The other week my one (half British) (half Sudanese) friend's sister told me that her brother is quite talented at reading dreams, and whenever she has an odd dream she immediately goes and consults him.
"He lays it all out for you, what this means and what that means and how you're feeling," she was like. "He's really quite intuitive."
She also said she remembers him reading dream-reading books back when they were in high school.
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Friday, April 24, 2015
Picking up Trash from the Neighborhood Park: More Affirmation...
...and both times from (Chinese) immigrants!:
1) One (fatter) (young) (Chinese) woman as she walked by with her boyfriend, was like, "Thanks for caring for our neighborhood," and she had an accent.
2) One (old) (Chinese) woman speed-walking in a floppy-brimmed hat and sunglasses just passed by me and turned without breaking her stride and stuck out her arm and gave me a big thumbs-up, no change in the expression on her face.
Very bad-ass.
1) One (fatter) (young) (Chinese) woman as she walked by with her boyfriend, was like, "Thanks for caring for our neighborhood," and she had an accent.
2) One (old) (Chinese) woman speed-walking in a floppy-brimmed hat and sunglasses just passed by me and turned without breaking her stride and stuck out her arm and gave me a big thumbs-up, no change in the expression on her face.
Very bad-ass.
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Very horrible dream: Father's death.
The other month I dreamt -
I'm groggy, and I hold my father's hand lightly, then he shuffles away. I know he's sick.
Then, the next day I wake up, only to discover that he died during the night.
The rest of the family was away and I was supposed to take care of him, but I wasn't even with him when he died.
I'm groggy, and I hold my father's hand lightly, then he shuffles away. I know he's sick.
Then, the next day I wake up, only to discover that he died during the night.
The rest of the family was away and I was supposed to take care of him, but I wasn't even with him when he died.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Picking up Trash in the Local Park.
The other week was the first very warm day of spring and I happened to be working from home all day, so in the early evening while the sun was still out I took some plastic bags with me and headed out to the local park I like so much.
(I save all my grape bags and bread bags and whatnot and keep them in a big bag underneath one of my kitchen counters, then take them with me to the park e to use them for trash that I pick up.)
Believe it or not, I filled up all 12 bags, and got rid of a pair of boots too, that someone had thrown out into the park.
As I was picking all that trash up, a chunky young (Latina) jogger cried out "Thank you!" as she passed by, as did a young (Asian) male jogger, a (black) and a (white) guy resting from playing soccer, and a (black) guy and a (white) woman walking around.
A (Mexican) worker also told me, "You're a good man," as he walked by.
Of them, I asked the (Mexican) worker and then the (black) guy and (white) woman to take the bags of trash I had filled and dump them in the bin by the park entrance for me, and they agreed.
The Mexican guy also commented that the boots that I had picked up weren't bad work boots at all, as I handed them to him too to take over to the bin and pitch them.
Also, as I was picking up stuff by a path, a (Chinese) guy wiped his nose on a Kleenex and then tossed it on the ground like five feet away from me, without seeing me.
"Hey!", I was like, and at that he turned back, saw me, and got shamed into going back to pick his used Kleenex up.
What a pig.
(I save all my grape bags and bread bags and whatnot and keep them in a big bag underneath one of my kitchen counters, then take them with me to the park e to use them for trash that I pick up.)
Believe it or not, I filled up all 12 bags, and got rid of a pair of boots too, that someone had thrown out into the park.
As I was picking all that trash up, a chunky young (Latina) jogger cried out "Thank you!" as she passed by, as did a young (Asian) male jogger, a (black) and a (white) guy resting from playing soccer, and a (black) guy and a (white) woman walking around.
A (Mexican) worker also told me, "You're a good man," as he walked by.
Of them, I asked the (Mexican) worker and then the (black) guy and (white) woman to take the bags of trash I had filled and dump them in the bin by the park entrance for me, and they agreed.
The Mexican guy also commented that the boots that I had picked up weren't bad work boots at all, as I handed them to him too to take over to the bin and pitch them.
Also, as I was picking up stuff by a path, a (Chinese) guy wiped his nose on a Kleenex and then tossed it on the ground like five feet away from me, without seeing me.
"Hey!", I was like, and at that he turned back, saw me, and got shamed into going back to pick his used Kleenex up.
What a pig.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
My mother's perspective on Madonna not yet meeting Obama...
...and how Madonna said "[h]e probably thinks I'm too shocking to be there":
"I'm really sure he goes around all day thinking, 'Oh boy, I better be careful and not invite her to the White House.'"
"I'm really sure he goes around all day thinking, 'Oh boy, I better be careful and not invite her to the White House.'"
Monday, April 20, 2015
Lovely quote from Madonna.
Madonna's interviews can really rub me the wrong way - as can her personality - but I love this bit from her 12 March 2015 Rolling Stone interview:
How do you balance your own rebelliousness with being a mother who's trying to get kids...
To do their homework? Well, I say, "You want to change the world? You want to be somebody?" ... And I say, "Being educated is a big part of being a a rebel." And also discipline, starting a project and finishing through to the end, is key to making something out of your life.
. . .
How do you balance your own rebelliousness with being a mother who's trying to get kids...
To do their homework? Well, I say, "You want to change the world? You want to be somebody?" ... And I say, "Being educated is a big part of being a a rebel." And also discipline, starting a project and finishing through to the end, is key to making something out of your life.
. . .
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Reflections on the city's minimum wage rally:
1) A(n older) (white) guy who I talked to turned out to be from Pax Christi from the suburbs.
His biggest impression?
How young the crowd was.
2) The crowd was not only multi-ethnic and heavily hispanic, but a *ton* of hispanic women brought their kids along.
I saw some of the older ones crowding around a Telemundo camera and trying to get on air.
3) The movement's radicalizing towards the right to form a union and massive work stoppages.
Signs kept pushing the right to unionize, and a lot of workers were chanting not only "What do we want?" - "Fifteen dollars!", but also, "If we don't get it?" - "Shut it down!".
Very, very striking behavior that hasn't really been seen at other rallies I've been to.
4) News coverage is now pointing out SEIU funding of the campaign.
When my mother first heard of it half a year ago through papers back in Michigan, she thought it delegitimized the movement (b/c SEIU presence is muted and thus can come off as deceptive?).
With this last rally, a (U.S. citizenship-applying) (Mexican) friend said the union backing was on hispanic news coverage in a non-pejorative way and it not only didn't affect how he thought about things, but he didn't think it'd affect how people he knows would think about things either.
His biggest impression?
How young the crowd was.
2) The crowd was not only multi-ethnic and heavily hispanic, but a *ton* of hispanic women brought their kids along.
I saw some of the older ones crowding around a Telemundo camera and trying to get on air.
3) The movement's radicalizing towards the right to form a union and massive work stoppages.
Signs kept pushing the right to unionize, and a lot of workers were chanting not only "What do we want?" - "Fifteen dollars!", but also, "If we don't get it?" - "Shut it down!".
Very, very striking behavior that hasn't really been seen at other rallies I've been to.
4) News coverage is now pointing out SEIU funding of the campaign.
When my mother first heard of it half a year ago through papers back in Michigan, she thought it delegitimized the movement (b/c SEIU presence is muted and thus can come off as deceptive?).
With this last rally, a (U.S. citizenship-applying) (Mexican) friend said the union backing was on hispanic news coverage in a non-pejorative way and it not only didn't affect how he thought about things, but he didn't think it'd affect how people he knows would think about things either.
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