While this is technically my 1776th post, more than a third remained in draft or were used elsewhere. I like my blog. It feels like home and is a good place for me to write in.
Indeterminacy
has a great write a story to the picture thing. Refuse to call such things memes. It was inspired by the always usually inspiring Dawg who did out do himself on Saturday.
Lately I feel the opposite of inspiring, more like put you to sleep. I am fine with that. My 3WW’s usually keep people awake and I will have one this week, I think.
I wrote a long and angry rant about Iraq and Viet Nam.
As I tell people to stand up, I hid it because I hate myself when I get crazed. Some people wear anger well. I wear it like a shroud. Frankly I don’t look good in shrouds not that I have ever….
I wrote an exercise for my book, that takes place the summer before it starts, and put it in BC
Usually this is birthday month. Since I was born in July I actually believe that the summer belongs to me. My parents had a bit to do with that.
I did begin celebrating Friday night at a three hour dance cruise. It was a benefit for our local alt rock NPR station. Where ever I go I will take them with me as I have to listen to them on the Internet anyway.
I can’t get radio reception on an actual radio. One of the subtle joys of North Myrtle was listening to the radio on a radio.
Somehow this summer doesn’t feel like a birthday month. Maybe it’s because I’m realizing how much I have here. I woke up this morning and the first thing I thought is why am I leaving? Then I remembered.
I ordered stuff for my kitchen. The wild man of Borneo otherwise known as Rafe came over to put them together. I’m useless when it comes to that. One of the things had a deceptive width on its specs and can’t be used. Home Depot said to read the back of the packing slip for return directions. The back was empty.
I know all I have to do is call them and arrange for a pick up, but it seemed symbolic of a lot of things. It sounds weird to want space for a toaster on my wish list, but I do.
It seems even weirder to say that for my birthday I want a Senate debate on Iraq. I do.
My sister and I were just talking about how 60′s hippies are blamed for Viet Nam and much more. She knows of my blog of course, but doesn’t read it. She brought the subject up, and she was more Boho than hippie.
Our teens to mid 20′s was lived through the back drop of Viet Nam. We don’t want to go into that last third in another Viet Nam. With a president who unlike Nixon doesn’t know when to resign, or to shut up or to stop escalating another country’s civil war.
I don’t want this to turn into an anti-Iraq blog, but the memories of America during Viet Nam are becoming more and more vivid. Not because I’m getting older but because the similarities are too mind blowing.
Never in my life did I think I would find something good about Nixon but as I overheard two women in San Diego last summer:
“At least Nixon had the grace to know when to resign.”
Grace Under Fire. Something we will not see with this administration I’m afraid.
I was listening to a talk radio program last night. Apparently, GB’s approval rating is down to 29% or something, and they were asking callers who in the world these 29% are.
If ever a President should be impeached, it is this one.
I’m going to go to sleep now and hope, yet again, that when I wake up these last few years will have all been a bad dream.
This is the kind of writing I look forward to reading in your book: “Some people wear anger well. I wear it like a shroud. “
Maybe it’s because I’m realizing how much I have here. I woke up this morning and the first thing I thought is why am I leaving? Then I remembered.
I have moments like that with Wisconsin, too, only it’s usually more “Why am I still here???” and then I remember: he’s approximately 3 foot tall, has gorgeous blue eyes…
i like your last comment about Nixon having the grace to know when to resign, but we must remember that he did it AFTER Agnew resigned–it’s be the same way with Bush, “Dead-eye Dick” needs to resign first.
As for your 1776 post–you should have posted it on the 4th! and I think I’m hot approaching 400 posts.
Wow congrats, and I can say I knew you around post 300?
I’m still only approaching post 500.
Cheers!
I’m with Doug on that line – love it!
You were on the FUV boat – good for you! I’m sure it was a blast.
Oh and congrats on 1776 – amazing!
We had a well conceived notion of removing Sadaam from power in Iraq. If it wasn’t obvious, our strategy for what to do after we’d accomplished that was none.
And I think it’s pretty easy for all of us to imagine the veritable brain trust meeting in the White House to discuss it… like a bad Beavis and Butthead cartoon.
We weren’t removing a dictator in Viet Nam, we were fighting to save a people who didn’t feel it was worth fighting to save themselves (as a gross generalization I know) because who was in charge didn’t matter to them because their lives wouldn’t fundamentally be different.
The men and women who fought in Viet Nam I think had the same goal in mind… change the world for the better; protect those who couldn’t protect themselves. But they can’t completely rebuild 2000 years of culture overnight either (in either case) to make little America Juniors.
It’s really a sad statement from a country that turned Japan and Germany into economic, social, and political powerhouses while preserving their identities after WWII.
have you considered the 1776 serendipity with the Fourth?
I’m with the “can’t wait for the book” people. Nice.
Your writing always energises me. I’d love to be as ‘able’ as you Pia.
I’d love to impeach Bush, let’s roll up our sleeves and go for it.
Well, I’m running for president, but for the 2020 election. (I’m starting my campaign early to build up my “war chest.”)
You mentioned that there are a lot of similarities between this war and Viet Nam. I’m 25 so I only know about Viet Nam from books, t.v. and of course talking to some of the people that lived through it.
Sometimes I find myself wondering if this is what it was like but I’ve never voiced it because I’m just too afraid to offend anyone from the previous war. Viet Nam was so much, I’m not sure how to put it but BIGGER and it seems like people my age were so much more involved.
Of course we don’t have the draft and thankfully not NEARLY as many have died. But it seems like every month they announce that it has been the “bloodiest yet” and more and more troops keep dying. I thought at the beggining that it would slowly get better but it’s getting worse for them and I feel kind of overwhelmed just thinking about it.
I don’t understand why this has to go on so long and so many have to die. DID we learn anything from Viet Nam? For heavens sake shouldn’t we have?
It’s all so confusing and I don’t feel like there is anything I can do about it but send care packages to the folks that are over there. If this were the 60′s would I be protesting, or sitting in or wearing a peace sign?
Ok sorry to sound like an idiot and dump ALL OVER your blog, but thank you for bringing this up. I’ve been to afraid to say stuff like this anywhere else.
Off subject, you’ve got a great blog, I found you by way of blogexplosion and it’s a real jewel.
Thanx, lindy
Thought provoking post, well written. I agree, knowing when to resign is very important.