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mind is racing. things are heavy and things are moving.
yesterday the discovery launched and north korea fired SEVEN test missiles. someone at work suggested we turn north korea into a parking lot and i said, god forbid we try talking to them. there is so much pomp and conditional if/thens, so much minding fronts and appearances, so much hubris in american diplomacy that it's almost as if no diplomacy ever actually occurs.
north korea and iran both feel isolated and threatened, and what happens when you corner a crazed and solitary animal, baring your claws and fangs? it generally doesn't give you what you want. cooperation is not high on its list of priorities - i can assure you that. it is probably concerned most with its own fangs and its own teeth.
and there is war everywhere, and my sister is in one of them. she feels so far away.
italy beat germany in the final minutes of double overtime yesterday. had they not scored, germany was virtually assured of winning the shootout and the game. nothing is impossible.
news of a deafening and senseless tragedy came to me at the party last night and you kind of feel all of your weight shift at once and you have to grab a counter to stay on your feet. and you walk out and laugh and drink, you climb on rooftops and watch the fireworks, in between making calls on payphones and talking to answering machines, not reaching the other end. i could have cried.
moving is almost complete. one more carload today before work. the power in the apartment got shut off this morning and i've been on the phone since i got back to ben's house. they should be coming by right before i have to go to work. won't have internet soon. if i don't have time to write you back before i take off, know that i love you and am i here.
back to moving.
yesterday the discovery launched and north korea fired SEVEN test missiles. someone at work suggested we turn north korea into a parking lot and i said, god forbid we try talking to them. there is so much pomp and conditional if/thens, so much minding fronts and appearances, so much hubris in american diplomacy that it's almost as if no diplomacy ever actually occurs.
north korea and iran both feel isolated and threatened, and what happens when you corner a crazed and solitary animal, baring your claws and fangs? it generally doesn't give you what you want. cooperation is not high on its list of priorities - i can assure you that. it is probably concerned most with its own fangs and its own teeth.
and there is war everywhere, and my sister is in one of them. she feels so far away.
italy beat germany in the final minutes of double overtime yesterday. had they not scored, germany was virtually assured of winning the shootout and the game. nothing is impossible.
news of a deafening and senseless tragedy came to me at the party last night and you kind of feel all of your weight shift at once and you have to grab a counter to stay on your feet. and you walk out and laugh and drink, you climb on rooftops and watch the fireworks, in between making calls on payphones and talking to answering machines, not reaching the other end. i could have cried.
moving is almost complete. one more carload today before work. the power in the apartment got shut off this morning and i've been on the phone since i got back to ben's house. they should be coming by right before i have to go to work. won't have internet soon. if i don't have time to write you back before i take off, know that i love you and am i here.
back to moving.