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In personal, rant on 12 November 2008 with 3 comments

What I recall thinking, as I stood with the crowds in the gathered around the large tv in the neighborhood bar, having abandoned the home tv for just a minute to experience everyone else’s joy and laughter, to see what all the noise and honking and drinking in the streets was like, was that this [...]

Are You Normal?

In culture, personal, rant on 18 February 2008 with 7 comments

Last night I found myself engaged in a discussion about normalcy in regards homosexuality, but it ended up spreading into the larger idea of normalcy itself. Normal is by definition confining to social norms; living up to social expectations set by the society in which we lived. (A redundant statement but one which I [...]

In Praise of Melancholy

In art, culture, rant on 17 February 2008 with 27 comments

I came across this article as sort of happenstance, reading about the dumbing down of America. Eric Wilson’s name was briefly mentioned and I had the urge to find out more about his beliefs regarding false happiness–as I wondered about my own pervasive happiness, which seemed in some ways a denial or rather a [...]

The Internet has Murdered My Already Fleeting Attention Span

In culture, personal, rant on 5 February 2008 with 8 comments

Last night I stopped to write my friend a letter, on the train ride home I’d been composing it in my head, working out all the nuances and thinking of the perfect turn of phrase. Its one of the things I find fun and exciting.
Once home though I turned on the computer and [...]