Consumerism Buying things does feel good.
It's like how you can recognize that monogamy might not be the best system but you still would rather die than have your partner fuck somebody else
Or how you know racism is wrong but then somebody points out that something you said is racist
Or more abstractly, it's like how you "know" that "progress" is "good" even if, when pressed, you can't exactly define what you mean by "progress"
It's like how you know how a story is supposed to go
How you think of time as linear rather than cyclical
We're inculturated into these beliefs and modes of knowing, and capitalism is a really monolithic system we've all lived fully entrenched in for generations. So even when your intellect has read David Harvey and Marx and knows all this stuff, deep down you still are and will always be essentially capitalistic in your outlook and the spectrum of your pleasures.
International Affairs Discussion Group Portland I'm part of an international affairs, politics and ethnography informal private discussion group. 20-30 peeps, older crowd, public location. They have some seriously brainy speakers. Thurs 8P discussion is on the Turkish Spring. Talker is a Sr. State Dept advisor. PM if interested.
New Lady Problems Last week I was in Monograph Bookwerks buying myself some sweet art books. The shop gal's mom came in and I thought, "whoa, she smells like Nationale". Then the shop gal said, "Mom, you smell like Nationale" and I cracked up.
OLO
Also, do you use quotation marks when you say something in your mind?
What headphones should I get? YT, the headphones I linked can be adjusted to sit off your dam noggin
Holiday Trips You are cool, Curt. Please don't get eaten.
I'm flying to Denver on Christmas Day, coming back on New Years Eve. I'd love to drink nog and play games on Christmas Eve with you people!
Sharksgiving? I'm glad my mom's pie went down the hatch with pleasure
also glad we finally got rid of all our leftover nog
It was so nice to eat pie and talk intensely to LT about death!!! Best Sharksgiving ever, thanks for hosting Wanda! I liked also watching Calvin laughing at the weird bros on the couch, speaking his language
NOGWATCH 2012 we made the nog.
too much nog.
so we made nog french toast.
NOG
NOGWATCH 2012 u guys it's fall and I have not the nog.
:(
my local fancy west hills market, Lambs, does NOT yet have the nog.
When the F is Daylight Savings Autumn weenies! Make up your mind. Are you pro-Fall or con? If you want the nog and the rain you have to take the dark. NO SUBSTITUTIONS!
Fall back, 2am Nov. 4. Sheesh!
A Safe Space for me to come talk to myself in between papers I checked with college eggnog central command. They said it would be ok to let us see a couple of the best sentences.
NOGWATCH 2012 Great nog heckle, L_T
NOGWATCH 2012 I just got the ending number from godspell stuck in my head with the lyric "LONG LIVE NOG" instead of "LONG LIVE GOD"
NOGWATCH 2012 pretty good nog burn
I say that as someone who loves the nog
NOGWATCH 2012 yeah I mean you'[re right about egg nog... it's like I always have this problem. How do I develop more phlegm? I don't have enough phlegm.
NOGWATCH 2012 deviled egg nog
NOGWATCH 2012 i don't like mayonnaise but i do like real egg nog
NOGWATCH 2012 We're making NOG tonight, real eggs and all.
Salmonella for EVERYONE! :)
NOGWATCH 2012 "I'm buying some armagnac today."
I was talked out of the two kinds they had at the store. I bought a fancy cognac and a fancy scotch instead.
LONG LIVE NOG.
NOGWATCH 2012 Those that refuse to accept the redemption that can only come from swallowing the Truth of
Nog are damned to live in a holiday themed hell of sock and underwear gifts from their mother for eternity. We love you
@Loose_Thread, which is why we want to share our
Nog.