Erotic Fiction/movie (2001)

01/30/09

O.K., so I have this idea for an erotic art film (triple X). It starts with this elfin girl naked and covered in glitter running through a forest, she runs out the forest on to a beach, she falls down on the beach as the sun is rising. Then through trick photography, the sun rises and begins to set in seconds. As the sun sets, a creature (played by me) rises out of the ocean. The monster is grey and covered in grey rags is covered in large chains and locks. He reaches out toward her and two midgets rise from the sand. They are the color of sand and their eyes are wild with lust. They grab the frightened girl’s arms. The creature from the sea puts his dick in the girl’s mouth and she sucks him off. Then the two midgets start to suck her tits then fuck her. All the while, she is sucking the sea creature. Then they all get off and the sea creature points to a city. She looks long at the city, and then the creature vanishes.

    From there we see her wander naked into a laundry mat where she runs into a redneck transvestite doing laundry and listening to the smiths. The transvestite recounts to her a story of coming from Florida to the city. She/he offers a dress to the girl (who never speaks). The two then kiss and the girl leaves afterwards he/she masturbates. The girl walks down the street dazed and in awe of everything. Until she encounters a gang of Spanish dykes who grab her and rape her in an alley. She escapes as they get off and runs down the sidewalk until she runs into a big black man. He confronts her and takes her home. He feeds her, baths her, then fucks her up the ass, and cums on her face. Then he makes a phone call and smokes a cigarette.

    Later he takes her to a mansion where she was sold, to a man in a white robe and a Ceaser crown. His house filled with freaks and circus people. A huge orgy in sues. Footage of war plays through the windows. As everyone in the orgy gets off one by one-she makes her escape once again, and runs away. She ends up at the forest that she was originally running through. There she finds a naked man of considerable beauty. He says, "Did you find what you were looking for" (in French). She says, "The more things change the more they stay the same." (In French). They then make passionate love on a canopy bed in the Forest. Then the two stands side by side, turn into wolves, and run away.

 

~! Soundtrack provided by ME!


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“bullet-resistant clothing.” What’s that

01/23/09

Does the Kevlar Number Come in a French Cuff?

Obama was wearing "bullet-resistant clothing." What’s that?

By Juliet Lapidos

Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president on Tuesday under tight security. He rode to the Capitol in an armored Cadillac limo, spoke behind a protective glass shield, and wore "bullet-resistant clothing." Is that the same thing as a bulletproof vest?

Not quite. The vests familiar from cop shows and news footage of SWAT teams are manufactured to be maximally effective with no consideration for how they might look under a dress shirt. It’s unclear what brand of body armor Obama sported at the inauguration, but several companies produce discreet, thinner vests that can be worn underneath clothing, inserted into an outer layer (like a coat) or woven into a shirt. Miguel Caballero, a Colombian company, makes bullet-resistant leather jackets, polo shirts, Windbreakers, and ruffled tuxedo shirts, which range from a few hundred dollars to $7,000 in price. There is a trade-off between efficacy and subtlety since, as a rule, it’s more expensive to manufacture thin-but-reliable vests and shirts.

No soft material can provide complete security against all types of bullets or multiple hits in the same place (which is why the term bulletproof is out of vogue), but the National Institute of Justice (the Department of Justice’s research agency) has developed standards for determining to what extent a product is "resistant." Type IIA armor, for example, should protect against a 9 mm-caliber, full-metal-jacketed, round-nose bullet traveling at 373 meters per second. Type IIIA (the highest standard for a flexible, as opposed to a hard, material) protects against a 357 SIG flat-nose bullet fired at a velocity of 448 meters per second.

One of the more common fabrics used in bullet-resistant vests is Kevlar, a lightweight, synthetic fiber that’s about five times stronger than a piece of steel of the same weight. Manufacturers use very dense strands of Kevlar—500 to 1,500 filaments per strand of yarn—and weave it into a netting. Then they cover the weave with a plastic film.

To test body armor, lab technicians coat the inside of the fabric with clay. Then they fire bullets at it. A proper bullet-resistant shirt or vest should not only stop the bullet (i.e., not tear) but also prevent a dent in the clay of more than 44 mm—a larger dent indicates a dangerously high energy transfer, which could result in fatal blunt-force trauma.

Got a question about today’s news? Ask the Explainer.

