Dear God of Couches,

Pretty please? With sugar on top :)

Songbird;

Our wedding song.


Songbird by Cristine McVie (of Fleetwood Mac fame)

For you, there'll be no more crying,
For you, the sun will be shining.
And I feel that when I'm with you,
It's alright, I know it's right.

To you, I'll give the world,
To you, I'll never be cold.
'Cause I feel that when I'm with you,
It's alright, I know it's right.

And the songbirds are singing,
Like they know the score,
And I love you, I love you, I love you,
Like never before.

And I wish you all the love in the world,
But most of all, I wish it from myself.

And the songbirds keep singing,
Like they know the score,
And I love you, I love you, I love you,
Like never before, like never before.

MyLife...

I've been doing a lot of this:

















And, as a result, not so much writing (save for my journal-journal, in which I write with strict regularity.)

I'm sure I'll be active in waves for a while. We now have our computer fixed so that will no longer be an excuse...

I'm trying to figure out how best to articulate the one majorly DRAMA FILLED night of my recent visit back to my hometown. The other drama-filled days and night blur together where this one stands out on it's own. As a teaser, a knife may or may not have been involved. GASP.

Photos by Blind Photographers

Twelve artists were presented in the show. Some of whom are completed blind, while others retain a limited, though highly "attenuated" sight.

To view the complete photo story:click here



These photos are by Kurt Weston





Weston lost his sight in 1996 due to AIDS. in his work, he explores the facets of disease and decay.

He says, ""These photographs are about the realization of loss," he says. "About losing your facade. They say, 'This is your new reality. This is your strange new flesh. Let's take a look."





For contrast (and effect) these faces were scanned. This offers a high contrast of light and dark as well a a smushing effect that adds tot he artist's message.

Twit Sight.

Also, check this out: www.tweetingtoohard.com

Por ejemplo:

"@MikeyBoyBrown A great business man once said: "The more money you have, the better person you are." That great business man was me"

DOUCHE!

"@Mike29401 228 this morning. Rock-hard abs. Looking good. I'd fuck myself if I were flexible enough"

Too bad no one is interested weird creepy creepo!

"@ArthurKadeInc Girl at the gym was checking me out, I could tell she wanted me. A Philly 8, but she had sweaty arm pits. I don't date girls that sweat."

Another Philly-Guido... I'm sure she'll lose sleep tonight over her loss. Also, lemme know how it goes finding a girl who doesn't sweat when she works out or ever-- that's a serious health concern!

"@ultragrrrl In 2 months, I'll officially be an uptown girl livin in a penthouse. What's the opposite of FML?"

Hmmm... I believe the opposite is "Eat shit!" Am I correct?

Notes From The Universe

Universe e-mails me this:
There can only be a need for forgiveness, Sarah, when first there is blame.
And there can only be blame, when first there is misunderstanding.

Kung fu,
The Universe

And often, Sarah, misunderstandings arise for one of three reasons: not enough love, not enough sleep, or not enough chocolate.


So I say:
Forgiveness is a fore-giving, as in, in advance. My rights end where yours begin and I meet you where you are... always. Who am I to place BLAME anyways?

Friend (*ET voice*)

What does it mean to be a friend?
What exact social contract does one enter into when they decide someone equals "friend"?
Seems like many are confused.

As a friend, you are there for your friends as they go through the trials and tribulations that life delivers.
You are there for them when they make mistakes; and make mistakes they shall for we are all trying to figure out this puzzle that is life.
You're there because you care about their well being.

As a friend, you support your friends and the decisions they make, even if you think the decision is an err.
You grant your friends the liberty to make their own choices,
building them up when they stumble or fall.

And if you cannot, or refuse to do his then I think you are no friend at all.
That's okay, people drift apart, make decisions that we don't agree with,
But we MAY NOT choose for them.
What we may do is choose for ourselves,
"What can I allow in my life?"
"Can I endorse this implicitly or do I need to take a step back?"

Morality is never a black and white issue.
As in all walks of life, we live in shades of grey--
And we stumble, we falter, we fall short and we err...
But we get back up--
Oft with the encouragement and support of our friends, of our loved ones.

Why not apply? Why not?

The following are excerpts from a speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. one year, to the date, before his assassination. How greatly they apply today.

Dated: 4 April 1967:

"I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered."

"A true revolution of values will lay hand on the world order and say of war, "This way of settling differences is not just." This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation's homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into the veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice, and love. A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death."

"When I speak of love, I am not speaking of some sentimental and weak response. I am not speaking of that which is just emotional bosh. I am speaking of that force which all of the great religions have seen as the supreme unifying principle of life. Love is somehow the key that unlocks the door which leads to ultimate reality... Let us hope that this spirit will become the order of the day."

"We must find new ways to speak for peace [in Vietnam] and justice throughout the developing world, a world that borders on our doors. If we do not act, we shall surely be dragged down by the long, dark, and shameful corridors of time reserves for those who possess power without compassion, might without morality, and strength without sight."