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Jul. 14th, 2006 04:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
violachicMy feelings are alternately that of rage and some kind of numb apathy- although maybe more numb than apathetic- towards the news of Israel's invasion of Lebanon. Since I'm more or less homebound, and don't watch TV its hard for me to keep up with the news. I have BBC news and Al Jazeera on RSS feed, but since I've been feeling so overwhelmed by my illness lately I took them off my default view for a little while. I just couldn't handle me and the rest of the world at the same time. So lets now add in a feeling of guilt for not paying enough attention.
I wish I were back in Palestine, now, more than any other time. Things all over the Middle East seem to be imploding.* And there is nothing I can do about it. But right now, in this condition, even if I were there, there would still be nothing I could do about it.
Its a paradoxical feeling.
Today is Bastille Day. It is also Woody Guthrie's birthday. (Thanks for the link,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
geezerlee!) I don't know why, but somehow, given the news of which I speak above, they both seem significant. It could just be the drugs, but.... in this case, I doubt it.
*This is just a note, as per usual, that I won't be tolerating trolls, flame wars, or other nasty, accusatory comments, whether they're from people I know, or from folks who might wander in here by other means. My posting these things in my journal are not an invitation for debate.
I wish I were back in Palestine, now, more than any other time. Things all over the Middle East seem to be imploding.* And there is nothing I can do about it. But right now, in this condition, even if I were there, there would still be nothing I could do about it.
Its a paradoxical feeling.
Today is Bastille Day. It is also Woody Guthrie's birthday. (Thanks for the link,
geezerlee!) I don't know why, but somehow, given the news of which I speak above, they both seem significant. It could just be the drugs, but.... in this case, I doubt it.*This is just a note, as per usual, that I won't be tolerating trolls, flame wars, or other nasty, accusatory comments, whether they're from people I know, or from folks who might wander in here by other means. My posting these things in my journal are not an invitation for debate.
