I'm Moving!

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To a new url!

I'm now at Proclaim It Lost - a blog which will be much less depressing than its name suggests!

And I adopted a squirrel on Friday!

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Those Eyebrows!

I did not do this on purpose. It was a mistake, and, for the record, I should probably never again superglue something to my eyebrows.


At least the picture came out sort of well.

Still:

Fighting democracy with Gin!

8 Days Until the Texas Primary!

Nan one month after being battered, 1984
© Nan Goldin


In the Garden, Elio and Isabella, St Rémy de Provence, France 2002
© Nan Goldin

Atlanta to Athens by Bicycle

I'm trying to figure out the best way to make the trip. Keep in mind, the farthest I've ever ridden in a day is about 20 miles, and that was in 4 mile shifts.

But I've sort of set the Atlanta to Athens trip as a goal for myself. I'd like to be able to get up early Saturday morning, start biking, and reach Athens before sundown. In my head, I get to Athens about a half hour before the sun starts to set, then meet up with my friends at a restaurant to eat salmon and drink beer. Later, there's a concert and three to four naked ladies.

If I tell google maps to avoid highways, the trip is about 66 miles. Assuming I could maintain a good speed throughout the ride, it's actually doable.

After this, I'd like to try an Atlanta - New Orleans ride.

Obama

Graphic designers love those cheekbones.








In the future, presidential candidates will be chosen by how well they show up on stencils.

Plato Was a Blogger

"I went down yesterday to the Peiraeus with Glaucon, the son of Ariston, to pay my devotions to the Goddess, and also because I wished to see how they would conduct the festival since this was its inauguration."

That's the first sentence of Plato's Republic. In chapter two, he talks about how alienated he's been feeling lately, then writes an ordered list of his favorite Kids in the Hall skits.

My favorite:

I Forgot to Mention This Earlier:

In New Orleans, they have bar/laundromats!!!

Piles of New CD's

Not good ones, mind you.

I'm at my internship now, cataloging albums different bands have sent us over the last week. The pile looks good at first glance - lots of Team Clermont, which I tend to like, and something sent from Austin. Could be promising.

I put the first CD in, and realize I've been tricked. It's Brent Cash, described by his PR people as "sounding like a lost sunshine pop classic from the 60s... the sound of endless summers and good vibrations."

Maybe it's just the weather, but I'm looking for the opposite vibrations today.

Gonna Getcha

My Parents and I

We have this game we play where I pretend they're not going senile, and they pretend I'm not a shiftless layabout.


That's Boston's city hall.

Parts of the building "stick out" according to their function. The more important the room, the further it extends from the main building.

It was designed by IM Pei. The style is known as "Brutalism", from the French word for raw concrete, béton brut.


And this is Atlanta's city hall.

I believe the picture was taken in the 1970's.

Stylistically, it reminds me of the new Treasury building on Peachtree and 10th.

I have less pairs of socks than there are days in the week.

The same is true of pants and t-shirts.

WTF?

Did I use to have more clothes? Where did they all go?

I find this very distressing.

Analysis

Our Perimeters Were Secured by Police in Case Rioting Broke Out

If we stepped outside of our allocated protest area, we were arrested.


Occasionally, helicopters flew low over the crowds.


I bought an organic muffin.


"Grassroots Gathering against Genetic Engineering: Resistance and Solutions to the Comodification of Life"


Soldiers trained by the United States killed 800 civilians.



They were carrying hawk kites.


The police video taped us, in case rioting broke out.

(Pictures from Saturday November 17, the School of Americas Protest in Columbus, GA. Organized by the School of Americas Watch.)