Friday night: Dinner with Josh, Jami and Baby Hallie. Went home and watched the uplifting Hotel Rwanda. In all seriousness, the movie was amazing. I had no idea that all that was happening when it did. It sickened and saddened me to hear about all that injustice now.
Saturday: Tried to order custom window blinds at Home Depot, but I forgot the measurements. Didn't realize until we got there. Got a real vaccum from Bed Bath and Beyond to replace our little powerless sweeper. Enjoyed some Bay Cities Deli sandwiches and watched Under The Tuscan Sun. (A first for Brent, a second time for me.)
Today: Lunch with one of the many Jens in my life. A little shopping and saw Must Love Dogs. Very, very cute. Got home and Brent and I returned to Home Depot and successfully ordered window blinds.
All in all, relaxing and somewhat productive. Why do the weekends go by so fast?
"Well, um, actually a pretty nice little Saturday, we're going to go to Home Depot. Yeah, buy some wallpaper, maybe get some flooring, stuff like that. Maybe Bed, Bath, & Beyond, I don't know, I don't know if we'll have enough time." - Frank, Old School
Good movies this weekend! I really liked Must Love Dogs. Probably cause I must love John Cusack.
ReplyDeleteOh, in answer to your questions, I read In Her Shoes. I am going to try LIttle Earthquakes next.
Hey Nan., I got here via AL. There's not much about or in Rwanda that's uplifting, and I'm incredulous that anyone over the age of 17 and a journalism major could have missed this major news event. I followed Gen. Romeo Dalliare's pleas to the ineffectual UN, who ignored all his recommendations. You could scarcely read the interantional section of the paper w/o coming across it in 1994-5. There's more books out on the genocide now, including another bio of Dallaire.
ReplyDeleteWe used to say 'never again' on the question of genocide. Me, I've seen it happen in every damn generation somewhere. ~1 Million people wiped out in a heart beat, and few notice. We have one in the Sudan presently, so the clock is speeding up a bit.
The story on Rwanda is one of failure on a massive scale. Some people survived to save others, and this is good, just and commendable, especially in harrowing circumstances. But these were the vast minority. There were fewer of them than Frenchmen who hid Jews during WW11. Fewer still than the Italians who did much better than the French.
The full story is too depressing for most to fully comprehend, and most of the murderers will walk away scott free. The NYRB had a bundle of good articles on the story. If you're interested you might want to look into it. Uplifting is not how anyone familiar with it would describe the situation. War and genocide seldom is.
Sorry for the downer post. It's something that never failed to move me deeply, then and now.
Cheers & Good Luck, 'VJ'