so the first flu of the year has hit me like a bag of sandy potatoes.
so the first flu of the year has hit me like a bag of sandy potatoes. which isn't so bad, actually. with the flu i get to cancel everything on my schedule and lie in bed and read f. paul wilson books. it's sort of like a mini-vacation, albeit one attended by fever and aches and general disgustingness.i'm headed to dc in a few days for the inauguration, and hopefully mr. flu will have abated by then.
a relative aside: today i saw bush's last press conference. it was sort of sad, as he's clearly aware that his presidency has been an abject failure. the look in his eyes as he tried to convince the press corps that history will be the ultimate judge of his presidency was one of 'please agree with me, please please agree with me?' and then he entered into a litany of his failures. no wmd's in iraq. 'mission accomplished'. ignoring new orleans during and after katrina. the economy falling apart. abu ghrab. no social security reform. etc. it almost seemed like self-flaggelation as he went on and on, as if to show that he's not a sheltered idiot and he's aware of the deep and extensive failings of his presidency. i'd be tempted to feel sorry for him if he hadn't left the country and the world in such terrible shape.
i mean, how must it feel to watch your approval rating go from 90% to 25%? to go from being feared and revered on a national stage to being pitied and reviled everywhere you turn? again, it would tempt me to feeling sorry for him if it wasn't his own hubris that was his complete undoing.
i'm hopeful that obama and his cabinet will, at the very least, be rational and competent administrators. obama is inheriting a mess, a huge mess, and i don't envy him having to spend the next few years trying to fix the disastrous republican legacy that's being left for him. but at least his governance will be informed by reason and practicality, and not hubris and ideology.
ok, more from dc when i get there.
moby
hope you'll get quick recovery
it's all I can say, Moby, what else...
Reading? When one is ill, even reading is not free to do, so, just take a rest, and then, I hope you'll be all right by this week-end. cheers.
rendevous with mr. flu
gute besserung! (:
Flu and Our STB EX pres
Dear Moby. Sorry you're feeling under the weather. Hope you recover very soon for the inauguration. At least you seem to be taking care of yourself and getting some rest due to your illness.
I did not watch our soon-to-be-EX president give his final speech. I couldn't stand to watch him the entire time he's been in office, so I'm afraid I couldn't do it for that either. His smirking and hanging off the side of the podium was enough to make me gag early on, but his obviously delusional ideas were just too much to bear, so try as I might I was constantly shutting him off.
With obama in the white house, it'll just be nice not to have to switch channels every time our soon-to-be-NEW president is on TV. Even if I were to disagree with an idea of his, at least it wouldn't be because he was a smikring, jerking, obnoxious, whining, daddy-doesn't-love-me-so-I-have-to-act-tough-and-start-wars kind of idiot. Ahhhh....that felt good to get off my chest.
Well, anyway...I have absolute faith that obama will manage to do more than 100% better within his next TWO terms and whomever has the two presidencies beyond that (which is probably how long it will take to correct this last one).
Feel better Moby and enjoy your time at the inauguration!
I hope you feel better in
I hope you feel better in time for the inauguration. And go even if you don't. :]
Feel better soon and happy reading <3
Maybe things are already looking up
If you saw the Obama press conference then maybe there's some hope (with a lower case "h") because Obama seemed to be relatively humble and open to considering a variety of solutions -- unlike the Worst President Ever.
Briane Pagel
Thinking The Lions
dc!
Excited you are coming to the District for festivities. You should check out Sticky Fingers (vegan bakery) on Park Road NW in Columbia Heights if you get a chance - their coffee is stellar and I'm fond of their "chicken" salad sandwiches and cupcakes. Safe travels.
I hope you feel better soon darling!!!!
You are always such a good sport whenever you get sick. I hope you feel better soon darling luv. Drink tea and turn on a vaporizer, rub vicks vapor rub on your nose, neck and chest and drink lots of liquids most definately oh and don't forget how much I love you, sighs...Sending angels to watch over you and help nurse you back to full health.
Love, Love, Love,
Rachelle, Lil Brayden & Pets
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your capacity for articulate
your capacity for articulate blogging while flu-striken is quite admirable! i can barely feed and water myself when i'm sick