WISDOM
OF THE SAGES
EPISODE V: SPRING 2019
EPISODE V: SPRING 2019
Hello
People of the World;
All right, let’s get going:
1:[ I love how people in general bitch about
having to respect the police. Blue live matter and we should honor them as
heroes, and we should all just obey the laws and you’ll be fine.
I
don’t see that respect for police at all driving the highways and interstates.
Everyone is practically breaking the law by speeding. Where’s your respect for
the law and for the police then? I’m needed right away, so f*ck the police.
Right? They’re not there to catch you so f*ck ‘em. You’re speeding.
Hypocrites…
2:[ Hey, “Allies”, how about allowing the Natives
the space to say what they want?
3:[ I’m just going to say: these last season of
“Game of Thrones” was just dumb.
People
are more concerned with “who sits on the Iron Throne” when they should have
cared about the White Walkers. Which, according to the author, is just an
allegory for Climate Change. The point he is making is that we are so obessesed
with who’s in power, “who wins the Iron Throne” that we are neglecting he very
real threat of annihilation. But we got a fan favorite stabbing the bad guy
dead and the rest falling over, but it is a very US mentality. We just need to
kill something to solve big issues like climate change. Right?
Why
do we care who’s in power when we have a real looming threat coming at us? This
mentality that it is somehow better to replace the Emperor with just another
Emperor is sheer folly. Tear the structure down. Let it all die. I just typed “Rian
Johnston had it right, I just wish he executed it better” because I lost track
of this writing and flashed back to “The Last Jedi”.
Looking
back after it is all over – I thought the finale was apt. I think it was good.
What makes it especially joyful is that none of the fans got what they wanted.
Sheer, yummy joy for me…
4:[ Finished up my semester at UWP teaching “Native
Americans in Media”. Pretty satisfied with the outcome. Some students get it.
Others just want to check off the task boxes and expect a payout. Students be
Studenting….
5:[ For the dummies that tell me Thanos had the
right idea: I thank them for their sacrifice they are making for those of us
left behind. That changes their mind on the idea pretty quick. Speaking of
stupidity involving Thanos:
6:[ Endgame Review: So a time travel fix
resulting in two giant cgi armies running at each other amidst the ‘splosions?
Yep.
7:[ I saw two men tell each other “I love you”
openly and without shame. I do not know the context of the situation or the
nature of their relationship. But two hard-looking (my bias) southside youths
were on the train heading further south, doing nothing, just sitting and
looking at their phones. Earlier, a gaggle of teens got on and were loud and
shouty and disruptive. They exited earlier than these two whom watch the group
with stoicism. Then, as one stood up to get off at the next stop, he said to
the one still seated, “Catch you later, I love you.”
This
caught my ears. But I left them out of my gaze. The train stalled and they had
to wait to get to the next station. But as they train arrived and the doors
opened, the young man said the to other again, “See you later, man, I love you.”
The
other replied, “Be care. I love you brother.”
I
know they were not brothers. They did not use the bro vernacular of “Love you”,
it was “I love you” and it felt genuine between them. I did not want to judge
or assume the nature of their relationship, but I thought it was damn cool….
8:[ I just gave up on “There There” and “Sacred
Smokes”, two books by Native authors. I am just so tired of these stories…
Seriously. I may wrte more about why later on. I’m just disappointed with them…
That
is it for this month.
As
always, I invite you to comment, correct, or contradict anything I write here.
I am open to a critical debate. Thanks for taking the time to check out what I
write here and I will see you in a month.
Until
next time, remember “I try to show the schemers how pathetic their attempts to
control everything really are.”
2019 Ernest M Whiteman III