1 post tagged “amuricah”

God, I miss New York. I used to live right by Eastern District High School (which one assumes overlaps with the lawyer's district). I love that he transcribed it, completely, later.

That said, I am not feeling very generous about the gluttony of this country, generally... the other day I saw, in the top ten stories on CNN, this story, followed by this one. I saw a lot of serious poverty while living in Asia (and knew someone in Vietnam who was researching children who scavenged at garbage dumps to supplement their family's income when I was living in Danang)... and there are parts of this country that start to edge into similar territory, and I just don't even know what to say to the idea of a $10,000 birthday party for anyone, never mind a child. If I ever have kids they're getting the lopsided homemade cake and paper hats (I *loved* that stuff!). None of this iPod for a four year old crap.... that's just insanity.