Inauguration – Oakland View
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
through my tears…this was how i saw the inauguration.
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a phone made of pink bunny fur
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009last night i wanted to make some notes so i went to the bookshelf and grabbed one of my many half-used journals. the one i grabbed (catwoman cartoon cover) has sat unused since 2000, and only the first dozen or so pages were filled. it was mostly filled with random thoughts but i came across this entry:
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while riding BART i was asked by a man if he could create and recite a spoken-word poem for me….on any topic i’d like. I agreed, and having just left work (telecom software) i chose “telephones” as the topic. his creation went something like this:
“I would create a phone, not of plastic, not of the materials commonly associated with phones. I would create a phone made of pink bunny fur. If I were not home this phone would provide a response tailored to the caller. It could tell those I did not wish to hear from exactly how i felt. I could call straight down to the center of the earth. I could call the devil, because I am sure his life is quite mundane”
i wasn’t able to capture it all but that is the gist. i arrived at my station, cutting short his poem, but i felt compelled to tell him i would totally like a phone like that. especially the pink bunny fur.
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i had forgotten this episode but i am glad to have recovered the memory. i enjoyed several other scribblings as well. during a business trip i wrote this while waiting for a cab… “another glass of wine. my cab has not arrived. inefficiency of public transportation has increased my intoxication”. i vaguely remember overhearing this next one at a restaurant, but why i start it out the way i do, i have no idea….”cheeseburger, potato salad. i hear that butchers used to outnumber restaurants 5 to 1. now it’s the opposite”. i bet that is true.
i am going to try to do this again – carry a journal for random thoughts. i found this journal far more interesting than other, more deliberate ones i’ve kept. those become too contrived and less spontaneous. hope you enjoyed the poem!
the “unknown spice” game
Monday, January 12th, 2009
to keep things "spiced-up" (hehe) i'll go to the ethiopian or indian market and buy a spice with which i am unfamiliar. with this nifty "interweb" thing you can find out anything! translations are NOT a ... [Continue reading this entry]
Ano Nuevo, CA
Monday, January 12th, 2009
brian using his sammy-view mirror while walking in ano nuevo on our way to see the elephant seals.
my lovely lady bumps
Monday, January 12th, 2009
to heck with "catching up". i'm jumpin' into random-pattern. since late-summer i've had a rotating population of ladybugs in my bathroom, a room where the window is always open at least a bit. they gather at the ... [Continue reading this entry]
my own real-america credentials….
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
yes, i think i have them. i was raised in san antonio, TX, a large but provincial-feeling city. before i moved to oakland, san antonio was the largest city i'd lived in. from there it went like ... [Continue reading this entry]
i just couldn’t resist
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
i don't know whether to laugh or cry!!
Drive for Change
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
Nevada is for Swingers
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
ok - that's a bait-and-switch title. Nevada is a swing-state in the 2008 presidential election. there has been a biiiig push to swing that state to the blue-side. it has been VERY interesting to observe the ... [Continue reading this entry]
i headed south, and so did the economy
Monday, September 29th, 2008
did i single-handedly cause the financial crisis? nearly a year ago, when i left my job, i told myself and others "i'm in good shape financially....short of a financial catastrophe...i will be fine". then i headed south and ... [Continue reading this entry]
Peggy Rehm