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dark so early

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Vancouver, 2002.01.06

It's 5:15 and there's still light in the sky. It was another really beautiful sunset tonight. But the fact that it's so early makes me wonder how folks cope with the 8 weeks of night in the far north.

At some point during my early tenancy, my front hall closet door started to fall apart. Two or three days ago, I put in word with the building management that there was a problem. Today the manager and I fixed the thing. Happily, I had the tools for it. But even better was that there wasn't any hassle. Ah, so glad to be out of large cities!

rand()m quote

In the wake of 9/11, we [in America] have made the decision as a society that we can never again create something in which we can take pride, for fear that someone will destroy it. Moreover, we must suppress any trace of individualism, lest someone have the desire to rise above the bland sameness that protects us. I have, alas, no idea how to recapture our courage.

—Anonymous post to boingboing.net, 2009