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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
2:13 am	i wasn't your kind, only here for the ride (Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
1:35 am	Summer blends into fall and the humming finale of the insects rises from the tangled grasses (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, February 28th, 2009
5:33 pm	There are two forces that work to prevent a person from committing immoral acts. One is an emotional aversion to such acts that each individual builds up over a period of time as a result of enculturation and frequent reflection. The other is one's values, and the beliefs that one creates based on those values. Use of the latter requires a certain degree of mental functioning that cannot be be relied upon in unexpected or complex situations or in times of distress - this leaves only the former. But the former can be gradually broken down through a process of desensitization. Thus, incessant reflection is essential. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
10:46 pm	lithe Pronunciation:     \ˈlīth, ˈlīth\ Function:     adjective Etymology:     Middle English, from Old English līthe gentle; akin to Old High German lindi gentle, Latin lentus slow Date:     14th century 1: easily bent or flexed <lithe steel> <a lithe vine>2: characterized by easy flexibility and grace <a lithe dancer> <treading with a lithe silent step> ; also : athletically slim <the most lithe and graspable of waists, - R. P. Warren> (Comment on this)
Thursday, July 26th, 2007
7:03 pm	People (or me at least) seem to go through cycles of questioning and reinventing themselves. I made a long trip around Lake Michigan. I drove Blueberry across Wisconsin to spend two nights at Berzerker in the Keweenaw. Instead of returning to work I headed downstate to visit my parents and grandpa, then caught a train for Chicago and a bus for Beloit. Now I am back to work. I feel much better now, and am looking forward to the end of summer and beginning of fall. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, November 3rd, 2006
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Monday, October 16th, 2006
2:31 pm	I feel like I've been cutting and running for awhile now, and pretty soon there will be nothing left to cut. Current Music: Four Tet - You Could Ruin My Day (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, October 9th, 2006
2:03 pm	Cognitive dissonance is the perception of incompatibility between two cognitions... it is the uncomfortable tension that comes from holding two conflicting thoughts at the same time. The contradicting cognitions serve as a driving force that compels the mind to acquire or invent new thoughts or beliefs, or to modify existing beliefs, so as to reduce the amount of dissonance between cognitions. Current Music: Muzio Clementi, Sonata in F# (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
4:18 am	a pretty good survey 1. YOU HAVE 10 BUCKS AND NEED TO BUY SNACKS AT A GAS STATION. WHAT DO YOU GET? I would not spend the entire ten, but I would get some combination of: coffee, Mountain Dew, milkshake, donut, bean burrito, that kind of pie where the crust is folded over the filling, but only if it costs under a dollar 02. IF YOU WERE REINCARNATED AS SOME SORT OF SEA DWELLING CREATURE, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? a human, and i would have a ship 03. WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE REDHEAD? i like them all, but I guess i would have to say Brittany Thomasson 04. WHAT DO YOU ORDER WHEN YOU'RE AT AN IHOP? coffee 05. LAST BOOK YOU READ? at all? Jeep Wrangler 1995 Owner's Manual or all the way through? Love in the time of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez 06. HAVE YOU MADE OUT WITH ANYONE ON YOUR FRIENDS LIST? yes 07. DESCRIBE YOUR FAVOURITE PAIR OF UNDERWEAR. I have only one that isn't falling apart. 08. DESCRIBE THE LAST TIME YOU WERE INJURED. Two weeks ago, I was hit in the eye with the end of a bungee cord. I staggered around my street yelling "aaaaaaa" at 8:30 in the morning. Some neighbors helped me find my house, Chris found some ice cubes, my mom came and drove me to the hospital. 09. OF ALL YOUR FRIENDS, WITH WHOM WOULD YOU WANT TO BE STUCK IN A WELL? David, because we never find time to talk as much as I'd like to, but more importantly, because he can climb. 10. ROCK CONCERT, OR SYMPHONY? This question is stupid. It would depend on the band or composer. 