June 21st. 7:15am
For the past four days -- since that hideous hate crime -- all I've been thinking about is this:
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June 21st. 7:15am
How well do we know the people in our own communities?
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June 21st. 7:15am
Do I know anyone as deranged as a mass murderer with a bigoted agenda?
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June 21st. 7:15am
Could something like that happen here, and I'd turn around and say, 'Oh yeah - I know that guy. He always orders a side of mayonaise with his grits.'
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June 21st. 7:15am
And also... do I know anyone as noble or kind as the victims seemed to be?
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June 21st. 7:15am
It reminds me of artists who become famous posthumously... who live penniless and then the world fetishizes their works of brilliance... #whenItsTooLate
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June 21st. 7:15am
Hearing stories of the deceased just makes me think, I wish I'd #known them!
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June 21st. 7:15am
...I want to know people #before any tragedy, before national news coverage brings these stories to my eyes, my heart...
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June 21st. 7:15am
And then I started wondering... what are the stories of the people near me?
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June 21st. 7:15am
People in this town I could know...
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June 21st. 7:15am
And it's dawning on me... I don't really know anyone here...
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June 21st. 7:15am
I just want to go around and ask each person in this town one question.
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June 21st. 7:15am
Make that 10 questions. Make that 100. 1,000. Database. Archive. #OneMillionQuestions
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June 21st. 7:15am
"Who are you?"
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June 21st. 7:15am
"Can you tell me something about you?"
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June 21st. 7:15am
"What do you plant in your garden?"
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June 21st. 7:15am
"Have you ever been in love?"
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June 21st. 7:15am
"What are you most afraid of?"
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June 21st. 7:15am
"What do you really think about your neighbors? About this town?"
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June 21st. 7:15am
"Would you leave - if you could - or do you love it here?"
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June 21st. 7:15am
"If you could make one wish... and know it would be granted... what would it be?"
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June 21st. 7:15am
I have so many questions...
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June 21st. 7:15am
If I could change one thing... just do #one #thing differently, since arriving here --
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June 21st. 7:15am
I would ask more #questions
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June 21st. 7:15am
I would talk to more #people
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June 21st. 7:15am
I would open up...
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June 21st. 7:15am
Who do you want to be? In the future? And who did you used to be -- but now you've moved on?
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June 21st. 7:15am
We all shed skins like snakes, upgrade our avatars - who were you yesterday? Who will you be tomorrow?
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June 21st. 7:15am
What would you do if you were given #oneMillionDollars ?
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June 21st. 7:15am
What would you #never do, even if you were paid?
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June 21st. 7:15am
What's on your #bucketList ?
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June 21st. 7:15am
Please... tell me one thing you want to do before you die...
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June 21st. 7:15am
I don't want to say a word -- I just want to #listen
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June 21st. 7:15am
Listen... and then ask more questions... and then keep on listening...
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June 21st. 7:15am
I just want to know the people around me.
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June 21st. 7:15am
Also -- one more thing -- I would post #unposted #posts more often. #LOL
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June 21st. 7:15am
It's so liberating... like a private journal... I want to start an internet cafe with "internet free" zones... imagine that!
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June 21st. 7:15am
So the original goal was to get disenfranchised country folks online... well, the #new #goal is to get brain-fried city folks #off #the #grid !
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June 21st. 7:15am
In fact, I'm going to #putThisPhoneAway right now!
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June 21st. 7:15am
I'm going to start asking questions #rightNow !
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