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don't call me whitney, bobby.

i don't know if you've ever been to a quaker meeting, but they're pretty benign. i like them. i mostly enjoy hearing what other people have to say, at least what gets their spiritual juices cooking.
quakers have a long history of being peaceful and anti-war and well...yes. of course. who is pro war? errr....fellow who lives a few blocks down penn. ave excluded....
but one of the things that i hate about meeting is that it feels so....stagnet sometimes. it's essentially a bunch of people, white people, sitting quietly. and the few who do stand remark how disappointed they are with what's happening in the middle east.
and part of me wants to go "well, no shit" there's just no other points of view.
i hate war. george bush is responsible for my kitty dying. blah blah blah.
not that i really want someone to stand up in the middle of meeting polishing a gun and talking about how bush farts sunshine and unicorns, but the last person who spoke today was talking about people and how everyone thinks of stuff/life like a jigsaw puzzle and you're constantly trying to make sense of the pieces and you think if you work hard enough, and you remain optimistic, all of those pieces will go together and they'll make sense. but there are just times the pieces won't go together and you left with (now i'm paraphrasing) a void and/or chaos and it's pretty much up to you to make something beautiful happen in either of those situations.
and i liked that thought a lot actually so i thought i'd pass it along.
that, and kc gave me a copy of islands 'return to the sea' or something which has my new favorite song "don't call me whitney, bobby".
they're also on the myspace. give it a listen and try not to dance.

10:15 p.m. - 2006-08-06

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