I'm getting too fucking old to be anything less than truly authentic and honest, and too wise to be embarrassed by it. So, frankly, this is how I feel: My heart warms by so many resilient amazing wonderful interesting kind principled people, all around - made so much clearer by the internet and especially online spaces like this (and people like you, most likely, if you're reading this) - despite the harsh cruelties of capitalism and power's abuses. And there's so much I want to do, in my communities - and at home too, for my partner and for myself - that, shit, there's never a chance to be bored...and despite (or because of) the fact there's so little time left in the grand scheme, I just get excited to be alive and humbled by the privileges I possess to still get to feel this way.