Sunday, November 09, 2008
La Torta
Konos in san diego for breakfast
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
A passing moment
I just pulled up to a stoplight at vineland and oxnard. I was paused waiting for a green. I noticed the man in the vehicle to my left looking in my direction. I smiled at him and he smiled back.
The sun is shining today and the air feels clean.
A Shamful Thing
I didn't do enough. I didn't work the phone banks and I didn't knock on doors. I Apologize to everyone who now can't marry the person they love. I didn't do enough.
I have an unclean dirty feeling today. I want to be celebrating our national victory but it's so much more an empty feeling than I could imagine.
It's a sad day for California. It won't last. Human beings will get past this, we are already so close. You can't continue to have immoral laws. We've learned this time and time again. This petty hatred is no match. History will judge the fear that has prompted this absurd action. This won't even make sense to our people in 50 years, the real kick though is that it doesn't even make sense now, it never has.
I'm sorry.
I have an unclean dirty feeling today. I want to be celebrating our national victory but it's so much more an empty feeling than I could imagine.
It's a sad day for California. It won't last. Human beings will get past this, we are already so close. You can't continue to have immoral laws. We've learned this time and time again. This petty hatred is no match. History will judge the fear that has prompted this absurd action. This won't even make sense to our people in 50 years, the real kick though is that it doesn't even make sense now, it never has.
I'm sorry.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
I raise my glass, tip back my head and laugh. Its not a snide laugh nor an I told you so. Its a laugh of recognition, a vigorous nod to the idea that we can still as a country rise to occasion.
Tonight we have elected a man that I would be nervous to have a beer with. A man who has worked hard his entire life. A man who values the constitution of the united states of america.
Tonight we have elected a man that I would be nervous to have a beer with. A man who has worked hard his entire life. A man who values the constitution of the united states of america.
I'm nervous for Barack Obama, and I'm nervous for this country which I have never stopped loving. This is not a great time to be an american, nor an earthling. We are at critical mass. We need to be this involved from here on out, we can no longer rest on the achievements of the past. The infrastructure that those before us built is strained and needs replaced and improved. The good standing that our country once held in the world is gone and needs rebuilt but in a new inclusive spirit.
I'm so proud of everyone I know. You all worked so hard to inform each other and to remain engaged in a system that had seemed to forsake us. We need to continue to work this hard. We have to do better.
Proposition 8 is winning with 22 percent reporting. This makes is wrong. A constitutional amendment which removes a right is something the framers of our state of our country never intended. This is a very scary sign. Today it is gay marriage, what will it be next?
Projected Elected
I'm waiting to hear results on the california voter propositions.
I am so glad I'm in this moment. I'm in a room surrounded by friends sitting next to the woman I love looking forward to a new day.
Fw: I'm so excited and so nervous.
I'm so excited and so nervous. Blogging from my phone. It appears Obama has won. It appears the dark ride is coming to a close.
Fingers cross
I'm still nervous on the edge of my seat hoping we hace defeated prop 8. Crosses fingers. Crosses heart.
Will it be worth what we've all been through?
It's been bad to live in this country in the past 8 years. It's been a very dark ride. We've seen our quality of life decline and our standing in the world plummet. We have disconnected from one another. Each seperate community has become an island where generally only one way of thinking is tolerated. We have broken down into small tribes where each member is only allowed to fall on one side of what is for all purposes really an arbitrary line. Today that line is getting crossed, hopefully in a very real and tangible way.
IT's so very exciting to be me today. My sister is a volunteer poll worker in Kansas City. I've been texting her, and wouldn't you know she's already been at the center of action... here is what the news has had to say about what happened in her ward:
"In Missouri, another battleground state, at least three precincts in Kansas City's 5th Ward received the wrong registration books from election officials. Shelley McThomas, director of the city's Board of Elections, said cover jackets indicating ward, precinct and sequence numbers were mixed up when the books were assembled.
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"They looked like the right books, but when the judges opened them this morning they discovered, no, these pages aren't the right pages," McThomas said.
New books were printed at the Board of Elections after the discovery of the problem, and they were delivered by deputies to anxious judges and voters in the 5th Ward, she said"
She said it was chaos for the first two hours they were opened but by 8am it was all back on track. By 1:00 pm already half of the people registered in her precient had voted.
