From 5c88ce359a95b022d60b1475ac1dbb44eccf38eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake" Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 08:07:50 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] "Scattered ..." draft: swap in a sharper epigraph MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The Mulan quote risks falling into the "anti-identity-politics identity politics" trap; this one is more situation specific and having the epigraph represent the attitude that I'm wary of shows self-awareness. (I would hope that even people who don't like me should be able to appreciate my blog from a "villain protagonist" æsthetic perspective.) --- ...s-after-a-tech-conference-or-smile-more.md | 20 +++++++++++-------- notes/epigraph_quotes.md | 10 ++++++++++ 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/drafts/scattered-personal-reflections-after-a-tech-conference-or-smile-more.md b/content/drafts/scattered-personal-reflections-after-a-tech-conference-or-smile-more.md index cb48e16..b8182cf 100644 --- a/content/drafts/scattered-personal-reflections-after-a-tech-conference-or-smile-more.md +++ b/content/drafts/scattered-personal-reflections-after-a-tech-conference-or-smile-more.md @@ -4,15 +4,19 @@ Category: commentary Tags: discourse, software industry, anecdotal Status: draft -> _There's a heart that must be free -> To fly -> That burns with the need to know -> The reason why -> Why must we all conceal -> What we think, how we feel? -> Must there be a secret me I'm forced to hide?_ +> _This is where the party ends +> I can't stand here listening to you +> And your racist friend +> I know politics bore you +> But I feel like a hypocrite talking to you +> And your racist friend_ > -> —"Reflection", _Mulan_ (as performed by Christina Aguilera) +> _Out from the kitchen to the bedroom to the hallway +> Your friend apologizes, he could see it my way +> He let the contents of the bottle do the thinking +> Can't shake the devil's hand and say you're only kidding_ +> +> —["Your Racist Friend"](https://genius.com/4498157) by They Might Be Giants _(Attention conservation notice: rambling Diary-like post that I felt like writing anyway for psychological reasons; likely not worth your time.)_ diff --git a/notes/epigraph_quotes.md b/notes/epigraph_quotes.md index ae7808b..48f061c 100644 --- a/notes/epigraph_quotes.md +++ b/notes/epigraph_quotes.md @@ -1,5 +1,15 @@ looking for a use— +> _There's a heart that must be free +> To fly +> That burns with the need to know +> The reason why +> Why must we all conceal +> What we think, how we feel? +> Must there be a secret me I'm forced to hide?_ +> +> —"Reflection", _Mulan_ (as performed by Christina Aguilera) + > "My dear, let us hope it is not true; but, if it is true, let us hope it will not become generally known." > > —[probably apocryphal](http://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/02/09/darwinism-hope-pray/) reaction to Darwin's theory of natural selection -- 2.17.1