and Ds caved in, endangering the recovery and strengthening the right-wing bullies. A tactical win for the Prez and a strategic loss."
Ideological inflexibility is not the same thing as political principle. Rooting for a government shutdown --especially over these comparatively small cuts and social issue riders -- is a sign of extremism and irresponsibility.
If the shutdown had occurred, they would have learned that the American people reject ideological extremism. Instead, many will be quick to play the government shutdown card as we head into a more serious round of negotiations about reducing the deficit and the debt.
America's strategic competitors like China must have watched our near self-sabotage with amusement over the past few days. Motivation through mutually assured destruction is no way to run a government. Politics in a democracy depends on the art of compromise, finding a way to reason together as fellow citizens. By viewing each other as ideological enemies we look foolish and weak, unable to muster the courage and unity necessary to deal with long-term challenges.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of John Avlon.
and so it goes.
Editor's note: John P. Avlon is a CNN contributor and senior political columnist for The Daily Beast. He is the author of "Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe Is Hijacking America.
(CNN) -- It's great that the government shutdown was stopped just before the midnight deadline. But it's pathetic that it got so far. And the damage done during the bitter and contentious debates is a troubling sign for what lies ahead.
After all, if a $5 billion difference in short-term cuts can bring the government to the brink of a shutdown, how is Congress going to deal with the multi-trillion dollar cuts in long-term spending that will be necessary to bring down the deficit and the debt?
Even worse was the stubborn insistence by social conservatives that policy riders defunding Planned Parenthood, NPR and the EPA be included in their list of demands until the 11th hour. These cuts were not about fiscal discipline, they were about social conservative litmus tests imposed to please the activist class.
House Speaker John Boehner is getting squeezed on both sides of his own caucus, trying to please social conservatives and the Tea Party crowd while also avoiding the massive popular backlash that would have accompanied a government shutdown. He is in the thankless position of being the responsible Republican in the room.
The $38 billion in cuts is the largest one-time dollar-for-dollar cut in American history, but still he gets no respect. Immediately after the compromise deal was announced, conservative congressmen and professional partisans were taking to Twitter to announce their disappointment, liberated by the absence of responsibility that comes with leadership.
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann pronounced the results "disappointing" while Dick Morris' hot air reached Robespierre proportions, tweeting "The budget deal is a total surrender by a gutless Speaker. Those who vote for it deserve a primary!!!" Off with their heads!
No-drama Obama swooped in late to the negotiations, but was able to ultimately salvage a deal without getting strong-armed on social issues. Still, liberal activists like former Labor Secretary Robert Reich were unhappy as well, Tweeting, "The Prez and Ds caved in, endangering the recovery and strengthening the right-wing bullies. A tactical win for the Prez and a strategic loss."
Ideological inflexibility is not the same thing as political principle. Rooting for a government shutdown --especially over these comparatively small cuts and social issue riders -- is a sign of extremism and irresponsibility.
If the shutdown had occurred, they would have learned that the American people reject ideological extremism. Instead, many will be quick to play the government shutdown card as we head into a more serious round of negotiations about reducing the deficit and the debt.
America's strategic competitors like China must have watched our near self-sabotage with amusement over the past few days. Motivation through mutually assured destruction is no way to run a government. Politics in a democracy depends on the art of compromise, finding a way to reason together as fellow citizens. By viewing each other as ideological enemies we look foolish and weak, unable to muster the courage and unity necessary to deal with long-term challenges.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of John Avlon.
and so it goes.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Celebrate! I made it! Post #1000!
Well I never thought Id' be able to write this much for this long. It proves to me that I really can commit to something. That book I've always intended to write perhaps?
I have decided that i would like this to be a turning point for Coyote Tales. I haven't figured out all the details yet, so the transition will likely be slow coming, but i want this blog to be less diary and more news/activism. Now lest you groan about me and my gay activism, (first, fuck you) and second, relax. I think there's plenty in this world to be active about and I intend to explore as much of it as possible.
Joe Jervis and Andy Towle make pretty respectable blogs out of reposting material they find elsewhere and with a mix of their own stuff, so I think I can join the fray as it were and maybe make this blog thing work for me too. I hate to tie myself to regular features but I might just try it at least for a while. We'll see.
But enough about me and enough about this blog.
I've opened the last bottle of Veuve Cliquot at this apt and am partaking as I write. Let's hope I can hold out for the rest of the post.
