saturday night after long run

got up at about 5:30 am and ran 20 miles with the aids marathon crew. it was pretty good. I am very sore. just watched the second disk of "dead like me" a good and funny show. now watching the pixies live in boston on their reunion tour. fun!

a woman in my group is thinking about running a marathon in utah in september. it is all slightly downhill, which sounds pretty good.

invade myanmar

A dumb idea I want to talk about.

If we are going to invade another country, we should invade the country formerly known as Burma, not Iran. Here are the key reasons why:

it would be easier. the junta in myanmar is incompetent and would be pretty trivial compared to real fighting real terrorists or military powers.

It would fun to hear the call to China for help: "I'm sorry but no one is available to take your call, please leave a message..."

it's a good cause. the junta is a corrupt dictatorship and does nothing to help their people in times of crisis.

it would be good practice for jungle fighting. lots of jungle there. It might make North Korea nervous for a minute.

it would support the cause of Aung San Suu Kyi who is the coolest. she would not support a violent takeover but that's ok.

there might be oil, gold, diamonds or natural gas all over the place in burma, and the junta would not even know, they are so stupid. there could be terrorists there hiding in the hills, even osama. He could be there. we should go look.

major opiate producing country, and source of child prostitutes for thailand. good to stop or slow this down.

it would annoy the Chinese government.

Iran and other countries could relax and focus on extorting trillions of dollars in oil from america instead of worrying about getting invaded. whew! what a relief!

I bet you have some good reasons of your own! I look forward to them...

a quote

a quote from my new novel (wt) land of a thousand suns:

"i need online dating like I need a hole in my head. but this is a hole I can't really avoid in my quest. to empty out brain matter, certain portions of the brain I did not need anyway. online dating can certainly accomplish this."

obviously me, or the main character, were anticipating even more loss of brain matter which would ensue.

moving sometime...

Every time i think of you
I feel shot right through with a bolt of blue - new order

Well it looks like I can move. Thanks to the parents in their usual random but timely generosity I have a little extra cash to move in San Francisco, which if you know anything about SF, or NY or such big cities, it can cost a lot of money to move into a decent place. So the search will begin soon...no rush but I do want to get started.

Other options like buying a scooter just aren't good because my landlady may end up selling her house, leaving my screwed blued and tattooed (as my dad would say). The last part is ok, but maybe not in the way I would like...

I will be looking at studios, 1bdr, shared spaces, live/work art spaces, and the like. Mostly in SF but possibly in the East bay if a cool art studio live/work situation pops up.

Like with burner types who are more into art and working than partying. That soft of thing. Big kids like me with goals.

helmet

A great song, (punk/metal) whether you are recovering from the flu, like me, or not:

In The Meantime

earth tone suits you
so give it a smile
if i could hold your feet down
get to know for awhile

to make due is a promise
hard to keep without help
never taught to look in
i'm too concerned with my health

help me spread right, ash is
cow fertilized
come down in a feed town
strength to minimize
hold it
in the meantime

astrology

this description fits me better than many I have read:

http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com
/november-17-birthday-astrology.htm