Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Hurricane destruction...
my internet has been shitty lately. lately... i just got it. so ever since i started paying for internet service again, it has been total crap. that sucks.
i've been feeling crappy today. my throat hurts, i have blisters on the backs of my heels, my thumb feels like the joint got separated somehow, i've been exhausted, my nose feels stopped up, and i feel like i need a deep tissue massage.
i was so cold today that my ring fell off my finger multiple times.
i can't get the hurricane victims out of my mind. i keep thinking of what they must be going through and it just makes me sick. i hate how poorly it was handled. it makes me feel horrible thinking that all of these lives will never be the same again. it bothers me that we're calling them refugees, too. i would call them victims. refugee, in the way we typically use the term, distances them from us. we usually call people refugees when they have come from another country and are different from us. it's not a bad term, it's not racist or anything, but it does create a barrier. like they are these poor people from a far off land, and it is our job to save them from their horrible ruler. like the refugees who came over after the vietnam war.
when i think about how overwhelmed and helpless i feel seeing all the coverage from the hurricane, i truly can't even begin to comprehend how all of these people must feel. i am merely a witness, somebody who wants to help. yet they are living it.
|
The official stuff...
|
