IN&OUT wasn't really the case
(blog entry)
We pulled into the parking lot a little past nightfall, when the “crazies” are said to roam. The large neon sign illuminated the whole lot, evening finding the spots where it would appear impossible. As though choreographed, we four exited the v...
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June 6, 2007
Posterchild for The Kids Are Alright. Can't write well enough to convey the legitimacy of said spirit, so I'll let someone else do it.
"The authentic human being is one of us who instinctively knows what he should not do, and, in addition, he will balk at doing it. He will refuse to do it, even if this brings down dread consequences to him and to those whom he loves. This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this resistance. Their deeds may be small, and almost always unnoticed, unmarked by history. Their names are not remembered, nor did these authentic humans expect their names to be remembered. I see their authenticity in an odd way: not in their willingness to perform great heroic deeds but in their quiet refusals. In essence, they cannot be compelled to be what they are not." - exerpt from How to Build A Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later, a 1978 speech by science fiction novelist Philip Kindred Dick, author of A Scanner Darkly, Minority Report and a short story that inspired Bladerunner.
That said, the kid can sling chairs at Chamonix, Whistler and Alpine Valley - a true world-class CLO, baby!
