In the beginning... God created booty

A few weeks ago, paka and I flipped through Crumb's Illustrated book of Genesis. It was of course quite horrifying in the way that all Crumb drawings are. He stayed faithful to the book with every line and drew every nasty little detail. It is an unbearable yet awe-inspiring masterpiece of his work, making the bible both more real and more loathsome than ever before.

Predictably, some Christians are upset. They're very angry with Mr. Crumb for making their holy book so sordid and dirty. They accuse him of warping the stories to fit his sick little mind, almost as if they never read the book themselves.

Personally, I thought it was brilliant. Too horrible to look at, this is probably the version of the bible that is contained in the Ark of the Covenant, having somehow fallen backwards through time. If you look at it, it will sear your eyes and make them melt as it tells you the story of God.

Well done, Mr. Crumb, you horrible horrible man. :)

Who Am I?

This year is starting off pretty weird identity-wise.

Transitioning from renter to home owner. Moving to a new house in another town in a completely different eco system. We're shifting from what is barely better than survival living in a warren-like noisy apartment to organized and comfortable living space in almost perfect silence. Also, letting go of a lot of objects that I've had a long time/are part of my identity.
Alienated a chunk of my friends group in the fall and severed ties a bit later (I really should have planned ahead and done this after getting help moving. ;)
Changed groups at work. Took a weird step into socializing more with co-workers. Will probably be more social as I start car-pooling with them after we move.
Computer harddrive died and a lost a lot of little pieces of 'me' despite backups of most of the important parts. Also resulted in changing some apps and tools.
Accidentally destroyed my phone resulting in a small loss of data and a big change in phone configuration/use.

Generally I'm a fan of change but I think all the delays and issues with moving are sort of stressing me right now and that combined with everything else feels a little disorienting and it's also all time-slicing in such a way that stuff I'd normally have kicked in a day or two is dragging on for weeks, prolonging the experience and making it more burdensome. I can't wait for this move to be done. It's being incredibly stressful to me.