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BYE, BYE, MISS AMERICAN PIE
Saturday, May 31, 2014
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Don't exist.
Live.
Get out, explore.
Thrive.
Challenge authority. Challenge yourself.
Evolve.
Change forever.
Become who you say you always will. Keep moving. Don't stop. Start the revolution. Become a freedom fighter. Become a superhero. Just because everyone doesn't know your name doesn't mean you don't matter.
Are you happy? Have you ever been happy? What have you done today to matter? Did you exist or did you live? How did you thrive?
Become a chameleon-fit in anywhere. Be a rockstar-stand out everywhere. Do nothing, do everything. Forget everything, remember everyone. Care, don't just pretend to. Listen to everyone. Love everyone and nothing at the same time. Its impossible to be everything,but you can't stop trying to do it all.
All I know is that I have no idea where I am right now. I feel like I am in training for something, making progress with every step I take. I fear standing still. It is my greatest weakness.
I talk big, but often don't follow through. That's my biggest problem. I don't even know what to think right now. It's about time I start to take a jump. Fuck starting to take. Just jump-over everything. Leap.
It's time to be aggressive. You've started to speak your mind, now keep going with it, but not with the intention of sparking controversy or picking a germane fight. Get your gloves on, it's time for rebirth. There IS no room for the nice guys in the history books.
THIS IS THE START OF A REVOLUTION. THE REVOLUTION IS YOUR LIFE. THE GOAL IS IMMORTALITY. LET'S LIVE, BABY. LET'S FEEL ALIVE AT ALL TIMES. TAKE NO PRISONERS. HOLD NO SOUL UNACCOUNTABLE, ESPECIALLY NOT YOUR OWN. IF SOMETHING DOESN'T HAPPEN, IT'S YOUR FAULT.
Make this moment your reckoning. Your head has been held under water for too long and now it is time to rise up and take your first true breath.
Do everything with exact calculation, nothing without meaning. Do not make careful your words, but make no excuses for what you say. Fuck em' all. Set a goal for everyday and never be tired.”
― Brian Krans, A Constant Suicide
Live.
Get out, explore.
Thrive.
Challenge authority. Challenge yourself.
Evolve.
Change forever.
Become who you say you always will. Keep moving. Don't stop. Start the revolution. Become a freedom fighter. Become a superhero. Just because everyone doesn't know your name doesn't mean you don't matter.
Are you happy? Have you ever been happy? What have you done today to matter? Did you exist or did you live? How did you thrive?
Become a chameleon-fit in anywhere. Be a rockstar-stand out everywhere. Do nothing, do everything. Forget everything, remember everyone. Care, don't just pretend to. Listen to everyone. Love everyone and nothing at the same time. Its impossible to be everything,but you can't stop trying to do it all.
All I know is that I have no idea where I am right now. I feel like I am in training for something, making progress with every step I take. I fear standing still. It is my greatest weakness.
I talk big, but often don't follow through. That's my biggest problem. I don't even know what to think right now. It's about time I start to take a jump. Fuck starting to take. Just jump-over everything. Leap.
It's time to be aggressive. You've started to speak your mind, now keep going with it, but not with the intention of sparking controversy or picking a germane fight. Get your gloves on, it's time for rebirth. There IS no room for the nice guys in the history books.
THIS IS THE START OF A REVOLUTION. THE REVOLUTION IS YOUR LIFE. THE GOAL IS IMMORTALITY. LET'S LIVE, BABY. LET'S FEEL ALIVE AT ALL TIMES. TAKE NO PRISONERS. HOLD NO SOUL UNACCOUNTABLE, ESPECIALLY NOT YOUR OWN. IF SOMETHING DOESN'T HAPPEN, IT'S YOUR FAULT.
Make this moment your reckoning. Your head has been held under water for too long and now it is time to rise up and take your first true breath.
Do everything with exact calculation, nothing without meaning. Do not make careful your words, but make no excuses for what you say. Fuck em' all. Set a goal for everyday and never be tired.”
― Brian Krans, A Constant Suicide
KEEP THE FAITH AS BEST YOU CAN
To all those persons who are busting their butts trying to make ends
meet on a minimum wage job, you are to be admired and congratulated.
Yours is a tough time and an exploited one. To all single mothers who
must spend all of your money on health-care, child-care, and keeping an
old beater running, keep your head held high and your spirit up. Look
out for yourself and your children. Take the best employment deal you
can find. Don't worry about loyalty, the employer won't. Things can get
better. Don't apologize for nothing. This is not an easy time. We have
stepped back into the Dark ages, thanks to right-wing, Republican, so
called Christians. Keep the faith. Do not accept the line of bull they
are spreading. It is evil, demeaning, humiliating, and unjust. We will
defeat them.
Friday, May 30, 2014
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
I'm not sure where I heard this, but it is a great line to sum up the
slave labor situation that we have going on in our prison system.
"Orange is the new black." The Prison Industrial Complex.
PEEVE NUMBER 164
I’m sitting here writing the Peeves on my back porch in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas. I have mixed emotions about living among people who have money. They’re all right-wing, Republicans. I’m probably the only Democrat in a twenty-five mile radius. While I’m not happy about listening to how ungrateful the poor are, or how much they steal from the rich on such worthless things as health-care, housing, or food, it does bring a smile to my face to be in such fertile Peeving territory.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"WE HAVE NOT ENDED RACIAL CASTE IN AMERICA; WE HAVE MERELY REDESIGNED IT."
The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander
The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander
HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE ON THE DECLINE
We have a lousy bunch of Directors, a reasonable but unapproachable general manager, and a committee system full of a bunch of POA lackeys.
The only reasonable director I can see is Frank Leeming. He voted against holding secret meetings, and against changing the covenants without a resident vote. Jeff Adkins also voted against both proposals. No votes were correct in both instances. It is clear the Directors believe they know what is best for us, without our consent. I believe it would be best to get rid of most of them, starting the next election.
I have tried repeatedly to get a proposal to the general manager, but have not been able to get past his secretary. She apparently protects him from things she thinks he would rather not deal with. When I e-mail him something, I expect him to get it and him to answer. Anything less is unacceptable.
As for the committee structure, well, let's just say it appears less than effective. They want us to give suggestions which the staff and directors may or may not accept. In fact, suggestions may not get to the directors. All in all, my experience so far would give it a D-. We could be so much more than we are, if we only had some descent leadership. I think the general manager is doing a good job so far, but will eventually be reigned in by our directors, mostly conservative, right-wing Republicans, who look to the past rather than the future for our salvation.
The only reasonable director I can see is Frank Leeming. He voted against holding secret meetings, and against changing the covenants without a resident vote. Jeff Adkins also voted against both proposals. No votes were correct in both instances. It is clear the Directors believe they know what is best for us, without our consent. I believe it would be best to get rid of most of them, starting the next election.
I have tried repeatedly to get a proposal to the general manager, but have not been able to get past his secretary. She apparently protects him from things she thinks he would rather not deal with. When I e-mail him something, I expect him to get it and him to answer. Anything less is unacceptable.
As for the committee structure, well, let's just say it appears less than effective. They want us to give suggestions which the staff and directors may or may not accept. In fact, suggestions may not get to the directors. All in all, my experience so far would give it a D-. We could be so much more than we are, if we only had some descent leadership. I think the general manager is doing a good job so far, but will eventually be reigned in by our directors, mostly conservative, right-wing Republicans, who look to the past rather than the future for our salvation.
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