We vote, they count the votes, and a victor is declared. Not all of us voted for the victors. Yet, the victors won.

Those who voted for the losers feel their gods have passed away.

But they were never gods.

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You who are too large for any one voice, too wild for any one cage ( Read more... )

Should I say this: we can turn out better than our parents did

I believe I have

they aren’t around for you to judge

Can't grade this film yet, I'm still in shock from the gruesome turns at the end. The mutilation. Even though I previously saw The House That Jack Built with K and should've known ...

I think only my second von Trier film?

Still in shock. Maybe I'll have more words for it tomorrow.

"We are at least convinced we're watching a film precisely as ( Read more... )

Ran across an LJ entry of mine from 2022 when a visit by NYC David went awry, reminding me of how his visit on July 4th 2023 also went awry, and I saw some similarities between the two events ( Read more... )

I was telling Ben last night about how the cats keep me company at the house with T away most of the time. But mainly they just sleep in whatever room I'm in. Or in the sun. Or in the sun room. Or on the heated cat beds, we have three heated cat beds in the house, they have pressure-sensitive heating pads underneath their covers ( Read more... )

when, I'm, also, playing with toys, and,

ancient friend just lost his Dad,

well, yeah, so, I take back that sexy pic I sent ya,

or, maybe, not,

when you lose a Dad, sexy pics might be what you needed,

yeah, we'll talk soon, and I mean it,

mainly addictions are about hiding from yourself, averting your gaze,

mirrors were the worst invention of all

that I can truly cry on demand whenever I think of Dax,

no, yeah,

that's what everybody says now,

no, yeah,

they're so fucking scared of taking a stand,

no, yeah,

I thought about it but I didn't write about it,

of course a major aspect of 2021 was that Dax passed.

But that's why I'm giving $$$ to a Detroit animal shelter, and now also why I'm giving $$$ to PETA for their abused dog rescue program, and why I will give my home to dogs again.

Dax taught me how to love dogs, and I will never forget.

remembering first Christmas without Dax :-(

he would've kept me busier while Tod is away, but he was also a lot of work that probably contributed to my difficult moods during Quarantine, so much responsibility 24*7 with all these mammals and trying to do my job remotely,

anyway, he passed too soon