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Dying to be Free
Forgetting how good we got it.
Doing Time More evidence of the cycle. This is what I'm experiencing now, one year later. The Same Thing All Over Again Dismantling the moderate agenda. The Furry Within A new pastiche about...well, I'm not quite sure yet. It's still a little caliginous and fuzzy. The Changing Nature of That Which Stays the Same The Internet, the FBI, academia, and my unfettered mind. Stress and the Art of Errant Non-Diurnal Biorhythms It's difficult to live a peaceful, stress-free life when you have less than peaceful family and friends. Compromising My Art Why I don't let anyone who knows me personally know I have a Website. Following My Anima The first entry in part two of my self-therapy journal. L'Estat di Davide An Italian coming-of-age film involving love, sex, drugs, and murder. Helping People It's easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it is to do what the Bible says. A Rózsa Vére A Hungarian film dealing with black marketeers, smugglers, the loss of personal ambition, and the beginning of wisdom. This is The Truth Fiction is truth. Or, more correctly, no, it's not. Generalization as a form of art. Old Rationalization/Excuse I don't want people who know me to know me all that well. An Idle Complaint Some evidence, perhaps, that my attitude/psychology is cyclical. Life Flows Inability to perceive the peace that permeates the world is a direct cause of discord. Representation Congressional e-mail is a new-age symptom of a long-standing problem of democracy. A Potent Dream Climbing out of a mutual depression. Post-Performance Artist I'm a painter, a musician, a performance artist. No I'm not. Uni-/Bi-Polar A schizoid either/or is a way of life with me. I can't seem to find the mean. A Gonzo Shavetail Reviewing old times with a old-time friend. Welcome Back, PeeWee People can be so uptight. He really wasn't playing to kids, you know. Another Cheap Anti-Poem What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to believe. Perchance To Dream We take sleep too much for granted. Without Thinking Living mostly in illusion, but thinking I know the truth. Speaking My Mind Is making a lot of money and securing your future worth the repression of an artistic instinct? Calling All Butt-Sniffers Hey! Carnivore, Ethernet, and Echelon operatives. Look at this! Adapting Way Too Well Are my "flaws" of social anxiety and passive-agressive manipulation just alright, after all? Ahead of the Game Celebrity is not necessarily what it's all about. Living in the Woods The postmodern, Web-oriented world is starting to get to me again. Introduction to Attitudes Trying to keep everything important in mind all the time. Ridicule It's not your fault. The Difference between Liberals and Conservatives I started out intending this to be a long list on a separate Web page, but I ended up thinking "Oh, what's the use?" Stupid Dream I'd rather be in the band. Nixon and Clinton and Me. Oh, My. Developing some dignity. Religion and the Father-Object Lack of respect for authority isn't all bad, but it's not all good either. Ex-Photo I can't find the pic, but I posted the caption anyway. I'm still looking (for a lot of things). Old Autoresponder Text I'm posting this because I just can't stand to see anything I've written get thrown away. Everyone is Everyone. Information overload is reaching epidemic proportions. Getting Attention I think I want direct and honest intimacy until I closely analyze my dreams. Not So Perfect An old journal entry. I'm trying to catch up with old postings I never made. Life Happens Another old journal entry. The luxury of summer weather. Detachment Reducing psychological dependence on life's non-essential elements. Another Which? How many times do I have to go over this before it begins to sink in? Which Which? Which is correct, this which or that that? sometimes Sometimes I just have to express myself, no matter how bad the art. Building a Career Experience is a valuable asset. But watch out. It's not what you think it is. With Jamie in Afghanistan Life just keeps getting stranger and stranger. Synergistic Joy and Pain It's my party and I'll cry if I want to. Five Short Film Reviews That is, short reviews. The films reviewed are full length. Artificial Corporate Pecuniary Filters Living for free in a ubiquitous digital open source world. Complaining About Spam An e-mail never sent. A Perfect Bad