kind of more of the same

i'm having a hard time not being sad or finding the positive. the images from haiti are gut wrenching and remind me of the world trade center, katrina, and the tsunami in banda aceh. all different tragedies, with similar results. it's hard feeling helpless. it's uncomfortable just writing a check - even though it helps. it's hard thinking about day-to-day silliness and i'm definitely more impatient with myself and others.

we had a fun dinner tonight with mom and we laughed a lot. it was mindless fun and it wasn't until the routines of the evening started up again that i slipped back into the quiet of my thoughts. we're all so fucking lucky and so many of us can't appreciate it. at times we do, but why can't we love the people in our lives and enjoy our lives more? i sometimes get the feeling that people bond over complaining.

i love reading people's status updates on facebook. i've gotten to the point that if you read me the updates without telling me the person, i'm pretty sure i could match the statement to the person. we've all gotten a bit repetitive. there's farmville-ers (which we all learned to block pretty quickly), the eco-friendly poster, the inside jokester, the proud parent picture person, the you tuber and the complainer. i like acknowledging positive statements with the i like that click and am glad that at times there isn't the i don't like that click option.

wwcd: maybe facebook would introduce the really? click