Katrina, etc.

I am an emotional masochist. I know that watching/reading/listening to the news and first-hand reports will break me down into tears, but I do it anyway. I just got back from a lunch hour in front of CNN. I didn't let myself start crying because I don't know if I'll be able to stop it if I do. And for once, it's not imagining-myself-in-that-situation crying... it's there's-actual-people-in-this-situation crying.

Oklahoma folks: Do we know whether or not withlyn's family are ok? His sister lived in the NO area, as far as I remember. Never mind, he updated his LJ while I was still writing this!

I guess I'm lucky; 2 degrees of separation are as close as I get to anyone there. Although princesscurly's place got stormed on, she's relatively inland and all okay.

I feel so impotent. I will be donating to the Red Cross as soon as my next check arrives, so I'll feel better then... but right now...

I fear impotence, and I'm not talking about sex. I'm talking about not having the ability, due to external andor internal forces, to do what needs to be done in the face of danger. Do I have the ability? Am I being tested right now? (And if so, who's grading?)

Part of me looks forward to the escape of a Crossroads weekend, and another thinks I'm silly for running away.

Katrina, etc.

I am an emotional masochist. I know that watching/reading/listening to the news and first-hand reports will break me down into tears, but I do it anyway. I just got back from a lunch hour in front of CNN. I didn't let myself start crying because I don't know if I'll be able to stop it if I do. And for once, it's not imagining-myself-in-that-situation crying... it's there's-actual-people-in-this-situation crying.

Oklahoma folks: Do we know whether or not withlyn's family are ok? His sister lived in the NO area, as far as I remember. Never mind, he updated his LJ while I was still writing this!

I guess I'm lucky; 2 degrees of separation are as close as I get to anyone there. Although princesscurly's place got stormed on, she's relatively inland and all okay.

I feel so impotent. I will be donating to the Red Cross as soon as my next check arrives, so I'll feel better then... but right now...

I fear impotence, and I'm not talking about sex. I'm talking about not having the ability, due to external andor internal forces, to do what needs to be done in the face of danger. Do I have the ability? Am I being tested right now? (And if so, who's grading?)

Part of me looks forward to the escape of a Crossroads weekend, and another thinks I'm silly for running away.