I suppose for me inspiration and motivation are like a freight train. It only takes one leap to grab on to it, but it requires some serious god damn gumption and diligence to ride the mother fucker to the last stop.
There have been some hastily scrawled notes in my cellphone, left over from the past two weeks. I've been meaning to put them down into the semi-legible genius I make readers choke down. On that note, I am finally announcing my first little project. A lot of my faithful readers have told me the Highways on Fire series should be put into print, and I (humbly) agree. After I get all the jumble in my head from the first few weeks of school, I believe that there will be something pseudo-worthy of ink and paper. The working title is going to be Transition Points. Comments, suggestions, and insults happily accepted.
In other news, I'm planning a new adventure with Rev. Hartman up to the North Country of Pennsylvania and New York. He started a blog and everybody is encouraged to check it out.
News aside, here's some content:
On January 11, Andrew Carroll stood in downtown Keene, New Hampshire with some marijuana in his hand. While surrounded by 30 protesters and several camera crews, he was arrested by a couple of Keene police officers. The two part video can be found here on Current.com.
Very interesting stuff.
I would like to commend Andrew Carroll on being such a brave soul. His peaceful protest is one of the things we should be doing to garner a greater public scrutiny of the War on Drugs. There are a few things I found surprising and/or upsetting about the video.
First of all, props to the cop who spoke to the cameramen in the police station. He handled the situation exactly as he should have (in the eyes of the law) and did not lose his shit for even a second. The officer calmly explained the situation, both without lying to the camera and without comprising himself. He was just doing his job, after all. I agree that this may not be a valid defense, but for the sake of realism I am sticking to it.
I found the protesters heckling the arresting officers to be nonconstructive and annoying. Yes, they are enforcing ridiculous laws, but if they didn't, especially at such a publicized event, they would get fired. And the economy is bad. Let's be real, people. Please.
In the end, I do not think that it was a question of Carroll's protest being the "best" way to protest marijuana laws. In reality, it was A way to protest marijuana laws in a peaceful fashion, and that's what counts. This won't get changed going directly through the legal system, because we first have to show the legal system that the public will not stand for this.
Anyway, enough of sounding like a revolutionary hack, and more of getting to the point. If you have made it this far, you now get the "hidden track". The most offensive picture that I could find today:
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