the verdict
so michael jackson was found not guilty. i hope with all my heart that he really is innocent, if disturbed; it would be a terrible travesty for him to go free if he really did molest a child. now i hope he will go live quietly somewhere in france. fat chance, i know, but still - i can dream, can't i?
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i didn't go to the family barbecue yesterday. i guess i didn't have any talking left to do. on the way to my mother-in-law's, justin and i fought, and it exhausted me, so after i dropped justin at work, i went back home and worked in my yard and planted a new rosebush that has the same old-fashioned and unusual name as my mother.
it's just as well. justin's cousin and his wife are expecting their first child. he or she is due the same week as hans, just a year later. my mother-in-law told me last night that she felt like she was being "handled" all day but didn't know why. as everyone was leaving, one of her sisters (the grandmother of the impending new life) pulled her aside and said she needed to talk to her, and then started to cry. i guess everyone else knew but didn't want to upset my mother-in-law, who was pissed that she was excluded. so i'm glad i didn't go; i can only imagine how tense my presence would have made everyone, under the present circumstances. i love justin's family and how they have made me feel like i belong, but sometimes they are just stupid. of course, they treat each other stupidly, too, so this bit of stupidity just makes me feel like i am truly one of them. nice.
i'm glad for the prospective parents and wish for them a blissfully easy pregnancy and a long, happy parenthood. i just hope we're not excluded from news of developments or ultrasound pics or showers. that would just be even more stupid.
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i didn't go to the family barbecue yesterday. i guess i didn't have any talking left to do. on the way to my mother-in-law's, justin and i fought, and it exhausted me, so after i dropped justin at work, i went back home and worked in my yard and planted a new rosebush that has the same old-fashioned and unusual name as my mother.
it's just as well. justin's cousin and his wife are expecting their first child. he or she is due the same week as hans, just a year later. my mother-in-law told me last night that she felt like she was being "handled" all day but didn't know why. as everyone was leaving, one of her sisters (the grandmother of the impending new life) pulled her aside and said she needed to talk to her, and then started to cry. i guess everyone else knew but didn't want to upset my mother-in-law, who was pissed that she was excluded. so i'm glad i didn't go; i can only imagine how tense my presence would have made everyone, under the present circumstances. i love justin's family and how they have made me feel like i belong, but sometimes they are just stupid. of course, they treat each other stupidly, too, so this bit of stupidity just makes me feel like i am truly one of them. nice.
i'm glad for the prospective parents and wish for them a blissfully easy pregnancy and a long, happy parenthood. i just hope we're not excluded from news of developments or ultrasound pics or showers. that would just be even more stupid.
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