Example Collateral effects of the war on terrorism. The Avenging Angel Syndrome I respond. Strange Relations Easter At My Brother's House. Bitter Wine I dreamed I was in a Hollywood movie. Transportation Ah, the memories of good old college days. Favors Some goals are more difficult to achieve than others. It Is Written The anti-strategy of Yassar Arafat. Vaginitis The best comment on social phenomena is still the cartoon. Priest-Bashing Let's deal with real problem and stop trying to project away our social guilt. Catharsis The past is the past, except when it's the present. Loosening Up Recovering the loss of previous summers. A Zen State of Unenlightenment Not knowing enough to be concerned. In My Mind My Mind v. "Reality." Threads v. The Current Subdivisions. Psycho-Literature An idiosyncratic postmod mix of pop psychology and (anti-)lit. brief comment The basic problem with law enforcement. Two Poems I'm still not over the idea that I might be a poet. Avoiding Life's Difficulties You can't trust in God to fix your roof. Cognitive Dissonance Rages Watching films, fantasizing, and rationalizing. Re-Experiencing It's so difficult to discover the direction of causation. Cold and Lonely What we choose not to attend to or feel in waking life presents itself to us in dreams. Great Zen Nothing else to write about. Social Grooming A theory as to why I don't fit in so well and suffer from social anxiety. A Real-Time Art Burn, baby, burn. Slacking I think I'll try fantasizing about losing weight. Volunteers for America I wish I fit in better, but you can't fight the inevitable. Cyclical Early Spring Affect Art is art, a thing apart from self, fragmenting itself, despite the presentation. Who Do I Think I'm Fooling? I get back to work as the veil of rationalization lifts. In Significance In comparison with last summer (and with previous years) my "therapy" gets shallower each month. More of the Same Unconscious fits of prescience. Ordinary Life Back pain, phone calls, and television. The Wind Weather controls people without them so much realizing it. A Pristine State A minimum daily quota of production. Don't Be Reconciled Opportunities proliferate. Everything Is All Right Don't worry. Be happy. A new page. Unrequited Sex The world is a strange place comprised of multiple dimensions. A Novel Explanation The mystery of the web-novel--anima, archetypes, and a multi-faceted multiple personality. Tipping the Balance Teen suicides, racism, segregation, and the ethnic composition of neighborhoods. The Last Aquarium The fishies were nestled all snug in their wall... Turning Inward Longing for the lazy hazy crazy days of summer. The Best Place in the World America, love it or belittle it. Ten-Cent Morality Cloning, stem cell research, and the developing science gap. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder A basket case by any other name is still a basket case. Stress and Palpitations Bucking the season. Line Prose Trying to be creative with my daily summary. Back to the Future with Dr. Wayne Dyer A therapeutic switch back to more of a 'new age' focus. Too Complex Yada yada yada. Wanderlost I've always suspected I have been someone else. Another Meditation I am, not what I perceive, but everything, I project. Political Heresy I'm getting fed up. Osama bin Laden is Hiding in my Basement Strange odours emanate from the silence of broken dreams. Three Funny Dreams Bigfoot, a former lover,and movie stars. False Hope More winter Blues. Arrogant Stupidity An old piece about the Condits, the Levys, and Washingtonia in general. Film Accumulation Long weekend plans. A short summer vacation at home. The Epitomé of Organization Moments of clear sight relieve the burden of universal entropy. Real Player Agreement An old e-mail comment I'm just getting around to posting. Steal This Book Taking advantage of the postmodern corporate monoculture. Add It All Up Trying to reconnect the fragmenting fibers of a verbal network. A Theory Coincidence is an entire universe composed of intricately intermingled causal relationships independent of time and space that we tap into consciously only during the rarest moments of our most profound experiences. Functional Pathology It's my life and I'll do what I want. A Fine Nostalgia If I were the way I used to be, I'd be a lot different than I am right now. Real world v. pathological paranoia. A Change of Pace Slow down, you move too fast. Making Friends An elitist agenda. Passing