the beat goes on

I’m heading out to Kansas tomorrow afternoon and won’t return until Sunday. My blogging will be pretty much non-existent except for a surprise or two that I’ll be setting up before I leave. You can bet I’ll be tweeting my heart out. Despite the sad circumstances, I’m look forward to seeing my family and spending some time together. I’m sure I will play many a hand of Liverpool Rummy and eat some sort of cheesy casserole that involves french fried onions. Ah, the Midwest.

I watched/listened to the President’s primetime press conference tonight while packing and like Sean said afterwards, I always feel better when I hear him speak. Still, my feelings of frustration about the administration’s economic policies are real and persistent. I’ve been saving that Matt Taibi article everyone’s talking about for the airplane so I’m sure that will give me some depression on top of my recession depression. Also, I’d be remiss not to mention my fellas over at LittleSis.org who have given me much to think about. I highly recommend adding their blog Eyes on the Ties to your feed-reader of choice.

I will leave you with five random points before I sign off, have a great week(end):

1. I accidentally (yes, Kim, ACCIDENTALLY) discovered the phenomenon of “real person fic” which is fan fiction about real people instead of fictional characters (duh). In general, I find fanfic to be kind of weird and, truthfully, beyond my own comfort level of nerdery. But whatever, to each her own. This RPF stuff though, it makes me feel bad inside. Especially when the RPF I ACCIDENTALLY discovered was about a tryst involving Robert Pattison and Kristen Stewart. And no, I won’t link to it. You can google it if you really want to know, you sick sick weirdo. Ok, just email me and I’ll send you the link. ACCIDENTALLY.
2. Sarah Palin, I can’t quit you. This piece on Greta van Susteren’s icky relationship with the Palins is effing bizarre. PS: If you haven’t watched the “First Dude” clip on youtube, you’ll really be missing context.
3. I’m digging this entry Andrea Scher recently wrote about the disconnect she feels lately, some of it having to do with her online presence. I relate to this far-flung feeling and have been doing some Quality vs. Quantity exercises at both work and home. My spread-outedness extends beyond my online life (honestly, that part is more sustaining than exhausting) and into the million craft, community, and political obligations I take on. Anyway, the beat goes on.
4. I’m about seven episodes away from finishing The Wire. I can honestly say it has changed the way I think about living in a city, our education system, the drug trade, local & state & federal politcs, and pretty much anything else. So basically, the show changed my life. Oh indeed.
5. It’s been two years, friends. Two years.