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full-hearted attempts

2.24.13, Oakland, CA

2.24.13, Oakland, CA

In a land where jade trees grow chest high,
we capture light -
still shots of neighborhoods
with views that refract privilege and entitlement.
We too want to believe that there is enough hope here for all.

More than 365 days have passed between and through us.
My heart has accepted this new anniversary -
an embodiment of time is a gift.
My head processes endless loops -
fantasies where we are more than simply practicing survival.

We’ve been here before which makes this feel familiar.
It has reinforced a critical distance,
an emersion from too many lost days.
These full-hearted attempts of supporting each other’s happiness
are evidence of an existence of forward momentum.

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specular reflection

artist: Pakayla Biehn

artist: Pakayla Biehn

We live in a century defined by its curation; we are a nation of tags. Economies are based on it.

I prefer my inspiration random, underground, catalytic, and authentic.

The challenges today are the same we faced yesterday. Too much time has been spent on the details, it is time to move forward with eyes open. Below is a random, catalytic, and totally authentic curated list of good things that happened this past year (since April).

  • sunglasses and an original packet of erotica
  • bourbon
  • bonsai and desire
  • the ocean
  • standing ground
  • stick shifts
  • having a beard
  • pink sunsets
  • warm bodies
  • winter sunshine
  • sick days
  • consensual hugs
  • asking what feels good
  • goodbyes and hellos

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tabula rasa

This is written from the perspective of someone who abstains from being myopic; this is a New Year’s post.

all I want to do is just assess the situation / cultivate alliances, inspect the situation - Polvo

Let us, together, construct a narrative that is genuine and hopeful about this new year.  Could we be, finally, experiencing an emancipation from our millenium hangover? Have we begun to intentionally resist the general malaise towards these engineered wars against terror and occupations? Either way it feels like we have shed something heavy and dark. It feels joyous.

This recent marker of time within this century places us squarely in our tween years. We are awkward and we are starting to demand independence from our modern way of thinking.  Dismantling, transforming, dreaming, and participating in neoteric cultural projects is where we currently stand. But will this new structure be different?

Please, please, please let us be silent long enough to hear the subtle changes. The articulations, the observations, and the voices that lift up authentic, new perspectives will sound dissonant. They will challenge you to feel again. The aggregation of the sounds of this struggle will be the chorus we sing.

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Feminist Future

“…a feminist future depends not on erasing or celebrating sexed differences but on producing a collective consciousness that theorizes and acts on social processes and their implications.” – Chris Bobel

New Blood: Third-Wave Feminism and The Politics of Menstruation

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Duende

Warm Saturday cruising resulted in new evocations about living authentically. It was more than just picking out patterns; it was a consummation of trial and errors.

It’s the eve of a week of finalities.   The confession of desires will be official and I will surrender to the beautiful, messy unknown.

To all my strategic partners, I thank you.

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Recording

Recording every minute of your life can make you instantly nostalgic. I haven’t figured out if I enjoy that feeling of memory or I’m afraid that if I don’t write it down, I’ll forget. Both are satisfactory to me.

 

Ephemera matters

 

Here are some things that happened over the past few weeks:

  • Printing prints with numb fingers
  • Mad dress, gold shoes & ripped shirts
  • Rocking chairs & a softer hair of the dog
  • Sexual terrorism memorialized in a museum
  • A 54 year streak, broken
  • Those who were formerly known as “tea baggers” (never forget) rode a gendered Trojan horse to the mobs.
  • Rejected at the first hoop signaling my exit
  • Out of control plate of charity donuts

The rainy season has started. You plan for it, sometimes you even wish for it. Your eyes eventually adjust to the fading darkness. Looking for new perspectives, new ways of seeing, is my urban hiking goal.

Winter accomplishments this year will include cataloging subtle similarities and observing wide ranges of differences through photos and random epiphanies. Writing every minute down is not the goal. The goal is to live one’s life.

