A student asked Roshi, “Why do you shave your head?” Roshi replied, “To be ugly.”
And then he added, “It’s much more difficult to cut the hair that grows inside the head.
An Image that Moves Me
The Odd Toot Mental Money Album Cover (2000), however, if you're in the know you’ll know this image from a famous contemporary artist. Guess which one.
Anarchist, Socialist, Capitalist, Libertarian, etc. Anarchist
Favorite person of Color that you disagree with? W.E.B. du Bois
What sound are you? a sigh
Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst, or a Broken Copper Pot? Damien Hirst...sadly. Is a broken cooper pot an art thing I don't know about?
What’s the last thing you broke? one of my four new Alessi glasses
The last person, you kissed? shamefully five or six years ago
The best thing about men’s rights activists? there really isn't anything that comes to mind.
Do you meditate? I'm left with silence and my thoughts too often to seek or develop a meditation practice.
Are you a Neutron Star, White Hole, or Solar Flare? not just any solar flare but the 1989 solar flares because I remember them.
Which fetish are you? Klismaphilia, EDERACINISM, Fornifilia, OCULOLINCTUS: I had to google all these. Truthfully I like sticking things in my ears but I'm into interiors so I'll go with Fornifilia.
Your opinion on Lesbian Separatist. utter devotion
Favorite Mythological Character? Esther in the bible. Orphan Annie even though Daddy Warbucks was a capitalist; in my retelling, she inherits his wealth, funds radical movements across the globe, and puts the rest in a paydown foundation.
What type of Cancer are you? The type the Oankali can't get enough of.
Matriarchal Punishment or Patriarchal Redemption? I'm currently "vacationing" with my parents so both and neither.
Who do you actually hate? English peas, the vegetable.
Best regrettable purchase this month? the 7-eleven branded, Wasabi Soy peanuts I got Saturday.
Finish this sentence. I know Kim Kardashian…"won't remember me the next time she sees me."
Your favorite body of water. The swimming pool at my apartment complex.
What’s the most middle-class thing you’ve done this week? See #20
I’m only politically correct when…Who's politics? I think being excessively combative is unimaginative.
What’s your favorite scar on your body? I only have one to choose from and I feel pretty neutral about it.
Last time you cried tears of joy. Last week when I heard my friend was released from prison.
Your most noble trait. I'm funny.
I know the taste of...This prompt sounds/feels like the opening of a Maya Angelou poem.
