Not sleeping well again...
Aug. 31st, 2005 08:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfsSshhh... I'm practicing esquivalience right now.
I'm not sure why, but I haven't slept well in the past two days. Everything seems to be under control, as near as I can tell. There's a lot to do, but I 'm getting through each item in order and not having any notable failures. I've had to give up on the notion of taking an Japanese classes this quarter: Omaha's schedule of her radio show, the Democrats' organizational meetings and so on has prioritized my time away from taking any evening classes.
Monday night, Omaha tried an experimental recipe of broccoli and cheese casserole, and I don't think we'll be making it again. I was the only one who liked it and it was a bit too salty. Last night, I went with macaroni & cheese which was much better. It fed Kouryou-chan and I, and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fallenpegasus stopped by and joined us. He was here for a ride to the airport.
I think a lot of my anxiety is coming from the press. The Evangelicals have really swallowed completely two contradictory facts: they are in power, they can pull the levers of Congress and make it do what they want, and yet at the same time they're the most oppressed minority in the United States. The FCC is planning on an expansion of power to limit the "adult" content on cable television-- not Playboy or Heat, but John Stewart and Adult Swim-- on the grounds that cable is "pervasive" and therefore regulable. "Parents' groups" are pushing to get books (books!) rated the way movies and games are rated, so that they'll know if their children are being assigned "R" rated stories in high school reading. The FBI announced last week that it's #1 priority is the prosecution of pornography. And not child pornography, but the plain ol' consenting adults kind.
Bleah. Maybe I should join a seminary or something.
Although many of my friends are into it, I'm not a big fan of Rob Brezsny's Free Will Astrology. I've never been able to figure out if he's serious or not, although much of what he writes is fun and useful. But I like the idea of pronoia. It's something I've lived with most of my life. Currently, life is making pronoia hard to practice.
I'm not sure why, but I haven't slept well in the past two days. Everything seems to be under control, as near as I can tell. There's a lot to do, but I 'm getting through each item in order and not having any notable failures. I've had to give up on the notion of taking an Japanese classes this quarter: Omaha's schedule of her radio show, the Democrats' organizational meetings and so on has prioritized my time away from taking any evening classes.
Monday night, Omaha tried an experimental recipe of broccoli and cheese casserole, and I don't think we'll be making it again. I was the only one who liked it and it was a bit too salty. Last night, I went with macaroni & cheese which was much better. It fed Kouryou-chan and I, and
fallenpegasus stopped by and joined us. He was here for a ride to the airport.I think a lot of my anxiety is coming from the press. The Evangelicals have really swallowed completely two contradictory facts: they are in power, they can pull the levers of Congress and make it do what they want, and yet at the same time they're the most oppressed minority in the United States. The FCC is planning on an expansion of power to limit the "adult" content on cable television-- not Playboy or Heat, but John Stewart and Adult Swim-- on the grounds that cable is "pervasive" and therefore regulable. "Parents' groups" are pushing to get books (books!) rated the way movies and games are rated, so that they'll know if their children are being assigned "R" rated stories in high school reading. The FBI announced last week that it's #1 priority is the prosecution of pornography. And not child pornography, but the plain ol' consenting adults kind.
Bleah. Maybe I should join a seminary or something.
Although many of my friends are into it, I'm not a big fan of Rob Brezsny's Free Will Astrology. I've never been able to figure out if he's serious or not, although much of what he writes is fun and useful. But I like the idea of pronoia. It's something I've lived with most of my life. Currently, life is making pronoia hard to practice.
