Saturday, October 18, 2003

R~
We are having the most exceptional weather now. Temperature 80 degrees and sunny - clear sky. It is the end of summer we missed owing to all that fog. The ocean rises and falls with it's own contrasting tumult, a remnant of some turbulence far out at sea. I lolligag in the sand waiting for the dolphins to come, stare at the sky and think about what you might be doing in this moment, 15 hours ahead of us. Are you sleeping still, or perhaps just waking? Have you adjusted to the time shift of mortals? What newness are you integrating with, if you are integrating yet at all.

News Capsules in no particular order:
The House and Senate vote by an overwhelming majority to give the Shrub his $87 billion for reconstruction of Iraq. I've concluded that they're all cowards at this point, but then who can expect more from people who voted almost unanimously (with the exception of one person who is now dead) to pass the Patriot Act.

I'm thinking about getting another cat as I've run into an odd circumstance that warrants it.

I went to find a voter registration form for you and couldn't find one. Later at the car wash, one manisfested beneath the seat of the car. I can't imagine how it got there, where it came from, unless you had gotten it for yourself. Nonetheless, I appreciated the miracle of it's arriving and placed it on your pile to fill out and send in once you come home (I am requesting it).

Pookie's seizuring somewhat, but I'm changing out his food. Leslie gave me some Juice Plus for Cats (yes they really make the stuff) as a gift and I'm going to start them on it today and see how that helps Pookie's seizures. He's done so well and hasn't had any in ages, so I supposed it's o.k. that he has them every now and again. It doesn't seem to hurt him any, but I don't know about the inside of him.

A certain Teddy Bear has run off with the video camera and is taking pictures of everything in sight for his website.

The U.N. has voted almost unanimously to support the U.S. in the reconstruction of Iraq (most countries will send no troops). I still can't comprehend the kind of message we are sending to the Shrub. Sanctioning what he did and will continue to do. In a recent speech he actually said that our new policy in the war on terrorism is strike before they do whereever we think they might be. Now they're focussing on blowing up Iran and there are actually discussions about it - followed by Syria. When are we going to impeach this man for war crimes? Is the entire country anesthetized? (sp?)

October wired was written just for me - with articles about political blogs and Open Source and Linus Torvalds as "the leader of the free world" and the Wachowski brothers, etc., etc., etc. It's very interesting reading. Mutually contributing collaborations. What is the "architecture of participation" in other aspects of life (phrase from October "Wired" pg. 164). So, thanks, Wired!

Also immersed in Queen E again. Got the "Elisabeth" movie from Netflix by mistake - it was supposed to be a documentary about her life, but instead that wonderful movie was inside the sleeve, so I watched. I'm kind of obsessed with her, especially concerning her surrender to a higher purpose for which she was particularly designed. I didn't realize how many languages she spoke until I read about it in her biography - Italien, French, Greek, Latin, English. She used to do translations for fun in her spare time. Back to the movie, an Indian from India directed it, interestingly enough. I can't remember his name just now. He said that from the point of view of Eastern philosophy, the reason he cast Kate Blanchette to play Elisabeth was because it was their destiny to do the project together. I'm still amazed that Queen E. survived against all odds and hundreds of assassination attempts. Her protectors must have been the most powerful people on the planet, if not somewhere greater.

That's the news from here. Love, ~K

posted by: rjon | October 18, 2003 17:13 | comments (1)