rock! paper! scizzors! lizard! spock! (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} high_school_low) wrote,@ 2008-03-11 22:16:00 |
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overdramatic overuse of the exclamation point.
BECAUSE I LIKE MAKING LISTS OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
--Paul and I googled "Paul Pickles" today and there's actually a guy named Paul Pickles! And his phone number! We're gonna call him! And there was a news story about some kid named Paul Pickles who overdosed and he was only 20.
--I got books in the mail yesterday! I love free books, and I love getting packages! It was double awesome.
--I am sick. And whiny. Whiny and sick. Ewww.
--Every day I come home thinking "I'm not gonna take a nap! I'm going to do laundry! And homework!" but then I lay on the couch and the cat snuggles up to me and then I sleep for like 3 hours. So uncool. Cats: The Opposite of Getting Shit Done.
--We're watching "No Country For Old Men" right now, and it is GOOD. So fucking cool.
--Today was the first GOOD WEATHER DAY! It's so weird how something as simple as sunshine and 50 degree weather can turn me into such a wonderful, shiny person!
--I made my mom cry today, because I told her I wasn't going to prom. I don't have a dress, or a date, I don't dance, I hate most of the people, and the music sucks. No thanks. The only important prom is my Senior year, right? I'll go next year.
The revolution will not be shown on television.
Nothing will be shown on television.
...or if it is, no one will notice.
The revolution will not provide you with political clout, a luxury car, or designer antidepressants. It will render such things superfluous.
The revolution will not help you build muscle mass or tone your flabby thighs. It will make it possible for you to feel beautiful in your body, not because of it.
The revolution will not put the right people in charge of the government or impose limits on the conduct of the corporations. It will abolish control, governments, limits, corporations.
The revolution will not give you superhuman powers of creativity, audacity, or conflict resolution. It will push aside the obstacles that inhibit you from exercising the powers you already have.
The revolution will not put an end to violence, struggle, or interpersonal strife. It will offer you the chance to fight for your own interests, for once, and let the chips fall where they may.
The revolution will not just put all genders, ethnicities, and nationalities on an equal footing -- it will dissolve the borders that distinguish them.
The revolution will not make you self-sufficient. It will equip you to take care of others, and others to take care of you.
The revolution will not provide you with the man or woman of your dreams. It will bring out the unique beauty of the ones already around you.
The revolution might not always feed or house or heal you, But hunger and thirst and cold and even sickness will trouble you a lot less.
The revolution will not mean you finally get what you deserve. It will give you treasures you will never deserve, just as it will sometimes hurt with a pain nothing in your life has warranted.
The revolution will not be simple or clean or easy. It will help you find meaning in difficult things, to be courageous in facing complexities and contradictions, to get your hands dirty and like it.
The revolution is not going to happen tomorrow -- it is never going to happen. It's taking place right now. In an alternate universe parallel to this one, waiting for you to switch sides.
BECAUSE I LIKE MAKING LISTS OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
--Paul and I googled "Paul Pickles" today and there's actually a guy named Paul Pickles! And his phone number! We're gonna call him! And there was a news story about some kid named Paul Pickles who overdosed and he was only 20.
--I got books in the mail yesterday! I love free books, and I love getting packages! It was double awesome.
--I am sick. And whiny. Whiny and sick. Ewww.
--Every day I come home thinking "I'm not gonna take a nap! I'm going to do laundry! And homework!" but then I lay on the couch and the cat snuggles up to me and then I sleep for like 3 hours. So uncool. Cats: The Opposite of Getting Shit Done.
--We're watching "No Country For Old Men" right now, and it is GOOD. So fucking cool.
--Today was the first GOOD WEATHER DAY! It's so weird how something as simple as sunshine and 50 degree weather can turn me into such a wonderful, shiny person!
--I made my mom cry today, because I told her I wasn't going to prom. I don't have a dress, or a date, I don't dance, I hate most of the people, and the music sucks. No thanks. The only important prom is my Senior year, right? I'll go next year.
The revolution will not be shown on television.
Nothing will be shown on television.
...or if it is, no one will notice.
The revolution will not provide you with political clout, a luxury car, or designer antidepressants. It will render such things superfluous.
The revolution will not help you build muscle mass or tone your flabby thighs. It will make it possible for you to feel beautiful in your body, not because of it.
The revolution will not put the right people in charge of the government or impose limits on the conduct of the corporations. It will abolish control, governments, limits, corporations.
The revolution will not give you superhuman powers of creativity, audacity, or conflict resolution. It will push aside the obstacles that inhibit you from exercising the powers you already have.
The revolution will not put an end to violence, struggle, or interpersonal strife. It will offer you the chance to fight for your own interests, for once, and let the chips fall where they may.
The revolution will not just put all genders, ethnicities, and nationalities on an equal footing -- it will dissolve the borders that distinguish them.
The revolution will not make you self-sufficient. It will equip you to take care of others, and others to take care of you.
The revolution will not provide you with the man or woman of your dreams. It will bring out the unique beauty of the ones already around you.
The revolution might not always feed or house or heal you, But hunger and thirst and cold and even sickness will trouble you a lot less.
The revolution will not mean you finally get what you deserve. It will give you treasures you will never deserve, just as it will sometimes hurt with a pain nothing in your life has warranted.
The revolution will not be simple or clean or easy. It will help you find meaning in difficult things, to be courageous in facing complexities and contradictions, to get your hands dirty and like it.
The revolution is not going to happen tomorrow -- it is never going to happen. It's taking place right now. In an alternate universe parallel to this one, waiting for you to switch sides.
