the ac

in order to cause myself an appropriate amount of morning agony i decided to watch yesterday's speech given by the president and stored for my viewing pleasure on the white house website. it is thinking such as this "Iraq is the latest battlefield in this world. Any terrorists who kill innocent men, women and children on the streets of Baghdad are followers of the same murderous ideology that took the lives of our citizens in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. " that drives me so crazy. the distinction between a terrorist blowing up innocent people and a soldier blowing up innocent people is so blurry. this whole idea of enforcing the democratic way just rubs me wrong. i don't think that people should live in terror in their own countries, but i certainly don't think that the way the US does things is the best possible way to run a country. i suppose i really shouldn't go into it. the thinking presented as the basis for the 'war on terror' is just so simplistic and illogical.

day before yesterday i had a phone call that raised my ire so much i smashed a piece of pottery. temper temper. the destruction helped for about three minutes but then the frustration crept right back into my belly.

its sad leaving portland. always. at the same time, its so nice to be back around tripp. i think i forget how much i like him when i'm not around and trying not to miss him.