Thanks, guys, for putting this in perspective. Even CP's cynicism is almost enough to cheer me up.
Almost.
I had
of emotional investment in today's election. It was my first time voting as an American citizen and I REALLY wanted to see the Dems at least hold onto the Senate. Now Bush is going to ram through his judicial nominees and turn the American legal system to the right for decades. Something tells me that civil rights and environmental protection laws are going to be taken down by judicial fiat in the next few years...
Let's see, how much **** have I had to endure since I got to law school?
1) I watched the Supreme Court itself shake my faith in American law in
Bush v. Gore (and if anyone says "Get over it!" to me one more time, I'll tell him that I'll get over
Bush v. Gore when the Right-wingers get over
Roe v. Wade).
2) Due to the incompetence of one of my legal professors, my GPA suffered so immensely that I'm barely beginning to dig myself out of that hole now.
3)I saw my mother for the last time when she went into the hospital "for the flu" and found out less than ten hours later that she had died in the hospital due to cancer "complications."
4) I witnessed 9/11
LIVE ON TV as the events at the World Trade Center were happening less than a half-hour's drive from where I was.
5) I found out that my cousin died less than a month ago from lung cancer at the age of 47. 47! He wasn't even married!
6) And now this.
I'm exhausted, I'm restless, I'm bereft of hope for the future and I want to go home.
The ONLY bright spot in my life right now is that this girl who I've cared deeply for over the past year might actually be turning around and FINALLY be willing to date me.
OK, guys, I'm sorry about turning this thread into a long complaint/rant, but I REALLY needed to get all this off my chest.
I'm going to bed.
