a crazy thing happened yesterday as guy and i and our friends (J) and (P) participated in the Alameda 4th of July Parade: a feeling of patriotism. if it could be called that. there i am, in a two hour parade, in what has been described as the biggest parade this side of the mississippi a fact previously unbeknownst to us...and i'm waving and i'm sitting backwards in a car watching guy scream and yell and wave and throw candy to kids and friend (P) poppin' wheelies and i'm smiling and making eye contact and lots and lots of people are stoked on this, they love us for no reason at all, and i found myself really feeling good. feeling good about people and feeling connected to them. this was odd because i spend so much time being annoyed by people in this crowded and insane city. i immediately marvelled at how the world is really about regular people who are generally good. it's just that there are so many Shits who raise their ugly heads (the president, murderers and rapists, exploitative advertisers), who drown out the beauty that is really around us.
this was a blatant revelation about goodness and i was almost embarrassed for a second. is that patriotic? did i achieve patriotism? is patriotism about people? are there really that many good people around?
perhaps. what i know for sure is it was the 4th of july and guy and i spent the day full of good spirit, good food, good friends and beer and THAT leaves me with a yummy taste in my mouth and my heart.
awwww. ok, enough of that. back to the previously scheduled sarcastic programming. i just embarrassed myself again.
xo
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