well, after 12 straight hours of watching the news, i'm no closer to understanding this mess than anyone else is. i saw some horrific things today, and i saw some images that will stick with me for a long time: President Bush's 3 addresses, chiefly in his third address, from the White House, as he quoted Psalms and my eyes welled up with tears; mayor guliani and the police chief addressing reporters around 10pm, discussing for the first time losses in the upper ranks of the fire & police departments; and of course, the countless footage of both the devestation and the aftermath.

the world has turned and left us here.