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More apocalypse, less angst
Month: July 2006
Job-seeking behaviour.
I just applied for a federal service job in a field totally unrelated to mine – the first job I’ve applied for in at least three years – which is to say, I’m officially looking to get out of here at the first opportunity… Continue Reading “Job-seeking behaviour.”
The short news.
Oy – life. I think mine is finally feeling like it belongs to me again since returning a week ago. My digestive system is returning to normal (two weeks of heavy meat-eating in Colombia reminded me exactly why I became a vegetarian in the… Continue Reading “The short news.”
Medellin: A journal excerpt
Medellín – so badly desiring to capture this place between these pages and also know the impossibility of it. It is noisy and dangerous, polluted, and crowded with throngs of people mostly going in circles – the dispossessed caught in the bowl that is… Continue Reading “Medellin: A journal excerpt”
Sunday reading.
(an excerpt from Derrick Jensen’s new book – Endgame – which can be found here. Really – if you haven’t picked it up yet – you should….) CIVILIZATION Civilization originates in conquest abroad and repression at home. Stanley Diamond If I’m going to contemplate… Continue Reading “Sunday reading.”
Life continues.
While I would like to be posting Colombia journal entries, I am instead at work today. Pheh! Just because you go away, life at home doesn’t stop! Besides the usual work stupidity (that I hoped would die down while I was away but hasn’t)… Continue Reading “Life continues.”
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