Okay, wow! An entire year since my last up date? Mega lame. Gotta get back on my game!
Los Angeles bound on the 25th. I'll be there for about a week - I know nothing about LA. Any suggestions for good food and good times?
William Wordsworth was born today in 1770.
Lines Written in Early Spring- 1798
I HEARD a thousand blended notes,
While in a grove I sate reclined,
In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts
Bring sad thoughts to the mind.
To her fair works did Nature link
The human soul that through me ran;
And much it grieved my heart to think
What man has made of man.
Through primrose tufts, in that green bower,
The periwinkle trailed its wreaths;
And 'tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes.
The birds around me hopped and played,
Their thoughts I cannot measure:--
But the least motion which they made
It seemed a thrill of pleasure.
The budding twigs spread out their fan,
To catch the breezy air;
And I must think, do all I can,
That there was pleasure there.
If this belief from heaven be sent,
If such be Nature's holy plan,
Have I not reason to lament
What man has made of man?
Lines Written in Early Spring- 1798
I HEARD a thousand blended notes,
While in a grove I sate reclined,
In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts
Bring sad thoughts to the mind.
To her fair works did Nature link
The human soul that through me ran;
And much it grieved my heart to think
What man has made of man.
Through primrose tufts, in that green bower,
The periwinkle trailed its wreaths;
And 'tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes.
The birds around me hopped and played,
Their thoughts I cannot measure:--
But the least motion which they made
It seemed a thrill of pleasure.
The budding twigs spread out their fan,
To catch the breezy air;
And I must think, do all I can,
That there was pleasure there.
If this belief from heaven be sent,
If such be Nature's holy plan,
Have I not reason to lament
What man has made of man?
I long for summer days. I want to drink cold beer while sitting in the hot sun. I want my skin to be brown and red. I want to escape my house coatless.
Damn - a month already since my last post.
The Christmas season gets me down. I really can't deal with any aspect of the holidays except the booze.
I told my family that I wasn't going to do the Santa bullshit with my son and you would think I told them that I was going to feed the kid glass! They are outraged and feel that it is their duty to convince me otherwise. I'm not having it. It is really amazing at how upset everyone is. It is as if I was doing something truly harmful. They are angry. I simply told them that they were lucky I played their stupid Christmas game at all, I draw the line at Santa.
The world has gone crazy for Christmas. All meaning is lost and it is a consumer fucking nightmare. I was in non-christian India and China a few years ago just before christmas and everything was decorated for christmas?! How fucking stupid is that?
The Christmas season gets me down. I really can't deal with any aspect of the holidays except the booze.
I told my family that I wasn't going to do the Santa bullshit with my son and you would think I told them that I was going to feed the kid glass! They are outraged and feel that it is their duty to convince me otherwise. I'm not having it. It is really amazing at how upset everyone is. It is as if I was doing something truly harmful. They are angry. I simply told them that they were lucky I played their stupid Christmas game at all, I draw the line at Santa.
The world has gone crazy for Christmas. All meaning is lost and it is a consumer fucking nightmare. I was in non-christian India and China a few years ago just before christmas and everything was decorated for christmas?! How fucking stupid is that?
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