I could see three of those puppies from my front porch... a stroke or two more dangerous than Tam, and as intense, if not more. It was awesomely beautiful, and Mei-Mei, my main man, lovaholic parrot could not stand to be parted from me, even to go to sleep.
He curled up in my hair to snooze. I had VERY long hair... as you may recall from the images of my babetude.... In fact, Mei-Mei would climb all over me, rarely settled for my shoulder. Hung out on my table to test my coffee for me and catch toast crumbs, etc. I saved him from a seven-year-old antichrist when I first arrived and he stuck with me like white on rice ever after... until I had to leave. I don't know if he was as heartbroken as I was, but I couldn't stay and I couldn't take him home with me.... I hope he's happy there. He'll probably outlive me by a few years... if some bratty little boy doesn't nail him.
And, you know what, BB2, I went down there to begin with in order to break the lock on me of insomnia. I could NOT go to sleep. For months. I knew there wasn't anywhere in America where I would be able to sleep. I arrived in Belize City, got a cab to a guesthouse, got shown my room and dropped. Then was the famous plane ride to Punta Gorda and then the epic ferry ride to Puerto Barrios and then the maniacal bus ride to Atitlan, with a short ferry packed to overflowing to Arca de Noe, saved Mei-Mei, whereupon I also immediately dropped. Slept like a baby the whole month. That was how we established that it is definitely the world keeping me up.
A little grinning Myan man in a cowboy hat sat in my lap the whole way from Guatemala City to Panajachel. The bus driver was passing trucks on blind mountain curves. The excellent part is that it's thereby a very fast trip. The downside, of course, is it's only about 60/40 that you live to see your destination.
Whenever I find myself in situations like that, I bliss-out instead of freak-out. Darnedest thing. When I have NO control over life and death in any harrowing situation, I get IMMEDIATELY in the cosmic consciousness zone. And, that trip was full of moments that brought this up. Not advisable for the faint-hearted, but good stuff anyway.
Naw, the Chermans had come in and paved the road to Pana just a while before I'd arrived, which inspired the bus drivers to cast caution to the wind... to the dizzying drops from the side of the road. Dead pedestrians can frequently be found along that road. We're talkin' a definite helicopter trip for the tenderfoots, or no way to Atitlan.
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Some of us who have already begun to break the silence of the night have found that the calling to speak is often a vocation of agony, but we must speak. We must speak with all the humility that is appropriate to our limited vision, but we must speak. —Martin Luther King
We're all fucked. I'm fucked. You're fucked. The whole department is fucked. It's the biggest cock-up ever. We're all completely fucked. —not uttered by anyone in charge lately
Anyone calling Obama a leftist, liberal, or progressive needs to have the stupid beat out of them. —Old Uncle Dave
As for the Taliban ... their stated grievance is the same as Gen. Washington’s in our war with the British: If you want this war to end, get out of our country. —Pat Buchanan
Obama-era drone warfare ... in general looks like Bush-era drone warfare on steroids. —Scott Horton
There has to be altruism in the universe. —Frank Drake
The morons in Washington are pushing the envelope of nuclear war. The insane drive for American hegemony threatens life on earth. The American people, by accepting the lies and deceptions of “their” government, are facilitating this outcome. —Paul Craig Roberts
I am a child of the South. Janet Napolitano tells me I need to be afraid of people who are labeled white supremacists but I was raised around white supremacists. I am not afraid of white supremacists. I am concerned about my own government. The Patriot Act did not come from the white supremacists, it came from the White House and Congress. Citizens United did not come from white supremacists, it came from the Supreme Court. —Cynthia McKinney
No one has to "marry" anyone else politically; no one has to embrace every tenet or belief that an anti-imperialist ally might hold. You simply have to say: "All of us, regardless of our other views, believe this truth to be self-evident: dismantling the empire will bring immediate and enormous benefits to our nation and to the world." —Chris Floyd
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...the government only starts listening to its voters once the more corrupt option turns out to be untenable. —Matt Taibbi
· One out of seven American homeowners will probably lose their homes by the end of 2010.
· Only 4.7 percent of distressed homeowners who enrolled in the modification plan have gotten any help.
· Out of Obama's $75 billion program, only $2.3 million has been spent—or 0.03 percent.
