11/22/2002

11/22/2002 - 10:05am

The first snow. I don't feel particularly exited about the holidays today. Maybe next week it will all come together for me. Or, perhaps, tomorrow. And even while I write this, looking out the windows, the promise of snow and days off from work spark and warm my soul. 3:00pm The ground is covered in a fresh blanket now. "Dust the earth, the dirt-away" the song goes. Today is a good day, wouldn't change a thing. BEAUTIFUL RIOT? What's up with Miss World? Nigeria? Come on people. CNN says the riot was because of a newspaper article stating that a local prophet would have condoned the pageant. There must be more to it than that. Too simplistic. Fear. Probably fear. Of loosing what little power or social structure is represented by their ultra-conservative machoism. But really, just go home and be beautiful. Hundreds of dead saints. We can be beautiful where people won't die.