Sunday, May 24, 2009

zaterdag 23 mei 2009

zaterdag 23 mei 2009 Up at 4:02. Why can't I sleep in? Watch NBC News. Turn on Mind Over Matters. Robert McChesney talks about Journalism & The Crisis Of Democracy - Alternative Radio. Interesting subject. Walk d'town. Leafblower at Westlake Center wrecks my bliss. Oh the noise and pollution that thing puts out!
Catch a #16 to Seattle Center. Walk from west entrance. Who is Doctor Noize? He looks cute.
Walk to Int'l Fountain. All the commercialism for the Folklife Festival. #17 from Queen Anne to Pike Market. Walk back to my place. Take bike for a ride. Visit Quest Field. Oh! Light-rail trains whoosh by me. Cool! Ride up the waterfront through Myrtle Edwards Park. Up to Smith Cove. Look at those huge cruise ships! Low tide.
At West Marina Place, I turn around.
Back through the Olympic Sculpture Park. Split - the tree of steel - shines brightly in the sunshine.
It takes 5.64 mi. to get from West Marina to my place. Drop off bike. Turn on NPR. Walk up to Cal Anderson Park. Cute boy!
Turn on Rick Steves' program. Castles in Europe; High School Visionaries The Caernarfon Castle sounds fascinating. It is architecturally one of the most impressive of all of the castles in Wales. It was intended as a seat of power - and as a symbol of English dominance over the subdued Welsh. Rick plays some quotes from Monty Python's Holy Grail. Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. Oh, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you. He also talks about how American high school students travel to Guatemala each summer... to learn first-hand how connected we really are in our modern world. Rick interviews a student. He actually brings up the "I" word - Imperialism... referring to American Imperialism.

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