The End of the World?

It took a good dose of international news for me to realize just how ucked-up the world is right now. It has been "the last days" for as long as i can remember; and from what i've seen, God has definitely changed her mind about coming. Yea, i said HER. Ellen DeGeneres spoke with God, personally, and she confirmed God is a SHE (and a black woman at that! Shocking, isn't it?). But, really, the whole world is doing a U turn on progress...we've actually...what did Karen say in Coupland's Girlfriend in a Coma? Dissolved, yes, the world has dissolved. Natural disaster is no longer confined to earthquakes, volcanoes and the like, but has taken on new forms, in many places: war, genocide, suicide bombing, ethnic rivalry, AIDs etc. There is a shoot-out / killing-spree in progress every second of everyday all around the world; and i get to lay in bed and watch this...this unfolding of the end of humanity, on the 5 o'clock news, from the comfort of my pillow-top mattress in my bedroom (Dreams and Things). "Gosh, i hate watching the news, it ruins my whole day!" Isn't a Canadian day more precious than a middle Eastern day? "We should be glad we don't have war!" Well, uck me silly, we must be specially finger painted by the Superior One! But why watch the news when i can watch The Simpsons, or Kings of Queens, or even one of George Bush's speech on terror? Actually, i can't figure out which one is more horrifying: American powercracy or the 5 o'clock news. The news has more raw action; it's like watching "murder by the third degree."


"Honey, pass me the popcorn, i don't want to miss the next bombing."