Once again this morning I woke up to a slew of “Breaking
News” messages, this time about my beloved city and that someone decided to
ruin one of its most special days. I won’t
even begin to ask the long list of unanswerable questions. Instead, I’ll just sit here with my coffee,
tears in my eyes, and watch the sun come up thousands of miles away. This world just sucks.
I have been meaning to write a blog post about pollution in
China, the thousands upon thousands of dead, diseased pigs floating down the
river here in Shanghai, and now the bird flu.
They too are all incredibly scary things and contribute to my short and long
term stress around the health my family.
Oh and don’t forget our friend in North Korea. But as long as Dennis Rodman is in charge of
US/N. Korean relations, we should all be fine, right?
You see, my phone manages all communication between these
world concerns and me. It’s gotten so
bad now that every time my phone lights up I race to see what has happened
now. Korea’s declared war? Bird flu is now human to human? Or God forbid something as tragic as these
explosions in Boston or the shootings in Newtown. To be completely honest, I am relieved when I
see that the US only created 100,000 new jobs last month or that Margaret
Thatcher has died (God rest her soul).
How awful is that?
So, what’s a girl to do?
Turn off the world and go along with the ignorance is bliss camp? I really wish I could, but this girl just isn’t
made that way. Instead, I see lots of coffee and
a box of hair dye in my future.
I hate my phone.