Moments No place for me in this society. Doubt The natural world is one big metaphor. Needy People Feeling may not be so great a trait as it's made out to be in these latter days. File Folders The mind, with all of its past memories and associations is one big elaborate mental institution. Insignificance There are no coincidences. Or are there? Feeling Again Accepting change, and maybe the mistake of having tried to change in the first place. An Abreaction Moping and withdrawal to get attention. erratica A new format. Qualification of Self-Therapy Is this all a superficial joke, or what? Social v. General Anxiety It doesn't pay to be too prolifically insightful. An Addendum An afterthought to the SIMP thing. The Start of Something Past This is a very old pathology that I'm just beginning to seriously investigate. Social Engineering Evolution, DNA, and the corporo-governmental environment. A new dark age of feudalism. Socially Interactional Mutual Psychology (SIMP) Reactions and Counter-Reactions. My idiosyncratic psycho-social method. Survival of the Fittest Social skills are one way that we adapt to survive. but there are other ways. The Adventure of My Life Taming areas of wilderness is like taming my wild mind. But can we ever tame the cities? Almost as Good as the Real Thing A detailed explanation of a casual encounter. The Antithesis of Neurosis Memories and experience of anxiety and excitement. Backsliding v. Effective Therapy Is anyone ever "cured," really? Enduring Acceptance Another schizoid orientation. Self-Analysis Frustration at my inability to explain my way out of my own sense of superiority and the subsequent self-hate it generates. The Hope of the Fish God An old piece, posted so that I could link to it from the piece below. Further Adventures of the Fish God Being the perception that affection is an acquired trait programmed by the vicissitudes of life. Listening to Silence We are not alone. Transcendence awaits a silent meditation. Commotion Observing the antics of the neighborhood. Work-in-Progress Added an introductory note to the studio entry page, because I feel, based on some feedback I've been getting, that its purpose may not be too clear. A Weird, Weird World Exorcising the demons of doubt. A Regression Progressing Is therapy really therapy if it's nothing more than more of the same old thing? Another Difficult Situation In spring (-like weather) a (not so) young man's fancy turns to...grocery shopping. Artistic Underwear Appearance is more important than truth. An exercise in patient futility. A Consistently Integrated Person I would rather be Walter Mitty than the person I fantasize I am. Persistent Tree Disease Wishful dreaming. An unconscious attempt to rectify old wrongs. Minimal Enthusiasm It has to be winter before it can be spring. Picture This A normal fantasy. Sitting Around Getting Thin More boring daily stuff. Unholy War A Final Thought. What I Have To Say John Jakes once said, "Originality lies not in saying what's never been said, but in saying what you have to say." An Interpretation Acting out to get the attention I withdraw to hide away from. Brief Anti-Insight The course of my therapy. Feeding the Jones Just another day in the life. Missing That Certain Old Me Putting things back in order around here. An Exercise in Patience A kind of nonsense; the kind of problem that bogs me down frequently in winter that is never even thought about in summer. Ascetic Aesthetic Why is rationalization often not so rational? Politically Incorrect This stuff is fairly pathological, and you're not even going to be able to read the stuff I reserved for my private pages. Lifeforce An alien naked female vampire and campy, old-style atmosphere. Great late Saturday night stuff. Rumsfeld and Ashcroft A short comparison of hawks. An Extended Journey Sometimes I go a long way away, but so far I've always returned. Brief Notes There's something to be said for terseness. I wish I could write my entire site, even my entire life, in this style. I could, but then I'd miss the other. Happy Valentine's Day A day for a certain type of introspection. Substance Sorting out what's important from the fluff. More Palette Elements Qualifications, like mixing paint, is a never-ending process. