Bush's Thingy is Popping Up From its Hole

Just when it seemed like W. Bush's reign of terror had been reigned in -- he found a way to continue influencing America for the worse. It's like those games at the video arcade, where you have to hit the thingy that pops up with a hammer, and as soon as you do, another one pops up from another hole, and you hit that one, and up comes another from yet another hole.

In this case, the thingy popping up from the hole is the disgust-inducing Supreme Court and its string of 5-4 decisions this week. They have in a very short time managed to make inroads toward abolishing the following:

• Free speech
• Integration
• Separation of church and state
• Campaign finance reform
• Rights of the individual over those of the corporation (see Free Speech and Campaign finance reform links)
• Antitrust

There's more, no doubt. I've compiled this list as a mere casual reader of the newspaper.

This feels unprecedented. It feels like a watershed moment for the right. It could mean that the Supreme Court is even worse than George W. Bush, because the Court won't be forced out after eight years. In fact, it doesn't really have to answer to anyone from here on out. It cannot be punished by the People.

I want to punch John Roberts in the face every time I see his picture.

Damn that Karina

I saw Godard's Pierrot le fou at BAM last night. Love it. Loved the treat of watching a Godard film on the big screen, of watching Anna Karina perfect figure waltz across the screen and wishing I were her, of witnessing the perfect combination of irreverence, intrigue, intelligence, and adventure.

Movies are funnier when seen in the theater. Laughter is contagious, and sometimes a lazy mind doesn't bother to find the humor in something unless reminded to by the laughter of others. I doubt I would have laughed so much had I watched Pierrot le fou at home. There would have been less laughter and more jealousy at the sight of Karina's long long legs.

Jaime Recommends - An Introduction.

One of the things I want to do with this blog is to let readers know about the awesome things that my awesome friends and acquaintances are up to. I have talented, ambitious, funny, smart friends, and they do a lot of great things. Also, I have really good taste in music and literature and fun, so when I say I know someone who's doing something really cool, you can rest assured that it's true.

I take great pleasure in sharing the things that I love with everyone else (romantic interests aside), because they are things that deserve to be found and loved. And you thought this was going to be just another blog all about its author! No way -- I didn't move to New York for nothing. I moved here to discover greatness, in myself and in others!

So anytime the title of a post starts with "Jaime Recommends," you have just found yourself on the brink of discovering something mighty...read on, new friends!!

Welcome Me, Love Me

I suppose I’m late to the game, waiting to start a blog until the summer of 2006. But I didn’t want a blog to be the first thing I accomplished. I wanted people to come to my blog because they already knew about me and would like to know more.

I wanted to have the blog of a successful person, not someone blogging in search of success.

About that success – a qualifier: Success is relative. To me, success always has been and still remains the following: education, independence, love, originality, self-sufficiency, and general inspired-ness.

And by this definition, I’ve done pretty well. I hope to do even better.

So please, blogosphere, welcome me with open arms and many links.

xo,
Jaime