hongry

[fflo]

My appetite is back, cum a vengeance.

Got new windshield wipers. The back one still isn't meeting the surface of the back window. Gonna try fiddling & then maybe get professional advice there.

I don't mind Hugo Chavez saying "Go to hell, gringos!" That thing about calling Condi his "little girl" was a bit irritating. But this grab of expanded executive powers is troubling. I'm not saying it's more troubling than W's. Just that it's troubling.

What else goes on. Pfizer to lay off 10,000, closing 3 sites in Michigan. Antidepressants linked to increased fracture risk. Leftover chicken chipotle refrieds in Lisa's fridge. (Hongry.)

Of all the foods never served in the home of my nuclear family of origin, refried beans must be right up there on the list of comestibles most often consumed by me since. You got any of those? Something you eat often that was unheard of in your childhood consumption? Others of mine include asparagus, tortillas, and garlic. Though I guess I don't eat a whole lotta garlic. And tofu and soy milk and stuff like that, of course.

Back to work. (It's a long work day.)

Comments

Re: Oh, NOW you're troubled.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

I didn't say that I find myself troubled only now.

Why anonymous? What are you afraid of?

Re: Oh, NOW you're troubled.

[shmizla.livejournal.com]

tonight, by accident, i ended up listening to a song about 'how prooooud i aaaaaam to be americaaaaaaan' etc. (i think the radio station was accidentally sent on something we were listening to this morning).

punchline: 'at leeeeeast i'm freeeeee'. from what? i always wonder. at least there is no opposition press in this country. we all git along here, and not like them there people.

Re: Oh, NOW you're troubled.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

i actually heard that song on michiganradio (local, not npr national) after ford died. ergghh. here's a way i feel better about the song, though: not too long ago bigfinedaddy and i supplemented our ping pong song ritual, which is, when the score is 9 to 5, to have the person with 9 decide whether the person with 5 will be the singer or the dancer (usually it's the dancer) while the other person takes the other role in a rousing chorus of "9 to 5" (which i do hope you know--- the dolly parton classic). our new idea is that, when the score is 9-11, we don faux patriotism and give a highly-accented rendition of a line or two of the horrible proud to be an amurkin song. (well, we've done that once so far.)

aha!

[shmizla.livejournal.com]

that sounds quite a propos! one must keep an awareness of the musical scores that best serve as a backdrop to one's life (in light of the zeitgeist, that is), and this one sounds quite precise.

Re: aha!

[fflo.livejournal.com]

meant to echo your implication before that we la-la through our amurkin lives thinking we have a free press, so well trained to believe in it and its power that the idea that we should be concerned about the effects of mass media consolidation, and of the concentration of that power in the hands of the wealthy (and in a capitalist corporate context), is laughable to most of the citizenry hereabouts.

to put it in a metaphor in the (shocking!) e & e outlook, as the ship goes down, more than half the passengers won't notice, they'll be so busy making fun of the few pointing out how much water is being taken on.

Re: aha!

[shmizla.livejournal.com]

i think the general oblivion is a global phenomenon, only perhaps more dangerous in countries that are inclined to bomb others, take them over, run them, and ruin them, while professing their ideals to be liberty and progress.

the land of my people being the land of petty tyrants and amateur imperialists, i have seen that the scale may not matter to the vividness of imagination, but i think there's something quite magical about the stupor here.

Re: aha!

[fflo.livejournal.com]

i wouldn't pretend i haven't benefited ( <--- dang, that really looks like it should have 2 Ts) from our happy Disney isolation, at least in some personal psychological ignorant bliss. nor would i deny that i still have a naive sentimental desire to believe in high concepts and big ideas about some aspects of what you might call "freedom" in living here, and in some certain parts of the history of govt here. i am vaguely and uncomfortably, but not painfully, aware of my own inclination/desire to delude myself, and thus less surprised to think of how that might come about in some of my fellows. nay, in most.

to face the injustice we perpetuate, even simply economically, is not a happy thing, presuming you're hoping to keep some version of a conscience intact. though i imagine stupor---comfortable, busy-consuming stupor---is even more a contributing factor in our heads-up-our-butts way.

wonder if anon is still reading along here.

Re: aha!

[shmizla.livejournal.com]

i'm guessing not :)