there was no calling you

but
when it became urgent
then sometimes I'd thread my brain to you
through the airwaves

every phone booth a confessional

Dear Archangel Gabriel, patron saint of telecommunications
Please let my love return
At least one of my voice messages
Amen.

<3 <3 <3

And you should follow me there:

http://shesanightowl.tumblr.com/

Promised: fewer lengthy self-deprecating ruminations on the meaning of my life. More video, photo, and occasional links and tags and commentary. It's my repository for things I find cool on the internet that I want to share with friends and reflect on.

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Born Free:

- because people will care about the persecution of communities when they look like white people
- because hair color is the same as race, ethnicity, religion, nationality or class

I felt angry for a moment last week. In that totally unapologetic, self-righteous way. I have not felt angry like that in a long time. I drove around in my new-used-soccer-mom-van and had road rage for a while. It felt great, like Fuck You Minnesota.

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Beijing Loves IKEA -- but not for shopping  I did this in Singapore with my three friends - one American, one Israeli American and one whose home state it was - the day we arrived there.

In other Beijing news, I will be there for a week with my dad in November. Chilly, yes, but a reprieve from the Minnesotan weather. What to expect? McDonalds' with ( Read more... )

President Obama’s Teachable Moment

Posted by Lucaites in no caption needed, the visual public

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