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Bertolt Brecht Poem
FROM A GERMAN WAR PRIMER
AMONGST THE HIGHLY PLACED
It is considered low to talk about food.
The fact is: they have
Already eaten.
The lowly must leave this earth
Without having tasted
Any good meat.
For wondering where they come from and
Where they are going
The fine evenings find them
Too exhausted.
They have not yet seen
The mountains and the great sea
When their time is already up.
If the lowly do not
Think about what's low
They will never rise.
THE BREAD OF THE HUNGRY HAS
ALL BEEN EATEN
Meat has become unknown. Useless
The pouring out of the people's sweat.
The laurel groves have been
Lopped down.
From the chimneys of the arms factories
Rises smoke.
THE HOUSE-PAINTER SPEAKS OF
GREAT TIMES TO COME
The forests still grow.
The fields still bear
The cities still stand.
The people still breathe.
ON THE CALENDAR THE DAY IS NOT
YET SHOWN
Every month, every day
Lies open still. One of those days
Is going to be marked with a cross.
THE WORKERS CRY OUT FOR BREAD
The merchants cry out for markets.
The unemployed were hungry. The employed
Are hungry now.
The hands that lay folded are busy again.
They are making shells.
THOSE WHO TAKE THE MEAT FROM THE TABLE
Teach contentment.
Those for whom the contribution is destined
Demand sacrifice.
Those who eat their fill speak to the hungry
Of wonderful times to come.
Those who lead the country into the abyss
Call ruling too difficult
For ordinary men.
WHEN THE LEADERS SPEAK OF PEACE
The common folk know
That war is coming.
When the leaders curse war
The mobilization order is already written out.
THOSE AT THE TOP SAY: PEACE
AND WAR
Are of different substance.
But their peace and their war
Are like wind and storm.
War grows from their peace
Like son from his mother
He bears
Her frightful features.
Their war kills
Whatever their peace
Has left over.
ON THE WALL WAS CHALKED:
They want war.
The man who wrote it
Has already fallen.
THOSE AT THE TOP SAY:
This way to glory.
Those down below say:
This way to the grave.
THE WAR WHICH IS COMING
Is not the first one. There were
Other wars before it.
When the last one came to an end
There were conquerors and conquered.
Among the conquered the common people
Starved. Among the conquerors
The common people starved too.
THOSE AT THE TOP SAY COMRADESHIP
Reigns in the army.
The truth of this is seen
In the cookhouse.
In their hearts should be
The selfsame courage. But
On their plates
Are two kinds of rations.
WHEN IT COMES TO MARCHING MANY DO NOT
KNOW
That their enemy is marching at their head.
The voice which gives them their orders
Is their enemy's voice and
The man who speaks of the enemy
Is the enemy himself.
IT IS NIGHT
The married couples
Lie in their beds. The young women
Will bear orphans.
GENERAL, YOUR TANK IS A POWERFUL VEHICLE
It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men.
But it has one defect:
It needs a driver.
General, your bomber is powerful.
It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant.
But it has one defect:
It needs a mechanic.
General, man is very useful.
He can fly and he can kill.
But he has one defect:
He can think.
- Bertolt Brecht, from the Svendborg Poems (1938)
Radical Education Zine: Done
Posted by Pinky.
After a crazy week of not much sleep I hope things will start settling down a bit around here (I know, I always say that...). We finally finished Radical Education Fanzine No. 3 (September 2007) yesterday and sent it off to our friends at the Radical Education Forum, Slovenia. It was a bit stressful working under such a tight schedule but it was also a lot of fun. We haven't made a zine for a long time. Kim is sweet - every night during the week she made coffee & snacks in the middle of the night for our mini-critiques, or to keep my energy up while I worked on the writing or pictures (I draw really slowly and make lots of mistakes; lots of re-do's). Probably you can see the caffeine in the shaky lines. Anyway, we'll make some of the content in the zine into video form in the upcoming weeks.
Now back to finishing up our episode on Immigration. We're actually almost done but we had to shelve that episode momentarily because the zine deadline got moved up.
Okay, I go back to work now.
~p.
Bunny Mailbag for August 29
Posted by Bunny.
Idiot e-mail for today:
Your Cats With Guns video was a fairly lame attempt to defend your product. Couldn't you just admit that you thought a cat with a gun would have some kind of mass appeal and you were trying to profit off this? Did you actually claim that guns could also be thought of as symbolistically good and peaceful icons? Are you proud to have a Russian gun on a logo which is infact simplistically representative of you, your site, and shows? Keep up your mindlessly-slow drivel paraphrasing wikipedia entries. Better luck next video. You'd probably do better to have cats actually using guns in your shows. "For oppression?" Perhaps.
