"You sound to me as though you don't believe in free will," said Billy Pilgrim. "If I hadn't spent so much time studying Earthlings," said the Tralfamadorian, "I wouldn't have any idea what was meant by free will. I've visited 31 inhabited planets in the universe...Only on Earth is there any talk of free will." -- K. Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

Wednesday, November 24, 2004

jecca+the world

My Real Astrology today reads:

Sometimes it's just not worth trying to gnaw through the leather straps; you're better off accepting your bondage, saving your energy, and escaping into daydreams. But in the coming weeks, Aries, you should definitely strive to chomp through the leather straps. In fact, you're likely to have excellent results whenever you do anything to wriggle out of your "mind-forg'd manacles," slip away from your volunteer slavery, or break free from your self-imposed incarceration. When you look back on your life from the perspective of next year, you will probably call December your Month of Liberation.

Which is mainly funny, because I have been saying the exact same thing. Not the part about gnawing through leather (not so vegetarian, I guess I could consider gnawing through some PVC), but about December being the month of liberation. It was just this past Sunday when I realized that I have the ability to change how I think about things: about people, about events, about humanity. Cheesey? Maybe.

I just want to make things.

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