So... in the last two weeks of my life, EVERYTHING has changed. Josh and I broke up and I'm currently living in a dorm room at UA. It's ...eerie. I'm not feeling okay about that, to be honest. Life was rough, but there was something about it that felt right. And now it's gone, and everyone else but me seems to think that I should be okay with that.
Things are starting to slowly even out, though. I saw Josh for the first time since my family swooped in and staged an "Intervention" where they basically dragged me through the motions of getting into a dorm. I miss everything about my life as it was except the stress, the tension, and the pain. I can't take that much pain anymore. Even just small things cause me a great deal of pain these days. But like I said, things are beginning to even out. Maybe a friendship truly can come out of this. I don't know. Things haven't been equalized, fair. Maybe that will change. I think it already is, but I'm afraid to have faith, to trust anyone.
Anyway, my dorm room is cute. I figured you guys would want to see it. It shows how dorky I am, at least somewhat.
Today, I was reading an article by George Herbert of the New York Times. Here's the link:
NY Times: Op-Ed Columnist - Add Up the Damage
This is the first time in a while that I've had any inclination to jump up and get my butt to Washington, D.C. to scream and shout. George Herbert is right--we cannot allow George W. Bush to exit the White House in a celebratory manner, without having to face any of his demons. While I have always been skeptical of the effectiveness of anti-war protests in the face of the Bush administration's reaction to them, there is no good reason to give him peace of mind as he leaves our country in shambles.
I was recently browsing the BBC news website and discovered a video of Laura Bush claiming that once the dust settled, Americans would begin to see the true legacy of her husband, and all the great things he did while in the White House. What a sad, sad little woman. I hate to break this to you, Mrs. Bush, but I think your husband might go down in history for something other than his great legacy. To Americans, Bush is more than an embarrassment. Before he took office, many Americans felt that we were in an era of peace--an era where Americans could be proud that their government would stick to diplomacy, be honest and transparent in its actions--that we would never allow our president to behave like a global tyrant. We had pride in our country for being better than most at avoiding conflict and promoting peace.
Now? We're caught. It was false pride, as pride usually is. And President Bush? He's the proof. We allowed our president to use false propaganda to go into war with another country, allowed countless war crimes to go on under our not-so-watchful eyes, and we have been pouring money into a war we don't even support because we are far too weak to ever stop it. We're just as guilty as the German people were during Hitler's reign--we are just as wrong, just as responsible, for what our government does as we believe the rest of the world is in the illegal, unjust dealings of their leaders. We should be ashamed--and many of us already are.
So, let's not allow him to go gently into that good--no, great!--night.
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Maribeth said:
And yet, in spite of all my fiery temper, I sat by... and now it's mid-March. Madness. read more
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TDP said:
[this is good]Seriously, this is for the better. I am so glad you're away from that asshole. He fed so much on... read more
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I just realized you posted your response to this on Josh's birthday. Wow. read more
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