Friday

It's Friday.

My friend Andy sent me a link today that made me a little sad. Basically it is a gossip column with an item about my old professor who is now dead. The item in the column is cute/funny and not at all offensive, but it reminded me of Lucy Grealy and what a fascinating/awe-inspiring/perfectly-imperfect person she was. It also reminded me of how sad it was to witness her falling apart from afar and how I wish I could have told her how she inspired me before she disappeared. Sometimes it's nice to feel a little sad about things worthy of sadness... if that makes any sense. (thanks for sending it Andy)

Disturbing things are afoot all over the world today. My ritual afternoon visit to cnn.com provided me with the following headlines: Castro leads huge anti-American march in Cuba; Running battles rage on the streets of Najaf; U.S. arrests dozens in child porn crackdown; Oil prices spurt to all-time high; British editor quits after abuse photos deemed fake

I was particularly struck by the Cuba article and the accompanying picture displaying Bush in a Hitler-style moustache next to signs with swastiks. What the hell is going on in this world?

To top off my day of bizarre news, the front page story on today's Albuquerque Journal has the following headline: Finger Found Near Zoo Cage. Apparently a man in his 50s who visits a jaguar everyday might have left a few digits behind. But he's denying it. WHY would you try to hide the fact that you got your hand eaten by a large zoo animal??? I think you may need a subscription to read this story, which is very unfortunate because it's really fascinating...

It's sunny and warm here and I'm looking forward to a relaxing weekend. I plan to avoid the news as much as possible.