Getting started

In the last four days, I've been running from blog to blog looking for solace, thinking that somewhere, someone is going to say exactly the right thing that will make it all make sense and put everything in perspective so that I can put the pieces of myself back together and move on.

My favourite bloggers have mostly been silent. I think they're having the same problem I am. We tried so damn hard, and it didn't help. It didn't work, and now he's got four more years, and more "political capital", to destroy the world.

What, then? What do we do next? Do we play constant watchdog for the next four years and hope that we can prevent him from starting a nuclear war? Do we assume, like 59 million americans have done, that he's sane and won't actually destroy everything that we know? Given what we've already seen him do and his not-so-veiled threats in his post-election speech, that doesn't seem like a safe bet.

I don't know. I know that I'm going to get more involved in causes I believe in. I plan to try to do a lot more convincing these next few years, rather than sitting back and assuming that people see the world the same way I do. I don't like the idea of proselytizing like a christian, but I'm not sure what other options are left.