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Bad craziness. A film review. A Tamer Past? Accurate perception is difficult, especially when the past always wants to interfere. Avoiding Confrontation Some people can be more easily deluded than others into taking personal risks. Additions More ways to avoid terror and terrorism. Axis of Evil The real axis is a whole other thing entirely. Finding My Way A collection of collections of versions of editions of a content of themes and content. Progress No hurry. It's not like there's a fire or anything. Miss Firecracker A film about a woman who can breathe through her eyes just has to be good. Spinning Wheels More waiting. I'm beginning to wonder (again) what I'm waiting for, or what I'm wondering about. No Longer Operational Others have insights like mine, apparently. And I think I am so unique. Something Funny's Going On Tuning in. A new pastiche. My life gets stranger every day. More Summer in February I succumb to the social motive of the day. Salvation Happiness is a warm . . .day. Freedom is a state of mind. Old Issue More Netscrap diatribe. Why do I even bother? Human Contact Some effects of long-term isolation. Pics Whiling away the cold times. The Cold I'm a sarcastic son-of-a-bitch. random notes . Clarity It can be a frightening condition. Welfare Dilemma I feel so dirty, so unworthy, so . . . common. Coprolitic Evidence I need something important to occupy my mind. Eclecticism The best-laid plans of the mouse-man. 1984 All Over Again Staying away from threatening situations. Karate Like Relationships Love is a battlefield. A Moral Dilemma To take or not to take. That is the question. (If it's a question, how come there's no question mark?) And some maybes about Norman Mailer. One Thing My mind isn't what it used to be. (Thank God.) But the older I get, the harder it is to remember where I put things. [This description is longer than the piece it points to.] Faux Postmod Further qualification of my writing style. Further Freeing Myself from Suburbia Cable news and the detrimental effects of cold weather and cold women. Searching For The Here-And-Now Anxiety and rejection as the determnining factors of separation and isolation. Exchanging Change Sometimes symbols are far more straightforward than we might realize. Mother-Love Repression, libido, and self-completion. Trash Simile It doesn't take skill to be a writer, only balls. Sour Grapes? Therapy v. being the way you are/have been. Empty Promises Charm and good looks go a long way in this world. Super-Self-Annihilation Sometimes the analysis works, sometimes it doesn't. Accidental Apology Art is not always so good. Ill-Fate People come and go, and I'm beginning to suspect that it's not so accidental. The Back Porch Two pieces about the summer heat. A Traveling Carnival A complicated dream that I don't think I did too good a job elucidating. Obsession We're all a little bit psychotic. The trick is in knowing how to limit it. Random Notes It's easy to feel lost and have to search for answers in rhetoric. The Afterlife Imagine the weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. Lethargy Forcing myself to work, if only in a token manner. Shameless Self-Promotion Yet another "flaw" in my personality structure. The Limey Another film review. Garbo Talks Of course she does. A film review. More Directions Directions are approximately equal to pastiches, or rather, pastiches are directions, partially rendered. A Good Defense Provoking the provokers v. waiting, for the way to become clear. Waiting For Justice I'm fed up with these people who think they know what they're doing. Blueglow Salvation Irreverence is a form of worship with its own intrinsic value. More Terror Notes For what it's worth, I'm finally getting back to posting the rest of the stuff from last September. Close Encounters of the Terror Kind Further considerations of end-time prophecy. Dreams Come True We are what others also are, and sometimes they grow to hate us for it. A New Philosophy The same old thing. Unconscious Fears Whose are they, really, anyway? A Brief Explanation A one paragraph addition to the self-therapy introduction. A Brief Conversation Homophobia by proxy. Focus Back to the past, posting old therapy notes. Conclusion Epigraphs, appropriations, and/or incorporation. Allusions of paranoia. A Valid Form of Input? Family computer woes on top of all the craziness. More Similarities This is the kind of stuff I used to get paranoid about when I was all stressed out. Now, it seems like ordinary stuff. Lesbian Dream I've missed so many opportunities to make good friends. Ex-Friends More bad line prose. I should