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While I was letting my life pile up around me, the following history happened:

1. comprehensive evidence based sex education got paid, specifically $155M in federal grants

2. medication abortions did not increase the total number of abortions in the United States

3. students want to learn

4. a new wave – post-feminism feminism – was born

I see a dull light shining out from the past dark ages that was the noughties. Let’s stop and celebrate these successes. The list above reads like a cornucopia of change from the status quo.

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The crumbs listed above led people to this blog. I’m equally proud and horrified that the internet and its series of pipes dumped people here. How these terms correlate to cacheculture’s content is literally accurate but it’s certainly not definitive.

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follow through

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goodbye 2008!

painting by Christopher Lowry Johnson, Implosion (6)

Oh, 2008: You were 365 days of diminishing dreams, constructions of “hope”, and hyped belief in the ideal that starting over means better times are coming. Let us remain critical yet comprehensive in our understanding of how we will thaw from our cultural winter.

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Apologies for the bad cell phone picture – William Gibson reading chapter 43 from “Spook Country”.

The pantone chip reference is in regards to how he thinks of the term, “cyberpunk”.

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The Future is Here!

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According to the death test, I have less than 4% chance of dying in 4 years. In order to take the test you need to be at least 50 years old. I am nearly two decades away from establishing this benchmark. When I do, I hope to still pay my bills, take a shower without issue, and never own a chair heavier than I can lift.

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Homeland Security


Ladies – the future has arrived. Technology will save us. If you’ve ever found yourself stuck in a public stall and your monthly friend has arrived in all her glory and you have nary a quarter to waste, this will be your new best friend.

Sign up for EggAlert – a service brought to you by PDAHealthWare, Inc. Planning a pool party or planning a baby? You’ll receive a text message alerting you that your period is about to begin in 5 days.

Using this innovative service, couples can attempt to choose the sex of their unborn child or a teenager could plan her life around her personalized EggAlerts. According to Dr. Dave, the president of PDAHealthWare, Inc., “EggAlert provides a sense of freedom and comfort for a lot of teens who want to know when they are going to menstruate because it can have a significant impact on planning of social and recreational activities.”

The cultural landscape of menstruation has been redefined. The consumer of EggAlert can be relieved of the annoying duty of tracking the biological function. The menstruating body is privately alerted to its impending function. The menstrual body as potential reproductive vessel can be consumed as a product couched in a package of freedom and empowerment. Freedom to transgress the worries of menstrual surveillance. Text as empowerment.

Having a husband or boyfriend maintain this surveillance and its potential reproductive ramifications conjures a world imagined by Foucault. Imagine the chaos that could happen if the EggAlert server crashes and text messages delayed.

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desire(s)

things i’d like to see:

curb feelers on city buses

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Freedom is Sexy

Those lucky few that could afford to attend the multiple Inauguration Balls, were privy to the Freedom Martini.

A tasty drink signifying the buzz word of the week.

The “Freedom” martini:

1. Blue curaao
2. Vodka
3. Vermouth
4. A raspberry (if you lean to the right) or a blueberry (if you swing to the left)

Now that you’ve experienced what freedom tastes like let your ears hear the latest revolution.

It is refreshing to know that as we experience life in the 21st century, the technological possibilities that improve our quality of life are endless.

Moantones:

Jenna Jameson, best selling author of How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale is now penetrating the Latin American “Moantone” market. Partnering with Wicked Wireless
Jenna describes why moans are a multicultural bridge:

“We’ll provide [moantones] in the universal language of sexy sighs recognized around the world but with our own personal touch. The technology is way beyond most of us, but the bottom line is that you’ll able to hear the other Jenna’s Web Girls moan and me when your phone starts to ring. We’ll also provide audio content in Spanish plus photos and text features.”

Living in the 21st century is even better than I could have imagined! Now when I’m walking through the grocery store, riding the bus or even standing in line ordering my coffee I can hear sexy sighs and orgasmic yelps from the stranger beside me.

But what happens when two people download the same moantone and by sheer coincidence their phones ring at the same time? Will the signified tone be understood by the correct person? Will the owner recognize their ringing object?

Blurring the lines between public spaces and private moments can only lead to bridging cultural barriers.

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