- Nick
Reply:
Dear Nick, Why be so annoying? Why would you assume everyone who opposes a particular war and occupation (Iraq) or is critical of U.S. imperialism (Iraq, Vietnam, Spanish American War, etc.) must therefore universally oppose all forms of violence, including violent resistance to state-sponsored terrorism? Put down your Gandhi coloring book for 5 year olds and enter the world of messy ideas. Unless you really are 5, then “Veeerry gooood!” Goodbye. Bunny
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Posted by Pinky: Gee Bunny, it’s not an unreasonable criticism. Your reply is kind of harsh, don't you think?
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Posted by Bunny: Nope.
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Posted by Kim: I like Bunny Mailbag.
1 Million Views at YouTube
Posted by Bunny.
Sometime over the past couple days we went over 1,000,000 episode views at YouTube. Cool. Not our primary viewing audience, but I'll take it. We should celebrate by eating something fancy. ~B.
The Pinky Show in Portuguese
Posted by Bunny.
Our friend Rosana in Brazil e-mailed us to let us know that she made subtitles for our trailer. As far as I know this is the first-ever subtitled PS episode. So cool. If you can read Portuguese, here it is.... Big hug to Rosana. ~B.
Bunny Mailbag for August 21
Posted by Bunny.
Pinky & Kim went to run some errands in Los Angeles today so I am answering e-mails in the meantime.
E-mail number 1:
"Hello Pinky, To lend more force to your arguments, I would love to hear more about what your 'credentials' are - education, etc. (I am guessing that you are some kind of poli-sci or international law student). It will make a big difference because I think that [people] will be more likely to watch it if [you] can stick some degrees beside your name... Much thanks, B."
Reply: Dear B., We don't list degrees because we would like people to consider what we are saying based on what we are saying instead of the degrees we have. Thanks, Bunny
E-mail number 2:
"This is a response to your "27,000 Holocausts". This is neither Fan Mail nor Hate Mail. Call it Realignment Mail... Asia has a different perspective on life. Nuclear weapons were developed by and for European countries. In WWII the U.S. forces were introduced, in Japan, to the Kamikaze. Next to Nuclear weapons, it is the most devastating weapon ever encountered. One aircraft piloted by a person with this mindset, could take down whole ships. A person who does not want to die is one thing, but a person who does not want to live is another... You mentioned "India versus Pakistan" as a possible place for a Nuclear weapons to be used. Again, you should ask "Why?" Because they do not care. Look at the living environment of these people. They do not have much to loose in any kind of warfare. The same goes for most of Asia. Look at Vietnam and the rest of India or Africa. You mentioned that Israel has the 'bomb'. But you did not state of what importance this was. But Iran does almost have it. And they have sworn to use it precisely on Israel. No bones about it. Hate is a strange thing. It spreads like a cancer and will only kill the host. Guns do not kill people. People kill people." It is the spirit of Man that is the enemy. If you really want to 'Stop Nuclear Weapons', then give the people something for which to live, not to die. Answer ==> Provide clear drinking water and housing, clothes and security for their children. If you want to end Nuclear Weapons, then do not take them apart by decree; let them rust apart from dis-use." - Viktor
Reply: Dear Viktor, I'm sorry, your generalizations about people who don't want to live are very stupid. Please do not build a philosophy of life upon "realigned" ideas like this; if you do you will only be called unpleasant names for the rest of your life. Goodbye. Bunny
E-mail number 3, from some guy claiming to be Nikola Tesla:
name: Nikola Tesla
organization: Reality
"I was behind AC not Westinghouse... Also, modern execution is generally done by lethal injection or the gas chamber. Ethically Vacant indeed. Not only is big business lacking but so are groups like you swine. You think it is okay to half research your little topics as long as you make your point...You are just as bad as them."Reply: Dear Ghost of Nikola Tesla, We weren't talking about you. Also I think you may not know what modernity is, perhaps you should look it up. Or are there no dictionaries or books in the afterlife? Goodbye. Bunny
This is why Pinky usually answers the e-mail around here.
~B.
Too Windy for Recording
Posted by Pinky.
