Wednesday, August 22, 2007

im getting old, but staying lucky

today i woke up in a malaise at yet another strangely cloudy, too cold august day. i had to put a scarf on for crying out loud. yesterday i saw (well, first i heard them) a group of teenage girls in the throws of a hummer-limo ride around nyc. their excitement could not be contained. they yelled and squealed at every person within a 20 mile radius of the over extravagentsicklyhugemonster of a vehicle. today i wondered what happened to that feeling inside me, if it ever existed at all. i must be getting old.
i just saw an article and pictures about some iraq veterans who have been permanently physically disfigured by their experience there. lets all just take a minute, to remember how lucky we are to be living a pretty comfortable life, and that there are people out there who aren't so lucky.when will the madness end? how many people are going to die before the end?
there must be a connection between those girls in the limo and the war but, i wonder if they ever think about life outside the tinted windows?
i may not be riding around in an suv limo, but even on these ugly cloudy days, it could be worse....

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