Amazing that a book in which the main character is studying fads, published in 1997 can still feel relevant. Where did the fad for bobbed hair come frAmazing that a book in which the main character is studying fads, published in 1997 can still feel relevant. Where did the fad for bobbed hair come from is what Sandra Fosters research centres around, but it was fun to get a smattering of information about fads throughout the ages. One thing Connie Willis got dead wrong is that aversion to smoking was a fad… lol. ...more
I feel a close affinity to Jack London. This biographical fiction came with perfect timing for me. I've now finally turned to Nietzsche and understandI feel a close affinity to Jack London. This biographical fiction came with perfect timing for me. I've now finally turned to Nietzsche and understand where that affinity comes from. Never too late to find where you belong. My mind isn't on writing convincing reviews but rather feeding my intellect with whatever is most needed at any given moment.
Now approaching my 52 second birthday (born July 11, 1969), I finally understand why I've been met with so much resistance most of my life: people need to reduce everything and everyone to what they can understand, and for the most part, that is very, very little of anything actually worth holding on to. I am larger than life. My life has always been surreal. Countless people want to make me out to be delusional, and the facts show this is a lie. I was dragged by force by police and ambulance to psych emergency in March, after ranting in the streets. Using our voice in Canada is seen as being dangerous.
There was a court order to keep me, and... I was released early because the fact is I'm hyper rational, I've always been on the autism spectrum and a child prodigy who was not given the proper tools to evolve early on. I'm now finding those tools and keys and allowing myself to come into my full powers. Anyone who is made uncomfortable with that only displays their own limitations. I've always been a mirror; people inevitably project their own limitations onto me. People also break their mirrors (ie artists) when they dislike what they see. So be it. I've been made that much stronger from the relentless abuse. You have created me this way. I believe in a higher power and I serve that power with my gifts, and none other. ...more