stop writing this stuff. Still Going Strong I haven't been this energetic in a long, long time. More Direction or a lack thereof. Deleted Material This is an old piece that I'm moving into this new collection. No Calvinists Need Apply Judging forgiveness and forgiving the judges. January in Australia Narrowing down even further my lifestyle choices. The Thin Red Line A film review. Repression It's the season for it. Analogue Everything comes together, eventually. But why does it always take so long? This Is Me Slowly, I am stripping away the irrelevancies that others think are so important. Paradise Lost Normality isn't a state of mind. It's a physical condition. My Real Philosophy Stay far behind the line. Red Meat Getting physical. Violating Biorhythms Trying to control the factors that control my life. Not So Important Developing an all-inclusive format. Tyrone Power Remembers His Childhood and Adolescence Another story, a postmod epic, that I wrote a while ago and set aside and almost forgot. Searching For J.D. Salinger If you know me, you don't know me. So This Is The Way It's Going To Happen Delusional thinking, any way you look at it. A Brief Celebration Putting the past behind me. To Hell With Conventional Form Another new pastiche to be comprised of old notes. Domestic Arrangements Keeping an eye on the neighbors while working to production standards. Just Say No At last. Something worth saying 'no' to. An Eventful Afternoon This is the kind of situation I concentrate my effort to avoid. You Can't Win If you don't want peace, we'll blow the hell out of you. The Weekdays/Weekends Thread It's all the same any more. Or is it just me? Scary Times At Paranoia High I flash on former days. A brief reminder. Just Ordinary Things A desire to exist and cohabitate. The World Within To be seen is to see. Neo-Pilgrims A code for non-progress. Local Fame A thousand points of misperception. Unwaiting The best strategy is not a strategy at all. Non-Racist Agenda Some minor additions to the newest pastiche, A Global Neighborhood. Trivia Added a trivia page to jump to from points in texts where it seems relevant. Not much in there yet, but I'll expand it. Between Two Worlds Act so as not to pretend you're acting. A Different Reality No matter where you go, there you are. a short note The tendency to hibernate is only countered by the huge amounts of indoor work I'm getting done. Another Dream Some apparently simple images about how I am separated from social matters, which I don't seem to want to analyze. Looking Forward to the Judgment Day Nothing less than the true purpose of life will ever make me quit the search. GIFs v. JPGs The roundabout but fortuitous process of seeking information. Living in Peace I'm not an angel. Telephone Blues Extensive anti-communications drive me to non-physical connections. Brief Contact Every once in a while you meet someone you just know is different. Birthdays I don't know why I'm compiling this list. Probably something to do with my anal retentive/obsessive nature. The Chase A story that I wrote last month about how dreams affect real life, or vice versa. Routine Doubt Winter is just too long. It's All in Einstein's Mind Yet Another Dream Happy Minor daily post. Hibernating. My Buddy, Dennis Quaid Another silly dream. Human Rights World citizenship is an idea whose implementation is long overdue. Back to Normal Holidays should never have been invented. Eileen and Me A new section. My past. Again, I'm intimidated, especially about posting this particular piece. I Am A Text a meta-layered hyper-subtext web-novel Holy Cow ! Metaphor me this, metaphor me that. What's good for the goose... A New Question I actually got an e-mail re this site today. I feel so priviledged. It's been so long. Global Neighborhood Another new pastiche. This one's going to get strange. I can feel it. Spoiled Brat Working is not work when you don't feel like it is. (That's why they call it work.) The Art of Dreaming Waking life is never as profound as when we are dreaming it. Minimal Charge Thoughts on car repair, pre-programmed death, my mail person, and the pressure that enables art. The Strange Nature of Friendship Dreams reveal your inner nature, which you can learn from, or not. The Day After The Day Before Just another day. Mechanics, car inspection, and a wood stove. New Year's Day Typical tentative temerity. Personal Stats, etc. This has been a long time coming. I've been planning this