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Feb. 8th, 2004
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part-i-pat-ory democracy
Feb. 8th, 2004 01:37 pmC and i went to our very first caucus yesterday. it was poorly advertised and happened in a location different from our polling place and hell-and-gone from home. still, the line was around the block and i'm really pleased about it. the best part was that there was no seattle-style "lets all agree" and "this needs more discussion." perhaps there have to be parking ticket threats floating over more meetings here.
we went 2 delegates for Dean and 2 for Kerry. the simple majority was for Dean, but Kerry had the larger half of the odd delegate. i like to think that's how he won the state. i think in all this talk of electability we've missed the power of real desire for revolution; the important thing to me is that Edwards stays out...i did the presidentmatch.com thing and for me his rating (no matter how i juggled priorities) was just above the incumbent. Shrub has certainly roused the nation from apathy.
of course, the other thing i love is that in WA i still have no formal party registration, although i'm sure i'm now on a million mailing lists. i wonder if i can get into both next time...i firmly believe in choosing a poor candidate for your enemies. however, i'll vote for a Republican who embraces keeping government out of our private lives as well as our businesses...( and figures out the fuel thing. )
meanwhile, C finally got some new jeans that fit him. it's a size he hasn't worn since before i met him. i'm in 12's myself (three sizes down) and my saucy new miniskirt perhaps should have been a 10.
i'm being brave and getting rid of the fat clothes. even though i ate pizza last night after an incredible concert. ( SLGC brings down the house )
we went 2 delegates for Dean and 2 for Kerry. the simple majority was for Dean, but Kerry had the larger half of the odd delegate. i like to think that's how he won the state. i think in all this talk of electability we've missed the power of real desire for revolution; the important thing to me is that Edwards stays out...i did the presidentmatch.com thing and for me his rating (no matter how i juggled priorities) was just above the incumbent. Shrub has certainly roused the nation from apathy.
of course, the other thing i love is that in WA i still have no formal party registration, although i'm sure i'm now on a million mailing lists. i wonder if i can get into both next time...i firmly believe in choosing a poor candidate for your enemies. however, i'll vote for a Republican who embraces keeping government out of our private lives as well as our businesses...( and figures out the fuel thing. )
meanwhile, C finally got some new jeans that fit him. it's a size he hasn't worn since before i met him. i'm in 12's myself (three sizes down) and my saucy new miniskirt perhaps should have been a 10.
i'm being brave and getting rid of the fat clothes. even though i ate pizza last night after an incredible concert. ( SLGC brings down the house )
City of God
Feb. 8th, 2004 11:20 pmwhoa.
the best thing about City of God is that there was no apologia. we never got screen time devoted to how Little Dice's father beat him or he had a learning disability or couldn't deal with his latent homosexual feelings for Benny or whatever. no excuses, no moralizing, no root causes, just solid storytelling.
i wasn't shocked, repulsed. or outraged. i know a lot of critics were. i haven't come to an understanding of why...but i think i had enough interest in the characters to follow the story, but not enough identification with them to feel the hit of the violence.
the best thing about City of God is that there was no apologia. we never got screen time devoted to how Little Dice's father beat him or he had a learning disability or couldn't deal with his latent homosexual feelings for Benny or whatever. no excuses, no moralizing, no root causes, just solid storytelling.
i wasn't shocked, repulsed. or outraged. i know a lot of critics were. i haven't come to an understanding of why...but i think i had enough interest in the characters to follow the story, but not enough identification with them to feel the hit of the violence.