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[sanura]

I have watched the morons yap at each other. I have conquered the hole in my shirt with Bryce's thread while watchin the morons on TV yap at each other. I have conquered the 4-page paper after conquering the hole in my shirt, but also after a glorisouly sappy outburst of appreciation and warm fuzziness, complete with ridiculous amounts of tears of joy (keyboard didn't short out, but I'm surprised). I have conquered the recordings of all the Brahms symphonies, the Stravinsky requiem canticles, Symphony of Psalms, Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, and random intervals of Led Zeppelin (which I had already conquered, but I felt it necessary to show them who's boss).

Life is so wonderful when life is wonderful.

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[sacredmushroom.livejournal.com]

i have decided that kerry isn't fit for presidency, not that i have say

[sanura.livejournal.com]

Well, neither is Bush, really, but we're not all dead yet and he's been it for four years... I'll vote for the relative stability that a lack of change will bring.

[music-dissident.livejournal.com]

A good anarchist would think that change is preferable; it keeps things interesting. Also, John Kerry looks like Andrew Jackson and he is less likely to make decisions with religious moral responsibility in mind.
What is this talk about stability? Stability is boring, and thus exactly what we don't need right now. Plus, implemented long term tax cuts just mean that in later years(when you and I have low paying jobs as musicians and composers) income taxes will get hiked, which is not exactly favorable as conservative influence tends to flatten the tax brackets.
We need a bigger government so that it is more unstable and will fall apart, leaving us free to be mushroom collectors, hobos, philosophers or (semi)air-conditioned gypsies who like to hide in tunnels.
Besides this fact, Kerry will inspire many a "horse walks into a bar/why the long face?" jokes, which we both know are the real driving force behind high consumer confidence levels.

[sanura.livejournal.com]

You consistently label me as an anarchist... I am more of a libertarian. I am aware that makes me not in favor of governmental stability, but then I am only in favor of it so far as it prevents change in the direction of bigger, more authoritarian government that makes mushroom-hunting air-conditioned tunnel-hiding gypsyhood unfeasible. Consumer confidence is also boosted by the consumer's awareness of his own comparatively superior extemporaneous speechmaking ability.

[music-dissident.livejournal.com]

We will have time to discuss this realitively insignificant issue later. However, I will point out that on the personal level I am an anarchist who identifies with Thoreau and his likeminded contemporaries. I am just unsure that the downsizing government is a positive because I don't like the idea of highly unregulated large business, especially because I wouldn't enjoy a world without forests, clean water, and clean air. (All of these businesses don't seem to care for. One can't collect mushrooms if there aren't any to be found.) Niether would I like the world in which classical music can't compete with pop/crap because it isn't lucrative enough.

[sanura.livejournal.com]

An anarchist who objects to downsizing government... hmm. The mushrooms and the forests are the reason I don't want to eliminate the government completely. There's a certain level of rules needing to be enforced. Beyond that, leave us alone to hide in tunnels.

[music-dissident.livejournal.com]

Funny isn't it? I think it strange that I should have that view, but government is the only institution which can cause the effective downfall of other harmfull institutions. There are other ways, but they are so messy, and they aren't efficient.
Of course the ideal is no large institutions at all. I agree with you, people need some, ahem, help figuring out that when they destroy something that isn't theirs in the first place(like nature), it is wrong regardless of the potential short term profit. Unfortunately, the only way government can be downsized for the better is for corperations, which are equally bad, to be downsized too so that the government has less to regulate, but I don't see that happening in this century.

Heya...

[pvabaritony.livejournal.com]

I'm sick at home for the second day in a row... my throat is all infected and I'm completely stopped up, but I have a dcotors appointment on monday with the guy who treats HGO... anywho, to avoid having another flare up, I shouldn't go to your party. I'm allergic to the inside of your house and allergic to the entire outside world, so I wouldn't leave healthy... I've got waay too much riding on my vocal health at the moment to get even sicker. Sorry... talk to ya later.
T

Re: Heya...

[sanura.livejournal.com]

Tony, Tony, I'm so sorry! Augh. Have a miraculous sudden recovery and cure your allergies. Aw, man. Feel better. This sucks.

Re: Heya...

[sacredmushroom.livejournal.com]

yes, andrew, your anaylys seems wise, for we all know deep down we will al lbe mushroom collecting air conditioned gypsies (i would love it, not sarcastic !!!)

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[music-dissident.livejournal.com]

Get better soon Tony. I am sorry you won't be able to attend Ryan's party.