•Thursday•
So there's a war. Officially.
"Why don't we get drunk, and screw?"
... a suggestion by my friend, Ken. I love that boy. Seriously. He reminds me so much of another Ken I know. But be something with that name cuz they both kick ass. They both have a laidback attitude. Both say things like "Take it light". Both like Walt Whitman. I've never met Neo-Ken but I see what it would be like to be around him already.
I didn't watch much of Dubya's speech. Since I moved to Jersey I haven't watched much TV. The most I've watched was during the attack. The TV was on for 2 days straight. I slept with it on. Volume up enough to hear it from my bedroom. And then when I went to Aaron's. When I got home last Saturday I forced myself not to watch ... or even listen anymore. It's just too much. It's hard enough going outside and seeing the smoke still rising up.
Mark said Dubya probably had to practice the whole week to get it right. Something tells me Mark's not Republican. Or maybe he's just one with regret.
I'm not sure what I feel about the war. Personally ... I see it as the beginning of the end. I've read enough ot Revelations, I guess to know that this isn't a good sign. It's scary and there's not much anyone can do. Except keep informed. And to not give into the feelings of hatred they might have toward Arabs here. The innocent ones. I'm no religion expert but I could never trust anything that makes you fanatic. I'm a spiritual and religious person. But the faith I have isn't a product of years of brainwashing. I ask 'why' and I work things out for myself. If you find that you're in a church/club/work place and you're not allowed to ask 'why' ... something wrong. Very wrong. I don't see God condemning anyone for genuinely questioning.
While getting drunk and screwing when there's a war going on isn't practical in seeking justice ... going out and threatening innocent Arabs here in the country isn't. I don't get how people can't see that it's no different than being a terrorist. And y'know what? Don't blame it on sorrow or anger over losing someone. Go take an anger management class then. It's not like you lost some one in the attack and the minute it happened you went into a rage and killed the Muslim across the hall in your building. Not that that's any better. But I mean ... these people are planning. Just like the terrorists did. You have to plan to walk across the street and scrawl 'Fuck You Arabs!' on their garage door. Practice yoga, pray for control, take up stamp collecting, break some of your dishes if you have to. Do something else with your time. Hey ... maybe even 'get drunk and screw'.
