On the gay movement

I'm glad I took a few minutes to read Maclean's this week. Another quote from Fran Lebowitz: "I am stunned that the two greatest desires apparently of the people involved in the gay rights movement are gay marriage and gays in the military. Really? To me, these are the two most confining institutions on the planet: people used to pretend to be gay to get out of going into the army."

A fleeting thought about writing a book

Lately I have been toying with the idea of writing a book. Then I read Barbara Amiel in Maclean's March 28, 2011. She quoted Fran Lebowitz:

"Too many people are writing books, period. The books are terrible and this is because you have been taught self-esteem. And apparently you have so much self esteem that you think, you know what, I shouldn't keep these thoughts to myself. I should share them with the world."

Perhaps I shall just take some photographs.

Teenage eyes

These are the eyes of a teenager. My teenager. Oh so beautiful. But, oh, what do they see? They see human parents who are really just gatekeepers, or big blockades stopping them from doing what they really want to do and hanging with who they want to hang with. And who have bad taste in music. They see teachers who are disconnected, irrelevant, and rant on things they will never ever use again once they finish this semester.

They see school as prison. Chores as punishment.

Leafy greens as poison. Whole wheat as worse.