We were hoping to do some audio recording tonight but it's so windy that we finally gave up (we don't have one of those soundproof recording rooms you see on tv). I have a ton of work I could be doing instead but since I don't feel like doing real work tonight, I'm procrastinating by making multiple diary entries... :P
Anyway, a few days ago a guy named Joel e-mailed us 10 interview questions for some kind of project he's doing. I was going to wait to do it after I'm all caught up with all my work, but...
Q1: To start off, why did you and Bunny choose cats to represent yourselves?
A: Sorry, I don't understand this question.
Q2) What do you find to be the largest problem in modern society?
A: This is a hard one. I'll go with 'individualism'.
Q3) What inspired you to tackle the topic of political, and governmental philosophy?
A: I don't know anything about these subjects, sorry.
Q4) What do you recommend veiwers do to make a difference?
A: I don't recommend anything. People are capable of acting on their own analyses.
Q5) What is your absolute favourite food?
A: I will say 'pie'.
Q6) What other hobbies do you and Bunny enjoy?
A: Bunny reads a lot and likes video games. I like to walk around at night. We also like all kinds of music.
Q7) What are the pros and cons of a cat living in the desert?
A: Pros: It's peaceful and the landscape is beautiful. Cons: It's harder to get things (food, books, etc.) and of course the temperatures get pretty extreme. Also sometimes we wish more cultural stuff was going on around here.
Q8) Do you enjoy Political Satirists such as Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert?
A: Yes.
Q9) Do you believe in Evolution or Creationism?
A: I like Creationism because it's a lot easier to understand, but my intuitive sense is that it's total bullshit.
Q10) To end off, what is your absolute favourite piece of literature.
A: I don't read much fiction… I enjoyed… Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
~p.
E-mail: Why No Holocaust?
Posted by Pinky.
We frequently receive thoughtful and interesting e-mails. I'll try to post some of them here in my diary. This one is from A., she is 14 years old.
[ note: These e-mails have been edited for length. ]
Dear PinkyShow, ...I have gone through and watched most of your videos, and took particular interest in the one on the definition of "Crimes Against Humanity". I would like to request (as I am so bold) that you do an episode... on the Holocaust. I am currently 14½ years old, and I have been studying anything I can find on the holocaust for several years... I may not be Jewish, but the indecency and lack of cause disturbed me into interest of the subject. I have done many school reports, papers, forced class speaking and informative posters on the subject, as well as reading more books than I would care to count. I've spent numerous hours on the internet, finding as many pictures, videos, articles, names, dates, quotes, and re-tellings that I can find. The Holocaust has become to me what some may call "a sick obsession"... After seeing your video on "Crimes Against Humanity" I searched YouTube for hours finding many videos and slideshows of Holocaust horrors (as the Holocaust, in my opinion, is the most indecent and despicable crime against humanity ever committed.). I wondered how, after discussing so many interesting things and so many topics on politics, the Holocaust itself didn't come up in any discussion of yours. It would mean a lot to me, and all those who died at the hands of the Nazis (god rest their souls), if you would take a bit of time and dedicate it to the Holocaust. This, of coarse, is just my suggestion, and you have no need to accept it if you feel so as not to do so... I believe the Holocaust is the worst case when it comes to crimes against humanity...
Sincerely,
A. (who is a girl)
My reply:
Hi A.,
Thank you for your thoughtful note.
A., I have to agree with you about how many parts of human history seems to be very dark and painful. To be honest, we here at the Pinky Show often feel very repulsed by the darker aspects of human nature. But we also think it's important to study it, if only because these matters continue to be so relevant today. We are genuinely shocked at how throughout world history human beings have heaped such horrible campaigns of death on each other, over and over again (although maybe not always conscious of what has come before). The Shoah is probably the most well-known example in this country, and as such it's probably easier to find information about it compared to other genocides. One day I would like to do an episode (or episodes) on this subject, but for the time being I've been focusing more of my attention on the genocide of Native North Americans. Not because the Shoah is somehow less worthy of attention, but because in my opinion a lot of Americans still don't want to talk about how the U.S. would not exist without genocide. For me this just means that U.S. Americans absolutely must study this history. There are lots of important texts on the subject - a place to start if you are interested:
American Holocaust, David Stannard.
Facing West, Richard Drinnon.
A Little Matter of Genocide, Ward Churchill.Personally I don't say that the Shoah is not as important as Native American genocide, or vice versa. The logic of genocide is evil in every case.
Sincerely yours,
pinky
Busy is Good
Posted by Pinky.
