Autumn Tweet

Trees leaves spring into death, falling to the ground
pigskins sailing through the air
Thanksgiving around the corner
a sole blue jay perched atop a limb of a leaveless tree

NFL Season Kicks Off!

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Hi.

This is not “Livininsanity.” I’m sorry, I can’t even think straight. Okay, I’m the sister of “Livin” or “Livininsanity” – didn’t even know this alter-ego existed, until very recently. Okay, I am Sara. Hi.

It’s strange seeing this writer side that I was never involved in. I’m sorry. I never read these things before. I’m crying. Sorry. Like, I just read this article:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/954737/how_to_make_money_while_duping_kids.html
It is funny and published and on the web and I never read it. I never knew about it. Why is that? Who’s Margeaux? Nevermind. There’s just so much information. It’s like an avalanche.
I’m sorry, I mean to share something. Bad news. But, I thinnk I’m realizing the worse news. Livin or Livininsanity and I were strangers. Strangers. Same family. Strangers. And I learn this after the fact. Yes. I’m sorry. You may have wondered what happened.
Oh, this is strange. I’ve been clicking around again. It’s just, some of these posts, they talk about blogs not lasting and then this…
Wow. Worlds to explore. Sorry. I wish I could hug you all. What else do you say? Livin’s dead.
And I’m just staring at those words. There’s something poetic there.
I have questions. What was this computer side like? I’ll check back here in a few days.
Sara (Sister of Livininsanity)

Q & L

Quote: At least one of Britain’s four submarines is on patrol and ready to fire at any given time.

Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090216/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_sub_collision

It’s a POLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Five Questions

Do I believe in the autonomical* marriage unit?  I believe it exists extraordinarily rampantly, unfathomably to my own thought processes.  But, no, I do not believe it is the best way to live.

*The word “autonomy” is confusing in the context of marriage, since marriage is “a self governing community” and it’s members do not have “independence or freedom, as of the will or one’s actions: the autonomy of the individual.”  I suppose the collective marriage theoretically has an independence or freedom.

Do I plan on creating children?  No.  (Note the intentional wording of the question.)  To be perfectly honest, I think it would be irresponsible for me to introduce new life to this place.

Let me elaborate.  If I can not find a peaceful unison between the vast majority of society and the idealist tennants of ecovillage life, while maintaining my own ideals, then I don’t think it’s fair for me to bring another into the messy equation.  It’s kind of like saying, “I can’t finish this huge T-bone steak, I’m stuffed, give me a another side of mashed potatoes and green beans… maybe then I’ll be able to finish the T-bone.”

Do I plan on returning to an ecovillage?  I fully intend to return to an ecovillage-ish way of life.

Why?  I often view this question as filled with an abundance of ignorance.  I feel it is like asking, “Will you ever attempt to eat food again?”  Seriously.  To elaborate, let me break the question down into many lesser questions that the one question encompasses:

“Does the use of solar energy make sense?”

“How about the use of a solar powered golf cart as a main means of transportation?”

“How about the fact that a solar powered golf cart can sufficiently be your main means of transportation?”

“Does community make sense?”

 To elaborate further (and apparently change my font)…

My community is currently dealing with the issue of “people not mowing/cutting their lawns in a timely manner.”  This utterly baffles me.  It presupposes that people A) have grass, B) do not have a use for it and C) continue to grow it – at their own expense.  This would NEVER be an issue at an ecovillage.  At ecovillages, people do not grow grass because of some vain and silly tradition or mark or class, or whatever idiocy propagated this and many other actions currently present in the vast majority of the American psyche.  Grass that is present at ecovillages is eaten by cows, sheep, goats (although they’ll tear out the roots if you’re not careful) and whatever other animals the grass was grown for.  It is used.  That’s why it is there.   Traditionally at an ecovillage (what a mix of words), there is no grass present for aesthetic reasons.  Although, ironically, grass has been used for aestheticism to appeal to “visitors.”  (Luckily, all grass is used to feed animals.)  However, the irony is thick.

Am I ridiculously and constantly baffled by the World?  Yes.

On Writing (And Blogging… But Mostly Writing)

I don’t feel like I have anything worth saying.  Granted, I’ve written humorous stuff in my day, but the type of writing that really gets me going as been different, not humorous.  Don’t get me wrong, I like the humorous stuff – it all has it’s place.  However, when you’re trying to write a meaningful psychological drama and you feel like you have nothing worth saying – writing – it cramps your style.  So, my style is utterly cramped right now.

I’ve done a lot of questioning about writing lately… and a lot of non-writing.  One of the main things that keeps going through my head over and over is: “What do I have to say that is worth reading or watching (given a script).”  The other is: “Is this ever gonna work out?”  And, “What am I doing?”  Where am I going?  I don’t know.

The one thing I know is – as my writing goes, so goes my blog.  Neither has really gone anywhere lately.

Jump on the Bandwagon Haters

Because the Washington Redskins are 4-1.  It doesn’t take Nostradamus to predict the Redskins would be awesome this season – the last time the New York Giants won the Superbowl, the Washington Redskins won the Superbowl the following year (1991/92).  And, who won the Superbowl last year?  Need I say more?  No, I do not.  History dictates that the Redskins are going to be stellar this year.  Jim Zorn helps too.

Great job Jim Zorn.  I’d also like to give a shout out to Greg Blache.

Go Skins.  HAIL TO THE REDSKINS… HAIL VICTORY… BRAVES ON THE WARPATH… FIGHT FOR OLD D.C.

The Average Blog…

The average blog last less than a year.  I think I read somewhere it was like 282 days… or maybe it was 82 days… or maybe it ws 228 days – I remember some 2’s and 8’s.  Anyway, it seems like it’s a possibility that this blog might eventually get lumped in will all those blogs that do not survive.  I’m not saying I’m intentionally ending this blog, but lately, as you can tell, I  haven’t blogged much lately.  So, blog readers, it’s up to you, PROGNOSTICATE as to the future of this blog.

Will this blog endure forever and ever?

Will this blog slowly sputter out and die?

Will this blog have some slow times (ok, very slow times) like now, but, ultimately, surive?

What is the future of this blog?

It’s About Time (Not About Clocks)

MJ raised a valid question when she asked “Are you still alive in there?” in the comment section of my last blog post.  (My las blog post was over a week ago.)  I think this is a good question for multiple reasons.

First, if a blogger were to die, how would blog readers know?  The blogger would, obviously, not blog about dying (or would they?).  Second, I find interesting the phrase “in there” which undoubtedly refers to “in the computer” or “in the internet.”  I just find that interesting – the concept that bloggers exist within a piece of technology, or a web of it, for that matter.

What’s the point?  I don’t know.  To let you know I’m alive, I guess.  So yeah, I’m alive.  Then again, if I was kidnapped, perhaps my kidnapper could be posting this blog to keep y’all unawares.  Hmm.  The possibilities seem endless – I blame MJ. 

So, what have I been doing?  Writing informative, educational, humorous and possibly deceptively misleading titled articles, like this one: “What is Cornhole?  And How Does it Involve a Woody?“