Author: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

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An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

Today’s going to be a good one.

Mr. Lawnge's remix of Queen's Flash Gordon Theme is playing on my Launch station as I start writing this. :-) A busy week ahead as I'm taking two days off work to head up to SUNY-Oneonta for a feature on Wednesday night. Robb Thibault - Fargo, 1998 - runs the Student Union and invited me to open their slam season. Have a full 30-40 minutes so I'm looking forward to stretching my legs and doing some pieces I haven't done in awhile. Getting paid nicely, too, which is always a good thing! Hung out with Phil West on Friday night,…

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An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

Keep Your Head Up

On my generation’s equivalent of Pearl Harbor Day, another tragedy weighs equally heavy in my thoughts. It’s been 7 years since Tupac Amaru Shakur’s murder and, sadly, not much seems to have changed.

Not in hip-hop, or the world in general, for that matter.

We’re no more or less safe today than we were on February 26, 1993 or April 19, 1995 or September 8, 1996 or March 9, 1997 or September 11, 2001.

Hopefully, we’re a little more aware of our place in the world and that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction and that every cause has an effect and that there is rarely such thing as truly innocent bystanders. Our lives today are the result of our [in]decisions yesterday and the day before that, etc, etc, ad naseum.

None of us are innocent bystanders. At best, we might claim feeling helpless and be honest about that feeling being rooted in complacency.

Anyway, I’m feeling a little melancholy and disconnected today and I dug up something I originally wrote for my zine, zuzu’s petals, back in the fall of 1996.

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An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

Polls, for the most part, can be twisted to say whatever the poller wants, but I'll take some small glimmer of hope from this one: Bush Rating At 2-Year Low Wed Sep 10,10:24 AM ET By Joseph Guinto And Sean Higgins All three of the Presidential Leadership Index's components fell in September. -Bush's presidential favorability rating dropped 2.4 points to 54.0. -His job approval rating dived 5.8 points, or 10.1%, to 51.9. -His leadership rating dipped 3.8 points to 55.9. The favorability and leadership ratings, like the overall index, are post-9-11 lows for Bush. The job approval rating is the…

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An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

It's rant time. The whole home ownership aspect of the "American Dream" escapes me. A couple of years ago, four or five months after Isaac was born, the combination of frustration over being unable to find a decent apartment to rent and the lure of owning our own place, led us to look into buying a condo. Salomé had not returned to work yet so we applied for a mortgage based only on my income and were surprised by how much they felt we could afford. In the end, the whole process nearly drove me crazy, literally, as the road…

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An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

"Stupid risks make life worth living." You love adventure. You're quite spontaneous, and will do anything for a little thrill. You're certainly not boring. However, sometimes you get a bit carried away, and could wind up doing something incredibly stupid and die. Tone it down a bit. Which Advice Quote said by Homer Simpson are You? brought to you by Quizilla

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An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

The Buffalo Bills have been my second favorite NFL team ever since Jim Kelly came over from the USFL's Houston Gamblers in 1986, eventually leading them to four consecutive heartbreaking Super Bowls in the early 90's. WIth the Jets sucking for much of that time - from the latter years of the Joe Walton era through the horrible Rich Kotite fiasco - Buffalo was often my only chance to cheer for a playoff team I actually liked. In '91, when they lost the Super Bowl in the final seconds to the Giants, wide right, I was devastated, especially since for…

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An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

Damn! Blogger's lost a post for the first time. Grrrr... Quick shots: * It's gonna be a loooooooooong season out at the Meadowlands. The Jets looked terrible last night with Vinny at the helm. Thank goodness for FANTASY football! :-( * Watched last night's debate and didn't hear anything that changed my mind all that much. Dean is ripe for Saturday Night Live mockery, with that stiff neck and habit of talking out of one side of his mouth. Darryl Hammond should be able to nail him nicely. (Side note: An interesting analysis of the debate at Slate, includes a…

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