for years, and I can't believe I've actually finished it. And now that it's done, I'm a little hesitant to post it. I feel exposed. Interferenz A film review. A different kind of film, maybe because it's European. A Special Note to Alice No big deal. Just an e-mail newsletter link to a document I wanted her (and others) to read. Selfobjects This is a very complicated subject that I've hardly yet scratched the surface of, a developing pastiche still in its infancy (double entendre intended). Reluctant Bandleader Still more direction related therapy. in passing short note. Wistful memories of summer heat. Direction, Direction, Direction Three pieces that try to figure out where I am supposed to be going. Oedipus and I More therapy. This stuff is starting to get very personal. How much farther am I willing to go? An Old Italian Estate A fanciful vision of my summer home (which is also my winter one, when seen differently, from the inside out). minor post Nothing much. Some Effects of Waiting Passing time, and meanwhile, leaving a permanent record. two minor posts Two short thoughts on being lost. Similarities & Correspondences Yet another pastiche. I am so nonstructually prolific Good Grief! Move over, Charlie Brown. Invasion of the Body Snatchers Times change, and people along with them. Guidance Curses! Foisted again! Hog Heaven My real life as a victim of ADHD. TerrorNotes Finished posting many of the old entries on this subject to this pastiche. Welcome to my Nightmare It's a website. No, it's a collection of journals and stories. No, it's a novel. No, it's a... More Isolation Therapy Aren't you getting tired of all this crap? Unreliable Internet Access A self-conspiracy theory. Following the Herd It's a rational war, but somebody's gotta do it. Fictive Webcasting Psychopathology as performance art. Senior Shopping I write a lot about grocery stores. I wonder why? The Fiction of the Work Ethic I'm caught up and starting to backtrack to pick up old journal entries now. At last. more therapy More schizoid social isolation. It's an addiction. I can't let it go. more meannessss The beginning of part one of the postmod novel being assembled online. A Cruel God A short paragraph about the God of dogs and humans. Another World Maybe the Valley girls are onto something. Life's Ponderable Questions A fugue in three parts, with an introjected middle. Dreams Journal I finally got around to posting this document. Lots of trepedation. This is very personal stuff. A Very Short Long Poem The Monoculture Multiculturalism is not dead. Michael Jackson is alive and well on the streets of Afghanistan. He Beat Them To It Overheard in a music store. God is a Big Black Hole A universe beyond comprehension. Magnets An additional benefit of increased blood flow. I Can't Stop Thinking It just goes on and on and on, without end. Macabre Thought "Man, you shoulda seen them kicking Edgar Allen Poe." The Reed Sea Miracles will happen, but sometimes they are of the linguistic variety. Herbal Supplements Our species' health is being compromised. A Personal Cosmos New entries in Mimesis. How Not To Write In a further spurt of consolidation, I moved this pastiche from another website, where I had been posting to it anonymously. Weekend Update Self-promotion: the ego is a terrible thing to waste. A Holiday Lament Still nothing happening. Existentialism is dead. Computer Repair I give up. What's the use? Stereotype Behavior Christmas at my brother's house. Man of the Year More blind patriotism. Very Brief Entry Christmas plans. meannessss The first posting of part two of my quintet. I've been writing this novel for seven years without really getting anywhere, so I decided that I'll start to "write" it online by posting each new addition and, hopefully, backtracking to get the old stuff posted. Defending Myself--and Xmas 'Tis the season to be jolly, you miserable son-of-a-bitch. More of the Same Self-confidence, love, and feelings of rejection. Ennui What's the matter? Don't I count? Happy New Year A Pagan festival with the mice people. Analysis Anger at the great divide of self and world--and self. Rationalizing When is surfing the net not surfing the net? When it's your work. Waking up A falling shelf, roof repair, and a burglary. A Holding Pattern Nathan Shakin. Weekdays & Weekends II The roof leaks, and I'd rather write than fix it. Weekdays & Weekends I I think I may need some real problems to deal with. My life may have become