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plumtreeblossom) wrote2008-09-15 12:22 pm
plumtreeblossom) wrote2008-09-15 12:22 pm
Putting Into Words
I have several essays in me, mostly of a political nature, and although I got started on one yesterday, the necessary research became exhaustive and I had to stop for the day. Proper research is the difference between an essay and a frothing screed, and we don't need any more of those, please and thank you. Fortunately I have some rare free evenings this week. I feel an urge to be contributing more the the stone soup of political thought that I drink from daily.
Our country has been giving me plenty to be concerned about, that's for certain. These days I've been shaken by the emergence of the She-Devil of The North, whose medieval stances on the issues most closely and intimately affect my specific demographic. But I'll chill for the moment -- research before frothing. Of Note: this difficulty with maintaining a pragmatic (if not certifiably professional) emotional distance from politics is precisely why I am ill-suited for any kind of role playing game. I get too emotionally entwined. I feel like a duo of warted Orcs are lurching across the land and my brave Knight of Change needs me in his army. Unicorn Cavalry. Sigh.
I did have a wonderful weekend though, part of it spent in Providence with my sweet![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
beowabbit at WaterFire. It did this soul good to be gazing into the fires by moonlight with the loving arms of my darling around me. There was also a dim sum brunch with non-LJ friends, and precious reading time (a book, not the internet).
Onward to the week ahead.
Our country has been giving me plenty to be concerned about, that's for certain. These days I've been shaken by the emergence of the She-Devil of The North, whose medieval stances on the issues most closely and intimately affect my specific demographic. But I'll chill for the moment -- research before frothing. Of Note: this difficulty with maintaining a pragmatic (if not certifiably professional) emotional distance from politics is precisely why I am ill-suited for any kind of role playing game. I get too emotionally entwined. I feel like a duo of warted Orcs are lurching across the land and my brave Knight of Change needs me in his army. Unicorn Cavalry. Sigh.
I did have a wonderful weekend though, part of it spent in Providence with my sweet
beowabbit at WaterFire. It did this soul good to be gazing into the fires by moonlight with the loving arms of my darling around me. There was also a dim sum brunch with non-LJ friends, and precious reading time (a book, not the internet). Onward to the week ahead.