They puzzle me
Then the riddle gets solved
And you push me up to this
State of emergency
How beautiful to be
State of emergency
Is where I want to be.

Bjork, "Joga"
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Hi all, I'm going to start using the blogspot-hosted as my primary blog. I'm going to use the UGCS account ("Background Noise") as my primary archive for the old BCC emails. I'm heading in a new direction in life, so while I recognize the importance of the past, I also feel it's important to have a new slate, no matter how futile our lives really are in the long run, or how unable we all are of escaping that past. Liquid Etchings is all about trying to carve something permanent in a clearly temporary world. Cynicism is fine, but this isn't really a rant. I like to think that this will serve as a catalog of my attempts to enjoy my short stay while I'm here. Every exit, like Tom Stoppard says, is an entrance somewhere else.