Two Thousand and Four
So. The year's almost over, and what do we have to show for it? Nothing good, that's certain. Let's list some of the darklights of this year:
1. Bungled and costly war in Iraq, including but not limited to a bloody insurgency, the Abu Ghraib fiasco, and the invasion of Fallujah.
2. The verification of and support of President Bush's extremist agenda by the American people, stating in effect that as a nation we approve of the war, the diplomatic crap, the fundamentalist social policies, and the destructive environmental campaigns which are such a hallmark of this bullshit administration.
3. The Madrid train bombings, which killed an estimated 200 people.
4. The Beslan school massacre, which... I don't even know what to say about that. Children... how could they do that? How on earth did they think that would help their cause? I simply don't know what to say.
5. Vladimir Putin's tightening of his grip over Russia and the neighboring post-soviet satellites using unconstitutional and controversial methods.
6. The whole gay marraige fiasco, from the nullification of the licenses granted by San Francisco to the 11 state constitutional amendments banning it, including one in Virginia that prevents not only marraige, civil unions, and the like, but also makes it illegal for any company or organization to give benefits to homosexual domestic partners.
7. The crazy heating patterns that conclusively prove that global warming is not only true, but it is happening faster than we thought.
8. The numerous hurricanes that ripped through Florida. I think we got to the J's with those ones. You know something's wrong when there's over 10 hurricanes in a short period...
9. The proposed re-instatement of the draft and the tightening of the borders with Canada, thereby preventing any form of draft dodging of a war that is unconstitutional, unjust, unfair and simply wrong.
So yeah. What a year. But I'm focusing to much on the large picture. Let's look closer into my own personal lifestones:
1. I went to Mammoth Running Camp, and kicked ass. Then got injured and spent half the season nursing my foot.
2. Reaching a personal record of 19:30 for a five mile course in cross-country.
3. Getting my laptop!
4. Buying an iPod mini (silver)
5. The weird and eerie relationship with a certain somebody I shall not name.
6. Finding my soul sibling.
7. Buying a pair of jeans for the first time ever.
9. The May Revelation and the August Revolution.
10. The discovery of the wonderful world of the Sarah McLachlan's music.
11. Meeting lots of cool new people and coming out of my weird, self-obsessed shell.
There's probably other stuff, but I've forgotten it.
1. Bungled and costly war in Iraq, including but not limited to a bloody insurgency, the Abu Ghraib fiasco, and the invasion of Fallujah.
2. The verification of and support of President Bush's extremist agenda by the American people, stating in effect that as a nation we approve of the war, the diplomatic crap, the fundamentalist social policies, and the destructive environmental campaigns which are such a hallmark of this bullshit administration.
3. The Madrid train bombings, which killed an estimated 200 people.
4. The Beslan school massacre, which... I don't even know what to say about that. Children... how could they do that? How on earth did they think that would help their cause? I simply don't know what to say.
5. Vladimir Putin's tightening of his grip over Russia and the neighboring post-soviet satellites using unconstitutional and controversial methods.
6. The whole gay marraige fiasco, from the nullification of the licenses granted by San Francisco to the 11 state constitutional amendments banning it, including one in Virginia that prevents not only marraige, civil unions, and the like, but also makes it illegal for any company or organization to give benefits to homosexual domestic partners.
7. The crazy heating patterns that conclusively prove that global warming is not only true, but it is happening faster than we thought.
8. The numerous hurricanes that ripped through Florida. I think we got to the J's with those ones. You know something's wrong when there's over 10 hurricanes in a short period...
9. The proposed re-instatement of the draft and the tightening of the borders with Canada, thereby preventing any form of draft dodging of a war that is unconstitutional, unjust, unfair and simply wrong.
So yeah. What a year. But I'm focusing to much on the large picture. Let's look closer into my own personal lifestones:
1. I went to Mammoth Running Camp, and kicked ass. Then got injured and spent half the season nursing my foot.
2. Reaching a personal record of 19:30 for a five mile course in cross-country.
3. Getting my laptop!
4. Buying an iPod mini (silver)
5. The weird and eerie relationship with a certain somebody I shall not name.
6. Finding my soul sibling.
7. Buying a pair of jeans for the first time ever.
9. The May Revelation and the August Revolution.
10. The discovery of the wonderful world of the Sarah McLachlan's music.
11. Meeting lots of cool new people and coming out of my weird, self-obsessed shell.
There's probably other stuff, but I've forgotten it.
posted by Aermethys at 9:15 PM
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