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Friday, November 14th, 2008
Fake Out
On a related great Shake Out sidenote, the news was misunderstood by a couple of my out-of-country, non-English speaking relatives last night. They thought Los Angeles was really hit by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake and called up to make sure everything was ok.
In really important news, USC professor Carol Muske-Dukes is the new California poet […]
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Thursday, November 13th, 2008
Shake, Rattle and Roll
With all the goings-on of the last couple of weeks–the election, prop 8, the economy, the season finale of Mad Men–I somehow missed the big Shake Out. The facts are this: At 10 AM this morning, millions of Californians participated in a 7.8 magnitude-earthquake drill. According to seismologists, the San Andreas Fault, which is that […]
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
Remember Dreams Really Do Come True :-)
Disneyland is definitely an experience that many a Los Angeleno has loved or endured. During my childhood, I’m sure that I went every three or four years. I remember loving the rides, especially Space Mountain. I remember playing games to cut lines and cheat crowds. I remember dehydrating in the midst of a summer heat, […]
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Thursday, November 6th, 2008
My sex is on Fire for you , Allen Ginsberg: I
I pick my brain
Rumage through trash thoughts
for a satisfying morsel, a deep adjective.
“Spare phrases? Got any phrases to spare?”
They race through the mind and cramp when I pick up a pen
It just drips ink
Blots on the page
In obscure and obtuse ways
What does it look like to you, Al?
Word bank-empty
memories - liquidated
assets- frozen
Is this what it’s […]
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Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
Electoral Teeter Totter
According to the LA Times, Los Angeles county:
voted in overwhelming numbers for a Democratic candidate
agreed by a nose that same-sex unions were unconstitutional and that forcing doctors to notify parents of their underage teen’s choice to have an abortion was just a bad idea
believed, by more than 30%, that farm animals, specifically chickens, had the right […]
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Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
Election Day
There were so many unprecedented precedents achieved in this US election: the first female presidential candidate, the first Republican female vice-presidential candidate, the first black presidential candidate, the largest voter turnout in the history of the U.S. and the first time I ever voted at a polling place. I’ve never seen such a display of […]
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
The Intersection in Question
Monday evening, the intersection in question was complete engulfed by No on Prop 8 supporters. Tuesday morning, the day before the election, I drove into that intersection and a triumphant horde of Yes on 8 peeps. They screamed, shouted and waved their signs victoriously, as if to reclaim the intersection from enemy hands. A few […]
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Saturday, November 1st, 2008
Developments
For the intersection in question, the one I’ve been discussing here and here, there is a new development: Today, as I was driving through the rain-soaked streets, I noticed that a large cluster of “No on Prop 8″ people stood on one corner while three “McCain & Palin” supporters stood on the other side. At […]
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Saturday, November 1st, 2008
Hello! Ween!
My All Soul’s Day here in Los Angeles was nice and quiet. I watched the last two episodes of Mad Men (finally!) and then some BBC goodness. I left my sanctuary only once to run off to a Golden Spoon for some frozen yogurt. When I arrived, I could see certain characters enjoying their just […]
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008
Update From the Other Side
In conjunction with my post from a few days ago, this time I saw “Yes on Prop 8″ proponents standing at an intersection just one over from the “No” peeps. They stood quietly on a corner with a sign and a few lawns chairs, but no one honked….Or at least, no one that I noticed as I […]