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[xaara]

"Oh, for crying out loud," I said after scanning across my various news feeds yesterday.

"What?" my roommate asked, looking up from her biology homework.

"North Korea keeps threatening to test nuclear weapons, so China and Japan, not to mention South Korea, are understandably freaking the fuck out. Experts predict that if the Afghani people don't see improvement in their quality of life within the next six months, they'll probably revert to the Taliban as a viable government. Iran, not to be left out of the action, is all 'Hey look at me! I'm making nukes too!' And Somalia wants to invade Ethiopia."

She didn't miss a beat. "And there's global warming," she said. She made some finishing touches on her drawing of a kidney.

"And there's global warming," I agreed. It was all too much, suddenly, all way way way too much. I scanned my book collection, picked up On the Road. Made myself a cup of coffee and huddled with my book beneath the afghan.

Sometimes the world is just so incredibly fucked up that the only thing you can do is curl up with some Kerouac and road-trip it all away.

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[lady-of-winter.livejournal.com]

Someday, you have to write a book so millions of people can get the warm, fuzzy feeling that I get from reading your posts and acknowledging simple, undiluted good writing.

That aside: Agreed.