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Mar. 25th, 2006 11:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jfbHey, remember me? Here are some things that are going on:
Yes, I'm living in the Bay Area again, or still. I went to Minneapolis from Thanksgiving to Christmas; I came back for a while, but wasn't really here; now I'm really here. No one can say what the future can bring, but I'm happy here now.
My music schedule is getting busy enough that I had to start keeping a calendar. A bunch of shows with Vermillion Lies, a couple with DeatHat and Tin Cat, and my first solo set since, uh, my going-away party back in October. Except I probably won't play it solo.
I'm going to New Mexico next week! What's in New Mexico, you ask? So do I! Any tips, send them my way. As I understand it the itinerary includes Taos, which probably means we'll at least pass through Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
The Bush administration continues to tell us it is not bound by law--for example, in the Patriot Act reauthorization signing statement, and in the Department of Justice's remarks on the NSA domestic spying program. "This is not theory. The Administration is not saying these things as a joke. We really do live in a country where we have a President who has seized the unlimited power to break the law."
Yes, I'm living in the Bay Area again, or still. I went to Minneapolis from Thanksgiving to Christmas; I came back for a while, but wasn't really here; now I'm really here. No one can say what the future can bring, but I'm happy here now.
My music schedule is getting busy enough that I had to start keeping a calendar. A bunch of shows with Vermillion Lies, a couple with DeatHat and Tin Cat, and my first solo set since, uh, my going-away party back in October. Except I probably won't play it solo.
I'm going to New Mexico next week! What's in New Mexico, you ask? So do I! Any tips, send them my way. As I understand it the itinerary includes Taos, which probably means we'll at least pass through Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
The Bush administration continues to tell us it is not bound by law--for example, in the Patriot Act reauthorization signing statement, and in the Department of Justice's remarks on the NSA domestic spying program. "This is not theory. The Administration is not saying these things as a joke. We really do live in a country where we have a President who has seized the unlimited power to break the law."
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Date: 2006-03-25 07:24 pm (UTC)You're probably just happier that you purged so many of your possessions. Minimalist lifestyle from here on out!
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Date: 2006-03-25 08:36 pm (UTC)I hope Minneapolis was kind to you; she's lovely but a bit wild in some of her six seasons.
Having never been to NM, and thus look forward to reading your reflections, maybe seeing some photos, and hearing what you find and who you meet there.
great gigs and good tunes to you.
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Date: 2006-03-25 09:20 pm (UTC)Bruce Schneier wrote an essay that says, "This is indefinite dictatorial power. And I don't use that term lightly; the very definition of a dictatorship is a system that puts a ruler above the law. In the weeks after 9/11, while America and the world were grieving, Bush built a legal rationale for a dictatorship. Then he immediately started using it to avoid the law.". It's worth looking at.
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Date: 2006-03-26 03:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-26 10:56 pm (UTC)It's Alive!
Date: 2006-03-27 11:05 pm (UTC)Enjoy New Mexico. I agree with the other posts that Taos, old-town Santa Fe, and old-town Albuquerque are beautiful. From my memory, Albuquerque is also very dry, and the air's a bit thin, making exertion a bit harder. Then again, I weighed about 300lbs the last time I was there, so I bet it's easier to get around without that extra baggage.