08.09.08
busy world - free tibet
earson:
eyeson:
thoughton:
a couple of things i've been thinking about, though a friend's blog really brought it all to a head today ..
i really want to trust obama. i really want to throw myself in behind him and support him and give my voice to him and put a banner up on my blog for him but i feel something stupid coming on. you know, like john edwards this past week, like he'll fuck it up with something stupid .. pornography, he'll misspeak in a speech, he'll scream like howard dean, he'll do something stupid and then Democrats will have to go back to the dugout and cry. this has been on my mind.
the other thing .. watching the amazing opening ceremonies for the Olympics .. a 40 something foot wide LCD screen on the floor of the stadium, graphics that 'lifted' off of the screen into the air, dancers that seemed to draw calligraphy on the floor with their toes - knees - hands .. i was thinking .. about tibet. i was thinking about how they purposefully showcased soldiers with children. i was thinking about freedom, and silence, and i was thinking about this ..
click here for some protest action.
and i couldn't help feeling stupid, sucked in, drugged by the beauty and elegance of it. i wanted to see a streaker running through all of that beauty pulling a long FREE TIBET flag along behind them .. i really did. i want to hear that they overcame the gag order on anyone trying to protest in Tianamen Square (did you know about this?) and staged something HUGE to pull the focus to the government of China's duplicity. i still want it.
a man died this morning .. in Beijing .. it's only the beginning. not to mention Georgia and South Ossetia. ..
the world is just a little on its ear this morning .. afghanistan's only female olympian has gone into hiding amid death threats stemming from her attempted participation in the games despite her country's position on women being seen/heard etc. in public.
in other news, my niece has turned into a wild person .. she's out all night every night .. she's asked me to take her somewhere to arrange birth control .. she's got a job that starts on the 18th and school starts in a few weeks too, but based on what i've seen already i'm not sure how that all is going to work out for her.
news from me .. still poor, still can't wait for paycheck next week to take care of some things. i swear i spend all of my adult life worrying about bills.
edit: they DID protest in Tianamen Square! YAY?!
written at 7:34 a.m.
