Hamas Is an Idea, and So Am I

Lehan Edirisinghe

I start with hacking paranoia and then move straight into ideology, terrorism, abstraction, and the line between a man and an idea. By the end I'm talking about debates, facts, and a fight that feels rigged before it begins, which gives the whole day a hard political edge. The payoff is that this page lets the reader sit inside one of my more severe thought-patterns about power, identity, and threat.

Story

Expecting an Unfair Presidential Debate Against Cheats

8:30 p.m.

It's also a very unfair fight.

Just a bunch of cheats.

I'll come for the presidential debate armed with facts.

They'll bring a gun, or a knife in case I rush them.

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Asking a Reputable Stranger for Help and Remembering The Sixth Sense

Friday, August 16th.

1:30 a.m.

I reached out to a person, I don't know him, except, I know him by reputation. And I asked him for help.

I remembered watching this movie, The Sixth Sense, with my dad Palith, upstairs, I didn't really understand it much.

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Feeling Too Old for the Presidential Voting Question

1:30 a.m. (b)

I'm getting too old for this s***..

Didn't say one presidential candidate...

Who I was going to vote for..

Story

Wondering What People Would Do If I Were Murdered

3:00 a.m.

for brief shining moment

i wonder, what would you all do if i got murdered?

like so many

Story

Wanting Ahimsa, Lal, Frederica and Sheryl as Sponsors

3:15 a.m.

Only person I want, openly sponsoring me is Ahimsa

Maybe her uncle Lal

Frederica

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Sheryl was like this