This is fucking sick. I guess some people are just disposable, huh?
Mal: Does she understand that? River: She understands. She doesn't comprehend.
'Objects In Space'
Natter .38 Special
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Glamcookie - Sep 02, 2005 8:53:37 am PDT #4132 of 10002
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Maria - Sep 02, 2005 8:55:05 am PDT #4133 of 10002
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
I'm up to my eyeballs in stupid work issues, but I wanted to pop in with hugs for Heather and Dana. You can always tell us what's going on. We're here for you, in whatever way we can be.
And -t, there are no words. I'm so glad you and your DH are safe. Much punctuation to you and your family.
Trudy Booth - Sep 02, 2005 8:57:19 am PDT #4134 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Bush is on TV. He. keeps. calling. reufgees. 'folks'.
brenda m - Sep 02, 2005 8:59:33 am PDT #4135 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Awww, fuck. There are still 8-10,000 people in the Superdome. They're basically living inside a blacked out garbage heap buried in shit.
More than that, I've heard.
brenda m - Sep 02, 2005 9:00:47 am PDT #4136 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
This is neat. A name I just ran across in our database: Iognáid Ó Muircheartaigh
Sophia Brooks - Sep 02, 2005 9:01:22 am PDT #4137 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I am so relieved to hear from -t.
I can't even talk about NO because I just feel lik esomeone needs to go in there and take over and I am paralyzed by my uselessness.
It is just a big snowballing mess.
The mobilization was late so the people are angry.
The emergency workers are now in danger from the angry people
Now no one can get help. But coworkers (I work at a nursing school now, one with a "disaster nursing" track) have heard from doctors and nurses down there who say they are afraid to go in the Superdome because there are rapes and murders going on all around them.
So the people get more and more desperate. And workers get more and more scared.
Also, ita, try the links here. They are very comprehensive.
Kristen - Sep 02, 2005 9:02:30 am PDT #4138 of 10002
University of Wisconsin, Illinois at Chicago, and Chicago Loyola have all jumped on the bandwagon of offering automatic admittance and financial aid packages to displaced students. I know a lot of other are doing the same.
Someone I know in Memphis said:
The University of Memphis is allowing students from Loyola, Southern Miss, and Tulane to pick up their course curriculum (or as close as possible) and attend classes on our campus, waiving any tuition for students who have a paid tuition on file at their previous school (other schools in the state followed suit). The University of Tennessee medical research and science facilities are taking all the misplaced medical students.
Hil R. - Sep 02, 2005 9:02:52 am PDT #4139 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
We have scheduled a conference call for 2 p.m. today to discuss how universities and colleges around the country might offer help to our students in the event there are no classes held on Tulane’s campus this fall.
GW is allowing anyone from NO schools to register as non-degree students this semester. They're waiving late registration fees, but still charging tuition, as far as I can tell. I think that Syracuse is waiving tuition.
I also just read that the city of DC is sending buses to bring some people here to the Armory.
ChiKat - Sep 02, 2005 9:05:14 am PDT #4140 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
University of Alabama is also admitting students, assisting with housing, financial aid, etc. There was quite a bit of property damage around Tuscaloosa, so they're helping their current students as well.
Additionally, the student rec center was converted into a shelter for 100 people on Sunday and has been operating since then.
§ ita § - Sep 02, 2005 9:06:55 am PDT #4141 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thanks, Sophia!