Archive for June, 2005

it all becomes clear

Tuesday, June 21st, 2005

I saw The Replacement Killers the other night.

I’d always kind of suspected as much, but it turns out that Mira Sorvino is in fact the true love of my life.

Whew! I’m glad I got that settled.

cold and dim

Monday, June 20th, 2005

Sunset on Mars. Kind of looks like moonrise in Arizona.

Meanwhile, Bush enforces strict codes on dress and conduct in the White House. He can call torture humane in the name of “liberty,” but you can’t touch the furniture in the Oval Office. That would be an insult to the office of President of the Unites States.

perspective

Friday, June 17th, 2005

This guy’s portraits are quite lovely. The stories that go with them are sometimes amazing.

I recommend the Tibetan collection:

Kunsang, 29, and Duchen, 6 mos
Kunsang walked 25 days, crossing the Himalays with her baby boy on her back. She said “I want him to grow up in a Tibetan culture and get a proper education. At this time this is not possible for us Tibetans in our own country”. This photo was taken two weeks after they arrived in Nepal en route to India.

I also liked the story and portrait of native American Roy Pete, 44, of the Navajo:

When he was a child, Roy Pete had “visions of my people coming home.” Having attended powwows now for 20 years, he says many feelings come up while dancing in the ceremonial circle. “You come to an understanding that you are part of a much larger process and very connected to it,” he told me. “It is such a feeling of returning.” Roy works as a software engineer in Wyoming.

(thanks to MeFi … )

things unsaid

Thursday, June 9th, 2005

i wish i were a poet.