Rāhui Day 27 (29): back to odd numbered days. Will the sky fall in? My new laptop arrived and I’ve been battling with the newish technology. Would like to report a win but not quite yet. A long way from not quite yet.
Planned to go for a walk but didn’t. Couldn’t quite work out why I didn’t and came up with ‘because there was weather’. That will do.
Discovered when I went to bed that it was Wednesday, not Tuesday as I’d believed it was all day. Lots of friends with Aries birthdays. Rather like that. It’s affirming. Especially the ones happening on even numbered days. Mine isn’t. It never has been. That’s why parts of my life have sucked. Has to be that. I wasn’t killed in the war, I didn’t spend much time behind bars, I didn’t die in some shitty toilet with a needle in my arm, and I’ve got a magic spouse and four great kids so maybe odd numbers aren’t a terminal sentence. Maybe. But I remain unconvinced.
There’s a series on the History Channel called just ‘Vietnam’. Last night’s episode featured the 1972 Easter Offensive or as the South Vietnamese call it ‘Red Fiery Offensive’. I missed this by days. It also talked about how the ‘Pentagon Papers’ got leaked and how, at last, the world found out the truth behind the Johnson administration’s double dealing and Nixon’s desire to have the troops home before the election. Sound familiar? It was all about him because he’d known for years that this was a war the US could never win. So many young lives sacrificed for nothing. Not mine, but I did lose some very good comrades. Also featured some very moving – for me anyway – footage of the ‘Vietnam Veterans Against the War’ protests and John McCain’s speech decrying US involvement made to Congress. ‘Another fine mess you’ve got us into’ came to mind. So many lies. So many lives.
Had a good chat with a new girl called Tink. Merry meet, and blessed be. Welcome to the trans girls shit storm. That never changes, we just get better at surviving it.
Spent a good time chatting with my dearest male friend in the evening. That was nice. Really nice. Slept well. Vodka will do that for a girl.
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