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Groupsanarchism, Broke!, FP/FE BOOK READER'S UNION, Hawaii, mutual aid node 91, Radical History, Radical Theatre and Performance, Revolutionary left, Self Sufficiency & Survival

About mei live for the day every scheduled human activity on earth is canceled. i believe that living in a state of agitated mass delusion can only be explained by the phenomenon of trying to win the love of some concocted entity pathologically dissatisfied with anything we do. i believe that human dissatisfaction is culture, not biologically determined.

when i was little i would compulsively play "shaman" and "village" as a subtle hint at my regard for childhood in 1980's southwest LA. since we had lots of fruit trees around and also things like bay laurel, eucalyptus and hibiscus it was easy to collect herbs; even if not native ones. my childhood was shaped by mystical experiences. my mind and heart lived in a different era and place; so naturally i wasn't very physically coordinated or culturally homogenized. not sure i was even present. i had an early interest in wizardry and pyrotechnics. i wasn't supervised much so there was plenty of time to light things on fire. i explain this because my interests (see groups) have been pretty consistent throughout my life.

i also went from not believing in science to believing in it, and back to not believing in it again. apparently contrary to my library list, i do not believe in a god or belong to a religion. my research on a historical jesus was motivated by my catholic fear of jesus/his punctured body and interest in him as a yogi, a radical feminist and political dissenter. as a child i was quite at home in the realm of the devil. then i went non-theist. obviously ritual traditions remain a theme, though. i am told i am omo oshun and i believe everything is animated, my ancestors persist, even though i hope i won't persist, and i *know* eleggua is always listening.

anyway, i have a history of being uncontrollable. this was basic and came with me when i was born. incorrigible. no school for me. i had to learn what movements i was supposed to belong to. i was chafed that other people made them up and i had to read things because don't focus on words for very long. i need to do things. most of the books i have are very short and easy or very long and dense. that's because i have a binary attention span. 0 for near-nothing; 1 for hyperfocus.

About my libraryliterature it ain't. only part of my book collection.

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