Yes I stole my tagline from Linda Ellerbee, but back in the 80's she was the shit on NBC Overnight, back when they actually reported news. In fact my favorite overnight story was just as they were being cancelled and they got footage of some guy in New York who was being arrested, as they loaded him into the wagon he shouted, "Save Overnight!" I love him, and her. So my homage to Linda and her work at Overnight will continue, thanks for the inspiration Linda.
And so it goes:
ok so I can't hold out for the rest of the post, so here's a couple pictures of two of my most favorite men:
I have decided that i would like this to be a turning point for Coyote Tales. I haven't figured out all the details yet, so the transition will likely be slow coming, but i want this blog to be less diary and more news/activism. Now lest you groan about me and my gay activism, (first, fuck you) and second, relax. I think there's plenty in this world to be active about and I intend to explore as much of it as possible.
Joe Jervis and Andy Towle make pretty respectable blogs out of reposting material they find elsewhere and with a mix of their own stuff, so I think I can join the fray as it were and maybe make this blog thing work for me too. I hate to tie myself to regular features but I might just try it at least for a while. We'll see.
But enough about me and enough about this blog.
Yes I stole my tagline from Linda Ellerbee, but back in the 80's she was the shit on NBC Overnight, back when they actually reported news. In fact my favorite overnight story was just as they were being cancelled and they got footage of some guy in New York who was being arrested, as they loaded him into the wagon he shouted, "Save Overnight!" I love him, and her. So my homage to Linda and her work at Overnight will continue, thanks for the inspiration Linda.
And so it goes:
ok so I can't hold out for the rest of the post, so here's a couple pictures of two of my most favorite men:
Friday, April 8, 2011
HGF, #999, and other things
As of this post I have had enough to say to last 999 posts. No one who knows me is the least bit surprised that i could talk that much. But it does surprise me. I never thought I'd be so public with my opinions and private thoughts.
The blog has morphed from a diary of sorts to op-ed, and back again, currently it's going through a bit of a diary phase. In my head it should be more op-ed, and it certainly should be more news-y. I think its popularity would grow if I'd head that direction. It's not an easy task though.
Still not reading the signs very well. Yesterday they said go, today they say...hold up there, something you put out there some time ago is about to bear fruit, so hang on a second.
Shit.
In any case, the universe appears to be recognizing for the first time in a long time that I'm out there and still viable. That is nice in itself.
The government appears to be planning for a shut down over some piddling amount of money that represents the ideology of our new zealots and though I say it's foolish I don't really care. Larry, Moe and Curly will inevitably sort it all out and things will return to their usual mess. Does it sound like I'm a bit fed up with our government? Ready to completely drop out.
The house I was really interested in, has disappeared from realtor.com. This is not to say it's not available I just can't see it. I spoke with my agent and he says it's still on fannie mae's website, and gave me all the info he could find. In an effort to shut me up about it I'm sure. But there's still hope for it. He's trying to tell me nicely that I need to be more zen about it all, and I am trying to be more zen about it. But in a week I'm homeless and that seems to be triggering my Gemini security issues. The house needs work and I can't imagine that anyone would buy it in it's curent condition, but there are folks more savvy about home issues than me, and they could well swoop in and take it. But my agent is right there's a house every fifty feet, so why worry.
And so it goes:
The blog has morphed from a diary of sorts to op-ed, and back again, currently it's going through a bit of a diary phase. In my head it should be more op-ed, and it certainly should be more news-y. I think its popularity would grow if I'd head that direction. It's not an easy task though.
Still not reading the signs very well. Yesterday they said go, today they say...hold up there, something you put out there some time ago is about to bear fruit, so hang on a second.
Shit.
In any case, the universe appears to be recognizing for the first time in a long time that I'm out there and still viable. That is nice in itself.
The government appears to be planning for a shut down over some piddling amount of money that represents the ideology of our new zealots and though I say it's foolish I don't really care. Larry, Moe and Curly will inevitably sort it all out and things will return to their usual mess. Does it sound like I'm a bit fed up with our government? Ready to completely drop out.
The house I was really interested in, has disappeared from realtor.com. This is not to say it's not available I just can't see it. I spoke with my agent and he says it's still on fannie mae's website, and gave me all the info he could find. In an effort to shut me up about it I'm sure. But there's still hope for it. He's trying to tell me nicely that I need to be more zen about it all, and I am trying to be more zen about it. But in a week I'm homeless and that seems to be triggering my Gemini security issues. The house needs work and I can't imagine that anyone would buy it in it's curent condition, but there are folks more savvy about home issues than me, and they could well swoop in and take it. But my agent is right there's a house every fifty feet, so why worry.
And so it goes:
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Do this don't do that, can't you read the sign?
