reclaiming the dead
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yamamanamaDrake had to see the dermatologist. He met a dog who was at least twice his size and that dog was more afraid of him. Then he tried to get up on the bench but couldn't quite do it so he tumbled over.
I got a shrimp pla salad or something from Kala Thai, which must be a new item because it isn’t on their website or anything. Yelp is useless. Facebook is slow to load because of all the AI garbage and useless. Their instagram hasn’t been updated in years. It had shrimp, it had onions, it had crispy scallions or something. I’ll get back to you in 2027.
Ron told me about a Shakespeare troupe called Dream Role Players, role as in it’s your dream to play the role of so-and-so. I’ve already seen the ones they’ve done so far and I’ve already seen Romeo and Juliet, which they’re doing next year, so yeah. At least it's something. He’s pissed about brown box and also has no idea what happened to Praxis Stage.
The Chelsea High School Orchestra's string section played something called Swamp Thang by Richard Meyer, not to be confused with Swamp Thing by The Chameleons.
The chorus who did the pre-concert sang This Little Light Of Mine, the lullaby from Hansel and Gretel (the one Marvin sings. How I hate the night), Dona Nobis Pacem, and Simple Gifts.
Randall Thompson - The Testament of Freedom (excerpts), that is to say, the first and last movements.
There were three days of my life in which Randall Thompson was alive.
It was composed at the height of World War II. The first movement is a hymn, the second and third movements, here unplayed, are a bit more slow and introspective, and the fourth ends with a recapitulation of the theme from the first.
"The flames kindled on the 4th of July, 1776, have spread over too much of the globe to be extinguished by the feeble engines of despotism; on the contrary, they will consume these engines and all who work them."
That may have been a bit optimistic, in 1821, in 1943, and in 2026.
Giueseppe Verdi - Messa da Reqiuem
This is why there were only two works and why the first one had to be truncated.
Also, I know it's a call to unity for the Italian people but I can't help but think "it's a mass for the dead."
Gabriella gave me an update on her cats.
I'm looking at the last ten or so pages of my sketchbook wondering how long it will take to fill them up.
burning question: what's the opposite of "suicidal empathy?" Because I'm pretty sure that certain right-wing groups have that.
I got a shrimp pla salad or something from Kala Thai, which must be a new item because it isn’t on their website or anything. Yelp is useless. Facebook is slow to load because of all the AI garbage and useless. Their instagram hasn’t been updated in years. It had shrimp, it had onions, it had crispy scallions or something. I’ll get back to you in 2027.
Ron told me about a Shakespeare troupe called Dream Role Players, role as in it’s your dream to play the role of so-and-so. I’ve already seen the ones they’ve done so far and I’ve already seen Romeo and Juliet, which they’re doing next year, so yeah. At least it's something. He’s pissed about brown box and also has no idea what happened to Praxis Stage.
The Chelsea High School Orchestra's string section played something called Swamp Thang by Richard Meyer, not to be confused with Swamp Thing by The Chameleons.
The chorus who did the pre-concert sang This Little Light Of Mine, the lullaby from Hansel and Gretel (the one Marvin sings. How I hate the night), Dona Nobis Pacem, and Simple Gifts.
Randall Thompson - The Testament of Freedom (excerpts), that is to say, the first and last movements.
There were three days of my life in which Randall Thompson was alive.
It was composed at the height of World War II. The first movement is a hymn, the second and third movements, here unplayed, are a bit more slow and introspective, and the fourth ends with a recapitulation of the theme from the first.
"The flames kindled on the 4th of July, 1776, have spread over too much of the globe to be extinguished by the feeble engines of despotism; on the contrary, they will consume these engines and all who work them."
That may have been a bit optimistic, in 1821, in 1943, and in 2026.
Giueseppe Verdi - Messa da Reqiuem
This is why there were only two works and why the first one had to be truncated.
Also, I know it's a call to unity for the Italian people but I can't help but think "it's a mass for the dead."
Gabriella gave me an update on her cats.
I'm looking at the last ten or so pages of my sketchbook wondering how long it will take to fill them up.
burning question: what's the opposite of "suicidal empathy?" Because I'm pretty sure that certain right-wing groups have that.
