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 ...
January 10, 2004 - 11:40 p.m.
I have not been good about updating this year. I'm more concerned with the quality than the quantity of the entries. I guess that isn't the best way to sell my diary, it is like calling your merchandise crap.
In any event I now have two cold days to write about. The temperature has actually gotten down to the single digits. I always enjoy that, I get to wear my warm clothing. I still haven't taken out my warmest sweater. I don't really need that unless I plan on spending lots of time outside.
Yesterday I went to hear Ruth Gerson at the Sidewalk Caf�. She's playing every Friday in January and if I have nothing else to do I'll see her every week. It took are a long time to warm up it was so cold outside and so were her guitar strings. She was also a bit lightheaded from a couple of glasses of wine. None of which kept her from putting on a great show and doing my request, Roof Jumping.
On the way home I did something I never do, I took the 14A bus to the subway station. It saved me about a ten minute walk. I'd usually just walk it but it was cold enough that the warm bus was too inviting.
I pretty much wasted most of today. I should have done my laundry but I never got around to it. I'll have to do it tomorrow. Clean clothes is becoming an issue.
Here's a grammar question for you. Grammar check doesn't like that last sentence, it thinks that the plural noun "clean clothes" needs the plural verbare. In my mind I'm thinking of clean clothes as a singular issue. I know whatever I say that Carey will tell me I'm wrong.
I talked to Carey today on the phone, always a highlight of my day. She got my Festivus present today. I still have to get most other people's mailed. I am so bad.
Tonight I went to see Andrew Vladeck. This was a cheap convenient show. He was playing at Pete's Candy Store, a bar in Williamsburg. It takes me less than 20 minutes to get there and the show is free, they don't even pass around the tip jar. Andrew was fun as usual. I always like going to shows where the performers know me. I don't get a kiss from him like I do from Ruth though J
I got home early which is good. I have to take my mother to her friend's funeral tomorrow morning. She's taking it very well after the initial shock. I was making jokes with my mother today that I would never think of making with someone outside my family. We have always joked about death.
Tomorrow I'll tell you about the funeral and doing my laundry. I can see you just shiver with anticip�������������������ation.
I signed the Pro-Truth Pledge:
please hold me accountable.
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