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[camwyn]

My species is stupid.

Computers are stupid too.

I can't get anything accomplished today, despite trying everything that SHOULD be fixing the problems (VPN in one case, Exchange/Outlook/Blackberry issues in another). I look at the news and am struck by the impression that nobody gives a rat's ass about whether an idea is something that can be backed up with facts and reason, whether they live in this country or overseas. I look at the things I've tried to accomplish with people I know in the past few weeks, and while I've made a number of people very happy, I've almost completely alienated others- and find myself burning with a vast, dull rage because of it. Even though I know the rage is stupid and useless. I can't get my brain together enough to write, even though I've got a chunk of Who Ya Gonna Owl? ready to go if I can just persuade my brain to send it to my fingers.

I had fun last night, I know I did. And I had great joy in the sky and air and everything else today on the way into work.

But right now I hate my species and am feeling roughly the same way about most of the works of our hands.

I gotta go look at the Pulaski Skyway or the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge for a while or something. There's gotta be something a human being can do right through the use of their brain, even if that human being isn't me.

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ClassicDrogn has days like these too

[(Anonymous)]

It's at times like that I roll out the carefully preserved memories of watching as the Berlin Wall was demolished, and SpaceShip One made its second flight (Not in person or anything, but I DID watch live broadcasts for both) as reminders that we occasionally fix our mistakes, or pursue a good idea, and listen to some good music (talent applied for the enjoyment of one's self and others) and if that doesn't fix me up, it at east helps me carry on without going all homocidal until I get over it on my own.

I do hope you feel better soon, Camwyn. Here, have a haiku about what's outside my window:

Hard rains came and went
Spring sunlight melts patchy snow
A birdsong begins

- CD

[maps-or-guitars.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I get that too. One of the downsides of being able to look at the news whenever the whim appears. It's hard to get over collective human ignorance and stupidity, which is why I remind myself that it's mostly just really really loud individual human ignorance and stupidity and that there's a lot of really quiet human thoughtfulness and brilliance to go around too.

Just sorta hard to come up with concrete examples of it sometimes. The bridge is a good call. It's a step from your work neighborhood, but I think a look at the Brooklyn Bridge might do the trick too. Maybe not as sweepingly impressive as our VN, but it's stood for longer on lower tech. And I do like the arches better.

Here's mine:

Why are they so dumb
Springtime does not prevent this
But it sure does help

[eor.livejournal.com]

In 1759 John Smeaton designed a lighthouse to stand on Eddystone Rock off Plymouth. The design used granite which was dovetailed to interlock with the other pieces on that layer. I found drawing of the construction in a very old architecture book once. It was an entirely clever design. Basically using block and tackle they were able to build a granite tower on a ledge in the middle of the ocean. The lighthouse stood active for 120 years and was finally decommissioned because the rock beneath it cracked.

*hands you a piece of double chocolate cake* Chocolate cake is something that is created entirely for enjoyment. Though I personally can't eat the really good cakes anymore, I do believe there are people on this planet who make it just right.

You're right, as a species we suck. But individuals sometimes deviate.

[kelathefinn.livejournal.com]

Camwyn, dear, you do a LOT for me, as a human being. It is good for me to know you are in the world. Be glad for those you made happy, be sorry for those who are alienated but don't dwell on it - in all cases, it is the relationship that results in the emotion, and it takes at least two to make a relationship, right? Hearers don't always understand speakers, speakers don't always express themselves well. Right now, in China, the people are regretting the 'Cultural Revolution' like crazy and my intelligent students are doing their best to counteract the things that were done - not least by using their brains to learn English so they can communicate with the world outside China. You do a great job, you know, at what you do. It will all come right in the end. (hugs)Go look at my China pictures!!!