11. WHAT IS THE WALLPAPER ON YOUR CELLPHONE? solid white 12. SODA? People who say "Pop" are much, much cooler. popvssoda.com 13. FLAVOR OF PUDDING? tapioca, of which I am a most loyal fan 14. WHAT TYPE OF SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? a "Join or Die" t-shirt made by Andy and Sonya, with a serpent on the front and a map of the blue states on the back. 15. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION? Prednisone Acetate, Atropine Sulfate (which, incidentally, is derived from deadly nightshade), and I also have a perscription for Vicodin, though I haven't filled it. 16. IF YOU COULD USE ONLY ONE FORM OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, WHAT WOULD IT BE? ar that hurts... i can't bring myself to answer. 17. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON YOUR FRIENDS LIST? fifty-eight 18. HOW MANY PEOPLE IN YOUR LIST DO YOU KNOW IN REAL LIFE? fifty-six 19. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? nothing, but I can hear the fan of my computer (actually Chris's laptop), the constant mechanical hum of the hospital down the street, and the sounds of Melissa sketching 20. MOST RECENT MOVIE YOU'VE WATCHED IN A THEATER? It's been so long I can't remember; it might even have been Return of the King. 21. IF YOU COULD INVENT ONE THING, WHAT WOULD IT BE? i have no idea 22. NAME AN ACTOR/ACTRESS YOU'VE HAD THE HOTS FOR. I can't think of any. 23. WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE CITY? Detroit 24. WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE KIND OF CAKE? I don't like cake. 25. WHAT'S THE FIRST WORD THAT COMES TO MIND RIGHT NOW? Cake? 26. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW YOUR MOM IN PERSON? last weekend 27. WHO GOT YOU TO JOIN MYSPACE? Lindalooo 28. WHAT DID YOU HAVE FOR DINNER LAST NIGHT? Guy's famous vegetarian cooking... some kind of lasagna with corn, some other kind of lasagna with soybeans, french bread, cheese, absinthe 29. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN RESIDING IN THE CURRENT CITY YOU LIVE IN? two and a half years, though I was away most of the summer 30. IS TOM ON YOUR FRIENDS LIST? no 31. WHAT'S THE LAST THING YOU SAID OUT LOUD? something to Melissa about her drawing 32. LOOK TO YOUR LEFT. WHAT DO YOU SEE? Red paint, an open door to a hallway, the west coast of Michigan, the Horn of Africa, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, "The Defence of the Foreign Legations", a drafting table, a bottle of hard cider I attempted to brew myself but am afraid to actually try, a pile of dead laptops, some of Mrs. Webb's amazing jam, David's pipe tobacco, Tumble Tree Timbers, a bag of miscellaneous stuff belong to Alexander Kingsley Cotton 33. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON THAT SPENT $100 ON YOU? My parents, but it was more like a loan. 34. WHO'S YOUR FAVOURITE ATHLETE IN ANY SPORT? I have been following the Tigers this year, but I don't really have favorite athletes. 35. WHEN WAS YOUR LAST KISS? Monday, September 4 36. WHAT'S THE LAST PIECE OF CLOTHING YOU BOUGHT? probably the blue dress shirt from a Goodwil store in Salem, Indiana (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, July 27th, 2006
8:10 pm	a friendly reminder "No person shall be... deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law..." "No free man shall be taken or imprisoned or disseized or exiled or in any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him nor send upon him, except by the lawful judgment of his peers..." (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 4th, 2006
9:16 pm	"Guests at barbecues and picnics may sit at a picnic table or some other form of outdoor furniture. If the picnic is in a park (especially where fireworks are held), a picnic blanket may be set on the ground and participants eat the food sitting down on the blanket." Now I know how it's done. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, July 3rd, 2006
7:48 pm	"You got any problems with your friends calling you a fag an' shit 'cause of the clothes you wear?" -guy at a gas station, after I emerged from the restroom, where I had changed my pants. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, June 23rd, 2006
9:47 pm	"It's a wonderful thing to be clever, and you should never think otherwise, and you should never stop being that way. But what you learn, as you get older, is that there are a few billion other people in the world all trying to be clever at the same time, and whatever you do with your life will certainly be lost-swallowed up in the ocean-unless you are doing it along with like-minded people who will remember your contributions and carry them forward." (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, June 22nd, 2006
