Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
Subverting Through Capitalism
Hi, reader. I wrote this in 2005 and it's now more than five years old. So it may be very out of date; the world, and I, have changed a lot since I wrote it! I'm keeping this up for historical archive purposes, but the me of today may 100% disagree with what I said then. I rarely edit posts after publishing them, but if I do, I usually leave a note in italics to mark the edit and the reason. If this post is particularly offensive or breaches someone's privacy, please contact me.
Last night I ran the merchandise table at a Heather Gold show. Those "One Smart Cookie" shirts are really nice.
I keep forgetting that there are people who actually take astrology seriously. These are the people who tell me I'm a classic Virgo, organized and logical. They have not seen my bedroom or my desk or my inbox. I believe it was Harlan Ellison who suggested initially lying to such people, telling them you are a different sign than you actually are, letting them prattle on about how you are a great representative of the species, and then telling them that you'd lied and you're actually a [real sign]. I think it would take a lot to make me be a jerk like that, but I could see myself doing it.
Astrology is bunk and I've known it for as long as I can remember. Give me some double-blind Myers-Briggs science stuff and we'll talk.
