Why do Republicans outright block all of President Obama’s Nominees? Beats me. Let’s vote them out. Locally, the Primary Election is held on the 22nd. Woot!

I guess you could say I was on to this whole voyeuristic charade. I must’ve been about 10 years old. But I looked good in my new swimsuit. It was a sturdy blue-and-white pinstripe ensemble, and I had already carefully assessed my body for any possible flaws and it all checked out; so I took most of my clothes off for the annual Oakridge Elementary Fashion Show!
It was exhilarating to walk that makeshift catwalk.

I’m a total feminist. It was Women’s Studies (known as Waitressing 101 to one of my fine customers in the restaurant business) before it was Graphic Design. But that feminism comes from my bones. I knew there was something wrong when I returned from Germany the first time. It was clear the moment I flipped on the telly and saw Ron Popeil or similar hocking his wares.

I guess Capitalism is inherently sexist. It needs tempering from the more feminine Socialism. But the prospect of that ever happening has been next to zero until just a couple of years ago. Barack has some sense that this union can come about right now. I hope he’s right. For the moment, and since his Inauguration, I know he is. In any event, he appears to be the most capable of handling the heat that’s emanating from the transition.

But if there’s any lesson I’ve learned from the aftermath of the Capitalist Apocalypse, in place beginning with Nixon’s reign and interrupted briefly by the more peaceful Carter, it is that this country swallows up meekness. It is not an American ‘value’.

And neither is Feminism. In my early, churchgoing days I asked too many questions. Mainly I wondered why the plight of women seemed utterly devoid from scripture. ‘What about women?’ from a little Tracey seemed adorable to the adults in my ward. It always provided some great comedy relief to people, that concern for the inequality I now saw everywhere.

So when I got back from Germany the first time, I suppose I was asking the same question. What had happened to cause the imbalance? I’m not sure, but as we speak there are thousands of girls around the world being submitted to FGM (Female Genital Mutilation), where the clitoris, and often other parts of the girls’ genitals are cut off, often under extreme duress in ‘surprise attacks’ by their own families (often other women who have undergone the ‘procedure’ and so believe they are carrying on some tradition). It was clear the imbalance was global, and most certainly NOT confined to the United States.

In the Congo, little children can be accused of Witchcraft and in turn submit to the village as a scapegoat. These witchcraft accusations of innocent children are devastating, as I can attest. I’ve observed it in Mormon SLC. And it’s a product of extreme sexism. I suppose, in a way, so is Ron Popeil. Orangefaces. Ugh.

How did all those girls in school know I was a witch and a slut? I was a virginal little girl back then. I blame their parents.

No part of this ‘spill’ has been ‘successful’. No part.

You rose from
some fiery Taiwanese factory
You’ve been baptized by fire.
You’ve flown, floated, glided
your way into my heart.
I love you PL

Was just thinking about Battlestar Galactica. The struggle between human and cylon reminds me of the struggle between left and right brain.

What’s on your mind?

Any claim of synchronicity flies out the window when you’re watching literally hours worth of TED talks, but I’ve been thinking about the idea of syncing, generally, upon reading this and subsequently, watching this.

Formerly, Stephen Hawking refers to the theoretical feedback loop that could present itself in a wormhole, similar to what happens to sound when there is feedback from an amplifier. Latterly, mathematician Steven Strogatz and Architect Carlo Ratti discuss the implications of syncing physically, at one point implicating the unforeseen consequences of feedback loops in complex systems (footage of the London Millennium Bridge “synchronization” here, at 14:30). Strogatz: “You may be opening a Pandora’s Box for architecture when you let people feedback on the built environment.”

He does give caveat to the slight possibility that really, really cool things could happen if we fed back…

And I don’t think it requires a “built environment”.

Hawking uses feedback to caution against relying on wormholes for time travel. Forget these elusive wormholes, he says! He goes on to describe a more straightforward method (again, read the article, here).

But what if we all just forgot about where we were for a minute in meditation (I think it would literally require everyone and it might require more than a minute, as people tend to cough and sneeze and such)? I think the answer to that and similar questions will make for some great time travel.