Whudda W.A.S.T.E.

"Tell them I said something important. You're supposed to say something important when you die." Last Words of Poncho Villa

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"Behind the intials was a metaphor, a delirium tremens, a trembling unfurrowing of the mind's plowshare. The saint whose water can light lamps, the clairovoyant whose lapse in recall is the breath of God, the true paranoid for whom all is organized in spheres joyful or threatening about the central pulse of himself, the dreamer whose puns probe ancient fetid shafts and tunnels of truth all act in the same special relevance to the word, or whatever it is the word is there, buffering, to protect us from." Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49

Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Diesel powered

Few people are around to remember why I started writing this blog, and so if you were to ask what Whudda W.A.S.T.E. is actually supposed to be about...well, the answer just isn't that clear.

Obviously, the acronym itself suggests "we await silent Trystero's Empire" of Pynchon fame, but more than that... Well, is this supposed to be an embodiment of said postal system, or an embodiment of one of the stops along the way--one of those agencies that believe that they, and they alone, are using the underground postal system. The answer is the latter I think. I write by WASTE; I am not WASTE itself.

But if I am only peripheral to the greater WASTE system, then like the Peter Penguid society, Anamorati Anonymous, and the Republican party, I too must have some overriding purpose acted out in my communications--WASTE or otherwise. It is this purpose which has long been forgotten.

And not for want of trying. I have indeed endeavored to tailor each of my posts to this purpose, but unfortunately, like the radio station which endeavored to play only Led Zepelin, I have learned that there just isn't enough out there on my particular topic to create the number of blog posts I would hope to write on my chosen subject--I have metaphorically included Z Z Top to my arsenal. Case in point, very very few of my posts have actually approached the subject to which I feel inclined to describe, analyze, and celebrate. I have settled, for instance, on Tom Kaffafian as a strawman to the edifice which I would hope to dance about for the dearth of information at my disposal regarding my preferred alternative.

That is, until now... For finally, someone has essentially done my job for me, and thus relieved me of the burden of describing in detail the minutiae of relevant facts surrounding the subject of this blog in total. Freed, I may now speak of other things, which I have been doing, but now sans guilt.

God bless you, oh anonymous web designer, and if you need any help, don't hesitate to contact me. Write by WASTE.

Monday, April 25, 2005

You people are getting to me

This blog is not written for the people who normally read my blog. It's written for other people, who must now listen close:

If race is socially constructed, and no one inherits any characteristics from their race, then racism is socially constructed as well. DO YOU UNDERSTAND? YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER!

That means that bigots are not responsible for their behavior or their prejudices. They are socially constructed. Their society is responsible. Are you willing to admit that? Just a question. If you are then, yes, race is socially constructed. Otherwise, would the liberal academics in this country please stop saying stupid shit.

Could we please investigate the obvious implications of our theories before we write books about them!?! Fucking seriously.