First off, thanks for the kind words about the blog's first post. It's all really appreciated. If you missed the inaugural post, you can see it if you keep scrolling down past this post. A link for it also appears at the very bottom of the page under "Archives." A quick apology as well. Yesterday's title was, "Welcome Back & Hello". I explained the hello part (people coming to the blog from Twitter or seeing my post on the "Plutocracy Files" blog). The "Welcome Back" part I neglected to mention. I wrote a soccer blog last year, that I'm super proud of. There are around 40 posts, including one for every day of the World Cup. In some of the posts, I'm pretty sharp. A few posts are written in a drunken stupor, after returning home from the bars. But, give it a look, and relive the World Cup day by day. Some of my non-soccer loving friends enjoyed it. I didn't get too wonky on soccer stuff and all references were explained thoroughly.
I'm going to make this one a super quick post. I have another post in the works, detailing my experience sleeping overnight outdoors and the rally/march for Occupy Syracuse. I'm struggling with calling that post "urban camping" or "willing homelessness." Tune in tomorrow to see what I decided.
This post will be at both ends of the spectrum. I'll start you off with the bad news, so we can end on a high. I mentioned yesterday that I'm absolutely transfixed by these Occupation stories going on around the world. It paralyzes me at work. Last week I even joked with a Twitter friend, that if I don't focus at work, I'm going to have a lot more time to help out the protests. Anyway, we move on.
When you get a chance, please take a look at this Tumbler site. It's ultimately just pictures of folks from across America, holding a note detailing
their current struggles. The site is incredibly powerful. You see
something of yourself or someone you know in each picture/story. I did
just realize Tumbler might not work on office PCs, so here is an example
of the site. At the time of me writing this post, there are 75 pages of
people and their individual stories. Each one just tears you up. It
makes you realize why people are sleeping in the streets in over 1,300 cities around the world, to effect some kind of change.
Ok,
that was tough, let's end on an high note. A little while back I
stumbled upon the most random/awesome story. I promise you, it's not a
fake. There is a 69-year-old DJ from the UK, who is so popular she tours Europe, and has a massive following. She goes by the name of DJ Mamy Rock. There's no word if all her appearances end before
5pm. Mamy Rock is of course her stage name. Her real name is Ruth
Flowers. When I first saw her, I thought she had this weird "Weekend at
Bernie's" thing going on. But, the more I thought about it, she's more
Mrs. Doubtfire meets Kanye West. I'm not married to that assessment
though. If you can think of another cool old lady she more looks like,
feel free to leave it in the comment section. I also thought the big
glasses were maybe because she has cataracts, turns out they're just
regular shades. And, yes, I'm all out of "she's really old" jokes.Speaking of Kanye West, he visited the folks at Occupy Wall Street today. And, that my friends, is what we call a literary boomerang (I think I'm the only who calls it that). We started with Occupation related news, then to a DJ that can collect retirement benefits, and finish back on Wall Street. We should end here, because that was a neat little bow.
And, just because I was poking fun at DJ Mamy Rock, don't think I'm not a fan. She's actually pretty good. Check her out here:
Thanks so much for checking back in, remember you can subscribe to the blog, and you'll get an e-mail only when a new post goes up (no spam). And, you can follow me on Twitter, my handle is @LeftBehind_CNY. I've been told that I can be pretty hilarious.
See you soon,
James
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