Don't get me wrong--I think we all have a right to our feelings of frustration or anger or grief. It was just a reality check for me, personally. Powerful.
Yeah. He's my hero.
Mal ,'The Train Job'
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Pix - Feb 20, 2008 10:42:55 am PST #7156 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Volans - Feb 20, 2008 10:49:42 am PST #7157 of 10001
move out and draw fire
It's just, to have that little anecdote stated with such clarity...normally when I'm confronted with How Much Worse It Could Be, the enormity of the Worse is too much for my little brain to deal with. It's like, when we lived in Romania it was a really really hard winter, and the city was starving. There was a segment on the TV news about how rats had eaten a baby in a cradle. I have no idea if it was true or not (Romanian news tended towards the Weekly World News with comfortable frequency), but it was just one more thing in my day to day existence of people with no heat, no water, no food, no medical care, no hope.
On a lighter note, I've decided that my new hair is Scully hair: [link]
amych - Feb 20, 2008 10:51:12 am PST #7158 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
It's totally Scully Hair, and it's fabulous!
hippocampus - Feb 20, 2008 10:51:44 am PST #7159 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
Awesome haircut!
Nora Deirdre - Feb 20, 2008 10:52:03 am PST #7160 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Raq, you look GORGEOUS! Love the hair and the rest of you!
beekaytee - Feb 20, 2008 10:53:03 am PST #7161 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Beauty!
Very different, but really flattering in every way.
Pix - Feb 20, 2008 10:53:22 am PST #7162 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
What amych said!
And yes, I know what you mean about the enormity of the Very Bad. I think the simplicity of the story he told was what made it so powerful for me. That and the way he implored the room full of LA girls, many very privileged, to make a difference in their world through love. It was no longer a cliche when he said it.
javachik - Feb 20, 2008 10:53:36 am PST #7163 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
HOLY CRAP Raq!!! That cut is divine and you look spectacular!
Laga - Feb 20, 2008 10:55:45 am PST #7164 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I met Mark Mathabane in '87 or '88 when he came to speak at the University of Iowa. I don't recall how I got to be part of the small reception committee. I thought he was strong and gentle and amazing. Years later I heard that a lot of the stories in his books had been fabricated but I can't find anything about that on the internet today. I hope it turned out not to be true.
Sparky1 - Feb 20, 2008 10:57:57 am PST #7165 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Wowza, Raq!