it's obvious when you think about it

There are a few things I know about myself. To feel comfortable, I've got to have a scheme going to at least daydream about. If you recall my "crucial movies" list, you remember Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is on it. The chief reason? Schemes ranging from "we'll enlist" to "let's go to Bolivia" and beyond.

I've been without a scheme for a bit, which makes me melancholy.

But! Now my scheme is: get a book advance, then move to Sofia, Bulgaria.

This plan cannot fail.

Needless to say, I've been hit hard by a few Supreme Court decisions, not just from today but for a bit. And not just from the Supreme Court but from the lower courts and legislatures and from the higher legislatures as well.

You may recollect that during the Bush administration I left the country, and only came back because of the landslide election of Obama (less for what it said about Obama than about the electorate). It is hard for me to feel right now that the wishes of the grassroots are significant, compared to the wishes of a few people at the top. And I'm not fond of the grassroots either. (Terrible food, and such small portions!)

I know that most parts of the world are going through strange resurgences of xenophobia and facism and ultranationalism and grandiose religiosity. Were I to for instance move to Italy, the court and police system would be even more absurdist and corrupt and injust and discriminatory, and the government would be even more influenced by money and the church (or at least more openly so).

But it bothers me more when it's America, the way your friends can say things to you that you could never accept from your mother.

It's all right though; I am listening to this extremely twee accoustical youtube channel.