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Pity Serves No End
I recently started attending an ethical explorations group that’s reading and discussing the 1998 book Drugs, edited by Jeffrey Schaler, and while I’m thoroughly enjoying the banter and ideas being spouted, two things have gotten my back up in my first two sessions: Ageism against youth, and Dehumanization of drug users
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Weekly Linkage: A Baby, A Baby on the Edge, and A Not-Baby
First, a video: Ze Frank himself describes this as "both terrifying and fascinating", which says something. I’m surprised the people in the park didn’t react more strongly. Just two more links:
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Project Complete: Bir’day Blanket!
In a desperate crush this weekend, I finished Greg’s blanket. It wasn’t that I was four months late finishing it, it was that I was so. tired. of basketweave. If I had to do one more damn repeat, I was probably going to put the thing on hiatus, silly as that would have been. The finished product is long enough for Greg to stretch out and pretend to sleep under: Unfortunately, I have some of the eggplant yarn left. Anyone need a dice bag? If I can find a good contrasting color in my stash, I’ll probably do at least one of these. I spend a half hour or so…
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Organization vs. Convenience
I have a moving date: July 13. We’re downsizing, moving out of a 1200 sq. ft., three-bedroom, two-and-a-half bathroom house into a 900-ish sq. ft., two bedroom, two bathroom apartment (awaiting final confirmation). Still bigger than I wanted, but significantly cheaper and almost 300 sq. ft. smaller. As I’ve been decluttering over the last almost-year (stalled for the last few months), I’ve struggled mightily with the conflict of organization vs. convenience. For instance, in my new, smaller office, I have all my office supplies in two small bins that fit on the shelf above the desk. Nothing overflows and I have exactly what I need. But getting out a pen…
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Convalescing with Movies
I managed to get sick this weekend, meaning I watched entirely too many movies… including some lousy movies. First, the good, though: Welcome to Sajjanpur I’m not at all sure why they bothered with the frame story of Mahadev being a novelist–it weakened the message of the story, especially given the true fates of some of the characters. That said, some supplementary research taught me about hijra in India–called eunuchs on IMDB, but not specifically labeled in the movie.