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Sunday, December 12, 2004
So today, then:
One good minute, in increments:
0:00-0:12: Waking up next to my wife, her rolling over to me. Listening to her heart beat through the palm of her hand.
0:13-0:20: Reading in an article about Ukraine, in The New Yorker, that the state-controlled news channel was broadcasting propaganda, and all the while the deaf interpreter in the corner of the screen kept signing, over and over, "The election is rigged. Do not believe their lies." The beauty of subversion, and of the human spirit.
0:21-045: Listening to an old man arguing with his friend about gay marriage.
Old Man, Rabid Conservative (OMRC): But it comes down to this--I'm just completely against two men being able to get married.
Old Man, Moderate Liberal (OMML): But don't you see? It's no big deal!
OMRC: But the next thing you know, they're letting brothers get married!
0:46-0:50: My realization that these men don't know the only true thing in the world--you can't stop progress. You, you will die a bitter, lonely old man, and no one will remember your world.
0:51-1:00: Listening, for about the fifty-millionth time, to "Bean and Sprout" by Joanna Newsom, and that part where she whispers, so strangely and profoundly, "R y'interested?"
One good minute.
Allow me to recommend:
The Power and the Glory--Graham Greene
The new M83 record
Driving with the wind on the interstate
One good minute, in increments:
0:00-0:12: Waking up next to my wife, her rolling over to me. Listening to her heart beat through the palm of her hand.
0:13-0:20: Reading in an article about Ukraine, in The New Yorker, that the state-controlled news channel was broadcasting propaganda, and all the while the deaf interpreter in the corner of the screen kept signing, over and over, "The election is rigged. Do not believe their lies." The beauty of subversion, and of the human spirit.
0:21-045: Listening to an old man arguing with his friend about gay marriage.
Old Man, Rabid Conservative (OMRC): But it comes down to this--I'm just completely against two men being able to get married.
Old Man, Moderate Liberal (OMML): But don't you see? It's no big deal!
OMRC: But the next thing you know, they're letting brothers get married!
0:46-0:50: My realization that these men don't know the only true thing in the world--you can't stop progress. You, you will die a bitter, lonely old man, and no one will remember your world.
0:51-1:00: Listening, for about the fifty-millionth time, to "Bean and Sprout" by Joanna Newsom, and that part where she whispers, so strangely and profoundly, "R y'interested?"
One good minute.
Allow me to recommend:
The Power and the Glory--Graham Greene
The new M83 record
Driving with the wind on the interstate
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