Work work work...sleep?

That's pretty much the story right now, which is why I haven't been journaling.

Woke at 4ish this morning, and never quite got back to sleep. I was thinking about work. I'd had a nightmare about White Cat (which may have been related to watching last night's episode of Angel). The kitties realized I was awake and decided, that being the case, that it was time to cuddle, which kept me from going back to sleep despite my trying to communicate that sleep was the priority. All in all, not a stellar morning.

On a lighter note, because I finished Project B, I took myself out and bought myself three lovely new winter tops: a long-sleeved blouse in pink, blue, white and gray; a bright red sweater with a keyhole neckline, and a grey cowl-neck sweater. Quite happy with all the purchases, but especially the two sweaters, because now I have appropriate things to adorn with the beautiful dragonfly pin The Boyfriend gave me this past summer. As usual, the search for pants was nightmarish and I abandoned it quickly.

Also distressed about the Staten Island Ferry accident.

Ah well. Off to work....

Idiot Representative

Over the last two years, I've written a number of letters to my Congress-folk about a number of issues (the environment, the war, the economy--you name it), but this is the first time I've ever written to a representative because he's an idiot. I speak of George Nethercutt Jr., Washington state representative, also, idiot. Here's the letter I wrote:


Honorable Representative Nethercutt:

What were you thinking?

Reading the New York Times today, I discovered that you were quoted as saying, "The story of what we've done in the postwar period is remarkable. It is a better and more important story than losing a couple of soldiers every day."

Losing a couple of soldiers =every day=.

The cavalier manner in which you dismiss these dedicated--and now dead--citizens is appalling. You may be a Washington state representative, but this view doesn't represent mine and I'm ashamed that one of my state reps could even consider such a thing.

At this writing, the total of lost soldiers comes to 387, not to mention the injured. This is a story at least as important as the story of their accomplishments.

Their names and faces should be made public daily so Americans understand the true cost, beyond dollars, of what this Administration has committed its country's dollars and lives to. And their names and faces should be shared with the entire Congress every single day, so that the urgency of the situation--an urgency the American people understand and yet representatives like yourself apparently fail to comprehend--is made starkly clear, written in blood on Iraqi soil.

Get with it, Mr. Representative. Your constituents are dying in Iraq. Don't tell those of us here at home that their stories don't matter.

Sincerely,
Janna Silverstein

I know his statement was an attempt at Republican spin, but it bugs the hell out of me, not only because it's so stupid but because this guy ostensibly represents the citizens of Washington. My only consolation is that he doesn't represent my district, otherwise I'd have to move.