Sunday, July 29, 2007

19 days now, since my last post, and as always, I see my knack for starting off each post abruptly hasn't vanished. Its been a busy time, and my commitments are starting to catch up with me. Its, of course, a poor excuse to stop updating, and I realise that this hasn't been the first time there's been a long lull between posts. Its something I'm working on, this time-management mumbo-jumbo, and I'd like to think I'm improving in this aspect. But of course, time will tell. Bitten off more than I can chew? We'll see.

Hmmm. Spent a good part of an hour trying to come up something for Iraq's fairytale run to the Asian Cup final. A pretty long post too, nearly as long as my longest posts have been, only that I was only half-done. But when I read it again, I scrapped the whole part. Coming from someone so far removed from the actual harsh realities in Iraq, the whole post seemed so hollow, so pretentious. Who am I to write as if I know what it is like for the Iraqi team to play through it all? Who am I to write as if I know what it is like for the people for their team to win in this difficult time? No, I have no right, whatsoever, to do so.

But if there is one right I have in this, that would be the right to root. And I hope the fairytale continues...

i heard the crickets at 5:54 pm

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