Saying good night to Bush
Heeeeeeyyyyyy, everybody!! Yeah, my goal to more fully engage in my blog in '09 has been going REALLY well, huh? Blah, blah, who cares...it'll get there. I'm STILL "settling" into '09...my "soft launch" continues. Been busy with pesky, irritating but necessary organizational things. Can I be more general and vague?
Anyway, it's late and i'm still kinda giddy from getting the internet back after about 48 hours of Verizon fucking us, so I JUST wanted to note how it's the last time I'll go to bed under a George W. Bush presidency! I finally, FINALLY started to feel SOMEthing "fresh and exciting" earlier, about 9:30pm, as I went for a slow walk through the nabe, yet another fresh 2 inches or so of snow making it a MOST beautiful stroll...the way freshly fallen snow always makes everything extra zen.
The funny thing is, I was musing more on the past 8 years of MY life than the Dubya era. Well, just thinking about EVERYthing that has transpired since January of 2001. My life against the backdrop of his presidency, if you will. All our lives, too, though. The WTC still there. No war and thousands of too young men and women dead. I'm REALLY not feelin eloquent or like writing right now, so that's about it. I DID feel a mild sense of optimism...maybe INTEREST more so. INTEREST in what the NEXT 4 years will bring, how things COULD possibly get better in many, many ways...in my life AND the country's. They DO tell us it's change we can believe in.
It's historic and I know that, so despite all the INSANE hype, I will be interested to watch the pomp and circumstance unfold tomorrow. And i'll be hopeful...but, as always, wary and realistic. Goodnight, George.
Anyway, it's late and i'm still kinda giddy from getting the internet back after about 48 hours of Verizon fucking us, so I JUST wanted to note how it's the last time I'll go to bed under a George W. Bush presidency! I finally, FINALLY started to feel SOMEthing "fresh and exciting" earlier, about 9:30pm, as I went for a slow walk through the nabe, yet another fresh 2 inches or so of snow making it a MOST beautiful stroll...the way freshly fallen snow always makes everything extra zen.
The funny thing is, I was musing more on the past 8 years of MY life than the Dubya era. Well, just thinking about EVERYthing that has transpired since January of 2001. My life against the backdrop of his presidency, if you will. All our lives, too, though. The WTC still there. No war and thousands of too young men and women dead. I'm REALLY not feelin eloquent or like writing right now, so that's about it. I DID feel a mild sense of optimism...maybe INTEREST more so. INTEREST in what the NEXT 4 years will bring, how things COULD possibly get better in many, many ways...in my life AND the country's. They DO tell us it's change we can believe in.
It's historic and I know that, so despite all the INSANE hype, I will be interested to watch the pomp and circumstance unfold tomorrow. And i'll be hopeful...but, as always, wary and realistic. Goodnight, George.
posted by Gregoire at 10:30 PM
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