September 25, 2003
The world is easier than any of us can know individually.
I thought of that this morning, and it came in handy later on.
Also, Dan and I helped a Swiss artist named San drag a heavy stone over the Williamsburg Bridge. He had brought the stone from Bern some weeks earlier, and had today already dragged it from P.S. 1 in Queens. He was glad of the help, as his feet were "on fire." It was kinda unusual.
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September 20, 2003
Notice/Update
-Last weekend was a huge success at the cart, during which, among other things, we made the most money of any weekend so far. Emboldened by this, I have taken the step of quitting my other cooking job (which has still not rated an entry, although I have some notes).
-This morning the inestimable Jimmylegs honored the cart with a visit. That, and a Japanese chick from "Broh-Kah-Leen" told me "everbody talk about you." I'm really on a roll...
-The last two weeks have been difficult for Mol and I, but we have also had a number of breakthroughs. With difficulties and breakthroughs coming one on heels of another (as they so often do), blogging has been difficult, but I am going to try to percolate some of the more important bits through the blog over the next few weeks.
-I have posted a piece I wrote in the days after 9/11 in the Optimist Oratory Club. It seemed a little harsh in the days leading up to the anniversary, but on the day itself I heard some asshole on TV mention "the return to normalcy," and all the old rage came flooding back. So it's up.
-Mol and I have just witnessed a horrible display on "The Today Show." They had a nutritionist who came on and, after explaining that skipping meals is never a good idea, proceeded to give recommendations on how to skip meals "when you feel tempted." It seems the Red Chef has underestimated the depth of the current eating crisis. We are not headed towards Atkins, we are headed towards fasting.
Happy Hunting!
Update to the Update:
-I've also put up a homepage for the pushcart, although I haven't worked out all the linkage yet.
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September 17, 2003
Words are our weapons
somewhere between Cincinnati and Sarasota
"[T]he main founding act of the EZLN was learning to listen and to speak."
-Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos
[I have been chewing over a nice piece of writing from Subcomandante Marcos for almost a month now. There's lot in there, so take a look yourself.]
In a fit of despair in the week before the 11th, I said to molly it was as though 9/11 had never happened. No difference in outlook, just more justification for Bush and his cronies (or rather, Bush and his masters); no room for talking about the world in a new way; no change, no development.
"You couldn't be more wrong," she said. "Everything has changed. There is no more tolerance for hysterical nonsense and turning on each other when the shit comes down."
She was right, and her words carried an additional weight because I knew that there was more that she did not say, or if she did, I didn't yet understand. These are words we must listen for: what is September 11th? Because to listen and to say develop together:
so keep telling the story...Words Are Our Weapons.
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September 11, 2003
No Towers/Sun Phoenix
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September 01, 2003
Blackout from space...
Too fucking cool...
Update:
...really. After gobbling it up, I looked a little further in my google search and found out that the above photo is a hoax. The clues: there is no "GeoStar" satellite, satellites would probably give time using Greenwich Mean Time, the blacked out area is too dark (darker than the ocean), too complete (it was not a completely cloudless night), and not really the right shape. It is surmised that it was taken from this NASA composite photograph of the entire globe at night, which is a really cool photo in it's own right. Mol points out: look at the Nile! Look at North vs. South Korea! I say: look at Japan!
Here is a real more plausible before and after satellite photo of the eastern seaboard:
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