A moment for some seriousness

[eirenical]

So... no more writing today. No writing at all. Every time I sat down to try, nothing happened. I took that as an indication that my mind needed a break. No big deal. Just means I don't have a word count to report and quite possibly I took a wrong plot turn. Again, no big deal, I usually figure it out on re-read.

Coincidentally, it's also Veterans' Day... or it was 23 minutes ago. For anyone who has the stomach -- even for those of you who don't -- HBO is showing a Documentary (it's showing at least a few more times tonight and they'll probably rerun it throughout the week) called "Wartorn 1861-2010." It's a documentary all about PTSD. It is a powerful, very well done documentary and I cried my way through half of it. During the second half I actually had to start doing something else while I watched it because I was getting overwhelmed. I DVRed it, I'll go back and watch the second half again later. Maybe when it won't give me nightmares.

Those of you who know me know that I am not a fan of engaging in wars, especially unnecessary ones. I am not a fan of beefing up the military and then drumming up "business" to explain it. That does not mean that I am not a fan of the men and women who fight for our country. My grandfather fought. My uncle fought. My father fought. Hell, my father fought in three armies -- puzzle that one out if you can. I have a great deal of admiration and respect for them and all the other brave service men and women like them. I salute them, I'm grateful for them and I hope they all come home soon and not as much the worse for wear as those in HBO's documentary.

"Happy" Veterans' Day.

Obligatory NaNo comment:
Yeah... sorry, Claude. That means your trauma from the last scene is going to get a revisit. I let you off the hook way to easily on that one.
Claude: Fuck!
R-chan: *sheepish grin* ...sorry?
Claude: *bangs head against the wall*
R-chan: O_O

Comments

[miss-warina.livejournal.com]

Even though wars are one of my favorite history topics, they just suck... big time =/
They're just so senseless and so unnecessary. I just can't see the point of them. But like you said those people who go to fight for their country deserves a lot of respect. Well, none of my family went to any war because in Brazil our last big war was the Paraguayan War and that was in 1864 XD
And we had VERY little participation on WWII so... heheh I can't really say much on that part. But I respect all those men and women. =)

I'm interested in that HBO documentary! And it's about one of my favorite psychology topics PTSD 8D (I'm a psychology student, that explains my excitment with it hehe)