{"id":8707,"date":"2017-08-22T10:39:42","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T14:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/?p=8707"},"modified":"2017-08-22T10:39:42","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T14:39:42","slug":"dystopian-utopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/dystopian-utopia\/","title":{"rendered":"dystopian utopia"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8711\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8711\" style=\"width: 1028px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170821-eclipse.jpg\" alt=\"eclipse\" width=\"1028\" height=\"687\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170821-eclipse.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170821-eclipse-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170821-eclipse-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170821-eclipse-1024x684.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A day set to the lyrics of Mr. Bob Dylan (2:41 pm)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDarkness at the break of noon<br \/>Shadows even the silver spoon<br \/>The handmade blade, the child\u2019s balloon<br \/>Eclipses both the sun and moon<br \/>To understand you know too soon<br \/>There is no sense in trying\u201d\u2014Dylan It\u2019s Alright Ma (I\u2019m Only Bleeding)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8710\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8710\" style=\"width: 1028px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170821-Turtle.jpg\" alt=\"turtle hand\" width=\"1028\" height=\"687\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170821-Turtle.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170821-Turtle-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170821-Turtle-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170821-Turtle-1024x684.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8710\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Turtles came out for the eclipse. They were everywhere. I saw an ambulance stop for a turtle in the road. (3:26 pm)<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8712\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8712\" style=\"width: 1028px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170821-Council-Walker-Fogel.jpg\" alt=\"Walker Fogel\" width=\"1028\" height=\"687\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170821-Council-Walker-Fogel.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170821-Council-Walker-Fogel-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170821-Council-Walker-Fogel-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170821-Council-Walker-Fogel-1024x684.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charlottesville City Council meeting. Pain, shouting, finger pointing. 7:36 pm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDisillusioned words like bullets bark<br \/>As human gods aim for their mark<br \/>Make everything from toy guns that spark<br \/>To flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark<br \/>It\u2019s easy to see without looking too far<br \/>That not much is really sacred\u201d &#8211; Bob Dylan  It\u2019s Alright Ma (I\u2019m Only Bleeding)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8709\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8709\" style=\"width: 1028px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170821-Council-dais-sign-.jpg\" alt=\"feet on the dais\" width=\"1028\" height=\"687\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170821-Council-dais-sign-.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170821-Council-dais-sign--300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170821-Council-dais-sign--768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170821-Council-dais-sign--1024x684.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The regular business of Council was suspended. 7:36 pm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8708\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8708\" style=\"width: 1028px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170821-Bellamy-CPD.jpg\" alt=\"CPD\" width=\"1028\" height=\"687\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170821-Bellamy-CPD.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170821-Bellamy-CPD-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170821-Bellamy-CPD-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170821-Bellamy-CPD-1024x684.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8708\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I have a cousin who wants to join the police. It is a tough career choice. Requires great care and mindfulness. 7:44 pm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[32,29,43,37,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charlottesville","category-culture","category-meetings","category-politics","category-weather"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8707"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8707"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8716,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8707\/revisions\/8716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}