From Entertainment Weekly, in 2008

Cornell knows it’s a risk. “I don’t think it’s going to be like, ‘It’s not bad…,'” he predicts of the response. “I think it’s gonna be ‘This is absolute garbage,’ or ‘This is genius.'” Entertainment Weekly, 2008

Trent Reznor, 2009: "It's an embarrassment."

Me, 2017: "This is genius."

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Rob Quist

Next door in Montana, they could have elected this guy.

Bernie Sanders endorsed him, and said, “When Rob began his campaign, a lot of people would say, ‘He’s an interesting guy, he can play the guitar, he can sing, he’s a poet,‘Wow, that’s really cool. But he’s not serious. He can’t really win this election.’ Well, guess what? Just came back from Washington Thursday. You have gotten the Republican leadership very, very nervous. Because they know that Rob’s campaign has been a great campaign and that he is on the verge of pulling off a major, major upset.”

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That's his campaign song. It's called "I Will Stand Up for You," and in it, he sings, “You are not alone / I want you to know / This world wouldn’t be the same without you” and “If you stand with me / I will stand up for you.”

https://twitter.com/RobQuistforMT/status/867795123362566144
And here he is, publicly opposing Trump's disaster of a health care bill #2.

Yep, Rob Quist is a weird guy, but that's Montana for you. He fits in perfectly. He's quiet, writes poetry and songs, likes mountains, hates bullies, can't stand to allow anyone to suffer, and wants to stand up for everyone in the state.

But why would Montana elect a kind, gentle person, someone who represents them so perfectly and so in character when, instead, they could elect a Trump-endorser who body-slammed a reporter and organized a prairie dog hunt with Donald Trump's son? Donald Trump, Jr., who, famously, loves to murder shit? (I will not link to the abhorrent photographic evidence of his disgusting "hunting" trips.)

But I guess a straight up psychopath fits in pretty well with the current administration, so what's whom Montana chose.

I just want the world to know, I am embarrassed. That is not the Montana I know, just like the stooges we elect here are NOT the North Dakota that I know. It's some other, strange world of greed, oil, death, power and bullying. Some have said the votes were cast before the body-slamming happened. That's no excuse. The body-slam is a manifestation of what was apparent from the very beginning, that he is a bully, a creep, in it for himself and other rich white people.

That's not Montana, and it's not ND.

Outfit of the day, new shoes, rambling about shoes and ethics

...when I left the house for like an hour...

Same Flint and Tinder indigo, straight, stretchy jeans
American Giant t-shirt
American Giant sweatshirt
matching socks!! (pact Organic, fair trade from India)

( new shoes )

I'd been agonizing for months. It's hard to find shoes made in the USA, much less decent ones, much less ethical ones, much less...

( I also ramble about shoes and ethics here... )

Shoes are really damn hard to buy.

And if you think all my rambling, stress, anxiety and wasted time on shoes is bad, you should hear about all my stress and wasted time trying to find a new TV. Believe me, there is NOTHING ethical about TVs. And if ethical compromise is rough, let me tell you about all the compromises trying to find an affordable 4k, HDR TV with no input lag for both modern, and HDMI-capable retro, video games! It is enough to make me stick with my tiny postage stamp TV. (If I'd just gotten a big TV to begin with, I would not be looking for one now and could just bide my time as technology progressed.)

Gibson SJ-200

This here my favorite ride.

( my big photos of my big guitar )

This is the most expensive thing I own. My car is not worth much, but still, it is a car, and is what I drive (when I have to), and this is worth maybe twice as much, if not more. That's why I call it my favorite ride. (I don't actually ride it.)

( and then I yack about it for a long time... )

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wipeout observed

Sorry for all the posts today (for the two people who will notice).

I can't believe what I just saw out my window. I seriously looked around to see if someone was filming and if it was a prank. (The things I see, sitting here all hours of the day/night.)

Across the street and maybe two houses down, there was a dude in a hoodie, and he was pushing a stroller with a kid in it. It was a small kid, and it was one of those really flimsy strollers, just the wheels, posts, and cloth stretched out to make a seat. I guess maybe they're for toddlers or something? They're not the giant wagons that I usually see.

Anyway, he was BOOKING IT down the sidewalk with the kid in the stroller. From my vantage point, they were coming toward me.

Then, they wiped out, spectacularly. It truly looked fake. I don't know if there was a bump or what happened. The stroller fell forward. I don't know if the kid was buckled in. Hoodie Dude was flailing all over the place (probably trying not to land on the kid). One would think the kid hit the driveway face first. It looked really bad. There was a lady coming behind them with her hand to her mouth, and there was a girl in the driveway looked shocked. Someone said, "What were you thinking??"

No one was or is rushing around, no ambulance. The kid was crying but not much. It must not have been too bad. Maybe it just looked bad from her.

I guess it seemed like a good idea at the time. I wish I'd been filming.

Also, there's some asshole in a Jeep that keeps driving around the block on his phone.