Everything you think do and say is in the pill you took today…… Remember the song In The Year 2525 that starts off with if man is still alive and goes on to describe a bleak view of technological progress? Well it’s the year 5769 by the Jewish calendar starting tonight and I wonder what our world view is – yes, these are some interesting times – the fall of the US Empire, cataclysmic weather…
The other night I was speaking to a writer at a party and he said, “Katrina books came out in droves around September ’06, and none of them sold.” Old news.
Last night, we went to go see Trouble the Water, which I highly recommend. Footage by amateur filmmaker, cum rap artist, Kimberly Rivers Roberts is haunting and raw, but there is nothing like the disbelief that hits you when you see George Bush drop the ball on the single largest event in the modern history of the United States. My favorite line from the movie is when brother Larry, after rescuing people with a gym…
My mom returned from seeing my sister and I asked her for her assessment – she said your sister is angry that this has happened to her and she’s depressed. I said, I can see that. I ran into my friend whose daughter is dying and I asked her how she is holding up, she said she’s mad as hell that this is happening and she’s so incredibly sad she has started crying all over…
Long bike ride this morning along the lakefront with a slight chill in the air – a welcome chill – I stopped at the Causeway and watched the very large brown pelicans and white pelican perched atop the railroad ties. Back for the winter. Oh what a glorious sight to see. I called to them that the bayou is ready for their return.
At a gathering of Spanish, Brazilian, American, and others there was not a concern for Wall Street – some in the group already live on the margin, happily I might add, and are not expecting anything to be added or subtracted to their lives.
When we moved back to New Orleans in 1995, we lived on Napoleon Avenue in a half a double and had a back porch that was surrounded by night blooming jasmine and crepe myrtle. Our neighbors had a fountain that we could enjoy from across the dense leaves of a jasmine vine. Despite having arrived during a heat wave and having to unpack a van packed tight with our belongings that we dragged cross country…
Credit Oprah with having said that and my friend Jer who told me about it – but I was just speaking to a long term source today who said, “Rachel, you cover media, work in the financial industry and live in New Orleans – now you, have an interesting life.” I said, yes my dear and it is getting interestinger and interestinger all the time!
In an interesting conversation yesterday, I was surprised to learn that some folks feel it is the fault of the people who offered credit, and not those who sought credit, as to why we, as a country, as a global community, are in this financial mess. Come, come – if someone offers me the ability to borrow more than I have the means to pay back, am I blameless for taking it? We all have…