The past few weeks have been good. I'm happy because we've all been really busy working on a whole bunch of stuff; that always feels like 'progress'. Bunny's been doing a big under-the-hood type overhaul of our website. When she's done the website should be both more secure and easier for us to update. Kim & Mimi have been working on some grant writing and communications stuff in their spare time (they both work full-time). I've been doing lots of research, interviewing, and writing for the upcoming full-size episode on internal colonies, and at the same time I've also been working on a medium-sized episode on immigration with my friend Daisy (hopefully we'll be able to release that one in the upcoming week). I'm also guest editing an international radical education zine; I have to be done with that in the first week of September, which is right around the corner, so that one's actually been kinda stressing me out. Oh yeah - Bunny and I recently started working with a group of settlers in Hawaii on an education project which I'm hoping will produce some good results. This work will probably require that we go back and forth to Hawaii over the next year or so. I hope we can also do some additional work in Hawaii while we're there - I was born there and there's a lot of things about Hawaii that I want to know more about.
Bunny and I usually reserve Sunday mornings for making shirts (if we haven't received any orders for shirts during the week then Sunday morning becomes our sleep late day). But anyway today we had to make some shirts and when I was packing them I noticed something interesting. With the exception of one shirt, all the rest were going to smaller cities or small towns I'd never heard of. When I looked at where all the previous weeks' shirts had been mailed, it was mostly all small towns too. We've also mailed quite a few shirts to people outside the U.S., though the idea of someone walking around wearing a Pinky Show shirt in, say, Durban, Belfast, or São Paulo - that's pretty hard for me to comprehend. But anyway I've just been pleasantly surprised with how much of our support has come directly from smaller communities and foreign countries. This underground media thing has turned out to be a lot more fascinating than we had anticipated...
It's almost 2:30 p.m. I notice I always start getting hungry and thirsty around this time every day ("breakfast").
~p.
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[ Later note: We had spaghetti & onions. ]
Finally a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit
Posted by Bunny.
After waiting for more than a year, Mimi finally got the phone call from the IRS today that our application to become a non-profit educational organization was approved. It won't be official-official until we receive our certification letter in the mail (probably next week), but according to her this is really good news. Now we can apply for more grants than we could before, and I think monetary donations made to The Pinky Show will also be tax-deductable. I will ask Mimi to write an entry explaining what this all means.
~B.
2008 Presidential Frontrunner?
Posted by Pinky.
From a press release:
CLEVELAND, OH – In the political equivalent of a "blind taste test" taken by more than 67,000 participants, an independent website surveying public attitudes on various issues is reporting that Ohio Congressman and Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich is the first choice of a phenomenal 53% of respondents. No other candidate, Democrat or Republican, even reaches double digits.
The results
The issues
The website (http://www.dehp.net/candidate/) has been asking respondents to express and rank their opinions on 25 different issues – the war in Iraq, health care, the environment, Patriot Act, etc. — that have been raised and debated among the Presidential candidates in both parties. Those taking the survey vote only on the issues, not for or against any individual candidate. The 67,000-plus responses were then correlated with the positions of all of the candidates... As of this morning (the survey is recalculated every five minutes), more than 35,600 respondents were "in sync" with Kucinich on the issues. Democratic front-runner Senator Hillary Clinton was the first-place choice of only about 2,400 respondents (3.6%). Other leading candidates fared even worse: Senator Barack Obama (3%), and former Senator John Edwards (1.3%)
"When people vote exclusively on the issues that are important to them, without being influenced by name recognition, celebrity, or millions of dollars in advertising, Congressman Kucinich wins in a landslide," his campaign said today.
Well that's pretty interesting. I have an idea. Maybe after the election is over, we can compare the data showing Kucinich's pre-election landslide victory to the post-election data showing his landslide defeat. Then we'll have a better idea of exactly how much the American people value perception over reality.
~p.
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Posted by Bunny: That's not a fair statement, I don't think the American people want to value perception over reality. You make it sound like it's a preference, whereas it's actually more like a bad habit. Here's a better idea: Let's take the pre- and post-election numbers for Kucinich and others, and then factor in 1) the amount of dollars spent by each campaign; and 2) the amount of effort/time each candidate is built up/torn down by the media. Do that and you'll have a nice picture of how much money & "reporting" is required to actually reverse public opinion.
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Posted by Kim: Why you guys being so negative? I'd vote for Kucinich.
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Posted by Bunny: If cats could vote then maybe he'd win. CATS NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE.