Explainer thanks Tom Dragone of Point Blank Solutions.

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Juliet Lapidos is a Slate assistant editor.

Article URL: http://www.slate.com/id/2209274/


Copyright 2008 Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive Co. LLC

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History Made!

01/21/09

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From the students from Selma, to the Tuskegee Airman, those who made the journey and braved the frigid temperatures bear witness to history. As I sit alone in Oakland, California (half a world away) I bear witness in awe. My hands are shaking as I hold my head and view the coming change. It is more than the undeniable charisma of one man; it is instead the collective dreams of a nation come to beautifully vivid reality. This moment possible because of millions who wished it so. The crowds in DC spill out of the Mall and onto the rooftops for miles. There is a chill up my spine as he offers words of inspiration. I tear up thinking of my grandmother, and great-grandmother, my mother and my aunts and cousins who have passed on before this moment. I’m not sure if I necessarily believe that they are somewhere watching down on us, but I do believe that their energy and memory is still in the air. I can feel my grandmother in the room with me right now. I laugh with her at the crowd singing “Na-na-na-good-bye” to the outgoing president. I marvel at their unity and wonder how it must feel to old Bush to see how disliked he is. Does he even care? Is he even capable of caring? This is something I have never seen or felt in my life time. Never has any political figure in my life been so unilaterally loved and respected. I can’t help but think that with such high regard and such a daunting task ahead that we are setting ourselves up for either disappointment or delusion. There is no way that one man can undo the damage of the last eight years in four and possible even eight years. The children of those killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. The sons of those kidnapped and tortured in Gitmo, will surely come for us. They will grow older and bitterer with time and they will seek revenge for the dishonor they have received at the hands of the leaving administration. There is nothing we can do about that. George Bush’s actions have made us weaker, and yet stronger at the same time. People of all walks of life have become united in our resolve to at least attempt to undo the damage done.  I listened to the new president’s speech after he was sworn in and while reminded of King and Kennedy I hear a new singular voice that will reverberate throughout history no matter what comes next. I have a strong feeling that in spite of what is to come that his voice will comfort the nation on Presidential addresses for some time. I have never in all my days saluted a president but I think for the next four years at least I will.

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Sometimes You Should Riot!

