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Life’s Little Coincidences

i love life’s little coincidences.

Signs that seem to whisper affirmations in your ear, “you’re doing okay. you’re on the right path.”

last night, i was reading The Fortress of Solitude. Have any of you read it? At first, I didn’t like it. Remember those giant Jawbreakers, the Mega Bruisers? That’s what Jonathan Lethem’s writing is like. I want to read more, get to the next level, the next color, even if it means sacrificing my tongue, my enamel, and my temporomandibular joint.

This is the second time I’ve trekked through Lethem’s Brooklyn. Last spring, I read Motherless Brooklyn, which rumor has Edward Norton releasing as a film in 2009. In _Fortress_, Lethem’s Brooklyn becomes more tangible. As I’m reading, I’m wandering through Boerem Hill, Gowanus, Red Hook, and other neighborhoods that could be fact or fiction but are clearly distinct in my mind.

But…this is no book review. Simply some background information that _Fortress of Solitude_ is a book about race relations, parenting, and other topics that may be hard to swallow if they were force fed on whole rather than presented as lickable layers that add up to an addictive treat.

Last night, this is one of the last paragraphs that I read (on page 124 of my copy):

“Just pass that test. Your life depends on it. You think this is bad, wait until high school. If you don’t get into Stuyvesant or at least Bronx Science you’re dead. That’s how the test works, highest scores get into Stuyvesant, next highest Bronx Science, Brooklyn Tech’s a last resort. Sarah J. Hale or John Jay, those places are practically like prison. A teacher got shot at Sarah J. Hale, it was on TV.”

I’ve heard about Stuyvesant. Bronx Science? Brooklyn Tech? Sarah J. Hale? John Jay? Without knowing the other schools by reputation, I can picture Sarah J. Hale as a housing unit for neglected youths.

What does this have to do with life’s little signs or coincidences?

As part of my job, I review resumes to fill certain positions. In general, I think it’s gauche to see high school diplomas acknowledged on resumes.

Today, this was on a resume that I received:

Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, NY
High School Diploma in Chemistry, June 19XX

Perfect. timing.

…so, hi, i’m revisingproust and that is my introduction.

damn, i wanted to see Spiritualized

Instead, I got totally fixated on making the blog somewhat legible.

I’ve decided that I’m going to write on here about how this whole common vision thing came about.

For those of you who already received your invitation, consider yourself a part of common vision nonpretentious since the beginning. Therefore, feel free to disagree or agree with anything that commonvision nonpretentious posts on here. Also…just to make it a little more fun and confusing…there won’t be just one person writing the posts by commonvision nonpretentious. that’s a team effort. each member of the team has their own identity, their own purpose, their own voice, interests, and stories.

This blog is for all of us. We’re a part of a start-up and we’re sharing our story. We’re sharing the ups and downs of creating a website, networking community, ezine…so that we can look back and learn from our mistakes and see our progress.

It will also serve as entertainment to future readers who will definitely laugh at our mistakes, steal our good ideas, and roll their eyes again and again. No trade secrets. No barriers to entry. You get it all.

(No filter. Kinda like how I speak.)

So, who are we? Well, I think you’ve met our resident smut writer. Don’t underestimate his talent. His sentences are as delicious as a soft porn and will make you feel just as tingly inside.

We have some fashionistas, music junkies, beer brewers, poker players, financial experts, legal experts, critical race theorists, cynical optimists, leftists, libertarians, students, pretentious readers, comic nerds, artists, computer programmers, aspiring writers, and more.

i dream

about writing the word ‘cunt’ in capital letters for everyone to see.

CUNT.

welcome