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So, two days after the election and life is going back to business as usual, for good or bad. Sarah just sent me a link to this, which I think sums up how a lot of us were feeling yesterday: The Day After.

But. Life goes on, and it's time to get back to it.

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Two of my boys are sick today. Chris is off work and is watching TV with Justin, who was up coughing half the night. Poor guys.

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I'm currently working my way through my latest Drafting assignment, in which I'm supposed to draft legislation for the controlling of "khlaphquit", a type of tea with hallucinogenic properties. Has anybody ever heard of this stuff? I think it may be a Native substance, but I wouldn't put it past our prof to totally invent it. The word, that is. Not the hallucinogenic tea.

Although now that I think about it, that would explain a great deal...

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Choir last night. We're preparing for our first big concert of the year, "Songs of War and Peace," November 12. There's one song, Pie Jesu, that always makes me wish I'd heard it before my mother's funeral, because I think she would have loved it. It was written after September 11 and meant to be used in rememberance services or funerals. It's very simple, sweet, and reverent.

Pie Jesu Pie Jesu, Domine, Dona eis requiem aeternam, Et lux perpetua luceat eis. Exaudi orationem nostram. Pie Jesu, Domine, Dona eis requiem aeternam, Dona eis pacem, Dona eis requiem.

Blessed Jesus, Blessed Lord Jesus, Grant them eternal rest, And light perpetual shine upon them. Hear our prayer, O Lord. Blessed Lord Jesus, Grant them eternal rest, Grant them peace, Grant them rest.

Composer's note: for funeral use, "eam" (her) or "eum" (him) may be substituted for "eis" (them)

And we can actually sing it well. Not all of our songs are getting such good treatment from us. We're still hopelessly confused in African Celebration. Although at least we're slowly unstiffening and giving it a bit of Ooomph, in sharp contrast to the poker-up-the-bum rigidity we had when we first started singing it. Now if only we could manage to Oomph in unison.

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And speaking of War and Peace, I also got this from Sarah: Icon Wars. Go see. It's hilarious :)

My brain has left the building

• I read this on my yahoo page "Laura Bush to get a new puppy for birthday" and wondered why I had a sudden urge to go read American Gods.
  
  
• Chris is currently hacking up a lung. Justin spent the day at home and will probably spend tomorrow at home too. Daniel is showing signs of coming down with this thing too. It's "Flu": the game the whole family can play.
  
  
• This: Feds: Obesity Raising Airline Fuel Costs is just wrong.
  
  
• And you know you've done something right when your 7-year old finds a semi-secret stash of new Magic Treehouse books in the living room and you can hear his gasp of delight all the way to the kitchen. And he yells to your 4-year old, who comes running and grabs at the books, almost as excited as if he'd just been shown a stash of chocolates.
  
  
• Must go finish Drafting assignment and nibble away at Law Review article.