01/09/09


The rally began peacefully at three p.m., four two hours people slowly filed in and gathered around a small circle of people who took turns with the microphone calling for justice, promoting their silly spoken word, praising their god or tearfully recounting the litany of names that have fell before Oscar Grant. The crows grew restless and many young Anarchist from nearby Berkeley milled about. Each time a rabble rouser dared touch the mic another speaker would immediately snatch it back and tell the crowd there was no need for emotions! There was no need to get that upset or for things to turn ugly. I stood about ten feet away snapping pictures and watching the mood shift and change. The tired old chants start up then quickly fade away. I looked up at the balconies where undercover cops snapped their own pictures of the protesters. The helicopters circled above, many of them from the local news that also swarmed the crowd inward and outward. Their seemed at first to be more people there with cameras than without. I took a back seat moved closer to a wall and struck up a conversation with one of the few people there who also live in the neighborhood. A young black man like me, who had simply come from the dentist office and ran into this steadily growing protest, we commented on how we had never seen this many white people in the neighborhood and how we hoped it wouldn’t come to more than just talk. Little did we know that it would be these young white kids that would bring about some of the change we desired? At the point when I thought I could stand no more spoken word promotion, the call was given to take the protest to the streets and march to somewhere. Those around me had no clue as to where, but we were tired of standing and listening and were ready to move. A large procession headed down International Boulevard towards downtown Oakland. Waving signs and banners and stopping traffic. The police were ready and within seconds five police cars were slowly trailing the procession. They blocked off side streets as to keep us from taking it to the residential neighborhoods that bordered the main drag. We walked and walked with no seeming direction, the destination was passed through the crowd like your usual game of telephone. No one seemed to be sure of where we were going. Every couple of blocks it felt as though the cops had blocked the path, then we would proceed. Until corralled to a side street, one with less traffic parallel to our unknown destination. Someone in the front of the pack must have had an idea of where we were going but I was at the tell end with the elderly and my fiancé. We talked and discussed the events that brought all of us strangers to this point in the middle of the road. The injustice suffered by Oakland citizens for so long, and the history of civil unrest that famed the city so long ago intertwined. I was introduced to a woman claiming to be the first female Black Panther. We talked about Oscar Grant, Bill Clinton, and Malcolm X’s speech writer. Before we knew it we were downtown and several children who had joined us somewhere around The Jack in the Box and The Polo Loco had begun to randomly smash the windows of a police car. Within an instant they were on top of the car, and then after each window had been removed they attempted to overturn the car. As they were busying themselves with the task, some of the young Berkeley Anarchist decided to light a fire in a small dumpster and roll it near the patrol car. This is when the peaceful march finally turned up the adrenaline. In came the police in full riot gear, far quicker than one might expect. My first thought is that the initial agitators where somehow undercover officers. It wouldn’t surprise me. The crowd I witnessed from three to five at the Fruitvale station was not organized enough to start a riot. It could have been the kids that joined off the street. Earlier they had run into a store and knocked over items and stole a hand full of Slim Jims. Things were moving fast by then I had no time to think I tried my best to snap off a few pictures, of which none came out clear enough. I missed the shots I waited all day for and my fiancé was screaming my name for me to run. The tear gas canisters started popping off and I saw a young girl on her ten speeds get popped in the arm with one. To my right another young girl was screaming as two police officers pulled her arms in separate directions as if in a make shift drawn and quartering. I saw a few of the Berkeley kids against the side of a church caught like dears in proverbial headlights. The cops were yelling it was time to go home as the crowd scattered. I decided for once they were right. I had no idea those that managed to escape the initial burst of violence would go on to create more havoc. Though, I suspect when they ran into the usual contention of thuggish teens that spend their nights on the streets downtown that things extrapolated. Once home the evening news showed a few bike riders and protesters survived long enough to draw out the city’s mayor.  There was no need for much of the store front smashing; Oakland is poor and rundown enough. Though as someone who arbores driving I applaud the old fashion SUV torching. I regret sadly that I went the other way now. I would have loved to witness the destruction first hand. It had been a while since I smelled tear gas however and I quickly remembered that I didn’t miss it.  Throughout the early morning I searched the internet for news and posted my pictures at various sites. I thought over the events from 3’o’clock onward and wondered how things would have been had the protesters been better organized. How much damage could they have done with a leader? Though, I stand firm with my belief that police informants and outside instigators played a bigger part than actual concerned citizens. I do not deny the fact that ha not the event turned violent the story never would have made it past the second page of the local papers. Because of the violence more people are aware of what is happening here. And while the internet is a haven for closet racist to voice their opinions on message boards and forums. They leave angry comments on You Tube and newspaper columns saying that blacks and Latinos deserve the abysmal treatment given to them by the police assigned to protect and serve the community. The point is often lost that a human being (many human beings) has lost his (their) life to a corrupt and unjust system that is more inclined to shoot first and cover up the evidence later. This is not an isolated incident. Those kids that joined in and later attacked the cop car did so out of frustration over what the police state they found themselves born into, the inequity of not just the American criminal justice system, but the system in Greece, China, Gaza, and across the world. There is no excuse for violence some claim, but when confronted with violence on a daily basis how, do you combat that with words and slogans and peace? Fire is sometimes only fought with fire. These children are out gunned and outnumbered and they react like anyone would when cornered in such a fashion. You can have your opinion about how to deal with the situation, but as you debate others react. The events of January 7th in Oakland are only a brief glimpse of the turmoil that simmers underneath the surface. We sit comfortably in our homes now hidden behind monitors that and television screens that shield us from the realities that most of these people live with everyday. I live in this neighborhood; I see them every day I could have easily been Oscar Grant a few years ago. I consider myself lucky to have only spent a few months behind bars; many black men my age have been incarcerated since they were the age of the kids jumping up and down on the cop cars. There are many problems seething in the underbelly of cities across this nation that Barack Obama’s election will not solve. There is no appeasement for the years of injustice. A man executed by police in the manner that Oscar Grant was should not be simply tolerated, riots should be held from coast to coast. The world should be outraged. It shouldn’t even matter what color his skin was, it should matter that a human being was killed in the manner that he was. It should anger everyone that the investigation has moved so slowly, and that the officer who shot him was allowed to sit at home and resign rather than face questioning. Over a week later the man has yet to answer a single question from any source. This is appalling, and there are no excuses for that. Even if the shooting was a mistake which I do not believe it was, he should have still been made to answer at least one question. Have we become so complacent in the loss of our basic human rights that we can find no reason to be angry in this? People are dying around the planet and we all need to stand up before the only people left are the police.    


