The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, It Will Be Blogged

[bubosquared]

This is, in part, for Anna, because I think she'll appreciate this. My uncle used to give us (especially me) books for Christmas and birthdays and stuff, and he always put dedications and notes on the first page. For Christmas of 1995, he gave me Black Like Me (in Dutch), with the following dedication:

"Dearest Sofie,

For a voracious reader as yourself, a book like this is of course a piece of cake. But the thoughts behind a book like this are crude and possibly barely digestible.

The world is hard and unjust.

Let's start making a change.

"We have a dream."

Comments

[troubleinchina.livejournal.com]

I love you.

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

*hugsnugglegrope*

[cosmorific.livejournal.com]

Your uncle rocks like a rocking thing.

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Rocked, sadly -- he died a few years ago. :/ But thank you, and yeah. I aspire to havea tenth of his cool and dedication.

[cosmorific.livejournal.com]

Aw, I'm sorry. But yeah, he really does sound like a cool individual.