7:07 pm	172 this ride is the dusk of my childhood; the fire- flies are strange tonight -AKC (Comment on this)
Sunday, June 4th, 2006
1:44 pm	I need some new music! If you are my friend, send a song, that you think I might like, to circumspice at gmail. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
9:33 pm	So I worked a full day today. I drove around on country roads. I took photographs of barns and some old bridges. Walked around in the crunchy remains of last year's cornfields. Got shocked by an electrified fence. Sat in tall grass under a shady tree in a lonely rural cemetery and made notations on topographic maps, and then drew a few maps of my own. Visited one of those white Protestant churches, and trespassed around an abandoned farmhouse. When the things that you normally do for fun suddenly become your job, stuff can get very unsettling. I'm still trying to figure it all out. (Comment on this)
Monday, May 15th, 2006
5:17 am	Behind the door Hand to face Conscience is the wound (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 9th, 2006
7:28 am	A week ago this evening I stood on Main Street in Ann Arbor and tried a door handle, finding it to be locked. With that act, I concluded a year of graduate school and, having just quit all three of my jobs earlier that day, was finally free of the oppressive business (as in 'busy-ness') that had fallen on me several months earlier and prevented me from experiencing important stuff like the blossoming crabapple tree under which I had just parked Windfall. I took a few minutes to notice these things and then headed over to Catherine Street to see Magic Mountain. On May Day in Ann Arbor pretty much everybody is in a good mood, and BT, Purple Meg, and I were no exception. We sat on the porch listening to the bands and enjoying the spring evening. That night I drove across Ohio and by sunrise was once again south of the Mason-Dixon line. As I drove I listened to music from much earlier in my life, circa 1997. Perhaps there is something about one's cognitive development that causes experiences from middle adolescence to make deeper connections than than those from earlier or later. Certain songs, artists, prose, and even sensations from then will always have more profound an effect on me than any others ever could, even though some more recent ones have gotten very close. I often wonder about the feasibility of wanting to share what another person sees. I kept thinking about ninth grade English with Mary Kay, and the ongoing discussions of romanticism and realism or whatever she called them. At the time (though I did not appreciate this fact until much later), I was only beginning to develop the capacity for such things, and it was helpful to be given a vocabulary and nomenclature that enabled me to discuss these things with others. I was talking with Michael about why buildings never have courtyards anymore. The more I study architecture and geography the more I am reminded that no two people perceive their environment in quite the same way, or perhaps it would be better to say that no two people live in quite the same universe. I perceive spaces in certain ways that are barely even comparable to the ways most other people would experience the very same spaces. I really like being around people who live in a sort of similar world to the one I inhabit, but such people are very hard to find. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, April 8th, 2006
2:51 am	I made me great works. ( the southland ) (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 6th, 2005
12:58 am	When Charles Dickens visited the ruins of the Roman Colosseum in 1846, he was captivated by the "walls and arches overgrown with green … the long grass growing in its porches; young trees of yesterday, springing up on its ragged parapets, and bearing fruit; chance products of the seeds dropped there by birds." And not just by birds. A few years later, a visiting botanist cataloged 420 plant species in the ruin, many of them exotics from Asia and Africa that could only have come from seeds catching a lift on animals imported for the gladiatorial games. By 1880, archaeologists had scoured away this "recombinant ecology" and its fantastically rich history to leave behind the bleached edifice we know today. http://http://www.slate.com/id/2129660/?nav=navoa (1 Comment |Comment on this)