Emotions can be high or low or "blah" and I
think I experienced all three today.
It's never a good day when you wake up
crying. Well, I was't crying when I woke up, but watching the coverage
from Pittsburgh made me so sad.
I went from sad to mad watching Trump's
reaction to it all, excusing his going to a rally that night because "we
have so much fun at these things," and explaining that the Stock Market had
not closed after 9/11 (wrong--it closed for 7 days), and the World Series
didn't stop (wrong--it postponed its next game for a week). He joked
that he almost called it off because he had abad hair day, but the slaughter
of 11 elderly Jews was not enough to make him think twice about "having fun"
at a rally.
He read a speech about toning down rhetoric
and then went on to make fun of Maxine Waters again ("but I'll be nice...")
and grinned at the now traditional "lock her up" chants.
Over and over again, I was brought to tears
by some news report or especially by interviews with survivors.
Ned stopped by after his doctor's
appointment, which is in the complex where I used to work. We had a
catch-up visit and he did some tree pruning and helped with a minor computer
problem for me. We made arrangements to visit my mother on Wednesday.
After Ned left, the emotion became angry when
I heard that, despite being asked NOT to come, the President is going to
Pittsburgh today, the day people are burying their dead and the mayor has
said he does not have enough manpower to protect the families and
the president. I'm wondering how he's going to make a campaign issue
out of this visit because you know darn good and well that he's not going to
comfort anybody.
Then there are the immigrants. Oh
Pardon me. The "invaders" marching from Central America. Now
he's sending 5,000 troops to a border where there are already more than 2000
guards. what are they going to do--shoot people? He's sending them this
week, but the marchers aren't expected to arrive for at least a week. But
that would be after the mid-terms and he couldn't make political hay out of
sending troops if he waited until the "invaders" actually arrived in Mexico.
Oh but I hear that if they actually GET here, the democrats are going to
give them all cars. Pulleeze.
Now not only does the crowd consist of
members of ISIS and MI3 but gangs, "bad people," mostly big strong men, and
even people who want to spread small pox, TB and leprosy. Leprosy
??? What other thing can be made up about poor people fleeing violence in
their countries and seeking safety somewhere else.
The afternoon emotion was mostly blah because
I turned off the news and didn't even watch NCIS, but made preparations for
dinner. (I'd forgotten how much I like carrot and raisin salad)
Then there was the joyous emotion of evening
TV. There was a 15th anniversary special of Wicked hosted by
Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel, which was in a small theater packed with
Wicked fans dressed in Oz costumes.
The show was an hour and had excerpts from
the show, including Galinda's "Popular" and Elphaba's "Defying Gravity."
The finale brought all the Galindas and Elphabas from Broadway on stage to
sing "For Good," my favorite song from the show.
They also had trivia....like did you know (or
care?) that they used 400 pounds of dry ice at every performance.
There was also discussion about Elphaba's costume, which was apparently made
of lots of different fabrics (and is now in the Smithsonian) but I forget
the exact specifics about it.
The evening ended on a sad emotional note
when Brian Williams reported on the support of the Pittsburgh Jewish
community by the Muslim community, who set up a Go Fund Me account and also
offered any support they might need, including standing guard outside the
synagogue, if they needed it.
That's what we need more of --
disparate communities coming together, not tearing each other apart
verbally or physically.
No comments:
Post a Comment