Wow.....hard to believe that 9-11 has come and gone. An entire year has passed. Went to the candle light vigil last night held at Sproul Plaza. Surpringly, it was not political at all. No one making statements about the war, no one criticized US foreign policy, no one accusing the people criticizing US foreign policy for being unpatriotic.

So...that's good. It was time for mourning and reflection, that's what I hoped for the night. But at the same time...I feel like Berkeley went from one extreme to the other. The event seemed to try so hard to not offend anyone that well...it reminded me of a Southpark episode where they were holding a Christmas pageant...and all the parents complained about things that offended them. First went any mention of Christianity, then Judaism, Kwanzaa, Pagan celebrations, Santa Claus, Reindeer, snowmen, etc. Eventually it just ends up being all the kids dressed in black swaying to modern techno music.

The candlelight vigil was in no means that extreme...but most of the songs were uninspiring. Especially the singing of "Desperado" and "To the Limit." What was up with that? Reminded me more of car commercials then anything else. Where was "Imagine" or "I will Remember You?" or anything with the word America in the lyrics or....well....anything. I have the feeling that if something doesn't offend SOMEBODY somewhere, then it probably has no meaning.

I enjoyed Ben and Jerry's with Hanah and Erik after though. Good times. Today I got interviewed by the San Jose Mercury News. I hope the article comes out good, balanced....it's about the historic house i'm trying to save. The Merc has a rep of....well taking quotes out of context....so I took a risk by granting the interview. We'll see what happens next thursday.

The second part of my article came out. The Voice did a crummy job of posting it on-line....so if you want to read it e-mail me. So anyways.....gotta get to work on some homework.

(while I write this Ryan is playing a song where the only lyrics are "does anybody wanna have sex tonight") Dirty Dirty Dirty.