Remember our solders... this war thing isn't over...

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She was a good woman... told it like it was, but she was always there for the people in her life... on and off the field.

The following represents the wanderings of a college mind...
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Gestapoette - Corner Kid #2: tell me something that'll make me smile.
Damyen: Well, I'm eating Animal Crackers. But these are not normal animal crackers. They have to demonstrate some sort of special talent in order to be set free. Well, I'm getting some really interesting ones. One little elephant tried to do back flips across my desk. But I saw through that, he was really a lion.

So, I ate him.

Well, you can imagine what that did to the rest of the bag. Now they're all panicing.
This is great, they are so nervous that they're falling over each other, clamoring to get out.
None of them can perform at all. They are definately not pressure performers.
So, one by one, they follow the elephant.
One rabbit tried to do a disappearing act. He ran, and ran and ran. Trying to get away. But then he ran into a small gang of silver fish. Well, he turned so white that he left albino dropping where he stood before turning tale and running like a scared hare.
Ooooohh, baby, he got eaten really quickly. That was the fastest he moved all day.

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Enough said. He's adorable, isn't he?

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I'm trying not to be sappy, but I gotta tell you...

I am so in love.

D and I went out on a date last night. First time in a couple of months really... first time for a real date at least. And it was great. Dinner and a movie... got to watch Piglet's Big Movie alone in a theater in Dubuque. That was awesome. Lots of conversation - some about the war, some about politics, some about teenagers, some about psychology... it was just awesome.

And this afternoon I met im for lunch... and was just able to enjoy his presence. It's so wonderful...

-Sighs.- Ahh... love... ain't it grand?

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Seriously now...

The next time I hear something talk about the UW Budget Crisis, student athletes getting to register early, or the war...
... I'm just going to go crazy...

Yes, we're in a budget crisis and we're still buying new garbage cans. Yes, student athletes registered for classes early and it's against NCAA regulations. Yes, we're at war.

You are getting nothing done by sitting and bitching about it. You want to make changes? Go through the right channels, but don't disturb my lunch with your bitching.

ARGH.

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Alright - I'm not stupid. I know we're at war. I keep up with it, I have a pretty good clue of what's happening. But you know what? For a while out of my day, I like to live in denial.

I see CNN on all the tv's in the student center. It's the front page of the newspaper. There are protests on campus. I have to hunt for a station without "breaking coverage" of a campaign that's 11 days old. I can't miss the posters hung throughout the halls of all my buildings. The news of the war is everywhere. But tonight... was the last straw.

It's late. I'm tired. I have to use the bathroom and get some water before I crawl in bed. And what am I confronted with when I close the stall door? More propaganda on Iraq.

What the hell? I don't even get privacy in these fucking dorm bathrooms and now I have to be reminded we're at war, reminded of all the friends that are risking their lives over sea, reminded of the danger we're all in everytime I enter?

That's ridiculous. Leave me in my ignorance for a few moments. Give me some time for denial. Let me forget, if only for a minute.

-sigh-