When Ye Yap Rap

After a long hiatus I've decided on a text-only post as my triumphant return to the internets. I would have posted sooner but 1) my life is so boring and repetitive that I've no inspiration to post and 2) whenever I post text-only, some illiterate fucker posts a comment to the effect of, 'I didn't read your post.' Fuck you! Don't comment that you didn't read my post. I'd rather you insult me (cleverly) or not comment at all.

So take that! That's my new 2007 attitude. It's in your face. It preemptively text-strikes you over the internet and rocks your face off.

Honestly, though, I've really got hope for '07. I used to believe that every other year was good. I used to think the odd years were the evil ones, and the evens the good. Well, the last two years have blown both theories out of the water by both being shitty. I don't blame anyone but myself. This year is all about action, and thrashing against my own tendency to inaction. I'll stop with the big talk before I dig myself deeper into some hypocrisy hole.

How about some selected highlights of the last month? Dandy!

Bri gave me 'The Antichrist' by Nietzsche for Christmas (har dee har har). It was very very good. He dissects Christianity and points to flaws and hypocrisy of it and other religions, while retaining respect for many of the teachings of the Nazarene himself. He fervently hates priestcraft in any form (he is not merely an anti-papist or superficial reformer). I challenge all of you to read this thrilling work of philosophy, especially my religious compatriots.


Tommy, Kit and Cindy were here for New Years Eve. Smart move. We partied like the world was going to end even sooner than it really will (pretty soon). I took no pictures, and only have like four mental pictures to help me reconstruct that raging night. I'll just say that though it was a great night, greeting a cloudy dawn is disappointing at best.

In the news: the US is bombing another country! Hoo-rah! Take that, Somalia. Wait, what? We're bombing fucking ass-backward Somalia? Aren't there like no lines of communication in or out of the country? Hasn't it been without a government for 15 years (yes, yes, I'm aware of the Ethiopian-backed transitional government currently in 'power')? I know that they're hunting 'terrorists' there, but how the fuck can they bomb them accurately? What about the PR nightmare of another incursion, not to mention the monetary cost of getting involved in another seemingly unilateral military move? Well, we're starting the year out right spreading clusters of fiery good will throughout the [third] world.

Also in the news: Dems start session as majority in House and Senate. Hooray for the left! Hooray for the forces of good! I wish I could be more optimistic about this, but I'm sure it'll be more of the same. I'll give them six months to reserve my judgment and see if they are capable of making real change in the areas where it really matters: the war, government corruption, the impending worldwide environmental disaster (if it exists - HA!), and the ongoing national health care disaster. I remain cautiously cynical.

Well, I hope you enjoyed the bleating of this ineffectual opinionated creep. Good for you if you read all of this drivel. Does anyone know what the title is? I'll give you a clue: it's an anagram.

Don't worry - I'll be posting pictures as soon as I get my camera back from Ruby and Brett's house.