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wow... i am justa little lj whore tonight. But at least this second entry has a bit of a point.
Just got back from a documentary film showing in the auditorium. It was about a unit of troops in iraq, stationed at Gunnar Palace in Baghdad in i believe parts of 2003 and 04. It was really eye-opening for me.... the filming wasn't really high quality or emotionally charged, or dramatic, but it was very effective at showing what it was like for the soldiers, being there. They showed raids, talks with the boys (at the Q and A afterwards the guy who filmed it all said most of the men were between ages 18 and 23....), parties, patrols, damaged vehicles... wow... You all know that I'm pretty damn middle-of-the-road, and .... i really don't know where i'm going with this... part of it is confusion, part is anger, part is sadness, part is i really don't know what and then there's this little twinge of guilt.... I don't know. I guess the consoling thought is that i probably wouldn't even be able to lift one of those huge guns, nonetheless help where they really need it.... yea.... ok.... I think i'm gonna go finish my hw and try to sort all this out... it's like a dump up there in my head right now....
love you all....
miss you...
~Carey~
Just got back from a documentary film showing in the auditorium. It was about a unit of troops in iraq, stationed at Gunnar Palace in Baghdad in i believe parts of 2003 and 04. It was really eye-opening for me.... the filming wasn't really high quality or emotionally charged, or dramatic, but it was very effective at showing what it was like for the soldiers, being there. They showed raids, talks with the boys (at the Q and A afterwards the guy who filmed it all said most of the men were between ages 18 and 23....), parties, patrols, damaged vehicles... wow... You all know that I'm pretty damn middle-of-the-road, and .... i really don't know where i'm going with this... part of it is confusion, part is anger, part is sadness, part is i really don't know what and then there's this little twinge of guilt.... I don't know. I guess the consoling thought is that i probably wouldn't even be able to lift one of those huge guns, nonetheless help where they really need it.... yea.... ok.... I think i'm gonna go finish my hw and try to sort all this out... it's like a dump up there in my head right now....
love you all....
miss you...
~Carey~