Onward, Folks.
Plodding on. The heaviness is real. RBG was 87 years old. She died. Dark days.
It really is too much. It seems that just when you think it’s only going to get worse, it does. There seems to be no end to it. There’s no bottom in sight. Not that her death was necessarily part of it. It was, but she was old and sick and held on as long as she could. Now, there’s a frenzy of righteousness and wokeatude and a call to arms (voices and action, unlike the other side which would be actual arms) to stop the hemorrhaging of our dying democracy and get out the vote and try to get senators to do something by getting out into the streets if necessary. We’ll see.
It seems like a good many people really had no idea what the last election would possibly mean in terms of the court. This passion and panic might work a bit but it’s really kind of amazing how many people didn’t (and don’t) give a shit and don’t really want to get into politics or care about civic duty. Look, I’m not perfect, but I’m pretty hip to what is happening. Now, as the vessel is breaking apart, all the bad news is just flaming shrapnel. Fascism is on the horizon and everyone knows there are no more happy endings but they’ll settle for a leveling.
Make note all you fucks who thought I was overreacting.
That said, I seem to be resigned to staying around both physically and geographically. Mostly out of fear and laziness in terms of trying to get it together to get out in the middle of a plague and I don’t want to be dead, yet. It might not be the time to run and where to, really. Time to fight it out with the rest of the angry, sad, desperate people.
In other news, Happy New Year Jews. Hopefully 5781 will be better than 5780! Not starting off great. On Jewish New Year’s Eve, RBG dies and then there’s a fucking earthquake in LA. I mean, fuck. It’s going to make a believer out of me. In what, I don’t know. How to interpret the signs? I don’t know. My birthday falls on Kol Nidre this year. That’s fun. Right? It did when I was born too. No wonder I’m heavy hearted. Yeah, so. A bit bleak but I’ll have some cake and try to figure out what it means if anything. What am I supposed to do and if not now, when?
Earthquakes really shake you into the present and give you some perspective. It’s not a great view but it's immediate.
Today we have a NYC doubleheader. I have a bit of a talk with Alicia Keys and then a little longer talk with John Leguizamo. They were both fun. On Thursday I talk to director Barry Levinson. That was a great talk. Really good.
Enjoy!
Boomer, Monkey and LaFonda live!
Love,
Maron
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