Tales of Midnight Nazis
11/05/2008
I have two cats in the animal hospital under observation for poisoning. I am sick with a head cold I cannot shake. I am getting sued for medical bills I cannot afford to pay. I am 34 and have level 4 hypertension. And my own mother is burying me with judgment because I would rather take my cats to the vet than let them die because I can't even afford my own medical bills.
Yet somehow.... right now, I don't give a toss. Because I'm positively glowing after experiencing Obama's acceptance speech tonight.
I don't live under an illusion that this election will change my life in any major way. What gives me hope is the fact that - after so many years of dusty old men strangling the life out of our nation - FINALLY the good guy won. There is hope for humanity, even if it's just a glimmer, and I didn't feel this way when I woke up this morning.
I sit here on my balcony breathing the cool, crisp air. Yes, I think, maybe I was a bit too harsh in my general disdain for humanity when I awoke this morning. A small weight is lifted in my soul... I feel this for just a moment, and then ....
Two of my neighbors stumble through the courtyard, drunken, shouting for everyone in earshot to witness.
"I hate niggers!"
"I hate niggers!"
posted by novachild @ Wednesday, November 05, 2008,
