I became insane with long intervals of horrible sanity.
The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all.
Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so
What I have been telling you, from alpha to omega, what is the one great thing the sigil taught me — that everything in life is miraculous. For the sigil taught me that it rests within the power of each of us to awaken at will from a dragging nightmare of life made up of unimportant tasks and tedious useless little habits, to see life as it really is, and to rejoice in its exquisite wonderfulness. If the sigil were proved to be the top of a tomato-can, it would not alter that big fact, nor my fixed faith. No Harrowby, the common names we call things by do not matter — except to show how very dull we are ...
2002-04-17 - 10:27 p.m.
Once again I was up at 4:30 and at WFUV by 5:30. It was much busier this morning. I had to spend a lot of time on the phone; there was one call after another. It got so busy that all the volunteers and available employees were on the phones at once and people ended up getting busy signals when they called. We didn't reach a few goals because of that. If you haven't tried it you really should try volunteering at your local public radio station next time they have a drive. You'll never have so much fun doing a Mitzvah.
The other day Ginger asked me if I had any pics of my father to show her. I didn't, I don't carry any photos on me. Today I brought in the photo album that Alison made for my father's 86th birthday. When she saw it she said something no one has ever said before, that I looked just like him. Jill, a volunteer and friend of mine agreed. I'm eventually going to scan the book, and then you can judge for yourself.
Later in the day I was going through the premiums that were going to be offered with Ginger. She said that they probably wouldn't pitch the Tom Landa and the Paperboys show. I asked if I could have it then and she said yes!! They are playing at the Outpost in the Burbs.
I've brought home quite a haul of CDS too: Eileen Ivers- crossing the bridge, Hedwig and the Angry Inch: Film soundtrack album; Clem Snide - The Ghost of Fashion; Jimmie Rogers, Bill Monroe, Hank Williams, Robert Johnson, Woody Guthrie, et al- American Roots music; Fast Folk- Live at the Bottom Line 2/92 (featuring Lucy Kaplansky, Susan Vega, The Roches, and Dave van Ronk); The Chieftains- The Wide World Over; Fast Folk -live 2/24/90 (Featuring Michael Smith, Christine Lavin, Richard Julian, and David Massengill); and John Hiatt-The Tiki Bar is Open.
Teaching didn't go over great today, too many of my students cut. I just don't have good chemistry with them. This is at least partially my fault; I'm supposed to be able to inspire them. I wish I could have found a way. Sometimes the chemistry will just never be there though. I'm glad that several of my ex-students have come up to me recently and told me how much they liked me and wanted to take me again. My ego needed that. Being a good teacher is one of the things that I'm vain about.
I was going to write a whole philosophical part now but I'm going to skip it because I want to try and get to bed early. It is 10 O'clock now and I wanted to be asleep by now. So I'm going to skip right to what was going to be the coda.
Lots of people have been designing the drinking game for their diary. I wasn't going to but I realized I have to. I probably spend more time deconstructing my own diary than anyone. So here is my game. Like Carey I don't drink so it's not a drinking game. Whenever I do one of these dirty dozen give someone a kiss instead.
1. When I deconstruct my diary
2. When I mention Cabell or Tolkien
3. When I quote a passage from something
4. When I give a poem that I wrote
5. When I use a word or phrase in a foreign language I don't really know.
6. When I include a question from one of my tests.
7. When I mention a mathematician
8. When I complain about my love life
9. When I mention WFUV
10. When I mention Christine Lavin
11. When I confuse homonyms (e.g. writing "rite" for "right", is that wright?)
12. When I tell a story that I've already told
Now as an exercise for the reader, how many kisses does this entry merit? I count seven; can you find them?
I signed the Pro-Truth Pledge:
please hold me accountable.
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