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Thursday, September 11, 2003

Regrets...
I've had a few.
But then again,
Too few to mention!
--"My Way",
written by Paul Anka
When I hear that song, I think of Frank Sinatra, and sometimes Elvis or Sid Vicious -- all of whom have been known to perform, in their own unique manner, that wonderful song. Wonderful because -- though I don't always enjoy hearing it, I've heard it so much -- the song is a wonderful personal anthem. That's something we all need: a personal anthem. A song that praises our individuality; a mark of devotion to oneself. After all, they say you're going to have a helluva time loving anyone else unless you've first learned to love yourself, right?

This is not to replace your love for your God, or your spouse, or your family. I'm simply saying that we all need to give ourselves a bit more self-love at this time of year. (No, not that type of self-love !) Too many of us beat up on ourselves throughout the year, and then nearly destroy ourselves at year's end. No wonder there are so many suicides during the Holidays; the messages bombarding us are to Buy Buy Buy and to Give Give Give -- but what if you have nothing to give but love? If you have a dearth of that good stuff, then you'll have a bitch of a time spreading it around to your neighbors.

So be good to yourself, whether you're Christian, Pagan, Wiccan, Athiest, Hindu, Islamic, Mormon, Podcastin, or otherwise. Don't take the pills, they won't do you or anyone else any good; you'll simply miss out on the Next Big Thing (which may turn out to be Your Next Big Thing). Just do things your own way, singing that little hymn as you do so:
For what is a man,
What has he got?
If not himself,
Then he has naught.
To say the things,
He truly feels,
And not the words,
Of one who kneels.
The record shows,
I took the blows
And did it my way!

Thursday, December 19, 2002

I've lived in Los Angeles all of my thirtysomething years, and until now, I haven't known the name of the tallest building in my own city. Does that seem strange? Probably to you New Yorkers or denizens of the Windy City. Maybe I'm remarkable, or maybe folks in L.A. simply don't care about their skyscrapers as much. This Angeleno, for one, doesn't view our skyscrapers as symbolic of our city, or at least, not as absolutely symbolic. Like our eastern and midwestern counterparts, most of our tallest buildings are also located downtown; yet with Los Angeles being so incredibly widespread, this doesn't qualify them as suitable representatives of our great city.

Unlike New York, there is no center in Los Angeles, and the downtown area is simply one of many business centers people work in. Citizen L.A. is spread out from downtown through the Wilshire Corridor and Miracle Mile all the way to the ocean and north to the valley, east to Pasadena, south to the southbay and a multitude of locations in-between. What we refer to as L.A. is not just the City of Los Angeles; it is Los Angeles County. Downtown is just another reststop in the landscape of L.A., unlike New York, whose downtown is the city.

Perhaps another tall one would put us in the really big time, but L.A. doesn't need another skyscraper -- we've got alot of gorgeous short architecture throughout the county.

Inspired by: Proposed designs for New York's World Trade Center

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posted by Harold  12/19/2002 10:50:00 AM
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I once posted, in this space (this right column), the following:

If I had friends they would be listed here

That particular bit o' text, that silly and idiotic phrase, was repeated a dozen or two dozen or so times and was intended to be temporary. I had been working on a project -- a new layout for this blog -- and had intended for that text to be placeholder content. That is, the text was supposed to temporarily replace the content that had previously occupied this column (which was a list of links to friends -- that is, other blogs and web sites I linked to). I didn't know what content I was going to place into that (this) space, so I placed a bunch of duplicate phrases here as a placeholder so that I would remember to fill in this space again later.

At the same time, I thought I was being cute with the heading:

NEW & IMPROVED FRIENDS!

The fact remains: I still don't know what content to put here, in this column. Links again? Pictures? Video? Audio? Ads? Oh, hell no! It hasn't come to me yet, but I'm sure it will eventually, and when it does it'll come quick and (as usual) with consequences.