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Posted by Pinky: Okay, maybe the tone of my comment at the end did sound negative. But I don't want to underestimate the power of money and media. If we like Mr. Kucinich or someone similar, crossing our fingers and voting for him is not going to make any difference in the outcome of the elections.
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Posted by Bunny: CATS CAN'T VOTE.
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Posted by Kim: I meant "if I could vote".
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Posted by Bunny: Cats = No Votes
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Posted by Kim: GRRRR I HEARD YOU THE FIRST TIME!!!
YouTube Insanity
Posted by Pinky.
Last week was crazy. On July 19 (Thursday), one of the YouTube editors placed a Pinky Show episode on the front page of YouTube. We immediately felt the difference in the form of thousands of e-mails pouring into our mailbox. Apparently not everyone was thrilled with what we have to say, as the very next day (Friday, July 20) the Pinky Show website was hacked and we had to shut it down for a few days while Bunny cleaned it up. To be honest, we were all kind of surprised that someone would hack our site in an attempt to silence us. I mean, don't get me wrong, it was annoying and I'm sure Bunny didn't enjoy debugging the site. But seriously - anybody who's spent any time at all with cats must know that you can't stop us from doing what we want. I'm sure this won't be the last attempt to shut us up, but in the end, all of these attacks will fail. We are not big, or rich, or powerful, or anything exciting like that, so instead we will just be relentless.
Back to the story. By Friday, July 27, we'd finally slid off the front page of YouTube. But in the span of one short week we've acquired over half a million episode views and over a thousand new subscribers. Pretty fascinating huh? During the week I also replied to about five or six hundred e-mails. My sincere apologies if I never got around to answering your e-mail - there were just so many and in the end I had to skip a lot of very charming e-mails just because my eyes were getting all weird like: O.o
So anyway, our 15 minutes of internet mini-fame has finally run its course and all I can say is that it was really exciting and fun. We made a lot of new friends! It was also a great learning experience. We not only got to learn a whole bunch about hacking, but the big increase in traffic and feedback produced a lot of information that now we get to sit down and analyze.
Things are getting back to normal around here and I think starting tomorrow I'll be able to get back to doing some of that fundraising work we'd started before this YouTube thing blew up. I'm excited to get back to work on that stuff because we're really focused on finishing that episode on internal colonies.
Oh wait - one more thing! In the middle of all this e-mail and hacking craziness we also managed to crank out a mini-video open call for a project we're currently calling Americanism: The Movie. If you haven't already seen it please check it out. It's only been up for a couple of days but it seems to be generating some interest. So I'm hopeful that more people will post video responses, enough so that we can edit them together and make an interesting episode out of it. If you, or anybody you know, has an opinion about Americanism - or globalization, colonialism, racism, or any of the other little morsels that wrapped together make up the giant Americanism Burrito, please consider participating in this project.
Photo of the actual giant Americanism burrito.
It's bedtime; I better go. Goodnight. ~pinky
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Posted by Bunny: Holy crap, that's a big burrito. Look how small the Coke is.
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Posted by Kim: What's inside the burrito?
Americanism: The Movie
Posted by Bunny.
We're kicking off a new side-project today called Americanism: The Movie. It's a little different from what we usually do in that we are asking for audience participation via the YouTube website. Confused? Click here to see the trailer.
Pinky Show website hacking update.
Posted by Bunny.
As many of you know by now, on Friday, July 20, someone hacked our website. We took the site offline as soon as we found out about the problem and Bunny set to work on getting things back to normal. As I write this (July 22), our website is now clean and back online. We also took the opportunity to update other parts of our site - these areas will come back online over the next few days.
As far as we can tell, the malicious code (a.k.a. malware) that was placed on our site during the hack was designed to exploit security problems inherent in PC computers running Microsoft Internet Explorer. For this reason we think it's especially important for anyone using this combination (Windows PCs + Explorer) to immediately take steps to protect yourself by using an up-to-date antivirus program (Kaspersky, Norton, McAfee, NOD32, etc.). Even if you use a different web browser (Firefox, Opera, etc.) it's generally good practice to regularly use antivirus and firewall protection ("safe computing"). Another good idea is to always keep your Windows software updated with the latest patches from Microsoft. Malicious code in the form of trojan horses, worms, and viruses of all kinds are very common all over the internet (over 100,000 different flavors, with over 200 new ones coming out every month) so please take care of your computers!
