From the Edge of my Seat

Tonight, mostly, I'm just worried about Hawaii and Chile and Samoa and everywhere that's affected. Even the Belgian bodegas are playing the news. I'm watching CBS live on Ustream.

I have one friend in Chile and she's okay so far. I am concerned for my Hawaiian friends. I visited there twice last year. The potential is frightening.

I have a feeling that reminds me rather uncomfortably of 9/11. On September 11, 2001, I had just arrived in England for my first year of university there. I was shopping in town and overheard some woman in John Lewis say "they've bombed the Twin Towers" to her coworker. It kinda went over my head, and I bought a big trash bin and proceeded to drag it up the long hill to my new home. 

When I arrived at my flat, my new roommate told me that New York was under attack. I was glued to the TV for days. I'd just arrived in England for the first time, so every time someone said "Are you all right?" I thought they were genuinely concerned. LOL, I thought the British were so caring.


Anyhow, I feel a familiar pain in my heart as my country faces a challenge while I'm across the world. My hope is that absolutely nothing will happen.

So. As for what I did today ... I did a lot. Diamondland, the Diamond Museum, the northern harbor, the river, Ra, a disco nap, a fabulous dinner at Le John, and then I headed back to the hotel. There are two music clubs near here where I thought I'd catch some live entertainment, but both have non-Belgian bands tonight, they hadn't started yet, and I'm just too concerned. I'd only sit in the corner and check Twitter constantly. Best to just come back to the hotel; I certainly have more than enough to write about.


So ... I'm drinking a Jupiler (Belgian blonde beer recommended to me by a local, it's quite good) and watching CBS. Back to America tomorrow on Brussels Airlines operated by American Airlines which offers no free booze at all. Jerkstores.


The CBS newscaster's pronunciation of Molokai is ignorant and offensive, BTW ... can't she ask somebody before she goes on the air? Can't they feed it correctly into her headset as well as spelling it on the teleprompter? GEEZ.