No, in fact I can't read the signs. One day they say go, then they say stay. The next they say you live to many lives, then they say get off your ass and get to work.
WTF?
So now there are several chances to do things I want to do and have wanted to do for some time, and yet, the moment is not right. I am not yet sufficiently prepared. Meaning I don't have enough cash yet.
But when is that not true. The temptation is to be impetuous, when I know that is not prudent. So the waiting game begins. Me for the right sign, and the universe to see if I'm really serious.
BTW there will be a special Saturday post this week. Celebrating my 1000th blog post. No idea what I'm doing for it, but now that I am committed I have to think of something.
And so it goes:
WTF?
So now there are several chances to do things I want to do and have wanted to do for some time, and yet, the moment is not right. I am not yet sufficiently prepared. Meaning I don't have enough cash yet.
But when is that not true. The temptation is to be impetuous, when I know that is not prudent. So the waiting game begins. Me for the right sign, and the universe to see if I'm really serious.
BTW there will be a special Saturday post this week. Celebrating my 1000th blog post. No idea what I'm doing for it, but now that I am committed I have to think of something.
And so it goes:
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
In the midst of this chaos I need to make something
What's up with that?
My apartment is in complete disarray, boxes everywhere, things are all over the floor, in general it's a disaster and I'm sitting here thinking that before I move I should make some pots. WTF?
Well, the wheel is just sitting there and I won't have access to it until I get the house, so there's that. I'll have access to the studio at school until the end of the semester, but that's not very long, so out to the studio I go I guess. I'm so self indulgent.
And so it goes:
My apartment is in complete disarray, boxes everywhere, things are all over the floor, in general it's a disaster and I'm sitting here thinking that before I move I should make some pots. WTF?
Well, the wheel is just sitting there and I won't have access to it until I get the house, so there's that. I'll have access to the studio at school until the end of the semester, but that's not very long, so out to the studio I go I guess. I'm so self indulgent.
And so it goes:
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.
And it's certainly being proven true in our society today.
From the woman who sued Wal-Mart because they dismissed her for screaming that Faggots should die and go to hell because "they're not right in the head." who maintains her right to do so, and thankfully was ruled against. To the latest attempt to repeal "Obamacare" we're becoming increasingly mad as a culture.
The latest attempt by Rep Ryan is to turn Medicare into a cash broker to dispense "vouchers" for insurance directly to the companies themselves.
This of course, would effect me directly since it would take effect one year before I am to turn 65. I object.
There are many grounds on which to object, and if we'd just recognize the fact that we're amazingly good at separating insurance companies and medical costs, yet incapable of separating church and state, which is of course ridiculous, we'd be halfway to conquering the problem.
Single-payer is the only answer and nutjobs like this guy are pointing us in the exact right direction with their outrageous notions that insurance companies are the proper arbiters of medical care.
And so it goes:
From the woman who sued Wal-Mart because they dismissed her for screaming that Faggots should die and go to hell because "they're not right in the head." who maintains her right to do so, and thankfully was ruled against. To the latest attempt to repeal "Obamacare" we're becoming increasingly mad as a culture.
The latest attempt by Rep Ryan is to turn Medicare into a cash broker to dispense "vouchers" for insurance directly to the companies themselves.
This of course, would effect me directly since it would take effect one year before I am to turn 65. I object.
There are many grounds on which to object, and if we'd just recognize the fact that we're amazingly good at separating insurance companies and medical costs, yet incapable of separating church and state, which is of course ridiculous, we'd be halfway to conquering the problem.
Single-payer is the only answer and nutjobs like this guy are pointing us in the exact right direction with their outrageous notions that insurance companies are the proper arbiters of medical care.
And so it goes:
Monday, April 4, 2011
Monday without end...amen
I keep thinking this day will end but somehow it doesn't. It just develops more and more bizarre characteristics and entanglements.
At least I'm in now, and I have no plans to leave. Let's hope nothing happens to change that.
Decision made on the house, finally got a plan.
Can't quite get my head around this long day, so let's let it end without further ado.
And so it goes:
At least I'm in now, and I have no plans to leave. Let's hope nothing happens to change that.
Decision made on the house, finally got a plan.
Can't quite get my head around this long day, so let's let it end without further ado.
And so it goes:
Friday, April 1, 2011
Thursday, March 31, 2011
what to do what to do
Just sitting here this morning pondering the options. What to do. Go back to work full time, (which I don't want to do,) as artistic director(in a place I don't really want to live), Stay here teach part time, direct occasionally buy the house I like and become a potter. Move to New Mexico try to be a potter, and start all over again. Love many aspects of all the above, and I was just teased for wanting to live five lifetimes at once, but all are good ideas.
