November 22, 2004

• I’ve
  got this marvelous feeling of liberation, release, and relief
  today.  Some of that is from Greyfox’s news, and I’m not going to
  spoil it for him by spilling it here before he can get into the library
  to blog about it.  But I’ll surely mention it later. 
  Certainly after my next trip to town if not sooner.

  Okay, I’m slow.  Most people did this days and daze ago, but I just completed this cool online scavenger hunt for National Treasure,
  the new movie with Nicolas Cage. Solving these puzzles and posting
  about this sweepstakes makes me eligible for free Xanga Premium, $100,
  a signed movie poster, DVDs, and a t-shirt… Check it out!

  All right… Nicolas Cage is one of my three favorite actors. 
  These are men I dream about — in my sleep, of course.  Funny
  thing — I just realized it has been quite a while since I did any
  daydreaming.  That must mean I’m reasonably content with my waking
  reality.  I did more daydreaming in prison and in school than
  anywhere else.  Who needs a fantasy life when reality is so
  fantastic?

  I tell ya, doin’ the “right” thing feels so damn fine!

  I’ve added a new quote to my favorites.  Y’know?  That lengthening list in my left module… things such as:

  “Great spirits have always found violent
  opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when
  one does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly
  and courageously uses their intelligence.”
  —Albert Einstein—

  and

  “Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by
  legislation. Stupidity is not a sin, the victim can’t help being
  stupid. But stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence
  is death, there is no appeal, and execution is carried out
  automatically and without pity.”
  —Lazarus Long—
  (Robert A. Heinlein, really, but ol’ Laz always got Heinleins best lines.)

  The new one is:

  “One of the most calming and powerful
  actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and
  show your soul. Soul on deck shines like gold in dark times. The light
  of the soul throws sparks, can send up flares, builds signal fires …
  causes proper matters to catch fire.
  To display the lantern of soul in shadowy times like these —
  to be fierce and to show mercy toward others, both —
  are acts of immense bravery and greatest necessity. Struggling souls
  catch light from other souls who are fully lit and willing to show it.
  If you would help to calm the tumult, this is one of the strongest
  things you can do.”
  from Letter to a Young Activist
  
  in Troubled Times
  —Clarissa Pinkola Estés, PhD—

  

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