My parents voted last friday. My brother was out doing the lords work at 6am this morning speaking to people about no on prop 8.
I have to wait until 5:30 to vote this evening. I'm hoping that all the effort of so many people will have paid off. I'm hoping for an end to the dark ride we've been on. I'm hoping for hope and voting for change.
IT's so very exciting to be me today. My sister is a volunteer poll worker in Kansas City. I've been texting her, and wouldn't you know she's already been at the center of action... here is what the news has had to say about what happened in her ward:
"In Missouri, another battleground state, at least three precincts in Kansas City's 5th Ward received the wrong registration books from election officials. Shelley McThomas, director of the city's Board of Elections, said cover jackets indicating ward, precinct and sequence numbers were mixed up when the books were assembled.
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"They looked like the right books, but when the judges opened them this morning they discovered, no, these pages aren't the right pages," McThomas said.
New books were printed at the Board of Elections after the discovery of the problem, and they were delivered by deputies to anxious judges and voters in the 5th Ward, she said"
She said it was chaos for the first two hours they were opened but by 8am it was all back on track. By 1:00 pm already half of the people registered in her precient had voted.
My parents voted last friday. My brother was out doing the lords work at 6am this morning speaking to people about no on prop 8.
I have to wait until 5:30 to vote this evening. I'm hoping that all the effort of so many people will have paid off. I'm hoping for an end to the dark ride we've been on. I'm hoping for hope and voting for change.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Okay October Already
Hi all! This isn't going to be deep or meaningful but I need to make an effort to try and ease back into blogging on a semi-regular basis, I've been chided now on several fronts and those chides are not without merit, so I begin, slowly to blog yet again.
It's an unusual Monday morning today, for I am fresh and at the ready. These feeling though has been occuring much more often. I'm listening to the exciting sounds of All Classical 89.9 KBPS Portland, Oregon's only all-classical radio station. The same station I spend many fall work days listening to. I enjoy this music so very much. It's music outside my ken, therefore so enjoyable. I can just appreciate the experience of being a listener and not a creator. How delightful, perhaps this is what inspires me this morning to put keyboard to pixel and jot down a bit of the moment.
My work life is still in a state of flux. I have made great progress here, handling a far greater part of this company than I ever truly thought I would. It's rewarding in many ways, the least of which for the time being is financial, but here is to the hope that after I prove myself over a longer period of time this part will take off. I suppose I was always a bit over paid and certainly over benefieted in the past anyway. I do find myself enjoying work more now. I have developed good working relationships with our technicians and customers, it's good to feel like I have a handle on whats going on with the company I work for hour by hour, and to know that I'm able to help in a big way. I'm proud of the work our company does and the honest way we go about doing it.
After seven and a half months of running in runyon and nichols canyon I have finally worn my old shoes out nearly completely. Yesterday using money that I made doing manual labor on saturday I bought myself a nice new pair of running shoes. They are the same brand which I used for running in high school, it's amazing how much like home they feel. I slipped them on in the store and I ws sort of taken back to a different time and place and to the many miles I've ran before. Tonight is their first test on the trails, I'm ever so excited.
This election season has been amazing. It's been what has stopped my blogging more than anything else. I've tried many times to sit down and write a very thoughtful piece on my feelings but It's really been rather duanting, I'm so deeply entrenched in this process. My obsession is really becoming that of a junkie. I will keep this brief, I won't even begin to touch upon the mountian of passion that lies behind it, nor the hours of frustration that I have been put through by their opponents and the uninformed around this great nation. For the record, I endorse Barack Obama and Joe Biden for President and Vice President of the United States of America.
There... I've said it. Let the media feeding frenzy begin. Move over Colin Powell.
More to come this week.
It's an unusual Monday morning today, for I am fresh and at the ready. These feeling though has been occuring much more often. I'm listening to the exciting sounds of All Classical 89.9 KBPS Portland, Oregon's only all-classical radio station. The same station I spend many fall work days listening to. I enjoy this music so very much. It's music outside my ken, therefore so enjoyable. I can just appreciate the experience of being a listener and not a creator. How delightful, perhaps this is what inspires me this morning to put keyboard to pixel and jot down a bit of the moment.