For now just trying to stay afloat and survive the hour long spring. In truth I'd just like to go sit in a cabana and look at these two.
And so it goes:
For now just trying to stay afloat and survive the hour long spring. In truth I'd just like to go sit in a cabana and look at these two.
And so it goes:
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
We are too soon old and too late smart
William Blake said "The road of excess leads to the Palace of Wisdom."
William Blake was full of shit.
And so it goes:
William Blake was full of shit.
And so it goes:
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
He does it with better grace, but I do it more natural
What the hell is up with the universe? Yesterday I had found a house, I was awaiting settlement on Daddy dearest's estate and I was going to the semi-country to live my days in pottery making, part time teaching bliss.
And yet..no.
Yesterday I text a friend. "Well, I found a house." The response? "Don't buy it you may have a job elsewhere."
A few more details might have been nice.
Then I learn that I've been recommended for a job as Producing Artistic Director of a certain Shakespeare Festival.
What?!?!?!?!
Well, first it's in a state I have no real desire to live in. Second, I really don't think I have the qualifications for the job. Third, it sounds like and awful lot of work. Fourth, I haven't yet set a date to talk with them.
So, though I'm not committing myself to the house purchase just yet, and besides it'll take months anyway I have to go through the Fannie Mae foreclosure bureaucracy. I am intending to at least talk to them.
So I ask you again, What the fuck is up with the universe?
And so it goes:
And yet..no.
Yesterday I text a friend. "Well, I found a house." The response? "Don't buy it you may have a job elsewhere."
A few more details might have been nice.
Then I learn that I've been recommended for a job as Producing Artistic Director of a certain Shakespeare Festival.
What?!?!?!?!
Well, first it's in a state I have no real desire to live in. Second, I really don't think I have the qualifications for the job. Third, it sounds like and awful lot of work. Fourth, I haven't yet set a date to talk with them.
So, though I'm not committing myself to the house purchase just yet, and besides it'll take months anyway I have to go through the Fannie Mae foreclosure bureaucracy. I am intending to at least talk to them.
So I ask you again, What the fuck is up with the universe?
And so it goes:
Monday, March 28, 2011
I want to go out and play!
But it's raining and gray yet again. Yesterday it snowed for hours...yes hours!
But enough whining. I am looking at my next vacation. It's a few months off, but it's coming, I can feel it. i am obligated to go to New Mexico at the end of May, but after that I feel a bit more distant destination in my future, one I've never been to. It's time to start traveling again.
I'm really enamored by the house I found last week. I already described it in a previous post, but I went there with my brother and his wife Saturday evening before dinner to show them, and they were excited about it too.
My real estate agent seems to be discouraging me from it, and I think it's mostly because he doesn't really want to go through the bureaucratic mess a Fannie Mae foreclosure entails. I don't care I think it's the house I want.
Besides Fannie Mae won't event talk to me until I actually have the cash in hand which won't happen until mid may at least. (Stepsister called my brother Saturday while we were at dinner to say closing was set on the townhouse so the estate should start to distribute...extremely good news) so I have to wait and see if it's possible. If it's meant to be it'll wait for me. If not I'll get my answer.
Today it's back to academia. Spring Break is over (waaah!) and that leaves 6 more weeks to teach. Frankly i could use the time off. Oops back to whining, sorry.
Well academia is tapping it's toe and I'm still here blogging so off I go.
And so it goes:
But enough whining. I am looking at my next vacation. It's a few months off, but it's coming, I can feel it. i am obligated to go to New Mexico at the end of May, but after that I feel a bit more distant destination in my future, one I've never been to. It's time to start traveling again.
I'm really enamored by the house I found last week. I already described it in a previous post, but I went there with my brother and his wife Saturday evening before dinner to show them, and they were excited about it too.
My real estate agent seems to be discouraging me from it, and I think it's mostly because he doesn't really want to go through the bureaucratic mess a Fannie Mae foreclosure entails. I don't care I think it's the house I want.
Besides Fannie Mae won't event talk to me until I actually have the cash in hand which won't happen until mid may at least. (Stepsister called my brother Saturday while we were at dinner to say closing was set on the townhouse so the estate should start to distribute...extremely good news) so I have to wait and see if it's possible. If it's meant to be it'll wait for me. If not I'll get my answer.
Today it's back to academia. Spring Break is over (waaah!) and that leaves 6 more weeks to teach. Frankly i could use the time off. Oops back to whining, sorry.
Well academia is tapping it's toe and I'm still here blogging so off I go.
And so it goes:
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