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Let’s end the brutality Now!

01/07/09

Wikipedia defines police brutality as the intentional use of excessive force, usually physical, but potentially it can come in the form of verbal attacks, and psychological intimidation by a police officer. The Shooting of 22 year-old Oscar Grant of Hayward, California would fall under this definition. He had been detained and forced to lie chest down on the ground at Oakland’s Fruitvale BART Station after 2 a.m. on New Year’s Eve, after transit police responded to an alleged fight where no members of said fight where arrested or detained. He was surrounded and cooperative then executed with a shot to the back. Five days later the San Francisco Chronicle reports that the officer (identified by the paper as Johannes Mehserle a two year veteran of the BART police) has as yet given a statement to investigators about what actually happened that night. The reason being is that the BART police have no civilian oversight? In fact they are the only major police agency that operates with zero oversight. There is no BART board committee that monitors the BART cops, no independent investigative agency. And sadly this is not the first time the BART police have gotten away with murder. In 1992 the almost cartoonish named officer Fred Crabtree shot and killed a 19 year old warehouse worker named Jerrold Cornelius Hall with a shot gun blast to the back of his head. All because he fit the third had description the officer received of a man who allegedly stole a $60 walk-man from a BART passenger who later disappeared without a trace. On May 28th 2001 BART police officer Dave Betancourt shot and killed an unarmed naked man named Bruce Seward after finding Seward passed out near a dumpster. While police brutality is nothing new and has existed as long as there have been police men how many more lives must be lost before enough is enough. The Oakland police seem to be especially trigger-happy. On July 25 2008 near the exact same Fruitvale station where Oscar Grant lost his life, Officer Hector Jimenez shot and killed Mack Woodfox III (27 years-old). The officer claimed he appeared to be reaching for his waist band after a brief chase, but no gun was found on Woodfox. This was more than an isolated incident itself, it seems the same officer Jimenez and another officer shot and killed Andrew Moppin on New Year’s Eve 2007 because they believed he was reaching for his waistband. Earlier this year Oakland police shot and killed Jose Luis Buenrostro in March. According to police the 15 year old pointed a sawed off shot gun at them in and are known for gang violence not far from down the road from Fruitvale Ave. A week prior the Oakland police shot and killed a 70 year old man who they claimed pointed a replica pistol at them. It’s not just in Oakland of course in June of 2007 West Memphis police officer Erik Sammis shot and killed 12 year old DeAuntae Farrow when the child ran by him with a toy gun. He of course was cleared of violating the child’s civil rights by the Department of Justice a few months later. We all know of the infamous cases of Sean Bell who the NYPD shot 50 times leaving his bachelor party or Abner Louima who was beaten and sodomized by the NYPD. And I don’t think I have to mention the Rodney King beating. Thank goodness, because of that incident we now live in an era when every man woman and child can record these atrocities with our personal camera phones. Already several videos of the murder of Oscar Grant have surfaced. There are supposedly more out there confiscated by the BART police to cover their tracks. Conveniently their own station cameras happen to catch nothing of value according to their spokesmen. Video or not the eyewitness accounts of the event are the same if not worse than the video. The victims own friends who were forced to sit quietly hand cuffed as their friend was shot to death, state that not only was Grant cooperating, but he was instructing them to do the same. The question essentially here is how we as citizens of this great police state will do about this; will we allow this type of reckless behavior to continue; for what-Safety? This is not protection, this is imprisonment unless you get out of line then you are gunned down in cold blood. In October 2005 France erupted into cross country riots triggered by the murder of two unarmed teenagers by police who had chased them into a power substation. In 2008 civil unrest broke out in Greece on December 6th when 15 year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulus was shot and killed by policemen. The death of Grigoropoulus resulted in large demonstrations that quickly escalated into widespread rioting. The worst Greece has seen since 1974. Yet on Monday in Oakland where many have been brutally gunned down by the so-called law enforcement only twenty people turned out to protest. On Wednesday at 3 P.M., there will be another chance to mobilize. Though this is not a localized event, there are many of you reading this across the internet, that do not live remotely close to Oakland much less the Fruitvale station less than a mile from my home, but you can become vocal about the brutality of the police in your area, and around the world. We can stand up now or wait until we become a country like Burma where the very act of protesting with signs and songs will end in our death or disappearance. This is a slippery slope we have been descending down since the days of the Pinkertons. Now in this new century, on the verge of a historic presidency, how much longer will we allow ourselves to be at the mercy of these monsters? How many more young men will have to die? How long will it be before it’s you or someone you know? For further information on police brutality check out these; http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/docs/ngos/usa/USHRN15.pdf http://www.occopwatch.org/index.html http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/split/faq.php http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/01/03/18558098.php

