Papang's Birthday

Day 1

Oh how the panic dwells within and threatens to destroy.

Occupy the music

Now I love the Occupy movement. Although I think that in some places like Oakland it has gotten a bit out of hand, I still absolutely love it and I wish that I had the time (and money) to go and participate.
Besides the message however, I also love the music that has come out of this movement. One of the things I always complain about to my father is that he was alive and active during the 70s when all of the anti-establishment folk songs were popular and I completely missed all of them (on a contrasting note I think that LBJ is one of our most under-appreciated presidents who did NOT deserve all the hate that he got thrown his way). This is most likely why I love such songs as Run From The Gun by Dead Confederate. Now, I have found this absolute gem coming from the Occupy Seattle camp that makes me so happy that there are some very talented people out there making beautiful music for a great cause. 
This guy is just amazing and I just wanna listen to it over, and over, and over again.

Up-up-update

What I'm reading right now:  "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman (as soon as I can find it again) and "Life, the Universe, and Everything" by Douglas Adams


What I'm listening to on repeat:  A very catchy song called "Down with the Trumpets" by a relatively unknown Hip Hop group called Rizzle Kicks. Now I'm not really one for rapping unless I'm at a school dance or tearing it off presents of Christmas morning, I normally just stick to music where actual melodies are the order of the day. However, these two guys perfectly blend their low-difficulty singing with high-difficulty rap skills and their music has just gotten to me.
And hasn't given my poor brain any rest for a week.

I'd like a Spanish man with an Italian ass...

This afternoon I caught my 70 year old dad whistling along to the radio.
It was playing Love Story by Taylor Swift.
I was mildly alarmed.

Ricky Perry

    Now, it's probably not surprising that I consider myself a Democrat. I live in Western Washington for heaven's sake. Contrary to the position most people would expect to come from a person so far to the left, I am a supporter of capital punishment (Edit: The Troy Davis debacle/calamity/tragedy notwithstanding). As I stated about Bin Laden earlier, there are simply some people who deserve the ultimate punishment that can be given. On that note, I support Governor Perry's choice to stick up for his State's reputation with this controversial subject. Many of these people who act like it is all cut & dried and accuse him of being a "Nazi," and as much of a murderer as the men on death row, don't understand the extensive process it take for a person to actually make it to that execution chamber. Sure, mistakes happen and in theory the accused could be innocent men but many act like it is a common occurrence, that it doesn't take over five years to put someone on death row. It doesn't even save money to execute a man rather than keep them in jail or life. That just illustrates how much money is poured into making absolutely sure that they caught the right man. Sometimes they even die in prison before all of the appeals go through.
So, "Right on, Rick Perry!" I may not be voting for you in next year's election of you manage to get the nomination, but on this front I think you are being attacked more than you deserve.