I feel surprisingly reluctant to cheer about someone's death, despite having supported the hunt for him for ten years. But I hope this results in less carnage in Afghanistan rather than more, and ultimately lessens the need for us to maintain a military presence there.
This. Although I also like to think of it as a belated birthday present for one of my oldest friends, who lost her high school sweetheart to that maniac. Hopefully this will bring some sort of closure for her and all those who lost a loved one on September 11th.
Two minutes to speech, they say.
I just briefly lost power, so I'm sure the conf will start while TiVo takes 2
10 min to reboot.
Wow. Big news. I expected to be happy, but I think the past decade has just run me down so much that I'm too tired.
Pix, that's exactly how I feel.
Ugh NBC was showing 9/11 footage on their split screen. That still triggers.
Okay, just bought Plants vs. Zombies. I need SOMETHING to do while I wait for the speech.
I'm also sick, so everything is a little fuzzy and exhausting anyway.
I am not happy or sad about it; I am thinking of practicalities now.
Like I said, I slant towards the callous occasionally. This is one of them.
Erin, for all that the technology changes, I'm not really sure that fundamental human nature does.
Me, either.
