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Where have all the flowers gone?
Thursday, January 30, 2003I am not here to argue about whether or whether not we should go to war with Iraq. It bothers me, though. A lot of aspects of this whole thing do. The news is saying that Bush sold the war to the American people during the state of the union address, but I myself am less than positive of this. But I said, this is not what I'm here for. I can not help but think of my future lover. I am a Christian, and I beleive in a certain amount of...not predestination, because I'm not into the "We're damned no matter what" train of thought, but I do believe that everything is planned out. It keeps me from going mad when I wake up at 3 am and wonder what the heck I'm doing with my life. So, that follows, that I believe that out there, the guy I'm suppossed to ultimately end up with is out there...so where is he? Will he be alright? Did he join the ROTC in order to help pay for college? Did he enlist, like so many did, in the aftermath of 9-11, hoping to protect the people he cares about, as well as to serve his country? Or will he be drafted, eventually, if the war lingers on, and our casualties become too much to bear? Do you think I'm soft in the head and melodramatic, or can you see where I'm leading? It's what worries me about war, you see. So many possabilities are suddenly gone. Fathers and wives and sister in laws and mothers and friends and future this and future that... Gone. And it depresses me a little. So, anyway, I have this Kingston Trio record from my parent's collection. And I was singing along under my breath to "Tiajuana Jail" and "Bad Man's Song" (How can you resist a song that proclaims "I didn't have a key/I didn't have a file/so naturally I stayed around until my trail/the judge was an old man/93/and I didn' t like the way the jury looked at me...I think they were suspicous.") And "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" (which I think may have originally been a Peter, Paul and Mary song) came on and depressed the heck out of me. It's a perfectly cylindrical storyline, it goes from the flowers dissapearing because young girls picked them, and on and on...it's a very beautiful song, but for a romantic with a very vivid imagination worrying about politics which she will readily admit she isn't very good at... So any way, that's what I'm thinking of tonight. I really ought to be reviewing Making & Dressing Doll's House Dolls and the latest Robert Jordan book. Permalink Cindy scribed this at 7:44 PM 0 comments |