Post 2366
- 8 years and 289 days since I started this blog -
Daily Comment
I'm thinking more and more about leaving. One reason is the political climate here in the US.
I see, more and more, how much my life has been built on the oppression of other people, how this whole country has been built on greed and racism, and how I've been lied to all my life to keep me ignorant.
It has become especially relevant as I look at other places to live, and realize how the belief in American exceptionalism has blinded me and almost everyone I know into overestimating the quality of life here and underestimating it every place else.
The idea that other people are less well off because they don't get the benefits of the US's rapacious capitalism.
The country's head-first descent into fascism stuns me. A couple of friends, brothers, went to Ajijic, Mexico for a few weeks to check it out as a possible place to live, and even though one already has a place in Crete, decided to make the move. They want to be on the right side of the wall, is how one put it.
They found abundance everywhere they looked. An abundance not necessarily materially, but culturally and spiritually.
There's also the safety issue. Nobody is safe in the US. Everyone is a step away from being criminal. If you're a person of color, a half-step.
I went to Spain at the end of 1969, and I was impressed by the presence of the Guardia, the national police, and how repressive that seemed.
It's a joke compared to the police presence in the US today. The US keeps more of its population in jail than any other country in the world. Home of the free, my ass.
My luck, to have been born here at a time when I could take advantage of white privilege, which I am ashamed of now, and position myself, somehow, to take the benefits I earned (not entitlements) and spend them in a safer, more civilized place, astound me.
The idea that what happened to me here could only happen to me here is an unknowable and unprovable proposition.
What happened to me did. There is no alternative history. There are millions of Americans how are not as lucky. In fact, I believe there are no Americans as lucky as me.
I am overwhelmingly grateful for my amazing life, and can't wait to see what happens next.
Food and Diet
I see, more and more, how much my life has been built on the oppression of other people, how this whole country has been built on greed and racism, and how I've been lied to all my life to keep me ignorant.
It has become especially relevant as I look at other places to live, and realize how the belief in American exceptionalism has blinded me and almost everyone I know into overestimating the quality of life here and underestimating it every place else.
The idea that other people are less well off because they don't get the benefits of the US's rapacious capitalism.
The country's head-first descent into fascism stuns me. A couple of friends, brothers, went to Ajijic, Mexico for a few weeks to check it out as a possible place to live, and even though one already has a place in Crete, decided to make the move. They want to be on the right side of the wall, is how one put it.
They found abundance everywhere they looked. An abundance not necessarily materially, but culturally and spiritually.
There's also the safety issue. Nobody is safe in the US. Everyone is a step away from being criminal. If you're a person of color, a half-step.
I went to Spain at the end of 1969, and I was impressed by the presence of the Guardia, the national police, and how repressive that seemed.
It's a joke compared to the police presence in the US today. The US keeps more of its population in jail than any other country in the world. Home of the free, my ass.
My luck, to have been born here at a time when I could take advantage of white privilege, which I am ashamed of now, and position myself, somehow, to take the benefits I earned (not entitlements) and spend them in a safer, more civilized place, astound me.
The idea that what happened to me here could only happen to me here is an unknowable and unprovable proposition.
What happened to me did. There is no alternative history. There are millions of Americans how are not as lucky. In fact, I believe there are no Americans as lucky as me.
I am overwhelmingly grateful for my amazing life, and can't wait to see what happens next.
Today's Weight: 197.1 lbs.
Previous Weight (10/15/19): 196.2 lbs.
Net Loss/Gain: + 0.9 lbs.
Diet Comment
Food Log
Breakfast
6:15pm: Blue-green protein smoothie with almonds, kefir, large organic egg, chia gel, kale, spinach, blueberries, whey powder (24g protein), coconut oil, hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), raw organic cacao powder, moringa leaf powder, fo ti (mushroom powder), cinnamon, turmeric and stevia-inulin blend.
Lunch
10:30pm: Macadamia nuts (I know, I know... I can't have them in the house any more... After these). Brussel sprouts, with olive oil, coarse pepper and shaved parmesan cheese.
Dinner
1:25am: The rest of the macadamia nuts and a Quest bar.
Liquid Intake
6:15pm: Blue-green protein smoothie with almonds, kefir, large organic egg, chia gel, kale, spinach, blueberries, whey powder (24g protein), coconut oil, hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), raw organic cacao powder, moringa leaf powder, fo ti (mushroom powder), cinnamon, turmeric and stevia-inulin blend.
Lunch
10:30pm: Macadamia nuts (I know, I know... I can't have them in the house any more... After these). Brussel sprouts, with olive oil, coarse pepper and shaved parmesan cheese.
Dinner
1:25am: The rest of the macadamia nuts and a Quest bar.
Liquid Intake
Espressos: 1; Coffee: 16 oz.; Water: 84+ oz.;
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