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Police Shoot Unarmed Man in The Back At Oakland BART Station

01/06/09

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On New Year’s Eve about three blocks from my apartment at a the Fruitvale BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) station, the transit police shot and killed 22 year-old Oscar Grant. Grant was lying on his stomach with his hands behind him on the train platform when a single shot was fired by a BART officer. The police claim that it was an accident, and the gun that killed young father of a four year-old girl, went off by mistake. Witnesses say Grant was not resisting when the gunshot was fired. The transit agency police officers claim to have been responding to reports of fighting on an arriving train. Again, according to eyewitnesses there were no movements and he was not trying to overrun the police officer. Agency spokesman Jim Allison stated; "It’s clear that it was a volatile situation with young men who were arguing and in fact had continued to argue even in the presence of multiple police officers." Although no one involved in the “alleged” fighting were arrested following the shooting. Two men were detained for questioning, but later released. Despite the fact that a gun cannot discharge accidentally, (you must have your finger on the trigger). The BART Police then shut down the Fruitvale station until 2:50 a.m. to “collect” physical evidence after the incident. One item they missed however was an amateur video showing the officers beating the unarmed men and yelling and cussing at them as they tried to cooperate. The tape barely catches the victim being shot but it is believed that other tapes are out there. The young woman who made the recording says that she was five feet away from the victim when the incident happened. She also claim that a female officer tried to confiscate her camera when she realized what happened. BART spokesman Linton Johnson stated that the video feed that goes to BART’s police department did not record any footage of the incident, as it normally doesn’t record incidents. Later his story changed to say the video feed that goes to the transit agency’s operations center did record the incident, and initial review of that video did not show "anything of significance." While Officials have not publicly identified the officer, it is known that he has served on the force for just less than two years. The officer has been placed on “standard” administrative leave, as an investigation into whether proper procedures had been followed and whether or not the shooting was a crime. WHETHER OR NOT THE SHOOTING WAS A CRIME One thing being currently overlooked is that the BART police are not “real” police. According to the official BART website;

In 1969, three years before BART opened for revenue service, the transit district’s board of directors recommended that local police and sheriff’s departments patrol the stations, trains, rights-of-way, and other BART-owned properties that were within their respective jurisdictions. The police chiefs and sheriffs, forecasting that BART’s proposal would create jurisdictional disputes and inconsistent levels of police service, rejected the board’s proposal. As a result, legislation was passed to form an autonomous law enforcement agency, the BART Police Department. Chief Gary Gee heads the department of 296 personnel, of which 206 are sworn peace officers. Community-service officers, communications/9-1-1 dispatchers and supervisors, revenue-protection guards, clerical staff and supervisors, and a CAD/RMS administrator comprise the department’s civilian employees. The BART Police Department provides the full range of law-enforcement services. To prepare for major emergencies, critical incidents, and tactical call-outs, the department is a signatory to the Bay Area’s mutual-aid pacts. Select officers receive training in SWAT, crowd management, and hostage negotiations.