A special thank you to everyone who stepped forward with information and assistance, and also to everyone else for being so patient and supportive. We took our time getting the site back online because we like to be as careful as possible and wanted to double and triple-check everything.
Please take care!
pinky, Bunny, Mimi & Kim
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Cats, Toast, and Habeas Corpus
Posted by Pinky.
In an article titled Habeas Corpus: A Defense Against The Dark Arts, Caroline Arnold discusses the political significance and psychological impact of the U.S. government's suspension of habeas corpus. You know what habeas corpus is, right?
In common law, habeas corpus (Latin: [We command that] you have the body) is the name of a legal action or writ by means of which a person can seek relief from unlawful detention of himself or another person. The writ of habeas corpus has historically been an important instrument for the safeguarding of individual freedom against arbitrary state action. (from Wikipedia)
Anyway, at the end of the article, she ends with: "...if you secure a piece of toast with the buttered side against a cat's belly and drop the cat from some height it will spin indefinitely in midair and never land. That's because, as the necromancers of White House science would tell us, cats must always land on their feet and toast always lands with the buttered side down."
Fascinating. Luckily we have both toast and cats available to test this theory. We will post the results as soon as possible.
~p.
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Posted by Bunny: All I can say is anybody who reads this article and still chooses to do nothing about it - Repeal the Military Commissions Act and Restore the Most American Human Right - better not complain too loudly when they're tossed into a secret military prison at some black site... ]
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Posted by Pinky (July 20, 2007): We are done with our testing and it's clear that the White House is lying to the public. Mimi did not 'spin indefinitely', falling quite rapidly to the ground 5 out of 5 times. She did enjoy the butter though.
The Pinky Show Featured on YouTube
Posted by Bunny.
One of the editors at YouTube picked The Pinky Show to be on the front page of YouTube. Cool. We're getting a ton more e-mails than usual. I suppose this is our 15 minutes of 'internet fame'. Next week: back to obscurity.
Cats With Guns
Pinky Stuck in Bed
Posted by Bunny.
Pinky fell off a ladder last Friday. She hurt her back and so she's mostly just lying down at the moment. I'll post another update if she's not up and around by the end of this week.
Is it really Independence Day?
Posted by Pinky.
Today is the Fourth of July. Here in the United States people call it 'Independence Day'. We woke up this morning, looked at the calendar, saw that today is the day, and wondered if we could feel the difference in freedom if we just sat quietly for a few minutes. Kim said she thought she could feel something but the rest of us agreed that today pretty much feels exactly like yesterday. [ Bunny: If you want to feel different get off your ass and do something different. ]
Today marks the 231st anniversary of the Continental Congress' approval of the Declaration of Independence. That's 231 years since that profound document was written up and agreed upon - "Yup, we're going to do this". So with all those smart guys standing behind that promise (Thomas Jefferson & gang) and 231 years to work on it, we should pretty much have the "all men are created equal" thing covered, right?
Well, no. Apparently there's always going to be a lot of work to do. Things get better, then they get worse, then they get a little better again, then a lot worse, then a big step towards good in response to the last bad - it goes on and on and I guess our biggest job is to just not give up. I mean, if we still think "all men are created equal" is a good idea.
We had a short meeting this morning and decided to take the day off from our fundraising activities (the stuff we've been doing non-stop since our Las Vegas meeting) and instead use this Independence Day to relax and remind ourselves what we're trying to work towards. So, today's schedule is filled mostly with scenes of peaceful domesticity and also a couple of documentaries we've been meaning to watch for a while. And cartoons.
7:00 a.m. Wake up, brush teeth, etc.
7:15 a.m. Trying to 'feel the independence'.
7:30 a.m. Meeting.
8:00 a.m. Mimi & Kim marketing, Bunny & Pinky clean up.
10:00 a.m. Do e-mail.
10:30 a.m. Write this post.
11:00 a.m. Make lunch for everybody.
11:30 a.m. Eat.
12:00 p.m. Watch cartoons.
12:30 p.m. Discuss cartoons.
1:00 p.m. Snack break.
1:30 p.m. Watch documentaries: Make It Plain (1994), The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971).
5:30 p.m. Start walking to spider's hole.
6:00 p.m. Dinner with spider & family (bring large-size marshmellows).
11:00 p.m. Finalize new t-shirt designs & vote.
2:00 a.m. Sleep.
Hmm... I haven't been writing in this diary as much as I should. I respond to a lot of e-mails every day; maybe I'll post some of them here.
~p.