Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Too busy for whatever it is...
...I'm trying to get to. It won't be long though. Lot's of editing of my own crap and filtering of the stuff and people I come across in my research and start commenting on and communicating with. We shall see where it leads. Into the bush or out of the bush... No reference to this or any previous administration. JDI JDI is all they is and there ain't no more.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Melding the personal and the political...
...trying to approach the two and "the writin'" in a way that doesn't ring falsely or become too self absorbed on either count. It has been a long time that i have wanted to do the reconecting with many many old friends. Always a little daunting and scary. Or it can be. Well this whole Blog and Web 4.0 shit I am going to be experimenting with just has to be done at some point. Waded into.
Ah well. Here's to at least regular posting and re-upping the level of investment in personal time and treasure into what I still sometimes refer to as "my work".
It is a year before the `08 Presidential Election. Commenting on that to a point will allow ample segue-ing into the political side of what my writing is directed at, The dialogD stuff and advocacy and beseeching...
The personal sometimes does overlap that but often not on the surface. Most people are just so apolitically turned off. But that has largely been a function of just bding so turned off to the reality of mainstream politics and the frustration of even conceiving of changing things and or making a difference. But largely it is even more a function of many of us opposed to politics and business as usual being able to a afford to, on a personal and economic level, simply turn off to and wash our hands of the whole unpleasant disgustingness of it all. I don't think we really ever could afford to do that and abdicate our responsibility for what is done supposedly for our collective benefit- but since 911 and this 8 year Neocon Debacle of an Administration I don't think there is any doubt that now is the time to come up with something different- "Something completely different..." as far as a different kind of path into our societal, cultural, political, and economic future.
Ah well. Here's to at least regular posting and re-upping the level of investment in personal time and treasure into what I still sometimes refer to as "my work".
It is a year before the `08 Presidential Election. Commenting on that to a point will allow ample segue-ing into the political side of what my writing is directed at, The dialogD stuff and advocacy and beseeching...
The personal sometimes does overlap that but often not on the surface. Most people are just so apolitically turned off. But that has largely been a function of just bding so turned off to the reality of mainstream politics and the frustration of even conceiving of changing things and or making a difference. But largely it is even more a function of many of us opposed to politics and business as usual being able to a afford to, on a personal and economic level, simply turn off to and wash our hands of the whole unpleasant disgustingness of it all. I don't think we really ever could afford to do that and abdicate our responsibility for what is done supposedly for our collective benefit- but since 911 and this 8 year Neocon Debacle of an Administration I don't think there is any doubt that now is the time to come up with something different- "Something completely different..." as far as a different kind of path into our societal, cultural, political, and economic future.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Actually trying to reconnect with...
various friends from different phases and stages of life- most of whom don't know each other. But I feel like they could, must, or should just because they have you know, the friendship with me in common. The idea of being honest with any or all of them about where I'm at or been or whatever is a little scary... but the idea of everybody I'd like to communicate with having an open interactive forum on this Blog is even more daunting. However, I am just going to play with the format and possibilities ans see if it leads anywhere.
Back in the day, way way back before the Internet and E mail I used to write the occasional letter. Such communication was at times a big reason for some of the relationships and connections and bonds with the people written to being good and strong and long term freinds- lifelong friends in some cases. And not so long in some cases- many cases even one could say- simply because the communication waned. Which happens. Life goes on. And I know that. Salgo lo que salgo.
But maybe it's also just because as this communication revolution that technology has facilitated has rolled through our lives it's easier to communicate half assedly and harder to really say anything real to the people you'd most like to, you know, keep it real with. So to the extent that this effort, and this part of me trying to get my own writing and miscellaneous other creative efforts unclogged, something will come of this. It's not like various kinds of "social networks" aren't all over the place and part of peoples lives. I think what I am trying to do though is to interpolate back some towards people I have already known and been tight with on one level or another and say hey, what is up. Join this experiment. And see where it might lead.
Back in the day, way way back before the Internet and E mail I used to write the occasional letter. Such communication was at times a big reason for some of the relationships and connections and bonds with the people written to being good and strong and long term freinds- lifelong friends in some cases. And not so long in some cases- many cases even one could say- simply because the communication waned. Which happens. Life goes on. And I know that. Salgo lo que salgo.
But maybe it's also just because as this communication revolution that technology has facilitated has rolled through our lives it's easier to communicate half assedly and harder to really say anything real to the people you'd most like to, you know, keep it real with. So to the extent that this effort, and this part of me trying to get my own writing and miscellaneous other creative efforts unclogged, something will come of this. It's not like various kinds of "social networks" aren't all over the place and part of peoples lives. I think what I am trying to do though is to interpolate back some towards people I have already known and been tight with on one level or another and say hey, what is up. Join this experiment. And see where it might lead.
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