Nagasaki

Went to Nagasaki this weekend. The site of the second atomic bomb. Going to museums here is such a different experience from America. In America, going into a museum can be sensory overload. In Japan, you get the traditional minimalism. Sometimes I wish Japanese museums simply had more.. more stuff. But you can't help getting the point.

Hundreds of thousands of lives lost. People who were simply in their homes nursing their babies, or students studying at school. While it is true that many of the children were evacuated from the cities during this time (I believe) there were still many victims (including some European prisoners of war) left who, if they didn't die immediately from the effects of the blast, were to die later of radiation sickness.

When are we all gonna learn to just get along? Is it that hard, folks? I don't know. I'm not trying to sound elitist here like I've got the golden ticket to peace or something. I mean, getting along with our friends, relatives and neighbors is work. But can't we do better than this?

I wonder what life must be like being a schoolkid or a housewife in Iraq right about now....

June 26

***Your Birthdate: June 26***

You lucked out the the skills to succeed in almost any arena.Put you in almost any business or classroom, and you'll rise to the top.You're driven and intense, but you also know when to kick back and cooperate.Your ability to adapt to almost any situation is part of what's going to make you a success.

Your strength: Your attention to detail

Your weakness: You can be a little too proud of your successes

Your power color: Turquoise

Your power symbol: Arrow pointing up

Your power month: August

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

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I stole this from LYNILU.

Hehe.

Now, I'm not so sure I agree with that driven part (unless we're talking about driven to chillax) or that whole attention-to-detail thing. In fact, I am so notoriously big picture that I couldn't point out a single tree if you paid me. Well, maybe if you paid me, but...

Back In The Saddle

Hel-ler everyone out there in Blogland!!! Thank you for your kind attention and support. I kind of needed to hibernate for a minute. But I'm back on the saddle, so to speak. A little lop-sided, but dammit, I'm on that thang.

That's got to mean something, don't it?

Been a rough few weeks where I've had to confront (here we go again!) some issues that have been holding me back from enjoying the blessings of my life. But 'tis Life, no?

Love,
THE DMB

(I won't tell you who gave me that moniker but you can find her here.)