Freezing rain and the World-as-Badminton-Tournament feeling
"If I were a younger man, I would write a history of human stupidity; and I would climb to the top of Mount McCabe and lie down on my back with my history for a pillow; and I would take from the ground some of the blue-white poison that makes statues of men; and I would make a statue of myself, lying on my back, grinning horribly, and thumbing my nose at You Know Who."
KV.
It's a shitty day outside. High wind and sleet. Alix woke me up this morning with the bad news about Kurt Vonnegut, which reinforced my quasi-paranoia about all the people I like who've died in the last year. It's been pretty bad; Robert Anton Wilson, Octavia Butler, Bob Frenay, and now this. More than just people I like, it's people who I've always sort of concieved of as being on the same team. I'm not sure what we're playing, or why, but this vague feeling that the world is divided into people who are or are not on my team has always been in the background. So after I got tired of brooding, I made a list of those who are still alive, please reply with any additions you'd make. List:
1. Tom Robbins
2. Jon Waters
3. Macy Gray
4. Desmond Tutu
5. Slavov Zizek
6. Jello Biafra
7. Johnny Depp
8. Judi Dench
9. Craig Ventor
10. Mr. Grossman
11. Mrs. Ubilla
12. Taylor Mead
13. Tak Inagaki
14. Jorie Graham
15. Rita Mae Brown
16. Patti Smith
17. David Bowie
18. Gene Hackman
19. My sister and brother-in-law as a unit
20. J.G. Ballard
21. Charles Busch
22. Lily Tomlin
23. Peter Singer
24. Trina
25. Savion Glover
26. Kathleen Hanna
27. Chrissie Hynde
28. Gordon Gano
29. Julian Rockwell
30. DJ Food
31. Seymour Hersh
32. Biggie (really)
33. Neil Geiman
34. Francis MacDormand
35. Poly Styrene
36. Jason Blackkat
37. Philip Pullman
38. Various family members & family friends
39. Sun-Kyu Kim
...and so on...
KV.
It's a shitty day outside. High wind and sleet. Alix woke me up this morning with the bad news about Kurt Vonnegut, which reinforced my quasi-paranoia about all the people I like who've died in the last year. It's been pretty bad; Robert Anton Wilson, Octavia Butler, Bob Frenay, and now this. More than just people I like, it's people who I've always sort of concieved of as being on the same team. I'm not sure what we're playing, or why, but this vague feeling that the world is divided into people who are or are not on my team has always been in the background. So after I got tired of brooding, I made a list of those who are still alive, please reply with any additions you'd make. List:
1. Tom Robbins
2. Jon Waters
3. Macy Gray
4. Desmond Tutu
5. Slavov Zizek
6. Jello Biafra
7. Johnny Depp
8. Judi Dench
9. Craig Ventor
10. Mr. Grossman
11. Mrs. Ubilla
12. Taylor Mead
13. Tak Inagaki
14. Jorie Graham
15. Rita Mae Brown
16. Patti Smith
17. David Bowie
18. Gene Hackman
19. My sister and brother-in-law as a unit
20. J.G. Ballard
21. Charles Busch
22. Lily Tomlin
23. Peter Singer
24. Trina
25. Savion Glover
26. Kathleen Hanna
27. Chrissie Hynde
28. Gordon Gano
29. Julian Rockwell
30. DJ Food
31. Seymour Hersh
32. Biggie (really)
33. Neil Geiman
34. Francis MacDormand
35. Poly Styrene
36. Jason Blackkat
37. Philip Pullman
38. Various family members & family friends
39. Sun-Kyu Kim
...and so on...