the beginning of a blog

so about my fascination with humankind...i guess it starts here. why are we (general, yes; but for the most part) as a society (westernized for that matter) so incredibly interested in the goings-on of others? particularly in the "information super-highway" sense ('member that descriptor?). i, for one, am indeed interested in what others do/say/think/feel but even more so as to why. i've never been a blogger but i am opinionated. so, might as well voice my thoughts like the rest of the bajillion other bloggers out there; to be included in the voyeuristic undertakings of those in the cyber world, and to bring my perspectives of the outside world here. who knows, maybe one of you (the readers) might just be feeling the same.

and so begins the blog...

let's start with the most recent significant event directly affecting me, as well as hundreds of thousands of others--hurricane gustav. my brother lives in new orleans and up until 2 days ago thought he would wait out this storm. bunker down. supply himself. could it be worse than katrina? he evacuated that time (and thankfully so) but his house (also thankfully) was untouched. so this time 'round, he figured he wouldn't flood, he'd endure hurricane force winds, but could do it. until yesterday. having been tracking the storm, the deciding factor for him was how gustav would travel around cuba. instead, it traveled over cuba. and my brother packed up his car with his 3 cats and left for northern mississippi at 3 in the morning. a normal 2 hour drive took 7 before he arrived at his destination, exhausted but thankful...that he had some place to go. but what about all the others. as i sit here and write i am at a loss for words on how to describe the enormity of what i am feeling/thinking. funny, because just a paragraph ago i made note of my opinionated self. perhaps michael moore summed it up best in his "letter to god"...enlightening, frightening, and damn good.

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