illusionofjoy | Aug. 29th, 2004

I believe that it was last week that I stumbled into my apartment, the stink of the humidity outside clinging to me like an oily rag while it furthermore crept inside my head, leading to a throbbing pain in my temples. All I could think as I approached my front door was that it would be nice if I had an air conditioner. This, I followed up by thinking, "Oh wait - I do have an air conditioner and I bet that it is still sitting on the floor!" I fumbled with my key in the lock, manhandling my heat-swollen door open to find that my air conditioner now sat in my window, rather than on the floor. I would have been more overjoyed by this vision, had I not passed out on my bed just moments later.

The main thing keeping me from plugging the bitch in and cranking up the cool was the fact that, addict I am, I did not want to unplug my computer and give up my DSL connection. As of today, however, I have gone through the effort to move my desk to my other wall, plugged my computer into a different outlet and am now basking in the cool. And it is sooooooo good...

I spent a couple of hours watching C-Span at joi_division's place this afternoon. They were showing live coverage of the protests outside of the Republican National Convention in New York City. The camera panned over what must have been thousands of people all united in the cause to oust Bush from the White House. This made the protests at the Boston-based Democratic National Convention look just like it was: a fucking joke. One would think that seeing so many united against one man would show favourably for the election in November, though the polls state otherwise.

Still, there was a glut of New York telling the Republican party that they had no business in that city, which has been a Democratic stronghold for ages. It's sick how they are so willing to rape the corpses of 9/11 for political gain. I would like to think the American people are smarter than that, but I wonder.

I hope the citizens of New York give them hell!