To Montana and back
Been out of town for the holidays, visiting my grandpa in Hamilton, Montana. Got back today. Took a fancy camera from work to document the trip. I'll post a photo entry later. Just wanted to get some thoughts out... My Grandpa turned 95 this year, and still lives alone in his house, shovels the snow, and has a garden at more fertile times of year. Pretty fucking amazing. I took my minidisc recorder with me and recorded an hour of two of his stories and thoughts. The temperature range while I was there stayed between 0 and 17 degrees. Fucking cold. Good to get away from everything for a little while; it was my first real vacation (longer than 3 days) in more than three years (ISM doesn't count). I need another one soon, that doesn't involve being stuck with family the whole time, and lasts at least 9 days. That sounds nice.
Emotions are weird, no? I've actually had a lot of anger, lately. And not at the right things. Need to find a way to deal with it. I don't like being angry, unless it's at systems of exploitation, and oppression, and stuff like that. But not at individual people. My anger has been characterized by stillness. At any rate, I gotta work through this shit. Fucking tired of it all ready.
On another note, I made good headway into Nelson Peery's new book "Black Radical," and let me tell you it's fantastic. I'll write more about it at another point, but just go pick it up and read it. You won't regret it. And then we can talk about it together. :)
Emotions are weird, no? I've actually had a lot of anger, lately. And not at the right things. Need to find a way to deal with it. I don't like being angry, unless it's at systems of exploitation, and oppression, and stuff like that. But not at individual people. My anger has been characterized by stillness. At any rate, I gotta work through this shit. Fucking tired of it all ready.
On another note, I made good headway into Nelson Peery's new book "Black Radical," and let me tell you it's fantastic. I'll write more about it at another point, but just go pick it up and read it. You won't regret it. And then we can talk about it together. :)