beaulac ferris

…this whole 25 things thing, seems to be a thing to keep unproductive people like me doing things. which is why i was surprised that both qualified condition and laaaaaazlo took part in it. I rarely blog anymore, this is in part because I have been “really busy” (who cares isn’t everyone) and partially cause recently i have been second guessing everything i do to the umteenth degree. That unfortunately includes writing about the life xie and I have been sharing.

So 25 things sounds good.

1. When i was in elementary school i took horse riding classes for a whole year with ambitions of learning to barrel race and take part in rodeos. i really loved horses (and still do) and i think cleaning the horse and taking care of them was my favorite part. Also my horse trainer was black and i remember thinking that was significant at the time. Horses are magical.

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Questionnaire:
completed by XIE

1. Character in a Wess Anderson film that you most relate to (if any): a tossup between Margot Tennenbaum and Peter Whitman

2. What is/are your favourite plant(s)? i love echeverias and euphorbias (very large families of succulents)

3. What fills you with dread? I fear oddly-timed phonecalls.  It seems like our lives revolve around a series of important and oddly-timed phone calls: someone has fallen ill; someone is dead; someone has done a terrible thing; someone is born; etc.  I am filled with anxiety if my mom or brothers call me at a strange hour.

4. Most influential creative person in your life? My dad.  I’m not sure why but when he died somehow it inspired me to start drawing more on my own and later pursue a creative field.  He was pretty good at drawing but decided to fix airplanes instead because that was his primary passion.  He taught me to draw, and even let me use those “How to draw 50 ___” books, which are terrible when I think about them now.

So my last post I quickly mentioned my celebration of Barack Obama’s election to the presidency. I truly am happy about it, and while I won’t repeat my comments just a few lines below, I was surprised that so many folks clearly were unaware that I don’t vote. It wasn’t a fact I have tried to hide, nor would I skirt the truth of it. However, I understand how if you didn’t know that I don’t vote as a matter of faith you could misunderstand why I feel that this is a form of pacifism for me, and indeed a great number of folks in the Anabaptist community. I won’t be defining Anabaptism, that is a topic better left for theologians (like wess who votes by the way!) nor will I necessarily write a laundry list of peace actions I’m currently engaged in. I will however try to explain how I came to my current position on voting and the government.