Wednesday, July 21, 2004

Alan Moore, the Finest Living Writer, the Man Who Invented the Future "Hyperbole" doesn't even begin to cover the leadup for this interview. But if you ever read the Watchmen, or the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, or the other fine work that I'm forgetting, you'll tend to agree. Ah hell, look at the Swamp Thing series that he revitalized, from a bad B-movie to a philosophical-metaphysical juggernaut. That alone wins him a Pulitzer Prize, if the goddamn judges had any taste. I'm ripping through the interview, and here's my favorite quote from Alan Moore so far: "...I really hope that people are not morally lazy or weak enough to elect this guy; I won't say "again" because he wasn't elected the first time. And it is true to say that across the world there is quite a lot of anti-America sentiment, which is different than anti-American sentiment. I think that even in the majority of Muslim countries that have been polled, nobody blames Americans -- they blame George Bush and the people surrounding him. Mind you, we'll see what happens this November, because you can have someone take over your country once and still have it be an accident. But twice? Well, that would be regrettable." 8:17:50 PM    comment [] One issue I have with Radio (the blog program, not radio radio) is that it's made for Windows. So for poor minority computer-owners like me, we have to improvise. There's supposedly a WYSIWYG editor, but it's pretty stark in OSX. So I've had to learn a little HTML to make this thing exciting. Another user suggested that this was false advertising, and yelled at the Radio people. I don't think it's really false so much as sloppy advertising. But hey - we're used to it. At least I don't get the blue screen of death. Still, there's something missing. I'm not getting enough hits. I crave attention. Validation. Eyeballs. What will it take to get you to peruse my blog? I could start spouting controversial views. (Britney Spears - great mother!) I could start streaming illegal music. (Nah.) Well, maybe it's not about eyeballs. 7:04:21 PM    comment []

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