Pensées Sur La Guerre. So I heard today that Iraq is going to let the UN use U2 planes for surveillance to look for nukes. This was one of the demands the UN asked for, and Iraq has complied. The US's response to this can basically be summed up as, "So What." Pretty frigid. I dunno. I mean, I'm probably really oversimplifying here, but either way Bush really looks like a bonehead to me. Either he's wrong and he's persecuting them for nothing, or he's right and he's going to push them to the point where they'll use them. Not to mention, are we forgetting the men in line behind Saddam for power that are even more out of control than he is? K. You get that evil, evil man, Mr. Prez. But it sounds an awful lot like approval-rating manipulation mischief to me. Sounds an awful lot like the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
If my fingernails look as though they were painted by a five-year-old, it's because they were.
My new roommate. She's cool. She's my age. She has a bunny rabbit. We get along real well, and it's been a nice opportunity to actually set up my room like someone lives there. It now looks oh-so-cute and lived in.
Sam informed me today that Fleetwood Mac is releasing an album of brand-new material this April. This is huge. He also mentioned that the album will be followed by a tour this summer. With my luck it'll happen while I'm in Europe, but hey, I can plan Europe around the Mac. A concert ticket for them will probably cost roughly the same as my plane ticket but hey- how often do you get to see the guy you named your guitar after in person?
Top Five Ways to Turn Your "Just a Friend" into a Quivering Mass of Valentine Soup- Yum!:
1. Rescue your friend's brother from muggers in the subway station, accidentally making him fall on the tracks in the process. Save him from the train. Resulting coma from his fall allows you to get close to rescuee's brother and voila! Romance! May be followed by honeymoon in Florence.
2. Go to your beloved's house, stand on lawn, hold boom box over head, and blast romantic music at their window while looking sincere and determined. Continue until beloved appears at window, or until arms give out.
3. "Recite the Following Speech" Option #1 (this option works best when used in the middle of a rainstorm-- pull car over for emphasis): "I love you. And not, not in a friendly way, although I think we're great friends. And not in a misplaced affection, puppy-dog way, although I'm sure that's what you'll call it. I love you. Very, very simple, very truly. You are the epitome of everything I have ever looked for in another human being. And I know that you think of me as just a friend, and crossing that line is the furthest thing from an option you would ever consider. But I had to say it. I just, I can't take this anymore. I can't stand next to you without wanting to hold you. I can't, I can't look into your eyes without feeling that, that longing you only read about in trashy romance novels. I can't talk to you without wanting to express my love for everything you are. And I know this will probably queer our friendship - no pun intended - but I had to say it, because I've never felt this way before, and I don't care. I like who I am because of it. And if bringing this to light means we can't hang out anymore, then that hurts me. But God, I just, I couldn't allow another day to go by without just getting it out there, regardless of the outcome, which by the look on your face is to be the inevitable shoot-down. And, you know, I'll accept that. But I know...I know that some part of you is hesitating for a moment, and if there is a moment of hesitation, then that means you feel something too. All I ask, please, is that you just, you just not dismiss that - and try to dwell in it for just ten seconds. There isn't another soul on this planet who has ever made me half the person I am when I'm with you, and I would risk this friendship for the chance to take it to the next plateau. Because it is there between you and me. You can't deny that. Even if, you know, even if we never talk again after tonight, please know that I'm forever changed because of who you are and what you've meant to me, which - while I do appreciate it - I'd never need a painting of birds bought at a diner to remind me of."
4. "Recite the Following Speech" Option #2 (works best when started half a minute before the ball drops in the middle of a crowded New Year's Eve party): "I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle in your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."
5. Show up naked. HAHAHAHA!
"Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connait point." ("The heart has its reasons whereof reason knows nothing.") -Pascal
©February 10, 2003 by me.