Child-Like Hope

My brain: acknowledged

Me: …… so uh why aren’t we doing that

Like you can see Mama Tiger has her ears pointed back to where Baby is so clearly she knows her baby’s back there and is listening in that direction

This article is full of gold.

After much debate, we resolved to turn the tables on three of our esteemed public officials. We embarked on an unauthorized sightseeing tour of their garbage, to make a point about how invasive a “garbage pull” really is–and to highlight the government’s ongoing erosion of people’s privacy.

We chose District Attorney Mike Schrunk because his office is the most vocal defender of the proposition that your garbage is up for grabs. We chose Police Chief Mark Kroeker because he runs the bureau. And we chose Mayor Vera Katz because, as police commissioner, she gives the chief his marching orders.

Each, in his or her own way, has endorsed the notion that you abandon your privacy when you set your trash out on the curb. So we figured they wouldn’t mind too much if we took a peek at theirs.

Boy, were we wrong.

Perched in his office on the 15th floor of the Justice Center, Chief Kroeker seemed perfectly comfortable with the idea of trash as public property.

“Things inside your house are to be guarded,” he told WW. “Those that are in the trash are open for trash men and pickers and–and police. And so it’s not a matter of privacy anymore.”

Then we spread some highlights from our haul on the table in front of him.

“This is very cheap,” he blurted out, frowning as we pointed out a receipt with his credit-card number, a summary of his wife’s investments, an email prepping the mayor about his job application to be police chief of Los Angeles, a well-chewed cigar stub, and a handwritten note scribbled in pencil on a napkin, so personal it made us cringe. We also drew his attention to a newsletter from the conservative political advocacy group Focus on the Family, addressed to “Mr. & Mrs. Mark Kroeker.”

“Are you a member of Focus on the Family?” we asked.

“No,” the chief replied.

“Is your wife?”

“You know,” he said, with a Clint Eastwood gaze, “it’s none of your business.”

As we explained our thinking, the chief, who is usually polite to a fault, cut us off in mid sentence. “OK,” he said, suddenly standing up, “we’re done.”

it came in the mail today and i put it up

my blind ass took a picture of my wall like ay wow my wall looks completed!! and it full on took me two hours actually LOOK at the thing because i suddenly realized

ITS MADE 

Aries: Untwist your mind and something is bound to flow freely. Do not be afraid. It is okay to be afraid.

Taurus: Suspicion is an ugly thing but it keeps your head on straight.

Gemini: Nature is important. All she wants is your company.

Cancer: A big change is just around the corner! You can survive in sulfur based environments right?

Leo: The fabric of the world is fine and soft. Rest your head. Admire the work nobody has done.

Virgo: Nothing left to lose means nothing holding you back. Take revenge! Or a nap! The choice is yours!

Libra: Watch the fire dance between your fingers. You only have so long.

Scorpio: Intended use is just a legal term. Humans are clever fuckers and you wont stop us.

Ophiuchus: Your desire to help is well placed. Keep ample supplies up.

Sagittarius: You are resistant to the arcane. Its effects are blunted on you. This is neither a blessing nor a curse.

Capricorn: You’re missing out on all the fun! We are all missing out on the fun! Fun is a shapeless ineffable thing that physically cannot be described or located.

Aquarius: Sometimes the world makes you do shit but eventually everything will be grass so who cares.