{"id":813,"date":"2009-03-09T20:28:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T00:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/?p=813"},"modified":"2009-03-09T20:28:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-10T00:28:00","slug":"no-meaning-except-that-which-the-viewer-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/?p=813","title":{"rendered":"No Meaning Except That Which The Viewer Places"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It had to end.<\/p>\n<p>Went bald as a fundraiser for Roswell.  Also got the beard trimmed down to a goatee.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_hU3PO1VZHQA\/SbXCk8w44qI\/AAAAAAAAAVE\/ihQM1Ty7gn8\/s1600-h\/thug.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_hU3PO1VZHQA\/SbXCk8w44qI\/AAAAAAAAAVE\/ihQM1Ty7gn8\/s200\/thug.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311365275595629218\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looked a bit too much like a neo-nazi for my tastes.  Way too much for Jess&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_hU3PO1VZHQA\/SbXC15kjaxI\/AAAAAAAAAVM\/gum4P8KmWy4\/s1600-h\/american-history-x.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_hU3PO1VZHQA\/SbXC15kjaxI\/AAAAAAAAAVM\/gum4P8KmWy4\/s200\/american-history-x.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311365566796360466\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Could see why badasses wore the look &#8212; felt like a mask.  A mask of badassedness.  Didn&#8217;t match my physique, of course.  Even less my demeanor.  Did people treat me differently?  Or did I act differently towards people?<\/p>\n<p>Either way, back to myself.<br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Note:  I blame my lack of subjects in the above post on the fact that I read The Watchmen over the weekend.  Too much Rorschach, I guess.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_hUS2mngeuNs\/Rwv2IPBOM0I\/AAAAAAAAADA\/hCZcsucpHNM\/s320\/rorschach.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 185px; height: 157px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_hUS2mngeuNs\/Rwv2IPBOM0I\/AAAAAAAAADA\/hCZcsucpHNM\/s320\/rorschach.bmp\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It had to end. Went bald as a fundraiser for Roswell. Also got the beard trimmed down to a goatee. Looked a bit too much like a neo-nazi for my tastes. Way too much for Jess&#8217;s. Could see why badasses wore the look &#8212; felt like a mask. A mask of badassedness. Didn&#8217;t match my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}