Some things I did today.

So today at work wasn't so bad. Not quite as hectic as yesterday. We had so many new patients since I had been there last that it took me a little longer than usual to get things done. But I think I'm back in the swing of things. I finally got official confirmation of my move to day shift. It would of course be this Monday. For those keeping track, that would be the Monday after a con. Fortunately it's in Newark, so it's close enought that I'll have time to get home after the con and still get a decent night's sleep. I was thinking of trying to see The Incredibles Sunday after the con, but now I'm thinking I'll wait for Monday night.

Also today at work I attended a short seminar on sexual harassment. SO the opposite of fun. Though I did learn one cool thing. The company I work for includes sexual orientation in its non-discrimination policy.

I have my own thoughts on the election results. I'm sure it comes as no surprise to anyone that I'm unhappy. I need to get me to church soon as I'm having some distinctly un-Christian thoughts about it. I'm currently formulating an icon that I hope will help me work through some of my bitterness. I don't like the way things turned out, but the fact remains they did turn out this way. I don't have to like it, but I do have to live with it. So I forbear. As they say in Avenue Q, George Bush is only for now.

Something bad is happening in Oz

Trying fairly hard to stay civil in LJ about the election because I honestly don't like myself for the way I feel right now. I have hatred in my heart and that's never good. I need to find a way to let it go or it will just eat away at me. I just feel so disconnected from 51% of my countrymen. I try to be open-minded. I try to understand, but I'm genuinely confused as to how anyone can think Bush has done a good job. I just can't wrap my head around it. I want to understand it. I know I'll never agree with them, but I want to know where these people are coming from.

I've been listening to Wicked a lot lately. And there's a line in the intro to the song Defying Gravity that says some of what I'm feeling toward Bush supporters. Glinda and Elphaba(who becomes the witch of the West), two good friends have just made a decision that will take their lives in divergent directions. It being a musical, as they discuss this decision they naturally burst into song. They sing this to each other:

"So though I can't imagine how, I hope you're happy right now."

I've also been pondering the book the musical was based on. There's a lot in it that I think really speaks to the situation the country is in. ( cutting to conceal my bitterness )

There's a scene early in the book in which a toddler Elphaba utters her first word. She's looking into a mirror and in it she sees a vision of the coming of the Wizard. It describes perfectly what I'm thinking about the next four years.

( An excerpt from Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire )

I hope you're happy.
Now that you're choosing this,
I hope it brings you bliss.
I really hope you get it,
And you don't live to regret it.

I hope you're happy in the end.
I hope you're happy, my friend.

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lyrics by Stephen Schwartz