Obama's performance on the foreclosure crisis—along with unemployment, the biggest problem America faces—makes Bush's laissez faire approach to Hurricane Katrina look caring and loving in comparison. If ever there were a cause for impeachment, look no further. —Ted Rall
As self-appointed champions of civilisation against barbarism, they fail to see that a certain barbarism is the flipside of civilisation itself, inseparable from its smooth operation. For every cathedral, a pit of bones; for every artistic masterpiece, human wretchedness and back-breaking toil. —Terry Eagleton
Here at home and throughout the world people are fighting back against the forces of wealth, privilege, and militarism — some because they have no choice, others because they would choose no other course but the one that leads to peace and justice. —Michael Parenti
I've found that culture, however useful and important, is neither the foundation nor the ceiling of human experience, even if it is commonly used for walls. —Thomas Cleary
I really consider President and Mrs. Mubarak to be friends of my family. So I hope to see him often here in Egypt and in the United States. —Hillary Clinton
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Kool-Aid Pie
* 1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk * 1 envelope Kool-Aid (any flavor) * 1 small tub Cool Whip, thawed
Mix ingredients until thoroughly combined. Pour into ready-made graham cracker pie crust and refrigerate at least one hour before serving.
For a moment there I thought it was Mt Tamalpias
ReplyDeleteI could see three of those puppies from my front porch... a stroke or two more dangerous than Tam, and as intense, if not more. It was awesomely beautiful, and Mei-Mei, my main man, lovaholic parrot could not stand to be parted from me, even to go to sleep.
ReplyDeleteHow did you sleep with a parrot on your shoulder?
ReplyDeleteOr is that why and when your insomnia started...
He curled up in my hair to snooze. I had VERY long hair... as you may recall from the images of my babetude.... In fact, Mei-Mei would climb all over me, rarely settled for my shoulder. Hung out on my table to test my coffee for me and catch toast crumbs, etc. I saved him from a seven-year-old antichrist when I first arrived and he stuck with me like white on rice ever after... until I had to leave. I don't know if he was as heartbroken as I was, but I couldn't stay and I couldn't take him home with me.... I hope he's happy there. He'll probably outlive me by a few years... if some bratty little boy doesn't nail him.
ReplyDeletethat's that...I'm going to Cuba this year.
ReplyDeleteTAKE. ME. WITH. YOU.
ReplyDeleteI have to see Fidel.
And, you know what, BB2, I went down there to begin with in order to break the lock on me of insomnia. I could NOT go to sleep. For months. I knew there wasn't anywhere in America where I would be able to sleep. I arrived in Belize City, got a cab to a guesthouse, got shown my room and dropped. Then was the famous plane ride to Punta Gorda and then the epic ferry ride to Puerto Barrios and then the maniacal bus ride to Atitlan, with a short ferry packed to overflowing to Arca de Noe, saved Mei-Mei, whereupon I also immediately dropped. Slept like a baby the whole month. That was how we established that it is definitely the world keeping me up.
ReplyDeletefamous plane ride to Punta Gorda and then the epic ferry ride to Puerto Barrios and then the maniacal bus ride to Atitlan
ReplyDeleteSounds like the description my cousin gives of her trip to Machu Picchu!
A little grinning Myan man in a cowboy hat sat in my lap the whole way from Guatemala City to Panajachel. The bus driver was passing trucks on blind mountain curves. The excellent part is that it's thereby a very fast trip. The downside, of course, is it's only about 60/40 that you live to see your destination.
ReplyDeleteWhenever I find myself in situations like that, I bliss-out instead of freak-out. Darnedest thing. When I have NO control over life and death in any harrowing situation, I get IMMEDIATELY in the cosmic consciousness zone. And, that trip was full of moments that brought this up. Not advisable for the faint-hearted, but good stuff anyway.
ReplyDeleteThe view from 99's bus...
ReplyDeleteNaw, the Chermans had come in and paved the road to Pana just a while before I'd arrived, which inspired the bus drivers to cast caution to the wind... to the dizzying drops from the side of the road. Dead pedestrians can frequently be found along that road. We're talkin' a definite helicopter trip for the tenderfoots, or no way to Atitlan.
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