Recent statistics published by the Stolen Lives Project estimate that the number of cases in the United States relating to police brutality has reached the thousands, yet many of these instances are never officially reported due to fear of reprisal. If you have been detained, questioned, arrested or otherwise handled by the police, you do have rights. However, you are in a bit of a difficult position if you’ve suffered from and been a victim of police brutality. You aren’t in a position to defend yourself realistically, as fighting back will generally only serving to exacerbate the situation at hand. Whether they even have the right to do what they did is inevitably beside the point. I have no delusions that the BART police will be punished for what they have done. Police brutality happens every day across the globe. Recently when it happened to a 15 year-old kid named Alexandros Grigoropoulos in Greece the people took action. The riots have lasted for five weeks and just today (January 5th) two gunman attacked a group of riot police and the gunmen fired about 40 shots before tossing a hand grenade at police to cover their escape. A 21-year-old policeman was taken to hospital with serious injuries from three bullets. While here in Oakland but about 20 people rallied outside the Bay Area Rapid Transit District’s headquarters. A single protest is planned for Wednesday at the station where Oscar Grant was murdered in cold blood. When will we as the alleged “greatest nation on Earth”, step up and say that enough is enough. We have become so complacent in our acceptance of this police state that we live in. We are more concerned about what shitty products we can afford than about our freedoms, rights, and very lives are being taken away from us by these gun toting Nazi’s that patrol our streets each day. There must come a time when we the people stand up and fight back. There are organizations out there that have provided information to help you and me fight back but we cannot rely on words alone. Direct action will have to be taken to stop these animals from getting away with murder every damn, day! Here are some simple rules to remember when you find yourself in the line of fire.

 

IF THE POLICE ARREST YOU

•You may be handcuffed, searched,

photographed and fingerprinted.

•Say repeatedly, “I DON’T WANT TO TALK

UNTIL MY LAWYER IS PRESENT.”

Even if your rights aren’t read, refuse to talk,

Until your lawyer/public defender arrives.

•Do not talk to inmates in jail about your case.

•If you’re on probation/parole, tell your P.O.

you’ve been arrested, but NOTHING ELSE.

 

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT

•to be in a public place and to observe

police activity.

IF THE POLICE STOP ANYONE

•STOP AND WATCH.

•Write down officers’ names, badge

numbers, and car numbers. COPS

MUST BE IDENTIFIED BY NAME OR

BADGE NUMBER (PC sec. 830.10).

•Write down the time, date, and

place of the incident and all details

as soon as possible.

•Ask if the person is being arrested,

and if so, on what charge.

•Get witnesses’ names and contact

info.

•Try to get the arrestee’s name, but

only if they already gave it to the

police.

•Document any injuries as soon as

possible. Photograph them and

have a medical report describing

details of the injuries.

IF THE POLICE STOP YOU

•Ask, “AM I FREE TO GO?” If not, you

are being detained. If yes, walk

away.

•Ask, “WHY ARE YOU DETAINING ME?”

To stop you, the officer must have

a “reasonable suspicion” to suspect

your involvement in a specific

crime (not just a guess or a stereotype).

•It is not a crime to be without

ID. If you are being detained or

issued a ticket, you may want to

show ID to the cop because they

can take you to the station to

verify your identity.

•If a cop tries to search your car,

your house, or your person say

repeatedly that you DO NOT CONSENT

TO THE SEARCH. If in a car, do

not open your trunk or door – by

doing so you consent to a search

of your property and of yourself.

If at home, step outside and lock

your door behind you so cops have

no reason to enter your house. Ask

to see the warrant and check for

proper address, judge’s signature,

and what the warrant says the

cops are searching for. Everything

must be correct in a legal warrant.

Otherwise, send the police away.

•The cops can do a “pat search”

(search the exterior of one’s clothing

for weapons) during a detention

for “officer safety reasons”.

They can’t go into your pockets

or bags without your consent. If

you are arrested, they can search

you and your possessions in great

detail.

DO NOT RESIST PHYSICALLY. Use your

words and keep your cool. If an

officer violates your rights, don’t

let them provoke you into striking

back. Wait until you are out of

custody then you can organize for justice.

