I'm fresh back after six hours of walking around Paris (with Mom) and then dinner, after only three hours of sleep the previous night (and a 7.00 am flight this morning). Florence was fabulous - my parents are great and wonderful people, and I would go back there - or anywhere - with them in a heartbeat.
I don't have the energy to recap, but I had to write something to get the depressing post-election commentary off the top of the page. A girl can only handle so much, and I'm sure you're all feeling like it's time to just move on. We're all sick of feeling sick about the sickness of our country. I do have to say, however, that I appreciate everybody's comments and I thought the feedback was great.
For now, I just have to add this little thing I saw in CNN the other night. they were interviewing New Yorkers on how they feel about the election results. The interviewees were dems who were upset and shocked at how truly divided our country is. My favorite quote was from a short, elderly woman with a strong New York accent: "I don't want to talk about the elections anymore, but all I can say is that I've taken to swearing a lot." That's sorta how I feel.
Today on the metro, Mom said, "I've never been very political. I've always been sorta mainstream. The former might have to change now that I realize the latter has already." I also found that interesting. More so, maybe, if you knew my mom. Who, by the way, is a great person to walk around Italy with (and Dad, too...).
Hey, LeeAnn, I've been checking your blog for almost two years now on and off. I was an assistant in Lille. I'm Christian, but to be honest I'm a verrry critical thinker (some think the two are mutually exclusive) and I realize that neither Bush or Kerry are panceas. So I voted for the better of two unappealing choices. I'm not a Republican and not a Democrat. I'm starting to realize that Im an iconoclast as regards traditional political alignments. There is a book by a french author, Jacques Ellul, called The Political Illusion that I think would interest you greatly. I'll sum this pointless post up as follows: people who consider themselves caring, loving and interested in humanity think that it serves them best to be liberal. This thinking is fallacious on its face and diseased in its heart. We must seek.