too ideal. Dogma After the fact regret and reproach. Being the same as everyone else. On Being a Regular Person Schedule v. Being. Local v. Universal. Male and Female principles of life. The yin and the yang of it all. Personals Translations What they mean when they say something else. Extremism It just won't go away. Basic Housekeeping 101 Every once in a while I get the urge to clean. Usually, I manage to shake it off. Vindication? An afterthought. A Mini-Pattern & A Bad Example The Northern Alliance, the Taliban, the Pentagon, goverment officials, Big Brother, proliferation, and the apocalypse. Grocery Girls Trying to assimilate old lessons almost learned while considering the attractiveness of women too young for me. Fat Thoughts With Christmas in sight, thoughts turn to vision of sugar...or is that sugar visions? A Day in Brief It's amazing what you can get done when you settle down and put your mind to it. Optimism v. Incorrigibility The family saga continues. Cop Out Personal v. collective advancement. The chicken or the egg. Having A Bad Day A personal reaction to the deepening winter and a negative world in general. Housekeeping What else is there to do when you don't want to do anything? A Family Matter My second (third?) career as a chauffeur. Bad driving habits may be evidence that driving and psychology don't mix. God is Green? Black holes as a universal recycling system. Recovering From Reorganization An organized house is an ideal I cannot ever quite realize, except in part. Several journal entries More ennui and self-doubt, along with thoughts on pathology, corruption, and Michael Jackson. Strategy It may not be much of a strategy, but it is strategy nonetheless. A Revelation of Obscurity A psychological trait I can't seem to (want to) overcome. A Fish Story A New Story. I haven't written one in a long time. The content continues to depart from reality. Full Transition Into Postmodern Content The beginning of a new pastiche. Hiding Away An awareness of connection creates paranoia. A Break in the Clouds Accomplishment v. Film Noir. Reorganization Futile attempts at house cleaning to avoid a fear of self-destructive behavior. A Great Social Experiment Mutual stereotyping at its finest. Anachronistic contemplation Long hair and rebellion. Indecision More anti-purpose. The effects of perceptual change. A New Beginning Thoughts on the purpose of life. Pilgrims' Progress. Thanksgiving, 2001 (con't) Stress and the Art of Chevy Van Maintenance. A flat tire on the Tappan Zee Bridge. Pilgrims' Progress. Thanksgiving, 2001 (con't) A study in contrasts--part two: The Plimoth Plantation, the Mayflower II and Blockbuster. Pilgrims' Progress. Thanksgiving, 2001 (con't) A study in contrasts--part one: The Independence Mall. Left Alone Another addition to the "Connections" pastiche that attempt to answer the age-old question "Are we ever alone together?" Or is that together alone? Pilgrims' Progress. Thanksgiving, 2001 (con't) Native Americans at Plymouth Rock. A festival of protest and small time capitalism. Pilgrims' Progress. Thanksgiving, 2001 (con't) Traveling with Fiona Apple and Gwen Stephani. Pilgrims' Progress. Thanksgiving, 2001 The vacation begins. Elves haunt my dreams. The Chicken or the Corporate Raider More of the same (sort of), in a different format. Sexuality and the Search for the Human Soul An "explanation" provoked by a quote from a book on countertransference. Superiority An interesting old poem ostensibly about crows. Re-broadcasting signals A dream I had a long time ago that is still with me to this day. Night and Day A complete turn-around. Symptomatogy Is therapy failing? Does nothing ever change? Plans v. Immediacy More doubt about family vacations. Take Responsibility Would the real terrorists please stand up? A Family Fight Planning a vacation stirs up old memories. The continuing family saga. Just Like Everyone Else Murder and cruelty proliferate in the world. We fight it by reciprocating. Complaining about the Complainers Give us all a break. Stop whining and shut up, for Christsake. Light: a theory A treatise on the relationship between light and religion. WHAT'S GOING TO BECOME OF ME? Yet another addition to the developing "Personals" pastiche, including another pseudo-ad, some dreamwork, and some very personal therapy. The truth is a blinding light. A thoughthistory journal entry about the nature of truth and art.
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