Monday. Today is the day. My journey begins tonight. So crazy. I can’t believe I’m actually doing this, you guys. I’m excited, but also scared. Nervous. But so excited. I’m doing something so far out of the realm of normal in my life. Wild.
Just a few minor tasks to finish up before I go. Spent the whole day yesterday working through my task list. I planted my garden and painted the living room. Also reorganized everything in said living room. Just have to hang the art back up on the walls and it’s ready to go. Next, I have to clean the bathroom, which takes about 20 minutes, then do a load of laundry and pack. Then… I’m off. Wild. Just wild.
Today is the last day of my Typhoid vaxx. I decided to wait a little while before I take it. I’m having coffee first, then waiting to take it until before I go work out. Then I will be fully distracted for the hour I need to wait to eat. I can’t handle that, as we’ve seen from this blog. It’s weird. Some days I’ll go all day with just a few snacks and not even notice. But something about not being allowed to eat when I’m sooooo hungry is just… extra torturous. So glad it’s the last day. I’m glad I’m vaxxed against Typhoid Fever, but it wasn’t a pleasant experience.
Currently waiting for the Al Jazeera English Newshour to come on. Thought maybe I should start watching the news more than once a week again so I know what’s going on. I just haven’t been able to watch the Palestine-Israel conflict. Team No One! Team World Peace! Ugh. I can’t look at any more pictures of dead children. I don’t care what nation they are from. It’s not right. Team goddamn No One!
Just kidding, I’m team media. I’m Team Al Jazeera English. It’s some of the best journalism in the world right now. I strongly condemn Israel’s aggressive actions against the journalists on the ground reporting on the conflict. Freedom of Speech means Freedom of Speech, not whatever conveniently fits whatever narrative anyone is trying to sell for political purposes. That goes for any nation anywhere. Team No One!
I finally understand what it means to be an impartial journalist. It’s the cold, cruel reality of war that finally did it for me.
Strange. People joke that I can’t stay out of trouble. Well, just wait…
I’m watching the AJE Newshour now. I have not willingly looked at any footage of the war in some time. I am shocked and saddened by the footage of the Palestinian refugees flee their homes while bombs explode in the background. Hundreds of thousands relegated to living in makeshift tent camps full of trash and disease. For what? What is the point? What is the endgame plan here? Round them all up and kill them all in one go? Gee, where have I seen that move before? The Holocaust, perhaps? And when they are all dead, what will you do? What will your legacy be? Here stands the nation build by the survivors of the Holocaust, built on the genocide of the people who lived here before them? Bravo. Well done. Well done indeed. Really brings it all full circle.
The most shocking part to me is that it looks so similar to the scene in the Ten Commandments when the Jews are packing up to flee Egypt. How is it any different? It’s all the same. People are all the same. I am disappointed in Israel right now. It’s the cycle of trauma manifested with weapons of war. Horrific to watch.
Crazy. I’m actually going to be passing through Qatar this week. I decided to go for the tourism, but it looks like I’ll be there when everyone else in the world is. All eyes on the Peace Talks. And I will be there, reporting to you live, from the ground in Doha. Didn’t even plan it like that. It just all magically lined up…
Can I just walk up to the Al Jazeera Media headquarters and volunteer as tribute? I’m young, I’m able-bodied, I can write, I can travel, I can speak languages, I can do whatever you need me to do. I’m ready.
So much to do before I go. What the hell did I get myself into? Lol, I have no idea. All we know is… I’m gonna find some stories…
This. Is. WILD!!!!!!