life on pause

i think i have an explanation for the writer's block earlier and general malaise that has been affecting me lately, life feels like it's on "pause". i feel that i will be back on "play" again some time in early january. until then, i guess i'll hang out watching a fuzzy image (metaphorically).

ah, one bright light! the Redskins beat the Giants yesterday. i forced my father to watch the game with me; he's a cross between a die-hard and fairweather fan. he's fairweather because he will only watch when they're good, and rabid since it's too painful for him to watch them lose. great game. one more and they're in the play-offs.

let's see, anything else worthy of mention... i'll leave a note here to remind me later, i would like to do a little political/philosophical exploration on the right level of government. if anybody has any ideas, then please post them here as a prelude to discussion; a short list of general government philosophies to stir up the juices (in no particular order): minarchist, libertarian, republican, totalitarian, communist, marxist, anarcho-capitalist, fundamentalist (religious), and anarchist.

oh, also, new poem (What was) published for the 18th that had been sitting in draft posts waiting for me to decide if it was done; now feels done.