Survivors of Indonesia Blast Are Left Stunned and Searching
I wish i had anything poignant or interesting or original to say about the violence in the world. I never write about it because i never feel like i do. Today is no different in that respect, but maybe i’m sadder. What makes me sadder this time? Maybe it’s the number, like there’s a ceiling that makes it most painful, 100? 150? Is it that i can relate easily? That i can relate easily to kids in a nightclub. The same as to office workers downtown. Bombs seem to be blowing people to bits every day, but i don’t feel like this everyday.
Wishing for world peace used to sound cliche, but now it sounds like the only wish worth having. That’s all for today.
New Angeles Monthly, June 2008
Weekend America, March 30, 2008
Los Angeles Times, March 13, 2008
Los Angeles Times, March 6, 2008
Nil by Mouth is written by Neille Ilel. Neille is a writer, reporter and user interface specialist in Los Angeles. If you think that's a lot, she's also got a host of meandering sidelines including improv comedy, tennis, cooking, drawing and thinking about learning to play the guitar.
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