now I work in east a-sia

It's seriously 90 degrees in our offices right now. ho-lee balls it's hot. It's never been this hot in here. I'm instantly thirsty (for beer, of course) and cranky. Not a good way to start the day. I do love my new bus line though. The 32D is sweet! I can go from my block to Nate's Clothing, or the gay 90s, or a 1 block walk to the train! I don't know what time it becomes the 32R, but that's pretty convenient too, since it runs over to Roseville (starting later in the morning). I could also take the 5 downtown but after the recent "exciting" "news" story about it, I best not. They'll stab you in the face!!

Global game over...

Oh hell yes. India has offered to send aid to the US for our Katrina recovery efforts. In fact, a number of countries including Cuba and Venezuela have made offers. I fear a little that we might make too-prideful a response and I rather hope that we accept the offers. Even the politically disinclined have hearts for our people and I hope our leaders recognize that and accept the aid. Ask Mayor Nagin how he feels about foreign aid. I'm guessing he's not too proud to take it.

People talk about apocalypse, which you know in Koine means "revelation" (thus "The Revelation to John"). I think apocalyptic thinking can be fairly useful. Not because I'm excited in any millennial/end times sense, but there's a lot of revelatory stuff around these disasters: it reveals those who are fraudulent, crooked, evil and reveals the great goodness in so many people. And isn't a global response just another sign of "what could be" in our great future? I dunno. It just offers me this kind of visionary future, when the world is suddenly something other, a place of peoples ignorant of their borders, joyful at the weather, heedless of their separation, alive in their differences. Why do we need frickin disasters though? Let's get to where we can be like this in the good times.

In related nerdly-news, this guy predicted the shit hitting the proverbial fan from his laptop-powered dungeon some 4 days prior. Must we call him a nerd? What if he's just like me, only focused on the weather? I wonder what he thinks about the Apple-HP merger...