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Canvassing

by Orion 11/2/2012 - 9:35 pm

Now that I'm out of the chaos that was an entire horrible year of my life, I think it's about time to get back to work.

There is alot of canvassing work here in Seattle, Washington and that is what I'm looking towards getting back in to. [Read more]

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A Randian America - Time To Tune Out?

by Orion 11/1/2012 - 6:28 pm

It's becoming really intolerable to talk politics. I used to do it really, really easily. Maybe it was the drugs I was on. Maybe it was my weird brain. Maybe it was my youth. Who really knows?

Dagblog is one of the only places I really feel comfortable talking about public issues anymore. Everywhere else has a touch of the immature with a big dose of the psychotic. On Facebook, I made the error of posting something I knew would bait the right wingers I still have on my friends list - I said that, if Ayn Rand were still alive and living in New York (where she wrote most of her books) today, she'd be "running out of town on a government subsidized bus while telling the rest of the city to drown." [Read more]

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A Black Man's Take On Obama

by Orion 10/29/2012 - 9:22 pm

With that whole topic of race relations fresh in my head, it was odd what happened. I talked with an older black man about current events. The man lives here in the same housing complex I do. He grew up in Mississippi, in 1954.

"I've been poor all of my life. I'm not new to this, but all of you - middle class whites - you're gonna flip out." I didn't get offended at that. I had seen enough in the last few years that I understood subtleties that I sure as hell didn't before. Life is a minefield with bombs ready to go off at any point and interpersonal conversations are no exception. [Read more]

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Republican Racism Is Real

by Orion 10/29/2012 - 12:23 pm

I had a big debate with a friend online about race relations, Obama and Romney. Please add me on Facebook here.

I have been up close and personal with conservatives in many instances. I grew up in a sheltered, liberal environment but much of the extended family I've reached out to as an adult is pretty conservative generally. [Read more]

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Keep This Image In Mind When You Go To Vote

by Orion 10/28/2012 - 2:40 pm

I had a friend tell me at one point that all human dementedness comes from the feeling of isolation - of no longer being a part of "the tribe."

Well, it may not be that simple:

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One Nation Subsidized, One Man Subsidized

by Orion 10/27/2012 - 1:04 pm

I grew up in subsidized housing, in the same neighborhood pretty much that I am now. The subsidized housing then was for people with families who were persuing advanced degrees. Where I'm living now is very different - it's subsidized housing for people with varying challenges. [Read more]

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The Native American Encyclopedia

by Orion 10/26/2012 - 11:38 am

There is an account on Facebook called the "Native American Encyclopedia." It's really incredible - whoever is running it, and I assume that it is a group effort, has really put effort in to making it a great source for viewing again and again.

My time in Guam actually made me value Native Americans and their iconography quite a bit more. I think it's always been in the background of my life, growing up in the Seattle area and all, but I found it really interesting that alot of Native American items were actually sold in the stores there - out of a shared empathy between Chamorros and Natives as members of the United States but not full members.

Pictures like this are really valuable: [Read more]

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Thoughts On An Obama Loss

by Orion 10/26/2012 - 10:09 am

A little forewarning - I realize I am writing this on a very liberal site. I am a very liberal guy but I've seen a lot and experienced quite a bit in the last few years and it has led me to a few conclusions about things. Upsiding all sides and being generally offensive is what I do, apparently, so try not to take anything too personal.

I've seen both sides of the fence. I've gone camping and adventuring throughout Middle America and lived for short times in rural Pennsylvania and Guam. I know the differences like a good social scientist should. In rural areas, social identity is rock solid - whether it's being white or being Chamorro - in a way that it simply isn't in urban areas. [Read more]

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Depression

by Orion 10/20/2012 - 5:36 pm

If you've been reading my pieces, you've probably noticed that I am depressed. I've really made a mess of things - turning myself from a freelance writer and graduate in to someone who suffered a total breakdown and now lives in subsidized housing. My whole world has been turned upside down but that's pretty much me. Suicide has come in to my head a few times but I have refrained from it for various reasons because of the disrespect such an act would illustrate. Enough about me though. [Read more]

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A Nation Of Speed Racers

by Orion 10/13/2012 - 6:33 am

I got a really thoughtful comment here about how 90s babies are simply not used to a level of chaos, confusion and weirdness that is actually really normal in American society. I've forgotten now but I think that I have already written on that comment. Well it still keeps inspiring me, honestly.

One thing that the commentator said is that "everyone was doing cocaine."

There was an article in the Guardian that illustrates people haven't changed much. They're just going to the drug store instead of the dealer: [Read more]

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