My work life is still in a state of flux. I have made great progress here, handling a far greater part of this company than I ever truly thought I would. It's rewarding in many ways, the least of which for the time being is financial, but here is to the hope that after I prove myself over a longer period of time this part will take off. I suppose I was always a bit over paid and certainly over benefieted in the past anyway. I do find myself enjoying work more now. I have developed good working relationships with our technicians and customers, it's good to feel like I have a handle on whats going on with the company I work for hour by hour, and to know that I'm able to help in a big way. I'm proud of the work our company does and the honest way we go about doing it.
After seven and a half months of running in runyon and nichols canyon I have finally worn my old shoes out nearly completely. Yesterday using money that I made doing manual labor on saturday I bought myself a nice new pair of running shoes. They are the same brand which I used for running in high school, it's amazing how much like home they feel. I slipped them on in the store and I ws sort of taken back to a different time and place and to the many miles I've ran before. Tonight is their first test on the trails, I'm ever so excited.
This election season has been amazing. It's been what has stopped my blogging more than anything else. I've tried many times to sit down and write a very thoughtful piece on my feelings but It's really been rather duanting, I'm so deeply entrenched in this process. My obsession is really becoming that of a junkie. I will keep this brief, I won't even begin to touch upon the mountian of passion that lies behind it, nor the hours of frustration that I have been put through by their opponents and the uninformed around this great nation. For the record, I endorse Barack Obama and Joe Biden for President and Vice President of the United States of America.
There... I've said it. Let the media feeding frenzy begin. Move over Colin Powell.
More to come this week.
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
A Sidelong Thought
The other night I was watching Lost and I was already thirsty. Then I saw someone on the show pass one of their grimy water bottles to another person and take a drink. For those of you not in the know Lost occurs on a desert island, therefore fresh water is at a premium. Since I was thirsty I then got up and got myself a drink of easily available, fresh, filtered water.
Later that night I was rinsing my face after I washed it and I noticed I was gritting my teeth. I then thought about those poor stranded actors on lost and decided that I shouldn't take fresh clean tap water for granted, and enjoy the process instead of gritting through it. I might one day be on a hit tv show playing an actor suffering through grimy make up all day, those people really would like to rinse their face in clear, clean water.
Later that night I was rinsing my face after I washed it and I noticed I was gritting my teeth. I then thought about those poor stranded actors on lost and decided that I shouldn't take fresh clean tap water for granted, and enjoy the process instead of gritting through it. I might one day be on a hit tv show playing an actor suffering through grimy make up all day, those people really would like to rinse their face in clear, clean water.
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Six Months and Running
Yessir, it's been six months since I've taken up the task of actively improving my life. I feel good. I have ran at least four days a week for the entire time, I've been taking steps to clear up my financial matters. I've worked six days a week for all but a couple of weeks. It's been good for me and I feel great.
This past weekend was nice. We had a couple of nice birthday events for Angela and got to see many friends. We also got to see the new Batman Movie at the Imax theater and I really deeply enjoyed that.
I had a meeting with my book club people at a place called Chaya in Beverly Hills. We discussed the book Jazz by Toni Morrison, which I enjoyed. It was a nice discussion and helped to reaffirm my commitment to my book club. It was my turn to choose the book and Author, with the stipulation that the author be a Nobel prize winner. I Chose the Tin Drum by Gunter Grass. I've always wanted to read it so it's perfectly motivating for me. I was able to go pick up a used copy for just 2.75 yesterday afternoon and the first chapter has already thrilled me a great deal.
This past weekend was nice. We had a couple of nice birthday events for Angela and got to see many friends. We also got to see the new Batman Movie at the Imax theater and I really deeply enjoyed that.
I had a meeting with my book club people at a place called Chaya in Beverly Hills. We discussed the book Jazz by Toni Morrison, which I enjoyed. It was a nice discussion and helped to reaffirm my commitment to my book club. It was my turn to choose the book and Author, with the stipulation that the author be a Nobel prize winner. I Chose the Tin Drum by Gunter Grass. I've always wanted to read it so it's perfectly motivating for me. I was able to go pick up a used copy for just 2.75 yesterday afternoon and the first chapter has already thrilled me a great deal.
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