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01/01/09

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Between the weed, shots, and pills I am content. I am burning to disc all the Mountain Goats that I have downloaded over the last several months. I sit on the eve of a new year awaiting the promise of hope. Despite having my pride and my honor damaged and burned over the last two months I am happy. My life is in a constant state of Chaos, and my future is uncertain. I am unsure as to how I will survive the current storm (or the current week) and I can’t have it any other way. There is no clear path and the past is no different. This is my life, love it or leave it. I have never known it to be any other way. My comfort is in knowing that I am not alone. I have met so many others in my life who are also adrift in the sea of Chaos, that I am not afraid to face the future. At one point I fought the tide now I swim with it. My life may be falling apart, but my faith is not.   Now again it may be the booze and the drugs, but; my sense of humor is intact, my lust and desire remain strong, and my mind is as sharp as ever. I have not forgotten that just a few months ago I was in St. Louis working and laughing, and loving. I had troubles there just as I had in Atlanta, New York and (Yes!) even North Carolina. Yet, all troubles pass, you move on and things change. 2008 did bring immense Ch-Ch-Changes, to both me and my life. I saw this amazing country for the first time in my 31 years. I relocated to the furthest place from my homeland that I have ever seen. I spent my first year as a fiancé; found out that my fifteen years sweating my balls off behind the line means little more than shit.  I went from being the wildest in the bunch to little more an old hermit tucked behind a keyboard. I have laid witness to history and change and hopefully 2009 will bring a bright new day in American politics. The road to nowhere seems more open than ever. The state of my life mirrored in the ups and downs of the global economy. Times are tough and money is tight but this too shall pass little one. I witnessed my youngest sister graduate from the same high school I barely survived. I saw my other sister growing into a woman as strong as our mother. I lost three prominent members of my family that I had grown up with but not seen in many years. They will be sorely missed. As we get older we accept that things will begin to make more sense that we will be able to understand the way the world works a little better, and we do. But what we really do is begin to recognize patterns and we learn to accept the things we cannot change.  Those of you who’ve been court ordered to get your white chip recall the poem. Sadly it’s true. You gain perspective and a little insight with age, yet true understanding can come only from walking a mile in the other mans moccasins. This life we lead is a journey with no destination. As much as we like to fool ourselves that we are going somewhere the only place we have for certain is back to the earth from which we came. Not to be so depressing, it can be liberating to know that you have no guarantees in life and that it is what you make of it in deed. You are free to go where you want and do whatever your heart desires so long as you can come to terms with the consequences of your own actions. If you comfortable in jail then you can rob banks and shot cops all day and night until they take you down. And believe me they will take you down. There is no such thing as a one man army. We are as free as our minds and dreams allow us to be. Inhibited by fear and doubt more-so than laws or even physics. There are those who defy not just mans laws but those of nature as well. There are dreamers who cannot be confined by rules or even morals. And I admire them. I used to believe myself to be one of them. Now a an old man filled with self-doubt and regret I look out the window behind my desk and ponder if I still have the fire in my belly to make that leap of faith. I know that somewhere inside me still beats the heart of a beast. Grey may his hair be the dragon still breathes fire-right? We are living in a historic time, possible the end times, more than likely not. As we look forward we should however not forget to look back, not just to the last year but to all the past years. And don’t look so disappointed.

 

Auld Lang Syne – Traditional New Year’s Song
Song Lyrics & History

  • The words are from an old poem written by the National Poet of Scotland, Robert Burns (1759-1796)
  • The melody’s origins are in doubt, but are consistent with traditional Scottish folk songs
  • One of the most recognized songs in the English language, it is ironically one of the least understood, although sung at just about every New Years celebration in the English speaking world
  • Roughly translated, Auld Lang Syne may be translated as ‘old long since’, or perhaps simply ‘long ago’, or even ‘days gone by’. 
  • In other uses in the literary world the phrase “In the days of auld lang syne” is used, roughly the same as “Once upon a time”
  • Although there are several verses to the original poem, traditionally only the first verse and the chorus are used in performance at social gatherings
  • The tune is used with different lyrics for several college alma maters, including the University of Virginia
  • Bandleader Guy Lombardo is credited with popularizing the use of the song at New Year’s celebrations here in America, through his annual broadcasts on radio and TV, which began in 1929

Song Lyrics – Auld Lang Syne

Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne?

For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne

And surely you’ll buy your pint cup !
And surely I’ll buy mine !
And we’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne

For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne

We two have run about the hills,
And picked the daisies fine ;
But we’ve wandered many a weary foot,
Since auld lang syne

For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne

We two have paddled in the stream,
From morning sun till dine (dinner time) ;
But seas between us broad have roared
Since auld lang syne

For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne

And there’s a hand my trusty friend
And give us a hand o’ thine
And we’ll take a right good-will draught,
For auld lang syne

For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne


Note that the lyrics posted here are those as interpreted and performed by The Oracle Band. In a few cases we have taken some liberties with the lyrics to make them more appropriate for tasteful gatherings. Their use here is intended as an aid for people in selecting music for their wedding reception or private party, and may not be reproduced for any commercial, for-profit use.

 

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