Hoarding Colored Rags
As those who know me well are aware, I have an odd relationship with memories. I have a tendency to want to avoid forgetting: I write things down, I collect memorable things said, I hoard emails and SMSes. Sometimes I look back on them, but not as often as you might think. These behaviours have provoked some interesting conversations. I can only imagine that a similar set of behaviours provoked
this fragment of fiction.
It was an interesting observation of Elaina's that clutching at memories brings only sorrow; a life well-lived is its own reward, but in a time of loneliness reminders of happier days are cold comfort indeed.
Some things are best forgotten, of course, and others are only improved by distillation. In neither case is a factual reminder a good thing to have.
Posted at 2006-07-07 22:40:54 by Richard • Link to Hoarding Colored R…
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New haul
- The SD700IS is gorgeous, the movie mode is wonderful, and it's very comfortable in the hand. I look forward to exercising it!
- The Koss headphones I ordered (KSC75) are great; very comfortable, and it's like music is floating around my head. Fewer things to break than my old ones, too.
- 4GB is a lot of memory card. My camera suggests that I have 2,379 more pictures left, at maximum resolution and quality. Sweet.
Posted at 2006-07-07 16:37:01 by Richard • Link to New haul
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Gin and Tacos does America
Two stand-outs from
this wonderful piece.
- Received a speeding ticket in Hutchinson, KS for 75 in a 65. Refrained from saying "Hell, I was doing 90 a minute ago. I slowed down to 75 because I was reading a guide book."
- Drove across the entirety of 12 states and portions of 4 others. American politics make sense after doing so. America is not Chicago or the pretty college town in which you currently live. No, America is fat white women with black eyes, hundred-mile stretches of vacant land, the smell of Busch Beer wafting from ramshackle houses, towns with no library (but 3 Baptist churches and 5 bars), and mulleted retards driving pre-fuel injection Ford trucks.
This is the wrong post in which to do it, but farewell to Bruce, a legend, an Englishman, and a drinker. He will be missed, in Austin though he is.
Posted at 2006-07-07 01:17:18 by Richard • Link to Gin and Tacos does…
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