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"we scratch and claw, but only at the air--only at each other. And for all of it, we never budge an inch."

More Fisk. I don't believe I'd heard of this fellow before last week. Good stuff.

Sean and Sonya will in fact be but a stone's through away in a few weeks. Their house looks pretty nice. I can't wait to see what they do with it. Now comes the fun part: finding jobs in Bloomington. Feh, no problem for those two.

It's been great having Bill around for the past couple days. Efforts to convince him to move to Bloomington have proved unsuccessful so far, but it's hard to compete with San Fran and everything it has to offer. Seems like we had a pretty crazy weekend, per normal. Next weekend will be quite different for me, as I'll be spending it in Florida visiting my folks, assuming air travel has resumed normally by then. Time will tell. I'm optimistic.

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Whew. I don't have the words. I've tried forming coherent thoughts, to no avail. I don't think the printed word works well for me in times like this. It's too easy to mis-state what I mean, what I'm trying to work through. Two-way communication is much more helpful for me. I've had some good discussions with lots of people this week, and it's helped me put things into some sort of perspective, but it's also helped convince me that I have no perspective for things like this. Cynicism is ascendant.

So, as bizarre as it seems, today's pecking at the keyboard concerns events in my tiny little sphere. Sean and Sonya are moving to Bloomington! There's a part of me that thinks these big city kids are going to be bored with our sleepy little burg, but ultimately the shelfish side of me doesn't care. It'll be quite cool to have ready access to these folks. How odd to have lost our last foothold in the windy city. How nifty to finally find out who's fighting style is supreme; akido v. tai chi! "Your kung fu is very good, but it is no match for my single whip!"

Last night Jim and Clint and I went to a raw & living uncooking class (good idea, Jim!). While I think we were hoping for a little more hand's on, it did give some interesting ideas (as well as make me wish I had a really good juicer). I'm not giving up on sprouting chick peas; in fact, I think my problem must have been a sprouting jar that wasn't sufficiently cleaned out from the previous batch (and Jimmah's suggestion to rinse often is also taken to heart).

At the beginning of class, the nutritionist asked that we have a couple minutes of silence, that he needed that to be able to have class. It was appropriate. No one had anything they wanted to add afterward, and we went ahead with the demo, but it made sense to acknowledge what was going on, to give the evening context (at least for me). Yeah. So anyways, I'm starting the next batch of garbanzoes soaking today, in anticipation of another batch of hummus, perhaps this time with peppers from the garden.

Speaking of gardens, it amazes me that the plants I've neglected all summer long still continue to produce a small tomato now and then. I picked a roma from the backyard this morning, off a plant that hadn't yet produced this summer. Very nice. It makes me excited to think what is possible with a little nurturing, with a little effort. With a little attention to simple things like weeding and pest control, and composting.

I'm looking forward to going to the farmer's market tomorrow morning. I want to be around sunshine and fresh baked bread and vegtables and flowers.

'In 1981, the General Assembly declared that the opening day of its regular session in September "shall be officially dedicated and observed as the International Day of Peace and shall be devoted to commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace both within and among all nations and peoples" (resolution 36/67). In 1998, the Assembly reaffirmed that the Day should continue to be observed on the opening day of its annual regular session (resolution 52/232 of 4 June). In 2001, the opening day will be 11 September.' link.

FYI, just verified with Michael: Todd and Shanti are not in New York right now.

We just got this email from the Governor's office (I work at a state agency):

I am saddened by the tragic events that have occurred in Washington D.C. and New York City. As we await more information on what has transpired, it’s important that our citizens remain calm and avoid panic.

Let me assure you that the state of Indiana has moved into a state of alert and has implemented precautionary plans to ensure that our citizens are safe. Security at all government buildings has been enhanced. All Indiana State troopers are on standby, ready to respond if needed.

We are still gathering information through our Emergency Operations Center, the state police and the Indiana National Guard.

My sister just called, and wanted to know why I'm still at work. They've evacuated some buildings downtown, including the City/County building and AUL, but I guess they're not sending the state workers home. I don't feel endangered, though I'd like to be able to go home and watch some CNN. They're letting people go if they want to, so maybe I'll get out of here early. I don't know.

What I want is more info. I've been checking out recently updated pages on blogger, and most have posts concerning this morning, but there's only so much info to go around. Scripting News also has several pointers, and a quote from someone in NY claiming that they were able to evacuate the floors below 90 before the towers collapsed. Still working all this through. I wish I was home.

Not knowing how this will all shake out, I can only relate that everyone around me is (understandably) concerned and agitated. I first heard about the attacks this morning when Shari called me. She called back a couple more times as more info came in. Planes hijacked and flown into the WTC. And the Pentagon. The White House evacuated. One of the WTC towers collapsed. All planes are grounded. Ugly, ugly stuff.

There's a radio on nearby, and several people have gone up to the 13th floor where someone has a TV. The web is totally locked, at least as far as the major news sites go.

So I'm in a holding pattern now, waiting as more gristly details come in, listening to my coworkers speculate and comment on the morning's events. They're trading what little bits of info they have, it's rumor central. It's way too early to try to put any thoughts together. Like so many others, I'm just waiting to see how bad this gets.

Back home again in Indiana. I did, in fact, end up videotaping the EP show Saturday night, which I think is a good thing. My enjoyment of the show wasn't greatly diminished (though that bugger gets heavy after an hour or so), and I think the visuals and the sound came out pretty well. Sean is making a copy, but there should be EP video floating around Bloomington before too long.

Beyond the show, what can I say? Chicago's a great place to visit, especially when you get to stay with Sean and Sonya, and especially when buddies from out of town are there like Amy and Bill. All too brief, but fun nonetheless. And I got to see Rob at Around the Coyote, which was cool, but again, all too brief.

I slept long and hard last night. It felt good.

Following up yesterday's breakfast topic of discussion: via RW, this sometimes disturbing site about the benefits of circumcision, where I learned about such conditions as phimosis. I had to stop reading.

Shari's car is out of commission, which is inconvenient, but hopefully still within repair. Otherwise, I'm looking at a nice leasurely day at Shangri-La. Jack seems to have picked a fight with the wrong feline, having suffered a nasty scrape on the top of his noggin, but he seems none the worse for wear, and still wants to go outside. The tomato plants seem to be bouncing back as well, producing new fruit where I thought none could develop. Today's culinary goal is to try out the new Chopper/Slicer from Pampered Chef. Potatoes, mayhaps?

Oh yes, and I need to figure out how to successfully sprout garbanzo beans without, well, fermenting them. Yuk!

Let's see, also: I don't know why the link below isn't working (probably something to do with the way Geocities limits the way you can link to pages - i.e., you can't link directly to images stored on their site, as MotorGrrrl found out), but you can get your StreetReady fix by going to their official site, www.streetready.com, or by checking out this GrooveRevolution page. Clint's the singer.

It sure looks like Clint (i.e. "Gus") has been holding out on us. When can we expect a StreetReady reunion, dude?

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