http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/17/john.king.political.analysis/index.html
This article on Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court nominee, has left me thinking, "What the fuck, Mr. President?"
I laughed aloud after reading how fearlessly she marched into a Harlem business to arrest Fendi counterfeiters. Somehow, counterfeit designers do not conjure threatening images in my mind. But, for those of you who are frightened by such a thing, never fear. Sotomayor has the situation under control.
By the time I got to the story about the "high point" of her career, I was nearly in tears. Without hearing all of the evidence in the case, the lifelong Yankees fan ruled in favor of the Yankees. Doesn't that seem biased, Your Honor?
So, when the Republicans described Sotomayor as, "Someone who has embraced racial preference and set-asides," I can't exactly come to her defense. If she will cut a case short for the sake of her team, are there other, more pressing corners that she's willing to cut?
And how will she react when faced with cases that threaten the integrity of our country, rather than the integrity of Fendi and the Yankees? To say the least, she's in for a whole new ball game.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
Because when you fall through windows
into someone else's story, you've no other choice but to be, be, be.
(And watch it all fall to pieces at your feet).
I know, it's trite. But I can't always be wrong. My brain won't slow down, so I can't get to sleep, but it's more than that. Because when you're eighteen, it's always more than that. Right? Am I right?
Every time this old house creaks, I lose a little bit of sanity.
There's so much more I'd like to say. But I'm an insomaniac. So I won't say a word.
(And watch it all fall to pieces at your feet).
I know, it's trite. But I can't always be wrong. My brain won't slow down, so I can't get to sleep, but it's more than that. Because when you're eighteen, it's always more than that. Right? Am I right?
Every time this old house creaks, I lose a little bit of sanity.
There's so much more I'd like to say. But I'm an insomaniac. So I won't say a word.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
Baby, you'll be on my mind-
-'til I kiss you next time.
1. I have 3.5 days of high school left.
2. I spent so long trying not to be "that girl." But it's all so tangible. I can't.
3. Six down, forty-four to go.
4. "I have been standing all my life in the
direct path of a battery of signals
the most accurately transmitted most
untranslatable language in the universe
I am a galactic cloud so deep so invo-
luted that a light wave could take 15
years to travel through me And has
taken I am an instrument in the shape
of a woman trying to translate pulsations
into images for the relief of the body
and the reconstruction of the mind." (Adrienne Rich)
5. Wanda Sykes made a good point.
6. ILHEI4VR
1. I have 3.5 days of high school left.
2. I spent so long trying not to be "that girl." But it's all so tangible. I can't.
3. Six down, forty-four to go.
4. "I have been standing all my life in the
direct path of a battery of signals
the most accurately transmitted most
untranslatable language in the universe
I am a galactic cloud so deep so invo-
luted that a light wave could take 15
years to travel through me And has
taken I am an instrument in the shape
of a woman trying to translate pulsations
into images for the relief of the body
and the reconstruction of the mind." (Adrienne Rich)
5. Wanda Sykes made a good point.
6. ILHEI4VR
Sunday, April 12, 2009
In the name of the best within us
My life in review:
10. "But, you see, the measure of the hell you're able to endure is the measure of your love." Francisco d'Anconia
9. "But I'm scared I'll get scared." Jesse Lacey, taken out of context
8. "The way things separate and grow together/ Never ceases to amaze me." Hannah Irvin, from "Feeling Red."
7. "I'm not that kind of girl." Beyonce Knowles, also taken out of context.
6. "Well, you're my favorite bird, and when you sing I really do wish that you'd wear my ring." Jesse Lacey, TOC, can you guess what's playing as I'm writing this?
5. "You can be someone who educates yourself, or you can believe that being negative is clever and being cynical is fashionable. You have a choice." Hillary Rodham Clinton
4."I think the reason I am important is that I know everything." Gertrude Stein
3. "Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't." Eleanor Roosevelt
2. "I'm five. I can do anything." Cooper Spence
1. "But so long as I choose to go on living, I cannot desert a battle which I think is mine to fight." Dagny Taggart
10. "But, you see, the measure of the hell you're able to endure is the measure of your love." Francisco d'Anconia
9. "But I'm scared I'll get scared." Jesse Lacey, taken out of context
8. "The way things separate and grow together/ Never ceases to amaze me." Hannah Irvin, from "Feeling Red."
7. "I'm not that kind of girl." Beyonce Knowles, also taken out of context.
6. "Well, you're my favorite bird, and when you sing I really do wish that you'd wear my ring." Jesse Lacey, TOC, can you guess what's playing as I'm writing this?
5. "You can be someone who educates yourself, or you can believe that being negative is clever and being cynical is fashionable. You have a choice." Hillary Rodham Clinton
4."I think the reason I am important is that I know everything." Gertrude Stein
3. "Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't." Eleanor Roosevelt
2. "I'm five. I can do anything." Cooper Spence
1. "But so long as I choose to go on living, I cannot desert a battle which I think is mine to fight." Dagny Taggart
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Happily deranged
I have dreams in which I am dismembering myself. It's neither graphic nor a means of self-destruction. I just sit on the floor and unscrew my fingers, or unhinge my elbow, or take my shoulder out of its socket. I am so concentrated and methodic.
It's safe to infer that this dream is somehow related to my AP exams.
It's safe to infer that this dream is somehow related to my AP exams.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Simple gifts?
Well, my birthday is less than three months away, so I thought I'd go ahead and make a list of what I want. I provided links to make it easier. Thanks!
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