i got another tattoo. it's not quite as meaningful as my first, but i like it. it's on the inside of my left forearm. it's a quote from vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-five. in the book, it's said every time anyone or anything dies. After the bombing of Dresden, nearly everyone was dead. so it goes. on the night Billy is abducted by the space aliens he is holding a flat bottle of champagne. all the bubbles were dead. so it goes. it's what the Tralfamadorians say when they see a corpse. they see in four dimensions and do not understand our limited view of time. when they see someone dead, they acknowledge that this minute isn't his best, but there are many other better moments when he is just fine. we should focus on those. it's also possibly the best translation of "amen." it's synonymous to the phrase "so mote it be." Stuff happens. So it goes.
